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US News Archive for November 2005:
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Giants 27, Eagles 17: Giants Hold Off Eagles
Even without Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens, the Philadelphia Eagles gave the New York Giants all they could handle...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Golf: Woods wins play-off
Tiger Woods retains the Dunlop Phoenix title after a play-off victory over Japan's Kaname Yokoo...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Deadly ambush on Marine convoy
Fifteen Iraqi civilians, a U.S. Marine and eight insurgents are killed when a Marine convoy is struck by a roadside bomb and then ambushed by gunmen, the U.S. military says...
CNN - November 20, 2005
Bush, softly, stands firm on Iraq policy
Days after a Democratic congressman's call to begin an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq set off angry debate in Washington, President Bush said Sunday that leaving now would only embolden insurgents...
CNN - November 20, 2005
Iran moves to block U.N. nuclear inspections
Iran's parliament approves a bill that requires the government to block inspections of the country's facilities if the U.N. nuclear agency refers the Iranian program to the U.N. Security Council...
CNN - November 20, 2005
What Do You Expect for $99.23 a Night?
People have been saying for years that the old, seedy Times Square is dead. But those people have never spent a night at the Hotel Carter...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Tennis: Federer's run at end
David Nalbandian comes from two sets down in the Masters Cup final to break Roger Federer's long winning streak...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Calmer winds aid wildfire battle
Aided by an ocean breeze, firefighters on Saturday began to get the upper hand on a 3,700-acre wildfire burning in the steep hills above Ventura, California...
CNN - November 20, 2005
Bush pushes China on dissidents
President Bush on Saturday called on China to expand religious, political and social freedoms and urged steps to reduce Beijing's huge trade surplus with the United States...
CNN - November 20, 2005
Suicide bomber kills 25 at Iraqi funeral
A suicide car bomber strikes a funeral ceremony north of Baghdad, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 others, Iraqi police say. Meanwhile, an Iraqi police officer was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad...
CNN - November 20, 2005
U.S.C. 50, Fresno State 42: No. 1 Trojans Survive Bulldog Effort
The outcome was in doubt nearly until the end, but Southern California hung on against No. 16 Fresno State to extend its winning streak to 33 games...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Peru seizes alleged drugs kingpin
Peruvian police arrest Fernando Zevallos, a businessman accused of being a cocaine trafficker...
BBC News - November 20, 2005
Bush asks China to expand freedoms
U.S. President George W. Bush has called on China to expand religious, political and social freedoms and urged steps to reduce Beijing's huge trade surplus with the United States...
CNN - November 20, 2005
Che's Second Coming?
The Indian leader of a coca-growers' movement wants to make Bolivia the next domino in Latin America's revolt against globalization, neoliberalism and the Bush administration...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Hello, I'm Your Sister. Our Father Is Donor 150.
For children of anonymous sperm donors, finding a sibling — or in some cases, a dozen — can feel like coming home...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
'Truth and Duty,' by Mary Mapes: Network Error
From a former producer at "60 Minutes Wednesday," a high-spirited, if self-serving, account of how a report on George W. Bush and the National Guard blackened the CBS eye...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Everybody's Business: Don't Beat Up Big Oil. It's Just Doing Its Job.
INSANITY,...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Deals and Consequences
The wider net being cast by prosecutors in trying to find corporate malfeasance has begun to snare a more elusive prey: anonymous Wall Street bankers...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
[TS] 'The Bonfire of the Vanities,' 2005 Edition
The civil case against Paul E. Johnson is the only one contending bias by an individual analyst that has gone to trial since the stock bubble burst in 2000...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Armchair M.B.A.: Screening for Ethics: How One School Does It
A rejections of the defense that 'Everone else is doing it, too.'...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Off the Shelf: The Story of the Search, Applause Included
In a new book about Google, there are occasional hints that the extraordinary success of the search-engine phenom has begun to go to its head...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Market Week: Shoppers in the Malls, If Not on Wall Street
NO one can predict with certainty what the stock market will do on any given day, but forecasting a gain on the day after Thanksgiving is a safer bet than most. Investors are inclined to feel good after their day off, and they often express it by bidding up share prices upon their return...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Blueprints: It's a Waiting Room That Keeps Patients Busy
IT is a conundrum of medical care: although patients are the reason that doctors' offices exist, the patients' physical and psychological comfort is rarely considered in the design...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Suits: He Sings, He Dances, but He Will Not Stop
As the man who founded the hedge fund Crescendo Partners, Eric S. Rosenfeld has made a name for himself as an activist investor willing to take on the managers of companies that he believes are undervalued. At a conference last week, he made a new name for himself by singing and dancing about it...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Digital Domain: How Google Tamed Ads on the Wild, Wild Web
Without intending to do so, Google set in motion multilateral disarmament by telling its first advertisers in 2000: text only...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Strategies: The Manager Is in a Slump (or Maybe It's Just a Phase)
A new study suggests that it may be too soon to give up on actively managed mutual funds...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Investing: Can Nuclear Power Become Just Another Business?
The nuclear-power sector has been enjoying something of a revival, because of its operating-cost advantages over other forms of electricity production...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Volunteering: Making the World Better, One Vacation at a Time
With "volunteer vacation," people may work on clearing trails in the Sierra National Forest to teaching English to a hospital staff in China...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
The Goods: In This Corner, the Sofa Cushion
THANKSGIVING dinner is often scheduled for the late afternoon or early evening, so there is plenty of post-turkey time for families to socialize. Unfortunately, living-room conversations occasionally degenerate into arguments, especially when far-flung relatives of varying political persuasions or football fan bases are thrown together. The urge to bop one's father-in-law or cousin on the head can be powerful...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
The Boss: Beyond the Suggestion Box
Kurt M. Landgraf is the president and chief executive of Educational Testing Service...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
The Count: Turkey, Turkey, Everywhere (and Football, Too)
Turkey, Turkey,...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Putting the Napster Genie Back in the Bottle
The spotlight is back on Shawn Fanning, the creator of Napster, this time as a symbol of how big business and the disruptive force of the Internet just might find a way to get along...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
Economic View: As the McMansions Go, So Goes Job Growth
In recent years, housing, real estate and the related industries have become a huge factor in the crucial economic area of employment growth...
New York Times - November 20, 2005
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