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US News Archive for March 2005:
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Three murder warrants filed against Nichols
Three murder warrants were filed against alleged Atlanta, Georgia, courthouse killer Brian Nichols, Atlanta police chief Richard Pennington said Monday...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Jackson did nothing, accuser told school official
The teenage boy accusing Michael Jackson of molesting him admitted on the stand today that he told an administrator at his school that nothing sexual happened between him and the pop star. "I told him Michael never did anything to me," the boy said, referring to his conversation with the school worker...
CNN - March 14, 2005
California Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
A judge held, in an opinion that will surely be appealed, that "no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners."...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Pentagon Sees $108 Million in Overcharges by Halliburton
Overbilling for postwar fuel imports to Iraq by Halliburton totaled more than $108 million, according to a report by Pentagon auditors...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Philip Morris to Buy Indonesian Cigarette Maker
The move signals the growing enthusiasm of big international tobacco companies for the lucrative Asian cigarette market...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Greenberg Expected to Step Down as A.I.G.'s Chief
Maurice R. Greenberg, who has dominated the giant insurance company for nearly 40 years, is facing an investigation into the company's financial reports...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Boy 'denied Jackson abused him'
Michael Jackson's accuser admits telling a teacher no molestation took place, as he is cross-examined in court...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Clinton goes home after surgery
Former US President Bill Clinton leaves hospital, four days after surgery as a follow-up to his heart bypass...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Rice setting off for Asian tour
Condoleezza Rice leaves for her first major tour of Asia, with talks on North Korea and China likely to dominate...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Prosecutor: Nichols 'defiant' and 'proud'
Suspected Atlanta courthouse killer Brian Nichols is "defiant" and "kind of proud of his activities," said Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard. Nichols surrendered Saturday at an apartment belonging to suburban Atlanta widow Ashley Smith. "He said he thought I was an angel sent from God," said Smith, whom police said was held more than seven hours...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Beirut sees biggest protest so far
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters gather in Beirut to mark four weeks to the day since Lebanon's former PM Rafik Hariri was assassinated -- the biggest protest of recent times, CNN's Brent Sadler says...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Prosecutor: Shooting suspect 'defiant'
Suspected Atlanta courthouse killer Brian Nichols, who is expected to appear in court as soon as Monday, is "defiant" and "kind of proud of his activities," Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Hughes picked to spread U.S. message
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Monday that President Bush has nominated Karen Hughes, one of his closest longtime advisers, to a key State Department post in an effort to help repair the United States' image abroad, especially in the Arab world...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Ante Up at Dear Old Princeton: Online Poker Is a Campus Draw
Televised poker championships and a proliferation of online poker games have caused a gambling revolution at the nation's colleges...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Rally Against Syria Appears to Be Largest Yet in Lebanon
The rally added pressure on the government of Syria to announce a serious timetable for the withdrawal from Lebanon...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Government Report on U.S. Aviation Warns of Security Holes
Noncommercial planes and helicopters offer terrorists tempting targets, a confidential government report concludes...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Tracking the Uncertain Science of Growing Heart Cells
A heart treatment using stem cells of bone marrow has touched off sharp differences as to whether it is ready to be taken to people...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Treasury Bills Scheduled for This Week
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 - March 14, 2005
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Mining the 3rd Dimension for Bigger Profits
Imax, the company known for oversized film projection, is bringing 3-D technology (and additional revenue) to Hollywood films like “The Polar Express.”...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
At Disney, a Loyal No. 2 Gets to Try His Hand at Magic
In a business in which loyalty is not always rewarded, staying true to his word paid off for Robert A. Iger, Disney's new chief...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Anxious to See How It Ends? So Are the Writers.
The writers of "Lost," "The O.C.," "24" and "Desperate Housewives" are all trying to devise the perfect season finale - with little time to spare...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
In New Ads for Baseball, the Fans Are the Stars
A campaign to promote the opening of the Major League Baseball season is all about the fans, unlike one last year that featured players...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
General Motors Starts Media Buying Review
General Motors Starts...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
New York, No Longer a Crime Capital, Is Still Playing One on TV
If it ever really was, New York is no longer the nation's crime capital, but it remains the capital of television crime shows...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Founder of Peru's AeroContinente Is Accused of Building Airline on Drugs
In a little more than a decade, AeroContinente became Peru's largest airline. Now, some charge that the airline played a crucial role in drug smuggling...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
OPEC May Keep Producing Above Quotas
Two of OPEC's leading producers in the Persian Gulf said the group may agree to keep pumping above formal oil output quotas to cool markets...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Not Yet in Business School, and Already Flunking Ethics
Harvard won’t admit students who peeked into a Web site with early admission results...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Fewer Sources Go Nameless in the Press, Survey Shows
A report on the state of the media says that the use of anonymous sources in newspapers has dropped significantly over the last year...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
A Libel Case Raises a Tricky Question of Jurisdiction
An International Libel Complaint A libel complaint against The Washington Post by a man in Canada raises some tricky questions about jurisdiction and the Internet...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Women's Wear Daily Setting Its Sights on the Luxury Market
Women's Wear Daily is following the fashion industry's climb into the luxury goods market with a magazine called WWDScoop...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
FHM, Risqué and Proud of It, Is Taken Off Some Shelves
The April cover of the magazine FHM, featuring the naked backside of a popular model, Vida Guerra, prompted some supermarket managers to keep the issue off shelves...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Casino Aims to Keep Workers Slim, but Heavy Publicity Hasn't Hurt
Borgata's weight policy has prompted a lawsuit - and a storm of news stories and broadcasts all over the country...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Federal Agency Finds Enron Made Energy Contracts Illegally
Regulators have determined that Enron was engaging in illegal activity when it entered energy contracts with Western utility companies and cities...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Wife of Ousted Boeing Chief Seeks Divorce After 50 Years
The wife of Harry C. Stonecipher, who resigned as chief of Boeing last week after its board learned of his affair with a co-worker, has filed for divorce...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Economic Calendar
Today...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Disney's No. 2 Officer to Take Charge in September
Robert A. Iger will succeed Michael D. Eisner as chief executive, ending Mr. Eisner's reign a year earlier than expected...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
A.I.G. Board Said to Weigh Chief's Future
The board of American International Group is grappling with an accelerating investigation into the company and its chief, Maurice R. Greenberg...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Can Papers End the Free Ride Online?
As the battle for advertising dollars intensifies, newspapers are looking for new ways to make money, including charging the visitors to their Web sites...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Liberal Bloggers Reaching Out to Major Media
A group of left-wing bloggers has started holding conference calls with news outlets to counter what they believe is the growing power of right-wing blogs...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Lufthansa Says It Is Negotiating to Acquire Swiss Airline
Lufthansa of Germany said it was in talks to take over Swiss International Air Lines. The long-rumored deal would speed the consolidation of Europe's airlines...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
For Telecoms in Europe, Turf Battles Are Escalating
Once upon a time, blockbuster acquisitions were the only way for Europe’s former phone monopolies to get into new territory. Now phone companies are beginning to challenge one another on each other’s home turf...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
From Toyota, a Different Sound System
Toyota has entered the music business, not to make money but to win the hearts of underground music fans...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Web Sites Try Offering TV Shows
Some Web sites are producing TV-type shows and showing them around the clock, a contrast to video-on-demand...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Top AT&T Executives Could Get $31 Million Severance in SBC Deal
Top executives of AT&T stand to receive $31 million in severance pay if its deal to be acquired by SBC Communications goes through as planned...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
AIG chief executive 'to retire'
Maurice Greenberg, chief executive of the world's largest insurance group, is to stand down according to US reports...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Warner Music seeks to raise $750m
Warner Music - whose artists include Madonna - is to raise up to $750m by selling some shares in the company on the stock market...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Secrets of ex-Nazi's Chile cult
Paul Schaefer, the fugitive leader of a bizarre cult in Chile, had close links with the Pinochet regime, writes the BBC's Becky Branford...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
China's soya needs lift Argentina
Argentina's economy has bounced back - and one of the biggest factors has been China's demand for soya...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
US considers 1,500 Iraq dead
The BBC's Adam Brookes looks at the political and military impact of the US death toll in Iraq...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Ecuador tribes take on oil giants
Tribes living atop oil reserves in Ecuadorean rainforest are fighting to keep the oil companies out...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Uruguay press hails president
Newspapers in Uruguay reflect the national mood of elation after the swearing in of the country's first left-wing president...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
NFL: Detroit sign Garcia
Detroit agree a one-year contract with quarterback Jeff Garcia - plus other NFL news...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
US to name new Nasa chief
The White House is to nominate Dr Mike Griffin as the next US space agency (Nasa) Administrator...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Argentina expels Chile cult head
Argentina deports a former Nazi to Chile, where he is wanted on charges of sexually abusing children...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Coma case husband rejects $1m
The husband of a brain-damaged woman rejects a $1m offer to prevent him removing her feeding tube...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Notorious BIG murder case closed
The FBI closes its investigation into the murder of rapper Notorious BIG, who was shot dead in 1997...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Blind Boys singer Scott, 75, dies
George Scott, a member of the US black vocal group The Blind Boys of Alabama, dies aged 75...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Syrian moves 'encourage' US
Syria's vow to leave Lebanon gets a cautious US welcome, as a fresh mass rally is staged in support of Damascus...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Baseball: Giambi drugs admission
Jeremy Giambi, younger brother of Yankees star Jason, admits using performance-enhancing drug...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Atlanta hostage recounts ordeal
A woman held by the suspect in a courthouse shooting in Atlanta last week says he "just wanted normalness" in his life...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Rice 'will not run' for president
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tries to dampen speculation that she will run for president in 2008...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Fans hope to save New York hotel
Celebrities and ordinary fans are trying to save New York's famous Plaza hotel from redevelopment...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Church shooting baffles US police
US police struggle to establish a motive for a church shooting spree that killed eight, including the gunman...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Kennedy cancels Irish talks
Senator Ted Kennedy cancels talks with the Sinn Fein leader amid concerns about the IRA's "ongoing criminal activity"...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
US judge blocks Yemeni jail move
A US judge blocks the transfer of 13 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo, because of fears for their safety...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Beirut protest marks Hariri death
Thousands of people gathered in Beirut Monday for a massive opposition rally four weeks to the day since Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Lufthansa Says It Is Negotiating to Acquire Swiss Airline
Lufthansa of Germany said it was in talks to take over Swiss International Air Lines. The long-rumored deal would speed the consolidation of Europe's airlines...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Warner Music seeks to raise $750m
Warner Music - whose artists include Madonna - is to raise up to $750m by selling some shares in the company on the stock market...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
US judge blocks Yemeni jail move
A US judge blocks the transfer of 13 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo, because of fears for their safety...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Baseball: Giambi drugs admission
Jeremy Giambi, younger brother of Yankees star Jason, admits using performance-enhancing drug...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
NFL: Detroit sign Garcia
Detroit agree a one-year contract with quarterback Jeff Garcia - plus other NFL news...
BBC News - March 14, 2005
Suspect told hostage she was 'angel from God'
The suspect in four Atlanta killings told the woman he held hostage for about seven hours that he thought she was an "angel sent from God," she said Sunday night. The woman, Ashley Smith, told reporters that she spoke of religion and family -- including her 5-year-old daughter -- in a bid to win the sympathy of Brian Nichols, the 33-year-old suspect...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Atlanta hostage: 'He thought I was an angel'
The woman held hostage by the suspect in the Atlanta courthouse killings said he told her "he thought I was an angel sent from God." Ashley Smith said that initially Brian Nichols tied her up in her apartment, but after she told him about her life and her faith, he untied her and let her cook breakfast for him. Eventually, he let her leave the apartment and she called 911...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Israel vows to dismantle outposts
Israel's government pledged Sunday to honor its commitment to dismantle unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank after a government report outlined widespread complicity among governmental ministries that aided the outposts' construction...
CNN - March 14, 2005
Government Report on U.S. Aviation Warns of Security Holes
Noncommercial planes and helicopters offer terrorists tempting targets, a confidential government report concludes...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Tracking the Uncertain Science of Growing Heart Cells
A heart treatment using stem cells of bone marrow has touched off sharp differences as to whether it is ready to be taken to people...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Kurds' Return to City Shakes Politics in Iraq
Restoring Kurds to their property in Kirkuk without disenfranchising Arabs is fraught with the possibility of igniting a civil war...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Chain Saw Thins Flocks of Migrants on Gold Wings
Naturalists say that logging in Mexico and herbicides in the United States have endangered colonies of monarch butterflies...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Ante Up at Dear Old Princeton: Online Poker Is a Campus Draw
Televised poker championships and a proliferation of online poker games have caused a gambling revolution at the nation's colleges...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
From Toyota, a Different Sound System
Toyota has entered the music business, not to make money but to win the hearts of underground music fans...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
For Telecoms in Europe, Turf Battles Are Escalating
Once upon a time, blockbuster acquisitions were the only way for Europe’s former phone monopolies to get into new territory. Now phone companies are beginning to challenge one another on each other’s home turf...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Disney's No. 2 Officer to Take Charge in September
Robert A. Iger will succeed Michael D. Eisner as chief executive, ending Mr. Eisner's reign a year earlier than expected...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Can Papers End the Free Ride Online?
As the battle for advertising dollars intensifies, newspapers are looking for new ways to make money, including charging the visitors to their Web sites...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
A.I.G. Board Said to Weigh Chief's Future Amid Inquiry
The board of American International Group is grappling with an accelerating investigation into the company and its chief, Maurice R. Greenberg...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
Liberal Bloggers Reaching Out to Major Media
A group of left-wing bloggers have started holding conference calls with news outlets to counter what they believe is the growing power of right-wing blogs...
New York Times - March 14, 2005
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