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US News Archive for August 2005:
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Awash in Information, Patients Face a Lonely, Uncertain Road
The modern patient copes with the blessing and burden of receiving a superabundance of information, often several treatment options and the right to choose among them...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Many on Base-Closings Panel Question Estimate of Savings
The Defense Department may have overstated the nearly $50 billion in savings projected over 20 years, perhaps by nearly 50 percent...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Why 'Greater Israel' Never Came to Be
For those who created and nurtured the settlements in Gaza, the move to dismantle them is an admission not of error but of failure...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
US relay team land gold
The US ease to the women's 4x100m relay gold at the World Championships in Helsinki...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
NFL: Quarterback blow for Bears
Chicago's starting QB Rex Grossman will be out of action for up to four months after breaking his ankle...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
'Grave setback' to Sri Lanka peace
The assassination of Sri Lanka's foreign minister is a "grave setback to the peace process," a government spokesman says, adding it is "difficult to accept" a denial by Tamil Tiger rebels that they were responsible...
CNN - August 13, 2005
Large Washington blaze threatens to grow
Firefighters contained about 40 percent of a 48,000-acre wildfire in eastern Washington state but said they were concerned the blaze that has already burned more than 100 dwellings could grow larger...
CNN - August 13, 2005
Lutherans Reject Plan to Allow Gay Clerics
In an indication of the deep split over homosexuality in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the vote was divided almost evenly...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
U.S. Struggling to Get Soldiers Improved Armor
Tens of thousands of soldiers are still without the stronger protection because of a string of delays in the Pentagon's procurement system...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Pervasive Corruption in Russia Is 'Just Called Business'
According to recent surveys and interviews with dozens of Russians, bribery has surged under the presidency of Vladimir Putin...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Inquiry backs Idol judge Abdul
American Idol broadcaster Fox finds no evidence that judge Paula Abdul privately coached a contestant...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Bush: Force last resort on Iran
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Israeli television he could consider using force as a last resort to press Iran to give up its nuclear program...
CNN - August 13, 2005
State of emergency in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka declares a state of emergency after Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was killed outside his home by sniper fire that struck him in his head and chest...
CNN - August 13, 2005
Wildfire burns 100 Washington homes
A 48,000-acre wildfire in southeastern Washington has destroyed more than 100 homes. The cause of the blaze remained under investigation Friday. It was the largest fire among the numerous blazes in eastern Washington that prompted Gov. Christine Gregoire to declare a state of emergency on Thursday...
CNN - August 13, 2005
Vast Archive Yields New View of 9/11
The oral histories are a mosaic of vision and memory recalling the human struggle against surging fire, confusion, and horror...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
G.I.'s Deployed in Iraq Desert With Lots of American Stuff
Soldiers in Iraq have taken the quest for the succor of the familiar to astonishing levels, accumulating all the accouterments of home...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
F.D.A. Imposes Tougher Rules for Acne Drug
Officials said they hoped that the rules would reduce the miscarriages, birth defects and abortions associated with Accutane...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Ex-Klan Figure in 1964 Killings Is Freed on Bail
The release raises the possibility that Edgar Ray Killen, who was convicted in the 1964 killing of three civil rights workers, will die a free man...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
A Chinese Banker Is Convicted, and a Message Is Sent
One of China's best-known bankers was convicted of embezzlement Friday and given a death sentence, which was then suspended...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Corporate Boards to Investors: Let Them Eat Doughnuts
CORPORATE directors can rest easy. If the decision in the Disney shareholders' suit and the results of an internal investigation at Krispy Kreme are any indication, board members are not going to be held as accountable as they once worried they might be. Oversight, such as it is, will be mostly up to senior executives, and the judge in the Disney case suggested that their duties as fiduciaries are pretty narrowly defined...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
The Fine Print
When faced with a waiver, most people skim the fine print and then sign. But not so fast. Lawyers offer the following suggestions on what to do when confronted with a form:...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Underinsured? Then Don't Throw Stones
UPDATING a home insurance policy is one of those chores that many people secretly hope the insurance elves will handle. At least I did. Then I started to wonder whether the elves could possibly be keeping up with the soaring real estate market - and whether my little cottage in the Catskills was underinsured...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Profit Falls at Publisher Facing Accusations of Payoffs
Friday was a rugged day for American Media, a publisher of tabloids and fitness-oriented magazines...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
How the King of Bling Saved My Marriage
A desperate search for an anniversary gift leads to Jacob Arabo, a k a Jacob the Jeweler, known for selling some of the world's gaudiest and most expensive jewelry...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Solving Time Warner
Can Richard Parsons solve the puzzle of how to restore investor excitement in not just Time Warner but an entire industry that is out of favor?...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
The Pharmaceutical Horizon Beckons
The chief executive of Novartis recently talked about the industry outlook...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
An Indecisive Mood as Investors Watch Oil Prices Soar
Stocks had a volatile week as investors tried to figure out the consequences of a new spurt in the price of crude oil, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates again and the technology sector stumbled...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Tax Protester Who Dared U.S. to Prosecute Him Is Convicted of Not Filing Returns
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12 - Larken Rose, a tax protester who dared the Justice Department to indict him so he could prove to a jury that the tax laws are a fraud, was convicted Friday on five counts of willfully failing to file tax returns...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Chrysler's New Chief Unravels Himself From Union Roots
SALTILLO, Mexico, Aug. 11 - For a man whose union ties run three generations deep, it was an odd place to be...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Inquiry Finds No Wrongdoing by TV Host
An investigation found no evidence to support assertions by a contestant on "American Idol" that he had had a sexual affair with judge Paula Abdul...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Car Parts Supplier Receives a U.S. Grand Jury Subpoena
DETROIT, Aug. 12 - Collins & Aikman, the auto parts supplier that filed for bankruptcy protection in May, said Friday that it had received a federal grand jury subpoena for financial records going back more than five years...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
A Star Journalist, Wooed, Joins The New Yorker
Steve Coll, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and associate editor of The Washington Post, is leaving the newspaper to become a staff writer at The New Yorker...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
At the Pumps and on the Web, Drivers Check for Lowest Prices
For millions of Americans, filling up the tank has become an eye-popping experience as prices reached levels not seen in decades...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
June Trade Deficit Surged as Oil Price Resumed Climb
The deficit surged to its highest level in four months, pushed up by oil costs and the reluctance of foreigners to purchase more of what America produces...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
A Hollywood Moment in Delaware
Online legal communities have been kicking around the ruling this week that Disney's board was not liable to shareholders for its payment to former chief executive Michael Ovitz ...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
No, Seriously. Save the Bananas.
Popular Science reports that the Cavendish, the version of the banana that rests on top of American breakfast cereals, is "on a crash course toward extinction."...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Confidence Index Shows a Decline
By Reuters...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
British Airways Strike Strands Thousands
It may be several days before the airline can get all of its angry and frustrated passengers stranded in London to their destinations...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Maytag Board Backs a Bid by Whirlpool
The board of the Maytag Corporation announced yesterday that it would back a $1.68 billion takeover offer from the Whirlpool Corporation, withdrawing its earlier recommendation of a bid from a group led by the private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Delta Said to Explore Bankruptcy Financing
Delta Air Lines has begun arranging the financing it will need if it seeks bankruptcy protection, something that analysts say could happen within weeks...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Do Try This at Home: Assess Your Area's Real Estate Bubble
The residential real estate marathon is showing signs of exhaustion, but don't rely on experts to declare that a particular area's bubble has popped...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Trying a New Sport? Sign a Waiver, Then Hope for the Best
Waivers are popping up everywhere, from parents with skateboarding ramps in their yards to owners of petting zoos...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Pro Tells Why the Little Guy Just Can't Win
The chief investment officer of the Yale endowment has written a book detailing why the individual investor will never be able to invest the way Yale does...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
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