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US News Archive for May 2007:
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Giants Look to 2 Intriguing Pitchers
The San Francisco Giants are in town on Tuesday, and that means that Barry Bonds and his controversial pursuit of home run supremacy will take center stage at Shea Stadium...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Israeli Labor Party Voting to Choose New Leader
The primary race could herald a political shake-up of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert?s ruling coalition...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Scientists Explore Genetic Risk Behind Breast Cancer
Researchers say they have found six new sites of variation in the genome that increase the risk of breast cancer...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Japanese Minister Commits Suicide
The agricultural minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, was to face parliamentary questioning on a political scandal...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Year After Scandal, a Sport Thrives
As the Duke rape case has swung over the course of this past year, so too has the perception of its impact on the sport of lacrosse, which many thought would be harmed...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Tennis: Venus beats Cornet
Venus Williams needs all her experience to overcome French teenager Alize Cornet in the first round of the French Open...
BBC News - May 28, 2007
US game show regular Reilly dies
Charles Nelson Reilly, a frequent guest and panellist on American TV shows in the 1970s and '80s, dies aged 76...
BBC News - May 28, 2007
Japanese minister kills himself
Japan's agriculture minister died Monday after hanging himself just hours before he was to face questioning in a political scandal, officials said...
CNN - May 28, 2007
Studio Fire Knocks WABC-TV Off Air
A fire at the station?s Lincoln Center headquarters knocked it off the air for at least an hour, according to a station official...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Lost Chances for Survival, Before and After Stroke
From prevention to diagnosis to treatment to rehabilitation, a stroke is a litany of missed opportunities...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Iraq war funding dilemma
US Democrats criticised as they vote for a bill to fund Iraq's war effort without a timetable for troop withdrawal...
BBC News - May 28, 2007
Canada school death: two held
Two teenagers are being held in Toronto over the fatal shooting of a schoolboy last week...
BBC News - May 28, 2007
Venezuela TV station off the air
Venezuela's most-watched television station -- and outlet for the political opposition -- went off the air after the government refused to renew its broadcast license...
CNN - May 28, 2007
U.S., Iran to talk about Iraq
U.S. diplomats said Monday's scheduled talks with Iran will be limited to discussions about Iraq's security, and not about the unresolved issues of detained Americans in Iran or the country's nuclear program...
CNN - May 28, 2007
Outbreak of Eye Infections Puzzles Officials
Officials are puzzled by an outbreak of a potentially blinding eye infection that led to the removal of a contact solution from stores...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
For Changing Queens, Lessons in Talk of the Streets
Some Flushing residents are studying Mandarin to be able to communicate with their new neighbors...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Less Than 500 Is Just Fine With Franchitti
Dario Franchitti won the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500, which was delayed for about three hours after 113 laps because of rain, then was stopped for good after 166 laps...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Lost Chances for Survival, Before and After a Stroke
From diagnosis to treatment to rehabilitation to prevention, a stroke is a litany of missed opportunities...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Wealthy Enclave Offers Windfall for Candidates
Greenwich, Conn., has joined New York, Los Angeles and California?s Silicon Valley as must stops on the presidential fund-raising tour...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week included today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Looking Ahead
A DAY OFF All banks and stock markets in the United States are closed today in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. They will reopen on Tuesday...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Drilling Down: The Scent of a Man, Bought by a Woman
It is an industry rule of thumb that women?s perfumes account for two-thirds of annual sales of ?prestige? fragrances ? that is, high-end fragrances sold in department stores or boutiques, rather than drugstores...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
How Baseball Moved Its 24-Hour Channel Into Scoring Position
Major League Baseball plotted for two decades to create a 24-hour channel, and last month it got its way after months of tortuous negotiations...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
3 Magazines Are Accused of Retouching Celebrity Photos to Excess
Men?s Fitness, Us Weekly and In Touch defended themselves against accusations last week that they had doctored their covers...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Plunge in CD Sales Shakes Up Big Labels
Music may still be a big force in pop culture, but the music business?s own comeback attempt is falling flat...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
In Ruse, Vancouver Officer Poses as Reporter to Arrest Protester
The trick was meant to lure David Cunningham, so he could be issued a peace bond that ordered him away from members of an Olympic Games organizing committee...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Fans of Canceled ?Jericho? Mobilize With a Very Literal Protest
Soon after CBS said that it had canceled the series ?Jericho,? angry fans started sending bags of nuts to the network?s offices as a protest...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
An Aggressive Telecom Investor Looks East and West for Quarry
Altimo wants to expand by buying phone assets in Asia and Western Europe...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Judging a Diet Book?s User by Its Bright Pink Cover
The author of ?The Beck Diet Solution? said that she had received many messages from men who liked her book, but not its rosy dust jacket...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
27 Years After It Was Awarded, a Pulitzer Prize Is Acknowledged
For one Pulitzer Prize recipient this year, the process of receiving the award took an enormous effort...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Makers of Comedy Film Aim for Religious Audience
Universal Pictures has teamed with a public relations firm that reaches out to religious groups to publicize the mainstream film ?Evan Almighty.?...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Millions of Addresses and Thousands of Sites, All Leading to One
What Internet business has raised $120 million in financing in the last year and owns 725,000 Web sites?...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
NBC Said to Be in Talks to Remove Program Chief
NBC Universal is in talks to sever its ties with Kevin Reilly, several executives said Sunday...
New York Times - May 28, 2007
Canada Catholics 'ordain' women
Five women and one married man are ordained in Toronto in a ceremony that openly defies Catholic doctrine...
BBC News - May 28, 2007
Wolfowitz blames media for exit
A media-generated "overheated" atmosphere forced Paul Wolfowitz to leave the World Bank, he says...
BBC News - May 28, 2007
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