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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2007:
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TierneyLab: A Science Challenge for Republicans
Some of the Republican presidential candidates have dismissed medical marijuana as unnecessary or "too dangerous." Now they're being offered $10,000 to come up with the scientific evidence. The Medical Marijuana Project, a group advocating the use of medical marijuana, will be in New Hampshire on Monday with a mobile billboard offering to contribute $10,000 to the [...]...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
4 Suspects Charged in Taylor Slaying
Four suspects were charged Saturday in the shooting death of the Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor, with two of their lawyers confirming some have confessed...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Housing Crisis? Try Mobile McMansions
With an uncertain economy and gas prices through the roof, sales of recreational vehicles are slipping, although the most expensive R.V.?s are still moving off the lot...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Bryans Give the U.S. a Davis Cup Title
The United States won its first Davis Cup title since 1995 behind a convincing doubles victory Saturday by brothers Bob and Mike Bryan...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
S.E.C. Sends Investors to the Children?s Table
A vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission will prevent shareholders from nominating their own director candidates...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
New Tradition: Eat the Turkey, Then Go Online
When it comes to online retail traffic, Thanksgiving itself has been the busiest day of the entire holiday season for the last four years, according to an online research firm...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Hope for Helping Hands Fuels a Rally
Stocks rallied last week on hopes that both the Federal Reserve and the United States Treasury would take action to bolster the market...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
I?m Dreaming of an Eco-Christmas
The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza is lighted by light-emitting diodes that officials project will save as much energy a day as an average family uses in a month...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Treating What Ails
?I believe we can do a better job with every dollar we spend on health care.?...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
For Tourists, a Flight to Bargains
Several airlines have been promoting New York City as a Christmas shopping Mecca, luring hordes of bargain hunters...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Jobs Picture May Not Be So Grim
Figures about employment conditions might increase fears that a recession is approaching, but one economist expects cheerier news...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Arctic Norway
Norwegian towns that lost millions in investments that went sour fear they will be forced to cut local services...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
From the Heights of $100 Oil, Most Stocks Look Vulnerable
The recent oil spike is probably a passing mania, many investment strategists say. But if oil remains near record levels, it would hurt most domestic stocks...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Contrarians Make a Case for Gains in the Recent Turmoil
If market timers point one way, look to the other...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
The Dollar Is Falling, and That?s Good News
A weaker currency helps America sell more products abroad...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
A Cloudy Forecast for Commercial Market
Tougher underwriting standards are expected for next year...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
If the Shoe Fits, Wear It. If Not, Design One That Does.
For those with very individual or exacting tastes ? and with money to spare ? some Internet retailers offer design-it-yourself options in footwear...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
The World as an Imperfect Globe
In ?Redefining Global Strategy,? Pankaj Ghemawat amasses data to show that globalization has profound, and most likely enduring, limits...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Lots of Little Screens: TV Is Changing Shape
By unchaining video watchers from their TV sets, inexpensive broadband access has opened the floodgates to a generation of TV producers...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
When Opportunity Came Crawling
Adam Falek left a Wall Street job to run his own exterminating business...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
For the 2008 Race, Google Is a Crucial Constituency
Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain, Bill Richardson, John Edwards and Barack Obama have made the pilgrimage to Google headquarters in California...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Hobbies Are Rich in Psychic Rewards
Interests outside work can make you sharper and more focused...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Lawyers Compete, Except in Bonuses
The top law firms have been stuck in copycat mode for years...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
The Long and Short of It at Goldman Sachs
An analysis by a Goldman economist deserves its own analysis...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Housing Crisis? Try Mobile McMansions
With an uncertain economy and gas prices through the roof, sales of recreational vehicles are slipping, although the most expensive R.V.?s are still moving off the lot...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
What to Wear? Meteorologists Shape Fashion
As volatile weather alters the traditional timing for sales of cold-weather clothing, the apparel industry is turning to climate scientists for help...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Judge suspended for jailing court
A US judge is removed from his post for jailing everyone in court after no-one admitted to owning a ringing phone...
BBC News - December 1, 2007
Democrats Strip Michigan of Delegates
Democratic leaders voted to strip Michigan of its convention delegates as punishment for scheduling an early presidential primary in violation of party rules...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
3 Suspects Charged in Taylor Killing
Three suspects charged in the shooting death of the Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor appeared in court by videoconference today...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Figures on H.I.V. Rate Expected to Rise
The United States government?s estimate of annual new H.I.V. infections is likely to rise as much as 50 percent, say patient advocates...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
A Broken City. A Tree. Evening.
The vast nothingness evoked by ?Waiting for Godot? plays a large part in a project by the artist and activist Paul Chan...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Iranian Pushes Nuclear Talks Back to Square 1
Iran?s new negotiator has hardened the nation?s position on its nuclear program, calling past negotiations irrelevant...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Feminist Pitch for a Democrat Named Obama
Senator Barack Obama?s campaign is making the argument that the best candidate for women may, in fact, be a man...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Tennis: USA take hold on final
James Blake and Andy Roddick give the USA a 2-0 lead over Russia after the opening singles in the Davis Cup final...
BBC News - December 1, 2007
Witherspoon 'most-paid' actress
Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon tops a list of the US film industry's highest-paid actresses...
BBC News - December 1, 2007
Colombian hostage letter released
A letter is released from Ingrid Betancourt, who has been held hostage by Colombian rebels since 2002...
BBC News - December 1, 2007
Bhutto Launches Election Campaign
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched her election campaign despite calls from other opposition groups to boycott the Jan. 8 vote...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
It?s December, and America Is Not in a Buying Mood
Pollsters are finding that fewer Americans say they are planning major purchases than at any time in recent years...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
A Surgeon Opens Up, and Not With a Scalpel
Dr. Thomas R. Russell, the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, discusses medical innovation, the health care crisis and more...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Short Seller Sinks Teeth Into Insurer
A hedge fund manager known for shareholder activism has pursued MBIA Inc., with sheer, obsessive doggedness...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Run on Montana Fund
Montana school districts, cities and counties withdrew $247 million from the state?s $2.4 billion investment fund over the past three days after officials said the rating on one of the pool?s holdings was lowered to default...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
European Satellite Project
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New York Times - December 1, 2007
Retailer to Pay $40 Million
The discount retailer TJX Companies said that it had agreed to a settlement with Visa Inc. and Fifth Third Bancorp under which it would pay up to $40.9 million related to a security breach that put millions of shoppers? credit card data at risk...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
A Bid to Ease Credit in Europe
The European Central Bank said that it would extend a lending deadline in December to help the banking system through a period of unusually tight credit at the end of the year...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Sony PS3 Outsells Nintendo Wii in Japan
Monthly sales of Sony?s PlayStation 3 in Japan topped the Nintendo Wii for the first time since the gaming consoles debuted late last year, according to a November survey...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
As Always, an Unequal Pie
The level of wealth inequality has remained remarkably consistent over the last 2,000 years, according to a recent study...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Strike Halts Trains, Planes and Buses in Italy
Italy?s struggle through a transportation meltdown was a reminder of the disruptions to daily life that crop up regularly in this beautiful nation...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Tug of War: Rationality vs. Regret
Wanting something you don?t have the money to buy is painful enough. The torment is made even worse when you can almost, just about afford it but probably can?t...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Motivating the Motivator
Some surveys reveal that the number of employees who are truly engaged by their work may be as low as 25 percent...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Weak Dollar Propels Sales at Tiffany
The Jewelry and luxury goods retailer Tiffany & Company?s third-quarter earnings more than tripled on strong sales growth...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
F.C.C. Backs Rule Waiver for Tribune Company
The F.C.C. voted on Friday to give the Tribune Company a temporary exemption from media ownership rules, removing an obstacle to a leveraged buyout of the group...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Broadcom Stock Case
A former executive at the chip maker Broadcom is expected to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in a federal investigation of the company?s stock option grants...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Google to Join Spectrum Auction
Google could use the frequencies to offer nationwide wireless broadband access, competing with DSL and cable...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Strike Prompts Layoffs at NBC
NBC laid off the non-writing staff of its two late-night entertainment shows due to the strike by Hollywood scriptwriters...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Samsung Division Is Raided; Executives Are Questioned
Prosecutors raided a financial arm of Samsung in Seoul, South Korea, searching for evidence of a slush fund as they expanded an investigation into a corruption scandal...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Roger B. Smith, 82, Ex-Chief of G.M., Dies
Mr. Smith tried to modernize the automaker during the 1980s but instead became associated with its decline...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Estimates May Have Overstated Job Growth
A new government report indicates that the American economy appears to have created far fewer jobs this spring than has been reported so far...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Charge the Rent, but Only if You Don?t Need To
While credit card companies offer programs that allow customers to use their card to pay the rent, those facing credit troubles should steer clear...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
At Citigroup, a Favorite Emerges for the Top Job
Citigroup is closing in on a chief executive and the board appears to be leaning toward an insider, Vikram S. Pandit, who joined the company seven months ago...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Motorola Replaces Chief With an Insider
Motorola said Edward J. Zander would be succeeded by Gregory Q. Brown, the company?s chief operating officer...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Proof That Overscheduled Modern Life Isn?t Fit for a Dog
Housebreaking a dog can be difficult when one must juggle the relentless scheduling demands modern life puts on all concerned...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Top Ranks of Women on Wall Street are Shrinking
The top executive ranks at the big Wall Street firms remain largely devoid of women seen with a viable chance of becoming chief executive anytime soon...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Both Sides in Writers? Strike See New-Media Future at Stake
Striking writers angrily rejected an elaborate package of new proposals from their employers just hours after it was presented...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Uneven Day Caps a Solid Week
Stocks soared early Friday but gradually gave up most of their gains as some negative news tempered the expectations of investors...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Labor Pacts in Detroit Didn?t Ease Stocks? Slide
Despite winning labor contracts that improved their competitiveness, shares in G.M. and Ford have continued to slide...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Is It Healthy? Food Rating Systems Battle It Out
Consumer groups are rushing to create systems that aim to make sense of conflicting health claims on food labels...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
U.S. Urges Freezing Some Rates on Loans
Treasury officials said they were pleased by the progress in persuading mortgage lenders to agree to a temporary rate freeze on subprime loans to avert foreclosures...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency
Congressional negotiators reached a deal on legislation to require automakers to achieve 35 miles per gallon on average by 2020...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Wall St. Sees Silver Lining in Economy
Investors appear to be taking comfort in the notion that the economy is so imperiled that it is forcing the government to mount an aggressive rescue effort...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Four men arrested over NFL murder
Miami police arrest four people over the murder of Sean Taylor, a star player from the NFL in the US...
BBC News - December 1, 2007
City Room: The Week in Pictures
Slide show: Photographs taken in the New York region in the past week by photographers for The Times...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Wheels Blog: Viva Knievel, the Final Chapter
Evel Knievel was just 69 when he died on Friday, but he looked closer to 100. He claimed to have broken every bone in his body, several times. I don't know if that was true, but his body and every limb on it was crooked, twisted and bumpy as a motocross track...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Four Are Arrested in Killing of Redskins? Taylor
The Miami-Dade Police Department said it arrested four people in connection with the death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Evel Knievel, 69, Daredevil on a Motorcycle, Dies
Mr. Knievel was a hard-living, death-defying adventurer whose spectacular airborne stunts brought him worldwide fame as the quintessential daredevil performer...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Standoff Ends Peacefully at a Clinton Field Office
A man who took campaign workers for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton hostage surrendered in Rochester, N.H...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Bruno?s Investment Firm Handles Unions? Money
Labor unions with interests before New York?s Legislature invest with a firm employing the Senate majority leader...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Mothers Skimp as States Take Child Support
Many states use fathers? payments to recoup welfare costs and pass on none of the money to mothers and children...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Obama and Bloomberg at Breakfast
The meeting came at Mr. Bloomberg?s request, aides said, and is part of the mayor?s desire to influence the national debate on issues he deems important...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Witness Names to Be Withheld From Detainee
Lawyers for a Guantánamo detainee have been ordered not to tell their client ? or anyone else ? the identity of witnesses against him...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Off the Charts: It?s December, and America Is Not in a Buying Mood
Pollsters are finding that fewer Americans say they are planning major purchases than at any time in recent years...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Saturday Interview: A Surgeon Opens Up, and Not With a Scalpel
Dr. Thomas R. Russell, the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, discusses medical innovation, the health care crisis and more...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Strike Halts Trains, Planes and Buses in Italy
Italy struggled through a transportation meltdown on Friday, a reminder of the disruptions to daily life that crop up regularly in this beautiful nation and that can make getting about decidedly unpleasant...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
What?s Online: As Always, an Unequal Pie
The level of wealth inequality has remained remarkably consistent over the last 2,000 years, according to a recent study...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
What?s Offline: Motivating the Motivator
Some surveys reveal that the number of employees who are truly engaged by their work may be as low as 25 percent...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Basic Instincts: Tug of War: Rationality vs. Regret
Wanting something you don?t have the money to buy is painful enough. The torment is made even worse when you can almost, just about afford it but probably can?t...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Broadcom Stock Case
A former executive at the chip maker Broadcom is expected to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in a federal investigation of the company?s stock option grants...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Weak Dollar Propels Sales at Tiffany
The Jewelry and luxury goods retailer Tiffany & Company?s third-quarter earnings more than tripled on strong sales growth...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Google to Join Spectrum Auction
Google could use the frequencies to offer nationwide wireless broadband access, competing with DSL and cable...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
F.C.C. Backs Rule Waiver for Tribune Company
The F.C.C. voted on Friday to give the Tribune Company a temporary exemption from media ownership rules, removing an obstacle to a leveraged buyout of the group...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Strike Prompts Layoffs at NBC
NBC laid off the non-writing staff of its two late-night entertainment shows due to the strike by Hollywood scriptwriters...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Samsung Division Is Raided; Executives Are Questioned
Prosecutors raided a financial arm of Samsung in Seoul, South Korea, searching for evidence of a slush fund as they expanded an investigation into a corruption scandal...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Talking Business: Short Seller Sinks Teeth Into Insurer
A hedge fund manager known for shareholder activism has pursued MBIA Inc., with sheer, obsessive doggedness...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Roger B. Smith, 82, Ex-Chief of G.M., Dies
Mr. Smith tried to modernize the automaker during the 1980s but instead became associated with its decline...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Estimates May Have Overstated Job Growth
A new government report indicates that the American economy appears to have created far fewer jobs this spring than has been reported so far...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Your Money: Charge the Rent, but Only if You Don?t Need To
While credit card companies offer programs that allow customers to use their card to pay the rent, those facing credit troubles should steer clear...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Motorola Replaces Chief With an Insider
Motorola said Edward J. Zander would be succeeded by Gregory Q. Brown, the company?s chief operating officer...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
At Citigroup, a Favorite Emerges for the Top Job
Citigroup is closing in on a chief executive and the board appears to be leaning toward an insider, Vikram S. Pandit, who joined the company seven months ago...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Top Ranks of Women on Wall Street are Shrinking
The top executive ranks at the big Wall Street firms remain largely devoid of women seen with a viable chance of becoming chief executive anytime soon...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Both Sides in Writers? Strike See New-Media Future at Stake
Striking writers angrily rejected an elaborate package of new proposals from their employers just hours after it was presented...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Executive Pursuits: Proof That Overscheduled Modern Life Isn?t Fit for a Dog
Housebreaking a dog can be difficult when one must juggle the relentless scheduling demands modern life puts on all concerned...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Uneven Day Caps a Solid Week
Stocks soared early Friday but gradually gave up most of their gains as some negative news tempered the expectations of investors...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Labor Pacts in Detroit Didn?t Ease Stocks? Slide
Despite winning labor contracts that improved their competitiveness, shares in G.M. and Ford have continued to slide...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Is It Healthy? Food Rating Systems Battle It Out
Consumer groups are rushing to create systems that aim to make sense of conflicting health claims on food labels...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
U.S. Urges Freezing Some Rates on Loans
Treasury officials said they were pleased by the progress in persuading mortgage lenders to agree to a temporary rate freeze on subprime loans to avert foreclosures...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency
Congressional negotiators reached a deal on legislation to require automakers to achieve 35 miles per gallon on average by 2020...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
News Analysis: Wall St. Sees Silver Lining in Economy
Investors appear to be taking comfort in the notion that the economy is so imperiled that it is forcing the government to mount an aggressive rescue effort...
New York Times - December 1, 2007
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