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US News Archive for September 2005:
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Fires rage amid rescue efforts
Efforts to rescue victims of Hurricane Katrina from floodwaters and evacuate people from New Orleans are continuing as two major fires rage along the waterfront. About 2,000 people remain at Ernest Morial Convention Center after a day that saw one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history...
CNN - September 3, 2005
Rescue efforts grind ahead
The struggle continues to rescue victims from floodwaters and evacuate people from New Orleans as two major fires raged along the city's waterfront...
CNN - September 3, 2005
Evacuees wait as relief efforts build
Thousands faced the prospect of spending another night outside the New Orleans Convention Center, as a stream of buses worked to move out the 30,000 evacuees stranded there for days...
CNN - September 3, 2005
Bush orders more troops to Gulf Coast
President Bush, seeking to stem criticism that a slow federal response has contributed to needless misery, said Saturday he is ordering additional active duty forces to the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast...
CNN - September 3, 2005
Evacuations Increasing With Guard on Patrol and Offering Aid
The deployment of the troops and the speeded evacuation of tens of thousands of people from refugee centers brought glimmers of hope...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
As White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political Crisis
The White House's response to the crisis, which has been widely seen as slow and ineffectual, could undermine President Bush's second-term agenda...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Boeing machinists stage walk-out
A strike by Boeing machinists is set to shut down commercial aircraft production at factories across the US...
BBC News - September 3, 2005
Mapping the destruction
Mapping the destruction...
BBC News - September 3, 2005
US economy 'safe' from hurricane
Senior US officials expect the US economy to recover quickly from the impact of Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - September 3, 2005
World mobilises to help victims
Dozens of countries and organisations offer aid to help with the US hurricane relief effort...
BBC News - September 3, 2005
Tennis: Blake ends Nadal hopes
American James Blake shocks second seed Rafael Nadal in the third round of the US Open...
BBC News - September 3, 2005
F1: Montoya storms to pole
McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya takes pole position for the Italian Grand Prix as team-mate Kimi Raikkonen is penalised 10 grid places...
BBC News - September 3, 2005
US arrests Russian UN diplomat
A Russian diplomat at the United Nations has been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering...
BBC News - September 3, 2005
Convoys bring relief
A convoy of military vehicles plowed through the flooded streets of New Orleans on Friday bringing food, water and medicine to the thousands of people trapped at a downtown convention center. The relief effort came as President Bush toured the Gulf Coast to survey damage from Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - September 3, 2005
Relief convoys reach New Orleans
Thousands of tired and angry people stranded at the New Orleans convention center welcome a National Guard supply convoy carrying food, water and medicine with cheers and tears of joy -- the first aid to reach them since Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the northern Gulf Coast...
CNN - September 3, 2005
Newcomer Is Struggling to Lead a City in Ruins
He has been camped out for days on the 27th floor of a structurally damaged and powerless hotel in New Orleans, sending runners to communicate with the few staff members who remain in an increasingly futile effort to run some semblance of a municipal government...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Conditions in New Orleans Still Dire - Pumping May Take Months
Military vehicles bearing food and supplies sloshed into New Orleans, while commercial planes arrived to lift hurricane survivors...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Promises by Bush Amid the Tears
President Bush toured New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in his first on-the-ground look at the desperation that has gripped the region...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
The Desperate Cry Out for Loved Ones Still Lost
Those on the Gulf Coast have no access to any form of communication more reliable than a message in a bottle...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Across U.S., Outrage at Response
There was a collective national disbelief that the world's sole remaining superpower could not respond more forcefully to the disaster...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
All in the Family's Money
The wealthy have traditionally attended seminars on how to make the most of the family money, but now universities are offering courses on the subject, according to this month's Worth magazine...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
In Hard Times for Airlines, No Soft Touch
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New York Times - September 3, 2005
Before You Make the Leap
Online banking and bill payment can be convenient and keep kitchen tables free of clutter. But according to Consumer Action, a San Francisco-based group, there are several things you should consider before you decide to stop writing checks and begin online banking - beginning with a review of your bank's security standards...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
In Hard Times for Airlines, No Soft Touch
As chairman of the Air Transportation Stabilization Board, Edward M. Gramlich has hardly been a pushover...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Europeans Remain at Odds on Chinese Textile Quotas
European countries failed to agree Friday on how to release millions of Chinese garments that are blocked at European Union borders...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Albertsons, Pressed by Rivals, Puts Itself Up for Acquisition
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
African Insurer Offers to Buy Skandia
Old Mutual, the largest insurer in Africa, has offered to buy Skandia for $6.1 billion to enter Scandinavia and increase sales in Britain...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Chrysler Discounts Will End in October
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Boeing Output Halts as Machinists Strike
Boeing halted production on Friday as 18,000 machinists went on strike, dealing a setback to the company just as worldwide orders had begun to pick up...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Microsoft and Google Trade Accusations in Suit Over Executive
According to documents filed Friday, Microsoft's chief executive vowed last year to crush Google, while a Google executive urged colleagues to pursue the hiring of a Microsoft employee "like wolves."...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Indictments and Statistics All Overwhelmed by Tragedy Down South
WITH each passing day - sometimes, it seemed, each hour - the news grew worse. After Hurricane Katrina missed a head-on collision with New Orleans, there was hope that the storm's 175 m.p.h. winds might not have had a chance to do as much damage as feared. But then came reports of breached levees, beached oil rigs, widespread flooding - and, perversely, fires. Estimated death tolls rose from dozens to hundreds; Mayor Ray Nagin said perhaps 1,000 people or more had perished in New Orleans alone, even before the looting and gunplay erupted...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Closed to Visitors
Worrying about tourism amid the destruction in New Orleans is no misguided exercise: tourism, the city's main industry, is critical to its recovery...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Led Into Temptation? Who Wasn't?
Before he became the embodiment of Wall Street wrongdoing during the Internet bubble, Henry Blodget wanted to be a writer. And now he is doing exactly that...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Paper or Online? Many Bank Customers Still Pick the Old Way
While millions of consumers swear by the simplicity of online banking, millions of others - often older and wealthy - are holding out...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Irish Crystal About to Get a U.S. Touch
The American chief executive of Waterford Wedgwood plans to work from Boston, which analysts say will help him stay in touch with the American market...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Even With All the Grim News, Share Prices Hold Up
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Is Dell a Buy for Consumers or Investors?
Dell earned its dominance by being the industry's lowest-cost major manufacturer. Lately, though, the market has changed to suit competitors like Hewlett-Packard and Apple...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
For the Trump-Deprived
Donald Trump's blog - "The Trump Blog" (what else?) - seems a lot like most other blogs. Which is to say, lightweight and highly egocentric...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
When Your PC Is on the Fritz, Who You Gonna Call?
I was having commitment problems. Not with a relationship. This was more serious - this was with my computer...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Utilities Restoring Some Service, but Large Gaps Remain
The major electric utilities in the storm-damaged Gulf Coast region have restored power to some areas less directly affected by Hurricane Katrina and to numerous hospitals, some key oil operations and to the main airport of New Orleans...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Judge Names a Liquidator for 4 Bayou Hedge Funds
A Cayman Islands judge yesterday appointed an affiliate of the Kroll consulting firm as provisional liquidator of Bayou Management's four offshore hedge funds...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Spot Shortages of Gas Reported Around Country
If consumers do not heed warnings to refrain from panicked buying, industry officials and analysts said, the situation could worsen...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
First Estimate Puts Storm's Economic Toll at $100 Billion
A firm estimated the losses from Hurricane Katrina at $100 billion and said that private insurance would probably cover less than a quarter of that...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
Job Growth Stepped Up Its Pace in August
The nation's pace of job creation remained strong in the weeks before Hurricane Katrina, as the unemployment rate edged down to its lowest level in four years...
New York Times - September 3, 2005
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