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US News Archive for May 2006:
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Hingis Wins Handily; Petrova and Roddick Out in Paris
The third-seeded Nadia Petrova, one of the dominant figures on clay this season, did not make it past the first round at the French Open today...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
F.B.I. Finds No Trace of Hoffa and Calls Off Search
The F.B.I. today ended a search that began nearly two weeks ago on a suburban horse farm northwest of Detroit...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
N.Y. Democrats Endorse Spitzer for Governor
In a speech before delegates today, Eliot Spitzer promised to confront the culture of state government in Albany...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Spread of AIDS Is Slowing, U.N. Report Finds
The report finds reasons for optimism, but warns that the number of new infections is still rising in some countries...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Maryland Jury Finds Sniper Guilty of 6 Murders
John Allen Muhammad, who acted as his own attorney, is already under a death sentence in Virginia...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Bush Selects Goldman Chief to Take Over Treasury Dept.
The selection of Henry M. Paulson Jr. is a departure from Mr. Bush's initial reluctance to bring Wall Street executives into his administration...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
High Court to Review $80 Million Smoking Liability Award
The case, an appeal from Philip Morris, is expected to be an important test of constitutional standards set by the court for punitive damage awards...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Stocks Fall Sharply as Inflation Fears Grow
As Wall Street worried that the Fed may continue to raise interest rates, the Dow Jones dropped 1.6 percent today...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Grave decisions prove popular in US
American families plan ahead as mausoleums and tombs become more popular than burials and cremations...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Caribbean Aids fight 'is mixed'
The Caribbean, which has the world's second-highest HIV infection rate, has had mixed results in fighting HIV/Aids, says the UN's annual report...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Hewitt survives as Roddick falls
Andy Roddick retires from his first-round match against Alberto Martin at the French Open, but Lleyton Hewitt goes through...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Venezuela leader in Ecuador visit
Venezuela's President Chavez is in Ecuador, for what the authorities there say is just a technical visit...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Chile students clash with police
Police in Chile fire tear gas to disperse thousands of students who are pressing for education reforms...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Indonesian quake toll nears 5,700
Hopes of finding more survivors from Indonesia's latest earthquake were fading as international aid began to stream in to Java island to help victims of the disaster which killed at least 5,698...
CNN - May 30, 2006
Missing without a trace
A year has passed since Natalee Ann Holloway, accompanied by three young men, walked out of a nightclub in Oranjestad, Aruba, and into oblivion. Ten suspects have been arrested, questioned and released but authorities seem no closer to finding the Alabama teen -- dead or alive -- than they were in the first, fevered days of the search...
CNN - May 30, 2006
Hope fades of finding survivors
Hopes are fading of finding more survivors from Indonesia's latest quake as international aid begins to stream into Java island...
CNN - May 30, 2006
New Treasury chief named
President Bush named Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Henry Paulson to lead the new U.S. Treasury secretary. He replaces John Snow, whose departure has been rumored for month...
CNN - May 30, 2006
Can't Complete High School? Go Right to College
A trend is fueling a debate over whether the students should be in college at all...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
House Holds Hearing on F.B.I.'s Capitol Raid
An F.B.I. raid on a congressman's office 10 days ago was heavily criticized today, with House members and witnesses saying it violated separation of powers rules in the Constitution...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Bush Picks a Top Banker for Treasury Chief
Henry M. Paulson Jr., the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, was nominated to succeed John W. Snow. He is the first outsider to be given a prominent post in the White House shakeup over the last few months...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Justices Set Limits on Public Employees' Speech Rights
The Constitution does not always protect their free-speech rights for what they say on the job, justices said in a 5-4 ruling...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Fuel hits US consumer confidence
US consumer confidence fell sharply in May, a survey says, driven by concerns about the sharply-rising price of fuel...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Barbados ghost ship mystery
A global inquiry is under way after a boat carrying the bodies of 11 men was found adrift off the Barbados coast...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
NBA: Heat on brink of first finals
Miami take a 3-1 lead over Detroit in the NBA's Eastern Conference title-deciding series...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
CBS woman 'stable' after Iraq hit
Kimberly Dozier arrives in Germany after surviving a car bomb as two women are killed in a new Baghdad attack...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Paulson is new US treasury chief
Henry "Hank" Paulson, chairman of Goldman Sachs, has been nominated as the new US treasury secretary...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
US 'sees rise in unsafe gay sex'
A UN annual Aids report says risky sexual practices are re-emerging among some US gay men amid the belief HIV is not a serious problem...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Hopes fade for quake survivors
Hopes of finding more survivors from Indonesia's latest earthquake were fading as international aid began to stream in to Java island to help victims desperately in need of medical attention. As the country's president toured areas affected by the quake, authorities increased the death toll from the disaster to 5,427...
CNN - May 30, 2006
Poised to Return to C.I.A., Former Official Has Become a Symbol
Stephen R. Kappes is poised to become the agency's deputy director after a career spent in the clandestine service...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Beijing Journal: Found in Translation: King's 'Dream' Plays in Beijing
Caitrin McKiernan has gone from place to place in this city to ask Chinese people an unlikely question: What does the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mean to you?...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Opec set to steady oil production
Oil group Opec is not expected to change its output quotas at a meeting this week, despite pressures for a cut...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Investors bid $13.4bn for Kinder
The boss of oil pipeline firm Kinder Morgan is heading a group that wants to buy the company for about $13.4bn...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Record opening for X-Men
The third film in the X-Men series has the year's biggest US opening so far, beating The Da Vinci Code...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Peru accuses Chavez of meddling
Peru's president asks the Organisation of American States to stop Hugo Chavez meddling in Peru's election...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
Uruguay defends pulp mills plan
The Uruguayan government strongly defends its right to build two controversial pulp mills on the Argentine border...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
E. Timor president pleads for calm
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao has called for calm in his strife-torn country, where violence in the capital, Dili, has forced thousands to flee to camps in the surrounding countryside...
CNN - May 30, 2006
Bush honors 'place where valor sleeps'
The United States honored its military dead Monday with speeches from its politicians, parades led by its heroes and outdoor celebrations featuring family and food...
CNN - May 30, 2006
Bush marks Memorial Day 'where valor sleeps'
The United States honored its military dead Monday with speeches from its politicians, parades led by its heroes and outdoor celebrations featuring family and food. President Bush placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and said "the best way to pay respect is to value why a sacrifice was made."...
CNN - May 30, 2006
Bush Invokes the Fallen, Past and Present
Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery, the president linked those who fought in an earlier era to those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Beyond Bars and Strip Clubs, City Beckons Sailors on Shore Leave
The New York that sailors are seeing is nothing like the one experienced by the sailors of previous decades...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Soccer: World Cup Defeats Paint Image of Toothless British Lion
Forty years after its only triumph, England, with hope made brittle by chronic disappointment, aches for a World Cup title...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Heat 89, Pistons 78: Wade and O'Neal Keep the Pistons Under Pressure
Dwyane Wade scored 12 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, lifting the Heat to a victory and a 3-1 advantage in the series...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Talk of Pelosi as Speaker Delights Both Parties
Representative Nancy Pelosi, who would lead the House if Democrats win a majority, is an unapologetic liberal...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Iraq Is a Deadly Assignment for Journalists
By some reckonings, the deaths of two journalists on Monday secured the Iraq war as the deadliest conflict for reporters in modern times...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Can't Complete High School? Go Right Along to College
A growing number of college students lack high school diplomas, fueling a debate over whether they should be there...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Arcelor's Deal With Russian Is Assailed as Costly Defense
When it came to repelling a hostile takeover bid from Mittal Steel, Arcelor left no stone unturned as it searched for a poison-pill partner...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Memo
A TASTE OF SUMMER By tomorrow, the end of the Memorial Day holiday period, United States airlines will have carried 21 million passengers domestically and internationally since May 22, which the travel industry defines as the start of the holiday. The passenger count, an estimate from the Air Transport Association, will be almost 2 percent higher than last year's Memorial Day traffic record, mostly because of higher demand for international travel, the trade group says. The Transportation Security Administration, meanwhile, says it is gearing up to process a record 200 million air passengers during the peak summer travel season through Labor Day...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
In Separation From Airbus, BAE Refocuses on Military
The split was greeted in Britain with shock, followed by nods of recognition of the kind that sometimes come when a long-married couple confide that they have grown apart...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Earn Cellphone Minutes by Watching Ads
With the cost of mobile phone calls already dropping sharply, Virgin Mobile USA plans to announce a way that people can talk for no money at all...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Frequent Flier: At 6-foot-11 With Bad Ankles, He Wants an Aisle Seat
I'm on the road about 200 days a year, trying to contend with airline seats and hotel rooms that were not built with professional basketball players in mind...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Itineraries: Have Danger, Will Advise
A growing number of risk management and security firms are providing services to business travelers visiting trouble spots...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Polish Energy Company to Buy Most of Lithuanian Oil Refinery
Orlen, the Polish oil refining company, will pay $1.49 billion to Yukos International for its 53.7 percent stake in the Mazeikiu Nafta refinery...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
European Markets Move Down in Light Trading
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
What's in the Name? Researchers Suggest It's Money
A company name that is easy to pronounce may be a significant factor in short-term increases in stock price, new research suggests...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Stolen Lives: Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge
One in six adults in Arizona had their identities stolen in the last five years, about twice the national rate...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Chip Producer to Expand Dresden Plant
American chip maker Advanced Micro Devices said that it planned to spend $2.5 billion over the next three years to expand production in Dresden...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
On the Road: Trans-Atlantic or Bust? Hardly. Make That a Boom.
It's one of the wonders of modern airline travel that the premium trans-Atlantic markets, and especially the New York-London routes, are thriving...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Advertising : That 60's Show: the Industry and How It Has Changed
The AMC cable television network is considering a series that would explore how Madison Avenue remakes itself to meet the changing needs of clients...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
China Begins Effort to Curb Piracy of Computer Software
With piracy rampant in China, Microsoft and other software companies are seeking the good will of the country's top leaders...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Airline to Pay $14 Million to Settle Air Canada Suit
WestJet Airlines agreed on Monday to pay 15.5 million Canadian dollarsto settle accusations of spying on an internal Web site of its bigger rival...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Daewoo Motor Becomes A Bright Spot for G.M.
While G.M.'s domestic operation is shedding assets and workers, its South Korean unit is expanding fast and underpinning the company's campaign to globalize the Chevrolet and Buick brands...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
The Greener Guys
Americans are increasingly identifying global warming as a serious problem, and a few companies are taking special steps to curb carbon emissions...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Venezuela Seeks to Cut Oil Output
Most delegates to this week's OPEC meeting are expected to nod politely to Venezuela's calls for output cuts, while doing the opposite...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Poisonous Tree Frog Could Bring Wealth to Tribe in Brazilian Amazon
The Brazilian government believes an Amazonian remedy holds promise for the global pharmaceutical industry...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Americans Living Abroad Get a Nasty Tax Surprise
In an effort to raise revenues, tax writers in Congress added a last-minute provision that retroactively increased taxes for Americans living abroad...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Holiday Travelers Hit the Road, but Scrimped a Bit
As the summer travel season began, many Americans said they were looking for ways to cut their spending...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Gas Giant Gets Offer for Buyout
A group led by Richard D. Kinder announced a buyout offer Monday valued at $22 billion for Kinder Morgan Inc...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Cell Carriers Seek Growth by Catering To Hispanics
The industry is spending tens of millions of dollars on marketing campaigns to court Hispanic customers...
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Gatlin lays down marker to Powell
Justin Gatlin has the edge over fellow 100m world record holder Asafa Powell as they win separate races in Oregon...
BBC News - May 30, 2006
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