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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 November 2005:
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A decade after murder, thousands mourn Rabin
Tens of thousands of Israelis packed the Tel Aviv square where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated 10 years ago to mourn the former prime minister and to express hopes that his memory would spur new efforts to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians...
CNN - November 12, 2005
Tyson to face trial for assault
A judge orders Mike Tyson to return to Brazil to face trial for allegedly assaulting a cameraman...
BBC News - November 12, 2005
Annan urges Iraq reconciliation
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan makes a surprise visit to Iraq, his first since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion...
CNN - November 12, 2005
At Yale, Frowns for Alumni Nominated to Court
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. will most likely face some of the hostility that met the last two Supreme Court nominees with connections to Yale Law School...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
As Sign-Up Nears, Fears Are Voiced Over Drug Plan
Even with President Bush hailing the new Medicare drug benefits, large numbers of older Americans appear to be confused by the choices they will have to make...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Storm Families Find No Comfort in Death Records
Families are finding that the documents of their loved ones killed by Hurricane Katrina point to poor recordkeeping at morgues...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
They're Soft, Cuddly and Lashed to the Front of a Truck. But Why?
The practice of mounting stuffed animals on the grilles of large vehicles forms a compelling yet little-studied aspect of the urban streetscape...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Gump actor supports US memorial
Actor Gary Sinise becomes a national spokesman for the US Disabled Veterans Life Memorial Foundation...
BBC News - November 12, 2005
U.N.'s Annan on surprise Iraq trip
U.N. chief Kofi Annan makes a surprise visit to Iraq, his first since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, arriving amid tight security as a car bomb kills four women in Baghdad. Meanwhile, an Arabic-language news network says Saddam Hussein's former deputy has died...
CNN - November 12, 2005
Annan in Iraq for First Post-Hussein Visit
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited Baghdad amid tight security as a car bomb ripped through a market, killing at least five people...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
A Baby's Death, Grim as the Life of His Mother
The case suggests a complex set of challenges for the government officials sworn to protect the welfare of children...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Colombia plane hijacker sentenced
A disabled Colombian man who hijacked an aircraft in his wheelchair is sentenced to eight years of house arrest...
BBC News - November 12, 2005
Sony stops anti-piracy CDs
Sony is to stop making music CDs with anti-piracy software which can leave computers vulnerable to viruses...
BBC News - November 12, 2005
Report: Saddam's deputy dead
As U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers continue their anti-insurgent offensive in northwestern Iraq, Arabic-language news network Al-Arabiya reports that Saddam Hussein's former deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has died. Al-Arabiya quoted a Baath Party statement. Ibrahim was the most senior member of the former regime still at large. CNN has not been able to confirm the death...
CNN - November 12, 2005
Bush Contends Partisan Critics Hurt War Effort
President Bush made his most aggressive effort to date to counter the charge that he had misled the nation into war...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Musical Really Does Go On as Star Is Treated for Cancer
Maria Friedman, the star of the new musical, "The Woman in White," signaled that she would not only be back onstage soon, but that she would also make opening night...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Leonard Block, 93, Chief of Drug Company, Is Dead
Leonard N. Block was a philanthropist and a former treasurer of Lincoln Center as well as the retired chairman and chief executive of the Block Drug Company...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
For 'CSI,' Press A1
CBS hustles to create new revenue streams with video-on-demand...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Market Values: A Gap Worth Exploiting in Bond Yields
At the moment, municipal bonds yield far more than Treasury bonds after taking account of the tax breaks...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
[TS] Trying to Wean Internet Users From Free
The New York Times is trying to make up for declines in its traditional revenue by charging for portions of its website...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Microsoft Settles Antitrust Suit Over Windows in South Korea
Microsoft will pay the South Korean Internet portal operator Daum Communications $30 million to settle an antitrust suit over its Windows software...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Off the Charts: U.S. Still Firmly on the Down Side of the World Trade Seesaw
The American trade deficit rose to a record in September, while the German trade surplus also hit a record...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Two Advisers Defrauded at Least 8 Clients, S.E.C. Says
In court papers filed late Thursday in Manhattan, the S.E.C. said that Alberto W. Vilar, 65, and Gary Tanaka, 62, stole at least $17 million from investors...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Jury Finds That Former Analyst Misled Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Paul Johnson, a former analyst at Robertson Stephens, of deceiving investors by failing to disclose his financial stake in companies he was recommending...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
A Third Week of Gains, Thanks to Lower Oil Prices
A continued slide in oil prices gave Wall Street a moderate advance Friday, with earnings from Dell and a labor deal at General Motors feeding the gains...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Outsourcers Struggling to Keep Workers in the Fold
Firms in India are having to compete in an an increasingly competitive market for skilled English speakers...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Shortcuts: What-If Decisions That Need to Be Made
Picking a guardian for your children in the event that both parents die is an important - and difficult - task...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
An Appeals Court Is Urged to Uphold Ebbers Conviction
Federal prosecutors said yesterday that the evidence against the former WorldCom chief executive, Bernard J. Ebbers, was "overwhelming."...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Investors Top Priority for S.E.C., Chief Says
chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission told a Wall Street audience on Friday that the agency would continue to put investor protection first...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Japanese Economy Expands for 4th Consecutive Quarter
Japan's economy expanded at an annualized 1.7 percent in the most recent quarter, the government said on Friday...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
NASD Suggests Joint Effort on Oversight
More efficient industry regulation by NASD and the New York Stock Exchange could save American brokers more than $100 million a year, the chief executive of NASD said Friday...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Five Days: Adjustments, Shifts, Corrections and a Revision
This was a week for major course corrections, in mergers, in markets, in media and in the financial statements of General Motors...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
What's Online: Supersize Comeback for Fast Food
KFC, who once tried to market its food a healthy alternative to pizza and burgers, seems to targeting people who spurn health food...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
What's Offline: Watch the Insiders, Carefully
Investment professionals are a lot more conservative when investing their own money than you might expect...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Getting People to Pay for Radio
XM Satellite Radio's president and chief executive, Hugh Panero, spoke recently about the company's growth, its channels and its plans...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Six Flags Asks Shareholders to Reject Offer From Investor
The theme-park operator, said that shareholders should reject an offer by the owner of the Washington Redskins, Daniel Snyder, to raise his stake in the company...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Daimler Sells the Last of Its Shares in Mitsubishi
DaimlerChrysler sold the last of its shares in the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation on Friday, effectively ending Jürgen E. Schrempp's grand scheme to create a global car company...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Peter F. Drucker, a Pioneer in Social and Management Theory, Is Dead at 95
Peter F. Drucker was a political economist and author who thought that big business and nonprofit enterprises were the defining innovation of the 20th century...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Your Money: Get Rich Quick, Write a Millionaire Book
According to the spate of best-selling self-help books, to get rich you have to think like a millionare...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Low-Cost Credit for Low-Cost Items
Big retailers in Brazil are lowering the bar for what they will sell on credit to squeeze more spending from the bottom of the consumer base...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Union Vote Accepts Cuts in Benefits at G.M.
Members of the United Automobile Workers union have voted to accept a new health care plan that will require them to pay more, the union said Friday...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Military to Urge Suppliers to Adopt Radio ID Tags
The radio-frequency ID tags have vast potential for military, homeland security and commercial applications...
New York Times - November 12, 2005
Sony stops making anti-piracy CDs
Sony is to stop making music CDs with anti-piracy software that can leave computers vulnerable to viruses...
BBC News - November 12, 2005
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