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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 September 2005:
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Bush rules out raising taxes
President Bush said Friday rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina will be expensive, "but I'm confident we can handle it and our other priorities." He said the nation will have to "cut unnecessary spending" but "we should not raise taxes."...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Watch out for flood of damaged vehicles
In the market for a good used car? Watch out for vehicles that sat submerged for days in the flooded streets of New Orleans, Biloxi or other Gulf Coast cities ravaged by Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Cheney to Have Surgery to Treat Aneurysm in Leg
The condition, discovered earlier this year during a routine checkup, needs to be treated "as to not become a problem over time," said Steve Schmidt, counselor to the vice president...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Bush Rules Out Tax Increases to Pay for Hurricane Recovery
President Bush said that federal spending would have to be cut to help the Gulf Coast reconstruction effort...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Schwarzenegger Announces Bid for Re-election in California
The governor ended weeks of speculation over whether he would run again after a difficult first term...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
US airlines 'cleared for merger'
One of the biggest US budget airlines is about to be created as US Airways emerges from bankruptcy...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
US team battles India oil blaze
An American specialist team joins efforts to put out a fire in an oil field in India's north-eastern state of Assam...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Haiti vote attracts 30 candidates
At least 30 candidates have registered for Haiti's elections, including two former presidents, officials say...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Iraq hit by third day of carnage
More than 20 Iraqis have been killed in a third day of increasing violence in Baghdad and across Iraq, police said. The latest killings bring the death toll in three days of violence to more than 200...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Bush: Clear 'legacy of inequality'
Efforts to recover from Hurricane Katrina offer the nation the opportunity to bridge the racial and economic divide that became painfully visible during the immediate aftermath of the storm, President Bush said during a national prayer service Friday...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Bush: Recover can address 'legacy of inequality'
President Bush told those gathered at the National Cathedral Friday that the recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina are an opportunity to bridge racial and economic divides. "As we clear away the debris of a hurricane, let us also clear away the legacy of inequality," the president said...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Fugitive in Armored Car Theft Gives Up After 12 Years
Heather C. Tallchief became one of the most sought after fugitives in the U.S. after disappearing with an armored car and $2.5 million in 1993...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Amid the Ruins, a President Tries to Reconstruct His Image, Too
George W. Bush introduced himself last night in an unfamiliar and somewhat uncomfortable new role: domestic president...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Water Lifts Its Awful Veil on Landscape of Destruction
For the first time since the storm it was possible to see the details of the devastation inflicted on New Orleans and some of its poorest residents...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
US consumer confidence plunges
US consumer confidence has plunged to its lowest in more than a decade after Hurricane Katrina, a report shows...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
'Microsoft talks to Time Warner'
Software firm Microsoft and media company Time Warner are reported to be in talks about various online deals...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
In quotes: Bush on Katrina
US President George W Bush's developing reaction to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Bush speech: Your reaction
The US president has vowed to do whatever it takes to rebuild the Gulf Coast following the recent hurricane. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
NFL: Players fined for brawl
Philadelphia and Atlanta players are fined by the NFL for their part in a pre-match brawl...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Brazil gang leader killed in Rio
Brazilian police say they have killed one of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted criminals...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
US tropical storm heading north
Ophelia - downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm - is moving north after pounding parts of the US east coast...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Parts of N.O. to reopen
Mayor Ray Nagin says significant areas of New Orleans will begin to reopen this weekend, almost three weeks after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast on August 29...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Third day of violence hits Baghdad
Attacks in Iraq Friday killed at least 12 people, including a Muslim cleric and a mayor, and wounded 22 others, police said. The latest killings bring the death toll in three days of violence to more than 200...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Bush pledges Gulf Coast help
President Bush pledged Thursday night to put the full might and money of the federal government behind the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast and vowed to its people that "in the journey ahead, you are not alone."...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Insurers being sued over Katrina
Five US insurance firms are being accused of trying to trick Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions in damage payouts...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
'Warming link' to big hurricanes
Records for the past 35 years show that hurricanes have got stronger in recent decades, according to a global study...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Bush 'caught short' at UN summit
US President George W Bush is photographed writing a note during the UN summit asking if he can take a "bathroom break"...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Court nominee hearing ends
Senators finish questioning US Chief Justice nominee John Roberts, who is widely expected to assume the role...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Pinochet acquitted in rights case
Chile's Supreme Court upholds the acquittal of ex-military ruler Augusto Pinochet in a human rights case...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
Bush unveils massive effort
U.S. President George W. Bush pledges the federal government "will do what it takes" to help Gulf Coast residents rebuild after Katrina, a reconstruction effort that will be one of the largest such projects the world has seen...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Bush unveils Katrina plan
In a nationally televised address Thursday night, President Bush offered the people of New Orleans and the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast the nation's sympathy and assured them that "in the journey ahead, you are not alone."...
CNN - September 16, 2005
Nominee Reveals Pragmatic Approach to Constitution
Judge John G. Roberts Jr. made clear that his approach to interpreting the Constitution is varied and flexible...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Voting May Be Life-and-Death Choice for Afghans
A newly emboldened insurgency in Afghanistan has stepped up a campaign of threats and thuggery on the eve of elections...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Athletes Weather the Storm; Now Comes the Recruiting
Blue-chip football prospects from the Gulf Coast have landed in new schools, prompting allegations of unethical recruiting tactics...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Bush Pledges Federal Role in Rebuilding Gulf Coast
President Bush said the government would provide help on taxes, housing, education and job training for the hurricane victims...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
G.O.P. Split Over Big Plans for Storm Spending
The drive to pour billions of federal dollars into the Gulf Coast is widening a fissure among Republicans over fiscal policy...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
The Churn
Deal Makers...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
When Charity Stems From a Lawsuit
The chief executive of Oracle has settled a shareholder derivative suit, without admitting he did anything wrong, for a $100 million donation in Oracle's name to a charity...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
F.D.A. Data on Defibrillators Expected
The Food and Drug Administration plans to release a study that shows that implantable heart defibrillators have been malfunctioning at an increasing rate...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Invasion of the Reluctant Renters
Hundreds of thousands of hurricane evacuees have fanned out along a crescent of cities where, as luck would have it, thousands of apartments were available...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Abbott Gets F.D.A. Approval for Neck Stent With a Filter
Abbott Laboratories said it had received approval to sell devices that reduce stroke risk in patients whose neck arteries have been narrowed by a buildup of fatty tissue...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Little Change in Market Amid Inflation Concerns
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Law Firms Decide Branding Is Not Just for Soap
Law firms are tossing stodgy stationery and revamping their Web sites as they jump on the branding bandwagon...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Mississippi Sues Insurers Over Damage From Storm
Mississippi sued the state's property-casualty insurers yesterday in an attempt to compel them to pay for a greater share of the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina, firing a legal salvo that could drive away insurance providers even as it gives hope to homeowners displaced by the storm...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Appointment at Times Co.
The New York Times Company appointed Jason L. Rapp on Thursday as vice president for strategy and operations at its Web site nytimes.com...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Partnership Formed to Build Nuclear Plants
Two companies announced Thursday that they had formed a partnership intended to create a new business model for the nuclear plant industry...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Equity Firm Is Acquiring a Health Insurer
By Dow Jones/AP...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Newell Rubbermaid to Cut 5,000 Jobs
Newell Rubbermaid, whose products include Calphalon cookware and Rubbermaid containers, said yesterday that it would cut 5,000 jobs and close a third of its 80 manufacturing plants by 2009 to focus on its most profitable and promising items...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
F.C.C. Chief Offers Plan to Get Phones to Hurricane Victims
ATLANTA, Sept. 15 - Kevin J. Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed on Thursday spending $211 million to provide phone and data services to consumers, schools and hospitals affected by Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Wal-Mart Questions Motives of Lawsuit by Labor Group
Wal-Mart Stores issued its first response yesterday to a lawsuit that accuses it of allowing sweatshop conditions at overseas factories, saying that the labor rights group that filed the lawsuit on Tuesday had...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Merck Lawyer Is Reprimanded by Trial Judge
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 15 (AP) - The judge hearing a product liability suit against Merck, manufacturer of the painkiller Vioxx, reprimanded the company's lead lawyer Thursday for violating pretrial instructions barring comments about lawyers in front of the jury...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Interpublic Group Retraces Its Accounting Missteps
The troubled Interpublic Group of Companies found evidence of "possible employee misconduct" in the course of efforts to get to the bottom of accounting problems...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
ABN Appears to Gain a Foothold in Italy
ABN Amro, the Dutch bank, was set Thursday to become the first foreign buyer to crack Italy's impenetrable banking sector by winning a nine-month takeover battle...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Storm Might Be a Factor as Fed Ponders a Rate Rise
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 - At least so far, Hurricane Katrina does not appear to have blown the Federal Reserve off course...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
8 From Marsh Are Indicted in Bidding Case
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Quarterly Profit Rises 34% at Bear Stearns
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Energy Prices Lead Inflation, Overcoming Salary Increases
Higher energy prices took a sizable bite out of consumers' wallets in August as inflation rose and negated the value of wage increases, the government reported yesterday...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Tax Inquiry Is Moving Past KPMG
A federal investigation into abusive tax shelters has widened to include banks and financial advisers who worked with KPMG to sell such shelters...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Microsoft Said to Be in Talks on Forming Link to AOL
Microsoft and Time Warner have explored a variety of possible combinations of the MSN Internet portal with the America Online operation of Time Warner...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
How Long to Jail White-Collar Criminals?
The sentencing of Tyco's former chief executive on Monday comes at a time when lengthy sentences for white-collar criminals have come under question...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Trying to Put Some Reins on Derivatives
The hedge fund explosion has prompted concerns that if a big bet goes wrong, regulators and banks will be caught up in a collapse...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Delta and Florida: No Longer So Happy Together
Forced to seek bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, Delta can no longer lay sole claim to markets like Florida where it once owned the skies...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Kraft Introduces 2 Somewhat Healthier Cookies Made of Whole Grains
In the efforts of food companies to appease nutrition advocates and serve an increasing number of health-conscious consumers, Kraft Foods has crossed an improbable threshold - a healthier cookie...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Seinfeld Who? NBC Pursuing the Heartland
NBC is using tactics evocative of a red-state presidential campaign to promote a new show aimed at a rural audience...
New York Times - September 16, 2005
Cycling: No Armstrong comeback
Lance Armstrong confirms he has no
plans to go for an eighth straight Tour de France title...
BBC News - September 16, 2005
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