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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2007:
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Bush to troops: 'We will prevail'
U.S. President George W. Bush tells American troops "there is no doubt in my mind we will prevail" in Iraq. He met with soldiers in the state of Georgia a day after announcing a new strategy that includes more than 20,000 additional troops...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Judge: State Farm must cover Katrina damage
A federal judge ruled against an insurance company Thursday in a Hurricane Katrina damage case that may have implications for hundreds of other homeowner lawsuits...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush meets with troops, defends strategy
Troops at Fort Benning greeted President Bush with cheers and whistles Thursday, a day after he announced a new strategy for Iraq that includes sending in more than 20,000 additional troops...
CNN - January 11, 2007
N.J. High School Mourns Students Killed in Crash
Grief came to the New Jersey school today as students mourned three students who were killed in an after-school automobile accident on Wednesday...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Dodd Announces His Candidacy for President
Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a five-term Democratic senator from Connecticut, called himself the ?dark horse.?...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Skull Provides Signs of When Humans Left Africa
It is the first fossil evidence establishing the relatively recent time for the dispersal out of Africa...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
In 2 Pennsylvania Towns, Skepticism and Resignation
Voices in two conservative districts that swung to an anti-war Democrat in the last election...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
News Analysis: Phone Shows Apple?s Impact on Consumer Products
Steve Jobs?s method is to refine existing technologies...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Nasdaq struggles for LSE shares
Nasdaq says it has received agreements to buy 0.6% of shares in takeover target, the London Stock Exchange (LSE)...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Insurer loses Katrina payout case
An insurance company must pay for damage caused to a couple's home by Hurricane Katrina, a US judge rules...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Healthy stocks send oil tumbling
Oil prices fall beneath the $52-a-barrel mark for the first time since May 2005 as the US enjoys a mild winter...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Warrant for ex-Argentine leader
An Argentine judge orders the arrest of ex-President Isabel Peron over the disappearance of a left-wing activist in 1976...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Gates: No timetable on troop surge
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he doesn't know how long an increase in troop levels in Iraq will last. "It's viewed as a temporary surge, but I think no one has a really clear idea of how long that might be," Gates told a news conference in Washington, where he was joined by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush team begins selling Iraq plan
The White House has begun selling U.S. President George W. Bush's new Iraq strategy. The president announced last night he will send more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops to help stop the violence in Iraq...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Third tour for troops who led 2003 invasion
Twice before, Sgt. Michael Konvicka has picked up a rifle to go to war. Doing it a third time won't be any easier...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush: 'It's a difficult time in Iraq'
As top officials promoted President Bush's new war strategy Thursday, the commander in chief flew to Georgia, to meet with soldiers and families of fallen troops. "It's a difficult time in Iraq because this sectarian violence needs to be challenged and stopped in order for this society to advance," Bush told soldiers...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Democrats Pick Denver for ?08 Convention
Democrats are heading West, rejecting a bid from New York to hold it there...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
David Beckham Is Coming to America
The English soccer star agreed to a five-year deal reportedly worth $250 million with the L.A. Galaxy...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Bangladesh Leader Declares State of Emergency
The declaration came after weeks of mounting political violence in advance of national elections...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Cycling: Landis wants second title
Floyd Landis wants to make up for the controversy of his Tour de France win last year by claiming a second title...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Ecuador, Colombia 'reach deal'
Ecuador says it has reached a deal with Colombia over the aerial fumigation of coca crops along the border...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Cuba dissident Miguel Valdes dies
Cuban dissident Miguel Valdes Tamayo dies of a heart attack in Havana at the age of 50...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Mixed reaction to Bush Iraq plan
U.S. President George W. Bush unveils his new plan for Iraq: 20,000 troops to secure Baghdad, Anbar provinceSituation intolerable, apologies for mistakesU.S. Democrats: Escalation is not what Americans wantBritain's Beckett says no extra UK forces...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush to send more troops, cites 'mistakes' in Iraq
President Bush said Wednesday that the United States failed to send enough troops to Iraq to secure neighborhoods and that troops faced too many restrictions. In an address to the nation, he announced a revised Iraq strategy that called for the level of U.S. troops to rise by more than 20,000. "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me," he said...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush on Iraq: No magic formula
Linking the fight in Iraq with the greater war on terror, U.S. President George W. Bush says there is no magic formula for success" but that failure there "would be a disaster for the United States." Britain says it will not send more troops...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush blames failure in Iraq on lack of troops
Linking the fight in Iraq with the greater war on terror, President Bush told the nation there is "no magic formula for success in Iraq" but that failure there "would be a disaster for the United States."...
CNN - January 11, 2007
For $7.93 an Hour, It?s Worth a Trip Across a State Line
In Washington State, the minimum wage is 54 percent higher than in Idaho. Businesses at the dividing line are a real-life laboratory for the effects of an increase...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Ford gets Michigan subsidies
Ford says it will invest almost $1bn in its Michigan factories after Michigan state agrees to chip in with $300m subsidies...
BBC News - January 11, 2007
Bush to send more troops, cites 'mistakes' in Iraq
President Bush said Wednesday that the United States failed to send enough troops to Iraq to secure neighborhoods and that troops faced too many restrictions. In an address to the nation, he announced a revised Iraq strategy that called for the level of U.S. troops to rise by more than 20,000. "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me," he said...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush admits mistakes made in Iraq
U.S. President George W. Bush unveils his new plan for Iraq: 20,000 troops to secure Baghdad, Anbar provinceSituation intolerable, apologies for mistakesU.S. Democrats: Escalation is not what Americans want...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush: Iraq part of larger struggle
U.S. President George W. Bush tells Americans about the new strategy for Iraq and linking it to struggles across the Middle East. "The challenge playing out across the broader Middle East is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of our time."...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Bush blames failure in Iraq on lack of troops
Linking the fight in Iraq with the greater war on terror, President Bush told the nation there is "no magic formula for success in Iraq" but that failure there "would be a disaster for the United States."...
CNN - January 11, 2007
Unfilled City Manager Posts Hint at Future Gap
Fractious politics and the limits of small-town life and pay are making the job of city manager harder to fill...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
James Weeks, Ex-Times Co. Executive, Dies
James C. Weeks was a former president and C.E.O. of The New York Times Regional Media Group and a former publisher of The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Um, Uh, Like Call in the Speech Coach
Good voice and presentation skills can help entrepreneurs come into their own and even compete against larger competitors with big marketing budgets...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Kodak Selling X-Ray and Medical Image Lines
The company will sell its X-ray film and medical-imaging equipment operations to Onex of Toronto, for $2.35 billion...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Charge in H.P. Inquiry
A private investigator was charged with federal identity theft and conspiracy as part of the boardroom spying scandal at Hewlett-Packard...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Viagra Strategy Weighed
Pfizer Inc. is considering an over-the-counter form of its Viagra anti-impotence drug, which is competing with the longer-acting Cialis by Eli Lilly...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Crossing the State Line Is Worth It for $7.93
An increase in the minimum wage has not hurt the overall economy in Washington and Idaho states...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Ex-Counsel to Settle Suit
Comverse Technology?s former general counsel will pay $3.1 million to settle S.E.C. accusations that he conspired to backdate stock options...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Sears Rises on Outlook
The company announced that it expected fourth-quarter and full-year profit to rise...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
EBay Will Buy StubHub for $310 Million
EBay agreed to buy the online ticket reseller for $310 million to bolster its share in secondary sales of seats to concerts and sporting events...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
ImClone Shares Rise on an Erbitux Study
ImClone said that its Erbitux cancer drug works as a first-choice treatment for bowel cancer...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Genentech Profit Soared 75% in Fourth Quarter
Profit jumped on sales of Lucentis, its new treatment for the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, and rising demand for its cancer drugs...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
A ?Dream? Government Goes Sour in Thailand
After a series of botched economic policies, investors seem to be counting the days until a fresh government can take its place...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Gain as Investors Shrug Off Declining Oil Prices
Investors fretted over falling oil prices, but Wall Street still managed a modest gain after upbeat news from Alcoa and Apple...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Malden Mills Returns to Bankruptcy
The maker of Polartec cold-weather fabrics filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would be sold to the Gordon Brothers Group for $44 million...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Sales of Sony?s PlayStation 3 Fall Short in Japan
Analysts said the Japanese sales figures could offer a preview of how PlayStation 3 and Wii will fare in the U.S...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Economic Scene: Rethinking Why Crazy Eddie Wouldn?t Be Undersold, and Other Mysteries
It?s not so obvious that price matching encourages competition; such offers can have exactly the opposite effect...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
E.W. Scripps Explores Options for Its Newspaper Holdings
E. W. Scripps said it was exploring separating its newspaper business from its more profitable cable television and syndication ventures...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Group Weighs Rival Bid for Equity Office REIT
Cerberus Capital Management is said to be considering making an offer worth more than $38 billion for Equity Office Properties Trust...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
3 at Florida-Based Hedge Fund Accused of Misleading Investors
The three principals of the KL Group were accused of orchestrating an extensive fraud that raised more than $194 million from at least 250 investors...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Goldman and Canadian Firm in Deal for 13 Cable Channels
CanWest Global Communications joined Goldman Sachs to buy Alliance Atlantis Communications for about $1.95 billion...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
A Shuffle at Paramount, and More to Come
The departure of Paramount Pictures president, Gail Berman, carried a message that the turmoil at the studio is not over...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Wal-Mart Says Health Plan Is Covering More Workers
Wal-Mart is expected to announce that the number of workers enrolled in the company?s health plan rose 8 percent last fall...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Cisco, Claiming Ownership of ?iPhone,? Sues Apple
Cisco Systems filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming rights to the iPhone brand...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
A Public Pension Fund Sues Directors of Caremark Rx
The suit contends that Caremark?s merger improperly benefits company executives at the expense of shareholders...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Accountant Pleads Guilty in KPMG Shelter Case
Steven Michael Acosta pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, tax fraud and obstructing a federal investigation...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Trade Deficit Drops for Third Consecutive Month
Despite the improvement, the U.S. is on track to end 2006 with a record trade imbalance, eclipsing the $716.7 billion deficit in 2005...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
China Says Its Trade Surplus in 2006 Climbed to a Record
China?s trade surplus soared to a record $177.47 billion last year as exports continued to rise briskly...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
G.M. Sees China, and the Chinese, in a Chevrolet
How G.M. will fare as Toyota passes it in market share may depend on how it performs in China, its second-largest market after the U.S...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Lawyer Gave Information to Kerkorian
Recordings show how information from private detective Anthony Pellicano could affect a high-stakes lawsuit involving the billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Advertising: Digital Billboard Up Ahead: New-Wave Sign or Hazard?
Billboard companies are adopting digital technology that rotates advertiser images every six or eight seconds ? the better to catch the eye...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
A New Focus on Delta Air as Deal Bait
US Airways increased its bid for Delta to about $10.3 billion. Hours later, Northwest Airlines emerged as a potential suitor...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
States Push for Cheaper Insulin
In the face of an epidemic of diabetes, 11 governors are asking why there is no cheaper generic version of insulin...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
State of the Art: Apple Waves Its Wand at the Phone
The new iPhone is so packed with possibilities that the cellphone may actually be the least interesting part...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
Firms Fret as Office E-Mail Jumps Security Walls
More Internet-literate workers are forwarding their office e-mail to free Web-accessible personal accounts...
New York Times - January 11, 2007
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