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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 August 2004:
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Kerry camp files complaint against vet group
Hours after the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth released a new anti-Kerry ad Friday, the Kerry campaign responded with a complaint to the Federal Election Commission accusing the group of illegally coordinating with the Bush-Cheney campaign. The Bush campaign responded immediately, calling the complaint "frivolous and false."...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Combat halted near Imam Ali Mosque
Combat operations in Najaf were temporarily suspended late Friday to allow political negotiations with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to go forward, U.S. military officials reported...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Kerry files FEC complaint
The Kerry presidential campaign on Friday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging ads from an anti-Kerry veterans' group are inaccurate and "illegally coordinated" with Republicans and the Bush-Cheney campaign. The GOP campaign called the allegations "frivolous and false."...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Bush Aide Says White House Is Not Linked to Anti-Kerry Ad
The president's spokesman said the White House had nothing to do with accusations John Kerry lied about his military service...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Kerry Says Bush Ignores 'Average Folks'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday traced North Carolina's job loss over the past four years to President Bush's fixation on tax cuts for the wealthy and indifference to the needs of everyday Americans...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Stocks Rise as Oil Nears $50 a Barrel
Stocks moved slightly higher today as investors tried to uncouple share prices from skyrocketing oil costs, even as crude reached new highs...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Oil Prices Hit Record on Fears of Iraqi Insurgency
Crude futures for September delivery traded in New York rose today to $49.40 a barrel, up 70 cents...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
UAL and Its Creditors Agree to 30-Day Extension
UAL's United Airlines will have a 30-day extention on the period in which it can file an exclusive bankruptcy reorganization plan...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Iraqi footballers' fury at Bush
Iraq's Olympic footballers attack President Bush, accusing him of exploiting their success...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Man free after decades in US jail
A man who spent nearly 40 years in a US prison is freed after a judge finds police used force to extract his confession...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
US arrests Hamas 'racketeers'
US authorities arrest two alleged members of Palestinian militant group Hamas on racketeering and terrorism charges...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Google shines on second day
Shares of Google rise again on their second day of trading, as interest in its flotation continues unabated...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Brazil finds true value of art
The Brazilian government and a United Nations agency team up to help the country reap more financial rewards from its "creative industries"...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Swimming: Phelps wins fifth gold
American Michael Phelps claims his fifth gold in the men's 100m butterfly final...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Chevron to fight 1955 leak ruling
US oil giant ChevronTexaco is to appeal a court ruling ordering it to pay damages from a 1955 pipeline leak, reports say...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Venezuela audit 'confirms' result
Venezuelan officials say first results of an audit of the vote on President Chavez's rule show no fraud...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Germany drops junta cases
Germany drops proceedings against ex-Argentine junta officials thought to be involved in the killing of Germans...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Iraqi police deny taking over Shiite shrine
Iraqi police in Najaf told CNN they have not seized control of the Imam Ali Mosque, contrary to a claim by an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman in Baghdad. U.S. and Iraqi forces have surrounded the mosque in an effort to pressure fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who are holed up in the complex...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Confusion surrounds Najaf mosque
The U.S. military says it cannot verify claims by the Iraqi government that police have seized control of the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf. U.S. and Iraqi forces have surrounded the mosque in an effort to pressure fighters, loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, to leave the complex...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Couple found slain on California beach
A soon-to-be married couple reported missing when they didn't return to their jobs as camp counselors were found shot to death on a beach, apparently in their sleep, authorities said...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Kerry talks jobs
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday traced North Carolina's job loss over the past four years to President Bush's fixation on tax cuts for the wealthy and indifference to the needs of everyday Americans...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Koreans Appeal Men's All-Around Gymnastics Results
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New York Times - August 20, 2004
Stocks Up Despite Oil Nearing $50 a Barrel
Stocks edged higher in early trading today as investors tried to uncouple share prices from skyrocketing oil costs, even as crude reached new highs and neared $50 per barrel...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Oil Tops $49 Amid Iraq Supply Worries
Crude oil prices passed $49 per barrel today, striking fresh record levels amid heightened concern about supplies in Iraq...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
General Growth to Buy Rouse for $7.2 Billion
A Chicago developer of regional shopping malls said today it will buy Maryland's The Rouse Co. for about $7.2 billion...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Tennis: Chile's Massu stuns Moya
Chile's Nicolas Massu beats Carlos Moya in the last eight of the men's singles tennis...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
100m: Devers advances for US
US replacement Gail Devers advances in the women's 100m, along with Briton Abi Oyepitan...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
HSBC snaps up Brazilian loan unit
HSBC is buying the consumer finance division of Brazil's Indusval Multistock Group for $124m...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Fighting erupts in Najaf after 'final call' to disarm
Explosions and weapons fire lit up the night sky over Najaf as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled fighters loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Iraqi Ministry of Health officials today said seven Iraqis were killed and 39 were wounded in the overnight clashes. The fighting erupted hours after Iraq's interim prime minister issued a "final call" for al-Sadr's forces to disarm...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Missing girl found dead
The body of a 7-year-old girl missing since Sunday was found Thursday night in a northeastern Arkansas field not far from where her shoes and pink bicycle had been recovered days earlier...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Death and Sorrow Stalk Sudanese Across Border
Hundreds of new refugees from Sudan have poured into overwhelmed camps in Chad. This latest influx is an alarming barometer of the violence inside Darfur...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Key US forces to stay in Germany
The US military says it will keep its European command in Germany amid plans for a broader pull-out...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Guatemala to pay paramilitaries
Guatemala's government agrees to pay millions of dollars to former paramilitaries, who some accuse of war crimes...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Report: Jackson not 'manhandled'
The judge in the molestation case against singer Michael Jackson ordered the release of a report by the state's attorney general concluding that the singer was not treated roughly when he surrendered on the charges last year. Meanwhile, the stepfather of the boy who accuses Jackson of molesting him says someone from the pop star's camp offered the family a new home and a free college education for the boy if they appeared in a video to rebut an unflattering documentary about Jackson...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Medics' accused in prison abuse
A leading bioethicist has charged that U.S. military medical personnel are complicit in abuse of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and suggests an inquiry into their behavior in places such as Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison is in order...
CNN - August 20, 2004
Friendly Fire: The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad
An ad questioning John Kerry's war record sprang from an alliance between Texas Republicans and veterans angry about Mr. Kerry's criticism of the Vietnam War...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Anarchists Emerge as the Convention's Wild Card
New York police consider self-described anarchists the unknown factor in whether the Republican convention demonstrations remain under control...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Garage the Harvester, Bring on the Rhinos and Zebras
More and more South Africans are giving up on farming and transforming their land into upscale game reserves...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
After Months of Hoopla, Google Debut Fits the Norm
Google had a fairly normal I.P.O.--something the company's founders had sought to avoid with their unconventional approach of using an online auction...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
United Warns It May Jettison Pension Plans to Stay Afloat
United Airlines said the termination of its four employee pension plans was needed to attract the financing that would allow it to emerge from bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
File-Sharing Sites Found Not Liable for Infringement
A court ruled that the distributors of software used by millions of people to exchange music files over the Internet cannot be held liable for aiding copyright infringement...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
7 More Managers Fired Over Nortel Accounting
The company announced the firings on Thursday along with a restructuring plan that included layoffs of about 3,500 employees...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Kmart: Rich in Cash and Real Estate but Not in Sales
Kmart looks like a true retail oddity: simultaneously losing ground with the American shopper and generating cash like a slot machine...
New York Times - August 20, 2004
Bolivian peasants end oil siege
Farmers in Bolivia end their occupation of oil fields after the government promises more land redistribution...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
US general censured for remarks
A US general who called the "war on terror" as a Christian campaign against Satan broke Pentagon rules, an inquiry has found...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Gymnastics: Patterson wins
Carly Patterson beats Svetlana Khorkina to gold in the women's all-round gymnastics...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
Swimming: Phelp' fourth gold
Michael Phelps wins the 200m individual medley in a new Olympic record...
BBC News - August 20, 2004
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