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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 August 2006:
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Israel strikes deep into Lebanon
Israeli troops have landed near the eastern Lebanese town of Baalbeck, Lebanese security sources say, and the Israeli military has engaged in fierce fighting with Hezbollah forces just across the border with Lebanon...
CNN - August 1, 2006
Israel strikes NE Lebanon
The Israeli military engaged in fierce fighting Tuesday with Hezbollah forces just across the border with Lebanon, and the Lebanese Army reported Israeli aircraft struck targets near the Syrian border...
CNN - August 1, 2006
Lawmakers almost giddy over Castro's illness
Sen. Mel Martinez and other Cuban-American lawmakers were almost giddy Tuesday over the report that Cuban President Fidel Castro has ceded power temporarily while he undergoes surgery...
CNN - August 1, 2006
New Finding Challenges Tour Champion’s Claim
Tests showed that some of the testosterone in Floyd Landis’s body came from an external source...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Physical Shows Bush Fit but Heavier
The president said he knew why he had put on extra pounds since last summer: “I probably ate too many birthday cakes.”...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
New York’s Heat Wave Prompts Record Power Usage
Electricity usage exceeded the overall record as triple-digit temperatures hit the region today...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Cuba Awaits Word After Castro’s Surgery
Cuba was plunged into uncertainty today as citizens waited anxiously for word about President Fidel Castro’s state of health after intestinal surgery...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Treasury Secretary Sees Inequities in U.S. Economy
Henry M. Paulson Jr. today said he recognized that the economy was not benefiting all Americans...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Gibson Asks Jews’ Forgiveness for Remarks
An earlier apology acknowledged “despicable” remarks, but never specifically mentioned their anti-Jewish tenor...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Toyota Surpasses Ford as No. 2 Carmaker in U.S.
American buyers are again flocking to Japanese companies in the wake of high gasoline prices...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Benefits 'pose risk to US growth'
New Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warns that surging benefit costs pose a significant threat to the US economy...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
US carmakers suffer drop in sales
Sales for US carmakers continue to fall, with the country's big three carmakers posting double digit declines...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
Vicious firefight in Lebanon town
Israeli troops engage in an intense exchange of fire with Hezbollah forces in the town of Aita Al-Shaab in southern Lebanon. Israel was hitting the town with heavy shelling and 500-pound bombs, while gunfire could be heard...
CNN - August 1, 2006
Israel: 20 Hezbollah casualties
Israel says it has killed or wounded 20 Hezbollah guerrillas as its offensive in southern Lebanon is stepped up. Earlier Israel's Security Cabinet approved an expansion of the ground campaign...
CNN - August 1, 2006
Sixty Western wildfires stretch crews to limit
For the first time since 2003, federal land management agencies are being asked to make more employees available to fight wildfires because crews and equipment have been stretched to the limit by nearly 60 major blazes around the West...
CNN - August 1, 2006
GOP to Katherine Harris: You can't win
The Florida Republican Party bluntly told Rep. Katherine Harris that she couldn't win this fall's Senate election and that the party wouldn't support her campaign, a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press shows...
CNN - August 1, 2006
Personal Spending Grows Slowly
Americans showed some signs of holding back as higher food and energy prices weighed down buying power...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Attacks Aimed at Iraqi Soldiers Kill at Least 28
Violence continued as U.S. and Iraqi forces continued to shift to Baghdad as part of their retooled strategy...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
New Finding Challenges Tour Champ’s Claim
Tests showed that some of the testosterone in Floyd Landis’s body came from an external source, according to a person with knowledge of the results...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
New York Region Braces for Triple-Digit Temperatures
New York officials urged energy conservation and extended the hours of cooling centers and city pools...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Black baseball stars honoured
Photographs of some of the 17 outstanding African-Americans belatedly being honoured by the US Baseball Hall of Fame...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
IPO launch costs hit Burger King
Miami-based Burger King makes a fourth quarter loss in its first report as a stand-alone public company...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
Cher to auction home contents
Singer and actress Cher is to auction almost everything from her home in Malibu, California...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
Gatlin coach could face sanctions
Justin Gatlin's coach Trevor Graham could face the threat of a two-year ban if the Olympic champion is found guilty of doping...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
Chilis and Shakira lead MTV race
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Shakira each receive seven nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
Israel to expand Lebanon ground campaign
Israel's Security Cabinet has approved an expansion of the ground campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, Israeli officials said early Tuesday...
CNN - August 1, 2006
Evolution’s Backers in Kansas Mount a Counterattack
Moderates hope to gain seats on the State Board of Education and reverse teaching standards that challenge evolution...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
World Business Briefing: Americas, Asia, Middle East, Australia
AMERICAS...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Revamping Plan Drives Down Avon Profit
Avon Products, the world’s biggest direct seller of beauty products, said yesterday that its second-quarter profit fell 54 percent, mostly as a result of a revamping program...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Sick, and Far From Home
For travelers abroad, special medical insurance may save the day...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Frequent Flier: A Quiet, Compact Traveler That Tastes Good, Too
Road warriors often complain about traveling with their colleagues. But wine is an interesting and spirited companion...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
On the Road: A Web Site Devoted to Smarter Summer Fliers
FlightStats.com provides an agglomeration of real-time information on the status of just about every airline flight in the world...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Advertising: An Image Popular in Films Raises Some Eyebrows in Ads
The caricature of the sassy overweight black woman is troublesome to some marketers and media scholars...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Ex-gaming boss in not guilty plea
The former chief executive of online bookmaker Betonsports pleads not guilty to US racketeering charges...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
Indonesian Province Embraces Islamic Law
Aceh, battered by the tsunami 19 months ago, is the first of Indonesia’s provinces to put Shariah law onto the books...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
As Heat Wave Looms, N.Y. Reduces Energy Use
With a heat wave looming, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg hoped to avert a citywide version of the Queens blackout...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
New Finding Challenges Tour Champ's Claim
Tests showed that some of the testosterone in Floyd Landis’s body came from an external source, according to a person with knowledge of the results...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Evolution’s Backers in Kansas Mount a Counterattack
Moderates hope to gain seats on the State Board of Education and reverse teaching standards that challenge evolution...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Book Publisher Perseus Acquires Service Provider
The acquisition of Consortium is part Perseus’s effort to grow in the sales and distribution business...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Nathan Brodsky, 89, Chief of Real Estate Corporation, Dies
Nathan Brodsky, a Manhattan real estate developer, got his start by rehabilitating small buildings and later dotted the skyline with sleek residential towers...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Thurl Metzger, 90, Who Led Heifer International, Dies
Thurl Metzger was a former farmer who went on to lead the charity Heifer International, which seeks to end hunger and poverty around the world...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Shares Decline Modestly as Investors Lock In Their Gains
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Production Increases Push Up an Index in the Chicago Area
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Joan Guggenheimer, 54, Counsel Comfortable on Wall Street, Dies
Joan Guggenheimer was a soft-spoken lawyer who had the ear of chief executives at two of the world’s biggest banks...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Tyson Foods Reports a Loss and Issues a Sober Forecast
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Medicare Gains Lift Humana’s Profit 9.9%
Membership surged in one of the plans the health insurer provides to Medicare members...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
MetLife Posts Drop in 2nd-Quarter Profit
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Figure in Online Betting Case Pleads Not Guilty to Charges
David Carruthers, the former chief executive of BetOnSports, will remain in federal custody...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Nielsen Brings a New Marketing Strategy to Broadway
Using television’s vanguard ratings firm, and borrowing marketing research techniques straight from Hollywood’s playbook, Broadway is changing the way it sells itself...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
2 Big Banks in Europe Show Profits
First-half profit for HSBC Holdings was up 15 percent, and ABN Amro of the Netherlands said second-quarter profit rose 23 percent...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Federal Regulators Clear Way for McClatchy to Sell 4 Newspapers
A $1 billion deal will establish the MediaNews Group as the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest newspaper publisher...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Teck Sweetens Its Hostile Bid to Take Over a Mining Rival
Teck Cominco increased its bid for Canada’s Inco by about 12 percent, competing with a friendly bid from Phelps Dodge...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
United’s First Profit in 6 Years
CHICAGO, July 31 (AP) — United Airlines’ parent, the UAL Corporation, on Monday formally announced its first true quarterly profit since 2000 — further evidence of an improvement in the financial situation of many United States carriers despite steep prices for fuel...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Senate Is Close to Passing Bill for Gulf Drilling
A bill to open new areas to oil and gas drilling is expected to pass, but negotiations with the House may be difficult...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
F.D.A. Shifts View on Next-Day Pill
The agency said that it was moving toward endorsing sale of the emergency contraceptive without a prescription...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Russian Pipeline Leak Causes Prices to Rise
Oil prices spiked to about $75 a barrel after several thousand gallons of crude oil leaked from a pipeline over the weekend...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Northwest Air Flight Attendants Reject Contract Again
Flight attendants rejected a proposed contract and threatened a strike that could put Northwest out of business...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Settlement by Medtronic Is Challenged in U.S. Court
Medtronic’s recent $40 million federal settlement came under a new challenge from the lawyer of a whistle-blower who was excluded from the deal...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
From Lebanese-American Financiers, Differing Views on the Strife
Lebanese-Americans have considerable influence in international financial circles, especially on Wall Street...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
TV Sports: Flexible N.F.L. Schedule Should Suit NBC
From Weeks 10 to 15, and on Week 17, NBC will be able to swap the game perched tentatively on its schedule for one now on CBS’s or Fox’s menus...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Tax Cheats Called Out of Control
A Senate report estimates that cheating on federal income taxes totals as much as $70 billion a year...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Advertising: What’s So Funny?
The image of the sassy overweight black woman, popular in films, is raising some eyebrows in television commercials...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Mel Gibson: The Speed of Scandal
The speed at which the scandal surrounding Mel Gibson unfolded was almost as stunning as Mr. Gibson’s tirade itself...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Market Place: Japan Makes More Cars Elsewhere
Hitting a milestone, Japanese carmakers produced more vehicles abroad than at home for the first time last fiscal year...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Growing Debate as Doctors Train on New Devices
Doctors must learn to implant increasingly sophisticated devices without compromising patient safety...
New York Times - August 1, 2006
Venezuela set for poll campaign
Campaigning officially begins on Tuesday ahead of Venezuela's presidential election due in December...
BBC News - August 1, 2006
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