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Date: 13 May 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Time Warner purchases remainder of Court TV for $735 milllion from Liberty Media Corp; acquisition brings established brand to company's cable TV channels; Turner Broadcasting chief executive Philip H Kent comments (M)
Date: 13 May 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Time Warner bought the rest of Court TV yesterday for $735 million from the Liberty Media Corporation.
Date: 13 May 2006
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Alliance of Somali Warlords Battles Islamists in Capital Nearly 150 people have been killed over six days in the capital of Somalia as a new front in the war on terror has broken out between a group of Islamists and Somali warlords allied with Washington's aim of rooting out Muslim extremism from the region. A3 U.S. Cancels Contract in Iraq The Army Corps of Engineers said it had canceled the work remaining on a $70 million project to restore hospitals in Iraq, deepening a dispute with one of the largest American contractors operating in Baghdad and threatening a United States-led effort to improve Iraqi health care. A9 Rift Strains Vatican-China Ties The public dispute between China and the Roman Catholic Church over the consecration of two bishops without the Vatican's approval threatens recent gains in efforts to normalize relations between the two. A1 Oil Pipeline Explodes in Nigeria More than 200 people were burned to death and dozens of others injured when a gasoline pipeline exploded in a Nigerian village east of the country's commercial capital. A3 New Questions on Iran Program Diplomats said that inspectors have found traces of highly enriched uranium on equipment linked to an Iranian military base, raising new questions about whether Iran harbors a clandestine program to make nuclear bombs. A6 Nepal Arrests King's Advisers Nepal's new government detained five of the king's top officials and a government-appointed commission set up to investigate the royal crackdown on pro-democracy protests last month recommended suspending the country's security chiefs. A8 Putin Shakes Up Bureaucracy President Vladimir V. Putin fired the head of Russia's customs service and some security agency officials, ostensibly part of an anticorruption sweep of the bureaucracy but which also undermined a pro-Western member of his cabinet. A8 NATIONAL A10-15 President Will Discuss Immigration in Prime Time President Bush will deliver a televised address from the Oval Office on Monday to discuss immigration with a renewed emphasis on border security -- including the possible use of more National Guard troops -- signaling an effort to reassure conservatives. A1 A New Press Secretary Tony Snow, the new White House press secretary, had a rough first morning briefing with the press corps, demonstrating that being a talking head for the Bush administration is quite different from being a talking head for Fox News. A14 C.I.A. Official's Home Searched Federal agents searched the office and home of Kyle Foggo, who has stepped down as the Central Intelligence Agency's third-ranking official as part of a criminal probe of possible contracting fraud that has also focused on members of the House Appropriations panel. A10 Democrats Plan for Hearings Senate Democrats intend to use confirmation hearings for President Bush's choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, to press the administration on its broad surveillance programs, engaging Republicans on national security grounds that have been tricky for Democrats. A13 A Setback for Governor Bush G.O.P. lawmakers in Florida voted down two of Gov. Jeb Bush's education priorities, significantly impairing his chance of leaving a legacy on his signature issue. A10 Religion Journal A15 EDUCATION Appearances Canceled Patricia Polacco, a popular author of children's books and a critic of the No Child Left Behind Act, says she was disinvited from speaking at a meeting in Chicago because she would not agree to avoid discussing her views on the law. A12 NEW YORK/REGION B1-5 Doctors Track Ills Of Ground Zero Workers After nearly five years, it is still too early for doctors and scientists to say with certainty whether any long-term cancer threat came with exposure to the toxic cloud unleashed by the trade center collapse. But there are already clear signs that the dust, smoke and ash that responders breathed in have led to an increase in lung diseases. A1 Prisoners and Elections A federal appeals court ruling hinted that counting prisoners as residents of rural districts instead of the urban neighborhoods where they last lived may illegally dilute the votes of downstate New Yorkers. If that argument is pursued and upheld, it could upend the slim Republican majorities in the state legislature and in Washington. B1 SPORTSSATURDAY D1-7 New Record in 100 Meters Justin Gatlin broke the world record in the 100 meters at a Grand Prix meet in Doha, Qatar. Gatlin, a 24-year-old native of Brooklyn, broke the record with a time of 9.76 seconds in the final. That took a hundredth of a second off the mark set by Asafa Powell of Jamaica last June 14 in Athens. D1 OBITUARIES B6 John Hicks A pianist who helped define the mainstream jazz aesthetic of his instrument, he was 64. B6 ARTS B7-18 Looking for Young Ears in Berlin Even in the land of Beethoven and Brahms, the fight is on to keep classical music alive among the young. Fearing the loss of future audiences, the once-staid Berlin Philharmonic has created an elaborate education program. B7 BUSINESS DAY C1-9 U.S. Spending May Wane Warmer weather, higher wages and brisk hiring lifted spirits and spending by Americans during the first few months of the year, but that upbeat mood appears clouded lately by rising gasoline prices, a cooling housing market and higher interest rates, economic reports suggested. C1 Dell's Classic Business Plan Dell is sharply reducing prices again, as it has done during slowdowns in demand for personal computers. But some think the strategy will not work this time because competitors like Hewlett-Packard, Levono and Acer have made strides in tightening their supply chains and trimming Dell's cost advantage. C1 Last Salute to the Hummer General Motors is preparing to give a final salute to the Hummer H1. G.M. said it expects to stop building the H1, the flagship of its Hummer line, next month. C3 Business Digest B2 EDITORIAL A16-17 Editorials: The greening of nuclear power; ideology only; Nicholas Kulish on a rust bucket's last voyage down Route 29. Columns: Maureen Dowd, John Tierney. Bridge B15 Crossword B15 TV Listings B17 Weather C10
Date: 12 May 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Expedia, the Internet travel agency, said first-quarter profit plunged 51 percent on higher expenses and waning demand for vacation packages.
Date: 12 May 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
J C Penney Co says fiscal first-quarter profit rose 22 percent, to $210 million, compared with $172 million year earlier; says sales rose 2.5 percent, to $4.22 billion; Kohl's Corp says first-quarter profit rose 34 percent, to $167.2 million, from $124.7 million year earlier; says revenue climbed 16 percent, to $3.18 billion (M)
Date: 12 May 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
About 2,000 General Motors workers at plant in Ellesmere Port, Eng, stage wildcat strike after newspaper reports that company planned to eliminate 1,000 jobs at factory (S)
Date: 12 May 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
By Bloomberg News.
Date: 12 May 2006
By John Kifner
John Kifner
United States Army Family Readiness Groups provide support structure for families to help with everything from coping with forms and regulations to finding place to live; in recent years, helping military communities cope with death has become growing duty; task is well understood at Fort Drum in New York, which has lost 38 soldiers in Iraq and 21 in Afghanistan, on top of 11 killed in helicopter training crash on base in 2003; members of Fort Drum Readiness Group were ready to immediately support base families as word arrived on May 5 that Chinook helicopter had crashed in mountains of Afghanistan, killing 10 soldiers from 10th Mountain Division; photos (M)
Date: 12 May 2006
By John Kifner
John Kifner
The Army in recent years has organized a support structure to help families and soldiers deal with death.