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US News Archive for July 2005:
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A Remorseless Rudolph Gets Life Sentence for Bombing at Clinic
Eric Rudolph angrily denounced abortion at the hearing and told the federal court that "deadly force is needed to stop it."...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Bush Says He'll Fire Any Aide Who 'Committed a Crime'
The president said he would fire anyone in his administration who broke the law in the unmasking of a C.I.A. officer...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Bloomberg to Extend Social Promotion Ban, Citing Results
The move is part of what the mayor called an intense new focus on middle schools, which have long been viewed as a Bermuda Triangle of American education...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Citigroup Earnings Fall Short; Bank of America Reports Gains
Citigroup reported a 3 percent decline in second-quarter revenue today, while Bank of America's revenue rose 7 percent, handily beating estimates...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Guidant Issues Warning for 28,000 Pacemakers
The nation's second-largest maker of implantable heart devices said that some of its older models may fail...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Bush stalls on CIA scandal firing
President Bush vows to sack anyone who acted illegally in the outing of a CIA agent, in a shift of language...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
Bush Says He Would Fire Any Aides Who 'Committed a Crime'
The president appeared to raise the bar for dismissing anyone in his administration who helped to unmask a C.I.A. officer...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Guidant Warns 28,000 Of Its Pacemakers Could Fail
The pacemaker manufacturer said that some of its older implantable heart devices could fail, potentially leading to serious health complications...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
News Corporation to Acquire Intermix for $580 Million
The acquisition's price is sure to ignite debate about valuations and durability of new media companies because MySpace is only two years old...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
In Earnings, Citigroup Falls as a Rival Gains
Citigroup reported a 3 percent decline in second quarter revenue today, while Bank of America's revenue rose 7 percent, handily beating estimates...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
'Tougher' markets hit Citigroup
US banking giant Citigroup reports lower-than-expected earnings, but rival Bank of America pleases investors...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
Victory justified changes - Woods
Tiger Woods says winning his second Open justifies the changes he has made to his game...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
Show focuses on 9/11 passengers
Passenger attempts to overcome aircraft hijackers on 11 September are the focus of a new US documentary...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
US and India boost nuclear ties
India and the United States agree to increase co-operation on civilian nuclear energy programmes...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
Remembering Gilbert, Residents of Yucatán Brace for Emily
The outer rings of Hurricane Emily lashed the shore of the Yucatán with gusts of wind surging above 90 miles per hour...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Perfect pitch for game music
The music of video games could become a regular feature of orchestral recitals if a new venture in the US proves successful...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
Woman jailed over Brazil scam
A Nigerian woman is jailed for her part in a scam which defrauded a Brazilian bank to the tune of $242m...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
Venezuela to seize 'idle' firms
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says private companies that lie idle will be confiscated by the state...
BBC News - July 18, 2005
Strong Ties Bind Players in Battle for Seat on Court
The players for the Supreme Court vacancy are a mix of old friends and adversaries that only Washington could spawn...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
A Church That Packs Them In, 16,000 at a Time
The nondenominational Lakewood Church, the nation's largest congregation, has moved into the Compaq Center, once the home of the Houston Rockets...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Remembering Gilbert, Residents of Yucatán Brace for Emily
All along the Yucatán coast, people were girding for a Category 4 hurricane...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
New York Medicaid Fraud May Reach Into Billions
A health care program for the poorest New Yorkers has become a $44.5 billion target for the unscrupulous and the opportunistic...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Reporter Says He First Learned of C.I.A. Operative From Rove
In this week's issue of Time magazine, Matthew Cooper details how Karl Rove supplied information about a C.I.A. officer...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Treasury Bills Set for This Week
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Magazine Deal Puts Publisher in Spotlight
A controversy at American Media comes as the company is posting losses in its core business of tabloids, pouring money into new acquisitions and finding many of its advertisers under regulatory attack...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
The Passion of the Marketers
Mainstream Hollywood, after decades of ignoring the pious, is adjusting to what it perceives as a rising religiosity in American culture...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Whose Oil Is It? Property Rights at Issue in China
One of the most important legal battles ever fought in modern China has followed the country's seizure of private wells that have yielded oil...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
When Writing an Irate Letter to the Editor Is Just Not Enough
When the conservative pollster and political consultant Frank Luntz had a complaint with The Forward, the venerable New York newspaper of Jewish culture. His letter of complaint didn't do much...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
A New Magazine for Aficionados of 'Chicken Soup for the Soul'
Modern Media, a private company in Memphis, is releasing the first issue of Chicken Soup for the Soul magazine next week...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Public Relations Campaign for Research Office at E.P.A. Includes Ghostwriting Articles
The strategy includes writing and placing "good stories" about the E.P.A.'s research office in consumer and trade publications...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Besieged but Not Silenced, a Newspaper Keeps Publishing
Reporters and editors in Oaxaca, Mexico, have been besieged in their newsroom as the result of a labor dispute with a union that has close ties to the government...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
John. L. Procope, 82, Publisher of Black Newspaper in Harlem, Dies
John. L. Procope was a marketing and advertising executive before he joined a consortium that bought The Amsterdam News in 1971...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
At the Podcast Party, More Guests Arrive
In the two days after the software's release, Apple said users signed up for more than a million podcast subscriptions...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
If Harry Potter Vanishes, What's Next for British Publisher?
With a big pile of cash from publishing the Harry Potter books in Britain, Bloomsbury Publishing is poised for a major expansion...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
To Wrestling Offense, a Cultural Defense
World Wrestling Entertainment recently found itself in the position of defending the psychological and cultural nuances of one of its characters after a particularly ill-timed episode of "SmackDown."...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Armed With Right Cellphone, Anyone Can Be a Journalist
Got a cellphone camera? You, too, can be a television journalist. The news staff of WABC-TV, the ABC affiliate in New York, started soliciting cellphone pictures and amateur video last week from people who witness a news event...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
A Cellphone, a Movie Lobby and a Message
This summer, moviegoers walking through theater lobbies in three cities might have felt a sudden vibration in their cellphones, the work of a nearby Bluetooth promotional kiosk...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
As Clear Channel Enters the Fray, Online Radio Looks to Be Coming of Age
After giving Internet competitors a huge head start, Clear Channel, the radio industry's dominant company, has introduced its first meaningful online strategy...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Iraq Is Set to Have Its Own News Service
The charitable foundation of Reuters plans to announce that it is turning an Iraqi news Web site into an independent commercial news service...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
For a British Novelist, a Fictional Plot Jarringly Leads to a Real-Life Problem
For Chris Cleave, a British writer, July 7, 2005, will mark the bizarre convergence of two events: the deadly terrorist attack in London and the debut of his first novel, "Incendiary" - a story of a deadly terrorist attack in London...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Harry Potter Book Sets Record in First Day
The new "Harry Potter" book set a sales record, but retailers almost immediately began cutting prices...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Martha Stewart's Next Big Project: Justifying Her Investors' Expectations
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has been on a tear. But in their apparent zeal for Martha, the concept, investors are evidently looking beyond the financial condition of Martha, the company...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
A Teenage Golfer May Also Be a Marketer's Dream
The golfer Michelle Wie's talent, personality and determination to compete with male golfers is causing sports marketers to take notice of her...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Credit Card Ads Place Renewed Focus on Security
Over the last few years, financial services and technology companies have been quietly tweaking their advertising to incorporate themes about the safety of customers' data...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Whirlpool Makes Unsolicited Bid for Maytag, Creating 3-Way Race
Whirlpool made a surprise $1.36 billion bid for Maytag, possibly igniting a three-way takeover battle for the appliance maker...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
Marrying Maps to Data for a New Web Service
Yahoo, Google and Microsoft are creating map services that offer contextual advertisements tied to specific locations...
New York Times - July 18, 2005
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