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US News Archive for June 2005:
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Michael Jackson's fate in hands of jury
After blistering closing arguments and the judge's instructions to the jury, Michael Jackson faces what his spokeswoman calls "the waiting game" as jurors deliberate a verdict in the molestation trial. The pop star appeared pale in court and reportedly was treated earlier Friday at a hospital...
CNN - June 3, 2005
Jury gets Jackson case
The child molestation case against Michael Jackson went to the jury Friday afternoon, after the defense and prosecution completed their final arguments. The pop start looked pale in court. He was treated at Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara late Thursday or early Friday, said hospital spokeswoman Julie Howard...
CNN - June 3, 2005
Nadal Defeats Federer, Will Face Puerta in French Final
Rafael Nadal turned 19 today, the day that he beat the world's No. 1 player, Roger Federer, in the semifinals of the French Open...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Michael Jackson Case Goes to Jury
The jury of eight women and four men began deliberating today whether Michael Jackson is guilty of molesting a child and other crimes...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Argentine band charged over fire
An Argentine rock band is charged over a fire at a Buenos Aires club in which almost 200 people died...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Bolivian protesters reject offer
Protests have continued in Bolivia despite promises made by President Carlos Mesa aimed at easing the crisis...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Cricket: Pakistan start strong in Jamaica
Pakistan reach 336-6 after a stuttering start to day one against West Indies in Jamaica...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Brazil's coach in plagiarism row
Brazil's national football coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is accused of plagiarism after the publication of a new book...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Jackson briefly hospitalized
As defense attorneys prepared to finish closing arguments in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial, the pop star was briefly hospitalized, officials said Friday. Jackson checked into Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara late Thursday or early Friday, said hospital spokeswoman Julie Howard...
CNN - June 3, 2005
Jackson treated at hospital; jury to get case
Just hours before jurors were expected to get the case in his molestation trial, pop star Michael Jackson was treated at a hospital, officials said. The reason for the hospital trip wasn't clear. The hospital would confirm only that Jackson was not admitted and left after treatment...
CNN - June 3, 2005
North Korea wants apology
North Korea has vowed not to return to the nuclear bargaining table unless it receives an apology from the United States for making hostile remarks about its leadership. Pyongyang called U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney "a cruel monster and blood-thirsty beast" after he called North Korean leader Kim Jong Il "one of the world's most irresponsible leaders."...
CNN - June 3, 2005
State Vote on West Side Stadium Is Postponed
The $2.2 billion project requires the unanimous approval of the Public Authorities Control Board before it can move forward...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
The New Face of Racing, and Perhaps More
Danica Patrick wanted to help sell the Indianapolis 500, but she might have also moved into Corporate America's fast lane...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
U.S. Economy Added Only 78,000 Jobs in May
The number of jobs added was far fewer than expected, but the unemployment rate edged down to 5.1 percent, the lowest level since September 2001...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
L-3 Communications Agrees to Buy Titan; Lehman Role Questioned
The involvement by Lehman Brothers on both sides of the $2.65 billion deal in the defense industry has Wall Street questioning such arrangements...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Heiress Is Identified as Victim in Case Against Arts Patron
The investor whose money prosecutors say was stolen by Alberto W. Vilar has been identified as the widow of a California millionaire...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
New SEC head 'signals big change'
US finance watchdog, the SEC, is set to adopt a big change in its practises if Congressman Chris Cox becomes its chief, experts say...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Sharp slowdown in US job growth
The US economy records the smallest rise in employment since April 2003, with just 78,000 workers joining the workforce in May...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
China attacks 'unfair' US quotas
China attacks the US for imposing new quotas on textile imports, saying the measures are a "serious threat" to its industry...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
UK pushing for Africa debt plan
The UK's proposals to write off the debts owed by African countries are facing opposition from the US...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Hurdle Cleared, West Side Stadium Backers Turn to Albany
The project's fate in the state capital remains far from certain, despite a court victory yesterday for stadium supporters...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Wal-Mart urged to 'clean up act'
A group of investors write an open letter to the retail giant calling on it to reform its practises after a series of worker lawsuits...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Gold mine sparks battle in Peru
Five years after a serious environmental incident, the activities of the Yanacocha gold mine are still controversial in Peru...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Nixon suspected Felt was 'Deep Throat'
President Nixon and his aides suspected early on that FBI official Mark Felt, identified this week as "Deep Throat," was helping The Washington Post with its stories on the Watergate affair, transcripts of White House tapes show. In a 1972 conversation, White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman -- who served 18 months in jail for his role in Watergate -- told Nixon: "If we move on him, he'll go out and unload everything."...
CNN - June 3, 2005
Sunni Arabs join Iraq talks
Sunni Arabs -- many of whom boycotted Iraq's elections -- have begun talks with members of the panel writing the country's new constitution, officials say. But the violence continues in Iraq, with three suicide car bombings killing at least 18 people on Thursday...
CNN - June 3, 2005
Growing Problem for Military Recruiters: Parents
Two years into the Iraq war, parents are discouraging their children from serving in a war that many see as unnecessary...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
For Fruit Flies, Gene Shift Tilts Sex Orientation
The scientific finding will likely prove influential in debates about whether genes or environment determine sexual orientation...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
AIDS, Pregnancy and Poverty Trap Ever More African Girls
Girls in Mozambique, left orphaned and impoverished by AIDS, are being propelled into sex at early ages to support themselves...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
The Churn
People...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Chief Executive Is Fired by MassMutual
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 2 (AP) - The insurance company MassMutual Financial Group fired its chief executive, Robert J. O'Connell, on Thursday and named as his successor Stuart H. Reese, the company's executive vice president and chief investment officer...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
A Day of Marginal Gains Ahead of the Jobs Report
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Who Killed Andersen? It Was Suicide
Arthur Andersen was killed by its management, which penalized good auditors while rewarding those who made companies happy...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Josephine Clay Ford, 81, a Philanthropist, Dies
Josephine Clay Ford was the only granddaughter of the automotive pioneer Henry Ford...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
The Reins Are Likely to Loosen. Regrets to Follow.
WALL STREET has been pining for the government to back off and let it get back to making money without the interference of many competing, sometimes politically motivated regulators...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Pentagon Finishes Report on Buying Practices
The Pentagon said yesterday that it had completed a major investigative report into buying practices by the Air Force and into a $23 billion deal with Boeing that collapsed amid a procurement scandal...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
4th Patient on M.S. Drug May Have Brain Infection
Shares of Biogen Idec and Elan fell yesterday on news that a fourth patient may have developed the life-threatening brain infection that prompted the companies to halt sales of their multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri earlier this year...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Factory Orders and Worker Productivity Show Strength
WASHINGTON, June 2 (AP) - Orders to factories advanced by 0.9 percent in April, the fastest in five months, while worker productivity at the start of the year was better than originally thought, according to economic reports released Thursday. But labor costs have risen sharply over the last six months, another report said...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
A Portal to AOL's Future?
To offset a steady loss of subscribers, America Online is trying to reinvent itself with a free Internet portal...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Founder of BET to Retire
Robert Johnson, who founded Black Entertainment Television, announced that he would retire from the company in January...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Sun Bets Nearly Half Its Cash to Buy Storage Technology
Sun Microsystems said that it would acquire the Storage Technology Corporation, a maker of tape and disk storage systems, for $4.1 billion in cash...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
CBS Says It Will Lead in Sales
CBS expects to become the leader in the sale of commercial time ahead of the coming fall season, surpassing NBC, when final tallies are completed...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Downpour or Drought? India's Economy Tracks the Monsoon
A bleak forecast for the monsoon season cast a pall on hopes for India's agricultural output and boded ill for the country's economic growth...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Gas Monopoly in Talks to Get Russian Paper
Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, is in discussions with a prominent Russian businessman about buying Izvestia, the daily newspaper...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Retailers Beat a Cold Spring and Lift Sales
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
A Maverick Becomes the Man
The chief of Archipelago Holdings is making the transition from scrappy outsider to establishment insider as he sells his business to the New York Stock Exchange...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
European Union Leaders Seek to Calm Nerves After 2 Defeats
Two top officials said that European leaders have not properly explained to their people why their countries need radical economic change...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Citigroup Is Acquiring Card Portfolio of Store Chain
Citigroup said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire the credit card portfolio of Federated Department Stores, continuing a string of acquisitions that Citigroup has made to bolster a business in which it has been struggling to retain market share...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Commerce Secretary Warns China on Patent Violations
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez warned that without enforcement of patent rights in China, trade tensions with the U.S. would increase...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Top Executive at Lazard Said to Resign in Job Dispute
A prominent banker who became an opponent of Bruce Wasserstein's plan to take the Lazard investment bank public tendered his resignation early this week...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Inquiry on Sales of Heart Device
The Food and Drug Administration is examining the Guidant Corporation's decision to sell older heart defibrillators after the company made an improved version that it says fixed a potential flaw, an agency spokeswoman said yesterday...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
'60 Minutes' May Be Too Few for All the Stars
Following the cancellation of the Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," CBS News has been struggling to disperse the employees, and their egos, to other programs...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Wal-Mart's New Realm: Reality TV
Seeking ways to burnish its tarnished image, Wal-Mart is turning to reality TV, signing a branded-entertainment agreement with ABC for "The Scholar."...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Lehman Role Questioned in Deal Talks
L-3 Communications is working to acquire a rival, the Titan Corporation, but the involvement of Lehman Brothers on both sides of the deal has Wall Street talking...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
U.S. Car Makers Still Trailing Japanese
The Big Three Japanese automakers continue to build their vehicles faster and more efficiently than American companies...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Bush S.E.C. Pick Is Seen as Friend to Corporations
A major recipient of contributions from business groups, Christopher Cox is seen as supporting the easing of regulations...
New York Times - June 3, 2005
Heat close in on NBA Finals place
Miami close within one win of the NBA Finals after beating defending champions Detroit 88-76...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
Bolivian leader calls referendum
The Bolivian president promises a referendum on regional autonomy and a new constitution to end protests...
BBC News - June 3, 2005
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