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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 January 2006:
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CIA: Terror tape is of bin Laden
CIA officials believe an audiotaped message threatening the United States is from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who warns that plans for terror attacks are under way -- and also offers a "long-term truce."...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Dems: Alito would fail to check executive power
Three Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that they would vote against President Bush's Supreme Court nominee. Sen. Patrick Leahy said he would not support Bush's effort to "remove the final check within our democracy."...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Leahy Says He'll Vote Against Alito
Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont today became the first Democrat on the committee to declare his intention to vote against him...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Administration Lays Out Legal Case for Wiretapping Program
The Justice Department today expanded on its past arguments for why the National Security Agency program does not violate federal wiretap law...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Pace of New Home Construction Fell Sharply in December
The numbers appear to reflect the effect of the slight slowing in the housing market from a peak in the summer of last year...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Chip maker AMD sees strong future
Shares in computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rise nearly 12% as it announces a big rise in fourth quarter profit...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Nasa launches probe to Pluto
The US space agency, Nasa, successfully launches its New Horizons mission to Pluto after two days of delays...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Soul singer Wilson Pickett dies
Wilson Pickett, famous for his soul hits In The Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally, has died, aged 64...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Reporter's mom pleads with abductors
Mary Beth Carroll, the mother of abducted journalist Jill Carroll, urged the woman's captors Thursday to release the reporter, saying "they've picked the wrong person."...
CNN - January 19, 2006
'Bin Laden': Attack plan under way
An audiotaped message purported to be from Osama bin Laden says plans for attacks in the U.S. are under way...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Leahy: Alito would move court 'radically to the right'
Sen. Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday he will vote against confirmation of President Bush's Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Mother pleads for writer's release
Mary Beth Carroll, the mother of abducted journalist Jill Carroll, urges the captors to release the reporter, saying "they've picked the wrong person."...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Japan Market Bounces Back as Investors Seek Quick Profits
The market nearly erased the drop of Wednesday, and executives announced plans to improve computer systems...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
World Briefing: Europe and Asia
EUROPE...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Merrill Lynch Reports 25 Percent Rise in 4th-Quarter Profits
The results, which surpassed expectations, build on strong results Merrill posted in the third quarter and reflect the success of its rebuilding efforts...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
New Housing Starts Fall Sharply in December
New housing starts fell sharply in December and building permits fell to their lowest level since May, the government reported today...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Harley-Davidson profits speed up
Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson sees its annual profits accelerate, boosted by growing international sales...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Prosecutors get Menezes report
A report on the killing of a man at a Tube station by London police is sent to the Crown Prosecution Service...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Tennis: Chela stuns Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt crashes out of the second round of the Australian Open after a four-set defeat by Juan Ignacio Chela...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Aids study halted over high risks
An international study of a new way to treat HIV is halted by the US because of increased health risks to patients...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Strike may have hit Qaeda expert
U.S. officials say al Qaeda's chemical weapons expert was "in the vicinity" when CIA airstrikes hit a dinner gathering believed to include terrorists in a Pakistani mountain village. They said Midhat Mursi could have been killed in the attack but stressed they cannot confirm that he was...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Race to save kidnapped reporter
With the kidnappers' Friday deadline looming, the newspaper for which abducted American journalist Jill Carroll works says it is "availing itself of every option we can think of to secure her release."...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Palestinian Leader Vows to Quit if His Program Is Blocked After Election
The Palestinian president said Wednesday that if he is unable to carry out his program after the Jan. 25 elections, he will resign...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
After Panic, Tokyo Market Rebounds
With the market rebounding in trading early Thursday, buyers came in, seeking to scoop up stocks they saw as undervalued...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Addenda: Blog Tracking Services Agree to Join Forces
Blog Tracking Services...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Income Rises at Bank of New York
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New York Times - January 19, 2006
Nestle takes world ice cream lead
Food giant Nestle becomes the world's biggest ice cream maker after taking full ownership of US firm Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Bolivia to scrap Indian ministry
President-elect Evo Morales says he will scrap Bolivia's indigenous affairs and women's ministries...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
US coma girl responds to stimuli
A girl in the US, allegedly beaten close to death by her stepfather, is responding to stimuli, officials say...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Thousands on Katrina missing list
More than 3,200 people remain listed as missing five months after Hurricane Katrina struck the US' Gulf coast, officials say...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
Japanese securities official dead
An executive of a Japanese securities firm involved in takeover deals by the high-profile Internet startup Livedoor has been found dead, police say. An investigation into Livedoor prompted a massive sell-down of Japanese shares on Wednesday...
CNN - January 19, 2006
Justices Reaffirm Emergency Access to Abortion
The opinion sidestepped the abortion debate that has been a prominent feature of public discourse about the court's future...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Critic's Notebook: The Unlikely Reinvention of an Unpredictable Star
Jamie Foxx, the comedian turned actor, ascends the charts as a crooner...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
As Smoke Clears, Tobacco Maker Opens Lounge
In Chicago, a subsidiary of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is opening an upscale tobacco lounge just as a smoking ban has taken effect...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Inquiry on Clinton Official Ends With Accusations of Cover-Up
A report accuses Clinton administration officials of thwarting an inquiry into whether Henry G. Cisneros evaded income taxes...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Inspection Pact Ends for Wal-Mart Stores
Labor Department officials said a much-criticized agreement with Wal-Mart Stores regarding workplace inspections was allowed to expire...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
I.B.M. Names Manager
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Ex-Enron Chief Helps Build His Defense, and an Office for His Lawyers
Just two weeks before his trial is set to begin in federal court, Jeffrey K. Skilling is readying for battle with a fresh outlook...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Economic Scene: Weighing the True Costs and Benefits in a Matter of Life and Death
In the wealthiest nation on earth, a cost-benefit test never dictates unplugging a fully conscious, responsive patient from life support unwillingly...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Market Place: Rocking the Boat in Japan
Is the Japanese establishment out to destroy an upstart, or is Takafumi Horie simply a 33-year-old crook who fooled investors?...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Satellite TV to Offer Family-Fare Packages
DirecTV Group and EchoStar Communications will join cable companies that took similar steps after pressure from regulators...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Couple Sentenced to Prison for Wendy's Chili Scheme
The couple had admitted to planting a severed human finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili as part of an extortion scheme...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Ramapough Tribe Sues Ford Over Sludge Dumping in New Jersey
Lawyers representing the Ramapough Mountain Indian Tribe and other residents of Ringwood, N.J., sued the Ford Motor Company yesterday over the dumping of thousands of tons of paint sludge and other toxic material from the company's former assembly plant in nearby Mahwah, N.J...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
McDonald's Again Rejects Proposal to Spin Off Restaurants
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Group Sues Labor Dept. to Get Names of Workers
A group wants the names of workers who are owed a total of $32 million as part of back-wage settlements...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
A.I.G.'s Operating Chief Steps Down; 2 Directors Are Named
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
NASD Official Leaving
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Reuters) - Barry Goldsmith, enforcement chief at NASD, the securities industry's self-regulatory agency, will step down in mid-March to return to private law practice, the agency said Wednesday...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Sliding Technology Shares Pull Major Indexes Lower
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Advanced Micro Earnings Beat Estimates
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18 - Advanced Micro Devices, the computer chip maker, reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that far exceeded Wall Street estimates and showed that it poses a serious threat to the Intel Corporation, the world's biggest chip maker...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Consumer Prices Declined in December
The Consumer Price Index fell unexpectedly in December as energy prices dropped for the third consecutive month, the Labor Department reported yesterday, easing worries about sharply higher inflation last fall...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Regulators Move Up Review of a Drug
PARIS, Jan. 18 (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis, the drug maker, said on Wednesday that it had won priority review from United States regulators for a new supplemental application of its blood-thinner treatment Plavix...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Income Surges at Schwab
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Southwest Air Increases Profit; American Loss Widens
Higher fares and fuller planes helped the two airlines post stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue growth...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
J. P. Morgan Net Up 62%, but Volatility Stirs Concern
The strong performance was marred by concerns about the volatility of the company's businesses - especially trading...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Bain Capital Purchases Burlington, a Retailer
The sale of the Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, a discount retailer with 367 stores, ends three decades of family control...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Kellogg and Viacom to Face Suit Over Ads for Children
A group of plaintiffs will argue that using cartoon characters like SpongeBob SquarePants to sell to children is deceptive and unfair...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Thomas Murphy, 90, Leader of G.M. in 1970's Prosperity, Dies
Thomas A. Murphy was the last chief executive to lead G.M. when its position as the lone superpower in the global automobile industry was unquestionable...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Advertising: The Comic Strip as a Fashion Statement
The sportswear company Perry Ellis has decided to replace its "leading man" advertising strategy with something less predictable...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Small Business: Little Saigon Exports Its Prosperity
Two new Vietnamese-owned banks in California's thriving immigrant community indicate the rising prosperity of Vietnamese businesses in America...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
After Panic, Tokyo Market Rebounds
With the market rebounding in trading early Thursday, buyers came in, seeking to scoop up stocks they saw as undervalued...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Profit Rises at Apple, but Shares Tumble
Brisk holiday sales of iPods led Apple's profit to nearly double in the first quarter, but its stock fell in response to a poor second quarter outlook...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
Look Who Is Making the Most
New S.E.C. regulations will require disclosure of the pay, severance, bonus, stock, and retirement packages for significantly more senior executives...
New York Times - January 19, 2006
US teen drivers may face limits
A US motoring organisation calls for restrictions on teenage drivers in a bid to reduce accidents...
BBC News - January 19, 2006
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