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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 September 2004:
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Web video shows American beheading
An Islamist Web site showed video of American hostage Eugene Armstrong being beheaded by members of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group. A U.S. official said a body believed to be that of an American has been recovered...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Terror group beheads U.S. hostage
An Islamist Web site Monday showed video of an American hostage in Iraq being beheaded by members of the group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The video showed Eugene Armstrong sitting in front of five masked insurgents. Four were armed and one, appearing to refer to the group's demand for the release of women prisoners in Iraq, said: "Since you didn't release our sisters, here's the first infidel."...
CNN - September 20, 2004
U.S. hostage beheaded
An Islamist Web site showed video of an American hostage being beheaded by members of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group. The group gave a new 24-hour deadline for its demands for Muslim women to be released from Iraqi prisons or its other hostages will be killed...
CNN - September 20, 2004
CBS: Memos discredited
CBS News said Monday it cannot vouch for the authenticity of documents it broadcast on "60 Minutes" casting doubt on the National Guard service of President Bush during the Vietnam era...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Kerry Says Iraq War Raises Questions on Bush's Judgment
John Kerry said today that the war in Iraq was a "profound diversion" from the war on terror. President Bush said such criticism undermines the efforts of U.S. troops...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
CBS Asserts It Was Misled by Ex-Officer on Bush Documents
CBS News said it was "deliberately misled" in its inquiry into the president's National Guard service...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
2 Senior Clerics Are Killed in Iraq; Hostage Deadline Passes
The killings came one day after a militant group posted a grisly video showing the beheadings of three Kurdish truck drivers...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
You Say Prosciutto, I Say Pro-SHOOT, and Purists Cringe
The Italian spoken by many New Yorkers or New Jerseyans makes Italian teachers, the purists who love the language just as Dante wrote it, wince...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Blue Chips End Lower on Oil Prices and Profit Outlook
Stocks slid Monday, although many investors stuck to the sidelines ahead of a key meeting of the Federal Reserve. Tech shares were flat...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Unilever and Colgate Warn of Slowdowns in Their Earnings
The two companies do not operate in all the same markets, but Monday's warnings seemed to suggest that both were suffering from tougher competition in some areas...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Toll mounts in Haiti flooded city
Flooding in Haiti kills at least 250 people in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne, with others missing...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
Call to action on world poverty
The presidents of France and Brazil call for new measures to fight poverty in the developing world...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
Sunni clerics killed in Baghdad
Two influential Sunni Muslim clerics have been killed in Iraq in the past two days. A Sunni imam was killed after being kidnapped from a temple Sunday, a spokesman said. The second cleric was gunned down today in Baghdad. Meanwhile, loved ones are waiting for word on the fate of three groups of hostages, including a Briton and two Americans...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Iraq: 'Terrorists pouring in'
Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has warned that "terrorists" are flooding into his country from across the Muslim world...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Reaching for debate
Negotiators for President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are said to be working on a final agreement for the presidential debates that both sides hope will give them an edge in the final weeks of the campaign...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Kerry Says Iraq War Raises Questions on Bush's Judgment
Senator John Kerry offered his own four-point plan for Iraq starting with pressing other nations for help...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Some Who Lost Airline Jobs Warn of Concessions
The bankruptcies at US Airways and United show that companies can face financial distress even when workers cooperate...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Kerry blasts Bush over Iraq war
US presidential candidate John Kerry attacks the president for 'colossal failures' over the war...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
Fujimori 'to run for presidency'
Peru's disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori says he plans to run for the presidency in 2006, despite being banned...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
UN summit to tackle world hunger
World leaders prepare to meet at the UN in New York to discuss ways of alleviating hunger and poverty...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
Search for Amazon wreck victims
Rescuers search for victims after a ship capsizes in the Amazon region of Brazil, killing at least 15 people...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
Nike sprints to quarterly growth
Nike, the US sports footwear and clothing firm, unveils a 26% rise in first quarter income, thanks to the Olympics raising its profile...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
Reports: Campaigns close to debate agreement
There are reports of a tentative agreement between the Bush and Kerry campaigns on a debate schedule, with the opponents apparently going head-to-head on three separate occasions. Sources stressed, however, that a final agreement has not been reached. The debates would be held over a two-week period starting September 30...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Storm victims speak out
As President Bush viewed Hurricane Ivan wreckage on Alabama's coast Sunday, many in its rural hamlets felt they were without not just power and water, but also the government's attention. "We're just forgotten," said Gordon Lightfoot, an Atmore businessman...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Reports: Debate deal close
There are reports of a tentative agreement between the Bush and Kerry campaigns on a debate schedule, with the opponents apparently going head-to-head on three separate occasions. Sources stressed, however, that a final agreement has not been reached. The debates would be held over a two-week period starting September 30...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Hostages face death in Iraq
Two Americans and a Briton face beheading in Iraq by kidnappers demanding the release of female prisoners from two U.S.-run detention facilities...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Portrait of George Bush in '72: Unanchored in Turbulent Time
An examination of President Bush's life in 1972 yields a portrait of an entitled young man safe from combat...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
In Ethnic Tinderbox, Fear of Revenge for School Killings
Ethnic Ingush in Kartsa, Russia, wait in fear for possible reprisals after the mass killings in Beslan...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Executives Say MCI Is Looking for Buyers
MCI, the troubled telecommunications company, has quietly begun shopping itself to potential buyers, executives involved in the sale process said...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Sun Looks to Wall Street in a Comeback Bid
Long given up for dead (or dying), Sun is turning its own business on its head by offering to integrate many different systems...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
In Video Games, Sequels Are Winners
The game business has come to rely on sequels, even more so than Hollywood. While that’s good news for company revenues, it’s bad for the independent developers who built the industry...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Difficult Choices at Airline Unions
Union workers who are being pressed by their employers for concessions face a conundrum...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Hastert: Al Qaeda wants a Kerry win
Top Democrats react angrily to a remark by House Speaker Dennis Hastert that al Qaeda leaders want Sen. John Kerry to beat President Bush in November...
CNN - September 20, 2004
'Angels' on cloud nine
The best of TV is being celebrated Sunday night with the 56th annual Prime Time Emmy Awards. The HBO movie "Angels in America" won acting awards for Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright and Mary-Louise Parker. Another HBO hit, "The Sopranos," won the Emmy for best drama, and acting awards went to the show's Michael Imperioli, who plays mobster Christopher Moltisanti, and Drea de Matteo, who played his late girlfriend Adriana. In a surprise, "Arrested Development" won for best comedy series...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Indonesia votes in landmark poll
Indonesians are voting for the first time to elect their nation's president and vice president. Polls opened early Monday morning with 140,000 police officers deployed across the world's third largest democracy amid reports of several bomb hoaxes...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Top Democrat: Kerry to hit Bush on Iraq
Mothers of U.S. troops serving in Iraq will help Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry make the case Monday that President Bush's optimistic view of the war does not reflect reality, Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Sunday...
CNN - September 20, 2004
Storm's Devastation Is Revealed, and a Mountain Hamlet Mourns
The remnants of Hurricane Ivan set off a two-mile-long mudslide that left at least three dead and a North Carolina community devastated...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
HBO Is Big Winner at Emmy Awards
The cable network's "Sopranos," "Sex and the City'' and "Angels in America" dominated the 56th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
A Shrinking Airline Industry Offers Limited Options
The plight of airline workers can be seen through the eyes of refugees from failed airlines like Pan Am, Eastern and T.W.A...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
An Enron Trial With Big Stakes for Ones Ahead
As the first criminal trial stemming from the financial deals at Enron opens, it will be notable as much for who is not among the six defendants as who is...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Microsoft Co-Founder Puts Different Spin on Sports
The venerable Sporting News is one of the few media investments that is actually paying off for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Are Some Red States Blue About Jobs?
Could differences in economic performance among states determine how the election shakes out? The answer is a definite maybe...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Storm Chasing on Wall Street
Long before Hurricane Ivan made landfall, a special breed of money managers was carefully tracking its development...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Ready or Not, Electronic Voting Goes National
Whether or not the machines are ready for the election - or the electorate ready for the machines - there is no turning back...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
So, That's the Point of This Company
The head of InterActiveCorp talks about the confusion that the company's setup provokes and whether he would consider becoming the chief executive at Disney...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Commodities Are Riding on China's Coattails
In the first half of 2004, commodities investors worried that a hard landing for China's economy could be disastrous for them, but those fears have not borne out...
New York Times - September 20, 2004
Yankees steam over Boston
The New York Yankees thrash the Red Sox - plus an MLB round-up...
BBC News - September 20, 2004
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