Sachsische Zeitung, November 30, 2005 Newseum Image

November 30, 2005: Here is a photo caption from Germany's Sachsische Zeitung about the recent kidnapping of a German woman in Iraq. (You may need to use a language translation site.) --

Bangen um deutsche Geisel

Der Ausschnitt aus einer der ARD ubergebenen Videoaufzeichnung zeigt drei vermummte bewaffnete Manner und ihre zwei Geiseln - links mit verbundensen Augen Susanne Osthoff.

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Rapid City Journal, November 29, 2005 Newseum Image

November 29, 2005: An excerpt from a story in the South Dakota Rapid City Journal --

Storm slams S.D.

By The Associated Press and Journal staff

The snowstorm that blew across much of South Dakota Monday could disrupt the lives of two-thirds of its people, Gov. Mike Rounds said.

As many as 500,000 South Dakotans could be affected somehow, Rounds said. The brunt of the storm missed the Black Hills area.

But in the central and eastern part of the state, the storm forced schools, businesses and state and local governments to shut down.
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Winnipeg Free Press, November 28, 2005 Newseum Image

November 28, 2005: An excerpt from a story in the Winnipeg Free Press --

Canadians kidnapped in Iraq

By MERITA ILO 

TORONTO -- Two Canadians are among four humanitarian workers who have reportedly been kidnapped in a violent neighbourhood in western Baghdad.

Dan McTeague, the parliamentary secretary for Canadians abroad, said the Canadians were kidnapped on Saturday along with two other aid workers reportedly from the U.S. and Britain, but wouldn't release their names or the organization they worked for in order to "protect the safety of the individuals involved."
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Newsday, November 25, 2005 Image from newspaper's Web site

November 25, 2005: An excerpt from a story in Newsday --

Errant balloon hurts bystanders

In echo of 1997 accident, balloon clips streetlight in gusty winds, sending debris down on spectators

By TANIA PADGETT  

A handicapped woman and her young sister sustained cuts and scrapes at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday after the M&M giant balloon collided with a streetlight in Times Square, causing a piece of the bulb to fall into the crowd, police said.

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The Times-Picayune, November 24, 2005 Newseum Image

November 24, 2005: An excerpt from a story in The Times-Picayune --

A Happy Ending

Thanks to heroic medical professionals who improvised amid Katrina's chaos, an infant son can spend the holiday in his mother's arms

By BRIAN THEVENOT 

The teenage mother reached into the clear plastic cradle holding her tiny son, oxygen tubes still wired to his nose, as he stretched to grip one of her fingers with a hand still not big enough to reach all the way around.

Both mother and baby smiled wide, sharing a moment so rare since Hurricane Katrina forced them from their homes, her from a flooded 8th Ward house to Houston; her son from University Hospital to a Baton Rouge neonatal unit where she now marveled at his weight gain.

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Rutland Herald, November 23, 2005 Newseum Image

November 23, 2005: An excerpt from a story in the Rutland (Vermont) Herald --  

Storm Window

Weather not likely to hamper Thanksgiving plans

By BRENDAN McKENNA

Wintry weather Tuesday and Thursday probably won't interfere much with plans to go over the river and through the woods for Thanksgiving this year.

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The Detroit News, November 22, 2005 Newseum Image

November 22, 2005: An excerpt from a story in The Detroit News --

Huge cuts may not be enough, some fear

By BILL VLASIC AND BRETT CLANTON

DETROIT -- With its U.S. market share in a decades-long tailspin, General Motors Corp. took dramatic steps Monday to downsize its North American operations by shuttering nine plants and slashing 30,000 jobs.

The long-anticipated restructuring represents GM's deepest cost cuts since the early 1990s, and sets the stage for a showdown on jobs with the United Auto Workers in the upcoming 2007 national contract talks.

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JoongAng Ilbo, November, 17, 2005 Newseum Image

November 17, 2005:

Stories about the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting in Busan, South Korea, are featured in Seoul's JoongAng Ilbo.

A related newspaper with coverage of the meeting is the english language JoongAng Daily.

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The Courier-Journal, November, 16, 2005 Newseum Image

November 16, 2005: An excerpt from a story in The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal -- 

Storms, twisters pound region, hurt at least 30

By JAMES MALONE AND SHELDON S. SHAFER

A series of storms that raked the region yesterday spawned tornadoes, gusty winds and downpours, and left at least 30 people injured in Western Kentucky.

A report of a death there could not be confirmed last night, authorities said.

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Haaretz, November, 15, 2005 Newseum Image

November 15, 2005: An excerpt from a story in Tel-Aviv, Israel's Haaretz --

Israel, PA to sign Gaza border deal today

By ALUF BENN

U.S. Secretary of State Condolezza Rice plans to announce today an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on operating the Gaza Strip border crossings.  Rice extended her visit to the region by a day in an effort to reach the accord.

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International Herald Tribune, Nov. 14, 2005 Newseum Image

November 14, 2005: An excerpt from a story in the International Herald Tribune --

Confession in Jordanian bombing

By MICHAEL SLACKMAN and CHRISTINE HAUSER

AMMAN: An Iraqi woman detained by Jordanian security forces for taking part in the suicide bomb plot that killed 57 people at three popular hotels here last week appeared on state television Sunday, giving details about how her explosives belt failed to detonate at a wedding reception and how she then fled.

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Stars and Stripes, November 11, 2005 Newseum Image

November 11, 2005: An excerpt from a story in Stars and Stripes --

A day for those who served and those who serve

By KENT HARRIS

VICENZA, Italy -- Maybe it takes a war for many Americans to see the meaning of Veterans Day.

"Sadly, that's so," said Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Gravens, the top enlisted soldier in U.S. Army Europe. "Even then, I don't think the average American realizes the sacrifices of soldiers and their families."
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The New York Times, November 10, 2005 Newseum Image

November 10, 2005: An excerpt from a story in The New York Times --

Times Reporter Agrees to Leave the Paper

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

The New York Times and Judith Miller, a veteran reporter for the paper, reached an agreement yesterday that ended her 28-year career at the newspaper and capped more than two weeks of negotiations.

Ms. Miller went to jail this summer rather than reveal a confidential source in the C.I.A. leak case. But her release from jail 85 days later, after she agreed to testify before a grand jury, and persistent questions about her actions roiled long-simmering concerns about her in the newsroom and led to her departure.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 9, 2005 Newseum Image

November 9, 2005: An excerpt from a page one story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch --

Kaine wins

By TYLER WHITLEY 

Democrat Timothy M. Kaine easily defeated Republican Jerry W. Kilgore for governor last night, dealing the GOP a blow in a second consecutive gubernatorial election.

The contest for governor was also a defeat for President Bush, who put his prestige on the line Monday night by making an eleventh-hour campaign stop for Kilgore.
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Evansville Courier & Press, November 8, 2005 Image from newspaper's Web site

November 8, 2005: An excerpt from a page one story in the Evansville Courier & Press --

Lives of victims -- young and old -- touched many

DONNER FAMILY

Jesse and Crystal Donner met in high school, married when both were 18 and produced a young working-class family whose members were by all accounts utterly devoted to one another.

Sunday morning's tornado killed Jesse, 26, and the couple's 6-year-old daughter, Emily.  Crystal was battered by the storm, and her 8-year-old son battled to stay alive.

Noah Donner was blown the length of two football fields and into a ditch.  The floor of another mobile home settled on top of the ditch and a car fell on top of that.
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The Indianapolis Star, November 7, 2005 Newseum Image

November 7, 2005: An excerpt from a page one story in The Indianapolis Star --

Tornado Kills 22 in Southern Indiana

By REBECCA NEAL and STACI HUPP

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- The state's deadliest tornado in three decades whipped through southern Indiana early Sunday -- killing 22 people, injuring more than 150 others and leaving survivors who say they didn't hear the warning sirens.

At least 17 of those killed were in an Evansville-area mobile home park, where more than half of the 350 homes were either damaged or destroyed. Five others, including a family of three, died in Warrick County.
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O Globo, November 4, 2005 Newseum Image

November 4, 2005: Brazil's O Globo reports on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina. Here is a page one headline. (You may need to use a language translation site.) --

Alca divide Cupula das Americas
Assessores de Bush nao o querem perto de Chavez
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Le Figaro, November 3, 2005 Newseum Image

November 3, 2005: An excerpt from  Le Figaro's (Paris) page one story about the riots in France. (You may need to use a language translation site.) --

Banlieues : mobilisation politique sous tension

SIX JOURS APRES les premieres nuits de violence en Seine-Saint-Denis, Jacques Chirac est intervenu hier en Conseil des ministres pour reclamer que les esprits s'apaisent.
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The Guardian, November 2, 2005 Newseum Image

November 2, 2005: A page one photo caption from The (London) Guardian --

London bomb victims remembered

Ruby Gray, seven, waits with her mother Louise outside St.Paul's Cathedral at a memorial service for victims of the July 7 suicide bombings in London. Ruby's father, Richard, was among the 52 killed.
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Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1, 2005 Newseum Image

November 1, 2005: An excerpt from a page one story in The Philadelphia Inquirer --  

Battle lines drawn as Bush picks Alito

By JAMES KUHNHENN AND WILLIAM DOUGLAS

WASHINGTON -- President Bush appeased his restive conservative allies yesterday by choosing Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. as his new Supreme Court nominee, but he set up a potentially grueling Senate confirmation struggle and a certain clash with Democrats and moderate Republicans.

Alito, 55, is a Trenton native and a veteran judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, based in Philadelphia.