February 2006 in the United States

February 2006

February 27, 2006 (Monday)

• The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Christopher Cox, said that he hadn't approved of the issuance of subpoenas upon journalists concerning conversations that they had had with stock traders and analysts, and that he would bring the matter before the whole commission "before this matter proceeds further." (SEC website)

February 10, 2006 (Friday)

• The former director of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael D. Brown, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, and blamed the White House for inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina.

February 9, 2006 (Thursday)

• The Doctor-Patient Alliance for Responsible Asbestos Policy calls on the U.S. Senate, which yesterday began its floor debate on the proposed asbestos trust fund bill, to cure what the alliance considers fatal flaws in the bill, formally S. 852. (website)

February 8, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Six helicopters and close to 200 firefighters seek to contain a wildfire in southern California, near Malibu. It grew in size overnight, say authorities. (Mercury News)

February 6, 2006 (Monday)

• Jack Carter, son of a former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, announces that he's a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for a U.S. Senate seat from Nevada. The seat is now held by a Republican, John Ensign.

February 5, 2006 (Sunday)

• A Massachusetts teenager, Jacob D. Robida who attacked the patrons in a gay bar in New Bedford Wednesday, dies of gunshot wounds this morning. He had fled from Massachusetts to Arkansas, and incurred the fatal head wounds during a shoot-out with state police there. (Reuters)

February 4, 2006 (Saturday)

• Federal and state authorities offer a total $10,000 reward money for information about the arsonists who destroyed three houses of worship in rural Alabama Friday.

February 2, 2006 (Thursday)

• The chairman of Burger King Holdings Inc., the parent company of the famous fast-food chain, says that the company, now owned by three private equity firms, plans an initial public offering.

February 1, 2006 (Wednesday)

• The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on market competition in the petroleum industry. Committee chairman Arlen Specter said Congress should take "a very serious look" at changes in the antitrust laws in light of the recent wave of mergers in that industry. (AP)