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US News Archive for September 2007:
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Hundreds arrested on Chile coup anniversary
Police battled hundreds of protesters through the night on the anniversary of a 1973 military coup, and authorities said Wednesday that one police officer was killed and 41 other people were injured. full story...
CNN - September 12, 2007
2008 Democrats critical of Bush drawdown plan
Democratic presidential candidates on Wednesday criticized President Bush's plan to withdraw roughly 30,000 troops from Iraq by next summer, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton labeling it "too little, too late." full story...
CNN - September 12, 2007
Paper Cuts Blog: A Playlist by Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta (Photo by Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images) On Wednesdays, this blog is the delivery vehicle for ?Living With Music,? a playlist of songs from a writer or some other kind of book-world personage. This week: Tom Perrotta, whose novels include “Little Children” and “Election.” His new novel, “The Abstinence Teacher,” will be published next month. Tom Perrotta’s [...]...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
City Room: Synagogue Gets Its Rose Window Back
The rose window at the Eldridge Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side is being reinstalled after a restoration of the stained glass...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Bono Hires an Ex-Bush Aide
Bono, the lead singer of U2 and a self-proclaimed nonpartisan, has just made an intriguing hire to his operation: Matthew Dowd, a former top adviser to George W. Bush...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
The Lede Blog: Iraqis Lose a Haven in Syria
The U.N. sounds the alarm over Syria's new visa rules for Iraqis...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Wheels: Best of the Wurst in Frankfurt
Despite the introduction of 88 new models, the 2007 Frankfurt International Motor Show was decidedly lacking in flights of fancy...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Court Won?t Rule on Life?s Beginning
A doctor is under no obligation to tell a pregnant woman that she is carrying ?an existing human being? before performing an abortion, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Belichick Meets With N.F.L. Commissioner
The Patriots coach issued a vague apology today but refused to answer questions about sideline videotaping...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
State of the Art: Making Over the iPod Family (Again)
The new iPod models shrink in dimension but grow in capacity and features...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
British Central Bank Critical of Cash Infusions
The Bank of England said that injecting cash into the financial system amounted to a bailout of investors who made bad decisions...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Oil Prices Surge and Dollar Falls
The dollar fell to an all-time low against the euro and oil prices hit a record, suggesting higher prices for imports...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
US sect leader due to stand trial
The trial is set to begin of a polygamist sect leader on charges he coerced a 14-year-old girl into marriage...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Polygamist prophet goes on trial in Utah
The leader of the nation's largest polygamist sect is going on trial in St. George, Utah. Warren Steed Jeffs is accused of being an accomplice to the rape of a follower's child bride. full story...
CNN - September 12, 2007
Putin dissolves Russian government
President Vladimir Putin dissolved the Russian government Wednesday in a major political shakeup ahead of parliamentary elections in less than three months and a presidential vote next year, news agencies reported. full story...
CNN - September 12, 2007
Democrats: Bush troop cuts not new Iraq plan
Democrats in Congress are going on the offensive to force a U.S. shift in Iraq policy Wednesday as President Bush is expected to announce a troop drawdown on Thursday. full story...
CNN - September 12, 2007
The Lede: A Day for Mating in Russia
A Russian province goes for a youth infusion the old-fashioned way...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Paper Cuts: Eating and Reading Go Together
(Photo: Barbara Alper/The New York Times) I like to eat, and I like to read, and pretty often I like to do them both at the same time. When I’m in need of solace, which is frequently enough, I tend to clear a big space on a table and spread out with a pile of magazines and [...]...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Wheels: A Lack of Knowledge About Toyota?s iQ
The tiny Toyota is cute, edgy and sized right in between its rivals. But that?s where the story ended for Toyota?s star of the Frankfurt auto show...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
City Room: A Sleek New Look for Newsstands
Cemusa has started installing 330 newsstands under its new citywide street-furniture franchise...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
The Fifth Down Blog: For Giants, All Things Considered
Coach Tom Coughlin used the word ?encouraged? about half a dozen times referring to the status of quarterback Eli Manning and defensive end Osi Umenyiora on Wednesday...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Murderer Executed in Tennessee
A man who confessed to murdering four children 10 years ago was executed early this morning, becoming the first Tennessee inmate to die in the electric chair in 47 years...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Bush Nearing Choice to Lead Justice Dept.
Former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, seen as a staunch partisan, is considered a top candidate...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age
Technology entrepreneurs are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Stocks Up as Market Bets on Rate Cut
Wall Street remained confident the Fed will lower rates next week, but record oil prices and a sinking dollar gave investors reason to tread cautiously...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Mattel Chief Apologizes for Flawed Toy Imports
In remarks to Congress, Robert Eckert vowed that Mattel would join with others in the toy industry to prevent unsafe toys from entering the United States...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Bombardier to Ground About 60 Planes
The aircraft maker recommended grounding the Q400 turboprop airplanes after two were involved in landing-gear failures this week...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Dollar Reaches a New Low Against the Euro
The euro rose as high as $1.3889 in afternoon European trading today amid speculation that the Fed will soon cut interest rates by as much as half a percentage point...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Oil Hits Record Price Despite OPEC Move
Oil hit nearly $79 a barrel today after OPEC?s modest output increase failed to allay winter supply concerns and ahead of United States inventory data...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Mattel apology over toy recalls
Mattel apologises for safety lapses which resulted in the recall of 21 million Chinese-made toys in recent months...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Lula ally faces Senate expulsion
Brazil's Senate is to vote on whether to expel its leader, an ally of President Lula, following a corruption scandal...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
MPs approve Chavez reforms
Venezuela's parliament approves for a second time President Chavez's proposed constitutional changes...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
US-China move to halt lead paint
Chinese and US officials sign an agreement to prevent China-made toys coated in lead paint...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Sub-prime woes hit US lender
Finance firm GMAC has to take out a $21.4bn loan to cover its exposure to the sub-prime mortgage crisis...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Venezuela MPs debate reforms
Venezuela's parliament is set to discuss for a second time President Chavez's call for constitutional changes...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Rebels claim Mexican gas blasts
A left-wing guerrilla group says it carried out a series of blasts on pipelines in Mexico earlier this week...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Planners back Trump's UK project
Donald Trump's plans for a major golf development in Aberdeenshire are recommended for approval...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Protests as Chile marks coup
Chile marks the anniversary of the 1973 military coup, as protests erupt in the capital, Santiago...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Chavez offer on Farc is rejected
Colombia rejects a proposal by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to travel to Colombia to meet a rebel leader...
BBC News - September 12, 2007
Bush to outline troop withdrawal goal
President Bush is expected this week to announce his plans for cutting back U.S. troop numbers in Iraq, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress this week he could see troop numbers sliding by 30,000 -- which would reduce the number of troops to pre-surge levels -- by July 2008. full story...
CNN - September 12, 2007
General: Iraq the central front in war on terror
Defending the "surge" of U.S. troops in Iraq and insisting that a stable and democratic society there was still within reach, the top two U.S. officials in the war zone ended their second contentious day of testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. full story...
CNN - September 12, 2007
Earmark Gone, Indian Project Is One-Winged
In South Dakota, a half-finished project meant to lure investment to Indian reservations is a symbol of how Congressional pet projects can go bad...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Officials Cite Danger in Revealing Detainee Data
Intelligence officials cited potential harm to national security in a ruling requiring disclosure of information on Guantánamo detainees...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Fashion Review: A Designer Gives Lessons on What?s Sexy
Marc Jacobs show was delayed by two hours but destined to be debated for months; reviews of the Chris Benz and Oscar de la Renta shows...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Clinton Sees Fear Realized in Trouble With Donor
The presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton has long feared that a fund-raising scandal could be a vulnerability...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Academy to Invite Jon Stewart Back as Oscar Host
Jon Stewart, who hosted the Oscars in 2006, will be invited back, according to people involved with the plan...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
[TS] About New York: 90th Floor Frozen, Even as Ground Zero Changes
Sept. 11, as a public occasion, has shrunk to life size: potent as ever for people holding photographs, but unlikely to start wars again...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Japan Prime Minister to Resign
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose government suffered a humiliating electoral defeat, has told party leaders he wants to resign, news reports said today...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Bush Is Nearing a Choice to Lead the Justice Dept.
Former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, seen as a staunch partisan, is considered a top candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
To Burundi and Beyond for Coffee?s Holy Grail
Duane Sorenson and a few like-minded coffee hunters around the country will go almost anywhere, do almost anything and pay almost any price in pursuit of the perfect cup of coffee...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Advertising: 5 Shows and a Car Share a Premiere
CBS is joining forces with Cadillac in hopes of enticing viewers to sample the CBS Monday prime-time lineup and enticing drivers to buy the new Cadillac CTS sedan...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Suit on Underwriter Fees Gets New Life
A federal appeals court ordered a lower court yesterday to reconsider whether a lawsuit against underwriters including Citigroup and Morgan Stanley can proceed as a class action...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
July Trade Gap Shrank Slightly as Exports Continued to Rise
The nation?s trade deficit narrowed slightly in July as export growth continued to outpace that of imports, the government said Tuesday...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
F.T.C. Warning on Loan Ads
The Federal Trade Commission said it warned more than 200 companies about ?potentially deceptive? mortgage advertisements...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Former Kidder Bond Trader Ordered to Pay $8.4 Million
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Dow Jones/AP) ? A federal court in Manhattan has ordered a former Kidder Peabody bond trader, Orlando Joseph Jett, to hand over more than $8.4 million sought by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
After Losses, Fund Halts Withdrawals
Pirate Capital, the hedge fund management company run by Thomas Hudson, has barred withdrawals from its two Jolly Roger Activist funds after the firm?s assets declined by almost 80 percent in the last year...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Texas Instruments Quarterly Outlook Is Lifted Slightly
The chip maker Texas Instruments revised its third-quarter forecast, saying it expected earnings of 49 cents to 53 cents a share on revenue of $3.56 billion to $3.72 billion...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Confidence in a Rate Cut Feeds a Rally
Wall Street is looking for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve Bank to help bolster the United States economy and ease problems caused by tightening credit availability...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
China Signs Pact to Ban Lead Paint in Export Toys
The agreement was negotiated after the recent recalls of millions of toys decorated with paint containing the metal, which can be toxic if ingested...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Prices Surge in China; Trade Surplus Grows Wider
The National Bureau of Statistics said prices rose 6.5 percent, driven by a 49 percent jump in the cost of pork and other meat from the month a year earlier...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
CBS Appeals Punishment for Super Bowl Incident
CBS is asking a three-judge panel to reverse a finding by the F.C.C. that the company was liable for broadcast indecency during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Square Feet: Shopping Centers Begin to Feel Ripples of Housing?s Ills
As problems in the subprime mortgage industry sends ripples through the economy, shopping centers are being caught in the credit squeeze...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
U.S. Prosecutors Plan New Indictment in Tax Shelter Case
Federal prosecutors are planning a fresh indictment in a case that involves tax shelters sold by the accounting firm Ernst & Young...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Businessman Ordered Jailed in Dispute With Utility
A judge ordered a businessman jailed Tuesday in a case involving a corroded light pole, an injured street vendor and what the businessman calls a vindictive company...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
F.D.A. Advisory Panel Opposes Curb on Anemia Drugs
The vote by the panel advising the Food and Drug Administration was a a rare reprieve to Amgen, the manufacturer of the drugs...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
More Studies Cast Doubt on Safety of Diabetes Drug
In both studies, the drug Avandia, made by GlaxoSmithKline, raised risks of heart failure...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
A Warning From Bernanke, but No Hint of a Rate Cut
Ben S. Bernanke expressed concern Tuesday over trade imbalances between emerging and industrial nations...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Cost of Health Insurance Rises Again, but at a Slightly Slower Rate
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums has increased 6.1 percent this year, below the 7.7 percent increase in 2006, a new report says...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
The Graying of the Web
Technology investors and entrepreneurs are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and graying computer users...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
Fund Chief at Harvard Will Depart
Mohamed A. El-Erian unexpectedly announced that he is leaving to return to the Pacific Investment Management Company, where he had worked for seven years...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
OPEC to Lift Oil Output Modestly
OPEC said it will increase production by 500,000 barrels a day, but oil futures nonetheless surged to a record close...
New York Times - September 12, 2007
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