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US News Archive for February 2006:
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Cheney hunt victim has heart scare
The hunter shot and wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney suffered a minor heart attack after a piece of birdshot moved to his heart, a hospital spokesman has said. "Some of the bird shot appears to have moved and lodged into part of his heart ... in what we would say is a minor heart attack," a spokesman for the hospital treating Harry Whittington said...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Hunter shot by Cheney has heart attack
The fellow hunter who was shot and wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney suffered a minor heart attack after a piece of birdshot migrated to his heart. Harry Whittington, 78, is in stable condition in intensive care ...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Cheney accident victim suffers minor heart attack
The man shot and wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney has suffered a "minor heart attack" after a piece of birdshot migrated and became lodged in his heart, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Hunter Shot by Cheney Suffers Mild Heart Attack
The lawyer who was shot returned to the intensive care unit, and the vice president released his first official statement on the incident...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Moussaoui Is Banned From Courtroom
The confessed Al Qaeda plotter was banned from the jury-selection process that will determine whether he lives or dies...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Bush Promises Tougher Stance on Chinese Trade
The Bush administration said in a report released today that it would exert more pressure on China to adhere to global free trade rules...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
US toughens stance on China trade
The US will focus more closely on China's trade policy, setting up a task force to ensure it complies with global rules...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Hostel death plunge 'preventable'
The death of a woman who fell from the roof of a city hostel could have been avoided, a court is told...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Man Cheney shot has heart attack
The hunting companion accidentally shot by US Vice-President Dick Cheney suffers a minor heart attack...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Rolling Stones fever hits Brazil
Almost two million people are expected at a free Rolling Stones concert in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
2 dead in Pakistan cartoon riots
At least two people have been killed in Pakistan's worst wave of violence against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, officials say. More than 1,000 protesters stormed into Islamabad's diplomatic district, while thousands vandalized Western businesses in another city...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Entwistle computer gives up sex secrets
Just days before the slayings of his wife and infant daughter, Neil Entwistle looked at a Web site that described "how to kill people by various methods" and searched for escort services near his Hopkinton, Massachusetts, home, according to search warrant documents released Monday...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Cartoons: 2 dead in Pakistan riots
More than 1,000 protesters stormed into Islamabad's diplomatic district while thousands vandalized Western businesses including KFC in Lahore Tuesday, in Pakistan's worst wave of violence against the Prophet Mohammed cartoons...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Cheney cleared in accident
Authorities have cleared Vice President Dick Cheney of wrongdoing in the Texas shooting of a hunting companion, while reporters aimed tough questions at White House officials about their delay in disclosing the accident...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Retail Sales Jump Sharply and Across Wide Spectrum
Americans took advantage of the warmest January on record to shop for clothes, furniture and cars, the government reported...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
US retail sales soar in January
The US reports a surge in retail sales at the start of 2006, marking a turnaround from an anaemic December...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Olympics: Brazilian banned
Brazilian bobsleigher Armando dos Santos is sent home from the Games after testing positive for Nandrolone...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Latin America to protest US bill
Latin American countries agree a joint lobbying campaign in the US against a tougher immigration bill...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Hussein: I am on hunger strike
Saddam Hussein returned to trial on Tuesday saying he and seven co-accused had been staging a hunger strike for three days to protest their treatment by the court...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Mass rally marks Hariri slaying
Thousands of Lebanese waving flags have massed in Beirut to commemorate the first anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Tennis: Fish defeated in San Jose
Andy Murray drops just four games in beating Mardy Fish at the SAP Open...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Gunmen kill Mexico police chiefs
Two police chiefs are shot dead in Mexico, in an apparent escalation of drug-related violence on the US border...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Actor Penn's death 'an accident'
Actor Chris Penn died from an enlarged heart and a mix of medications, the coroner says...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Cheney shooting delay under fire
US media ask why the White House delayed news that the vice-president had shot a hunting companion...
BBC News - February 14, 2006
Bali drug kingpins face execution
Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, seen above, have been found guilty of heroin trafficking by an Indonesian court Tuesday and will face death by firing squad, live television coverage from the court has shown...
CNN - February 14, 2006
Rattled Lebanon remembers Hariri
A large billboard on a Beirut street corner bears a picture of Rafik Hariri with a counter ticking off the days since the former prime minister was assassinated and his killers have gone free...
CNN - February 14, 2006
No End to Questions in Cheney Hunting Accident
The White House sought to explain why it took most of a day to disclose that the vice president accidentally shot a fellow hunter...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Hotel Aid Ends; Evacuees Seek Housing Again
Monday was the last day FEMA paid hotel bills for 12,000 families, but some victims said they had no permanent place to go...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
As Monsters Go, This Storm Had Lighter Tread
Sunday's snowstorm was the biggest in New York City since record-keeping began, but the day after the blizzard, life in the city felt amazingly normal...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
On the Road: Jumping Through Hoops to Get Off the No-Fly List
YOU may be surprised at the number of people who are routinely taken aside at airport security and given the third degree because, it seems, they share a name that is the same as or similar to one of tens of thousands of people who are on official watch lists and no-fly lists...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Sounding Off: Rental Car Customers Chafe at Tougher Rules
It is not difficult to find a business traveler who is hopping mad at Hertz these days...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Memo Pad: Fares at Dulles
FARES AT DULLES Many analysts predicted that the collapse of the discount carrier Independence Air last month would lead to higher airfares at Dulles International Airport near Washington. The airport had some of the highest average fares in the nation before Independence Air began operating there in 2004, forcing competitors to lower ticket prices. Over all, fares have not gone up much since Independence Air closed on Jan. 5, industry analysts say. But on flights in which passengers depart and return on the same day, once a staple of Independence Air's short-haul network, ticket prices have risen significantly, said Terry Trippler, the airfare analyst at Cheapseats.com. When Independence Air folded, he found, the round-trip fare for same-day flights between Dulles and Buffalo on United Airlines was $158. A month later, it had risen to $618. Dulles to Pittsburgh went to $900, from $78, on United and to $900, from $228, on US Airways...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Deaths Halt Enrollments in a Drug Trial
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Bush Advisers Foresee Robust Economy
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Biotech's Sparse Harvest
The next generation of genetically engineered crops is finally on the horizon. But the list does not include many of the products once envisioned...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
German Television Group Says It Is No Longer Seeking a Buyer
Haim Saban, the investor who controls ProSiebenSat.1 Media, said that he and his partners had decided not to seek a new buyer for the company...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Shares Off as Market Awaits Testimony of New Fed Chief
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Henry Ford III, 26, Takes a Job at Ford
By Reuters...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Financial Chief Is Leaving AMR
FORT WORTH, Feb. 13 (AP) — The parent of American Airlines, the AMR Corporation, said on Monday that its chief financial officer, James Beer, was leaving for a similar job at a software company, the Symantec Corporation...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
At Times Co., a Chief of Human Resources
The New York Times Company announced the appointment of David K. Norton on Monday as senior vice president for human resources...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Sale Helps Cendant Profit, but Forecast Is Cut
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
G.M. to Invest $500 Million in Michigan
DETROIT, Feb. 13 — General Motors is set to announce Tuesday that it has made, or plans to make, investments totaling $500 million to help modernize five of its Michigan factories...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Discover to Offer a New Debit Card
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
World Trade Group Rules Tax Benefits by U.S. Illegal
The World Trade Organization ruled that tax breaks the United States gives to some of its largest companies are illegal...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Russian Cellphone Operator Offers $5 Billion for the Top Telecom in Ukraine
Vimpel-Communications made a $5 billion stock and debt offer for Kyivstar, the largest telecommunications operator in Ukraine...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
As an Alternative to a Trip to a Video Store, Movies Through a Set-Top Box
Will people pay $230 and hook a new gizmo up to their television sets? That is the question to be answered by MovieBeam...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
$1.7 Billion Deal for Hotels
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Big Question Marks on Nuclear Waste Facility
The Energy Department no longer has an estimate of when it can open the nuclear waste repository that it wants to build at Yucca Mountain...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
2 Will Leave A.I.G. Board
By Reuters...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Group Starts Anti-Union Campaign
A business-backed group is mounting a highly visible attack against organized labor, just as unions are trying to pick themselves up after years of decline...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Market Place: Merrill and BlackRock Deal Draws Cheers on Wall St.
Analysts declared both Merrill Lynch and BlackRock victorious on word that the two companies were nearing a deal to combine their fund operations...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Itineraries: More Sticker Shock for the Weary
Anticipating strong demand by travelers of all kinds, hotels across the U.S. have begun to push rates up further this year...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Livedoor Founder Is Charged With Securities Violations
Takafumi Horie was charged with violating securities law by spreading false information to inflate a subsidiary's stock price...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
U.S. Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies
The government is on the verge of one of the biggest oil and gas giveaways in U.S. history, some $7 billion over five years...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
I.R.S. Offers Deal to Firms Promoting Tax Shelters
The I.R.S. is making an offer to firms that made and sold questionable tax shelters: come forward, pay penalties and turn over information, and you may avoid prosecution...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
For Enron, Unwitting Assistance
Mark E. Koenig, the lead-off witness for the government against two former Enron chief executives, advanced the defense's argument with his testimony...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
Advertising: Marketers, Too, Are Subject to Slip-Ups While Going for Olympic Gold
After Michelle Kwan's withdrawal from the Olympics, marketing experts say it is less likely she will be landing endorsement deals anytime soon...
New York Times - February 14, 2006
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