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US News Archive for September 2004:
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Campaigns spin debate advantage
The day before the much-anticipated first debate between the presidential candidates, the spin machines for both campaigns are working overtime, claiming that their man has an advantage going into the face-off...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Cole bombers face death
A Yemeni court has handed down death sentences to two men -- one currently in U.S. custody -- for their roles in the bombing of the USS Cole, an official source in San'a said...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Eve-of-debate spin
The day before the much-anticipated first debate between the presidential candidates -- and 34 days before the November 2 election -- the spin machines for both campaigns are working overtime, each claiming that its man has an advantage going into the face-off...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Baseball Returns to Washington as Expos Move From Montreal
Major League Baseball will return to the nation's capital for the first time in more than three decades next season...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Kerry Sees Debate as Chance to Shed 'Flip-Flop' Label
Senator John Kerry conceded today that the Bush campaign had been "particularly successful" in portraying him as wobbly...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
At House Hearing, Quips, Insults and Some Official Business
A House hearing ended in insults so partisan and personal that the committee chairman expressed relief upon adjournment...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
ConocoPhillips Buys $2 Billion Stake in Lukoil
The purchase, which ConocoPhillips, the American energy conern, made at an auction today for the Russian government's stake in Lukoil, sets the stage for projects in Iraq...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Martha Stewart to Serve Time in West Virginia
Martha Stewart's prison stay for lying about a stock sale will take her to West Virginia, farther from home for the holidays, she said today, than she had hoped...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Private craft reaches space
SpaceShipOne landed safely Wednesday after a wild flight into space, the first of two qualifying flights aimed at claiming a $10 million prize. Radar showed the flight reached 358,000 feet -- well above the 62.5 miles needed for the Ansari X Prize...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Wild ride to space... and back
SpaceShipOne safely landed in California's Mojave Desert today, after a brief, wild ride to suborbital space. The craft rolled more than 30 times shortly after the rockets fired, but pilot Mike Melvill shut off the engines and kept going up. Radar showed the flight reached 358,000 feet -- well above the 62.5 miles needed for the $10 million X Prize...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Death sentences in Cole bombing
A Yemeni court hands down death sentences to two men -- one currently in U.S. custody -- for their roles in the bombing of the USS Cole, an official source in San'a says...
CNN - September 29, 2004
In Florida, Hopes for One Final Storm Recovery
After four hurricanes, intensive relief efforts cannot get traction helping people and whole industries cope...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Pilot Guiding Jet Back to Earth After Reaching Space a 2nd Time
A test pilot took a privately funded rocket to space and is now starting back, setting the stage to win a $10 million prize...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Economy Grew at 3.3 Percent Rate in 2nd Quarter
The Commerce Department said the April-to-June increase in the gross domestic product was revised upward by just 0.5 percentage points from its estimate just a month ago...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
ConocoPhillips Buys Stake in Lukoil
U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips paid nearly $2 billion for a 7.6 percent stake in Russia's Lukoil -- the world's No. 2 oil company by reserves...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Stocks Are Higher on Latest Economic Growth Reading
Stocks rose today as investors digested a jump in the second-quarter gross domestic product and kept a close eye on lower oil prices...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Martha Stewart Is Said to Serve Time in West Virginia
Martha Stewart has been ordered to serve her sentence for lying about a stock sale at the federal prison in Alderson, W.Va...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Refugees storm Canada embassy
A group of 44 people, thought to be North Koreans, force their way into the Canadian embassy in Beijing...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
US growth figures revised upwards
The US economy grew more quickly than previously thought in the three months to June, official figures suggest...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
Tourists freed in Peru coca siege
Police in Peru storm an ancient Inca temple to free 19 foreign tourists taken hostage by coca growers...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
Clinton 'confirms' post-op speech
The former US president will make his first public speech on 9 November, two months after surgery, reports say...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
Reports 'predicted Iraq violence'
Intelligence reports written before the Iraq war warned an invasion could lead to insurgency, the New York Times reports...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
US objectors' statue sparks row
A row breaks out in a small Canadian town over controversial plans for a memorial to Vietnam draft dodgers...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
Freed Italians back home
Two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago have been released and two French journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours, according to officials...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Canada's Prophets of Pessimism (Is It the Weather?)
For some thinkers, Canada is in decline, or at the very least, has fallen short of their aspirations...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Fannie Mae Crisis Raises Concerns on Leadership
Fannie Mae’s chief, Franklin Raines, once seen as a rising star and possible future Treasury secretary, may have to reassess his ambitions...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Astros edge past St Louis
Houston Astros scrape to a 2-1 win over St Louis - plus an MLB round-up...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
Argentine boy shoots classmates
A 15-year-old boy kills three students and wounds five in a school shooting rampage in southern Argentina...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
US bill aims to jail film pirates
Using video cameras to record cinema films would become a state-wide crime under a proposed US law...
BBC News - September 29, 2004
Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released
Two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago have been released and two French journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours, officials said Tuesday...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Debate deal: Networks balk
Although the Bush and Kerry camps have meticulously crafted an agreement on the rules for this year's presidential debates, the television networks broadcasting them refuse to go along with the plans...
CNN - September 29, 2004
Hurdles Remain for U.S. Voters Living Overseas
Voters living abroad face an unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
A Fast Finisher's Reputation Now Faces the Ultimate Test
John Kerry is counting on the reputation he cemented in the Democratic primaries as a candidate who runs best from behind...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Cendant Nears Deal to Buy Orbitz Travel Site
The deal would end a daring experiment by the nation's airlines, which created Orbitz as a competitor to Expedia and online ticketing sites like it...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Delta to Cut Executive Pay by 10 Percent
The airline also announced today that it was increasing the shared cost of health care coverage and as part of its plan to avoid bankruptcy...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Stocks Rise as Investors Shrug Off Oil Prices
U.S. blue chips were higher today, led by shares of major oil producers benefiting from higher crude oil prices, which broke through the $50 a barrel mark...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Court Rules Against Europe's Antitrust Chief in MCI Case
The European Commission was wrong to block the proposed $120 billion merger four years ago between MCI WorldCom and Sprint, a European court ruled today...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Alaska Weighs Relaxing Rules of Exploration
Relaxing the rules for heavy equipment on the state's thawing tundra would open the central North Slope to exploration convoys three or four weeks earlier than in recent years...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Google Shares, Once Devalued, Just May Be Winners After All
Wall Street, which forced Google, the Internet search engine, to lower the price of its shares sharply in its initial public offering in August, has decided that the company is worth a lot more today than it was then...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
Cendant Is Close to Acquiring Orbitz for $1.1 Billion
The deal would end a daring experiment by the nation's airlines, which created Orbitz as a competitor to Expedia and online ticketing sites like it...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
A Bad August Worsens Airline Financial Woes
Last month was awful for the airlines because of factors like weather and the fact that kids go back to school earlier than they used to...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
With Oil Near $50 a Barrel, Gas Prices Start to Inch Up
Gasoline prices are heading up, ending an unusual period in which gasoline prices were falling even as oil prices rose...
New York Times - September 29, 2004
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