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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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Wildfire threatens homes
Pushed by fierce Santa Ana winds, a 2,000-acre wildfire crept toward about 200 large, ridge-top homes Friday, prompting a voluntary evacuation. Although the cause of the fire was under investigation, it started in "the area of an oil field facility," according to Ventura County Fire spokeswoman Rose Rigalado...
CNN - November 18, 2005
Prosecutor in Leak Case Wants to Convene New Grand Jury
The announcement is a clear signal that the indictment of I. Lewis Libby Jr. may not be the last episode in the affair...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Republicans seek vote on Iraq withdrawal
House Republicans sought a showdown Friday with Democrats on a proposal by one of their most senior members to force an end to the U.S. deployment of troops in Iraq...
CNN - November 18, 2005
G.O.P. Tries to Split Democrats With Vote on Iraq War
The Republican-controlled House is expected to defeat the measure in a vote that the Republicans hope will leave the Democrats in disarray...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Associate of Lobbyist Charged as Part of Corruption Scheme
Michael Scanlon, an associate of Jack Abramoff, was charged with conspiring to defraud Indian tribes of millions...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
G.E. Completes Its Exit From Insurance Industry
General Electric reached a deal to sell its reinsurance business to Swiss Re for cash and stock valued at $6.8 billion...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
EU-US land 'open skies' agreement
Talks aimed at liberalising air services between the US and Europe result in the lifting of restrictions on Atlantic flights...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
AT&T deal clears final hurdle
US phone company SBC Communications' $16bn acquisition of its former parent AT&T is given the go-ahead...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Blake liable for wife's killing
A US civil jury finds actor Robert Blake liable for his wife's 2001 killing and orders him to pay $30m...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
New move in US leak investigation
The US prosecutor looking into the naming of a CIA agent announces fresh grand jury proceedings...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Dozens dead in Iraq mosque blasts
Suicide bombers killed dozens of people in Baghdad and near the Iranian border a day after Congressman John Murtha, a Democratic hawk, sparked a firestorm of debate when he called for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. White House spokesman Scott McClellan compared Murtha with anti-war filmmaker Michael Moore...
CNN - November 18, 2005
IAEA: Iran obtained A-bomb recipe
Iran obtained detailed instructions on how to set up the complicated process of enriching uranium, which can used to make nuclear arms, from the black market network run by a Pakistani scientist, the U.N. atomic agency says...
CNN - November 18, 2005
Wildfire triples in size
Pushed by fierce Santa Ana winds, a wildfire near Los Angeles tripled to nearly 1,500 acres Friday and crept toward large, ridgetop homes where residents were told to stand by for possible evacuation...
CNN - November 18, 2005
House OKs budget cuts
House Republicans sweated out a victory on a major budget-cut bill in the wee hours Friday, salvaging a major pillar of their agenda despite divisions within the party and nervousness among moderates that the vote could cost them in next year's elections...
CNN - November 18, 2005
G.O.P. Forces Nearly $50 Billion in Budget Cuts Through House
Earlier, House leaders were dealt a rare defeat as Democrats and 22 Republicans teamed up to kill a major spending measure...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Cisco Agrees to Acquire TV Set-Top Box Maker
Cisco's deal for Scientific-Atlanta highlights the growing convergence of Internet technology, telecommunications and entertainment...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Swiss Re to Acquire G.E. Insurance Unit
General Electric will sell its reinsurance business to Swiss Re for $6.8 billion, substantially completing the company's exit from the insurance industry...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Diplomatic row: Readers' reaction
The BBC News website spoke to readers from Mexico and Venezuela to get their reaction to the dispute between their two countries...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Gang boss deserves 'no mercy'
US prosecutors ask California's governor to show no mercy to a former gang leader on death row for murder...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Golf: Argentina within shot of lead
Argentina fire a stunning 61 in foursomes to climb to within a shot of the lead at halfway in the WGC-World Cup...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
NFL: Surgery decision for McNabb
Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb's season could be brought to a premature end by surgery...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
US anti-drugs policy 'succeeding'
The rising street price of cocaine in the US shows its policies in Latin America are working, a top official says...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Pinochet and ex-police chief meet
Chile's General Pinochet meets his jailed ex-secret police chief over the disappearance of dissidents 30 years ago...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Arsenal in suspect's home
Police seized 54 guns from the home of an 18-year-old man charged with killing his girlfriend's parents and fleeing the state with her, according to court documents filed Thursday. The suspect and the teen girlfriend had been dating, apparently secretly...
CNN - November 18, 2005
Suicide blasts kill 56 in Iraq
Suicide blasts near or inside two Shia mosques in eastern Iraq have killed 50 people, Iraqi police and the U.S. military say...
CNN - November 18, 2005
Iraq Dogs President as He Crosses Asia to Promote Trade
At every stop, the president has been fighting to justify how the U.S. got into Iraq and how to get out...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Cisco Set to Enter Cable Field
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to announce Friday the acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta, a maker of television set-top boxes, for $7 billion...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Deadly battle with Amazon mafia
Deep in the Amazon, a battle is raging. Armed with the latest satellite technology, helicopters and weapons, the Brazilian environment police are taking on the illegal loggers...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Google shares top $400 threshold
Google shares rise above $400 for the first time, just 15 months after the firm's $85 a share flotation...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Call for DVD smoking warning
Attorneys general in 32 US states call for a public service announcement on DVDs that depict smoking...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Cricket: West Indies punished
Mike Hussey and Matthew Hayden make hundreds as Australia reach 256-1 on day two in Hobart...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Conrad Black denies charges
Media tycoon Conrad Black denies US fraud charges linked to a $2.1bn sale of hundreds of Canadian newspapers...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
Gang boss deserves 'no mercy'
US prosecutors ask California's governor to show no mercy to a former gang leader on death row for murder...
BBC News - November 18, 2005
APEC takes aim at trade, bird flu
Setting aside regional tensions, the leaders of 21 Pacific Rim nations gather Friday in Busan, South Korea, to join forces against the threats of terrorism and bird flu and shore up flagging talks on a global free trade pact...
CNN - November 18, 2005
Verdicts in infamous case
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 18, 2005
Iraq official defends facility
Iraq's interior minister has dismissed allegations of torture at a ministry compound as "rumors" and said only seven of 170 detainees showed marks of mistreatment...
CNN - November 18, 2005
Google Stock Hits $400
Google became a verb before it became a public company. Now it has also become a $400 stock...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Timid Mice Made Daring by Removing One Gene
Scientists working with mice have found that by removing a single gene they can turn normally cautious animals into daring ones...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Harvard, for Less: Extension Courses' New Allure
Harvard University Extension School offers a chance to experience Harvard at bargain-basement prices...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Starbucks Profit Rises 14%
SEATTLE, Nov. 17 (AP) - Consumers' appetite for lattes and other items at Starbucks continued to grow in the fourth quarter, pushing earnings up 21 percent...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Times Fills Circulation Post
The New York Times yesterday appointed Ray Pearce as vice president for circulation fulfillment services. Mr. Pearce, 45, has served in a succession of jobs in circulation at the paper, most recently as managing director of circulation, since he joined The Times in 1985...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Briefs: Europe, Americas
EUROPE...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Louisiana's Lifeline in Manhattan
A couple's firm is leading the revival of the battered state's financing...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
F.C.C. Commissioner Will Leave Agency
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Dow Jones) - A commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, Kathleen Q. Abernathy, said on Thursday that she would leave the agency on Dec. 9 after four and a half years on the panel...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Quarterly Profit at Gap Drops 20%
The company experienced its worst sales slump in more than three years...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Barnes & Noble Profit Beats Expectations
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Union Pacific Names Next Chief Executive
OMAHA, Nov. 17 (AP) - The Union Pacific Corporation said Thursday that James R. Young, president of the company's railroad division, would succeed Richard K. Davidson as president and chief executive in January...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Shares Up as Oil Prices Fall and Factory Output Jumps
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Infineon to Split Off Memory Chip Unit
Infineon said it planned to create two independent companies, one for logic and one for memory products...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Legal Beat : Caught Between Doing Well and Doing Good
There are troublesome reasons to think lawyers might have become less effective guardians against corporate malfeasance...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
NBC Offers Movies And TV Via Internet
By Dow Jones...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Market Place: Rapid Rise: Google Passes $400 a Share
Just 15 months after the company went public at $85 a share Google traded Thursday above $400 for the first time...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Made in U.S., Shunned in China
American products have trouble measuring up to European brands and even some Chinese brands...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
[TS] Does Anyone Want to Buy a Newspaper?
The consensus Wall Street view of newspapers now is that they are a dying breed...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Advertising : Buick Shifts From 'Dream' to 'Precision'
The struggling Buick division of General Motors is changing campaigns for the second time in little more than a year...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Home Building Slips to Slowest Pace in Five Months
Permits for building had their biggest monthly drop in almost six years in October, providing more evidence of a housing slowdown...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Senators Demand Changes in Fiscal Advice to Soldiers
The Pentagon failed for years to work with financial regulators to prevent deceptive sales of unsuitable financial products to members of the armed forces...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Hewlett Profit Falls
The company cited the costs of cutback but also said that they resulted in a strong increase in operating income...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Disney's Profit Declines 27%, Led by Setbacks in Film Unit
Chief executive Robert A. Iger said he planned to concentrate on several growth initiatives...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
Russia Plans to Use Turkey as Hub for Gas
MOSCOW, Nov. 17 - Russia will extend the reach of its natural gas exports by using Turkey as a hub for shipments to southern Europe and possibly Israel, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said Thursday at the formal opening of a pipeline project on the Black Sea...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
India Concern to Design I.B.M. Chips
The Indian company will be the first design center outside I.B.M.'s own walls to make its Power Architecture chips...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
News Tycoon Stole Millions, U.S. Charges
Conrad Black and three other executives were indicted by a federal grand jury for a $51.8 million fraud...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
To Fight Rising Costs, Hospitals Seek Allies in the Operating Room
The approach fundamentally recasts the traditional arm's-length relationship between a hospital and the doctors who practice there...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
In Loss for G.O.P., House Rejects Spending Plan
Two dozen Republicans teamed up with Democrats killed a $142 billion health and education spending bill...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
United Projects a Profitable Future
The airline's forecast assumes higher fares and cheaper fuel...
New York Times - November 18, 2005
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