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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 June 2005:
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Tyco two face jail time
Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski and ex-CFO Mark Swartz were found guilty Friday of looting the company of $150 million worth of undeserved bonuses and secretly forgiven loans. The case uncovered lavish spending by Kozlowski during his tenure as Tyco's top executive, including a $1 million birthday party he threw for his wife. The prosecution has requested mandatory jail time of 15 to 30 years in state prison...
CNN - June 17, 2005
Father guilty of killing 9 of his children
Marcus Wesson, the domineering patriarch of a clan bred through incest, was convicted Friday of murdering nine of his children, whose bodies were found in a bloody pile last year at the end of a police standoff...
CNN - June 17, 2005
Iranian polls close
Polls for Iran's tightly contested presidential election closed late Friday, officials said. The Interior Ministry says ballots will be counted three times, and the final results are expected around 8 p.m. (11:30 a.m. ET) Saturday...
CNN - June 17, 2005
Gov. Bush Seeks New Inquiry Into Schiavo Case
Gov. Jeb Bush asked a Florida prosecutor today to investigate what he said were varying accounts of the time that had elapsed between Terri Schiavo's collapse 15 years ago and the moment her husband summoned help...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Guidant Will Recall Thousands of Defibrillators
Guidant said in a statement that the defibrillators had been involved in two deaths and dozens of malfunctions...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Tyco's Ex-Chief and Top Aide Are Convicted of Grand Larceny
The conviction of L. Dennis Kozlowski and his deputy ends a three-year case that came to symbolize an era of corporate scandal...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Current Account Trade Deficit Reaches Record $195.1 Billion
The Commerce Department reported that the current account deficit widened 3.6 percent from the end of 2004 to its fourth record quarter in a row...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
MasterCard Says Security Breach Affects 40 Million Cards
The credit cards may have been exposed to fraud through a security breach at a third-party payment processing company...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Tyco two guilty of stealing $150m
Former Tyco chief executive Dennis Kozlowski and finance chief Mark Swartz are found guilty of stealing more than $150m from the company...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
Another earthquake shakes California
Just hours after a moderate earthquake shook most of Southern California, a strong quake struck off the state's northern coast to become the fourth significant shaker to jolt California this week...
CNN - June 17, 2005
New arrest in Aruba missing teen case
Aruban authorities say they've made a new arrest in connection with the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, bringing to four the number of men in custody. Police commissioner Jan Van Der Straten said the 26-year-old's name was given by one of the three suspects in custody. Holloway disappeared on May 30 after she left a nightclub with three young men...
CNN - June 17, 2005
Iranians choosing new president
Polling hours in Iran's tightly contested presidential election are extended to late Friday evening, Iranian officials said...
CNN - June 17, 2005
Rights Trial Restarts in Mississippi
Rita Bender was the first witness in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of her husband, Michael Schwerner, and two other civil rights workers...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
North Korean Leader Signals Willingness to Resume Talks
Kim Jong Il said today that the nation was ready to resume six-party talks, provided the U.S. treated it with respect, according to the South Korean government...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
US winemaker drops bid for Allied
The world's largest winemaker Constellation drops plans to bid for rival Allied Domecq, clearing the way for Pernod Ricard to take over Allied...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
America's generous aid to Africa
BBC North America business correspondent Stephen Evans says that Americans argue that they are generous in their contributions to Africa...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
9/11 art project sparks NY anger
A US artist re-enacts the deaths of 9/11 victims in a photographic project which creates outrage in New York...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
California hit by fourth tremor
The fourth earthquake in a week shakes the US West Coast, but experts say such activity is not unusual...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
US deficit widens to record high
The US current account deficit, the measure of trade and capital flows in and out of the country, hits a new high...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
Winemaker Ends Acquisition Plan
Constellation Brands and three partners said that they would not pursue an acquisition of Allied Domecq...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Bank of America invests in China
Bank of America pays $3bn for a 9% stake in China Construction Bank, becoming the latest foreign bank to buy into China...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
US officers 'murdered by soldier'
The US military charges a soldier with murdering two officers in Iraq whose deaths were first blamed on a rebel attack...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
Woman joins Thunderbirds
The Air Force will elevate a woman to one of its most high-profile jobs just weeks after a debate about the role of women in the military. Capt. Nicole Malachowski has been named the first woman pilot in the world-famous Thunderbirds demonstration squadron...
CNN - June 17, 2005
Iranians begin choosing new president
Iranians have begun casting ballots Friday in what is expected to be a close presidential race to determine who will succeed President Mohammed Khatami, the reform-minded cleric...
CNN - June 17, 2005
Questions, Bitterness and Exile for Queens Girl in Terror Case
The story of how a 16-year-old Muslim girl was identified as a potential terrorist is still shrouded in government secrecy...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Many Still Seek One Final Say on Ending Life
Interest in living wills has surged in the aftermath of the fierce nationwide battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Flash, Dash and Now, Art
Thanks to the Dreamland Artists Club, sign painting is revived, and so is Coney Island's Boardwalk...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Bush's Support on Major Issues Tumbles in Poll
Pessimistic about Iraq and skeptical about Social Security reform, Americans are in a season of political discontent...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Malcolm Stamper, 80, Ex-Head of Boeing, Dies
Malcolm T. Stamper became president of the Boeing Company after spearheading the development of the 747 jumbo jet...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Will Airbus Be the Next Lucent?
The risk Airbus is running is the same one that devastated two other industries: telecommunications and genetically altered food...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
The Hot Investment Flavor Now: The Super-REIT
Finance is often a fad business. The latest fad is private equity firms getting into the world of real estate investment trusts...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Housing Starts Rose in May; Pace Is Fastest Since February
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Genentech to Buy Biogen Idec Plant
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
China Growth Is Slowing, but Trend Is Moderating
HONG KONG, June 16 - Economic statistics released this week by China show that growth in its economy has slowed slightly less than many economists and business executives previously believed, with stronger expansion in investment, according to figures announced Thursday...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Gazprom Accepts Government's Price for Stake
Gazprom accepted the Russian government's price of $7.13 billion for a stock purchase that will give the state a controlling stake in the company...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
The Churn
Deal Makers...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Disneyland in China Offers a Soup and Lands in a Stew
Hong Kong Disneyland's plans to serve shark's fin soup, a Chinese favorite for two centuries, have drawn an outraged response from environmentalists...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Guidant Agrees to Pay for Defibrillator Replacements
In a policy reversal, the Guidant Corporation has begun telling doctors that the company will cover the cost of a new defibrillator if the physician and the patient decide that a replacement is needed for a model that has failed in at least 26 cases, including one recent death...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
F.D.A. Panel Approves Heart Remedy for Blacks
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended the approval of a heart-failure drug specifically for African-Americans...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Pfizer to Pay $1.9 Billion for Pharmaceutical Firm
Pfizer said it would pay $1.9 billion for a Pennsylvania biotechnology company that has an antifungal treatment and an antibiotic in late-stage development...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
New Bid for Drug Supplier
COVINGTON, Ky., June 16 (AP) - Omnicare, a provider of long-term care and pharmacy services, raised its bid on Thursday for the drug and medical supply distributor NeighborCare to $1.45 billion, or 6.7 percent, after the proposed deal cleared a regulatory antitrust review...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
BJ's Settles Data Charges
WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - BJ's Wholesale Club agreed on Thursday to tighten its data security after federal regulators complained that the credit and debit card numbers of thousands of customers had been stolen, the Federal Trade Commission said...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Times Co. Officer Gets Added Duties
Stuart Stoller, a vice president who has served as controller of The New York Times Company, will oversee efforts to streamline management and operational processes...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Banks File Suit to Stop Spitzer From Looking at Lending Data
A coalition of national banks and a federal banking regulator filed separate lawsuits yesterday against the New York State attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, seeking to prevent him from obtaining data about their mortgage lending practices to low-income borrowers...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
At Wells Fargo, Big Results by Catering to the Little Guy
In an industry that has focused on institutional clients, the chief executive of Wells Fargo has his eye on individual consumers...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
A WorldCom Promotion Haunts Nasdaq
WorldCom continues to haunt Nasdaq, the exchange where the shares of the onetime telecommunications giant traded during its heyday...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Goldman Quarterly Profit Falls for First Time in 3 Years
Goldman Sachs reported a 27 percent decline in second-quarter earnings on Thursday, the first time in three years that its quarterly profit fell...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
U.S. Balks at German Chancellor's Call for Global Regulations to Curb Hedge Funds
Germany and the U.S. are parting company again, this time over Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's call for international regulations to govern hedge funds...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
F.D.A. Approves New Antibiotic From Wyeth
Wyeth said that it had won federal regulatory approval to sell Tygacil, the first of a new class of antibiotics able to fight infections that outwit treatment with existing medications...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Guilty Plea in Big Financial Scandal in Japan
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the Japanese tycoon, pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of insider trading and filing false financial statements...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Shares Post Some Gains, Led by Commodity Producers
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Departing Democrat at S.E.C. Agrees to Remain for a While
WASHINGTON, June 16 - Harvey J. Goldschmid, an influential Democratic member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has agreed to stay on at least through the end of the summer if the Senate does not confirm his successor soon, Senate and commission officials said on Thursday...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Delta Air Raises Fares to Some Cities Above Its Self-Imposed Cap
Delta Air Lines raised fares to some cities yesterday above the limits it imposed on ticket prices in January, when it received enormous attention for cutting fares...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Think Locally, Flirt Globally
American states are showing up to the Paris Air Show, often in splashy ways, to sell themselves to foreign companies and investors...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Globalization: It's Not Just Wages
Globalization is often viewed as moving jobs to low-wage countries, but some companies are attracted to first-rate centers of production in various countries...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Fed Official Moves Up and Into Politics
Ben Bernanke, who is taking over next week as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, is on the short list of successors to Alan Greenspan...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
KPMG Says Tax Shelters Involved Wrongdoing
KPMG acknowledged "unlawful conduct" for the first time in the creation of tax shelters that the government contends cheated the Treasury out of billions of dollars...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
U.S. Bank Buys Stake in China
Looking to gain access to one of the hottest economies in the world, Bank of America acquired a 9 percent stake in China Construction Bank...
New York Times - June 17, 2005
Football: Brazil demolish Greece
Brazil brush aside Greece 3-0 in their Confederations Cup Group B game...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
Football: Mexico beat Japan
Goals from Zinha and Jose Fonseca guide Mexico to a 2-1 win over Japan...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
Mississippi defendant falls ill
A man accused of the murders of three US civil rights activists in 1964 is taken to hospital during his trial...
BBC News - June 17, 2005
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