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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 2007:
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Goody evicted from race row House
British reality television star Jade Goody, accused of racism and bullying a fellow contestant from India, was voted off "Celebrity Big Brother" on Friday. A public vote saw Indian actress Shilpa Shetty stay in the house and Goody, her main tormentor, evicted...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Former Ohio congressman sentenced to 30 months
Former Rep. Bob Ney was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a congressional bribery scandal...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Supreme Court to Hear Campaign Finance Case
The Supreme Court announced an expedited review of a ruling last month that substantially narrowed the application of a major provision of the McCain-Feingold federal campaign law...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Secretary General Orders Audits of U.N. Programs
The move by Ban Ki-moon, the new secretary general, appeared to be an effort to head off the kind of problems that his predecessor faced...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Spitzer and Corzine Appeal for Antiterrorism Aid
The governors of New York and New Jersy today warned against further reductions to antiterrorism financing...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Archdiocese to Shut 21 N.Y. Parishes
The closures are part of a reorganization plan that has dragged on for more than five years and trapped many parishioners in uncertainty...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Lawmakers Wary of Talks With Iran and Syria
Lee Hamilton, the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, told a House panel today that diplomacy should be tried...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
State Farm Settles Suit Over Hurricane Damage
State Farm agreed today to pay for a house on the Mississippi coast destroyed by Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Guantanamo Moroccans cleared
Five Moroccan men freed from Guantanamo Bay are cleared of
terrorism-related charges in Morocco...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Doherty of Mamas and Papas dies
Canadian Singer-songwriter Dennis Doherty from the 60s group the Mamas and the Papas dies aged 66...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
World's oldest woman dies at 115
Canadian Julie Winnefred Bertrand, the world's oldest woman, dies aged 115 in Montreal, local media report...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Time running out for NY dolphins
A last-ditch attempt to rescue dolphins trapped off New York's Long Island coast appears to be failing...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Hunt for top journalist's killer
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to find the killer of a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist who spoke out against the killing of Armenians early last century. Hrant Dink, 53, was killed in front of his offices in broad daylight...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Cops: Dropout is Ivy League imposter
Police say high school dropout Esther Reed assumed the identity of Brooke Henson, who has been missing for seven years, and won admission to two Ivy League universities, Harvard and Columbia. They're seeking her for questioning...
CNN - January 19, 2007
U.S., allies protest China's anti-satellite test
Britain, Japan and Australia joined the United States on Friday in voicing concern about the rising militarization of space after China successfully carried out a test of an anti-satellite weapon...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Israel Transfers $100 Million to Abbas
The transfer was part of a plan to bolster him and keep money out of the hands of the Hamas government, officials said today...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
New York Archdiocese Shutting 10 Parishes
The announcement ended a decision-making process that has dragged on for more than five years and trapped many parishioners in uncertainty...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Ex-Congressman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
Bob Ney of Ohio was the first congressman ensnared in a bribery scandal stemming from lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
U.S. General Expects Troop Increase to End by Summer
Gen. George Casey said that the additional troops being sent to Iraq could begin to be withdrawn again by late summer if security improves in Baghdad...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Shanghai Bribery Inquiry Ensnares Big Firms
Police have detained 22 people in an investigation that has ensnared McDonalds, Whirlpool, McKinsey and ABB...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Pfizer 'to axe thousands of jobs'
US drugs giant Pfizer is expected to cut thousands of jobs when a new corporate strategy is unveiled on Monday...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Record profit at General Electric
General Electric reports record earnings for 2006, boosted by its infrastructure and healthcare businesses...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Tennis: Roddick beats Safin
Sixth seed Andy Roddick knocks the 2005 champion Marat Safin out of the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
US defence chief sees Iraq forces
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says Iraq is at a "pivotal moment" as he meets US and British commanders in Basra...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Republican Ney sentenced to jail
Former congressman Bob Ney is jailed for 30 months for his role in the Abramoff corruption scandal...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Motorola cuts 3,500 jobs
Mobile phone giant Motorola will cut 3,500 staff as it confronts a sharp decline in profits and tough competition...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
U.S.: China tests satellite killer
China has successfully used a missile to destroy an orbiting satellite, U.S. government officials have told CNN, in a test that could undermine relations with the West and pose a threat to satellites important to the U.S. military. Washington and other governmentts have made formal complaints about the test...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Forces arrest al-Sadr cleric
In an overnight raid, Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops captured a top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in eastern Baghdad, the militia's spokesman told CNN Friday...
CNN - January 19, 2007
News Analysis: Perhaps Thinking of Legacy, Bush Has Rice on the Move
Throughout a week of long flights and long nights of negotiations, Condoleezza Rice carried the message that the moment was right for progress in the Middle East...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
GE buys Abbott units for $8.2bn
Industrial giant General Electric is buying two of Abbott's medical testing businesses for $8.2bn in an all-cash deal...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
US names envoy to Afghanistan
US President George W Bush nominates career diplomat William Wood as the new US ambassador to Afghanistan...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Toyota to recall 533,000 vehicles
Toyota recalls 533,000 Sequoia and Tundra models in the US to repair a fault that has led to accidents...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
MySpace sued over child safety
MySpace is sued by the families of five girls who were allegedly assaulted by men they met through the site...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Democrats reject US oil subsidies
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives votes to overturn billions in subsidies to the oil industry...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Mercosur 'must tackle inequality'
South American trading bloc Mercosur needs to do more to address social concerns, regional leaders agree...
BBC News - January 19, 2007
Fierce winds batter Europe
Some of the fiercest storms in years unleash hurricane-force winds and heavy downpours in northern Europe, killing at least 27 and disrupting travel for tens of thousands...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Powerful storm batters Europe
Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe on Thursday, killing 25 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands -- including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Deaths were reported in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, France and Belgium...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Senate passes Democrats' ethics, lobbying bill
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill overhauling ethics and lobbying rules after consideration of an amendment to create line-item veto authority for the president was delayed. Sen. Harry Reid, who made the bill his first initiative as majority leader, called it the "most significant" ethics legislation in U.S. history...
CNN - January 19, 2007
Books of The Times: Putting Hitler on the Couch, and Finding Bees
Norman Mailer?s new novel, ?The Castle in the Forest,? imagines Adolf Hitler?s bedeviled boyhood...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Maine City Bans Smoking in Cars With Children
An ordinance in Bangor, Me., allows the police to stop cars if an adult is smoking while a child under 18 is a passenger...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
News Analysis: White House Shifting Tactics in Surveillance Cases
The administration often seeks to change the terms of the debate just as executive authority is about to be tested...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Parents of 9/11 Victims Torn From Grandchildren
Some aging parents of victims of 9/11 have found themselves in bitter struggles over their grandchildren...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Senate Passes Vast Overhaul in Ethics Rules
The Senate banned many of the favors that lobbyists do for lawmakers and illuminated the practice of earmarking...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Uneasy at First, Mets Embrace Their New Orleans Connection
After 38 years as the Mets' Class AAA affiliate, Norfolk, Va. dumped them for the Baltimore Orioles. So for at least the next two years, the team's new affiliate will be the New Orleans Zephyrs...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Advertising: A Chance to Save Their Skin
Cosmetics companies are increasingly running parallel campaigns aimed at younger customers...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
World Business Briefing: Pharmaceutical Acquisition Is Cleared
United States antitrust authorities said they had conditionally approved plans by the hospital products company Hospira to buy a generic cancer drug company in Australia, Mayne Pharma. The Federal Trade Commission said it would not oppose the $2 billion deal after the companies agreed to divest themselves of Mayne assets used to manufacture and supply five generic injectable drugs. The assets must be sold to Barr Pharmaceuticals within 10 days of the acquisition as part of the agreement, the F.T.C. said. Hospira, based in Lake Forest, Ill., has said the purchase will more than double the size of its international business...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
World Business Briefing: Britain: Reins Tighten on BBC Financing
The BBC said it might have to cut back on the creation of television shows and other programming after the government awarded it less public financing over the next six years than it had requested. The BBC?s license fee, which every British household with a television is required to pay, will rise to £148 ($290) in 2012, from £131.50 last year. The fee will generate more than £20 billion ($39.4 billion) for the BBC over the six years, about £2 billion less than the BBC had requested, the broadcaster said. ?We now face not just a tight settlement but daunting investment challenges in distribution, infrastructure and technology that risk diverting money away from content creation,? said Mark Thompson, above, the director general of the BBC...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
World Business Briefing: China: Intel Considers Building Chip Plant
Intel is considering building its first semiconductor factory in Asia in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. China?s central government has approved the project, said Gao Fujun, assistant counsel at the Dalian Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau. An Intel spokesman, Mark Miller, said the company was in talks with several governments about its next chip factory. The company won approval to build a factory in the Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone, Mr. Gao said. Intel has assembly and testing plants in Shanghai and Chengdu...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
World Business Briefing: Germany: Media Mogul Demands Redress
Deutsche Bank and its former chief executive, Rolf E. Breuer, are facing damage claims of 1.4 billion euros ($1.8 billion) from the media mogul Leo Kirch for comments made in 2002 about the creditworthiness of Mr. Kirch?s media group. ?The claims have no substance, and we?ll vigorously counter any legal action,? a Deutsche Bank spokesman, Ronald Weichert, said. The bank received a letter from Mr. Kirch?s lawyers demanding it pay the money by Jan. 30 or face a lawsuit, Mr. Weichert said. The dispute stems from a 2002 Bloomberg television interview in which Mr. Breuer said the financial sector was not prepared to provide new loans for Mr. Kirch?s company. The company collapsed a few months later...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
World Business Briefing: Switzerland: Novartis Earnings Rise 23%
The Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis said that its fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent on strong sales of its top-selling medicines as well as its generic drugs. The earnings of $1.66 billion in the three months that ended Dec. 31 came in slightly lower than analysts had forecast, and Novartis shares slipped 1.5 percent, to close at 72.50 Swiss francs ($58.09) in Zurich trading. Overall sales rose 16 percent, to $10.05 billion, from $8.66 billion in the last quarter of 2005, with help from Diovan, a hypertension drug, and the cancer pill Gleevec, known as Glivec in Europe. Novartis said its full-year profit came to $7.2 billion, a 17 percent increase over the previous year and its 10th consecutive year for record results...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Sports Business: What's in a Name? $400 Million
Given the Nets? history, it is difficult to comprehend that Barclays is paying exactly what Citicorp committed in November for the right for 20 years to name the Mets? new stadium...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
World Business Briefing: Italy: Hungarian Move by Bank
Intesa Sanpaolo, the Italian bank, offered to buy shares in its Hungarian unit, Inter-Europa Bank Nyrt, also known as IEB. Intesa Sanpaolo, which owns 84.7 percent of IEB, which is based in Budapest, offered 4,074 forint ($21) a share, it said...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Bidding for ElkCorp Heats Up
The Building Materials Corporation of America raised its bid to $865.2 million, topping an offer by the Carlyle Group...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
VNU to Change Name
The information and media group VNU is changing its name to the Nielsen Company to capitalize on its largest brand...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Consumer Reports Retracts Article on Car Seats
The magazine withdrew a negative report on infant car seats after questions were raised about the crash tests...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Bank of New York?s Profit Beats Expectations
Fourth-quarter earnings were up on strength in its corporate trust business, depositary receipts and global custody services...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
UnitedHealth Earned $1.2 Billion in 4th Quarter
UnitedHealth did not disclose earnings per share or give comparisons to last year and gave a tepid outlook for 2007...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Continental Reports a 40% Narrower Loss
Fourth-quarter loss narrowed by 40 percent as it flew more passengers and increased fares...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Foreign Sales Push Up Harley-Davidson?s Profit
Strong international sales helped drive fourth-quarter profit up 9.7 percent, but sales in the U.S. were flat...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Novartis Posts Record Earnings for 10th Year
Fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent on strong sales of its top-selling medicines as well as in its generic drug unit...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
G.E. Agrees to Buy an Abbott Laboratories Unit
General Electric will buy part of the diagnostic-equipment unit of Abbott Laboratories for $8.13 billion to expand its line of testing devices...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Fall on Technology Sales Forecasts
Declining oil prices sent energy shares down and sales forecasts from technology companies fell below analysts? estimates...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Coke Executive to Resign Post
Mary E. Minnick, will leave the company, a month after the company promoted its international chief, Muhtar Kent, to chief operating officer...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
To Simplify, Allianz Will Acquire All of French Unit
The largest insurer in Europe announced that it would buy out the minority shareholders of its French subsidiary AGF for $12.6 billion...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Mistrial Declared Over Vioxx Risks
A hung jury forced a mistrial in lawsuits by two men who attributed their heart attacks to the painkiller Vioxx...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Stock Market in London Fights Nasdaq With Buyback
The London exchange pledged to buy back as much as £250 million ($493 million) in shares this year...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Strong Merger Market Aids Merrill Lynch?s 68% Profit Rise
Merrill?s results were propelled by a buoyant market for mergers and acquisitions and strong results from trading and principal investments...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
V.C. Nation: A Light Bulb Goes on, and China Starts Thinking ?Alternative Energy?
More seed investors are financing start-ups in China that are developing equipment to promote energy efficiency...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
After Inquiries, Ford Official Decides to Skip Company Jet
The move comes amid media scrutiny over his flights, an expense that raised eyebrows because of billions in losses last year at Ford...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Data Breach Could Affect Millions of TJX Shoppers
Millions of credit and debit cards might have been compromised in what could emerge as the country?s biggest case of stolen consumer data...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
AT&T Plans ?Unity? Strategy for Free Calls
The AT&T Unity package will allow cellular customers to call any AT&T landline customer without incurring additional usage fees...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Law Firms Are Urged Not to Force Retirements
A special committee of the New York State Bar Association is calling on law firms to end the practice of mandatory retirement for partners...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
I.B.M. Sales Beat Forecasts on Software and Services
I.B.M.?s profit slightly surpassed estimates, lifted by strong software sales and a solid performance from its big services unit...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Time Inc. Cutting Almost 300 Magazine Jobs to Focus More on Web Sites
The company is streamlining its publications to bolster its presence online, especially sites associated with its marquee magazines...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
From Ethics Overseer to Hedge Fund Boss
The former top U.S. securities regulator has started a second career as operator of an advocacy hedge fund...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Economy Seems to Be Holding Its Own, but Inflation Risk Persists
The U.S. economy seems to be shaking off a slowdown brought on by the precipitous drop in housing...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
No Clear-Cut Path for Tribune?s Board
None of the recent bids for the company had enough clout or sizzle to generate much investor interest...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Wall Street Is Betting on the Farm
Wall Street commodity funds that have been investing heavily in energy futures are now loading up on agricultural commodities like corn and livestock futures...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Approach Boss With Caution
If the personality of Jonathan G. Ornstein, head of the Mesa Air Group, is outsize, so are his ambitions. He wants to make the regional airline global...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
House Votes to Rescind Oil Drillers? Tax Breaks
The legislation would rescind $14 billion in tax breaks and reserve the money to develop alternative energy projects...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
Fed Chief Warns That Entitlement Growth Could Harm Economy
Ben S. Bernanke warned of the long-term danger posed by looming deficits in Social Security and Medicare...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
A Coalition for Firm Limit on Emissions
Ten companies have banded with environmental groups to call for a nationwide cap on carbon dioxide emissions...
New York Times - January 19, 2007
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