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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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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
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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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2005:
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EU leaders welcome budget deal
European Union leaders welcomed a hard-fought budget deal as a victory for the bloc on Saturday, praising concessions by Tony Blair that the British prime minister's critics at home said amounted to surrender...
CNN - December 17, 2005
Police tackle WTO protesters
Hong Kong police move in to arrest several hundred anti-globalizaton demonstrators protesting World Trade Organization talks. Police linked hands to form a cordon around protesters, while officers removed them, one by one...
CNN - December 17, 2005
Bush aims at paper over secret spying story
In acknowledging the message was true, President Bush took aim at the messenger Saturday, saying that a newspaper jeopardized national security by revealing that he authorized wiretaps on U.S. citizens after September 11...
CNN - December 17, 2005
Louisiana's Deadly Storm Took Strong as Well as the Helpless
A study by The New York Times found that most victims of Katrina survived the storm but died in the chaos that followed...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
In Address, Bush Says He Ordered Domestic Spying
President Bush said he would continue the highly-classified program because it was "a vital tool in our war against terrorists."...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Golf: Barbados to host 2006 Cup
The Caribbean island of Barbados will stage next December's WGC-World Cup...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
Boxing: Ruiz faces giant Beast
Nikolay Valuev can become the tallest and heaviest champion in history if he beats John Ruiz on Saturday...
BBC News - December 17, 2005
WTO protesters clash with police
Hundreds of protesters clash with police outside World Trade Organization talks being held at Hong Kong's convention center. Police used tear gas, fire hoses and pepper spray in attempts to quell the demonstrations...
CNN - December 17, 2005
Tensions Rise as More Flee Cuba for U.S.
The number of Cubans intercepted at sea while trying to reach the U.S. is at its highest level since the 1994 exodus sanctioned by President Fidel Castro...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Bush acknowleges allowing eavesdropping
President Bush acknowleged on Saturday that he authorized the National Security Agency "to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations" and said leaks to the media about the program were illegal...
CNN - December 17, 2005
In Speech, Bush Says He Ordered Domestic Spying
President Bush acknowledged that he had ordered the National Security Agency to conduct an electronic eavesdropping program without first obtaining warrants...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Louisiana's Deadly Storm Took Both the Strong and the Helpless
A New York Times study found that most victims of Hurricane Katrina survived the storm but died in the flooding that followed...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
New Mission for U.S. Division to Put Iraqi Forces to the Test
An infantry division's yearlong tour illustrates the risks and goals of the American military's postelection mission in Iraq...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Ghosts of a Shuttered College Follow Weld Back Into Politics
Several former officials at Decker College have described practices during William F. Weld's tenure as the school's chief executive that they consider to be improper...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Trade Talks Bog Down
Trade ministers rebuffed American requests at a World Trade Organization conference in Hong Kong as police battled rioting South Korean farmers...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Expelling the Ghost of A.I.G. Past
Investors wonder whether Martin Sullivan, who took over A.I.G. after accounting problems, will be able to match the performance of the company's former patriarch, Maurice R. Greenberg...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
WTO protesters clash with police
Hundreds of protesters battle through police lines in Hong Kong to reach a building where the World Trade Organization is meeting. Police have fired at least one round of tear gas near the building, according to reports...
CNN - December 17, 2005
Medical Care: Dispute Over Historic Hospital for the Poor Pits Doctors Against the State
Charity Hospital, which has treated the poor in New Orleans for nearly three centuries, is now in a fight over its future...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
What's Online: Betting on Bird Flu
Intrade, an online "futures market" (well, sort of), predicts that there is a 65 percent chance that someone in the United States will contract bird flu by March...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
EU leaders agree 7-year budget
European leaders have agreed on a seven-year spending plan for the 25-nation European Union...
CNN - December 17, 2005
Overview: New Transit Talks Set; Strike Is Put Off to Tuesday
The transit workers' union called for a strike against two Queens bus lines on Monday if no settlement is reached...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Senate balks on Patriot Act
The Senate rejected efforts to renew expiring provisions of the Patriot Act on Friday, dealing a major blow to President Bush and the Republican leadership, which failed to win 60 votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster threat...
CNN - December 17, 2005
News Analysis: Behind Power, One Principle as Bush Pushes Prerogatives
Scholars say that the Bush administration has relied on an unusually expansive interpretation of the president's authority...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Being a Patient: Sick and Vulnerable, Workers Fear for Health and Their Jobs
How an employee is treated after becoming ill is determined by things like the culture of the workplace and the boss's sensitivity...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Medical Care: Dispute Over Historic Hospital for the Poor Pits Doctors Against the State
Charity Hospital, which has treated the poor in New Orleans for nearly three centuries, is now in a fight over its future...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Tape With Data on 2 Million People Is Lost
CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (AP) - A subsidiary of the LaSalle Bank Corporation said Friday that a tape containing information on two million residential mortgage customers across the country was lost as it was being transported to Texas from Chicago...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
New Strategy for Growth at Citigroup
Declaring that a plan to overhaul internal controls and improve credibility was in place, Charles O. Prince III, the chief executive of Citigroup, said yesterday that the bank was ready to consider another major acquisition...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Scrushy Sues HealthSouth Over Dismissal
Richard M. Scrushy, the founder and former chief executive of HealthSouth, is suing the company for more than $70 million for breach of contract for firing him in 2003...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
[TS] Living in the Enron Dream World
In a recent impassioned public defense, Kenneth L. Lay may have been trying to fool himself about his role in Enron's downfall...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Your Money: Capitalism at Work on Unwanted Gift Certificates
Some Websites present buyers an opportunity to pick up gift cards at savings of 10 percent to 30 percent...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
The Time Warp of Christmas Past
Give or take a few computer chips inside some items, this year's gifts are not all that different from those a generation ago...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
8,500 Jobs to Be Cut at Mercedes in Germany
The supervisory board of DaimlerChrysler approved a cost-cutting plan that will eliminate at least 8,500 jobs at Mercedes-Benz factories in Germany by 2008...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Congress Reaches Compromise on Extending Terror Insurance
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (AP) - A House-Senate agreement reached Friday opened the way for Congress to approve a two-year extension of a post-9/11 law providing federal insurance backup for catastrophic losses suffered in a terrorist attack...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Financial Executive Set to Quit Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said that its chief financial and administrative officer, James Follo, planned to resign in March...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Basic Instincts: In the Blink of an Eye, You've Paid
ALMOST faster than you can say...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Executive Pursuits : Looking for Quick Cash (and Losing It) in Oil
I SENSED I might have gotten in over my head the moment I stepped onto the trading floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The three-story-high windowless walls were covered with giant electronic screens flashing rows of red, green and yellow numbers like a high-tech gambling casino. But the place looked, smelled and sounded more like a standing-room-only football stadium...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Delaware Court Upholds Calpine Ruling
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 16 - The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision on Friday requiring the Calpine Corporation to restore $312 million to an escrow fund by Jan. 22...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Five Days: With Energy Prices High, Suitors Are on the Prowl
High energy prices benefit some as surely as they injure others. Evidence of both sides of that coin was evident this week...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
A Flush Goldman Pays Its Chief $37 Million
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Date Set to Reopen Casino in New Orleans
Harrah's Entertainment said that it planned to reopen its New Orleans casino, shut since Hurricane Katrina in late August, on Feb. 17...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Columnist Resigns His Post, Admitting Lobbyist Paid Him
A scholar at the Cato Institute admitted he was paid by Jack Abramoff in exchange for writing columns favorable to his clients...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Putin Plays Headhunter for Oil Company
President Vladimir V. Putin confirmed Friday that Russia's state oil company, Rosneft, was seeking a "high-class" foreign manager...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
What's Online: Betting on Bird Flu
Intrade, an online "futures market" (well, sort of), predicts that there is a 65 percent chance that someone in the United States will contract bird flu by March...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
$25 Million Fine in Illegal Funds Case
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Saturday Interview: Natural Gas, the Stealth Energy Crisis
Andrew N. Liveris, the chief executive of Dow Chemical, insists that Americans are facing the worst energy crisis in their history. They just don't know it yet...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Trade Officials Haggle on Issues From Lower Tariffs to Cotton Subsidies
Trade negotiators have begun holding closed-door meetings nearly around the clock to hammer out a narrowly worded, four-part deal by Sunday night...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Ties to Industry Cloud a Clinic's Mission
Dr. Eric J. Topol's criticism about drugs he deems dangerous, including Vioxx, has drawn a spotlight to his own conduct and that of the Cleveland Clinic...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Patent Challenge to Pfizer Is Rejected
A federal judge rejected a patent challenge to Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering medicine from Pfizer that is the world's top-selling drug...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Off the Charts: Budget Deficit Getting You Down? Just Take a Look at the Trade Gap
New figures on the U.S. budget and trade deficits showed that it is the trade deficit that is plunging to unprecedented depths, while the budget deficit is large but smaller than it was a year ago...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
What's Offline: The Psychology of Retailing
If this holiday season you find yourself spending more on presents than you planned, we know just where to put the blame: store merchandisers...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
Time Warner to Sell 5% AOL Stake to Google for $1 Billion
The deal is a blow to Microsoft, which had sought AOL as an advertising partner to undercut Google, its potent rival...
New York Times - December 17, 2005
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