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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 May 2007:
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Off-Duty Officer in Bronx Kills Driver of Minivan
An off-duty police officer shot and killed a driver late Friday night after a confrontation on a Bronx street, causing the man?s minivan to leap a curb, slam into a church wall and burst into flames...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Hard Knocks: The Right: Down, but Maybe Not Out
Seeing the persistence of the conservative movement through two of its most recent fallen ? Paul Wolfowitz and Jerry Falwell...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Celebrating, and Quarreling Over, Frogs
A squabble over money at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee in Northern California has resulted in dueling competitions this year...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Illegal Migrants Dissect Details of Senate Deal
The immigration bill would change a system based primarily on family ties into one that favors skilled and educated workers...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
The Count: Hiring Outlook Shows There Is Life After Finals
Employers intend to hire 19.2 percent more new college graduates than they did last year, according to a recent poll...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
DataBank: Another Dow Record, and S.& P. Comes Close
A wave of mergers and acquisitions buoyed the market...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
The Boss: Hooked on News
"My mother did not want me following my brother into journalism," said Tom Curley, president and chief executive, The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Market Week: Stocks Cheap? Private Equity Thinks So
A light economic calendar and a winding-down of earnings announcements may keep traders focused on deal-making this week...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Preoccupations: The New Work Outlook: Silly Enough for a Sitcom
Comedy and business, it turns out, go together quite well ? and in many media...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Career Couch: Forced Fun? The Limits of Office Celebrations
Too manybirthdayparties in the conference room can cause resentment...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Off The Shelf: Chronicling an Underground Inferno
Joan Quigley recounts the environmental disaster in Centralia, Pa., and its continuing legacy in ?The Day the Earth Caved In: An American Mining Tragedy.?...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Suits: Hail to the Victors of $5.4 Million
JetBlue?s new chief executive, David Barger, is loyal to more than just the blue in the airline?s logo. He also is a big supporter the University of Michigan...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Fundamentally: The Bull Market That?s Missing Something
One missing ingredient has been the willingness of investors to pay higher prices for earnings...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Economic View: Oil Price ?Gouging?: A Phantom Menace?
The broader issue is that refinery capacity has not kept up with American demand for gasoline...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
National Perspectives: A Housing Plan Turns Disney Grumpy
The Magic Kingdom has been less so since Anaheim, Calif., backed 1,500 apartments for a nearby site...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
The Goods: Bend, but Don?t Break
Gill's Carbon FX vaulting pole has become popular among the sport?s elite...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: Just Saying No to Lowball Buyout Offers
Some recent buyout bids have been so inadequate that they seemed like gifts to the buyers, not the sellers...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Sqaure Feet | Spotlight: At the Mall, Mariachi Instead of Muzak
Shopping centers wake up to the large, diverse Hispanic population...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Prototype: Why Work Is Looking More Like a Video Game
Software lets you build a dossier of your clients that includes photographs and lists of their likes, dislikes and buying interests...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Spending: So, Did You Pack the Ticket for the Air Ambulance?
Almost no health insurance policies pay to bring sick or injured travelers back home to the United States...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Dealbook: Sound and Fury Over Private Equity
The real debate over private equity is taking place backstage, not in the center ring of the political circus...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Bright Ideas: Reaping Results: Data-Mining Goes Mainstream
Programs add new streams of data ? about neighborhood demographics and payday schedules, for example ? to try to predict where crimes might occur...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Investing: The Online Broker, as Your Financial Supermarket
Some companies are pulling out all the stops to convince customers to combine all their financial accounts with them...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
A Wildcatter Pounces
Joseph H. Bryant wants to hunt for oil in the Gulf of Mexico or offshore West Africa, challenging Big Oil in its own backyard...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Clinton Moved Wal-Mart Board, but Only So Far
As a director of Wal-Mart, Hillary Rodham Clinton was largely silent on the company?s anti-unionism...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Bilking the Elderly, With a Corporate Assist
Large companies are selling vast databases of personal information to thieves, despite evidence their services are used for fraud...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Who Controls Paradise?
An ecological biosphere along Mexico's western coast is a battleground for a blood feud...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Clinton Is Quiet on Her Past Role With Wal-Mart
Hillary Rodham Clinton?s six-year tenure as a director of Wal-Mart remains a little-known chapter in her closely scrutinized career...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Jackson drops auction challenge
Michael Jackson drops a legal challenge against an auction of his personal items after reaching a deal...
BBC News - May 19, 2007
Break in US whale rescue efforts
Attempts to free two whales stranded up a river in California are put on hold for the weekend...
BBC News - May 19, 2007
Cavaliers 88, Nets 72: Elimination May Break Up Nets? 3 Best Players
After a season-ending defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Nets will move into a summer of uncertainty...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
News Analysis: A New Reality in Washington, but Can It Last?
Six months after Republicans lost control of Congress, President Bush and the Democrats are working together, but Iraq may remain intractable...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
NBA: Cavs & Spurs into semis
Cleveland seal a 4-2 series win over New Jersey to reach the Eastern finals, and San Antonio see off Phoenix in the West...
BBC News - May 19, 2007
Peru spy chief on trial for siege
Peru's ex-intelligence chief goes on trial over alleged extra-judicial killings during the 1997 Japanese embassy siege...
BBC News - May 19, 2007
Favored in Preakness by Odds, Less So by History
Street Sense is a 7-5 favorite to win the Preakness Stakes, but the field contains several dangerous challengers...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Page Six, Staple of Gossip, Reports on Its Own Tale
Juicy details about The New York Post itself are the latest twist in a dispute with a former freelance contributor...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
A Bountiful Undersea Find, Sure to Invite Debate
Explorers for a shipwreck exploration company based in Tampa said that they had located a treasure that may be the richest undersea treasure recovery to date...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
News Analysis: Bush and Democrats Are Working Together, but for How Long?
Six months after Republicans lost control of Congress, the president and his rivals are shying from confrontation, but Iraq may remain intractable...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Collins & Aikman Sues David Stockman, Its Former Chief
The suit accusing David A. Stockman and 13 others of using fraudulent schemes that worsened the company?s financial troubles...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Chief of EGL Raises Buyout Bid Yet Again
James R. Crane raised his buyout offer for the company to $46.25 a share, competing with a $46-a-share offer from the Ceva Group...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
State Attorney General Investigating Manhattan Real Estate Practices
The state attorney general is seeking information about whether brokers pressured appraisers to inflate property values...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Atmel Shareholders Vote Down Fired Chief?s Plan to Oust Board
Investors voted ?overwhelmingly? in support of the current board, the company said...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Five Days: Shoppers Are Holding Back, but Billionaires Are Buying
A private equity fund and some well-known billionaires were in acquisitive moods this week...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Judge Clears Way for Northwest Airlines to Exit Bankruptcy
Northwest Airlines received approval to emerge from bankruptcy, freeing it to move out of court protection from its creditors...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Consumer Sentiment Registers an Upturn
A favorable job outlook and a strong stock market muted the impact of record gasoline prices...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
What's Online: Don?t Finance Anyone Over 27
The environment for today?s entrepreneurs is far different in a number of ways from the boom of the late ?90s...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
What's Offline: Work, Money and Regret
A survey of British retirees found that a substantial amount of the regret they had about their life revolved around work and finances...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Off the Charts: Americans Put Their Weakening Dollars to Work Overseas
American investors are putting record amounts of money into overseas securities...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Shock Therapy to Resuscitate Rite-Aid Chain
Mary Sammons, head of Rite-Aid, spoke about recent acquisitions and what it will do to the company?s already heavy debt load...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Putting Aside His Past Criticisms, Teamsters? Chief Is on Mission to China
The arrival of James P. Hoffa is a sign that America?s biggest labor unions are willing to meet with Chinese officials to deal with the consequences of globalization...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Italian Banks Said to Be Near a Merger
UniCredit is expected to announce that it has agreed to buy a rival, Capitalia, to bolster its business at home after expanding abroad...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Couple Learn the High Price of Easy Credit
Two average earners in Michigan have found that their economic life depends on how well they shuffle their debt...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Lawsuit Says Bank of America Discriminates Against Black Employees
Five black current and former employees say the bank steered lucrative clients to their white counterparts...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Investors Continue Buying Spree
Another round of corporate takeovers prodded investors to continue a largely uninterrupted buying streak that has gone on for months...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
On Third Time Around, Clear Channel Accepts Takeover Bid
Clear Channel agreed to accept a revised buyout offer from Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Basic Instincts: You Want a Simple Life? It?ll Cost You
Coming to the realization that the economics of country living are quite deceptive...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
F.D.A. Is Delaying Approval of Anemia Drug From Roche
The delay comes as concerns mount about the safety of drugs in its class and provides a temporary reprieve to rival Amgen...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Executive Pursuits: Walking Slowly and Carrying a Big Stick
Facing foot surgery, Harry Hurt III crisscrosses Manhattan in pursuit of a walking stick...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
China Slightly Loosens the Reins on Its Currency?s Market Fluctuation
The central bank will allow China?s currency to fluctuate more each day, but Washington?s initial reaction was one of caution...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
The Energy Challenge: A Return to the Land, for Fuel
More companies in Hawaii are looking to its agricultural past to supply its energy-independent future...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
[TS] Talking Business: Destroying Dow Jones to Save It
The Bancrofts? neglect has hurt the company they all profess to love and made Rupert Murdoch?s bid possible...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
G.M.?s Mr. Horsepower Has an Electric Conversion
Robert A. Lutz, vice chairman at General Motors, declared that its new hybrid-electric concept car may be among the most important vehicles that G.M. has ever developed...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Houseguests Who Pay, and Pay Well
A small but growing number of intrepid homeowners have figured out a way to make their prime locations pay...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Say-on-Pay Gets Support at Verizon
A majority of Verizon shareholders voted for the say-on-pay proposal, the clearest sign yet of investor irritation over chief executive compensation...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
Internet Giants Vie to Snap Up Web Ad Firms
Microsoft?s $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive signaled its struggle to build an Internet ad business on its own...
New York Times - May 19, 2007
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