es (at least 23 confirmed) have been reported during the afternoon and evening across central North America , stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico . Damage has been reported in many areas, and at least one person was killed. {Link without Title}
The New York Stock Exchange reaches an out-of-court settlement with some of its seat holders who had filed a lawsuit in an effort to prevent the NYSE's proposed acquisition of electronic trading firm Archipelago Holdings . The settlement requires a new independent financial review of the merits of the deal. Dissidents complain that the NYSE is over-paying. (Reuters)
Students at the University of Tennessee (UT) received international criticism and praise for interrupting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney 's keynote speech at the groundbreaking of the Harold Baker Center. The students protested in favor of ending the Iraq War by "heckling" Cheney while a group of 50-100 protesters gathered outside the building also protesting the war. This incident has come to be known as the Baker Center Protest . {Link without Title}
