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US News Archive for January 2006:
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Mine rescuers 'need a miracle'
Rescuers 'need a miracle' as they search for 13 men trapped in a West Virginia coal mine a day after an explosion trapped them deep underground...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Abramoff admits to kickbacks, fraud
Former high-powered lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion charges, agreeing to cooperate in a federal corruption probe in Washington. In documents filed with a federal court in Washington, Abramoff is accused of defrauding Indian tribes of millions of dollars...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Rescue teams drill into mine
Rescuers accelerated their search for 13 men trapped in a coal mine Tuesday a day after an explosion trapped them deep underground...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Rescuers Nearing Trapped Miners, but Air Quality Is Poor
Rescuers hoped to reach the 13 miners within a few hours, but carbon monoxide levels inside remained three times higher than breathable levels...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Fed Indicates It Will Soon Stop Raising Rates
The Federal Reserve is setting the stage for ending its 18-month campaign of raising interest rates, according to minutes from its December meeting...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Dow Jones Names Successor to Its Chief Executive
The choice of Richard Zannino bypassed the current chief's candidate - his wife, who is leaving the company...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
BASF Makes $4.9 Billion Hostile Bid for Engelhard
Engelhard has so far refused to entertain the offer from BASF of Germany, the world's largest chemical maker...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
US factory orders show slowdown
US manufacturing grew at a slower pace in December on renewed concerns about the impact of high fuel costs...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
Fed signals end to rate increases
The US Federal Reserve's long-running policy of rate increases could be nearing its end, minutes show...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
Mine officials 'discouraged'
A top official at a coal mine where 13 miners were trapped Tuesday said he was "very discouraged" by a remote test of air inside the mine, but hope remains that the men could still be alive...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Toxic gas hits mine rescue hopes
As families pray, officials say they are "very discouraged" by an air test in the area where 13 workers are believed trapped in a U.S. coal mine following an explosion...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Source: Abramoff admits to kickbacks, fraud
Former high-powered lobbyist Jack Abramoff will plead guilty Tuesday to corruption, fraud, tax evasion charges in a cooperation deal with federal prosecutors, a source close to the negotiations told CNN. In court documents filed with a federal court in Washington, Abramoff is accused of defrauding Indian tribes of millions of dollars...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Beating Them at Their Own Game
Albanian groups are now muscling into mob land in the United States, officials say...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
G.O.P. Lobbyist to Plead Guilty in Deal With Prosecutors
Jack Abramoff is believed to have extensive knowledge of what prosecutors suspect is a wider pattern of corruption in Congress...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
New Rules Announced for Distributing Terror Aid
City grants will be based less on politics and more on assessments of where terrorists are likely to strike...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Rescuers Continue Search for 13 Workers Trapped in Mine
Thirteen workers have been trapped for more than 29 hours, and rescuers have yet to find signs of life...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
BASF in Hostile Bid for U.S. Firm for $4.9 Billion
BASF said in a statement that its $37 a share offer was unlikely to meet any significant regulatory hurdles...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Peru seeks Fujimori extradition
Peru files a formal application for the extradition of disgraced ex-president Alberto Fujimori from Chile...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
US fraud lobbyist pleads guilty
US lobbyist Jack Abramoff has pleaded guilty to fraud, paving the way for him help in a probe into congressional corruption...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
Colombia rebels rule out swap
Farc rebels in Colombia dash hopes of an exchange of hostages for prisoners under President Alvaro Uribe...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
Ice rink: Still hope of survivors
Rescuers say they still have hope of finding people alive in the rubble of a skating rink in southern Germany where the roof collapsed under the weight of a heavy winter snowfall, killing at least nine people -- seven of them children...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Russia restores Europe's gas
Russia's state-owned gas monopoly has restored natural gas deliveries to European customers amid reports Gazprom is to resume talks with Ukraine to end the "gas war" that halted supplies to that country...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Miners' families wait for news
While rescue teams descended into the darkened West Virginia coal mine where 13 men were trapped after an explosion, crews on the surface early today were drilling a hole to try to find out the conditions of the trapped miners, officials said. Miners' relatives gathered nearby to wait -- and hope...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Rescuers Prepare to Drill to Find West Virginia Miners
The 13 coal miners have been trapped 260 feet underground in the Sago Mine for more than 24 hours...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
US student dies after cliff plunge
A student who died after falling from a cliff in Fife is named by police as 20-year-old American Matthew Madison...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
NFL: Four coaches fired by teams
St Louis coach Mike Martz, Green Bay's Mike Sherman, Houston's Dom Capers and New Orleans' Jim Haslett are all fired...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
Bolivia's Morales to meet Chavez
Bolivia's President-elect Evo Morales heads to Venezuela in a visit likely to cause concern in the US...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
Mass grave found in Chile enclave
A Chilean judge investigates the discovery of an unmarked grave in a German enclave in the south of Chile...
BBC News - January 3, 2006
Mine rescue mission
As anxious families wait, two rescue teams are slowly navigating a two-mile path Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Indonesian floods kill at least 57
Rescuers pressed their search for survivors Tuesday from flash floods that have killed at least 57 people in Indonesia's East Java province...
CNN - January 3, 2006
Rescuers search for rink survivors
Workers in a southern German town were pressed their search in the snow early Tuesday for survivors after a roof partially collapsed at a Bavarian skating rink...
CNN - January 3, 2006
New Rules Set for Giving Out Antiterror Aid
The Department of Homeland Security will evaluate new requests for city grants based less on politics and more on assessments of where terrorists are likely to strike...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Blast Traps 13 in a Coal Mine in West Virginia
By nightfall, rescuers still had not been able to communicate with the miners, and it was unclear whether any of them were alive...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
News Analysis: For Putin and the Kremlin, a Not So Happy New Year
The Kremlin's bullying of Ukraine over natural gas raises fresh questions about Russia's reliability as an energy partner...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Seeking Doctors' Advice in Adoptions From Afar
Doctors are using photos to assess the health of orphans in developing countries being considered for adoption in the U.S...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
As Argentina's Debt Dwindles, President's Power Steadily Grows
President Néstor Kirchner appears to be concentrating more power in his own hands and steering his government to the left...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Independence Air to End Flights Thursday
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
On the Road: Roomy New Jets Leading a Revolution in Long Flights
I PREDICT that 2006 will be the Year of the Long Haul...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
The Wisdom of Wall St.? Sometimes It's Wrong
Lately Wall Street's consensus forecast has seemed more likely to miss than to hit...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Affiliated Computer Said Near Deal to Sell
A consortium of investment firms is nearing a deal to buy Affiliated Computer Services, a technology outsourcing company, for more than $8 billion...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Sounding Off: Complaint Shines Light on Ticketing Abuses
Something strange may be going on at a little travel agency in Texas, something that illustrates a potential pitfall for business travelers...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
After a Resilient '05, Wall St. Isn't Counting Out '06
The economy during 2005 proved more resilient than the worriers expected. So it is not surprising that Wall Street has muted the alarms about 2006...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Itineraries: Home, Away From Home
Business travelers can ward off homesickness and stress by recreating some of the familiar surroundings they have left behind...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
PepsiCo Buys Star Foods
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Memo Pad: Air à la Carte
AIR À LA CARTE Remember when department stores delivered your purchases, and travel agents booked your trip, at no charge? It may not be long before we start asking the same nostalgic question about the good old days of air travel, according to Terry Trippler, the airline analyst at Cheapseats.com. Among the services that carriers may soon start charging for, he says, are advance and choice seat assignments, pillows and blankets, and even checked bags. One airline, American Eagle, recently said it would charge $1 for soda or juice on flights within California. Can pay toilets be far behind?...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Dutch Broker Names Chief
Van der Moolen Holding said that Richard den Drijver of Curvalue Financial Services would succeed Friedrich M. J. Böttcher as chief executive...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Owners' Web Gives Realtors Run for Money
The country's largest for-sale-by-owner Web site may have a winning formula to challenge Realtors' dominance in home sales...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
News Analysis: A Dispute Underscores the New Power of Gas
The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas has implications for the fast-evolving international trade in natural gas...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Risks Ahead as Policies (and Money) Tighten in '06
This is the year that the world's major economies will have to learn to live without easy money...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
Provider of TV Movie Channels Looks to Expand to PC's and Video Players
Starz Entertainment Group is introducing a service that will allow people to download movies from the Internet and watch them on computers and portable video players...
New York Times - January 3, 2006
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