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US News Archive for January 2005:
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Mudslide survivor recalls lifesaving shout
A neighbor shouted a warning, "The mountain's coming down -- get out of there now!" We looked up and the mountain just spewed. He saved my life," Greg Ray said from his hospital bed, recalling the day when the mudslide swallowed a neighborhood...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Praise for tsunami response
More than 15,000 U.S. troops are helping with relief efforts for the Indian Ocean tsunami, and President Bush lauded their service Thursday. Bush spoke to reporters outside the Pentagon, where he received a briefing that included an update on terrorism...
CNN - January 13, 2005
U.N.: 'Huge problems' still in Aceh
The United Nations's chief humanitarian coordinator says military tsunami relief operations in Indonesia will probably begin to wind down "in the next few weeks."...
CNN - January 13, 2005
F.B.I. Close to Scrapping Parts of Troubled Computer System
The computer system is considered critical to the campaign against terrorism, but has been riddled with problems...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Baseball Players to Face More Drug Tests and Tougher Penalties
Major League Baseball's new policy, spurred by controveries over a federal inquiry, also bans human growth hormone...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Europe Keeps Rates Low as It Worries About Strong Euro
The move signaled that the European Central Bank sees the euro's strength against the dollar as a more imminent threat to Europe's sluggish economy than inflation...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Alexander 'finds European fans'
Alexander fights back after a poor showing at the US box office with strong figures in Europe, reports say...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Outgoing US envoy defends UN
John Danforth, US ambassador to the United Nations, defends the UN at his last Security Council meeting...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
US giants battle critics with ads
Retail giant Wal-Mart and drug maker Eli Lilly launch advertising campaigns to 'set the record straight' about their products and practises...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
US retail sales surge in December
US retail sales surge in December, helped by a big rise in car sales as dealers bring in new offers to boost business...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Colombia rebel arrest row worsens
Venezuela calls back its ambassador to Colombia as a row over the capture of a Colombian rebel grows...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Louisiana in mourning
Two separate explosions in Iraq have left eight members of the Louisiana National Guard dead, serving as a reminder that men and women once considered "weekend warriors" are now soldiers on the front lines...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Authorities: Mudslide missing accounted for
Authorities in La Conchita, California, say they have accounted for everyone they thought was missing following a mudslide that killed at least 10 people. Ventura County Fire Chief Bob Roper said all of the people on the official missing list have called to report they are fine and there are no known bodies remaining in the debris...
CNN - January 13, 2005
At Celebrity Nuptials to Die for, Vendors Give Themselves Away
For lovebirds nesting in the upper branches of the socioeconomic tree, weddings have become a way to trade your marquee appeal for free or discounted favors...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Apple shares surge on big profits
Shares in Apple jump more than 10% after record results and amid hopes of further strong profits...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Colombian 'copter crash kills 20
Twenty Colombian soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash in the south-west of the country...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Gay rights row over US golf club
A US golf club resisting an order to grant spousal benefits to same-sex members sparks a battle over gay rights...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Three dead in foggy pileups
A series of highway pileups involving more than 220 vehicles in Michigan and Indiana killed at least three people Wednesday and injured dozens more, police say. The National Weather Service had warned that fog in some places had cut visibility to less than a quarter-mile...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Rescuers: 3 still buried in mudslide
Three people remain buried today under a mudslide that killed at least 10 others this week in the coastal community of La Conchita, California, according to rescuers. Earlier, Ventura County Fire Chief Bob Roper said rescuers were still finding air pockets that could allow people to survive trapped beneath the wall of earth and debris that engulfed a dozen homes...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Troop escorts for aid workers
Jakarta wants army to accompany foreigners in Aceh, but may not have the resources Foreign troops may be ordered to leave Aceh by the end of March Paris Club agrees to freeze debt repayments for tsunami-affected nations...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Along Somali Coast, Deadly Waters Exact a Small but Grievous Toll
The authorities estimate that Somalia suffered 300 deaths from the tsunami...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Abu Ghraib man 'ignored orders'
The court martial of the soldier accused of leading the Abu Ghraib abuses hears the soldier routinely ignored commands...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Mudslide search extended
Firefighters say they still have a chance to find survivors of the mudslide that killed at least 10 people in the California coastal community of La Conchita earlier this week. Three people were confirmed missing late Wednesday. Rescuers are still finding air pockets that could allow people trapped beneath earth and debris to survive, one official said...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Ties to lobbyists
As his department was starting up, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge twice stayed at the Arizona home of David Girard-diCarlo, a friend who ran a lobbying firm aggressively expanding its homeland security business. The firm hired two of Ridge's aides to lobby the department, and some clients won lucrative contracts, according to documents and interviews...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Jakarta toughens aid restrictions
Concerns grow over Indonesian efforts to exert more control over aid operations in Aceh, with Jakarta telling aid workers and reporters to keep the military informed about their movements...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Deadly chain-reactions on foggy highways
A series of highway pileups involving more than 120 vehicles in Michigan and Indiana killed at least three people Wednesday and injured dozens more, police say. The National Weather Service had warned that fog in some places had cut visibility to less than a quarter-mile...
CNN - January 13, 2005
Under Fire, Election Workers in Iraq Are Scared but Resolute
Iraq's election workers are surviving the frontlines of an insurgency determined to stop the electoral process...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
New Fight Over Controlling Punishments Is Widely Seen
Some experts predicted that the Supreme Court decision on sentencing guidelines would renew a struggle between Congress and the judiciary...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Slump Ends in New York, With No Jump Start From Wall Street
For the first time in 40 years, New York City is wrestling its way out of a recession without Wall Street leading the way...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Baseball in Accord on Testing for Steroids
Major League Baseball officials and the Players Association on Thursday will announce agreement on a new steroids testing program...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Father's Grim Search Ends as 4 Bodies Are Found
The unearthing of the bodies of Jimmie Wallet's wife and three daughters brought to 10 the number of confirmed dead since a hill in La Conchita, Calif., collapsed...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
U.S. Trade Deficit Rises to New High; More Risk to Dollar
The monthly record set by the trade deficit in November confounded predictions that the deficit would diminish with the weakening of the dollar and an easing in the price of oil...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Apple's Profit Quadruples, Thanks to IPod
Apple Computer said that profit in its first quarter more than quadrupled - its biggest increase ever - on strong holiday sales of its iPod music player...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
McKesson Agrees to Pay $960 Million in Fraud Suit
McKesson, the nation's largest drug distributor, agreed to pay $960 million to settle a lawsuit based on accounting fraud at HBOC, a health care software company...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Trying for an Over-Counter Cholesterol Drug
The Food and Drug Administration will consider whether one of the oldest of the cholesterol-lowering drugs, Mevacor, can be sold without a prescription...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
College Degree Still Pays, but It's Leveling Off
The big payoff in wages from a college education is losing its steam, calling into question the emphasis the White House has placed on a bachelor's degree...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
2 Firms Bid for Travel Service
Cinven and BC Partners, managers of two of Europe's largest buyout funds, bid on Wednesday to acquire Amadeus Global Travel Distribution...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Schwarzenegger visits slide scene
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visits the town hit by a mudslide that killed at least 10 people...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Argentina outlines debt swap plan
Argentina announces the terms of its debt restructuring, but it is unlikely to please creditors...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
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