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US News Archive for May 2005:
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Abu Ghraib guard England pleads guilty
Pfc. Lynndie England -- a central figure in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal -- will plead guilty to reduced charges Monday for her alleged role in abusing Iraqi detainees, a spokesman at Fort Hood, Texas, says...
CNN - May 2, 2005
U.S. searches for crew of two missing jets
A search is under way for the crews of two U.S. Marine F/A-18 fighter jets that were lost Monday while flying in support of the war in Iraq, the U.S. military said. The statement did not say if the planes were over land or sea when they lost contact with the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier...
CNN - May 2, 2005
Bombs in Baghdad kill 13, wound 50
Hours after six car bombs rocked separate locations in Baghdad and Mosul, two more exploded late Monday, including one targeting a U.S. military convoy near the Abu Ghraib prison, Iraqi police said...
CNN - May 2, 2005
Embracing the Random
Coachella 2005 was an iPod Shuffler's delight, the perfect festival for a crowd that seemed happy to hear a bit of everything...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Plan to Transform Brooklyn Waterfront Advances at City Hall
Officials agreed on a plan that would transform the north Brooklyn waterfront into a neighborhood of residential towers...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
U.S. and European Trade Officials Smile After Months of Sniping
After months of sniping at each other from afar, the United States and the European Union, the world's largest trading partners, appeared to be speaking from the same page...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Qwest Withdraws Bid After MCI Accepts Verizon Offer
Qwest's decision appears to end the three-month takeover battle with Verizon for MCI...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Time Warner Says Employee Data Lost by Outside Storage Company
Time Warner said data on 600,000 current and former employees stored on computer back-up tapes was lost by an outside storage company...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
EU and US hopes over aircraft row
The EU and US agree to continue talking, rather than suing, as a way to try and solve the Airbus and Boeing trade dispute...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Chilean becomes OAS head
Chile's candidate becomes head of the Organization of American States, after months of intense talks on the issue...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Former PM refuses to leave Haiti
Former PM Yvon Neptune - who is on a hunger strike - refuses treatment abroad, Haiti's government says...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Cricket: Gayle strikes epic innings
Chris Gayle hits 317 as West Indies reach 565-5 at stumps on day four in Antigua, 23 runs behind South Africa...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Tennis: Agassi made to work
Andre Agassi beats Italy's Alessio Di Mauro 7-5 6-2 in round one of the Rome Masters...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Greenpeace co-founder Hunter dies
Canadian co-founder of Greenpeace environmental group Bob Hunter dies aged 63...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Annan urges anti-nuclear effort
The UN secretary general tells delegates reviewing an international nuclear treaty that more must be done...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Lynndie England pleads guilty in Abu Ghraib scandal
U.S. Army Pfc. Lynndie England today pleaded guilty to seven charges for her role in abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. In photos that drew international attention, England posed with naked detainees in humiliating positions. Under a plea deal, England could face a maximum sentence of 11 years...
CNN - May 2, 2005
Bombs in Baghdad kill 12, wound 44
Six car bombs explode in separate locations in Baghdad, killing 12 Iraqis and wounding 44 others, a local official says...
CNN - May 2, 2005
2 Equity Firms to Acquire Neiman Marcus
The sale comes as a host of mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the retailing industry...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
MCI Says Verizon's Offer Is Superior to Qwest's
The announcement was the latest development in the three-month takeover battle for the long-distance phone company...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Verizon bids $8.45bn in MCI fight
US phone company MCI gets a raised offer of $8.45bn from Verizon and greets it as 'superior' to a higher one from rival Qwest...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
$5bn deal for luxury firm Neiman
US luxury goods retailer Neiman Marcus, which recommends diamonds and pearls as a Mother's Day gift, agrees to a $5.1bn takeover...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Q&A: Iraq prison abuse scandal
The BBC News website looks at the scandal over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by coalition forces...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Tennis: Roddick sees off Rusedski
Tim Henman reaches round two of the Rome Masters, but Greg Rusedski goes out...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
US export rules frustrate Virgin
US export control rules slow Sir Richard Branson's efforts to offer a commercial sub-orbital spaceflight service...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Australian leader firm: No hostage negotiations
Australian Prime Minister John Howard says his government will not negotiate with a group that apparently has taken an Australian citizen hostage in Iraq. "We can't have the foreign policy of this country dictated by terrorists," Howard says. Video shows Douglas Wood sitting between two armed kidnappers...
CNN - May 2, 2005
Audit flaws wipe $2.7bn from AIG
Scandal hit US insurance giant AIG is to restate its accounts for each of the last five years and lower its value by $2.7bn after an internal review...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Boxing: Ruiz quits after defeat
John Ruiz quits boxing after losing his WBA heavyweight title to James Toney...
BBC News - May 2, 2005
Runaway bride charges possible
A Georgia prosecutor deciding whether charges should be brought against runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks, said he will take into account whether her flight was planned or spontaneous...
CNN - May 2, 2005
U.S. believes N. Korea tested missile
North Korea apparently tested a short-range missile Sunday, the White House said, the latest in a string of recent incidents to focus the eyes of the world on the region's nuclear standoff. With diplomatic efforts stalled, the U.S. and N. Korea swapped undiplomatic words last week -- President Bush said North Korea's leader is a tyrant while North Korea called Bush a hooligan...
CNN - May 2, 2005
Australia rules out hostage negotiations
The Australian government says it will not negotiate with a group that has taken an Australian citizen hostage in Iraq. In a videotape released Sunday, 63-year-old Douglas Wood, with a rifle pointed at his head, pleaded for Australian, U.S. and British troops to withdraw from Iraq...
CNN - May 2, 2005
Colombia War Spills Into Indians' Peaceful World
An Indian nation has used a pacific civil resistance campaign to stay out of a drug-fueled war in Colombia...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Desperate White House Wife, Episode 1: The Ranch Hand
Laura Bush's political comedy at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner helped her humanize her husband...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
In California, Governor Slips From Heights
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's popularity has plummeted, and his opponents are taking him on with new determination...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Reporting on a Hellish Situation From the Inside
Journalist Sorious Samura's first-person plummet into the hellish conditions of Sudan offers a powerful report that portends no good news in the immediate future...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Canceled and Resurrected, on the Air and Onstage
"Family Guy Live!," a sold-out event at Town Hall over the weekend, featured most of the Fox show's cast answering questions from the audience and generally reveling in their unlikely comeback...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Economic Calendar
Today...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Is a Trip to McDonald's Just What the Doctor Ordered?
Increasingly, leading nutrition scientists and doctors have been straddling the line between science and commerce by working for large food companies...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Falling in Love With Elvis
Almost 28 years after his death, interest in Presley seems bigger among advertisers and media companies than it was during his life...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Double Your Pleasure? Early 'Exorcist,' Take 2
How two films, both prequels to "The Exorcist," yielded wildly different results in the hands of two temperamentally opposed artists...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Interpublic Tries Again to Start Media Agency
Interpublic Tries Again...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
An IPod Crime Wave? How Terrible. On Second Thought ...
Is the rash of iPod thefts in the New York City subway system a public relations triumph for Apple?...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Secretive Buyer of Some E-Commerce Patents Turns Out to Be Novell
After a year, novell emerges as the mystery buyer of some highly regarded technical patents...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Treasury Bills Set 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 - May 2, 2005
Paris Inc.
After years of being a ubiquitous presence on the nightlife scene, Paris Hilton says she is eager to make the leap from globe-trotting sex kitten to savvy business titan...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
New Life for Old Gimmick: A Magazine Will Give Away Lots of Stuff
A shopping magazine has come up with a new marketing strategy: give away everything in its latest issue...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
A Promise Unfulfilled: Iraq's Oil Output Is Lagging
Two years after Saddam Hussein was toppled, oil production is limping along at about two million barrels a day, less than before the war...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
An MTV Host Moves to Radio, Giving Voice to Audible Blogs
Adam Curry, a former MTV host who helped start the craze for the amateur audio programs known as podcasts, will produce and be host of a four-hour podcast show each weekday on Sirius Satellite Radio...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Venerable Barron's Changing Its Look For a Speedier Read
Barron's, the financial magazine, is being redesigned to give readers a quicker way to see what's inside...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Print Insists It's Here to Stay
The magazine industry is mounting a $40-million, three-year campaign to win advertisers and try to convince them that magazines are here for good...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
China Trade Surplus With West Still Rising
Exports from China soared 35 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to data from Chinese customs officials...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Lenovo of China Completes Purchase of I.B.M.'s PC Unit
The Chinese computer maker Lenovo completed its $1.75 billion purchase of I.B.M.'s personal computer division, creating the world's third-largest PC maker...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Occidental Gains Rights to Oman Oil Field
The Occidental Petroleum Corporation said that it would replace the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in developing an oil field in Oman at a cost of more than $2 billion...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Ad Agents for the Search Engines
Some newspapers and yellow pages publishers have found a new source of revenue: helping small businesses buy advertising on search engines...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Buffett Says Chastened Insurers Are Making Changes
Warren E. Buffett said that insurers had been "sensitized" by disclosures of unseemly practices and financial manipulation in the industry...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
With Little Fanfare, a New Effort to Prosecute Employers That Flout Safety Laws
A partnership between OSHA, the E.P.A. and a select group of Justice Department prosecutors has been forged to prosecute the nation's worst workplace safety violators...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
A Megachurch's Leader Says Microsoft Is No Match
Ken Hutcherson claims to be the person who forced Microsoft to withdraw its support of a gay rights bill before the Washington State Legislature...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Interest in Building Reactors, but Industry Is Still Cautious
Electric companies have shown more interest in building nuclear reactors, but conditions are not yet right to induce companies and investors to make the gamble...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases
The chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting wants public television to correct what he considers liberal bias...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Changes at Morgan Stanley Won't Include Ouster at Top
The board of Morgan Stanley, responding to a campaign to oust its chief, Philip J. Purcell, reaffirmed its support for Mr. Purcell and announced a series of changes to the board...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
A Payday for Patents 'R' Us
After receiving $450 million from the maker of the BlackBerry, a holding company that owns wireless e-mail patents is looking to hunt bigger corporate game...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Verizon Puts a Condition on Raising Its MCI Bid
Verizon Communications is prepared to raise its offer for MCI if MCI will agree to state publicly that some of its customers oppose a rival offer from Qwest Communications...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
At Amazon.com, Growth Comes Ahead of Profit
Investors are questioning Amazon’s drive for growth over profits. But bad news is relative if you're an investor in the online retail giant...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Synergy for Viacom: Dr. Phil of CBS Interviews Pat O'Brien of CBS
In a blend of celebrity, sobriety and synergy, Dr. Phil will host a primetime special on CBS featuring Pat O’Brien’s battle with alcoholism...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
2 Equity Firms Set to Acquire Neiman Marcus
Neiman Marcus, the luxury retail chain that owns Bergdorf Goodman, has agreed to be sold to a group of financiers with a history in the retail industry for about $5 billion...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
Giant Insurer Finds $1 Billion More in Flaws
The American International Group said an in-depth examination of its operations had turned up additional accounting improprieties...
New York Times - May 2, 2005
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