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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 September 2005:
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Schroeder rejects Merkel mandate
Gerhard Schroeder rejects challenger Angela Merkel's claim of a mandate to form a new government after Sunday's elections and says he intends to remain Germany's chancellor...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Tropical Storm Rita threatens Florida
Storm warnings and hurricane watches were posted across southern Florida and Cuba and tourists were ordered out of the lower Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Rita took shape Sunday afternoon off the Bahamas...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Senators: Cut fat to fund Katrina recovery
Since the president prefers not to raise taxes to finance Hurricane Katrina recovery, three senators suggested Sunday that Congress cut spending, delay a Medicare prescription benefit and forego a tax cut for the rich...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Gunmen Kill Kurdish Member of Parliament in Iraq
Iraqi officials announced the shooting of a Parliament member as Shiite militia fighters blocked off streets in Basra to demand the release of three of their members...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Vatican Details Final Days of Pope John Paul II
The Vatican has published a detailed account of Pope John Paul II's final days. It says his final words were, "Let me go to the house of the Father."...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Merkel claims German mandate
Angela Merkel claims a mandate to form a new German government after exit polls show her conservative opposition leading in Sunday's vote but falling short of a parliamentary majority...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Six insurgents killed in northern Iraq
Coalition forces killed six insurgents in northern Iraq on Sunday during raids on al Qaeda in Iraq safe houses, the U.S. military said. Insurgents attacked coalition forces as the U.S. and Iraqi troops entered a house in Tal Afar, to the west of the major city of Mosul, the military said...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Hurricane watch issued for Florida Keys
A hurricane watch has been issued for the Florida Keys as a tropical depression strengthened in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Aging, Frail, and Refugees From the Hurricane
Even a successful evacuation can be deadly for the elderly, who are at risk of what experts call transfer trauma...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Katrina challenge for LA mission
A Los Angeles refuge providing shelter to Hurricane Katrina evacuees evokes both gratitude and resentment...
BBC News - September 18, 2005
Jackson speaks about trial ordeal
Pop star Michael Jackson describes his child abuse trial as "the hardest thing I've ever done in my life"...
BBC News - September 18, 2005
Iraqi MP among three killed
An Iraqi member of parliament was among three people fatally shot Saturday while traveling in a convoy to Baghdad from Mosul, and a second member of parliament was wounded, Iraqi police sources told CNN...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Decision time for German voters
With polls showing up to 25 percent of them undecided, German voters headed to the polls Sunday to decide between current Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and challenger Angela Merkel in a race seen too close to call...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Boxing: Barrera grabs victory
Marco Antonio Barrer adds Robbie Peden's IBF super featherweight belt to his collection with a clinical points win...
BBC News - September 18, 2005
Famed cemeteries muddied
Hurricane Katrina has transformed the legendary New Orleans cemeteries, known as "cities of the dead," into a brown landscape of muck and stench. But fears that floodwaters would send large numbers of coffins and corpses floating away from their crypts were largely unfounded...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Voting under way in Afghanistan
In a key test for Afghanistan's fledgling democracy, voters went to the polls Sunday amid heavy security to elect representatives to their national parliament and local legislators. News services were reporting of scattered attacks from insurgents across the country...
CNN - September 18, 2005
Girls and Boys, Meet Nature. Bring Your Gun.
Hunting advocates are recruiting more children to sustain the sport, which has been losing participants for two decades...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Collective Bargain Hunting
Consumers coming together — to get the best deals for themselves...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Post-Katrina, Bricks and Mortals
Whatever the challenges in reviving New Orleans, the hard truth is that cities often have difficulty bouncing back from manmade misfortune...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
The Key to Google's $10 Million Man
What makes Kai-Fu Lee, a computer scientist at Microsoft who defected to Google, such a hot commodity in Silicon Valley?...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
The Ultimate Body Language: How You Line Up for Mickey
Visitors to Hong Kong Disneyland from mainland China are still trying to figure out how lines work...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
John J. McMullen Dies at 87; Ex-Owner of Devils and Astros
Mr. McMullen brought the National Hockey League to New Jersey in 1982, then presided over Devils teams that won two Stanley Cup championships...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Keeping Your Dog Paddler Afloat
Compared with its snappily christened competitors, the Dog Life Jacket sounds rather pedestrian...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Think Gas Is Costly? Just Be Thankful You Don't Have a Jet
Think Gas Is Costly?...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
A Commoner's Rowdy Ride to the White House
A BIOGRAPHER of Benjamin Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, H. W. Brands has shifted his lens westward to tell the life of Andrew Jackson. His subject is well chosen - a president generally ranked as significant yet one whose story is not widely known...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Will Katrina Make the Fed Slow Down?
WITH few economic reports due this week, the Federal Reserve has the stage pretty much to itself. But even if the calendar were full, it would be hard to deflect traders' attention from the first formal opportunity to gauge the Fed's thinking on interest rates and the economy since Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
If the Boss Has a Problem, Maybe You Do, Too
Your supervisor's behavior has changed, and not for the better. Whom do you tell?...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Still a Circumnavigator
Paul Hanrahan, president and chief executive, the AES Corporation, Arlington, Va...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
A Supreme Challenge for a Proxy-Fight Pro
Institutional Shareholder Services dispenses plenty of advice to shareholders about how to vote in proxy fights, but its chairman, Robert C. S. Monks, is broadening his advice-giving to the political arena...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
A Fib Here, a Scandal There
What you don't know about your hedge fund manager, it turns out, can really hurt you...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Has the Sky Stopped Falling at Disney?
Disney will soon release a computer-animated film as part of a plan to reinvigorate the company and move away from hand-drawn animation...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Whoops! There Goes Another Pension Plan
Shedding pensions - and pensioners' health care obligations - is turning into an irresistible way to make a high-risk investment pay off...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Psst: Want to Know My Net Worth?
For an increasing number of people, blogging is all about the money...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
The Disaster Behind the Disaster: Poverty
Should the government try to improve conditions in persistently poor areas, or should it simply wait for - or even encourage - the population to move away?...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Help for Aging Parents, and for Yourself
Too many baby boomers mistakenly believe they must choose among their own needs, their newer family's needs and those of their parents...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Pop Goes the Bubble? Maybe It's Time to Cheer
The very best thing you can say about the passing of the real estate bubble is "good riddance."...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Don't Jump to Conclusions (Especially After Hurricanes)
It's easy to make snap judgments about events like Hurricane Katrina: bad news for the economy, at least in the short run, but good news for energy profits, right?...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
Sony's Unlikely Mogul, at the Crossroads
Sir Howard Stringer, the chief executive of Sony, may be the first media executive to attain mogul status without actually lobbying or angling for it...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
A Vacation Isn't All Fun and Games for the Nanny
Many families are taking along their nanny on vacations to increase the comfort level for both children and parents...
New York Times - September 18, 2005
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