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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Colbert on Colbert Its fun playing a jerk
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Dancing with the Stars contestant injured
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hopper stars in Starz series Crash
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2008:
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The White House and the Whales
President Bush has exempted the Navy from environmental laws designed to protect whales from potentially harmful sonar...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Forced Exam Stirs Questions
A construction worker who lives in Brooklyn asserts that he was forced to undergo a rectal examination after sustaining a head injury in an on-the-job accident in Midtown in 2003...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Judge Scolds Simpson but Allows Bail
O.J. Simpson received a tongue-lashing from a judge and higher bail after attempting to contact a go-defendant in his armed-robbery case...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Romney Seeks New Edge in South Carolina
After winning Michigan, Mitt Romney takes his economic message and new-found momentum to South Carolina...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Out of the Icebox, the N.F.L. Caught Fire
The 1961 and 1962 Green Bay victories over the Giants in the N.F.L. championship games gave the league much-needed celebrity...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Under the Radar Festival in Review
Reviews of six shows at this year?s festival of plays and performance pieces...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
New Genetic Risks for Prostate Cancer Identified
Certain gene variations greatly increase a man?s risk of developing prostate cancer, a new study finds. But tests for them may be of limited use to patients, experts say...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Schwab 4th-Quarter Earnings Fall
NEW YORK(AP) -- Retail brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 34 percent from results a year ago that included a tax gain and earnings from its former U.S. Trust wealth management unit that has since been sold...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
American Parent Blames Fuel for 4th-Quarter Loss
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The parent company of American Airlines, the nation's largest carrier, posted a loss of $69 million for the fourth quarter as fuel prices and weather disruptions more than offset higher revenue. It was its first loss after six consecutive quarterly profits...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Gizmos, Gadgets and Steve Jobs, Too
Apple holds its annual Macworld Expo and it?s chock-full of new high-tech goodies to be tried out...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Entrepreneurship Takes Off in Ireland
Ireland?s relatively new emphasis on entrepreneurs is the culmination of four decades of policies that have lifted the economy from centuries of poverty to modern prosperity...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Sun Buying Swedish Software Firm for $1 Billion
Sun said that it would buy MySQL, a Swedish company that is the world leader in open-source database software used by Internet powers like Google, Yahoo, MySpace and YouTube...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Ex-Brocade CEO Sentenced to 21 Months
The former chief of Brocade Communications was sentenced to 21 months in prison for scheming to tamper with the financial records of the company?s stock options...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Decline in New Generic Drugs Draws E.U. Scrutiny
European regulators raided some of the continent?s biggest drug makers in an inquiry over whether patent disputes and lawsuits are keeping generic products off the market...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Stocks Modestly Lower After Inflation Data
Edgy markets finished modestly lower after consumer prices moved higher in December in the wake of higher food and energy prices...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
JPMorgan Joins Banks in Write-Downs
JPMorgan Chase said its fourth-quarter net income fell 34 percent as problems from the housing slump widened in its investment banking and consumer businesses...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Bernanke Is Said to Support Stimulus Measures
The chairman of the Federal Reserve told members of Congress he would back tax cuts or spending measures, so long as they are temporary...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
US economy 'growing but sluggish'
The pace of growth in the US economy slowed at the end of 2007, a Federal Reserve report suggests...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
US politician on al-Qaeda charge
Ex-US congressman Mark Deli Siljander is charged over the funding of an al-Qaeda supporter in Afghanistan...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
US judge doubles OJ Simpson bail
A US judge accuses ex-football star OJ Simpson of "arrogance or ignorance" in breaking bail terms, doubling it to $250,000...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
White House e-mails 'may be lost'
The White House acknowledges it recycled back-up tapes of e-mails sent in 2003, meaning millions may be lost forever...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Republicans target South Carolina
Republican Mitt Romney joins fellow candidates to campaign in South Carolina after his win in Michigan...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Viewers Size Up the New ?Idol?
"American Idol" returns this week with a two-night, four-hour season premiere. (Michael Becker/Fox) Is ?American Idol,? television?s top-rated show, still as strong as ever? Last spring?s season of the Fox reality juggernaut marked the first time that overall viewership declined from the previous year, Edward Wyatt noted in Monday?s New York Times. But the singing competition [...]...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Ask About ?The Jewish Americans?
David Grubin, the director of the new PBS documentary, ?The Jewish Americans,? is taking questions from City Room readers through Jan. 23...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Coughlin Loosens Up a Little
The windowless concrete-block room in the bowels of Giants Stadium where reporters do their daily work is usually as sparsely populated as it is depressing. But it is easy to tell how big a game the Giants will play Sunday by the number of chairs set up. All those news conferences you see on television? [...]...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
In Larry Craig?s Corner, the A.C.L.U.
Is the man known for a ?wide stance? a victim of a law that is ?unconstitutionally overbroad?"...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Iraq
A suicide bomber blew herself up near a market and a Shiite mosque in restive Diyala, north of the capital...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Pakistan Fort Overrun by Militants
Hundreds of Islamic militants attacked a paramilitary fort in the restive South Waziristan tribal region, killing 22 soldiers and taking several others hostage...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Hawk Quits Israeli Coalition
The move by the legislator, angered over the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, leaves Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a slimmer majority in Parliament...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Bush Avoids Criticism of Mubarak
President Bush praised Egypt?s president while avoiding mention of the government?s arrests of political dissidents...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
The Education of Ben Bernanke
Banks won?t lend money. Oil has reached $100 a barrel. Unemployment is up. What?s a Fed chief to do?...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Republicans Turn Their Attention to South Carolina
After losing last night, Mike Huckabee and Senator John McCain each need a victory in the state to keep their momentum from flagging...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Protests Bring New Violence in Kenya
Police clashed with demonstrators, shooting several, according to witnesses, while opposition leaders vowed to press ahead with their protests...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Justices Back New York Trial Judge System
The Supreme Court swept aside complaints that the state chooses its trial judges through a system that favors party cronies and gives voters no real say...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Sony Ericsson Fourth-Quarter Profit Falls
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said fourth-quarter profit fell almost 17 percent as higher costs more than offset the effect of a rise in shipments...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Airbus Orders Trailed Boeing in 2007
Airbus said it had secured a record 1,341 orders for new aircraft in 2007, closely trailing Boeing as a surge in demand for air travel drove demand for new planes...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Carlyle Said to Be in Talks to Buy Booz Allen Unit
Booz Allen Hamilton, the consulting firm, is in talks to sell its government contracting arm to the Carlyle Group and others for about $2 billion, people briefed on discussions said...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Head of Canadian Nuclear Regulator Fired
The president of Canada?s nuclear industry regulator, embroiled in a dispute with the government over the closing and later reopening of a reactor, was fired...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Boeing Delays Dreamliner Again
Boeing announced that it was delaying the first flight and deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner because of continued supply-chain problems...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Stocks Mixed After Inflation Data
Edgy markets were mixed after consumer prices moved higher in December in the wake of higher food and energy prices...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Oracle, Sweetening Terms, Buys BEA
Just three months after BEA handily rejected its original unsolicited bid, Oracle said it would acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Wells Fargo Quarterly Profit Falls
Hurt by rising losses from home equity loans, Wells Fargo & Co. said fourth-quarter profit fell, the first decline in more than six years...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Inflation Continues to Edge Up
Inflation crept up in December, but the rise in prices will likely do little to hold back another interest rate cut...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
JPMorgan Joins Banks in Writedowns
JPMorgan said that its exposure to subprime mortgages devalued its portfolio by $1.3 billion...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
US inflation reaches 17-year high
US inflation for all of 2007 hit the highest rate for 17 years, as surging energy and food costs pushed up prices...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Pressures build on Amazon jungle
The BBC's Gary Duffy considers the future of the Amazon rainforest, where the rate of deforestation is increasing once again...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
JP Morgan's $1.3bn sub-prime hit
JP Morgan Chase says profits for the last three months of 2007 fell 34% as a result of bad mortgage debts...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Castro 'unfit to speak publicly'
Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro admits he is not strong enough to speak publicly, ahead of elections on Sunday...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Plea deal in US body parts case
The head of a US ring that dealt in illegal sales of body parts will admit guilt in a plea bargain, his lawyer says...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Brazil activist priest 'at risk'
A Catholic aid agency voices deep concern after a priest working on land rights in Brazil gets death threats...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Chairman Tests Hybrid, Inside Auto Show
The stunt of the auto show may be a spontaneous test drive that BYD chairman Wang Chaunfu gave to a reporter on the floor of the Cobo Center...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
26 Dead in Attack on Bus in Sri Lanka
A bomb and shooting attack blamed on Tamil separatists ripped through a packed civilian bus Wednesday...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Faction Leaves Israeli Government
A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert?s coalition pulled out of the government, weakening him at a time when he needs broad support to reach a peace deal...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Kenyan Opposition Plans More Protest
Kenya was in partial lockdown mode as opposition supporters pressed on with plans for nationwide protests...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Check-Cashing Chain Is Takeover Target
Pay-O-Matic is the subject of a takeover by Founders Equity, a private equity firm in New York, in a deal estimated at more than $500 million...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Consumers Holding Back on Spending
The nation?s retailers wrapped up the weakest sales year since 2002, according to a gloomy report that fanned fears of a recession...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
U.S. Bancorp Earnings Dropped 21% in 4th Quarter
The bank?s net income slid to $942 million, or 53 cents a share, from $1.19 billion, or 66 cents a share, in the period a year ago...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Houghton Mifflin Names Publisher of a Unit
Becky Saletan, publisher of the trade division of Harcourt, has been named publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Adult Trade Books...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Lender to Cut 2,400 Employees, Including Sales Staff in India
The mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp said that it would cut its work force by 24 percent...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
New Troubles for Apartment Mogul in South
Michael B. Smuck was one of the leading real estate syndicators in New Orleans in the 1980s until his limited partnerships began unraveling, causing large losses and unleashing years of legal battles with unhappy investors...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Guild Allows Writers to Work on N.A.A.C.P. Awards
Citing the N.A.A.C.P.?s dedication to social change, the guild agreed to make an exception for the February awards show...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Asian Stocks Fall Sharply
Asian shares fell as subprime loan problems in the United States and soft economic data provoked international fear...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Oil falls on US slowdown worries
Oil prices continue to slide amid fears that a US recession will weaken global demand for crude...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Dollar at lows on recession fears
The US currency hits its lowest level in more than two years against the yen as fears of a recession grow...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Tennis: Davenport beaten
Maria Sharapova beats former world number one Lindsay Davenport 6-1 6-3 in the Australian Open second round...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Ruling party defeated in Barbados
The ruling Barbados Labour Party is defeated in general elections after three terms in office, according to partial results...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
US court orders Libya to pay $6bn
A US court orders Libya to pay $6bn in damages over the bombing of a French airliner in 1989...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
The Passion of Steve Jobs
Apple's chief executive talks up his company's latest products and offers some frank thoughts about his competitors...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Born Ready
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New York Times - January 16, 2008
Short on Fund-Raising, Red Cross Will Cut Jobs
Facing a $200 million operating deficit, the American Red Cross is preparing to cut as much as one-third of its headquarters staff, up to 1,000 employees, and pare regional management...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Iraqi Spending to Rebuild Has Slowed, Report Says
A Government Accountability Office report has found that Iraq had spent much less of its reconstruction budget than what had previously been announced...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
20 Dead in Attack on Bus in Sri Lanka
The Tamil Tigers are suspected for the roadside bomb attack, which came as a six-year cease-fire between the state and rebels formally expired...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Baseball Is Challenged on Rise in Stimulant Use
The number of players making attention deficit disorder claims that let them use drugs like Ritalin has spiked...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Nearly 12 Years Old, ?Rent? Is to Close
Producers said the Broadway musical will close after its evening performance on June 1...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Blackwater Case Faces Obstacles, Justice Dept. Says
Legal gaps and immunity may prevent Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq from being tried...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
No G.O.P. Anchor in Sight
Mitt Romney?s victory means that three very different states have embraced three candidates...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Romney Beats McCain in Michigan Vote
Promising to revitalize the distressed automobile industry, Mitt Romney defeated his principal rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona, by winning a clear plurality of Republicans and conservatives...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
A Revival of 1992?s Glum Mood
While the details of the economic slump have changed since the ?92 presidential race, the main story line remains remarkably similar...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Global Advances Challenge U.S. Dominance in Science
The United States remains the world leader in scientific and technological innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, particularly in Asia...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Wrangling Over Stimulus Is One-Sided So Far
The economy needs stimulating ? on that much, at least, Congressional Democrats agree. But from there, things get complicated...
New York Times - January 16, 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 16, 2008
Worry in Michigan as Forests Change Hands
The sales of more than a million acres of timberland in Northern Michigan have caused many people to worry about their jobs and their ability to hunt and fish...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Coca-Cola Urged to Close an Indian Plant to Save Water
An environmental group says a Coca-Cola bottling plant in the drought-stricken state of Rajasthan is depleting scarce water supplies...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Northern Rock Investors Reject Curbs on Asset Sales
The vote was a setback for two hedge funds, which had hoped to obtain greater influence in the bank?s future and keep it from selling assets at ?fire sale prices.?...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Oprah Winfrey and Discovery to Create New Cable Network
Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications said on Tuesday that they would jointly create OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, a cable television channel to make its debut in 2009...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
A Classic Series, Retooled and Swingin?
A cartoon classic from the 1960?s gets a makeover to suit the tastes of 21st-Century kids...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
More Delays Expected for Boeing?s Dreamliner
The company is expected to announce another delay in production of its popular 787 Dreamliner, which could frustrate some international airlines? expansion plans...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Second Leg of Apple?s Plans Includes Jumping Back Into Movie Rentals
Steven P. Jobs is rebooting Apple?s digital movie effort and putting the company squarely in the middle of an intensifying industry battle...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
A Strong Intel Disappoints on Outlook
The chip maker reported revenue of $10.71 billion, up 10.5 percent from the quarter a year earlier, but about $100 million short of analysts? forecasts...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Jobs Returns to His Mac Roots With a Thin, Ultralight Laptop
Apple?s Steven P. Jobs introduced an elegant new MacBook, and is betting he can mimic his digital music success with movies...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Investors Show a Deepening Pessimism
While the economic weakness has been concentrated in the financial services, home building and related sectors, investors are growing fearful that it is spreading...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Bank of America Curbs Investment Banking
The banking giant said it was scaling back its investment banking operations and shedding an additional 650 jobs...
New York Times - January 16, 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 16, 2008
Volkswagen Corruption Trial Includes Seamy Testimony
The scandal involving Volkswagen?s former chief executive involves charges of bribery and illicit sex...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Isaac Mizrahi Leaves Target to Revamp Liz Claiborne
The cheap-chic designer is leaving the retailer for a more ambitious, and lucrative, role of making over the struggling Liz Claiborne label...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
At Auto Show, Chinese Are Sidelined but Not Ignored
While the vehicles have yet to go on sale in the United States, they stole some thunder from the Big Three at the Detroit Auto Show...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Supreme Court Limits Lawsuits by Shareholders
In its most important securities fraud ruling in years, the Supreme Court placed a huge obstacle before shareholders looking to sue someone after a stock purchase turns sour...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Interest Fades in the Once-Mighty V-8
Long a symbol of power for American car companies, the V-8 engine is sputtering as Detroit?s Big Three promote smaller engines and alternative-fuel vehicles...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe
Despite the F.D.A. endorsement, the Agriculture Department has asked farmers to continue withholding clones from the food supply...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Buddy, Can You Spare a Billion?
First, hard-pressed Wall Street banks turned to rich foreign governments for help. Now, they are seeking aid from the likes of New Jersey and big mutual funds...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
An Effort to Stem Losses at Citigroup Produces a Renewed Focus on Risk
Doling out credit, but with an eye on the balance sheet...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Citigroup Loss Raises Anxiety Over Economy
Reporting a fourth-quarter loss of $9.83 billion, Citigroup also issued a forecast that the economy had not yet bottomed out...
New York Times - January 16, 2008
Raising a glass to pricey wine
Wine gets better with age - but now it appears people are convinced it gets better with price...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
Democrats set aside race dispute
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seek to set aside a civil rights row in their fight for the US Democratic ticket...
BBC News - January 16, 2008
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