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US News Archive for May 2007:
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7 die as U.S. helicopter shot down
A U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down Wednesday night in southern Afghanistan, killing all seven aboard, U.S. and NATO officials said...
CNN - May 30, 2007
Sources: Thompson puts one foot into 2008 race
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson will take a major step toward a 2008 run for the White House by "testing the waters" -- beginning to raise money and hire campaign staff as early as Friday, several sources close to Thompson told CNN...
CNN - May 30, 2007
U.N. approves Hariri assassination tribunal
In a challenge to Syria, the U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to set up a court to prosecute the 2005 truck-bomb murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria said the decision violates Lebanese sovereignty and could plunge Lebanon into further instability...
CNN - May 30, 2007
Four Charged in Tax Shelter Case
Federal prosecutors charged four current and former Ernst & Young employees for their work on questionable tax shelters, but decided not to prosecute the accounting firm itself...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Duke Players Given Extra Eligibility
The N.C.A.A. granted a waiver Wednesday for an extra year of eligibility to 33 members of Duke?s lacrosse team, a surprising and controversial decision...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Raids in Baghdad Follow Kidnappings
American and Iraqi troops conducted raids in Baghdad?s Sadr City a day after five British citizens were abducted...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
TB Patient Was Advised Not to Fly
A man who flew to Paris for his wedding knew he was infected and had been advised not to travel overseas...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Lakers? Saga Takes Another Turn as Bryant Demands a Trade
A day after calling the Lakers? front office ?a mess,? the all-star guard said ?there?s no other alternative? and he wants to be traded from the Lakers...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Bush Seeks to Double Spending for AIDS Program
President Bush asked Congress to increase the United States? commitment to $30 billion over a five-year period...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Fred Thompson Moves Toward a Run for President
The former senator is creating a committee that will let him raise money and take other steps toward a full-blown campaign...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
New Agency for ?I Love New York?
Saatchi & Saatchi in New York has been selected to handle the familiar tourism campaign for New York State, known since 1977 by its theme, ?I Love New York.?...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Moving Web-Based Software Offline
Google will make the software programs available offline, in a move that will challenge Microsoft and its office productivity tools...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Viacom to Sell Music Publishing Unit to Sony/ATV
The $370 million deal includes such classics as ?That?s Amore? and ?Moon River,? and newer hits by songwriters including Linda Perry and Akon...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Maker of Dangerous Drug Hopes to Draw Investors
Is a pharmaceutical company whose biggest-selling drug is considered as dangerous as heroin or LSD a good investment?...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
The Cartridge, Updated, Catches Up to Data
If you?ve ever felt as though you can?t keep up with the pace of life, well, it could have been worse. You could have been a computer disk...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
S.&P. 500 Breaks Record Set in 2000
A modest rally pushed the most widely followed benchmark of U.S. stocks past a previous high set amid the dot-com boom...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
US inflation still concerning Fed
The US Federal Reserve continues to sees inflation as the "predominant concern" for the economy, minutes show...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Spain sues over shipwreck trove
Spain launches legal action against US marine explorers over a wreck they have found laden with treasure...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Bush pledges funds to fight Aids
President George Bush has asked the US Congress to set aside $30bn for the global fight against HIV/Aids...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
US oil workers freed in Nigeria
Four US oil workers kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta are freed after weeks in captivity...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Haditha commander in US court
The head of a US marines battalion accused of killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha appears before a military court...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
US steps up precautions over TB
US health officials begin a worldwide search to find people who may have come into contact with a TB carrier...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Ku Klux Klan murder trial opens
A former Ku Klux Klan member goes on trial, accused of murdering two black teenagers in 1964...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Bolivian leader kicks off protest
Bolivia's President takes to the pitch to protest against a ban on international football games at altitude...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
TB man quarantined after traveling
U.S. health authorities are looking for people who may have been seated near a man infected with the extensively drug-resistant form of tuberculosis known as XDR TB during two trans-Atlantic flights in May...
CNN - May 30, 2007
Whales might already be back in Pacific
After a two-week sojourn through a Northern California river delta, two lost whales, dubbed Delta and Dawn, may have slipped back into the Pacific overnight. They were last spotted just before sunset Wednesday about 10 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge...
CNN - May 30, 2007
Terror suspects detained in Sadr City
Coalition forces detained five suspected terrorists in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood Wednesday, including their cell leader, a U.S. military statement said...
CNN - May 30, 2007
Source: Thompson forming exploratory committee
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson will form a presidental exploratory committee for a possible run for the 2008 Republican nomination, a source told CNN...
CNN - May 30, 2007
Thai Court Clears One Party but Convicts Another
The rulings were described as one of three major hurdles for the government as it attempts to steer the country back to democracy...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Bumped Fliers and No Plan B
So many planes are expected to be full this summer that bumped passengers could end up waiting days for a seat...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Chinese Shares Plunge 6.5 Percent
China?s stock market plummeted today after Beijing moved to impose higher taxes on trading activity...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Ernst & Young Won?t Face Criminal Charges
Federal prosecutors have decided not to prosecute the accounting firm over its work with questionable tax shelters, but will instead charge four employees...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
US mulls healthcare reform
The US is considering how best to reform its healthcare system to make sure "every child" is covered...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
US sanctions 'won't help Darfur'
UN advisor Jeffrey Sachs condemns the US decision to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over Darfur...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Firm sued over secret CIA flights
A US civil liberties group sues a Beoing subsidiary for allegedly helping the CIA fly terror suspects overseas...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Protests over soccer altitude ban
Street demonstrations are planned in Bolivia and Ecuador over a ban on international matches at high altitude...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Hailstorm sends Denver residents scrambling
Grape-size hail pummeled the city on Tuesday, blanketing downtown streets, startling drivers and pedestrians, and piling up 4 inches deep at an amusement park...
CNN - May 30, 2007
Bush Takes On Conservatives Over Immigration
President Bush accused opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat it...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Square Feet: Deal for Big REIT Startles Some Experts
Few real estate specialists expected the highly regarded Archstone-Smith to be a potential acquisition target...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
In a Switch, China Triples the Tax on Stock Trades
An index of Chinese stocks slumped to a 6.3 percent loss by midafternoon, but other Asian markets fell only slightly...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Banker faces insider trade charge
A banker in Pakistan is charged with insider trading in the US involving information about the sale of energy firm TXU Corp...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
Bush picks new World Bank chief
U.S. President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. Trade Representative, as the new president for the World Bank to replace Paul Wolfowitz, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday...
CNN - May 30, 2007
TB Patient Is Isolated After Taking Two Flights
Passengers on two trans-Atlantic flights may have been exposed to a man infected with an exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Statehouse Journal: A Rocky Start for Nevada?s New Governor
A string of travails has taken a toll on Gov. Jim Gibbons, who had a 28 percent approval rating in a recent poll...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Overhaul of Immigration Law Could Reshape New York
The proposed law could profoundly alter the currents that have long fed the city?s kaleidoscopic diversity...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Justices? Ruling Limits Suits on Pay Disparity
The Supreme Court made it harder for many workers to sue their employers for discrimination in pay...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Indians Protest Use of ?Katonah? for Martha Stewart Product Line
In New York, Martha Stewart?s attempt to trademark ?Katonah? for a line of home furnishings and other products has upset members of an Indian nation because the name is that of a 17th-century chief...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Barbara Cox Anthony, 84, Cox Media Heir, Dies
Barbara Cox Anthony and her sister inherited the Cox media fortune from their older brother...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rise on a Wave of Takeover News
But China?s move to cool its heated stock market limited Wall Street?s broader advance and raised concern about a global equity sell-off...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Shoppers Upbeat About Economy
Consumer confidence bounced back unexpectedly in May, helped by optimism about the job market...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
I.B.M. Borrows $11.5 Billion to Buy Back Stock
The debt will finance an acceleration of its stock repurchase plan, which the company believes is one of the largest such steps ever...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
VeriSign?s Chief Executive Resigns Abruptly
The company, which manages the dot-com and dot-net domain names registry, said Stratton D. Sclavos had resigned for undisclosed reasons...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Hewlett-Packard Stakes a Claim as an Information Manager
Hewlett-Packard will introduce Print 2.0, the company?s strategy for making printing relevant in an increasingly Web-centric world...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Qualcomm Loses Chip Patent Case
The company was found guilty of infringing three patents owned by a smaller rival, the Broadcom Corporation...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Boeing Sells 15 Dreamliners to Russian Airline
The deal was valued at about $2.4 billion, Boeing?s largest sale in the former Soviet Union...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
In a Switch, China Triples the Tax on Stock Trades
The move was aimed at braking what many inside and outside China now see as a stock market bubble...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Advertising: Telling India?s Modern Women They Have Power, Even Over Their Skin Tone
Cosmetics advertising in India is offering the message that the modern Indian woman does not have to live with her dark skin...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Europe Pushes to Get Fuel From Fields
Europe?s farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Touch Screen in a Table Is the Latest Wrinkle in Computers
Microsoft plans to unveil a new computing device called Surface, featuring a 30-inch screen embedded in an acrylic tabletop...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Deal for Big REIT Startles Some Experts
Few real estate specialists expected the highly regarded Archstone-Smith to be a potential aquisition target...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Prosecutors Accuse Banker of Fraud and Conspiracy
Federal prosecutors charged a high-level investment banker in Pakistan with earning illegal profit from an insider-trading scheme...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
NBC, in Shake-Up, Names Outsider to a Top Position
Ben Silverman has been named as a co-chairman of both the entertainment division and its television studio...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Square Feet: Downtown Landmark Makes a High-End Play
Developers are creating what would be the financial district?s first office tower with a country club?s exclusivity in the Woolworth Building...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Lens Fluid Link to Eye Infection Unsolved
Advanced Medical Optics had no explanation yet of why its contact lens care product might be contributing to an outbreak of eye infections...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Scottish-Led Group Bids $95.6 Billion for ABN Amro
The formal bid challenges an earlier offer from Barclays in what would be the richest banking takeover...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Ex-Chief of China Food and Drug Unit Sentenced to Death for Graft
The former director of China?s top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death on Tuesday after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Economix: Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs
If Lou Dobbs?s arguments were really so good, don?t you think he would be able to stick to the facts?...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Take Note: Computing Takes Up Pen, Again
An ambitious new type of pen-based computer system could bridge the gap between paper and the digital world...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Is Wal-Mart Too Cheap for Its Own Good?
A confidential report concludes that the chain?s reputation for discounts has worked against its efforts to move upscale...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Equity Firm to Acquire Net Retailer
Madison Dearborn Partners will acquire the CDW Corporation, a leading online computer reseller, for $7.3 billion...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Ex-Trade Envoy Is Bush?s Choice for World Bank
Robert B. Zoellick, a senior diplomat and trade envoy, has been tapped to try to heal the bitter rifts left by Paul D. Wolfowitz?s ouster...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Oil May Allow Sudan to Escape Sanctions? Pain
Sanctions aimed at pressuring Sudan to take action in Darfur are likely to have limited effects on the country?s oil production and exports...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Now, Spitzer Is Warming to Wall St.
New York?s governor Eliot Spitzer is creating a commission focused on streamlining regulation in the financial services industry...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Overbooking, Bumped Fliers and No Plan B
Planes are expected to be full this summer and bumped passengers could end up waiting days for another flight...
New York Times - May 30, 2007
Death at Spector house 'homicide'
A coroner tells the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector that actress Lana Clarkson's death was homicide...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
LA police admit riot 'mistakes'
The head of the LA Police Department admits his officers made serious mistakes at the end of a May Day rally...
BBC News - May 30, 2007
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