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US News Archive for September 2004:
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Ivan damage: 'Extreme'
Residents in five states hit by Ivan face homes sheared from their pilings, downed trees, power outages, floodwaters, looters and the threat of a half-ton missing alligator who escaped from a zoo...
CNN - September 17, 2004
Kerry Criticizes Bush and Cheney on Halliburton's Iraq Contracts
Senator John Kerry accused the Bush administration today of steering lucrative no-bid contracts to the company...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
At Least 10 Dead as Storm Slams Appalachian Region
Local authorities in Alabama waited for the tidal surge to recede in order to make basic damage assessments...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Ford Raises Earnings Forecast and Unveils New Plan for Jaguar
The company raised its third-quarter earnings guidance today and unveiled a restructuring plan for its Jaguar division...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Japan to Shut Down Citibank Operations
Japanese financial authorities announced today they would shut down Citibank's private banking business in the country after finding "severe legal violations" in its operations...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Yukos Says It Is Still Close to Bankruptcy
Russia's Yukos has paid $2.2 billion of its $3.4 billion tax bill for 2000, a top Yukos official said today, as he renewed warnings about the company's possible bankruptcy...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Kerry turns up the heat over Iraq
US Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry shifts his campaign battleground towards the war Iraq...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
Jaguar ends car making in Coventry
Jaguar will stop making cars at its historic Browns Lane factory in Coventry and pull out of Formula One, says US owner Ford...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
Ivan causes damage inland
Floodwaters linger in Gulf Coast towns and debris ranging from household knickknacks to boats litter the streets in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan. Meanwhile, the remnants of Ivan are near Chattanooga this morning as the storm continues to kick up strong winds and drop heavy rain in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas...
CNN - September 17, 2004
Ivan damage: 'Extreme'
Residents in five states hit by Ivan face homes sheared from their pilings, downed trees, power outages, floodwaters, looters and the threat of a half-ton missing alligator who escaped from a zoo. The storm is blamed for 13 deaths in the United States. "All beachfront and everything on the waterfont is devastated, and the damage is extreme," said Sgt. Al Fryer, a Pensacola, Florida, police spokesman...
CNN - September 17, 2004
New polls vary widely
Two new national polls are giving widely divergent views as to whether President Bush's post-convention bounce has solidified or evaporated...
CNN - September 17, 2004
Iraq car bomb targets police
A suicide car bomb has detonated near an Iraqi police checkpoint in central Baghdad, killing at least eight Iraqis and wounding 41 others, officials say. The dead are said to include three police and five civilians...
CNN - September 17, 2004
In a Battered Pensacola, 'It Was Bad Everywhere'
People in the Gulf Coast city of Pensacola, Fla., emerged to find backyards flooded and light posts bent at right angles. Still, many said it could have been worse...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Chechen Leader Said to Take Credit for School Siege in Russia
Shamil Basayev, the commander believed to have organized the siege, has purportedly taken responsibility for the attack...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Kerry Criticizes Bush and Cheney on Halliburton's Iraq Contracts
John Kerry today accused the Bush administration of turning a blind eye to waste by Halliburton, and proposed reforming the contracting system...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Lock
The bicycle thieves of New York always seem to be one step ahead of lock makers, and this time they figured out how to open the common U-shaped lock with a ballpoint pen...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Ford Raises Quarter and Full-Year Outlook
Ford raised its earnings guidance for 2004 today in part on the back of continued strong performance by its financial services business...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Bobcats pounce for Smith
NBA expansion team Charlotte sign veteran shooting guard Steve Smith...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
US consumer confidence shows dip
US consumers are still worried about their jobs and income, the University of Michigan's index of consumer confidence indicates...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
Johnny Cash auction raises $4m
Johnny Cash's instruments and possessions raise almost $4m (£2.2) after a three-day auction in New York...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
Ivan inflicts 'tremendous damage'
Floodwaters lingered in coastal towns, debris ranging from household knickknacks to entire boats littered the streets and a missing 12-foot alligator named Chuckie hindered cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan...
CNN - September 17, 2004
Iraq car bomb: 'Many' casualties
A suicide car bomb has detonated near an Iraqi police convoy in Baghdad, killing and wounding "many" civilians and police, an Iraqi police spokesman says...
CNN - September 17, 2004
Ivan inflicts 'tremendous damage'
The U.S. death toll from Ivan, which crashed onto land at Gulf Shores with 130 mph winds, stands at 13 -- seven of them in the Florida Panhandle, where the eastern edge of the storm spawned tornadoes well before the eye made landfall...
CNN - September 17, 2004
In China, Farmers' Labor Bears Too Much Fruit
The plight of the litchi industry shows both the promise and the pitfalls of China's remarkable economic growth...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Bonds left hanging on
Barry Bonds misses out on his 700th home run but helps San Francisco beat Milwaukee...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
Ivan slams South
Remnants of Hurricane Ivan spread across the Southeast Thursday evening after the storm came ashore with full force in Alabama and spawned tornadoes that left eight people dead...
CNN - September 17, 2004
3 Westerners kidnapped, body found
Two Americans and a Briton have been seized by kidnappers from their home in central Baghdad, an Iraqi Ministry of Interior representative has told CNN. Elsewhere, police have found the corpse believed to that of a Westerner in northern Baghdad...
CNN - September 17, 2004
Hurricane Ivan's Fury Kills 20 Along the Middle Gulf Coast
Hurricane Ivan carved a path of destruction through the Southeast with winds reaching 130 miles an hour...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
In Address to Guard, Kerry Says Bush Isn't Telling Truth on Iraq
John Kerry told a National Guard conference that President Bush had deceived them when he presented an optimistic picture of the war in Iraq two days before...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Collapse of 60 Charter Schools Leaves Californians Scrambling
After last month's disintegration of the California Charter Academy, parents are still looking for alternate schools and many teachers are looking for jobs...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Inflation in Check, Bond Prices Rise Briskly
Thursday's bond price rally followed a government report that showed that inflation was well restrained in August...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Budget Use of Pensions Sows Trouble in San Diego
San Diego faces the possibility of a bankruptcy filing because of a shortfall in its pension fund, but the practice is commonplace among other cities...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
After Eisner, the Disney Board Faces Its Own Deluge
Michael Eisner may have quelled speculation about his future, but the board of Walt Disney will have to answer several questions about the company's future...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Luxury Market Blooms Near Red Square
Moscow has become one of the fastest growing luxury markets in the world, as designer boutiques rush in to meet the demands of the wealthy...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Clear Channel Is Expanding in Spanish Radio
Clear Channel Communications said it would convert up to 25 of its stations to Spanish-language formats as it pursues advertising dollars aimed at Hispanic listeners...
New York Times - September 17, 2004
Bush raps major drug nations
The US president says he is concerned at Afghanistan's escalating opium industry in his annual report on major drug producers...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
Wildfires burn swathes of Bolivia
Hundreds of wildfires in Bolivia create a thick haze, causing two regions to declare a state of emergency...
BBC News - September 17, 2004
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