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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2007:
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Campus rampage is deadliest in U.S. history
33 people were shot and killed at a dorm and in a classroom building at Virginia Tech on Monday, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The death toll includes the shooter, who turned the gun on himself. Police are still working to identify him and find a motive...
CNN - April 16, 2007
Students massacred in class
A lone gunman is dead after killing 32 people at a college in the U.S. state of Virginia. The president of Virginia Tech called the massacre a "incomprehensible, heinous act." Virginia Rep. Randy Forbes said he understands the shooter was a student and that he turned the gun on himself...
CNN - April 16, 2007
Cheruiyot and Grigoryeva Win Boston Marathon
Robert Cheruiyot won the Boston Marathon today for the third time. Lidiya Grigoryeva won the women?s race...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Wall Street Journal Wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes
The paper won the prestigious Public Service medal. The New York Times and The Boston Globe also won awards...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Sudan Drops Objections to U.N. Aid in Darfur
The move set the stage for the possible assignment there of United Nations peacekeepers...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Virginia Tech Shooting Kills at Least 33
At least 33 people were killed on the campus of Virginia Tech today in what appears to be the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. Many of the victims were students...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Kraft Shifts 6 Brands From Ad Agency
JWT has worked for Kraft for eight decades and created two popular commercial jingles for Oscar Mayer...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Key terror trial opens in Florida
Jose Padilla, the man once accused of planning a US radioactive bomb attack, goes on trial in Florida...
BBC News - April 16, 2007
US university shooting kills 33
The worst shooting rampage in US history, at a university in Virginia, leaves 33 people dead...
BBC News - April 16, 2007
Gunman kills 21 on college campus
At least 22 people were killed in two incidents when a lone gunman opened fire on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg on Monday, police said...
CNN - April 16, 2007
At least 22 shot dead at Virginia Tech
At least 22 people were gunned down Monday at a dorm and classroom on the Virginia Tech campus, police said. Many of those killed were students, officials said, and the suspected gunman is among the dead. It was the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history...
CNN - April 16, 2007
Roadside bombs kill 8 in Baghdad
A pair of roadside bombs explode along a commercial street in central Baghdad's Karrada district, killing eight people and wounding 23 others, police said...
CNN - April 16, 2007
Poll: Presidential races tighten on both sides
Sen. John McCain has slashed Rudy Giuliani's double-digit lead by 10 points, but the GOP picture gets muddier if former Sen. Fred Thompson or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich enters the race, according to a CNN poll gauging the popularity of 2008 presidential hopefuls...
CNN - April 16, 2007
BBC Can?t Confirm Killing of Reporter in Gaza
A previously unknown group in Gaza claimed yesterday it had killed Alan Johnston, a BBC correspondent...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Storm Leaves Flooding and Travel Disruptions
Rain from a rare spring Northeaster flooded streets and basements, disrupted air travel and commuter railroads and cut power to thousands of homes...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Virginia Tech Shooting Kills at Least 20
At least 20 people were killed today, some of them students, and more were injured during shootings at Virginian Tech University, some of them at a classroom on the campus, the police said...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Sallie Mae to Be Sold for $25 Billion
The education lender will be sold to JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and two private equity firms...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
US student loan firm being bought
Sallie Mae, the largest provider of student loans in the US, confirms it will be bought by an investment group for $25bn...
BBC News - April 16, 2007
Eight killed as storms batter US
At least eight people die as powerful spring storms batter eastern US, triggering widespread flooding...
BBC News - April 16, 2007
Cleric's faction quits government
Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered six cabinet ministers from his political bloc to leave Iraq's government, making good on a threat issued last week after the prime minister rejected a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops...
CNN - April 16, 2007
Nasty East Coast storm sets up manic Monday
One of the nastiest spring nor'easters in years roared over the East Coast early Monday, bringing umbrella-breaking wind and relentless rain that forced evacuations from New Jersey to West Virginia...
CNN - April 16, 2007
Lobster Elusive, and Price Exclusive, as Harvest Suffers
The retail price for a one-pound lobster is nearly double what it was last spring, thanks to bad weather, extremely cold water and a lack of reserve supply...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Negotiators Say Sallie Mae to Be Sold for $25 Billion
The nation?s largest education lender agreed to be sold to JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and two private equity firms...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Wolfowitz future still in balance
Embattled World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz still faces calls to quit despite a defiant vow to stay...
BBC News - April 16, 2007
From Visitors, a Glimpse of Corzine?s Private Life
Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey is still sedated, but his loved ones say they are encouraged...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records
A rare spring northeaster flooded shorelines and rivers, disrupted travel and washed out plans for millions...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama
The shifting of loyalties is lending the early stages of the Democratic campaign the feeling of a family feud...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Tax Returns Rise for Immigrants in U.S. Illegally
Many illegal immigrants say they hope that filing a return will create a paper trail that could lead to citizenship one day...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
?Nothing to Hide,? Attorney General Insists
In testimony prepared for a Senate hearing, Alberto R. Gonzales offered a measured apology for mistakes in the dismissal of U.S. attorneys...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Accounts
Accounts...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Drilling Down: Japanese, at Times English, Rules the Blogs
What is the Internet?s most blogged in language? English and Japanese have leapfrogged each other in the last couple of years...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Treasury Bill Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Looking Ahead
EARNINGS REPORTS The following companies are scheduled to release earnings reports this week: Citigroup, Eli Lilly, Mattel and Wachovia (Monday); TD Ameritrade Holding, Comerica, CSX, Dow Jones, EMC, Intel, I.B.M., Johnson & Johnson, Mellon Financial, Northern Trust, Wells Fargo and Yahoo (Tuesday); Abbott Laboratories, Commerce Bancorp, E*Trade Financial, eBay, JPMorgan Chase, Motorola, PNC Financial Services, Allstate, Bank of New York, Tribune and United Technologies (Wednesday); Advanced Micro Devices, Altria Group, Continental Airlines, D. R. Horton, First Data, Gannett, Google, Merck, Merrill Lynch, Nokia, Schering-Plough, Southwest Airlines, UnitedHealth Group and Wyeth (Thursday); Caterpillar, Honeywell, McDonald?s, SAP, Schlumberger and Xerox (Friday)...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
5 Firms Compete for $10 Billion Gas Project
At least five international energy companies submitted bids for a giant sour gas project in the United Arab Emirates...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Imus Fracas Becomes a Draw in Play?s Revival
The producers of ?Talk Radio,? the Broadway play are using the Don Imus controvery to sell more tickets...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Best-Informed Also View Fake News, Study Says
Respondents who knew the most about what?s going on were likely to be viewers of programs like Jon Stewart?s ?The Daily Show.?...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Now on YouTube: The Latest News From Al Jazeera, in English
YouTube will become an easy way to view content from Al Jazeera English, the English-language version of the TV news station...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Giving Away Information, but Increasing Revenue
A new site for the TED organization will generate more ad revenue and expose its content to people who would otherwise never attend its conferences...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Student Lender to Pay $2.5 Million Settlement
Education Finance Partners has agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve an investigation of its practices by the New York attorney general...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Advertising: New Form of Impulse: Shopping via Text Message
A company called ShopText has introduced a system that lets people buy products instantly using text messages...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Amid Turbulence at CBS Radio, an Old Hand Is Back
The new chief of CBS Radio, who starts Monday, faces problems that relate more to iPods than Don Imus...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
E-Mail Innovator Plans to Enlist in the Wireless Campaign of the Patent Wars
Freedom Mail will make it possible to view and respond by cellphone to messages sent to almost any e-mail account...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Intel Seen Using China Forum to Detail Plans on Hand-Helds
A number of technology advances will be announced, including an initiative that could give rise to a new class of wireless hand-held computers...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Link by Link: Watching the War and Acknowledging the Dead
Concerned citizens have taken it upon themselves to create Web sites that track the fatalities in Iraq...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Public Rebuke for Wolfowitz, but He Digs In
The World Bank?s oversight committee questioned Paul D. Wolfowitz?s leadership in a blow to his efforts to stay on...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
The Media Equation: A Trophy Mag Wears Camouflage
Field & Stream received four nominations in the National Magazine Awards, putting it in the front ranks of magazine journalism...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Microsoft Urges Review of Google-DoubleClick Deal
Microsoft contends that Google?s $3.1 billion deal to buy DoubleClick would hurt competition in the online advertising market...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
In a Troubled Time, a New Business Magazine
Portfolio, the glossy new business magazine from Condé Nast, is hoping to capitalize where other bigger magazines have faltered...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
AOL Founder Hopes to Build New Giant Among a Bevy of Health Care Web Sites
Stephen M. Case, who plans to unveil RevolutionHealth.com, says the time is ripe for a dominant health care brand...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Sallie Mae, Mired in Controversy, Is Under Siege
The nation?s largest provider of student loans is under siege on the political and economic fronts...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Google Reaches Deal With Clear Channel to Sell Radio Ads
Google will begin selling ads across all Clear Channel stations at the end of June, a partnership that represents a clear step forward...
New York Times - April 16, 2007
Key US terror trial set to begin
Jose Padilla, the man once accused of planning a US radioactive bomb attack, is going on trial in Florida...
BBC News - April 16, 2007
Clinton, Obama head funding drive
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are topping the battle to raise funds for a US presidency bid...
BBC News - April 16, 2007
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