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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 2006:
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Ford's body flown to nation's capital
The body of former President Gerald R. Ford was taken from a church where thousands of mourners had paid their final respects to a nearby airport Saturday for the flight to Washington and ceremonies at the nation's Capitol...
CNN - December 30, 2006
Ford's body flown to Washington
The body of former President Gerald R. Ford arrived in Washington on Saturday evening for two national ceremonies. Ford's body will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol until Tuesday morning...
CNN - December 30, 2006
Augusta?s Turn to Say Goodbye to James Brown
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 30 ? James Brown, the titan of rhythm and blues, soul and funk music who died Monday at 73, was celebrated on Saturday in a public funeral and homecoming in this small city on the South Carolina border, where he got his start shining shoes and dancing for change...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Many Young Indians Are Fat; More Are Famished
While India?s health officials confront rising levels of childhood obesity, gnawing destitution continues to plague millions of its youngest citizens...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Somalia?s Islamists Vow Never to Surrender
The Ethiopian troops were preparing to seize Kismayo, a port city, possibly setting the stage for a major battle...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Division That Caught a Dictator Takes His Execution in Stride
The soldiers of Fort Hood had better things to do than to count down Saddam Hussein?s final minutes...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
For Guantánamo Review Boards, Limits Abound
An examination of the Guantánamo military review boards by The New York Times suggests that they have often fallen short as a source of due process...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Homes Sell, and History Goes Private
With visitors and money dwindling, museum houses struggle to survive...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Hussein Video Grips Iraq; Attacks Go On
Saddam Hussein never bowed his head, until his neck snapped...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Iraqi TV Shows Video of Hussein Being Led to Death
Shiite leaders represented the hanging as a turning point, but other politicians cautioned against seeing it as opening a decisive new chapter in Iraq?s history...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Economic View: Health Care Problem? Check the American Psyche
The economic case for a single-payer system is surprisingly strong...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Square Feet | Interview: Away From the Limelight, a Builder Makes His Mark
In the boroughs, a developer's understated style gets results...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: For Better Care, Work Across Lines
On one level, high-quality health care is all about convenience and access...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
The Goods: And Now, Memory on a Twig
A data storage drive encased in a real, handpicked piece of wood...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
The Boss: In Pursuit of the Cure
"It was time for me to try to realize my dream: to develop affordable medicines for neglected diseases."...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: A Year to Suspend Disbelief
It was a year when truth was more audacious than fiction...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
DataBank: Investors Have Reasons to Cheer as 2006 Ends
Stocks finished 2006 on a high note...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Wal-Mart Says Sales Increased in December
Wal-Mart said Friday that sales at its United States stores rose about 1.6 percent in December...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Market Week: January Effect May Take a Year Off
January will begin in a few hours, but how about a January effect?...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Suits: Required Reading for Reviving Ford
?The Machine That Changed the World,? the 1990 book that lifted the cover on Japanese auto plants in America, is back in vogue at the Ford Motor Company...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Strategies: A New Way to Gauge a Start-Up?s Worth
Andrew Metrick calls his new approach a ?reality check model.?...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
The Count: The Oops Factor Is Growing at Smaller Companies
Get your Wite-Out. More companies than ever have been restating their financial results this year...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Under New Management: Among Your Qualifications, an M.B.A. at Household U.
Returning to the work force after raising a child requires sales skills...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Spending: When ?Refurbished? Takes on an Earth-Friendly Vibe
Refurbished computers lessen the blow to the environment because they have effectively been recycled, albeit at warp speed...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Spending: Art Prices Are Rising, and So Are the Risks
Two high-profile accidents this year have called attention to the possibility that art and collectibles can be damaged...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Dealbook: Wheeling, Dealing and Reeling
This has been a record year for deal making, blowing past last year and making the previous record, in 2000, seem like just a dress rehearsal...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Investing: Is It Time to Add a Parking Lot to Your Portfolio?
An Aussie trio gives retail investors the chance to invest in infrastructure ? such as parking lots, toll roads, bridges, airports and aviation services...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Megadeal: Inside a New York Real Estate Coup
Tishman Speyer Properties? $5.4 billion deal for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan was both a record-breaker and a leap of faith...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
US Capitol to honour Ford
The body of former US President Gerald Ford is flown to Washington for ceremonies ahead of his burial...
BBC News - December 30, 2006
Buses bring mourners to Ford's home church
Waiting in line up to three hours, thousands paid their final respects to former President Gerald R. Ford...
CNN - December 30, 2006
Ethiopia Advances on Somali Islamists? Last City
A phalanx of Ethiopian tanks and armored personnel carriers chugged toward Kismayo, a port city, setting the stage for one final major battle...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
A First Lady Whose Legacy Rivals Husband?s
Betty Ford?s reign as first lady, while wholly unexpected, was among the most remarkable in modern history...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Dictator Who Ruled Iraq With Violence Is Hanged for Crimes Against Humanity
Saddam Hussein?s execution came with terrible swiftness after he lost the appeal of his death sentence...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Saddam Hussein hanged
Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged before dawn Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign...
CNN - December 30, 2006
Five Days: Regulators Give Corporations a Gift
The nation?s retailers put their faith in the weeks after the holiday when shoppers tend to flood back into stores to snap up markdowns and spend gift certificates...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Side Effects: The Spine as Profit Center
Serious questions have been raised on whether generous fees might motivate doctors to overuse a lucrative spinal-fusion surgery...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
MLB: Giants splash out on Zito
Barry Zito agrees a $126m deal to join San Francisco - the largest-ever major league contract for a pitcher...
BBC News - December 30, 2006
Snowstorm that buried Denver lumbers eastward
Denver's second big snowstorm of the holidays eased in the area Friday afternoon but continued to buffet the Plains as it moved east. The storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow in Colorado and spurred tornado warnings in Texas...
CNN - December 30, 2006
Saddam Hussein hanged
Saddam Hussein was hanged Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign, U.S. and Iraqi sources tell CNN. One witness to the execution told CNN: "Saddam's body is in front me. It's over." The execution was videotaped and photographed, Iraqi state television reported...
CNN - December 30, 2006
Elder-Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation
Never before has old age lasted so long or been so costly, compromising the retirement of baby boomers...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Failure to Navigate: Security Effort by Coast Guard Is Falling Short
A Coast Guard plan to combat terrorism by creating the equivalent of an air traffic control system has fallen short of expectations...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
New Job Title For Druggists: Diabetes Coach
A public health experiment in Asheville, N.C., is something of a ray of hope in combating diabetes...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Defiant Despot Who Oppressed Iraq for More than 30 Years
The hanging ended the life of one of the most brutal tyrants in recent history...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Web Portal Fined for Movie Piracy
A Beijing court has ordered the popular Chinese Web portal Sohu.com to pay $140,000 in damages for distributing Hollywood movies online without permission...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Clothing Retailer Accused of Cheating Its Workers
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused Yellow Rat Bastard, a trendy clothier in SoHo, of cheating their workers out of more than $1 million...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Basic Instincts: Procrastination Can Have Its Own Cost
Unpaid parking tickets and library late fees are not complicated chores, but we drag our heels and often end up paying quite a financial penalty as a result...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
What?s Online: The Lazy Top 10 Anything
AS any media consumer knows, this is the season of the list. Dan Hunter of the blog Terra Nova, which focuses on virtual worlds and online gaming, notes that late December ?is the point where lazy editors tell their lazy pundits to knock out a couple of hundred words structured around the topic: ?Top Ten Moments in X for 2006,? ? where X stands for the subject the media outlet covers (terranova.blogs.com)...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Executive Pursuits: He Asked, ?How Come You Still Have Beluga??
The United States, which consumes an estimated 60 percent of the world?s supply, was flooded with fish eggs. As prices plummeted, caviar started to become almost as popular as Champagne and single-malt Scotch...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
What?s Offline: Opportunities Behind Bars
SEARCHING for a chance to tap into a $37 billion market that is rapidly growing? Instead of seeking customers who can go somewhere else if they are unhappy, why not try to serve those who have no choice, that is, the nation?s prisoners?...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Travel Habits Must Change to Make a Big Difference in Energy Consumption
People eager to reduce their consumption can take many steps, but the size of their benefit ? or cost ? is not always evident...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Saturday Interview: Making Snail Mail Still Matter
Not so long ago, pundits predicted that the Internet, and in particular e-mail, would lead to a paperless world. Not quite...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Your Money: It?s O.K. to Fall Behind the Technology Curve
Paying less in the future for a device that can do more is now taken for granted when shopping for consumer electronics...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Tallest Building in Boston Is Sold in $3.3 Billion Deal
The John Hancock Tower, has been sold to a New York real estate firm as part of a package of buildings in four cities...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Decline to End Record Year
Wall Street slipped lower, closing out a year in which stocks bounced back from a slumping housing market and the Federal Reserve?s campaign of interest rate increases...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Off the Charts: Maybe Developing Nations Are Not Emerging but Have Emerged
IN the old developed world, this is an era of solid but moderate economic growth. In the new world, the so-called emerging economies is where most of the growth now resides...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Big Board Plans to Close for Ford Funeral
The New York Stock Exchange said that it would close Tuesday as part of a national day of mourning to mark the funeral of President Gerald R. Ford...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
The Spine as Profit Center
Serious questions are raised on whether generous fees might motive doctors to overuse a lucrative spinal-fusion surgery...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Gucci Owner Is Said to Weigh Bid for Suez
The billionaire?s bid for the French utility could be as high as 70 billion euros ($92 billion)...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Chrysler in Deal With Chinese Automaker
The deal with the Chery Automobile Company of China would produce a new small car that would be made in China and marketed around the world...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Gilded Paychecks: Compensation Experts Offer Ways to Help Curb Executive Salaries
Despite the growing attention over the last 25 years, the average chief executive?s compensation at big companies has increased more than 600 percent...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
Apple Panel on Options Backs Chief
Apple said that its chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, did not benefit financially from any questionable stock awards...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
BellSouth and AT&T Close Deal
The approval by the F.C.C. of AT&T?s $85.8 billion acquisition of BellSouth makes the deal the largest telecommunications merger in U.S. history...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
U.S. Official Overseeing Oil Program Faces Inquiry
The Justice Department is investigating whether the director of a multibillion-dollar oil-trading program has been paid as a consultant for oil companies...
New York Times - December 30, 2006
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