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US News Archive for August 2006:
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Bush: Hezbollah suffered a defeat
U.S. President Bush says the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict is "part of a broader struggle between freedom and terror" in the region but adds the militants "suffered a defeat" which will see a new power in their southern Lebanon stronghold...
CNN - August 14, 2006
Bush: 'Hezbollah suffered a defeat'
President Bush on Monday called the U.N. resolution that took effect hours earlier an "important step that will help bring an end to the violence" between Israel and Hezbollah...
CNN - August 14, 2006
FBI: No imminent terror threat to bridge
The FBI said nothing indicates that the three Texas men arrested with about 1,000 cell phones had any connections to terrorism, and there is no imminent threat to the Mackinac bridge...
CNN - August 14, 2006
Jury Selection Begins in Gotti Trial Part III
Several times, potential jurors confessed in court to little more than a passing knowledge of John J. Gotti’s son...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Dell Recalls Batteries Because of Fire Threat
In what was believed to be the largest safety recall in the history of the consumer electronics industry, 4.1 million batteries were recalled...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
PepsiCo Names New Female Chief Executive
Indra K. Nooyii’s new post makes her one of the most powerful women in corporate America...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
US 'knew of Israel bombing plan'
The US knew of Israel's plans to attack Hezbollah well before the bombing campaign began, a US journalist claims...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
Chilean smoking ban takes effect
Strict anti-smoking measures come into force in Chile, including a ban on selling cigarettes to under-18s...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
Hezbollah defiant but truce holds
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire holds despite incidentsIsraeli PM says his nation will pursue HezbollahHezbollah's leader says Israeli troops are targetsLebanese return to damaged homesCautious Israelis refugees waiting to see if truce holds ...
CNN - August 14, 2006
Coast Guard increases security around bridge
The U.S. Coast Guard has increased patrols near the bridge connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas after prosecutors said they believe three men jailed on terrorism charges were targeting the five-mile-long span...
CNN - August 14, 2006
Anti-war candidate finds attacks 'offensive'
Democratic nominee Ned Lamont, the anti-war candidate who toppled Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut primary last week, said he was surprised by Lieberman's and Vice President Dick Cheney's claims that his views on Iraq could embolden terrorists...
CNN - August 14, 2006
Lebanese return to battered south
Hours after a U.N.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect Monday morning, thousands of refugees poured back into southern Lebanon, trying to return home...
CNN - August 14, 2006
Skin Cancer Is Up; Tanning Industry a Target
An unexplained increase in skin cancer among young people has turned attention to the $5 billion-a-year industry...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Bush language irks US Muslims
US Muslims attack President Bush's use of the term "Islamic fascists" as damaging and incorrect...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
Pepsi appoints first female boss
US food and drinks giant Pepsico appoints its first female chief executive - Indian-born Indra Nooyi...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
Golf: Woods, Mickelson in clash
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are paired together for the first two rounds of this week's USPGA Championship at Medinah...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
Lerner to control UK football team
Aston Villa's board accept a £62.6m takeover of the club from American billionaire Randy Lerner...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
Spielberg tops stars' income list
Film director Steven Spielberg is the world's highest-earning celebrity, Forbes magazine estimates...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
US reporter recounts Iraq kidnap
The US journalist Jill Carroll, held captive in Iraq for 82 days, gives her first public account of her ordeal...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
American Album: Poised Against Incursions, a Man on the Border, Armed and Philosophical
Britt Craig has spent more than a year along the Mexican border. He is what some people would call a vigilante...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Addenda
A Los Angeles Agency...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Police delay plea in Menezes case
The court case against the Met Police over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has been adjourned as police needed more time to prepare...
BBC News - August 14, 2006
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire begins
The scheduled cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah began Monday morning, shortly after Israel papered Beirut with propaganda leaflets, blaming Hezbollah for bringing "destruction, displacement and death" to Lebanon and calling the militant group a puppet of Iran and Syria...
CNN - August 14, 2006
Mexican Leftist Remains Defiant as Recount Ends
The beleaguered leftist candidate vowed to continue a campaign of civil disobedience to protest what he sees as a fraudulent election...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Fathers Defeated, Democratic Sons Strike Back
The political sensibilities of Chet Culver, Evan Bayh and Jack Carter were shaped in part by their fathers’ defeats...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Health Officials Aim at Tanning Salons
An unexplained increase in skin cancer among young people turns attention to the $5 billion-a-year industry...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
In Steroid Era, Will Golf’s Integrity Stand Test?
As professional golf increasingly promotes power, some worry that steroid abuse will inevitably follow...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
With the Troops: Largely Empty, Stronghold of Militia Is Still Perilous
Though Bint Jbail, once the most important Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon, appears almost deserted, it is still not safe for Israeli soldiers...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Treasury Bills Scheduled 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 - August 14, 2006
Oliver Stone’s ‘World Trade Center’ Opens at No. 3
Oliver Stone’s 9/11 drama placed an underwhelming No. 3 at the box office over the weekend, but far exceeded the opening weekend of last spring’s “United 93.”...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Drilling Down: For a Memorable Price, Trim the Syllables
Each extra syllable in an item’s price reduces the chances of it being recalled by 20 percent...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Yasuo Takei, 76, One of Japan’s Richest Men, Dies
Yasuo Takei retired in shame as chairman of the Takefuji Corporation, a consumer credit company, amid a wiretapping scandal...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Looking Ahead
THE PRICE OF EGGS Fluctuations in the prices of many things (including eggs) will be described this week by the Labor Department when it releases its monthly Producer Price Index (Tuesday) and the Consumer Price Index (Wednesday). People who study these indexes — including the policy makers at the Federal Reserve, who give particular weight to the consumer index — will be on the lookout for inflation. The wholesale figure rose an unexpectedly high 0.5 percent in June, and economists are predicting a 0.4 percent increase for July, according to Bloomberg News. Consumer prices were up 0.2 percent in June; July’s rise is projected to be 0.4 percent...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Segway Plans 2 New Models of Transporter
Segway plans to introduce two new machines, a street version known as the i2 and an all-terrain model, the x2, which can travel across dirt, gravel, grass or sand...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Ease of Alteration Creates Woes for Picture Editors
News photo editors, who deal with thousands of photographs each day, are under increased pressure to detect digital alterations...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
More Congestion and Canceled Flights in Britain
In a move meant to ease congestion, British airlines with more than three flights leaving each day were asked to cancel 30 percent of their departures starting Sunday...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
If a Magazine’s List Doubles in Size, Is That Inflation?
The paltry list of 50 has given way to 100, the number atop this year’s People’s Most Beautiful People, the annual Time 100, the Maxim Hot 100 and the new Esquire 100...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Amateurs Get in on the Paparazzi Beat
A growing number of European publications are taking advantage of cellphone cameras to reach new levels of reader interactivity and, some say, invasion of privacy...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Microsoft Has a Starter Kit for Aspiring Game Designers
Microsoft is expected to announce the fall release of tools that will let aspiring game designers write games on a PC, test them on an Xbox 360, then sell or share them on Xbox Live...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Link by Link: A Christian Site Grapples With Muslim Mysteries
On RaptureReady.com, the faithful are exchanging Christian guidance on a central question: What do you do with a problem like a Muslim?...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
David Carr: Reporters on Film: Drunks and Tarts
For decades, journalists, whose pay is generally as low as the regard they are held in, have been largely depicted on the silver screen as moral and ethical eunuchs...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Verizon Is Rewiring New York, Block by Block, in a Race for Survival
Verizon hopes that replacing its copper phone lines with fiber optic cable will help it fend off rivals like Comcast and Vonage, which are moving into the phone business...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
E-Commerce Report: More Data for Online Shoppers, and Plenty of Pictures, Too
Two shopping services, Mpire.com and Slide.com, present new variations on the traditional method of finding items online...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
In Wars, Quest for Media Balance Is a Battlefield
American news organizations are struggling with the role of images in fairly portraying the Mideast conflict...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Scripps Is in Search of Its Next Food Network
Diversifying into cable television helped the E. W. Scripps Company weather the newspaper downturn. Now Scripps is looking for its next evolution...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
ADVERTISING: On the Road, an Ad Landscape That Is Increasingly Familiar
A trip around the country showed that the homogenization of the American marketing landscape seems to be accelerating...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
Airport Snarl in London Puts Scrutiny on Owner
Airlines said the company that runs Britain’s main airports has been unable to effectively implement the stringent security requirements imposed last week...
New York Times - August 14, 2006
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