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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Colbert on Colbert Its fun playing a jerk
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Dancing with the Stars contestant injured
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hopper stars in Starz series Crash
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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US News Archive for March 2008:
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Yahoo Expects Strong Revenue Growth Through 2010
Yahoo expects $8.8 billion in revenue by 2010, an amount that it says supports its determination that Microsoft?s takeover bid undervalues the company...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
CVS Caremark to Settle Medicaid Case
CVS agreed to pay almost $37 million to nearly two dozen states and the federal government to settle claims that it billed Medicaid programs for a more expensive formulation of an antacid...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Well: The Worst Foods in America
A new book explores just how fattening we can make our food...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Wheels: Todt Bucked!
Jean Todt resigned as chief executive of Ferrari on Tuesday, leaving the reins of the prancing horse to Amadeo Felisa, who had been Ferrari's general manager. We can't help but wonder if Mr. Todt is planning a return to the rally co-driver seat...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate by 3/4 of a Point
The reduction of the benchmark interest rate to 2.25 percent was less than investors had been hoping for, though it was one of the deepest in Fed history...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Supreme Court Hears Gun-Control Case
Some justices signaled that they found the District of Columbia?s gun-control law to be too restrictive...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Arthur C. Clarke, Premier Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 90
Mr. Clarke was a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Visa Raises $17.9 Billion as Stock Goes Public
Visa Inc., the world?s largest credit card network, Tuesday raised $17.9 billion in an initial public offering, the largest ever in the United States...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Heart Condition Led to Runner?s Death
Ryan Shay, who died during the Olympic trial for the marathon, had cardiac arrhythmia caused by an enlarged heart and died of natural causes, according to the New York City medical examiner?s office...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Anthony Minghella, Director, Dies at 54
The British filmmaker won an Academy Award for his direction of ?The English Patient.?...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: The Hangings of a Girl and a Dictator, and What Happened in Between
Bodies were dumped in the trash outside Baghdad's Ghazaliya neighborhood. (Photo: Christoph Bangert for The New York Times) Two deaths, the lynching of a 10-year-old girl and the hanging of Saddam Hussein, provide the grim bookends of my time in Iraq. In March of 2003, the port city of Basra had yet to fall and forces [...]...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Paterson Discusses Past Extramarital Affairs
Gov. David A. Paterson of New York admitted that he had had affairs, including one with a woman on the state payroll...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Dow Surges 420 Points on Fed Rate Cut and Earnings
Investors sent stock markets soaring to their highest gains in a week after the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Criticizing Pastor, Obama Assesses Race in America
Senator Barack Obama declared that it was time to ?move beyond some of our old racial wounds.?...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Political Memo: An Effort to Bridge a Divide
Senator Barack Obama, who has spent his life acting as something of a mediator of racial concerns, assumed that role nationally...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Explosion hits US chemical plant
Two workers are injured in a blast at a chemical plant in the US state of Wisconsin...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Inflation Up at the Producer Level
Businesses paid more for consumer goods, cars and nonenergy products last month, raising inflation fears as the Fed considers how much to cut rates...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
China Moves to Stem Inflation and Calm Investors
China?s central bank moved to tighten lending after stock prices plummeted on Tuesday over inflation fears and growing concerns about the ripple effects of a slowdown in the United States...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Delta to Cut Jobs and Domestic Capacity
The airline said it would offer voluntary severance payouts in a bid to cut 2,000 jobs and cut domestic capacity by an extra 5 percent this year as it addresses soaring fuel prices...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
DealBook: Frank Quattrone?s Next Act
The former star investment banker whose career was derailed by a fight against obstruction of justice charges has a new venture: Qatalyst Group, a technology-focused merchant banking group...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Court Reverses Exxon Freeze on Venezuela Assets
A British judge has lifted a $12 billion freeze on Venezuelan assets awarded to Exxon Mobil in a spat over a seized oil project...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Earnings Send Stocks Soaring
Financial stocks roared back as better-than-expected earnings from two Wall Street firms spurred a rally ahead of a likely rate cut...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
The Caucus: Clinton?s Schedules to Be Released
Hillary Rodham Clinton?s schedules have attracted close attention throughout the campaign, partly because Mrs. Clinton has frequently held up her eight years as first lady as evidence of her experience. They will be released Wednesday...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Anthony Minghella, Director, Dies
The Oscar-winning director, who turned such literary works as ?The English Patient? and and ?Cold Mountain? into acclaimed movies, was 54...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Progress in U.S.-Russia Talks
The United States and Russia reported progress, but failed to end the deep division over American plans to base missile defenses in Europe...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: Answers From Iraqis
Video Over the past few days, I've taken a camera around Baghdad to ask Iraqis questions submitted by readers. Mohammed al-Obeidi, an Iraqi staff member, helped me pose question on U.S. troops, Iraq's education system, car bombings, the influence of Iran and the U.S. election. Some questions reflect the polarized views of the [...]...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
The Lede: Trying to Head Off a Highway Disaster
With Minneapolis on their minds, officials in Philadelphia closed two miles of I-95 to urgently repair a cracking support pillar...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Assessing Race in America, Obama Calls Pastor Divisive
Senator Barack Obama renewed his objection to statements by the longtime pastor of his church, but declared that it was time to ?move beyond some of our old racial wounds.?...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Wall Street Earnings Send Stocks Soaring
Financial stocks roared back as better-than-expected earnings from two Wall Street firms spurred a rally ahead of a likely rate cut from the Federal Reserve...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Dalai Lama Says He?ll Resign if Violence Escalates
The Dalai Lama denied that he had any role in inciting the latest anti-Chinese violence in Tibet...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
City Room: Paterson Discusses Past Affairs With ?a Number of Women?
One day after taking office, Gov. David A. Paterson of New York said he had had affairs during a strain in his marriage, including one with a state employee...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Guilty Verdict in Nixzmary Brown Case
A jury acquitted Cesar Rodriguez, the stepfather of the 7-year-old girl, of second-degree murder, but convicted him of a lesser charge, first-degree manslaughter...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Delta to cut jobs as costs surge
Delta Air Lines offers redundancy packages to 30,000 staff as it struggles with high fuel prices...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Yahoo stands firm on Microsoft
Yahoo unveils upbeat growth forecasts as it tries to convince investors that Microsoft's bid is too low...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Russia-US missile talks 'stalled'
Russia's foreign minister says no deal has been struck with the US over its missile shield plans in Europe...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Obama says US cannot ignore race
US presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks on race, seeking to defuse a row over his ex-pastor...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Cheney vows to finish job in Iraq
US Vice-President Cheney says the US will complete its Iraq mission, to prevent it becoming a base for terrorists...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
US court hears key gun law case
The Supreme Court considers Washington DC's gun laws, in a landmark case about Americans' right to bear arms...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Umbrella Coverage for Preventing Your Ruin
For those with major assets, an extra insurance policy can take care of one?s liability for the nightmarishly unexpected...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
French Court Releases Rogue Trader
A French appeals court ruled that Jérôme Kerviel, the former trader Société Générale has blamed for billions in losses, should be released from jail while an investigation continues...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
DealBook: Visa I.P.O. to Go Ahead, Analysts Say
Visa, which plans to float shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday in the biggest U.S. initial public offering ever, will not be deterred by market turmoil that has taken a severe toll in recent days, analysts told Reuters on Monday. "I do hear that the deal is on and is expected to [...]...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Wheels: Another Side of the Clean Diesel Story
After driving a diesel Chrysler in Europe last week -- it was said to be 50 percent more fuel-efficient than its gasoline-burning counterpart in the U.S. -- I was enthusiastic enough about diesel vehicles to consider buying one. But then I did some research...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
News Analysis: Rescue Tests the Credibility of the Fed
The Fed is putting its reputation and resources on the line to rescue Wall Street?s biggest institutions from their mistakes...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Bush Backs Fed?s Actions, but Critics Quickly Find Fault
The White House faced accusations that it is helping a corporate giant but doing little to aid Americans facing foreclosure...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Dollar steady ahead of rate move
The US dollar steadies as traders await a key interest rate decision...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Russia, US renew 'positive' talks
Top-level talks between the US and Russia are resuming in Moscow after a first day described as positive...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Agreement reached in Andean row
OAS foreign ministers agree a text deploring Colombia's raid on rebels in Ecuador that sparked border tensions...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Court releases Venezuelan assets
A London court suspends an order freezing assets of Venezuela's state oil firm in a dispute with ExxonMobil...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
Frequent Flier: Letting His Lapel Spread the Word About His Cause
I?M not a famous person, but my lapel pin makes me feel like one...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Dealbook: Saving Wall St. (For Now)
Bear Stearns?s downfall and subsequent sale to JPMorgan Chase on Sunday was orchestrated by some of the most powerful people on Wall Street and in Washington...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
New Trial Is Ordered for Qwest Ex-Chief
A federal appeals court panel reversed the insider-trading conviction of Joseph P. Nacchio, ruling that a federal district court judge had wrongly excluded a witness...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Whole Class of Debt in Canada Is Bankrupt
A $32 billion segment of Canada?s debt market was placed under bankruptcy protection on Monday after a committee established to restructure the troubled debt missed a deadline...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Pilots? Talks Apparently Fail in a Northwest-Delta Hookup
Pilots at Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines appear to have given up efforts to combine their seniority lists...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
CME to Buy Nymex in $9.4 Billion Deal
The CME Group said Monday that it would buy the New York Mercantile Exchange in a $9.4 billion cash-and-stock deal...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
A Cross-Country Flight That Can Cure a Bad Mood
I was in no mood for a bad trip when I left for a 7 a.m. Virgin America flight to New York. And I didn?t get one...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Jittery Market Calls for a Steady Hand
How can we position ourselves to survive ? and prosper from ? the recent upheavals in the market? The answer: Stay the course...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Court Hands Setback to Microsoft
The Supreme Court handed Microsoft a defeat on Monday by refusing to rule on its request to halt an antitrust suit against it...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
French Bank in Scandal Overhauls Top Ranks
Société Générale, the French bank hobbled by a trading loss of more than $7 billion, announced Monday that it was reorganizing its senior management team...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Itineraries: Paper Is Out, Cellphones Are In
The mobile check-in may well be the first step in direct communications between airlines and passengers as they travel...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
International Paper Buys Weyerhaeuser Unit
The $6-billion acquisition makes International Paper North America?s largest maker of corrugated boxes...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
When a Safety Net Can Lead to Risky Behavior
Critics of the Federal Reserve?s role in the sale of Bear Stearns have raised the specter of moral hazard. What is moral hazard?...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
At Lehman, Allaying Fears About Being the Next to Fall
Since the mortgage market crisis unfolded in the summer, investors have fretted that Lehman will stumble, and its stock has fallen from a peak of $82 a share then...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
News Analysis: Rescue Puts Credibility of the Fed on the Line
The Fed is putting its reputation and resources on the line to rescue Wall Street?s biggest institutions from their far-reaching mistakes...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Troubled Outlook for New York City Economy Turns a Lot Grimmer
The outlook for New York City?s economy and its main engine, the financial services industry, had already taken a bleak turn before the sudden failure of Bear Stearns...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Investor Buying H&R Block Unit
The investor is buying the mortgage servicing business of H& R Block for $1.1 billion...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Condé Nast Names 2 for European Ventures
Both the editor and the publisher who ran Interview magazine for almost two decades will join Condé Nast to help guide one of its fastest-growing businesses, the European editions of Vanity Fair...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Siemens Cuts Earnings Outlook Sharply
The German engineering giant gave investors a rude shock Monday, disclosing that delays and canceled orders would cut its quarterly earnings by 900 million euros, or $1.4 billion...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Manufacturing Activity Shows Declines
A closely watched measure of manufacturing activity in the New York area plunged in March to the lowest level on record...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Ford Displays a Wreck to Score Safety Points
Ford is desperate to re-establish itself with consumers who defected to Asian and European nameplates...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Corporate Sponsorship for a Wind Farm
At a time when most companies are scrambling for a prime seat on the green bandwagon, why not a company-branded wind farm?...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
As Dollar Keeps Falling, Talk of a Move by Japan
The dollar, which tumbled to an almost 13-year low against the yen on Monday, may soon find a protector here ? the Japanese finance ministry...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Aftershocks of a Collapse, With a Bank at the Epicenter
For employees of Bear Stearns, many of whom have spent most of their professional lives at Bear, the sudden collapse was unfathomable...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Rallying the House of Morgan
James Dimon, as head of JP Morgan Chase, has suddenly become the most talked about, and arguably the most powerful, banker in the world today...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Advertising: Online Games by the Hundreds, With Tie-Ins
By entering the online-game sector, media companies can attract advertising, including from food companies that have agreed to limit the nature and volume of television ads aimed at children...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Times Company Agrees to 2 Outsiders on Its Board
The New York Times Company has struck a deal with a pair of hedge funds, giving the funds two seats on the board in order to avoid a proxy fight...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Citi Names New Chief of Investment Banking
Shaking up its leadership for the third time in six months, Citigroup has named John Havens as the new head of its investment banking and alternative investments group...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Kosovar Serbs Clash With the Police
The escalation of violence in the Serb-dominated northern part of Kosovo has become a test of international resolve to hold the newborn nation together...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists
Officials believe that a combination of efforts could establish something akin to a posture of deterrence adapted to the global jihadi terrorist movement...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
On Defensive, Obama Plans Talk on Race
Facing a major test, Barack Obama was writing a speech aides said could be one of the most crucial of his campaign...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Chinese Policies Led Slowly to Backlash in Tibet
The only surprising thing about unrest in Tibet may be that Beijing managed to keep things stable for so long...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
New Governor for New York, Pledging Unity
Gov. David A. Paterson offered wisecracks to an audience that clearly ached to move beyond a sordid ordeal...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Bombing Kills 43 in Shiite Holy City in Iraq
The explosion, the deadliest attack in Karbala in nearly a year, overshadowed a Baghdad visit by Vice President Dick Cheney...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Plunge Averted, Markets Look Ahead
Nervousness pervaded Wall Street despite the efforts by the Federal Reserve to restore order within the financial system...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Bush Supports Fed?s Actions, but Critics Quickly Find Fault
The Bush administration faced accusations that it is helping a corporate giant but doing little to aid Americans facing foreclosure...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Figure Skating Rivalry Pits Athleticism Against Artistry
Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir share nothing ? except their status as the top two figure skaters in the United States...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
Florida Democrats Won?t Vote Again, Official Says
The dispute over Florida?s Democratic delegates will go back to the national party, the state chairwoman said...
New York Times - March 18, 2008
US oil spill ship pilot charged
The pilot of a ship that spilt 58,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay is charged with criminal negligence...
BBC News - March 18, 2008
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