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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2008:
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Can Cruise Ships and Coral Coexist?
Can cruise ships and nature coexist? An experiment gets under way in Cozumel to test the idea...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Jumper Sues Empire State Building
The professional parachute jumper who tried to leap off the city's tallest building in 2006 released a video that shows him struggling with security guards and police officers on the observation deck...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Web Video Reignites Tom Cruise Storm
A video posted seems to succeed in far less time than it would take to read a recently-published "unauthorized" biography...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Board Tells States to Look for Bridge Design Flaws
The Federal Highway Administration told state authorities to take a new look at bridges to make sure they do not have the kind of design flaw that doomed the I-35W bridge, which collapsed in Minneapolis last summer...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
U.S. Dominance in Science at Risk, Report Says
The United States is still the world leader in scientific innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, the National Science Board reported today...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
House Asks Justice Dept. to Investigate Tejada
The House committee conducting hearings on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball wants to probe statements the shortstop made in 2005...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Turnout Sluggish for Michigan?s Primary
Freezing temperatures, an early morning snowfall, and a dearth of Democratic contenders on the ballot may have affected turnout, according to a state official...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
McCain Campaign Responds to Attack
A group calling itself ?Vietnam Veterans Against McCain? sent out a negative mailing in South Carolina...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Female Business Owners Fault New Rules on U.S. Contracts
Women who own small businesses have been pushing for years for a bigger piece of government contracts. And few are happy with the new rules created by the Small Business Administration...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Quadrangle to Manage Bloomberg Fund
Amid speculation that Michael R. Bloomberg is considering a run for president, the mayor chose the firm of Steven Rattner, a longtime friend, to manage much of his fortune...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Winfrey and Discovery Form Network
The channel will displace the eight-year-old Discovery Health Channel in more than 68 million homes...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Bank of America Curbs Investment Banking
After suffering heavy trading losses from bad mortgage investments, Bank of America said it was scaling back its investment banking operations and shedding 650 more jobs...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Apple Unveils Movie Rentals and Thin Notebook
Apple introduced a new iTunes movie rental service and an ultralight, super-thin Mac notebook...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Supreme Court Restricts Securities Lawsuits
Justices upheld protections for secondary players in securities-fraud schemes, as opposed to the primary engineers of those plots...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Bush Prods Saudi Arabia on Oil Prices
Saudi Arabia?s oil minister appeared to rebuff the president?s appeal to consider the cost to the U.S. economy...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Intel?s Big Quarter Fails to Meet Wall St. Forecast
The report comes amid rising investor concern about the impact of a possible slowdown in computer spending during the first half of the year...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Citigroup Loss Raises Anxiety Over Economy
Reporting a staggering fourth-quarter loss of $9.83 billion, Citigroup also issued a sobering forecast that the housing market and economy have not yet bottomed out...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Design blamed for US bridge fall
A design error was behind the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people last August, a report finds...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Europe 'poses key threat to US'
One of the biggest threats to US security may now come from within Europe, the US Homeland Security head says...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Live Updates on Steve Jobs at MacWorld
Steve Jobs speaks at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Here are the updates...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Kenyan Opposition Wins a Skirmish
Opposition leaders on Tuesday won their first political skirmish since Kenya?s disputed presidential election, garnering the most votes for the influential position of parliamentary speaker...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Bomb Targets U.S. Car in Beirut
A bomb evidently meant to destroy an American Embassy car narrowly missed, but wounded its local Lebanese driver and a fellow passenger and killed at least three civilians...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Rice, in Baghdad, Praises New Law
During a surprise visit to Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraqi leaders for approving a controversial new de-Baathification law...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
4 Arrests Made in Kabul Hotel Attack
Officials in Afghanistan said that three Americans and one French woman may have been among the six killed...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
16 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Clashes
The violence came a day after Israeli negotiators and their Palestinian counterparts started peace talks...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Republicans Make Final Appeals to Michigan Voters
Mitt Romney was emphasizing his personal ties to the state as he fought to salvage his campaign...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
House Panel Asks Justice Dept. to Investigate Tejada
The request came at the opening of a hearing on performance enhancing drugs in baseball...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Waiting in Style
Pleasing premium fliers, airlines work together to improve lounges...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Selling Wine Where the Surf?s Up
For winemaker Piergiorgio Castellani Jr. ?surfing is not that different from producing wine.?...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Big Fare Increases, Crowded Planes, and More Delays
BIG FARE INCREASES After United Airlines raised domestic fares across the board by $50 a round trip on Friday, most major carriers quickly followed with similar increases on many routes, according to FareCompare.com. The reason was sharply higher fuel costs. Delta Air Lines raised its round-trip fares by $50 immediately after United?s move. American Airlines also posted $50 round-trip increases on 55 percent of its route system, though "conspicuously absent" are increases on its routes that overlap with many Southwest Airlines routes, said Rick Seaney, the chief executive of FareCompare.com. Then on Monday, Northwest Airlines also joined in the $50 increase on most of its routes. Continental Airlines, which initially raised fares by $50 on some routes on Friday, withdrew the increases Monday morning, but Mr. Seaney said it was unclear whether Continental might reverse course again soon. This was the second broad fare increase in 2008, and the 10th since last Labor Day, Mr. Seaney said, adding: "It seems the legacy airlines, United in particular, are forgoing the nickel-and-dime strategy of increases every few weeks and are going for the whole enchilada at one time."...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Virgin Atlantic Plans a Biofuel Flight
Virgin Atlantic said Monday that it would conduct the first airborne test of a renewable fuel by a commercial jet, using a Boeing 747...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Shake-Up at EMI Clouds Future of Its Artists
Terra Firma, the private equity firm that recently acquired EMI Group, announced a major restructuring of the music company, saying it would eliminate close to a third of the staff...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Winfrey and Discovery to Form TV Network
The channel will displace the eight-year-old Discovery Health Channel in more than 70 million homes...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Bush Prods Saudi Arabia on High Oil Prices
The president urged OPEC to take into account the cost high oil prices were having on the American economy...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Supreme Court Upholds Curb on Investor Lawsuits
In a closely watched case, the justices upheld protections for secondary players in securities-fraud schemes...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Stocks Plunge on Economic News and Bank Woes
Stocks fell sharply after an economic report showed retail sales fell in December and two large banks announced big investments from overseas amid rising losses...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe
The decision removes the last hurdle before meat and milk from cloned animals can be sold at stores...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Merrill Lynch to Get $6.6 Billion
Merrill Lynch said it is getting a $6.6 billion cash infusion from three foreign funds: The Korean Investment Corp., Kuwait Investment Authority and Mizuho Corporate Bank...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
A Guide to Speed Dating With Sovereign Funds
Citigroup and Merrill Lynch announced a collective $19.1 billion worth of new investments, with a significant chunk of this money coming from sovereign wealth funds...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Citi Posts $9.83 Billion Loss; Will Cut Jobs
Citigroup will write down $18.1 billion because of soured mortgage-related investments, cut its stock dividend and sell another stake to foreign investors...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
US retail sales fell in December
US retail sales fell last month, official figures show, the latest indication that the economy is under pressure...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Shares slump on recession fears
European and US shares fall sharply as poor economic and corporate news adds to fears of a US recession...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Stallone listed to support Snipes
Actor Wesley Snipes lists 70 potential character witnesses including Sylvester Stallone in his tax fraud trial...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Rice praises 'progress' in Iraq
The US secretary of state praises an Iraqi reconciliation measure and calls for a follow up during a surprise Iraq visit...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
More US marines for Afghanistan
The US says it is sending some 3,200 more marines to Afghanistan to help Nato fight the Taleban...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Bush concern over high oil prices
President George Bush, on the second day of a visit to Saudi Arabia, raises concerns over high oil prices...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Citi Writes Down $18.1 Billion
Two of the nation's biggest financial firms announced Tuesday that they had lined up outside investments to shore up their ravaged balance sheets. Citigroup's disclosure of a $12.5 billion investment came as the banking giant reported its long-awaited fourth-quarter results, which included an $18.1 billion write-down on its subprime mortgage-related exposures. The figure was much [...]...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Kenya?s Parliament Opens Amid Tight Security
Kenya's parliament opened Tuesday for the first time since a disputed presidential election, a fight that has provoked widespread violence and was expected to carry over to the selection of a house speaker...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Kabul Bombing Suspect Arrested
Afghanistan's intelligence service arrested a man wearing a police uniform suspected of taking part in a multipronged attack on Kabul's main luxury hotel that killed eight, officials said Tuesday...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
At Least 10 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Violence
Israeli tanks and helicopters raided the Gaza Strip, killing the son of a Hamas leader and 10 other Palestinians...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Rice Makes Unannounced Visit to Baghdad
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Baghdad, hoping to build momentum behind reconciliation efforts...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Russia: Gazprom Skyscraper Denounced
St. Petersburg residents spoke out against the planned construction of a 1,050-foot-tall skyscraper for the headquarters of the state energy company Gazprom at a public hearing...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
As Talk of Recession Grows, Republicans and Democrats Differ on Response
For Democratic candidates, the growing risk of a recession is an opportunity for action. For Republicans, it presents a dilemma...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Nasa spacecraft in Mercury pass
Nasa's Mercury Messenger probe becomes the first spacecraft since 1975 to visit the innermost planet...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Rice in Iraq to back 'progress'
The US secretary of state makes a surprise visit to Iraq in an attempt to build on recent reconciliation efforts...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Oscar winner charged over crash
Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary is charged with manslaughter after a car crash which killed a passenger...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Brazil leader to boost Cuban ties
Brazil's President Lula visits Cuba to strengthen economic ties and amid hopes of seeing the ailing Fidel Castro...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Colombian brings news of hostages
A Colombian woman freed last week after six years in rebel hands goes home with news of fellow hostages...
BBC News - January 15, 2008
Caldecott and Newbery Winners
Brian Selznick?s ?The Invention of Hugo Cabret? won the Caldecott and Laura Amy Schlitz received the Newbery...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Steroid Cloud Over Music, Too?
What part of her performance would the drugs enhance anyway?...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
U.S. to Speed Deportation of Criminals in Jail
Federal authorities expect to identify and deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year who are convicted criminals serving time in prisons across the country...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Accident at Trump Soho Tower Kills Worker
One construction worker was killed in a fall from the 46-story building and a second was injured...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Motion Ties W. Virginia Justice to Coal Executive
A justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court and a powerful coal-company executive met in Monte Carlo, as the executive?s companies were appealing a $50 million jury verdict against them to the court...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Blast at Kabul Hotel Kills 6
A thunderous explosion struck a Kabul, Afghanistan luxury hotel frequented by foreigners, and the Taliban took responsibility...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Europe?s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade
Europe?s dinner tables are increasingly supplied by global fishing fleets, which are depleting the world?s oceans to feed ravenous consumers...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Coaching the Comeback
A therapist helps to rebuild functions (and families) shattered by brain trauma...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Iraq Defense Minister Sees Need for U.S. Security Help Until 2018
The minister?s comments suggested a longer U.S. commitment in Iraq than had previously been indicated...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
In Obama?s Pursuit of Latinos, Race Plays Role
As the Democratic presidential candidates court Hispanic voters, Barack Obama confronts a history of often uneasy and competitive relations between blacks and Latinos...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Militants Escape Control of Pakistan, Officials Say
Pakistan?s premier military intelligence agency has lost control of some of the networks of Pakistani militants it has nurtured since the 1980s...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
U.S. Cities Put on the Charm for Foreign Tourists
As the weak dollar woos international visitors, individual cities and states are stepping up their global promotional efforts...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
With Shows Like These, Forget Reruns
Some bad news for striking Hollywood writers: Election 2008 is a breakaway hit...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Wesley Snipes to Go on Trial in Tax Case
The actor has become an unlikely public face for the antitax movement, whose members argue that Americans are not legally obligated to pax taxes...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Google Sees Surge in iPhone Traffic
Google and Yahoo say iPhones are accounting for a disproportionate amount of Web traffic to their sites from mobile devices...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Zagat Family Is Putting Guide Empire on Market
A ?clever and sharp? restaurant guide company with telling? rankings and ?a penchant for quote marks? from its thousands of ?in-the-know? reviewers is ?on the block.?...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Americans Cut Back Sharply on Spending
A pullback in spending raises the possibility that the country may be experiencing a rare decline in personal consumption...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Ford and Chrysler Unveil Their Redesigned Pickups
Cowboys and live cattle took over downtown Detroit Sunday as Ford Motor and Chrysler heralded new versions of their all-important pickup trucks...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Trying to Fine-Tune Yahoo
Yahoo?s chief executive and co-founder plans to expand the Internet stalwart to make it ?a starting point? for consumers...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Pelosi Begins Discussions on Stimulus to Economy
Speaker Nancy Pelosi met on Monday with the Federal Reserve chairman to discuss potential action by Congress, the White House and the central bank to jump-start the economy...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
G.M. Buys Stake in Ethanol Made From Waste
Eager to ensure a supply of fuel for the fleet of flex-fuel ethanol-capable vehicles it is building, G.M. has invested in a start-up bio-fuel producer, Coskata Inc...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
A Loan to Finish Homes
The home builder Levitt & Sons received approval to tap a $3.5 million loan to finish building homes across the Southeast...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Legg Mason Makes Deal With Equity Firm
The asset management firm Legg Mason said on Monday that it had sold $1.25 billion in convertible senior notes to an affiliate of the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
For the Laptop Toters, a Roomier Flight to Europe
British Airways announced plans to join the new boutique premium-class airline game across the Atlantic. But it isn?t bringing a lot of money to the table...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Europe Delays Changing Rules on Cheap Goods
The move illustrates deep divisions within Europe over how to deal with the surge of Chinese exports and the job losses caused by the outsourcing of production to Asia...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Capitalizing on Oil?s Rise, Kazakhstan Expands Stake in Huge Offshore Project
A consortium of foreign companies has resolved a dispute over Kazakhstan?s giant Kashagan oil field...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
U.S. Says Landing Fees Could Be Used to Ease Airport Traffic
The Transportation Department said Monday that airports could manipulate landing fees to encourage airlines to fly fewer planes, among other things...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Producer Signs Deal With Writers
The deal will let striking writers work on projects for Media Rights Capital, a production company that helped finance the film ?Babel.?...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Genentech Beats Forecast but Slips on a Core Drug?s Sales
Genentech reported a 6 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, but its stock slipped after news that its cancer drug, Avastin, failed to meet sales expectations...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
F.D.A. Approves Drug for Intestinal Disease
Tysabri, a treatment for multiple sclerosis, received regulatory approval on Monday for use among patients with Crohn?s disease...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Magellan Fund, Closed in ?97, Will Reopen
For the first time in a decade, new investors will be able to put money into a mutual fund that helped fuel Fidelity Investments? rapid growth...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
In Europe, Microsoft Again Faces Inquiries
Europe?s antitrust regulator has opened two new investigations into claims that Microsoft has abused its dominant market position...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Baltimore Finds Subprime Crisis Snags Women
In Baltimore and elsewhere around the country, subprime mortgages, which are driving the foreclosure rate, have gone disproportionately to women...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Samsung Chairman?s Office Raided in Inquiry
Special prosecutors are investigating accusations that the company?s chairman, Lee Kun Hee, had amassed slush funds to bribe politicians, prosecutors and government officials...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Canadian Bank Hopes Stock Offer Calms Fears
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said it would issue 2.75 billion Canadian dollars in stock at substantially discounted prices...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
MySpace Agrees to Lead Fight to Stop Sex Predators
The country?s largest social-networking Web site has agreed with attorneys general of 49 states to take new steps to protect children from sexual predators on its site...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Video Game Industry Seeks Political Clout
The video game industry intends to establish a political action committee to donate money to game-friendly politicians and candidates...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Former Times Editor in New Post at Magazine
Howell Raines, who lost the top newsroom job at The New York Times in 2003 amid public rancor and scandal, will become a media columnist at Condé Nast Portfolio...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Quality Is Major Concern of Toyota?s Visiting Chief
In his first visit to the Detroit auto show, Toyota?s chief executive appealed to his employees to take personal responsibility for the quality of Toyota cars and trucks...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Heavy Orders for Airbus and Boeing Raise Backlog Questions
With Boeing and Airbus scrambling to meet orders, analysts said the lag time between order and delivery is likely to start slowing sales...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
More Than Games, a Net to Snare Social Networkers
Zynga Game Network, is one of a new cluster of Internet ventures capitalizing on the rapidly growing social networks, like Facebook and MySpace...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
1,500 Job Cuts Expected at EMI
Terra Firma plans to dismiss about a third of the staff at EMI as it moves to streamline marketing operations and focus on the discovery of new artists...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Sears Warns of Another Steep Drop in Profit
Evidence of an abrupt slowdown in consumer spending mounted Monday as Sears Holdings, the owner of Sears and Kmart, warned that its profit would most likely plunge as much as 57 percent for the three months ending in early February...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Stock Markets Gain on I.B.M.
Wall Street advanced sharply Monday after a rout on Friday following solid preliminary results from I.B.M...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Foreign Sales Help I.B.M. to a Strong Quarter
The technology giant?s quarterly profit ? up 24 percent ? may not be as reliable an indicator of broader trends in the American economy as in the past...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
A Loophole Lets a Foot in the Door
How to accumulate enormous stakes in a company without tipping your hand...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Citi to Announce Big Cuts and New Investors
Citigroup is expected to announce on Tuesday 4,000 additional job cuts, a steep cut in its stock dividend, and another boost from foreign investors...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Commodities? Relentless Surge
A global boom in the cost of commodities, the staple ingredients of a modern economy, is entering its sixth year with no end in sight...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Study Reveals Doubt on Drug for Cholesterol
A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
Europe May Ban Imports of Some Biofuel Crops
If approved, the law would prohibit the importation of fuels derived from crops grown on certain kinds of land ? including forests, wetlands or grasslands...
New York Times - January 15, 2008
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