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US News Archive for April 2007:
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Court: Chase suspects can't sue cops
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave police officers significant protection from lawsuits by suspects who lead them on car chases. A dash-cam video of the nighttime chase in Georgia played a key role in the decision...
CNN - April 30, 2007
Turkish leader urges unity
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan appeals for national unity, in a clear drive to ease tensions between secularists and his Islamist-rooted government. Erdogan's ruling party named Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as its presidential candidate but critics question his secular credentials...
CNN - April 30, 2007
In Ducks, War of the Sexes Plays Out in the Evolution of Genitalia
Male ducks may have extreme genitals because the females do too...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Record High Temperatures in Europe in April
PARIS, April 30 ? The month of April was so warm and so dry across Western Europe that it rewrote the weather record books in country after country, national weather services said today, as hot air masses from Africa and the effects of a changing climate combined to drive up temperatures and drive away rain...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Virginia Closes Loophole That Armed Gunman
Virginia will require reporting on the mental health background of individuals buying handguns...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Corzine Leaves Hospital After Accident
The governor of New Jersey acknowledged today that he was negligent in not wearing a seatbelt...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Chaotic Commute After Collapse in Bay Area
Thousands of commuters were obliged to look for alternate routes, creating delays...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Torre and Cashman Are Safe, for Now
The Yankees' owner said he supports the team's manager and general manager but that he is also impatient...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Large Chinese Internet Company Plans to Go Public
Alibaba.com, which is partly owned by Yahoo, is a business-to-business site whose public offering could raise $1 billion...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
The Energy Challenge: Recruiting Plankton to Fight Global Warming
Several groups are working on massive fields of plankton intended to absorb carbon dioxide...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Virginia closes firearms loophole
Virginia's governor tightens the US state's gun laws in response to the university shootings earlier this month...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
Collapse sets stage for nightmare commute
Officials in Nothern California predict a traffic nightmare for commuters after a gasoline tanker crashed Sunday and burst into flames near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, creating such intense heat that a stretch of highway melted and collapsed...
CNN - April 30, 2007
UK terror plotters jailed for life
Five men have been jailed for life after being found guilty of plotting to carry out al Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks using fertilizer explosives across Britain on targets ranging from a nightclub to a shopping mall...
CNN - April 30, 2007
Five guilty in UK bomb plot
Five men have been found guilty of plotting to carry out al Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks across Britain on targets ranging from a nightclub to a shopping center...
CNN - April 30, 2007
Ex-CIA officers: Tenet shares blame
In the period leading up to the Iraq war, the head of the CIA didn't speak out loudly enough about intelligence that said Saddam Hussein didn't have weapons of mass destruction, a former CIA officer said Monday...
CNN - April 30, 2007
Memo From Istanbul: In Turkey, Fear About Religious Lifestyle
Secular Turks fear that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to impose Islamic law on Turkey...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
As Health Plan Falters, Maine Explores Changes
So far, Maine has not come close to its goal of covering some 130,000 residents without insurance by ?09...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Justices Back Police in Chase Case
The Supreme Court ruled that a Georgia man is not entitled to sue for the crippling injuries he suffered when a deputy sheriff rammed his car to end a high-speed chase...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Prosecutors Begin to Lay Out Case Against Prison Chief in Iraq
A senior commander at the main U.S. detention center in Iraq testified that Lt. Col. William H. Steele breached military law and Iraqi cultural norms...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Report Sparks Calls for Israeli Leader to Quit
The interim findings of the report say that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ?made up his mind hastily? to launch the air, sea and land campaign last July against Hezbollah guerrillas...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Supreme Court Sides With Microsoft in Patent Case
AT&T had sued Microsoft, alleging that computers running Windows infringed on AT&T?s speech technology. The ruling restricts the reach of patent holders overseas...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Delta exits bankruptcy protection
Delta Air Lines emerges from bankruptcy protection after completing a 19-month restructuring programme...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
Bush spokesman returns to work
White House spokesman Tony Snow returns to work, weeks after finding his colon cancer had recurred...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
US court rejects Guantanamo case
The US Supreme Court refuses to hear a case in which two Guantanamo inmates challenge tribunals...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
Argentine mothers mark 30 years
Mothers of Argentina's disappeared mark the 30th anniversary of their campaign for justice for their children...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
Five found guilty in UK bomb plot
Five men have been found guilty of plotting to carry out al Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks across Britain on targets ranging from a nightclub to a shopping center...
CNN - April 30, 2007
Corzine to Make Early Exit From Hospital Monday
Gov. Jon. S. Corzine will be released from a Camden hospital 18 days after he was critically injured in a traffic accident, his office announced...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Comment: Final farce fits the bill
How the Cricket World Cup got the climax it deserved...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
'Legal threat' over ABN bank sale
Bank of America is reportedly threatening legal action if its deal to buy LaSalle Bank from ABN Amro collapses...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
Iraq hearing for US prison chief
A hearing begins to decide if a US officer running an Iraqi jail should face a court martial on charges of aiding the enemy...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
Man kills two in US mall shooting
A gunman kills two people and wounds two more in a shooting at a Missouri mall, US police say...
BBC News - April 30, 2007
Iran to attend major Iraq summit
Iran confirms it will attend this week's conference on Iraq in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik, saying its delegation will be headed by its foreign minister. The announcement will be widely welcomed as Iran, a Muslim Shiite-majority nation, has considerable influence among Iraqi Shiites, who now lead the Baghdad government...
CNN - April 30, 2007
Israeli PM faces review over Lebanon war
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, above right, faces strident calls for his resignation in the wake of harsh findings of an official inquiry into the shortcomings of his leadership during last summer's costly but inconclusive war in Lebanon...
CNN - April 30, 2007
[TS] Sidebar: Cases Keep Flowing In, but the Jury Pool Is Idle
Trials have been replaced by settlements and plea deals, by mediations and arbitrations...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Prime Minister of Ireland Calls for Election
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland, who has governed in a parliamentary coalition since 1997, has called for a general election to take place on May 24...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Kansas City Mall Shooting Leaves Three Dead
A shooting in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday afternoon left three people dead, including the gunman...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Tanker Truck Fire Collapses Bay Area Overpass
A fiery predawn accident sent concrete crashing onto a highway below and hobbled a vital Bay Area interchange...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Worker Is Killed by a G Train in Brooklyn
All work on New York subway tracks was suspended after the second fatal subway accident in less than a week...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Expensive Lesson for Maine as Health Plan Stalls
Maine has not come close to its goal of covering some 130,000 residents without insurance...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
P.E. Classes Turn to Video Game That Works Legs
Schools are deploying Dance Dance Revolution as the latest weapon in the battle against childhood obesity...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith
Barack Obama?s campaign has put a strain on the close relationship he forged over 20 years with his pastor...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Treasury Bill Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes Monday?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Looking Ahead
QUARTERLY REPORTS Earnings season continues, led by Verizon (Monday), Time Warner (Wednesday) and General Motors and CBS (Thursday)...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Advertising: A Virtual Ad Agency for Online Radio
As more people listen to the radio over the Internet, radio stations have been looking to generate new advertising revenue from the medium...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
China Tightens Bank Credit Again
For the second time this month, China has ordered banks to hold more of their deposits in reserve to prevent credit and investment growth from destabilizing the economy...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Former Political Director at ABC Is Moving to Time Magazine
Mark Halperin, a pioneer of online reporting who founded ABCnews.com?s political memo, The Note, will join Time as an editor-at-large and senior policy analyst...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Venture Capital Rushes Into Alternative Energy
Money is flowing into alternative energy companies so fast that ?the warning signs of a bubble are appearing,? according to a report on investment in clean technology...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Drilling Down: Usual DVR Fare Is Not News and Sports
Shows with content that can be quickly eclipsed by the news, broadly speaking, do not do well in DVR playback...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Garden & Gun Magazine Has an Awkward Debut
A glossy new lifestyle magazine, Garden & Gun, raised eyebrows as its premiere issue arrived on newsstands just days before the shootings at Virginia Tech...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Google Seeks Clearer Path to State Data
Four states have joined forces with Google to make information from their Web sites more directly accessible through Internet searches...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Magazine Says ?Toxic Bachelors? Article Was Stolen
The pop culture magazine Radar has accused a Chilean magazine of plagiarizing its article ?Toxic Bachelors,? and would like to see some compensation...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Bloggers Cast Doubt on Fox?s Generosity
The News Corporation last week pledged $5 million to fight poverty in Africa and the United States, but some bloggers wondered why it didn?t open its wallet a bit more...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Phone Taps in Italy Spur Rush Toward Encryption
The widespread availability of wiretapping technology over the Internet has created a new market for encrypted cellphones in Italy...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
The Latest Must-Have for Yuppies: A Blog About the Neighborhood
First come the renovated condominiums, the latte bars and the expensive baby strollers. Next, apparently, come the bloggers...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Got Roomfuls of Stuff? Now Sites Will Help Keep Track of It
Web sites that let users catalog their possessions are attracting customers, but can they make money?...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Inspired by the Spelling Bee Comes the ?Define-a-Thon?
Houghton Mifflin created the Define-a-Thon, which asks contestants to match words to definitions (and gives them a helpful list of words to choose from)...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
As Blogs Proliferate, a Gadfly With Accreditation at the U.N.
Matthew Lee is the only blogger at the United Nations with media credentials, entitling him to free office space and access to briefings and press conferences...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
The Media Equation: A Flood Begets a Paper Ark
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has become a beacon of tough questions, vigorous reporting and high-quality, relentlessly local coverage...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Consortium Buys Control of Italy?s Phone Giant
A deal may ensure an Italian face remains on Telecom Italia...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
After Virginia Tech, Testing Limits of Movie Violence
?Hostel: Part II,? a film about the torture killing of college students, is emerging as a test of continued audience enthusiasm for such onscreen brutality...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Coming Online Soon: The Five-Minute ?Charlie?s Angels?
Sony Television is retooling old series like ?Charlie?s Angels? into episodes of under six minutes...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Yahoo to Buy Ad Company in Bid to Compete With Google
Yahoo plans to acquire Right Media, a privately held company that runs an advertising marketplace, in part to bolster its position as a seller and broker of ads...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
Animal feed produced in China has been regularly supplemented with a cheap additive that is at the center of a pet food recall...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
One Call to Tell the World All About You
Powerful new mobile devices are allowing people to send round-the-clock updates about every detail of their lives...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
Minky Viagra? Pfizer Doesn?t Want You to Understand It, Just Buy It
Pfizer has always straddled a line marketing Viagra, insisting that the drug treats a serious medical condition while promoting it with wink-and-a-nod ads...
New York Times - April 30, 2007
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