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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2005:
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U.S. Marines complete offensive on insurgent staging area
Marines said Saturday they "successfully completed Operation Matador," a week-long hunt for insurgents along the Syrian border that left nine Marines and more than 125 insurgents dead. Separately, the U.S. military and Iraqi authorities reported a slew of violence that included bombings, shootings and beheadings...
CNN - May 14, 2005
More Closings Ahead, Old Bases Still Wait for Hopes to Be Filled
City officials across the U.S. continue to wait on the promises of redevelopment that came with the previous rounds of base closings...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Cricket: S Africa beat W Indies
Ashwell Prince hits 89 as South Africa beat West Indies in the fourth one-day international...
BBC News - May 14, 2005
Ice hockey: Czech-Canada final
The Czech Republic will meet defending champions Canada in the World Ice Hockey Championship final...
BBC News - May 14, 2005
Report: Hundreds dead in Uzbekistan revolt
Hundreds of people have been killed by soldiers in the wake of violent anti-government protests in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan, Russia's Interfax news agency reported human rights monitors as saying today. A U.N. official and news reports said that Uzbeks were fleeing to neighboring Kyrgyzstan...
CNN - May 14, 2005
Towns vow to fight base closings plan
The Pentagon has recommended shutting down more than 30 major military bases and dozens of smaller facilities as part of the first round of base closings in a decade. Reaction to the announcement by the communities affected was first disappointment, then determination to fight for their livelihoods...
CNN - May 14, 2005
Old Foes Soften to New Reactors
A few prominent environmentalists have gone public with the message that nuclear power should be reconsidered as a remedy for global warming...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
At Center of Senate Showdown, a Boxer Takes On a Surgeon
The brutal public battle over judicial confirmations comes down to two starkly different men: Senator Bill Frist and Senator Harry Reid...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Low Carbs? Who Cares? Sugar Is Latest Supermarket Demon
Low-sugar has become the new low-carb and food makers are rushing to meet demand from consumers concerned with their waistlines and healthier eating by providing an array of new products...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
As Bases Close, Cities Look Again at Earlier Plans Still Unfulfilled
City officials across the United States continue to wait on the promises of smooth redevelopment and new civilian uses that came with the previous rounds of military base closings...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Some Sunnis Hint at Peace Terms in Iraq, U.S. Says
Some radical Sunni Arab leaders that they would abandon fighting if the new Shiite majority government gave Sunnis more political power, administration officials said this week...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
NBA play-offs round-up
Indiana edge Detroit and Phoenix down Dallas to take 2-1 leads in the NBA Conference semi-finals...
BBC News - May 14, 2005
Sources: Key al Qaeda operative killed
A key al Qaeda operative was killed in Pakistan earlier this week by a missile fired from a Predator drone aircraft, two knowledgeable sources have told CNN...
CNN - May 14, 2005
'A punch in the stomach'
In places like Groton, home to the nation's first submarine base, and the plains of South Dakota, where bombers once stood ready to obliterate the Soviet Union, lawmakers and townspeople vowed Friday they will fight plans to close their home military bases...
CNN - May 14, 2005
Pope Names U.S. Archbishop to Oversee Church Doctrine
Also, Pope Benedict XVI said he would speed up the process to make his popular predecessor, John Paul II, a saint...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Years Before Landslide, Residents Complained of Wall's Instability
Complaints about the safety of the wall that collapsed on Thursday date back as far as 1998 and 1999...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Tragicomedy of Life in Baghdad Is Brought Home in a TV Series
"Love and War," Iraq's most popular television drama, mixes slapstick with a brutally frank portrayal of the violence there...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
College Libraries Set Aside Books in a Digital Age
Books are being cleared away to make room for digital learning laboratories, a phenomenon that is transforming research and study on campuses around the country...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Pentagon Seeks to Shut Dozens of Bases Across Nation
The Pentagon recommended closing nearly 180 installations, including 33 big bases, in the first major restructuring in a decade...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Senior A.I.G. Executive Is Said to Be Ready to Cooperate in Inquiry on Accounting Methods
A senior executive at American International Group, the insurance giant under investigation for improper accounting, has struck a deal with the New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, to cooperate in exchange for immunity, people briefed on the details of the investigation said yesterday...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
French Economist to Lead World Trade Organization
Pascal Lamy, a French economist and former European trade commissioner, was set on Friday to become the next head of the World Trade Organization...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Inventories Rose in March; Consumer Confidence Is Off
WASHINGTON, May 13 (AP) - American businesses increased inventories by 0.4 percent in March as total sales accelerated sharply, the Commerce Department reported Friday...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Antitrust Inquiry Clears Seattle Times
The Seattle Times Company did not violate antitrust laws in its handling of a joint operating agreement with The Seattle Post-Intelligencer...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Not the Top of the Safety Priorities
A dispute between Volvo and its new corporate parent, Ford, centers on the role that crushed vehicle roofs play in the more than 10,000 deaths from rollovers each year...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Blue Chips Falter, but Dell Leads a Technology Rally
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Icahn in Rite Aid, Siebel and Hewlett
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Dow Jones/AP) - The financier Carl C. Icahn, who has been actively making investments this year, disclosed on Friday that he holds stakes in Rite Aid, Siebel Systems and Hewlett-Packard...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
2 Giants Agree to Cross-License Some Patents
Microsoft and Toshiba have signed an agreement to cross-license their patents on computer software and digital consumer electronics...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Constellation Decides to Enter Bidding War for Allied Domecq
The Constellation Group made a preliminary offer for Allied Domecq that executives involved in the negotiations said was worth about $14.3 billion...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Two Companies Agree to Buy Italian Utility for $9.3 Billion
Électricité de France and a Milan utility agreed Friday to buy Edison, Italy's second-biggest electricity company, for 7.3 billion euros...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Broker's Trial Hears Testimony on Late Trading
Edward Stern, whose mutual fund trades led to an investigation of the industry, said that he had considered trading after hours a "nice insurance" against market losses...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Study Says Tasers Don't Cause Heart Rhythm Disturbances
An independent academic study of Taser electric stun weapons has found that they do not cause heart rhythm disturbances when used on healthy adults...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
In Cities Facing Budget Deficits, Cellphone Becomes a Taxpayer
Faced with tight budgets and insufficient tax revenues, many municipalities are stocking their coffers by taxing cellular phone service...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
U.S. Moves to Limit Imports From China
The Bush administration, reacting to a flood of Chinese clothing imports since January, said that it would impose new quotas on cotton shirts, trousers and underwear...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Executive of General Re Is Notified of U.S. Case
The Justice Department has notified a senior executive of the General Re Corporation that he is the target of a fraud investigation into insurance industry abuses...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Compatibility, and Not Just in Products
The chiefs of Microsoft and Sun Microsystems reported on progress toward their goal of making it possible for customers to move easily between the companies' rival products...
New York Times - May 14, 2005
Bolivian row over energy tax law
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa cancels a meeting with Congress leaders over controversial energy legislation...
BBC News - May 14, 2005
US limits Chinese textile imports
The US is to re-impose quotas on three categories of Chinese textile imports, arguing that thousands of jobs are at risk...
BBC News - May 14, 2005
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