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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 November 2005:
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Guilty of murdering child
After brief deliberations Thursday, jurors convicted Joseph Smith of kidnapping, raping and killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia. The case made worldwide news when the police disseminated a videotape of Smith abducting the girl outside a car wash...
CNN - November 17, 2005
APEC leaders gather amid protests
U.S. President George W. Bush and and leaders of 20 other countries from around the Pacific Rim convene their annual economic summit in South Korea on Friday, with trade, terrorism, bird flu and how to deal with North Korea's nuclear ambitions all on the agenda. The Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is expected to trigger waves of protests in the port city of Busan...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Influential House Democrat Urges Immediate Iraq Pullout
The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee's defense panel said, "the future of our country is at risk."...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
House Leaders Are Dealt a Rare Defeat on Spending Bill
Two dozen Republicans teamed up with Democrats killed a $142 billion health and education spending bill...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
On Ohio Flatland, a Megachurch's Eye-Catcher Dominates
Many locals call the tall statue Touchdown Jesus. Others call it Super Jesus or simply Big J...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Ex-Chief of Hollinger Is Indicted on Fraud Charges
Conrad Black and three other executives were indicted by a federal grand jury for a $51.8 million fraud...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Investors cheer Hewlett-Packard
Efforts to turn around the troubled US computer giant Hewlett-Packard are working, fresh figures suggest...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Movie studio drags Disney lower
Weak DVD sales hit Disney's studio and shaves about a quarter off the group's profits this autumn...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Prisoner debate tarnishes US
Controversy over America's treatment of captured terror suspects is an open wound that refuses to heal, writes the BBC's Matthew Davis...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Chrysler buyers to get free fuel
DaimlerChrysler, the fifth-largest carmaker in the world, offers free petrol and an extended warranty to American car buyers...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Poll suggests US world view shift
A growing number of Americans believe the US "should mind its own business" internationally, a new poll shows...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
FDA queries Tamiflu for children
Concerns are raised about how safe the drug Tamiflu - a key weapon against bird flu in humans - is for children...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Haiti sets 'firm' election date
The twice-postponed elections in Haiti will be held on 27 December, the interim prime minister announces...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
US anti-war mother receives fine
Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan is fined for demonstrating without a permit outside the White House...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Escaped Iowa murderer caught
One of two convicted murderers on the run from Iowa State Penitentiary was captured Thursday in Illinois, authorities said. Martin Moon, 34, was caught near another state prison, Gov. Tom Vilsack said. But Robert Joseph Legendre, who broke out with Moon, is still at large...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Top Democrat urges Iraq withdrawal
Warning that other global threats "cannot be ignored," John Murtha becomes the first senior U.S. lawmaker to call for troops to be withdrawn immediately from Iraq. The statement comes amid increased debate over the Iraq war and the intelligence leading up to the 2003 invasion...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Senior Democrat calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraq
Warning that other global threats "cannot be ignored," Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, a leading adviser on defense issues, called on Thursday for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq...
CNN - November 17, 2005
New Orleans Vote Near, but Who Will Go?
It is not clear if New Orleans will hold a municipal election with as much as 80 percent of the population still out of town...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Influential House Democrat Wants Immediate Iraq Withdrawal
Representative John Murtha said the Iraq campaign is "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
New Housing Starts Fall, as Do Permits for Building
New home construction dropped to its slowest pace in five months and permits for building had their biggest monthly drop in almost six years in October...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Dutch publisher abandons merger
VNU, the Dutch publisher, calls off a $7.6bn merger with US firm IMS Health following fierce opposition from shareholders...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Basketball in the 'axis of evil'
Insults may bounce back and forth between Iran and America but on the basketball court it's a different story, Frances Harrison reports...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
White phosphorus: The debate
The Pentagon's admission that US troops used white phosphorus as a weapon in Falluja last year has opened up a debate about the use of this weapon in modern warfare...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
FBI names top world art crimes
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation issues a list citing what it calls the top 10 art crimes worldwide...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Tennis: Nalbandian in semi-finals
David Nalbandian reaches the last four of the Masters Cup in Shanghai...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Chile candidates hold TV debate
Chile's four presidential candidates take part in the final televised debate before the election on 11 December...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Sharon agrees to early Israel vote
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Amir Peretz, the new chairman of the Labor Party, agre to hold early elections between the end of February and the end of March, officials say...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Iraq dismisses torture 'rumors'
Iraq's interior minister dismisses allegations of torture at a ministry compound as "rumors" and says only seven of 170 detainees showed marks of mistreatment...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Camborne Journal: Saving Cornish: But Stop. Isn't That Spelled With a K?
There are four competing groups promoting the Cornish language, each with its own spelling system...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
GM shares stumble to 18-year low
Shares in General Motors fall to an 18-year low amid fears of possible strike action at its troubled parts supplier Delphi...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Tough times for Cheney
Since the indictment of his top aide, there has been talk in Washington that Vice-President Dick Cheney's star is waning...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
US soldiers face court martial
Two US soldiers charged with assaulting two detainees in Afghanistan will face court martial, the US military says...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Castro has Parkinson's says CIA
The CIA believes Cuban leader Fidel Castro is suffering from Parkinson's disease...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Cricket: Windies lose control
Australia reach 60-0 in the second Test in Hobart after skittling West Indies for 149...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Mexico shopkeeper defeats Coke
A small shopkeeper in Mexico City wins her legal battle against drinks giant Coca-Cola...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
US considers Polish missile base
The US has held talks with Poland and other countries on setting up a missile defence base in Europe...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Senate grills Brazilian minister
Brazil's Finance Minister Antonio Palocci tells a senate hearing that corruption allegations against him are false...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Colombia weapons deal back on
Colombia's right-wing paramilitaries have agreed to resume disarmament, the interior minister says...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
Bush sticks to hard line on NK
U.S. President George W. Bush has maintained his hard line on North Korea, saying there will be no assistance to Pyongyang until it gives up its nuclear weapons and programs...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Five U.S. Marines die in firefight
Five U.S. Marines and 16 insurgents were killed near the Syrian border Wednesday during a firefight -- part of an operation to clear insurgents from towns in northwestern Iraq, the military said...
CNN - November 17, 2005
'Lucky 7' hit lotto jackpot
Reporters swarmed a California gift shop Wednesday where a winning $315 million lottery ticket was sold, then shifted to a medical center in Garden Grove when they were told seven of its employees shared the golden ticket. The "lucky seven," as people have begun to call them, asked to stay anonymous for now...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Democrats have 'significant concerns' about Alito
Democrats say Samuel Alito's confirmation is not guaranteed as senators kept the focus on a 20-year-old document in which the Supreme Court nominee asserted that the Constitution "does not protect a right to an abortion."...
CNN - November 17, 2005
Congress Nears Deal to Renew Antiterror Law
Negotiators entered last-minute wrangling tonight over several narrow points of the USA Patriot Act...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
New Disclosure Could Prolong Inquiry on Leak
The emergence of a new source hinted that the special counsel had failed to learn a significant fact after his two-year inquiry...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Lakers 97, Knicks 92: Bryant's 42 Points Carry Lakers to Victory
Kobe Bryant proved a one-man show yet again as Phil Jackson won the latest meeting between two of the N.B.A.'s greatest coaches...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
[TS] Market Place: Inquiry Seen into Firing of Analyst by Wachovia
The fired bond analyst says he was repeatedly pressured to alter his research to suit the firm's investment bankers and its clients...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Boeing Labor Contract
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
New Snags in Oil Talks by Indonesia And Exxon
Plans to develop Indonesia's largest known oil reserve have stalled, prompting the government to warn that it will take over the project if an agreement is not reached by the end of the year...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
HBO Takes the ABC Sunday Challenge
The cable channel says it's unfazed by the success of ABC's 'Desperate Housewives,' and remains confident about its own Sunday-night prospects...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Los Angeles Times to Cut 85 Jobs in Newsroom
Cuts would be announced in other departments in the next three weeks, but the publisher did not say how many jobs would be lost over all...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Delphi Unions Balk at Plan to Eliminate 18,000 Jobs
The auto parts manufacturer has proposed eliminating about 18,000 jobs in the United States as it reorganizes under bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Advertising: Atlanta Looks to Sum Itself Up in Just Six Words
City officials in Atlanta hope to bolster tourism with the new slogan: "Every Day Is an Opening Day."...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Tyco to Close Plants and May Split the Company
The plan to close more than a dozen factories and possibly split up Tyco International's wide-ranging businesses is an effort to increase the value of its stock...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Longtime Manager Plans to Leave Wenner
Kent Brownridge is retiring after 31 years as general manager of Wenner Media...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
New Dispute in Technology for Next Generation of DVD's
The Blu-ray Disc group said that it would not adopt technology requested by one of its leading members, the Hewlett-Packard Company...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
David Pogue: The Pen Gets a Whole Lot Mightier
An educational gadget called the Fly Pentop Computer is already appearing high on the "hottest toys" lists for this holiday season...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
A Second Chance for Japanese Cellphone Makers
Toshiba and other Japanese cellphone makers see a second chance to compensate for past mistakes and catch up in the global marketplace...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First
There are three Web sites dedicated to digging up sale secrets well in advance of the biggest shopping day of the year...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
VNU Expected to Drop Deal For $6.4 Billion Acquisition
The Dutch publishing and market research company is expected Thursday to abandon its $6.4 billion deal to acquire IMS Health after a shareholder revolt...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Testimony by Oil Executives Is Challenged
Oil executives were asked to explain statements they made to Congress last week about their ties to the energy task force led by Vice President Dick Cheney...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Strong Demand Helps Builder Beat Expectations
D. R. Horton Inc. posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and raised its outlook for the current year on strong demand nationwide...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Hospital Bed Maker Settles an Antitrust Lawsuit
Hillenbrand Industries agreed to pay $337.5 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit that challenged a discount on specialty hospital beds...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Judge Grants Northwest Airlines $446 Million a Year in Pay Cuts
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
China Approves a Selective Cancer Drug
The therapy uses a virus that attacks only tumor cells and is based on one developed and then abandoned by an American biotechnology company...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Wall St. Battles Lethargy as G.M. Hits 14-Year Low
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Caution on Earnings
By Reuters...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Economic Scene: An Opportunity to Consider if Homeowners Get Too Many Breaks
The tax panel has proposed reduced tax rates on other forms of investment, along with the mortgage interest credit, to make cutting housing subsidies less painful...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
TIAA-CREF Resignation
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Preston Robert Tisch, Co-Owner of the Giants, Dies at 79
Preston Robert Tisch was a previous postmaster general and half-owner of the New York Giants football team...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Curbs on Insurance for Military Are Urged
The Government Accountability Office is strongly urging Congress to protect military personnel from deceptive sales practices...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Consumer Prices Slowed in October, but Energy Costs Stir Inflation Fears
The consumer inflation rate touched its lowest level since June as surging gasoline prices fell from their peak in September...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Small Business: Now, High-Tech Work Is Going Abroad
No company illustrates the speed at which corporate America can replace high-priced American talent with cheaper foreign brainpower than Conexant Systems...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Accord on Sharing Flu Vaccine Production
The Swiss company Roche agreed to share control of production and sales of Tamiflu with Gilead Sciences, the California biotechnology company that invented it...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Senate Panel Backs Nominee for Fed Chief
The nomination of Ben S. Bernanke to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve will now go to the full Senate for a final confirming vote...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Veto Threat as Senators Approve Pension Bill
The White House warned that President Bush was likely to veto a bill passed Wednesday aimed at strengthening the nation's system of company pension plans if it remained in its current form...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
The U.S.S. FEMA
Insurance and support from the Pentagon may mean Northrop Grumman can rebuild after Hurricane Katrina without spending much of its own money...
New York Times - November 17, 2005
Cheney lambasts Iraq critics
US Vice-President Dick Cheney lays into politicians who claim the White House misused intelligence on Iraq...
BBC News - November 17, 2005
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