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US News Archive for March 2005:
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Ego and technology in the BTK investigation
A taunting message in puzzle form on a computer disc that police believe the BTK killer sent to a Wichita TV station led investigators to the suspect's church. But despite the high-tech trail, a retired FBI profiler believes BTK's desire to be caught is a key component in the case...
CNN - March 3, 2005
Jackson accuser's sister testifies
The sister of the teenager accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation today told jurors that she saw Jackson take her brother into a bedroom at a Miami resort and shut the door, leaving Jackson and the boy alone together. She said the same thing happened "two or three times" over the course of a day...
CNN - March 3, 2005
Bush reassures CIA
President Bush sought to reassure CIA employees on Thursday that they would not lose influence under an intelligence reorganization that created a new overall director for intelligence services...
CNN - March 3, 2005
Bombs kill 6 in Iraq
Bombers struck two Iraqi security targets on Thursday, killing five police officers near the Interior Ministry in Baghdad and another person in front of a police headquarters in Baquba, authorities said...
CNN - March 3, 2005
U.N. Says World Is Making Progress in Curtailing Measles Deaths
The world should be able to reduce by half the number of measles deaths by the end of the year, two United Nations agencies said today...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Solitary Round-the-World Flight Concludes With Smooth Landing
Steve Fossett, a millionaire adventurer, flew the GlobalFlyer around the world alone, without stops or refueling...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
President Bush Makes Surprise Visit to the C.I.A.
WASHINGTON, March 3 - President Bush paid a surprise visit to the Central Intelligence Agency this afternoon, where he discussed the C.I.A.'s new role with its director, Porter J. Goss, and sought to reassure agency employees...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Greenspan Urges Tax Code Simplification
The Fed chairman said today that the tax system should be simplified, perhaps with some kind of consumption tax...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Jackson jury sees ranch raid film
The jury in Michael Jackson's child abuse trial sees footage of a police raid on the pop star's Neverland ranch...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
Fund unveiled for Mexico murders
Mexico announces a $2.7m compensation fund for the families of more than 300 murdered women...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
UN call to Iran for transparency
The UN nuclear agency urges Tehran to increase transparency over its nuclear activities...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
Exhibit honors soldiers
Portraits of American servicemen and women killed in Iraq go on display Thursday in an exhibit titled "To Never Forget: Faces of the Fallen," covering a 200-foot stretch of wall at Syracuse University...
CNN - March 3, 2005
Fossett -- almost back in Kansas
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett is one state away from completing his quest to become the first person to fly an airplane solo round-the-world without refueling. Fossett is expected to land in Salina, Kansas, after 2 p.m. ET. Fossett, 60, already holds the record for flying solo around the globe in a balloon, as well as dozens of other aviation and sailing records...
CNN - March 3, 2005
Bush: Pressure on Osama
President Bush made rare mention of Osama bin Laden on Thursday, calling efforts to block the terrorist leader's hope of attacking America again "the greatest challenge of our day."...
CNN - March 3, 2005
U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 1,500
The U.S. death toll in Iraq hit the 1,500 mark this week with the death of a soldier killed in action south of Baghdad, the military announced. Meanwhile, bombers strike two Iraqi security targets, killing six people...
CNN - March 3, 2005
New York Greets a Visitor With Love (and Raw Fish)
A harp seal, probably a migrant from the Arctic, has been staying on a floating dock in the Hudson this week...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Bush Cites bin Laden as Security Chief Takes Oath
President Bush invoked Osama bin Laden during a swearing-in ceremony for the nation's new secretary of homeland security today...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Fewer Mortgage Seekers
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Bank of America Agrees to WorldCom Settlement
Bank of America will pay $460.5 million to settle with investors who bought Worldcom's stock and bonds before the company filed for bankruptcy in 2002...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
US bank settles Worldcom lawsuit
The Bank of America agrees to pay $460m to settle a lawsuit brought by shareholders of failed telecoms giant Worldcom...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
Court stays $521m Microsoft fine
A US appeals court orders a retrial in a case which could have cost software giant Microsoft a $521m fine...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
US display marks 1,500 war dead
Portraits of nearly all the US war dead in Iraq go on display, as the number killed reaches 1,500...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
US spies 'cannot sue government'
Former spies cannot take the government to court for reneging on contracts, the US Supreme Court rules...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
US urges Azeri murder probe
The US calls on the Azeri authorities to track down the killers of the editor of an opposition magazine...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
Boxing: Tyson confirms return
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will return to the ring this summer...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
Tennis: Roddick thrilled by Agassi
American Andy Roddick is "ecstatic" to be playing alongside Andre Agassi in the Davis Cup tie against Croatia...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 1,500
The U.S. death toll in Iraq hit the 1,500 mark this week with the death of a soldier killed in action south of Baghdad, the military announced Thursday. Meanwhile two suicide car bombs outside the Interior Ministry in Baghdad killed five policemen, Iraqi police said...
CNN - March 3, 2005
U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 1,500
The U.S. death toll in Iraq hit the 1,500 mark this week with the death of a soldier killed in action south of Baghdad, the military announced Thursday. Meanwhile two suicide car bombs outside the Interior Ministry in Baghdad killed five policemen, Iraqi police said...
CNN - March 3, 2005
Sobriety Tests Are Becoming Part of the School Day
A few districts around the country have quietly begun to integrate breath-testing devices into the school day to prevent student drinking...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
US gives foreign firms extra time
The US stock market watchdog gives foreign firms an extra year to meet tough new corporate governance rules...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
UN nuclear boss talks deadlocked
A row between the US and other members of the UN's nuclear watchdog holds up a decision on its next boss...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
Police seek 2 for interviews in judge's family killing case
Chicago police Wednesday night released composite sketches of two men they want to talk with regarding the shooting deaths of a judge's husband and mother...
CNN - March 3, 2005
Fossett presses on despite fuel problem
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett decided Wednesday to press ahead with his attempt to fly around the world solo without refueling, despite a serious problem earlier in the day with the plane's fuel system. Fossett and his flight crew agreed to keep the GlobalFlyer in the air rather than abandoning the record-setting attempt and setting down in Hawaii...
CNN - March 3, 2005
New Poll Finds Bush Priorities Are Out of Step With Americans
Americans are increasingly resistant to the president's plan to revamp Social Security, according to a Times/CBS News poll...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Derelict Plants Are Crippling Iraq's Petroleum Industry
Iraqis must decide whether to repair the petroleum infrastructure, or to try to extract what they can from the existing equipment...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
It Was Once Ground Zero. Now Little but Danger Is Left.
The site in Kazakhstan where Soviet scientists detonated Stalin's first atomic bomb in 1949 is a vast unrestricted poisoned zone...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Settlement Is Reached in Bryant Case
A lawsuit against the Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant brought by a woman who said he raped her in Colorado quietly folded...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Greenspan Says Federal Budget Deficits Are 'Unsustainable'
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, urged Congress to scrutinize both spending and taxes to solve the problem...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
A New Prince of Wall Street Uses His Riches to Buy Up Art
Young billionaires who manage hedge funds are roiling the art market, snatching up some of the world's most recognizable images...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Prosecutors Say Chief Led Fraud at WorldCom
Prosecutors accused Bernard Ebbers, the former chief executive of WorldCom, of being caught in a "perfect storm of corruption" that led him to order deputies to commit fraud...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
New Tug of War Over Excess Pension Cash
Some business advocates are urging Congress to let companies tap any surplus that appears in their pension funds, if and when the good times return...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Taking Down the 'No Foreign Cars' Signs in Michigan
Some Michigan parking lots warn that foreign-made cars "will be towed away at owner's expense." So why is the state's governor trying to close a deal with Toyota?...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Mexican Oil Chief Seeks Expansion
The director of Petróleos Mexicanos wants to open Mexico's oil industry - now the world's most closed - to alliances with foreign oil companies...
New York Times - March 3, 2005
Bryant settles sex assault suit
US basketball star Kobe Bryant settles a civil lawsuit with a woman who had accused him of rape...
BBC News - March 3, 2005
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