This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 22, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Can American businesses benefit from the declining euro? (search) Let’s get the measure of this from the 2005 chief executive of the year in Hartford, Connecticut, George David. …
Read More »Pistons Outplay Spurs 96-79
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The NBA Finals aren’t looking so lopsided anymore, thanks to a burst of life from the defending champion Detroit Pistons (search) that took them three games to summon. Playing with a level of energy that was nowhere to be found in the first two games, Ben …
Read More »Alcoa Signs $2B Aluminum Deal With Airbus
LOS ANGELES – Alcoa Inc. (AA), the world’s largest aluminum producer, Wednesday said it has signed a long-term deal worth nearly $2 billion in revenues to provide European aircraft manufacturer Airbus with high-performance sheet and plate products. Alcoa said the deal, which runs through December 2011, covers aircraft including the …
Read More »Thune Willing to Sacrifice Bolton for Air Base
RAPID CITY, S.D. – John Bolton’s (search) nomination to the United Nations may not seem to have much to do with a proposed base closing in South Dakota, but the state’s junior senator is seemingly drawing a connection in order to keep a promise to voters who sent him to …
Read More »Yahoo Seeks to Grow in Voice Services
CHICAGO – Internet services company Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) is looking to boost its business in the Internet’s next big growth area: voice communications. The largest U.S. provider of Web e-mail services, Yahoo already has deals with several landline and wireless telephone companies, including SBC Communications (SBC), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) …
Read More »Ex-Gitmo Inmate Acquitted of All Charges
KUWAIT CITY – A former Guantanamo Bay (search) inmate was acquitted of all terrorism-related charges in a Kuwaiti court Wednesday. Nasser al-Mutairi (search) spent nearly three years at the U.S. prison in Cuba and was released in January, only to face trial at home. The 27-year-old Muslim extremist was acquitted …
Read More »Remains Recovered From Crash
KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. military confirmed Thursday that all 16 service members aboard a special forces helicopter died when it crashed into a mountain ravine earlier this week, apparently after being shot down. The remains of those killed were being recovered at the site in eastern Afghanistan where the …
Read More »Karl Rove Controversy
This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” June 24, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” JOHN GIBSON, GUEST HOST: another story that is causing enormous controversy and stirring a …
Read More »High Court Grants New Trial for Pa. Death Row Inmate
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court (search), nearing the end of a term marked by a host of second-guess rulings on death penalty sentences, concluded Monday that the attorney for a man convicted of killing a tavern owner had done sloppy work. In a 5-4 decision, justices ruled in the 17-year-old …
Read More »Winds Knock Out Power in Iowa, Minn.
Wind up to 67 mph ripped off roofs, knocked over trucks and outbuildings and blacked out thousands of customers as thunderstorms rumbled through Minnesota and Iowa. Emergency crews had to rescue a man whose tractor-trailer rig was blown over at the central Iowa town of Nevada, just east of Ames, …
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