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  The News channel » Netscape.com
News – President Bush may be able to "announce a new way forward" in Iraq by the end of the year, his chief spokesman told CNN Wednesday night.
News – "Burning the hate-filled Koran should be viewed as a public service at the least." Hundreds of such e-mails were sent to police by a former CIA agent advising the NYPD on counterterrorism issues.
News – British hearings into the deaths of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al Fayed will be held in public after a decision that they should be conducted in secret was reversed, judicial authorities said on Thursday.
news.netscape.com   (1059 words)

  
 National News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday streamlined the way it updates regulations for the nation's worst air pollutants, a move that drew immediate charges that officials are trying to quash scientific review to benefit industry at the expense of public health.
NEW YORK — Harsh allegations over President Carter's new book on Israel and the Palestinians came into sharper focus Thursday when a former top aide to Carter said the book appeared to contain maps that were "unusually similar" to those in an earlier book.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said that he would decide next month whether to form an exploratory committee and begin a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
www.latimes.com /news/nationworld/nation   (715 words)

  
 World business, finance and political news from the Financial Times – FT.com US
Ben Bernanke’s view that the US economy is heading for a soft landing received a significant lift as data showing strong job creation last month forced more pessimistic investors into retreat.
A hard-hitting report called for changes in US policy over Iraq, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez enjoyed a landslide election victory and a startling discovery meant there could be life on Mars after all.
Brace yourself for the release of US monthly non-farm payrolls, an event that reliably triggers one of the most cacophonous trading sessions of the month.
news.ft.com /home/us   (476 words)

  
 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Derrick Shareef, 22, of Rockford, was arrested when he met with an undercover agent in a parking lot to trade a set of stereo speakers for four hand grenades and a handgun.
NEW YORK — Workers began dismantling a fl-shrouded skyscraper near the World Trade Center site Friday, nearing the removal of an urban eyesore that stood for five years above ground zero.
FLORIDA PANTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla. — In recent years, Florida panthers have rebounded from the brink of extinction to about 100 on the southwestern edge of the Everglades, prompting officials to warn residents to be aware of the cats and to keep their children close at dusk and dawn.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/digest.htm   (523 words)

  
 US & Canada News Headlines - FT.com
Top officials in New Delhi and Washington were confident that US legislators would approve a historic but controversial bill that will end India's isolation as a nuclear power.
US Senate leaders said they were poised to pass a bill cracking down on pipeline operators after safety problems at an Alaskan oilfield operated by BP.
US Senate leaders have agreed to take steps to approve a trade pact with Vietnam that would normalise relations with the Communist-ruled country.
news.ft.com /world/us   (416 words)

  
 US News Political Bulletin - Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Finally, the report was supposed to bridge the partisan gap and unify the country on a new course.
New York Times says in its front-page report that Bush "moved quickly to distance himself" from two of the report's "most fundamental recommendations: pulling back American combat brigades from Iraq over the next 15 months, and engaging in direct talks with Iran and Syria.
New York Times runs an interesting analysis on the report, in which it says "many of the blistering critiques of the Bush administration contained in the Iraq Study Group's report boil down to this: the worldviews of Baker versus Rice." And speaking of the Secretary of State, the
www.usnewsbulletin.com.cob-web.org:8888   (941 words)

  
 U.S. News & World Report - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While U.S. News asserts that this "allows the top academics we contact to account for intangibles such as faculty dedication to teaching", it is unclear what basis college presidents and administrators have for making these assessments for more than a handful of institutions.
Because the U.S. News rankings measure an institution's educational practices and curricular offerings only indirectly at best, alternative survey instruments have been developed to identify institutions that routinely provide enriching educational and social experiences and environments for their students.
Regardless, U.S. News continues to rank law schools down to the 4th tier, despite only ranking the top 50 schools in other professions, such as medical schools or MBA programs.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/U.S._News_&_World_Report   (770 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | US mosques checked for radiation
According to US News and World Report, the nuclear surveillance programme was set up after the attacks of 11 September 2001.
The air monitoring targeted private US property in the Washington DC area, including Maryland and Virginia suburbs, and the cities of Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, New York and Seattle, the magazine said.
Federal officials cited by US News and World Report said that monitoring on public property, such as driveways and parking lots, was legal and that warrants were not needed for the kind of radiation sampling it conducted.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4557224.stm   (455 words)

  
 Photo Slideshow | Reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday as a report showing stronger-than-expected job growth boosted optimism about the outlook for profits.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that November's U.S. jobs report was "good news" and indicated economic growth was on a solid path.
Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms.
today.reuters.com   (515 words)

  
 NPR Topics: Nation
The company is accused of using false pretenses, or pretexting, to obtain the personal phone records of board members and journalists.
"Mississippi: Believe It!" is a new public-relations campaign aimed it improving the image of a deep-South state that is often mocked by outsiders.
Sullivan tells Steve Inskeep that he thinks the U.S. should increase the size of the regular Army by about 100,000 soldiers.
www.npr.org /rss/rss.php?topicId=3   (1215 words)

  
 US News | NewsBusters.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In an amazingly influential way, the New York Times article on NSA intelligence gathering last week has touched off a feeding frenzy in the press, where every outlet is rushing to get out their stories about how the Bush administration is violating the rights of average American citizens in their paranoid fantasy about terrorist enemies.
Now for the bad news: AdAge.com reports that U.S. News and World Report is dumping the "On Society" column by John Leo.
U.S. News and World Report's idea of "news" this week is what amounts to another warmed-over press release from the folks at the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center about the far-right threat.
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 Reuters: US News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeane Kirkpatrick, a key player in former President Ronald Reagan's conservative foreign policy as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died, the American Enterprise Institute, where she was a senior fellow, said on Friday.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian police on Friday charged two U.S. pilots with endangering air safety in the crash of a Brazilian airliner over the Amazon rain forest in which all 154 people on board were killed.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A hip-hop disc jockey who was shot several times was in critical condition on Friday, authorities said, as fans and friends prayed for his recovery.
feeds.reuters.com /reuters/domesticNews   (626 words)

  
 eBay - us news magazine, Magazine Subscriptions, Postcards Paper items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 IBM News - United States
New software from IBM will speed up businesses installing new Microsoft Windows Vista.
The news on this page is also available as a podcast, automatically generated using IBM's text to speech technologies.
If you are new to podcasts, we suggest you read the Introduction to podcasts article.
www.ibm.com /News   (471 words)

  
 US News : Indybay
On Wednesday September 27th, the US House of Representatives approved HR 6166 by a margin of 253-168 and on September 28th, the US Senate approved its version of the bill, Senate Bill 3930, in a 65-34 vote.
New Orleans Network lists over 50 commemorative events that will be held in the New Orleans area.
New Orleans Indymedia reports that the People's Hurricane Relief Fund is helping to organize an August 29th memorial march.
www.indybay.org /us   (3768 words)

  
 US News & World Report: Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The new 2006 edition of our annual special report includes search tools, helpful articles, a complete list of schools, and a directory of online courses and degrees.
This new special report provides guidance on Medicare drug plans, long-term care insurance, new Medicaid rules, and employer benefits.
From Hurricane Katrina to the 2006 elections, U.S. News photographers capture moments of emotion and history.
www.usnews.com /usnews/home.htm   (834 words)

  
 National News - All Headlines - New York Times
New Leader of the F.D.A. Is Confirmed by the Senate
In New Orleans, a plan to demolish prewar housing for the poor may be misconceived.
A new generation of billionaire business people are trying to harness marketplace forces to do good works.
www.nytimes.com /pages/national   (624 words)

  
 Newsvine - us-news
Historians tell us that Pharaoh was the first to stir up the multitudes against the Jews, and we have it from Scripture that a new Pharaoh will arise to torment us from generation to generation.
News from Minnesota: Nobel Prizes, Wind Turbines, and Geese-Induced Blackouts
US environmental regulators are considering removing lead, a heavy metal linked to learning problems in children, from a list of regulated pollutants because past rules have greatly reduced levels of the toxin.
www.newsvine.com /us-news   (1373 words)

  
 The US Navy
More than 1,500 Pearl Harbor survivors, their families and friends from around the nation will join more than 2,000 distinguished guests and the general public for the annual observance.
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- The National Park Service and the U.S. Navy hosted a joint memorial ceremony at Naval Station Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
More than 1,500 Pearl Harbor survivors and their families and friends from around the nation joined 2,000 distinguished guests and the general public for the annual observance of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor on the Kilo Pier venue, which looks directly out to the USS Arizona Memorial approximately half a mile away.
www.news.navy.mil   (369 words)

  
 News Archives A-D. SLA News Division Web Site.
Archives of international, Canadian, and Asian news sources are also available.
News published since 2004 is only available to subscribers.
The information about Newsbank's News Library is now on Other Sources for News Archives.
sunsite.unc.edu /slanews/internet/archives.html   (660 words)

  
 US Press News
Reportedly, all of the major Hollywood movie studios are watching these developments closely as they have proven to be in great need of such innovations.
Mel Gibson, who was accused by many of promoting anti-Semitic views in his 2004 blockbuster "Passion of the Christ," is said to be involved in a new project set in a Nazi concentration camp.
During a live television benefit concert for New Orleans, rap star Kanye West criticized the federal government's slow response to help the stranded residents of New Orleans by claiming that, "George Bush doesn't care about fl people."
news.unclesharky.com   (732 words)

  
 Computerworld - News, Education & Headlines - Security, Storage & Networking - Information on Hardware, ...
The new company, which does not yet have an English name, will open early next year in an advanced 12-in.-chip factory Powerchip started building in central Taiwan earlier this year.
Three weeks after the U.S. Naval War College's networks were taken offline after a network intrusion was discovered, there has been no word on when it will be restored.
Microsoft is investigating a new vulnerability in Windows Media Player that could be used to run malicious code on a user's PC.
www.computerworld.com   (1748 words)

  
 Wired News:
Wired News on the Go Sync up, head out, read Wired News on your handheld at your leisure.
Now plastic surgeons are finding new ways to deal with leftover flesh.
But now a wireless giant says the new rule will damage the prepaid cell phone industry, and hurt those who can't afford monthly service.
www.wired.com   (1286 words)

  
 Drug Store News - About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
ABOUT US Drug Store News has been the voice of the retail drug industry for over seven decades.
The recognized industry source for statistics, Drug Store News publishes A.C. Nielsen Reports; exclusive Gallup consumer studies; and the IRI Annual Report of the Chain Drug Industry, long recognized as the most complete analysis of chain drug retailing.
Drug Store News participates in all important industry functions and, each year, sponsors the Retail Excellence (REX) Awards honoring the industry's leading retailers and suppliers.
www.drugstorenews.com /about   (237 words)

  
 Investing, Stocks, Home Business, Mutual Funds, Real Estate, & Personal Finance News & Analysis
Here are some of the best names in an industry that actually has a lot going for it.
Spot them outside the business cycle with help from Cramer's new book.
Cramer's new book shows how to steer clear.
www.thestreet.com   (329 words)

  
 Plastics News - About us
The publication's mission is to report completely, promptly, fairly and accurately, and to provide plastics industry officials with the market information and competitive intelligence they need to do their jobs more effectively.
These serve as forums for the presentation of new products and ideas and for independent discussion of issues of concern to the industry.
Plastics News presents two awards annually − its Processor of the Year Award, delivered to a worthy North American plastics processor in a ceremony at the Executive Forum, and the IDSA/Plastics News Design Award, given out each spring at the SPI Structural Plastics Division Conference.
www.plasticsnews.com /subscriber/about/aboutus.html   (319 words)

  
 US News
US News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
The U.S. military transferred the first group of Guantanamo Bay detainees on Thursday to a new maximum-security prison on the naval base configured to restrict contact among the prisoners and prevent attacks on...
OVER LUNCH in New York two weeks ago, John Bolton told me he was thinking about abandoning his long struggle for confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and leaving government service.
www.topix.net /us   (2557 words)

  
 FindLaw Legal News - Lawyer News, Attorney News, Law News, Trial News, Bar News and More
US Homeland Security's traveler risk assessments may have violated congressional ban By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN Associated Press Writer (AP) - WASHINGTON-Officials are debating whether the Homeland Security Department's computerized risk assessments of international travelers violate a specific ban that Congress imposed on the agency's spending for the past three years.
US Homeland Security's traveler risk assessments may have violated congressional ban
New children's book collection bears boxing great's name
legalnews.findlaw.com   (680 words)

  
 Games Workshop - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Games Workshop US Online Store is here to help you with the 2006 Holiday Gift Guide.
Also available are the Green Large Model and Red Custom Army Case as well as Rules Cases for Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, and The Lord of The Rings.
Copyright © Games Workshop Limited 2006 excepting all materials pertaining to the New Line theatrical productions: The Watcher logo, The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; and The Return of The King which are © MMVI New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
us.games-workshop.com /news/default.htm   (525 words)

  
 1010 WINS - On-Air, Online, On Demand - U.S. News
ABC News issued an alert that police arrested a man who planned to attack holiday shoppers in suburban Chicago.
The New Jersey Gladiators are looking for a few good women to join their women's profession tackle football team.
In the shadows of terrorism and war, a new threat is emerging as exotic animals captured in the wild stream across the border, leaving us increasingly vulnerable to a virulent outbreak that could rival a terrorist attack.
www.1010wins.com /pages/2449.php   (372 words)

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