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US News Archive for April 2007:
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Romney excels, McCain lags in fundraising
Republican Mitt Romney reported Monday he had raised $23 million for his presidential campaign during the first three months of the year, shaking up the GOP field. Sen. John McCain of Arizona lagged with $12.5 million raised...
CNN - April 2, 2007
28 Arrested in Florida Online Sex Sting
Law enforcement officials in Polk County Fla., arrested 28 men for soliciting sex with minors after setting up a weeklong sting operation...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Iran-Britain Standoff Shows Hints of Easing
Iran?s chief negotiator said today that ?there is no need for a trial? for the 15 captured British naval personnel...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Power-Sharing Deal in Ukraine Collapses
President Viktor Yushchenko ordered Parliament, the base of support for his rival, the prime minister, disbanded...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Inquiry Into Student Loans Is Resolved
Citibank and five universities will pay $5.2 million to resolve an investigation into their student loan practices...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Yankees 9, Devil Rays 5: Yankees Open Season With New Memories
It was not a crisply played opener, but the Yankees' come-from-behind victory over Tampa Bay satisfied the home crowd...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Justices Rule Against Bush Administration on Emissions
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court found that the Clean Air Act expressly authorizes the E.P.A. to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, contrary to the E.P.A.?s contention...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Goodby, Silverstein Wins Sprint Account
Sprint Nextel, which spends $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion a year in advertising, closed a three-month review for creative ad assignments...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
US ex-FBI man 'missing in Iran'
The US government asks Iran to help find a former FBI agent thought to have gone missing there some weeks ago...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
Amish shooting survivors start at new school
Amish children carrying lunch pails arrived at a new one-room schoolhouse Monday morning, marking a fresh beginning for students who survived a shooting that killed five classmates last fall in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania...
CNN - April 2, 2007
Iraq war's 'deadliest attack'
A suicide truck bombing in the northern city of Tal Afar is the deadliest single attack since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, a high-ranking Iraqi Interior Ministry official says as a new death toll for the blast surfaced. An Interior Ministry official now says the death toll was 152...
CNN - April 2, 2007
Iran Halts Broadcasts of Captive Britons
The decision indicates a possible change in tone in the dispute between Britain and Iran...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Campaign fundraising blows by previous standards
Republican Mitt Romney reported raising $23 million for his presidential campaign during the first three months of the year, a surprising tally for a relative newcomer and an amount rivaling the total reported a day earlier by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton...
CNN - April 2, 2007
U.S. and South Korea in Landmark Trade Deal
The United States sealed its biggest pact since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
EMI Dropping Copy Limits on Online Music
Apple?s ITunes will be the first to carry EMI?s unprotected, higher-quality tracks for $1.29, not 99 cents...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
U.S. and South Korea in Landmark Trade Deal
The United States sealed its biggest pact since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Kohlberg Kravis to Buy First Data for $29 Billion
The private equity giant KKR acquired one of the nation?s first and largest credit-card processing companies...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Tribune Accepts Real Estate Magnate?s Bid
Sam Zell prevailed in bidding for the company that owns the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
New Century Files for Bankruptcy
A formerly highflying seller of mortgage loans to buyers with risky credit has crashed to earth...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Property tycoon buys LA Times
The firm which owns the Los Angeles Times agrees to be bought by property magnate Sam Zell for $8.2bn...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
US anti-Zionist synagogue gutted
Police are investigating after a fire destroys a synagogue of an anti-Zionist Jewish group near New York...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
US lender in Chapter 11 move
New Century Financial, one of the largest sub-prime lenders in the US, files for bankruptcy protection...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
Amish children return to school
Children in the US Amish community attacked by a gunman last year return to school in a brand new building...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
US 'has to act' on climate report
EU leaders call for a change of stance from the US and Australia, as a report details global climate impacts...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
Venezuela governor escapes prison
Venezuelan police are hunting a fugitive former governor after he escapes jail awaiting trial on corruption charges...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
Top court rejects Guantanamo test
The US Supreme Court says it will not decide whether Guantanamo inmates can challenge their detention...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
13 dead following Solomons tsunami
At least 13 people died in the Solomon Islands Monday after two earthquakes and a tsunami hit the western part of the island-chain nation, the country's chief spokesman said...
CNN - April 2, 2007
U.S. and South Korea Reach Trade Deal
The countries reached a bilateral deal that could increase their annual $72 billion trade by more than $20 billion...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Immigrants? Final Stop on Ellis Island to Reopen
The Ferry Building on Ellis Island is scheduled to reopen to the public Monday after a 5-year restoration project that cost $6.4 million...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
UK duo accused of insider trading
US regulators accuse a married couple of insider trading before the $45bn takeover of energy firm TXU...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
Tennis: Djokovic wins Miami title
Serbian teenager Novak Djokovic becomes the youngest winner of the Miami Masters after beating Guillermo Canas 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the final...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
Mets beat Cards in season opener
The New York Mets beat World Series winners St Louis in the first game of the new Major League Baseball season...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
US credit card firm falls to KKR
Credit card company First Data Corp is the latest firm on private equity's shopping list...
BBC News - April 2, 2007
Solomon: Six dead from tsunami
At least six people have died in the Solomon Islands after two earthquakes and a tsunami hit the western part of the island-chain nation Monday, the country's chief spokesman said...
CNN - April 2, 2007
Olmert to Arab leaders: Let's talk peace
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert invited Arab leaders Sunday to a regional peace conference, saying that he would look there for an exchange of views about solving the Mideast conflict...
CNN - April 2, 2007
Pelosi to take Israeli concerns to Syria
Holding the military I.D. tags of three Israeli soldiers, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will bring up the plight of the three troops kidnapped by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah during her delegation's visit to Syria next week...
CNN - April 2, 2007
California Seeks to Ban Investment in Iran
The California Legislature is considering a bill that would force two of the nation?s largest pension funds to remove their money from any foreign company doing business in Iran...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Crime Intensifies Debate Over Taping of Suspects
The Justice Department has been embroiled in a dispute over a critical law enforcement question: Should interviews with criminal suspects be tape-recorded?...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Clinton Campaign Shows Fund-Raising Edge
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s campaign said it had raised $26 million in the first quarter, three times as much as the previous record at this stage of the presidential race...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
The DNA Age: Stalking Strangers? DNA to Fill in the Family Tree
Inexpensive genetic testing is turning the once-staid pursuit of genealogy into an extreme sport...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
After Darfur, Starting Anew in the Midwest
In Indiana, people fleeing the violence of Darfur find an unlikely new home that is diverse and welcoming...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
School Aid Fight Erupts in Albany as Budget Passes
After the final vote on the $120.9 billion budget, the governor?s staff and the Legislature began to dispute the portion of the budget on education...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Rutgers 59, L.S.U. 35: Rutgers Advances to N.C.A.A. Final
In Tuesday?s final, the Scarlet Knights will play for their first N.C.A.A. championship in any sport since 1949...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
The Week Ahead
ECONOMIC REPORTS The main news of the week will be the unemployment report for March (Friday). Other reports will include the Institute for Supply Management?s manufacturing index for March (Monday), the institute?s service index for March and factory orders for February (Wednesday), and wholesale trade for February and consumer credit for February (Friday)...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Treasury Auctions Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week included today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
For Vancouver?s 2010 Olympics, Proprietary Words
Canada introduced legislation that would grant the Vancouver committee rights to the word ?winter? and other words associated with the Olympics...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Ford Motor Drops Euro RSCG Worldwide
Ford Motor Drops...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Competition Begins for Public Radio ?Idol?
The Public Radio Exchange is holding an online contest to find a new national radio star...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Drilling Down: Peer-to-Peer Downloaders Gorge on Songs
Peer-to-peer networks yielded five billion downloads in 2006, whereas 509 million songs were downloaded from iTunes-style services...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
AT&T Weighs Bid in Italy
AT&T said it was in negotiations to buy a major stake in Italy?s largest telecommunications company, Telecom Italia...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Canadian Mine Goes on Strike
Staff at CVRD-Inco?s Sudbury nickel-mining operations are on strike after last-minute contract talks broke off...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Partnership Offsets Costs of Video by Fall Out Boy
More musicians have made product placement deals for videos in the last few years...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
A Winning Audition for Maytag Repairman
Maytag will introduce Clay Jackson, who has been a real estate agent in Virginia, as the new Maytag repairman...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Sign in ?Idol? Audience May Have Skirted Rules
Former colleagues of ?American Idol? contestant LaKisha Jones held up placards that included a corporate bank logo which is forbidden under the show?s rules...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
A Misfired Memo Shows Close Tabs on Reporter
A Wired magazine reporter was accidentally sent a memorandum written by the company?s public relations firm to coach Microsoft executives on how to handle his questions...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
China Says New U.S. Duty Disrupts Relations
China has called on the Bush administration to reverse a decision to impose steep duties on Chinese exports of coated paper...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Link by Link: M.I.T. Education in China, Minus the Degree
A Taiwanese man is devoting himself to distributing free Chinese translations of material from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Web site...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
AirTran Raises Midwest Bid Again
AirTran Holdings is said to be planning to raise its hostile bid for the Midwest Air Group a third time, to $15 a share...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Seeking a Car That Gets 100 Miles a Gallon
The X Prize Foundation is expected to announce a competition to develop a commercially viable car that can travel 100 miles on a gallon of gasoline...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Advertising: Joint Promotion Adds Stickers to Sweet Smell of Marketing
A promotion for Omni Hotels and Starbucks will put aromatic stickers on some copies of USA Today...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Sports Organizations Try to Limit Online Reporting
International sports institutions are imposing vigorous controls over the online use of game information and photographs...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Hoping to Move Guitar Notations Into the Legal Sunshine
A popular system for teaching and learning guitar online will enter the legitimate business realm for the first time...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Home Cooking for Pets Is Suddenly Not So Odd
The numbers are small, but pet food cookbooks have seen a sales jump in the wake of commercial pet food recalls...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
The Media Equation: Thousands Are Laid Off at Circuit City. What?s New?
Media outlets could not be blamed for having a little fatigue when it comes to layoffs. But with Circuit City, there are larger issues...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Kohlberg Kravis Near Deal to Buy First Data
The credit-card processor is near a deal to be sold for nearly $27 billion to the private equity firm...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Real Estate Tycoon Increases Bid for Tribune
Tribune indicated that if Sam Zell made a high enough offer, it would be prepared to sell its media empire to him...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
Some Hospitals Call 911 to Save Their Patients
A recent case has questioned the ability of small hospitals to care for patients who suffer complications after their operations...
New York Times - April 2, 2007
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