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Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Cyprus reunification talks on Sept 3
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US strengthening Zimbabwe sanctions
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Extradition appeal deadline for Karadzic closer
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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South Korea struggles to probe tourist death
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Military Sri Lankan fighting kills 45
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Food industry bitten by its lobbying success
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2008:
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State of the Art: Don?t Know What It Is, but the Widgets Are Fun
Set a Chumby on your bedside table and watch the widgets go by...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Delta Pilots Approve Changes Ahead of Merger
Pilots voted overwhelmingly in favor of changes to their contract that will give them pay raises, an equity stake and other benefits, but also will give management more leeway...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Entrepreneurial Edge: If It?s Eye Care Technology, This Must Be Orange County
Orange County, Calif., has become a center for small eye care device makers in much the same way that Silicon Valley is a center for technology...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
British Bank Chief Expects Inflation to Accelerate
The central bank governor, Mervyn King, said that inflation in Britain, which rose to 3 percent in April, would probably remain that high or rise as energy and food prices increase...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Europe Expands Inquiry of Drug Companies
Investigators are seeking to determine whether companies are blocking generics drugmakers from getting less-expensive medicines to market quickly...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Texas Court Overturns Vioxx Ruling
The case involves a jury award to the widow of a 71-year-old man who had a history of heart disease and died of a heart attack after taking Vioxx briefly...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Questions About TV Ad for Heart Stent
A television ad for a heart stent may deceive the public and should be reviewed by federal regulators, according to an article published by a leading medical journal...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Condo Life: Foreclosures, Higher Fees and Yardwork
As foreclosures mount and contributions to building associations shrink, condo owners find themselves nagging each other to pay their assessments and haggling over chores...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Top-Ranked Henin Retires From Tennis
Justine Henin retired from tennis Wednesday, an abrupt and surprising ending to a short and successful career in which she won seven Grand Slam singles titles and leaves while ranked No. 1...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
The Rail: What to Do With Retired Horses?
Steve Zorn examines what can be done to ensure that horses are taken care of after they retire from racing...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
DealBook: G.E. Looks to Sell Its Appliances Unit
The announcement comes as G.E.?s chief executive, Jeffrey Immelt, tries to fix the troubled conglomerate, which has been hit hard by the slumping economy...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
House Backs Farm Bill With Numbers to Beat Veto
The House overwhelmingly approved a $300 billion farm bill, making it probable that the measure will become law...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Diner's Journal: Chicago Overturns Foie Gras Ban
Chicago overturns foie gras ban...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Magazine Preview: The McCain Doctrines
Senator John McCain?s support for the war in Iraq, informed by his past, is lonely but unwavering...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Dams Reported Damaged as Soldiers Reach Quake?s Center
The Chinese government said that nearly 400 dams suffered damage and the death toll estimate was raised to 15,000...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Polar Bear Is Made a Protected Species
The decision may be less of an impediment to oil and gas exploration in Alaska than environmental groups had hoped...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Amid Myanmar Secrecy, Tales of Survival and Devastation
It is possible to piece together a picture of a storm of immense power but a rescue of not nearly the same magnitude...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Specter Calls for Independent Inquiry Into Patriots? Taping
Senator Arlen Specter is pushing for an independent investigation of Patriots? taping, much like the Mitchell report in baseball...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama
?The reason I am here tonight is that Democratic voters in America have made their choice and so have I,? Mr. Edwards said of Mr. Obama...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Republicans Try to Regroup After Another Setback
Republicans acknowledged that they faced a significant challenge after the loss of three House seats in special elections...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Bush praises close US-Israel ties
US President George W Bush praises close US-Israeli ties on a visit to the country on its 60th anniversary...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
ING Profit Down 19% Amid Market Turmoil
The Dutch financial services group reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly net profit, hit by weaker returns from real estate, private equity and market investments...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Deere Posts Higher Profit, but Warns of Rising Costs
The company said quarterly profit rose 22 percent as lofty crop prices stoked demand for its farm equipment, but it warned that rising costs could hurt earnings in the coming months...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
EADS Returns to Profit as Deliveries Rise
The parent of Airbus reported a net profit in the first quarter of 285 million euros ($440 million), as it increased deliveries and cut costs, helping offset the weaker dollar...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Games Unit Helps Sony in Quarter
Income at the consumer electronics giant rebounded as the company was able to hold down chip costs, but was hurt by a drop in the value of its financial holdings...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Freddie Mac Plans to Raise $5.5 Billion
The provider of financing for residential mortgages made the announcement as it reported a quarterly loss that was not as large as had been expected...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Stocks Higher After Inflation Report
Wall Street advanced as the government?s better-than-expected consumer price report eased investors? concerns about inflation...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
City Room: 1,386 Bottles of Beer on the Web
An online guide devoted to beer menus finds a niche...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
DealBook: The Dolans? Conflict of Coverage
When there is news in his Cablevision empire, shouldn?t Jim Dolan be there? After all, says The New York Times' Richard Sandomir, he is America?s newest newspaper mogul ? Cablevision agreed to buy Newsday on Monday ? but he was absent Tuesday when his Knicks introduced Mike D?Antoni as their coach. It's moments like that, Mr. [...]...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Berlusconi to Testify in C.I.A. Case
An Italian judge ruled that Premier Silvio Berlusconi will be called to testify in the trial of 26 Americans and several Italians charged with kidnapping a terror suspect...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Arson Arrest in Florida Wildfires
Police say they?ve arrested a man who was seen sparking a small blaze in a town on Florida?s Atlantic coast where wildfires have gutted at least 40 homes...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: Will the Mahdi Army Return?
This blog was written by an Iraqi member of the security staff of The New York Times. His name has been withheld for his safety. The first year after the war was the best in Basra. I used to go to a restaurant until 11 p.m. or midnight for my dinner, no problem. Later it [...]...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
The Lede: Russians Comment on Yeltsin
Russians take the occasion of the unveiling of a new monument to Boris Yeltsin to post their nutshell assessments of his legacy in blog comments...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Consumer Prices Rise, but Inflation Fears Ease
Consumer prices edged up slightly in April, but far more slowly than many economists had anticipated...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Aid Groups Say Myanmar Food Stolen by Military
Also, there was a possibility that a second significant cyclone could hit the affected region in the next day...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Gaza Rocket Strikes as Bush Begins Israeli Visit
The attack in southern Israel came hours before President Bush was to address a peace conference in Jerusalem...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Curfew in Indian City After Blasts
Indian authorities imposed a daylong curfew in the historic city of Jaipur a day after bombings there killed 63 people. There were no leads on who was behind the attacks...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Plea in Case That Toppled Spitzer
The woman accused of being the primary booker for the prostitution ring patronized by Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty on to charges related to her role in the ring...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Dams Reported Damaged as Soldiers Reach Epicenter
The Chinese government said that nearly 400 dams suffered damage in the earthquake, as soldiers reached the towns that had been cut off and the estimated death toll was raised to 15,000...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
News Analysis: After Lopsided Loss, Obama Woos Blue-Collar Voters
Barack Obama took steps toward dealing with the challenge posed by Hillary Rodham Clinton?s win in the West Virginia primary...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Further loss for mortgage giant
Freddie Mac, the second biggest provider of US mortgage financing, reports a loss as the housing slump persists...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Colombian ex-warlords sent to US
Colombia extradites 14 former paramilitary bosses to face drugs charges in the US after they violated a peace deal...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
US inflation eases but food soars
US food prices jumped at the fastest pace for 18 years in April, figures show, but overall inflation eased...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Peru environment ministry created
Peru sets up its first environment ministry, ahead of a Latin American-EU summit focusing on climate change...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Sony Posts Surprise Quarterly Loss
Sony Corp. posted a loss as the weak stock market ate into the value of its securities holdings, but it forecast a bigger-than-expected profit this year...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Clinton Beats Obama Handily in West Virginia
Race was an unusually salient factor in Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s victory over Senator Barack Obama...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Juneau Journal: A City Cooler and Dimmer, and, Oh, Proving a Point
An Alaska city has cut its electricity use by more than 30 percent in weeks, but not necessarily for the greater good...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Bush Arrives for Middle Eastern Tour
President Bush arrived in Israel, his first stop on a Middle East tour that will mix ceremony with substance...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Quake Toll Rises; China Struggles to Reach Victims
Rescue workers struggled to reach the tens of thousands of people who remained buried after the earthquake as the death toll climbed toward 15,000...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Clear Channel deal to go ahead
The buyout of radio firm Clear Channel is to go ahead after an agreement is struck with banks funding the deal...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Craigslist strikes back at eBay
Internet ad site Craigslist countersues eBay, alleging it used its minority stake to steal trade secrets...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Bush bemoans 'flawed' Iraq data
US President Bush says he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Economic Scene: Fearing Red Herring in the Data
What are we supposed to make of the latest batch of better-than-expected economic news?...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Sports Business: Dolan?s Conflict of Coverage
After being acquired by Cablevision, Newsday staffers must wonder how a company and a chief executive who have shown hostility to journalism will treat journalists on its payroll...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Thursdays Free for Michaels
Al Michaels will not spend any of his Thursday nights in November and December working for the NFL Network after all...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Australian Bank Acquires Rival for $17.5 Billion
Westpac Banking said that it would acquire St. George in a deal that will create one of Australia?s largest banks...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
When an Anchor Curses on the Air, She Becomes the Night?s Top Story
On live television, Sue Simmons used an unpublishable word to chide her WNBC-TV co-anchor, Chuck Scarborough...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Profit Dips at Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market posted a lower quarterly profit, missing analysts? estimates by a penny, as it booked charges related to its acquisition of Wild Oats Markets...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Philadelphia to Lose Its Wi-Fi Network
EarthLink is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once seen as a national model...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
?SportsCenter? During Day to Be Shown Live
After years of televising taped versions of ?SportsCenter? in the mornings, ESPN announced Tuesday that the studio show would be live starting in August...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: ?A Trendless Market? Ends the Day Mixed
Wall Street turned in a mixed performance after a report on retail sales and high oil prices reminded investors that the economy is flagging and costs are rising...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Celebrity Editor to Leave Her Post
The celebrity magazine editor Bonnie Fuller is resigning as executive vice president and chief editorial director of American Media, the publisher of the National Enquirer and Star magazines...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
At Barneys, the Chief Is Leaving After 7 Years
Howard Socol helped to restore Barneys luster after the chain slipped into bankruptcy in the 1990s...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Nissan Warns Profit Jump Is Fleeting
Nissan became the latest major Japanese automaker to report booming earnings for the fiscal year that just ended while forecasting a plunge in profit for the current year...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Liz Claiborne Beats Wall St. Expectations
Despite the strong results, Liz projected weakness in the second quarter because of a calendar shift, disappointing sales trends in its Mexx Europe business and discounting by American retailers...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Liberty Media in Accord With Diller?s Company
iberty Media and IAC/InterActiveCorp said that they had settled their differences, paving the way for the division of IAC into five companies...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Relief on Société Générale?s Profit Report
Société Générale said quarterly net profit fell 23 percent. But Crédit Agricole said it would seek a $9.1 billion infusion to shore up capital after write-downs at one of its investment banks...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Quirky Top-Floor Spaces in Demand for Offices
Manhattan landlords and developers are creating new rentable space from top floors once used for storage or equipment, and they are figuring out how to use even small quantities of air rights...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Financial Markets Calmer, but Still ?Far From Normal,? Bernanke Says
The Federal Reserve?s steps to ease the credit crunch ?have contributed to some improvement in financing markets,? the Fed chief said in remarks on Tuesday...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Hewlett-Packard Is Facing Skepticism on E.D.S. Deal
Hewlett-Packard proposes to spend $14 billion to acquire Electronic Data Systems, an underperforming technology services provider...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Craigslist?s Countersuit Criticizes eBay?s Tactics
The online classifieds company filed a countersuit against minority owner eBay, accusing it of unfair competition, false advertising, trademark infringement and diluting the value of the Craigslist trademark...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
April Retail Sales Dipped, but Some Sectors Held Up
United States retail sales weakened modestly in April, but outside the auto sector they were more resilient than many economists had forecast...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Advertising: A Second Night for Comedy at CBS
CBS will try to expand its growing success with comedy in the new lineup of programs that it will introduce on Wednesday to advertisers in New York...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Clear Channel Accepts Smaller Takeover Bid
Clear Channel agreed to a revised $17.9 billion takeover by two private equity firms after settling a long and often acrimonious dispute with the six banks that agreed to finance the deal...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Oil Refiners See Profits Sink as Consumption Falls
High prices are putting a strain on oil refiners. In a time of record gasoline prices, some actually lost money in the first quarter, and for nearly all, profits are down sharply...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
The Optimistic (and Long) View of Larry A. Silverstein
At a time when many developers around the country are being forced to pull in their reins, Larry A. Silverstein has only to look out his windows to see a new real estate empire in the making...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Discounters Fared Well in Quarter
Wal-Mart Stores and the TJX Companies said that sales and profit surged during the first three months of the year as consumers flocked to their discounted merchandise...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Icahn Is Said to Weigh a Proxy Fight at Yahoo
Carl C. Icahn is considering a proxy fight for seats on Yahoo?s board in hopes of pushing the company to restart talks to sell itself to Microsoft...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Budget Deal in Congress Tops Request From Bush
Senate and House Democrats said that they had reached a tentative agreement on a budget blueprint that sets spending levels somewhat higher than President Bush had requested...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Juneau Journal: After Avalanche, City Is Quick to Embrace Green
Juneau, Alaska, has cut its electricity use by more than 30 percent in a matter of weeks, but it?s not necessarily for the greater good...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Congress Votes to Stop Stockpiling Oil
Both the House and Senate voted by wide margins to halt shipments to the strategic petroleum reserve as long as prices remain high...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
For the Disabled, Age 18 Brings Difficult Choices
As medical advances have allowed patients who might have died as children to survive into adulthood, the health care system that has yet to develop institutions for them...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Quake Toll Rises; China Struggles to Reach Victims
Rescue workers struggled to reach the tens of thousands of people who remained buried in the aftermath of the earthquake, as the death toll climbed above 13,000...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
News Analysis: A Rescue in China, Uncensored
The rescue effort playing on Chinese television is remarkable for a country that has a history of concealing the scope of natural calamities...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Officers Battle Visa Hurdles for Iraq Aides
Veterans have rallied to help Iraqi interpreters working for U.S. forces through the difficulties, bureaucratic and otherwise, to obtain visas to immigrate to the U.S...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Clinton Beats Obama Handily in W. Virginia
Racial considerations emerged as an unusually salient factor in Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s lopsided victory over Senator Barack Obama...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
?Almost Nominee? Status Keeps Obama in Limbo
As Senator Barack Obama prepared for defeat in West Virginia, his aides said he was still feeling like a winner ? but not quite like a nominee...
New York Times - May 14, 2008
Pelican 'bombs' bather in Florida
A woman requires 20 stitches to her face after a pelican crashes into her in the sea off Florida, apparently diving for fish...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Barry Bonds gets new indictment
American baseball star Barry Bonds faces new charges alleging he lied over taking performance-enhancing drugs...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
Mexican troops take on cartels
Thousands more Mexican troops and federal police are deployed to fight the drug barons after a wave of police murders...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
9/11 suspect charges dropped
The US drops charges against a Saudi held at Guantanamo, who was allegedly part of the 9/11 plot...
BBC News - May 14, 2008
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