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US News Archive for September 2006:
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Gunman dies after college shooting
A gunman was killed by police and 20 students wounded after a shooting at a college in Montreal, Canada, police have said. Initial reports indicated up to four people were killed, but Yvan Delorme, chief of Montreal Police Services, clarified the number of dead...
CNN - September 13, 2006
College gunman dies after rampage
A gunman was killed by police and 20 students wounded after a shooting at a college in Montreal, police said. Initial reports indicated up to four people were killed, but Yvan Delorme, chief of Montreal Police Services, clarified the number of dead...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Official: Police hunt gunman from bank siege
Police were searching for a gunman after an apparent robbery attempt turned hostage situation in suburban Chicago on Wednesday. The standoff at a bank ended after about three hours with no injuries, but no culprit either...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Senators, Bush on collision course over tribunals
A Senate committee will move forward with a bill that would authorize military tribunals to try suspected terrorists without many of the provisions the Bush administration wants, its chairman said Wednesday...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Annan Finds Leaders Split on U.S. Presence in Iraq
The U.N. secretary general said that most Middle East leaders believe the invasion of Iraq and its consequences have been catastrophic for the region...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
20 Wounded in Shooting at College in Montreal
A gunman wounded as many as 20 people after storming a college in downtown Montreal and opening fire today...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Astronauts Overcome ‘Showstopper’ in Spacewalk
The astronauts faced a balky bolt that could have cut short an attempt to install a new $372 million truss...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Neanderthals’ Last Stand Is Traced
A team of scientists says it was at Gibraltar 28,000 years ago, 2,000 years more recently than previously thought...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Spitzer Turns Focus to New Opponent
The candidate for New York governor began assuming the mantle of party standard bearer today...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Democratic Effort to Limit Surveillance Bill Is Blocked
The Senate Judiciary Committee today endorsed a bill backed by the White House to have a secret court review the constitutionality of the eavesdropping program...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Square Feet: For Sale: Big Middle-Class Enclave With Lots of Potential
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village are at the center of a red-hot auction that will allow the winner to claim 110 buildings and 11,200 apartments...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
BT unveils podcasting tie-up plan
BT unveils plans to launch a podcasting site, the latest move aimed at turning it into a complete multi-media provider...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Briton set for extradition to US
A UK-based former boss at Peregrine Systems will be extradited to the US on Thursday to face fraud charges...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Shuttle astronauts complete tasks
Two US astronauts begin a six-and-a-half hour space walk outside the International Space Station...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Cuba slams 'morally decadent' US
Cuba's vice-president calls the US a "morally decadent empire" at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Anna Nicole son death 'suspicious'
Coroners in the Bahamas call the death of Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel "suspicious" and say a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges is being scheduled...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Who controls Congress: Battle lines drawn
A final round of primaries before November's critical midterm elections spelled victory for a moderate Republican upstart in the Senate and a conservative Arizona House candidate, as the battle for control of Congress intensified Wednesday...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Battle lines drawn for critical midterms
Moderate Republican upstart Sen. Lincoln Chafee declared victory in a tough Rhode Island primary that bolstered GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate in upcoming midterm elections. Arizona conservative Randy Graf, who focused on illegal immigration, defeats moderate challenger...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Treasury Chief Delivers New Warning to China
Henry M. Paulson Jr. said today that economic choices by Chinese leaders were imperiling their nation’s future...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Violence Flares Across Baghdad
Violence flared across Baghdad today, as 60 bodies were reported found and at least 18 people died in attacks on the police...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Graphic Testimony at Hussein Trial
A Kurdish man testified that he was splashed with a liquid that burst from falling rockets, searing his eyes and skin...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Astronauts Overcome ‘Showstopper’ in Second Spacewalk
The astronauts faced a balky bolt that could have cut short an attempt to install a new $372 million truss and solar array on the International Space Station...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Polish PM in military talks in US
Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski discusses troops in Iraq and controversial missile base proposals during a US trip...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Mexico ballot papers to be burnt
Ballots from Mexico's disputed presidential vote are to be burnt, despite a plea by President-elect Felipe Calderon...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Rice: Don't abandon Afghanistan
The United States is now paying the price for having left Afghanistan on its own after Soviet forces finally left the country in the late 1980s, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Bomb attacks kill 22 in Baghdad
Separate bomb attacks took at least 22 lives in Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. At least 14 people were killed in central Baghdad when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, police said...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Chafee beats conservative
Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who has bucked President Bush on tax cuts and the war in Iraq, defeated a conservative challenger Tuesday in a contest that could be crucial in the larger fight for control of Congress...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Flat-Panel TV Sales Help Best Buy’s Profit
The Best Buy Company reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit Tuesday, easing fears that consumers are pulling back on spending...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Bristol-Myers chief Dolan ousted
Drug-maker Bristol-Myers Squibb ousts its chief Peter Dolan after pressure from federal watchdogs...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
HP staff 'could face charges'
Hewlett-Packard staff could be indicted over the firm's probe into media leaks, says California's attorney general...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Cycling: Armstrong rejects claims
Lance Armstrong angrily defends his reputation in the wake of more doping claims by two former team-mates...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Oil prices reach seven-month low
Dips in demand and easing threats to supply push oil prices to below $63 a barrel...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Brazil and India strengthen ties
Brazil and India sign multi-million dollar trade deals, as leaders of the two emerging giants meet in Brasilia...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
Bush speech sparks squabbles
Bitter partisan election-year squabbles engulfed Capitol Hill on Tuesday sparked by President Bush's 9/11 speech Monday night. Democrats charged that the president was playing politics with the memories of 9/11, and Republicans questioned whether Democrats are more interested in protecting terrorists than the country...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Record tolls at Baghdad morgue
The year's second-highest monthly total of bodies arrived at Baghdad's morgue in August, authorities say, but the figures do not include people killed by bombs or other mass attacks...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Chafee beats back conservative challenger
Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who has bucked President Bush on tax cuts and the war in Iraq, defeated a conservative challenger Tuesday in a contest that could be crucial in the larger fight for control of Congress...
CNN - September 13, 2006
Dance of Diplomacy Is Grist for the Gossip Mill
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s appearances with her Canadian counterpart have revived rumors of romance on the diplomatic circuit...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
In Setback for Democrats, Incumbent Wins Republican Senate Primary
Senator Lincoln Chafee won the Republican primary in Rhode Island, and Representative Benjamin L. Cardin and Kweisi Mfume lead in Maryland’s Democratic primary...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary
Eliot Spitzer won an overwhelming victory in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor and Hillary Rodham Clinton handily defeated an antiwar challenger for renomination to the Senate...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Advertising: Wanted: Experience Officer. Some Necessary.
Title-mania is transforming the executive suites of Madison Avenue as agencies and advertisers give senior managers some nontraditional, offbeat, even wacky titles...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Flush With Jobs, Wyoming Woos Rust Belt Labor
Labor-starved Wyoming is vigorously courting workers from Michigan’s struggling auto industry...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Philanthropist Gives $50 Million to Help Aid the Poor in Africa
George Soros’s money will, among other things, pay for fertilizers and improved seeds to raise crop yields, classrooms and health clinics...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Arkady I. Volsky, 74, Founder of Russian Business Lobby, Dies
Mr. Volsky, a confidant of the Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, founded the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in 1991...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Square Feet: Hyde Park Considers a Makeover
Local officials are considering two development proposals that would reshape Hyde Park to make it more commercially vibrant and further tourism...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Sales in Quarter Rose at Comverse
Comverse Technology’s second-quarter sales rose 38 percent, but the company did not report full results because of an investigation into its stock option grants...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
More Financing Is Urged to Fight TB in Africa
The World Bank is spending far less on proven methods to combat tuberculosis in Africa than in India, China and Russia, according to a report by an advocacy group...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Executive Quits Microsoft
The head of Microsoft’s division that makes specialized software for small and midsize businesses is stepping down...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Vonage Buyers Told to Pay for Shares
Investors who have not paid for shares bought in Vonage’s initial public offering are being told to write a check or risk legal action...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
RealNetworks Makes Deal
RealNetworks has agreed to buy a South Korean maker of software for selling music and ring tones on mobile phones for $350 million...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Times Company Puts Its Nine Television Stations Up for Sale
The stations are all profitable, the company said, but it wants to focus on its newspapers and digital properties...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
HealthSouth Figure Is Sentenced Again
It is the third time Michael D. Martin has been sentenced for his part in a $2.7 billion accounting scandal that rocked the company...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
I.M.F. Head Is Mostly Upbeat but Also Sees Economic Clouds
The head of the I.M.F. predicted continued brisk growth for the global economy, but said that higher interest rates and surging oil prices could lead to trouble...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Plan for Vista Draws Warning to Microsoft From Europe
The E.U. warned Microsoft against foreclosing competition in computer security software by tying new security features into Windows Vista...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
2 Foundations Join in Africa Agriculture Push
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will team with the Rockefeller Foundation to increase agricultural productivity in Africa...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Panel of Executives and Academics to Consider Regulation and Competitiveness
The independent panel will consider changes in laws and regulations with the intent of making American markets more competitive...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Flat-Panel TV Sales Help Best Buy’s Profit
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Discounts and Gas Prices Raise Kroger’s Sales
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Trade Deficit in July Hit a Record $68 Billion
The U.S. trade deficit grew in July to a record $68 billion, as oil import prices and demand for foreign goods and services rose to new highs...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
2 Big Law Firms Discuss Merger
Two law firms on opposite coasts are discussing a merger that would create one of the nation’s largest corporate legal advisers...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
European Court Sets Limits on Countries’ Taxing Power
Europe’s highest court set strict limits Tuesday on when a country can tax profits earned by subsidiaries in other European countries...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Optimism on Energy Prices Drives Shares Sharply Higher
Shares rose the most in about a month yesterday as investors bet that falling oil prices would propel consumer spending and lift corporate profits while easing inflation...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
NBC and Its Stations Venture Into Online Video Market
NBC Universal has created a new company, NBBC, that will distribute video programming to various Internet sites...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Dell Chairman Defends Chief and Accepts Share of Blame
Michael S. Dell said he deserved a share of the blame for recent problems at Dell Inc. and reaffirmed his support for his chief executive, Kevin B. Rollins...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Government Sets Higher Medicare Rates and New Surcharge
The basic Medicare premium will rise next year to $93.50 a month, an increase of $5, the Bush administration announced Tuesday...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Studies Find Higher Rates Of Heart Risk With Vioxx
A paper published Tuesday suggests that Vioxx posed heart risks that a similar drug, Celebrex, does not...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Market Place: Profit Down at Goldman, but Estimates Are Beaten
Despite a summer slump in trading up and down Wall Street, Goldman Sachs reported strong third-quarter earnings on Tuesday...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Justice Department Is Reviewing Corporate Prosecution Guidelines
Companies and lawyers say the Justice Department is using coercive tactics as a bludgeon to force cooperation with corporate investigations...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
David Leonhardt: Distractions and Bargains Bought in Bulk
A sizable portion of the retail economy, including bulk warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam’s Club, are built on bargains that aren’t really bargains...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
The War Over Salt
The nation’s largest doctors’ group wants the government and the food industry to reduce what it sees as a persistently high level of salt in many processed foods...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Square Feet: For Sale: Big Middle-Class Enclave With Lots of Potential
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village are at the center of a red-hot auction that will allow the winner to claim 110 buildings and 11,200 apartments...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Drug Maker Fires Chief of 5 Years
The board bowed to a federal monitor’s pressure after a mishandled attempt to solve a patent dispute...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Well, It Turns Out That Lonelygirl Really Wasn’t
After months of intrigue, the identities of Web video star lonelygirl15 and her producers have been revealed...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Apple Plans to Inhabit Living Room
A device due out next year will wirelessly stream video and music from a Macintosh computer to a television...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
Spying Uproar Causes Shuffle in Boardroom
H.P.’s chairwoman will step aside in January, the C.E.O. will succeed her and the longest-serving director resigned...
New York Times - September 13, 2006
'Baby one more time' for Spears
Pop icon Britney Spears, 24, gives birth in Los Angeles to a second baby boy, according to US media reports...
BBC News - September 13, 2006
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