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US News Archive for September 2004:
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Frances threatens Florida
Emergency officials in 10 Florida counties ordered mandatory evacuations for residents in mobile homes and low-lying areas Thursday as Hurricane Frances swept into the Bahamas and appeared headed toward the U.S. mainland...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Bush's key speech to look forward
President Bush will accept his party's nomination tonight in a speech to the Republican National Convention, capping the four-day celebration that showcased some of the biggest names in the GOP -- and at least one prominent Democrat. A White House spokesman said the president will look to the future, outlining his ideas on the economy, healthcare and education...
CNN - September 2, 2004
School siege in second day
More than two dozen women and children have been released from a southern Russia school where armed hostage-takers are holding more than 350 other people, says a regional government spokesman at the scene...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Bush Will Appeal to Nation to Help Him Build a 'Safer World'
In preparing to accept the nomination of his party tonight, President Bush said Americans were fighting terrorists "not for pride, not for power," but because they must...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
A Million Ordered to Flee Florida Coast as Storm Intensifies
Hurricane Frances is more than twice the size of one that battered Florida less than a month ago...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Intel Cuts Quarterly Revenue Outlook
The move confirmed fears that the world's largest chip maker had a rough start to the second half of the year...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Argentina bomb suspects acquitted
A court clears five men accused of links to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
Irish invite for De Lima
The Brazilian runner jostled by an Irishman in Sunday's Olympic marathon is invited to Ireland...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
Pope addresses US abuse scandal
Pope John Paul II asks US bishops to give more guidance to Catholic priests, to avoid a repetition of the child sex abuse scandal...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
Continental Airlines cuts jobs
US airline Continental plans to cut 425 management and clerical jobs as it seeks to keep costs under control...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
Bush speech to cap convention
President Bush will accept his party's nomination tonight in a speech to the Republican National Convention, capping the four-day celebration that showcased some of the biggest names in the GOP -- and at least one prominent Democrat. Construction crews are working to transform the podium at Madison Square Garden into a giant, round platform emblazoned with the presidential seal...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Russia school siege: '26 freed'
At least 26 women and children are freed by militants holding more than 300 people hostage at a school in southern Russia, a regional official says. Negotiations have resumed with the kidnappers, he says...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Frances prompts hurricane warning for Florida
Hurricane Frances thrashed through the Bahamas late Thursday morning with its tightly wound eye locked on the east coast of central Florida, where the National Hurricane Center posted a hurricane warning and urged residents to take immediate precautions...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Bush to cap convention
President Bush will accept his party's nomination Thursday night in a speech to the Republican National Convention...
CNN - September 2, 2004
G.O.P., Last to Bat, Swings Freely for the Fences
The G.O.P. convention is a batter-by-batter rebuttal of almost everything the Democrats said and did in Boston last month...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
August Sales Disappoint Major Retailers
The start of the back-to-school shopping season was a disappointment for major retailers, giving the industry a third straight month of listless sales...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Productivity Growth Falls to 18-Month Low
Workers' productivity increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the spring, the smallest gain since late 2002, reflecting the economy's slowdown...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Florida braced for new hurricane
Residents of Florida are preparing for Hurricane Frances, less than a month after the state was hit by Hurricane Charley...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
Boss defends Wal-Mart's record
Lee Scott, chief executive of retail giant Wal-Mart, tells the BBC that his firm's many critics have got it wrong...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
'Breakdown' in siege negotiations
A reporter on the scene of the school siege in southern Russia has told CNN that negotiations broke down hours ago after militants turned off their telephones...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Cheney, Miller push Bush
Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Zell Miller on Wednesday addressed the differences between presidential rivals George W. Bush and John Kerry. Both attacked Kerry as weak on defense, and Cheney insisted that in Bush "America has a president we can count on to get it right."...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Prosecutors Drop Kobe Bryant Rape Case
The Kobe Bryant rape case was dismissed after the prosecution said the woman who had accused Mr. Bryant of sexual assault would no longer cooperate...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
US seeks UN action against Iran
Secretary of State Colin Powell says the US wants UN sanctions imposed on Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons programme...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
NY Yankees bounce back
The New York Yankees win 5-3 against the Cleveland Indians who had beaten them 22-0 the night before...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
Continental signs union agreement
US airline Continental signs a partnership agreement with its main union as it seeks to keep costs under control...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
Bryant sex assault charge dismissed
The sexual assault charge against NBA star Kobe Bryant has been dismissed in a stunning development that came less than a week before opening statements were set to begin,...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Cheney, Miller hit Kerry hard
Vice President Dick Cheney and Georgia Sen. Zell Miller used their speeches Wednesday at the Republican National Convention to point out the differences between President Bush and Democratic opponent Sen. John Kerry. Miller, a Democrat, chastised Kerry for voting against weapons programs. "This is the man who wants to be the commander in chief of our U.S. Armed Forces?" Miller asked. "U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?"...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Standoff in Russia school siege
A tense standoff continues between Russian authorities and attackers holding at least 100 hostages -- possibly as many as 400 -- at a school in southern Russia...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Cheney: Count on Bush
Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday addressed the differences between presidential rivals George W. Bush and John Kerry. Cheney attacked Sen. Kerry as weak on defense while insisting that in Bush "America has a president we can count on to get it right."...
CNN - September 2, 2004
Cheney and G.O.P. Mount Vigorous Assault on Kerry
Republicans mounted a vigorous assault on John Kerry's domestic and foreign policy credentials, coupled with a spirited defense of President Bush's economic stewardship...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Police Tactics Mute the Protesters, and Their Message
New York police have developed a pre-emptive strike policy, cutting off demonstrations before they grow large...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
In Western Sudan, Fear Is the Ever-Growing Enemy
The threat of violence remains so intense in Darfur that no one feels safe enough to return home...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Software Service Aims to Outfox Caller ID
A new computerized service enables customers to create phony outbound phone numbers in order to mask their telephone identities...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Congress Puts Insurance Sales to Military Under Scrutiny
Members of Congress are broadening efforts to address problems in the sale of life insurance and mutual funds to young soldiers and other service members...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Charity Begins at Home? Perhaps Not at Hollinger
How much does it cost to become a lion on the social scenes in New York, London and Toronto? Not as much as one might think...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Textile Industry to Request Limits on Chinese Goods
Officials of the United States textile industry said that they would petition to block the expected flood of Chinese imports...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
France Plans to Cut Phone Stake
The French government accelerated its privatization effort, saying it will cede control of its former phone monopoly...
New York Times - September 2, 2004
Mexican columnist murdered
A prominent Mexican journalist known for his reports on organised crime is killed on the US border...
BBC News - September 2, 2004
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