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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 March 2008:
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New Internet Backup System Leaves Others Behind
Sharpcast introduces an automated Internet backup and synchronization service...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Yahoo Is Joining an Alliance on Social Networks
Yahoo announced it would join an alliance that will try to make it easier for programmers to write software that can run on many social networking Web sites...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
American Cancels About 300 Flights
American Airlines canceled the flights, which represent about 13 percent of the flights that it had scheduled for the day, in order to inspect some wire bundles aboard its MD-80 aircraft...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Take-Two Board Rejects Electronic Arts Bid
The video game company famous for its ?Grand Theft Auto? games told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from Electronic Arts, saying it was not sufficient...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Shifting Careers: Finding Health Insurance if You Are Self-Employed
If there?s one issue that divides the self-employed from all other employees, it is their preoccupation with the subject of health insurance...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Dow Falls After 2 Downbeat Reports
A pair of pessimistic reports on home sales and business spending reminded investors about the precarious state of the economy...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Citi Pays $1.66 Billion to Settle Enron Claim
Seeking to put its legal problems behind it as it confronts larger financial ones, Citigroup became the last of 11 financial institutions to resolve Enron claims going back to 2003...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Ford Sells Land Rover and Jaguar to Tata
The $2.3 billion purchase price is more than the market expected but still about half what Ford originally paid for the luxury brands several years ago...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Amid Warnings, Europe?s Economy Is Holding Up
New data suggested Europe was fairing better than many analysts had expected, but officials warned that a slowdown was probably inevitable...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Oracle?s Profit Rises, but Shares Fall
The business software company reported a 30 percent rise in quarterly profit, but a lower-than-expected increase in new software licenses caused shares to fall in after-hours trading...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Motorola Moves to Split Itself Into Two
Under pressure to raise its stock price, the company plans to split itself in two, spinning off its unprofitable mobile phone unit...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
DealBook: Clear Channel and Buyers Sue Banks to Force Buyout?s Completion
The suit accuses six banks that agreed to finance Clear Channel?s $19.5 billion buyout of reneging on their commitments...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Cover Story: A Case of the Blues
Congressional Republicans have lost ground on every possible front ? fund-raising, voter enthusiasm, candidate recruitment. Can Tom Cole turn things around?...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
The Lede: Report on ?94 Rapper Shooting in Doubt
The Los Angeles Times is reviewing its recent report linking Sean Combs to the shooting of Tupac Shakur...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Saddam Paid for Lawmakers? Trip, Prosecutors Say
Saddam Hussein?s intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
European Leaders Press China Over Tibet
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said that Britain and France shared a responsibility to urge the Chinese leadership to respect human rights and cultural identity...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Report Assails Auditor for Work at Failed Home Lender
?Improper? practices by New Century Financial were condoned and enabled by KPMG, according to an independent investigation...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Two Senate Panels to Investigate Bear Stearns Deal
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. defended the takeover even as he called for more transparency on the part of Wall Street...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Architecture: Profit and Public Good Clash in Grand Plans
Given current economic realities, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority?s selection on Wednesday of a team led by Tishman Speyer to develop the West Side railyards seems like a wishful fantasy...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
EU considering steps on seal hunt
The European Union is considering taking measures against Canada over its annual seal hunt, which starts this week...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
US charges man 'on Saddam's pay'
A US man who sent three lawmakers to Iraq in 2002 is charged with working for Saddam Hussein's regime...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
The Lede: Honduras Fights U.S. Cantaloupe Ban
Salmonella infections lead to the detainment of thousands of cantaloupes...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Wheels: A New Master for Jaguar
While it may seem a bit late for hand-wringing over the end of the British Empire, Ford's sale of Jaguar to an Indian company must be an even more jarring reality check to lovers of classic English brands than the sale of Bentley and Rolls-Royce to the Germans...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
TierneyLab: Scientists Detect Nice Times Readers
Dear Readers, you may post nasty comments at time, but deep down you're wonderfully benevolent, joyful souls — well, at least many of you who responded to last week's invitation to fill out a survey. The survey was conducted by the same social psychologists who report in the current Science that spending money on [...]...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Richard Widmark, Actor, Dies at 93
Richard Widmark created a villain in his first movie role who was so repellent and frightening that the actor became a star overnight...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
American Cancels About 200 Flights
American Airlines canceled about 200 flights in order to inspect some wire bundles aboard its MD-80 aircraft...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Lilly Settles Alaska Suit Over Zyprexa
The drug company has agreed to pay $15 million to the state of Alaska to settle a lawsuit claiming that its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa caused patients to develop diabetes...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
The Caucus: McCain?s Foreign Policy Speech
The presumptive Republican nominee sets out a broad view of the role the United States should play in the world...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Maliki Gives Shiite Militias 72 Hours to Halt Fighting
Fighting in two of Iraq?s largest cities threatens to destabilize a long-term truce that had helped reduce the level of violence in the five-year-old war...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Paulson Reviewing Regulation of Investment Banks
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said that the crash of Bear Stearns underscores the need for broad oversight of investment houses...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Arrests in Tibet Mayhem Swell into the Hundreds
China said Wednesday that 660 people implicated in Tibetan protests and riots in western China over the past two weeks had surrendered to authorities...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
City Room: M.T.A. Votes to Sell West Side Rights to Tishman
Tishman Speyer prevailed in a battle over the right to build over railyards on the West Side of Manhattan...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Drop in US durable goods orders
US durable goods orders fell 1.7% in February, the latest sign that the economy faces the risk of recession...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Call to snub Grand Theft Auto bid
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two urges its shareholders to reject a takeover offer from rival EA...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Pilot's gun fired during flight
An investigation is under way in the US after a pilot apparently let off a firearm during a US Airways flight...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
S Korea school sues Yale
A South Korean university sues Yale for $50m (£25m) over a scandal which gripped the nation last year...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Wheels: Picking the Car of the Decade
With two and a half years yet to go in the naughts, it might seem early to be declaring the candidates for such an honor, but there?s one more that will surely make the list ? the Porsche Cayenne...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Iraqi Crackdown on Shiite Forces Sets Off Fighting
An Iraqi official reportedly said that 40 people were killed in Basra during a major operation against Shiite militias...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Clear Channel hit by sale doubts
Shares in radio group Clear Channel fall 21% following speculation that its $19.5bn sale is on the brink of collapse...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Britney's cameo boosts US sitcom
An appearance by singer Britney Spears in US TV show How I Met My Mother draws almost 3m extra viewers...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
Hal Riney, Adman for Reagan and G.M., Dies at 75
Mr. Riney was an iconoclastic copywriter who helped build San Francisco into a creative center for advertising...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Hold Onto Gains, Rising Modestly
Stocks held steady even after disappointing reports on consumer sentiment and the housing market...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Square Feet: Partly Off the Grid, With a Mini-Utility in the Cellar
Deep in its basement, Astor Wines and Spirits installed a complex mechanical system to generate energy for its businesses...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Square Feet: Transactions
$36 MILLION...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Economic Scene: Be It Ever So Illogical: Homeowners Who Won?t Cut the Price
For both economic and psychological reasons, there is no asset more conducive to hopeful overvaluation than real estate...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
NRG Energy Sets Up an Entity to Build Nuclear Plants
The company wants to build two reactors adjacent to the South Texas Project, 90 miles from Houston...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
DealBook: Fortress Shows Drop in Profits, but Stock Rises
The alternative-asset manager said that it earned $78 million in the fourth quarter, setting aside compensation expenses related to last year?s I.P.O., a 43 percent drop from the same period in 2006...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Earnings Rise at Two Chinese Banks
Earnings at the Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China were buoyed by the country?s surging economy...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Jumbo Lender?s Shares Rise 36% on Private Placement
Shares of Thornburg Mortgage jumped after the company disclosed plans to raise $1.35 billion...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Behind in the Ratings, CBS News Hopes for Help From a Debate
CBS News, which lags well behind its competitors in most areas of television news, wants a debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the worst way...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Advertising: The Supporting Actor Wore Radials
Branded entertainment, in which a brand is integrated into the plot of a movie or TV series, is intended to prevent consumers from avoiding advertising...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Italy?s Trash Crisis Taints Reputation of a Prized Cheese
Samples of buffalo mozzarella tainted with elevated levels of dioxin may force officials to address the large-scale illegal trash-dumping in Naples...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Regulators Stamp Copper as a Germ Killer
Federal regulators approved a group of copper alloys, including brass and bronze, as capable of killing bacteria and microbes effectively enough to protect human health...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Tasting the Future of Starbucks Coffee From a New Machine
As part of an effort to concentrate on making better coffee, Starbucks has bought a company that makes $11,000 machines that brew one cup at a time...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Square Feet: Building Dorm Rooms Cheaper, Quicker and Quieter
Modular construction, often associated with prisons and barracks, is increasingly being used to create dormitories and classrooms at colleges and universities...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Yahoo Is Joining an Alliance That Has Google as Leader
Yahoo announced it would join an alliance that works to make it easier for programmers to write software that can run on many social networking Web sites...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Day of Embarrassment for Hollywood in Court
A day of testimony in the wiretapping trial of the Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano included industry names in the most embarrassing of contexts...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
F.A.A. Wants Stoplights Added to Runways
A runway version of traffic signals will be added at 20 busy airports in the next three and a half years...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Consumer Attitudes and Home Prices Sour
A private survey found that Americans feel worse about the economy?s prospects than at any time since 1973, when Americans struggled with soaring oil prices and inflation...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
A Chevy With an Engine From China
Last year, China exported more than $12 billion in auto parts, adding to the problems plaguing North American suppliers, and soon, it will be exporting even more...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
California Delays Plan to Track Prescription Drugs
In a reprieve for the pharmaceutical industry, California regulators agreed to delay a requirement that prescription drugs be electronically tracked to thwart counterfeiting...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Volunteering Abroad to Climb at I.B.M.
I.B.M.?s service program for fast-tracked employees helps raise the company?s profile in foreign countries where it doesn?t have a strong presence...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
A Political Comeback: Supply-Side Economics
The concept of supply-side economics, introduced by Ronald Reagan when he ran for president in 1980, has made a return in this year?s election campaign, in an amended form...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Social Site?s New Friends Are Athletes
Creative Artists Agency is expected to launch WePlay.com, a social networking site for youth sports ? something like Facebook for young athletes ? in April...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Shifting Careers: Reflections About Work
An entertaining new book offers day-in-the-life accounts of women working in various jobs...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Dot Earth: An Antarctic Ice Shelf Crumbles
Ice on the move in warming part of Antarctica...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Court Strikes Down State Law Protecting Fliers
The ruling is likely to discourage other states, including California, that had been considering following New York?s lead in enacting an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Banks Balk at Paying for Clear Channel Deal
Clear Channel and its two private equity buyers may go to court to try and force the banks that had agreed to finance the deal to complete the buyout...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Many Muslims Turn to Home Schooling
Many Muslims find that a public school education clashes with their religious or cultural traditions...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
How to Survive in New York on 99 Cents
Stand back, Gourmet Garage. There?s a new chef in town, and he?s a skinflint, a penny pincher, a cheapskate and then some...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Bits: The Mother of All Privacy Battles
The rise of companies that want to get data from Internet service providers in order to track the Web surfing of users is no doubt going to raise battles about online privacy to a new height...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
The Buzz on the Bus: Pinched, Press Steps Off
As newspapers slash costs, the presence of relatively few print reporters on candidates? buses and planes this year is striking...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
For the Phinney Family, a Dream and a Challenge
As Taylor Phinney trains to become an Olympic cyclist, he is watching his father, a former professional athlete, being ravaged by Parkinson?s disease...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Iraqi Crackdown on Shiite Forces Sets Off Fighting
Heavy fighting broke out in Basra and Baghdad as Iraqi forces mounted a major operation against Shiite militias...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
American Exception: Foreign Courts Wary of U.S. Punitive Damages
Foreign courts argue that punishments should be meted out only by the criminal justice system...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Unrest at Shuttered Gateway to Tibet
Chengdu, China, feels like a border outpost, tense and anxious, at the edge of what several Tibetans called a war...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study
The revelation that a researcher?s study was underwritten by a tobacco company has caused an appearance of bias...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Swift Steps Help Avert Foreclosures in Baltimore
A Baltimore group has improved one neighborhood?s foreclosure rate by seeking out high-risk borrowers and helping them strategize to hold on to their homes...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
McCain Warns Against Hasty Mortgage Bailout
John McCain drew a sharp distinction with the Democratic presidential candidates, placing some of the blame on homeowners...
New York Times - March 26, 2008
Finn held over Easter Island ear
A Finnish tourist is detained on Easter Island on suspicion of trying to steal a stone statue's earlobe...
BBC News - March 26, 2008
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