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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 2007:
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Abbas secures international aid
The United States joined the European Union Monday in announcing its willingness to resume payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the new Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas...
CNN - June 18, 2007
'Mommy's in the rug,' crying tot says
A pregnant woman vanished last week, leaving her 2-year-old son home alone, with furniture in disarray and bleach poured on the floor. The boy told searchers, "Mommy's in the rug."...
CNN - June 18, 2007
U.S. offers aid to Abbas
The United States joined the European Union on Monday in announcing its willingness to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the new Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas. The commitments follows gunbattles last week which saw forces loyal to Abbas routed from Gaza...
CNN - June 18, 2007
Energy bill stymied in Senate
Three powerful lobbying forces -- automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry -- are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy...
CNN - June 18, 2007
Fashion Writer Sentenced in Attack on Woman
Peter Braunstein was convicted on charges that he tied up, sexually molested and terrorized a former colleague...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Supreme Court Embraces Rights for Car Passengers
A passenger as well as a driver has the right to challenge the legality of a police officer?s decision to stop a car...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
In France, Socialists? First Couple Are No More
The split between Ségolène Royal and François Hollande threatens to complicate efforts by the Socialist Party to close ranks...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
U.S. and Europe Offer Support for Abbas Government
The European Union has agreed to resume direct financial aid to the Palestinian Authority but it is still working out how to transfer the money...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Airbus Secures Big Orders at Air Show
Airlines gave a big lift to the order book for the next generation Airbus A350 today, announcing contracts for 114 of the planes on the first day of the Paris Air Show...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Justices Turn Back Antitrust Suits Against Wall St. Firms
The Supreme Court found that Wall Street investment banks could not be sued under antitrust law over losses in the crash of technology stocks seven years ago...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Semel Steps Aside as Yahoo Chief
Terry Semel will hand over the reins to Jerry Yang in Yahoo?s latest attempt to regain investor confidence...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Inquiry into US drag car deaths
Investigators probe the cause of a drag race crash in Tennessee, which killed six people and injured more...
BBC News - June 18, 2007
Envoy Sees North Korea Progress
North Korea could be ready to begin shutting its plutonium reactor within weeks, the envoy said...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
U.S. and Iraqi Troops Begin Big Offensive
U.S. and Iraqi troops began major military operations today against Al Qaeda forces near Baghdad, while in the south, U.S. troops battled Shiite militants...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Europe to Resume Aid to Palestinian Authority
The agreement came today after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, installed an emergency cabinet in the West Bank that replaced ministers from the Hamas faction...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Finish Line to Buy Genesco for $1.5 Billion
Finish Line will pay $54.50 a share in cash for Genesco, a 10-percent premium over Friday?s closing price of $49.50...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
ICI Rejects Bid by Akzo Nobel
Imperial Chemical Industries, Britain?s largest specialty chemical maker, said today that it had rejected a takeover bid from Akzo Nobel worth £7.2 billion, or $14 billion, as too low...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Autism Debate Strains a Family and Its Charity
Fissures in the autism community over the cause of the disorder have made their way into the Wright family, founders of the charity Autism Speaks...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Rio favela fashion wows catwalks
Rio cultural and social action group AfroReggae wins over audiences at Sao Paulo Fashion week with its designs...
BBC News - June 18, 2007
What are US hopes for Pakistan?
The BBC's Ilyas Khan looks at US efforts to change Pakistan's political balance...
BBC News - June 18, 2007
In Albany, Not Much Life in Lawmakers? Nightlife
Recent scandals and the election of Gov. Eliot Spitzer have taken a toll on the party scene among state legislators...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Music Review: Back to a Garden Where More Than Jams Flower
This year two of Bonnaroo?s three headliners ? Tool and the Police ? came from way off the jam-band circuit...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Iraqi Journalist Found Dead as Security Lags
The body of the political editor of a government-financed newspaper was found in a Baghdad mortuary, three days after he was kidnapped in a Shiite neighborhood. The editor, Falieh Mijthab,...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Cabrera Is Last Man Standing at U.S. Open
Angel Cabrera gave Argentina its first major championship in 40 years with a 1-under-par 69 at Oakmont...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Democrats Press Plan to Cut Oil Subsidies
Senate Democrats are seeking a major reversal of energy tax policies that would reverse incentives and benefits to the oil industry and instead underwrite renewable fuels...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Political Memo: Taking On Biggest Donors, McCain Takes a Big Risk
Senator John McCain?s campaign may be paying the price for a career of positions alienating traditional big donors...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Debate Over Cause of Autism Strains a Family and Its Charity
Fissures that have long roiled the autism community have made their way into the Wright family, founders of mega-charity Autism Speaks...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Long Reviled, Merit Pay Gains Among Teachers
Minnesota?s $86 million teacher professionalization and merit pay initiative got a lift last week when teachers voted overwhelmingly to expand it in Minneapolis...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Yankees 8, Mets 2: Wang?s Sinker Sends Teams in Different Directions
The Yankees finished their finest homestand in nine years with an 8-1 record and split the six-game season series with their crosstown rivals for the third straight year...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Treasury Auctions Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week included today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Link by Link: Conquering the Peak Test of Technology
It has taken a couple of generations of technological improvements, but Mount Everest, one of the most remote places on earth, is now officially overexposed...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Looking Ahead
ECONOMIC REPORTS On a slow week for economic data, there will be an update on the housing market with a report on housing starts for May (Tuesday). There will also be leading economic indicators for May (Thursday)...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
E-Commerce Report: EBay Moves to Recharge Its Auctions
In making upgrades intended to make its site more friendly, eBay may endure criticism from more than 700,000 sellers who rely on it for their livelihoods...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Focus of Video Games Shifts to Lure More Casual Players
By fall, software developers will start introducing offerings aimed at nudging players to bond with Grandma, balance their hormones and eat their peas...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Tiny but Hungry, Moth Threatens California Crops
A voracious Australian moth is threatening to infest one of the nation?s most important agricultural regions...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Not Everyone Wants Channel That?s All Big Ten, All the Time
The newly created Big Ten Network, which the conference vows will satiate its universities? fans and alumni, is the source of a dispute between the conference and Comcast...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Another Attempt to Match Readers and Relevant News
A new Web site, Thoof, is an attempt to improve on sites like Digg and Reddit, where users filter and rank links to articles and blog entries...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
China Captures Man Accused of Labor Abuse
The man, Heng Tinghan, is accused of holding workers in virtual slavery in a kiln in the northern province of Shanxi and the police rescued 31 workers...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Journey?s Song Gets a Bump From TV Once Again
?The Sopranos? is over, but the last song featured on the show, ?Don?t Stop Believin? ? which the band Journey released in 1981, keeps going as its lyrics say, ?on and on and on and on.?...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Drilling Down: Computer Cookies and How They Crumble
Tiny files called ?cookies? are the lifeblood of online advertising...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
CNN and YouTube Keep Reporters Dangling
If the news conference that CNN and YouTube held to discuss their presidential debate was any sort of omen, there might be a few kinks to work out...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Upbraided by Blair, the British Press Bites Back
Most British commentators called an attack by departing prime minister Tony Blair in which he likened the British media to a ?feral beast? hypocritical...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Get Ready for More Canoodling: Page Six Expands
The New York Post?s Page Six gossip column has had its own share of negative media attention in the last year, but that does not seem to have scared off advertisers...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
A British Channel and Its Two Faces
Britain?s Channel 4 performs a sometimes awkward balancing act as it seeks to fulfill public service obligations while satisfying the demands of the marketplace...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
During Intermission, Cellphones Are Brandished in a Promotion
While various companies have tried to beat a path from consumers? phones to their wallets, theater promoters, until now, have held back. Until now...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Air Force Hopes to Cut Oil?s Role in Fuel
The United States Air Force will push development of a new fuel to power its bombers and fighters, mixing conventional and nonpetroleum fuels...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Talks for Chip Software Maker Are Said to Bog Down on Price
Buyout talks between Cadence Design Systems and two private equity firms appear to have stalled, according to people close to the matter...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Gore to Bring Talk of Green to Ad Festival
The embrace of Al Gore by the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival shows how ?green? advertising has galvanized the marketing community...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
G.E. and Pearson Are Said to Study Bid for Dow Jones
The General Electric Company and Pearson are exploring a joint bid for Dow Jones & Company, people familiar with the talks said...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Cadbury Expected to Sell Beverage Unit, Including 7-Up
Cadbury Schweppes is preparing to announce on Tuesday that it will sell its American beverage business, according to people close to the company...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Blockbuster Says It Will Back Blu-ray in DVD Format War
Blockbuster will rent high-definition DVDs only in the Blu-ray format in 1,450 stores, dealing a major blow to the rival HD DVD format...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Marvel Wants to Flex Its Own Heroic Muscles as a Moviemaker
No longer content to leave the actual moviemaking to the studios, the newly minted chairman of Marvel Studios is able to green-light movies of his choosing...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Advertising: Pigs With Cellphones, but No Condoms
Fox, which along with CBS rejected a Trojan commercial, said that ?contraceptive advertising must stress health-related uses rather than the prevention of pregnancy.?...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
The Media Equation: New Capos? Taut Smiles at HBO
With the denouement of ?The Sopranos? and the departure of former chief executive Chris Albrecht, HBO has a big case of the ?now what?s??...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Airbus Hopes Its Planes, Not Its Setbacks, Will Stand Out
It is the twin-engine A350, not the delayed and much-publicized A380 superjumbo, that Airbus hopes will grab headlines at the Paris air show...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Retail Giant Will Remake Private Bank
Bank of America will see if a new name, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, can burnish its private bank?s reputation in catering to the very rich...
New York Times - June 18, 2007
Astronauts end fourth spacewalk
Astronauts conduct a fourth ISS spacewalk, as the station's computer system is repaired after having failed...
BBC News - June 18, 2007
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