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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 March 2005:
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Federal court hears Schiavo case
Legal arguments began Monday in a federal court in the Terri Schiavo case after her parents petitioned to have the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Schiavo case adjourned
The federal judge hearing the Terri Schiavo case Monday adjourned the hearing without ruling on whether to reinsert the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube. Attorneys for Michael Schiavo, her husband, say they will argue the new law that enabled federal involvement is unconstitutional...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Annan urges new security council
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged world leaders Monday to reconfigure the international body to reflect the world's population and better enable it to tackle environmental and human rights challenges...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Bobby Short, Icon of Manhattan Song and Style, Dies at 80
Bobby Short was a singer and pianist whose renditions of popular standards evoked the glamour of Manhattan nightlife...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Deadline Arrives in Showdown Over Stadium
Cablevision and the New York Jets today presented dueling development plans for the space over the West Side railyards...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Judge Hears Schiavo Arguments, but Does Not Rule Yet
A judge said he would not rule immediately on a request by Terri Schiavo's parents to reinsert her feeding tube...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
'Ill' Jackson late in court again
Michael Jackson's child abuse trial is delayed after the singer arrives at court late and looking frail...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Iceland grants Fischer passport
Icelandic MPs vote in favour of granting fugitive former world chess champion Bobby Fischer citizenship rights...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
US court denies Moussaoui appeal
The Supreme Court refuses to consider 9/11 accused Zacarias Moussaoui's appeal for access to al-Qaeda suspect...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Military stems Rio health crisis
The Brazilian military are setting up field hospitals to help the government tackle a massive healthcare crisis...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Federal court set to hear Schiavo case
A federal court in Tampa, Florida, scheduled a hearing for 3 p.m. ET Monday in Terri Schiavo's case after her parents petitioned to have the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted and President Bush signed into law a bill authorizing the federal courts to review the case...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Federal court set to hear Schiavo's case
A federal court in Tampa, Florida, has scheduled a 3 p.m. hearing in Terri Schiavo's case after her parents petitioned to have the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted. Hours earlier, President Bush signed into law a bill authorizing the federal courts to review the case...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Bush signs Schiavo bill
A U.S. district court judge is considering whether to order that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted. The action came soon after Congress passed emergency legislation allowing the case to be turned over to federal court. President Bush signed the law overnight...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Kyrgyzstan leader calls vote probe
Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev orders the Central Election Commission and Supreme Court to investigate alleged violations in the recent parliamentary vote that have triggered weeks of opposition protests in Kyrgyzstan, his office said...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Bobby Short, an Icon of Manhattan Song and Style, Dies at 80
Bobby Short was a cherubic singer and pianist whose high-spirited but probing renditions of popular standards evoked the glamour of Manhattan nightlife...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Federal Court Judge Schedules Hearing on Terri Schiavo Case
The hearing at 3 p.m. ET will consider a request by Terri Schiavo's parents to reinsert her feeding tube...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
High Court Won't Hear Moussaoui's Appeal
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in a U.S. court with conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Ask Jeeves Inc. to Be Bought for $2 Billion
IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, agreed to acquire Ask Jeeves, the nation's fourth-largest search engine company...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
7 Companies Near Deal to Buy Sungard Data
A consortium of seven private investment companies is close to a deal to buy Sungard Data Systems for more than $10.5 billion...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Wolfowitz to meet EU commissioner
Paul Wolfowitz agrees to meet the European commissioner for development as he tries to calm unease about his nomination for World Bank president...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Ask Jeeves to be sold for $1.85bn
Barry Diller, the TV-to-internet tycoon, announces a $1.85bn plan to buy internet search website Ask Jeeves...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Annan urges overhaul of U.N.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging world leaders to adopt a wide-ranging change in the agency. In a report that will be delivered to the general assembly on Monday, Annan includes proposals that recommend expanding the 15-member Security Council to 24...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Bush signs Schiavo bill
President Bush early today signed legislation transferring jurisdiction of the Terri Schiavo case to a U.S. court. "In cases like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws, and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life," a statement from the president said...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Bush signs Schiavo law
President Bush Monday signed legislation allowing a federal court to review whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive via a feeding tube.Bush signs Schiavo law...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Congress Passes and Bush Signs Legislation on Schiavo Case
The approval and signing of the measure allows a federal court to intervene in the case of a brain-damaged woman in Florida...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Show Them Your Best 'Take Me Home' Face
Organizers of an upcoming photo exhibit hope that if more people see compelling portraits of foster children, they will consider adoption...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Ricky Gervais's Life, After 'The Office'
As the American remake of the BBC series "The Office" begins this week, the creator, Ricky Gervais, talks about his planned projects...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
At Least 2 Bidders Expected for Big Italian Phone Unit
At least two bidders are expected to make offers this week for Wind, the telecommunications subsidiary of the Italian energy group Enel...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
To Stay Competitive, A.P. Gives Clients More Than Just Facts
The Associated Press has started to transmit “optional leads” for its articles that try to draw in readers using narrative devices and other means...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
More Celebrities Finding Roles as Antidepressant Advocates
Lorraine Bracco, who plays the psychiatrist on “The Sopranos” is the latest celebrity to go public about her own battle with depression, after signing a contract with a big drug company, of course...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Treasury Bills Set for This Week
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Equity Offerings Are Set
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Economic Calendar
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New York Times - March 21, 2005
Dancing Around Journalistic Issues in a Lawsuit Over Apple Secrets
Can a company's interest in protecting corporate secrets trump any privilege protecting the identity of a reporter's sources?...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Teenager in a Marriage Factory, With Video Camera
ABC Family's documentary, a frank attempt to make reality soap opera a hit, features the familiarly silly Vegas weddings and a family that falls just shy of colorful...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Gardner Nelson Wins Account From iRobot
Gardner Nelson Wins...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
For 'Code' Author, 24 Months in a Circus
Dan Brown, the author of "The Da Vinci Code," has all but gone into hiding, as fame — and expectations for his next novel — grows bigger every day...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
A German-Jewish Publication Adjusts to Changing Times
Aufbau, formerly one of the world's most important Jewish voices, resumed publication in February with the bold goal of pushing Europe's German-speaking Jews...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
For Those of You Who Wonder How That TV Show Began
Fox is experimenting with $9 DVD packages of TV series: not a whole season, just selected episodes...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Foreign Banks Pose Challenge on Takeover Rules in Italy
BBVA of Spain and ABN AMRO of the Netherlands, which have stakes in Italian banks, said they might offer bids to take control of them...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
A Spartan Warrior With a Sense of Humor
A series of short Web animations will help promote a new PlayStation game, “God of War,” in the style of a recent crop of fan-generated films made with video game engines...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
The Music Goes on Side A and the Flip Side Is a DVD
The major labels are introducing DualDisc, a CD-size format that contains music content on one side and DVD content on the other and, more importantly, that can’t be pirated...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
The Sitcommercial Makes a Return
Marketers seeking to stand out are crowding their campaigns with ensemble casts that continue from one commercial to another, just as if they were the regular cast of a television series...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Bush's Re-election Lifts Circulation at Liberal Magazines
Sheepish though they may be about profiting from George Bush's re-election, some liberal magazines have seen subscriptions rise during the recent political season...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
A Web Site for Gift Seekers
Barry Diller’s collection of Internet businesses is introducing Gifts.com, a Web site that helps gift buyers remember and shop for important occasions...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Investigators Argue for Access to Private Data
In the heated debate over privacy rights and the sale of personal information by the data-mining industry, one story may represent a contrarian's view...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
To Cut Online Chatter, Apple Goes to Court
Steve Jobs has chosen to sue several sites that traffic in Apple news in an effort to determine if his employees are leaking product information...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
The News Is Big. It's the Papers That Are Getting Small
The Jersey Journal is following the strategy of many English papers, moving from broadsheet to tabloid. Will other papers follow suit?...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Assessing the Houses That Viacom Built
Wall Street analysts are forecasting that Viacom's cable division will be cooling off in the next several years, calling into question the timing of a plan to split up the company...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Suit Against Clear Channel Over Racing Goes to Jury
A jury in a federal court in Chicago has been hearing evidence in Jam Productions' lawsuit against Clear Channel, asserting that Clear Channel used its leverage to illegally block Jam from becoming the sponsor of Supercross racing...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Diller 'near to' Ask Jeeves deal
Barry Diller, the television-to-internet tycoon, is near a deal to buy internet search website Ask Jeeves, reports say...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Wolfowitz to spread neo-con word
Paul Wolfowitz will take Washington's brand of neo-conservatism with him to the World Bank if his appointment goes through, says BBC's Paul Reynolds...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Baseball closes steroids loophole
Players who test positive for steroids will no longer will have the option of paying a fine rather than being suspended...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Boxing: Morales beats Pacman
Mexican great Erik Morales edges Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Golf: Singh wins in Bay Hill
Kenny Perry wins the Bay Hill Invitational but Vijay Singh reclaims the world number spot...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
Sheriff: Evidence points to sex abuse
Evidence suggests 9-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford was sexually assaulted before she was killed, Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy said Sunday...
CNN - March 21, 2005
House passes Schiavo bill
The House early Monday passed legislation enabling a federal court to review whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive via a feeding tube. State courts have so far ruled in favor of Schiavo's husband, Michael, who says his wife would not want to continue living in her state, and against her parents, who want to keep her alive...
CNN - March 21, 2005
House passes Schiavo bill
The House early Monday passed legislation enabling a federal court to review whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive via a feeding tube -- hours after a similar bill received unanimous support in the Senate...
CNN - March 21, 2005
Thousands rally against Musharraf
Tens of thousands of people from all religious parties have staged a rally in Karachi against Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declaring him unacceptable because of his pro-American policies...
CNN - March 21, 2005
House Members Hold Sunday Night Session on Schiavo Bill
The Senate approved legislation that would allow a federal court to intervene in the case of a brain-damaged Florida woman...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
There Are Signs the Tide May Be Turning on Iraq's Street of Fear
Insurgents have been attacking with less intensity along Haifa Street, a road that leads to the seat of U.S. power in Iraq...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
As Town for Deaf Takes Shape, Debate on Isolation Re-emerges
A plan to build a sign language town leaves some to wonder whether such a place would isolate the deaf more than ever...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
American Maverick Wins Pritzker Prize
Thom Mayne, who has been called the bad boy and angry young man of Los Angeles architecture, will be named the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize on Monday...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Ask Jeeves Inc. to Be Bought for $2 Billion
IAC/Interactive Corp., the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, is close to an agreement to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., the nation's fourth-largest search engine company...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
John Z. DeLorean, Father of Glamour Car, Dies at 80
John DeLorean was a flamboyant automobile industrialist whose dream of running his own car company dissolved into bankruptcy...
New York Times - March 21, 2005
Tennis: Federer wins title
World number one Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt to win the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells...
BBC News - March 21, 2005
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