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US News Archive for November 2007:
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TierneyLab: Name a Star, Win a Prize
The Sun's twin, unfortunately known heretofore as HIP 56948, needs a proper name and myth. (Credit: Digitized Sky Survey) The Greeks believed that the Helios, the sun god who drove a chariot across the sky, had two siblings: Eos, the goddess of the dawn, and Selene, the goddess of the [...]...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Lede Blog: State Dept. Struggles to Fill Iraq Posts
If diplomats didn't choose to fill the 48 open positions, the bureau would choose them...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Face Time Matters in Iowa and N.H.
Broad majorities of Democratic and Republican voters in both Iowa and New Hampshire say how much time a candidate has spent in their state is an important factor in their vote decision...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Study Indicates Benefit of Vaccines
Death rates for 13 diseases that can be prevented by childhood vaccinations are at all-time lows in the United States, according to a study...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
C.I.A. Officer Pleads Guilty to Illegal Searches on Government Computers
A Lebanese-born C.I.A. officer who had previously worked as an F.B.I. agent pleaded guilty today to charges that she illegally sought classified information from government computers about the radical Islamic group Hezbollah...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Bush Vetoes Major Domestic Spending Measure
The president said that the bill contained money for too many of the special projects known as earmarks...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Knicks? Marbury Absent After Dispute
Stephon Marbury?s future with the Knicks was unclear following an apparent dispute with Coach Isiah Thomas...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Stocks Make a Comeback After 4 Days of Declines
The Dow rose 2.5 percent as investors cheered upbeat news on consumer spending and the credit market...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Four Transplant Recipients Contract H.I.V.
The patients in Chicago were the first known cases of the virus being spread by organ transplants in 22 years...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Ex-Publisher Says News Corp. Official Wanted Her to Lie to Protect Giuliani
In a lawsuit, Judith Regan says that an executive with the company encouraged her to mislead investigators about her relationship with Bernard B. Kerik...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Kelly Says Man Provoked Officers Into Firing at Him
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old Brooklyn man was justified...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Fortress Investment Posts Quarterly Loss
Fortress, which went public last February, posted a net loss of $38 million, including a non-cash charge of $54 million related to its principals? agreement...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Chinese Prices Surge Again, Despite New Controls
Consumer prices unexpectedly surged again last month in China despite price controls on a wide range of industries, with the prospect of even higher inflation this month...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Murdoch Intends to Drop WSJ.com Fee
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the News Corporation, said today that he intends to make access to Journal?s Web site free, trading subscription fees for anticipated ad revenue...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Yahoo and Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit
Yahoo settled a lawsuit with two Chinese journalists who were jailed after the company provided Chinese authorities with information about their online activities...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Europe Advances Plan to Cut Jet Emissions
An attempt by the European Union to impose caps on aircraft emissions received a lift when legislators voted to raise the costs on airlines and to include international flights sooner than expected...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
F.C.C. Chief Proposes Easing Media Ownership Rules
The head of the Federal Communications Commission wants to remove a ban on radio and television broadcasters owning newspapers in the largest U.S. media markets...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Google Hits European Hurdle on DoubleClick Deal
European competition authorities refused to approve Google?s purchase of DoubleClick, and ordered an in-depth review amid opposition from rivals, publishers and consumer groups...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Bank of America to Write Down $3 Billion in Debt
The bank said it would take the write-down in the fourth quarter and warned its losses could grow amid the fallout from the housing and mortgage-lending slump...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Oil Drops on Lower Demand Forecast
The price of crude oil extended its slide today after a prominent energy group lowered its estimate for worldwide oil demand, saying high prices were hurting consumption...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Stocks Make a Comeback After 4 Days of Declines
The Dow rose 2.5 percent as investors cheered upbeat news on consumer spending and the credit market...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Wal-Mart Profit Is Up; Home Depot Takes a Hit
Economic unease, from the credit markets to the gas pump, has proven a boon to the nation?s largest discount retailer, but a bust for the biggest home improvement chain...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Bank of America in sub-prime hit
Bank of America reveals that it will have to write off $3bn caused by exposure to bad mortgage-related debt...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Bats Blog: Rivera Has $45 Million Reasons to Stay
Somewhat lost in the excitement of Monday's news that Jorge Posada will return to the Yankees was the team's improved offer to closer Mariano Rivera: three years, $45 million. That should be plenty of cash for Rivera, like Posada, to return to the only team he's known. It's a sizable outlay for the Yankees, considering Rivera [...]...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Caucus Blog: The Caucus: Edwards Takes on Congress in New Ad
"If you don't pass universal health care by July of 2009, in six months, I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you," John Edwards tells Congress in an ad airing in Iowa...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: Alzheimer?s, Love and O?Connor
John Jay O'Connor III, 77, the latest and most famous example of a common consequence of Alzheimer's...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
City Room: City Room: Drivers Phoning, Eating, Smoking
Hunter College students observed thousands of New York City drivers at 50 intersections in October. Large numbers of them were talking on cellphones, smoking, eating and attending to personal grooming...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Hamas Cracks Down in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Hamas on Tuesday moved swiftly against its Fatah rivals in Gaza following a massive rally that ended in bloodshed, arresting 400 people in an overnight crackdown and promising ''additional steps'' against its bitter enemy...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Turkish Strikes in Iraq Reported
Turkish helicopter gunships attacked abandoned villages inside Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Bush Vetoes Domestic Programs Spending Bill
The bill would have provided $150.7 billion for education, health care, job training and other domestic programs...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Man, 18, Is Fatally Shot by Police in Brooklyn
Five officers shot a man after responding to his mother?s 911 call for help in a domestic dispute, an official said...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
In Interview, Musharraf Defends Rule by Decree
?The emergency is to ensure elections go in an undisturbed manner,? the president of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, said in an interview with The New York Times today...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Economic Growth Returns in Japan
Japan?s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, but the Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold in the face of market turmoil...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Fortress Investment Posts Quarterly Loss
Fortress, which went public last February, posted a net loss of $38 million, including a non-cash charge of $54 million related to its principals? agreement...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Chinese Prices Surge Again, Despite New Controls
Consumer prices unexpectedly surged again last month in China despite price controls on a wide range of industries, with the prospect of even higher inflation this month...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Wall St. Journal to End Fee for Web
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the News Corporation, said today that he intends to make access to Journal?s Web site free, trading subscription fees for anticipated ad revenue...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Oil Drops on Lower Demand Forecast
The price of crude oil extended its slide today after a prominent energy group lowered its estimate for worldwide oil demand, saying high prices were hurting consumption...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Europe Advances Plan to Cut Jet Emissions
An attempt by the European Union to impose caps on aircraft emissions received a lift when legislators voted to raise the costs on airlines and to include international flights sooner than expected...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Stocks Rebound on Retail News
Wall Street rebounded after Wal-Mart posted better-than-expected earnings and Goldman Sachs said it didn?t expect a significant hit from the subprime turmoil...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Wal-Mart Profit Is Up; Home Depot Takes a Hit
Economic unease, from the credit markets to the gas pump, has proven a boon to the nation?s largest discount retailer, but a bust for the biggest home improvement chain...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Marvel launches digital archive
Marvel put 2,500 of its comics online in a bid to introduce younger audiences to its characters...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
ArtsBeat: Reports From Berlin in Lights Festival
A long day of following the Berlin Philharmonic?s component parts ended at Zankel Hall on Monday night with a concert by its cello section...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Yankees Persuade Posada to Stay
Jorge Posada has agreed to terms of a four-year deal that would make him the highest-paid catcher in the majors...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Caucus: Huckabee in Iowa
The candidate walks and talks biblical verse, but also deadpans, on the trail...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Putin Says He Could Maintain Influence
President Vladimir Putin said that a convincing victory for the party he is leading in elections would give him the ?moral right? to maintain strong influence...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Studies on Pupils Call Bad Behavior Not Dooming
Two studies could change the way teachers and parents understand children who are disruptive or withdrawn...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Celebrities Chat With Athletes, in Reebok Gear
Reebok will segue next month from shoe business to show business, teaming with the IFC cable network for a celebrity interview series that is being produced by a new entertainment arm of Reebok...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Addenda
Accounts...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
12 Firms Unite for Trading in Unregistered Securities
Twelve Wall Street firms that had started competing platforms for trading unregistered securities known as 144a issues have agreed to cooperate on a single platform operated by the Nasdaq stock market, the exchange said yesterday...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Acquisition by Winemaker
Constellation Brands, the winemaker, said yesterday that it planned to buy the American wine business of a rival, Fortune Brands Inc., for $885 million, in a move to expand its portfolio of higher-end California wines...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Airbus and Boeing Deals in Dubai Top $83 Billion
Airbus and Boeing ensured that 2007 would smash records for plane sales as deals from the Dubai air show topped $82 billion, powered by demand from the Middle East...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Profit for the Year Triples at Porsche
The luxury sports car maker said it earned 4.24 billion euros ($6.18 billion) for the year, up from 1.39 billion euros a year earlier...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Symantec Planning to Cut Some Jobs
Less than a month after its sales forecast fell short of analysts? estimates, the maker of security software said Monday that it would cut jobs in some business units...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Tyson Looks Abroad
The company said it expected to improve revenue in its international business to $5 billion in 2010, from $3 billion in 2007, focusing on Latin America and China...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Adobe?s President Chosen to Be Next Chief
Adobe?s Chief executive Bruce R. Chizen, said Monday that he would step down and be succeeded by the company?s president and chief operating officer, Shantanu Narayen, on Dec. 1...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Amgen Reports 2 U.S. Subpoenas
The biotechnology company disclosed that it recently received two federal subpoenas seeking documents related to its products...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Public Face of Wal-Mart?s Health Care Program
Linda Dillman, who oversees Wal-Mart?s health care system, answers questions about changes the company has made in the program. ...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Lender Warns Against a Junk-Bond Rating
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (AP) — Countrywide Financial, the mortgage lender, said Monday that its ability to raise money and increase deposits in its banking subsidiary could be hampered if its credit ratings were reduced below investment grade...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Food Prices Increase Sharply in China
China?s consumer prices rose sharply in October, the government reported on Tuesday, adding to pressure for measures to cool a surge in food prices...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
CBS News Writers to Vote on Allowing a Strike Over Pay
About 500 unionized writers for CBS News are expected to vote Thursday to authorize a strike, potentially joining their creative colleagues on the picket line...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Networking at the Spa
The golf course is not the only place to network in a casual setting. The new spot to do business with colleagues and clients is the hotel spa...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Memo Pad
BUSINESS-CLASS SALES The trans-Atlantic business-class fare war for holiday travel that Continental started recently is escalating as American, Lufthansa and eight other carriers have joined in. Round-trip business-class fares on trans-Atlantic routes, which can cost $10,000 at regular walk-up prices, are being offered at $1,200 and less by some carriers for limited periods over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Matthew Bennett, publisher of the online premium air travel newsletter Flightbliss.com, suggests that the discounts are a good way for elite-status frequent fliers to take holiday trips in comfort while padding their year-end totals of miles needed to requalify for elite status next year. Business-class fares, he points out, often yield extra qualifying mileage credit...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
BHP Takes Buyout Plan to Shareholders of Rival
Yet BHP Billiton, whose $153 billion takeover offer for rival Rio Tinto was rejected by the target?s board, stopped short of making a hostile bid for Rio...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Korean Officials Accused in Widening Bribery Scandal
South Korea?s next chief prosecutor and top anti-corruption agent faced accusations of accepting bribes from the Korean electronics giant Samsung...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Dow Rallies, Then Slips for Fourth Straight Day
Analysts said investors had few reasons to sustain a rally, even with many stocks available at enticingly low prices...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Your Bird for the Holiday Will Be Costly and Stuffed
As a major holiday travel season approaches and airlines scramble to cover soaring fuel bills, air fares are going up. And this time, they?re likely to stay up...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Spanning the Blue Globe, for Little White Ones
AS a former flight attendant and now as president and founder of my company, PearlParadise.com, I?m a lover of both the friendly skies and some of the world?s finest pearls...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Economic Growth Returns in Japan
Japan?s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, but the Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold in the face of market turmoil...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Blackstone, Deal Maker, Posts Drop in Earnings
The Blackstone Group reported third-quarter earnings that were lower than in the period a year earlier, as troubles in the credit market shook up its real estate business...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Prince and His Palace: A 6,400-Square-Foot Getaway That Flies
Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia will soon be able to claim bragging rights for the world?s largest private jet, which is priced at just over $300 million...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
I.B.M. Acquires Cognos, Maker of Business Software, for $4.9 Billion
The move comes as many analysts anticipate that the business intelligence software market is about to enter a period of significant demand...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Speculation on E*Trade Hurts Stock
The online brokerage is the latest financial company to struggle as a result of a large stake in complex bonds tied to the American housing market...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Slowing Economy Posing Test for Disney
Since becoming chief executive of the Walt Disney Company two years ago, Robert A. Iger has dazzled Wall Street. Now, however, the company is sailing into some choppy waters...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Software for Rent
Salesforce.com wants to become a platform like Microsoft?s Windows operating system, a product so popular that it is the foundation for a veritable ecosystem of software developers...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
After Fires, Homeowners Feel an Insurance Pinch
Many Californians are discovering that they do not have enough insurance to rebuild their fire-damaged homes...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Investment Firm Names Gore as a Partner
The position at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will provide former Vice President Al Gore with an opportunity to nurture green businesses...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
In Farm Belt, Ethanol Plants Hit Resistance
The era in which a new ethanol distillery in agricultural America was greeted with delight seems to be ending...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Voter Anger May Free Up Energy Bills
With the price of crude flirting with $100 a barrel, lawmakers may finally be preparing to pass a series of energy-saving measures...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
A Health Plan for Wal-Mart: Less Stinginess
The nation?s largest private employer is offering better coverage to a greater number of workers...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
US producers speak over strike
Producers hit by the writers' strike state their case as the industrial action enters its second week...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Man, 18, Is Fatally Shot by Police in Brooklyn
A young man was fatally shot Monday in a hail of bullets by five police officers responding to his mother?s 911 call for help in a domestic dispute, a law enforcement official said...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Justice Dept. Chief Faces a Test in Minnesota
Colleagues often describe the U.S. attorney in Minneapolis as representative of what went wrong at the department...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
With 4 Years and Money, Yanks Persuade Posada
Jorge Posada has agreed to a four-year deal that would make him the highest-paid catcher in the majors...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Bad Behavior Is Not Dooming, Studies on Pupils Say
Two new studies could change the way teachers and parents understand children who are disruptive or emotionally withdrawn...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
12 Firms Unite for Trading in Unregistered Securities
Twelve Wall Street firms that had started competing platforms for trading unregistered securities known as 144a issues have agreed to cooperate on a single platform operated by the Nasdaq stock market, the exchange said yesterday...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Addenda
Accounts...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Profit for the Year Triples at Porsche
The luxury sports car maker said it earned 4.24 billion euros ($6.18 billion) for the year, up from 1.39 billion euros a year earlier...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Acquisition by Winemaker
Constellation Brands, the winemaker, said yesterday that it planned to buy the American wine business of a rival, Fortune Brands Inc., for $885 million, in a move to expand its portfolio of higher-end California wines...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Airbus and Boeing Deals in Dubai Top $83 Billion
Airbus and Boeing ensured that 2007 would smash records for plane sales as deals from the Dubai air show topped $82 billion, powered by demand from the Middle East...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Tyson Looks Abroad
The company said it expected to improve revenue in its international business to $5 billion in 2010, from $3 billion in 2007, focusing on Latin America and China...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Symantec Planning to Cut Some Jobs
Less than a month after its sales forecast fell short of analysts? estimates, the maker of security software said Monday that it would cut jobs in some business units...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Adobe?s President Chosen to Be Next Chief
Adobe?s Chief executive Bruce R. Chizen, said Monday that he would step down and be succeeded by the company?s president and chief operating officer, Shantanu Narayen, on Dec. 1...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Q&A: The Public Face of Wal-Mart?s Health Care Program
Linda Dillman, who oversees Wal-Mart?s health care system, answers questions about changes the company has made in the program...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Amgen Reports 2 U.S. Subpoenas
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Dow Jones/AP) ? The biotechnology company Amgen has disclosed that it recently received two federal subpoenas seeking documents related to its products...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Lender Warns Against a Junk-Bond Rating
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (AP) ? Countrywide Financial, the mortgage lender, said Monday that its ability to raise money and increase deposits in its banking subsidiary could be hampered if its credit ratings were reduced below investment grade...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Food Prices Increase Sharply in China
China?s consumer prices rose sharply in October, the government reported on Tuesday, adding to pressure for measures to cool a surge in food prices...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
CBS News Writers to Vote on Allowing a Strike Over Pay
About 500 unionized writers for CBS News are expected to vote Thursday to authorize a strike, potentially joining their creative colleagues on the picket line...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Memo Pad
BUSINESS-CLASS SALES The trans-Atlantic business-class fare war for holiday travel that Continental started recently is escalating as American, Lufthansa and eight other carriers have joined in. Round-trip business-class fares on trans-Atlantic routes, which can cost $10,000 at regular walk-up prices, are being offered at $1,200 and less by some carriers for limited periods over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Matthew Bennett, publisher of the online premium air travel newsletter Flightbliss.com, suggests that the discounts are a good way for elite-status frequent fliers to take holiday trips in comfort while padding their year-end totals of miles needed to requalify for elite status next year. Business-class fares, he points out, often yield extra qualifying mileage credit...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Networking at the Spa
The golf course is not the only place to network in a casual setting. The new spot to do business with colleagues and clients is the hotel spa...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Korean Officials Accused in Widening Bribery Scandal
South Korea?s next chief prosecutor and top anti-corruption agent faced accusations of accepting bribes from the Korean electronics giant Samsung...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
BHP Takes Buyout Plan to Shareholders of Rival
Yet BHP Billiton, whose $153 billion takeover offer for rival Rio Tinto was rejected by the target?s board, stopped short of making a hostile bid for Rio...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Dow Rallies, Then Slips for Fourth Straight Day
Analysts said investors had few reasons to sustain a rally, even with many stocks available at enticingly low prices...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Your Bird for the Holiday Will Be Costly and Stuffed
As a major holiday travel season approaches and airlines scramble to cover soaring fuel bills, air fares are going up. And this time, they?re likely to stay up...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Frequent Flier: Spanning the Blue Globe, for Little White Ones
AS a former flight attendant and now as president and founder of my company, PearlParadise.com, I?m a lover of both the friendly skies and some of the world?s finest pearls...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Blackstone, Deal Maker, Posts Drop in Earnings
The Blackstone Group reported third-quarter earnings that were lower than in the period a year earlier, as troubles in the credit market shook up its real estate business...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Japan?s Economy Up 0.6%, Damping Fears of Recession
Japan?s economy grew more than expected in the third quarter, quieting some concerns about the economy...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
I.B.M. Acquires Cognos, Maker of Business Software, for $4.9 Billion
The move comes as many analysts anticipate that the business intelligence software market is about to enter a period of significant demand...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Advertising: Celebrities Chat With Athletes, in Reebok Gear
Reebok will segue next month from shoe business to show business, teaming with the IFC cable network for a celebrity interview series that is being produced by a new entertainment arm of Reebok...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Speculation on E*Trade Hurts Stock
The online brokerage is the latest financial company to struggle as a result of a large stake in complex bonds tied to the American housing market...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
The Prince and His Palace: A 6,400-Square-Foot Getaway That Flies
Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia will soon be able to claim bragging rights for the world?s largest private jet, which is priced at just over $300 million...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Software for Rent
Salesforce.com wants to become a platform like Microsoft?s Windows operating system, a product so popular that it is the foundation for a veritable ecosystem of software developers...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Slowing Economy Posing Test for Disney
Since becoming chief executive of the Walt Disney Company two years ago, Robert A. Iger has dazzled Wall Street. Now, however, the company is sailing into some choppy waters...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
After Fires, Homeowners Feel an Insurance Pinch
Many Californians are discovering that they do not have enough insurance to rebuild their fire-damaged homes...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
In Farm Belt, Ethanol Plants Hit Resistance
The era in which a new ethanol distillery in agricultural America was greeted with delight seems to be ending...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Investment Firm Names Gore as a Partner
The position at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will provide former Vice President Al Gore with an opportunity to nurture green businesses...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Voter Anger May Free Up Energy Bills
With the price of crude flirting with $100 a barrel, lawmakers may finally be preparing to pass a series of energy-saving measures...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
A Health Plan for Wal-Mart: Less Stinginess
The nation?s largest private employer is overhauling its health plans and offering better coverage to a greater number of workers...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Guantanamo men's freedom fear
State Department officials warn of the security risks in closing the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Call for US to re-open UFO file
A group of former pilots and government officials calls on the US to take alleged UFO sightings seriously...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
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