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US News Archive for August 2006:
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Defiant Iran set to spurn deadline
A defiant Iran has kept on enriching uranium in advance of the U.N. Security Council's Thursday deadline for Tehran to freeze such activity or face the threat of sanctions, according to U.N. and European officials...
CNN - August 30, 2006
Ernesto weakens, still threatens Carolinas
With weakening winds, Ernesto was downgraded to a tropical depression Wednesday as it drenched Florida and threatened to blow into the Carolinas...
CNN - August 30, 2006
Sen. Stevens is 'the secret senator'
The identity of the blogosphere's "secret senator" has been revealed. CNN has confirmed that Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has placed a hold on a bill that would require the government to publish a database of federal spending online...
CNN - August 30, 2006
Naguib Mahfouz, Chronicler of Arab Life, Dies at 94
The Egyptian, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, was widely regarded as the Arab world’s foremost novelist...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Bush Plans Speeches on Terrorism
National security and the war in Iraq will be the centerpieces of the White House’s strategy for helping Republicans in this year’s election...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Economy Grew Faster Than Expected
Economists said the report was a welcome sign at a time of significant uncertainty about the economy’s direction...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Tennis: Federer in second round
Top seeds Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal make smooth progress at the US Open...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Mexico drugs 'grown in US parks'
Washington pledges action on Mexican cartels allegedly growing huge crops of marijuana in US national parks...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Ex-Argentina president testifies
Argentina's ex-President Raul Alfonsin defends an amnesty for "dirty war" torturers in court...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
End in sight for Chile pit strike
A strike at the world's largest privately-owned copper mine may be near an end after an outline deal is reached...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Pumping neck gave polygamist away
A paper license tag, a salad and stories that didn't make sense pricked the suspicions of a state trooper who stopped the car of a fugitive polygamist. But it was the pumping carotid artery in the neck of Warren Steed Jeffs that convinced Patrolman Eddie Dutchover that he had someone big...
CNN - August 30, 2006
Sources: State Department official source of Plame leak
Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was the source who revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to syndicated columnist Robert Novak back in 2003, touching off a federal investigation, two sources familiar with Armitage's role have told CNN...
CNN - August 30, 2006
Naguib Mahfouz, First Writer in Arabic to Win Nobel Prize, Dies at 94
The Egyptian was widely regarded as the Arab world’s foremost novelist...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
US economy data revised upwards
The US economy performed better than initially thought in the second quarter of 2006, revised data shows...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Boxing: Johnson's Woods test
Clinton Woods' trainer backs his charge to establish himself as the world's best light heavyweight against Glen Johnson on Saturday...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Streisand fraud tickets cancelled
More than 1,000 Barbra Streisand concert tickets are invalidated after being bought with a stolen credit card...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Iran-Canada writer 'freed'
Iranian-Canadian intellectual and author Ramin Jahanbegloo is freed after nearly four months in custody, agencies report...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Farrell 'stalker' order extended
A woman who approached Colin Farrell during a TV talk show is ordered to stay away from him for three years...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Basketball: USA reach semis
The United States advance to the World Basketball Championship semi-finals by beating Germany 85-65 in Saitama...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Iran's Khatami granted US visa
The US grants a visa to former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami for a personal visit...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Hurricane John heads for Mexico
Mexico's Pacific coast is on alert as the increasingly dangerous storm approaches with strong winds and rains...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
FAA: Tower understaffed
The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday acknowledged that only one controller was in the tower, in violation of FAA policy, when a Comair jet crashed Sunday while trying to take off from the wrong runway in Lexington, Kentucky. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard were killed...
CNN - August 30, 2006
Annan: 'Release' Israeli soldiers
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan joins Israel's prime minister in calling for the unconditional release of two Israeli soldiers abducted by Hezbollah in July -- an incident that sparked a 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah...
CNN - August 30, 2006
Letter From Thailand: Saving Thai Democracy: Will the Cure Kill the Patient?
Critics of Thailand’s harried leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, say that they must destroy democracy in order to save it...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
First Source of C.I.A. Leak Admits Role, Lawyer Says
Richard L. Armitage has acknowledged that he was the person who first identified Valerie Wilson as an officer in the C.I.A. to columnist Robert D. Novak...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Golf: US team fired up
US Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman says his team are fired up after their visit to the K Club...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Google makes novels free to print
Search engine Google plans to offer consumers the chance to download and print classic novels free of charge...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Arabic t-shirt sparks airport row
A man of Iraqi descent says he was forced to remove an "offensive" T-shirt at a New York airport...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
Sudan again spurns U.N. force plan
Sudan's president again rejects calls for him to accept a U.N. force in the Darfur region of Sudan, while the United States pushes for a vote on a U.N. resolution to provide up to 17,300 U.N. troops for such a mission...
CNN - August 30, 2006
SAT Reading and Math Scores Show a Significant Decline
Officials of the College Board dismissed the suggestion that students were getting tired out by the new three-part test...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Leader of Polygamist Mormon Sect Is Arrested
Warren Jeffs is wanted in Utah and Arizona on charges of arranging marriages between underage girls and older men...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Supreme Court Memo: Women Suddenly Scarce Among Justices’ Clerks
The number of Supreme Court law clerkships held by women is in the single digits for the first time since 1994...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Bush Repeats Vow to Help New Orleans
President Bush said he took “full responsibility” for the slow federal response to the disaster as he made a choreographed trip to the city that suffered most...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Reflection and Red Faces After the Ramsey Storm
A day of delicate backtracking for media organizations that, two weeks earlier, had breathlessly announced the news that John Mark Karr had been arrested in the death of JonBenet Ramsey...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
World Business Briefing: Asia and Europe
ASIA...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Software Firm to Restate
Progress Software said yesterday that it would restate previous financial results because of errors in stock-based compensation...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Hackers Gain Data on AT&T Shoppers
Hackers obtained credit card information and other personal data from several thousand customers of AT&T’s online store...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Real Estate Deals to Flip Over
In the last two years a building on Fifth Avenue and 44th Street sold for $218 million, then $420 million. And now it’s for sale again...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Home Depot Alters Voting, but Critics Seek More Change
By Dow Jones...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Drug Maker Will Pay Fine for Promoting Off-Label Use
The drugmaker has agreed to pay $435 million and plead guilty to conspiracy to settle charges of marketing drugs for unapproved uses and overcharging Medicaid...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Novell Investigating Its Option Grants
Novell Inc. posted a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it had begun investigating its previous stock options grants...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Johnson & Johnson Wins Antitrust Suit
The company had been accused of illegally using its sutures monopoly to increase sales of other surgical products...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Fed’s Notes About Rate Policy Send Shares Higher
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Sorry, Zinfandel, Maybe Next Term
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill on Monday that would have declared zinfandel to be the “historic wine” of California...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Barnes & Noble Facing Questions on Stock Options
Barnes & Noble Inc. has received a subpoena from a U.S. attorney requesting documents on its stock options practices...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Ford Updates Union Leaders
Union leaders received an update on Ford’s condition Tuesday, but said they were not told about any specific steps the company planned to take...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Google Chief Joins the Board of Apple
Apple Computer said yesterday that the chief executive of Google, Eric Schmidt, was elected to its board on Tuesday...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Census Reports Slight Increase in ’05 Incomes
The rise was not attributed to bigger paychecks, but rather more family members taking jobs and investment income...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
U.S. Official Urges China to Work to Revive Trade Talks
By DAVID LAGUE...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Broadcast Chief Misused Office, Inquiry Reports
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson used his office to run a “horse racing operation” and improperly put a friend on the payroll, according to a summary of a report...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
U.S. Agencies Open Another Investigation Into Energy Trading at BP
The London-based oil company acknowledged that federal investigators were looking into suspected trading irregularities in oil and gasoline markets...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Inco, Not Getting Raised Bid, Returns to Phelps Dodge Offer
The nickel mining company Inco confirmed its support for an offer from Phelps Dodge on Tuesday after a Brazilian company failed to increase its hostile takeover bid...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
U.S. Consumer Confidence Fell in August
Consumers have been rattled this month by a surge in gasoline prices, a weakening job market and signs that the housing market is skidding...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
David Leonhardt: A Forecast for a Fork in the Road
The Economic Cycle Research Institute was among the first to predict the recession after the 1990’s boom, and they are getting nervous once again...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Clip and Save Holds Its Own Against Point and Click
Tradition and decades of consumer expectations are, for now, helping paper coupons survive online competition...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Fed’s Notes See Easing in Growth
The minutes of the Federal Reserve’s Aug. 8 meeting showed a general expectation that the economy would perform at a sub-par level through next year...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Advertising: Body by Milk: More Than Just a White Mustache
In a new ad campaign, dairy companies are using interactive features and sports and entertainment celebrities to try to draw young people to milk...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Unlikely Dorm Mates at Barnard
Barnard College has built a dormitory where faculty members occupy the same floors and share laundry facilities and common space with students...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
110-Building Site in New York City Goes on Market
With a target price of nearly $5 billion, the sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village would be the biggest deal for a single U.S. property in modern times...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Market Place: Kraft Foods Is Inching to a Spinoff
Kraft Foods wants to spinoff from the Altria Group and be free of what many Kraft employees refer to as the “tobacco taint.”...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Universal Music Group and an Online Site Plan a Joint Venture to Challenge iTunes
A new service, supported by advertisements, will let consumers download a huge catalog of songs from the world’s largest record company for free...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
U.S. Seeks Bigger China Role in I.M.F.
In an effort to gain economic cooperation, the U.S. is pushing for China and other nations to get more power...
New York Times - August 30, 2006
Florida storm threat diminishes
Damage fears wane as the weakening Tropical Storm Ernesto hits Florida, but experts says it could strengthen later...
BBC News - August 30, 2006
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