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US News Archive for November 2007:
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Kurdish Rebels Free Turkish Soldiers
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Kurdish rebels released eight Turkish soldiers Sunday on the eve of a meeting between the Turkish prime minister and President Bush that aims to avert a cross-border offensive against guerrilla bases in northern Iraq...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Lel Wins Men?s Marathon With a Late Surge
Martin Lel of Kenya edged Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco after a neck-and-neck battle in the final stages of the New York City Marathon...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Insurer Sues Over Mississippi Inquiry
State Farm is suing Mississippi?s attorney general, accusing him of violating an agreement to end a criminal investigation of the insurer?s handling of claims on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Russia Temporarily Rescinds Ban on Lufthansa Overflights
In an effort to defuse an escalating diplomatic dispute with Germany, Russian authorities agreed on Friday to allow Lufthansa to temporarily resume cargo flights over Russia...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Basic Instincts: Imbibers Add It All Up, and Gulp
Some people are surprised to find that the money they spend on alcohol can add up to tens of thousands in lost retirement savings...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Off the Charts: Auto Sector?s Role Dwindles, and Spending Suffers
The automobile industry?s share of the American economy has fallen to a historic low ? 3.1 percent of the total gross domestic product...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Crude Oil Futures Trade Above $96 Again
The prospect of a stronger economy and word of possible new United Nations sanctions against Iran sent crude oil futures back above $96 a barrel on Friday...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Your Money: Peace of Mind When They Ask to Borrow the Car
Some parents are adopting new technology, like G.P.S. monitors, to track their teenage drivers...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Executive Pursuits: Bringing Musical Mercy to the Vocally Challenged
Is it possible for someone born without the natural talent of a Broadway star to learn how to sing?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Senate Democrats Facing a ?Pay as You Go? Problem
Senate Democrats need to find a way to raise at least $50 billion in new taxes, or undermine their most important rule for enforcing budget discipline...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
With Resolution Unlikely, Writers Guild Sets Strike for Monday
Hollywood?s movie and television writers plan to embark on an industrywide strike for the first time since 1988...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Dings and Dents of Toyota
Toyota has had a run of bad news this year as concerns linger that management has not kept up with a rapid growth rate...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Despite Gain in Jobs Data, Wall Street Is Skeptical
The economy added 166,000 jobs in October, the fastest pace in five months, but investors seem to think the outlook for the fourth quarter remains cloudy...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Maker of Lipitor Digs In to Fight Generic Rival
Many patients on the cholesterol drug are switching to a cheaper alternative, but Pfizer is not letting its flagship product go down without a fight...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Citigroup Chief Is Set to Exit Amid Losses
Charles O. Prince III has told directors that he would resign in the wake of a $5.9 billion write-down...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Count: TV Show Over? Obsess About It on the Web
The broadcast networks are using TV show Web sites to offer clips, outtakes, interviews, games, message boards and blogs ? not to mention entire episodes...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Suits: It?s Not a Popemobile but It Comes in Handy
A tractor given to the pope by Fiat will be used by the Vatican to move a 17-ton stage from which the pope addresses the faithful in St. Peter?s Square...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Market Week: Productivity May Explain the Market
If you have been baffled by stocks? ability to race higher, even as the price of just about every commodity soars, some clarity may arrive this week...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Investing: How Smaller College Endowments Still Reap Big Returns
Some colleges and universities with modest financial assets have managed to earn returns higher than their deep-pocketed rivals...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Strategies: The Law of Unintended Consequences?
A new study has found that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may have made Wall Street analysts less able to forecast corporate earnings...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Rate Cut, a Rally and a Plunge
The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates last week, but the broad stock market fell anyway...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Preoccupations: Witness to Wackiness on the Night Shift
?The human body can adjust to any type of work schedule.?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
National Perspectives: A Small-Town Feel in an Urban Locale
Young and old alike are finding affordable real estate in Portland, Ore...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Off the Shelf: Economic Growth, Clad in Military Garb
Ayesha Siddiqa analyzes why militaries become key players in a country?s power politics in ?Military Inc.?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Fair Game: A Ray of Pension Sunshine
Increased scrutiny on the costly effects that middlemen can have on pensions will surely help investors and pension beneficiaries...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Nation: What?s Behind the Race Gap?
There is probably no single explanation for the concentration of high-cost subprime mortgages in minority neighborhoods, though the history of banks? avoiding these places is a good place to start...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Nation: College Towns Escape the Pain
As the inner cities, along with much of Florida and the interior of California, face the prospect of a foreclosure meltdown, American college towns appear to be islands of stability...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Career Couch: Does E-Mail Distract? Not if You Take Charge
Learn which messages to zap, and when the best response is no response...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Travel Bug: Venting, Yes. Profiting, No.
Gregg Rottler?s burgeoning Web sites collect tales of restaurants, flights and cruises gone horribly wrong...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Square Feet | Spotlight: Wireless Workplaces, Touching the Sky
The Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan is one of the more technologically advanced office buildings in the country...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Digital Domain: Why Google Turned Into a Social Butterfly
A new alliance will help friends on networking sites roam freely...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Spending: The Very Expensive Reality of Chasing Reality TV
Would-be contestants can drop big money auditioning for reality television shows and contests...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Re:framing: Rethinking How to Teach the New Teachers
An innovative program designed by teachers has the potential to transform those first stressful years in the classroom...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Economic View: Beyond Those Health Care Numbers
The most dangerous claims in the health care debate are those that are true but don?t mean what people think they mean...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Dealbook: Too Much Meddling When C.E.O.?s Go a-Courtin??
Corporate boards are looking over the chief executive?s shoulder...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Union and Ford Reach Tentative Deal
The deal is similar to new contracts at General Motors and Chrysler, only this time there was no strike...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Where Did the Buck Stop at Merrill?
Analysts are asking to what extent accountability for oversight of financial strategies reached beyond the chief executive?s suite and into the boardroom...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Citigroup Names Rubin as Chairman and Plans More Write-Downs
The board of Citigroup accepted the resignation of Charles O. Prince III today and appointed Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury secretary, as its chairman...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Lilly Drug Logs Success and Risks in Heart Trial
An experimental drug from Eli Lilly reduced heart attacks in patients with heart disease by 24 percent compared with the current standard treatment...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Capital Cases Stalling as Costs Grow Daunting
States unwilling to pay the huge costs of defending people charged in capital cases may be unable to hold executions...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Fairy-Tale Ending Eludes Separated Twins
Carl and Clarence Aguirre again need surgery, and their mother is struggling to care for them...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Even Cut 50 Percent, Earmarks Clog Military Bill
Lawmakers inserted $1.8 billion in financing for pet projects into a military appropriations bill...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone
With battle lines being drawn in the smartphone market, Google is placing its bets in the hands of Andy Rubin...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Kurdish Rebels Free Abducted Soldiers
Eight Turkish soldiers, kidnapped last month in an ambush by Kurdistan Workers Party militants, were released in northern Iraq, a PKK official told Reuters...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Ex-Treasury Chief to Fill In at Citigroup
Citigroup?s board is highly likely to name Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury secretary, as its interim chairman...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal
A gadget that jams cellular signals has gained popularity as the use of cellphones has invaded more public places...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Presidential Politics Have Shifted Already
Both parties are going through internal battles over their very identity as the races for their nominations intensify...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Radcliffe, a New Mother, Wins Women?s Race
Paula Radcliffe of England reached the finish line farther ahead of her Ethiopian challenger, Gete Wami, than at any other point in the race...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Musharraf Consolidates His Control With Arrests
Opposition members, lawyers and rights activists were arrested today in Pakistan, and the prime minister said elections could be ?up to a year? away...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Detainee Rights Weighed in Plans to Close Base
Administration officials are considering granting Guantánamo detainees greater rights in an effort to close the detention center...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Drug Shows Promise of Reducing Heart Attacks, Report Says
An experimental drug from Eli Lilly reduced heart attacks in patients with heart disease by 24 percent compared with the current standard treatment...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
In pictures: Mobster memorabilia
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BBC News - November 4, 2007
Tennis: Nalbandian crushes Nadal
David Nalbandian caps a stunning late-season surge by thrashing world number two Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-0 to win the Paris Masters...
BBC News - November 4, 2007
Guatemala votes for new president
Polls open in Guatemala, where rival candidates offer differing solutions to the country's problems...
BBC News - November 4, 2007
Sarkozy en Route to Chad in Child Case
French President Nicolas Sarkozy left for Chad to discuss the fate of 16 Europeans facing charges for trying to fly 103 African children to Europe, a spokesman said...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Capital Cases Stalling as Costs Grow Daunting
States unwilling to pay the huge costs of defending people charged in capital cases may be unable to hold executions...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal
A gadget that jams cellular signals has gained popularity as the use of cellphones has invaded more public places...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Fairy-Tale Ending Eludes Separated Twins
Carl and Clarence Aguirre again need surgery, and their mother is struggling to care for them...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Shifting Presidential Politics, Already
Both parties are going through internal battles over their very identity as the races for their nominations intensify...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Even Cut 50 Percent, Earmarks Clog a Military Bill
Lawmakers cut back their pork barrel spending, but they still inserted $1.8 billion in financing for pet projects into a military appropriations bill...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
New Detainee Rights Weighed in Plans to Close Guantánamo
Officials say they are considering granting detainees greater rights in an effort to close the facility...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Straying Partner Leaves White House in a Lurch
Gen. Pervez Musharraf?s move to seize emergency powers in Pakistan left Bush administration officials close to a foreign policy nightmare...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Pakistani Declares State of Emergency
The move appeared to be an effort by Gen. Pervez Musharraf to reassert his fading power in the face of growing opposition...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Ray of Pension Sunshine
Increased scrutiny on the costly effects that middlemen can have on pensions will surely help investors and pension beneficiaries...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Insurer Sues Over Mississippi Inquiry
State Farm is suing Mississippi?s attorney general, accusing him of violating an agreement to end a criminal investigation of the insurer?s handling of claims on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Russia Temporarily Rescinds Ban on Lufthansa Overflights
In an effort to defuse an escalating diplomatic dispute with Germany, Russian authorities agreed on Friday to allow Lufthansa to temporarily resume cargo flights over Russia...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Imbibers Add It All Up, and Gulp
Some people are surprised to find that the money they spend on alcohol can add up to tens of thousands in lost retirement savings...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Auto Sector?s Role Dwindles, and Spending Suffers
The automobile industry?s share of the American economy has fallen to a historic low ? 3.1 percent of the total gross domestic product...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Crude Oil Futures Trade Above $96 Again
The prospect of a stronger economy and word of possible new United Nations sanctions against Iran sent crude oil futures back above $96 a barrel on Friday...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Peace of Mind When They Ask to Borrow the Car
Some parents are adopting new technology, like G.P.S. monitors, to track their teenage drivers...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Bringing Musical Mercy to the Vocally Challenged
Is it possible for someone born without the natural talent of a Broadway star to learn how to sing?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Senate Democrats Facing a ?Pay as You Go? Problem
Senate Democrats need to find a way to raise at least $50 billion in new taxes, or undermine their most important rule for enforcing budget discipline...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
With Resolution Unlikely, Writers Guild Sets Strike for Monday
Hollywood?s movie and television writers plan to embark on an industrywide strike for the first time since 1988...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Dings and Dents of Toyota
Toyota has had a run of bad news this year as concerns linger that management has not kept up with a rapid growth rate...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Despite Gain in Jobs Data, Wall Street Is Skeptical
The economy added 166,000 jobs in October, the fastest pace in five months, but investors seem to think the outlook for the fourth quarter remains cloudy...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Maker of Lipitor Digs In to Fight Generic Rival
Many patients on the cholesterol drug are switching to a cheaper alternative, but Pfizer is not letting its flagship product go down without a fight...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Citigroup Chief Is Set to Exit Amid Losses
Charles O. Prince III has told directors that he would resign in the wake of a $5.9 billion write-down...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
TV Show Over? Obsess About It on the Web
The broadcast networks are using TV show Web sites to offer clips, outtakes, interviews, games, message boards and blogs ? not to mention entire episodes...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
It?s Not a Popemobile but It Comes in Handy
A tractor given to the pope by Fiat will be used by the Vatican to move a 17-ton stage from which the pope addresses the faithful in St. Peter?s Square...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Productivity May Explain the Market
If you have been baffled by stocks? ability to race higher, even as the price of just about every commodity soars, some clarity may arrive this week...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
How Smaller College Endowments Still Reap Big Returns
Some colleges and universities with modest financial assets have managed to earn returns higher than their deep-pocketed rivals...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Law of Unintended Consequences?
A new study has found that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may have made Wall Street analysts less able to forecast corporate earnings...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Rate Cut, a Rally and a Plunge
The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates last week, but the broad stock market fell anyway...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Witness to Wackiness on the Night Shift
?The human body can adjust to any type of work schedule.?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Small-Town Feel in an Urban Locale
Young and old alike are finding affordable real estate in Portland, Ore...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Economic Growth, Clad in Military Garb
Ayesha Siddiqa analyzes why militaries become key players in a country?s power politics in ?Military Inc.?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
What?s Behind the Race Gap?
There is probably no single explanation for the concentration of high-cost subprime mortgages in minority neighborhoods, though the history of banks? avoiding these places is a good place to start...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
College Towns Escape the Pain
As the inner cities, along with much of Florida and the interior of California, face the prospect of a foreclosure meltdown, American college towns appear to be islands of stability...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Does E-Mail Distract? Not if You Take Charge
Learn which messages to zap, and when the best response is no response...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Venting, Yes. Profiting, No.
Gregg Rottler?s burgeoning Web sites collect tales of restaurants, flights and cruises gone horribly wrong...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Wireless Workplaces, Touching the Sky
The Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan is one of the more technologically advanced office buildings in the country...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Why Google Turned Into a Social Butterfly
A new alliance will help friends on networking sites roam freely...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Very Expensive Reality of Chasing Reality TV
Would-be contestants can drop big money auditioning for reality television shows and contests...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Rethinking How to Teach the New Teachers
An innovative program designed by teachers has the potential to transform those first stressful years in the classroom...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Beyond Those Health Care Numbers
The most dangerous claims in the health care debate are those that are true but don?t mean what people think they mean...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone
With battle lines being drawn for dominance in the smartphone market, Google is placing its mobile bets in the hands of Andy Rubin...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Too Much Meddling When C.E.O.?s Go a-Courtin??
Corporate boards are looking over the chief executive?s shoulder...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Where Did the Buck Stop at Merrill?
Analysts are asking to what extent accountability for oversight of financial strategies reached beyond the chief executive?s suite and into the boardroom...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Union and Ford Reach Tentative Deal
The deal is similar to new contracts at General Motors and Chrysler, only this time there was no strike...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Ex-Treasury Chief to Fill In at Citigroup
Citigroup?s board is highly likely to name Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury secretary, as its interim chairman, according to a person briefed on the situation...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Fairy-Tale Ending Eludes Separated Twins
Carl and Clarence Aguirre again need surgery, and their mother is struggling to care for them...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
See Me: Yours for the Peeping
Living on display in a YouTube, Facebook, glass-apartment world can make people feel connected. Or ogled...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Year Still to Go, and Presidential Politics Have Shifted Already
Both parties are going through internal battles over their very identity as the races for their nominations intensify...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
New Detainee Rights Weighed in Plans to Close Guantánamo
Officials say they are considering granting detainees greater rights in an effort to close the facility and possibly move much of its population to the U.S...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Suits: It?s Not a Popemobile but It Comes in Handy
A tractor given to the pope by Fiat will be used by the Vatican to move a 17-ton stage from which the pope addresses the faithful in St. Peter?s Square...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Count: TV Show Over? Obsess About It on the Web
The broadcast networks are using TV show Web sites to offer clips, outtakes, interviews, games, message boards and blogs ? not to mention entire episodes...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Market Week: Productivity May Explain the Market
If you have been baffled by stocks? ability to race higher, even as the price of just about every commodity soars, some clarity may arrive this week...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Strategies: The Law of Unintended Consequences?
A new study has found that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may have made Wall Street analysts less able to forecast corporate earnings...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Investing: How Smaller College Endowments Still Reap Big Returns
Some colleges and universities with modest financial assets have managed to earn returns higher than their deep-pocketed rivals...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Preoccupations: Witness to Wackiness on the Night Shift
?The human body can adjust to any type of work schedule.?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
A Rate Cut, a Rally and a Plunge
The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates last week, but the broad stock market fell anyway...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Fair Game: A Ray of Pension Sunshine
Increased scrutiny on the costly effects that middlemen can have on pensions will surely help investors and pension beneficiaries...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
National Perspectives: A Small-Town Feel in an Urban Locale
Young and old alike are finding affordable real estate in Portland, Ore...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Nation: What?s Behind the Race Gap?
There is probably no single explanation for the concentration of high-cost subprime mortgages in minority neighborhoods, though the history of banks? avoiding these places is a good place to start...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Off The Shelf: Economic Growth, Clad in Military Garb
Ayesha Siddiqa analyzes why militaries become key players in some country?s power politics in ?Military Inc.?...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Career Couch: Does E-Mail Distract? Not if You Take Charge
Learn which messages to zap, and when the best response is no response...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
The Nation: College Towns Escape the Pain
As the inner cities, along with much of Florida and the interior of California, face the prospect of a foreclosure meltdown, American college towns appear to be islands of stability...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Square Feet | Spotlight: Wireless Workplaces, Touching the Sky
The Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan is one of the more technologically advanced office buildings in the country...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Travel Bug: Venting, Yes. Profiting, No.
Gregg Rottler?s burgeoning Web sites collect tales of restaurants, flights and cruises gone horribly wrong...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Digital Domain: Why Google Turned Into a Social Butterfly
A new alliance will help friends on networking sites roam freely...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Re:framing: Rethinking How to Teach the New Teachers
An innovative program designed by teachers has the potential to transform those first stressful years in the classroom...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Spending: The Very Expensive Reality of Chasing Reality TV
Would-be contestants can drop big money auditioning for reality television shows and contests...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone
With battle lines being drawn for dominance in the smartphone market, Google is placing its mobile bets in the hands of Andy Rubin...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Economic View: Beyond Those Health Care Numbers
The most dangerous claims in the health care debate are those that are true but don?t mean what people think they mean...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Where Did the Buck Stop at Merrill?
Analysts are asking to what extent accountability for oversight of financial strategies reached beyond the chief executive?s suite and into the boardroom...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Dealbook: Too Much Meddling When C.E.O.?s Go a-Courtin??
Corporate boards are looking over the chief executive?s shoulder...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
Ex-Treasury Chief to Fill In at Citigroup
Citigroup?s board is highly likely to name Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury secretary, as its interim chairman, according to a person briefed on the situation...
New York Times - November 4, 2007
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