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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 2008:
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Sprinter Gatlin Banned for Four Years
The Olympic 100-meter champion had a potential eight-year doping ban reduced, but he will not be able to defend his gold medal in Beijing this summer...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Campaigns Feeling Effects of Iowa Poll
The results of the Des Moines Register?s final poll of Iowa caucus-goers continued to reverberate across the campaign trail as the clock ticked toward the caucuses...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Doubts Raised on Technology Sales to China
The administration is facing questions from weapons experts about whether some equipment ? newly authorized for export to Chinese companies ? could instead end up helping China modernize its military...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Memo Pad: Batteries Included in New Travel Restrictions
BATTERY RESTRICTIONS Beginning Tuesday, airline passengers cannot pack any loose lithium batteries in checked bags, though the batteries are permitted if contained within laptops, cellphones or other electronic devices, according to a new rule by the Transportation Department. The department said that loose lithium batteries can short-circuit and create a fire hazard in cargo holds. The new rule also limits to two the number of large-size spare lithium batteries that may be brought on in carry-on bags, but a department spokeswoman says that restriction applies mostly to professional and industrial-use batteries and does not affect most lithium batteries used in consumer electronics like laptops and cellphones...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
When It?s Time to Call the Cavalry
Some business travel problems are solved by hiring special services; others by not submitting to a no...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Customers, Not Brokers, Profited in an Odd 2007
The brokers? customers did reasonably well. The brokers did not. How could that happen?...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Gatlin handed four-year ban
Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin receives a four-year ban for doping, says the United States Anti-Doping Agency...
BBC News - January 1, 2008
Can They Stay Out of Harm?s Way?
When jaguars kill cattle, ranchers retaliate. Now conservationists are trying for a truce that could save the Americas? biggest cat...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
US Anglican head in sexuality row
The head of US Anglicans accuses other churches, including the Church of England of double standards on sexuality...
BBC News - January 1, 2008
Nasa attacked on air safety study
US space agency Nasa is criticised for issuing an incomplete and unanalysed report on air safety...
BBC News - January 1, 2008
Chief Justice Again Calls for Pay Raise for Judges
A measure now moving through Congress is ?vital? and long overdue, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in his annual report on the state of the federal judiciary...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Rediscovering a Heroine of Chicago Architecture
As part of an effort by scholars to raise the profile of female architects, Marion Mahony?s designs are now available online...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Outside Groups Spend Heavily and Visibly to Sway ?08 Races
Spurred by a Supreme Court decision, independent groups are committing resources as never before...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Oil in North Dakota Brings Job Boom and Burdens
Some hope the oil industry will prompt business and workers to return to the state, where the population peaked in 1930...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Fund Frozen, Florida Towns Feel the Pinch
Hundreds of local governments are unable to access money they deposited in a statewide investment pool...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Batteries Included in New Travel Restrictions
BATTERY RESTRICTIONS Beginning Tuesday, airline passengers cannot pack any loose lithium batteries in checked bags, though the batteries are permitted if contained within laptops, cellphones or other electronic devices, according to a new rule by the Transportation Department. The department said that loose lithium batteries can short-circuit and create a fire hazard in cargo holds. The new rule also limits to two the number of large-size spare lithium batteries that may be brought on in carry-on bags, but a department spokeswoman says that restriction applies mostly to professional and industrial-use batteries and does not affect most lithium batteries used in consumer electronics like laptops and cellphones...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Uncertain Prospects for Radiohead CD
Radiohead?s ?In Rainbows,? which was previously available for free online, is on sale in record shops on Tuesday. Will anyone buy the CD?...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Transmeridian to Be Acquired
The Houston oil company with production in Kazakhstan, agreed to be acquired and taken private by a company formed by its chief executive, Lorrie T. Olivier...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Edward Brennan, Who Led Sears at Its Peak, Dies at 73
Mr. Brennan became chief executive at Sears in 1986, when the company was the nation?s largest retailer...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Vonage and Nortel End Skirmish Over Patents
The companies will each license three patents to the other, resolving a rift that had threatened to shut down some Vonage calling features...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Ex-H&R Block Chief to Get Payout
Mark A. Ernst, who oversaw the tax preparer?s failed subprime lending strategy, will receive a cash severance of $2.55 million and full vesting on 762,925 stock options...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
For Now, Judge Lets Qualcomm Use Some of Rival?s Technology
A federal judge ruled that the wireless chip maker Qualcomm could sell through January 2009 some chips whose designs infringe patents held by the Broadcom Corporation...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Stock Exchanges Are in Talks to Buy Stake in Taiwan Board
The exchange, Asia?s seventh-biggest equities market, planned to sell a stake of as much as 25 percent of itself to overseas bourses...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Travelers to Pay $6 Million, Ending Inquiry on Brokers? Fees
The commercial insurer reached an agreement with several states to pay $6 million to resolve an investigation into fees it paid to brokers...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Setback for the Defense in a Hollywood Wiretapping Case
A federal judge has refused to suppress evidence in a case accusing Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano of illegally wiretapping stars...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
U.S. Clears Sale of a Stake in Nasdaq
Nasdaq Stock Market obtained clearance to sell a stake to Borse Dubai, paving the way for Nasdaq?s eventual acquisition of the OMX exchange in Stockholm...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
China to Shift $20 Billion as Capital for Policy Bank
The move by the country?s $200 billion wealth fund comes as the government nears the end of a decade-long reorganization of the banking industry...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
In a Car, a Lesson in Russian-European Trade
Long the butt of jokes across Eastern Europe, the Czech-made car Skoda has become popular in Moscow...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Kerkorian Takes Stake in Producer of Energy
The Tracinda Corporation, the company owned by the financier Kirk Kerkorian, will pay $684 million to acquire a 35 percent stake in Delta Petroleum...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Buffett May Not Testify in General Re Case
Warren E. Buffett may not be called to testify in the criminal trial of Ronald E. Ferguson...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
The Korean Card Trick: Picking One
South Korea has become one of the world?s most credit-card-friendly countries. With cards everywhere, however, the challenge is to attract consumers...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
When It?s Time to Call the Cavalry
Some business travel problems are solved by hiring special services; others by not submitting to a no...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
In 2007, Some Giants Went Smaller
Bigger is better, right? Not so fast. Corporate America appears to have had second thoughts in 2007...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Despite One Failure, Growth Is Seen in Coachless Flights
More carriers and routes are becoming all-business class...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
A Punishing Sun, a Mystery Treatment, and Happy Faces
Too much sun provides a chance to put a product to the test on a mother-daughter business trip...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Sales of Existing Homes Rise, but Prices Keep Falling
Sales of previously owned homes nudged up in November, but that was not enough to improve the broader picture of a market racked by record-high foreclosures...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Darker 2008 for Detroit?s Automakers
The way that Detroit auto executives have been talking, 2008 will be a bad year to sell cars and trucks in the United States...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Writers? Return Gives CBS a Head Start
In what may become an A-list booking-war blitz, David Letterman has landed comedian Robin Williams as the first guest when ?The Late Show? returns to CBS...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
On a Remote Path to Cures
Scouring remote regions for plants, oils and extracts can yield cures ? and big profits ? for pharmaceutical companies and indigenous tribes...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Stocks Slip, Ending Year of Turmoil
Even a report that showed sales of existing homes had been nudged up in November failed to lift the market as traders closed their books on the year...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Campaigns gear up for Iowa polls
US presidential hopefuls work hard ahead of tight Iowa caucuses, the first big test in the nomination battle...
BBC News - January 1, 2008
Well Blog: Will Your Resolutions Last to February?
If your resolutions usually fail, it's time to make better resolutions...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Floyd Norris Blog: Eight Years, and Back to the Start
If you fled Wall Street eight years ago ? remember Y2K? ? and came back today, you might conclude that nothing much happened while you were gone. The Standard & Poor's index of 500 stocks ended the last decade at 1469.25. Now, points out Howard Silverblatt of S.&P., it is at 1468.36. A decline [...]...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Wheels: Dreaming of Motorcycle Weather
A motorcycle show in Manhattan at the end of December is bound to be a flop, right? Well, judging by the crowd of riders lined up at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center last Friday, that would be a bad assumption...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Giving Disorganized Boys the Tools for Success
High-priced tutors and college counselors have entered into the debate over whether there is a crisis in the education of boys...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
NASA Offers Airline Safety Data
The agency released an intentionally scrambled, partly deleted version of the safety data it gathered from 24,000 interviews with airline pilots...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Congressman Named to Fill Lott?s Senate Seat
Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi appointed a seven-term congressman, Roger Wicker, to fill the seat of departing Senator Trent Lott...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Political Memo: What if Iowa Settles Nothing for Democrats?
A number of polls have suggested that the Democratic caucus could end up more or less a tie...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
After Ruling, Groups Spend Heavily to Sway Races
Independent groups are using their financial muscle as never before to influence the presidential race...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Oil in North Dakota Brings Job Boom and Burdens
Some hope the oil industry will prompt business and workers to return to the state, where the population peaked in 1930...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Fund Frozen, Florida Towns Feel the Pinch
Hundreds of local governments are unable to access money they deposited in a statewide investment pool...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Edward Brennan, Who Led Sears at Its Peak, Dies at 73
Mr. Brennan became chief executive at Sears in 1986, when the company was the nation?s largest retailer...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Uncertain Prospects for Radiohead CD
Radiohead?s ?In Rainbows,? which was previously available for free online, is on sale in record shops on Tuesday. Will anyone buy the CD?...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Ex-H&R Block Chief to Get Payout
Mark A. Ernst, who oversaw the tax preparer?s failed subprime lending strategy, will receive a cash severance of $2.55 million and full vesting on 762,925 stock options...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Transmeridian to Be Acquired
The Houston oil company with production in Kazakhstan, agreed to be acquired and taken private by a company formed by its chief executive, Lorrie T. Olivier...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Vonage and Nortel End Skirmish Over Patents
The companies will each license three patents to the other, resolving a rift that had threatened to shut down some Vonage calling features...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
For Now, Judge Lets Qualcomm Use Some of Rival?s Technology
A federal judge ruled that the wireless chip maker Qualcomm could sell through January 2009 some chips whose designs infringe patents held by the Broadcom Corporation...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Travelers to Pay $6 Million, Ending Inquiry on Brokers? Fees
The commercial insurer reached an agreement with several states to pay $6 million to resolve an investigation into fees it paid to brokers...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Stock Exchanges Are in Talks to Buy Stake in Taiwan Board
The exchange, Asia?s seventh-biggest equities market, planned to sell a stake of as much as 25 percent of itself to overseas bourses...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Frequent Flier: A Punishing Sun, a Mystery Treatment, and Happy Faces
Too much sun provides a chance to put a product to the test on a mother-daughter business trip...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
China to Shift $20 Billion as Capital for Policy Bank
The move by the country?s $200 billion wealth fund comes as the government nears the end of a decade-long reorganization of the banking industry...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Setback for the Defense in a Hollywood Wiretapping Case
A federal judge has refused to suppress evidence in a case accusing Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano of illegally wiretapping stars...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
In a Car, a Lesson in Russian-European Trade
Long the butt of jokes across Eastern Europe, the Czech-made car Skoda has become popular in Moscow...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
U.S. Clears Sale of a Stake in Nasdaq
Nasdaq Stock Market obtained clearance to sell a stake to Borse Dubai, paving the way for Nasdaq?s eventual acquisition of the OMX exchange in Stockholm...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
The Korean Card Trick: Picking One
South Korea has become one of the world?s most credit-card-friendly countries. With cards everywhere, however, the challenge is to attract consumers...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Kerkorian Takes Stake in Producer of Energy
The Tracinda Corporation, the company owned by the financier Kirk Kerkorian, will pay $684 million to acquire a 35 percent stake in Delta Petroleum...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Buffett May Not Testify in General Re Case
Warren E. Buffett may not be called to testify in the criminal trial of Ronald E. Ferguson...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Sales of Existing Homes Rise, but Prices Keep Falling
Sales of previously owned homes nudged up in November, but that was not enough to improve the broader picture of a market racked by record-high foreclosures...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
On the Road: Despite One Failure, Growth Is Seen in Coachless Flights
More carriers and routes are becoming all business class...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
In 2007, Some Giants Went Smaller
Bigger is better, right? Not so fast. Corporate America appears to have had second thoughts in 2007...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Market Place: Darker 2008 for Detroit?s Automakers
The way that Detroit auto executives have been talking, 2008 will be a bad year to sell cars and trucks in the United States...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Writers? Return Gives CBS a Head Start
In what may become an A-list booking-war blitz, David Letterman has landed comedian Robin Williams as the first guest when ?The Late Show? returns to CBS...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
On a Remote Path to Cures
Scouring remote regions for plants, oils and extracts can yield cures ? and big profits ? for pharmaceutical companies and indigenous tribes...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Stocks Slip, Ending Year of Turmoil
Even a report that showed sales of existing homes had been nudged up in November failed to lift the market as traders closed their books on the year...
New York Times - January 1, 2008
Colombian hostage release halted
A Venezuelan-led mission to free three hostages held by Colombian left-wing guerrillas is suspended...
BBC News - January 1, 2008
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