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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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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
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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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2005:
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The weight of history
President Bush said Wednesday he felt the weight of history for his second inauguration. As snow fell on Washington, Bush rode by motorcade to the U.S. Archives where he viewed the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. He also attended a pre-inaugural concert billed as "America's Future Rocks Today."...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Tradition continues
At high noon on Thursday, President Bush will be sworn in by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Bush's second inauguration will take place with unprecedented security --- and plenty of financial help...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Tsunami toll soars past 212,000
The Indonesian Health Ministry said Wednesday that the December 26 earthquake and tsunami killed 166,320 people in Indonesia, jumping the regional death toll for the disaster to 212,611...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Wall Street cool to eBay's profit
Shares in eBay fall 9.8% in after-hours trade in New York, after its quarterly profits fail to meet market expectations...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
US economy still growing says Fed
Most US areas saw their economy continue to expand in December and early January, the Federal Reserve says...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Brazil offers Colombia mediation
Colombia and Venezuela welcome Brazil's offer to mediate in a diplomatic row over a guerrilla arrest...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Peru president angry at critics
Peru's president calls for critics to back off as his deputy suffers a heart attack after TV interviews...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
WorldCom trial under way
Jury selection begins in the trial of ex-WorldCom boss Bernie Ebbers accused of masterminding a $11bn fraud...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Senate panel approves Rice
On a 16-2 vote, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted to confirm Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state, sending her nomination to the full Senate for review. The two dissenting votes came from Democratic senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Abducted children safe after parents held
The North Carolina couple accused of kidnapping their own children from foster care were taken into custody Wednesday in Grayson County, Virginia, authorities told CNN...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Abducted children safe after parents held
The North Carolina couple accused of kidnapping their own children from foster care were taken into custody today in Grayson County, Virginia, authorities told CNN. "We have the children and some adults," Grayson County Sheriff Jerry Wilson told CNN...
CNN - January 19, 2005
High fuel costs hit US airlines
Two of the largest US airlines - American and Southwest - blame record fuel prices for their poor quarterly results...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
European losses hit GM's profits
General Motors sees its net profits fall 37% in the last quarter of 2004, as it continues to be hit by losses in Europe...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Montreal forfeits swimming worlds
Montreal is stripped of July's swimming World Championships because of a shortfall in finance...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
4 car bombs hit Baghdad in 90 minutes
Four suicide car bombers carried out separate attacks in and around Baghdad this morning within a 90-minute span, killing at least 25 Iraqis, a U.S. military spokesman said...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Rice hearings to resume
Secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice goes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a second day of hearings today, with a committee vote on her nomination possible by day's end. On Tuesday, the first day of the hearings, Rice defended the war in Iraq in the face of sometimes-withering questioning from committee Democrats...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Iraq car bombings kill at least 25
Four suicide car bombers carry out separate attacks in and around Baghdad, killing at least 25 Iraqis, according to a U.S. military spokesman. U.S. soldiers found and detonated a fifth car bomb on the road leading to the airport...
CNN - January 19, 2005
After Tsunami's Rampage, Looters' Market Is on a Roll
Business is coming back to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, a city hit hard by the tsunami, and not all of it fits into neat moral boxes...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Cricket: West Indies lose out
Wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal hits 124 as Pakistan beat West Indies by six wickets...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Jackson evidence 'may be secret'
Prosecutors in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial want evidence from child witnesses given in private...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Bomber strikes near embassy in Baghdad
Casualties have been reported from the scene of a suicide blast near Australia's embassy in Baghdad. Moments later, a bombing was reported at a police headquarters in the city...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Bush thanks troops
President George W. Bush said the purpose of a huge, star-packed gala in the heart of the nation's capital Tuesday was to thank troops for their service. During the event, former President George H.W. Bush read a letter he wrote after his World War II plane was hit...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Rice hearing gets testy
California Sen. Barbara Boxer questioned national security adviser Condoleezza Rice aggressively Tuesday at a confirmation hearing for secretary of state. When Boxer pointed out what she said were inconsistencies in Rice's statements, Rice bristled and said, ""I really hope that you will refrain from impugning my integrity."...
CNN - January 19, 2005
Rebuilding of Basra Progresses, but It's Harder Than Expected
Money and machines alone do not create modern, smoothly functioning urban systems, as the experience of Basra, Iraq, shows...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Capital Weaves a Steel Cocoon for a Big Party
As Washington prepared to celebrate President Bush's inauguration, the city appeared more like a place under siege...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Earlier World Trade Center Terror Victims Struggle On
While the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack received outpourings of support, many of the 1993 bombing victims feel as if they have been forgotten...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
The Japan-China Stew: Sweet and Sour
In Japan today, China has come to be regarded as a partner by the business class and a rival, if not outright adversary, by the political class...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Krispy Kreme Picks Turnaround Specialist
Investors showed hope that Stephen F. Cooper could reorganize the company without bankruptcy proceedings...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
I.B.M. Reports Strong Results for 4th Quarter
The results surpassed Wall Street's expectations in both sales and profit, with fourth-quarter earnings reaching $3 billion for the first time in the company's history...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
A Witness's Personal Life Is Fair Game in Ebbers Trial
Lawyers for Bernard Ebbers, the former chief executive of WorldCom, won the right to introduce personal details about the prosecution's main witness...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Road Map to a Digital System of Health Records
A group of health and information technology organizations gave the Bush administration recommendations for a health information network of digital records...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Yahoo's Profit Soars in Quarter on Ad Spending and Investments
Yahoo Inc. posted strong fourth-quarter profits, driven largely by strong advertising sales and a sizable windfall from sales of an investment...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Suits Contend Mutual Funds Fail to Collect in Settlements
A barrage of lawsuits has been filed against mutual funds, contending that they did not claim money due their investors from settlements of securities class-action lawsuits...
New York Times - January 19, 2005
Saudis cleared from 9/11 lawsuits
A US judge throws out civil lawsuits accusing the Saudi government of helping the 9/11 hijackers...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
Baseball: Clemens asks for $22m
Roger Clemens asks Houston for a £12m salary but may still retire from baseball...
BBC News - January 19, 2005
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