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US News Archive for December 2006:
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Searchers head out during break in weather
More than 50 expert climbers headed up Mount Hood on Saturday, encouraged by a break in the weather that improved their chances of finding three stranded climbers...
CNN - December 16, 2006
Officials: John Edwards to join '08 race
Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards intends to seek his party's nomination for the 2008 presidential race, two Democratic officials said Saturday...
CNN - December 16, 2006
With 101 Homicides, Newark Nears a Bleak Milestone
As Newark struggles to revive itself, the killing of a young woman leaves the city one homicide short of a 1995 record...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Indiana Senator Withdraws From 2008 Presidential Field
Two weeks after taking steps toward entering the presidential race, Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, quit the field...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
In Houston, Art Is Where the Home Is
In Houston, Rick Lowe saw some dilapidated housing and discovered a new type of creativity...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Episcopalians Are Reaching Point of Revolt
Several conservative Episcopal churches in Virginia are expected to announce that they have voted to cut their ties with the Episcopal Church...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: How to Untangle the Power Grid, Digitally
A smarter grid could mean new efficiency, and thus less need to build power plants...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
The Boss: Out of Africa, Onto the Web
Reed Hastings got the idea for Nexflix after he had incurred a $40 late fee for "Apollo 13."...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
New Highs for Indexes, and No Move by the Fed
The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor?s 500-stock index on Friday both reached all-time closing highs...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
The Goods: Daylight for the Deep Sea
The Newtlite is designed to bathe the dark sea in a vivid daytime glow while withstanding the crushing pressure of ultradeep water...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Economic View: The More You Pay, the Better the Care? Think Twice
Several new studies suggest that there is no relationship between the amount spent on treating a patient and the quality and outcome of the care...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Square Feet | Blueprints: Where Comfort Is Obvious, and Wiring Less So
Workers can even find places to nap during long shifts...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
The Count: In One Industry, Great Danger From Falling Axes
Planned job cuts in the United States auto industry reached 151,457 this year through November...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Strategies: In a Merger Wave, a Dangerous Undertow for Stocks
The correlation between stock market tops and soaring M.& A. levels is no coincidence...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: A Sneak Preview of Proxy Battles
United States shareholders are stirring and promise to make next year?s proxy season mighty lively...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Novelties: A Mouse on a Mission in the Document Maze
A mouse that can leap over mountains of pages, or tiptoe through paragraphs line by line...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Off the Shelf: The Foundation, and the Flaws, of an Empire
All Hank Greenberg ever wanted was ?an unfair advantage.?...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Spotlight: A Christmas Present From the Company
The holidays may be the season of giving, but Lockheed Martin has decided that it?s also a good time to take certain things away. Sort of...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Market Week: A Time to Hunt for Bargains
If you?re not finding enough bargains at the mall, there may be some in the stock market...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Planning: Shopping for Tax Savings (Before New Year?s Day)
Some tax planning can be a particularly smart move over the next two weeks...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Dealbook: Goldman?s Season to Reward and Shock
Goldman Sachs shareholders and the onus of the bonus...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
The Nation: A Push to Fix the Fix on Wall Street
After five years of stepped-up post-Enron-WorldCom oversight, are we in the midst of a regulatory retreat?...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
From the Lips of Children, Tips to the Ears of Investors
Many technology venture capitalists are taking investment tips from their children, summer interns and twentysomething receptionists...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Late in Life, Finding a Bonanza in Life Insurance
Trading in life insurance policies held by wealthy seniors has quietly become a big business for investors...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Digital Domain: Theater of the Absurd at the T.S.A.
When security flaws are exposed in air travel, why not applaud?...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Eli Lilly Said to Play Down Risk of Top Pill
Internal documents show that the company knew of serious side effects of Zyprexa, its best-selling medication for schizophrenia...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
How Suite It Isn?t: A Dearth of Female Bosses
Though more women are getting M.B.A.'s, few reach the corner suite...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Brands for the Chattering Masses
Web services that plumb for consumer views, helpful and hurtful...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
US releases anti-insurgency guide
The US military publishes its first manual on fighting counterinsurgencies in 20 years, drawing on Iraq...
BBC News - December 16, 2006
Abbas calls for early elections
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls for early elections to end the stalemate in forming a unity government with Hamas that has renewed fears of civil war...
CNN - December 16, 2006
Rescuers plan biggest search yet
National Guard helicopters, a C-130 aircraft with infrared equipment and scores of expert climbers prepared to launch the largest search yet on Mount Hood for three mountaineers missing since last weekend...
CNN - December 16, 2006
Bayh Says He Will Not Run for President in 2008
Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana said he had concluded his hopes of winning a White House bid were too remote...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Abbas Orders Early Elections to End Deadlock
The Palestinian president?s declaration was both a challenge to the Hamas movement and a risky effort to break a political stalemate that could backfire...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Oprah steps into reality TV genre
Oprah Winfrey is expanding her empire into reality TV with two shows based on money...
BBC News - December 16, 2006
Court frees American Pie actress
American Pie actress Natasha Lyonne is freed by a court over an incident involving a neighbour's dog...
BBC News - December 16, 2006
Skiing: Nyman claims cup win
American Steve Nyman wins the Val Gardena downhill in Italy as Britain's Finlay Mickel comes 13th...
BBC News - December 16, 2006
Castro call cheers Cuba officials
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro spoke by phone to cheering Communist Party officials, state-run media say...
BBC News - December 16, 2006
Abbas calls for early elections
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls for fresh parliamentary and presidential elections at the earliest opportunity...
CNN - December 16, 2006
Iraq PM reaches out to Baathists
Iraq's prime minister says former members of Saddam Hussein's army can join the national forces as his government seeks help in curbing the rampant violence in the country...
CNN - December 16, 2006
Florida Governor Halts the Death Penalty
Gov. Jeb Bush appointed a commission to consider lethal injections following a botched execution on Wednesday...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Bosnian Serbs 'lied about past'
US authorities accuse 16 former Bosnian Serb soldiers of hiding their military past to obtain refugee status...
BBC News - December 16, 2006
Climbers' notes offer hope
Notes left by a trio of climbers reported missing Sunday on Mount Hood show they have supplies that could help them survive in the blizzard conditions on Oregon's highest peak, officials say...
CNN - December 16, 2006
Mother in Gaza: 'Enough is enough'
Gaza is used to violence, but the killing of three children marks a dangerous turning point in the Palestinian struggle for statehood: This time it's Palestinians killing Palestinians...
CNN - December 16, 2006
U.S. moves more troops toward Iraq
The U.S. military is planning to move a brigade of troops into Kuwait in what could be the first step of a short-term surge of American forces into Iraq to stabilize the violence...
CNN - December 16, 2006
Governor Mum on Replacement Talk
Besieged with questions about whom he might select to replace Senator Tim Johnson, Gov. Mike Rounds has declined to address the topic...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
The D.J. Who Moves the Movers and Shakers
Tom Finn has reigned as the court D.J. to New York?s high society for more than a decade...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
State Senator Scrutinized Over Ties to Investor
The relationship between Joseph L. Bruno and Jared E. Abbruzzese is under scrutiny by state lobbying officials...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Military Taking a Tougher Line With Detainees
Authorities at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility have clamped down decisively in recent months...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Giving Troubled Families a Say in Child Welfare
Child welfare agencies are involving troubled families in decisions about where endangered children should live...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
J. A. Riggs Jr., 73, Oversaw Updating of Printing at Times, Is Dead
J. A. Riggs Jr. was a former executive vice president at The New York Times who oversaw the newspaper?s conversion from hot-lead type to modern offset printing...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Top Editor in Miami to Retire
Tom Fiedler, the executive editor of The Miami Herald, will retire at the end of February...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
AOL Executive Turnover Follows Hiring
Several senior executives at AOL have resigned since the hiring of a new chief executive at the Internet company owned by Time Warner...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Antibiotic Receives Low Grade From Federal Panel, Which Urges Limits and Warnings
The antibiotic, Ketek, should not be sold to patients with sinusitis or bronchitis, a federal advisory panel concluded...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
President of Amtrak Is Said to Oust 5 of Its Top Officials
The new president of Amtrak fired four top officials Friday and put a fifth in a 90-day temporary position, current and former officials of the railroad said...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Executive Sentenced in Pornography Case
Robert M. Johnson was sentenced to 15 months in prison for possessing child pornography and erasing thousands of seedy computer files when he learned he was under investigation...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Wage Cuts Approved for Comair Workers
Comair received bankruptcy court approval to cut wages for flight attendants and mechanics and end contributions to their pension plans...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Group to Buy MacDermid for $1.3 Billion
MacDermid said that a group led by its chairman and chief executive and several investment funds would buy it for more than $1.3 billion...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Five Days: Airlines, Now Healthy, Getting Frisky
The best may be to come, as some of the biggest airlines flirt with mergers that could permit them to cut costs and raise fares even further...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Inquiry on China Export Subsidies Is Approved
The investigation into suspected Chinese government subsidies to exporters could open the floodgate to more inquiries...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Merck Wins Suit in Alabama Over the Painkiller Vioxx
A jury rejected the claims of an Alabama man who blamed the painkiller Vioxx for a heart attack in 2001...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Drug Maker Takes Issue With F.D.A. Panel
Sanofi-Aventis said it planned additional discussions with the F.D.A. after it was told that it should not continue marketing the antibiotic Ketek...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Off the Charts: A Sliver of Good News (or Is It?) in the Worsening Trade Balance
Over the last 12 months, U.S. exports of goods have risen at a faster rate than imports, in contrast to the situation for most of the last decade...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
What?s Online: The Economist on ?Fair Trade?
?Buy organic, destroy the rainforest,? The Economist said last week, eliciting howls of protest from food-activist bloggers...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
What?s Offline: New ?Best Of? Lists for 2006
What is surprising this year are the lists from publications that usually do not write much about commerce...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Saturday Interview: Turning Around Sprint-Nextel
Gary Forsee, chief executive of Sprint-Nextel, spoke about efforts to right the company?s ship...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Dow Ends Week With Record Close
Wall Street extended its advance after reports showed inflation remained tame in November and industrial production rose for the first time in two months...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Executive Pursuits: A Shaggy Boar Story
Hunting a wild hog sounded like a good idea. Then the boss man got angry...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Judge?s Rebuke Prompts New Rules for Prosecutors
The new guidelines also raise new hurdles for prosecutors seeking access to confidential legal communications...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Japan Tobacco to Buy a Big British Maker
The deal caps a year that has seen Japanese acquisitions of foreign companies skyrocket to their highest level in nearly two decades...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Basic Instincts: Skip the Stress and Donate to Charities
More people are finding unusual ways to enjoy their holidays without shopping themselves into a stupor...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
News Analysis: Balancing Act With Beijing
Lawmakers are unlikely to be satisfied with the inconclusive results Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. achieved in Beijing...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Nintendo to Offer Sturdier Straps for Wii
Nintendo said it was taking steps to keep energetic users of its Wii video game console from breaking their televisions and ceiling fans...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
At $300 a Bottle, Do You Have to Tip?
Hundreds of new alcoholic beverages are popping up to slake a growing thirst to sip more attractive and expensive liquor...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Your Money: Under 40, Successful, and Itching for a New Career
Kimberly Bishop spent 16 years at one job, and then, in midcareer, decided that it was time for a change...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
After Shortage, Vaccine for Flu Goes Unused
An abundant supply of flu shots may still not reach everyone who needs them because of distribution delays...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Editor Fired After Uproar Over Simpson
Judith Regan, who stirred anger with her plans for a book by O. J. Simpson, was fired by HarperCollins...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
Latest Consumer Price Data Ease Fears of Inflation
The latest report showed that inflation was following an arc that must give some relief to the Federal Reserve...
New York Times - December 16, 2006
'Castro does not have cancer'
Cuban leader Fidel Castro does not have cancer, says his ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - December 16, 2006
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