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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 February 2008:
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The Beatnik Questionnaire
Beatnik Questionnaire, copyright 1960, Gimmix Novelties, White Plains, N.Y. (Harry Ransom Center) Do you live like there is no tomorrow? Are you gone? Real gone? If so, you may be…a beatnik! To find out, take this hilarious quiz, posted by the University of Texas?s amazing Harry S. Ransom Center for its exhibit ?On the Road [...]...
New York Times - February 27, 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 27, 2008
Drug-Resistant TB Rates 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 27, 2008
Yemen?s Marginalized Class
Set apart by their African features, the servants of Yemen, known as ?Al Akhdam,? form a kind of hereditary caste at the bottom of the country?s social order...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
New Twist Keeps Dickey?s Career Afloat
Pitcher R. A. Dickey, who does not have an ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, has defied skeptics to become one of the most intriguing players in any spring training camp...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Upset Sends Democrat to Albany
A Democratic assemblyman won a stunning upset in a State Senate election in a district that has been in Republican hands for a century...
New York Times - February 27, 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 27, 2008
Suitors Are Set to Say to Leno, Long Live King
Nearly two years before Jay Leno can officially be courted, suitors including two networks, ABC and Fox and Sony Pictures Television, are beginning to circle...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Surgeon Accused in Death of Patient to Get Organs
In what?s thought to be the first such case, a transplant surgeon has been charged with trying to hasten a patient?s death in order to retrieve his organs sooner...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Hints of Change Met by Cautious Eyes in Cuba
Raúl Castro seems inclined to govern more pragmatically than his more doctrinaire and romantic brother. Yet many Cubans say they see few signs of real change...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Corzine Seeks to Cut N.J. Budget and Work Force
Declaring that New Jersey had reached an irrevocable ?turning point? because of years of bad fiscal habits, Gov. Jon S. Corzine proposed a budget cut by $500 million...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
20th Debate: Reality Show or a Spinoff?
Hillary Rodham Clinton wanted to show that the press is tougher on her than on Barack Obama, and she made her point by citing ?Saturday Night Live.?...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
A Complicated Challenge on One Side; a Single Task on the Other
There was little evidence that Hillary Rodham Clinton produced the kind of ground-moving moment she needed...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Democrats Clash on Health, Trade and Rival Tactics
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton set aside their cordiality and traded accusations in a contentious debate Tuesday evening...
New York Times - February 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2008
Profit Drops at Heinz, but Beats Expectations
The food company said that its third-quarter profit edged slightly lower due to a steeper tax rate and rising commodity costs...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Loss Narrows at Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio reported a narrower loss on Tuesday as it awaits regulatory action on its plans to combine with rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
CBS Forecasts Tepid Growth
The CBS Corporation came through a writers? strike relatively unscathed but issued a mild outlook on Tuesday for profit growth in 2008...
New York Times - February 27, 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 27, 2008
The Legions of Frozen Yogurt Push East
New York has become the second major battleground, after California, for the restyled, fluffed up, fruit-topped new wave of frozen yogurt...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
The Politics of Trade in Ohio
The Democratic presidential candidates? tough attacks on Nafta mask a more nuanced approach to trade policy...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Writers Ratify Contract
Members of two writers? unions ratified a three-year contract with Hollywood?s movie and television production companies...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
A Revamping for the Financial Accounting Standards Board
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, which sets American accounting rules, will have two fewer members and the power of its chairman will be increased, the board?s oversight body said on Tuesday...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Pondering Public Uses for a Hall Named Great
What if you had a majestic skylighted, columned hall in a Beaux-Arts ferry building at the tip of Manhattan and were required to use it as a public space?...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Home Depot Reports Profit Declined 27%
Fourth-quarter profit fell more than 27 percent at the home improvement chain, as a slowing housing market led to the company?s first annual sales decline...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Providence Begins to See Its Future Around the Corner
There has long been talk of a renaissance in Downcity, which covers a 36-block area, about a quarter mile long and a third of a mile wide, and progress has been made...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Profit Rises at Macy?s and Falls at Target
The department store company Macy?s said that lower costs sent fourth-quarter profit up more than analysts had expected, while Target reported that its sales declined...
New York Times - February 27, 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 27, 2008
Humane Society Criticized in Meat Quality Scandal
A Texas congressman criticized the Humane Society for waiting to inform the federal government of its video showing cattle being mistreated...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
I.B.M. Plans $15 Billion Share Buyback
News of the planned repurchase, equivalent to about 10 percent of the market capitalization of I.B.M., sent its stock up 4.2 percent...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Filings Show Take-Two Raised Management Payout in Takeover
Take-Two said the board?s decision to revise its management compensation, which came days after the bid, was not tied to the Electronic Arts offer...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
G.M. Voices Confidence in Lending Business
General Motors is confident that its partner, the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, can fix the troubled auto and mortgage lender GMAC...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Study Finds Death Risk From Anemia Drugs
Widely used anemia drugs sold by Amgen and Johnson & Johnson raise the risk of death among cancer patients by about 10 percent, a newly published analysis says...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Union Strikes Parts Maker for G.M.
The United Automobile Workers called its third strike in five months Tuesday, sending some 3,650 workers at parts factories in Michigan and New York off the job...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Suit Against ?Predator? Show Advances
A federal judge in New York ruled that a lawsuit contending that NBC?s ?To Catch a Predator? played a role in a Texas prosecutor?s suicide could move forward...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Dutch Bank Restricts Accounts of Americans
ABN Amro said Tuesday that it was closing any portfolio investment accounts held by customers with a United States passport within 30 days, citing ?strategic reasons.?...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Not Ready to Pay for TV Time, a Mexican Beer Goes Online
Pacifico takes its advertising to the Internet, spending about $15 million this year on its online initiative...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
U.S. Among Countries Investigating Tax Evasion
Following the lead of Germany and Britain, other countries say they will investigate whether some of their citizens were using banks in Liechtenstein to evade taxes...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Bush Vows to Veto a Mortgage Relief Bill
President Bush sided with banks and mortgage lenders on Tuesday, threatening to veto a bill being offered by Senate Democrats...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Small and Midsize U.S. Banks Beginning to Struggle in Credit Crisis
Losses are mounting so rapidly at some banks that a small number of them, perhaps 50 out of the 7,500 nationwide, could fail over the next 12 to 18 months...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
A Highflier Loses Altitude as Google?s Clicks Go Flat
Investors were spooked by a report by the research firm comScore that said clicks on Google ads in the United States were flat in January...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Pilots? Battles Over Seniority Play Havoc With Airline Mergers
The battle over seniority between US Airways and America West has turned into one of the country?s nastiest union brawls...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Starbucks Takes a 3-Hour Coffee Break
Starbucks temporarily closed stores as it retrained workers and tried to revive ?the romance of coffee.?...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
New Worries on Inflation and Homes
The confluence of falling home prices and accelerating inflation is putting policy makers in an increasingly tough position...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Gas Prices Soar, Posing a Threat to Family Budget
Consumers? pocketbooks are being hit hard as the oil shock coincides with turmoil in the credit and housing markets...
New York Times - February 27, 2008
Hollywood writers back new deal
Hollywood screenwriters vote to approve the new contract that ended their crippling three-month strike...
BBC News - February 27, 2008
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