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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2008:
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U.S. Spy Satellite Is Said to Be Falling From Orbit
A large spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit earth in late February or March, government officials said...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Officer Who Was Killed Tried to Break Up a Fight
The off-duty police officer who was shot and killed by other officers in White Plains on Friday was trying to break up a fight but failed to drop his gun when ordered to do so, two witnesses said...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Reviewer of Subprime Loans Agrees to Aid Inquiry
The company will provide evidence that banks had information about the risks posed by subprime mortgages...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Pakistan Rebuffs Secret U.S. Plea for C.I.A. Buildup
President Pervez Musharraf dismissed proposals to allow the United States greater latitude to operate in tribal territories where militants are active, officials said...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
In More Cases, Combat Trauma Is Taking the Stand
Prosecutors, judges and juries are increasingly prodded to assess the role of combat trauma in crimes by veterans...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Live Blogging the Democrats? South Carolina Primary
In exit polls, voters said they cared more about the economy than anything else, including the Iraq war...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Surge in Early Balloting Shifts Florida Races
The level of interest could make Florida?s results more important for Democrats than they had assumed...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Obama Is Seen as Winner in South Carolina
The Associated Press and television networks called the race for Senator Barack Obama as Democratic Party officials predicted a record-setting turnout...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Marlon Brando's troubled son dies
Christian Brando, eldest son of the late actor Marlon Brando, dies in hospital in Los Angeles, aged 49...
BBC News - January 26, 2008
American Kidnapped in Afghanistan
The woman and her Afghan driver were kidnapped by gunmen in Kandahar on her way to work, the provincial governor said...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Tensions Grow at Egypt-Gaza Border
The Egyptian foreign minister said that at least 36 Egyptian security officers had been hospitalized after confrontations with Palestinians...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Mob Violence Is Tearing Kenya Apart
In the deeply troubled Rift Valley, furious mobs rule the streets, brutalizing ethnic rivals with complete impunity...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
In South Carolina, Race Seen Through Economic Lens
Economic losses that have helped to divide the state along racial lines may be a key factor in Saturday?s Democratic primary...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
So Many Places to Live, but So Far Out of Reach
Turning potential housing into inhabited homes is proving to be a major challenge for the city...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Surge in Early Balloting Alters Florida Races
The level of interest, if it is matched by turnout at the polls on Tuesday, could make the results more important for Democrats than they had assumed...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Record Turnout Expected as South Carolina Votes
The state offers the most diverse contest to date in the Democratic Party?s nominating season...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Children?s Crusade
How does a computer designed for kids in poor countries connect to us?...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Royal Pay at Delphi, Reined in by a Judge
Managers won?t get $87 million for exiting bankruptcy...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Extra Helping
What happens when a philanthropic project becomes so popular that it has trouble keeping up with demand?...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Old-School Economics
The transition to a new economy is over. Do our candidates know it?...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Letters
Conservation on the Farm...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Tightening the Alligator Belt
With stock markets around the world falling last week, New Yorkers cut back on the essentials, like dry-cleaning their sheets...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Built for the Earth and the Pocketbook
A Manhattan architect is attempting to marry modernist design and reasonable cost in a Long Island modular home...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
A Small Gain in a Tumultuous Week
After the Federal Reserve made an unscheduled interest-rate cut of three-quarters of a percentage point, the broad stock market rallied, eking out a modest gain for the week...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Bringing Home the Bacon, and Keeping Off the Weight
Whether their workplaces are superhealthy or stocked with candy at every turn, employees who are struggling to lose weight must deal with challenges at the office...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
?Green? Buildings Don?t Have to Be New
The vast stock of older buildings presents a much bigger opportunity to cut down on energy consumption and carbon emissions...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Can Their Wish Be the Market?s Command?
The lessons of legal realism have always been uppermost in my mind when I think about anything important: Stated reasons are often not the real reasons...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
When English Is the Rule at Work
Insistence on an official language means complications for a diverse work force...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
As Seen on TV
In college I took a door-to-door sales job. I knew it would be challenging, but I saw it as a way to overcome my shyness...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
An Ear to the Ground on Stocks
Investor sentiment suggests that the bulk of the stock market?s decline is now behind us...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Moviegoers in Seoul Will Love This Film
The destruction of New York City in action films may not be appealing to many American moviegoers, but it plays well overseas...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
To Build Confidence, Try Better Bricks
The key to maintaining economic stability is well-placed confidence in the markets. Bubbles, by contrast, result from misplaced confidence...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Outsmarting the Pack During Earnings Season
Knowing a little bit more than the next guy is the name of the game on Wall Street...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Freed From the Page, but a Book Nonetheless
Amazon?s new device could turn out to be the iPod of the written word...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Identified Flying Objects Over Phoenix
Private-jet schedulers say their seeing record bookings for Super Bowl weekend flights, and that an epic traffic jam could ensue in the skies...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Don?t Dismiss the Psychology of the Tax Refund
Although the money was always yours, a tax refund can seem like a windfall...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
The Coming Wave of Gadgets That Listen and Obey
Devices that incorporate speech recognition are starting to hit the mass market, giving users the ability to let their mouths do the walking -- and the searching...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Will Cars Fly as Fast as the Metaphors?
Old rhetoric dies hard for Alan R. Mulally, the chief executive at Ford Motor Company, who spent most of his career at jet maker Boeing...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Rogue Trader in Custody in France
Investigators were expected to question the trader in connection with a $7.2 billion loss at Société Générale...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Saving Sears Doesn?t Look Easy Anymore
The problem, analysts say, boils down to this: Customers are avoiding Sears stores in droves...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
With Third Title, Sharapova Shows She?s Back
Maria Sharapova?s 7-5, 6-3 victory over Ana Ivanovic at the Australian Open earned her a third Grand Slam singles title to go with those she won at Wimbledon in 2004 and the United States Open in 2006...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Aircraft Crashes on Los Angeles Freeway
A helicopter crashed on the southbound lanes of Highway 110 in south Los Angeles...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Afghan Gunmen Abduct American
An American aid worker was abducted in Afghanistan?s province of Kandahar, the provincial governor said...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Britain Looks for Its Essence, and Finds Punch Lines
A government proposal to define the country?s national identity has prompted shrugs, scorn and British humor...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
US election: Day at-a-glance
A day-by-day guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - January 26, 2008
Memo Details Objections to Command Center Site
The New York Police Department produced a detailed analysis, not previously disclosed, opposing plans by the city to locate its emergency command center at the World Trade Center...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Officer in Scuffle Killed by Police in White Plains
A Mount Vernon, N.Y., police officer was shot and killed in downtown White Plains after he pulled his gun on another man and was fired at by Westchester County police...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
As State Primary Nears, Pataki Is Barely Visible
When Gov. George E. Pataki left office last January, he was the dominant Republican politician in New York. Today the former governor is virtually absent from the political scene...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Britain Seeks Its Essence, and Finds Punch Lines
A proposal to define the country?s national identity has been met with shrugs, scorn and British humor...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Around the World, the U.S. Campaign Is Close to Home
From Berlin to London to Jakarta, the presidential candidates? destinies have become hometown news in a way that commentators cannot recall...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Sharapova Unstoppable at Australian Open
Maria Sharapova?s 7-5, 6-3 victory over Ana Ivanovic earned her a third Grand Slam singles title to go with those she won at Wimbledon in 2004 and the United States Open in 2006...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Seeking a More Flattering Light on, and From, Bulbs
Dr. Robert Pai is optimistic about the fluorescent industry?s chances of developing light bulbs that please everyone and meet the efficiency standards that Congress has mandated for 2012...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Wyeth Says It May Cut 10% of Jobs
Wyeth said Friday that it might cut as many as 5,000 jobs, after federal regulators delayed four medicines in the last year...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Hate to Spoil a Weekend, but ....
I don?t see how you can avoid a certain amount of gloom given the week we?ve just had ? and its implications for the future of the U.S. economy...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Schools Call on Alumni Networks to Help Fill Coffers
Rich prep schools, with wealthy and talented alumni to draw on, are becoming a lot richer. And it?s not just because they have a lot of generous donors...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
The Stuff Pack Rats Are Made Of
There is nothing like being forced to pack up every last thing you own, load it onto a truck, and unload and unpack it on the other end to make you question its true value...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
New Editor Named in San Francisco
Ward Bushee, editor of The Arizona Republic, was named executive vice president and editor of The San Francisco Chronicle, succeeding Phil Bronstein...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Networks Ponder Poststrike Landscape
What will television look like when the strike ends, and how is the next season going to be changed?...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Caterpillar Increases Profit With Strong Overseas Growth
The company, one of the world?s largest construction equipment makers, said Friday that its fourth-quarter earnings rose 11 percent on strong international growth...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Stakeholder Sues IAC Over Breakup Plan
The Liberty Media Corporation has sued IAC/InterActiveCorp in a dispute over IAC?s plans to split into five companies...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
3 Leading Executives Resign at Insurer Under Inquiry
The top managers of WellCare Health Plans, an insurer being investigated by the F.B.I. for possible fraud, resigned Friday...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Down Day, but Week Is Best of the Year
After two days of stunning gains, Wall Street ended a tumultuous week with a sharp decline Friday as investors turned cautious and cashed in some of their profits...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Questions Surround Idea of Privatizing the Lottery
Ten investment banks have lobbied New York State to agree to give up a share of future proceeds from its lottery system in exchange for $25 billion to $45 billion now...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
A Light at the End of the Half-Pipe, Through Closed Eyes
The last thing I saw before plunging down the bobsled track at the Olympic Sports Complex outside Lake Placid, N.Y., was an eerie orange light...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Taking the Bears to Task
Prominent bloggers are trading barbs over whether their fellow pundits have been far too optimistic or pessimistic about the economy...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Same Office, Different Planets
Do human resource executives know their employees? Apparently not, according to a recent survey of professionals...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Moody?s Official Concedes Failures in Some Ratings
The credit rating agency?s chief executive said on Friday that his company had made significant mistakes in the rating of structured finance products...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Russian Police Arrest a Suspected Racketeer
Semyon Y. Mogilevich, a reputed kingpin of the Russian mob, was arrested in Moscow this week on tax evasion charges...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
U.S. Said to Be Weighing Public Pricing of Derivatives
United States regulators are considering forcing investment banks to make public markets in some of the more exotic financial instruments that have plunged in value in the last six months...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Hedge Fund Seeks Board Seats at Times Co.
An Alabama-based hedge fund, which controls less than 5 percent of Times Company stock, said it would try to elect directors to the company?s board...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Scottish & Newcastle Agrees to Be Bought and Split
Britain?s largest brewer, agreed to a £7.8 billion ($15.4 billion) takeover by the European rivals Carlsberg and Heineken...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
House Republicans Urge Earmark Moratorium
House Republicans are deeply divided over the merits of earmarking money for pet projects...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Ex-HarperCollins Publisher Settles Defamation Suit
Judith Regan, the publisher who was fired from HarperCollins in late 2006, has settled her $100 million defamation lawsuit against News Corporation, Harper?s parent...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Who Has the Optimism? The Have-Nots
The future looks bleak in much of the developed world. But it looks bright in the developing world, according to two surveys released in connection with the World Economic Forum...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Fiscal Mantra for McCain: Less Is More
Senator John McCain said that, if elected as president, he would cut spending sharply while lowering taxes at the same time...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Belt-Tightening, but No Collapse, Is Forecast in Technology Spending
The outlook for growth in technology spending is encouraging, according to corporate technology buyers and industry analysts...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Housing Market Gives Hints of a Thaw
Various arms of the federal government swung into action this week to boost the economy. Yet for many, the incentives are not enough...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Building Costs Deal Blow to Local Budgets
In many parts of the country, state and local governments are struggling to pay for roads, bridges and other projects because of rising construction costs...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Société Générale?s Sales May Have Incited Market Plunge
The bank?s abrupt reversal of positions on Monday contributed to a decline that snowballed into an avalanche of sell orders around the world, some traders said...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
What?s $34 Billion on Wall Street?
For many top Wall Street executives, humiliation and defeat do not necessarily result in professional exile...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
At Elite Prep Schools, College-Size Endowments
Endowments at some independent schools have become so big that trustees have hired full-time money managers...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
French Trader Is Remembered as Mr. Average
Until Jérôme Kerviel was charged in an unprecedented banking fraud, there was nothing superlative about him...
New York Times - January 26, 2008
Call to boost Peru court security
Peru's justice minister calls for better security after a witness in a drugs case is shot dead en route to court...
BBC News - January 26, 2008
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