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US News Archive for April 2006:
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Police: Man killed six relatives
A 21-year-old man was charged Thursday in the gruesome killing of six relatives, whose bodies were found wrapped in sheets and blankets in the basement of his grandmother's home in a tiny Pennsylvania town...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Moussaoui: I'm a 'bargaining chip'
Al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui testifies that his life has value because he can be used as "a bargaining chip" to save American lives. Testifying at his death penalty trial, Moussaoui says he rejects his court-appointed defense team's theory that he is mentally ill...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Former 82nd Airborne general wants Rumsfeld out
The general who led the elite 82nd Airborne Division during its mission in Iraq has joined the chorus of cadre calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to leave the Pentagon...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Moussaoui: 'No remorse' for 9/11
Al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui told a jury he is willing to kill Americans "any time, anywhere." He testified at his sentencing trial Thursday that he had "no regret, no remorse" over the 9/11 terrorist attacks and is disappointed additional attacks were not carried out...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Bush Blames Democrat for Immigration Impasse
The president accused the top Senate Democrat, Harry Reid, of using gimmickry to stall an immigration bill...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Al Qaeda Video Praises Top Militant in Iraq
The praise came months after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was supposedly urged to refrain from slaughtering Shiites...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Space Ride at Disney World Reopens After Death
The woman was the second person to die in a year after riding on the Mission: Space ride, in Epcot Center...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Moussaoui Lashes Out at Defense Team
Zacarias Moussaoui complained today about his own lawyers and then said the Sept. 11 attacks had delighted him...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Interest Rates Set to Rise as Bond Tops 5%
Investors pushed up the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note to its highest point in nearly four years...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
G.E. Posts 9% Increase in First-Quarter Earnings
G.E. also said that revenue rose by 10 percent as the company benefited from stronger sales of aircraft engines and health equipment...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Ford to Shut 2 Truck Plants as Part of Restructuring
The action, on top of plant closings that Ford has already announced, means that the geographic scope of Ford's manufacturing is shrinking...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Hunters 'blockade' seal activists
Anti-seal hunt activists in Canada say fishermen and hunters have trapped them in their hotel in Quebec...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Moussaoui criticizes his lawyers
Zacarias Moussaoui takes the stand in his 9/11 death penalty trial and immediately attacks the court-appointed lawyers who are trying to convince a jury to spare his life. "You have put your vested interest in keeping this case in your hands, above my interest to save my life."...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Six bodies found in home, relative arrested
Authorities in southeastern Pennsylvania said Thursday they've made an arrest in the deaths of six people whose bodies were found in a home. They say the person arrested in the case is a relative of the victims...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Ex-Franks aide comes to Rumsfeld defense
A former top aide to Gen. Tommy Franks staged a counteroffensive Thursday against the growing tide of criticism against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by retired generals...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Excuses From Jury Pool? He's Heard Them All
For 37 years, Norman Goodman has been cajoling Manhattan's many prima donnas to do their civic duty...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Prosecutor Corrects Filing About Libby
The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case originally said that a "key judgment" of an intelligence report was that Iraq was vigorously trying to obtain uranium...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Many New TV Shows Teeter on the Brink
As networks scrutinize new shows to decide what to keep and what to drop, things look good for CBS...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
G.E. Stock Falls After Earnings Report
The report, which met Wall Street analysts' expectations to the penny, did not excite investors...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
US sees rebound in retail sales
US retail sales recover in March, calming fears that the country is in the midst of a consumer slowdown...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Planning 'Long War' on terror
The US is rebranding the war on terror as it realises conflict is likely to continue for some time, officials tell the BBC...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Police find six bodies in US home
Six bodies are found in a Pennsylvania home after a man reports being unable to contact his family...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Tennis: Gaudio in quarter final
Second seed Gaston Gaudio sets up a last-eight meeting with Marat Safin in the Valencia Open...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Race charge for Brazilian player
Brazilian prosecutors charge football player Antonio Carlos with racism for insulting an opponent during a match...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
U.N. presses Iran on nuclear plans
The chief of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, is holding crisis talks in Iran over its plans for uranium enrichment. But Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (above) said his country would step up its nuclear program, insisting it is for peaceful purposes...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Venezuela oil firm cuts SEC ties
Venezuela's state oil firm says it will no longer disclose information to US financial regulators after May...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Afghans selling US army 'files'
US forces in Afghanistan check reports that stolen disks containing secret data are on sale in local markets...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
US trade pact causes row in Peru
Peru's outgoing president is criticised for signing a free trade deal with the US by two of his potential successors...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Eight die in Colombia mudslides
Dozens of people remain missing after mudslides swept through south-western Colombia killing eight...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Katrina rebuilding rules issued
The US government issues long-awaited guidelines on rebuilding hurricane-devastated New Orleans...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Howard: No warnings over bribes
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday denied seeing documents warning of possible bribes being paid by an Australian wheat company to the regime of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Tape: passengers tried to retake cockpit
Jurors at Zacarias Moussaoui's death penalty trial today heard the first public playing of the cockpit voice recorder of United Airlines Flight 93, one of four planes hijacked on September 11, 2001. One voice said, "We have a bomb on board."...
CNN - April 13, 2006
Nascar Fans Trade the R.V. for a Condo
The traditionally blue-collar sport has gone upscale, with penthouse condominiums near racetracks costing $1 million or more...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Emergence of the Gospel of Judas Offers a Tangled Tale of Its Own
New details about the manuscript call into question the relationship between antiquities dealers, museums and collectors...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Governor Vetoes Albany Spending and Tax Breaks
New York Gov. George E. Pataki said the tax cuts and spending plans would lead to irresponsible future deficits...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Lenient Rule Set for Rebuilding in New Orleans
Tens of thousands of homeowners may be able to return at costs far less than they had feared...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Hearing to Consider U.S. Actions in KPMG Case
By Reuters...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Foreign Briefing: Asia, Europe
ASIA...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Harley Reports Profit Rise
The motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson said that its profit rose 3 percent in the first quarter, in line with Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Mixed Results for Gannett and Media General
The Gannett Company reported an 11.5 percent decline in first-quarter earnings yesterday, citing stock expenses and softer advertising...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Tycoon of Chinese Real Estate Is Leasing at Trade Center Site
One of China's biggest real estate tycoons plans to open what he calls a business and cultural "China Center" in the rebuilt 7 World Trade Center...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Danaher Buys Sybron Dental for $2 Billion
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Chip Maker's Profit Highest Since 2000
Advanced Micro Devices posted its biggest profit in more than five years in the first quarter...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
New Jersey Dump Is Put Back on Superfund List
Residents near the Ringwood Mines area had claimed that the area had never been properly cleaned after Ford Motor Company used it as a dumping ground in the 1970's...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Economic Scene: State Governments Overreach in Taking on Problems Best Solved at the National Level
For health care policy, environmental regulation and support for basic scientific research programs at the state and local levels create perverse economic incentives...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Under New Policy, S.E.C. Will Rarely Subpoena Reporters
The S.E.C. unanimously adopted a policy to issue subpoenas to journalists only in rare circumstances and only after exhausting other avenues of investigation...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Documents Show Link Between AT&T and Agency in Eavesdropping Case
A technician and documents he saved are key elements in a lawsuit accusing the company of helping the National Security Agency invade customers' privacy...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
As Networks Plan for the Fall, Many New Shows Teeter on the Brink
Networks will shortly decide which shows they can count on to keep regenerating their schedules, and which will die young...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
U.S. Trade Deficit Narrowed in February
Experts cautioned that the improvement was influenced by one-time factors and they predicted that the trade gap would widen again because of rising oil prices...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
TiVo Extends a Partnership with DirecTV
Shares of TiVo rose more than 8 percent after the company announced that it had extended a partnership with DirecTV Group for another three years...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Small Business: More Women Are Enjoying Being Their Own Bosses
Women are the fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs and more often than not they are going it alone...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Chairman of RadioShack Will Resign
Leonard H. Roberts said on Wednesday that he was resigning as executive chairman at Radio-Shack...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Cargill Net Up; Grain and Poultry Credited
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Exxon Chairman Got Retirement Package Worth at Least $398 Million
The total sum for Lee R. Raymond's golden years comes to at least $398 million, among the richest compensation packages ever...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Market Place: Robust Health Insurers Suffer Infirmities in 2006
After five years of stock market gains, shares of health insurance companies have been on a slide so far this year, down 8.6 percent since the start of the year...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Advertising: Reality Shows and Comedies and the 'Network' Is AOL
AOL is hoping to benefit by tapping into new advertising revenue as marketers shift from television to the Internet...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Inquiry Yields No Clues on Lens Cleaner Linked to Infections
Neither Bausch & Lomb nor federal regulators have figured out how its cleaner might be linked to an apparent outbreak of a severe fungal infection...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
A Crystal Ball Submerged in a Test Tube
A new wave of of sophisticated genetic tests is reshaping the diagnostics business and could pave the way to personalized medicine...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Sears Chairman Works to Emphasize Selling
Edward S. Lampert said there was no need to articulate a "grand strategy" because the $55 billion retailer must remain flexible...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Enron Prosecutors Aim to Rattle, Not Be Rattled
Legal experts predict that the verdict in the Enron trial is likely to turn on the cross-examination of Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Google Chief Rejects Putting Pressure on China
Eric E. Schmidt said that obeying Chinese law is unavoidable if Google wants to enter the market...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Michael Jackson Bailout Said to Be Close
The pop star would give Sony a stake in a song catalog that includes hits by the Beatles...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Nissan Chief Says Rebates Need to Stop
Carlos Ghosn urged his fellow auto executives on Wednesday to wean themselves from costly incentives...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Football: Trinidad squad named
Trinidad and Tobago, England's second opponents in the World Cup group stages, announce a provisional 24-man squad...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Canada human traffickers arrested
Police break Canadian people smuggling ring accused of illegally transporting dozens of South Asians into the US...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
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