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US News Archive for April 2006:
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China's leader begins U.S. trip
China's leader Hu Jintao has arrived in Seattle on his first visit to the United States since becoming president...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Third suspect sought in Duke rape case
Two Duke University lacrosse team members were charged Tuesday in the rape of a woman hired to dance at a team party, and the district attorney is trying to determine the identity of a third suspect...
CNN - April 18, 2006
2 Duke Lacrosse Players Are Arrested and Charged
They were charged with rape and kidnapping in a case involving a woman who said players attacked her...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Psychologist Says Moussaoui Is Schizophrenic
Dr. Xavier Amador said he exhibited several classic symptoms of schizophrenia during an encounter in April...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Transit Workers Approve Contract Offer
It remains to be seen whether the vote will have an effect on the deadlock between the union and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Bush Picks Trade Envoy as Budget Aide
Rob Portman will become the chief overseer of the president's spending and deficit reduction plans...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Germany Will Open Records on Holocaust Victims
The German government announced that it is dropping its decades-long resistance to opening the archives...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
U.S. and Iran Take Tough Stances in Standoff
American and Iranian leaders today staked out unyielding positions over Iran's nuclear program...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Rumsfeld Defends His Record Against Critics
The defense secretary said it was his far-reaching attempts to change the military that have prompted calls for his resignation...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Bush vow on Hariri probe
President Bush pledges to help bring to justice those behind the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Second death in shot rapper case
A Detroit man allegedly shot by Eminem's bandmate Proof, dies in hospital in Detroit, Michigan...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
US trade chief set for new role
President George W Bush nominates US trade representative Rob Portman as his new budget director...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
New rules drag on Yahoo earnings
Internet giant Yahoo reports a drop in first-quarter earnings to $160m, following changes to US accounting rules...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Zacarias Moussaoui 'mentally ill'
Zacarias Moussaoui is a paranoid schizophrenic, the defence in his sentencing trial in the US says...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Israel blames Hamas for bombing
Israel blames Hamas for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that killed nine people. Despite claims of responsibility by Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, it says it will revoke Jerusalem residency rights for Hamas lawmakers...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Two Duke athletes charged with rape
Two members of the Duke University lacrosse team were arrested and charged early Tuesday with raping a woman hired as a dancer at a team party, jail officials said...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Bush: 'I'm the decider' on Rumsfeld
President Bush on Tuesday emphasized once again his support for his defense secretary, saying Donald Rumsfeld "is doing a fine job."...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Drug Found to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Raloxifene, which is used by half a million U.S. women, is the second drug found to reduce breast cancer risk...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Suspect Surrenders in Killing of 2-Year-Old
The police said Nicholas Morris, 26, was shooting at a group of people in the Bronx when a bullet struck a boy in a passing minivan...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Surviving Huge Quake, and Century That Followed
About a dozen survivors of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco have been made into centennial celebrities...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Bush Picks Trade Envoy as Budget Aide
President Bush also repeated his support of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in the face of calls for his ouster...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Two Duke Lacrosse Players Are Arrested and Charged
The charges are rape, sex assault and kidnapping in a case involving a woman who has accused three team members...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Evacuee Study Finds Declining Health
Families displaced by Hurricane Katrina are much more likely to have chronic conditions and a lack of insurance...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Prosecutor and Skilling Spar Over Enron Problems
In the second day of cross examination, a central contention in Jeffrey K. Skilling's defense was examined...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
A very different Alcatraz
Venezuela's Project Alcatraz is trying to rehabilitate ex-gang members by teaching them the value of hard team work...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Fuel costs drive US prices higher
US wholesale producer prices climb in March, driven by a significant rise in gasoline prices...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Lebanon to press US for support
Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora is in the US to seek political and economic support from President George W Bush...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Dino may have been pack hunter
One of the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs may have hunted in packs, say experts in Argentina...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Chinese leader talks trade in US
Improving Sino-US trade relations will dominate the first day of President Hu Jintao's state visit to the US...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Georgia to cut migrants' benefits
The US state of Georgia is to cut state benefits for illegal immigrants from 2007 as part of a crackdown...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Israel weighs response to bombing
Israel's Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was meeting with his top ministers Tuesday, considering the government's response to a suicide bomb attack a day earlier in Tel Aviv that killed the bomber and nine others...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Moscow meeting on Iran
Five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany are to meet in Moscow to try and solve the Iranian nuclear crisis. It is believed the U.S. wants to discuss targeted sanctions against Iran, a move that Russia and China reject...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Osteoporosis Drug Found to Help in Lowering Breast Cancer Risk
Raloxifene, which is sold as Evista and taken by half a million American women, is the second drug that reduces risk...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Nairobi Journal: Keystone Kops? No, Kenyans, but Often Similarly Inept
Setbacks in a 16-month-old cocaine smuggling case have made it clear that Kenya is rather inexperienced when it comes to major drug investigations...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Advertising: A Car Campaign Takes Some Alternate Routes
A campaign for the new hatchback called the Honda Fit makes media choices meant to help consumers sort themselves as, well, fit or unfit for Fit...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
BAA rejects latest takeover bid
UK airports group BAA rejects its latest takeover bid saying it fails to reflect the group's value...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Skilling defends Enron share sale
Former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling insists he has "nothing to hide" about his sale of Enron shares worth $63m...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
NHL: Crosby sets new mark
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby becomes the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
NBA: Spurs are best in West
San Antonio seal the South West division title and home advantage for the Western Conference play-offs...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
San Francisco marks major quake
San Francisco prepares to mark 100 years since a massive earthquake levelled the city on 18 April 1906...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
Marines repel insurgent attacks
A coordinated attack from three directions on the governor's compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi has left an unknown number of insurgents dead after an hour-long fight with U.S. Marines. The insurgents used car bombs, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in the assault...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Pilgrims die in bus plunge down ravine
An overcrowded bus speeding home from a religious festival veered off a highway emergency ramp and crashed through a metal barrier Monday, plunging down a ravine. At least 67 people were killed, including four children...
CNN - April 18, 2006
Mayor Overrules 2 Aides Seeking Food Stamp Shift
Taking a rare step, Michael R. Bloomberg decided against a change to make it easier for childless adults to receive food stamps...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Two Awards for Public Service After Katrina's Onslaught Lead the Pulitzers
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the continuing war on terror dominated the 2006 Pulitzer Prizes...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
A New Crime Fighter, for $10 in Hay and Oats
Long viewed as quaint, horseback policing is undergoing a resurgence in New York and across the country...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Lawyer Says Two Duke Lacrosse Players Are Indicted in Rape Case
A grand jury issued sealed indictments in the case of a woman who accused three lacrosse players of raping her...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
New Chief of Staff Sends Message: The White House Exits Are Open
Joshua B. Bolten addressed the prospect of personnel changes on his first full weekday at work...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Storm Evacuees Found to Suffer Health Setbacks
Displaced families are much more likely to have mental disorders, chronic conditions and a lack of health insurance...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Krispy Kreme Sees Losses
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Chief Executive of Wendy's Retires Amid Declining Sales
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Chief Is Stepping Down at Cardinal Health
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 17 (AP) — The founder of Cardinal Health, Robert D. Walter, who turned a small food wholesaler into one of the nation's largest providers of health care products and services, stepped down on Monday as chief executive and said he planned to leave as chairman within two years...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Profit Up for Wachovia and SunTrust
By Reuters...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
I.R.S. Says Symantec Owes
By Reuters...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Berkshire to Acquire Sportswear Maker
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Earnings Jump 68% at Schwab
By Reuters...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
'Die Hard' Director Pleads Guilty to Lying
John McTiernan admitted that he had lied to agents when he said that he had not asked Anthony Pellicano to wiretap the producer Charles Roven...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Saks Said Ready to Open in China
Saks Fifth Avenue, the luxury goods retailer, is expected to announce today that it will open a store in Shanghai, becoming one of the first American department stores to venture into the world's most populous country, according to people briefed on the matter...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Another Hyundai Official Swept Up in Inquiry
The South Korean investigation into the carmaker's cash-for-favors scheme extended to the company's second-highest ranking executive...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Markets Slide as Prices of Energy and Gold Move Higher
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
On the Road: Surrendering Modesty but Cloaked in a Purpose
A 2007 stewardess pinup calendar is an attempt to call attention to a major problem as airlines demand ever more concessions from their employees...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Knight Ridder Profits Slide 53% as Several Expenses Increase
The company, like other newspaper publishers, is struggling to reduce expenses as advertisers defect to the Internet and cable television...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Wal-Mart Says It Will Augment Employee Health Care Benefits
By Reuters...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
4th Bid for Casino Operator Exceeds 3 Previous Offers
LAS VEGAS, April 17 (AP) — The bidding war for the casino operator Aztar Corporation heated up as a fourth suitor offered to top three other offers with a cash bid of $47 a share, Aztar said on Monday...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Boeing to Scale Back Wichita Operations
Citing cuts in military spending, Boeing announced that it would lay off some 900 workers, or about 25 percent of the plant's work force...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
My Colleague, My Roommate
While the sharing of rooms was once largely limited to academia and nonprofit groups, the idea may be spreading through corporate America...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Bulls Are Running to India, Raising Fears of a Bubble
Analysts and fund managers are cautioning that the stock market pendulum may have swung too far...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Frequent Flier: Opportunity Knocks, or Sometimes Punches
I think everyone who travels frequently can tell a story about a passenger who has had one too many. Mine probably tops them all...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Tyco Will Pay $50 Million to Settle Case With S.E.C.
The payment is to settle claims that the company inflated profits by more than $1 billion from 1996 through 2002...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
A Car Campaign Takes Some Alternate Routes
A campaign for the new hatchback called the Honda Fit, makes media choices meant to help consumers sort themselves as, well, fit or unfit for Fit...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Iceland's Fizzy Economy Faces a Test
Critics from outside the country argue that Iceland faces a financial disruption that could have repercussions far beyond its 40,000 square miles ...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Russia Called Too Reliant on Petroleum
Russia's economic growth is masking signs of trouble that are characteristic of a petroleum-based economy, according to a World Bank report...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Eisner Makes Hairpin Turn in His Career
Michael D. Eisner has given an inkling about what his next chapter as a business executive will be...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
U.S. Takes First Shots at Skilling
A prosecutor suggested that the former chief executive knew the company was in trouble when he tried to sell shares...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Academia Dissects the Service Sector, but Is It a Science?
A growing number of universities see a bright future in a new hybrid field which seeks improve the performance of service businesses...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Cendant Expected to Name Chief of Web Travel Business Today
The appointment comes as Cendant is preparing to break itself up by spinning off its four major units into publicly traded companies...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Chemical Companies Look to Coal as an Oil Substitute
With oil and natural gas prices showing no signs of plummeting, coal could become the main ingredient for products like wall paints and grocery bags...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Strong Investment Banking Helps Citigroup Profit Rise 3.6%
Earnings were up as strong revenue from investment banking and operations overseas offset weak consumer results in the United States...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
A Farewell to Citigroup
Sanford I. Weill, one of the last classic deal makers who rewrote history on Wall Street, will take his final bow as chairman of Citigroup...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Market Place: Benchmark Unsought: Oil Over $70
Factors for the record price include the diplomatic row over Iran's nuclear program and shortages in Nigeria...
New York Times - April 18, 2006
Rural killings marked in Brazil
Thousands of Brazilians gather to mark the 10th anniversary of the killing of 19 land rights protesters...
BBC News - April 18, 2006
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