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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2008:
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State of the Art: Fast Camera Turns Time Every Which Way
The FX-1 camera from Casio allows users to snap 60 shots a second, and that?s just the beginning...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Auto Sales Are Down Again, but G.M. and Toyota Are Optimistic
Sales for each of the nation?s four largest automakers fell last month, prompting some executives to forecast a gloomy spring, a period that typically posts strong sales...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Retailer Settles With MasterCard Over Data Theft
TJX Companies said that it would pay up to $24 million as part of a settlement with MasterCard over a security breach that put credit card data for tens of millions of shoppers at risk...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
pratically speaking: Using the Human Touch to Solve Workplace Problems
Employers are finding sensitive and novel solutions to unusual employee woes...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Fannie Mae Tightens Loan Standard to Protect Itself
The mortgage buyer has told lenders that it will require a minimum credit score for the loans it buys as it tries to protect itself from record foreclosures sweeping the country...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Court Approves Review of Countrywide Practices
A federal judge has authorized an examination of the mortgage processing systems of the lending giant by bankruptcy investigators seeking evidence that the company systematically abuses borrowers...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
New Subscribers Drive R.I.M.?s Quarter
The maker of the BlackBerry device said that its fourth-quarter profit and sales more than doubled as it increased its subscriber base and shipped about 4.4 million of its smart phones...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Europe Starts Inquiry Into Northern Rock Aid
The European Commission opened a formal investigation into the bailout of the British lender, a process expected to set a precedent on government aid within the 27-nation bloc...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Shares Down Slightly as Oil Prices Rise
Wall Street turned lower as investors worried that a jump in oil prices could be another signal that consumers are under stress in an economy that is showing signs of a recession...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Google to Lay Off About 300 at DoubleClick
In the first sizable layoffs in its history, Google is cutting about a quarter of the American operations of DoubleClick, the advertising technology company that it acquired recently...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
The Lede: Boycott Questions for China?s Olympics
A growing number of lawmakers pressure President Bush...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
City Room: The City Council?s Biggest No-Shows
A Bronx councilwoman has missed 203 of 608 hearings and full Council meetings since 2004, giving her the worst attendance record. Only 19 of her absences were excused, Council records show...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Robot Ship Cleared to Dock With Space Station
Managers of the International Space Station on Wednesday cleared Europe?s new Jules Verne cargo ship for its first docking with the orbiting research outpost...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Walsh to Talk to Thomas Before Deciding His Fate
Donnie Walsh, the new president of basketball operations for the Knicks, said he?ll wait before deciding what Isiah Thomas?s future with the team will be...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
City Room: Federal Judge Dismisses ?Borat? Suit
The judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man who was randomly accosted -- and touched -- by Sacha Baron Cohen on a Midtown street for the movie "Borat." The man argued that his likeness had been used for commercial purposes without consent...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
United Cancels 31 Flights for Inspections
United Airlines temporarily removed its fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft from service to allow for inspections, resulting in cancellation of 31 flights, the airline said...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
City Room: Doctor Tells of a 19-Gunshot-Wound Survivor
Dr. Albert Cooper, the surgeon who helped keep Joseph Guzman alive in November 2006, testified at the trial of three detectives accused in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Bill to Regulate Tobacco Moves Forward
A House panel approved a bill Wednesday that would give the F.D.A. sweeping new regulatory authority over the tobacco industry, clearing the way for a House floor vote on the legislation...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Bernanke Nods at Possibility of a Recession
The chairman of the Federal Reserve warned a Congressional committee that the economy could contract in the first half of this year...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
2 Parties Reach Tentative Deal on Housing Bill
The package of legislation is designed to help homeowners facing foreclosure...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Mugabe Loses Parliament in Zimbabwe
President Robert G. Mugabe and his ruling party have lost control of the nation?s Parliament, election returns showed on Wednesday. Will the presidency itself be next?...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
United grounds Boeing 777 fleet
United Airlines cancels 31 flights after grounding its entire fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Argentine farmers suspend strike
Argentine farmers say they are suspending a three-week strike that has caused food shortages across the nation...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Cuba lending farmers state land
Cuba has begun lending unused state land to private farmers and cooperatives as part of efforts to boost agricultural output...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Ailing German Bank Seeks Partner
The announcement by WestLB comes after problems stemming from credit markets turmoil forced its owners to step in with a 5 billion euro ($7.8 billion) rescue...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Monsanto Profit Surges as Revenue Climbs
The company said its second-quarter earnings more than doubled on increasingly strong sales of corn seed and herbicide in the United States...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Best Buy Posts Better-Than-Expected Profit
The consumer electronics retailer also forecast that earnings would rise over the coming year, pushing its shares up 8 percent in pre-market trading...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
United Grounds 52 Planes for Inspections
The airline said it was testing the Boeing 777s to make sure components of a cargo fire suppression system were operating effectively...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Stocks Hold Gains As Bernanke Speaks
Wall Street rose modestly after the Federal Reserve chairman said he did not expect other investments banks to suffer the same damage that Bear Stearns experienced...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Factory Orders Are the Latest Sign of a Slowdown
Orders to American factories fell for a second consecutive month, a worse-than-expected performance that reinforced worries that the risk of recession is rising...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Private Sector Reportedly Added 8,000 Jobs in March
Though the gain was small, it was a vast improvement from February?s revised job losses of 18,000 reported by a private employment service...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Paulson Again Urges China to Open Financial Market
In Beijing, the Treasury secretary urged Chinese leaders to press ahead with changes to their financial market but acknowledged that the tight credit markets might make them hesitant...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Protest in Muslim Province in China
The news of the protest in Xinjiang underscored the breadth of China?s problems with ethnic and religious minority groups...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Irish Premier to Step Down
Denying that he received corrupt payments, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, announced that he would resign next month...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
City Room: Ask About School Enrollment
Taking questions: Marty Barr, the executive director of elementary school enrollment at the Department of Education, is answering questions from readers through April 11...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: Crossing the Highway
American marines near the Rashid air base in Baghdad on April 8, 2003. (Photo: Oleg Popov/Reuters) Karim Hilmi is an Iraqi employee of The New York Times. Some names in this post have been altered for safety considerations. ?For God?s sake, hurry up, hurry up, Mona, just wake up the kids and let us move [...]...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
The Lede: America?s Global Image Stops Sinking
A survey of 17,000 people around the world shows an unpopular nation turning less so...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
The Caucus: McCain Considering Vice President Picks
Senator John McCain said he hoped to be able to make a selection before the Republican convention in early September...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
NATO Allies Oppose Bush on Georgia and Ukraine
President Bush?s position on what NATO?s relationship with Ukraine and Georgia should be contradicts the German and French government positions...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Bernanke Offers Bleaker View on U.S. Economy
The chairman of the Federal Reserve warned a Congressional committee that economic growth is likely to stagnate over the first half of this year...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Opposition Claims It Won Majority in Zimbabwe Vote
The party of the challenger Morgan Tsvangirai urged President Robert G. Mugabe to concede, but a state-run newspaper said that it expected a run-off vote...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Brazil jails Colombia drug baron
Colombian drug baron 'Lollypop' Ramirez Abadia is sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in Brazil...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Tennis: Serena thrashes Henin
Serena Williams crushes world number one Justine Henin in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Boxing: Calzaghe relishes debut
Joe Calzaghe says he will not be overawed when he makes his American debut against Bernard Hopkins on 19 April...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
US interrogation memo released
The Pentagon declassifies a legal memo dating to March 2003 which allowed the use of harsh interrogation methods...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Hostage needs urgent treatment
Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt needs a blood transfusion within hours to stay alive, her son says...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Aircraft bomb plot trial to begin
Jurors are being selected ahead of the trial of eight men charged over an alleged plot to blow up passenger planes...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Paulson talks to Chinese leaders
US Treasury boss Henry Paulson discusses economic issues with Chinese leaders, and raises the issue of Tibet...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Ecuador plans foreign bases ban
Ecuadorian lawmakers approve a change in the constitution that would outlaw any foreign military bases on its soil...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Fed boss says recession possible
Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke warns the US economy may contract in the first six months of 2008...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Houston Journal: No Need to Apologize: City Tries a Little Boasting
Houston has rolled out a television and print campaign that features celebrities extolling aspects of the city...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Manhattan Apartment Prices Hit Record High Despite Slump
The average price of a Manhattan apartment in the first three months of this year was $1.7 million, up 33.5 percent from the same period last year. Still, sales are slowing...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Europe Launches Northern Rock Probe
The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the British government's bailout of mortgage lender Northern Rock...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Bush Asks NATO Leaders to Embrace Policies
President Bush called on NATO to ?maintain its resolve and finish the fight? in Afghanistan and strengthen its military forces to combat Al Qaeda and other threats...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Irish Premier to Step Down on May 6
Bertie Ahern will step down as Ireland?s prime minister following a series of embarrassing appearances in the witness stand at an anti-corruption tribunal...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Zimbabwe State-Run Paper Predicts a Runoff
The report is likely to be perceived as a decision by President Robert Mugabe to continue his fight to hold on to office rather than yield it to the challenger Morgan Tsvangirai...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Stocks and Bonds: Wall Street Shows Optimism That Crisis Is Fading
Tuesday?s rally on Wall Street continued in Asia on Wednesday, as investors found reasons to believe that the drumbeat of subprime woes may be coming to an end...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
US oil firms come under pressure
US lawmakers take the oil industry to task over huge profits as ordinary Americans struggle with high fuel prices...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
US envoy calls on N Korea to act
Christopher Hill tells North Korea to end deadlock on the nuclear deal, while Seoul tells it to tone down its rhetoric...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Offer of a Murder Surfaces at Wiretap Trial
A hedge fund manager testified that Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private detective accused of wiretapping, had once offered to have a movie producer killed for him...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
An Asian Art Moment: Indonesia?s Contemporary Painters Ride a Market Bubble
With Chinese art being hot now and commanding huge prices, demand has trickled down and collectors are looking to Indonesia as the next Asian tiger...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Midwestern Bank May Be Looking for a Buyer
CLEVELAND (AP) ? The National City Corporation, a Midwestern bank heavily exposed to the worsening mortgage and housing market, confirmed Tuesday that it was reviewing its options amid rumors that it wants to find a buyer...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Auto Parts Chain Agrees to Buy a Rival
DETROIT (Reuters) ? O?Reilly Automotive said Tuesday that it had reached a cash-and-stock deal worth $528 million to buy a rival, the CSK Auto Corporation...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Thornburg Raises $1.35 Billion to Avoid Bankruptcy
Thornburg Mortgage shares rose nearly 20 percent Tuesday after the company, which provides large residential mortgages, said it successfully raised $1.35 billion in a last-ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Advertising: NBC to Revive a Mainstay of Early TV
Sponsors will get a say in content and its name on the show...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Senior Executive Leaving Google
Douglas Merrill, a vice president of engineering at Google, is leaving the Internet search company to become a president of digital at EMI Music...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Square Feet: As a Weaker Office Market Looms, Landlords Bargain
The credit squeeze is gradually putting tenants in the driver?s seat in Manhattan?s office market...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Square Feet: Working Broadway?s Strange Angles Can Be a Challenge to Developers
Developers may have a tough time fitting apartments on oddly shaped lots, but the unusual dimensions have also helped create some landmark buildings...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Complaint Against Airbus Parent
The French financial market regulator filed a complaint against European Aeronautic, Defense & Space in connection with an inquiry into allegations of market abuses...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
National Standards to Rank Physicians Planned
The agreement represents a truce between doctors and health insurers in their longstanding dispute over how health plans rank physicians? efforts in taking care of patients...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
CBS Moves Ahead With Layoffs in News
News operations at several local CBS stations started a series of job cuts this week as the network itself, CBS News, moved ahead with plans to lay off about 1 percent of its nearly 1,200 employees...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Intel Makes a Push Into Pocket-Size Internet Devices
Intel plans to proclaim that the next big thing in consumer gadgets will be the ?Internet in your pocket.?...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Reversing Loss, Microsoft Wins Open-Format Designation
Microsoft has won an international standards designation for its open-document format, ending a yearlong battle with software rivals...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Bernanke to Face Bear Stearns Queries
At Congressional hearings this week, Ben S. Bernanke will be asked to explain how and why the Fed has taken such extraordinary actions to curb a financial crisis...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
S.O.S. Unanswered
Critics claim Hope Now, a White House-backed group formed to help struggling homeowners, supports the interests of lenders, not homeowners...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
To See a Stock Market Bubble Bursting, Look at Shanghai
After two years of soaring share prices, the Shanghai composite index has plunged 45 percent from its high, reached last October...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Reynolds Ads Say Tobacco Oversight Is Burden F.D.A. Doesn?t Need
The tobacco giant is attacking the F.D.A. as weak and overextended amid a Congressional effort to empower the agency to regulate the tobacco industry...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Market Place: Study Is Setback for Some RNA-Based Drugs
A study published by the journal Nature is raising doubts about one of the hottest fields in biotechnology, RNA interference...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
UBS to Write Down Another $19 Billion
The Swiss bank, which also announced the resignation of its chairman, said the write-down would result in a $12 billion quarterly loss...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Walsh Will Take Control of Knicks
Donnie Walsh will become the team?s new head of basketball operations, but it is not clear what his arrival means for Isiah Thomas...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Dramatic Testimony From Bell Shooting Survivor
The man shot 16 times in the police gunfire that killed Sean Bell testified about hearing his friend?s last words...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Study Finds Home Defibrillator Is No Help
Consumers are unlikely to benefit from household versions of automated external defibrillators meant to revive victims of sudden heart seizures, a new study found...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Conspicuous Absence on Congestion Pricing Vote
As City Council members voted on a plan to charge fees to drive in Manhattan below 60th Street, one council member with a bad attendance record was in Las Vegas...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Women's Tournament: UConn Stages Comeback, Advances to Final Four
The No. 1-ranked Huskies advanced to their first Final Four since winning the 2004 title with a 66-56 victory over Rutgers...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2: Yankees? First Victory in a Season of Lasts
The Yankees won their final home opener at Yankee Stadium, edging the Toronto Blue Jays...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Turmoil in Race Tests Democrats? Low-Key Chief
Many Democrats are calling on Howard Dean to be more aggressive in bringing the nominating battle to a close...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
U.S. Alarmed as Some Exports Veer Off Course
Officials said the United Arab Emirates were failing to prevent goods that have a potential military use from slipping into the wrong hands...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
A Grim Tradition, and a Long Struggle to End It
A New Mexico county attempts to reduce the death toll of pervasive drug use among generations of addicts...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Talks May End Mugabe?s Rule in Zimbabwe
Opposition members contended that negotiations were under way for President Robert G. Mugabe to step down...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Britain Puts Troop Drawdown on Hold
Plans to withdraw about 1,500 soldiers were frozen pending a review of Iraq?s security situation...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Congress Fast-Tracks Work on Homeowner Relief
The push is the latest sign of a growing consensus that broader government action is needed to prevent a torrent of new foreclosures...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
Wall Street Shows Optimism That Crisis Is Fading
Stocks started the second quarter with a soaring rally, as investors found reasons to believe that the drumbeat of subprime woes may be coming to an end...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
?03 U.S. Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations
A newly disclosed memo shows the Justice Department gave military interrogators authority to use extreme methods in questioning detainees...
New York Times - April 2, 2008
World views US 'more positively'
A BBC World Service poll suggests people are viewing the US more positively than in recent years...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
Argentines support Fernandez
Argentines march in support of their president in her battle with farmers angry about tax increases on key food exports...
BBC News - April 2, 2008
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