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US News Archive for May 2005:
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Judges to put spotlight on filibuster
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist intends this week to call for a vote on two judicial nominees. The move could lead to a vote on the future of the filibuster -- a technique that gives the minority party the power to block presidential nominees...
CNN - May 15, 2005
Newsweek backs off Quran desecration story
Newsweek magazine backed away Sunday from a report that U.S. interrogators had desecrated copies of the Quran while questioning prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay naval base. The story was blamed for a wave of anti-American riots in Afghanistan and other parts of the Muslim world, that left at least 15 people dead...
CNN - May 15, 2005
Uzbeks search for bodies
Anguished relatives search for bodies in the Uzbek city of Andijan, where hundreds were killed in a military crackdown after anti-government protests...
CNN - May 15, 2005
Newsweek Pulls Back on Report That Provoked Afghan Riots
The magazine said it might have erred in reporting that interrogators at the Guantánamo Bay naval base desecrated detainees' copies of the Koran...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Sugar Is Latest Supermarket Demon
Low-sugar is the new low-carb, and food makers are rushing to meet consumer demand with an array of new products...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Rice on surprise visit to Iraq
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on an unannounced trip to Iraq, says Iraqis have made great political progress that can overcome a recent rise in insurgent attacks. Meanwhile, suicide bombers fail to assassinate the governor of the Diyala province, but five people died in the attack on his convoy, a spokesman for the governor said...
CNN - May 15, 2005
Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on an unannounced trip to Iraq, has urged patience for the country's fragile new government and said Iraqis have made great political progress that can overcome a recent rise in insurgent attacks...
CNN - May 15, 2005
Air India launches Amritsar link
Air India launches its first flight linking the Sikh city of Amritsar with Birmingham in the UK and Toronto in Canada...
BBC News - May 15, 2005
Thousands of Uzbeks flee
Thousands were trying to flee the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan on Saturday, leaving behind the flaming wreckage of a former government building torched on the second day of violent anti-government demonstrations. The exodus came one day after government troops fired on civilians in the wake of the anti-government protest, human rights monitors in Uzbekistan said...
CNN - May 15, 2005
Thousands of Uzbeks fleeing
Thousands are trying to flee the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan, leaving behind the flaming wreckage of a former government building torched on the second day of violent anti-government demonstrations...
CNN - May 15, 2005
Drumming for Fun and Profit
"Drumstruck" started as a goofy corporate bonding ritual. So how did it become Off Broadway's loudest new play?...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Accidents Reveal Troubles at Mexico's Oil Monopoly
The accidents at Pemex have focused Mexico's attention on what even company officials acknowledge is an old and poorly maintained network of pipelines...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
A Backspace Key Can't Fix Everything
How correction fluid stays fresh in the computer age...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Not From a Sea. Not Monkeys. Discuss.
"The Ultimate Guide to Sea-Monkeys" will likely come in handy for celebrating International Sea-Monkey Day, to be observed this Monday...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Wilson A. Seibert Jr., Ad Copywriter, Dies at 77
Wilson A. Seibert Jr. helped create some of Madison Avenue's most memorable advertising campaigns in a three-decade career at J. Walter Thompson...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
That's No Bubble. It's a Bay Window on My Humble Castle.
That's No Bubble...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
The Force Is With the Fans (One Superfan, in Particular)
The "Star Wars" faithful are crucial to the franchise, so one of their own was hired to spread the word...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Some Things You Just Can't Teach
The Career Education Corporation, a for-profit provider of technical and business education, is also in the business of being less than candid with its shareholders...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Family Business, 200 Years Later
New voyages often begin in familiar harbors. Just ask Benjamin H. Griswold IV, who retired last month as the senior chairman of Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Can't Beat 'Em Department
Four months after Carl E. Vogel quit as the president and chief executive of Charter Communications, the cable company that lost $4.3 billion last year, he resurfaced last week...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Drop That Ledger! This Is the Compliance Officer
As the chief compliance officer of Sun, David C. Farrell's position is both precarious and powerful...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
The Shopper's Guide to Those Blue-Chip Specials
A few of the downtrodden corporate icons have begun to show new signs of life, as investors begin to nibble at them...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Why Marathon Runners Aren't Betting on the Dollar
The stubbornly resilient dollar has disappointed many investors who thought that a weaker dollar would be their friend...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Who's Preying on Your Grandparents?
Lured by the promise of high interest rates, retirees are being persuaded to buy annuities, investments that usually lock up their money for decades and exact hefty fees for early withdrawals...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
How to Succeed in Business, Without Really Succeeding
Glenn F. Tilton, the chief of bankrupt United Airlines, took home $1.1 million last year, making him the highest-paid executive at a major domestic airline...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Finally, Sisyphus, There's Help for Those Internet Forms
Interactions with many Web sites boil down to modern and extremely fast versions of an old and often slow process...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
A Tale of Two Power Plays
Last week felt like an episode of "I Love the 80's," on VH1, with both Carl C. Icahn and Kirk Kerkorian playing their deal-making selves...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Beware the Easy Fix for Social Security
Most analysts on both sides say President Bush's plan for overhauling Social Security would solve less of the problem than he claims...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
In Praise of Good Coaching
Robert F. Cosmai, the president and chief executive of Hyundai Motor America...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Paying Less to Zap That Unwanted Hair
The laser method of removing that unwanted hair is finally getting cheaper...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
The Childless Need Weekends, Too
A colleague must attend her son's school play. But what if you have tickets to 'Spamalot'?...
New York Times - May 15, 2005
Boxing: Winky defeats Trinidad
Winky Wright ruthlessly defeats Felix Trinidad in Las Vegas on Saturday...
BBC News - May 15, 2005
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