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US News Archive for August 2005:
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New Orleans braces for 'the big one'
A solemn New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered mandatory evacuations Sunday as his city faced its worst fear -- the threat of a direct hit from a major hurricane that could swamp the low-lying city...
CNN - August 28, 2005
Race to escape New Orleans
The mayor of New Orleans orders the mandatory evacuation of the city as potentially catastrophic Hurricane Katrina approaches, with sustained winds near 175 mph. Many roads are blocked with traffic as residents seek higher ground...
CNN - August 28, 2005
Mandatory Evacuation Ordered for New Orleans as Storm Nears
New Orleans, which has a terrain that makes it particularly vulnerable to storm surges, is facing a potential catastrophe...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Tennis: Davenport wins
Lindsay Davenport warms up for the US Open by beating Amelie Mauresmo in the Pilot Pen final...
BBC News - August 28, 2005
Boxing: Bell retains title
Jamaica's O'Neil Bell knocks out Sebastian Rothmann to retain his IBF
cruiserweight title...
BBC News - August 28, 2005
Gulf Coast warned
Hurricane Katrina was packing winds of up to 145 mph early Sunday as it approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Weather forecasters said the Category 4 storm could announce its Monday arrival with tropical storm-force winds Sunday night...
CNN - August 28, 2005
U.S. braces for giant storm
Hurricane Katrina continues to increase in intensity as it powers toward coastal Mississippi and Louisiana. With top sustained winds of 150 mph, forecasters say the Category 4 storm could bring tropical storm-force winds to coastal areas as early as Sunday night...
CNN - August 28, 2005
Iraq's draft constitution signed
The Iraqi constitutional committee has signed off on a draft of a constitution after making some minor amendments, a committee spokesman said Sunday...
CNN - August 28, 2005
Katrina set to raise oil prices
Oil prices are expected to rise further this week as Hurricane Katrina halts production in the Gulf of Mexico...
BBC News - August 28, 2005
Revolution on Venezuela land
One of Britain's richest men Lord Vestey, vows to the Venezuelan government to stop peasant farmers taking over land on his cattle ranches...
BBC News - August 28, 2005
Encephalitis outbreak hits India
The death toll from house collapses, mosquito-borne encephalitis and other monsoon-related causes in India's most populous state rises, bringing the casualty figure to nearly 300 this rainy season, officials said this weekend...
CNN - August 28, 2005
Violence at Venenzuela protest
A street march by hundreds of Venezuelans opposed to President Hugo Chavez turned violent on Saturday, when people believed to be government supporters threw rocks and tear gas canisters at the protesters...
CNN - August 28, 2005
Language Born of Colonialism Thrives Again in Amazon
A language imposed 500 years ago on the indigenous peoples of Brazil by their conquerors has made a comeback in recent years...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Good News, Bad News: Your Loan's Approved
As the housing boom lifts the median home price way beyond the budget of many Americans, many first-time buyers are being pushed into the embrace of creative financing...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Jay-Z, From Superstar to Suit
The rapper turned president of Def Jam Recordings is learning the difference between saying "Wave your hands in the air, say ho" and giving a speech...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Nascar Has Money, Cars and TV Show, but Needs Drivers
With money pouring in from sponsors eager to attach themselves to a sport that is growing nationally, there are not enough competitive drivers...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
In War's Chaos, Iraq Finds Inspiration for Reality TV
Reality TV could turn out to be the most durable Western import in Iraq. It has taken root with considerably greater ease than American-style democracy...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Confounding Machines: How the Future Looked
In an age of technology, which produces a constant flood of incomprehensible phenomena, magical forms of thinking may be an occasional necessity for everyone...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
It's Just More Fun Being a Growth Stock
Some very savvy people may be badly misjudging the prospects for Microsoft's common stock...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
O.K., Freshmen, It's Time to Study the Real World
SUMMER is just about over - boohoo - and college students have been heading back to campus, to the books and the parties and to their first classes of the fall term. It all makes me think of my first few weeks at Columbia back in September 1962. I was a bewildered freshman, overwhelmed with the heady mixture of Contemporary Civilization, Humanities, Physics for Poets (really unbelievably difficult physics), wrestling and - was it English Lit? Who knows. Anyway, a lot of time has passed since then. John F. Kennedy was president. The schools in the Deep South were still segregated. The Vietnam War had not started in deadly earnest. Nelson A. Rockefeller was a mighty force on the Republican scene...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
A Gold Watch and a Vacuum
There’s a succession plan at the top, but not for all those managers on the shop floor...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Cooler Armor for Friday Nights
The new Typhoon shoulder pads from Schutt Sports are designed to ratchet down "hell week's", well, hellishness...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Buying a Lot of Stuff Makes You Happy? Well, It Depends
Buying a Lot of Stuff...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Passivity Is Not Allowed
Markos Kounalakis, is the president and publisher of The Washington Monthly...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Dog Days, Begone: The Street Goes Wild
Late August is not generally action-packed on Wall Street. Last Tuesday at the New York Stock Exchange, it was a different story...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Letters
The Board's Role...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
A Hedge Fund Falls Off the Face of the Earth
People who invested money with the Bayou Group, a hedge-fund firm in Connecticut, are dying to find out what has happened to their money...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
The Long-Term Lesson: It Pays to Diversify
Diversification among asset classes makes you put money where you may otherwise fear to go. And who knows? You may get a sweet surprise...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
If Your Home Utility Bill Is Zero, Is It Still a Bill?
In the struggle against the rising cost of energy, Larry Schlussler is way out front. His home is a model of efficiency, and his utility bill is zero...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
An Uneven Fight Against Inflation
Inflation is rising in virtually all of the world's big economies, but not all central banks are fighting it actively...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
You Made the Meatloaf. You Just Didn't Make It at Home.
Fix dinner at home or eat out? Cook and carry offers a third way...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Passing on Blue-Chip Players Can Pay Off
After a decade largely dominated by high-spending baseball teams, this year is looking a little different...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Greenspan Says Housing Boom Is Nearly Over
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., Aug. 27 - Looking forward to the time after he steps down as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan predicted here on Saturday that the nation's frenzied housing boom - and the consumer spending that it has spurred - is near an end...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Turning Supermarkets Into Restaurants, Too
Food stores are now aiming to satisfy immediate cravings, through ready-to-eat cuisine ranging from arugula salad with croutons to duck legs braised in red wine...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
History, at Least, Points to More Jobs
IF history repeats itself, the employment data due on Friday should be upbeat. And job growth for much of the rest of the year should also be robust...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Google Anything, so Long as It's Not Google
Providing access to all information has been Google's mantra — as long as it's not information about Google...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
King Kong vs. the Pirates of the Multiplex
Piracy in the digital era is more lucrative, sophisticated and elusive than ever - and poses a large financial threat to the movie industry...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
After Jail and More, Salesman Scores Big With Cure-All Book
When Carol Boruk of La Marque, Tex., saw Kevin Trudeau selling his book on a late-night infomercial last November, she was mesmerized...
New York Times - August 28, 2005
Colombia safe haven handed back
Colombia's police take control of a safe haven granted to right-wing paramilitaries during peace talks...
BBC News - August 28, 2005
Anti-Chavez march turns violent
Opponents of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez clash with his supporters during a march to demand electoral reform...
BBC News - August 28, 2005
US probes Nigeria vice-president
US officials announce agents raided the US home of Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in Maryland...
BBC News - August 28, 2005
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