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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 March 2007:
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Skeptics cool on warming warning
Former Vice President Al Gore -- who won an Oscar for his documentary on climate change -- warned U.S. lawmakers Wednesday if they did not act on global warming there would be a "true planetary emergency."...
CNN - March 21, 2007
Molester, parents face death for boy's slaying
A child molester and his parents were indicted Wednesday on charges they molested and then murdered a 6-year-old neighbor boy. The body of Christopher Barrios was found in a trash bag along the road after several days of searching. The prosecutor says he'll seek the death penatly...
CNN - March 21, 2007
Gap in Justice, White House e-mails raises questions
An abscence in records released this week of e-mails over 16 days between the Justice Department and the White House concerning the firing of U.S. attorneys last year has drawn the attention of congressional investigators...
CNN - March 21, 2007
Big Games Raise Specter of Online Mischief
As more fans are drawn to the Web for major sporting events, such as the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament which continues Thursday, so too are hackers with less sporting motives...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Book on Bill Clinton Emerges From Years of Tapes
The conversations between President Bill Clinton and the historian Taylor Branch were long and late, sometimes stretching until 2 a.m., and always in secret...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Crowds in Somalia Mutilate Bodies of Soldiers
Full-scale fighting broke out in Mogadishu and furious crowds mutilated the bodies of government soldiers, chanting, ?We will burn you alive!?...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Study Finds Brain Injury Changes Moral Judgment
People with a rare injury expressed increased willingness to kill or harm another person if doing so would save others? lives...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
High Hopes for a Rothko Painting at Auction
David Rockefeller plans to sell a seminal painting by Mark Rothko for what Sotheby?s hopes will be more than $40 million...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
House Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Top Bush Aides
A subcommittee authorized subpoenas for Karl Rove and other White House officials in the inquiry into the firing of eight prosecutors...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Markets Rise After Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged
The Federal Reserve stopped using words that suggest the next move for interest rates will be upward...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
State of the Art: Apple TV Has Landed
Apple TV can connect your computer to your TV without wires ? as long as you have a wide-screen TV...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Phone firm Motorola cuts targets
Phone firm Motorola says it will post a loss in the first three months of this year and lowers its revenue targets...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
US interest rate stays at 5.25%
The US Federal Reserve leaves its main interest rate unchanged for a sixth meeting in a row at 5.25%...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Gore makes global warming plea
Former US Vice-President Al Gore testifies in Congress about the need to counter global warming...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
100 Dead in Militant Clashes in Pakistan
There has been fierce fighting in the past three days between Uzbek militants and local tribesmen...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Gore Warns Congress of ?Planetary Emergency?
Former Vice President Al Gore insisted today that global warming requires an aggressive federal response...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
House Panel Orders Subpoenas for Top Bush Aides
A House Judiciary subcommittee today authorized subpoenas for Karl Rove and other senior White House officials in the investigation into the firing of eight prosecutors...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
To Fight Identity Theft, a Call for Banks to Disclose All Incidents
Congress is taking aim at the identity theft scourge as a major consumer protection problem...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
After Sell-Off, Chinese Stocks Back at a Record
Remember the plunge a few weeks ago that triggered a global sell-off? In Shanghai it was a buying opportunity...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
US cancels gaming firm warrants
Sportingbet says that outstanding arrest warrants for its executives, issued by the state of Louisiana, have been cancelled...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Dell targets China's PC potential
Dell unveils personal computers costing from £171, aimed at the huge swathe of internet novices in China...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
US lawsuit over 'pet food death'
A US woman who says her cat died after eating tainted pet food involved in a massive health scare sues makers...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Police deaths in Mexico jump 50%
Mexican police deaths in drug-related crimes this year are up 50% compared with the same period last year...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Zambia: Zimbabwe 'sinking Titanic'
The president of Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa, has called for other southern African countries to take a different approach to Zimbabwe, which he described as a "sinking Titanic" as millions flee economic and political turmoil...
CNN - March 21, 2007
Bush ready to fight lawmakers on attorneys
President Bush says he has put forward "a reasonable proposal" to allow Congress to learn how and why the Justice Department and the White House came to fire eight U.S. attorneys. Democrats should take him up on it, he said, rather than forcing "an avoidable confrontation" by issuing subpoenas for some of his key aides...
CNN - March 21, 2007
Pakistan coach's death treated as 'suspicious'
Jamaican police said they were treating the death of Pakistan's cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, as "suspicious." Woolmer, 58, who was in Jamaica for cricket's World Cup, was found unconscious in his hotel room Sunday. He never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later...
CNN - March 21, 2007
A Rush of Excitement, From Filling in Empty Spaces to Completing a Large Loop
The elegance of a logic puzzle is determined by the ratio of two things: the simplicity of its rules versus the variety and depth of logic needed to solve it...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Square Feet: A Glimpse of a More Vertical Los Angeles
Playa Vista, the last large undeveloped tract on the West Side, was envisioned as a place where people could live, work, shop and play without leaving their neighborhood...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Oracle ups pressure on rival SAP
Shares in US business software company Oracle rise by 3% after the firm unveils robust quarterly profits...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Poor nations mull trade strategy
Poor countries meet in Indonesia to discuss proposals they say would make a fairer global trade system...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
$60m claim opens Lord Black trial
Lord Black is accused of stealing $60m while he was chief executive of Hollinger International...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Coach Woolmer death 'suspicious'
Jamaican police are treating the death of the Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer as "suspicious," a Pakistan team spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on Sunday less than 24 hours after their World Cup defeat by Ireland and pronounced dead in hospital later that day...
CNN - March 21, 2007
Prevalence of Alzheimer?s Rises 10% in 5 Years
Absent a cure, that figure is expected to rise as the 85-and-over population soars and the baby boomers move into their late 60s and 70s...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
F.B.I. Is Warned Over Its Misuse of Data Collection
Republicans and Democrats said the agency could lose the power to demand records if it did not correct abuses...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Louisiana Governor Won?t Seek 2nd Term
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat, was damaged politically by her post-Hurricane Katrina performance...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Women?s Roundup: Maryland?s Bid for Second Straight Title Ends
When Maryland and Mississippi met earlier this season, the Terrapins embarrassed Ole Miss, winning by 31 points. But a very different Mississippi team showed up Tuesday...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Star in New Role, Gore Revisits Old Stage
Al Gore?s return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday is akin to a recovering alcoholic returning to a neighborhood bar...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Sensing Shift in Bush Policy, Another Hawk Leaves
Robert Joseph is the latest to leave an administration that some conservatives say has lost its clarity of mission...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Doctors? Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View
Minnesota records provide a window on the financial ties between drug companies and the doctors who prescribe their products...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors
The president and Congress appeared headed toward a constitutional showdown over demands for more information about internal White House deliberations...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Restrictions Placed on Investments
China?s securities regulator barred companies from using proceeds from share sales to invest in stocks in an attempt to damp speculative buying. Companies are also banned from buying derivatives and convertible bonds with share sale proceeds, the Securities Regulatory Commission said. ?Regulators are concerned that proceeds are fueling the stock market frenzy,? said Gabriel Gondard, a money manager at Fortune SGAM Fund Management, a venture of Société Générale in Shanghai...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Currency Service by Foreign Banks Is Approved
China approved four foreign banks to begin local currency services to individual Chinese customers, opening up access to the country?s 30 trillion yuan ($3.9 trillion) in household savings and surging demand for credit cards and other financial services. The four banks approved are the locally incorporated entities of Citigroup, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation unit of HSBC Holdings, Standard Chartered and Bank of East Asia, the China Banking Regulatory Commission said. Branches of the four will be able to offer a full range of yuan services to Chinese clients once they register their licenses, it said...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Bank Sells Asset Management Unit
Commerzbank, a German banking company, is selling its Jupiter Asset Management unit to an investment group that includes TA Associates, a private equity firm in the United States, and managers of the unit, for more than 1 billion euros ($1.33 billion). Commerzbank said it expected to book a gain of 300 million euros ($400 million) from the deal, which it described as part of an effort to focus its asset management activities more strongly on its core German market. Jupiter Asset Management is based in Britain...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Business Leaders Suggest Economic Measures
The main French business federation said that the French economy would be unable to grow at its full capacity under programs put forth by the existing candidates for president and announced an economic program of its own. The federation, Medef, called for looser labor rules, lower taxes and incentives to bolster investment and innovation. Laurence Parisot, left, president of Medef, said there was little hope of achieving what she called ?an ambitious but realistic goal? with the platforms of the three leading presidential candidates: Nicolas Sarkozy, Ségolène Royal and François Bayrou. ?If you look at the three principal programs, none of them is proposing what we believe is right,? she said at a news conference. The first round of voting in the election is scheduled for April 22 with a runoff set for May 6...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Spain: Delphi to Close a Plant
The Delphi Corporation, the auto parts maker, said it had filed for bankruptcy protection for a Spanish unit as part of a plan to close a money-losing plant in Cadiz, Spain. The parts maker will spend about $70 million this quarter for severance costs for the 1,570 workers at the plant, which makes steering mechanisms. Delphi, based in Troy, Mich., disclosed the measure in a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company has not yet reached a severance agreement with the Spanish union. The Cadiz plant is the primary asset of Delphi Automotive Systems España, Delphi said...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Dell Plans to Sell Low-Cost Computer
Dell Inc., the personal computer maker, unveiled a low-cost PC for China, its fastest-growing market. The PC is priced from about $335 to $520, the company said in a statement. Earlier this month, Dell reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit while revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations, adding that it foresaw pressure on growth and profit margins in the next several quarters as it spends money to restructure. The company had lost market share to the global industry leader Hewlett-Packard in the fourth quarter and in January. In China, the world?s second-largest PC market, Dell ranks third behind the Lenovo Group and Founder Technology...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Chip Makers Settle Patent Dispute
Toshiba and Hynix Semiconductor agreed to end patent disputes over flash memory chips used to store data in electronic devices like digital cameras and MP3 players. Financial terms were not disclosed. Each company will get a license to the other?s semiconductor technology and signed product supply agreements. The accord settles all patent-related litigation in Japan and the United States, including three disputes before the International Trade Commission in Washington. The legal battles between the companies began in November 2004 when Toshiba, which is based in Tokyo, sued Hynix, based in Ichon, South Korea, after the companies failed to extend a licensing agreement...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Another Attempt at Trade Deal
The United States will make a final attempt at clearing barriers to trade in automobiles, medicines and rice as part of a free-trade agreement with South Korea by sending a trade official to Seoul next week. Deputy Trade Representative Karan Bhatia, who will make the trip, said it is the last chance to get a pact. American and Korean negotiators must reach an accord this month to get it to their legislatures before President George Bush?s ?fast-track? trade negotiating authority ends July 1. An agreement would be the largest American trade deal since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Toll From Tainted Pet Food Is 14; F.D.A. Is Focusing on New Gluten
The number of dead animals included five family pets and nine animals that died as a result of taste tests administered by the manufacturer...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Favorite Author Not on Tour? See the Movie
Powell?s Books, the venerable independent bookstore in Portland, Ore., is planning a new series of short films featuring authors, to be shown at bookstores, movie-premiere style...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Square Feet: Overlooked Area to Join the White Plains Boom
With big names putting up luxury apartment buildings, developers are now focused on a mixed-use area near the city center...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Housing Starts Bounce Back, but Building Permits Drop Again
WASHINGTON, March 20 (AP) ? Construction of new homes rebounded in February after a steep slide in January, but a further decline in building permits was seen as worrisome for the troubled housing industry...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rise as Optimism in Tech Sector Offers Comfort
Shares rose yesterday as takeover activity in the technology sector reassured investors about equity valuations and offset apprehension about a monetary policy meeting under way at the Federal Reserve...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Hedge Fund Is Charged Over Trades
Beacon Rock Capital has been charged with defrauding mutual funds of $2.4 million, the United States attorney in Philadelphia said...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Costume Jewelry Retailer Agrees to a Takeover
Claire?s Stores said Tuesday that it agreed to a $3.1 billion takeover proposal from the private equity firm Apollo Management...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Milken Wants to Sell Stake in His Education Company
Michael R. Milken, the former junk bond chief who served prison time for securities fraud, plans to sell a $1 billion stake in educational companies...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Insider Trading Is Disputed at Trial of Ex-Chief of Qwest
DENVER, March 20 (AP) ? The former chief executive of Qwest Communications, Joseph P. Nacchio, deceived investors and the public when he secretly sold $101 million in stock before its share price fell sharply, a federal prosecutor declared during opening statements Tuesday in Mr. Nacchio?s insider trading trial...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Affiliated Computer Seeks to Go Private
The founder of Affiliated Computer Services, a provider of corporate computer services, said Tuesday that he and the investment fund Cerberus Capital Management are bidding $5.9 billion to take his company private...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Halliburton Says Profit Will Slide
The company said its first-quarter profit would fall below estimates because of decreased drilling in parts of North America...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Pfizer Painkiller?s Patent Upheld
Pfizer, the drug maker, won a court ruling yesterday blocking a rival company, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, from marketing a generic version of the painkiller Celebrex, the world?s top-selling arthritis drug, until 2015...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Air Force Says Boeing Will Keep Contract
The Government Accountability Office had recommended that a $15 billion contract for rescue helicopters be reopened to competitors...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Two Banks Weighing Deal Outline Motives for Merging
LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) ? The British bank Barclays and a Dutch rival, ABN Amro, said Tuesday that after a merger, their company would be listed in London, have its headquarters in Amsterdam and would split the top two jobs...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Fannie Mae Ends Purchases of Loans by New Century
New Century Financial, once the nation?s largest independent provider of subprime mortgages, was dealt a fresh setback yesterday when Fannie Mae said it would no longer buy its loans made to borrowers with poor credit...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Russians Report Huge Loan to Buy More Assets of Yukos
The Russian state oil company Rosneft has lined up $22 billion in financing from a consortium of Western banks to buy assets from its bankrupt rival...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Company Deficiencies Blamed in 2005 Texas Explosion
An investigation found that safety measures fell victim to cost cutting ? even after 23 accidental deaths in the 30 years before the explosion...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Texas Lawmakers and Bidders Are at Odds Over TXU Deal
Two executives of private equity firms clashed with lawmakers over the role of state regulators in approving the proposed $45 billion purchase...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Advertising: And Now, a Commercial Break That Doesn?t Seem Like One
ABC is considering changes in the decades-old way it interrupts programs for commercial breaks...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Economix: Once Again, Debt Is Miscast as the Villain
Americans seem to take on more of it than any other society, but, boy, do we like to beat ourselves up about it...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
A Radio Host Tries His Voice on Television
Whether Ira Glass?s new show can be made visible without losing its old charms is a question that will be answered on Thursday night...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Google Tests an Ad Idea: Pay Only for Results
The company said it would expand a test of a system that allows advertisers to pay only when an ad spurs a consumer to take an action...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Magazine Will Begin Consulting With Experts
Consumer Reports said its quest for independence kept it from reaching out to experts who might have helped it avoid one of its biggest mistakes...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Oracle Says Profit Rose 35% to Exceed Expectations
Lawrence J. Ellison?s three-year buying spree as chief executive of Oracle appears to be paying off...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Bush Tours 2 Auto Plants and Talks of Energy Policy
At Ford and General Motors plants, President Bush told workers they would help national security by reducing the nation?s dependence on foreign oil...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
An American Version of Virgin Atlantic Is Tentatively Approved for Service
Virgin America would add a major new player in the market for flights between the East Coast and West Coast, potentially pushing fares down...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Blockbuster Chief Agrees to Exit Deal
Differences between John F. Antioco and the company?s board over his compensation package have dragged on for nearly two years...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Trial Begins for Ex-Chief of Hollinger
Two different portraits of Conrad M. Black were presented in opening arguments at the criminal trial against the former newspaper baron...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
Inside Japan?s Puzzle Palace
If there is another puzzle craze after sodoku, chances are it will spring from a Japanese company called Nikoli...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
U.S. Cautions Foreign Companies on Iran Deals
The Bush administration has been warning energy companies that penalties are possible if they pursue oil and gas deals with Iran...
New York Times - March 21, 2007
US Fed 'to leave rates at 5.25%'
The Fed will announce its interest rate decision amid concerns about the economy and mortgage market...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
Bush rejects Senate 'show trials'
The US president rebuffs Senate efforts to question his staff in the escalating row over the firing of prosecutors...
BBC News - March 21, 2007
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