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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 January 2005:
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Iraqi sidewalk beheadings video posted on Web site
A videotape posted on an Islamist Web site apparently shows two men standing on a sidewalk -- blindfolded, with their hands bound behind their backs -- in front of a banner with the name "al Qaeda in Iraq" in Arabic. Minutes later, the men were beheaded as punishment for delivering food to a U.S. military base...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Ambulance plows into Iraq wedding, explodes
An ambulance drove into a wedding party south of Baghdad today and exploded, killing several people, Iraqi police said. Earlier, a car bomb detonated near a mosque killing at least 14 people...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Marine on leave arrested in cashier's death
A Marine who was awaiting disciplinary action was arrested Friday in connection with the kidnapping and killing of 19-year-old Wal-Mart cashier Megan Leann Holden, who was abducted from a parking lot in Texas while leaving work...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Bush Administration Issues Final Rules for Medicare Drug Benefit
The new Medicare drug benefit guarantees patients access to a wide range of medicines while giving insurance companies potent tools to control costs...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Broadway's Going to the Dogs
Two formerly homeless dogs were selected Friday to join the cast of the new Broadway show "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
FCC chairman to resign in March
Michael Powell, son of Colin Powell, is stepping down from the Washington DC-based Federal Communications Commission in a shock move...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Baseball: Clemens cashes in
Houston's Roger Clemens signs an $18m one-year contract to become baseball's highest-paid pitcher...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Car bomb kills 14 near Baghdad mosque
A car bomb detonated today near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad as worshippers celebrated a Muslim holiday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 42 others, Iraqi police said. The bombing came a day after an official warned an estimated 250 suicide attackers are prepared to strike as the January 30 elections near...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Car bomb kills 14 near Baghdad mosque
A car bomb has detonated near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing 14 people and wounding 42 others, a day after an Iraqi official warned that an estimated 250 suicide attackers are prepared to strike as elections near...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Abducted cashier's body found
The body of 19-year-old Megan Leann Holden, was found today in west Texas, about 400 miles west of the Wal-Mart parking lot where she was abducted, law enforcement officials said. Earlier, her suspected abductor was arrested at a hospital in Arizona...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Inaugural closes in prayer
President Bush began the second day of his second term attending a prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. Evangelist Billy Graham led the multidenominational service, and called on the president and vice president to be given "a clear mind, a warm heart, calmness in the midst of turmoil."...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Powell to Step Down as Chairman of F.C.C., Officials Say
Michael K. Powell's term was marked by tighter decency standards and attempts to loosen media ownership restrictions...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Citing Some Flaws, Taser to Increase Stun Gun's Power
Taser International has warned police departments that its newest electric stun gun, the X26, recently failed to subdue some suspects...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Bolivians 'to step up protests'
Bolivia deploys troops to guard oil refineries after activists vow to step up protests over fuel prices...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
'Tyranny' states strike back
Media reaction is fierce in the states dubbed "outposts of tyranny" by US secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Newly inaugurated Bush embarks on second term
President Bush will attend the National Prayer Service today, after a whirlwind Inauguration Day on which he outlined a U.S. policy "with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." Today's prayer service, a presidential tradition, will be held at Washington National Cathedral...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Bush ready for Term Two
President Bush will attend the National Prayer Service today, after a whirlwind Inauguration Day on which he outlined a U.S. policy "with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Car bomb kills 14 near mosque
A car bomb has detonated near a Shiite mosque, killing 14 people and wounding 42 others, a day after an Iraqi official warned that an estimated 250 suicide attackers are prepared to strike as elections near...
CNN - January 21, 2005
A.C.L.U. Will Consider Disciplining 2 Officials
Wendy Kaminer and Michael Meyers, two board members, could be removed for criticizing the executive director and the executive committee...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Peru leader to help forgery probe
Peru's President Toledo says he will help investigators looking into claims that his party was fraudulently registered...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Cricket: West Indies frustrated
Australia's match against West Indies is ruined by rain after Wavell Hinds' century...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
JP Morgan admits US slavery links
Thousands of slaves were accepted as collateral for loans by two banks that
later became part of JP Morgan Chase, the US lender admits...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Iran tops US 'trouble-spots' list
Iran tops the list of "potential trouble-spots" worldwide, according to US Vice-President Dick Cheney...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Allies praise Bush's freedom call
As George W. Bush was sworn in for a second term as U.S. president, his closest political allies around the world moved to congratulate him...
CNN - January 21, 2005
Bush celebrates big day
President Bush embarked on a whistlestop tour of inaugural parties tonight celebrating his return to the White House. More than 100,000 watched as he was sworn into office for a second term. In his inaugural address, Bush said: "The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world."...
CNN - January 21, 2005
The President's Speech Focuses on Ideals, Not the Details
President Bush's speech cast his presidency as a seamless struggle in defense of the nation's founding creed: freedom...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Love Him or Hate Him, All Vie for a Good Perch
At least for a day in Washington, politics gave way to an old-fashioned civics lesson on the merits of democracy, warts and all...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
In Stench, Amid Ghosts, Seeking the Tsunami Dead
Huge numbers of bodies are still being found in Aceh, Indonesia, a month after the tsunami hit, a reminder that normalcy is nowhere near...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
A Bloody Crime in New Jersey Divides Egyptians Once Again
Friendships between Muslims and Christians in Jersey City have been strained since four members of a family were found slain...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Twist in Smuggling Case Over Complicity in Deaths
Lawyers representing the woman named as the leader of the botched operation that killed 19 illegal immigrants in Texas in 2003 moved to withdraw her guilty plea...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Is Bob Iger a New Leading Man for Disney?
The job of chief executive of The Walt Disney Company increasingly looks like Robert Iger's to lose...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Federated Shows Renewed Interest in Deal for May
Two years after merger talks fell apart between Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores, Federated is once again taking a look at May...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Sony Says Year's Sales and Profit Will Miss Targets
The Sony Corporation warned that sales and profit would probably fall short of its forecasts because of declining prices for DVD recorders and video cameras...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Best of All Possible Worlds? Bond Buyers Crave Yield but Show No Fear
In the bond market, all is sweetness and light - companies with bad credit do not pay much to borrow, and they have no trouble meeting their obligations, so lenders do well...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Cablevision Sells Satellite to EchoStar
Ending a father-son boardroom battle, Cablevision Systems Corporation sold its satellite to EchoStar Communications for $200 million...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Burger King Takes a Product From TV to the Table
The sandwich developed for Burger King by the winning team on the episode of "The Apprentice" that ran on Thursday night on NBC will go on sale Friday...
New York Times - January 21, 2005
Grenada picks China over Taiwan
China re-establishes diplomatic ties with Grenada, increasing chances that it will break links with Taiwan...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
Mexican prison guards shot dead
The bodies of six Mexican prison guards are discovered outside a maximum security prison...
BBC News - January 21, 2005
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