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US News Archive for February 2008:
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4 Palestinian Militants Killed in Gaza
An Israeli soldier was also seriously wounded in an exchange of fire with Palestinian militants in southern Gaza...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Stifled, Egypt?s Young Turn to Islamic Fervor
Forced to put off marriage and thwarted by a lackluster economy, many young people turn to religion for solace...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Newman Wins the 50th Daytona 500
Ryan Newman has won the 50th running of the Daytona 500, giving team owner Roger Penske his first victory at Nascar?s biggest event...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Study Finds Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Insurance
A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Tanzania Greets Bush and Ponders His Successor
Tanzanians are excited about President Bush, but another politician seems to excite them more ? Barack Obama...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Vote Is Expected to Further Weaken Musharraf
Pakistanis vote in parliamentary elections on Monday amid anxiety over further political turmoil and violence...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
U.S.D.A. Makes Nation?s Largest Beef Recall
Officials said it was the largest beef recall in the United States, surpassing a 1999 ban of 35 million pounds of ready-to-eat meats...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Government to Control Struggling British Bank
The nationalization of Northern Rock, the ailing mortgage lender, was the first such action in more than a decade and a huge blow for Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
NBA mulls expansion to Europe
US basketball's NBA league could expand into Europe "in the decade", according to commissioner David Stern...
BBC News - February 17, 2008
US orders massive recall of beef
The US orders its largest-ever beef recall, saying a California meat plant broke rules on cattle inspection...
BBC News - February 17, 2008
Bizarre Turn at Hearing for Suspect in Stabbing
A man charged in the killing of an Upper East Side therapist interrupted his arraignment with demands for food and complaints about his lawyer...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
At Least 80 Killed in Afghan Suicide Bombing
The attack at a dog fighting festival outside Kandahar was Afghanistan?s worst single bombing since 2001...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Kosovo Declares Its Independence From Serbia
The declaration, greeted with euphoria by ethnic Albanians, brings to a climax a showdown with Serbia and its ally, Russia...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Britain to Nationalize Troubled Mortgage Lender
Britain?s treasury chief said that the struggling bank Northern Rock will be nationalized after the government rejected two private takeover bids...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Eight die in illegal US road race
Eight people are killed as a car careens into a crowd at an illegal road race in the United States...
BBC News - February 17, 2008
Kosovo Prepares for Independence
A decade after Serbia sent in troops to crush a rebellion, Kosovo prepared to declare independence on Sunday...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
80 Said to Be Killed in Afghan Suicide Attack
A suicide bombing killed 80 people, a provincial governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
As Nuclear Waste Languishes, Expense to U.S. Rises
The federal government, contractually obligated to bury the waste, is at least 20 years behind schedule...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Refco boss admits fraud charges
Ex-chief executive of scandal-hit US finance firm Refco says he knew he was wrong to keep quiet about losses...
BBC News - February 17, 2008
How Would Darwin Read?
Popular books applying Darwinian logic to everything from religion to dating to dealmaking may fly off the shelves, but attempts to apply evolutionary theory to literary analysis tend to make novelists, English professors and other humanist types break out in hives...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Doubts on Fairness and Security for Pakistan Vote
Pakistan?s parliamentary elections on Monday have included charges of armed intimidation and bribes, and the suspicion of rigging hangs thick in the air...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
5 Years After a Nightclub Fire, Survivors Struggle
As the anniversary of a fire that killed 100 people approaches, survivors say they feel forgotten...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Gatsby?s Green Light Beckons a New Set of Strivers
Urban students see glimmers of their own evolving identities and dreams in F. Scott Fitzgerald?s novel...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Queens Man Is Arrested in Killing of Therapist
A 39-year-old man was charged with killing a Manhattan therapist in a knife attack and slashing her office mate...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Error Gave F.B.I. Unauthorized Access to E-Mail
As surveillance has increased, violations of wiretap law have become a regular if little-noticed occurrence...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Dreams Stifled, Egypt?s Young Turn to Islamic Fervor
Across the Middle East, many people are forced to put off marriage, the gateway to independence. In their frustration they turn to religion for solace...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Where You Going With That Monet?
Art is an exceedingly dumb thing to steal. But then, the art thief, in general, is not the brightest paint in the box...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Old Clinton Ties and Voters? Sway Tug at Delegates
The dwindling group of undecided Democratic superdelegates is being caught in strong political crosscurrents...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
The Insiders Are Selling, but Why?
The credit crisis appears to be knocking on the doors of commercial educators...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Dress-Up for Dollars
It?s just like paper dolls ? only digital, global, mercantile and branded...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Letters
A Farewell to Paper?...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Early Rally Offsets Economic Worries
Despite a decline on Thursday and Friday over worries about the economy, the stock market gained ground last week...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
A.T.M. Fees: Always Rising, Often Avoidable
Convenience usually comes at a price ? and that price has been climbing...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
In Hotel Design, He?s Mr. Prolific
Many architects would be happy to design a single hotel in Manhattan; Gene Kaufman?s firm is designing 36 of them...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Banker Leaves Hong Kong Post
David Li, the Hong Kong banker and lawmaker who is paying $8.1 million to settle an insider-trading case involving Dow Jones, resigned from his city council post...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
A Wonderful Town, but He?s Moving On
Jonathan M. Tisch is giving up his post as chairman of NYC & Company, New York?s tourism marketing organization...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
The Contented Traveler
I had the Midwest work ethic at a very early age... I learned that I could do really well if I worked really hard...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Determined to Find a New Beginning
The Center for Employment Opportunities provides former convicts living in New York City with temporary jobs...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
That Boring Job Should Sound an Alarm
People who are bored need to create more challenges and find more meaning in their work lives...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Keep It Simple, Says Yale?s Top Investor
What should an individual investor do when the domestic and foreign stock markets are shaky? One adviser says: Don?t try anything fancy...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Two Paths for the Aspiring Alpha Female
The subtexts of two new books that aim to guide women through the worlds of commerce and finance both ask why a businesswoman can?t be more like a businessman...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
When Will Earnings Recover?
Amid all the talk of an economic slowdown, Wall Street stock analysts are forecasting a stellar year for corporate profit growth...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
It?s an Election, Not a Revolution
Voters are often told that the country?s economic health depends on pulling the right lever. But a new administration often brings only moderate economic policy changes...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Learning From a Native Speaker, Without Leaving Home
If you can?t manage a trip abroad to learn a foreign language, the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, too...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Silicon Valley Starts to Turn Its Face to the Sun
Some of the region?s best minds are captivated by the challenge of solar power and hope to put the development of solar technologies on a faster track...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
The Power of Whimsy
By one rough estimate, Sandra Boynton has sold around a half-billion cards, which may make her one of the best-selling card creators of all time...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Where the Heads No Longer Roll
In the wake of the Société Générale scandal, France?s business aristocracy finds itself in a place it never wants to be: the spotlight...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Arcane Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test
The market for credit insurance will be put to the test as a looming economic downturn strains companies? finances...
New York Times - February 17, 2008
Eight killed at US drag car race
Eight people are killed as a car careens into a crowd at an illegal drag car race in the United States...
BBC News - February 17, 2008
Brazil film wins top Berlin prize
Brazilian movie The Elite Squad wins at the Berlin Film Festival, while Britain's Sally Hawkins is best actress...
BBC News - February 17, 2008
US spy satellite plan 'a cover'
Russia says US plans to shoot down a broken spy satellite are a cover for testing an anti-satellite weapon...
BBC News - February 17, 2008
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