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US News Archive for August 2005:
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Iraq constitution deadline extends
Members of the Iraqi national assembly charged with drafting a constitution passed by unanimous vote an extension allowing them an extra week to complete their talks, averting a constitutional crisis. The new deadline is August 22...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Emotions high for Gaza pullout
Thousands of Israeli soldiers began fanning out around Jewish settlements in Gaza Monday to deliver eviction notices, warning residents they have until Wednesday to leave voluntarily or be removed by force...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Documents show Roberts backed school prayer
Supreme Court nominee John Roberts supported the idea of allowing prayer in public schools, writing as a White House lawyer in 1985 that such efforts were "within the constitutional power of Congress." But while critical of the Supreme Court for banning school prayer, he said legislative efforts to go around the courts were "bad policy."...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Mickelson Wins P.G.A., and Crowd Approval
Phil Mickelson, who before April 2004 had no majors, has a pair of them now, each earned with a birdie putt on the final hole...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
The Knicks Decide Not to Waive Houston
Allan Houston will be spared when the league's so-called amnesty deadline passes...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Delta to Sell Regional Carrier to SkyWest for $425 Million
Delta agreed to sell Atlantic Southeast Airlines in a deal that will give Delta badly needed cash in its bid to avoid seeking bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Settlers get eviction notices
Israeli soldiers are handing out eviction notices to Jewish settlers in Gaza, telling them they have until Wednesday to voluntarily leave or be removed by force...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Thousands blacked out in Northeast
Thousands of people across the Northeast had no electricity for alarm clocks and air conditioners Monday following waves of violent thunderstorms...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Icahn and Investors Plan to Meet With Time Warner Chief
Carl C. Icahn and a group of investors want Time Warner to sell its cable unit and buy back $20 billion of its own shares...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Agilent to Sell Its Semiconductor Products Group for $2.66 Billion
Agilent announced a major reorganization today, including the sale of its semiconductor business and the repurchase of $4 billion of its shares...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Reliant Energy Will Pay $460 Million to Settle Claims
The settlement would cover a host of claims brought against the company by officials from three states: California, Washington and Oregon...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Jobs go as Agilent sells chip arm
Electronic test and measurement firm Agilent is to sell its chip unit to buy-out firms KKR and Silver Lake Partners...
BBC News - August 15, 2005
Icahn wants Time Warner shake-up
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn accuses media giant Time Warner of not doing enough for its shareholders...
BBC News - August 15, 2005
Chavez makes US oil threat
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatens to end oil exports to the US in response to "aggressive" actions...
BBC News - August 15, 2005
CBC locks out employees
Canada's public broadcaster CBC locks out 5,500 workers after failing to reach an agreement with its union...
BBC News - August 15, 2005
Vietnam-Iraq parallels?
Henry Kissinger, an architect of the U.S. war in Vietnam more than 30 years ago, says he has "a very uneasy feeling" that some of the same factors that damaged support for the conflict there are re-emerging in the war in Iraq...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Violence hits Gaza pullout
There was sporadic violence though no reports of injuries as as Israel officially began its historic pullout from Gaza. Israeli soldiers descended on Jewish settlements throughout Gaza Monday morning, serving eviction notices to settlers who remained after a deadline for the withdrawal from the territory...
CNN - August 15, 2005
5 Stars for the Soap Dispensers, and the Food's O.K., Too
A sober business weekly has created a new genre that has become required reading in Ethiopia's capital - restroom reviewing...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Three die in Panama terror drill
Three Panamanian sailors drown during international anti-terror exercises at the Panama Canal...
BBC News - August 15, 2005
In Japan, an apology for war
Japan's leader Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Tokyo's wartime colonization and invasions on Monday's 60th anniversary of the country's World War II surrender. Other Asian nations, meanwhile, mark the event by honoring their dead and demanding compensation...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Violence hits Gaza pullout
Jewish settlers remaining in Gaza rioted as the Israeli military began pulling out of the territory, while other residents came under fire from Palestinian militants, Israeli police said. There were no immediate reports of injuries from any of those incidents, which took place just hours after Israel closed the Kissufim border crossing that settlers used to enter Gaza...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Gas prices hit record
Gas prices surged 20 cents over the past three weeks to an all-time high of $2.50 per gallon of self-serve regular, according to a national survey. The price surge "does smash the all-time record high for the third time this year," Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey, said Sunday...
CNN - August 15, 2005
Living Large, by Design, in the Middle of Nowhere
America is growing fastest at the margins of metropolitan areas, where planned communities are becoming a prime focus, almost a fetish, for election strategists...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
From Love to Longing to Protest, It's All in the Tilt of the Postage
In times of war, the front of an envelope becomes home to a coded language passed down through the generations for more than a century...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Complaints Signal Tension Between F.B.I. and Congress
The disputes are spurring tensions at a time when the Justice Department is seeking to remake its antiterrorism operations...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
In Silicon Valley, a Debate Over the Size of the Web
When Yahoo announced that its search engine index - an accounting of the number of documents that can be located from its databases - had reached 19.2 billion, Google questioned its rival's accuracy...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Centennial Party and Reunion, Combined
The founding family of the entertainment publication Variety plans a 100th anniversary party at Sardi’s. But none of the current owners or management of the magazine are invited...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Podcasts: All the Rage or About to Fizzle?
As more and more people subscribe to podcasts, market-research firms are struggling to assess podcasting’s reach...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Say It Ain't So! Red Sox Top Yankees on the Web, Too
The Boston Red Sox's recent edge over the New York Yankees appears to extend to the digital domain...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Head of ATA to Retire
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 13 (AP) - The head of ATA Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection last October, announced he would retire from the company he founded and built into the nation's 10th-largest airline...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Treasury Bills Set for Auction 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 15, 2005
Stock Offers This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Editors Ponder How to Present a Broad Picture of Iraq
Some editors for The Associated Press have expressed concern that a kind of bunker mentality is preventing reporters in Iraq from getting out and explaining the bigger picture beyond the daily death tolls...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Court Upholds Limits on States in Bank Rules
A federal appeals court in California has ruled that the operating units of nationally chartered banks cannot be regulated by states, but that California's limits on mortgage interest charges were nevertheless valid...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Even in Vain, Swatting Spammers Feels Good
For every spammer who is sued into submission, legions of spam rings generate billions of spam messages every year. That is why some people say filters are a better way to fight spam...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
An IPod for Your Thoughts: A Web Site Offers Incentives to Reviewers
JudysBook.com, which seeks consumers' online opinions, is offering free iPods to those who submit 50 reviews of local businesses. So far, the chief executive says, the tactic is working...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Do You Read Maxim? Like to Shoot Pool? Welcome to the Club
Maxim magazine, taking a page from Playboy Clubs, is starting a chain of Maxim Lounges...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
The Chief of Comcast Plays Hardball, Especially on the Squash Court
Brian Roberts, the chief of Comcast, won a gold medal in the Macabee Games in Israel...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Frothier Than Ever: The Tall Cold One Bows to the Stylish One
As more consumers shun beer, brewers are devising new packaging, spending more money to promote in bars and restaurants, and producing drinks that may be beer in name only...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
In an Expected Revamping, Agilent Plans a Buyback
Agilent plans to announce a major reorganization, including the sale of its semiconductor business, a spinoff of its chip testing unit and a major share buyback program...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
In India, a Cable Industry Is Buoyed by a Quiz Show
Television viewers in India, tired of weepy prime-time soap operas, reruns of Bollywood song-and-dance sagas and slapstick comedies, are riveted by a Hindi-language version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Spyware Heats Up the Debate Over Cookies
Internet users now routinely delete cookies, leaving marketers scrambling to find another tool to measure their effectiveness...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
New Partner for Yahoo Is a Master at Selling
Yahoo's huge deal with the high-tech entrepreneur Jack Ma has turned his company, Alibaba.com, into the biggest online operation in China...
New York Times - August 15, 2005
Tennis: Agassi defeated in final
French Open champion Rafael Nadal beats Andre Agassi 6-3 4-6 6-2 to win the Montreal Masters Series...
BBC News - August 15, 2005
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