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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 September 2006:
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Seven killed in Turkey blast
Seven people were killed and 14 wounded in an explosion in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, according to CNN Turk...
CNN - September 12, 2006
White House defends Bush 9/11 speech
White House spokesman Tony Snow defended President Bush Tuesday after the Democratic Senate leader accused Bush of using his 9/11 anniversary address to play election year politics. "We took great pains not to say 'Democrat versus Republican,'" Snow said at his daily news briefing. "The president did have an obligation as commander-in-chief in a time of war to let people know what he was thinking."...
CNN - September 12, 2006
U.N.: Palestinian economy in danger
The United Nations' trade and development agency warned Tuesday that the Palestinian economy was declining dramatically, leading to a worsening this year of already high unemployment and poverty levels in the West Bank and Gaza...
CNN - September 12, 2006
Bush's 9/11 speech sparks bitter partisan squabbles
Bitter partisan squabbles engulfed Capitol Hill on Tuesday sparked by President Bush's 9/11 speech Monday night that was not supposed to be political...
CNN - September 12, 2006
Israeli Court Releases Palestinian Lawmakers
The court order could help improve the climate for talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Two Astronauts Make Spacewalking Look Easy
They hooked up the newest part of the International Space Station: a 35,000-pound truss with a solar array...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Charities Launch Plan to Help African Farming
The program will try to replicate the success of a Rockefeller program that increased the production of grains like wheat, corn and rice in Latin America and Southeast Asia...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
High-Income Medicare Recipients to Pay Surcharge
It will be the first time that high-income beneficiaries will have higher premiums for Medicare coverage...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
White House Responds to Charge of Politicizing 9/11
President Bush’s spokesman rejected Democrats’ charge that last night’s speech sought to capitalize on the attacks...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
New York Times Company to Sell TV Stations
The stations are all profitable, the company said, but it wants to focus on its newspapers and digital properties...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Bristol-Myers Chief Fired Over Handling of Patent Dispute
The board bowed to a federal monitor’s pressure after a mishandled attempt to solve a patent dispute...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Apple Previews Device Linking Computer to TV
A device due out next year will wirelessly stream video and music from a Macintosh computer to a television...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Vioxx’s Heart Risks Were Unique, Studies Suggest
Similar painkilling drugs, including Celebrex, do not share the same risks, two new studies say...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Dell Founder Backs CEO as U.S. Widens Accounting Inquiry
Michael Dell said today that he deserved a share of the blame for recent problems at Dell Computer and reaffirmed his support for his chief executive, Kevin Rollins...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Goldman profits defy slow summer
Profits at US investment bank Goldman Sachs are better than expected, despite slow summer business...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Oil prices enjoy seven-month low
Dips in demand and easing threats to supply have pushed oil futures to below $63 a barrel...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Bush 'playing politics' with 9/11
The White House quarrels with Democrats over whether U.S. President George W. Bush was trying to win political points by using a September 11 anniversary speech to defend the war in Iraq and his war on terror...
CNN - September 12, 2006
Dems slam Bush 9/11 speech
Democrats are accusing President Bush of using his Oval Office address about 9/11 to defend the Iraq war. A Bush spokesman said although there were "three or four sentences" in the president's speech that could be considered controversial, Bush took pains not to be partisan. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Bush was "more consumed by staying the course in Iraq and playing election-year politics."...
CNN - September 12, 2006
Angered Hussein: 'We will crush your heads'
A Kurdish villager testifies that he fled an attack by Saddam Hussein's forces 18 years ago, leaving behind his mother and two sisters. Years later, their identity cards were discovered in a mass grave, he said...
CNN - September 12, 2006
Democrats: Bush 'playing politics' with 9/11
President Bush is invoking the memory of September 11 to defend the war in Iraq, drawing protests from Democrats who say he politicized a national day of mourning...
CNN - September 12, 2006
Shuttle Astronauts Begin Spacewalk
Two astronauts are hooking up a 35,000-pound truss with a solar array that will provide additional power to the International Space Station...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Bristol’s Chief Resigns After Plavix Dispute
A federal monitor urged the firings after concluding that a deal violated an agreement with prosecutors...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Harvard Ends Early Admission
Officials argued that the programs put low-income and minority applicants at a distinct disadvantage...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Embattled H.P. Chairwoman to Step Down
Patricia C. Dunn came under scrutiny because of her role in ordering an investigation of news leaks from the board...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
The Cuban farm revolution 'forgot'
Stephen Gibbs visits the Alcazar farm in eastern Cuba, the largest privately-owned in the country and regarded by some as the best of its kind in the world...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Brazil and India to focus on fuel
Agriculture and energy are due to top the agenda during the Indian prime minister's trip to Brazil...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Cricket: Windies sunk by Watson
Shane Watson takes 4-42 as Australia demolish West Indies in Kuala Lumpur...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
US trade deficit hits fresh high
The US trade deficit hit a record high of $68bn in July, due to the rising cost of oil imports, official figures show...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
HP chairman quits over 'spy row'
The chairman of Hewlett-Packard is stepping down amid controversy over a probe into leaks at the firm...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Republican faces tough primary
A moderate Republican Senator is under threat from a conservative challenger on a day of primaries in the US...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Brazil ex-police chief shot dead
The body of a former Brazilian police chief held responsible for the deaths of 111 inmates in a jail riot is found in Sao Paulo...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Cuban bomb suspect to go free
A US court rules that a Cuban, wanted on charges of bombing a plane by Cuba and Venezuela, should be set free...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
U.S. Embassy attack: Gunmen killed
Syrian security forces kill four gunmen after they attempt to storm the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, authorities say. No American diplomats were harmed. The gunmen apparently blew up an auto before launching their attack, according to diplomatic sources...
CNN - September 12, 2006
For Flight Attendants, No Liquids and No Glamour
For most, the new security regulations have been merely annoying. For flight attendants, it’s been just one more brick on the load...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Frequent Flier: Prepare for Everything; Pack Almost Nothing
When you log a quarter of a million air miles a year, you have to think small in order to survive...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Shares Edge Higher as Investors Back Off Oil and Metals
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
William B. Ziff Jr., 76, Builder of Magazine Empire, Dies
William B. Ziff Jr. made publications like Car and Driver and PC Magazine must reading among hobbyists and computer enthusiasts...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
The Cut-Rate Convention
A proliferation of exhibition halls has led to a buyer’s market for trade associations and corporate planners...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Europe: Germany: Airline Settles Price Suit
Deutsche Lufthansa said it would pay $85 million to settle 80 class-action lawsuits in the United States in a price-fixing inquiry involving its air cargo unit. The payment would release the airline and Swiss International Air Lines, which it is taking over, from pending lawsuits in the United States, Lufthansa said. The settlement is subject to court approval. Lufthansa Cargo is among nine airlines accused of violating antitrust laws by fixing prices in the $50 billion global air cargo market. European Union and United States authorities requested information from at least 12 carriers in February; the inquiry focused on surcharges for fuel and security risks...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Europe: Croatia: Bid Rises for Drug Maker
Barr Pharmaceuticals raised its bid for Pliva, a maker of generic drugs, to $2.5 billion, topping a rival bid from an Icelandic rival, the Actavis Group. Barr bid 820 kuna ($141.21) a share for Pliva, more than the competing bid of 795 kuna a share from Actavis. The companies said Pliva, which is based in Zagreb, Croatia, would give them the ability to compete with the generic-drug industry leaders. Barr, which is based in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., said the acquisition of Pliva would create a company with $2.5 billion in annual revenue and about 170 generic products in development. It would also have about 60 applications at the Food and Drug Administration, Barr said. Actavis is based in Hafnarfirdi, Iceland...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Europe: France: Fiber Optic Plans for Paris
Iliad, a French telecommunications company, said it planned to build a fiber optic communications network throughout Paris for 1 billion euros. Iliad said development of the network would begin next year and would take five years to complete. Building and owning its own fiber optics network would allow the company to save on renting telephone lines from France Télécom, Iliad said. It would lease any excess capacity on the network to competitors. “Demand for bandwidth is showing no sign of abating,’’ Iliad’s chief executive, Michael Boukobza, said at a news conference. But investors were concerned about the cost, and stock in Iliad, which is based in Paris, fell nearly 12 percent...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Americas: Canada: Lumber Pact to Be Signed
The United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab will sign a deal in Ottawa today that is intended to end a long-running dispute over Canadian lumber exports, the trade representative’s office said. Ms. Schwab and David Emerson, Canada’s minister for international trade, are scheduled to give final approval to the softwood lumber agreement, which would halt years of litigation over Canada’s claims that the United States unfairly slapped duties on lumber Canada. In July, American and Canadian officials gave initial approval to a pact that requires the United States to pay back about $4.3 billion in duties on wood imports, or about 80 percent of the total duties it collected during the dispute...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Americas: Canada: Company Buys Pipe Maker
A Canadian steel maker, Ipsco, said it was buying the NS Group, a maker of steel pipes and tubes used in oil fields, for about $1.46 billion. The deal will be used to broaden Ipsco’s sales to the energy industry, the chief executive, David Sutherland, said. “This is a transaction that’s all about growth, and if anything, what we will see over the next three years is a growth in the output of all of their facilities, as well as the continuing demand on our own,” Mr. Sutherland said in a conference call. Ipsco agreed to pay $66 a share for the NS Group, which was a 43 percent premium to its closing price on Friday. After the transaction is complete, the new company is expected to have combined annual revenue of more than $4 billion. Ipsco, which is based in Regina, Saskatchewan, and has executive offices in Leslie, Ill., operates three steel mills and six pipe mills in the United States and Canada. The NS Group is based in Newport, Ky...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
2 Technology Firms Delay Quarterly Data
The Nvidia Corporation and Wind River Systems joined a long list of tardy technology companies scrambling to clean up stock option problems...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
South African Mining Company Buying a Major Gold Reserve
Gold Fields said that it would acquire a 50 percent stake in the South Africa’s South Deep mine from Barrick Gold of Toronto in a deal worth more than $1.5 billion...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Asia: Japan: Oil Pushes Up Wholesale Prices
Japanese wholesale prices rose 3.4 percent in August from a year earlier, matching July’s rise, which was the fastest pace of growth in more than 25 years, and signaling that inflationary pressure is gradually building on high oil prices. But the data is unlikely to heighten expectations of an early interest rate increase by the Bank of Japan because consumer price growth remains subdued, with companies still reluctant to fully pass on rising raw material costs to consumers. The 3.4 percent rise in the corporate goods price index matched economists’ consensus forecast as well as the year-to-year rise in July, which was the largest since March 1981, the Bank of Japan said...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Texas Instruments Narrows Its Forecast for Quarterly Results
Texas Instruments narrowed its forecasts for third-quarter sales and profit amid signs of slower growth in handset demand...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
GlaxoSmithKline to Settle Tax Dispute With U.S.
Europe’s biggest drug maker, said that it would pay $3.1 billion to settle a tax dispute with the United States government...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Cyberonics Investors Press to Elect 3 Directors
A group of Cyberonics shareholders led by Metropolitan Capital Advisors, says it will press for the election of three board nominees...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Site Previously for Students Will Be Opened to Others
Facebook, the popular social networking Web site that has mainly focused on college students, is preparing to open its membership to everyone...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Near Site of Disaster, Workers Strive for the Routine
Thousands of workers were determined not to dwell on the horrible history of the day as they marched through Lower Manhattan, wishing for a routine day at the office...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
E-Mail Offers Peek Into Debate
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11 — Thomas J. Perkins, the former director who set off a firestorm in Hewlett-Packard’s boardroom, has had the upper hand so far in his public-relations battle with the chairwoman, Patricia C. Dunn. But his e-mail forwarding button may have cost him points...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
A Review of Intel Widens in Europe
The European Commission widened its investigation to determine if Intel pressured an electronics retailer to exclude chips made by Advanced Micro Devices...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Grasso Requests a New Judge
By Dow Jones/AP...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Sale of Businesses Hurts Campbell Soup’s Profit
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
China’s Trade Surplus Sets Another Record
Soaring exports caused China’s trade surplus with the world to balloon to $18.8 billion last month, according to preliminary customs figures...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Longer Delay for Genentech on New Use of Cancer Drug
Genentech said that approval of its colon cancer drug Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer would be delayed by at least a year...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Big Italian Phone Company Is Planning to Split in Two
Telecom Italia, in a reversal of a recent and expensive consolidation, announced plans to spin off its fixed-line and mobile phone businesses into two companies...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
For Tax Reasons, Telus Will Convert From Shares to an Income Trust
Canada’s second-largest telecommunications company said it would abandon its current stock ownership in favor of an income trust...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Foreign Automakers See India as Exporter
A parade of global companies have been unfurling plans in recent days to assemble cars in India for domestic sale and export...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
OPEC Production to Remain Unchanged
OPEC hinted that it was ready to cut production, as some delegates voiced concerns over a possible plunge in prices...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Chicago Mayor Vetoes Big-Store Minimum Wage
The veto was praised by business leaders but condemned by labor groups and the city’s aldermen who had pressed for the ordinance...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
State-Owned Russian Bank Buys a 5% Stake in EADS
The move brought intense speculation that the Russian government may seek to leverage the investment into a strategic partnership with the company...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Dell Delays Financial Filing as Accounting Inquiry Grows
Dell said that it would delay filing second-quarter financial reports while it cooperates with a widening investigation into its accounting practices...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Advertising: Would You Like Fries With That Monopoly Game?
The familiar tokens from the Monopoly board game are getting a modern — and, some might say, mercenary — makeover...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Freescale Considers Rival Bids
Two private equity groups are dueling to take over Freescale Semiconductor for more than $16 billion, people involved said...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
A Tortoise Savors the Lead
CBS is heading into the fall season as the most watched network in prime time, but in the treacherous world of broadcast TV, there is little certainty...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Stanford to Ban Drug Makers’ Gifts to Doctors, Even Pens
Stanford University Medical Center’s new policy is intended to limit industry influence on patient care and doctor education...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
House Panel and U.S. Attorney Join H.P. Inquiry
Hewlett-Packard came under increased legal and political scrutiny Monday over the use of private investigators to trace the source of news leaks...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Market Place: Televisa Still Covets Univision
A consortium of investors led by Grupo Televisa is considering a $13 billion bid for Univision Communications...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Overseas student numbers double
The number of students choosing to take university courses abroad has more than doubled in recent years...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Bush: A struggle for civilization
U.S. President George W. Bush ends a day of ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks by saying, "We are in a war that will set the course for this new century and determine the destiny of millions across the world."...
CNN - September 12, 2006
9/11's unity has given way to bitter partisanship
After the September 11 attacks, Democrats and Republicans pulled together, as did the country at large. But now, the two political parties couldn't be further apart and struggle to gain the upper hand in the debate about the war in Iraq and its relation to the fight against terrorism...
CNN - September 12, 2006
To Fight Stuttering, Doctors Look at the Brain
Stuttering, which flustered Winston Churchill and Moses, is a speech disorder that may be neurological, and treatable with drugs...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Nation Marks Lives Lost and Hopeful Signs of Healing
As loved ones recited the names of the dead at ground zero, a wounded but resilient America paused to remember a calamitous day...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Harvard Ends Early Admission, Citing Barrier to Disadvantaged
University officials argued that early admissions programs put low-income and minority applicants at a distinct disadvantage...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
2 Ex-Teammates of Cycling Star Admit Drug Use
The former teammates of Lance Armstrong said they used a banned drug in preparing for the 1999 Tour de France...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Dismissal Recommended for Bristol Chief
Peter R. Dolan’s troubled five-year term as chief executive of the drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb appears to be near an end...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Chevron Could Avoid Huge Royalties on New Field
A group of companies led by Chevron could avoid more than $1 billion in royalty payments to the federal government...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
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