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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 February 2005:
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Palestinian militants say they will hold to truce
Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad reiterated their promise Saturday to halt attacks against Israel, but stopped short of joining an oral cease-fire pact reached four days ago between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Meanwhile, Israel announced it will allow 56 Palestinians expelled from the West Bank to return, including exiled militants involved in a siege at the Church of the Nativity nearly three years ago...
CNN - February 12, 2005
Sharon, Abbas move to bolster cease-fire
Four days after Israel and the Palestinian Authority verbally agreed to a cease-fire, both leaders took steps Saturday to ensure the agreement is not nullified by new violence...
CNN - February 12, 2005
Democrats Elect Dean as Committee Chairman
Howard Dean, once a party outsider, rode to an easy victory to become the chairman of the Democratic National Committee...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
AIDS Report Brings Alarm, Not Surprise
A report of a rare and potentially more aggressive form of H.I.V. brought fear and skepticism, but little surprise...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Billowy Gift to New York: a 23-Mile Saffron Ribbon
It is a long, billowy saffron ribbon meandering through Central Park -- not a neat bow, but something that's very much a gift package to New York City...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Costa Rica leader leaves hospital
Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco leaves hospital after surviving a heart scare...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
'Gates' open in Central Park
With flowing fabric the color of a sunrise, "The Gates" -- a massive public art installation in Central Park -- was unfurled Saturday for the start of a 16-day stay transforming miles of footpaths in Central Park...
CNN - February 12, 2005
Dean named chairman of Democratic Party
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has been named the Democratic Party's new chairman during the final day of the Democratic National Committee's annual meeting. Dean, who ran for the party's nomination for presidential candidate last year, was the last man running to replace Terry McAuliffe as party chairman after six other candidates dropped out...
CNN - February 12, 2005
Dean named Democratic Party chief
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was named the Democratic Party's new chairman as expected Saturday during the final day of the Democratic National Committee's annual meeting...
CNN - February 12, 2005
Ex-Detainee Says He Was Tortured
An Australian citizen, who was held as a terror suspect by the United States for 40 months, alleges that at every step of his detention he was tortured...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
AIDS News Causes Alarm, but Little Surprise
Communities already hard-hit by the disease, professionals who combat it, and people who are infected, reacted with a mixture of fear and little surprise...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Fat Substitute, Once Praised, Is Pushed Out of the Kitchen
Studies show artificial fat has the same heart-clogging properties as saturated fat, and it also reduces the good cholesterol that can clear arteries...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Drug-resistant HIV strain found
Health officials in New York City reveal a new highly drug-resistant strain of HIV in a local resident...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
CNN news chief resigns amid row
CNN's chief news executive Eason Jordan resigns amid controversy over comments about the death of journalists in Iraq...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Baghdad suicide car bomb kills 17
A suicide car bomb has exploded at a police checkpoint in a town south of Baghdad killing 17 people and wounding 26, according to Iraqi police. Six Iraqi police officers were among those who died in Saturday's blast, police said. In southern Iraq, gunmen riding a motorcycle also assassinated a prominent Iraqi judge...
CNN - February 12, 2005
'01 Memo to Rice Warned of Qaeda and Offered Plan
A strategy document outlining proposals for eliminating the threat from Al Qaeda was given to Condoleezza Rice in January 2001...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Tennis: Agassi shock in San Jose
Andre Agassi is beaten by Jurgen Melzer in the SAP Open in San Jose...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Golf: Mickelson extends lead
Phil Mickelson extends his lead to four shots after two rounds of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
U.S. holds firm: No direct talks with N. Korea
The White House reaffirmed its opposition to two-way talks with North Korea on Friday, one day after Pyongyang announced it has nuclear weapons. The United States insists the communist state would have plenty of opportunities to raise issues directly with Washington if it resumed six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program...
CNN - February 12, 2005
Rare and Aggressive H.I.V. Reported in New York
Officials are concerned by the detection of a rare strain of H.I.V. that appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS, but some experts are skeptical about the alarm...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Arthur Miller, Moral Voice of American Stage, Dies at 89
The author of "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" exposed the flaws in the fabric of the American dream...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Ad Man-Turned-Priest Tackles His Hardest Sales Job
Toshiaki Nambu, a former salaryman and an advertising man, became the ninth chief priest in the Yasukuni Shrine's 136-year history...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Suddenly, 'Oboist Wanted' Signs Are Everywhere
The announced retirement of Joseph Robinson of the New York Philharmonic has brought the count of oboist vacancies in major U.S. symphonies to eight...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Bush Vows Veto of Any Cutback in Drug Benefit
The veto threat comes amid a furor in Congress over new estimates that show the benefit will cost $724 billion over a decade...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Big Oil's Burden of Too Much Cash
The world's giant oil companies, flush with cash, find themselves in a paradoxical position - they are making more money than they can comfortably spend...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Sweden's Take on Private Pensions
Sweden, long known for its cradle-to-grave welfare state, has already embraced a pension system that partly resembles White House proposals for Social Security...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
When Law Firms Collide, Things Sometimes Get Ugly
For more than three years now, the law firm of Parker & Waichman has been fighting in court with the firm Napoli Bern over settlements for the diet drug fen-phen...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Patients in Test Won't Get Drug, Amgen Decides
A group of people with Parkinson's disease that had taken a drug as part of a trial pleaded with Amgen to allow them to resume taking it, but the company said no...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Citigroup Is Said to Be Planning 1,000 Job Cuts
Citigroup plans to eliminate about 1,000 jobs at its corporate and investment bank, according to a person close to the company, the latest signal that the company is placing a renewed emphasis on cutting costs and bolstering shareholder returns...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
CNN Executive Resigns Post Over Remarks
Eason Jordan, a senior executive at CNN, resigned on Friday night, citing a tempest he touched off during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
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