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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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Gerontocracy Alerts for U.S. and Cuba
The two countries choose their leaders very differently, but from the same demographic...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
The Power of Words for Cancer Patients
Journal writing can change the way patients view cancer...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
City Raids ?Counterfeit Triangle?
The owner of the block containing 32 storefronts will be required to replace the counterfeit vendors with legitimate businesses and pay a fine to the city before the buildings can be reopened...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Clemens Says He?s Moving On
Roger Clemens, who arrived at Astros? camp in Florida Tuesday, is expected to pitch batting practice to minor leaguers and said he is ready to turn his attention to baseball...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Moroccan Bloggers and a Facebook Prank
Reporters Without Borders speaks out in defense of Fouad Mourtada...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Drug-Resistant TB at Record Levels
Multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in parts of the former Soviet Union have reached the highest rates ever recorded...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Florida Hit by Large Power Outage
A power outage struck Florida on Tuesday afternoon, leaving three million to four million people in the southern part of the state without power...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Democrats Mount New Attack on War Policies
Congressional Democrats are focusing on the financial cost of the Iraq war and the implications for the U.S. economy...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Philharmonic Stirs Emotions in North Korea
Hinting at a wider cultural thaw, the concert was the first permitted by an American orchestra in the country...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
No Laughs, No Thrills, and Villains All Too Real
A new textbook shows that the Holocaust has come a long way as a topic to be freshly considered by a new generation of German teenagers...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Fighting for Votes in a Blue-Collar Stronghold in Ohio
Winning over Youngstown?s lunch-bucket voters could make the difference for the Democrats in Ohio...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Dish Network Posts Higher Profit
The satellite television provider said its fourth-quarter profit climbed 14 percent although subscriber growth slowed amid aggressive competition...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Google Shares Fall 8% on Ad Fears
The sell-off occurred after a U.S. industry report published this week showed a decline in a key measure for how Google gets paid by advertisers...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Gazprom Moves Into Coal as a Way to Increase Gas Exports
The world?s largest natural gas producer acquired control of a major Russian coal company in a merger that extends its sprawling domestic business empire into electricity...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Other Countries Join Tax Inquiry
Following Germany and Britain, at least eight other countries, including the United States, said they were investigating whether some of their citizens were using banks in Liechtenstein to evade taxes...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Oil Surges Near $101 on Weak Dollar
Oil surged Tuesday to a record settlement as investors reacted to weakness in the dollar following a batch of gloomy economic data...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Death Risk Found From Anemia Drugs
Widely used anemia drugs raise the risk of death among cancer patients by about 10 percent, an analysis shows...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
As Inflation Rises, Home Values Slump, Data Show
New data provided fresh evidence of the housing market?s slump even as the broader economy is squeezed by higher prices...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Oil Hits a High; Some See $4 Gas by Spring
Gasoline prices, which for months lagged the big run-up in the price of oil, are suddenly rising quickly...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Dollar falls to record euro low
The dollar falls to a fresh record low against the euro due to renewed fears that the US may be facing recession...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
IBM in $15bn share buyback
Computer giant IBM announces plans to buy back $15bn (£7.6bn) of its shares, sending its stock price up 4%...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Presidents Cup captains revealed
Former world number ones Fred Couples and Greg Norman are named as captains for the 2009 Presidents Cup...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Election at-a-glance: 26 Feb
A day-by-day guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Naomi Campbell treated in Brazil
British supermodel Naomi Campbell has a cyst removed at a hospital in Brazil, her publicist says...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Millions hit by Florida power cut
Three million people are left without electricity after a nuclear reactor shuts down in southern Florida...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Starbucks in temporary US closure
Starbucks shuts all 7,000 of its US branches for several hours to train staff, in an unprecedented move...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
The Balenciaga Line
Pieces from Nicolas Ghesquiere's fall 2008 show for Balenciaga in Paris. (Jean-Luce Huré for The New York Times) The first three dresses at the Balenciaga show this morning were modern takes on the black cocktail sheath–I should say, extremely modern takes. Nicolas Ghesquiere cut everything close, in fabrics that might typically be stiff–like patent leather [...]...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
DealBook: Private Equity Conference in Munich
What a difference a year makes. Many of the world's top private equity bosses have gathered in Munich this week for a high-powered industry conference known as Super Return, and the tone is worlds away from last year's bubbly event in Frankfurt. DealBook is on the ground here at the conference as speakers such as David [...]...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
City Room: Sean Bell?s Father Recalls Fatal Night
William Bell had joined his son at the strip club, Club Kalua, for a bachelor party, and left between 3:30 and 3:45 a.m. Less than an hour later, his son was fatally shot by police officers...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
YouTube Restored in Pakistan
Pakistan drops its YouTube blockade, and Google invest in undersea cables...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Senator Warner Is Hospitalized
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John Warner, R-Va., was in a Virginia hospital Tuesday for observation of a heart condition...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Thaksin Expected Back in Thailand
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to return from exile on Thursday, 18 months after he was ousted in a bloodless 2006 coup, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Justices Send Age Case to Lower Court
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hand down a definitive ruling in an age-discrimination case from Kansas...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Iraq Demands That Turkey Withdraw
Turkish forces continued to battle Kurdish rebel bases on northern Iraq, prompting a condemnation from Baghdad. In Mosul, a bus bombing killed 9, officials said...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Democrats Vie for Voters in Blue-Collar Stronghold
Winning the affection of Youngstown?s lunch-bucket voters could make all the difference in taking Ohio...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Dodd Endorses Obama for President
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton had sought Christopher Dodd?s support after he dropped out of the presidential race last month...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Familiar Sounds, Unfamiliar Land
That a stream of the New York Philharmonic?s performance made its way out over the Internet was nothing short of amazing...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Philharmonic Plays in North Korea
Hinting at a wider cultural thaw, the landmark concert was the first permitted by an American orchestra in the isolated country...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
El Paso Profit Higher on Output Growth
The natural gas producer and pipeline company said fourth-quarter profit was fueled by an 11 percent increase in production and higher prices...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Office Depot Profit Falls Sharply, Expenses Climb
Fourth-quarter profit fell to $18.8 million from $126.6 million, hurt by higher expenses and lower sales in North America...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Subscriber Growth Narrows Sirius Loss
The satellite radio company reported a fourth-quarter loss of $166.2 million, down from $245.6 million a year ago...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Heinz Reports Higher Sales but Flat Profit
The food company said its third-quarter profit held steady as sales growth fueled by increased marketing and higher prices offset the impact of a steeper tax rate...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
RadioShack Shares Rise on Earnings Growth
Citing cost-cutting and better gross margins, the company posted a 19.5 increase in fourth-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates, sending its stock higher...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
CBS Earnings and Revenue Fall
The company reported a 14.6 percent decline in fourth-quarter earnings as revenue slipped, but adjusted earnings beat analysts? expectations...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Home Depot Has First Annual Sales Dip
Fourth-quarter profit fell more than 27 percent and a dour housing market contributed to the first annual sales decline for the home improvement store chain...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Sales Slowdown Hurts Target Results
The discount-store operator reported that earnings fell 8 percent to $1.03 billion in the fourth quarter, as sales slowed in the second half of the year overall...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Macy?s Profit Tops Expectations
The retailer posted higher quarterly profit despite a drop in sales, sending its shares up 3 percent...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
New Data Show Rising Inflation and Slumping Home Values
The data provided fresh evidence that the housing market is mired in a prolonged slump even as the broader economy is squeezed by higher prices...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
I.B.M. Stock Buyback Lifts Wall Street
Stocks reversed earlier losses and rallied after I.B.M. approved a $15 billion stock buyback, suggesting to investors that there are still many companies out there with financial muscle...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Net widens in tax evasion probe
US tax authorities say they are investigating more than 100 Americans with accounts in tax haven Liechtenstein...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Sharp drop in US consumer morale
US consumer confidence fell to a five-year low in February, a survey indicates, fuelling fears the economy is in recession...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
US foreclosures up in January
The number of homes facing foreclosure in the US was up 57% in January compared with the same month of 2007...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Brazil unveils anti-poverty drive
Brazil's President Lula unveils plans to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure and jobs in the poorest regions...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Naomi Campbell in Brazil hospital
British supermodel Naomi Campbell is admitted to hospital in Sao Paulo after flying to Brazil for treatment...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
DealBook: Goldman Warns on Brokers? Write-Downs
Goldman Sachs said it expects additional write-downs of about $1 billion to $12 billion each for several major U.S. brokers in the first quarter, with Citigroup estimated to record the highest amount of about $12 billion. Goldman expects these write-downs to be spread across residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and leveraged loans. The brokerage lowered its [...]...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Dot Earth: Buried Seed Vault Opens in Arctic
A Fort Knox for the world's seed varieties opesn in the Norwegian Arctic...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Election Challenge Rejected in Nigeria
A Nigerian tribunal will uphold or annul the 2007 election of President Umaru Yar?Adua on Tuesday in a ruling that could either legitimize a deeply flawed poll or push Africa?s most populous nation into political limbo...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
New York Philharmonic Performs in North Korea
Hinting at a broader cultural thaw, the landmark concert was the first permitted by an American orchestra in this isolated country...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them
Researchers who studied a string of Pacific Ocean atolls are painting the first detailed picture of pristine coral reefs...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Max Raab, Maker of Fashion and Film, Dies at 81
Mr. Raab helped extend the button-down preppy look of the early 1960s to women?s clothing. He was also an executive producer of ?A Clockwork Orange.?...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Colombia hostage releases 'soon'
Colombian rebels plan to free four hostages on Wednesday - the second deal brokered by Venezuela, officials there say...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Guatemala 'to open war archives'
Guatemala's president announces military archives spanning 36 years of civil war will be opened to the public...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Troops sent to stem Amazon loss
Brazilian troops go to an Amazon town after efforts to stop illegal logging provoke a local backlash...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
How to Pick the Ideal Reference
A few weeks ago, a friend and colleague whose company is looking for investors e-mailed me to ask if I'd be willing to be a reference for her. I didn't hesitate to say yes. I have complete respect for the woman and even if we didn't have any time to chat beforehand, I knew what [...]...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Pentagon Releases Projections for Forces
The Pentagon is projecting that when the United States 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 26, 2008
Blast Kills Surgeon General of Pakistani Army
A top Pakistani Army general was killed Monday when a suicide attacker approached his car at a traffic light in Rawalpindi and blew himself up...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Trial of Police Begins in 50-Shot Case
Three police detectives, who once worked undercover, sat at the defense table 15 months to the day after Sean Bell was killed in a blast of 50 unanswered police bullets...
New York Times - February 26, 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 26, 2008
Poll Finds a Fluid Religious Life in U.S.
More than a quarter of adult Americans have left their childhood faith for another religion or no religion...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Free Eye Care From Chávez, All the Better to See Him
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is pressing ahead with a project providing free eye surgery to Latin America?s poor, as well as other efforts aimed at lifting his country?s profile across Latin America...
New York Times - February 26, 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 26, 2008
Pieces of Texas Turn Primary Into a Puzzle
The rapidly mounting fight in Texas has reminded strategists yet again of the state?s unwieldy size and geographical differences...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Obama?s Support Grows Broader, New Poll Finds
Barack Obama is now viewed by most Democrats as the candidate best able to defeat John McCain, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Novelty Maker Eugene Freedman Is Dead at 82
Mr. Freedman turned Samuel J. Butcher?s two-dimensional art on greeting cards into the popular Precious Moments figurines...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Mergers in a Time of Bears
An explanation of why deals fail: It?s about timing...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
A Comedian Goes Green but Won?t Go Off Color
But between my techie toys and all of my airline travel, I have become concerned about my carbon footprint...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Court Considers Protecting Drug Makers From Lawsuits
Less than a week after barring most lawsuits against medical device makers, the Supreme Court is determining whether drug makers should receive similar protection...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
In Merger Matters, Little Talk About Travelers
Mergers now being negotiated among the so-called legacy carriers could soon leave the airline industry with four legacy carriers, rather than six...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Wyeth Loses Suit Involving Its Hormone Drug
A federal jury has ruled in favor of an Arkansas woman who sued Wyeth after developing breast cancer after taking the company?s hormone replacement therapy...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Now Boarding Business Class
Discount airlines are courting a more lucrative travel market...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
For Chief of Amex, $53 Million in 2007
The chairman and chief executive of American Express received compensation valued at $53.2 million in 2007, nearly double the $27.3 million he received in 2006, according to a regulatory filing Monday...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Two Funds Raise Their Stake in Times Company to 19%
The hedge funds are fighting for control of four seats on the 13-member board...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Europe Warns Against Too-Restrictive Laws on Sovereign Investors
A top official of the European Union has warned the bloc?s member countries not to pass broad laws to restrict investment from sovereign wealth funds...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Earnings Fall 8% at Nordstrom, but Surpass Estimates
Nordstrom cited a ?challenging? holiday shopping season, but nonetheless beat Wall Street estimates...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Mexicans Barely Increased Remittances in ?07
Mexicans working in the United States sent back almost $24 billion to their families at home last year, about a 1 percent increase over 2006...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Selling Gold at I.M.F. to Rebuild Its Finances
The fund received approval on Monday from the Bush administration to sell gold bullion to stabilize its own shaky finances...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Getty Images Agrees to Be Acquired by a Private Equity Firm
The world?s biggest photo and video distributor agreed to sell itself to the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
New Outlook on Bond Firms Ignites Rally
Signs that two embattled bond insurance companies are getting close to restoring their reputations and credit ratings bolstered stocks on Monday...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Pakistan Cuts Access to YouTube Worldwide
YouTube was back up after Pakistan, in an act of information provincialism, inadvertently made the video-sharing site inaccessible on Sunday afternoon...
New York Times - February 26, 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 26, 2008
Oscar Hangs His Head as Commercials Disappoint
Few commercials aired during this year?s Academy Awards broadcast could be considered Oscar-worthy...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Station Says ?60 Minutes? Blackout Was Just Technical
An Alabama television station that went black during a critical report on Karl Rove said the disruption was unrelated to the broadcast?s content...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
I.B.M. to Introduce a Notably Improved Mainframe
A model called the I.B.M. z10, being introduced Tuesday, is far faster and has three times the data-juggling memory of its three-year-old predecessor, the z9...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Yahoo Plans to Let Users Help Mold New Feature
Yahoo plans to introduce a service called Buzz that relies on users to help it compile the most popular articles from around the Web...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
F.C.C. Weighing Limits on Slowing Web Traffic
The commission is considering taking steps to discourage cable and telephone companies from delaying the downloads and uploads of heavy Internet users...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Bid for Game Maker Seen as Effort to Buy Innovation
Electronic Arts? $2 billion bid for Take Two ? and its popular Grand Theft Auto game ? has analysts asking why E.A. is having trouble building new hits on its own...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Foreclosure Aid Rising Locally, as Is Dissent
Efforts to help imperiled homeowners have met resistance from people who consider the assistance undeserved...
New York Times - February 26, 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 26, 2008
Nielsen Looks Beyond TV, and Hits Roadblocks
As television watching has waned as a component of media consumption, Nielsen wants households to let it eavesdrop on its Web surfing and cellphone use...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Visa Plans $17 Billion Public Offer
Undaunted by recent turbulence in the financial markets, Visa Inc., the nation?s biggest credit card network, said Monday that it would forge ahead with what would be the largest initial public stock offering in United States history...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
5 Former Executives Convicted
The executives were found guilty of fraud and conspiracy in a scheme to manipulate the financial statements of the insurance company American International Group...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Pfizer to End Lipitor Ads by Jarvik
Criticized that its ads are misleading, Pfizer said it would end a campaign using the artificial heart pioneer Robert Jarvik as a spokesman for its cholesterol drug Lipitor...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Ford Is Pushing Buyouts to Workers
Ford is pitching a buffet of buyout packages that are among the richest ever offered to factory workers, including one-time cash payments of $140,000...
New York Times - February 26, 2008
Rice in Beijing for N Korea talks
Condoleezza Rice is in China aiming to quicken North Korea's nuclear disarmament process...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
Argentine ex-president charged
Former Argentine President Fernando de la Rua is charged with bribery by a federal court...
BBC News - February 26, 2008
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