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US News Archive for June 2005:
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Jackson lawyer: Justice was done
A jury today found pop superstar Michael Jackson not guilty of all charges in his child-molestation trial. Jackson said nothing as he left court but his lead defense attorney said: "Justice was done... The man's innocent."...
CNN - June 13, 2005
Amid Concerns, Cheney Defends Guantánamo
Vice President Dick Cheney strongly defended the treatment and detention of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Michael Jackson Is Acquitted on All Counts in Molestation Case
The complete acquittal ends a nearly four-month trial that featured 140 witnesses whose testimony painted Michael Jackson as either pedophile or Peter Pan...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Justices Cite Possible Bias in Voiding Texas Murder Verdict
The 6-3 ruling ordered a new trial for Thomas Miller-El, and rebuked the state that executes more people than any other...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Court Rules Drug Patents Don't Bar Research by Rivals
The pharmaceutical industry said the decision could help speed the development of new medical treatments...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Edwards Suspends Clinical Trial on Heart Valve Replacement
Edwards Lifesciences said that it had suspended a clinical trial of a new method of replacing failing aortic heart valves without open heart surgery...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Bush pledges to aid Africa reform
The US president promises to do more to reward reform in Africa at a meeting with selected heads of state...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Tribunal releases Saddam video
A special Iraqi tribunal that is expected to try Saddam Hussein released video today of magistrates questioning the former Iraqi dictator. Saddam appears with four officials from his ousted regime in the tape, which was shot Sunday. Also today, car bombings in three Iraqi cities killed seven people and wounded at least 21 others, Iraqi police and the U.S. military said...
CNN - June 13, 2005
'Mississippi Burning' trial begins
Forty-one years after three civil rights workers were killed in rural Mississippi, jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of a Baptist preacher accused of instigating the crime...
CNN - June 13, 2005
Tribunal releases Saddam video
An Iraqi special tribunal that is expected to try Saddam Hussein releases video of magistrates questioning the former Iraqi dictator...
CNN - June 13, 2005
Stadium in Hand, N.Y. Moves to Strengthen Olympic Bid
A revised presentation on the stadium and broadcast center may be submitted to Olympic officials as early as today...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Morgan Stanley Chief, Battered by Opponents, Says He'll Resign
Philip J. Purcell said he would retire when a successor is appointed, but no later than next March...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
The resurgence of Brazil's biofuel
Brazil discovered how to power cars on non-petroleum fuel before anyone else - but the idea fell from favour and is only now being revived, writes the BBC's Robert Plummer...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Olympics: Mets deal saves NY bid
New York's 2012 Olympic bid agrees a deal with NY Mets to host the Games in the team's new stadium...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
NBA: Lockout 'likely', say bosses
NBA bosses admit time is running out to secure a new labour deal between the league and its players...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
UN nuclear agency re-elects boss
Mohamed ElBaradei is re-reappointed for a third term at the helm of the UN nuclear agency...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
India to deport US missionaries
Four American missionaries are asked to leave India for what police say is a violation of visa regulations...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Mississippi picks historic jury
Mississippi picks a jury to try the only person ever charged locally over the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Morgan Stanley boss to step down
Embattled Morgan Stanley chief executive Philip Purcell is to step down after months of pressure from dissident shareholders...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Jackson jury enters second week
Jurors in Michael Jackson's abuse trial arrive at court for their sixth day of deliberations...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Magazine report fuels Guantanamo criticism
The U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay is drawing fresh criticism following a magazine report on a logbook tracing the treatment of a detainee who officials believe was intended to take part in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Time magazine said the interrogation techniques included "standing for prolonged periods, isolation for as long as 30 days, [and] removal of clothing."...
CNN - June 13, 2005
Kashmir bomb kills 12, wounds 100
At least 12 people are killed and more than 100 others wounded after a bomb exploded in the bustling city of Pulwama in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police sources said...
CNN - June 13, 2005
NBA: Spurs double lead in finals
San Antonio secure a 2-0 advantage in the NBA Finals with a 97-76 win over Detroit...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Guantanamo to stay, says Cheney
The US vice-president says there are no plans to close Guantanamo prison, despite criticism from Republicans...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
'Freedom fries' lawmaker's U-turn
A pro-Iraq war politician who campaigned for French fries to be renamed "freedom fries" now wants US troops out...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Pro-Syrian parties poised to win
Pro-Syrian candidates appear headed for victory in the third phase of four rounds of Lebanon's parliamentary election. In a surprise result, former army commander Michel Aoun and his allies are in the lead in a key voting district...
CNN - June 13, 2005
2012 Olympic Bid Survives as Mets Commit to Stadium Deal
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg committed to help the Mets build a new stadium in an 11th-hour deal to salvage New York City's bid for the Olympics...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
As Iraqi Army Trains, Word in the Field Is It May Take Years
Americans training the new Iraqi Army believe it could be several years before the Iraqi forces will be ready to stand alone against the insurgents...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Dark Days for the Fried Clam, a Summer Staple
Since early June, New England shellfish beds representing more than 35 percent of the nation's clam harvest have been closed by one of the worst outbreaks of red tide...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
A Serb's Violent Past Catches Up With Him on Television
An ethnic Serb has been thrust into the spotlight by a video shown throughout the Balkans...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Chief Turns Time Warner Around, and Investors Shrug
As the chief of Time Warner, Richard D. Parsons has engineered a company turnaround. So why doesn't Wall Street care?...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Marshall's and Napster Pick New Agencies
Marshall's and Napster...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Yesterday, an Oscar; Today, Covering Tehran
Sean Penn, the Hollywood actor who has taken out ads in newspapers in support of his political beliefs, has moved over to the other side of the media business...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Hollywood's Boogeyman Is Getting Bigger
As Hollywood moves to fight online film piracy, newly released tracking results show that more and more users have large video files on their home computers...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Treasury Bills Set for Auction
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Stock and Bond Offerings Scheduled for This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Forget About Milk and Bread. Give Me Gossip!
A deluge of new celebrity-centered magazines in the past few years has quickly changed how the industry niche operates...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Costco to Test Policy Sales to Individuals
LOS ANGELES, June 12 (AP) - Tires, toilet paper, health insurance?...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Pass Over a Frosty Mug of Home Brew Version 1.0
"With the proliferation of free (open-source) software, it was only a matter of time before open-source beer became reality." So stated a spoof news article in 1998 that turned out to be prescient. There now is such a thing as free beer - or at least a free recipe for beer...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
'Far Side' Fans Hear Echo at The New Yorker
Last week's cartoon caption contest in The New Yorker could have been an example of art imitating art, or simply more proof to fans of Gary Larson that all roads lead to "The Far Side."...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
$50 Million Is Raised for Venture in Wireless
SOMA Networks, a start-up that makes equipment used to deliver high-speed Internet access to homes over wireless networks, plans to announce that it has raised $50 million in venture capital financing...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Five Unions to Create a Coalition on Growth
Labor leaders said that they want to form an aggressively pro-growth coalition and believe the A.F.L.-C.I.O. is doing too little to organize nonunion workers...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
The Neighbors as Marketing Powerhouses
A new study shows that consumers are heavily influenced by the purchases of the people around them...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Some Cafe Owners Pull the Plug on Lingering Wi-Fi Users
Some cafes are cutting back on the free wi-fi Internet connections because laptop users sit at tables all day and purchase very little...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
T-Mobile Adds Wi-Fi Hot Spots
T-Mobile said that it was doubling the number of locations where its customers can connect to the Internet over its Wi-Fi service...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Ordering Takeout Online: A Dot-Com Idea Returns for a Second Try
The first time that companies tried to offer food delivery over the Internet, the idea flopped. Now, with more people using the Web, it may actually succeed...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
U.S. to Review Heart Drug Intended for One Race
A drug marketed to African-Americans has engendered controversy as scientists say that race is too ill-defined a category to be relevant in determining a drug's approval...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Cross-Border Bank Deal to Be Largest In Europe
UniCredito of Italy agreed to acquire its German counterpart HVB Group, in Europe's largest ever cross-border banking deal...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Upheaval on Los Angeles Times Editorial Pages
The Los Angeles Times has announced new features intended to make the editorial page more dynamic, but Michael Kinsley, who oversees those pages, has been criticized by several staff members...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Red State Humor Turns Blue
For the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, consisting of a movie, a DVD release, a television show and stage performances, it all comes down to this venerable show-biz maxim: Funny is money...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Amid Efforts to Mend Trans-Atlantic Fences, Paris Air Show Is a Hot Ticket Again
Americans shunned the last Paris Air Show, the world's largest military and civilian aerospace gathering, Now, in an attempt to smooth things over, the Pentagon is marching proudly back...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
For BlackBerry Maker, Anxiety Rises as a Deal Unravels
Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, is facing the possibility that the service could be shut down in the United States...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
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