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US News Archive for June 2006:
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Guard troops ordered to New Orleans
Acting at the mayor's request, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday she will send National Guard troops and state police to patrol New Orleans streets following a bloody weekend in which six people were killed...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Democrats: Iraq withdrawal must begin in 2006
Senate Democrats offered an amendment Monday that would demand that a pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq begin this year. The amendment is meant "as a way of moving away from an open-ended commitment and a way of avoiding Iraqi dependency on a U.S. security blanket," Sen Carl Levin, D-Michigan, said...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Chief Prosecutor in Hussein Trial Calls for Death Penalty
Saddam Hussein reacted dismissively when the prosecutor, Jaafar al-Moussawi, called for the death penalty in his case...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Court Splits Over Wetlands Protections
The Supreme Court decision, 5-4, sets the stage for a re-examination of the Clean Water Act...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Saks Restores Petite Sizes After Outcry
The luxury retailer had quietly dropped its petite women's department several months ago because of poor sales...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
France Calls Urgent Meeting on Utilities Merger
Plans to form a utility giant were dealt fresh setbacks today by European Union antitrust regulators and by French unions...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Arcelor Delays Shareholder Vote on Russian Deal
The European steel giant said today that it would postpone a crucial shareholder vote related to its 13 billion euro tie-up with the Russian billionaire Aleksei Mordashov...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Verizon Sues Vonage in Patents Dispute
The lawsuit adds a new challenge for the Internet telephone startup, which has seen its stock price slide precipitously since it went public last month...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
EADS Holds Emergency Meeting on Airbus
Top executives today looked at ways to tighten control over the company's stumbling Airbus subsidiary...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
S Dakota abortion ban on hold
A pro-choice petition forces a state ballot on a tough new abortion law in South Dakota...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Qaeda-linked group 'took soldiers'
An al Qaeda-affiliated group claims it kidnapped two U.S. soldiers south of Baghdad, although the captives were not named. The group -- Mujahedeen Shura Council -- made the claim on a Web site and did not post images or video of the soldiers. The soldiers disappeared Friday after an attack on a U.S. military checkpoint near Yusufiya, about 30 miles southwest of Baghdad...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Arizona wildfires force hundreds from homes
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes and businesses spread to 3,000 acres early Monday in northern Arizona. The fire started Sunday and spread quickly through the parched region, forcing the evacuation of about 400 homes and businesses in Oak Creek Canyon and about 100 homes in five subdivisions on the north side of Sedona...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Bush: Iran must stop uranium enrichment
President Bush kept up the diplomatic pressure on Iran on Monday, saying Tehran faces sanctions, not talks, if it doesn't stop uranium enrichment activities...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Afghan Legislator Says Taliban Killed 32 in His Tribal Family
The siege, in broad daylight on Friday, was the latest sign of the strength of the Taliban in the southern province of Helmand...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Torrential Rains Flood Coast of Texas
Homes and highways were flooded in and around Houston, forcing some schools and businesses to close...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Rice's Deputy to Join Goldman Sachs
Robert Zoellick, who served six years in the Bush administration, plans to work for Goldman Sachs...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Bush Addresses Merchant Marine Graduates in N.Y.
The speech was a way of "teeing up what is going to be a topic of conversation" at the wide-ranging meeting in Vienna with the European leaders...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
The lure of the whale trade
Our environment correspondent visits St Vincent which sees little contradiction in its parallel pursuits of whale-watching and whale-catching...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Golf: Mickelson rues mistake
Phil Mickelson contemplates his most painful defeat after a double-bogey at the last gifts the US Open to Geoff Ogilvy...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Top US diplomacy official resigns
US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, chief aide to Condoleezza Rice, resigns...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Experts meet over urban growth
Urban planners and experts meet to discuss challenges ahead at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Five teens shot to death
New Orleans detectives knocked on doors Sunday in a search for anyone with information on the killings of five teenagers gunned down in a blaze of semiautomatic gunfire. Police had no new leads to the killers, said police Capt. John Bryson...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Senators spar over Iraq
Sen. Pat Roberts said Sunday that setting a timetable to pull U.S. troops from Iraq would show American resolve to be "very shaky," but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the U.S. commitment is unsustainable. The two spoke two days before a planned debate on the Senate floor over whether there should be a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq...
CNN - June 19, 2006
U.S. names missing soldiers
The two U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq since a Friday attack by insurgents have been identified as Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, of Madras, Oregon, and Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, Texas, according to the U.S. military...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Telecom Giants in Europe Agree to $30 Billion Deal
Nokia and Siemens announced a merger of their telecommunication network equipment businesses...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Heat 101, Mavericks 100: Wade Scores 43 Points, and the Heat Takes Command
The Mavericks again held a double-digit lead early and watched as Dwyane Wade burst it late to force overtime...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
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 - June 19, 2006
Addenda
Agency Seeks Alliance...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
New Gold Coin Is Purest Yet From U.S. Mint
A new United States gold coin, the purest ever made, will go on sale today to investors worldwide...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
For Tender Moments, Product Placement
People spent a lot for exclusive rights to pictures of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, but it might have recouped much of its investment through a higher newstand price and ad sales...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
A Nod From Knopfler: I Want My A.M.D.
In the notes for the album "All the Roadrunning," Mark Knopfler offers thanks for a different kind of instrument: the Opteron microprocessor by A.M.D...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Some Sites Off Limits, Even in a Newsroom
The Los Angeles Times blocks access to "sex sites" and to sites that could compromise network security...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Advertising: Try It; You Liked It Once, and Alka-Seltzer Hopes You Do Again
Kathy Griffin is appearing in a remake of a popular, humorous 1971 spot for Alka-Seltzer known as "Try it, you'll like it."...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Webdenda: People and Accounts of Note
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New York Times - June 19, 2006
Drilling Down: Where the Newbies Get Mugged by Trolls
As massively multiplayer online games grow more popular, they are attracting casual players who may want easier puzzles than the hard-core gamers...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Looking Ahead
ECONOMIC INDICATORS The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators, a forecast of economic activity, is expected to fall 0.5 percent for May, a sharper decline than the 0.1 percent drop in April. (Thursday.)...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Cars Lacking Side Air Bags Fail Crash Test
The Chrysler 300 and the Ford Five Hundred were among the full-size sedans without side air bags that failed recent side-impact crash tests...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
F.C.C. Rules on Ownership Loom in Duel for Univision
Both bidders for Univision could face a challenge by the F.C.C. over foreign ownership restrictions and concentration concerns...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Evictions Raise the Tension Level at Guantánamo
The expulsion of three reporters and a photographer reflect continuing tensions at the base between the military and the press...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Quilts of comfort for US Iraq dead
Mothers of US soldiers launch a project to make "comfort quilts" for the families of every US soldier killed in Iraq...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Merger 'could create LSE rival'
A merger of the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext could lead to a rival London exchange, a report says...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Miami close on first NBA title
Miami move within one win of their first NBA title with a 101-100 win in overtime against Dallas...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Brazil finding feet says Parreira
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says his side were worthy winners against Australia - despite needing a late goal to wrap up the points...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Rights body 'clean break' for UN
UN chief Kofi Annan urges the UN Human Rights Council not repeat the mistakes of its discredited predecessor...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Nations press N. Korea on missile
Japan, Australia and the United States have united in saying that any test-launching of an intercontinental missile by North Korea would result in serious and stern consequences...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Tornado hits Wisconsin school
Severe thunderstorms rolled across southern Wisconsin Sunday, spawning a tornado that ripped the roof off an elementary school, toppled trees and knocked out power...
CNN - June 19, 2006
Boy Wrongly Accused at 7 Is Accused Again at 15
Romarr Gipson, who was falsely accused of killing a little girl in 1998, is charged in a shooting in a Chicago suburb...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Senators spar over Iraq
Sen. Pat Roberts said Sunday that setting a timetable to pull U.S. troops from Iraq would show American resolve to be "very shaky," but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the U.S. commitment is unsustainable. The two spoke two days before a planned debate on the Senate floor over whether there should be a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq...
CNN - June 19, 2006
The Road Back: In Louisiana, a Sinking Island Wars With Water and the Government
The panic is constant on Isle de Jean Charles, where wetlands are vanishing into the Gulf of Mexico...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Lauder Pays $135 Million, a Record, for a Klimt Portrait
Cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder paid the highest sum ever for a painting for Gustav Klimt's 1907 portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I."...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Woman Is Named Episcopal Leader
The historic election of Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori could further strain relations between the American body and Anglicans abroad...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Homeland Security Inc.: Company Ties Not Always Noted in U.S. Security Push
Former officials who comment publicly on security issues often also have relationships with for-profit companies...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Airliner Engine Breaks Apart, Defying Federal Repair Effort
The explosion of a Boeing 767's engine while it was on the ground in Los Angeles may indicate a recurrence of a problem thought to have been eliminated in 2003...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
I.R.S. Checking Compliance by Tax-Exempt Hospitals
The agency could change its standards for what benefits nonprofit hospitals must provide to the community in return for their tax exemptions...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Mbour Journal: Migrants, Bound for Spain, Set Off a Boom
Thousands of Africans seeking jobs in Europe are being smuggled to the Canary Islands of Spain by fishermen from Mbour, Senegal...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
David Carr: Cascading Inconvenient Truths
A rash of recent documentaries are feeding appetites for information and news coverage not sated by traditional information sources...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Trying, Again, to Turn Pelé Into Profits
Pelé's worldwide appeal is similar to that of Muhammad Ali and now he will test whether his fans love him enough to buy him...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Airbus Considering a Request for State Aid
Airbus appears set to request state aid to develop a midsize jetliner in what some analysts described as a rescue package...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Report Finds Disasters Fueled Rise in Giving in 2005
Individuals and institutions gave away an estimated $260.28 billion in 2005, a 2.7 percent increase from 2004, according to a report...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Fitfully Blending Papers and TV
The Tribune Company's "synergy" model works well in Chicago, but the company is encountering pitfalls as it transplants it to other East and West Coast markets...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Video Game Makers Are Battling Sinking Stock Prices
While air has seeped steadily from the stock market, it has poured from the four major publicly traded game publishers...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Personal Trainers Available by the Download
More trainers are packaging their services in audio or video files that can be downloaded into an iPod for a quick trip to the gym...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Telecom Giants in Europe Plan $30 Billion Deal
Nokia and Siemens are expected to announce a merger of their telecommunication network equipment businesses...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Inquiry Into Stock Option Pricing Casts a Wide Net
In the latest scandal, companies handed out options in a way that undermined the idea of options as a pay-for-performance tool...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Playskool Is Expanding to Baby Care
Playskool's owner, Hasbro, will move into infant care Monday by introducing a line of Playskool diapers, baby wipes and sippy cups...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Nestlé to Buy Jenny Craig, Betting Diets Are on Rise
Nestlé, the Swiss food giant, is planning to announce today that it has agreed to pay about $600 million for Jenny Craig...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
Here Illegally, Working Hard and Paying Taxes
Most illegal immigrants now work for mainstream companies and are hired and paid like any other worker...
New York Times - June 19, 2006
The US Open as it happened
Australia's Geoff Ogilvy wins the US Open as Phil Mickelson dramatically folds on the last hole...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
Australian golfer captures US open
Geoff Ogilvy became the first Australian golfer to win the US Open championship for 25 years...
BBC News - June 19, 2006
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