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US News Archive for March 2008:
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Delays Continue at New Heathrow Terminal
Canceled flights and continued struggles with the with the new computerized baggage-handling system could cost British Airways up to $50 million, analysts said...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Inflation Accelerates in Nations Using Euro
Euro-zone inflation accelerated to 3.5 percent in March, the fastest pace since 1992 and a level that may heighten inflationary concerns at the European Central Bank...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Supreme Court Rules for Delaware in River Dispute
The Supreme Court said it could block New Jersey?s plan to build a huge gas-processing plant on its side of the Delaware River...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Lehman to Raise $3 Billion in Stock Sale
Beset by speculation that it did not having enough funding, Lehman Brothers said it was issuing $3 billion of convertible preferred shares...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
A Dismal Quarter for Stocks Ends Quietly
Wall Street closed a dismal first quarter with a moderate gain, with the Dow Jones industrials rising slightly after regional manufacturing numbers came in better than expected...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Farmers Cut Back on Corn and Add Soybeans
The shift to soybeans could help ease shortages of cooking oil, which have hit poor countries hard. But it could also make ethanol production more difficult for U.S. farmers...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Colorado Proposes Tough Law on Executive Accountability
If adopted, the measure, which would make business executives criminally responsible if their companies run afoul of the law, would be the nation?s toughest corporate fraud law...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
G.M. Closes Car Plant; Parts Maker Tries to Push U.A.W.
Auto parts maker American Axle is trying to force an end to the industry?s longest strike in a decade after increasing pressure from its largest customer, General Motors...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Seeking Alternatives to Animal-Derived Drugs
Concern about the possibility of animal viruses has led to a renewed search for synthetic replacements for certain crucial medicines that are still derived from animal parts...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
City Room: Robber Left Behind ID, Police Say
The police are searching for Cory L. Brown, a 26-year-old homeless man who has been staying in a shelter in Brooklyn. They say he robbed about $3,800 from two banks over the weekend -- and then left numerous forms of identification behind...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Turkey Court Takes Politically Explosive Case
Turkey?s highest court decided to hear a case seeking to disband the governing party and ban its top leaders from politics...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Detainee Charged in Embassy Attack
The charges seek the death penalty for the detainee?s alleged role in the 1998 bombing of the Untied States embassy in Tanzania...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
The Caucus: Lautenberg Wants One More Term
"I am running for reelection to the Senate to bring that change and to build on my achievements of the last few years to continue to deliver for our state," Senator Frank R. Lautenberg said at a rally Monday in Trenton...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
The Lede: War on the Penny Continues Unabated
A Canadian lawmaker joins the fight while the U.S. debate intensifies...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Iraqi Cities Seem Calmer After Cleric Halts Fighting
No serious clashes were reported in Basra, and Baghdad, which had been at a standstill, appeared to be returning to normal...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Lucerne Journal: A Push to Stop Swiss Cats From Being Turned Into Coats and Hats
Cat fur is used in garments and blankets in Switzerland, the last western European nation where such a trade is still legal...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
City Room: Council Panel Approves Congestion Pricing
A council committee approved, on a 6 to 3 vote, a measure urging state lawmakers to vote in favor of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal; the full Council will take up the proposal shortly...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Obstacles Seen as Treasury Proposes New Financial Rules
Senior lawmakers and lobbyists from industries opposed to the plan to overhaul the regulatory apparatus predicted that most of it would be dead on arrival...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
In Gaza, Hamas?s Fiery Insults to Jews Complicate Peace Effort
While the Palestinian Authority under Fatah has made significant, if imperfect efforts to end incitement against Jews, Hamas feels no such restraint...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Lehman share sale to raise funds
US investment bank Lehman Brothers is selling $3bn shares to reassure investors it has enough funding...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Argentine junta man extradited
A former Argentine junta commander returns to Buenos Aires to face trial for alleged torture and other crimes...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Top US housing official resigns
The US housing secretary says he will resign, after coming under pressure over allegations of cronyism...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Pentagon analyst admits espionage
A US defence analyst admits giving classified military information to a businessman working for China...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Citi Splits Consumer Banking and Card Units
The move is part of a broader reorganization to cut costs and simplify the institution?s structure, the company said...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
French Company Wins Auction for Vodka Maker
Pernod Ricard announced Monday that it had agreed to acquire the parent of Absolut vodka for 5.63 billion euros ($8.87 billion)...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Lehman Accuses Japanese Trader of Fraud
Lehman Brothers sued the trading company Marubeni on Monday, seeking to recover $350 million in financing it says was obtained fraudulently...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Farmers Expected to Plant More Soybeans
Soybean planting is expected to be up 18 percent this year, at 75 million acres, the government said. In contrast, farmers are expected to plant 86 million acres of corn, down 8 percent...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Stocks Edge Higher as Plan Details Aired
Stocks rose after a reading on regional manufacturing was better than expected and as investors examined details of a government plan to overhaul the way Wall Street is regulated...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Parts Strike Forces G.M. to Close Sedan Plant
The shutdown of the Detroit area assembly plant will affect 1,849 hourly workers, G.M. said. It is the 29th plant to be fully or partially shut down in the monthlong strike by American Axle...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Midwest Business Contracts in March
A regional manufacturing report showed improvement on the jobs front but also the persistence of entrenched inflation amid recessionary conditions...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
City Room: Injured Friend of Sean Bell Testifies
Trent Benefield, 24, one of two men injured in the shootings that killed Sean Bell, testified that he was shot first in Mr. Bell?s back seat and again as he ran away...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
The Lede: Conspiracy Updates on Diana and Bobby
Another theory on R.F.K. Several dismissed on Princess Diana...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
TV Decoder: Kathie Lee Signs On to ?Today?
Kathie Lee Gifford, left, will join Hoda Kotb, right, on the fourth hour of "Today" beginning April 7. (NBC) Kathie Lee Gifford, the longtime co-host of "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee," is returning to morning television as the host of the fourth hour of NBC's "Today" program, the network confirmed Monday morning. The fourth hour of [...]...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
City Room: Walking the Talk Therapy
The city parks are this therapist's couch, letting her combine slow, mindful exercise with listening to her patients...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Calm in Iraqi Cities After Cleric Calls for Truce
Iraqis returned to the streets a day after the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr called for his followers to stop fighting and demanded concessions from Iraq?s government...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Top U.S. Housing Official Resigns
The resignation of Housing Secretary Alphonso R. Jackson came as federal authorities were investigating whether he had given lucrative housing contracts to friends...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
The Caucus: McCain ?Surprised? by Developments in Iraq
Senator John McCain said he had not expected Iraq?s prime minister to act without consulting the Americans...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Justices Let Stand Ruling on Illegal F.B.I. Search
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that the F.B.I. went too far in searching the office of Representative William J. Jefferson...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Guantánamo Prisoner Charged in Embassy Attack
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The U.S. has charged a Guantanamo prisoner with war crimes for the deadly 1998 al-Qaida attack on the American embassy in Tanzania...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Treasury Rolls Out Overhaul of Financial Regulators
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. laid out a plan that would create a set of federal regulators with authority over all players in the financial system...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe Opposition Insists Mugabe Lost
The main opposition party pressed its claim that it had won a landslide victory to unseat President Robert G. Mugabe, but there was no official announcement...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
WTO faults EU and US in beef row
The WTO finds fault with both sides in a long-running row over an EU ban on US beef treated with hormones...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Missing US soldier confirmed dead
The US army identifies the remains of a soldier missing since an ambush in Iraq nearly four years ago...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Ex-junta man flown to Argentina
Spain sends a former junta officer to Argentina to face trial for alleged torture and other crimes...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Embassy bomb suspect charged
A Guantanamo Bay detainee is charged with with war crimes for the 1998 boming of the US embassy in Tanzania...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Cuba loosens controls on hotels
Cuba lifts a ban on its citizens staying in hotels previously only open to foreigners, hotel staff say...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Argentina poised to act on farms
The Argentine government is set to announce a series of steps try to end a farmers strike, local media report...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Israelis Agree to Reduce West Bank Roadblocks
Israel also promised Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is visiting, that it will upgrade checkpoints to reduce the waiting time for Palestinians...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Five Years In: Tracking a Marine Lost at Home
The recovery of an Iraq veteran?s body drove home a hard truth: wars do not always end when warriors come home...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
As Jobs Vanish, Food Stamp Use Is at Record Pace
The number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Minister Loses Seat in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe?s justice minister lost his seat and first election results showed the opposition level with President Robert Mugabe?s party...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Bush Pushes NATO Expansion
President Bush is prodding Congress to pass trade, housing and terrorist surveillance laws while he minds his foreign policy agenda in Europe...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Aloha grounded by Hawaiian rival
Hawaiian carrier Aloha Airlines says it is to stop operating, blaming competition and high fuel prices...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
US plans finance system overhaul
The US Treasury is set to reveal its blueprint for overhauling the regulation of the financial sector...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Venezuela bombs drugs airstrips
Venezuela launches an operation to destroy clandestine airstrips used to transport Colombian cocaine...
BBC News - March 31, 2008
Brake Problems Led to United Jet Skids
Two United Airlines A320 jetliners skidded off runways in recent months because of crossed wires in their antilock brakes, the airline said...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Newspaper Ad Revenue Down 7.9%
Newspaper advertising revenue fell 7.9 percent in 2007, the second-worst year in more than half a century, the Newspaper Association of America said on Friday...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Treasury 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 on Tuesday...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Looking Ahead: The Week?s Major Economic Reports
ECONOMIC SIGNALS The main economic event of the week will be the unemployment report for March, to be released on Friday. Employment is expected to fall by 40,000 jobs...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
The Media Equation: We Want It, and Waiting Is No Option
The Web empowers both groups and individuals as a place where choice is not only an option, but an imperative...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Wal-Mart Savings Ads Assailed
Groups say that the implied claim of Wal-Mart?s ad campaign that it saves the average family $2,500 a year is misleading...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
For the Finale, a Tune That May or May Not Be the Boss?s Favorite
Is the Disney tune ?He?s a Tramp? really the favorite of Robert A. Iger, the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company?...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Hollywood Producer Set to Make Shows for Xbox
Microsoft announced a deal with a company headed by Peter Safran, the veteran Hollywood producer and talent manager, to produce original shows for distribution on the system...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Drilling Down: The Year of Magical Budgeting
Contrary to popular advice, it may be easier for people to prepare yearly budgets rather than monthly ones...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Spat Between Actors? Unions Snarls Negotiations With Studios
The sudden split between two actors unions this weekend appeared to weaken labor organizations without making life easier for the studios they bargain with...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Glamour Is Chastened After Caddish Remarks by Dating Blogger Incite a Revolt
In the beginning, Glamour magazine?s s online community responded well to the postings of Mike Cherico, a Los Angeles high school teacher writing a blog about dating...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Advertising: Is the Ad a Success? The Brain Waves Tell All
Agencies and advertisers are growing more interested in neuroscience in their never-ending efforts to improve effectiveness...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Six Degrees (at Least) of Contenders for President
Since news of blood ties between presidential candidates and unlikely famous people spread last week, many have rushed to genealogy resources to see if they, too, could have important relations...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
2 Irish Billionaires Clash Over Publisher?s Course
The battle revolves around Independent News & Media, whose flagship publication is London?s Independent...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Citizen Huff
Since the blog The Huffington Post was launched, it has grown in ways that few people, except perhaps founder Arianna Huffington, expected...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Online Chat, as Inspired by Real Chat
A new wave of Silicon Valley companies is bringing live socializing into online social networking Web sites...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Bravo?s Chief Reaches Out to the Prosperous Urban Woman
Lauren Zalaznick, the woman behind the surging success of cable television?s Bravo network, is, in many ways, a model of the channel?s viewers ? wealthy, educated and attentive to pop culture...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Aloha Airlines Halting Passenger Service
Aloha Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on March 20, said it will halt all passenger service after Monday, signaling the end of an airline that has served Hawaii for more than 60 years...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
E-Commerce Report: Making Appointments for Doctor or Dinner
A set of Internet start-up companies has emerged to help service providing small businesses use the Web as more than just an online brochure...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
French Company Is Said to Buy Maker of Absolut Vodka
Pernod Ricard and Vin & Sprit, the parent company of Absolut Vodka, are expected to announce the transaction, which may be worth more than $7 billion, on Monday...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Doubt Cast on 2 Drugs Used to Lower Cholesterol
The drugs Vytorin and Zetia may not work and should be used only as a last resort, The New England Journal of Medicine and a panel of cardiologists at a major cardiology conference said on Sunday...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
A Nervous Wall St. Seems Unsure What?s Next
Most everyone wants to know when the financial crisis will end. So far the markets are whispering an answer that no one wants to hear...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Progress on the Budget in New York State
A budget passed by the Legislature and delivered to Gov. David A. Paterson?s desk near the deadline would be a significant victory for the new governor...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Dith Pran, ?Killing Fields? Photographer, Dies at 65
Mr. Dith was a photojournalist for The New York Times whose gruesome ordeal in the killing fields of Cambodia was re-created in a 1984 movie...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
HUD Secretary Plans to Resign, Report Says
Housing Secretary Alphonso R. Jackson is expected to resign Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Food Stamp Use at Record Pace as Jobs Vanish
Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Chinese Nationalism Fuels Tibet Crackdown
If the tough tactics have startled the outside world, the Communist Party for now seems more concerned with rallying domestic opinion...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe Unofficial Results Disputed
Zimbabwe?s main opposition party said that unofficial results showed a landslide victory over Robert Mugabe, who has led this nation for 28 years...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Introducing Pope Benedict XVI
The Vatican?s top diplomat hopes Pope Benedict XVI?s April visit to the United States will soften Americans? view of the pontiff as an ?intransigent,? ?tough? man...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Cleric Suspends Battle in Basra by Shiite Militia
The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday called for his followers to stop fighting in Basra and in turn demanded concessions from Iraq?s government...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
McCain Faces Test in Wooing Elite Donors
Senator John McCain has so far managed to enlist only a fraction of the heavyweight fund-raisers who helped drive President Bush?s two runs for the White House...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race
Many multiracial Americans say Barack Obama?s speech about race rang with a special significance in their ears...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
French Architect Wins Pritzker Prize
Jean Nouvel, known for diverse but distinctive projects, has won architecture?s top honor...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
Tracking a Marine Lost at Home
An Iraq veteran went missing and a community?s search for and recovery of his body drove home a painful truth: wars do not always end when the warriors come home...
New York Times - March 31, 2008
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