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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 2005:
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World welcomes 2006
Tens of thousands of London partygoers faced a struggle to get across town on Saturday due to a New Year's Eve subway strike, while in France authorities feared a youthful tradition of car burning could get out of hand...
CNN - December 31, 2005
World rings in 2006
London partygoers faced a struggle to get across town on Saturday due to a New Year's Eve subway strike, while in France authorities feared a youthful tradition of car burning could get out of hand. In parts of Asia, the threat of terrorism loomed large and in Indonesia a bomb killed eight and wounded 45...
CNN - December 31, 2005
Mudslides and floods in California
A powerful storm set off mudslides and sent rivers and creeks over their banks across Northern California on Saturday. At least half a dozen people had to be rescued from the rushing water, and forecasters were warning of another storm on Sunday...
CNN - December 31, 2005
Residents Flee Heavy Floods in Northern California
A rainstorm set off severe flooding across Northern California, touching off mudslides and sending residents fleeing for shelter...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Evacuations urged in flood-hit California
Residents along the Napa River and hills of Northern California are being urged to leave their homes or identify escape routes as a powerful storm plows through the area. Forecasters say several counties are ripe for the worst flooding in years...
CNN - December 31, 2005
As Drug Plan Begins, Stores Predict Bumps
Millions of Americans will gain access to government-subsidized prescription drugs on Sunday with the long-awaited expansion of Medicare...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
White House Memo: In a Quiet Vacation, the President Readies for an Ambitious Agenda
President Bush is scheduled to return to the White House earlier than usual and start a campaign to set the tone for the remainder of his presidency...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Aid Lets Small Colleges Ask, Why Pay Ivy Retail?
Squeezed by competition from state and elite institutions, private liberal arts colleges are routinely offering merit aid to students...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
In New Orleans, Housing Sales Are Bright Spot
A surprisingly healthy real estate market in the New Orleans area is proving to be one bright spot in an otherwise stagnant local economy...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
7 killed in Iraq bombings
Five Iraqi civilians have been killed by bombings outside an Iraqi Islamic Party office near the Iraqi town of Baquba and two Iraqi police officers also died when a bomb targeted their police patrol in central Baghdad...
CNN - December 31, 2005
Lobbyist Is Given Deadline to Take Deal or Go to Trial
The indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff must decide by Tuesday whether he will accept a plea or stand trial on fraud charges in a Florida case...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
US archdiocese loses claims fight
A Catholic archdiocese loses a US court battle to protect church property from sex abuse claim cases...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says...
Justice Antonin Scalia is, a new study concludes, 19 times as funny as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
U.S. Women Accuse a Coach of Harassment
Some members of the U.S. women's skeleton team have accused Coach Tim Nardiello of sexual harassment...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
In a Daring Leap, Ringling Loses Its Three Rings
For the first time in its history, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus will present a new show to its audiences without three rings, or two — or even one...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Crime Numbers Keep Dropping Across the City
Crime has fallen across New York City for the 17th consecutive year, new Police Department statistics show...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Rule by Law: In Worker's Death, View of China's Harsh Justice
There is widespread suspicion, even within the government, that too many innocent people are sentenced to death...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
United Airlines Financial Plan Gains Approval From Creditors
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Patents Rejected for BlackBerry
The maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device said that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had issued preliminary rejections of two wireless e-mail patents owned by the holding company that had won a patent infringement lawsuit against it...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Popular Canadian Investment Runs Into Politics and Hints of Scandal
Income trusts, the delight of many Canadian investors and a source of concern to corporate governance experts, became yet another thing this week: the heart of a political scandal...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
China Approves Dutch Bank for Trading in Yuan
ABN Amro became the latest bank to confirm that it had received approval from China to make a market for the yuan on the interbank foreign exchange market...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
It's a Quicken World Again for Intuit
Intuit is making a comeback, pushing beyond personal finance with new products for managing medical bills and investment properties...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Joseph Nocera, whose column normally appears on this page, is on vacation...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
As Ukraine Balks at Gas-Price Rise, Russian Company Renews Cutoff Threat
Gazprom renewed its threat to cut supply lines to Ukraine on Sunday morning if the country did not accept a nearly fivefold increase in price...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Saturday Interview With Linda Huett: Confidence in One Diet Above All
Linda Huett walked into a Weight Watchers meeting in the early 1980's, hoping to lose weight after the birth of her third child. It worked, and then some: she soon took a job at the company, was promoted to manager and later to a vice president. In 2000, Ms. Huett was named chief executive...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Basic Instincts: Recalculating What Money Can't Buy
YOU might think that a column about finances in the new year would include tips about adding some razzle-dazzle to your portfolio or a few sage words on real estate...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Executive Pursuits: As Year Ticks Away, Getting That Limo at the Last Minute
I PLUNGED head first into a shiny black stretch limousine, and sprawled out on the back seat across from a venture capitalist buddy I call the V.C. I slid a Joan Jett CD into the player, shivering with a winter chill, and peered through the tinted-glass rear window at the brightly lighted dark of night...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
U. of Michigan Becomes 10th College to Join Boycott of Coke
The university is boycotting the company because of concerns arising from accusations about its treatment of workers in bottling plants in Colombia and environmental problems in India...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Spaniards Making the Shift to the Mall
In the last decade, the number of shopping centers along Spanish highways has more than doubled...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Dana Lowers Profits for a 4-Year Period
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 30 (AP) - The Dana Corporation, the auto parts supplier, said on Friday that it had lowered profits by $44 million for a period starting in 2000 and ending in June...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
In Rare Move, Journalists Strike Paper in Beijing
About 100 journalists from one of China's most aggressive daily newspapers held a rare protest against official media crackdown...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Fund Manager Beats S.& P. for 15th Year
William H. Miller III, manager of the Legg Mason Value Trust fund, beat the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index for a 15th consecutive year, winning by the thinnest margin since 1994...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
What's Online: Shoppers of the World, Unite
The newest blog in the Gawker Media empire displays an antipathy toward everything it thinks is wrong with the retail and service sectors...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Bankrupt Refco Unit Raises Debt Estimate
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
What's Offline: Resolved: I Will Take Good Advice
ANTICIPATING that you might need help coming up with - or keeping - your New Year's resolutions, Business 2.0 asked 30 business visionaries, collectively worth over $70 billion, what single philosophy they swear by more than any other...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Venezuela Broadens Trading Into Euros
Venezuela said that it would start to buy and sell euros in addition to dollars, broadening its currency operations...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Citigroup Expected to Land China Deal
A group of investors led by Citigroup has emerged as the top bidder in an auction for about 85 percent of the Guangdong Development Bank...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Your Money: Credit Cards With Rewards Are Worth a Look
The cash-back reward card is the hottest segment of the credit card industry, and it's time to look this gift horse in the mouth...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Panel by Comic Panel, a Retail Clerk Exacts His Revenge
After a 15-year career in retailing, Norm Feuti begin recounting the ups and downs - mostly the downs - in newspapers across the country in a comic strip...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Five Days: Some Corporate Scandals Near Partial Resolutions
Corporate scandals were back in the news again, not because new ones were breaking but because old ones were inching toward resolution...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Suit Accuses Google of Infringing Patents
Google has been accused in a lawsuit of infringing a patent-licensing company's patents with its free Internet telephone system...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Criminal Inquiry Opens Into Spying Leak
The investigation began in recent days after a formal referral from the N.S.A. regarding the leak, federal officials said...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Off the Charts: Don't Hold Your Breath for an Exciting Day in the Stock Market
The volatility of the stock market began to dip in 2003, fell sharply in 2004 and absolutely tumbled in 2005...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Down Day Ends Good Year for the World's Markets
World stock markets ended a generally up year on a down note, leaving the Dow Jones industrial average in the U.S. with its first annual decline since 2002...
New York Times - December 31, 2005
Peru revolt leader to fight polls
A former army officer who led a brief revolt in Peru in 2000 registers to run in next year's presidential elections...
BBC News - December 31, 2005
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