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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for March 2008:
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Consumed: Photo Finish
In a curious reversal, an innovation travels from the mainstream to the creative fringe ? and disappears...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Emonomics
Market theory says cold logic dictates our choices in life. Dan Ariely disagrees...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Idea Lab: Rumor?s Reasons
Why Internet-spread innuendo is so hard to rebut...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Fair Game: Rescue Me: A Fed Bailout Crosses a Line
The Fed?s effort to bail out Bear Stearns could have ugly consequences...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Home Front: Departing Foster Care, Arriving at Independence
New Yorkers for Children is helping young adults leaving the state?s foster care system learn about career paths...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Square Feet: When Low Offers Start to Pay Off
WHAT image does the term ?lowballer? conjure up for you? A smirking bottom feeder in a bad suit? A fast-talking investor working the phone?...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Square Feet | Checking In: For Foreign Investors, Profit Isn?t Only Goal
A family benefits from a program that grants foreigners legal residency in the United States if they invest in job-creating businesses...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
A Wild Ride Ends in Neutral
It was a remarkable week on Wall Street, but you wouldn?t know it from the market indexes, which ended more or less where they started...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Letters: Interpreting the Text Message
Interpreting the Text Message...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Fundamentally: Look Deeper. You?ll See a Bright Side.
Even if the economy is struggling, it?s not clear that long-term investors should dwell entirely on the negatives...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
The Cash Advantage (Even When Rates Are Low)
Although short-term interest rates have been dropping, many advisers still recommend that investors keep plenty of cash in safe and simple accounts...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Off the Shelf: A Proposed Diet for the U.S. Budget
Add this book to your reading list during this presidential campaign season...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Career Couch: Dipping Carefully Into the Betting Pool
A simple diversion, like an N.C.A.A. office pool, can build camaraderie, but be wary of indulging to excess...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
The Boss: Flowers, via Social Work
If you look at highly successful people, they make the same number of mistakes as others, but they recover quickly...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Ping: ?The Amazing Race,? as Played in the Lab
The X Prize Foundation is kicking off a contest for a drivable, affordable car that gets 100 miles a gallon at the New York International Auto Show...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Novelties: An Assistant Who May Need the Occasional Battery
Point-and-click devices have long controlled computer screens. But soon they may also control some household robots that can trundle around living rooms...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Suits: Can Sealy Catch Up With the Foam Set?
Stock of mattress manufacturer Sealy, lost more than half its value in the last year as the company struggled against rivals promoting new mattress technologies...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
The Count: Drug Tests as a Window on Workers
Drug Tests...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Economic View: Beyond the Noise on Free Trade
At a time when the public is more likely to take its cue from Lou Dobbs than from Adam Smith, globalization may cast a long shadow over the presidential election...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Cutting Dosage of Costly Drug Spurs a Debate
Cerezyme, a drug used to treat a rare inherited enzyme deficiency called Gaucher disease, can cost more than $300,000 a year...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Barry Diller Conquered. Now He Tries to Divide.
IAC/InteractiveCorp, Barry Diller?s collection of Internet-focused companies including Ticketmaster and Expedia, is floundering...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Backdrop: Measuring Wealth by the Foot
Supersized yachts are the latest examples of one-upmanship among billionaires...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Market Maker: Wait, Weren?t These the Safer Bets?
Unlike such ill-starred peers as Countrywide Credit or Ameriquest, Thornburg Mortgage was supposed to have been a different kind of home loan company...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Examining the Footprints of a Governor-to-Be
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson is about to face serious scrutiny of his legislative record and political connections...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Tornadoes Tear Through Downtown Atlanta
At least 27 people were injured in the storm, which severely damaged many of the city?s landmarks...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Georgia Tech President to Lead Smithsonian
G. Wayne Clough?s appointment comes a year after the institution?s former leader resigned amid a scandal...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Reformers Gain in Iran Vote, Despite Being Barred
More than 30 reformers appear to have won seats in Parliament despite many being banned from the race...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Deadly Blast at Restaurant in Pakistan?s Capital
At least one person was killed and 11 people ? including five Americans ? were wounded in an explosion at a restaurant in a popular shopping area and one of the few places in Islamabad that serves alcohol...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Crane Topples in Manhattan, Killing at Least 4 People
A large construction crane, which looked to be about 20 stories tall, fell across a street and crashed into other buildings near 51st Street and Second Avenue...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Tibetans Clash With Chinese Police in 2nd City
The new clashes came as authorities said they had regained control of Tibet?s capital, Lhasa, where at least 10 people were killed...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
News Analysis: A Wall Street Domino Theory
The Federal Reserve?s unusual decision to assist Bear Stearns underscores a concern that one failure could spread across the financial system...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Reformers Make Gains in Iran Vote
More than 30 reformers appear to have won seats in Parliament although most of their most prominent members had been barred from running...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Huge Explosion in Albania Kills 4
An explosion at an Albanian army depot near Tirana on Saturday injured more than 150 people, including many children, and damaged the city's nearby international airport, authorities said...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Blast at Restaurant in Islamabad
A bomb exploded in the back garden of an Italian restaurant popular with foreigners in Pakistan's capital Saturday night, killing two people and wounding nine, police said...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Fed Chief Shifts Path, Inventing Policy in Crisis
Ben S. Bernanke, who has long argued that a central bank should base its policies on consistent principles, finds himself improvising as the credit crisis worsens...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Chinese Forces Say They?ve Secured Tibet?s Capital
Conflicting reports emerged about the violence in Lhasa, with Tibetan leaders claiming that 30 Tibetans had died...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Powerful Tornado Damages Downtown Atlanta
At least 27 people were injured in the storm, which severely damaged many of the city?s landmarks...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Georgia Tech President to Lead Smithsonian
G. Wayne Clough will take over a year after the institution?s former leader resigned amid a scandal...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
News Analysis: Behind Bear Stearns Rescue Plan, a Wall St. Domino Theory
The Federal Reserve?s unusual decision to assist a major investment bank underscores a concern that one failure could spread across the financial system...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Endeavour crew take space walk
Two American astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) take their first spacewalk...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Severe wind storm strikes Atlanta
A severe wind storm hits the US city of Atlanta, damaging skyscrapers, hotels and two sports arenas...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Obama spurns pastor's 9/11 jibe
Barack Obama denounces remarks made by his pastor that 9/11 was like "chickens coming home to roost"...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
AnnTaylor Posts Loss
The retailer posted a fourth-quarter loss of $6.67 million, hurt by weakened consumer spending...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Obituary: Founder of Trek Bicycle, Richard Burke, Dies at 73
Mr. Burke started the Trek company in 1976 with his friend Bevil Hogg, in a barn in Waterloo, Wis. It now has 1,600 employees...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Bailout Unnerves Investors, and Shares Take Steep Fall
Although speculation that Bear was in trouble had swirled for days, announcement of the bailout seemed to catch investors by surprise...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
As Dollar Hits New Lows, Investors Look Elsewhere
As the dollar weakens, holders of dollars, especially those overseas, are aiming for better returns by diversifying their portfolios...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Shortcuts: Some Blissful Ignorance Can Cure Chronic Buyer?s Remorse
In a world filled with fine print and misleading slogans, it is hard to find the balance between diligence and getting so much information that we are paralyzed with indecision...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Talking Business: Credit Cards Are Frothy, Not Bubbly
To a maddening degree, credit card companies will actually do O.K. while the rest of us suffer. Annoying, isn?t it?...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Saturday Interview: Expedia?s Path to Expansion Passes Through India
Expedia?s expansion into India is part of an aggressive international growth strategy mapped out by its chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Times Company Names Treasurer
Laurena L. Emhoff, assistant treasurer of The New York Times Company, has been promoted to vice president and treasurer...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Fate of the IAC Dispute Is Now Up to the Judge
The judge will rule on whether the chief of IAC/InterActiveCorp violated an agreement with the head of Liberty Media when announcing a plan to split IAC into five companies...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Australia Mine Operator Gets Bid From China
Sinosteel, the Chinese metals giant, made a hostile bid Friday for an Australian iron ore producer...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Market Values: Good Banks Are Punished With the Bad
Banks that had seemed to come through the crisis with their capital intact played catch-up in the latest leg of the race to the bottom...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
What?s Offline: Filling the Corporate Bench
Most managers are as unprepared now as they were a decade ago for recruiting capable workers...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Stepping Out After a Makeover
Lord & Taylor, the 182-year-old department store chain, has, improbably, come roaring back to life. Behind the resurgence is a most unlikely turnaround team...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
What's Online: Free Music? Only With a Fight
Record labels were making terrible missteps long before the advent of the digital age...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Microsoft to Buy Provider of Web Publishing Services
The Microsoft Corporation plans to buy Rapt Inc., plugging a hole in its suite of tools for Web publishers and advertisers...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Off the Charts: Dollar Doesn?t Stretch Far in Buying Global Goods
The American appetite for imports is waning, but the country is finding that buying less is not the same thing as paying less...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Lawsuit Is Settled Over Sale of Clear Channel?s TV Unit
Providence Equity Partners reached a settlement Friday with one of the banks financing its purchase of the television unit of Clear Channel Communication...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
News Analysis: F.D.R.?s Safety Net Gets a Big Stretch
Bear Stearns was emblematic of a financial system that enabled lenders to evade much of the regulatory framework that had begun during the Roosevelt administration...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Costs Surge for Stocking the Pantry
While food costs increased, overall inflation held steady in February as the cost of gasoline declined that month, according to the latest Consumer Price Index...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Prominent Trial Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Bribery
A plea deal is a remarkable turn for Richard F. Scruggs, a politically well-connected plaintiff?s lawyer who has humbled some of the nation?s most powerful companies...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
President Acknowledges Strains on the Economy
President Bush on Friday acknowledged that the economy has slipped into trouble, but he inveighed against government bailouts aimed at limiting the pain...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Presidential Candidates Make Calls to Paterson
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson, who supports Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, said that Senator Barack Obama?s call did not mention the race for the Democratic nomination...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Big East Men's Tournament: Hibbert Comes Around and Propels the Hoyas
Roy Hibbert of Georgetown had played his worst game of the season on Thursday, but he scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Friday night to lead the Hoyas into the championship game...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
1,700 Bands, Rocking as the CD Industry Reels
The South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Tex., is partly a brainstorming session for a business in transition...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Eli Lilly E-Mail Discussed Unapproved Use of Drug
John C. Lechleiter?s 2003 e-mail message appears to have encouraged Eli Lilly to promote its schizophrenia medicine Zyprexa for a use not approved by federal drug regulators...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
C.I.A. Secretly Held Qaeda Suspect, Officials Say
Muhammad Rahim was in C.I.A. detention at least six months beginning last summer as part of a program authorized to use harsh interrogation techniques...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
NATO Expansion, and a Bush Legacy, Are in Doubt
Internal political divisions, new tensions with Russia and a combat mission in Afghanistan have exposed disparities of might and will among current members...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
In Alabama, a Crackdown on Pregnant Drug Users
In an unusual burst of prosecutions, young women using drugs are being charged with harming their children...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
News Analysis: Fed Acts on Wall St. Domino Theory
The Federal Reserve?s unusual decision to assist Bear Stearns underscores a long-building concern that one failure could spread across the financial system...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Delegate Battles Embroil 2 States
Fund-raisers for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton are pressuring Democratic Party leaders to resolve an impasse over delegates from Michigan and Florida...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
All the Park?s a Stage, and This Proves It
?Ladies and Gents,? a noir-ish thriller from Ireland with a cast of six, will open on Monday for a two-week engagement in the public bathrooms near the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police
The most serious demonstrations China has faced in Tibet since the late 1980s brought reports of at least 10 deaths...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Politics Tests a Town Unity Forged by Gunshots
Kirkwood, Mo., which was drawn together after shootings last month, is now caught up in a leadership struggle...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Run on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by U.S.
Potential buyers began circling Bear Stearns after it was given a secured line of credit, and policy makers may spend the weekend dealing with the fallout...
New York Times - March 15, 2008
Doctors cleared in Ritter death
A US court clearns two doctors of negligence in the 2003 death of actor John Ritter...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
US election at-a-glance: 8-14 Mar
A weekly guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
Severe wind storm strikes Atlanta
A severe wind storm hits the US city of Atlanta, damaging skyscrapers, hotels and two sports arenas...
BBC News - March 15, 2008
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