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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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Paulson Defends Bailout of Bear
The treasury secretary said that the intervention by the Federal Reserve was ?the right decision.?...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Missiles Strike Pakistan Tribal Area
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) -- A missile strike near the Afghan border destroyed the house of a suspected militant leader Sunday, killing at least 20 people, witnesses and state-run Pakistan Television said...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
The Caucus: Obama?s Church Responds
The Democratic candidate's church in Chicago issues a missive denouncing criticisms of the work by its longtime pastor, and notes his achievements...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Dalai Lama Won?t Stop Tibet Protests
The Dalai Lama on Sunday described feeling ?helpless? in preventing what he feared could be a bloody clash between his followers and Chinese authorities...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Crews Prepare to Remove Fallen Manhattan Crane
Two workers and a woman believed to have been in a town house crushed by the crane are missing...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
JPMorgan Acts to Buy Ailing Bear Stearns at Huge Discount
Bear Stearns agreed to be bought by JPMorgan Chase for a bargain-basement price of less than $250 million, or about $2 a share...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Fears That Bear Stearns?s Downfall May Spread
Investors are bracing for another volatile week in the markets as bankers and policy makers deal with the fallout from their bid to rescue Bear Stearns...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
McCain Visits Iraq to Meet With Officials
Senator John McCain?s trip, billed as a Congressional visit, will also help to promote his foreign policy credentials...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Endeavour crew take space walk
Astronauts attach arms to Dextre, the space station's new 1.5-tonne, 4m-long robot...
BBC News - March 16, 2008
Pakistani Discord Undercuts Anti-Militant Vow
Pakistani officials disagree about whether to gear up a counterterrorism campaign against militants or to try to shore up a conventional force focused on potential threats from India...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Spain?s Many Muslims Face Dearth of Mosques
Many Muslims in Spain gather in dingy apartments, warehouses and garages to pray, facing a shortage of mosques stemming from economic but also social factors...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
McCain Visits Iraq
Senator John McCain?s trip, billed as a Congressional visit, will also help promote the candidate?s foreign policy credentials...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Search Continues After Manhattan Crane Collapse
Workers were removing sections of a toppled construction crane to allow the rubble to be searched...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Dalai Lama Seeks Probe on Crackdown
The Dalai Lama called Sunday for an international investigation into China?s crackdown against protesters in Tibet, which he said is facing a ?cultural genocide.?...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Rescuers at NY crane crash site
Rescuers search for survivors as a crane topples into apartment blocks in New York, leaving four dead...
BBC News - March 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
AnnTaylor Posts Loss
The retailer posted a fourth-quarter loss of $6.67 million, hurt by weakened consumer spending...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Letters: Interpreting the Text Message
Interpreting the Text Message...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Consumed: Photo Finish
In a curious reversal, an innovation travels from the mainstream to the creative fringe ? and disappears...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Emonomics
Market theory says cold logic dictates our choices in life. Dan Ariely disagrees...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Idea Lab: Rumor?s Reasons
Why Internet-spread innuendo is so hard to rebut...
New York Times - March 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
The Count: Drug Tests as a Window on Workers
Drug Tests...
New York Times - March 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Backdrop: Measuring Wealth by the Foot
Supersized yachts are the latest examples of one-upmanship among billionaires...
New York Times - March 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Bats: Duncan Says He Will Appeal His Suspension
Shelley Duncan has decided to appeal his three-game suspension for last Wednesday?s brawl with the Tampa Bay Rays. ?The one thing I?d really like to do is I?d like to speak to Bob Watson and really tell him what happened, through my eyes,? Duncan said after speaking with his agent, Barry Meister. ?I feel like that?s been [...]...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Fed Chief Shifts Path, Inventing Policy in Crisis
Ben S. Bernanke, who has long argued that a central bank should act on consistent principles, now has to improvise...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Iraq Insurgency Runs on Stolen Oil Profits
The sea of oil under Iraq is supposed to rebuild the nation, but fuel shipments often get diverted to the black market...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Cutting Dosage of Costly Drug Spurs a Debate
A drug for a rare enzyme deficiency can cost $300,000 a year, making the right dose a matter of public debate...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Growing Cheers for the Home-Schooled Team
Home-school basketball players are now tracked by scouts, and some have accepted scholarships to leading colleges...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Tibetans Clash With Chinese Police in Second 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 16, 2008
Crane Collapse in Manhattan Kills at Least 4
A crane at an East Side construction site slashed down on an apartment building, broke apart, crushed a town house and cut off a tenement facade...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
For Democrats, Increased Fears of a Long Fight
Many superdelegates cite the will of the voters as a guiding principle, a boon to Senator Barack Obama...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Studying the Footprints of a Governor-to-Be
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson is about to face scrutiny of his legislative record and political connections...
New York Times - March 16, 2008
Deadly crane collapse in New York
Four people die as a huge crane topples into apartment buildings in New York, the city's mayor says...
BBC News - March 16, 2008
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