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US News Archive for August 2006:
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No Karr charges in JonBenet case
John Mark Karr will not be charged in the death of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, his attorney, Seth Temin, says. His announcement follows a report by CNN affiliate KUSA that sources say a sample of Karr's DNA does not match the evidence found at the murder scene in 1996...
CNN - August 28, 2006
Bush senses 'renewal' during tour of Gulf region
President Bush returned Monday to the first scene he saw a year ago of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, and declared "a sense of renewal" in the region still struggling to come back from the storm's battering...
CNN - August 28, 2006
N.T.S.B. Investigating Jet Crash in Kentucky
So far, one official could not give a reason why the plane used the wrong runway...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Bush Cites Progress in Visit to Gulf Coast
The trip marked an attempt by President Bush to recast the legacy of the year before...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Second Firefighter Dies After Blaze in the Bronx
Howard J. Carpluk Jr., a 20-year veteran, died from injuries sustained when a floor gave way...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Ramsey Suspect Won’t Be Charged in Killing
John Mark Karr’s DNA did not match the evidence found at the scene of JonBenet Ramsey’s death 10 years ago...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Prudential to Pay $600 Million in Fund Case
The financial services company agreed to settle charges that it engaged in inappropriate mutual fund trading...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Gamewatch: Henin-Hardenne v Camerin
Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Italian Maria Elena Camerin in the first match on Arthur Ashe court at the US Open...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Ernesto dumps rain on Cuba
Tropical Storm Ernesto lashes eastern Cuba with rain as it heads towards the Bahamas and Florida...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Latest Turkey resort blast kills 3
At least three people are killed and 18 others injured in an explosion at the Turkish resort town of Antalya, police say. The blast came less than 24 hours after a series of bomb attacks wounded dozens in other parts of the country...
CNN - August 28, 2006
Lights were off on jet's runway
Investigators say the pilot of the doomed Comair jet used a runway that was too short for the plane and was not lit in the pre-dawn Kentucky darkness Sunday...
CNN - August 28, 2006
50 die in Iraq violence
More than 50 people died in violence in Iraq Monday. At least 11 were killed and 63 wounded in a suicide car bombing near the Interior Ministry in Baghdad. Meanwhile 40 -- including 23 Iraqi soldiers -- were killed in clashes in Diwaniya...
CNN - August 28, 2006
Don't mess with Nancy Pelosi
Time.com analysis: Nancy Pelosi leads the Democrats with a fiery style that could make her the first woman Speaker of the House...
CNN - August 28, 2006
From Hamas Figure, an Unusual Self-Criticism
A well-known Hamas official said that much of the blame for the decline of Gaza belonged to Palestinians...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Stage Left, Sage Right: Agassi Says Goodbye
After two decades of tennis and transformation, Andre Agassi will say goodbye at the Open, and hello to the rest of his life...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Forecasters Worry About Heavy Rains in Florida
The heavy rains produced by Tropical Storm Ernesto could produce damaging flooding...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Shuttle Launch Postponed as Storm Approaches
The decision about whether to return the shuttle to its hangar was expected later today...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Kinder Morgan Accepts $15 Billion Buyout Offer
The buyers, who plan to take the company private, agreed to raise their cash offer to $107.50 a share, from an earlier offer of $100 a share made in May...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
EBay Strikes an Ad Deal With Google
EBay signed a similar partnership in May with Yahoo that included ads on domestic pages...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Mylan targets Indian drugs firm
US drugs firm Mylan says it will buy a majority share in India's Matrix, accessing emerging pharmaceutical markets...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Life in Mexico's 'tent city'
The BBC's Duncan Kennedy spends time in the centre of Mexico City, where supporters of one of the presidential candidates have spent more than three weeks camping out to demand a full recount...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Live: US Open first round
Justine Henin-Hardenne meets Italian Maria Elena Camerin in the first match on Arthur Ashe court...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Kinder goes private in $22bn deal
US oil and gas pipeline firm Kinder Morgan agrees a takeover deal worth $22bn which will see it go private...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Guyana votes amid tight security
Guyana votes amid tight security because of fears of a repeat of the violence overshadowing recent polls...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Tropical storm hits coast of Cuba
Tropical Storm Ernesto makes landfall in Cuba after battering the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where one person died...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Jet used wrong runway
A Comair commuter jet took off from a short runway used by private aircraft rather than a longer one typically used by commercial jets before it crashed Sunday morning, a National Transportation Safety Board official said. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard Delta Flight 5191 were killed in the crash shortly after takeoff in Lexington, Kentucky...
CNN - August 28, 2006
Bomber kills 11 near Iraq ministry
At least 11 people were killed and 63 others wounded when a suicide car bomber detonated at an Iraqi police checkpoint near the Interior Ministry on Monday morning, Baghdad emergency police said...
CNN - August 28, 2006
Sidon Journal: Wake of War Idles Lebanon’s Fleet, and Its Fishermen
The war may be over, but Israel’s blockade of Lebanese waters goes on, leaving some fishermen at the brink of destitution...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
A $1.5 Billion Merger of Refiners Planned
Western Refining, a gasoline refiner in El Paso, is purchasing Giant Industries, a larger refiner, for $1.5 billion in cash, people close to the deal said yesterday...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
In Diversification Move, Times Company Buys a Subscription Entertainment Database
The New York Times Company announced yesterday the acquisition of Baseline StudioSystems, a leading online supplier of data and information about the movie and television industries...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
EBay, Already Working With Yahoo, Strikes an Ad Deal With Google
EBay plans to announce today that it has hired Google to sell advertising on many pages shown to users outside the U.S...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Caribbean on alert as storm hits
One person dies as a tropical storm batters Haiti before heading towards Cuba and Florida...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Five US soldiers killed in Iraq
Five US soldiers die in two separate roadside bomb attacks in Iraq, the US military says...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
Iraqi leader: 'We'll never be in civil war'
On a day when at least 46 people were killed, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not foresee a civil war in Iraq and that violence in his country was abating...
CNN - August 28, 2006
Honeymooners among crash victims
A newlywed couple starting their honeymoon, a Habitat for Humanity board member and a businessman who took an early flight to get home to his children were among the victims of Comair Flight 5191, friends and relatives said...
CNN - August 28, 2006
Firefighter Dies and 4 Are Hurt in Bronx Blaze
A 25-year-old New York firefighter was killed when the floor gave way in a burning store in the Bronx...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Rumsfeld Sees Some Progress in Missile Plan
The secretary said he wanted to see a successful full-scale test of the fledgling United States ballistic missile defense system...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
49 Die in Crash as Jet Takes Off From Wrong Runway
A Comair passenger plane bound for Atlanta crashed shortly after takeoff in Lexington, Ky., killing all but one person on board...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Year After Katrina, Bush Still Fights for 9/11 Image
President Bush’s public persona remains that of a wartime president flying by as desperate and vulnerable Americans suffered...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
‘24’ Is Among the Big Winners as Television Presents Its Emmy Awards
Fox’s “24” won the Emmy award for outstanding drama series Sunday night, and NBC’s “The Office” won for outstanding comedy series...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Fox News Journalists Free After Declaring Conversion
Two men kidnapped in Gaza were released unharmed after being forced to say on a videotape that they had converted to Islam...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Journalist Faces Charges Over Entering Darfur Region
The Sudanese government charged Paul Salopek, a foreign correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, with espionage and entering the country illegally...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Looking Ahead
JOBS, CARS AND MORE Friday is the big day for economic data, but Thursday is not far behind. The headline number of the week will be unemployment for August, with a predicted addition of 113,000 nonfarm payroll jobs. (Friday.) There will also be auto sales for August, the Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index for August, construction spending for July and the mid-August University of Michigan consumer sentiment index. (Friday.) Before that, reports will provide statistics on personal income and spending for July, factory orders for July, the Chicago purchasing managers index for July and August chain-store sales. (Thursday.)...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Treasury Bills Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
California Seeks to Clear Hemp of a Bad Name
California is the first state that may directly challenge the federal ban on the farming of industrial hemp...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
In London, a Haven and a Forum for War Reporters
The Frontline Club in London has become a popular way station for war correspondents, as well as a place to discuss current affairs and journalism issues...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
A Recasting, a Staff Shuffle and a Resignation at Dwell Magazine
As last week’s resignation of Dwell’s editor in chief showed, some changes to broaden a magazine’s appeal can have unpleasant side effects...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Adelphia Creditors Ask Bankruptcy Court to Liquidate Company
Creditors of Adelphia Communications asked a judge last week to liquidate the company and its affiliates to speed payments to creditors...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
For Delta, Another Obstacle to Normalcy
The crash of Comair Flight 5191 on Sunday could complicate the efforts of the regional carrier’s parent company, Delta Air Lines, to emerge from bankruptcy...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Addenda
Safeway Moves Part...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Link by Link: Purple, the Color of a Legal Conniption
The group that owns the Barney brand is being sued for allegations of relentless harassment of Web site owners who parody the Barney character...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
The Post-Soviet World Needs to Know About TomKat
American capitalism’s latest export to its former communist adversaries is the celebrity gossip magazine Us Weekly...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
FedEx Pilots Reach a Tentative Contract
FedEx Express, the largest division of the FedEx Corporation, and its 4,700 pilots had been negotiating since March 2004...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Drilling Down: Don’t Have a Cow. It’s Just a Radio Ad.
On Sept. 10, Clear Channel radio stations will run two-second “blink” ads for that night’s premiere of the Fox comedy “The Simpsons.”...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Wireless Providers Poised to Win Spectrum Licenses
The U.S.’s biggest cellular providers look ready to expand their reach, reducing the chance that a new entrant might bring down prices...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
This Is Only a Drill: In California, Testing Technology in a Disaster Response
In San Diego, technology companies, nongovernmental agencies, and the Pentagon held a five-day test of a new set of digital tools for responding to disaster...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Lavishing Attention on the College-Bound
If this month’s online retail offerings are any indication, 2006’s back-to-school shopping season was all about college students...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Advertising: Ads Tread Carefully on Katrina Anniversary
The anniversary this week is being marked with a spate of advertising, public relations and promotional campaigns on television, in print and online...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
A Big Star May Not a Profitable Movie Make
Economists and other academics that study the movie industry say most marquee names in Hollywood are simply not worth the expense...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
A Sighting, Perhaps, of a Fugitive in High Tech
The Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv reported last week that an Israeli private detective had located Jacob Alexander in a seaside resort town in Sri Lanka...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Italy’s Creation of a Banking Giant Is Seen as a Precursor
A deal over the weekend to create the largest bank in Italy could pave the way for more cross-border consolidation in the industry...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in Productivity
Wages and salaries now make up the lowest share of the nation’s economy since the U.S. began recording the data in 1947...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Global Trends May Hinder Effort to Curb U.S. Inflation
Economists said global trends of low-priced Chinese goods and foreign investment in the U.S. and Europe could soon change, increasing inflation...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Google to Offer Services for Businesses
Taking aim at Microsoft, Google plans to offer a package of software for business users...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
At Forbes.com, Lots of Glitter but Maybe Not So Many Visitors
Forbes.com claims to be the most popular source for business news, but a closer look raises questions about the site’s industry-leading success...
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Mexicans await election verdict
The top electoral court in Mexico is to release results of a partial recount for the July presidential election...
BBC News - August 28, 2006
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