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US News Archive for January 2006:
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Family feud, new book pull at King's legacy
On the eve of what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 77th birthday, his legacy is under attack and its greatest defender is unable to speak...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Lawmakers defend Pakistan strike
U.S. politicians have expressed regret over the weekend killings of 18 civilians along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, but said the airstrike was justified by the erroneous belief that a top al Qaeda leader was among the group, which included women and children...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Doctors: Sharon tracheotomy successful
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a tracheotomy Sunday evening to help wean him off a respirator as he lies in a coma, Hadassah Hospital said...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Kuwait's Crown Prince Elevated to Post of Emir
Following the death of the emir, the decision headed off a short-term crisis but raised longer-term questions about leadership of the country...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Senators: Military last option on Iran
Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers said Sunday there must be major immediate diplomatic action on Iran's nuclear activities, and that the option of military action cannot be taken off the table...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Scientists Discover Gene That Confers Sizable Risk of Diabetes
An immediate practical consequence of the discovery will be a diagnostic test to identify people who carry the variant gene...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
What Is a Living Wage?
A) A grass-roots campaign to increase the pay of workers? B) A point of debate among economists? C) A new moral-values issue for Democrats? Answer: All of the above...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
NFL: Steelers surprise Colts
The Pittsburgh Steelers take a surprise NFL play-off win over the Indianapolis Colts...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Comet dust capsule lands in desert
A capsule carrying dust particles from the tail of a comet parachutes to Earth, and elated scientists are eager to study the samples for clues about how the solar system formed...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Sharon to undergo tracheotomy
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will undergo a tracheotomy Sunday evening to help wean him off a respirator as he lies in a coma, Hadassah hospital said...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Capsule Carrying Comet Dust Lands in Utah
Scientists hope that the samples of comet and star dust will provide clues to the origin of the solar system...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
NFL: Denver dethrone Patriots
The Broncos dethrone New England while Seattle win their first play-off game for 22 years by beating Washington...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Afghan bomb kills Canada soldier
A Canadian soldier dies and three are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan, which also killed two locals...
BBC News - January 15, 2006
Pakistanis protest U.S. airstrike
Thousands of people turn out to demonstrate against Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and the United States in the wake of a U.S. airstrike that killed 18 people but apparently missed its al Qaeda target, Ayman al-Zawahiri...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Kuwaiti emir dies at 77
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, a key U.S. ally in the war against Iraq and a notable supporter of women's rights in the tiny Gulf country, died Sunday, according to a government statement. He was 77...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Lawyer: Authorities were told student's gun was fake
The father and brother of a teenager shot at school Friday while brandishing a pellet gun told authorities before an officer opened fire that Christopher Penley's gun was not real, the family's attorney said Saturday...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Pakistan protests airstrike
Pakistan protests to the United States over an airstrike on a remote village near the Afghan border that killed 18 people, but apparently missed its target, Osama bin Laden's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri...
CNN - January 15, 2006
Glum Democrats Can't See Halting Bush on Courts
Democrats say President Bush is putting an enduring conservative imprint on the courts, and they see little hope of turning the tide...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Stirrings in the Desert: In Tiny Arab State, Web Takes on Ruling Elite
Those pushing for democratic change in Bahrain have found that debate is possible through the Internet and satellite TV...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Broncos 27, Patriots 13: Mile-High Mistakes End Patriots' Dynasty
The Patriots' run of 10 consecutive postseason victories evaporated in the thin air of the Mile High City...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Cohen Has Winning Moment; Kwan Named to Olympic Team
After so many years of waiting, including four painful ones finishing second, Sasha Cohen finally became a national champion...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Strategies: Positive Ratings for a Ratings Makeover
Funds rated highly by Morningstar have outperformed those that are rated poorly. Yet Morningstar continues to recommend that investors not place undue weight on these ratings...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
The Count: Where Is the Coal? A Lot of Places Besides West Virginia
Where Is the Coal?...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
On the Contrary: Actually, Video Didn't Kill the Live, Onstage Star
With so many options on TV and the Internet, it's easy to assume that theaters, concert halls and ballparks must be chronically empty. Instead, the opposite is true...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
For Now, No Strike by Northwest Machinists
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
[TS] Gee, Bankruptcy Never Looked So Good
If executive pay is out of control then the compensation being paid to managers running companies in bankruptcy can only be described as insanity squared...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Digital Domain: Hey, Baby Bells: Information Still Wants to Be Free
The digital lifestyle I see portrayed so alluringly in ads is not possible when the Internet plumbing in our homes is as pitiful as it is...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: Keeping a Finger in the Wind
Wary of global warming, a Canadian utility invests in a clean and renewable power source...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
The Boss: A Trip to the Movies
Stacey Snider is the chairwoman of Universal Pictures...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
The Goods: Fred, Did a Cat Just Fly Over My Cubicle?
WITH the exception of a few perennials, like joy buzzers and whoopee cushions, joke products have a limited shelf life. Such was the case with the Bug Gun, a hand-held propulsion system that launched tiny plastic bugs toward unsuspecting targets - a way to lighten the office mood by freaking out a co-worker...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Market Week: Give or Take From Dow 11,000?
THE Dow Jones industrial average has been dancing above and below 11,000. Whether it is to linger on one side or the other may be decided this week when 5 of its 30 constituents report fourth-quarter earnings...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Blueprints: Keeping a Sense of Mystery While Trying to Stand Out
JUST behind the 24-foot-high glass fronting the new Blanc de Chine flagship store, a spiral staircase the color of bleached bone seems to undulate as cannily as a fisherman's lure...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Spending: Letting Your Inner Couch Potato Go Out to Play
Because of the popularity of Apple's new video iPod the sight of people staring at tiny screens as they ride the bus may become as commonplace as that of people talking on cellphones...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
At Lunch With Wendy Gordon: Living Green, but Allowing for Shades of Gray
Ms. Gordon, executive director of the Green Guide Institute, a nonprofit group dedicated to helping people make healthy decisions, knows the difference between shopping trips and guilt trips...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Suits: A $1-a-Year C.E.O. Is the Best in Class
Investors have grown accustomed to watching the top executives of disgraced companies like Enron paraded in manacles. That made it all the more remarkable when Morningstar Inc. recently named Rich Kinder of Kinder Morgan Inc. as its chief executive of the year...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Everybody's Business: Some Things I Don't Know, and One Thing I Do
Consider this a little letter of investing advice to the fathers of young children who are maybe divorced or separated or who are far too busy to spend much time with their kids...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Investing: Some Mutual Funds Are Joining the Activist Bandwagon
A handful of mutual funds have recently joined hedge funds and other investors on the corporate barricades...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
Economic View: When Talk of Guns and Butter Includes Lives Lost
As the toll of American dead and wounded mounts in Iraq, some economists are arguing that the war's costs, broadly measured, far outweigh its benefits...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
He Likes Challenges. But Time Warner?
Bruce Wasserstein, the veteran deal maker and perhaps Wall Street's most inscrutable and zealously tracked figure, feels misunderstood...
New York Times - January 15, 2006
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