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US News Archive for May 2005:
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Bolton nomination heads for Senate vote
The nomination of John Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is going to a full Senate for a vote, despite stinging criticism from a key Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee. Sen. George Voinovich: "It is my opinion that John Bolton is the poster child of what someone in the diplomatic corps should not be." Bolton's nomination attracted controversy because he has previously been highly critical of the United Nations...
CNN - May 12, 2005
Gunmen, bombers strike in Baghdad
Gunmen assassinated two Iraqi ministry officials in separate incidents Thursday, while bombers struck again in Baghdad, killing at least a dozen people at a crowded intersection, police said...
CNN - May 12, 2005
On Split Vote, Senate Panel Endorses Appeals Court Nominee
The vote came after a debate filled with references to a looming showdown over President Bush's judicial nominees...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Geneticists Link Modern Humans to Single Band Out of Africa
A team of geneticists believe they have shed light on many aspects of how modern humans emigrated from Africa by analyzing the DNA of the original inhabitants of Malaysia...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Henry Hudson Parkway Is Buried After Hillside Gives Way
Thermal imaging gear is being used to determine if anyone is trapped under the debris, but the Police and Fire Departments said there were no immediate reports of injuries...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Retail Sales Surged in April
Higher gasoline prices failed to discourage consumers from spending money, increasing food and retail sales by the most in seven month...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Dell rises on overseas PC growth
Dell, the PC maker, shrugs off weakness in the PC market to increase profits in the three months to the end of April...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Mexico presidential race hots up
Mexico's Interior Minister Santiago Creel confirms that he wants to stand for the presidency next year...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Baghdad marketplace bombing kills 12
A suicide car bomber drove into a Baghdad marketplace today, killing 12 people and wounding 56 others, Iraqi police said. Elsewhere in Baghdad, gunmen killed two Iraqi ministry officials as they were headed to work, police said...
CNN - May 12, 2005
Republican: Bolton wrong man
The head of the panel considering John Bolton's nomination to be U.N. ambassador said Thursday that President Bush deserved to have his choice for the job, but a key Republican on the panel said that the country deserved better...
CNN - May 12, 2005
12 dead in new Iraq bombing
A suicide car bombing in an eastern Baghdad marketplace kills 12 people and wounds 56 others, Iraqi police say. Earlier gunmen killed two Iraqi ministry officials as they headed for work...
CNN - May 12, 2005
'Oddball Rodent' Is Called New to Science
The Wildlife Conservation Society announced that scientists had discovered an entire new family of rodent in Laos...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
US retail sales show strong gains
US retail sales jumped 1.4% in April, their strongest showing for seven months, according to the latest US government figures...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Athletics: Gatlin targets Qatar win
Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin is the star attraction at the Qatar Super Grand Prix on Friday...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Chile lesbian loses child appeal
Chile's Supreme Court rejects accusations of discrimination against a lesbian woman who lost custody of her children...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Europeans accused in Iraq oil-for-food report
A U.S. congressional committee probing the defunct U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq alleges that a former minister in the French government and a British member of Parliament personally received millions of dollars' worth of oil allocations from Saddam Hussein's regime. The men -- France's Charles Pasqua and the UK's George Galloway -- have previously denied the allegations...
CNN - May 12, 2005
N. Korea move concerns U.S. allies
Washington's key allies in East Asia have expressed concern at North Korea's announcement that it is bolstering its nuclear arsenal and urged the secretive nation to return to the negotiating table...
CNN - May 12, 2005
Army to Spend Day Retraining Recruiters
Responding to reports about widespread abuses of the rules for recruitment, Army officials said Wednesday recruiters would be retrained in ethics...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
What Are Koreans Up To? U.S. Agencies Can't Agree
America's intelligence agencies are struggling to reach consensus on what is happening in the intelligence black hole of North Korea...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Aide to Pataki Is Put in Charge at Ground Zero
Gov. George E. Pataki will appoint his chief of staff to take control of the rebuilding in Lower Manhattan and will earmark more public dollars for the project, aides said...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Boxing: Toney stripped of title
James Toney is stripped of his WBA heavyweight title after failing a drugs test...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
NBA: Mavericks level with Pacers
Dallas beat Phoenix while Indiana best Detroit to tie their conference semi-finals at 1-1...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Senate accuses two in oil scandal
A US report says two high-profile UK and French politicians were granted oil allocations by Iraq under Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Bill Cosby denies assault claims
Lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby deny allegations he drugged and sexually molested a woman in January 2004...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
US to wait for al-Qaeda suspect
Pakistan rules out an early handover to the US of the Libyan al-Qaeda suspect, Abu Faraj al-Libbi...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Pilots released without charges after D.C. scare
A pilot and a student pilot were released without criminal charges Wednesday after their plane flew within three miles of the White House, prompting evacuations throughout the capital, officials said. A Black Hawk helicopter and two F-16 fighter jets forced the Cessna 150 aircraft to land at a small airport in Frederick, Maryland at 12:37 p.m., officials said...
CNN - May 12, 2005
Pilots let go after security scare
A pilot and a student pilot were released without criminal charges Wednesday after their plane flew within three miles of the White House, prompting evacuations throughout the capital, officials said...
CNN - May 12, 2005
Pataki Puts an Overseer on the Job of Rebuilding
Gov. George E. Pataki will appoint his chief of staff to take control of the rebuilding effort in Lower Manhattan, aides to the governor said Wednesday night...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Off-Course Plane Prompts Brief Evacuation in the Capital
The pilot and his student were questioned and released, but not before their errant flight set off waves of anxiety in Washington...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
How Do Japanese Dump Trash? Let Us Count the Myriad Ways
In a drive to reduce waste and increase recycling, Japan is raising the number of trash categories to dizzying heights...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
What's Up, Pussycat? Whoa!
A new designer breed called the Savannah -- part African serval -- is gaining in popularity, even while being illegal in some states...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Massachusetts Acts on Spam
A state judge ordered the shutdown of what authorities called one of the world's largest spam rings, generating millions of unsolicited e-mail messages monthly...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Global Giant in Container Shipping to Buy Rival
A.P. Moeller-Maersk, the world's biggest container-shipping company, has agreed to buy Royal P&O Nedlloyd for $3 billion...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Warner Music Shares Fall After Public Offer
Shares of the Warner Music Group fell 3.5 percent on Wednesday after the company raised $554.2 million in an initial public offering on Tuesday...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Ceridian Profit Rises by 15.6%
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Fannie Mae to Delay Quarterly Report
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Operator of Sprint Canada Gets a Bid
Rogers Communications made a stock-swap bid for Call-Net Enterprises, which operates under the Sprint Canada name...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Keeping Little Touches While Growing Big
As small companies grow, they face the conundrum of how to hang on to their image as niche players...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Oil Prices and Trade Gap Nudge the Market Higher
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
U.S. Attorney Subpoenas Chubb Over Its Use of Reinsurance
The Chubb Corporation, one of the nation's largest property and casualty insurers, said yesterday that it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors investigating its use of nontraditional insurance that can artificially enhance financial results...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
2 Top Lawyers for Hollywood Stars Join Forces
Two of the best-known litigators in Hollywood are joining forces, as Howard Weitzman is leaving the Proskauer Rose law firm in New York to join the Los Angeles firm of Bertram Fields...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Rumsfeld Reverses Decision to Cancel a Disputed Plane
In the face of Congressional opposition, the secretary of defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, backed down yesterday from plans to terminate immediately the C-130J transport aircraft, a plane that several Pentagon studies have found unfit for duty...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Interpublic Suffers Another Blow as General Motors Consolidates Media Assignments
General Motors is consolidating its media assignments at an agency owned by an Interpublic competitor, the Publicis Groupe...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
TBWA Wins 14 Awards for Creative Excellence
TBWA Wins 14 Awards...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Times Editor Is Named to Post at Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune announced that Michael Oreskes, deputy managing editor of The New York Times, would become its executive editor...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
S.E.C. Is Expected to Promote Official to Enforcement Post
WASHINGTON, May 11 - The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to name Linda C. Thomsen its top law enforcement official...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Can Yahoo's New Music Service Earn a Profit?
Yahoo's announcement of a discount subscription music service has some speculating that it will ignite a price war in online music...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Disney Profit Increases 30% on Strong Sales of DVD's
The Walt Disney Company said that profit rose 30 percent in its second quarter, helped by home video sales of "The Incredibles."...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Cambodia's Garment Makers Hold Off a Vast Chinese Challenge
Much of Cambodia's garment industry has been holding its own since the end of the global quota system...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
ABN Amro Gains an Edge in a Bank Bid
ABN Amro won an important ruling Wednesday in its battle to buy Banca Antonveneta...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Clothing Sales Bolster Profit at Federated Stores
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
The Estate Tax: Efficient, Fair and Misunderstood
Is support for repeal of the estate tax as broad as it appears?...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Biggest Bank in Australia Is Eliminating 10% of Jobs
National Australia Bank provoked anger from labor and the government when it said it would lay off more than 10 percent of its employees to cut costs...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Scrushy Defense Rests, Without His Testimony
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 11 - Lawyers for HealthSouth's former chief executive, Richard M. Scrushy, rested their case on Wednesday without calling Mr. Scrushy to the stand. With final arguments scheduled for Monday, the accounting fraud case will probably go to the jury early next week...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
MTV Makes Appointments
MTV Networks named Christina Norman as president of the MTV music channels and Tom Calderone as general manager of VH1...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Trade Deficit Narrows to a 6-Month Low
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in March, as consumers cut back on purchases of imports and businesses and farmers increased their sales in foreign markets...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Arms Makers Find Being Cash-Heavy Is Mixed Blessing
The nation's military contractors are awash in cash, but the Pentagon, the source of much of that cash, may now want something in return...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Icahn Slate Wins Seats on Blockbuster Board
Carl Icahn scored a significant victory on Wednesday when he was elected to Blockbuster's board along with two fellow dissidents...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Unions Threaten to Strike After Pension Default at United
CHICAGO, May 11 - Three unions at United Airlines said on Wednesday that they were prepared to strike to protect their contracts, one day after the carrier, which is operating under bankruptcy protection, received court permission to terminate four pension plans...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Kodak's President to Become Chief Executive on June 1
The Eastman Kodak Company, which has struggled to make its name as synonymous with digital photography as it is with film, named Antonio Perez its next chief executive...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
Cisco Pushes a New Twist on Options
Cisco Systems is seeking approval for a financial instrument that could allow the company to assign a lower value to stock options than under current valuation models...
New York Times - May 12, 2005
United's quarterly losses double
US carrier United Airlines sees its first-quarter losses more than double to $1.1bn as it continues to struggle to turn around its fortunes...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
Names named in US Iraq oil report
A US report says two senior politicians from the UK and France were granted oil allocations by Iraq under Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - May 12, 2005
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