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US News Archive for September 2006:
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Agassi bids emotional farewell
Andre Agassi's brilliant 20-year career has ended at the U.S. Open after a loss to German qualifier Benjamin Becker 7-5 6-7 6-4 7-5 in the third round...
CNN - September 3, 2006
Agassi’s Career Comes to a Close With a Loss
“I will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life,” Andre Agassi told the fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium after his loss to Benjamin Becker...
New York Times - September 3, 2006
Brazil 3-0 Argentina
Brazil overpower rivals Argentina in the friendly at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium...
BBC News - September 3, 2006
Mexico challenger rallies support
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is disputing the outcome of Mexico's elections, tells supporters to fight on...
BBC News - September 3, 2006
US troops could face execution
A US army investigator recommends that
four soldiers accused of murder in an Iraqi raid face the death penalty...
BBC News - September 3, 2006
Legend Agassi makes tearful exit
Andre Agassi's 20-year career ends in defeat by German qualifier Benjamin Becker at the US Open...
BBC News - September 3, 2006
Chicago apartment fire kills 6 children
Fire swept through a third-floor apartment on Chicago's North Side early Sunday, killing six children and injuring their mother and three siblings, authorities said...
CNN - September 3, 2006
'Al Qaeda No. 2 in Iraq' held
Al Qaeda's number two operative in Iraq, Hamed Juma Faris al-Suaidi, has been arrested, the U.S. military and Iraqi officials announced today...
CNN - September 3, 2006
Live: Agassi v Becker
Andre Agassi takes on Benjamin Becker for a place in the last 16 of the US Open...
BBC News - September 3, 2006
'Al Qaeda No. 2 in Iraq' held
Iraq's national security adviser on Sunday announced the arrest of the second most senior figure in al Qaeda in the country. Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi is said to be No. 2 in al Qaeda in Iraq after Abu Ayyub al-Masri...
CNN - September 3, 2006
Bob Mathias, 75, a Decathlon Champion and a Former U.S. Congressman, Dies
Bob Mathias was an all-around athlete who at age 17 won the first of two Olympic gold medals in the decathlon and went on to serve four terms in Congress...
New York Times - September 3, 2006
Soldiers’ Stories: Endurance Meets Doubt in Iraq
In one platoon in a very tough town, a death stirs questions about the war...
New York Times - September 3, 2006
JFK assassination survivor dies
Nellie Connally, the last surviving passenger in the car with President John F Kennedy when he was killed, dies at home...
BBC News - September 3, 2006
Mexico lawmakers stop Fox speech
Mexican legislators protesting alleged electoral fraud stop outgoing President Fox making a key address...
BBC News - September 3, 2006
'Ominous' call to convert to Islam
A new videotape has surfaced featuring Osama bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and an American member of al Qaeda wanted by the FBI, according to a counterterrorism expert. "We invite all Americans and believers to Islam," the American says. "Decide today, because today could be your last day."...
CNN - September 3, 2006
Hunt for 'Bucky' amused before troopers shot
A five-month manhunt turned Bucky Phillips into a kind of a local amusement near his rural New York home. But since the shooting of three state troopers, two of them in an ambush, some residents are less amused...
CNN - September 3, 2006
Rove’s Word Is No Longer G.O.P. Gospel
Karl Rove is struggling to steer the Republicans to victory despite diminished political authority...
New York Times - September 3, 2006
In Las Vegas, Now It’s Get Me to the Marriage Bureau on Time
The city no longer hands out marriage licenses 24 hours a day on weekends and holidays...
New York Times - September 3, 2006
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