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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for February 2008:
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Lessig Decides Against Run for Congress
Silicon Valley will not be represented by an Internet icon in the House of Representatives, not for a couple of years anyway...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Russian Candidate Denounces Kosovo
The presumptive successor to Vladimir V. Putin committed to long-term support of Serbia against an independent Kosovo...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Trial Starts for Three Detectives in Bell Shooting
Prosecutors and defense lawyers offered sharply differing accounts of the 2006 Queens shooting that killed Sean Bell...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Iraq Troop Level to Remain Elevated
The Defense Department is projecting that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July, there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Congress May Single Out Clemens
A House committee has taken the first steps toward asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens committed perjury...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
North Korea Welcomes New York Philharmonic
The orchestra was presented with a gala performance of traditional music and dance and an endless banquet...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Poll Shows Obama Is Seen as More Likely to Beat McCain
Senator Barack Obama has built a commanding coalition among Democratic voters and is now viewed as the candidate best able to defeat Senator John McCain, according to a new poll...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Siemens Plans to Cut Up to 7,000 Jobs
Siemens plans to announce that it intends to eliminate up to 40 percent of the workers in its troubled business telecommunications unit in Germany and Brazil...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Stocks Rise as Ambac Ratings Reaffirmed
Shares jumped after Standard & Poor?s affirmed its ratings for Ambac and MBIA, raising hopes that troubled bond insurers will emerge from the credit market crisis on solid footing...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Nordstrom Profit Slips but Beats Expectations
Nordstrom said its profit fell more than 8 percent in the fourth quarter amid a holiday shopping season it called ?challenging,? but it beat Wall Street estimates...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Pfizer to End Lipitor Campaign by Jarvik
The ads featuring Dr. Robert Jarvik, a pioneer in artificial hearts, created false impressions, the company said...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Visa Plans $17 Billion Public Offering
The move by Visa would be the biggest initial public offering for an American company in spite of months of market turbulence...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Jury Finds Former Insurance Executives Guilty
The five former executives were found guilty of a scheme to manipulate the financial statements of American International Group...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
US election: day at-a-glance
A day-by-day guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Toxic satellite mission 'success'
The Pentagon says it can confirm a disabled satellite, whose fuel may have posed health risks, was destroyed...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Robed Obama picture ignites row
US rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama trade accusations over a photo of Mr Obama in African dress...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
TierneyLab: Is a Taxi Greener Than a Pedicab?
My colleague Andy Revkin recently had a good chat with Ed Begley Jr. during a pedicab ride in New York, which you can watch at DotEarth. It was the perfect vehicle for discussing Mr. Begley's famed green lifestyle, and it got me wondering: Is a pedicab really more virtuous environmentally than a taxi? I ask [...]...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
?Saturday Night Live? Takes on Drug Ads
Side effects include a leathery tail...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
The Caucus: Iraq Returns to the Stage in Congress
Back from break, Senate Democrats may bring up war-related measures that haven't been addressed recently...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
?60 Minutes? Blackout in Alabama?
A controversy has been brewing on the Web since a ?60 Minutes? segment failed to appear on a CBS affiliate in Alabama last night...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Pentagon Calls Satellite Hit a Success
The Pentagon said it has a '?high degree of confidence?' that the missile fired at a dead U.S. spy satellite destroyed the satellite?s fuel tank as planned...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Gazans Protest at Border Fence
The demonstrators at the border fence with Israel were protesting the embargo imposed by Israel...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Justices Take Vehicle-Search Case
A drug arrest in Tucson, Ariz., will be reviewed by the Supreme Court to clarify the circumstances in which police officers who do not have a warrant can search the vehicle of a person who is under arrest...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
New York Philharmonic Arrives in North Korea
The delegation was the largest contingent of Americans to appear in the isolated state since the Korean War...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Trial Starts for Detectives in Bell Shooting
The three detectives on trial entered a Queens courthouse this morning, and the victim?s family held a prayer vigil...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Suicide Bomb Kills Pakistani General
The surgeon general of the Pakistan Army was killed in the attack on his staff car, along with seven other people...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Texas Hispanics Face a Tough Choice in Primary
Hillary Rodham Clinton has an advantage among Latinos ? some 25 percent of the Texas electorate ? but the gap is narrowing...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds
More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, a new survey of religious affiliation says...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Getty Images to Sell Itself for $2.4 Billion
The world?s biggest photo and video distributor agreed to sell itself to the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
F.C.C. to Act on Delaying of Broadband Traffic
The agency is considering new rules that would force the cable and telephone companies to more clearly disclose to consumers the circumstances in which they might delay some traffic...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Stocks Higher on Housing Data
Wall Street advanced on hopes that the worst housing slump in a quarter century might be nearing a bottom, a trend that could be the catalyst needed to revive the financial sector...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Home Resales and Prices Decline
The backlog of unsold homes continued to pile up in January, a sign that home prices will continue to drop as would-be buyers hold out for better deals...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Visa Sets $18.8 Billion Offering
The credit card network said that it may raise up to $18.8 billion in the largest initial public offering ever, amid concern the global credit crunch could eat into card volumes...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Nine-year low for US home sales
US home sales decline in January to a nine-year low, but were still better than forecast, official figures show...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Record fees for investment banks
Investment banks earned record fees in 2007, despite large losses from the sub-prime crisis, data shows...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Golf: Woods aims to win it all
Tiger Woods is planning to win every tournament he competes in for the remainder of the 2008 season...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Oscars tribute to torture victim
Tributes are paid at the Oscars award ceremony in Hollywood to a young Afghan taxi driver who died in US military detention...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
NY police trial for groom's death
Three New York detectives have gone on trial over the shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Visa for sale at record price-tag
Worldwide credit card group Visa aims to raise more than $18bn in the biggest US share float to date...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Philharmonic Arrives in North Korea
More than half a century after American troops were pushed down to the 38th parallel in the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic arrived in Pyongyang...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
At Cuba Helm, Castro Brother Stays the Course
In his first words as president, Raśl Castro made it clear that any changes would be limited and he promised to continue to consult his brother, Fidel...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
EA bids for Grand Theft Auto firm
Electronic Arts goes public with its unsolicited offer for Grand Theft Auto firm Take-Two Interactive Software...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Xbox to stop makng HD DVD add-on
Microsoft is to stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 after Toshiba abandoned the format...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
Golf: Woods takes Match Play title
Tiger Woods wins his third WGC Match Play Championship title after an 8&7 win over Stewart Cink...
BBC News - February 25, 2008
An Article Brings Sharp Responses From Russians
An article on the crackdown on democracy in Russia published Sunday by The New York Times drew more than 3,000 comments by Russian-language readers...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Mother Is Held in L.I. Slaying of 3 Children
A Long Island woman described as emotional disturbed called the police on Sunday and led officers into a blood-spattered bedroom where her children lay slain on a bed...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Suicide Bomber Kills 40 at Iraq Highway Rest Stop
Shiite Muslims making a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala were targeted by a suicide bomber...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Raśl Castro Named Cuba?s New President
In his first words as president, Raśl Castro, 76, made it clear that any changes would be limited and promised to continue to consult his brother, Fidel...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Born Irish, but With Illegal Parents
George-Jordan Dimbo, born in Ireland 11 years ago to illegal immigrant parents from Nigeria, may soon be living in Africa, if the Irish government has its way...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Conservative Distrust of McCain Lingers Over ?05 Deal on Judges
Some resent John McCain?s role in a pact that averted a vote on banning filibusters against judicial nominees...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
In Memories of a Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama
Some voters are invoking the memories of the killings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
In Argentina, No Assistance From Region on Gas Needs
Argentina and Brazil are facing the possibility of short-term energy crises from a lack of natural gas needed to fuel industries and generate electricity for residents...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Poles Apart on Online-Video Habits
The gulf between casual and heavy consumers of online video is startlingly wide...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes the weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Eclectic Public-Radio Show Has Found Its Voice
Terrance McKnight will make his discovery of New York an integral part of his role as the new host of ?Evening Music? on WNYC-FM, 93.9...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Rising Inflation Creates Unease in Middle East
Inflation, caused in part by the skyrocketing price of oil, is pushing many ordinary people toward poverty even as oil money stimulates a new surge of economic growth in the gulf...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Douglas A. Fraser, 91, Union Chief Who Helped Chrysler, Is Dead
As president of the United Automobile Workers union, Mr. Fraser agreed to concessions that helped the Chrysler Corporation avoid bankruptcy in the late 1970s...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Biofuel, Partly From Nuts, Is Tested on an Airline Flight
Virgin Atlantic Airways tested a jumbo jet on Sunday that was partly powered by a biofuel made from babassu nuts and coconut oil, a first for a commercial aircraft...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
On the Internet, Everyone Can Hear You Complain
A San Francisco start-up called Get Satisfaction is the latest online ombudsman to try to mediate customer service complaints...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Leap Year Day Is Special, and Marketers Know It
Businesses and nonprofit organizations are using this year?s leap year day ? Feb. 29 ? as the occasion to make special proposals and pitches of their own...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
A Byline Strike in Honolulu Extends to Newspaper?s Blogs
In a first for the blogosphere, reporters at The Honolulu Advertiser held a three-day blog strike to show opposition to proposed changes to their contract...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Locking in Viewers to Watch the Commercials
The ABC network is offering an on-demand service that allows viewers to watch shows any time they choose. The catch: viewers? can?t fast-forward through commercials...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
E-Newsletter Tracks Job Changes of Business Journalists
Gorkana keeps tabs on job-hopping in the world of business journalism but it is put together by a group of people journalists generally consider suspicious: publicists...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Countrywide Puts an End to Ski Junket
Countrywide Financial, the besieged mortgage lender, has canceled a gathering of bankers from smaller mortgage banks at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch ski resort...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Network of TVs Talks to Cellphones and Trades Clips for Advertising
A little-known private company, Akoo International, aims to transform mobile devices into universal remote controls...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Adobe Blurs Line Between PC and Web
A software developer has created a new system that will power potentially tens of thousands of applications that merge the Internet and the PC...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Faulting UBS for Losses in Bad Debt, Bank Is to Sue
HSH Nordbank, a state-controlled German bank, said it planned to sue the Swiss bank, claiming it improperly managed a portfolio of complex debt products...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize
Cited for its reporting on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, the political blog Talking Points Memo became the first Internet-only news operation to win the George Polk Award...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
In the Drama of Britney Spears, a Show Business Fortune Is at Risk
Estimates of Britney Spears?s net worth vary from $50 million to $125 million, but being a wealthy pop icon doesn?t make one impervious to financial disaster...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Game Maker in $2 Billion Bid for Rival
A bid by Electronic Arts for Take-Two Interactive would further a wave of consolidation in the gaming industry...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Fewer Youths Jump Behind the Wheel at 16
Licenses are no longer as coveted in adolescence, as parents are more willing to be chauffeurs...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Studios Try to Save the DVD
The victory of Sony?s new Blu-ray high-definition disc over a rival format, Toshiba?s HD DVD, masks a problem facing the studios: the overall decline of the DVD market...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
Bank?s Suit May Hurt Deal for Clear Channel Unit
Wachovia, one of the three banks financing the $1.2 billion deal, is now refusing to commit, contending the latest agreement has voided its previous commitment...
New York Times - February 25, 2008
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