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US News Archive for December 2005:
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Mass grave experts to help with Katrina IDs
Experts at identifying bodies found in mass graves from the bloody Balkan conflicts are now helping Louisiana identify the last 170 victims of Hurricane Katrina. The International Commission on Missing Persons will conduct DNA tests on 260 to 350 bone samples...
CNN - December 29, 2005
Al Qaeda claims Israel attack link
In what may be a sign that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror group is expanding its operations, Al Qaeda in Iraq posts a statement claiming responsibility for firing missiles from Lebanon into northern Israel earlier this week. CNN cannot independently verify the claim...
CNN - December 29, 2005
International team to review Iraqi elections
An international team will review the work of Iraqi election officials, the International Mission for Iraqi Elections said Thursday...
CNN - December 29, 2005
At City Ballet, Some Especially Catch the Eye
Five dance critics of The New York Times have selected artists whom they look forward to seeing (or hearing) perform with the New York City Ballet...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Health Care School Accepts Monitor to Avoid Prosecution
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey today appointed a federal monitor to oversee its troubled financial management...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Bank robber father gets 40 years
A US bank robber turned in by his own sons, one a policeman, is sentenced to 40 years in prison...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Shares in GM touch a 20-year low
General Motors sees its shares touch a 20-year low as it continues to struggle against falling sales...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Wife decries 'senseless' mob beating
The wife of a man yanked from his car and brutally beaten by a mob of young people called on the community to stop the violence and for parents to control their children. "It's just senseless," Linda Johnson, wife of Samuel McClain, said of the attack in Milwaukee...
CNN - December 29, 2005
War graves team to ID Katrina dead
A Sarajevo-based agency established to help identify people killed in the bloody Balkan conflicts of the last decade is helping Louisiana identify victims of Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - December 29, 2005
Report faults Homeland Security management
Weaknesses in FEMA's response system during Hurricane Katrina were just one symptom of major management challenges at the Homeland Security Department, an internal report issued Wednesday concludes...
CNN - December 29, 2005
U.S. Monitor to Oversee Largest Health Care School in Nation
Trustees at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey today appointed a federal monitor to avoid prosecution...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Advertising: Offspring in Charge, and Ma Bell Gets a Makeover
Having absorbed its former parent and taken its name, SBC is introducing a sweeping campaign to highlight the company's new aspirations...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Home Sales Drop to Lowest Level in 8 Months
An industry group report suggested that the housing market was continuing its slow but steady slowdown...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Skiing: Rahlves wins Bormio race
American Daron Rahlves wins the World Cup downhill race in Bormio, Italy...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Iraqi suicide bombing kills 4
Four people, including three police officers, were killed and five police officers were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated at the main gate to Iraq's Ministry of Interior in downtown Baghdad, emergency police said...
CNN - December 29, 2005
US singers push peace
Two singer-songwriters are trying to change the tone of US foreign policy, the BBC's Jonathan Beale reports...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
US CD album sales show 7% slide
CD album sales dip 7% in the US for 2005, but music downloads more than double, say official figures...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Colombia vows crackdown on coca
Colombia's president vows to destroy every coca plant in the region where 29 soldiers were killed by rebels...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
US asks top court to move Padilla
The US government urges the Supreme Court to allow terror suspect Jose Padilla to be transferred to civilian custody...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Israel bombards northern Gaza
The Israeli military has pounded northern Gaza with artillery fire after warning Palestinian civilians to stay out of a zone used by militants to fire rockets at Israel. The Israel Defense Forces said it was acting "in the absence of any action by the Palestinian Authority to stop terror originating" from Gaza...
CNN - December 29, 2005
Homes, memories in ashes
More than 100 homes across wildfire-stricken Texas and Oklahoma lay in ruins from the flames, and at least five people are dead after fire raced through grass dried out by the region's worst drought in 50 years...
CNN - December 29, 2005
Twenty Years Later, Buying a House Is Less of a Bite
Families in the vast majority of the country can still buy a house for a smaller share of their income than they could have a generation ago...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
157 Names on the Roster: In Training for Iraq, Learning to Work as a Team
Trainers and soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., say the most important skills they will learn here are loyalty and teamwork, which will help them survive a year at war...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
News Analysis: New York Transit Deal Shows Union's Success on Many Fronts
If there is a real winner in the walkout that hobbled the city, it is the workers who went out on strike, and their leader...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
After Storm, She Tries to Mend State, and Career
While struggling to rebuild a shattered state, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Louisiana is also working to repair her wounded reputation...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
World Business Briefings
EUROPE...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Hilton Said in British Deal
LONDON, Dec. 28 (Reuters) - The Hilton Hotels Corporation of the United States hopes to announce a deal today worth £3.6 billion ($6.25 billion) to buy the hotels of its British namesake, The Financial Times reported Wednesday...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Scrushy Demands Rejected
The HealthSouth Corporation rejected demands from its founder, Richard M. Scrushy, for more than $100 million...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Economic Scene: A Nobel Winner Can Help You Keep Your Resolutions
New Year's resolutions help people cope with some of the most difficult conflicts human beings face...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Approval of Cancer Drug Lifts Celgene Stock
Shares of the Celgene Corporation rose 5.9 percent yesterday after regulators approved the company's Revlimid capsule for a rare blood cancer...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Report Finds Far-Flung Use of 9/11 Loans
The Small Business Administration allowed loans to go to businesses without ensuring that they had been hurt by the 9/11 attacks...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
News Analysis: In Enron Case, a Guilty Plea but No Certainties
Enron's chief accounting officer, Richard A. Causey, may testify against Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling, but what will he say?...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
No Release in U.P.S. Talks
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Broadway's Numbers for 2005 Are Strong
Led by blockbusters new and not, 2005 has been a very, very good year on Broadway, according to a trade group...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Richard Grimsdale, Computer Pioneer, Is Dead at 76
Colleagues said Richard L. Grimsdale, an electrical engineer, built the first transistorized computer...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Energy Shares Lift Indexes as Oil Prices Rebound
An increase in crude oil prices lifted the energy sector, while an index showed that consumer confidence rose to a four-month high...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Operator to Lose Jets
Continental Airlines plans to take back 69 regional jets that ExpressJet Holdings had operated exclusively for the airline...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Mortgage Indexes Fall
Mortgage applications slid last week to their lowest point in more than three and a half years amid a sharp drop in refinancing demand...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
East West Bancorp Will Buy a Rival
The community bank in California will pay about $204 million for rival the Standard Bank...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Ukraine's Talks With Russia Fail to Resolve Gas Dispute
The politically charged dispute concerned Russia's plans to raise the price of natural gas exports to Ukraine...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
A Solid but Not Spectacular Finish for Holiday Spending
Reports suggest that the big finish to the holiday season that retailers had hoped for was not so big after all...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Chip Industry Sets a Plan for Life After Silicon
The industry's road map reflects growing confidence in new technologies that make electronic switches from single molecules or even single electrons...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Ex-Qwest Vice President Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Marc B. Weisberg guilty plea allows him to avoid a trial that had been set to start on Tuesday...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Guidant Board Sets Date for Vote on Johnson & Johnson Merger
Guidant shareholders will vote on the $21.5 billion cash and stock deal on Jan. 31...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Rise in Consumer Confidence Seen as Favoring Sales in '06
Consumer confidence has nearly recovered from the beating it took from Hurricane Katrina and other severe storms...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Small Business: Profiting From Cures for the Sarbanes-Oxley Blues
The scandals at major corporations like Enron and WorldCom have been a boon for owners of some businesses...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Delta Pilots Will Accept Temporary Pay Cuts
The temporary pay cuts will allow the airline to avoid potentially crippling labor strife while it tries to negotiate permanent concessions...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Billionaire Builder of China
Xu Rongmao, one of 10 known billionaires in China, is bigger than Donald Trump, Sam Zell or Mortimer Zuckerman...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Enron's Top Accountant Will Help Prosecutors
Richard Causey is seen as a possible witness in the coming trial of Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling...
New York Times - December 29, 2005
Malaria's cloaking device revealed
Scientists discover the genetic secrets behind the ability of the malaria parasite to evade attack by the human body's defences...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Charges over Chile 'child abuse'
A German woman who worked as a doctor at a secretive camp in Chile is charged with torturing children...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Western diet may cause diabetes
Researchers say they have discovered how a high-fat Western-style diet may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
Baseball: Garland White Sox deal
Jon Garland signs a new three-year deal worth $29m with the Chicago White Sox, the 2005 World Series champions...
BBC News - December 29, 2005
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