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US News Archive for June 2007:
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Charges against Gitmo detainee dismissed
A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan. Omar Khadr, who was 15 when he was captured, will remain at the remote U.S. military base along with some 380 other men suspected of links to al Qaeda and the Taliban...
CNN - June 4, 2007
Democratic Lawmaker Is Indicted
Representative William J. Jefferson of Louisiana was indicted today on corruption charges...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Nadal Continues His Clay-Court Dominance at French Open
Rafael Nadal, the two-time defending champion, is cruising through the French Open and will now face countryman and former champion Carlos Moya in the quarterfinals...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Judge Throws Out Charges in Guantánamo Prisoner Case
The judge said there was a flaw in the procedure the military has used to file war crimes charges against Guantánamo detainees...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Jury Selection Made Easier in Death Penalty Cases
The court reinstated a death sentence for a rapist and murderer whose appeal over the exclusion of a juror had succeeded in lower courts...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Insurance Companies
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with two insurance companies in a case involving alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Market Place: Family Dissidents Could Block Dow Jones Sale
Due to the nature of the supervoting stock at Dow Jones, a minority of the family could veto the sale even if the rest of the family backed a transaction...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
F.C.C. Rebuffed by Court on Indecency Fines
The decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, was a sharp rebuke for the F.C.C. and for the Bush administration...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Missing soldier IDs shown on Web
A Sunni insurgent group has posted video of the military identification cards of two missing American soldiers in Iraq...
CNN - June 4, 2007
Taylor boycotts war crimes trial
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotts the start of his U.N.-backed court war crimes trial in The Hague, calling it a "charade" in a letter read by his court-appointed lawyer who later walked out...
CNN - June 4, 2007
FBI: Drug dealer helped uncover JFK plot
An informant who helped break up an alleged plot to bomb a fuel pipeline feeding the city's busiest airport was so convincing to the suspects that they actually thanked God he was with them, federal authorities said...
CNN - June 4, 2007
Contenders clash on Iraq, immigration, health care
Democratic presidential hopefuls traded barbs over the war in Iraq Sunday night in New Hampshire, with former Sen. John Edwards blasting two rivals for not taking the lead on a recent war spending bill...
CNN - June 4, 2007
Liberian Boycotts Trial at The Hague
Charles G. Taylor, once one of West Africa?s most feared men, dismissed his defense lawyer today and refused to appear at the opening of his long-awaited war crimes trial...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Romney?s Fortunes Tied to Business Riches
Mitt Romney?s success at Bain Capital helped finance his campaigns but has also exposed him to criticism...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Bush Goes to Europe for Talks in Wake of Putin?s Threat
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia threatened to point Russian missiles at Europe if the U.S. builds its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Waxing Philosophical, Booksellers Face the Digital
At BookExpo America, the publishing industry?s annual convention, the battering ram of technology was back...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Palm Sells 25% Stake to Equity Firm in Revamping
Palm Inc. has reached a deal to sell a quarter of the company to Elevation Partners, a private equity firm, for about $325 million as part of a plan to reorganize the company...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Chinese Stocks Fall After Government Increases Taxes
Today?s sell-off was one of the largest declines in a decade, nearly comparable to February?s sharp drop...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Weak growth in US factory orders
Poor demand for aircraft and other transport hurts April's US factory orders, which were lower than expected...
BBC News - June 4, 2007
'US plot' pair in Trinidad court
Two men held in Trinidad over an alleged plot to attack JFK airport will fight extradition to the US, their lawyer says...
BBC News - June 4, 2007
Colombian rebels spurn jail deal
Colombian rebels insist they will not free any hostages despite government plans to release jailed rebels...
BBC News - June 4, 2007
Guantanamo case dropped
A US military judge drops charges against a Canadian terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay, citing new laws...
BBC News - June 4, 2007
Taylor boycotts 'charade' trial
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Monday boycotted the start of his war crimes trial in The Hague, calling it a "charade" in a letter read by his court-appointed lawyer who later walked out...
CNN - June 4, 2007
New Liver Cancer Drug Is Promising, Doctors Say
The new drug could become the first effective treatment for liver cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancer...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Iraq Is the Flash Point as 8 Democratic Rivals Clash
The leading Democratic candidates attacked each other overtly and subtly over Iraq in a debate Sunday night...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
China Stocks Fall After Taxes Raised
Today?s sell-off, one of the biggest in years, followed the government?s move last week to impose higher taxes on stock trades...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Palm Is Said to Sell Stake to Equity Firm in Revamping
Palm Inc., the struggling hand-held device company that makes the Treo, has reached a deal to sell a quarter of the company to a private equity firm for about $325 million...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Lula calls for ethanol investment
Rich countries must pay to help poorer nations adopt cleaner models of development, Brazil's President Lula tells the BBC...
BBC News - June 4, 2007
Landmark trial for Charles Taylor
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor goes on trial Monday for allegedly orchestrating unspeakable atrocities in Sierra Leone's bloody civil war, becoming the first African leader to face justice at an international tribunal...
CNN - June 4, 2007
Democrats takes shots at each other in N.H. debate
Democratic presidential hopefuls took jabs at each over on Sunday over the war in Iraq, immigration reform, gays in the military, veterans' health care, gas prices and the Patriot Act during a two-hour debate on the campus of St. Anselm College...
CNN - June 4, 2007
Men Can Now Have At-Home Fertility Screening
A new at-home screening test, called Fertell, lets couples find out if they have fertility problems without stepping into a doctor?s office...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Papers Portray Plot as More Talk Than Action
The would-be terrorists who plotted to detonate facilities at Kennedy International Airport seem to have had more evil intent than operational capability...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Iraq Is the Focus as Eight Democratic Rivals Clash
The leading Democratic candidates for president engaged in a spirited clash on financing the Iraq war...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Still a Passionate Advocate for Assisted Suicide
In an interview, Jack Kevorkian says he will no longer advise terminally ill people how to die. But he still combatively advocates physician-assisted suicide...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Surge in Adoptions Raises Concern in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, a country more often associated by Americans with drought, famine and conflict, has become a hot spot for international adoption...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Bloomberg Cast as Enemy No. 1 of Gun Rights
Across the country, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Republican, has emerged as the face of gun control...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Romney?s Political Fortunes Tied to Riches He Gained in Business
Mitt Romney?s career at the consulting firm Bain & Company, which has been a source of money and contacts for his campaign, also exposes him to criticism...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
A Great Horse, but Who Takes the Winnings?
The courts may determine just who owns Curlin, the horse that bested Street Sense to win the Preakness Stakes...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Looking Ahead
A BREAK IN THE ACTION It will be a relatively slow week for economic news, led by the report on the trade deficit for April (Friday). Other reports will include April factory orders (Monday), the Institute for Supply Management?s nonmanufacturing index (Tuesday), revised first-quarter productivity and labor costs (Wednesday) and April numbers for wholesale trade and consumer credit (Thursday)...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Treasury Auctions Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Sheik Buys Breeding Rights to Street Sense
Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, plans to stand the Kentucky Derby winner at stallion when his racing career is over...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
NBC Names Program Executive to Head TV Studio
NBC Universal took another step in revamping its television entertainment operations, appointing a new president of its television production studio...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Drilling Down: No, Not Everyone Skips the Commercials
Numbers from Nielsen Media Research showed that viewers who own DVRs do not fast-forward through ads as much as had been feared...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Why the Silver Surfer Isn?t the Coin of the Realm
The studio behind ?Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer? has angered the United States Mint with a gimmick involving California statehood quarters...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Trial of Black Raises Conflict Issue
Maclean?s Magazine has two important connections with Conrad M. Black that complicate its role as an impartial chronicler of his trial...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Tiny Bit of Hardware With Marley Software
For the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley?s ?Exodus,? Island Records produced 4,000 U.S.B. flash drives loaded with the album and additional material...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Qiagen to Buy Digene, Maker of Tests for Cancer-Causing Virus
Qiagen, a Dutch maker of tools for gene research, has agreed to buy the Digene Corporation for $1.6 billion in shares and cash...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Phone Equipment Manufacturer May Be Sold
Avaya was near a deal on Sunday night to sell itself to Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group for more than $8 billion...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
A Way to Give Authors a Lucrative Second Platform
In the last two years, several major publishing houses have set up speakers bureaus...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Specialized Software Maker Is Said to Be in Buyout Talks
Cadence Design Systems, a maker of the software used to design computer chips, is in talks about a possible sale of the company, two people said on Sunday...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
A Theme Song for Clinton: ?I?m a Believer? vs. ?Cold as Ice?
When Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton asked YouTube viewers to vote on a theme song for her presidential campaign, she got the attention she wanted...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Fever Builds for iPhone (Anxiety Too)
Steven P. Jobs has succeeded in building expectations for what some have called ?the God machine.?...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
The Media Equation: Mr. Murdoch Comes Round for Tea
Rupert Murdoch, a coarse, self-seeking tabloid king, has become a potential savior who will rescue Dow Jones...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Everybody Talks About the Weather; All of a Sudden, It?s Controversial
The Weather Channel has seen its primary subject turn into a hot-button issue because of the topic of climate change...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Advertising: Publishers Creating Their Own In-House Ad Agencies
The president of the Condé Nast Media Group has developed an agencylike business within the ad sales unit...
New York Times - June 4, 2007
Second round in Buenos Aires vote
Businessman Mauricio Macri leads the vote for mayor of Buenos Aires, but a second round will be needed...
BBC News - June 4, 2007
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