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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 2005:
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N. Korea in apparent missile test firing
North Korea apparently tested a short-range missile Sunday, the White House said, the latest in a string of recent incidents to focus the eyes of the world on the region's nuclear standoff. With diplomacy stalled the U.S. and N. Korea swapped undiplomatic words last week -- President Bush said North Korea's leader is a tyrant while North Korea called Bush a hooligan...
CNN - May 1, 2005
200 held after Cairo attacks
Police on Sunday detained about 200 people from the home villages of the three attackers responsible for a bomb blast and tour bus shooting near Cairo tourist sites the day before, authorities said...
CNN - May 1, 2005
Anti-Nuclear Demonstrations Held in New York
A coalition opposed to nuclear weapons marched in New York today, just before talks start at the U.N. to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
Egyptian authorities detained more than 200 people after attacks on Saturday that left seven people wounded and three attackers dead...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
'The World Is Flat': The Wealth of Yet More Nations
In the global economy, says Thomas L. Friedman, intellectual work could be transmitted to intellectual workers anywhere on earth...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Cricket: Gayle lifts W Indies
Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan lift West Indies hopes of avoiding the follow-on against South Africa...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Honduran leader's plane crashes
Honduran President Ricardo Maduro escapes injury after his plane crashes into the Caribbean Sea...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Iraqi police: Abducted CARE official's belongings found
Iraqi and U.S. forces found a handbag, ID and clothing that belonged to kidnapped CARE official Margaret Hassan and arrested six suspects during a raid in a Baghdad suburb, Iraqi police said today. Hassan, a British citizen, was taken hostage in October. A video purportedly showing her being shot to death surfaced about a month later...
CNN - May 1, 2005
U.S.: N. Korea apparently tests missile
It appears North Korea has conducted a test of a short-range missile, White House chief of staff Andrew Card tells CNN...
CNN - May 1, 2005
Runaway bride back home
Jennifer Wilbanks arrived home Sunday, ending a cross-country journey that police said started because she "needed some time alone" before her wedding...
CNN - May 1, 2005
Cycles of Decline and Renewal for American Racing Shrine
With sparse crowds watching a sport that has declined in popularity, Belmont Park will celebrate its 100th anniversary this week...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Venezuela land reform gets going
The BBC's Iain Bruce visits El Charcote farm in Venezuela to hear opposing views on the future of the country's land reform...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Buffett support for ex-AIG boss
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett expresses support for Maurice Greenberg, the former boss of scandal-hit US insurance giant AIG...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Star Wars queue fever spreading
Fans of Star Wars in New York follow those in Hollywood and begin queuing ahead of the release of the last film...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Banned film wins Tribeca honour
Stolen Life, a movie banned in its native China, has been named best film at Robert De Niro's Tribeca film festival...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
'Treasure trove' celebs arrested
Four men who made national headlines in the US after claim they found a treasure trove are charged with theft...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Ice hockey: Canada beat Latvia
Canada begin their title defence at the Ice Hockey World Championship with a 6-4 win over Latvia in Vienna...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Peace Is in Sight, but Is Darfur Too Broken to Fix?
It is evident to diplomats and aid workers that Darfur has been deeply changed by the war in ways that will be difficult to fix...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Willard C. Mackey Jr., 82, Ex-Chief of McCann Erickson, Dies
Willard Clyde Mackey Jr. helped build McCann Erickson Worldwide into one of advertising's foremost powerhouses...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
NBA play-offs round-up
San Antonio go 2-1 up over Denver in their NBA play-off series - plus other games...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Boxing: Toney too strong for Ruiz
James Toney beats John Ruiz in New York to win the WBA heavyweight title...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Runaway bride: Wedding is postponed, not cancelled
Jennifer Wilbanks flew home to Georgia from Albuquerque, where she surfaced early in the day after a nationwide missing-person search. Her family issued a statement to the media that said: "She says the wedding is not called off, just postponed."...
CNN - May 1, 2005
Runaway bride heads home
Instead of being the center of a lavish wedding Saturday night, Jennifer Wilbanks was flying home to Georgia from Albuquerque, where she surfaced early in the day after a nationwide missing-person search...
CNN - May 1, 2005
Never Shy, Bolton Brings a Zeal to the Table
John Bolton, the U.N. nominee, is a conservative among conservatives who has long embraced the role of contrarian...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Offering R.O.T.C. a Truce
More than three decades after the Vietnam War drove a wedge between America's military and many of its elite colleges, the divide is beginning to narrow...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
A Jolt to Team Japan: Bonus Demands
Almost a generation after the peak of Japan's economic might, companies struggle with ways to reward their most talented workers while hewing to their intrinsic egalitarianism...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Willard C. Mackey Jr., 82, Ex-Chief of McCann Erickson, Dies
Willard Clyde Mackey Jr., a former chief executive of McCann Erickson Worldwide who helped build it into one of advertising's foremost powerhouses, died on April 16 in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 82 and lived in Vero Beach and New Canaan, Conn...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Letters
Outsourcing Revisited...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Correction
An article last Sunday about investing in technology stocks misstated the name of a T. Rowe Price mutual fund managed by Larry J. Puglia. It is the Blue Chip Growth fund, not Global Technology...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Play 'Stairway to Heaven' Longer
In testing its Anti-Rust Plated Plain Steel Strings for electric guitars, Elixir Strings submerged prototypes in vats of synthetic human sweat...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Confidence Is Beginning to Wear Thin
GUESS what? That R word is sneaking into conversations again...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Oh, Yes, He Gets His Salary, Too
In Bermuda, no less than in the United States, it seems that it is customary to pile on the perks when compensating chief executives...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
A Co-Worker Wanted the Job You Got
How to make peace with a runner-up who is not exactly being Miss Congeniality about it...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Goldman Had Conflicts? O.K., What's the Problem?
Goldman Sachs advises an investor in Archipelago Holdings and a New York Stock Exchange specialist - conflicts so blatant that they are almost laughable...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Only the Little People Pay for Lawn Care
Chief executives are different from you and me. Besides making buckets more money, some of them don't even have to pay their bills...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
For Buffett, the One That Got Away
As Warren E. Buffett approaches his 75th birthday, the financial powerhouse he began assembling 40 years ago confronts challenges that are anything but routine...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Everything You Need for a Poker Party, Save a Winning Hand
Having already spawned many poker-related enterprises, the phenomenon of today's poker craze shows no sign of abating...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Still Swiss and Still Sharp (Digital Memory Optional)
The manufacturers of Swiss Army knives have added a bevy of new versions, including one with a flash memory stick and several with digital features...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Do Blue Chips Belong in a Social Purist's Portfolio?
An environmental advocate is appalled that mutual funds that call themselves socially responsible hold many of the same stocks as the largest mutual funds...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Listen Closely. Are Those Your Stocks Bouncing Off the Floor?
THE buzz you hear in the stock market these days is the return of volatility, those sharp day-to-day moves that can be profitable for traders but unnerving to individual investors...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
At These Prices, the Poor Get Poorer, the Rich Get College
At These Prices,...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Meet the Jetsons? Not Yet
The New York Stock Exchange's plan to embrace electronic trading is another example of how the pace of technological change is not nearly as fast as it's made out to be...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
The Outer Limits of National Debt
SOMETIMES, if you stand too close to a picture, you can't tell what it shows. That can be a particular challenge for economists, who spend their days up to their elbows in data...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
'The World Is Flat': The Wealth of Yet More Nations
In the global economy, says Thomas L. Friedman, intellectual work could be transmitted to intellectual workers anywhere on earth...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Who Needs a Cable Car?
Sometimes, at the end of a day, life seems all uphill to Richard M. Rosenberg. But that's his choice: after all, he could always call a cab or hop a cable car...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
After Saying It, Making It So
The chairman and chief executive of Air France-KLM Group says that he has had to convince people the company could be profitable...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
First Come Cellphone Towers, Then the Babel
Hundreds of communities have been waging fights against cellphone companies and the march of antennas into suburbia...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Is There Life After 'Star Wars' for Lucasfilm?
A question fit for Yoda: Now that George Lucas has finished the last of his "Star Wars" movies, what will become of his company, Lucasfilm?...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Unmentioned Energy Fix: A 55 M.P.H. Speed Limit
President Bush sees no quick fixes to the nation's energy woes, but he could do one thing immediately: bring back the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Behind the Exodus of Executive Women: Boredom
Experts are beginning to conclude that the low proportion of executive women has less to do with discrimination than with frustration and boredom on the job...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Brazilian Indians free policemen
Amazonian Indians in Brazil free police hostage seized in protest at the creation of a huge indigenous reserve...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
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