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US News Archive for May 2006:
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Jailed Moussaoui curses America
Zacarias Moussaoui blasts the United States and praises Osama bin Laden one last time as he is formally sentenced to life in prison for his role in the September 11 attacks...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Showdown over must-pass spending bill on the horizon
The Senate approved nearly $109 billion in additional war and hurricane relief money Thursday despite a White House threat to veto the bill over what it called "unnecessary spending."...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Child labor rates decline
Child labor is on the decline -- especially in Latin America -- and its most egregious forms could be eliminated within the next decade, said a U.N. agency Thursday in a report it called "cautiously optimistic."...
CNN - May 4, 2006
A Combative De Villepin Insists He Won't Resign
The prime minister did not mention reports that he used his powers to initiate a smear campaign against his chief political rival...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Art Review | 'A Passion for Asia': Art Collecting, the Rockefeller Way
The Asia Society celebrates its half-century with a show that brings together gilded sculptures and gold-flecked paintings from the homes and collections of the Rockefellers...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Senate Backs Spending Bill, Ignoring Veto Threat
The Senate's approval of funds for Iraq and the Gulf set the stage for bitter negotiations with the House...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
New Israeli Government Intent on Setting Borders
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert set out his agenda today after winning formal approval for his coalition government...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Unilever Quarterly Profit Up 6%
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Retailers Report Strong Sales in April
Stores were buoyed by a later-than-usual Easter holiday that nudged up purchases from March to April...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Second day of falling oil prices
Crude oil prices fall for the second day and are now down by $5 a barrel since a report showed that US petrol reserves had risen...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Rendition row 'hurts US-EU ties'
Claims the CIA used Europe to transfer terror suspects are hurting US-EU intelligence co-operation, a US official says...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
South Americans reach energy deal
Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil seek agreement on gas supplies and prices at an emergency summit...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Moussaoui curses U.S., judge gets final word
Zacarias Moussaoui blasted the United States one last time, minutes before he was was formally sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for his role in 9/11...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Moussaoui: God curse America
Zacarias Moussaoui blasts the United States one last time, just before he was was formally sentenced to life in prison for his role in the September 11 attacks...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Moussaoui delivers final taunt
Zacarias Moussaoui blasts the United States one last time, minutes before he was was formally sentenced to life in prison for his role in 9/11...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Showdown over must-pass spending bill brewing
The Senate Thursday passed a $109 billion bill to pay for the war in Iraq and hurricane aid for the Gulf Coast, but a veto threat imperils many provisions added by lawmakers...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Under U.S. Pressure, Mexico President Seeks Review of Drug Law
President Vicente Fox has asked Congress to reconsider a law that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Truckload of Missing Art Recovered in Florida Trailer Park
A multimillion-dollar art heist that began two weeks ago ended in a most unlikely place...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Productivity Increases in First Quarter
American workers were more productive in the first three months of the year than in the preceding quarter, the Labor Department reported today...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
At Sentencing, Moussaoui Is Defiant
Zacarias Moussaoui declared "God save Osama bin Laden, you will never get him," as he was sentenced to life in prison...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Boost to US workers' productivity
US workers upped productivity in the first quarter of 2006, says the Labor Department, but rising wages pose a threat to inflation...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Final act for an extra in 9/11 plot
The jury's view that Zacarias Moussaoui was only a minor player in the 9/11 attacks may have spared him from execution, says the BBC's Richard Allen Greene...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Debate over killer daughter case
Americans wrestle with the question of whether a teen who stabbed her mother to death should be treated as an adult or child...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Wal-Mart leads bumper US sales
Warm weather and a late Easter has helped some of the United States' biggest retailers report bumper April sales...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Tennis: Williams beats Hingis
Venus Williams battles to a 4-6 7-5 6-4 win over Martina Hingis in Warsaw to reach the last eight of the J&S Cup...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Golf: Wie on target to make cut
Michelle Wie's aim to make the cut in a men's tour event gets off to a solid start at the Telecom Open...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Venezuela recalls envoy to Peru
Caracas withdraws its ambassador to Lima in response to the same move by Peru's government on Sunday...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Global child labour figures fall
The number of children in work worldwide falls for the first time, but Africa still has huge problems, a study finds...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Washington sniper on trial again
A man accused of being the Washington sniper goes on trial in Maryland for six murders committed in October 2002...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Mexican police retake riot town
Police in Mexico say they now control San Salvador Atenco after clashes with machete-wielding locals...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
9/11 plotter Moussaoui sentencing
Zacarias Moussaoui will have just one more chance to taunt the U.S. when he is sentenced Thursday to life in a solitary prison cell for his role in the September 11 attacks. A jury determined the previous day that Moussaoui -- who was "radicalized" attending mosques in London -- should spend life in prison rather than be executed...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Tiny cell awaits Moussaoui
Zacarias Moussaoui will have just one more chance to taunt the United States, when a federal judge formally sentences the al Qaeda terrorist today to spend the rest of his natural life alone in a tiny prison cell...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Tsunami confusion from Tonga quake
A massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Thursday, triggering international warnings of a potentially lethal tsunami -- but those messages failed to reach the tiny nation...
CNN - May 4, 2006
Paris Journal: For Migrants and the Poor, Tents Must Count as Homes
Nylon tents are popping up all over Paris, distributed free to the growing number of homeless who sleep on the city's streets...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
East meets West in 'Tehrangeles'
Many Iranian-Americans embrace US values while trying to keep in touch with their roots, says Matthew Wells...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Wait for new consoles knocks EA
Electronic Arts reports a loss as computer gamers save their cash for the release of new consoles...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Tennis: Serena targets return
Serena Williams says she will not play again "until the end of the summer", appearing to rule her out of the French Open and Wimbledon...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
Mexico U-turn over drugs policy
Mexico's president asks for changes to a controversial bill that would have decriminalised certain drugs...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
'America, you lost, I won'
A jury in the United States recommended that al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui spend the rest of his life in prison. The case is the first U.S. criminal case arising from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. "America, you lost," Moussaoui said as he left the courtroom. "I won."...
CNN - May 4, 2006
U.S. leads drive on Iran sanctions
The U.S., Britain and France introduced a draft Security Council resolution Wednesday that would give Iran a mandate to stop enriching uranium. What happens next, said U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, "depends on the Iranian reaction."...
CNN - May 4, 2006
New York Pushes for DNA in Crimes Big and Small
The idea, which would require all convicted criminals in New York to submit their DNA to a central database, is gaining support in Albany...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Lobbying Bill Passes Narrowly in House
The measure falls short of what Republican leaders promised after the scandal involving Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
A Picasso Sells for $95 Million as Spring Art Auctions Continue
At Christie's on Tuesday night, an all-star cast led by a van Gogh and two important Picasso paintings played to a standing-room-only crowd...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Newark Candidate Runs Against His Own Fame
In Newark, Cory Booker has consistently had to rebut the notion that he is a self-aggrandizing interloper...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Moussaoui Given Life Term by Jury Over Link to 9/11
A federal jury's rejection of the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui seemed to surprise most people in the courtroom...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Growing Unease for Some Blacks on Immigration
Some blacks bristle at the comparison between the civil rights movement and recent immigrant demonstrations...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
PG&E Profit Fell on Lower Earnings
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Clear Channel Profit More Than Doubled in 1st Quarter
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Starbucks Profit Climbs 27% in Quarter
SEATTLE, May 3 (AP) — The Starbucks Corporation reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly earnings Wednesday, citing brisk demand for its coffee drinks and a strong showing of its spring line of green tea beverages...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Air Plan Revised to Quell Critics
WASHINGTON, May 3 (AP) — The Bush administration on Wednesday moved to defuse opposition to its plan to give foreign investors more management control of United States airlines...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Ameristar Casinos Withdraws From the Bidding War for Aztar
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks
The top three soft-drink companies said that they would start removing sweetened drinks from schools...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Procter Profit Climbs 37%; Shares Drop Over Outlook
CINCINNATI, May 3 (AP) —The Procter & Gamble Company said Wednesday that its quarterly profit rose 37 percent, but its sales came in below Wall Street's estimates and the company forecast a profit for the fourth quarter that was below analysts' expectations...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Hyundai Motor's Net Off 38%; Scandal and Currency Moves Cited
Net income declined to 318.8 billion won ($340 million) compared with 509.8 billion won a year earlier...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Citing Costs, Game Maker Delivers Bleak Outlook
The bleak outlook from Electronic Arts suggests that the industry over all is enduring a tough transition to a new generation of game machines...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
German Bank Says Profit Was Up 55% in Quarter
Deutsche Bank said that its first-quarter net profit rose with its investment arm reaping gains from good market conditions...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Northwest Pact May Avert Strike by Pilots
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing a Representative
A Kentucky technology executive admitted guilt in an investigation that has centered on Representative William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Economic Scene: Red States, Blue States: New Labels for Long-Running Differences
A recent paper by two Harvard economists challenges the notion that differences in political attitudes across states are something new...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Accountant Says Enron's Moves Were Routine
Defense lawyers called on two accounting specialists to refute prosecution claims that the company had falsified its books...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Qwest Says Profit Rose 54% on Higher Sales and Cost-Cutting
The smallest of the four Bell phone carriers said that its profit jumped as it added more broadband, long-distance and wireless customers...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Small Business: Amassing the Troops for Political Battle
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — It was 7:30 on a recent weekday, and a dozen small-business owners, coffee and muffins in hand, were already hard at work on how they were going to win Congressional relief for their No. 1 problem: rising health care costs...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Market Place: Opening Private Equity's Door, at Least a Crack, to Public Investors
A unit of the private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company went public in a $5 billion offering...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Strong Economic Data Put Fear in Market
Stocks dipped yesterday after strong economic data renewed concerns about rising interest rates and an outlook by Procter & Gamble missed expectations...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Head of a Warner Brothers Film Unit Steps Down
The move was something of a surprise in Hollywood, since the specialty unit, after a slow start in 2003, enjoyed success last year...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Warner Music Turns Down Takeover Offer From EMI
Warner Music said its board unanimously rejected EMI's cash-and-stock offer, which would have paid $28.50 a share...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
U.A.W. Seeks a Strike Vote From Workers at Delphi
If union leaders were to order a walkout, not only would Delphi be severely affected, but so would General Motors...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Services and Factory Orders Show Strength
WASHINGTON, May 3 (AP) — The service sector expanded vigorously last month and factory orders rose the month before by the most in nearly a year, fresh evidence that the economy was growing at a healthy pace into the spring...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Nasdaq Raises Its Stake in London Stock Exchange
The move by Nasdaq came as Euronext, the European exchange, said it was scrapping talks about a potential deal with the British bourse...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Advertising: Wal-Mart on the Hunt for an Extreme Makeover
Wal-Mart is sending a strong signal that it no longer intends to do business as usual by placing its advertising account in review...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Chief's Pay Is Docked by Raytheon
Raytheon directors punished William H. Swanson because he failed to give credit for material that was in a management book he wrote...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Doctors Object to Gathering of Drug Data
Some doctors consider computerized lists showing which doctors are prescribing what drugs an intrusion...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Cable Helps Time Warner Endure AOL
Executives were optimistic about increasing growth in the cable business, citing the introduction of residential telephone and other digital services...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Too Soon to Breathe Easy?
A new sinus therapy is being hailed by some as a major breakthrough, but there is virtually no scientific evidence that the procedure works...
New York Times - May 4, 2006
Chavez in Bolivia before gas meet
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez visits Bolivia as crisis talks loom over Bolivian moves to nationalise its gas...
BBC News - May 4, 2006
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