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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 January 2008:
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Gun Wound Leads to Weapons Trove
A man who was storing weapons in his Brooklyn Heights apartment was also responsible for writing a rash of hateful messages aimed at Jews in his neighborhood last year, the police said...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Celtics End Knicks? Modest Winning Trend
The Knicks had trouble stopping Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the fourth quarter on Monday, and even more trouble stopping Kendrick Perkins in the first half...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Congo Agrees to Peace Deal With Rebels
The deal would end an insurgency that has threatened to unravel the country?s new elected government...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Israel Allows Some Supplies Into Gaza
Aid officials warned that Gaza, gripped by fuel and electrical shortages, was a few days away from a health and food crisis...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Democratic Rivals Remember Dr. King
A brief display of political unity on the steps of South Carolina?s capitol was a prelude to an evening debate in Myrtle Beach...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
G.O.P. Rivals Open Final Assault in Florida
Republican candidates opened a final assault in Florida before the state?s presidential primary on Jan. 29...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Brazil?s Vale Confirms Talks to Merge With Xstrata
The world?s largest producer of iron ore, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce of Brazil, said it was in talks with a rival, Swiss-based Xstrata, about a merger...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Ousted Los Angeles Editor Assails Tribune Co.
The Los Angeles Times?s top editor, saying he was forced out for resisting budget cuts, accused its management of using ?voodoo economics? in allocating newsroom resources...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Hundreds of Layoffs Expected at Yahoo
Yahoo plans to lay off hundreds of employees to increase profitability, prop up its deflated stock price and focus on a smaller number of key areas, people close to the company said...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Stocks Plunge Worldwide on Fears of a U.S. Recession
Markets from Bombay to Frankfurt went into a tailspin, puncturing the hopes of many investors that Europe and Asia will be able to sidestep an American downturn...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
U.S. Worries Deliver a New Jolt Overseas
Investors worldwide are assessing a U.S. recession, the third round of bad news to come from the world?s largest economy since the onset of global financial turmoil in August...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
US election at-a-glance: 21 Jan
A day-by-day guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
Mexico arrests top drugs suspect
Soldiers in north-west Mexico seize a man suspected of being a top member of the powerful Sinaloa drugs cartel...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
The Good and the Bad at Il Nido
Return to the Upper East Side Italian restaurant Il Nido...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Making Sense of Arthritis Supplements
Alternative remedies abound, but which actually work?...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Huge Blaze in Massachusetts
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) -- A huge blaze started in an empty downtown nightclub early Monday and spread rapidly through 14 buildings, including apartments and a home for the mentally disabled. One injury was reported...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Israel to Allow Some Goods Into Gaza
Israel agreed to allow diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge in Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Congo Agrees to Deal With Rebels
The government reached an agreement with a renegade general to end an insurgency that has threatened to unravel the country?s new democratically elected government...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Musharraf Trip Shadowed by Troubles at Home
President Pervez Musharraf is touring European capitals as his support in Pakistan has fallen to new lows...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Pentagon Weighs Top Iraq General as NATO Chief
Some experts argue that the departure of Gen. David H. Petraeus would jeopardize American efforts in Iraq...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Brazil?s Vale Confirms Talks to Merge With Xstrata
Brazilian mining giant Vale said it has held talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a potential acquisition that have yet to lead to a formal bid...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Britain to Aid Northern Rock Sale
The British Treasury said it would facilitate a sale of the troubled mortgage lender while trying to ensure that taxpayers will not have to pay for the bank?s rescue...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Murdoch, Packer Bid for Consolidated Media
Lachlan Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and Australian gaming magnate James Packer launched a bid to buy out the publisher Consolidated Media...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Stocks Plunge in Europe and Asia on U.S. Recession Fear
Indexes in Europe fell as much as 7 percent after a huge sell-off in Asia as concerns increased that the turmoil in the United States mortgage markets is spreading...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Macau closes in on Vegas
Gaming revenues in Macau, the only Chinese city that allows casino gambling, top $10bn for the first time...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
Five dead in US mid-air collision
Five die as two small planes collide and break up over California, sending debris crashing on car dealerships...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
US rejects EU green tariffs
US trade representative Susan Schwab tells Europe climate change is no excuse for barriers to trade...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
Israel Is Set to Promote the Use of Electric Cars
Tiny and bereft of oil, Israel will announce its support for a broad effort to promote the use of electric cars...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Shares Tumble in Asia and Europe
Hopes that healthy local economies might escape the force of a U.S. recession evaporated and fear gripped investors...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Global Markets Plunge on U.S. Recession Fears
Stock markets in Asia and Europe plunged amid investor pessimism over the U.S. stimulus plan to aid the economy...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Tynes kicks Giants to Super Bowl
Scottish-born kicker Lawrence Tynes takes the New York Giants to the Super Bowl with a 23-20 upset of Green Bay...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
Hispanic vote boosts Clinton
David Willis reports on Hillary Clinton's victory over Barack Obama in the Nevada caucuses...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
Chavez threatens to seize farms
Venezuelan farms and banks could be nationalised if they break the law, warns President Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - January 21, 2008
Pregnancy Problems Tied to Caffeine
A new study suggests that pregnant women may want to reduce their caffeine intake or cut it out entirely...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Fischer?s Roots in City Tangle With His Legacy
Before the anti-American and anti-Semitic ravings and his complicated relationship to the cloistered world of chess, Bobby Fischer was just another young New Yorker on the make...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
A Missing Son, ?Confused & Unable to Call Home?
For weeks, Sheryl Futrell has been searching for her disoriented son, an Iraq-Afghanistan war veteran...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
4 Dead as Planes Collide in Calif.
Two private planes flying about a mile from an airport collided Sunday, killing at least four people and raining debris down on car dealerships below, authorities said...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Signs in Kenya That Killings Were Planned
A closer look at what has unfolded since a deeply flawed election plunged Kenya into chaos shows that some of the bloodletting may have been premeditated and organized...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
New York Measuring Teachers by Test Scores
Some 2,500 teachers in the city are being measured on how much their students improve on standardized tests...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Giants Stun Packers and Head to the Super Bowl
Lawrence Tynes kicked a 47-yard field goal in overtime to belatedly and unexpectedly send the Giants to Super Bowl XLII where they will play the undefeated New England Patriots...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Republican Field Rides Full Force Into Florida Test
The Republican presidential campaigns descended on Florida for the first primary in which all the candidates are participating full-force...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Pentagon Weighs Top Iraq General as Chief of NATO
The move would give Gen. David H. Petraeus a high-level post during the next administration but has raised concerns about the practice of rotating war commanders...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Ex-Newsman Laments a Dying Craft
The creator of ?The Wire? writes a love letter to journalism, with the bosses cast as villains...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Caution?s in the Air as Sundance Opens
The Sundance Film Festival?s opening weekend drew to a close looking more and more like a disappointment, if not an outright dud...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week included the regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills on Thursday and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Soap-Operas Are the Hidden Drama of Strike
The most sensational mystery in daytime may be how soap operas are being written at all, considering that nearly all of their writers are guild members on strike...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Bausch & Lomb Buys a Competitor
Bausch & Lomb, the eye health company, said it had acquired a rival, eyeonics Inc., for an undisclosed amount...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
The Week?s Economic Reports
The release of existing-home sales numbers on Thursday highlight a slow week for economic data...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Multinationals Fight Climate Change
Eleven companies are teaming up to see how they can work with thousands of their suppliers to curb greenhouse gas emissions...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Betting on a Bright Future for Rear-Projection TVs
Texas Instruments hopes that new chips can lead to more realistic video game play and 3-D DVDs...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
HBO Putting Shows Online, at No Additional Charge
HBO, cable?s most popular premium channel, is carefully entering the arena of Internet video...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
In Europe, Apple Faces Hurdles to iTunes Movie Rentals
The European market rules will force deals to be made one country at a time...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Letter From Penn Berates Paper That Used Him as a Contributor
The actor takes aim at The San Francisco Chronicle in response to a satirical article that suggested celebrities in decline associate with ?notorious dictators.?...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
See Cookies? Go Watch a Movie
Consumers make more impulsive choices after being exposed to ?appetitive stimuli,? according to a new study...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Ads Use Logos of Washington Post to Skewer It
A union representing some of the paper?s employees is using the campaign to highlight its disagreements with the paper?s management...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Can?t Tell a Book by Its Cover, or Even Its Title, It Turns Out
A cookbook author is angered that another writer is using his book?s title, but learns there?s not much he can do about it...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
A Venerable Magazine Energizes Its Web Site
Executives at The Atlantic hope that a rise in the magazine?s Web traffic brings the publication something it hasn?t had in many years: a profit...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Web Cartoon Bolsters Visits to Newsday
An animated cartoon of aging baby boomers gives Newsday?s Web traffic a big spike...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Campaign Reporting in Under 140 Taps
Reporters are using instant messages and the Twitter service to pump out details from the campaign trail...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
A Site Follows the Money So Users Can Slice and Dice
Politicalbase.com is building a base of devoted political junkies, and its creators think the site?s audience will keep growing -- even after the November election...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Little Data on Stent?s Most Common Use
The device designed for use in bile ducts is often placed in arteries and veins, even though it has undergone scant testing for such uses...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Britain Says Northern Rock Is Not Sold Yet
Britain?s prime minister, Gordon Brown, denied reports that he had made a deal with Richard Branson over the sale of Northern Rock during a trip to China and India...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Taxi Drivers in London Take a Turn as Pitchmen
A promotional campaign for an online gambling Web site will enlist the help of London taxi drivers to engage passengers in conversation and promote the site...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
The Video Game May Be Free, but to Be a Winner Can Cost Money
In the next installment of its popular Battlefield series, Electronic Arts will charge only advertisers and the players who spring for extras...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
For Clinton, Government as Economic Prod
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the government should take an active role in the economy to address what she said were the excesses of the market and of the Bush administration...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Los Angeles Editor Ousted After Resisting Job Cuts
James E. O?Shea followed the path of his predecessor. He refused to cut newsroom jobs, and lost his own...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Frontline Blogger Covers War in Iraq With a Soldier?s Eyes
A former Special Forces soldier has created a loyal following on the Web with his accounts of frontline soldiers? daily work in Iraq...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
From MySpace to YourSpace
A Web blockbuster is evolving to try to stay ahead of rivals...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
Getty Images Up for Sale, Could Fetch $1.5 Billion
Getty Images, the world?s biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block...
New York Times - January 21, 2008
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