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US News Archive for January 2007:
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Teddy Kollek, Ex-Mayor of Jerusalem, Dies at 95
The late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin called him the greatest builder of Jerusalem since Herod the Great...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Massachusetts Considers Gay Marriage Ban
Lawmakers voted to advance an amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
New Jersey Panel Urges End to Death Penalty
The political climate in Trenton appears to be receptive to the recommendations of the legislative commission...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Bush and Ex-Presidents Mourn Ford
The 38th president was remembered as a man who embodied the best of small-town American values...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Iraq Plans Inquiry Into Hussein Execution
With demonstrations spreading across Iraq?s Sunni Arab heartland, the country?s government said today that it had ordered an investigation into the disorderly scenes at Saddam Hussein?s execution...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Leak Reveals '08 Strategy From Giuliani Camp
A spokeswoman said this afternoon that the document belonged to a staff member and was not official strategy...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
US state backs gay marriage vote
The Massachusetts legislature backs a measure which could allow a popular vote on banning gay marriage...
BBC News - January 2, 2007
Food drops for US storm victims
Helicopters drop food and hay in central parts of the US for people and cattle stranded by a major snowstorm...
BBC News - January 2, 2007
Venezuela prison clashes kill 16
Sixteen inmates die as rival gangs battle for control of a Venezuelan prison...
BBC News - January 2, 2007
Lost plane discovery proves false
Rescuers in central Indonesia were on Tuesday trying to locate the wreckage of a missing passenger jet, despite reports from aviation and transport officials that the crash site -- and survivors -- had been found...
CNN - January 2, 2007
Somalia PM: Major fighting over
Somalia's Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi says that rival Islamic fighters have been scattered, and he does not expect any more major fighting. His key Ethiopian backer said he would withdraw his troops within weeks...
CNN - January 2, 2007
Washington bids Ford farewell
Gerald Ford was "a man whose name was a synonym for integrity," President Bush said Tuesday, delivering a eulogy at the state funeral for the nation's 38th president...
CNN - January 2, 2007
Ethiopia Plans to Pull Troops From Somalia
The country, one of the poorest in the world, could not afford to keep its troops in Somalia, the leader said...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Leaked Document Reveals Giuliani?s ?08 Strategy
The document may be damaging for a candidate who has portrayed himself as a leader on security issues...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Bush and Ex-Presidents Eulogize Ford
The 38th president was remembered as a man who embodied the best of small-town American values...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Inquiry Into Qualcomm Opens in South Korea
The inquiry could emerge as the latest in a string of legal battles facing the company...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Central Banks Tiptoeing Away From the Dollar
Countries with large holdings of dollars in their foreign-exchange reserves are showing a new willingness to dump the dollar in favor of the rising euro...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Blasts rock Brazil police complex
Three blasts tear through a police warehouse used to store weapons in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, killing one officer...
BBC News - January 2, 2007
U.S. 'tried to delay' execution
U.S. officials reportedly tried to delay last week's execution of Saddam Hussein, fearing it would fuel perceptions the death of the former Iraqi dictator was more about Shiite retribution and less about justice. Those fears seemed borne out by an amateur recording of Hussein's last moments...
CNN - January 2, 2007
Somalia offers Islamists amnesty
A militant Islamist movement fled from rapidly advancing government forces into a rugged, forested corner of Somalia, as the prime minister offered the Islamist rank and file amnesty if they surrendered...
CNN - January 2, 2007
Washington to bid Ford farewell
The Washington National Cathedral will be the setting today as funeral services are held for former President Gerald R. Ford. On Monday, ordinary Americans joined President Bush and other dignitaries in paying final respects as Ford's flag-draped casket rested under the Capitol dome...
CNN - January 2, 2007
Paris Journal: Middle-Class French Join Sleep-In Over Homelessness
France?s homeless problem is relatively mild ? roughly 86,000 are homeless on any given night ? but even that number is too high for the socially active in France...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Falcons & Cardinals sack coaches
The Atlanta Falcons and the Arizona Cardinals sack their coaches following their clubs' failure to qualify for the NFL play-offs...
BBC News - January 2, 2007
12 found alive at jet crash site
Rescue teams have found 12 survivors at the crash site of an Indonesian passenger jet that dropped off radar Monday while on a flight from Surabaya to Manado on Sulawesi island, an airline spokesman has said. The condition of the survivors is not known...
CNN - January 2, 2007
Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over
In New Jersey, one library has grown frustrated by middle schoolers? mix of pent-up energy, hormones and nascent independence...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
At Ford Funeral, Echo of Reunions Past
The alumni of Gerald R. Ford?s administration will celebrate his life and the intimate circle he created...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Power Shift in Congress Revives Health Debate
House Democrats will try to rush legislation forcing the government to negotiate drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries and overturning the restrictions on stem cell research...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Pop Music and the War: The Sound of Resignation
America is tired of war, and music in 2006 reflected the battle fatigue...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
News Analysis: Scandals Give Spitzer Agenda an Extra Push
If New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer could already claim a mandate to change the culture of Albany, now it has been strengthened...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Pirates, Penguins and Potboilers Rule the Box Office
The big money in Hollywood last year was to be made making people laugh, cry and squeeze their dates' arms ? not think...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Memo Pad
FIRST VERY LIGHT JET DELIVERED In what some aviation industry officials believe is the dawn of a new era in aviation, the first so-called very light jet, an Eclipse 500, was delivered to a customer on Sunday by Eclipse Aviation, based in Albuquerque...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Wal-Mart Sales Rise 1.6%
Wal-Mart Stores said over the weekend that December sales at stores open at least a year in the United States rose about 1.6 percent, ending the holiday shopping season with its biggest increase since August...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Advertising: Kicking an Addiction, With Real People
Some advertisers say the best way to persuade people to give up cigarettes is to tell the stories of other smokers...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Frequent Flier: It Takes Good Acting to Hide Travel Stress
Traveling a lot, you see some of the best acting. And the worst. Flight attendants are the best actors, hands down...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Wi-Fi Is Hitting the Road in Cars From Avis, but Technical and Legal Bumps Lie Ahead
The rolling Wi-Fi hotspots may raise legal issues because it could take people?s attention off roads, according to analysts...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
The Hasty Hello
Business groups have started using ?speed networking,? a corporate equivalent of speed dating, to explore business prospects...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
On the Road: And You Thought Snow Globes Were Harmless Decorations
To paraphrase a classic line from Lily Tomlin, I worry that the person who thought up the rules for carrying liquids and gels on airplanes last year is busy thinking up something new this year...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Investors Greet New Year With Ambivalence
After a better-than-average year in the stock market, and a much weaker one in housing, homeowners and investors appear neither exuberant nor glum about 2007...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Economists Cautiously Optimistic About 2007
The new year is being approached with worries that a slowdown in housing could hurt the overall economy...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Weathering a Storm in Shelter
As 2006 ended, the opinion of stock market investors could not have been clearer: there are blue skies ahead...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Banks? Leases to Hedge Funds Are Questioned
Regulators are growing concerned about banks that lease office space to hedge funds in hopes of gaining big clients...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
Using Web Cams but Few Inhibitions, the Young Turn to Risky Social Sites
While sites like YouTube and Myspace crack down on nudity and violence, new sites are treading into the realm of unfiltered live broadcasts...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
The Energy Challenge: Power-Sipping Bulbs Get Backing From Wal-Mart
The retailer is determined to push energy-saving light bulbs with the help of some unlikely partners...
New York Times - January 2, 2007
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