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US News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Dead firefighter's mom to arsonist: 'Come forward'
The mother of one of the four firefighters who died battling a wildfire that authorities blamed on arson has urged whoever was responsible to surrender to authorities. "Don't let the remorse eat you alive," said Bonnie McKay, whose son Jason, 27, died Thursday. "Come forward."...
CNN - October 28, 2006
Troops Are Sent to Mexican City After Death of 3
President Vicente Fox of Mexico ordered federal forces to the conflict-torn city of Oaxaca on Saturday after gunmen shot dead three people, including a journalist from New York...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Seeking to Ease Rift, Bush Confers With Iraq Premier
President Bush held a videoconference with Baghdad after days of angry comments by Iraqi leaders about what they see as U.S. meddling...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Bishops Draft Rules on Ministering to Gays
Gay Catholic leaders who had read the draft predicted that it would only further alienate gays and their families from the church...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
A Pro’s Younger Sister Also Sees Her Life Through a Face Mask
Jets center Nick Mangold’s 16-year-old sister, Holley, is a backup on the offensive line at Archbishop Alter High School...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Waterfront Project Reflects 2 Images of a Senator
Whether the clout wielded by Robert Menendez in Congress is matched by cronyism in New Jersey has become a central issue in his race for re-election...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Democrats Push to Counter G.O.P. in Turnout Race
Democrats have invested heavily in catching up with the Republicans’ sophisticated get-out-the-vote operation...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Market Week: Fed’s View Is Getting A Checkup
Federal Reserve policy makers say that they expect “inflation pressures to moderate over time.”...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
DataBank: Stocks Slip Late, but Still Gain for the Week
A weak report on economic growth set back the stock market on Friday, but thanks to a rally earlier in the week, the market ended up with a five-day gain...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Home Front: Helping Shops to Grow After the Banks Say No
Small-scale business owners in immigrant communities are often denied loans by mainstream institutions worried about the financial soundness of the businesses...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Career Couch: How to Moonlight As an Entrepreneur
Drawing attention at work to your venture may raise suspicion that you're losing focus...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
The Boss: Channeling That Energy
"Do something you enjoy and you’ll never work a day in your life."...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
For a World of Woes, We Blame Cookie Monsters
Last week the list of ills attributable to obesity grew: fat people cause global warming...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
The Shrinking Safety Net
Jacob S. Hacker charts the decline of economic security in the United States over the last 30 years...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Old Money
A look at the Rockefellers, the Rothschilds and other business empires...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Everybody's Business: Has Corporate America No Shame? Or No Memory?
A committee will study whether securities regulation and litigation that actually protect shareholders are harming American “competitiveness.”...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
The Count: Burger-Flipping Isn’t the Only Job Still Available
Employers in the past six months have announced plans to trim nearly 400,000 jobs, but they have also said that 140,000 new jobs would be opening up...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Fighting Over Miss Liberty: Family Business Braces for Challenge
For the first time in more than a decade, the park service is preparing to seek new bids to run the shops on Liberty Island...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Fundamentally: If You’re Playing ‘Beat the Benchmark,’ Don’t Expect to Win
Investors who’ve recently turned their back of buying and holding all the stocks in a broad market benchmark are probably regretting their decisions...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Suits: A Better Pitchman May Be Hard to Find
Some professional athletes seem to have limited options for work once they retire. The Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has a different idea...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Square Feet | Checking In: Luxury Hotels Breaking a Million-Dollar Barrier
Sales price per room is one gauge of hotel value — and of the climate for investors...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Planning: It’s Fall. Do You Know Where Your Benefits Are?
So what if the information kit weighs five pounds? It's still worth reading...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Trick-or-Treating: This Halloween, Superheroes Will Head to the Mall
No streets to cross, and retailers expand their base of customers...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
U.S. Jobs Shape Condoms’ Role in Foreign Aid
The history of the federal government’s condom purchases embodies the tradeoffs that characterize foreign aid American-style...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Economic View: The Best of This Show May Be Gridlock
Washington, divided, may not be half-bad...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Media Frenzy: In a Blurry World, Ownership Is Yesterday’s News
The reality is that even if media companies could own more TV stations and newspapers in the same city, they might not think that it’s such a brilliant idea any more...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Spending: In Choosing a Flight School, Check Beyond the Cockpit
Understanding what is involved and choosing a school and instructor that fit your needs and personality will improve the odds of success...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: Looking Twice, or Not, at Take-Two
A pair of big investors may not be giving Take-Two the once-over...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
The Goods: That Clump on Your Car Has Met Its Match
Grumpy Girl aims to assuage such neuroses with an emergency car kit to cope with bird droppings...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
What Do Women Want? Just Ask
While women have always influenced decisions about big-ticket household purchases, their direct spending has expanded substantially in recent years...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Now Playing in Europe: The Future of Detroit
Successful carmakers on both continents are concentrating on a different strategy: find a niche, hone it and own it...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Businesses Seek Protection From Litigation
Two industry groups with close ties to Bush administration officials are hoping to swing the regulatory pendulum in corporate America’s favor...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Deadline looms on Bolivia energy
Bolivia holds talks with foreign oil and gas firms who have until midnight on Saturday to sign new contracts...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Cuba TV shows pictures of Castro
Cuban television broadcasts the first images of President Fidel Castro in more than a month...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Iraqi PM: 'I'm not America's man'
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the top U.S. diplomat in Iraq, "I'm not America's man in Iraq," during a private meeting, a senior aide said. Al-Maliki made the same point to President Bush during a video conference Saturday, an Iraqi spokesman said. The White House said it agreed, adding there were no rifts with the Iraqi leadership...
CNN - October 28, 2006
$500,000 bounty for killer arsonist
Calmer winds are helping those battle the wildfires in southern California while a reward for information leading to whoever set the blaze rises to $500,000. Four firefighters died after flames swept over them and a fifth man is battling for his life...
CNN - October 28, 2006
General: 'Mistakes made' in Afghanistan
NATO's top military commander promised on Saturday a thorough investigation would be launched involving the unintended death of around 70 Afghani civilians...
CNN - October 28, 2006
Virginia Senate Candidate Attacked Over His Novels
The Republican incumbent, George Allen, drew attention to sexually explicit passages from novels written by his Democratic challenger, Jim Webb...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Taking On a Coal Mining Practice as a Matter of Faith
The Mennonite Central Committee Appalachia and other Appalachian Christians are trying to halt the controversial coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Dixie Chicks film ad sparks row
A distributor considers "legal action" after NBC refuses ads for its film about the Dixie Chicks' criticism of George Bush...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Fox seeks to end Mexican unrest
Mexican President Vincente Fox orders security forces to quell violence in the Mexican city of Oaxaca...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
Afghan operations: 'Mistakes made'
NATO's supreme commander acknowledges that "mistakes were made" in military operations in Afghanistan earlier in the week that claimed the lives of dozens of civilians. Meanwhile, Gen. James Jones also promised a thorough investigation would be launched into the incidents...
CNN - October 28, 2006
Cardinals secure World Series win
St Louis claim their first World Series in 24 years by beating the Detroit Tigers in Game Five on Friday...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
US sniper admits Tucson killing
US sniper Lee Boyd Malvo admits carrying out a killing in Tucson prior to the 2002 spate of shootings in Washington DC...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
WH: Cheney didn't endorse torture
The White House says that U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was not talking about a torture technique known as "water boarding" when he said dunking terrorism suspects in water during questioning was a "no-brainer."...
CNN - October 28, 2006
World Series Game 5 - Cardinals 4, Tigers 2: Cardinals Paint Crown Red
The Cardinals won Game 5 to capture their 10th championship on the skinny frame of starter Jeff Weaver, the big heart of shortstop David Eckstein, and the slipshod fielding of the Tigers...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
In Clean Politics, Flesh Is Pressed, Then Sanitized
Campaigns are filthy. Not only in terms of last-minute smears and dirty tricks...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Burst of Wind-Driven Flames Engulfed Firefighters
The deaths of four crew members have shaken the close-knit world of firefighters in Beaumont, Calif...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Bloomberg Sends Troops to Help Lieberman
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut is using a sophisticated operation to turn out voters, courtesy of Mayor Bloomberg of New York...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
After a Strong Week, a Whimper
Stocks pulled back after a government report stirred concerns that the economy may be slowing too much...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Democrats Get Late Donations From Business
Corporate America is already thinking beyond Election Day, increasing its share of last-minute donations to Democrats...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Wal-Mart Dismisses Adviser Who Created G.O.P. Ad
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, said last night that it had cut ties with a prominent Republican strategist who helped create a provocative advertisement...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
What’s Offline: The Workplace as Solar System
Maybe it is workers who are from Mars and bosses who are from Venus...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Market Values: Misgivings on the Rise of the Dow
Market strategists are warning that there is a lot of room for the Dow to fall and good reasons to think it might...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Five Days: Some Numbers Soar While Some Others Slump
Robust corporate profits and flagging inflation propelled the stock market to new heights, but economic news on the ground was not as encouraging...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Village Voice Stalwart Resigns in Latest Post-Merger Shake-up
David Schneiderman, who had been the chief executive of the alternative weekly until the New Times merger, resigned...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
What’s Online: Anyone Seen the Mormon Choir?
Critics have accused SoundExchange, the nonprofit that handles royalty payments for musicians, of moving slowly to find artists who haven’t been paid...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Off the Charts: Hindsight Advice on Paying for College: Buy Stocks in 1982
For the wealthy, college costs less than it used to. For those who depend on their jobs for income, the opposite is true...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Saturday Interview: Barbie Gets Some Help From Elmo
Robert A. Eckert, chairman and chief executive of Mattel, spoke about the company’s turnaround plans, Barbie and child-proofing gadgets that created a new market...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Mexican Cement Company Bids for Australian Concern
The $12.8 billion bid by Cemex for the Rinker Group of Australia would create one of the world’s largest construction materials companies...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Tribune Is Said to Get Bids From Private Equity Firms
The preliminary offers are the first step in an auction for Tribune’s 11 newspapers and 25 television stations...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Price Surges on Debut Day for Shares in China Bank
Shares of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China soared 15 percent on their first day, in the biggest initial offering in history...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Lithuanians Are Given a Taste of How Russia Plays the Oil Game
Critics say a suspicious shutdown of a Russian oil pipeline to a Lithuanian refinery is a case study in Kremlin oil politics...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Your Money: Reluctance and Silence on Recalls
While most consumers are oblivious to product recalls, the basic problem remains that companies don’t like having to announce a recall...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Shortcuts: In Credit Card Rates, Trust but Verify
Figuring out charges for financing and for late payments can be a mystery for consumers...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Stents Are the Main Attraction at Cardiology Convention
The meeting was a blend of scientific symposium, practical refresher course for doctors, infomercial for the medical device industry, hunting ground for investors and global social reunion for the elite in this field of medicine...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
[TS] Talking Business: Fewer Eggs, More Baskets in the Incubator
As a company that exists to create start-ups, Idealab is an incubator that may actually wind up succeeding...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Sushi Is to Mrs. Paul?s as Green Tea Lattes Are to ...?
A Tokyo-based chain hopes to take on Starbucks by offering new gourmet tea drinks, including a latte made with green tea...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
End of the Line for Ford Taurus
The last Ford Taurus rolled off the assembly line, the end of a model that revolutionized the way cars were developed in Detroit...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Growth Slackened in Summer
The housing market’s free fall slowed economic growth to its weakest pace since early 2003...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
New York Bets on High-Tech to Aid Upstate
A chip factory is part of an ambitious effort to create a thriving high-technology hub in upstate New York...
New York Times - October 28, 2006
Journalist dies in Mexico protest
A US journalist is killed and four people injured in separate shootings in the Mexican city of Oaxaca...
BBC News - October 28, 2006
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