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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 March 2008:
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Massachusetts Subpoenas 3 Banks
UBS, Merrill Lynch and the Bank of America were subpoenaed as the state looks into whether investors were properly informed of the risks of auction-rate securities...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Northwest to Charge $25 for a Second Bag
The move by Northwest follows similar steps taken by other carriers to bolster revenue amid high fuel prices...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Drop in U.A.W. Rolls Reflects Automakers? Problems
Membership in the United Auto Workers union has fallen below 500,000 for the first time since World War II, reflecting the reorganization undertaken by Detroit?s automakers...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Chaos Reigns a Second Day at Heathrow
British Airways again canceled dozens of flights at Heathrow?s new Terminal Five as its staff struggled with new technology meant to hasten check-in procedures...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Drop in U.A.W. Roles Reflect Automakers? Problems
Membership in the United Auto Workers union fell below 500,000 for the first time since World War II, reflecting the restructuring undertaken by Detroit?s automakers...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Northwest Seeks to Push Ahead on Delta Merger
Informal merger talks resumed between the airlines with Northwest inquiring whether Delta would be interested in pursuing a combination even without prior pilot approval...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Creator?s Family Reclaims the Rights to Superman
A judge ruled that the heirs of the co-creator of Superman were entitled to reclaim their share of the U.S. copyright, 70 years after their ancestor sold rights to the character for $130...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Sponsors of Olympic Torch Caught in Tibet Protests
A string of planned protests centered around the Olympic torch relay is troubling news for sponsors of the event, including Coca-Cola, Lenovo and Samsung Electronics...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
J.C. Penney Warns of a Spending Downturn
The retailer slashed its earnings forecast for the first three months of the year by 33 percent, blaming an outright drop in consumer spending that bodes poorly for competitors...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
The Lede: Watering Down Smoking Bans
As laws against lighting up indoors are spreading, so too are ways to sidestep them...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
The Caucus: Clinton Says She?s in It for the Long Haul
The Democratic candidate brushed aside concerns about the protracted primary race, saying voters in the final states should have their say...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
City Room: No Charges, but Spitzer Played Role in Bruno Matter, Report Says
The report found that the former governor had considerable involvement in the effort...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Judge Sides With Diller Over Malone
A Delaware court ruled in favor of Barry Diller in his dispute with Liberty Media?s chairman John Malone, paving the way for IAC to proceed with its planned spin-off of four units...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Dalai Lama Warns China on Its News Reports
The Dalai Lama criticized China?s state-controlled media, saying its coverage of the unrest in Tibet was biased and could eventually ?sow the seeds of racial tension? there...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
In Somalia, a Government on Life Support
Many of the same elements that lined up in the early 1990s to create a famine in Somalia are lining up again ? war, drought, displacement and skyrocketing food prices...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Freed Alabama Ex-Governor Sees Politics in His Case
In his first interview after leaving prison, former Governor Don Siegelman of Alabama said he was as convinced as ever that politics played a leading role in his prosecution...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Election at-a-glance: 22-28 Mar
A weekly guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Democrats urged to wrap up fight
US Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean calls for a choice of presidential candidate to be made by 1 July...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Charges dropped in Haditha case
The US military drops charges against a marine accused of involvement in the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Boeing Buys Stake in Parts Supplier
Boeing agreed to acquire a 50 percent stake in a South Carolina fuselage subassembly facility in a move that could improve efficiency in the construction of the new 787...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Fremont General Faces Deadline on Banking Unit
The mortgage lender said that banking regulators had declared its banking unit undercapitalized and had required the company to raise money or find a buyer in two months...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Stocks Flucutate on Mixed Data
Wall Street rose modestly after a report confirmed that personal spending fell in February but that personal income rose more than expected...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
J.C. Penney Cuts First-Quarter Earnings Forecast
The department store operator slashed its first-quarter earnings forecast, citing lower-than-expected sales through the Easter holiday and low consumer confidence...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
The Lede: End of ?Ask a Mexican? Column
The OC Weekly's 'Ask a Mexican' columnist runs out of answers...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
TV Decoder: New Parodies, Anyone?
Comedy Central has successfully satirized evening newscasts on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and news talk shows on "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert. Last month it introduced a court show satire by Lewis Black called "Root of All Evil." Up next: spoofs of reality shows and news magazines. The network announced two new series [...]...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
The Caucus: Senator Casey of Pennsylvania Endorses Obama
Senator Bob Casey is going against the grain in his state, where polls show Hillary Rodham Clinton ahead by at least 12 percentage points...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Suspect Arrested in Virginia Highway Shootings
A 19-year-old suspect was arrested on Friday in connection with a series of highway shootings here that left two people with minor injuries, the state police said...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
North Korea Test-Fires Missiles
Experts said Pyongyang was seeking to boost its bargaining leverage by escalating tensions at a time when negotiations with Washington over North Korea?s nuclear program are not proceeding in its favor...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Japanese Court Rejects Defamation Lawsuit Against Nobel Laureate
The Japanese court agreed with Kenzaburo Oe?s assertion that the Japanese military was deeply involved in the mass suicides of civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Coalition Forces Drawn Into Basra Fighting
American war planes shelled targets in Basra, joining for the first time an onslaught by Iraqi security forces intended to oust Shiite militias in the southern port city, according to officials...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
February Spending Flat, Inflation Threat Recedes
Consumer spending grew at the slowest pace in more than a year in February, as the housing slump and a weak job market continued to put pressure on pocketbooks...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
US consumers cut spending plans
US consumer spending rises 0.1% in February as pressures grow on household budgets, official data shows...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Open skies deal close to take-off
The "open skies" deal between the US and Europe comes into effect on Sunday, aiming to open up air travel...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Cuba lifts curbs on mobile phones
Cuba says it is scrapping curbs on mobile phone use, in the latest reform under new President Raul Castro...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Puerto Rico governor denies fraud
Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila pleads not guilty to corruption charges linked to campaign finance...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Assault by Iraq on Shiite Forces Stalls in Basra
Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Tibetan Students Enter U.N. Compound
Tibetan high school children scaled a brick wall surrounding the United Nations compound in Katmandu. They were served dumplings on the other side...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Theater Review | 'Gypsy': Curtain Up! It?s Patti?s Turn at ?Gypsy?
Patti LuPone has found her focus as a dangerously obsessed Momma Rose in a wallop-packing revival of ?Gypsy.?...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
A British Fund Says It Will Close
Pentagon Capital Management, a £1 billion ($2 billion) hedge fund, said it would return investors? money because of an investigation by the S.E.C...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Herb Peterson, McMuffin Inventor, Is Dead at 89
Mr. Peterson invented the Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald?s restaurants...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
ConAgra to Sell Trading Group; Quarterly Profit Up 60%
ConAgra, the owner of brands like Healthy Choice, Chef Boyardee and Peter Pan, also increased its earnings outlook for the full year on Thursday...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
High & Low Finance: For Americans, a Bit of the Swagger Is Gone
Losses of confidence in America?s economy have occurred before, but renewal can take time when fear is self-fulfilling as businesses and consumers cut back...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Xerox to Pay $670 Million to Settle Securities Case
The Xerox Corporation said Thursday it would pay $670 million to settle a securities lawsuit from 2000, without admitting wrongdoing...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Home Builder Reports a Loss, but Still Beats Estimates
The Lennar Corporation reported a first-quarter loss of $88.2 million as it absorbed charges to write down asset values and costs, while new home sales and prices sank...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
G.E. Sells a Corporate Credit Unit to American Express
The acquisition is American Express?s latest effort to bulk up its corporate payments business, seen as a relatively stable earnings generator...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
U.S. to Study Drug for Suicide Links
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it was investigating a possible link between Merck?s best-selling drug Singulair and suicide...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Quarterly Earnings Rise 7% at Red Hat
The distributor of open source software said higher expenses related to sales and marketing offset a jump in revenue...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Stocks Drop, Led by Tech Shares
In volatile trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell by more than 100 points...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Fed Hearings on Countrywide Deal
The Federal Reserve announced Thursday that it would hold public meetings next month on the offer by Bank of America to acquire Countrywide Financial...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
New A.I.G. Jab at Ex-Chief Focuses on Fiduciary Duties
The company has filed a complaint in New York State Supreme Court against its former chief executive and six other former directors and officers...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Williams-Sonoma Forecasts Earnings Below Expectations
The upscale home goods retailer posted a higher quarterly profit, but its shares fell 5 percent after it forecast disappointing earnings for the current fiscal year...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Hundreds of Flights Canceled for Inspections
Hundreds of flights were canceled Thursday as mechanics for American Airlines and Delta Airlines inspected wiring in aircraft to ensure the planes met federal safety rules...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
TV Sports: Nonstop Talk Raises Volume on SNY Shows
SportsNet New York has added two series that owe a lot to the quick-hit, multiple-topic formula of ESPN?s ?Pardon the Interruption? and by pitting personalities from radio...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Judge Limits Trial Tactics Against Drug Executive
A judge?s ruling that pares back the federal case against Frederick S. Schiff, former chief financial officer at Bristol-Myers Squibb, has delayed his trial...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
School Districts That Got Recalled Beef Are Listed
The Department of Agriculture released a list of all districts nationwide that received beef included in a recall of meat from a California slaughterhouse...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
4th-Quarter Data Confirms Frailty of the Broad Economy
The economy nearly sputtered out in the final quarter of last year and is probably faring even worse now amid the housing, credit and financial crises...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Job Total Dips in State, but the City Gains a Bit
Even as the national economy slips toward recession, job numbers in New York City have moved counter to that trend...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Advertising: Helping the Help Desk, the Intel Way
A campaign that is scheduled to begin on Monday presents the Intel Corporation as the problem-solver for the people who solve the computer network problems for others...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
F.D.A. Reviewing H.I.V. Drugs for Heart Risk
The Food and Drug Administration said that recent data show patients taking H.I.V. drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb may have increased risk of heart attack...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Founder of JetBlue Is Planning a Start-Up Airline for Brazil
David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue Airways, said he has already agreed to buy 36 Brazilian-made jets with a total list price of $1.4 billion...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
American Anchor Quits Al Jazeera English Channel
Dave Marash, the channel?s most prominent American anchor, has quit, citing an increased amount of editorial control...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
New Japanese Jet Gets Its First Buyer
All Nippon Airways has ordered 15 of the aircrafts, which will be the first regional jet to use composite material for its wings and vertical stabilizer...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic
Comcast said that instead of interfering with specific online applications, it will manage traffic by slowing the Internet speeds of its most bandwidth-hogging users when traffic is busiest...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Odd Crop Prices Defy Economics
Economists note there should not be two prices for one thing at the same place and time. But, in effect, exactly that has been happening in trading that sets prices for corn, soybeans and wheat...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Turning to a Turnaround Pro
Frederick A. Henderson is charged with accelerating General Motors?s growth around the world while steering its comeback effort at home...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Harvard?s $34.9 Billion Endowment Makes Its Choice for New Chief
The Harvard Management Company appointed Jane Mendillo, the chief investment officer at Wellesley College, as its president and chief executive on Thursday...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
China Law Could Impede Microsoft Deal for Yahoo
In August, a Chinese antimonopoly law takes effect that will extend the nation?s economic influence far beyond its borders...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Newspaper Says Article on Rapper Was False
The Los Angeles Times acknowledged on Thursday that it had relied on apparently forged documents for its investigation into an assault on the rapper Tupac Shakur...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Obama Casts Wide Blame for Financial Crisis and Proposes Homeowner Aid
Barack Obama called for tighter regulation of lenders as he spoke of pumping $30 billion into the economy to shield homeowners...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Down $900 Million or More, the Chairman of Bear Sells
The chairman of Bear Stearns, James E. Cayne, sold $61.3 million of the company?s shares, according to a regulatory filing...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Tapes? Destruction Hovers Over Detainee Cases
The C.I.A.?s destruction of interrogation videotapes, a move intended to avoid legal trouble, may instead be adding to it...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Harlem to Antarctica for Science, and Pupils
Eager to be a role model, an African-American teacher plans to travel to Antarctica, where almost all is white...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Barred From Main Road, Palestinians Fear Two-Tiered System
An Israeli court?s acceptance of separate roads for Palestinians has brought accusations that it is the beginning of legal apartheid in the West Bank...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Militias Resist Iraqi Forces in Fight for Basra
American-trained Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias in Basra, even as President Bush hailed the operation as a sign of the growing strength of Iraq?s government...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
News Analysis: Parties Differ on Whom Economic Aid Should Help
The presidential candidates? ideological clashes are less about whether the government should step in, and more about whom it should try to rescue...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
If Elected ...: Clinton Details Premium Cap in Health Plan
Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would like to limit the cost of health insurance to no more than 10 percent of Americans? income...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
East Region: Louisville Keeps Going; Tennessee Remains Stuck
Louisville went ahead early, and while Tennessee kept the game within range into the second half they could never close the gap in a 79-60 loss...
New York Times - March 28, 2008
Bear Stearns chairman sells stake
The chairman of Bear Stearns sells his stake in the firm as a takeover by JP Morgan Chase looms...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
Two dead in US hospital shooting
Two die and two are badly injured in shooting at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia in the United States...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
US hails progress in Russia talks
US diplomats say they have made progress in talks over future co-operation with Russia...
BBC News - March 28, 2008
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