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US News Archive for February 2005:
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Tips on missing couple accused of child torture
Authorities in Florida sorted through tips Friday from as far away as Michigan in their search for a couple accused of torturing children under their care by starving them and pulling out toenails with pliers...
CNN - February 4, 2005
Shiite bloc takes early lead in Iraq election
Preliminary results from Iraq's election released Friday show that the predominantly Shiite Muslim south backed the party of Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, over the secular party of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. So far, election workers have counted 3.3 million votes, or 35 percent of all polling stations...
CNN - February 4, 2005
Court Blocks U.S. From Seeking Billions From Tobacco Industry
In a big victory for cigarette makers, a federal appeals court ruled the government could not collect $280 billion it alleges the tobacco industry earned through fraud...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
With Political Backdrop, Bush Continues Social Security Pitch
During a three-state tour today President Bush urged lawmakers of both parties to confront tomorrow's problems today...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Eagles' Reid Is More Than Meets the Eye
That Eagles Coach Andy Reid, a 300-pound poet/painter/tactician, can come across as the most boring man in football is exactly what makes him intriguing...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Greenspan Sees U.S. Trade Gap Stabilizing and Possibly Falling
His remarks contributed to a strengthening of the dollar today, which had fallen earlier on weaker-than-expected January employment growth...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Ad sales boost Time Warner profit
Profits at Time Warner, the world's biggest media group, are boosted 76% by ad revenues and high-speed internet sales...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Court rejects tobacco lawsuit
A US court rejects a lawsuit accusing the tobacco industry of covering up the effects of smoking...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Guantanamo 'leaves scars'
Guantanamo detainees risk developing "irreversible psychiatric symptoms", say UN human rights inspectors...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
US planes in false hijack threats
Two Delta airline international flights are briefly held on landing after false hijack threats are received against them...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Martha Stewart for Trump TV
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is to appear on a TV show based on Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" - once she gets out of jail...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Critics question Pentagon news sites
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to add more sites on the Internet to provide information to a global audience -- but critics question whether the Pentagon is violating President Bush's pledge not to pay journalists to promote his policies. The sites are run by U.S. military troops trained in "information warfare," a specialty than can include battlefield deception...
CNN - February 4, 2005
Pentagon sites: Journalism or propaganda?
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to add more sites on the Internet to provide information to a global audience -- but critics question whether the Pentagon is violating President Bush's pledge not to pay journalists to promote his policies...
CNN - February 4, 2005
Italian journalist abducted in Iraq
Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who works for the Italian daily Manifesto, was snatched from her car in Baghdad, police said...
CNN - February 4, 2005
Under Benefit Plan, Early 50's Is Age Group Caught in Middle
The middle aged are too old to see much benefit from private accounts and too young to have any guarantees...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
146,000 Jobs Added in January, Below Expectations
Weekly wages for rank-and-file workers fell because companies reduced the average length of the workweek...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
NFL: Steelers QB is top rookie
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the NFL's rookie of the year...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
NHL season in balance
Players representatives meet with the NHL in a last-ditch effort to save the season...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
'Arrest threat' to Rumsfeld trip
A possible visit to Germany by Donald Rumsfeld may be at risk over a move to indict him there for war crimes...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Uribe illness delays crisis talks
An ear infection forces Colombia's President Uribe to cancel trips to Venezuela and three European countries...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
US doctors on fake Botox charges
Three doctors are charged over a plan to make and sell a bootleg anti-wrinkle drug which left four people paralysed...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Rice: Attack on Iran 'not on the agenda'
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that an attack on Iran over its nuclear program is "not on the agenda at this point." Rice, in London for talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said there are "many diplomatic tools still at our disposal."...
CNN - February 4, 2005
In Frigid Capital, Lack of Housing and Planning Is Fatal
Thousands of homeless families still lack shelter and the means to survive despite billions of dollars in aid and Afghanistan's rapid development...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Interest rates drive dollar gain
Rising US interest rates help push the dollar higher as finance ministers gather for the G7 meeting in the UK...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
LA police acquitted over beating
Prosecutors in Los Angeles decide not to press charges against a police officer filmed beating a black suspect...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Rice: No US role in Iran talks
Condoleezza Rice rules out a US role in talks aimed at persuading Iran to drop its nuclear programme...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
Police: Couple tortured kids
A manhunt has been launched in Florida for a couple accused of torturing five of seven children in their home, including pulling out their toenails with pliers and keeping them so malnourished that they "looked like pictures from Auschwitz," authorities said Thursday...
CNN - February 4, 2005
Bush, on Road, Pushes Warning on Retirement Benefits Plan
But President Bush ran into a brick wall of opposition from Democrats and skepticism from influential Republicans...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
For MCI, Qwest May Not Be Most Desirable
The chief executive of MCI is in talks to sell the company to Qwest Communications, but Qwest has its own problems...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Ebbers Is Gone and Forgotten in Hometown
Plenty of people in Jackson, Miss., are watching the progression of former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers's trial, but few of them care deeply about the outcome...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Embracing Reality at a Subdued Deutsche Bank
A year ago, Deutsche Bank was the subject of some of the hottest rumors on the Wall Street grapevine, but those rumored deals have not materialized...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Web Search Sites See Clicks Add Up to Big Ad Dollars
The fact that some Super Bowl advertisers are also regulars on Google is evidence that Web advertising has come of age...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Does the 'Voice of Business' Think the Bill of Rights Covers Insider Tips?
The world is a different place, full of companies that recognize their obligations to all investors, not just the privileged few. Or is it really so different?...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Expansion Costs at Toyota Limit Its Earnings Growth
Toyota posted a 3.5 percent rise in quarterly profits as spending on its ambitious global expansion plans curtailed growth in its earnings...
New York Times - February 4, 2005
Venezuela crisis summit suspended
An ear infection prompts Colombia's president to put off crisis talks with his Venezuelan counterpart...
BBC News - February 4, 2005
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