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US News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Hastert sorry, but not quitting
Rep. Dennis Hastert will not step down as House speaker over the controversy surrounding ex-Rep. Mark Foley, the congressman said during a speech Thursday, explaining "I haven't done anything wrong."...
CNN - October 5, 2006
Amish Victims Mourned at Funerals
Four days after a grisly attack on an Amish schoolhouse, funerals were held for four of the five girls who were killed...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
German Leader Survives With Health Care Deal
Chancellor Angela Merkel reached an agreement for new financing of Germany’s health care system...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
House Plans Inquiry Into Page Scandal
A House subcommittee will investigate improper conduct between lawmakers and pages. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert said this afternoon that he would not give up his leadership post...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Publisher Is Fired at Los Angeles Times
Jeff Johnson was asked to resign after refusing to go along with cutbacks ordered by The Tribune Company. David Hiller has been named as a replacement...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Have Your Say: The main issues?
Will you be voting in the mid-term elections? Send us your comments and predictions...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Starbucks to triple store numbers
Starbucks raises its expansion target to 40,000 outlets around the world, more than triple the existing number...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Goodyear staff strike on closures
Workers at Goodyear factories in the US and Canada walk out in a dispute over factory closures...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
EU and US push for air data deal
EU and US negotiators make a new effort to resolve a dispute over the transfer of data about air passengers...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Slain Amish girls to be laid to rest
Horse-drawn carriages carried mourners through the quiet town of Georgetown, Pennsylvania, past the home of gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV, as funeral services were held Thursday for the girls he killed at an Amish schoolhouse...
CNN - October 5, 2006
Amish schoolgirls laid to rest
Horse-drawn carriages carry mourners through the quiet town of Georgetown, Pennsylvania, as funeral services are held for the girls shot to death at an Amish schoolhouse...
CNN - October 5, 2006
Lawyer: FBI to question former aide about Foley scandal
The FBI will interview a top congressional aide Thursday, the day after he resigned and said he had warned House leaders about Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage pages before 2005, the aide's lawyer said...
CNN - October 5, 2006
Brooklyn Journal: A Car Dealership Defined by Big Dreams and Bigger Letters
The story behind a curious car dealership sign in Brooklyn that countless motorists driving on or off the Manhattan Bridge have probably passed...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Rice Meets With Maliki in Baghdad
The secretary of state offered support for efforts to bring stability to the country...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Oil Prices Rise Amid Signs of OPEC Cuts
OPEC may be considering cutting its production to stem the recent steep decline in oil prices...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Ex-Chief of H.P. Pursued Leaks, Too
Carleton S. Fiorina ordered the first of a series of investigations in January 2005, her memoir says...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Ford in focus as car talks cease
As Renault and Nissan end partnership talks with GM, analysts speculate on whether they will now approach Ford...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Harvard 'world's top university'
Harvard keeps top slot in a world universities ranking, with Cambridge and Oxford now second and third...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
FBI joins hunt for E.coli spinach
Agents seeking the source of spinach contaminated with the E.coli bacteria search two plants in California...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
NATO takes command in Afghanistan
NATO has assumed responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan, taking over from U.S.-led forces that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago...
CNN - October 5, 2006
Aide: I warned Hastert's office about Foley
House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office was notified of concerns about then-Rep. Mark Foley before 2005, casting doubt on top GOP leaders' statements that they heard nothing of Foley's inappropriate behavior before then, a former aide to Foley says...
CNN - October 5, 2006
U.S. Opens Criminal Inquiry in Spinach Scare
Two California companies were searched over accusations that adequate safety measures were not taken...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Police to Start Inspecting Bags on Boston Subway
The inspections will be random for the most part, but could be mandatory at some stations, Gov. Mitt Romney said...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Managua Journal: Hold the Mojito and Margarita, Nicaragua Has el Macuá
Determined to find a drink to call its own, Nicaragua has selected a national answer to Cuba’s mojito and Mexico’s margarita: a fruity concoction called el macuá...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Fiorina Pursued Leaks at H.P., Too
Former Hewlett-Packard chief Carleton S. Fiorina ordered the first of a series of leak investigations in January 2005, she says in her memoir...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Apple finds stock option problems
Apple Computer finds problems in the way stock options were granted, an internal investigation shows...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Ex-HP head faces charges
Ex-Hewlett Packard boss Patricia Dunn vows to fight criminal charges relating to a corporate spying scandal...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Jackson jet video man sentenced
A man who secretly taped Michael Jackson on a private jet is sentenced to home detention...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Briton fights US DNA bid
A Briton accused of murdering his US wife and baby is expected to fight a prosecution request for a DNA sample...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Mexico police 'hushed up rapes'
Mexican police covered up the rape and abuse of demonstrators at protest in May, Amnesty International reports...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
US eavesdropping 'can go on'
Washington can continue wiretapping without warrants until its appeal against a ban on the practice is heard, a US court rules.
A US government wiretap scheme breaches the constitution and should be halted at once, a judge says...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
Funerals for Amish school victims
The Amish prepare to bury four of their five girls killed in Monday's primary school massacre in Pennsylvania...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
North Korea spurs new warnings
The U.S. envoy to stalled North Korea nuclear talks says the United States will not tolerate a nuclear North Korea. South Korea, meanwhile, warns that North Korea's stance could trigger a regional atomic arms race...
CNN - October 5, 2006
NATO: Step up aid for Afghanistan
Western nations must do more to crack down on the drug trade and corruption in Afghanistan, NATO's commander said as the alliance prepared to assume security for the entire country...
CNN - October 5, 2006
Coroner: Blood on desks
The teacher in the one-room school house where a gunman executed several students said the man would not look her in the eye. The coroner who arrived to find a gruesome scene hopes she never witnesses such a thing again...
CNN - October 5, 2006
Amish School Survivors Struggle After Killings
As the community struggled to comprehend the killer’s actions, families prepared for funerals...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Rain Postpones Game 2; Tigers Scramble
The game will be made up Thursday at Yankee Stadium at 1 p.m., with the same starters, the Yankees’ Mike Mussina and the Tigers’ Justin Verlander, scheduled to pitch...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
The New Age: Old but Not Frail: A Matter of Heart and Head
A central issue only now being systematically addressed is why some people age well and others do not...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
City Considers Plan to Let Outsiders Run Schools
Officials are considering plans to hire private groups at taxpayer expense to manage scores of public schools...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
47 Years After Father, Son Wins a Nobel, Too
Dr. Roger D. Kornberg of Stanford University School of Medicine won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Early Warning on Foley Cited by Former Aide
A former aide said that Speaker J. Dennis Hastert’s office knew about reports of “inappropriate behavior” by Representative Mark Foley far earlier than Mr. Hastert’s office has acknowledged...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Making a Profit and a Difference
In Michigan, more small, local businesses are inclined to embrace social responsibility and promote environmental health...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Stock Buyback at Qwest
Quest said it approved a plan to repurchase up to $2 billion in shares as a gesture to investors who remained loyal to the company...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
VW Takes Stake in Truck Maker Based in Munich
VW bought a 15 percent stake in MAN as part of an effort to form a three-way alliance with the truck maker and Scania of Sweden...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
American Axle Offers Buyouts
The company is offering union workers at five auto parts plants up to $100,000 to leave because of declining demand from automakers...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Advertising: CNN Turns to Event Marketing to Strut Its Brand
CNN is seeking to bring its brand to life beyond the TV, PC and cellphone screens by forming a division devoted to event marketing...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Shaw Group to Pay $1.08 Billion for Stake in Westinghouse Electric
Under the plan, Toshiba would own 77 percent of Westinghouse and the remaining 3 percent would be owned by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries of Japan...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Judge Orders Trial for Ex-Kmart Officers
The executives will stand trial on accusations they misled investors about Kmart’s financial problems before its 2002 bankruptcy filing...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Starbucks Shares Soar on News of Sales Growth
Starbucks shares soared even before the company announced September sales growth figures that trounced Wall Street estimates...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Microsoft Plans Piracy Crackdown
Microsoft said people running a pirated version of its new Windows Vista operating system will be denied access to some features...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Big Investor Sabotaged Acquisition, ImClone Says
ImClone accused the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn of sabotaging a proposal from a big drug maker to acquire the company...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
2 More Signs of Slow Growth
Factory orders for manufactured goods were weak for a second month and service industry activity was the slowest in more than three years...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Wal-Mart Lowers Its Sales Growth Estimate
The retail giant unexpectedly lowered its estimate for monthly growth after discovering mistakes in calculations at 235 locations...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Fed Chief Says Housing Is in a ‘Correction’
Ben S. Bernanke’s remarks reaffirm the view that the Fed will keep the lending rate unchanged at 5.25 percent for the remainder of the year...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Security Breaches Worry Outsourcing Industry
Outsourcing executives are worried that recent security breaches are damaging India’s reputation as a high-skilled, low-cost location...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Economic Scene: Poor U.S. Scores in Health Care Don’t Measure Nobels and Innovation
The American health care system, high expenditures and all, is driving innovation for the entire world...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Europe to Put Shoe Tariffs on Vietnam and China
The shoe tariff come at a time of profoundly mixed feelings in Europe about the rise of Asian economies...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Shares Surge Amid Hopes for Lower Rates
The S. & P. index set a five-year high and the Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 11,800 for the first time...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Study Concludes Side Air Bags Cut Risk of Fatality by a Third
The study found that side air bags are particularly effective in sport utility vehicles, cutting the chances of a fatality by 52 percent...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Prosecutors in KPMG Tax Shelter Case Offer to Try 2 Groups of Defendants Separately
The surprise move signals that the government is shifting tactics as it works to shore up the largest criminal tax case ever...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Business Is Good, but Kohl’s Still Seeks a Fresh Face
The quiet clothing industry powerhouse is undergoing a makeover in an effort to attract style-conscious consumers...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Senate Group Investigating Firing at a Brokerage Firm
Rodman & Renshaw’s chairman said the firing of a research analyst who sought to lower a stock rating came after he told his story to the Senate Finance Committee...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
State of the Art: This Maker of MP3’s Did Think Different
Samsung’s new YP-K5 music player has a very big ace up its sleeve: built-in speakers...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Weak Results Dim Hedge Funds Luster
Eager for the rich returns that hedge funds promise, investors continue to pour money into them, hoping the next hedge fund burnout will not be theirs...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
G.M.’s Talks on a Partner Fall Apart
Talks of a three way alliance with Renault and Nissan ended after G.M. demanded billions to cement the deal...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Apple Says Jobs Knew of Options
Apple said an internal review found that Steven P. Jobs knew the company was backdating stock options to inflate their value...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Ex-Leader Among 5 Charged in Hewlett Case
The felony charges against Patricia C. Dunn and five others are the first by California prosecutors in connection with the company’s illegal spying operation...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Fiorina Pursued Leaks at H.P, Too
Former Hewlett-Packard chief Carleton S. Fiorina ordered the first of a series of leak investigations in January 2005, she says in a long-anticipated memoir...
New York Times - October 5, 2006
Argentine prisoners end protest
A hunger strike by more than 14,000 Argentine prisoners demanding swifter trials ends after two weeks...
BBC News - October 5, 2006
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