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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 July 2006:
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Weather delays shuttle launch
The possibility of thunderstorms and lightning near the launch pad delayed the liftoff of the space shuttle Saturday afternoon. NASA said it will try again Sunday. "Steve, sorry to break your string. We're not going to make it today," mission control told STS-121 Commander Steve Lindsey...
CNN - July 1, 2006
NASA Postpones Discovery Shuttle Launch
NASA scrubbed the launch minutes before the scheduled liftoff today as threatening clouds gathered...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Corzine Orders New Jersey Government Shutdown
Gov. Jon S. Corzine shut down the state's government for the first time in its history because of a budget impasse...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Markets Soar on Hint of End to Rate Increases
The stock market surged to its biggest weekly gains in months last week on optimism that the Federal Reserve had nearly finished tightening interest rates...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Suits: He Is Not Only Smart, but Very Careful, Too
WHEN he was planning his vast estate,...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Letters
Erasing the Footprint...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Correction
An article last Sunday about the 2003 payout of $140 million in pension savings to Richard A. Grasso, then the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, referred incorrectly to Mr. Grasso's second contract with the exchange, signed in 1999. That contract was executed in May of that year by Bernard Marcus, then the chairman of the exchange's compensation committee, not by Kenneth G. Langone, who became the committee's chairman that June...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: A Conscience of Corporations
Religious organizations are prodding corporations on social issues, and winning ever more shareholder support...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Off the Shelf: The Elusive Goal of Corporate Creativity
New books offer suggestions for when "thinking outside the box" isn't good enough...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Market Week: Will Fireworks Follow the Jobs Report?
INDEPENDENCE DAY falls on Tuesday. But on other days of the week, there will be no freedom from economic data, especially on Friday, when the employment report for June is released...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Wal-Mart Reports Slower Growth
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Strategies: Buy and Hold? Sure, but Don't Forget the 'Hold'
You can outperform more than 80 percent of your fellow investors over the next several decades by investing in an index fund — and doing nothing else...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
A Sweetener With a Bad Rap
It spooks foodies, parents and nutritionists alike. But is high-fructose corn syrup really that bad?...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Economic View: Giving It Away, Then and Now
The announcement that Warren E. Buffett would donate most of his fortune to a foundation created by Bill Gates sent reporters to the history stacks...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
The Boss: Descended of Strong Women
The chairman of Deloitte & Touche USA established independence by working on the family farm...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Essay: The Knicks Boldly Go Where Companies Have Not
The Knicks don't want to pay Larry Brown after firing him. Will corporate America follow suit?...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
DealBook: A Wall Street Exposé With an All-Star Index
Wall Street is getting a memoir-cum-tell-all that skewers some of the industry's most expansive egos...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
The Goods: Hey, Dog, Don't Slouch at Dinner
Encouraging proper posture in your dog requires creative means — for example, by serving meals atop the Ultra Bowl Booster...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Square Feet: Popping the Cork on a New Headquarters
The architect for Moët Hennessy USA's headquarters wanted the building to deliver a clear message: that the company sells a luxury lifestyle...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Digital Domain: AOL Said, 'If You Leave Me I'll Do Something Crazy'
A frustrated AOL customer's recorded phone call to customer service has become the online equivalent of a top-of-the-charts single...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Investing: For Older Americans, Money Advice Is Just a Start
A new breed of financial planner is catering to the elderly with services that may go far beyond portfolio management and estate planning...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Novelties: A Pen That's More Than Meets the Paper
With a digital pen, there's no more need to paw through stacks of notes to find something written weeks ago...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Hopes Fade for Deal to Cut Trade Barriers
Major World Trade Organization powers on Saturday signaled their failure to make progress during two days of talks...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
On Lake Michigan, a Global Village
The history of Racine, Wis., like that of the nation as a whole, is also the story of how a community comes to grips with globalization...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Williams reign ended by Jankovic
Defending champion Venus Williams is out of Wimbledon after a surprise defeat against Jelena Jankovic...
BBC News - July 1, 2006
Car bomb carnage in Iraq market
A car bomb explodes in a packed Baghdad marketplace killing 62 people and wounding 114 others in the deadliest attack in Iraq since the killing of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
CNN - July 1, 2006
Israel rejects prisoner demands
Israel swiftly rejected a new demand to release 1,000 prisoners by groups claiming to hold a captured soldier. Cpl. Gilad Shalit must be set free without conditions, said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev...
CNN - July 1, 2006
Shuttle astronauts get strapped in
The seven Discovery astronauts are heading to the space shuttle in the final stages of preparation before a scheduled liftoff at 3:49 p.m, NASA's first shuttle launch in nearly a year...
CNN - July 1, 2006
Episcopalians Shaken by Division in Church
A conflict over permitting gay bishops and ceremonies for same-sex unions has cracked open a fault line running under the Episcopal Church...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Mayor to Put His Charity in Upper East Side Building
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is about to purchase a building for his foundation, suggesting that his future plans focus on being a full-time philanthropist...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Hiring Lobbyists for Federal Aid, Towns Learn That Money Talks
Cities are increasingly putting lobbyists on retainer to leverage their local tax dollars into federal tax dollars...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
With Roberts at the Helm, a Supreme Court in Flux
As the dust settled on a consequential Supreme Court term, one question that lingered was whether it was now the Roberts court. The answer: not yet...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Buffett Children Emerge as a Force in Charity
By receiving about $1 billion each for their foundations, the children of Warren E. Buffett have been propelled into the top ranks of philanthropy...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Canada set for first V Festival
Toronto is to stage North America's first V Festival in September, Sir Richard Branson has announced...
BBC News - July 1, 2006
Live: Brazil v France
Brazil name their team - and Juninho is promoted to the starting line-up as the defending champions pack the midfield...
BBC News - July 1, 2006
Agassi bows out to Nadal
Andre Agassi loses to Rafael Nadal in straight sets on his final Wimbledon appearance...
BBC News - July 1, 2006
Huge blast destroys packed market
A car bomb ripped through a busy Baghdad marketplace killing 62 people and wounding 114 others, Iraqi police said. Video showed crowds of people picking their way through wrecked stalls and burnt-out shells of vehicles...
CNN - July 1, 2006
Discovery's 'Pedestrian Mission' Means a Lot to NASA
The space shuttle Discovery is to roar into orbit on what NASA managers call "a rather pedestrian mission."...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
A Dip to Close Out the Second Quarter
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Big Holder Looks to Turnaround Artist to Transform G.M.
DETROIT, June 30 — Carlos Ghosn has never recoiled from big challenges, and the auto industry has none bigger than fixing General Motors...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Five Days: Billions Spent on Deals and Billions Given Away
It was a week of "can you top this" deal making, not only on Wall Street and in London, but in the humbler settings of Omaha and Seattle...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
WHAT'S ONLINE: Apple's Got a Secret
Apple will not say how much it costs to make iPods, and that bothers Robert Renck, who runs the private research firm R. L. Renck & Company...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
What's Offline: A Flight to Quality. No, Really.
Smart Money came up with seven companies "investors now can pick up on the cheap."...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Executive Pursuits: The 12-Watches-a-Year Solution
For the chronic loser, those street-vendor Rolexes and Cartiers will work just fine...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Saturday Interview With Andrew Cosslett: Holiday Inn Sees Replay of the 50's in China
Chinese tourists traveling within China might be bunking in a Holiday Inn if the chief executive of the InterContinental Hotels Group has his way...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Basic Instincts: I Got Millions for Writing This Article
Call it price dropping: the annoying habit some people have of oh-so-casually letting you know how much they paid for that Weber grill...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
[TS] Generic Drugs: The Window Has Loopholes
A drug maker can license what has come to be called an "authorized generic" of its drug once its patent is broken...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Yearning to Put Papers Back in Local Hands
Increasingly, investors want their hometown dailies free of absentee corporate owners...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Your Money: Airfares Made Easy (or Easier)
Farecast, an airfare search engine, predicts how much the price of an airline ticket will rise or fall over the coming days...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Miami six 'pledged al Qaeda oath'
Six men have pleaded not guilty in Miami to charges they plotted to blow up U.S. buildings, after prosecutors opposing bail for the group played a video that they allege shows the men swearing allegiance to al Qaeda...
CNN - July 1, 2006
Palestinian militants demand prisoner release
Three Palestinian militant groups reportedly holding an Israeli soldier hostage issue demands for prisoner releases, shortly after an Israeli state-run television station reports that Cpl. Gilad Shalit has been treated by a doctor. ...
CNN - July 1, 2006
Two Views of Terror Suspects: Die-Hards or Dupes
Videotapes of the seven men arrested in Miami did not provide evidence that they had any ties to Al Qaeda...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Warner Is Uncertain on Legislation for Tribunals
The G.O.P. senator said he was not sure that Congress should create new military tribunals for terror suspects...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Back to the Garden, Minus the Mud: Bethel Woods Center Opens at Woodstock Site
The Philharmonic inaugurates an ambitious arts center on the former Woodstock site...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Lloyd Richards, Theater Director and Cultivator of Playwrights, Is Dead at 87
Mr. Richards brought the plays of Lorraine Hansberry and August Wilson to Broadway and championed generations of young playwrights...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Top Cyclists Are Out of Tour in Doping Case
The race will go off without the favorites for this year's race — Jan Ullrich of Germany and Ivan Basso of Italy...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Judge Acquits 2 Ex-Detectives in Mob Killings
The judge tossed out the racketeering convictions because the statute of limitations had run out...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Professor at Columbia Nominated to the Fed
Frederic S. Mishkin has been a prolific author of books and articles about central banking...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Consortium Buys Michaels for $6 Billion
Over the last 20 years, Michaels has turned do-it-yourself supplies into a business with $3.7 billion in annual sales...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Judge Rules for Microsoft in Antitrust Suit
The ruling came in one of the last remaining civil lawsuits from a 1998 federal antitrust case against the company...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Microsoft Races to Meet Deadline Before Europe Imposes a Fine
Microsoft says 300 engineers have been working to come up with the documentation for its server software that the European Commission has sought...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Kerr-McGee Agrees to Negotiate With U.S. on Oil Royalties in Gulf
At issue are thousands of leases the government signed with companies seeking to drill in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Paris Approves Law Aimed at Making iTunes Compatible With Rival Devices
The law will also reduce the penalties for the illegal downloading of music to little more than a parking fine...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
MasterCard Criticized on Bank Fees by Europe
The European Commission accused MasterCard of restrictive business practices in the European credit and debit card market...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Blackstone Plans to Acquire Cendant Travel Services Unit
The Cendant Corporation said it would sell its Travelport unit, which owns Orbitz, Cheaptickets and other travel services, for $4.3 billion in cash...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
At the Trade Talks, Threats to Book Flights Home
Government ministers were preparing to abandon talks in Geneva aimed at improving economic growth and alleviating poverty...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Mixed Ruling in France on Suit Against Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton have engaged in an escalating battle in the courts and the news media since 2002...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
G.M. Is Pressed to Form Alliance With Two Rivals
Under a proposal by the billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, Renault and Nissan would pay $3 billion for a 20 percent stake in G.M...
New York Times - July 1, 2006
Doubts over US phone firms data
USA Today newspaper goes back on claims two phone firms had handed over call records to security agency...
BBC News - July 1, 2006
California pair admit enslavement
An Egyptian couple living in southern California face three years in jail for enslaving a 10-year-old girl...
BBC News - July 1, 2006
Severed heads found in Acapulco
Two decapitated heads are found in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, bringing to six the number found this year...
BBC News - July 1, 2006
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