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US News Archive for February 2006:
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Coretta Scott King honored at Georgia's Capitol
About 25,000 mourners poured into the Georgia Capitol Rotunda on Saturday to pay tribute to Coretta Scott King, the first woman and the first black person to lie in honor in what once was once a seat of segregation...
CNN - February 4, 2006
US feminist Friedan dies aged 85
One of the United States' major post-war feminist leaders, Betty Friedan, dies at the age of 85...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Iran: Nuke work resumes after vote
A top Iranian official says his country will resume full nuclear-enrichment activities after the nuclear watchdog agency votes to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program...
CNN - February 4, 2006
Nuclear watchdog reports Iran to U.N.
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency passes a resolution reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program...
CNN - February 4, 2006
And for Perfect Attendance, Johnny Gets...a Car
Across the country, schools have begun to offer cars, iPods — even a month's rent — as incentives to students to improve their attendance...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
A Hot Trend on Campus: Majoring in Health Care
Health science programs are becoming increasingly popular at colleges as the number of jobs in the health care industry continues to grow...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Rebuilding New Orleans, One Appeal at a Time
House by house, New Orleans homeowners are using building permits issued from appeals to rebuild the city...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail
Companies will have to buy the electronic equivalent of a postage stamp if they want to be certain that their e-mail will be delivered to customers...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Brothers Beat Odds of Diabetes With Decades of Grit and Luck
As diabetes poses a rapidly rising threat to Americans' health, the lives of two brothers from Syracuse offer the ultimate diabetic success story...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Golf: Woods shares Dubai lead
Tiger Woods and Anders Hansen share the lead after three rounds of the Dubai Desert Classic...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
Ferry sinking: Hopes fade for 800
Hundreds of angry relatives of the 1,400 passengers of a ferry that sank in the Red Sea try to storm an Egyptian port demanding information as hopes fade for finding about 800 people still unaccounted for...
CNN - February 4, 2006
Fears grow for missing ferry passengers
Hundreds of angry relatives of the 1,400 passengers of a ferry that sank in the Red Sea try to storm the gates of an Egyptian port demanding information on their loved ones...
CNN - February 4, 2006
World Nuclear Panel to Refer Iran to U.N. Security Council
The resolution, which passed 27-3 with five abstentions, opens the door for the first time to possible punitive action against Iran...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Manila show stampede kills 73
A crowd of people awaiting entrance to a stadium in Manila stampeded Saturday, killing at least 73 people and injuring 322, an official says. Some of the 20,000 people who were lined up outside the arena had been waiting for days to gain access to where a game show was to be videotaped, Philippines Congressman Robert Jaworski tells CNN...
CNN - February 4, 2006
Debate Rekindled on Preserving Families at Risk
New York City is on the defensive about its policy that prefers to keep children with their families even if abuse is suspected...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
As Tribal Leaders, Women Still Fight Old Views
American Indian women are playing a larger role in tribal governments, a shift that has brought growing pains, both trivial and vast...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
NASA Chief Backs Agency Openness
The move by Michael D. Griffin, the agency's administrator, came after accusations of political interference by top agency scientists...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Bush to Propose Curbing Growth in Medicare Cost
President Bush intends to seek further increases in premiums for high-income people and reduce payments to hospitals...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Skepticism Over Automaker's Plan to Build Sports Cars in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport, Conn., skepticism surrounds a deal that would bring AC Cars to the struggling city. Of greatest concern is the company's chairman...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Vaccine Against Diarrhea-Causing Virus Is Approved
The vaccine has been shown to prevent almost entirely the life-threatening bouts of diarrhea and vomiting that accompany rotavirus infections...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Up, Up and Away From Wall St.
On Wall Street, where an executive's bonus is often the ultimate measure of success, a new status symbol has emerged: the $500 million cash payout...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
[TS] Good Luck With That Broken iPod
Why is Apple so willing to tick off people who spend thousands of dollars on Apple products by refusing to deal with broken iPods?...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Your Money: New Printer Cartridge or a Refill? Either Way, Ink Is Getting Cheaper
Refilled cartridges are half the price, and even if some of what you buy fails to print as much as a new cartridge, you still save...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
What's Online: Enough Enron? There's More
For those who can't get enough details of what may be the white-collar trial of the century, the Internet provides plenty...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
What's Offline: Let's Hold a Benefit for the C.E.O.
Ira T. Kay argues that despite pay packages in eight figures and C.E.O.s getting raises even when their companies underperform, everyone is missing the point...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Disappointing Technology Earnings Send Shares Lower
Falling consumer confidence and a smaller-than-expected rise in new jobs also helped send stocks lower for a second session yesterday...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Blogger at Center of Lawsuit Is Identified
The identity of the author in a defamation suit that led to a Delaware state court ruling protecting the anonymity of Internet authors was revealed Thursday...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Device Maker Cites Progress With F.D.A.
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New York Times - February 4, 2006
Boris Kostelanetz, 94, Tax Defense Lawyer for the Notable, Died Tuesday
Mr. Kostelanetz, who made his name as a federal prosecutor who took on organized crime, defended scores of well-known clients like Imelda Marcos and James Brown...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Halliburton Subsidiary Gets Contract to Add Temporary Immigration Detention Centers
The subsidiary, which has been criticized for overcharging the Pentagon in Iraq, would build temporary immigration detention centers...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Inquiry Into Tax Shelters Widens Beyond Audit Firms
Paul M. Daugerdas, the tax lawyer at the heart of a broadening federal investigation into questionable tax shelters, has long had an interest in space exploration, colleagues say...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Saturday Interview: Entrepreneur Lets Fingers Do Walking
The Bell phone companies' dominance in the yellow pages industry is being challeneged by the rapid growth of independent publishers, led by Joseph Walsh's Yellow Book USA...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Off The Charts: When It Comes to Pay, It Helps to Be the One Signing the Checks
With wage costs down and the smallest benefit cost gain in eight years, 2005 was a great year to be an employer, but not so great a year to be a worker...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Oilmen Meet With Cubans in Mexico, but U.S. Intervenes
Cuban officials are trying to court American petroleum companies to produce oil in the nation's territorial waters...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Short Cuts: Planning a Trip With Peace of Mind in Mind
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the number of travelers buying trip insurance has risen to about 30 percent from 10 percent...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Nominee to Give F.C.C. Republican Majority
President Bush has chosen a telecommunications lawyer and lobbyist for an open seat on the Federal Communications Commission...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Five Days: Greenspan Heads Out and the Enron Two Head to Court
In Washington, Alan Greenspan presided over his last meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve. In Houston, the two most senior former executives of Enron went on trial...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
VW Chief Defends Linking to Porsche
German companies have never been corporate governance trendsetters, but shareholders say Volkswagen is a laggard, even in this undistinguished fraternity...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
U.S. Moves to Seize Bankrupt Steel Maker's Pension Plan
The move is a first step toward holding WCI's corporate parent, the Renco Group, responsible for the $100 million the plan needs...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
OPEC Chief Shrugs Off Oil Politics
Gone are the militant years, when OPEC ministers barged into meetings and threatened to unsheath their oil weapon...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Service Sector Gains, But Pace Is Slower
In a separate report, the government said orders to factories rose 1.1 percent in December, the third straight monthly rise...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Increasingly, Internet's Data Trail Leads to Court
Just as Internet companies collect more information, prosecutors and civil lawyers are more readily using that information...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
Broad Rise in Hiring Last Month
The government reported Friday that unemployment fell to 4.7 percent, its lowest level in more than four years...
New York Times - February 4, 2006
US and S Korea launch trade talks
The US and South Korea launch talks aimed at creating a free trade agreement between the two countries...
BBC News - February 4, 2006
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