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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 December 2005:
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Singapore drug hanging 'barbaric'
The Australian government called Singapore's execution of a young Australian drug smuggler "barbaric." Tuong Van Nguyen, 25, was hanged at Singapore's Changi jail at 6 a.m local time Friday (2200 GMT Thursday), the Home Affairs Ministry confirmed in an e-mailed statement, The Associated Press reported...
CNN - December 1, 2005
Parks' historic act of defiance
Fifty years ago, Rosa Parks made history. In honor of that moment, hundreds of children marched in Montgomery, Alabama, commemorating the anniversary of the day Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man...
CNN - December 1, 2005
Inquiry Begins on Florida School Friendly to Athletes
The correspondence high school has helped athletes raise their grades enough to be eligible for college scholarships...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers
The White House was besieged with questions today on the matter, and vowed to find out what had happened...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
New York Outpaces 10 Other Cities in Gains at Schools
New York City has made substantial gains in narrowing the gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Advertising: Like the Show? Buy the Book. And the Earrings. And the ...
To encourage viewers to tune in for the third-season premiere of "The L Word," Showtime is signing agreements with marketers to introduce tie-in merchandise...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Wal-Mart is labelled 'bad for US'
Chain-store giant Wal-Mart is dubbed "bad for America" in a poll conducted on behalf of its union-led opponents...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Fuel prices hit US vehicle sales
A slide in US car market sees Ford sell 18% fewer cars in November with SUVs bearing the brunt of the decline...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Tension as Honduras awaits result
Interim results in Honduras show the opposition slightly ahead in the presidential poll, but final results are still awaited...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Europe bids to free Iraq hostages
Germany and the British anti-war movement say they are trying to contact gunmen in Iraq who kidnapped an archeologist and four activists, including a 74-year-old Briton (left)...
CNN - December 1, 2005
Poll: Most doubt Bush has plan for Iraq victory
As President Bush launched a new effort Wednesday to gain public support for the Iraq war, a new poll found most Americans do not believe he has a plan that will achieve victory...
CNN - December 1, 2005
Two charged with murdering teen dad
Two Philadelphia men appeared in court Thursday and were arraigned in connection with the fatal shooting of a devoted single father profiled by People magazine, police said. Terrell Pough, 18, was gunned down 10 days before his daughter's second birthday...
CNN - December 1, 2005
Hooked on the Web: Help Is on the Way
Specialists estimate that 6 percent to 10 percent of the approximately 189 million Internet users in this country have Internet addictions...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Baghdad Memo: For Once, President and His Generals See the Same War
For anyone who has spent time in the field with U.S. officers here, President Bush's speech was a watershed...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Small Scissors in Your Carry-On? Welcome Aboard
The T.S.A. is making some of the most significant changes in the screening of airline passengers since the 9/11 overhaul...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Retailers Miss Sales Forecasts for November
Retail sales were dragged down by poor performance at department stores, warehouse club chains and even usually invulnerable luxury merchants...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
European Bank Raises Rates for First Time in 5 Years
Venturing gingerly on to a path of tighter credit, the European Central Bank nudged up its benchmark interest rate today by a quarter of a percentage point...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Deals boost Cathay Pacific fleet
Cathay Pacific is to acquire an additional 19 aircraft in a deal which analysts believe could be worth up to $8bn...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
US personal spending edges higher
US personal expenditure rises a modest 0.2% in November, although experts are hopeful of a stronger pre-Christmas rise...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Mexico rejects US border fences
The Mexican government says it opposes a US plan to build more fences along the border to control illegal immigration...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
US in Iraq 'propaganda drive'
The US military in Iraq implicitly acknowledges it is running a campaign to plant articles in Iraqi papers...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Poll: Most doubt Bush victory plan
As U.S. President George W. Bush launches a renewed effort to gain public support for the Iraq war, a new poll finds most Americans do not believe he has a plan that will achieve victory...
CNN - December 1, 2005
'Accountability' theme of World AIDS Day
Thursday is World AIDS Day, and organizers are marking the event by encouraging governments and the international community to meet their commitments in fighting the disease...
CNN - December 1, 2005
São Paulo Journal: Felons All, but Free to Try Being Beauty Queen for a Day
Over 600 inmates vied for the Miss Penitenciária title in what is quickly becoming one of the best-known pageants in beauty-obsessed Brazil...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Canadian election gamble
Opposition parties in Canada are taking a gamble by forcing an election in winter...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Samsung makes price-fixing plea
Samsung Electronics formally pleads guilty to conspiring to fix the price of microchips in the US...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Baseball: Konerko seals new deal
First baseman Paul Konerko signs a new $60m five-year deal with World Series champions the Chicago White Sox...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Stones confirmed for Super Bowl
The Rolling Stones will provide the half-time entertainment during Super Bowl XL in Detroit on 5 February...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Fast US growth outstrips estimate
The US economy grew at an adjusted 4.3% in the third quarter, driven by strong consumer spending...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Black set to appear in US court
Lord Black is due to appear in a US court on Thursday to answer fraud charges, having been indicted last month...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Venezuela election boycott widens
A fourth Venezuelan party withdraws from Sunday's election amid a row over electronic voting machines...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Poll: Increased doubts over Iraq
As U.S. President George W. Bush launches a new effort to gain public support for the Iraq war, a new poll finds most Americans do not believe he has a plan that will achieve victory...
CNN - December 1, 2005
Significant Changes in Air Passenger Screening Lie Ahead
The changes include a new type of random search and the end of a ban on small scissors and certain other sharp tools in carry-on luggage...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
For New Court, Abortion Case Takes Old Path
The justices appeared to agree that laws regulating teenagers' access to abortion must make allowances for medical emergencies...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Olympics: Americans Hoping to Match '02 Glory
Jim Scherr, the U.S.O.C.'s chief executive, said that the medal count was important and that the United States would love to be the leader...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
De Beers Will Pay $250 Million to Settle Diamond Pricing Suits
LONDON, Nov. 30 (Dow Jones) - De Beers, the world's biggest diamond miner and marketer, said Wednesday that it had agreed to pay $250 million to settle four civil class-action lawsuits filed against it in the United States...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
World Business Briefing: Europe, Asia and Americas
EUROPE...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Lewis Horowitz, 70, Promoter of Financial Futures Trading, Dies
Lewis J. Horowitz helped usher in a new wave of high-octane financial trading as chairman of the New York Futures Exchange...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Mapmakers and Mythmakers
Misleading maps reflect the Kremlin's tightening grip on Russian oil, one of the world's critical supplies...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Advertising: Like the Show? Buy the Book. And the Earrings. And the ...
To encourage viewers to tune in for the third-season premiere of "The L Word," Showtime is signing agreements with marketers to introduce tie-in merchandise...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
G.E. to Cut Stake in Insurer
BOSTON, Nov. 30 (Reuters) - The General Electric Company said on Wednesday that it planned to sell 38 million Class A common shares of the life and mortgage insurance company Genworth Financial, reducing its stake to 20 percent...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
New WellPoint Chairman
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Concern Over Higher Rates Pushes Share Prices Lower
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
A California Ruling Sends 2 Stem Cell Suits to Trial
A California judge has declined to dismiss two lawsuits that have blocked the state from issuing bonds to finance its $3 billion stem cell research program...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
15 Makers of Plastic Bags Fined Over Price-Fixing Scheme
The European Commission fined 15 makers of plastic bags for fixing prices, and in a novel approach, presented incriminating documents recovered in raids on the companies...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Producer of Syringes Is Sued Over Firing
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Equity Firms Buy Danish Phone Company
A consortium including the Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts secured a $12 billion cash deal for Denmark's largest telecommunications company, TDC...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Sun Offers Free Version of Java Tools
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30 - Sun Microsystems, the network computer company, said Wednesday that it would offer a free version of its Java Enterprise System, a set of development programs that includes application server software...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Economic Scene: In Silicon Valley, Job Hopping Contributes to Innovation
FOR four decades, through booms, busts and bubbles, Silicon Valley has maintained an amazingly innovative business environment...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Profit Increases at Tiffany
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Britain, the Continent and the Issue of Foreign Ownership
What makes Britain so relaxed about selling companies to outsiders in a way that many nations in Continental Europe seem reluctant to emulate?...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Trade Leader for Europe Refuses to Cut Farm Tariffs
International Herald Tribune...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
British Air Announces Big Job Cuts for Managers
International Herald Tribune...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
One Director, Two Boards and a Fight at Time Warner
A day after Carl C. Icahn teamed up with Lazard to wage a shareholder war against Time Warner, Robert C. Clark may have found himself in the cross-fire...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Lawmakers Seek Inquiry on Pensions
A regulatory problem has become apparent as a series of record-size corporate pension failures has put new burdens on the federal agency that insures pensions...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
BlackBerry Patent Case Is Nearer Showdown
Research In Motion moved closer to a showdown with NTP over BlackBerry service after a court dismissed its request to impose a failed settlement agreement...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Economy Shows Some Resilience in Quarter
The economy grew at a 4.3 percent annual rate from July through September, evidence of resilience in the face of hurricanes and record energy costs...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Small Business: My Spouse, My Chief Executive Officer
Ten years ago, Les Smith was a corporate bigwig. Today, he supervises no one and reports to a very demanding boss: his wife...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
Samsung Is Guilty in Price-Fixing Case
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30 (AP) - The Samsung Electronics Company, the memory chip maker, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in a price-fixing conspiracy that damaged competitors and increased computer prices...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
[TS] Market Place: Top Regulator Says Sarbanes-Oxley Act Audits Are Too Costly and Inefficient
Audits of internal controls at American companies, as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, have been both too costly and not as good as they should be, the chief regulator of accounting firms said yesterday...
New York Times - December 1, 2005
US 'reviewing sharp object ban'
Reports from the US say transport officials are considering relaxing the ban on air passengers carrying sharp objects...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
UN launches largest appeal
The UN seeks $4.7bn for victims of war, famine and natural disaster - its largest appeal for humanitarian aid...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
Brazil plans huge condom drive
Brazil says it plans to distribute a billion free condoms next year, as part of the country's fight against HIV and Aids...
BBC News - December 1, 2005
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