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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 2007:
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TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: Nine Million Viewers for ?Kid Nation?
Not surprisingly, kids certainly seem to like “Kid Nation.” The premiere of the new CBS reality show placed first in two of Nielsen’s hard-to-measure demographics (children ages 2 to 11 and children ages 6 to 11), the network announced today, citing preliminary data. Some grown-ups were tuning in, too. The show also placed first among adults ages [...]...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
The Lede Blog: At Jena, Crowds, Activism and Outrage
Interviews with the protesters and residents of Jena...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Landis?s Positive Doping Test Upheld
Floyd Landis, the winner of the 2006 Tour de France, must forfeit his title and is subject to a two-year ban...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Cholera Now Appears in Baghdad
The first cases of cholera appeared in Baghdad on Thursday, in a sign the epidemic that has already sickened thousands in northern Iraq is now spreading...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
City Room: Albany Prosecutor Clears Spitzer Aides
A report on Gov. Eliot Spitzer?s aides with clear them of all wrongdoing, the district attorney said...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
M.T.A. Failed During Flood, Report Says
The Aug. 8 storm that crippled the city transit system caught the authority flat-footed, according to a report released today...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Democratic Fund-Raiser Is Accused of Ponzi Scheme
Norman Hsu, the Democratic fund-raiser who was a fugitive from the law, was charged today with bilking investors of at least $60 million in a nationwide Ponzi scheme...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
High and Low Finance: Inside the Mind of the Fed
The Federal Reserve releases two papers that provide insights into its thinking on inflation and the slumping dollar...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
43 Are Charged in Stock Loan Schemes
The defendants include former and current employees at major Wall Street firms such as Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Oracle?s Quarterly Earnings Up 25 Percent
The business software maker delivered a fiscal first-quarter performance that topped analyst expectations...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Helped by Generics, Inflation of Drug Costs Slows
Annual inflation in drug costs is at the lowest rate in three decades as generic versions of some of the most common drugs have recently come on the market...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
DealBook Blog: Carlyle to Sell Stake to Abu Dhabi
The deal will expand Carlyle?s capital base and its ties to a region that is raising its financial profile around the world...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Weiss Indicted in Class-Action Kickback Case
Melvyn I. Weiss was indicted today in connection with a scheme in which his firm is said to have paid kickbacks to people to serve as named plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Stocks Fall After Mixed Earnings
Stocks slipped as Wall Street, still pleased about the Federal Reserve?s rate cut but sobered a bit by mixed earnings reports, took a breather from this week?s rally...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Goldman Sachs' bets lift profits
Goldman Sachs sees its profits soar 79% after it correctly bets that the value of mortgage bonds will go down...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Global revenues lift Nike profits
Nike posts a 51% rise in quarterly profit, boosted by strong revenue growth and a one-time tax benefit...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Spector judge to drop instruction
Phil Spector's murder trial judge plans to withdraw an instruction given to the jury because he says it misreads US law...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
The O.J. Simpson sideshow is back
A man in a chicken suit. A Nicole Brown Simpson look-alike. A judge with a goatee and a long ponytail. The O.J. Simpson sideshow is back and it's feeling like 1995 all over again. full story...
CNN - September 20, 2007
Lebanon assassination spurs calls for strike
Lebanon's Phalange Party called for a two-day strike Thursday, a day after a powerful bomb blast in Beirut killed an anti-Syrian lawmaker and four other people. full story...
CNN - September 20, 2007
Bush: MoveOn.org ad on Petraeus 'disgusting'
A MoveOn.org political advertisement that criticized the top U.S. commander in Iraq was "disgusting," President Bush said Thursday, accusing Democrats of being afraid to criticize the anti-war group. full story...
CNN - September 20, 2007
City Room: Uneasy Role as Host to World?s Leaders
Experts say that there may not be a legal basis for trying to block President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran from going to ground zero during his visit to the United Nations next week...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
DealBook Blog: DealBook: Carlyle to Sell Stake to Abu Dhabi
The Carlyle Group has agreed to sell a minority stake to the Abu Dhabi government in a transaction that values the Washington-based private equity giant at nearly $20 billion. The deal will expand Carlyle’s capital base and its ties to a region that is raising its financial profile around the world. It could also [...]...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
The Caucus Blog: The Caucus: Clinton Bundler in More Trouble
Reports indicated that federal prosecutors in Manhattan are set to make an announcement in the investigation of Norman Hsu today...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
The Lede Blog: Race and the Spotlight in Small-Town Louisiana
A rally in Jena, La., over the prosecution of six black high school students is attracting national attention...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Bush Assails Democrats Over Child Health Bill
President Bush warned again that he would veto a children?s insurance bill if it emerged from Congress in its present form...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Ford?s North American Sales Chief to Retire
Francisco Codina will retire on Nov. 1 as the automaker tries to stem a prolonged decline in U.S. sales...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
FedEx Profit Up, but Stock Falls on Lower Outlook
The company said quarterly profit rose to $494 million despite a slowing U.S. economy, but it lowered its full-year earnings outlook...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Jobless Claims Drop Unexpectedly
The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped by 9,000 to the lowest level in seven weeks...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Stocks Slip After Mixed Earnings
Stocks slipped as Wall Street, still pleased about the Federal Reserve?s rate cut but sobered a bit by mixed earnings reports, stopped to cash in profits from this week...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Fed Chief Calls for New Mortgage Rules
Ben S. Bernanke?s call for consideration of stricter regulation of mortgage lending practices signals a shift from regulatory policy over the past several years...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Bear Stearns Profit Plunges 61% on Subprime Woes
Bear?s bearish news stood in sharp contrast to figures released by Goldman Sachs, which posted a 79 percent rise in profit...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Euro Reaches All-Time High Against Dollar
The euro traded above $1.40 for the first time since the common European currency was introduced. The dollar also sank to one-to-one parity with the Canadian dollar...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Dubai Buys Large Stake in Nasdaq
Under the deal, Borse Dubai becomes the first government-controlled stock exchange of the Middle East to hold a significant stake in an American rival...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Blackwater stirs Iraqi anger
Iraqi witnesses reject an explanation given by US security firm Blackwater following a deadly gunfight in Baghdad...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Bear Stearns hit by credit crisis
Profits at US bank Bear Stearns fall 61% as a result of the credit crisis and exposure to sub-prime debt...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
US agriculture secretary to quit
US President George W Bush announces Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is resigning...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Iran frees US-Iranian from prison
Iran releases a second Iranian-American academic who had been detained in Tehran since May...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Bush sad over Baghdad shootout
US President George Bush speaks of his sadness over a shootout in Baghdad involving a US security firm...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Protesters highlight US race row
Hundreds of civil rights protesters march through the US town of Jena - the centre of a race row case...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
PM: 'Bomb won't stop Lebanon poll'
Lebanese leaders have vowed to press ahead with a divisive election for president, despite the car-bomb assassination of an anti-Syrian lawmaker. full story...
CNN - September 20, 2007
Yankees 2, Orioles 1: Pettitte?s 200th Win Is Twice as Nice
The Yankees are now a game and a half behind first-place Boston in the American League East and lead Detroit by five and a half games for the wild card...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Euro Reaches All-Time High
The euro hit a new all-time high against the U.S. dollar, trading above $1.40 for the first time since the common European currency was introduced...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Northwest Passage: Plain sailing
A fabled Arctic shipping route from the Atlantic to Pacific is now open due to ice loss, Europe's space agency says...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Mexican school for wrestlers
Mexican youngsters attend daily lessons in the hope of being the next big star in lucha libre or freestyle pro-wrestling, writes Deborah Bonello...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Nasdaq buys Nordic stock exchange
The Nasdaq Stock Market signs a deal with Borse Dubai that will leave Nasdaq owning Nordic stock market firm OMX...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Football: England face US test
The United States beat Nigeria 1-0 to set up a quarter-final against England at the Women's World Cup...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Bowie supports US race row teens
David Bowie makes a $10,000 donation to support six black teenagers charged with assault...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Tennessee bans lethal injection
A judge in the US state of Tennessee rules its method of executing prisoners by lethal injection is illegal...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Dan Rather sues CBS for $70 million
Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit Wednesday against CBS, alleging that the network made him a "scapegoat" for a discredited story about President Bush's National Guard service. full story...
CNN - September 20, 2007
Senate Democrats' Iraq plan defeated
A measure that would have forced the Pentagon to give troops sent to Iraq stateside leave equal to their time in the battle zone was defeated Wednesday evening in the Senate. full story...
CNN - September 20, 2007
25th Anniversary Mark Elusive for Many Couples
For the first time at least since World War II, women and men who married in the late 1970s had a less than even chance of still being married 25 years later...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Simpson?s Bail Set at $125,000 in Las Vegas
A judge set bail for O. J. Simpson on Wednesday at $125,000 in connection with charges of kidnapping and armed robbery of sports memorabilia...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Giuliani, in London, Urges Broad NATO Expansion
Making an unusual campaign swing outside his own country, Rudolph W. Giuliani said that he would like to see a broad expansion of the NATO alliance, including an invitation to Israel...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Senate Blocks Detainees? Rights Bill
Senate Republicans rejected complaints that a new law that denies terrorism detainees the right to appeal their detention to federal courts ran against the nation?s principles...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
M.T.A. Makes Deal for Cellphones in Stations
All 277 underground stations in the New York subway system are to be wired for cellphone use...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
A Minister?s Public Lesson on Domestic Violence
A domestic violence case involving a television evangelist has left some questioning her credibility...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Big Terror Trial Shaped Views of Justice Pick
The lessons learned from a complex terrorism trial in 1996 are still echoing with Michael B. Mukasey...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
For Jay-Z, Inspiration Arrives in a Movie
Jay-Z, the rap superstar and president of Def Jam Records, has quietly returned to the studio to record an album of new songs inspired by the forthcoming movie ?American Gangster.?...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Advertising: And the Winning Flavor Is...
Häagen-Dazs and Gourmet magazine are sponsoring a multimedia contest to find an exotic flavor to sell under the Häagen-Dazs brand name...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Life?s Work : O.T. Isn?t as Simple as Telling Time
In today?s perpetual workplace, where you can carry your office in your pocket, how does one measure overtime?...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
That Plan to Push That Book Goes Poof
What does the currently ubiquitous Alan Greenspan have in common with George J. Tenet, Bob Woodward and Harry Potter?...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Southwest Alters Boarding Process
Southwest Airlines said Wednesday that it would start numbering boarding passes so that passengers would no longer need to line up early...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Allergan to Buy Bladder-Drug Rival
Allergan said yesterday that it would buy Esprit Pharma for $370 million to expand its role in treating bladder disorders...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Palm Says Loss Is a Possibility
Facing increasing competition in the smartphone market, Palm Inc., said Wednesday that it might see a small loss in its fiscal first quarter...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
General Mills Profit Rises 8%
The food maker General Mills reported on Wednesday that its first-quarter profit rose 8 percent as rising revenue offset higher ingredient costs and increased spending on marketing...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Market-Timing Case Is Settled
Evergreen Investment Management and its affiliates have agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle charges of improper market timing...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Rate Cut Lifts Shares for a Second Day
Stocks extended their biggest rally in four years, buoyed by speculation that Federal Reserve interest rate cuts will help contain the housing slump and lead to profit growth...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
U.S. Backs French I.M.F. Nominee
The U.S. will back the nomination of Dominique Strauss-Kahn to become managing director of the International Monetary Fund...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Citing Toy Recalls, Safety Agency Asks Congress for Support
The testimony came as Mattel said it had found lead levels in paint in recalled toys that were almost 200 times the accepted safety ceiling...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Study Says Delays at S.B.A. Harm Program for Women
Delays in the Small Business Administration?s disbursal of grant money caused layoffs and cutbacks at women?s business centers...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
The Entrepreneurial Edge: Ports and Distribution Industry Surge Together
The wave of trade with China is leading West Coast logistics companies to find that growth also means new challenges...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Solve a Mining Puzzle and Win $10 Million
Barrick Gold is offering a $10 million prize to anyone who can increase the amount of silver it recovers from a mine in Argentina...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
House Approves Plan to Aid Insurers
The legislation, opposed by the White House, would significantly expand the federal program that assists the insurance industry in the event of a major terrorist attack...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
CBS Is Sued by Rather Over Ouster
Dan Rather asserts that CBS violated his contract by giving him insufficient airtime on ?60 Minutes.?...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Fannie Mae to Be Allowed to Expand Its Portfolio
A government regulator on Wednesday said Fannie Mae could slightly increase the amount of mortgages it can buy for its investment portfolio...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Decline in Retail Prices Offers Grace Note to Fed
Consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in August as energy costs fell, keeping pace with the year?s slowdown in inflation and offering some comfort to Fed officials after Tuesday?s half-point rate cut...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Write-Downs Push Morgan?s Profit Lower
Morgan Stanley reported a 7 percent drop in profit from continuing operations in the third quarter...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
News Analysis: In Crisis, 2 Fed Chiefs Seem Alike
While many expected Ben S. Bernanke to bring a different style to the Federal Reserve, in practice Mr. Bernanke is remarkably similar to his predecessor, Alan Greenspan...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Auto Talks Move Away From Health Care Trust
G.M. and the U.A.W. have shifted negotiations to other issues after being unable to agree on how much G.M. would invest in a health-care trust...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Prominent Lawyer to Be Indicted
Melvyn I. Weiss is expected to be indicted on Thursday in connection with a scheme in which his firm is said to have paid kickbacks to people to serve as named plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
An Air Travel Activist Is Born
Angry after finding herself stranded on a plane, Kate Hanni became an advocate for passenger rights. Now her campaign is taking off...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Dubai to Buy Large Stake in Nasdaq
The government-controlled stock exchange in Dubai is expected to announce that it will take significant ownership stakes in the Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
Deal to Buy Sallie Mae in Jeopardy
The consortium that had agreed to buy Sallie Mae for $25 billion may scuttle the deal if it is unable to negotiate a lower price...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
NBC to Offer Downloads of Its Shows
NBC Universal announced plans today for a service that will make popular NBC programs available to download free to personal computers and other devices...
New York Times - September 20, 2007
US Church meets over gay clergy
The Archbishop of Canterbury is making a last ditch attempt to end the gay clergy row threatening the worldwide Anglican church...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
US blocks Iran leader 9/11 visit
A request from Iran's president to visit the Ground Zero site in New York is denied...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
Ex-news anchor sues CBS for $70m
Former CBS TV news anchor Dan Rather files a $70m lawsuit against his ex-employers at the US network...
BBC News - September 20, 2007
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