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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 August 2004:
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Frey's cross-examination delayed
Scott Peterson's former mistress, Amber Frey, will not be cross-examined Wednesday in Peterson's double murder trial as scheduled, due to a new development in the case...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Breaking ranks
Reversing his earlier stance and breaking with his party, a senior retiring Republican lawmaker said Wednesday the military strike against Iraq was "a mistake," and he blasted a "massive failure" of intelligence before the war...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Kerry Dismisses Bush Troop Plan, as Both Court Veterans
John Kerry faulted President Bush on his plan to shift troops around the world, saying it could impede efforts to fight terrorism...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Paul Hamm Wins All-Around Event
After falling on the landing of his vault, Paul Hamm put on two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win Olympic gold, the first ever by a U.S. man...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Google, Set for Offering, Cuts Share Price by About a Quarter
Google, whose initial stock offering was approved by the S.E.C., cut its price range to between $85 and $95 a share...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Oil Prices Set Another Record
Oil prices climbed above $47 a barrel today, after figures showed supplies in the U.S. were down for a third consecutive week...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
El Salvador jail riot 'kills 23'
A battle between prisoners wielding knives and sticks leaves at least 23 dead in San Salvador, police say...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Row over Venezuela ballot audit
Venezuela's opposition demands checks on voting machines after the referendum won by President Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Embryo screening 'no health risk'
Screening embryos for genetic disorders, does not harm their health, a large scale review of the procedure has found...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Florida probes storm price fixing
Florida's attorney general investigates more than 1,000 complaints of price-gouging following Hurricane Charley...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Regulators clear Google flotation
US regulators approve documents relating to Google's flotation, clearing the way for its market debut...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Citigroup faces regulatory probe
The UK's Financial Services Authority launches a formal investigation into Citigroup's "unusual trading activity"...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Mexican car workers stage walkout
Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Mexico, which manufactures VW's New Beetle model, have gone on strike over pay...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Al-Sadr says his forces will quit Najaf mosque
Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced today that he will order his militia to leave the Imam Ali mosque, after a threat by the government to "liberate" it. In a letter from al-Sadr's office in Baghdad, al-Sadr said he had agreed to Iraqi demands that he leave the mosque, disband his Mehdi Army and "enter into the mainstream political process."...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Cleric 'agrees to disband militia'
Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agrees to Iraqi demands that he leave a Najaf mosque, disband his Mehdi Army and "enter into the mainstream political process," his spokesman says...
CNN - August 18, 2004
In Speech to Veterans, Kerry Criticizes Bush's Troop Plan
John Kerry said today that the plan might hinder the war on terror by recalling up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
China's Long March Is Retraced With Artistic Steps
The sculptor Wang Wenhai glorifies Mao Zedong in a Chinese art project called "The Long March," with exhibits along the route of that historic trek...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Kerry challenges Bush troop plan
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Wednesday criticized President Bush's proposal to recall up to 70,000 foreign troops as a hastily announced plan that raises more doubts about U.S. intentions and commitments than it answers...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Google, Nearing Offering, Cuts Share Price by About a Quarter
Google cut its price range to between $85 and $95 a share, valuing the company at as much as $25.8 billion...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Stocks Rise Despite Surging Oil Prices
Stocks edged higher today as bargain hunters shrugged off rising oil prices, but Google's decision to cut its initial public offering price sapped some enthusiasm from the market...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Pentagon Backs Off Halliburton
The Pentagon backed off its threat to withold its monthly payment of about $60 million a month from a Halliburton subsidiary, which provides services for troops...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Kerry to blast Bush troop plans
John Kerry will tell veterans in Ohio that President Bush's troop withdrawal plans are misguided, aides say...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Complaints follow Haiti acquittal
The US and rights groups condemn the acquittal in Haiti of an ex-paramilitary leader accused of murder...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
US children 'abandoned in Africa'
Texas authorities are investigating claims that a US mother left her seven adopted children in Nigeria and went to work in Iraq...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Photographer Mydans dies at 97
Carl Mydans, the celebrated World War Two photo-journalist, has died at his US home aged 97...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Najaf trip 'positive' despite snub
Despite failing to meet with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi National Conference delegation member Wednesday said the trip to Najaf was a "positive" one, predicting another delegation would return to the city in a day or two...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Peace delegate: Najaf trip 'positive' despite snub
Despite failing to meet with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi National Conference delegation member today said the trip to Najaf was a "positive" one, predicting another delegation would return to the city in a day or two. The delegation was trying to bring an end to fighting in Najaf between al-Sadr's militia and a U.S.-Iraqi force...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Future Doctors, Crossing Borders
Students at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine learn that diet and culture shape health in East Harlem...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Army, in Shift, Will Pay Halliburton
The Army reversed a decision to withhold payment on 15 percent of future payments to the Halliburton Company on its contracts in Iraq and Kuwait...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
The Guy From Green Day Says He Has Your Mother on the Cellphone
Ring tones have proved to be such a lucrative side business for cellular phone companies that record labels in the United States have decided they want a piece of that revenue...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Complaints follow Haiti acquittal
Human rights groups condemn the acquittal in Haiti of an ex-paramilitary leader accused of murder...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Haiti awaits Brazil football match
Brazil's World Cup-winning soccer team is to take on the Haitian side in a "game for peace"...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Air Canada cleared for take-off
Creditors have approved plans by Air Canada to restructure its business, paving the way for the airline to come out of creditor protection...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Living under code orange
Ray Suarez describes how the fear of another attack on Washington will be an important factor when its citizens' vote for a new president...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Militant cleric snubs Iraqi peace delegation
Radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr refused to meet Tuesday with Iraqi leaders sent to Najaf with the mission to end nearly two weeks of fighting between his militia fighters and a U.S.-Iraqi force, the city's governor said. Al-Sadr and his troops are holed up in a mosque that is one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Storm price gouging alleged
As Florida continues to clean up after Hurricane Charley, lawsuits were filed Tuesday against two hotels that allegedly engaged in price gouging and other unfair practices as people fled...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Effort by Bush on Education Faces Obstacles in the States
Since the president signed No Child Left Behind, the law has imposed changes on education, but it has also faced a backlash...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Bush Promotes His Plan for Missile Defense System
President Bush, in Pennsylvania, said that opponents of a missile defense system were putting the nation's security at risk...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
N.Y. Dems blast Bush
Less than two weeks before the Republican National Convention convenes in Manhattan, some congressional Democrats from New York charge the Bush administration exploits the 9/11 attacks for political gain. The Bush campaign dismisses the 'invective.'...
CNN - August 18, 2004
Price Index Dipped a Bit Last Month
Consumer prices declined slightly in July, pulled down by an incongruous drop in gasoline prices and by lower prices in other less volatile areas...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
So Google Is Almost Public. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Google, whose initial stock offering was delayed by the S.E.C., must prove that its success is not an accident...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Halliburton Now Says It Won't Get Army Extension
The company said today that the U.S. Army had decided not to grant it additional time to substantiate its costs in Iraq and Kuwait...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
A Texan's Race Could Lead to the F.C.C.
A Republican running for Congress has received heavy donations from industry because of expectations over posts she may receive if she loses and President Bush wins...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Stocks Rise on Economic Data
Another jump in oil prices pre-empted a strong rally on Wall Street Tuesday, though stocks managed to post modest gains...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
After Circulation Scandal, a Move to Build Trust
Belo Corporation has set aside $23 million to compensate advertisers for exaggerated circulation figures at The Dallas Morning News...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Safety Gap Grows Wider Between S.U.V.'s and Cars
People driving or riding in a sport utility vehicle in 2003 were nearly 11 percent more likely to die in an accident than people in cars...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Financial Firms Hasten Their Move to Outsourcing
A myriad of financial institutions including banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, investment firms and credit-card companies are sending work to overseas locations...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Fall Season Looks Solid for Retailers, but Holidays Could Be Another Story
Against a background of lackluster retail sales in June and July, analysts and merchants still predict a decent, possibly strong, fall selling season for clothes, accessories and home furnishings...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Mutual Funds Opt to Liquidate
Some of the nation’s more than 8,000 mutual funds are shutting their doors, as their manag- ers confront a lackluster stock market, great- er regulatory scrutiny and higher costs...
New York Times - August 18, 2004
Saudi adverts avow loyalty to US
Saudi Arabia launches radio adverts in the US stressing its commitment to the war on terror...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
US suspends Halliburton decision
The Pentagon suspends a decision to withhold some payments to Halliburton, its biggest contractor in Iraq...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Google market debut delayed
Google's estimated $3bn flotation has been delayed by at least a day as the firm awaits regulatory approval...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
Football: Mexico out despite win
Mexico beat Greece but it is not enough to keep them in the Olympic football tournament...
BBC News - August 18, 2004
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