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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
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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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2005:
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All 20 on seaplane die in crash
Nineteen bodies have been recovered after the crash of a seaplane off Miami, Coast Guard Capt. James Mays has said. Twenty people were aboard the plane, he said. "We are still diving on the wreckage," he said. The crash prompted a huge search and rescue operation involving the emergency departments and private vessels...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Bush: Wiretaps disrupt the enemy
President Bush today defended a secret program that eavesdrops on international phone calls involving some U.S. citizens, saying the United States must be "quick to detect and prevent" possible near-term terrorist attacks. "It has been effective in disrupting the enemy while safeguarding our civil liberties," the president said of the program...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Seaplane crashes off Miami
At least 14 people were killed when a seaplane leaving Miami for the Bahamas crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff, a Coast Guard official said. "We have only found bodies; we haven't found any survivors," Coast Guard Petty Officer Dana Warr told CNN...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Seaplane Crashes Off Miami Beach, Killing 19
Three infants were among those killed when the plane, heading for the Bahamas from Florida, crashed into the water...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Vincent Gigante, Organized Crime Leader Who Feigned Insanity, Dies at 77
Vincent Gigante, who feigned mental illness for decades to camouflage his position as an influential Mafia leader, died today in federal prison...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Former Hussein officials released
The U.S. military has released eight former high-value officials of Saddam Hussein's regime, a military spokesman says. Among them are Huda Salih Mehdi Ammash, a top weapons scientist, known as "Mrs. Anthrax" (pictured), and Rihab Taha, the head of Iraq's biological weapons program, also known as "Dr. Germ."...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Doctor: Sharon to make full recovery
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's mild stroke was caused by a blood clot in the brain, his doctors said Monday, and he should make a full recovery...
CNN - December 19, 2005
NYC transit strike begins with two commuter lines
Commuters who depend on two private bus lines were forced to find their own way home after drivers walked off the job early Monday, a predicament that could soon paralyze the entire city if the transit strike widens...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Bush: Secret wiretaps will continue
President Bush said Monday he intends to continue the U.S. government's use of secret wiretaps to monitor activities of people suspected of being connected to al Qaeda. "To save American lives we must be able to act fast and to detect these conversations so we can prevent new attacks," Bush said during a year-end news conference at the White House...
CNN - December 19, 2005
House Backs Arctic Drilling at End of Marathon Session
Lawmakers voted to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and narrowly passed a $40 billion budget-cutting plan...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Union Chief Warns of Citywide Transit Walkout Tonight
This morning, workers at two private bus companies serving 57,000 riders in Queens went on strike, and employees held noisy demonstrations...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Power Company Agrees to Buy Another for $11 Billion
The parent of Florida Power and Light agreed to acquire the Constellation Energy Group for about $11 billion, the companies said today...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Google 'close to $1bn AOL deal'
Google is expected to announce later this week that it will pay $1bn for a 5% stake in America Online...
BBC News - December 19, 2005
Fresh backing for web phone firm
Broadband phone firm Vonage says it has raised $250m to help finance the expansion of its network in the US...
BBC News - December 19, 2005
US card enters Canada poll
Relations with Canada's southern neighbour are coming to the fore in its election campaign, the BBC's Lee Carter reports...
BBC News - December 19, 2005
Brazilian prison official killed
Brazilian police launch an inquiry into the murder of the security chief of one of the country's most notorious prisons...
BBC News - December 19, 2005
Tributes paid to West Wing actor
West Wing colleagues pay tribute to actor John Spencer, who died of a heart attack in Los Angeles aged 58...
BBC News - December 19, 2005
Limited transit strike in NYC
Workers at a pair of private New York bus lines went on strike early today -- the first steps in what could be the shutdown of the nation's largest public transportation system...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Bush: Iraq war not lost
In a landmark speech from the Oval Office, U.S. President George W. Bush reiterates his case for staying the course in Iraq and says the war there is being won...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Bush: 'We are winning'
President Bush, acknowledging deep divisions and difficult progress in Iraq, said U.S. forces are making "steady gains" in the nearly 3-year-old war and urged Americans not to "give in to despair."...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Sharon resting after mild stroke
After suffering a mild stroke, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spent a restful night and will be further evaluated by doctors Monday, a statement from his office said...
CNN - December 19, 2005
House Passes $40 Billion Budget Cutting Plan
Bleary-eyed lawmakers concluded a marathon weekend session by voting to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
As Talks Stall, Workers Begin Queens Strike
Workers at two bus companies in Queens went on strike Monday morning as transit contract talks remained deadlocked...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
US border fence plan 'shameful'
Mexican President Vicente Fox strongly condemns a US proposal to build a fence along parts of their border...
BBC News - December 19, 2005
Bush: 'We are winning the war in Iraq'
President Bush said Sunday night that a premature withdrawal from Iraq would damage U.S. credibility just as insurgents are starting to feel "a tightening noose." He also hailed the Iraqi election as "the beginning of something new."...
CNN - December 19, 2005
Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World
A 13-year-old was drawn into performing sex acts for an online audience in a tale of the dark collateral effects of technology...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Reaching Over Korea's Divide, a Helping Hand Holds a Bible
For South Korea's missionaries, converting people from the North dovetails with their dream of a reunified peninsula...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Rice Defends Domestic Eavesdropping
Condoleezza Rice said the program was carefully controlled and necessary to close gaps in the nation's counterterrorism efforts...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
David Carr: At Time Inc., the Big Heads Roll, Too
The company that Henry Luce founded is reorganizing in fits and starts, cutting loose some of its more precious human assets...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Need to Find an Xbox 360? Buy a Ticket to Tokyo
Finding the new Xbox console is no problem in Japan as most prefer to await the new version of the Sony PlayStation before deciding what system to buy...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Off the TV and Into the Internet Chat Room
In lieu of the "post-mortem" TV morning show appearance, "The Apprentice" has its ousted participants hold an Internet chat with viewers...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Rural Living, but With Access to High-Speed Internet Service
Maine's governor is leading an initiative to bring wireless Internet service to 90 percent of communities that meet a population threshold (five people per square mile) by 2010...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Journal Faults a Medical Group in a Dispute Over Independence
A medical journal that gives readers a mixture of scientific research papers and journalism is embroiled in a dispute that has led to charges of censorship...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Link by Link: Social Commentary, or Just a Dog's Opinion?
The music industry could not have been very happy when bloggers began sharing screen grabs from a popular new Nintendo game, which includes, among its many characters, a guitar-toting puppy who seems to extol the virtues of file-sharing...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Drilling Down: For HDTV Viewing, the Set Is Just the Start
Only about half of the homes in the United States with HDTV sets are able to watch high-definition television, according to a study...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Autos on Monday | Collecting: With Wagons' Comeback, New Interest in Originals
Taking a cue from clothing designers, automakers are finding success in repackaging old ideas and presenting the reborn products as must-have vehicles...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Power Company Is Said to Agree to Buy Another for $11 Billion
This marks the first interstate merger among two power companies since Congress passed a bill repealing a law that limited such deals...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
E-Commerce Report : Small Internet Retailers are Using Web Tools to Level the Selling Field
Amazon, Walmart.com and other online retailing giants have always had upstarts nipping at their heels. But the little guys are starting to bite harder...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
With More Misses Than Hits, a Shake-Up at WB Network
The WB Network is looking to end its reliance on reruns and aging shows as a way to capture the younger audiences it is courting...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Journalism Interns at a School of Rock
Casting calls are going out on college campuses late next month for aspiring Rolling Stone writers who would also look good on MTV and want to become famous, or almost famous...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Guidelines Set on Software Property Rights
To remove obstacles to joint research, four leading technology companies and seven American universities have agreed on principles for making software developed in collaborative projects freely available...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Advertising: AOL's Choice of Google Leaves Microsoft as the Outsider
Time Warner's expected renewal of its partnership with Google shows just how much Google has supplanted Microsoft as the force to be reckoned with in technology...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
Before You Buy a Ticket, Why Not Buy the DVD?
In the last several months, a handful of new ventures have been formed to help filmmakers find their audience - online, on DVD and at the movie theater...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
With Stern on Board, Satellite Radio Is Approaching a Secure Orbit
Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are relying on small receivers and star power to fuel their growth...
New York Times - December 19, 2005
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