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US News Archive for September 2004:
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Aid pours into Florida after Jeanne
Emergency officials in Florida were shifting their focus from search and rescue to relief efforts Monday, after Hurricane Jeanne cut a destructive path through the state. Jeanne killed at least six in Florida, destroyed homes, washed boats onto land, flooded roads and cut power to millions before moving into Georgia...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Relief efforts begin
Emergency officials in Florida were shifting their focus to relief efforts Monday, after Hurricane Jeanne cut a destructive path through the state. Now a tropical storm, Jeanne moved into Georgia after leaving at least six people dead in Florida and knocking out power to more than 2 million customers, officials said...
CNN - September 27, 2004
U.N. rushes troops to Haiti
The United Nations rushed hundreds more peacekeepers to storm-ravaged Gonaives to stem looting, while hundreds of weary Haitians lined up for food before daybreak Monday...
CNN - September 27, 2004
High stakes debates
The presidential debates present both opportunity and peril for the two top candidates, with Sen. John Kerry hoping a strong performance spurs a decisive rally and President Bush aiming to seal his re-election...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Iraqi Judge Drops Case Against Leading Exile Figure
The move appears to signify a minor victory by Ahmad Chalabi over the interim government led by Ayad Allawi...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Bill Overhauling Intelligence Faces Uncertain Fate in Senate
The Senate opened a floor debate today and moved toward a final vote on a bill endorsed by 9/11 commission leaders...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Conan O'Brien to Succeed Jay Leno in 2009, NBC Announces
Conan O'Brien will succeed Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show at the end of Mr. Leno's current five-year contract...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Embattled Mortgage Giant Agrees to Meet New Standards
Fannie Mae agreed to keep more cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, a U.S. regulator said...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Comcast and Time Warner Mulling Bid for Adelphia
The Comcast Corporation confirmed today that it was in talks with Time Warner Inc. to make a joint bid for Adelphia Communications...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Spector indicted on murder charge
Pop producer Phil Spector is indicted on a charge that he murdered an actress at his home 19 months ago...
BBC News - September 27, 2004
Jeanne moves north
Emergency officials are working to get aid to victims of Hurricane Jeanne after the storm cut a fresh path of destruction across Florida. Trucks loaded with water, ice and other essentials are making their way to the hardest hit areas, officials say. Jeanne killed at six in Florida, destroyed homes, washed boats onto shore, flooded roads and knocked out power to millions before moving into Georgia...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Jeanne leaves 6 dead in Florida
Tropical Storm Jeanne swept into Georgia on Monday morning after cutting a destructive path across Florida, killing at least six people. Jeanne is expected to weaken to a tropical depression later today but tornadoes were still possible from extreme eastern Georgia northeast through southern North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Bush, Kerry gear up for first debate
The lead up to the first formal matchup between President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry reveals a classic pre-debate dance: lower expectations for your candidate's performance and jab the other guy...
CNN - September 27, 2004
New Home Sales Climb 9.4 Percent in August
Mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels, it seemed, to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Fannie Mae in Deal to Increase Its Capital
Embattled mortgage finance company Fannie Mae agreed to keep billions of dollars more in cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, its government regulator said today...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
US soldier faces Iraq abuse trial
A woman soldier accused of abusing soldiers at a Baghdad jail is to face a court martial in January, the US army says...
BBC News - September 27, 2004
'Bomb threat' jet departs for US
An Olympic Airlines plane is allowed to resume its flight to the US after a bomb threat diverted it to a British airport...
BBC News - September 27, 2004
US buys town for terror training
The US Department of Homeland Security is buying an entire town in the south-west for anti-terror training...
BBC News - September 27, 2004
Food aid looting erupts in Haiti
Hungry Haitians in the flooded city of Gonaives loot food aid convoys as security concerns rise...
BBC News - September 27, 2004
French seek Iraq pull-out debate
France says an international summit on Iraq, proposed by Colin Powell, must debate a US withdrawal...
BBC News - September 27, 2004
Four dead as Jeanne moves through Florida
Hurricane Jeanne's winds had dropped to 50 mph by early today, further weakening the fourth hurricane to batter Florida in six weeks to a low-level tropical storm as it moved toward southern Georgia. In Florida, the hurricane was blamed for four deaths. It is estimated that Jeanne would cause between $4 billion and $8 billion in insured losses in the United States...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Four dead in Jeanne's wake
Hurricane Jeanne's winds had dropped to 50 mph by early today, further weakening the fourth hurricane to batter Florida in six weeks to a low-level tropical storm as it moved toward southern Georgia. In Florida, the hurricane was blamed for four deaths...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Jeanne claims first U.S. lives
At least four people are dead and nearly two million are without power after Jeanne hit Florida, putting the Sunshine State under a state of emergency...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Hemingway Bullfight Tale From 1924 Turns Up
A previously unknown story and a letter ascribed to Ernest Hemingway have caused a dispute between those who want to see them published and those who don't...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Agencies Postpone Issuing New Rules Until After Election
Federal agencies have delayed a range of proposed regulations from food safety to corporate governance until after Election Day...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Six Sigma: A Hollywood Studio Learns the G.E. Way
There are more signs that the shotgun marriage between NBC and Universal is anything but tranquil...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Music Sites Ask, 'Why Buy If You Can Rent?'
Virgin is the first major music retailer to enter the download market in introducing a music store to sell music as streams of bits to be downloaded from the Internet...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Red Sox trounce Yanks
Boston power to an 11-4 home win over the Yankees - plus an MLB round-up...
BBC News - September 27, 2004
Jeanne claims first U.S. lives
Jeanne, downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday, has been blamed for the deaths of four people -- including a teenage boy -- as it sweeps across Florida. It knocked out power to about 2 million customers, and Risk Management Solutions, a catastrophe modeling firm that works for the insurance industry, estimated Jeanne could cause between $4 billion and $8 billion in insured losses in the United States...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Jeanne lashes Florida
Jeanne was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after sweeping across Florida, killing at least four people and knocking out power to more than 1.8 million customers. "This time our state will not only survive, it will rebound," said Gov. Jeb Bush...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Jeanne sweeps across Florida
Jeanne is downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane. The storm -- reponsible for more than 1,000 deaths in Haiti -- caused extensive damage to the state but no confirmed fatalities...
CNN - September 27, 2004
Another Hurricane Roars Across Mid-Florida
Hurricane Jeanne caused at least five deaths, making landfall almost exactly where Frances did over Labor Day weekend...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Strong Charges Set New Tone Before Debate
The intensity of advertisements broadcast this weekend signaled the importance that both sides attach to the debates...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
As a Life Ebbs, the Ultimate Family Quarrel
Medical advances are forcing more patients and families to confront ever more grueling choices about living and dying...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
In the Village, Sex Shops Multiply and Test a Neighborhood's Tolerance
Almost a decade after Mayor Rudolph Giuliani proclaimed war on the sex-shop business, it is alive and well and, at least in Greenwich Village, growing...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
The New Silicon Valley: A Dog-Eat-Dog World
Oracle's attempted takeover of PeopleSoft can be seen as a harbinger of many more in a mature industry...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Indian Sales of Tobacco Face New Pressure
Online sales of untaxed cigarettes are provoking a stampede of protests from a disparate collection of antitobacco groups, cash-strapped state governments and local retailers...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Quiet, Please! Suddenly, the S.E.C. Is Listening
Like so much in the post-Enron world, the quiet period - which begins when a company files paperwork to go public - has been redefined...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Europeans Streamline. Will the Market Notice?
Corporate executives in Europe have taken steps to streamline operations to attract investors put off by delayed overhauls in economic policy that governments have yet to enact...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
For Cingular, Becoming No. 1 Also Poses Risks
The union of Cingular and AT&T Wireless would create the nation's largest cellular company. How smoothly will it go?...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Cemex to Buy Britain's RMC Group
Mexico's cement giant Cemex is purchasing Britain's RMC Group in a $5 billion deal due to be announced on Monday...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Lazard Is Near a Public Offer, Executives Say
Bruce Wasserstein, who runs Lazard, the private investment bank, is developing a plan to take the company public, according to executives...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
Foreign Tax Havens Costly to U.S., Study Says
America’s biggest corporations are increas- ingly funneling profits earned in the United States to tax havens around the globe, accord- ing to a new study...
New York Times - September 27, 2004
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