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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2007:
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Carpetbagger Blog: N.Y. Film Critics Circle Awards
The New York Critics cast their votes; "No country for Old Men" gets best picture...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
N.J. Moves to Abolish Death Penalty
The New Jersey Senate approved making the state the first to abolish the death penalty since it was reallowed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
The Lede Blog: Who Wears a Winter Coat in Djibouti?
Tales from a trip abroad with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Colorado Church Gunman Had Been Kicked Out
The gunman believed to have killed four people at a megachurch and a missionary training school had been thrown out of the school about three years ago, police said...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Thomas Settles Harassment Case
Madison Square Garden and Knicks coach Isiah Thomas have settled the sexual harassment case brought by Anucha Browne Sanders, a former team executive...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Argentina Ushers In a New Political Dynasty
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Cristina Fernandez was sworn in Monday as Argentina's first elected female president, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure continued recovery from an economic meltdown...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
G.O.P. Voters Are Uninspired by Candidates
A vast majority of Republican voters say they have not made a final decision about who to support in the primaries, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Harvard Steps Up Financial Aid
Expanding on efforts to help low-income students, Harvard today announced aid increases for students from middle-class and upper-middle-class families...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Justices Widen Sentencing Powers of Federal Judges
Upholding a relatively light sentence in a crack case, the Supreme Court held that ?the cocaine guidelines, like all other guidelines, are advisory only.?...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Deloitte Agrees to Pay $1 Million Fine
The settlement stems from accusations that the firm botched an audit of a pharmaceutical company by entrusting it to a partner it knew to be a poor auditor...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Mortgage Crisis Forces Big Cuts at WaMu
Washington Mutual said it will close offices, lay off workers, and set aside far more than expected for loan losses in its fourth quarter...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Bank of America to Close Money Market Fund
The fund for institutional investors has withered from $40 billion to $12 billion in assets amid the subprime-mortgage crisis...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
DealBook Blog: Warburg Pincus to Invest $1 Billion in MBIA
The move is aimed at allaying concerns that the bond insurer would face a capital shortfall...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Black Is Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years in Prison
Conrad M. Black was convicted of fleecing shareholders of Hollinger International out of millions of dollars...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
US police look for shooting links
Police in Colorado look for links between shooting incidents at two Christian sites that left five people dead...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Fujimori outburst as trial begins
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori furiously denies murder and kidnapping as his trial opens near Lima...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Well Blog: Seeing Yourself in Autism
After his writer brother made him famous, John Elder Robison tells his own story of life with Asperger's...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
DealBook Blog: Is Chrysler Preparing to Hush Up?
From DealBook's colleague Micheline Maynard: In the nearly fourth months that it has owned Chrysler, Cerberus Capital Management has wasted no time in shaking up the company's management. Its high profile moves including hiring former Home Depot chief executive Robert L. Nardelli to run the car company, and former Toyota executive James Press to become its [...]...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
City Room: City Room: Another Bad Poll for Spitzer
A new Siena poll finds that 51 percent of New York State voters view Governor Spitzer unfavorably and that 70 percent rate his job performance negatively...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
The Lede Blog: Tough Week for Press Secretary
The response to an appearance on a comedy show was devoid of any sense of humor whatsoever...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Police See Links in Colorado Shootings
Police were investigating today whether one gunman was responsible for two shooting incidents at religious institutions in Colorado Sunday that left five dead...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises
Lengthening delays in the resolution of Social Security disability claims have left thousands of people in limbo...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Libby to Drop Appeal in Leak Case
The decision by former White House aide I. Lewis '?Scooter?' Libby was a tacit recognition that continuing his legal fight might only make things worse...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Vick Gets 23 Months in Dogfighting Case
Michael Vick?s sentence for his role in a dogfighting operation was more than prosecutors had recommended...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
The Long Run: Crime Buster With Eye on the Future
Rudolph W. Giuliani plainly displayed the rawness of his promise and drive as U.S. attorney in the 1980s...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Supreme Court Says Crack Sentences Can Be Reduced
Judges may impose shorter prison terms for crack cocaine crimes to reduce the disparity between sentences for crack and cocaine powder, the court ruled...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Lafarge to Buy Egypt?s Orascom Cement
The world?s largest cement maker said it is buying Orascom for about $12.9 billion, gaining access to a region that is undergoing a construction boom fed by oil profits...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Stocks Rise Amid Hopes of a Rate Cut
Wall Street was higher in early trading as expectations for an interest rate cut from the Fed helped offset concerns about another round of subprime mortgage-related losses...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
MBIA to Get $1 Billion Capital Infusion
The investment is aimed at bolstering the bond insurer?s capital reserves as it braces for mounting losses and write-downs in the fourth quarter...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Canadian Exchanges Plan to Merge
After several false starts, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Montreal Exchange announced a merger today valued at 1.31 billion Canadian dollars...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
UBS Sells Stake After Write-Down
UBS became the latest Western bank to seek a financial lifeline from the cash-rich East today as it wrote down $10 billion in mortgage-related assets...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Two US Christian sites attacked
Two shooting incidents at Christian sites in Colorado in the western US leave five people dead...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Jones medal decision put on hold
The International Olympic Committee delays a decision on the reallocation of Marion Jones's medals from the 2000 Games...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Libby drops appeal in leak case
The former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby drops an appeal against his conviction in a CIA leak case...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Argentina to swear in new leader
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is set to be sworn in as president of Argentina following her victory in October's election...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
NFL star gets dog-fight jail term
American football star Michael Vick is jailed for 23 months for his part in a US dog-fighting ring...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Putin Supports First Deputy for President
President Vladimir Putin expressed support Monday for First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as his successor, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
UBS Declares a $10 Billion Writedown
Swiss bank UBS unveiled $10 billion in shock subprime writedowns and said it had obtained an emergency capital injection from a Singapore government entity and an unnamed Middle East investor...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Spector retrial likely in autumn
A murder retrial for music producer Phil Spector is unlikely until September due to lawyer commitments...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Jones set to lose Olympic results
The International Olympic Committee is set to erase US sprinter Marion Jones's medals from the record books...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Two US religious centres attacked
At least four people die in separate shooting incidents at religious sites in Colorado in the western US...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
S America launches new bank
South American leaders sign agreements setting up a new regional bank, the Banco del Sur...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Republicans face Hispanic viewers
Immigration is a key topic as Republican hopefuls for the US presidency debate on Spanish language TV...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Former Peru leader goes on trial
Peruvian former President Alberto Fujimori goes on trial over alleged human-rights abuses, including murder...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
The Caucus: Oprahpalooza in South Carolina
The Double O Express ? Oprah for Obama ? drew what is easily the biggest crowd at a campaign event, for any candidate, so far this season...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
The Quad Blog: Tim Tebow?s Legend Grows
Tim Tebow capped a remarkable sophomore season by winning the Heisman Trophy, which only adds to his growing legend in Florida...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
2 Fatal Shootings at Colorado Religious Sites
Shootings at an evangelical missionary training center northwest of Denver and a megachurch 70 miles away left three people and a gunman dead and several wounded...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Republican Candidates Firm on Immigration
The candidates toned down their rhetoric but told Spanish-language viewers that they would take a hard line on illegal immigration...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Flying Humans, Hoping to Land With No Chute
Jeb Corliss wants to jump from a helicopter and land without using a parachute...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
The Long Run: A Crime Buster, With His Eye on the Future
Rudolph W. Giuliani most plainly displayed the rawness of his promise and drive as U.S. attorney in the 1980s...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Social Security Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises
More and more people have lost their homes, declared bankruptcy or even died while awaiting an appeals hearing on their Social Security disability claims, lawyers say...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Looking Ahead
Key milestones expected in the week ahead...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes Monday?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Addenda: People and Accounts in Advertising
Accounts...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Roger M. King, 63, TV Syndicator, Dies
Mr. King helped make national stars of talents like Oprah Winfrey, Alex Trebek and Dr. Phil McGraw through King World productions, a company he co-founded...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
?Compass? Can?t Cure What Ails Box Office
A lingering box office malaise deepened over the weekend with disappointing sales for ?The Golden Compass.?...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Drilling Down: Infected With Laughter, and Opinions
A paper recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research explores of how people unconsciously influence one another...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Satellite TV on the Move, at Fox News
The Fox News Channel is introducing a pair of satellite reporting units capable of broadcasting live video while on the move...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
How Dictionaries Define Publicity: The Word of the Year
Dictionary publishers have discovered that announcing words of the year can be a valuable tool for attracting publicity...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Unlikely Ally Against Congo Republic Graft
Western investors are suing the Congo Republic to recover old debts that they bought for pennies on the dollar...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Libya Awards Gas Permits to 4 Foreign Companies
Libya awarded permits to energy companies from Russia, Algeria, Poland and the Netherlands in its first gas-focused exploration licensing round...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
International Herald Tribune and Reuters in News Alliance
The International Herald Tribune is to announce plans on Monday to transform its financial section online and in print by forging an alliance with Reuters...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
The Media Equation: Muckraking Pays, Just Not in Profit
Amid the financial pressures facing the newspaper industry, investigative journalism has been hit hard...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Shifting Careers: Finding the Money to Move Out and Up
When making a career change, money concerns may be a lot simpler than most would think...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Link By Link: Paying for Free Web Information
Looking for ways to ease the complicated relationship between newspaper publishers and giant search engines like Google and Yahoo...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Web Retailers Get Into Employee Gifts
Internet retailers and corporations have grown chummy in recent years, with merchants offering companies corporate gift and incentive programs...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Advertising: The ?60s as the Good Old Days
A new trend in advertising presents many of the contentious aspects of the ?60s ? the protests, the hippies, the challenge to authority ? in a positive, even romanticized light...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Yahoo to Start Internet Program for Technology Investors
The program will report exclusively on technology stocks, offering daily streaming-video segments and blog posts, as well as some live coverage of breaking news...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Homemade YouTube Video Lands Singer in a Web Ad
Becoming an Internet phenomenon after posting a no-frills music video on YouTube, Tay Zonday has followed up with an advertisement for Dr Pepper...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
TiVo Shifts to Help Companies It Once Threatened
TiVo is trying to climb into the black by working with the companies it once threatened and moving away from the hardware that it pioneered...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
News Analysis: Screenwriters Dig In for an Extended Brawl
With the leadership of the Writers? Guild looking to elevate writers? position in the industry, the Guild?s strike now promises to drag on well into the new year...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Chocolate in Beta Testing, Offered by a Wired Founder
Louis Rossetto, the co-founder of Wired magazine, is applying the language of high-technology business to chocolate making...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Big Banks Scale Back Plan to Aid in Debt Crisis
Some of the country?s largest banks are scaling back a plan to calm the debt markets, making the new superfund look increasingly irrelevant...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Slot Machines for the Young and Active
A new class of slot machines, aimed at attracting younger players who grew up with video games, is demanding something more than the ability to pull a level ? skill...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Nokia Pushes to Regain U.S. Sales in Spite of Apple and Google
Although it is the largest handset maker in the world, Nokia has languished in the American market, hurt by its refusal to adapt its strategy to the market?s idiosyncrasies...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
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