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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 December 2007:
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The Caucus Blog: Romney to Address His Mormonism
Mitt Romney will address his Mormon religion, on Thursday at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Midwest Recovering After Snowstorm
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A storm system slid across the Northeast with snow, sleet and freezing rain Sunday, glazing roads and tying up air travel after blacking out thousands of customers in the Midwest...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Taylor Mourned at Redskins Game
The most stark reminder of Sean Taylor?s plight came when the Washington Redskins lined up on defense for the first time. Instead of 11 Redskins on the field, as rules allow, there were 10...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Delegates in Bali for Climate Talks
Two weeks of talks starting Monday are aimed at breathing new life into the troubled 17-year-old global climate treaty...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
NBC to Pay for Blocks of Programs
NBC has made an ambitious deal, apparently the first of its kind, to buy a block of prime-time programming from outside producers...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Vivendi to Acquire a Controlling Stake in Activision
The deal would create a rival to Electronic Arts as the largest independent video game publisher...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Vivendi to Acquire a Controlling Stake in Activision
The deal would create a rival to Electronic Arts as the largest independent video game publisher...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Meteorologists Shape Fashion Trends
As volatile weather alters the sale of warm clothing, the apparel industry turns to climate science for help...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Storm Disrupts Travel in Midwest
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Highways were still slippery in parts of the Midwest on Sunday as utility crews restored power knocked out by a snow and ice blamed for at least seven traffic deaths...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The Good Fight
Churches in gritty neighborhoods reach out to teenagers to combat the lure of street gangs...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Norway
Norwegian towns that lost millions in bad investments fear that they will have to cut local services...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Vivendi to Acquire Control of Activision
The $1.7 billion deal creates the biggest independent video game publisher...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Meteorologists Shape Fashion Trends
As volatile weather alters the sale of warm clothing, the apparel industry turns to climate science for help...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Castro nominated for Cuban seat
Cuba's Fidel Castro is nominated for the next National Assembly - a sign he may hope to return to power...
BBC News - December 2, 2007
Clinton Is Pressed to Aid Immigrants
Hillary Clinton was asked in Iowa if she would help illegal immigrants become citizens, then drew boos when she would not commit to doing it within the first 100 days of her presidency...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Figures on H.I.V. Rate Expected to Rise
More people in the United States are infected each year with the AIDS virus than previously thought, according to federal health officials...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Effort to Limit Junk Food in Schools Faces Hurdles
Federal lawmakers are considering a measure that would impose a national ban on the sale of candy, sugary soda and salty, fatty foods in schools...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Iranian Pushes Nuclear Talks Back to Square 1
Iran?s new negotiator has hardened the nation?s position on its nuclear program, calling past talks irrelevant...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Huckabee?s Stature Rises, Mobilizing Tax Critics
Fiscal conservatives are raising alarms about a series of tax increases Mike Huckabee oversaw while governor of Arkansas...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts
Malawi?s turnaround was fueled by fertilizer subsidies...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
B.C.S. Title Picture Remains Muddled
Jerry Palm, the esteemed B.C.S. guru, predicts that Ohio State will play L.S.U. in the national title football game...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
In a Progressive State, a City Where Gay Life Hangs by a Thread
For gay, lesbian and transgender residents in Newark, urban problems like poverty, drugs and unemployment are compounded by gay bashing, H.I.V. and open hostility...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Feminist Pitch by a Democrat Named Obama
Senator Barack Obama?s campaign argues that the best candidate for women may, in fact, be a man...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Nonstop Theft and Bribery Are Staggering Iraq
There is a growing sense that Iraq has slipped to new depths of lawlessness even as security has improved...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Business Lobby Presses Agenda Before ?08 Vote
Lobbyists are racing to secure a wide range of health, safety, labor and economic rules before President Bush leaves office...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
S.E.C. Sends Investors to the Children?s Table
A vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission will prevent shareholders from nominating their own director candidates...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Short Seller Sinks Teeth Into Insurer
A hedge fund manager known for shareholder activism has pursued MBIA Inc. with sheer, obsessive doggedness...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
A Surgeon Opens Up, and Not With a Scalpel
Dr. Thomas R. Russell, the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, discusses medical innovation, the health care crisis and more...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
It?s December, and America Is Not in a Buying Mood
Pollsters are finding that fewer Americans say they are planning major purchases than at any time in recent years...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Samsung Division Is Raided; Executives Are Questioned
Prosecutors raided a financial arm of Samsung in Seoul, South Korea, searching for evidence of a slush fund as they expanded an investigation into a corruption scandal...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Roger B. Smith, 82, Ex-Chief of G.M., Dies
Mr. Smith tried to modernize the automaker during the 1980s but instead became associated with its decline...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Estimates May Have Overstated Job Growth
A new government report indicates that the American economy appears to have created far fewer jobs this spring than has been reported so far...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Charge the Rent, but Only if You Don?t Need To
While credit card companies offer programs that allow customers to use their card to pay the rent, those facing credit troubles should steer clear...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
At Citigroup, a Favorite Emerges for the Top Job
Citigroup is closing in on a chief executive and the board appears to be leaning toward an insider, Vikram S. Pandit, who joined the company seven months ago...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Motorola Replaces Chief With an Insider
Motorola said Edward J. Zander would be succeeded by Gregory Q. Brown, the company?s chief operating officer...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Proof That Overscheduled Modern Life Isn?t Fit for a Dog
Housebreaking a dog can be difficult when one must juggle the relentless scheduling demands modern life puts on all concerned...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Both Sides in Writers? Strike See New-Media Future at Stake
Striking writers angrily rejected an elaborate package of new proposals from their employers just hours after it was presented...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Top Ranks of Women on Wall Street are Shrinking
The top executive ranks at the big Wall Street firms remain largely devoid of women seen with a viable chance of becoming chief executive anytime soon...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Labor Pacts in Detroit Didn?t Ease Stocks? Slide
Despite winning labor contracts that improved their competitiveness, shares in G.M. and Ford have continued to slide...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Uneven Day Caps a Solid Week
Stocks soared early Friday but gradually gave up most of their gains as some negative news tempered the expectations of investors...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
U.S. Urges Freezing Some Rates on Loans
Treasury officials said they were pleased by the progress in persuading mortgage lenders to agree to a temporary rate freeze on subprime loans to avert foreclosures...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Is It Healthy? Food Rating Systems Battle It Out
Consumer groups are rushing to create systems that aim to make sense of conflicting health claims on food labels...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Wall St. Sees Silver Lining in Economy
Investors appear to be taking comfort in the notion that the economy is so imperiled that it is forcing the government to mount an aggressive rescue effort...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Hope for Helping Hands Fuels a Rally
Stocks rallied last week on hopes that both the Federal Reserve and the United States Treasury would take action to bolster the market...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency
Congressional negotiators reached a deal on legislation to require automakers to achieve 35 miles per gallon on average by 2020...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
New Tradition: Eat the Turkey, Then Go Online
When it comes to online retail traffic, Thanksgiving itself has been the busiest day of the entire holiday season for the last four years, according to an online research firm...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
I?m Dreaming of an Eco-Christmas
The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza is lighted by light-emitting diodes that officials project will save as much energy a day as an average family uses in a month...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
For Tourists, a Flight to Bargains
Several airlines have been promoting New York City as a Christmas shopping Mecca, luring hordes of bargain hunters...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Treating What Ails
?I believe we can do a better job with every dollar we spend on health care.?...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Jobs Picture May Not Be So Grim
Figures about employment conditions might increase fears that a recession is approaching, but one economist expects cheerier news...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Arctic Norway
Norwegian towns that lost millions in bad investments fear that they will have to cut local services...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
From the Heights of $100 Oil, Most Stocks Look Vulnerable
The recent oil spike is probably a passing mania, many investment strategists say. But if oil remains near record levels, it would hurt most domestic stocks...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The Dollar Is Falling, and That?s Good News
A weaker currency helps America sell more products abroad...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Contrarians Make a Case for Gains in the Recent Turmoil
If market timers point one way, look to the other...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
A Cloudy Forecast for Commercial Market
Tougher underwriting standards are expected for next year...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The World as an Imperfect Globe
In ?Redefining Global Strategy,? Pankaj Ghemawat amasses data to show that globalization has profound, and most likely enduring, limits...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
If the Shoe Fits, Wear It. If Not, Design One That Does.
For those with very individual or exacting tastes ? and with money to spare ? some Internet retailers offer design-it-yourself options in footwear...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
When Opportunity Came Crawling
Adam Falek left a Wall Street job to run his own exterminating business...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Lots of Little Screens: TV Is Changing Shape
By unchaining video watchers from their TV sets, inexpensive broadband access has opened the floodgates to a generation of TV producers...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
For the 2008 Race, Google Is a Crucial Constituency
Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain, Bill Richardson, John Edwards and Barack Obama have made the pilgrimage to Google headquarters in California...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Lawyers Compete, Except in Bonuses
The top law firms have been stuck in copycat mode for years...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Hobbies Are Rich in Psychic Rewards
Interests outside work can make you sharper and more focused...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The Long and Short of It at Goldman Sachs
An analysis by a Goldman economist deserves its own analysis...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Housing Crisis? Try Mobile McMansions
With an uncertain economy and gas prices through the roof, sales of recreational vehicles are slipping, although the most expensive R.V.?s are still moving off the lot...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
What to Wear? Meteorologists Shape Fashion
As volatile weather alters the sale of warm clothing, the apparel industry is turning to climate scientists for help...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The Caucus: Clinton Is Pressed to Aid Immigrants
Hillary Clinton was asked in Iowa if she would help illegal immigrants become citizens, then drew boos when she would not commit to doing it within the first 100 days of her presidency...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Bryans Give the U.S. a Davis Cup Title
The United States won its first Davis Cup title since 1995 behind a convincing doubles victory Saturday by brothers Bob and Mike Bryan...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Effort to Limit Junk Food in Schools Faces Hurdles
Federal lawmakers are considering a measure that would impose a national ban on the sale of candy, sugary soda and salty, fatty foods in schools...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Huckabee?s Stature Rises, Mobilizing Tax Critics
Fiscal conservatives are raising alarms about a series of tax increases Mike Huckabee oversaw while governor of Arkansas...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The Quad: B.C.S. Title Picture Remains Muddled
The esteemed B.C.S. guru Jerry Palm predicts that Ohio State will play L.S.U. in the national title game...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Feminist Pitch by a Democrat Named Obama
Senator Barack Obama?s campaign argues that the best candidate for women may, in fact, be a man...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Business Lobby Presses Agenda Before ?08 Vote
Lobbyists are racing to secure a wide range of health, safety, labor and economic rules before President Bush leaves office...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Correction: Payload: Taking Aim at Corporate Bribery
An article last Sunday about international corporate bribery rendered an expression incorrectly. The word meant to signify a bribe, or ?grease money,? in German should have been Schmiergeld, not ?schmear gelt.?...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Hope for Helping Hands Fuels a Rally
Stocks rallied last week on hopes that both the Federal Reserve and the United States Treasury would take action to bolster the market...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The Count: New Tradition: Eat the Turkey, Then Go Online
When it comes to online retail traffic, Thanksgiving itself has been the busiest day of the entire holiday season for the last four years, according to an online research firm...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Suits: I?m Dreaming of an Eco-Christmas
The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza is lighted by light-emitting diodes that officials project will save as much energy a day as an average family uses in a month...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
The Boss: Treating What Ails
?I believe we can do a better job with every dollar we spend on health care.?...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Travel Bug: For Tourists, a Flight to Bargains
Several airlines have been promoting New York City as a Christmas shopping Mecca, luring hordes of bargain hunters...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Market Week: Jobs Picture May Not Be So Grim
Figures about employment conditions might increase fears that a recession is approaching, but one economist expects cheerier news...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Investing: From the Heights of $100 Oil, Most Stocks Look Vulnerable
The recent oil spike is probably a passing mania, many investment strategists say. But if oil remains near record levels, it would hurt most domestic stocks...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Strategies: Contrarians Make a Case for Gains in the Recent Turmoil
If market timers point one way, look to the other...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Economic View: The Dollar Is Falling, and That?s Good News
A weaker currency helps America sell more products abroad...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Fair Game: S.E.C. Sends Investors to the Children?s Table
A vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission will prevent shareholders from nominating their own director candidates...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Spending: If the Shoe Fits, Wear It. If Not, Design One That Does.
For those with very individual or exacting tastes ? and with money to spare ? some Internet retailers offer design-it-yourself options in footwear...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Square Feet | Spotlight: A Cloudy Forecast for Commercial Market
Tougher underwriting standards are expected for next year...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Off The Shelf: The World as an Imperfect Globe
In ?Redefining Global Strategy,? Pankaj Ghemawat amasses data to show that globalization has profound, and most likely enduring, limits...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Preoccupations: When Opportunity Came Crawling
Adam Falek left a Wall Street job to run his own exterminating business...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Reframing: Lots of Little Screens: TV Is Changing Shape
By unchaining video watchers from their TV sets, inexpensive broadband access has opened the floodgates to a generation of TV producers...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Digital Domain: For the 2008 Race, Google Is a Crucial Constituency
Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain, Bill Richardson, John Edwards and Barack Obama have made the pilgrimage to Google headquarters in California...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Career Couch: Hobbies Are Rich in Psychic Rewards
Interests outside work can make you sharper and more focused...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Dealbook: Lawyers Compete, Except in Bonuses
The top law firms have been stuck in copycat mode for years...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
Everybody?s Business: The Long and Short of It at Goldman Sachs
An analysis by a Goldman economist deserves its own analysis...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
What to Wear? Meteorologists Shape Fashion
As weather alters the sale of cold-weather clothing, the apparel industry is turning to climate scientists...
New York Times - December 2, 2007
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