In the latest sign of G.O.P. division, Colin L. Powell sent a letter of support to Senator John McCain, who is seeking limits to legislation on interrogation.
Gerald Prolman launched OrganicBouquet.com in 2003 to sell sustainably grown flowers that are freshly picked and then gift-wrapped. But as the company grew, he needed a better way to meet the increasing demand from florists, event planners and other whole-salers. So in June, Prolman launched a microsite (www.organicbouquetwholesale.com) to make it easier for these customers to place orders.
After a successful stint in the pharmaceutical industry, Shawn Kinney launched Hyaluron Inc.in 1999 as a manufacturer of hyaluronic acid, a product that can be extracted from rooster combs and used in orthopedics and eye surgery. Because hyaluronic acid is viscous, or resistant to flow, the company developed a process for putting the product into a syringe. Though born out of necessity, Hyaluron's syringe-filling expertise soon evolved into a bona fide commercial niche. Today, the $10 million company--which provides formulation and sterile manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries--has a growing international client roster.
AP - Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union reportedly have agreed to offer buyouts to all of the auto maker's approximately 75,000 union workers in the U.S.
AP - President Bush visited Capitol Hill Thursday where he conferred behind closed doors with House Republicans on legislation to give the government more power to spy on, imprison and interrogate terrorism suspects.
AP - A man with a black trench coat whose shooting rampage in a Montreal college killed one person and wounded 19 others before he was slain by police said on a blog in his name that he liked to play a role-playing Internet game about the Columbine massacre.
The alleged gunman in the Montreal college shooting called himself the "Angel of Death" in an online profile, according to Canadian media. Police identified the suspect as Kimveer Gill, 25. He was killed by police after a rampage through Dawson College that left one woman dead and 19 other people injured.
Several Republican senators are stepping up their opposition to the Bush administration's plan to authorize military trials for suspected terrorists, with one calling a key part of the bill "ill-advised." The issue in contention involves a White House-backed bid to redefine the U.S. interpretation of the Geneva Conventions. Some GOP senators say that would be a mistake.
U.S. forces in Iraq have detained more than 70 suspected terrorists, including a key associate of the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, a military spokesman said Thursday.
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