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US News Archive for September 2007:
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Democrats look for GOP backing of pullout plans
Senate Democratic leaders are revising proposals to end the Iraq war in hopes that a compromise with wavering Republicans can be found, Democratic leadership sources said Friday. full story...
CNN - September 14, 2007
The Lede: 3 Fatal Crashes at Reno Air Show
Is airplane racing too dangerous to be a spectator sport?...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Bits: Is True.com Untrue to Advertising Partners?
The onetime Internet dating leader True.com is having problems paying its large advertising bills at major Internet sites, people in the industry say...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
The Caucus: Giuliani Video Targets Clinton
A new video criticizes Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for what the Giuliani campaign claims is her shifting position on the war in Iraq and failure to condemn MoveOn.org?s ?General Betray Us? ad...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Hundreds Throng West Bank Barrier
Hundreds of Palestinians were trying to reach a key Islamic shrine in Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
City Room: The Hevesi Files
The State Ethics Commission has released its complete file detailing its investigation into the former state comptroller's use of state employees to chauffeur his wife...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Barclays Shareholders Back ABN Amro Bid
But a rival bid and continuing turbulence in financial markets left the outcome of the world?s biggest banking battle still uncertain...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Merrill Warns of Asset Value Cuts
Merrill Lynch said today that shaky credit markets forced it to reduce the value of securities linked to risky mortgages and other products, a move that could hurt third-quarter profit...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
DealBook Blog: First Data Prepares $5 Billion Loan Sale
First Data is preparing to sell the first slug of debt related to its leveraged buyout in the first real test for the debt markets since the credit markets froze this summer...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
US reports on religious freedom
Religious freedom has deteriorated in Iraq, Egypt, and China, and improved in Saudi Arabia, a US report says...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Child bride testifies against 'prophet'
A reluctant child bride is testifying today against the man she once knew as her prophet, polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs. "Jane Doe" said she was acting to preserve her eternal salvation when she obeyed Jeffs' command and married her cousin at age 14. full story...
CNN - September 14, 2007
White House grades half of Iraq goals 'satisfactory'
The White House report on progress in Iraq shows progress on half the benchmarks set for the Iraqi government but gives seven of the benchmarks an unsatisfactory rating. full story...
CNN - September 14, 2007
City Room: City Room: To the Lighthouse, With Dr. Ruth
The Parks Department will hold the 15th annual Little Red Lighthouse Festival...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
The Caucus Blog: The Caucus: On McCain?s ?No Surrender? Bus
So far, Senator John McCain has resisted Jon Stewart?s suggestion that he rechristen the "No Surrender" bus the "I?ll See You In Hell Express."...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: Fallout From the Terry Schiavo Case
The Vatican pronounces its views on persistent-coma patients, while Fred Thompson tries to remain (mostly) mum...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
O.J. Simpson Questioned in Break-In
Police investigators in Las Vegas questioned the former football star today in connection with a break-in of a casino hotel room, according to news reports...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Weekend Explorer: Paths of Resistance in the East Village
The East Village has been dragged up-market, but isn?t going without a fight...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Success Allows Gradual Troop Cuts, Bush Says
President Bush argued that his plan to begin gradually withdrawing some troops from Iraq was a ?return on success? that could be squandered by deeper and speedier reductions...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Stocks Pare Losses Ahead of Fed Meeting
Stocks pared their losses to trade flat today as some investors appeared to view economic data as offering Fed policymakers further reason to cut interest rates next week...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
U.A.W. Picks G.M. as ?Strike Target?
Negotiators for the U.A.W. and G.M. met here today ahead of a midnight contract deadline as workers at local unions across the country prepared for a possible strike...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Mayo Clinic Recommends Universal Health Insurance Plan
The Mayo Clinic today called for every individual to have basic universal insurance as a step toward gradually replacing the current employer-based system...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Sales and Output Data Show Sluggish Gains
The 0.3 percent increase in retail sales was about half what had been expected. In another sign of weakness, industrial production in August edged up by just 0.2 percent...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
British Mortgage Lender Is Offered Emergency Loan
Northern Rock?s need for emergency funding represents a broadening of the effects of the global financial crisis...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Washington diary: 9/11's legacy
BBC Washington correspondent Matt Frei...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Iran supreme leader slams Bush
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launches a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, saying he should face trial over Iraq...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Ten 'most polluted places' named
A list of the world's 10 most polluted towns and cities is published by a US-based environmental group...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Bush aide warns on climate
The US chief scientist John Marburger says climate change is almost certainly down to human activities...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Further signs of US economic pain
US retail sales and industrial output slow as the economy is hit by the housing slump and credit squeeze...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Germany reverses Tom Cruise ban
Germany reverses a decision to ban Tom Cruise from filming part of a World War II film at a memorial site...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Suspected cop killer dies in shootout
Miami-Dade police shot and killed a man suspected of shooting four officers, one fatally, following a traffic stop hours earlier, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said early Friday. full story...
CNN - September 14, 2007
5th strong quake hits Indonesia in 3 days
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck Friday off the southwestern coast of Sumatra, the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed nine people Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. full story...
CNN - September 14, 2007
Goal Blog: Live Blogging No. 1 U.S. vs. No. 3 Sweden
To follow Duncan Irving’s live updates of the USA-Sweden match, press and then hit your “F5″ or “refresh” key on your toolbar to see what’s happening. 90+3 Fulltime: USA 2-0 Sweden.That’s it. The US get a brace of goals from Wambach that should steer them comfortably into the knockout round. They recovered well from a [...]...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
On the Runway Blog: Marc Jacobs?s Comments
One of the dresses from the Anne Klein collection, designed by Isabel Toledo Last night I joined some friends for dinner at Cipriani and saw Larry Gagosian, the art dealer, who, like everybody this week, wanted to talk about the Marc Jacobs show. Gagosian had a good take on the collection, I thought. He said it?s [...]...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Putin Nominee for Premier Confirmed
Russia?s lower house of Parliament confirmed Viktor Zubkov, elevating the previously obscure official in a vote whose result was a foregone conclusion in the Kremlin-controlled chamber...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Florida Gunman Kills Officer and Is Later Slain
The four officers were shot in Cutler Bay, a suburb about 20 miles southwest of downtown Miami, after they pulled over the suspect, who opened fire with an assault rifle...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
British Mortgage Lender Offered Emergency Loan
The Bank of England may provide liquidity to Northern Rock, the biggest British casualty so far of a credit squeeze...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
US accountants charged in probe
The US financial watchdog charges 69 firms with breaking corporate laws brought in after a wave of scandals...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
El Salvador addresses jail crisis
El Salvador's government proposes the release of older and terminally ill inmates to tackle prison overcrowding...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Dollar steady after hitting lows
The US dollar steadies, after hitting new lows, as investors await key figures on the strength of US retail sales...
BBC News - September 14, 2007
Pakistan blast hits army unit, leaves 15 dead
Fifteen soldiers from a Pakistani army unit died in a bombing at their mess hall Thursday, a Pakistani intelligence source said. full story...
CNN - September 14, 2007
Bush: A fight we can win
President Bush outlined what he called successes of the "surge" in Iraq, and plans for withdrawing some of those troops. But he cautioned that the U.S. must not abandon Iraq while it is "fighting for its survival." full story...
CNN - September 14, 2007
Oden?s Career Is Delayed by Surgery
Greg Oden, the top pick in this year?s N.B.A. draft, will likely miss his first season after surgery on his knee Thursday...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
$25 Million in Prizes Is Offered for Trip to Moon
The contest calls for entrants to land a rover on the moon that will be able to travel at least 550 yards and send high-resolution video, still images and other data back home...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Sideline Spying: N.F.L. Punishes Patriots? Taping
Coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000 and the Patriots were ordered to forfeit a draft pick and pay $250,000...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Cash to Get By Is Still Pawnshop?s Stock in Trade
The New Yorkers who frequent pawnshops often want something simple: quick cash to help get by...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
San Francisco to Offer Care for Every Uninsured Adult
An initiative, known as Healthy San Francisco, is the first effort by a locality to guarantee care to all of its uninsured...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Angered by an Antiwar Ad, Giuliani Seeks Equal Space
Rudolph W. Giuliani said that The New York Times and an antiwar group had engaged in character assassination against General David H. Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
The Churn: People in the News
Comings and goings in the banking indurstry...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Jobless Claims Up Slightly for Week
The increase was smaller than expected, suggesting resilience in the labor markets...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
UnitedHealth Aims to Bar Inquiry
The UnitedHealth Group, trying to fend off another investigation into the company?s backdating of stock options, asked the Minnesota Appeals Court on Thursday to block an inquiry by the state?s attorney general...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Kohlberg Kravis Affiliate to Sell Some Investments
KKR Financial Holdings said Thursday that it would sell seven of its private equity investments to two institutional investors...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
For Fed, a Question of Whom to Rescue, and When to Dive In
Next week?s meeting of the Fed?s policy makers is likely to focus on how much to cut rates and may mark a defining moment for the Ben S. Bernanke, the Fed chairman...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Crude Oil Price Closes Above $80
The higher crude prices could put a new drag on the economy at a time when it seems to be weakening...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
British Banks Given More Flexibility on Reserves to Help Ease Credit Situation
The Bank of England eased restrictions on how much cash banks can borrow to manage daily cash flow, allowing greater flexibility as the banks grapple with the credit crisis...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
S.E.C. Charges Accountants and Firms With Sarbanes-Oxley Violations
The case is the first the S.E.C. has brought for violations of a requirement that accounting companies that audit public firms register with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Discount Weekend at Big Home Builder
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., struggling like other home builders, is offering six-figure discounts on some of its properties this weekend as it tries to draw interest in a slumping market...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Countrywide Gets Funds, and Stock Rises
Countrywide Financial, the nation?s largest mortgage lender, said yesterday that it had lined up $12 billion of financing to help weather a housing slowdown that it expects to lead to widespread layoffs...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Verizon Wireless Suing Over Auction Rules
Verizon Wireless has sued the F.C.C., seeking to overturn auction rules requiring the buyers of some airwaves to make their networks compatible with any device...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Marley Family?s Vitriol Leads Verizon to Bite Back
A licensing dispute over cellphone ring tones between the estate of Bob Marley, the Universal Music Group, and Verizon Wireless took an ugly turn on Thursday...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Credit Fears Ease, and Markets Climb
The Dow Jones industrial average close up 133 points on Thursday, boosted by signs that the credit markets may be thawing...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Union Says Contract Is Near at Dow Jones
The board of the union, representing employees at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones properties, is set to meet on Friday to endorse the deal and set a date for a vote by the membership...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
At Least on Wall Street, Wages of Sin Beat Those of Virtue
Funds that invest in ?sin stocks? ? companies involved with drinking and gambling, for example ? have earned better returns this year than funds striving to be socially responsible...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
ABC Reopens Investigation, Again Wary of a Reporter
ABC News is beginning a second investigation in to five years of reports that relied on information from a consultant who faked interviews for a French journal...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Advertising: Depilatory Market Moves Far Beyond the Short-Shorts Wearers
Nair, like other depilatory makers, is expanding its product offerings and beginning to market to younger customers...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Insider: A Dropout Problem for Colleges
The departure this week of Mohamed A. El-Erian from Harvard highlights the difficulties that universities face in retaining endowment chiefs...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Warning Signs, Defining Moments
There are signs that consumers are beginning to be more cautious as a result of the turmoil in the credit markets...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
U.A.W. Said to Pick G.M. for Contract Negotiations
The choice may signal the union?s willingness to bargain on a health care trust as the current contract with automakers is set to expire Friday night...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
Rental Building?s Good Karma Nurtures Success
Over the years, one building in Palo Alto, Calif., has been home to some of Silicon Valley?s most successful start-ups...
New York Times - September 14, 2007
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