April 2006 in the United States

April 2006 in the United States

April 2006

2006-04-28 (Friday)

* Little Brown asked retailers to stop selling Kaavya Viswanathan's book and return any copies. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4954192.stm (BBC)]

2006-04-27 (Thursday)

* The governments of the United States and Canada announced a tentative agreement on the trade issues concerning softwood lumber, a subject of dispute between them since 2002. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aD4FD90gmV5A&refer=canada (Bloomberg)]

2006-04-26 (Wednesday)

* Harvard prodigy/plagiarist apologizes. A 19 year old whose debut novel received two blazes of publicity (first for precocity and then for alleged copying from another novelist's works) has apologized. Kaavya Viswanathan says she is familiar with the works of Megan McCafferty but the resemblances between those works and her own book are unintentional. The apology came in an appearance on the Today show, a typical place for deep spiritual repentance. [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1891783 (ABC)]

2006-04-21 (Friday)

* A state judge in California has rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the state's stem cell research institute. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aF7GZ7xaVaoY&refer=us (Bloomberg)]

2006-04-14 (Friday)

* Delta Air Lines announces a tentative agreement with its pilots' union. [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2006-04-14T140535Z_01_WEN4591_RTRUKOC_0_US-TRANSPORT-DELTA.xml (Reuters)]

2006-04-12 (Wednesday)

* The Securities and Exchange Commission announces a new policy regarding the use of its subpoena power to obtain evidence from reporters. The policy aims at avoiding confrontations with a chilling impact on the dissemination of financial news. [http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-04-12T232412Z_01_N12380726_RTRIDST_0_FINANCIAL-SEC-MEDIASUBPOENAS.XML (Reuters)]

2006-04-10 (Monday)

* Jeffrey Skilling, one of the two defendants in the long-awaited trial of the two former heads of Enron (along with Ken Lay) takes the stand in his own defense.

2006-04-07 (Friday)

* The U.S. Congress recesses for two weeks after a procedural dispute holds up any Senate action on the compromise bill on immigration announced by Senate leaders yesterday. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/04/08/deal_on_immigration_bill_collapses_amid_partisan_fight/ (Boston Globe)]

2006-04-06 (Thursday)

* The leaders of the two parties in the United States Senate, Republican Bill Frist of Tennessee and Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada held a joint press conference to announce a bipartisan compromise on a new immigration bill. Under their proposed bill, illegal immigrants who can prove through utility bills or other documents that they have been in the U.S. for five years or more will in effect receive amnesty and become eligible for permanent residence. The House of Representatives' leadership remains opposed to such a move. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/07/MNGS9I4TDV1.DTL (San Francisco Chronicle)]


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