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US News Archive for May 2005:
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Enrolled in peacetime, graduated in wartime
They began their studies at West Point just weeks before terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. The graduating U.S. Military Academy cadets were told Saturday that they were a special group who trained under the "the shadow of war." About seven in 10 of the new second lieutenants are expected to be in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan within a year...
CNN - May 28, 2005
Surfin' N.Y.C.? It's Not Malibu, but a Queens Beach Will Do
New York is not yet Surf Town U.S.A., but like other spots along the East Coast, it is the scene of a boom in surfing...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
U.S. Set to Test Missile Defenses Aboard Airlines
Critics of the plan say the administration's focus on small arms, such as shoulder-fired missiles, ignores greater threats to aviation...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Clinton scales back Maldives trip
Bill Clinton cancels a trip to tsunami-hit areas of the Maldives but a spokesman denies he is exhausted...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Oliver Stone in LA drugs arrest
Director Oliver Stone is arrested in Beverly Hills for drug possession and drink driving...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Attacks kill 28 in Iraq
Attacks killed at least 28 and wounded dozens of others in five Iraqi cities within 24 hours, authorities said today. Meanwhile, officials said a Japanese hostage in Iraq had been killed by his captors. The wave of violence came before an expected clampdown that Iraqi officials said will involve 40,000 security forces in Baghdad...
CNN - May 28, 2005
Indonesia market bombs kill 20
A double bomb explosion in a crowded market in eastern Indonesia has killed at least 20 people and injured another 53, police say. The bombs went off in Tentena on Sulawesi island...
CNN - May 28, 2005
Goals Reached, Donor on Right Closes Up Shop
The John M. Olin Foundation has spent three decades financing the intellectual rise of the right and exciting the envy of the left. Now the foundation is closing its doors...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Bombings in Indonesia Raise Fears of New Religious Strife
Two bombs tore through a busy market in a predominantly Christian town in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, killing up to 21 people...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Health Leaders Seek Consensus Over Uninsured
Ideologically disparate leaders have been meeting secretly for months to seek a consensus on proposals to provide coverage for people with no health insurance...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
US rejects 'bomber' arrest plea
The US rejects Venezuela's request that it detain a man wanted over a 1976 airline bombing with a view to extraditing him...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Boxing: Marquez set for defence
IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez tops an LA bill that also includes legend Julio Cesar Chavez...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
US police tackle crane fugitive
Police use a stun gun to disarm a murder suspect on a crane 18 floors above the ground in Atlanta, Georgia...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Clinton visits eastern Sri Lanka
Former US President Bill Clinton visits eastern Sri Lanka, one of the areas worst hit by the tsunami...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Iraq car bombs kill 9
Two car bombs exploded within a half hour of each other in Tikrit Friday evening, killing nine people and wounding another 44 people, government officials said...
CNN - May 28, 2005
US fugitive crane standoff ends
A man suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend is arrested after spending 56 hours on a crane to avoid capture...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
Surprise move by Jackson defense team
Jurors had just watched a police video where Michael Jackson's accuser offered a graphic description of what the pop star allegedly had done to him. The defense has contended the boy appeared staged on the video and they were expected to recall the boy and his mother back to the stand on Friday. But Jackson's lawyers apparently changed their mind in a surprise moment in the molestation trial...
CNN - May 28, 2005
With Irreverence and an iPod, Recreating the Museum Tour
The rise of podcasting is now enabling museumgoers to concoct their own unofficial audio guides and tours...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Yankees Take Off Right Out of the Blocks
Gary Sheffield, who was 1 for 17 against the Red Sox in the final four playoff games last fall, bashed a three-run homer in the sixth inning to break a tie...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Jail on Fraud Charge for Legendary Opera Patron
Alberto Vilar is charged with defrauding a client of $5 million and using some of the money to make good on his charitable pledges...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Coins Go Missing, and G.O.P. Insider Becomes Outcast
Thomas Noe is being investigated over his handling of a rare-coin fund for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
In New York, Fringe Politics in Mainstream
The leaders of the Independence Party of New York, once considered eccentric figures, have found new stature...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Billionaires Beware This Bubble
Is there a real estate bubble on the extremely high end of the market?...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Here Comes the Cram Down
THANKS largely to the ever expanding pension debacle, we are in the middle of...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Hello Kitty, Hello Clone
For $32,000, your next cat can be an exact copy of your last cat. And where cloned cats roam, cloned dogs are soon to follow...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Chinese Modify New Export Tax
he Chinese government said on Friday that its new tax on exports would not apply to goods already covered by foreign quotas...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Relax? Not if You're FedEx
Anyone who wants to know which way the economy is going can read the unemployment figures or other tea leaves emanating from Washington. Or call FedEx...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Prosecutor Terms Ex-Tyco Chief's Explanations Ridiculous
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Ford's Information Chief Adds Strategy Role
Marv W. Adams, the chief information officer of Ford, will also take on the added responsibility of directing corporate strategy...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Inquiry Into Orbital Sciences Contracts
DULLES, Va., May 27 (AP) - The Orbital Sciences Corporation, which makes vehicles used in launching satellites, said Friday that government agents had conducted searches at two of its plants in what the company said it believed was an investigation into contracting procedures...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
State Attorneys General Ask Supreme Court to Hear 2 Reporters' Case
The attorneys general argued that the absence of federal protection for journalists and their sources undermined the laws of the 49 states that do offer protection...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Microsoft Cuts Ties to Lobbyist
The Microsoft Corporation said that it had severed ties with Ralph Reed, a Republican lobbyist and former leader of the Christian Coalition...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
U.S. Incomes Rose in April, Lifting Consumer Spending
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Janus Funds: Everybody Loves a Loser
When fund companies make mistakes with regular investors' money, they rarely have to worry about being forced out of business by disappointed investors...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Invest and Forget, Almost
Recent developments have pressed the case for very-long-term investing more strongly than ever...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Talk of Italian Suitor Stirs Up Staid German Banking
Is Germany's long-dormant banking industry finally rousing itself for a raft of deal making?...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Bad News, Boss: Jet Trips Will Now Cost More in Taxes
Companies with top executives who use corporate jets for entertainment purposes will not be able to deduct the expense unless the executive paid a high amount of personal taxes...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
I.R.S. Closing Help Centers in Some Areas
The I.R.S. said on Friday that it planned to close nearly a fifth of its walk-in centers where people can receive help with their tax issues...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Judge Rejects Settlement of Suit Over Loans Tied to Tax Refunds
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Alcoa Served With Subpoena in U.S. Inquiry
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - Alcoa, the aluminum producer, said Friday that it had received a grand jury subpoena seeking documents in connection with a Justice Department antitrust investigation of the aluminum fluoride industry...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Vision Loss Is Reported in a Few Users of Viagra
The F.D.A. said Friday that it had received reports of partial vision loss in 38 men taking Viagra and among 4 men taking Cialis, a newer competitor...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
An American Executive Paycheck in London
The large American-style pay package for Robert E. Diamond Jr., the new president of Barclays, may cause British shareholders to bristle...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Japanese Expert Urges Chinese Shift on Currency; Beijing Still Hesitant
Chinese officials have shown little enthusiasm in public lately for any appreciation in the yuan...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Oh, No! My Identity's Gone! Call the Insurer.
The insurance industry has found an eager market for a timely product: identity theft insurance...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Chief Sees Surge in G.E. Business in India
Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman of General Electric, said Friday that G.E.'s revenue in India should leap to more than $5 billion by 2010 from $800 million now...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Buffett Steps Up; Another Step Down for G.M.
GOOD news abounded this week. Americans were all a bit wealthier, at least if they own homes; the economy grew faster, rebounding from a bit of a slowdown early in the year; and markets rose...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Low Rates Help Shares Regain Ground Lost Since March
Interest rates were the story of the week and that was good for stocks, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index rising to its highest close since mid-March...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Is Your House Overvalued?
Based on comparisons to the rental market, many areas of the country are showing signs of irrational exuberance...
New York Times - May 28, 2005
Colombian militia leader arrested
A commander of Colombia's AUC paramilitary group turns himself in after a three-day manhunt...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
US officer cleared of Iraq abuse
A US navy officer is acquitted on charges that he beat an Iraqi prisoner who later died in custody...
BBC News - May 28, 2005
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