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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 March 2008:
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Entrepreneurial Edge: Small Businesses Offer Alternatives to Gang Life
A Los Angeles corporation is demonstrating that the training and discipline of working in a small company can help change the lives of former gang members...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
New Products and a New Espresso Maker at Starbucks
The company unveiled an automated espresso machine that grinds coffee with each drink and announced plans for a new pungent coffee blend as well as a rewards program...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Delta Pilots Reject Arbitration Overture
Delta?s pilots union rejected the idea of arbitration with its counterpart at Northwest to break an impasse over integrating seniority lists as part of a possible combination of the carriers...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
French Court Upholds Ban on Gene-Altered Corn Seed
The court upheld the month-old ban on a corn variety produced by Monsanto until it could rule on its scientific underpinning...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Heparin Contaminant Is Identified
U.S. health officials have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Justices Overturn Death Sentence
The Supreme Court found that the trial judge ?committed clear error? in excluding black jurors...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Storm Brings Floods in Central U.S.
A huge storm system poured as much as 10 inches of rain across a wide swath of the nation?s midsection, forcing hundreds to flee their homes on Wednesday...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
The Lede: Are Nice Folks on the Right Track?
A Harvard study finds that nice guys do finish first...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
City Room: ?Law & Order? Faces a Case of Libel
A judge refuses to dismiss a case of "libel in fiction" filed by the lawyer Ravi Batra against the show "Law & Order."...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Dow Gives Up 293 Points; Gold and Oil Plunge
A day after an interest rate cut fueled the best stock session in five years, the Dow slid back nearly 300 points and commodity prices plummeted...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Clinton?s White House Schedules Are Released
The long-awaited documents show Hillary Rodham Clinton?s activities while her husband was president...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
In Tibetan Areas, Parallel Worlds Now Collide
Tibetans and Han Chinese live in close proximity, but their relations are marked by distrust and prejudice...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
British Papers Blunder in Missing Girl Case
Several tabloids have apologized to the parents of a missing 4-year-old for their faulty reporting in the case...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
McCain supports Israeli response
US presidential hopeful John McCain says he understands Israel's response to Palestinian rocket attacks...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
BNP Paribas Ends Talk of Buying French Rival
Shares of Société Générale, the bank buffeted by a trading loss of $7.2 billion, fell 7 percent on Wednesday after BNP Paribas confirmed that it had no plans to attempt a takeover...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
General Mills Profit Jumps on Sales Increase
The food company said profit climbed 61 percent in the third quarter as strong demand and higher prices led to a big rise in sales...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Stocks Pull Back After Huge Rally Tues.
Shares fell Wednesday afternoon as investors digested results at Morgan Stanley and news that the government will free up billions of dollars at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Visa Shares Jump Sharply as Trading Starts
Shares of the credit card giant shot up in their first hour of trading on Wednesday after the largest initial public offering in American history...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
The Caucus: Clinton?s Schedules Are Released
Like everyone else we are poring over the pages today to see what's in there. We invite you to take a look too and let us know what you find...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
The Lede: Inquiry on Tiger Attack at Zoo
A report cites failures and offers a gripping account of the tiger's final moments...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
City Room: The Leaning Landmark of Broadway
The elegant cast-iron building at 287 Broadway, a designated landmark, was vacated in November because it is leaning about eight inches to the south. Buildings officials believe it can be saved eventually, but meanwhile tenants are in limbo...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
TV Decoder: Sundance Channel May Be for Sale
(Sundance.com) The Sundance Channel, a joint venture of NBC Universal, CBS and Robert Redford, is being put up for sale, a media analyst said Wednesday. The channel, available in 26 million homes, is seeking a valuation in excess of $400 million, according to Richard Greenfield, a media analyst at Pali Research. If neither NBC or CBS decides [...]...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Bush Defends Iraq War in Speech
In remarks prepared for a speech on the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq, President Bush defended the conflict...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Justices Overturn Louisiana Death Sentence
The Supreme Court found that the trial judge ?committed clear error? in excluding black jurors from the trial...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
The Price of Beauty: For Top Medical Students, an Attractive Field
Two specialties concerned with physical appearance are among the most competitive residency programs...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Morgan Stanley Tops Forecast
Morgan Stanley reported a profit of $1.5 billion for its first quarter, surpassing analyst estimates and further easing investor fears of another investment bank failure...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Japan Impasse Leaves Bank Post Open
For a second time, the Japanese Parliament blocked selection of a new central bank chief, leaving the crucial post vacant amid a deepening financial crisis...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
China Won?t Alter Olympic Torch Path
Despite violent protests in Tibet, China remains steadfast in its plan to take the Olympic torch to Tibet and Mount Everest...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
In Mosul, New Test of Rebuilt Iraqi Army
In the ethnically mixed city of Mosul, the Iraqi Army?s performance so far suggests that while the forces have made strides, there are still big gaps...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
U.S. Moves to Free Funds for Home Loans
The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac eased capital rules in an effort to calm the housing market...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Morgan Stanley profits fall 42%
Morgan Stanley, the second biggest US investment bank, announces that profits have fallen by a third...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
The crunch bites deeper in the US
The credit crunch has hit the US economy hard. From Wall Street to Main Street, loans that looked rock-solid a year ago now look shaky...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
Landis makes final court appeal
Floyd Landis is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a final bid to regain his 2006 Tour de France victory...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
LA women 'killed for payouts'
Two women go on trial in Los Angeles accused of befriending and murdering homeless men to collect life insurance payouts...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
Scientists Near Source of Altered Heparin
Those investigating a mystery contaminant in the blood-thinner are closing in on what they believe is a counterfeit substance that was chemically altered to act like the real drug...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Fed Trims Rates Sharply, Sending the Markets Up
The cut was smaller than investors had expected and exposed some signs of a split among policy makers...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
News Analysis: Obama Chooses Reconciliation Over Rancor
In a speech that was frank but also hopeful and patriotic, Barack Obama confronted race head-on, then reached beyond it...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: Looking Back on Iraq, 5 Years In
Reporters and photographers who covered the Iraq war look back at years of conflict...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Landis set for final court appeal
Floyd Landis will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday in a final bid to regain his 2006 Tour de France victory...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
Bush pushes Colombia trade deal
US President George W Bush again urges the US Congress to approve a free trade deal with Colombia...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
John McCain holds talks in Israel
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain holds talks with Israeli officials at the start of a Middle East tour...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
Oil debate stirs Mexico passions
Mexico's state oil company marks the 70th anniversary of its nationalisation amid a fierce debate over its future...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
Adobe?s Forecast Beats Estimates
Adobe posted a net profit of $219.4 million for its first first fiscal quarter...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Square Feet: New Wave of Upgrades at Grand Central Shops
As many of its retailers? leases expire, the property managers of Grand Central Terminal are preparing for another retail face-lift...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
U.S. Files Added Charge Against Former Partner at KPMG Accused in Tax Case
Robert Pfaff was charged by federal prosecutors with scheming to hide more than $3.7 million in fees earned from creating and selling questionable tax shelters...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Roland Arnall, Mortgage Innovator, Dies at 68
Mr. Arnall, founded Ameriquest Mortgage, a company once billed as a sponsor of the American dream but later found itself at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
China Moves to Stem Inflation and Calm Investors
China?s central bank moved to tighten lending after stock prices plummeted on Tuesday over inflation fears and growing concerns about the ripple effects of a slowdown in the United States...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Court Orders Freeing of Some Venezuelan Oil Assets
A British court overturned an earlier ruling that froze as much as $12 billion in petroleum assets controlled by the government of President Hugo Chávez...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
French Trader Is Freed While Fraud Case Advances
Jérôme Kerviel, the trader accused of causing more than $7 billion in losses at Société Générale, left a Paris prison cell after more than five weeks in pretrial custody...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Square Feet: Indianapolis Pinning Lots of Hopes on Airport Project
A 1.2-million-square-foot steel-and-glass pavilion is the centerpiece of a new airport terminal that the city hopes will help it recast itself as a national hub...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Acquisitions Help Darden Restaurants? Earnings
Darden Restaurants Inc., parent of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurant chains, said on Tuesday that it posted a higher net profit, aided by its recently acquired LongHorn Steakhouse and Capital Grille chains...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Star Banker Returns to Roots With His Own Venture
The former star investment banker announced that his next venture will be: the Qatalyst Group, a technology-focused merchant banking group...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Industry Giants Try to Break Computing?s Dead End
Intel and Microsoft said Tuesday that they planned to finance two groups of university researchers to start over and design a new generation of computing systems...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Delta Seeks to Cut Jobs; United Aims to Trim Fleet
The airline said it would offer voluntary severance to roughly 30,000 employees and cut capacity by an extra 5 percent to deal with rising fuel costs...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
CVS Settles Medicaid Claims for $37 Million
The payment settles claims that the company billed Medicaid programs for a more expensive formulation of an antacid...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
F.A.A. Demands Inspection Records
The Federal Aviation Administration, under fire for its handling of missed safety inspections at Southwest Airlines, said Tuesday that it was ordering a check of maintenance records at all United States airlines...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Increase in Producer Prices Feeds Fear of Rising Inflation
Over all, prices paid by producers rose 0.3 percent, slowing slightly from a 1 percent gain in January. It was the biggest gain since November 2006...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Wireless Spectrum Auction Raises $19 Billion
Wireless companies bid more than $19 billion for radio spectrum license rights, which are being surrendered as broadcasters aim to convert to digital television in 2009...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Advertising: A Meet-Up, Brought to You by Huggies
The Kimberly-Clark Corporation is joining forces with Meetup, a social networking site that fosters offline meetings of users who share interests ? like parenthood...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Yahoo Decides to Release a Rosy Forecast
Yahoo?s rosy outlook for the next two years aims to give investors a better understanding of why it is not willing to sell itself to Microsoft for less than $45 billion...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Facebook Plans New Privacy Controls
Facebook members will be able to create and manage lists of friends that will have different levels of access to information on a member?s profile...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Swinging Between Optimism and Dread on Wall Street
Despite reporting steep declines in first-quarter earnings, both Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers beat analysts? expectations...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
An Export in Solid Supply
A reorganization of the global coal trade is making the United States a major exporter for the first time in years, and driving up prices of the one fossil fuel the nation has in abundance...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
It?s Bondholders vs. Shareholders in a Race to Buy Bear Stearns Stock
A battle seems to be brewing in the markets over the fate of the troubled investment bank. Bondholders like the JPMorgan deal, but Bear?s shareholders hope to scuttle it...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Dollar?s Fall Is No Cause for Alarm in Euro Zone
A surging euro is indisputably a burden for Europe?s exporters, but it has not yet had a sharp effect on European economies...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Big Payday for Wall St. In Visa?s Public Offering
The $18 billion public offering was greeted with fanfare, but was unlikely to spark a new wave of initial stock sales given the turbulence in the markets...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Wall St. Embraces the Fed?s Relief Efforts
Buoyed by the Federal Reserve?s aggressive interest rate cut, investors sent stocks soaring to their biggest gain in five years on Tuesday...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
U.S. May Relent on Hamas Role in Talks
The Bush administration is using Egypt as an intermediary to open a channel between Israel and representatives of the militant Islamist group...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Whitney Museum to Receive $131 Million Gift
Leonard A. Lauder, the cosmetics executive and chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art, said on Tuesday that his art foundation would give the museum $131 million...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Obituaries: Arthur C. Clarke, 90, Science Fiction Writer, Dies
Mr. Clarke was a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
U.S. Eases ?No Child? Law as Applied to Some States
In relaxing provisions of the law, the Bush administration acknowledged that the No Child Left Behind law is diagnosing too many public schools as failing...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Dalai Lama Threatens to Resign
The Dalai Lama denied that he had any role in inciting the latest anti-Chinese violence in Tibet...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Obituaries: Anthony Minghella, 54, Director, Dies
Mr. Minghella was the British filmmaker who won an Academy Award for his direction of ?The English Patient.?...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Racial Issue
Barack Obama confronted the divisions between black and white as he sought to dispel the furor over statements by his pastor...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: The Hangings of a Girl and a Dictator, and What Happened in Between
Two deaths, the lynching of a 10-year-old girl and the hanging of Saddam Hussein, provide the grim bookends of my time in Iraq...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Court Weighs Right to Guns, and Its Limits
A majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready to embrace an interpretation of the Second Amendment that protects the right to own a gun for personal use...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
The Price of Beauty: For Top Medical Students, Appearance Matters
Two medical specialties concerned with physical appearance ? dermatology and plastic surgery ? are among the most competitive residency programs...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
New Governor and Wife Talk of Past Affairs
Gov. David A. Paterson of New York acknowledged that he had had affairs, including one with a state employee...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Stocks Rally as Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate
The deep rate cut was the sixth reduction in as many months, but investors had been betting heavily that the Fed would cut its key rate a full percentage point...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
Economic Scene: Can?t Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club
This may not be comforting, but your confusion is shared by many people in the middle of this financial crisis...
New York Times - March 19, 2008
US marine in Iraq murder charge
A third US marine is charged over the deaths of unarmed Iraqi detainees in Falluja in November 2004...
BBC News - March 19, 2008
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