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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 May 2006:
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Immigrants Hear God's Word, in Chinese, via Conference Call
Isolated in small towns across the country, Fujianese Chinese are deriving spiritual companionship from a conference-call Bible study...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Bonds Ties Ruth's Record in Oakland
In a significant but controversial moment of baseball history, Barry Bonds matched Babe Ruth’s regular-season career total of 714 home runs...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Voting Continues in New Orleans Mayoral Election
New Orleans voters were turning out in what appeared to be lighter numbers than they did in the April primary...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Corrections
The Armchair M.B.A. column on May 7, about chief executives who have taken their companies through Chapter 11 bankruptcies, misstated the status of US Airways. The company emerged from bankruptcy reorganization last September; it is no longer in bankruptcy...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Suits: Lord of the Enrons: Return of the Lawyer
Could it be that the lead lawyer for Kenneth L. Lay, the former Enron chief executive, was watching "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" recently?...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
The Boss: From X's and O's to I.T.
When he was 15, the founder of IDG used savings from his paper route to hand-wire a computer...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Off the Shelf: Searching for a Culprit in the Collapse of 2000
"Bubble Man" by Peter Hartcher takes us back to the 1990's stock market bubble, but where did Alan Greenspan go?...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Letters
Saving That Data...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Strategies: One Reason to Care About Dividends
A longstanding theory of finance says that we shouldn't worry about how much a company pays out as dividends. But several researchers are not so sure...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
The Count: Gasoline Prices Got You Down? Do the Hybrid Math
Gasoline Prices...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Herbert Doan, 83, Ran Dow Chemical Company, Is Dead
Herbert D. Doan was the last Dow family member to run the Dow Chemical Company...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Price Report Sends Stocks Into Reverse
Stocks plummeted on Wednesday, and despite a rebound on Thursday and Friday, the big one-day slide propelled the major market averages to hefty losses for the week...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Economic View: Stop the Clock. Keep the Problem.
Before anybody sighs with relief that their tax cuts are not about to vanish, they may want to look more carefully at what President Bush and Congress did not do...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Under New Management: These Workers Act Like Owners (Because They Are)
Ownership by employees spurs a focus on quality and on innovation...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
The Goods: A Toast to Loquacity
Marketed under the slogan "World's Perfect Party Spirit," a caffeinated vodka provides a kick more akin to an espresso than a martini...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Market Week: Duck! It's Another Inflation Number
IF you think you can make it through the week without fretting about another inflation statistic with the power to knock the stuffing out of stocks, you may have to think again...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: Imitating to Compete, Not to Flatter
The chief executive of an outsourcing company says it can compete against giants like I.B.M. partly by borrowing American-style management techniques...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Investing: Can the Dollar's Loss Become Your Portfolio's Gain?
You may want to react by changing the composition of your portfolio, but fluctuations of the dollar shouldn't be your only concern...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
DealBook: Brand-Name Bankers Rule the Street Again, for Now
Evercore Partners is jumping on the latest flavor-of-the-cycle bandwagon of boutique banks seeking to go public...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Square Feet: After a Buying Spree, It's Time to Develop
The chief executive of the Moinian Group may have ended his recent buying spree of property in the New York area, but that doesn't mean that he is slowing down...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
The Thrifty Millionaire: On the Internet Trail of a Fine Formal Shirt
A superb fit can help transform a husband into a fashion plate...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
For Tiny Screens, Some Big Dreams
Media companies are racing to develop the first big hit in games and other original programming for cellphones...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: A Calming Word After a Bump on the Street
Why inflation doesn't have to spoil the party...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
The Fight Against V1@gra (and Other Spam)
Advances in e-mail filtering techniques mean that most computer users no longer face a paralyzing crush of junk messages, but spammers have hardly given up...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Bonds ties Ruth on all-time list
Baseball star Barry Bonds draws level with Babe Ruth in second place on the all-time home run list...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Colombia power grid attacked
Buenaventura, Colombia's main port city, is left without electricity after a left-wing rebel attack, police say...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Iraq's unity government sworn in
Iraq's first permanent government since the fall of Saddam Hussein is approved by parliament and sworn in, despite the failure to fill two key ministry posts due to political disputes...
CNN - May 20, 2006
Israeli airstrike kills senior militant in Gaza
A top Hamas commander and two other people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Saturday, Palestinian security sources said. The sources identified the commander as Hasan Ja'bari...
CNN - May 20, 2006
New Orleans choosing next leader
Voters headed to the polls today to decide whether to re-elect Mayor Ray Nagin or turn him out in favor of Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu in an election that will help determine the course of one of the largest reconstruction projects in U.S. history...
CNN - May 20, 2006
For Many West Virginians, Leaving Is First Step Home
The tension between the economic push to leave and the emotional pull to return to West Virginia plays a central role in the state's cultural identity...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
In House Races, More G.O.P. Seats Look Vulnerable
A handful of Republican Congressional seats have come into play, as other Republican incumbents face increasingly stiff re-election battles...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Explosion at Kentucky Mine Kills 5 Workers
The explosion killed five miners, while one other miner was able to get out alive...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
At Unforgiving Arizona-Mexico Border, Tide of Desperation Is Overwhelming
Arizona is the deadliest gateway for illegal immigrants, accounting for half of those who died last year...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
With $4 Billion, Columbia Raises Fund-Drive Ante
Columbia University's fund-raising plan is a sign of the fierce competition among colleges to attract students...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Rough Summer Is On the Way for Air Travel
Planes are fuller, fares are rising and service frills are disappearing. Brace yourself for a summer of miserable air travel...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Mine blast kills five in Kentucky
Five miners have been killed in an explosion at a coal mine in the US state of Kentucky, its governor says...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
New Orleans voting for mayor
The polls are open in New Orleans, where voters will decide whether to re-elect the mayor who led the city during and after Hurricane Katrina. Today's runoff pits Ray Nagin against Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu...
CNN - May 20, 2006
Iraqi parliament approves Cabinet
Iraq's parliament has approved the Cabinet presented by incoming Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured above, a turning point in the building of Iraq's first democratic government. Deputy parliament speaker Khalid al-Attiyah declared it a "historic day for Iraq."...
CNN - May 20, 2006
Montenegro, Smallest of Ex-Yugoslav Republics, Votes Sunday on Independence
Sixteen years after the federation formed by Tito began to crumble, separatists here seem confident that Montenegro will go its own way...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
NBA: Pistons and Spurs both win
The Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs tie their respective play-off series with just one game to go...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Space shuttle moved to launch pad
Nasa moves space shuttle Discovery to its launch pad as part of preparations for a lift off scheduled for July...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
Iraqi Cabinet leaves posts open
Iraq's prime minister-designate is expected to announce a Cabinet to the Parliament on Saturday, but two key posts will be empty, a spokesman for a leading Shiite party said...
CNN - May 20, 2006
Iraqi Cabinet to leave two doors open
Iraq's prime minister-designate is expected to announce a Cabinet to the Parliament on Saturday, but two key posts will be empty, a spokesman for a leading Shiite party said. The political move comes as the U.S. military announces it will send reinforcements to Ramadi, the scene of running battles this week...
CNN - May 20, 2006
After Century, Room and Board in City Still Stings
A new study presents a series of snapshots of earning and spending in New York City from 1901 to 2003...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Some Ships Get Coast Guard Tip Before Searches
The Coast Guard is tipping off some large ships about security searches that had been intended as a surprise...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
In New Orleans, Suspense but No Drama as Race Ends
With the city's future on the line, the relaxed rhythms of New Orleans made an odd contrast to the tensions of the race for mayor...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
For the Families of the Dying, Coaching as the Hours Wane
Inspired by research on the end of life, hospices are broadening their range of therapeutic services...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Music Calms a Dyspeptic County Legislature, but the Malady Lingers On
It took a brass band to make it happen, but peace broke out last week in the Ulster County Legislature in Kingston, N.Y...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Bausch Says Report Helps Other Products
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Flaw in Microsoft Word Used in Computer Attack
Symantec said would-be intruders had already tried to compromise PC's at a Japanese government agency by exploiting the flaw...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Northwest and Baggage Handlers in Accord
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Quest Diagnostics Queried
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Tropicana Casino's Owner Being Bought for $2 Billion
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
U.S. to Restrict Use of Computers From Lenovo
WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP) — The State Department has decided that 16,000 computers it bought from a company with ties to the Chinese government should be used only for unclassified work after a lawmaker criticized the purchase as potentially dangerous to national security...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
3 More Companies Queried on Granting of Stock Options
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Commodity Index Suffers Biggest Drop in Years
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Arthritis Drug Approved for Expanded Use
Federal regulators approved wider use of Johnson & Johnson's drug Remicade but also said that a new warning was being added...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Automakers Drop Lawsuit on New York's Emissions Rule
The auto industry has dropped a lawsuit against New York State over strict new regulations governing global warming emissions, but will still continue to fight the rules...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Saturday Interview With Richard C. Notebaert: This Knee Doesn't Jerk at Every Deal
The chief executive of Qwest Communications discusses challenges ahead for the smallest of the four big Bell phone companies...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
What's Online: It's Here; It's There; It's Spyware
FOR all the improvements in computer security, using the Internet is growing only more dangerous — both at home and at work...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Off the Charts: When Is a Housing Boom Not Such a Boom? See Below for Answers
If the housing boom is finally nearing an end, it is clear from regional activity in both apartment and single-family home construction, that it was an unusual boom...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Five Days: Inflation in Most Everything, Except the Dollar
Whether it is consumer prices, raw material costs or the fines levied on miscreant corporations, all signs pointed up this week...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
What's Offline: Retailers in India Play Catch-Up
Indian retailers are frantically expanding in an effort to gain a substantial lead before foreign competitors are allowed to enter the market...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Battle for Euronext Heats Up; Nasdaq Gains Edge on London Exchange
Deutsche Börse laid out its plan to merge with the Euronext stock exchange. At the same time, Nasdaq raised its stake in the London Stock Exchange...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Executive Pursuits: Man, Middle-Aged, Seeks Swimsuit
I was in search of a bathing suit that a somewhat less than perfectly fit middle-aged dude like me could actually wear in public...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Shares Gain as Fears About Rates Ease
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Basic Instincts: When to Hold, When to Fold That Insurance
When my father asked me for help with his life insurance, I naïvely assumed it would be a straightforward matter of dollars and cents...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Your Money: Never Mind the Clip-On Ties, Geek Squad Can Fix Your PC
Robert Stephens has made a very good living solving the problems of technophobes and people who thought they were technically adept...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Home Insurers Embrace the Heartland
Homeowners along the coast are struggling to get coverage while those in Hurricane-free regions are choosing among competing offers...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Mittal Steel Sharply Raises Its Offer to Acquire Arcelor
The founder of Mittal unexpectedly announced the increased bid a day after an offer for Arcelor was officially tendered to shareholders...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Unease on Industry's Role in Hypertension Debate
The American Society of Hypertension is in the midst of a dispute over the influence of drug industry money...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
'Da Vinci' as a Brand: From Soup to Nuts
"The Da Vinci Code" has already spawned a mini-industry unto itself that encompasses video games, cookbooks, even pornography...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Hyundai Arrest Shakes Foundations of South Korean Industry
The ultimate test of the Hyundai Motor Company's mettle comes now as its charismatic chairman sits in a jail...
New York Times - May 20, 2006
Hemingway papers link Cuba and US
Cuba sends the US copies of Ernest Hemingway's papers as part of a rare deal between the two countries...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
US terror inmates 'ambush guards'
Guantanamo Bay inmates reportedly attack guards after luring them with a staged suicide attempt...
BBC News - May 20, 2006
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