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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 March 2005:
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McGwire: Baseball has steroid 'problem'
Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire told a congressional panel looking into steroid abuse in baseball that he won't be "naming names."...
CNN - March 17, 2005
McGwire: Baseball has steroid 'problem'
Former St. Louis Cardinals star Mark McGwire admitted today there was a "problem with steroid use in baseball" but he told a congressional hearing into the abuse he won't be "naming names." He also hit out at allegations, made in a tell-all book by former teammate Jose Canseco, that he and McGwire used steroids together...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Major League stars testify
A group of current and former major league baseball stars told the House panel investigating steroid abuse that they had never taken the illegal, performance enhancing drug...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Rice calls for Pakistan democracy
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called on Pakistan to continue down "a democratic path" that will lead to free and fair elections in 2007, but also praised the nation's military president for his courage in the war on terrorism...
CNN - March 17, 2005
McGwire, at Steroids Hearing, Says He Won't Discuss the Past
An emotional Mark McGwire was one of six players and former players to testify before a House committee investigating steroid use...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Senate Votes to Restore $14 Billion in Medicaid Cuts
The vote to restore money to the Medicaid program sets up a confrontation between the two houses of Congress over tax and spending policy...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Debate Over Brain-Damaged Woman's Fate Shifts to Congress
The Republican leadership of Congress thrust itself into the case of Terry Schiavo, pressing for federal legislation to prevent the removal of her feeding tube on Friday...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
As Oil Hits New Highs, OPEC Struggles to Bring Down Prices
While OPEC oil ministers were being entertained by Iran's president, oil traders in New York were sending them a message of defiance...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
US Senate mulls right-to-die case
US senators assess laws that could save the life of an invalid woman whose feeding tube is to be removed on Friday...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Halliburton exec on fraud charges
A former manager of a Halliburton subsidiary is accused of defrauding the US military of more than $3.5m for fuel in Iraq...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Steroids a 'cloud over the game' of baseball
A House panel investigating steroid use in baseball said today that game officials have failed to confront the problem of performance-enhancing illegal drugs. "There's a cloud over the game that I love," said Rep. Tom Davis...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Lawmakers criticize MLB
Members of a House panel investigating steroid use in professional baseball said Thursday that officials of the national pastime have failed to confront the problem of performance-enhancing illegal drugs...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Scott Peterson Arrives on Death Row in San Quentin
Scott Peterson arrived on death row in San Quentin prison early this morning after being formally sentenced in the murder of his pregnant wife...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Congress Opens Hearings on Steroid Use in Baseball
Major League Baseball must confront the role of steroids in its past, the panel's chairman said in his opening statement...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Bush Picks Congressman as Trade Representative
Representative Rob Portman is a Republican from the Cincinnati area who has long had close ties to the White House...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Qwest Raises MCI Bid to $8.45 Billion in Effort to Thwart Verizon
The $8.45 billion offer is part of an increasingly contentious tug of war between Verizon and Qwest, to wrest control of MCI...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Investment Group to Buy Toys 'R' Us for $6.6 Billion
The deal is for the company's faster-growing baby supplies division, Babies "R" Us, as well as the 640 Toys "R" Us stores...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Toys R Us sold to investment trio
US retailer Toys R Us is bought by an investment group in a deal worth $6.6bn...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Baseball warned over steroid use
Baseball comes under pressure from US politicians to do more to combat steroid use...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Guard dies in Brazil prison riot
A prison officer dies after he and several others are taken hostage in an uprising by inmates at a Brazilian jail...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Wolfowitz seeks to calm critics
Paul Wolfowitz seeks to reassure critics of his nomination to lead the World Bank...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Cleric defends Da Vinci book
A Brazilian bishop comes out against calls by a Catholic Cardinal to boycott novel The Da Vinci Code...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Blake found not guilty
Four years of a real-life crime story ended for actor Robert Blake when a jury acquitted him of murdering his wife. "If you live to be a million, you will never ever in your life meet anyone more blessed than me," Blake said...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Irish sisters prepare to meet Bush
The sisters of a Belfast man allegedly killed by IRA members are preparing to meet the U.S. president at a St. Patrick's Day event...
CNN - March 17, 2005
In Schiavo Feeding-Tube Case, Notoriety Finds Unlikely Judge
Judge George W. Greer has been at the center of the battle over whether to withdraw the feeding tube of a critically brain-damaged Florida woman...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Starved for Hits, Producer Finds Hard Times on Street of Dreams
Long considered one of the most innovative Broadway production houses, with a string of hits in the 1990's, Dodger Theatricals is facing a financial crunch...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Congress Calls Baseball's Steroid Policy Misleading
On the eve of nationally televised hearings on steroids in baseball, House and Senate members reacted angrily to the first disclosure of details of the policy...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Baseball drugs fight in spotlight
Baseball stars and bosses are to appear before a US congressional committee examining the use of steroids...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Toys R Us 'to be sold for $5.7bn'
US retailer Toys R Us is set to be bought by a consortium of private equity firms for $5.7bn, the Wall Street Journal reports...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Dismay at Wolfowitz post
Aid agencies condemn the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as World Bank head, while Europe's response is cool...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Obesity 'could cut US life spans'
The obesity epidemic in the US may cut life expectancy, a study says...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Bishop backs Da Vinci Code novel
A Brazilian bishop defends controversial novel The Da Vinci Code, saying readers should use "prudence"...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Pinochet report welcomed in Chile
Chile's government says it will hand over a report on Gen Pinochet's secret US bank accounts to prosecutors...
BBC News - March 17, 2005
Jury clears Robert Blake
Actor Robert Blake displayed many emotions after a jury found him innocent of murder in the slaying of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. First he smiled, then sobbed and, an hour later, blasted friends who had not stood by him during his legal battle...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Two cleared of Air India bombing
Two Indian-born Sikhs are acquitted of murder and other charges in the deaths of 331 people killed in the bombings of an Air India plane over the Atlantic and at Tokyo's airport 20 years ago...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Lawmakers fault MLB's steroid policy
On the eve of a congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball, the two top members of the committee described baseball's new steroid policy as smoke and mirrors...
CNN - March 17, 2005
Wolfowitz Nod Follows Spread of Conservative Philosophy
By sending Paul D. Wolfowitz to the World Bank, President Bush all but announced his belief that it could benefit from discipline...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Senate Votes to Allow Drilling in Arctic Reserve
The Senate voted to include President Bush's plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling in its budget...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
In Schiavo Case, Notoriety Finds Unlikely Judge
Judge George W. Greer has been at the center of the battle over whether to withdraw the feeding tube of a critically brain-damaged woman...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Many Iraqis Losing Hope That Politics Will Yield Real Change
A sampling of street opinion found a widespread dismay and even anger that the elections have not yet translated into a new government...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
United Chief Was Paid $366,000 Bonus in 2004
CHICAGO, March 16 (AP) - Glenn Tilton, the chief executive of United Airlines, was paid a bonus of about $366,000 under a company incentive program last year and made $1.1 million over all, according to an annual report filed Wednesday by the bankrupt carrier's parent company...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Labor Unions Enter Social Security Debate
Unions are pressuring financial companies and trade associations to drop out of the coalition backing President Bush's plan...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Ex-Media Director Enters Guilty Plea
Ex-Media Director...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Big Board's Earnings Declined Last Year
By Dow Jones/AP...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
BlackBerry Maker to Pay $450 Million to Settle Patent Fight
Research In Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry messaging device, settled a three-year-old patent dispute with a $450 million payment to NTP...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
McDonald's Commands a Real Estate Empire in Russia
The busiest McDonald's restaurant in the world is not in America but thousands of miles away in Moscow, where the menu includes cabbage pies and other Russian food items...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Martha Stewart to Be Repaid for Legal Bills
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Fears for a Program That Lends Just a Little
The modest financial backing that many have received from the Small Business Administration's microloan program may soon be shut off...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Executives Say Neiman Marcus Is Talking With Potential Buyers
Neiman Marcus, the country's most luxurious department store chain, is making progress toward finding a buyer, executives involved in the negotiations said yesterday...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Higher Offer Is Expected From Qwest to Buy MCI
Qwest Communications is expected on Thursday to raise its bid for MCI to $8.45 billion, its latest attempt to wrest control of the company from Verizon...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Herbert L. Seegal, Who Helped Take Macy's Upscale, Dies at 89
Herbert L. Seegal's analytical approach to courting shoppers helped start the chain's move to a more upscale market in the '70's...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Biogen and F.D.A. Issue Drug Warning
Biogen Idec's multiple sclerosis drug Avonex might cause severe liver damage in rare cases, the company and the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Purloined Lives
Tens of thousands of Americans may be exposed to identity theft as a result of recently disclosed personal information leaks, bringing a lifetime of worry for many...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Guidelines Are Urged in Food Ads for Children
Senator Tom Harkin issued a sharp rebuke to the nation's largest food companies, criticizing them for contributing to childhood obesity by spending $10 billion last year on marketing to children...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
U.S. Added a Record $666 Billion to Its Debts Abroad Last Year
The United States' indebtedness to the rest of the world climbed sharply last year, as the broadest measure of the nation's economic transactions hit a record deficit...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
As File Sharing Nears High Court, Net Specialists Worry
The pro-technology camp is growing increasingly anxious as the bitter debate over computer file sharing heads toward the Supreme Court...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Another Abrupt Departure of an Executive From an Interpublic Agency
The twin departures of top executives signal that the long-planned reorganization of the media agencies owned by the Interpublic Group may finally be under way...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
How Billions of Pieces of Information Are Bought and Sold
"How much data on how many Americans are they dealing with?" Sen. Richard C. Shelby, the Alabama Republican, asked the head of the Federal Trade Commission last Thursday, during a hearing on identity theft and the data broker industry...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Bear Stearns Reports Strong Quarterly Results
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Americans Save So Little, but What Can Be Done to Change That?
Given the miracle of compound interest, our ability to invest represents an extraordinary opportunity. Yet Americans have largely squandered it...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Oil and G.M.'s Dim Outlook Push Shares Down Sharply
General Motors' prediction of a loss in the first quarter and a new high for the price of crude oil were just too much for stocks yesterday, as the three main market gauges dropped 0.8 percent or more. European stock markets also fell on the news...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Wolfowitz Gets Bush Nomination for World Bank
Paul D. Wolfowitz nomination was greeted warily in many foreign capitals where the Iraq conflict remains deeply unpopular...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
China's Central Bank Raises Interest Rate on Mortgages
China's central bank raised the interest rate on mortgages, after more signs emerged that the country's economy might be growing at an unsustainable pace...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Official Warns of Big Costs and Other Hurdles in Army's Modernization Plan
WASHINGTON, March 16 - A Senate panel heard testimony on Wednesday that the Future Combat Systems, the costliest Army program ever conceived, faces huge technological hurdles and the potential for multibillion-dollar cost overruns...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
G.M. Sees a Loss Near $1 Billion; Stock Falls 14%
General Motors' stock fell to its lowest level in more than a decade Wednesday after the company said it expected to post a loss of nearly $1 billion for the last six months...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Bank to Pay $2 Billion to Settle WorldCom Claims
J. P. Morgan Chase settled claims that it did not conduct adequate investigation into the condition of WorldCom before it sold billions of dollars in WorldCom bonds...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Three Firms Said to Buy Toys 'R' Us for $6 Billion
The deal is for the company's faster-growing baby supplies division, Babies "R" Us, as well as the 640 Toys "R" Us stores...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
Viacom Considers a Plan to Split Into 2 Companies
Viacom is weighing a plan to divide its businesses into two public companies, a move that would unravel years of empire building by its chief executive...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
OPEC Raises Ceiling, but Price Hits a Record
Oil prices rose to a record on Wednesday, brushing aside a mostly symbolic decision by OPEC to raise its production ceiling by half a million barrels a day...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
A Deal Maker Named by Bush to Lead F.C.C.
Kevin Martin, known for his independent streak as a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, was selected to be the agency's chairman...
New York Times - March 17, 2005
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