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US News Archive for May 2007:
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No. 2 official at Justice Department resigns
The No. 2 official at the Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, has submitted his resignation to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the Justice Department announced Monday...
CNN - May 14, 2007
Search for 3 G.I.?s Abducted in Iraq Continues
The Al Qaeda group that claimed responsibility for the attack warned that the soldiers would never be found...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
University of Texas Fires Director of Financial Aid
The University of Texas said that the director of financial aid at its Austin campus had more ties to a student loan company than were previously known...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
2 Sides Give Opening Arguments in Padilla Trial
Prosecutors asserted that Jose Padilla aided terrorists and went to Afghanistan to train with the Al Qaeda network...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Palestinian Interior Minister Resigns
Hani al-Qawasmeh resigned today, saying that limitations on his authority were hampering his ability to direct the security forces that were supposed to be under his control...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
2 Former Siemens Officials Convicted for Bribery
The German engineering giant was ordered to pay $51.4 million in the first trial in a series of scandals...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Creator of ?Big Brother? and ?Deal or No Deal? Is Being Sold
A consortium that includes a founder and Silvio Berlusconi?s family is buying the Dutch TV company Endemol for $3.5 billion...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Anger at Pope's Brazil comments
Indigenous leaders in Brazil reject the Pope's comments that their predecessors had longed to become Christian...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Mexico anti-drug officer murdered
A senior Mexican anti-drugs official is shot dead by unknown gunmen while driving in southern Mexico City...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Key terrorism trial starts in US
The trial begins in Florida of US citizen Jose Padilla and two other men on charges of supporting terrorism...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Rancher denies US nun's killing
A Brazilian rancher pleads not guilty for the murder of US-born environmental activist Sister Dorothy Stang...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Colombia arrests more politicians
Colombia's highest court orders the arrest of five more congressmen accused of backing right-wing militias...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Qaeda threat over missing U.S. men
The Islamic State of Iraq -- a Sunni insurgent coalition that includes al Qaeda in Iraq -- issued a statement Monday warning the U.S. military to call off its search for three missing American soldiers...
CNN - May 14, 2007
Hamas-Fatah cease-fire collapses
An Egyptian-brokered truce ended within hours early Monday when shooting resumed between rival Hamas and Fatah militias, leaving two gunmen dead and 10 others wounded, Palestinian security sources said. Violence between the factions left four dead on Sunday...
CNN - May 14, 2007
Cheney: We'll talk with Iran, but only about Iraq
The U.S. said Sunday it is willing to talk to Iran if discussions deal only with Iraq, where the Bush administration says Tehran is undermining the Baghdad government and sending deadly roadside bombs...
CNN - May 14, 2007
Creator of ?Big Brother? and ?Deal or No Deal? Is Being Sold
A consortium that includes Silvio Berlusconi?s family is buying the Dutch TV company Endemol for $3.6 billion...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
2 Former Siemens Officials Convicted for Bribery
The German engineering giant was ordered to pay $51 million in the first trial in a series of scandals...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Chrysler Workers Surprised After Union Backs Sale
The rank and file had been warned about a private equity owner. ?It makes me real nervous and a little confused,? one worker said...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Chrysler Group to Be Sold for $7.4 Billion
DaimlerChrysler confirmed today that it would sell a controlling interest in its struggling Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management of New York...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Pakistan clash kills US soldier
A US soldier is shot dead at a meeting with Pakistani troops near the Afghan border, a Pakistani official says...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Terror trial set to start in US
Opening statements are to be made in Florida at the trial of a US citizen charged with supporting terrorism...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Alaskan cruise ship runs aground
More than 250 people are evacuated after a cruise ship runs aground off the coast of Alaska...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Brazil trial over US nun's death
A Brazilian rancher goes on trial for the murder of US-born environmental activist Sister Dorothy Stang...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Strike takes hold in Pakistan
Shop owners across Pakistan shuttered their doors Monday and demonstrators took to the streets in answer to a call for a nationwide strike by opposition parties opposed to the dismissal of the country's chief justice. The protest came after a weekend of violence in the port city of Karachi that left 42 people dead...
CNN - May 14, 2007
Venice Journal: On the Canals, a Woman Paddles Against the Tide
For more than a thousand years, Venice had gondolas but never a female gondolier. Now there is Alexandra Hai...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Addenda: Coldwell Banker selects national creative agency
Accounts...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Chrysler Group to Be Sold for $7.4 Billion
DaimlerChrysler agreed today to sell an 80.1% stake in the struggling Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management, which specializes in restructuring troubled companies...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
US faces long battle on Iraq funding
The question of how to fund the war in Iraq has become a battle of political wills with no easy solution, says the BBC's Jane O'Brien...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
US teachers stage mock gun attack
Teachers at a US school stage a fake gun attack during a class trip, frightening pupils and outraging parents...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Pakistan's shoot-on-sight orders
Pakistan's government gives its paramilitary forces authority to shoot on sight in an effort to quell political clashes in the southern port city of Karachi that have killed 42 people in the past two days...
CNN - May 14, 2007
NATO: 'Killer of killers' is dead
The Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Dadullah, has been killed in a clash with Afghan forces backed by NATO air support in the southern Helmand province, NATO confirmed Sunday...
CNN - May 14, 2007
Deaths of Skier?s Cousin and Officer Divide a Town
When Bode Miller?s cousin, Leko Kenney, shot and killed a police officer in a roadside confrontation Friday, it was the bloody culmination of a bitter and long-running feud...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
For This Troop, No Battles but Plenty of Brass
The main beneficiary of the New York Guard, critics say, is a group of politicians who often skip meetings but proudly show off their quasi-military credentials...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Governor Seeks Vast DNA Base for New York
A proposal would expand the state?s database of DNA samples to include people convicted of most crimes...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Venice Journal: On Canals, a Woman Paddles Against the Tide
After a decade of struggle, Alexandra Hai has won the right to be a gondolier, but only for the residents of one of the city?s hotels...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Ground Zero Illnesses Clouding Giuliani?s Legacy
As more workers become sick, many regard Rudolph W. Giuliani?s leadership after 9/11 as having come with a human cost...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Looking Ahead
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Reports this week will provide data on consumers. The government releases its consumer inflation report, and the Labor Department reports the Consumer Price Index for April (Tuesday) and weekly jobless claims (Thursday). The University of Michigan releases its consumer sentiment index on Friday...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
The TV Watch: A Producer and an Ex-Prosecutor in a Trial by TV
In the sordid Phil Spector murder case, Nancy Grace serves as the arbiter of how far people can go to achieve fame...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
NBC Will Bring Back All Three ?Law & Order? Shows
A last-minute deal keeps all three versions of ?Law & Order? on the air...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week included today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Web Videos Let Car Buyers Survey Their Many Choices
Analysts have said that more online video could help buyers, carmakers and automotive Web sites ? at least in the short term...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Web Fight: Blocking Ads and Adding Art
A conceptual artist will replace Internet display ads with curator-picked artwork from contemporary artists...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Renewed Violence Limits Oil Production in Nigerian Region
Tensions have flared up in the Niger Delta, the site of much of the country?s oil production, after deeply flawed presidential elections last month...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Music Radio on the Internet Faces Thorny Royalty Issues
Since Pandora.com closed its box of digital musical delights to users outside the United States, the complaints have been pouring in...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Hotel Chain Compromises With Publisher After Rejecting Book Over Language
The Ritz-Carlton chain got cold feet after a short-story collection that it planned to give away turned out to be a tad rougher than, say, the Gideon Bible...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Accused of Plagiarism, Magazine Withdraws Issue
After being accused by Radar magazine of stealing an article, the Chilean magazine Cosas said it had been hoodwinked by a reporter and had withdrawn the issue...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Bank Files May Undercut Wolfowitz, Critics Say
Testimony and notes from the vice president of human resources at the World Bank were ?devastating? to Paul D. Wolfowitz?s case, according to a bank official...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
A Nod to Journalistic Integrity Is Seen in an Editor?s Return
The International Data Group removed the chief executive of its largest-circulation computer magazine, PC World, and reinstated its top editor...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Mylan Labs in Deal to Buy German Generic Drug Unit
Mylan Laboratories has agreed to buy the generic drug unit of Merck, the German drug maker, for 4.9 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in cash...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Cerberus?s Strategic Plan May Finally Be Paying Off
For Cerberus Capital Management, buying Chrysler is just the logical culmination of an automotive strategy it has pursued for years...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Briton Bullish on Buying Small Newspapers in Europe
As Rupert Murdoch trains his sights on Dow Jones & Company, another veteran of the British newspaper wars is betting on lower-profile publications...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Advertising: Trying to Keep the Viewers When the Ads Come On
The growing popularity of alternatives to watching TV on sets is forcing networks to change their habits...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Drilling Down: TV Viewing, Through the Lens of Politics
Viewer data could help political advertisers deliver messages to specific audiences...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
The Media Equation: Many Cuts and Crises at a Paper
After a a round of buyouts that erased many veteran reporters, the publisher of The Star Tribune in Minneapolis has called for deeper cuts...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
At Journal, Slim Margins Open Door to Murdoch
The bible of business probably operates in the black, but barely, and maybe not for long...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Is It the Woman Thing, or Is It Katie Couric?
Despite low ratings for the ?CBS Evening News? and internal sniping, the mood at CBS News remains upbeat...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Chrysler on Verge of Sale to a Private Firm
A sale to Cerberus Capital Management, which specializes in restructuring troubled companies, could be announced on Monday...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Rising Exports Putting Dent in Trade Gap
It looks as if the huge trade deficit, which swelled to a record $765.3 billion last year, could slowly decrease...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Less Risk Seen in Purchasing Clothes Online
For the first time since online retailing was born, the sales of clothing have overtaken those of computer hardware and software...
New York Times - May 14, 2007
Iran admits holding US academic
Iran confirms that it is holding in jail an Iranian-American academic who was visiting her mother...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
Rice sets off for talks in Moscow
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travels to Moscow, with the US and Russia divided on key issues...
BBC News - May 14, 2007
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