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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2008:
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Dot Earth: Designs to Help the World?s Poorest
MIT is looking for a few good innovators to help the world's poorest billions thrive...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
The Urge to Film New York as Gritty
Three films at the Sundance Film Festival, which is going on now through Jan. 27, feature New York City at various stages in the past 15 years: "The Wackness," "August" and "The Visitor."...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Round One of Sundance Parties
T chugs Red Bulls with Ralph Fiennes and Mary-Kate Olsen at the Sundance Film Festival...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
West Virginia Chief Justice Steps Away From Case
Chief Justice Elliott E. Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court disqualified himself from further participation in a case involving a powerful coal executive...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Clemens to Testify Under Oath
Roger Clemens accepted an invitation by the House committee investigating performance-enhancing drugs in baseball to talk to staff members under oath before he and four others testify next month...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
C.I.A. Says Militant Was Behind Bhutto?s Death
The C.I.A. has concluded that the assassins who killed Benazir Bhutto were directed by Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani militant leader...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Obama and Clinton Trade Attacks on Eve of Caucuses
The candidates made their final pitches to voters in Nevada, a state that has not previously had a starring role in the early stages of the presidential nomination process...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Former N.F.L. Player Pleads Guilty in Steroids Case
Dana Stubblefield was the first N.F.L. player charged in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative investigation...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Justices to Hear Cases on Product Liability
The Supreme Court added new cases to their docket on drug and cigarette labeling requirements on Friday...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
New York Panel Rethinks Securities Oversight
A commission assembled revise New York State?s financial regulations recommended having one regulator oversee the securities industry, instead of the current four...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Stocks Fall After Bush Announces Plan
Stocks fell after surging initially, as investors responded to news of White House?s proposed $145 billion economic stimulus plan...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
G.E. Profit Rises, Aided by Overseas Sales
General Electric said its fourth-quarter profit rose 4 percent as surging overseas sales more than offset the fallout from domestic woes...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Election: Day at-a-glance
A day-by-day guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Al-Qaeda plotter gets life in US
A Canadian al-Qaeda operative arrested in 2002 is sentenced to life in prison for plotting to bomb US embassies in South-East Asia...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
TierneyLab: Training the Multitasking Brain
Russell Braun as Figaro, the multitasking barber of Seville, at the Metropolitan Opera House. (Credit: Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times) Before I reveal the Figaro Factotum regimen for greater personal productivity, let me explain how it came about. Maintaining a blog while doing other things has reminded me of how bad I am [...]...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Taunting Evidence Builds in Tiger Case
The San Francisco police's first answer was found in a court document...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Answers About ?The Jewish Americans?
Taking Questions: A first set of answers from David Grubin, a director and writer who is taking questions from readers through Jan. 23 on his three-part documentary, "The Jewish Americans."...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Roddick Falls in Five-Set Defeat
In the biggest upset of the men?s tournament thus far, Andy Roddick lost to Germany?s Philipp Kohlschreiber while 2006 women?s champion Amelie Mauresmo fell to Australian Casey Dellacqua...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Golfweek Fires Editor Over Noose Cover
Golfweek magazine, which published a cover with a noose to illustrate its coverage of a controversial comment about Tiger Woods, has fired Dave Seanor, the editor who approved the cover...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
C.I.A. Says Tribal Leader Behind Bhutto?s Death
The C.I.A. believes a Pakistani tribal leader?s network was behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, according to U.S. intelligence officials...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Israel Closes Gaza Borders
Israel closed all border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Friday, cutting off at least one aid shipment, and bombed the empty Interior Ministry building of the Palestinian Authority...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
U.S. Diplomat Nicholas Burns Stepping Down
R. Nicholas Burns, the country?s third-ranking diplomat who has been Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice?s right-hand man, is retiring for personal reasons...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Kenya Opposition Turns to Boycott
Protests cooled in Kenya on Friday as opposition leaders announced that they were switching tactics from street demonstrations to boycotts...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Bobby Fischer, Chess Master, Dies at 64
Bobby Fischer, the most powerful American chess player in history, died on Thursday in a hospital in Iceland. No cause of death was given...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Frontier Insurgency Spills Into Peshawar
Escalating political tension has made the Pakistani city a target of Islamic militants from nearby tribal areas...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Nevada Basks in a New Political Sun
The candidates made their final pitches to voters in a state that has not previously had a starring role in the early stages of the presidential nomination process...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Johnson Controls First-Quarter Profit Increases
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Building and auto systems maker Johnson Controls Inc. said Friday its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 45 percent on growth across all divisions...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Schlumberger Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises
HOUSTON (AP) -- Oilfield services company Schlumberger Ltd. said Friday net profit rose 22 percent in the fourth quarter, driven by demand in the Eastern Hemisphere and Latin America. But the results were below Wall Street expectations, and its share price fell 8 percent in morning trading...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Blackstone, Wellspring Buy Performance Food
Food distributor Performance Food Group said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management for about $1.3 billion in cash...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Herald Tribune Publisher Departs
Michael Golden, publisher of The International Herald Tribune, said he was leaving the position to focus on his position as vice chairman of The New York Times Company...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
G.E. Profit Meets Expectations
General Electric, driven by strong demand for jet engines and electric turbines, posted a 4 percent rise in net profit, meeting Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Sprint to Slash 4,000 Jobs After Subscriber Losses
Sprint Nextel reported deeper-than-expected subscriber losses and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs, sending its shares down 19 percent to their lowest level in more than five years...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Bush Calls for $140 Billion Economic Aid Package
The president also called again for Congress to make permanent the tax cuts that were enacted several years ago and are to expire in the next three years...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Stocks Mixed After Bush Announces Plan
Wall Street fell after an initial surge, as G.E. posted earnings that met expectations, encouraging investors to buy back into stocks after a huge drop earlier this week...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Tennis: Roddick crashes out
American Andy Roddick loses to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in a five-set thriller...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Obama mocks Clinton impatience
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama uses humour in an attempt to portray Hillary Clinton as disingenuous...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Sub-prime crisis hits US bonuses
Wall Street bonuses fell almost 5% in 2007, as the sub-prime crisis prompted a more frugal attitude...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Al-Qaeda suspect faces US court
A Canadian al-Qaeda suspect arrested in 2002 is due to be sentenced in the US, in a case shrouded in secrecy...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Chess legend Fischer dies at 64
Controversial former world chess legend Bobby Fischer, famous for a Cold War showdown, has died aged 64...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Bobby Fischer, Chess Master, Dies at 64
A reclusive chess master, Bobby Fischer became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union?s Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
GE?s Fourth Quarter Profit Meets Consensus
General Electric Co. said Friday its fourth-quarter profit rose 4 percent on strong global demand, and it reaffirmed its outlook for fiscal 2008...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
US video games sales hit record
New games and consoles helped drive US video game sales to a record last year, figures show...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Bodies found after Mexican raid
The bodies of six kidnap victims are found in a house in Mexico after a shootout between police and gunmen...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
Their House to Yours, via the Trash
A group of book-scavenging homeless men are regulars at the Strand, helping the city?s best-known used-book store keep its shelves stocked...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Mayor Hails City?s Immigrants and Innovation
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg revealed a mix of tough education and anticrime measures while embracing the virtues of immigration at his State of the City address...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Secret Service: Detailed Look at ?06 Turmoil
A minor incident involving Vice President Dick Cheney has blown up into one more major, with Secret Service agents accusing one another of unethical conduct...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Gates Seeks Troop Estimates
Defense and military officials have been asked to prepare projections so that President Bush can balance troop requests for Iraq against other needs...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Facing Deportation but Clinging to Life in U.S.
Over the last year, illegal immigrants and their families have retreated from community life under the pressure of tougher federal and local enforcement...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Frontier Insurgency Spills Into a Pakistani City
Escalating political tension has made Peshawar a target of Islamic militants, who have encroached from nearby tribal areas...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Southern Blacks Are Split on Clinton vs. Obama
If any election can prove that Southern blacks are not a monolithic voting bloc, it is the 2008 Democratic contest...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Well, It Looks Like Truth
The time is right for a brain-pincher of a theme show, which is what ?Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art? at the International Center of Photography is...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
TD Ameritrade Quarterly Profit Rises to Record
NEW YORK (Reuters) - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit as client assets grew and trading activity rose, prompting the discount brokerage to boost its 2008 profit forecast...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Novartis Faults Weak U.S. Sales for Profit Decline
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis said on Thursday that its profit dropped 45 percent in the fourth quarter, citing revamping costs and a weak performance in the United States...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Washington Mutual Swings to Fourth-Quarter Loss
SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington Mutual Inc., the country's biggest savings and loan, said Thursday it swung to a $1.87 billion loss in the fourth quarter, hurt badly by the sinking value of its mortgage portfolio...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Write-Down Contributes to Profit Fall at Trust Bank
Washington Mutual, the savings and loan, said on Thursday that it had swung to a $1.87 billion loss in the fourth quarter, hurt badly by the sinking value of its mortgage portfolio...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Brazil: Sale of Iron Ore Projects Is Weighed
The British mining company Anglo American is in exclusive negotiations to pay $5.5 billion for control of iron ore projects owned by a Brazilian mining concern...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Sorting Out the New Housing Market
The shape of the new post housing-bubble market is one that favors young people who never owned a house and the banks that have access to cheap deposits...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
South Korea: Bid Is Made for Shipping Service
The owner of South Korea?s largest builder and second-biggest airline bid for control of the Korea Express Company to add cargo delivery and warehousing services...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Australia: Job Growth Stirs Inflation Concern
Australian employment rose for a 14th month in December, adding to the longest hiring boom in almost three decades...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Canada: Bank Changes Name of U.S. Unit
The Royal Bank of Canada said it plans to drop the Centura name from its United States banking unit...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
NYSE Euronext in Deal for American Stock Exchange
NYSE Euronext said on Thursday that it had agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange for $260 million in stock...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Richard Knerr, 82, Craze Creator, Dies
Mr. Knerr produced products that for two decades virtually defined frivolity in postwar America, from the Hula Hoop to the Frisbee to the SuperBall...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
G.M. Expects Improvement, but Says It Is Vulnerable to Industry?s Woes
The General Motors Corporation said Thursday that high fuel prices and declining consumer confidence would be a drag on sales this year in the United States...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Traffic Helps Continental Post a Profit
Continental Airlines Inc. reported strong traffic, helping it cope with rising jet fuel prices...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
I.B.M. Says It Will Beat Analysts? Estimates
Investors responded by bidding I.B.M. shares above $106 in after-hours trading...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Lehman Cuts Back in Mortgages
Lehman Brothers Holdings will cease wholesale mortgage lending in the United States, a move that includes 1,300 job cuts...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
MBIA and Ambac Fall on Ratings Fear
Shares of two bond insurers, MBIA Inc. and the Ambac Financial Group, fell sharply on concern they would lose their AAA credit ratings...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
State Revises Hormone Label for Milk
Pennsylvania?s Agriculture Department has backed off its plan to ban milk-container labels stating that the milk comes from cows not treated with bovine growth hormone...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
New Jersey Investigating Amgen?s Marketing of a Psoriasis Drug
New Jersey?s attorney general has begun investigating whether the biotechnology giant violated patient confidentiality laws in its effort to sell its drug Enbrel...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Europe?s Ethics Panel Says Cloning Harms Animals
Just days after being told that milk and meat from cloned livestock were safe for human consumption, Europeans were warned that cloning causes suffering to the animals...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Conservative Approach Pays Off for BlackRock as Profit Grows 90%
BlackRock, the giant asset management firm, dodged the rocky investments that have damaged many Wall Street banks...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
With Big Backlog of Homes, Builders and Buyers Wait
New-home construction fell again in December as builders scrambled to cut back in the face of rising inventories and fewer orders...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Chip Maker Is Nearing Profitability Despite Loss
Advanced Micro Devices inched closer to profitability despite posting a huge loss as it struggled to absorb the huge cost of its acquisition of ATI Technologies...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Americans in the Action as Macao Casinos Soar
With roaring growth expected to continue this year, Macao is poised to overtake all of Nevada as the biggest gambling territory in the world...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Creative Force of VH-1?s Reality Shows Leaves, but Not in Reality
Michael Hirschorn is leaving VH-1 to form his own production company, which will develop shows initially for that channel and others owned by MTV Networks...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Politics Wrapped in a Clothing Ad
American Apparel, known for its tight-fitting jersey T-shirts and brazen attitude, is getting political, running an ad campaign for immigration reform...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
McDonald?s Ending Promotion on Jackets of Children?s Report Cards
McDonald?s has decided to stop sponsoring Happy Meals as rewards for children with good grades and attendance records in elementary schools in Seminole County, Fla...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
China Says Its Seafood Is Now Safer and Better
In an unusual public acknowledgment, Chinese officials said that pollution and water-quality problems had become the biggest challenges facing China?s fish farming...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
In Tentative Deal, Directors Send Message
Hollywood?s movie and TV directors have agreed to a new contract with production companies in a settlement that also sends a message to striking screenwriters...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Google Offers a Map for Its Philanthropy
Google will spend up to $175 million in its first round of grants and investments over the next three years, officials said...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Despite Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients
Americans with prostate cancer are traveling out of the country to receive a treatment that is not approved in the United States...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
A January to Remember as a Dismal Start
Wall Street sent Washington a message: the recession that Ben S. Bernanke said can be averted is already here...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Fed Chief?s Reassurance Fails to Halt Stock Plunge
On a day when stocks were pushed down another 3 percent, all major players in Washington agreed on the need for putting extra money into people?s hands quickly...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Merrill Posts Huge Loss; Chief Says Firm?s Capital Is Adequate
Merrill Lynch?s stock plummeted after it took a $16.7 billion write-down and had a $9.8 billion fourth-quarter loss...
New York Times - January 18, 2008
Deadly shoot-out ends in Mexico
Six bodies are recovered from a house in Mexico after a stand-off between police and gunmen, officials say...
BBC News - January 18, 2008
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