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US News Archive for September 2005:
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High price of hesitation
FEMA boss Michael Brown may have been the first official to lose his job to Hurricane Katrina, but he might not be the last. Criticism of the government's response to the disaster threatens to swamp other officials involved in the recovery effort...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Officials' jobs on the line?
Michael Brown may have been the first official to lose his job to Hurricane Katrina, but he might not be the last. Criticism of the government's response to the disaster threatens to swamp other officials involved in the recovery effort...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Roberts grilled about Roe
At his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, Judge John Roberts deftly sidestepped the volatile issue of abortion but acknowledged legal precedent is "very important in promoting evenhandedness."...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Roberts Reacts Cautiously as Senators Press Him on Abortion
Judge Roberts's answers on abortion seemed unlikely to completely satisfy either those who favor the right to choose abortion or those who would like to see it outlawed...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Bush Takes Responsibility for Failures in Storm Response
The president also said the disaster raised broader questions about the government's ability to respond to terror attacks...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Turnout Appears to Be Low in New York City's Primary
New York City's voters showed little enthusiasm for selecting a challenger to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Northwest and Delta Are Said to Be Preparing for Bankruptcy
Northwest and Delta are each finishing the details of their bankruptcy cases, people close to both companies said today...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Google getting its Microsoft man
Google gets legal clearance to hire a former Microsoft executive to head its Chinese research facility...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Wal-Mart hit by 'sweatshop' claim
Retail giant Wal-Mart is hit with a lawsuit that claims it ignores sweatshop conditions at overseas supplier factories...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Bush admits to Katrina failures
U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledges "serious problems" in his government's response to emergencies, and says he takes responsibility for the federal government's failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Death sentence over embassy blast
An Indonesian militant is sentenced to death for helping plan and carry out last year's suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy -- the harshest penalty yet in the attack that killed 10 people...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Bush: 'I take responsibility'
President Bush on Tuesday said he takes responsibility for the federal government's failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Roberts questioned about Roe
Senators wasted little time Tuesday on the second day of confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts as the nation's chief justice, leading off with questions on Roe v. Wade...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Roberts, Pressed on Abortion, Cites Respect for Settled Law
Judge Roberts cited the principle of "stare decisis" in stating that the Roe vs. Wade ruling was settled as precedent of the court...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
N.Y.'s Ever-Changing Electorate: Next, the White Minority
For the first time, non-Hispanic whites are projected to constitute a minority of the voters in a mayoral general election...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
New Yorkers Line Up to Vote in Primaries
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New York Times - September 13, 2005
Trade Deficit Narrows and Producer Prices Show Little Change
Even with higher energy prices putting a crimp in the economy, the nation's trade balance improved in July and wholesale inflation was muted in August, the government reported today...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Surprise decline in US trade gap
The US trade deficit narrows by 2.6% in July to $57.9bn, despite soaring oil costs, the Commerce Department says...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
US men kill transgender teenager
Two men are found guilty of killing a transgender teenager they had sex with, after finding she was biologically male...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Renegade alligator captured in LA
Reggie, an alligator in a Los Angeles lake who avoided capture for weeks, is finally snared by alligator wranglers...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
US court nominee in abortion quiz
US Chief Justice nominee John Roberts tells a Senate panel a landmark abortion ruling is an important precedent...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Nursing home probe eyed
The failure to properly evacuate a New Orleans-area nursing home where 34 residents died when floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina surged into the building may become the subject of a criminal investigation, authorities say...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Poll: Katrina shows racial divide
White and black Americans view Hurricane Katrina's aftermath in starkly different ways, with more blacks viewing race as a factor in problems with the federal response, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. More blacks than whites said they were angry about the government's response to Katrina, and President Bush is one target of their ire...
CNN - September 13, 2005
N. Korea claims nuclear 'rights'
North Korea has reiterated its demands to maintain a civilian nuclear program as delegates began the latest round of international talks on Pyongyang's nuclear plans in Beijing...
CNN - September 13, 2005
Pakistan Leader Confirms Nuclear Exports
President Pervez Musharraf said he believed that a Pakistani nuclear expert exported centrifuges to North Korea to produce nuclear weapons fuel...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
A Rush to Set Up U.S. Housing for Storm Survivors
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the government is beginning one of the biggest bursts of federal housing development in United States history...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
An Opening Performance Worthy of an Experienced Lawyer
The senators' carefully prepared remarks faded beneath the rhetorical high note with which Judge John G. Roberts Jr. ended his opening statement...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
45 Bodies Are Found in a New Orleans Hospital
The discovery sharply increased the death toll and raised new questions about the breakdown of the evacuation system...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
New Zealand Named Best Nation for Business
In a study to be released on Tuesday, the World Bank said that New Zealand and Singapore were the easiest countries to do business in. The United States came in third...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Ford sells Hertz in $5.6bn deal
Ford Motor Company agrees to sell car hire firm Hertz to a private investor group for $5.6bn (£3.1bn)...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
MLB: Bonds back for Giants
San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds makes his comeback from injury on Monday in a 4-3 win over San Diego...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
NBA stages Katrina fundraiser
Tracy McGrady scores 21 points to spark the West past the East 114-95 in an NBA All-Star fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Jimi Hendrix home saved
The childhood home of Jimi Hendrix is saved from demolition and will be moved opposite a cemetery...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Struggle to absorb evacuees
Baton Rouge, the nearest city to flooded New Orleans, struggles to deal with a huge evacuee population...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
NFL: Atlanta down Eagles
Michael Vick throws for 156 yards and runs for a touchdown as Atlanta beat Philadelphia 14-10...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
UN World Summit talks go to wire
UN diplomats continue debating the final text of a document to be adopted at the World Summit, opening on Wednesday...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Revamp planned for Brazil's Varig
Troubled Brazilian airline Varig plans to split in two and cut 13% of jobs in an effort to stave off bankruptcy...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Roberts Pledges He'll Hear Cases With 'Open Mind'
The opening day of confirmation hearings crystallized the debate over Judge John G. Roberts Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Bonds Resumes His Pursuit of Baseball Immortality
The return of Barry Bonds, the third-most prolific home run hitter ever, had been widely anticipated for nearly a week...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
45 Bodies Found in a New Orleans Hospital
The discovery sharply increased the death toll from the hurricane and raised new questions about the breakdown of the evacuation system...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
In the Ripples, 2 Men Salvage The Memories
With a crowbar and a boat, two men have been helping people in New Orleans break into their own homes...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Eugene Desmond O'Kelly Is Dead at 53; Former Chief of KPMG in U.S.
During Eugene Desmond O'Kelly's time as head of KPMG's United States unit the firm endured investigations by the I.R.S. and federal prosecutors...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Big Board Clerk Pleads Guilty
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Ford Completes Sale of Hertz to 3 Firms
The Ford Motor Company said that it had completed a deal to sell its Hertz rental car unit to a group of private investors in a $5.6 billion deal...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
The King of the Hill, Top of the Heap Brand
Marketers have always borrowed New York imagery to add panache and glamour to their products, and now, New York is a hotter label than ever...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Earnings at Campbell Soup Climb 63%
The Campbell Soup Company said that its fourth-quarter profit climbed 63 percent, driven by lower marketing costs, higher selling prices and productivity improvements...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
A Ceaseless Competitive Drive
Golfing on business trips, that sweet escape from the frustrations of the road, can be full of surprises...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
A $79.95 Opportunity to Breeze Through Security
A new program could soon allow travelers to pass through airport checkpoints without being treated like a prisoner being hustled to the cellblock...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Mexico Builds Trade Ties With China
President Hu Jintao of China wooed Mexican leaders as part of a campaign to expand China's influence in Latin America...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Doughnut Maker Delays Report Again
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts said on Monday that it was delaying another quarterly report, and estimated its second-quarter revenue at $140 million...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
China Exports Up 32% in August
China recorded its third-largest monthly trade surplus on record in August...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Icahn Group Steps Up Time Warner Proxy Fight
The financier Carl C. Icahn filed a document with securities regulators that amounts to a marketing brochure for his planned putsch against Time Warner...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Expedited Contracts for Cleanup Are Testing Regulations
The Army Corps of Engineers will award $1.5 billion in contracts this week for hurricane cleanup operations in Louisiana and the rest of the gulf region. The contracts, to be bid competitively, are being given expedited handling, which means the bidding process can last less than three days...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Are the Latest Big Deals Really a Big Deal?
While Wall Street has been abuzz about a recent run of high-profile mergers and acquisitions, many of them happen to be pretty humdrum...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Rooms, Yes. But Don't Expect Service.
Some hoteliers have helped keep hotels open for rescue workers, and now the hotels could serve as a foundation for rebuilding the city...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Day 11 of Strike by Boeing Machinists With No End in Sight
With no negotiations scheduled in the strike by 18,300 machinists at Boeing, the two sides are showing little inclination for compromise...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Investors Mark Time as Acquisitions Help Tech Shares
Wall Street zigzagged through a listless session, closing mostly higher as a spate of multibillion-dollar acquisitions lifted the technology sector and energy prices extended their declines...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
KPMG Shifts Tax Managers
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Japan's Growth Rate Up Sharply From Early Estimate
The Japanese economy grew faster in the last quarter amid signs that a recovery is spreading to industries beyond the nation's export-driven manufacturers...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Freddie Mac to Aid Effort to Recover Millions From Ex-Officers
Freddie Mac, the mortgage reseller recovering from an accounting scandal, will assist federal regulators in their effort to recover millions of dollars in benefits and bonuses paid to two of its former executives, under terms of a settlement made public yesterday by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Tax Bases Shattered, Gulf Region Faces Debt Crisis
By destroying houses, businesses and peoples' lives, Hurricane Katrina also destroyed the tax base of the gulf region...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Wachovia Plans to Buy Auto Lender
Wachovia's deal for Westcorp, an automobile finance company, would create the nation's ninth largest auto loan originator...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Ford Labor Pact in Canada Calls for 1,100 Job Cuts
The Ford Motor Company will cut 1,100 jobs in Canada by 2008 as part of a tentative agreement reach with the Canadian Auto Workers union...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
2 Ex-Officers Guilty of Looting Kansas Utility
A federal jury on Monday found two former executives of Westar Energy guilty of looting the company of millions of dollars...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Daimler Chief Sees Mercedes Doing More With Less
The incoming chairman of DaimlerChrysler signaled that he would impose a stringent cost-cutting regimen on the company's flagship Mercedes division...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Oracle to Pay $5.85 Billion for Siebel
Oracle, the giant database-software maker, announced on Monday that it would pay $5.85 billion to acquire Siebel Systems...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Delta Asks Pilots' Union for Second Round of Cuts in Wages and Benefits
Delta Air Lines, which is said to be on the brink of filing for bankruptcy protection, asked its pilots for a second round of wage and benefit cuts late Monday...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
EBay to Buy Skype, Internet Phone Service, for $2.6 Billion
EBay's planned acquisition of Skype Technologies would be its biggest purchase since it bought the Internet Auction Company of South Korea in 2004...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Ex-Chairman of S.E.C. Set to Start Hedge Fund
Richard C. Breeden, who has been an advocate for corporate governance, is starting a hedge fund, which is expected to start Jan. 1...
New York Times - September 13, 2005
Battle to salvage World Summit
UN diplomats argue over the aims of the World Summit, which opens on Wednesday, as expectations are lowered...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
Baby of brain-dead US mother dies
A baby girl delivered from a brain-dead woman in the US dies at five weeks after emergency surgery...
BBC News - September 13, 2005
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