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US News Archive for March 2005:
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Court refuses Schiavo plea
A federal appeals court has again denied a bid for a rehearing in the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed March 18. Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist acting as a spokesman for the parents, said their legal team was planning an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has refused to hear the case three times in the past...
CNN - March 30, 2005
Schiavo petition denied
A federal appeals court has again denied a request for a rehearing in the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed March 18...
CNN - March 30, 2005
U.S. Appeals Court Refuses to Review Schiavo Case
As Terri Schiavo approached two weeks without nutrition or hydration, her parents received yet another legal setback...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Boy Scouts Official Pleads Guilty on Child Pornography Charge
The longtime program director of the Boy Scouts of America pleaded guilty today to a charge of possession and distribution of child pornography...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Court Broadens Scope of Age-Discrimination Protections
The Supreme Court ruled that workers can sue for age discrimination without proving that the discrimination was intentional...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
A.I.G. Discloses Its Accounting Was Improper in Some Deals
The insurance company said today that it improperly accounted for a transaction with a unit of Berkshire Hathaway...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Supreme Court makes age discrimination suits easier
The U.S. Supreme Court today made it easier for any worker over 40 to allege age discrimination, ruling that employers can be held liable even if they never intended any harm. The ruling means that workers age 40 and over -- about half the nation's work force -- now have less of a burden to raise their claim in court when suing under federal law...
CNN - March 30, 2005
New Schiavo petition allowed
A federal appeals court has allowed Terri Schiavo's parents to file another emergency petition with the panel as Bob and Mary Schindler make desperate efforts to save their severely brain-damaged daughter's life...
CNN - March 30, 2005
Appeals Court Considers New Petition in the Schiavo Case
The court is considering a request for a new hearing on whether Terri Schiavo's feeding tube should be reconnected...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Intrigue Engulfs Morgan Stanley; 2 Executives Out
Philip J. Purcell, who secured his position at the top of Morgan Stanley by ousting a rival, now faces a revolt of his own...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
AIG admits improper documentation
US insurance giant AIG discovers improper documentation connected to a 2000 transaction at the centre of a federal probe...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
New row over EU banana quotas
Latin American banana producers ask the WTO to intervene in a long-running row over banana tariffs...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
Spain firm on Caracas arms sale
Plans to sell military equipment to Venezuela are designed to help regional security, Spain says...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
Laura Bush hails Afghan women
US First Lady Laura Bush visits the Afghan capital, Kabul, to show her support for women's education...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
New appeal in Schiavo case
The lead lawyer for Terri Schiavo's parents filed an emergency petition with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta late Tuesday, contending he has found a new argument to have Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted. The 11th Circuit Court has not ruled on whether it will hear the appeal...
CNN - March 30, 2005
Schiavo's parents file new federal appeal
The lead lawyer for Terri Schiavo's parents filed an emergency petition with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta late Tuesday, contending he has found a new argument to have Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted. The argument: The federal court should look at the full record, not just the procedural history from the state court. The 11th Circuit Court has not ruled on whether it will hear the appeal...
CNN - March 30, 2005
EU condemns Zimbabwe election
President Robert Mugabe says he has no fear of Thursday's parliamentary election, but the European Union dismissed the poll as "phony."...
CNN - March 30, 2005
In Vermont, a Bid to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide
The next showdown over physician-assisted suicide could be in Vermont, where a group of citizens has begun an effort to pass a bill allowing doctors to prescribe suicide drugs for terminally ill patients...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Weinsteins step down from Miramax
Miramax founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein step down as chief executives of the Disney-owned film company...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
Johnnie Cochran dies at 67
Johnnie Cochran, who successfully defended OJ Simpson, dies of a brain tumour at the age of 67...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
US cautiously backs Annan
The White House offers moderate support for the UN head after he is cleared of corruption...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
Brazil urged to protect Indians
Amnesty International criticises Brazil for failing to guarantee the rights of its indigenous population...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
Cricket: Windies captain upbeat
Shivnarine Chanderpaul insists he will not be troubled by extra nerves in his first Test as West Indies captain...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
NY Jets out-bid for Olympic site
Rivals submit higher bids than the New York Jets for the planned Olympic Stadium site...
BBC News - March 30, 2005
Schindlers file new appeal
The lead attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents filed an emergency petition with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Tuesday, asking that the full court hear an appeal to have their daughter's feeding tube reinserted, a court spokeswoman said. Michael Schiavo's attorney called the filing "some sort of last-minute desperation move."...
CNN - March 30, 2005
Annan: Hell no, I won't go
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has rejected any possibility he might step aside amid accusations of scandal, defiantly telling a reporter "hell no" when asked if it was time to resign for the good of the world body...
CNN - March 30, 2005
Suit by Detainee on Transfer to Syria Finds Support in Jet's Log
Aviation records appear to corroborate a man's account of being sent to Syria by U.S. officials as he changed planes in New York...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Medical Adviser for Baseball Exaggerated His Credentials
Dr. Elliot J. Pellman, the medical adviser for Major League Baseball, has exaggerated his educational and professional credentials...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Rock Icons Content to Do The Things They Do Best
U2's concert in San Diego on Monday was an intensely satisfying performance by a band that has figured out what it does best and seems content to do it...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Trial Lawyer Defined by O.J. Simpson Case, Is Dead at 67
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.'s fierce, flamboyant and electrifyingly advocacy in the O. J. Simpson murder trial captivated the country...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
2 European Banks Move on Plans to Buy Into Italy
Two European banks are making good on intentions to buy their Italian peers in separate offers that could open Italy's financial markets to foreign takeovers...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Consumer Confidence Index Drops Again
The Associated Press...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Settlement in Freelance Writers' Suit
Freelance writers agreed to a settlement worth as much as $18 million with publishing companies in a copyright infringement case involving work posted online...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
S.E.C. Offers Flexibility in Treating Stock Options
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday gave companies wide latitude in calculating the expense to be recorded for stock options issued to executives and other employees. The move may enable companies to keep reported costs low as they adapt to an accounting rule that requires options costs to be treated like any other expense...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
A Break With Style, Not With Strategy
Hewlett-Packard returned to its traditional low-key management approach in naming Mark V. Hurd, president and chief executive of NCR, as its next chief executive...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
2 Former Top Executives at Impath Are Indicted
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Share Prices Sink, With Nasdaq at New Low for the Year
By Reuters...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
For Nonprofits, Owning Is Becoming the Wave of the Past
Many nonprofit groups spend years striving to own their own buildings, but some then find that ownership is a mixed blessing...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
In the Arch's Shadow, Signs of Revival
Once called "one of the most lifeless and uninteresting" downtowns in America, St. Louis is using more than $2.5 billion for 125 projects to reinvigorate the area...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
G.M. Manager in China Resigns as Competition There Heats Up
Philip Murtaugh, the General Motors executive who turned the company's operations in China into one of G.M.'s few successes in recent years, has resigned...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Promotion at Merrill
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
BNP Steps in to End a Row at a Famed French Retailer
BNP Paribas stepped in to end a "war of widows" at the luxury retail chain Galeries Lafayette by backing a $3.9 billion deal to take the company private...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Insurance Chiefs Must Swear to Some Deals
The New York State Insurance Department announced yesterday that it would require the chief executives of insurance companies it regulates to certify, under oath, that certain insurance transactions were conducted for legitimate economic reasons and not as a way to manipulate financial reporting results...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
I.R.S. Estimates '01 Unpaid Tax Could Be as High as $353 Billion
Individual taxpayers failed to pay up to $353 billion in taxes in 2001, according to a study released yesterday by the Internal Revenue Service...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
In Face of Soaring Costs, Studios Cut Films
Bob and Harvey Weinstein's exit from Miramax highlighted how Hollywood is grappling with soaring costs of filmmaking and making fewer pictures...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Big Board Seat Sells
By Reuters...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
MCI Says Yes Again as Verizon Sweetens Its Bid
MCI accepted a sweetened takeover offer of about $7.6 billion from Verizon Communications, spurning a rival bid from Qwest Communications...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Witness Role Seen for Buffett in Inquiry
The New York attorney general's office is examining Warren Buffett's communications involving a questionable transaction with Maurice Greenberg...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Disney and the Miramax Chiefs Call It Quits
The Walt Disney Company and the founders of Miramax Films drew an anticlimactic end to their stormy 12-year marriage on Tuesday...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
How Can General Motors Remake Itself?
General Motors is struggling to revive its core business - selling America its cars. Here are some ideas from those in the marketing business on how it can accomplish that...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Northwest Airlines Wants More Worker Concessions
Northwest Airlines said yesterday that it was increasing the amount it wanted in labor concessions to $1.1 billion a year and that it would seek to freeze employee pension plans...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Hollinger Inc. Sues Black, Adding to Tangle of Litigation
The long list of lawsuits involving Hollinger International and its former chief executive, Conrad M. Black, grew even longer on Tuesday...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
New Leader Is Called a Trust Builder
If the directors of Hewlett-Packard had set out to find a leader who was the antithesis of Carleton S. Fiorina, they could hardly have done better than Mark V. Hurd, an affable Midwesterner who is almost entirely unknown in Silicon Valley...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
2 Executives Are Out as Intrigue Engulfs Morgan Stanley
A long-simmering dispute over the direction of Morgan Stanley erupted in a public brawl, as two senior executives resigned...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
Lively Debate as Justices Address File Sharing
The Supreme Court showdown in the Grokster case between old-fashioned entertainment and new-fangled technology found the justices responsive to Grokster...
New York Times - March 30, 2005
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