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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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City Room: Brooklyn Villain Now a Hall of Famer
The decision to honor Walter F. O?Malley, who moved the Dodgers to Los Angeles, is sure to draw anger in Brooklyn...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Dot Earth Blog: Experts Seek Boost in Energy Research
About three dozen experts on energy and climate, along with prominent figures in other fields, have sent a letter to all members of Congress, President Bush and the presidential candidates, proposing a roughly tenfold increase in federal spending on energy research...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
The Lede Blog: A Place in Our Hearts for Pay Phones
AT&T pulls out of a shrinking business. But was it the right time for everyone else?...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
The Quad Blog: Two Choices for the Plus One
Many around the college football world are pointing to the Plus One system as a way to solve all the problems of the B.C.S. But which method of the Plus One system would be the best?...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Mortgage Relief Impact May Be Limited
The Treasury secretary said that he hoped to reach a deal soon with lenders on a plan to freeze rates temporarily...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Bush and Democrats Renew War of Words
President Bush and Democratic lawmakers seemed to be as far apart as ever on the war, taxes and other issues...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
With One Month to Go, the Battle Lines Are Drawn
It?s becoming clear that Iowa has become the prime battle ground for Democrats, while New Hampshire has become the main stage for Republicans...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Stocks Fall on Economic Unease
Wall Street closed lower on concerns that the U.S. economy?s expansion will erode amid troubles in the mortgage industry...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Manufacturing Growth Slipped in November
Growth in factory activity fell in November to the lowest level since January as tight credit conditions and the housing downturn restrained production, according to an industry report...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
A Chastened Imus Returns to Radio
Back on air after eight months, Don Imus vowed not to say anything like the disparaging remarks that got him fired...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
F.D.A. Cites Risks in a Genentech Cancer Drug
Genentech?s drug Avastin did not help women with breast cancer live meaningfully longer, and it caused significant side effects, including a few deaths, the F.D.A. said today...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
U.S. to Call Buffett in Gen Re Trial
Federal prosecutors intend to call the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway to testify against five former insurance executives accused of helping A.I.G. manipulate its financial statements...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Detroit Automakers Report Mixed Sales
Ford posted an increase in monthly U.S. sales, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive declines, while Chrysler reported a 2 percent decline, and sales fell 11 percent at General Motors...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Mortgage Relief Impact May Be Limited
The Treasury secretary said that he hoped to reach a deal soon with lenders on a plan to freeze rates temporarily...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
DealBook Blog: DealBook: Video Game Deals Go to Next Level
The media industry may be getting Guitar Hero envy. Sunday's announcement that Vivendi will take a majority stake in Activision won praise from many analysts, and it got Wall Street wondering if other media conglomerates would consider buying video-game companies. Brent Thill, an analyst who covers Activision for Citigroup, called the Vivendi-Activision transaction "very complementary" and [...]...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
City Room: Bloomberg?s ?Munchkin? Moment
An awkward moment this morning when Diane Sawyer referred to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as a "little munchkin" on ABC's "Good Morning America."...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: U.S. Military?s Energy-Saving Efforts
Strategies emerge as pressure builds to join global warming accords...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Pettitte to Give the Yankees Another Year
Andy Pettitte?s decision to return bolsters the Yankees? rotation and lessens the need to acquire Johan Santana...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Looking Ahead
BUYING THE AIRWAVES Applications are due today from companies that want to bid on a valuable chunk of wireless spectrum that could be used to offer broadband data service. Google said on Friday that it was planning to bid. The Federal Communications Commission will not reveal information about the bids until mid-December...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
A Chastened Imus Returns to Radio
Back on air after eight months, Don Imus vowed not to say anything like the disparaging remarks that got him fired...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
U.S. to Call Buffett in Gen Re Trial
Federal prosecutors intend to call the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway to testify against five former insurance executives accused of helping A.I.G. manipulate its financial statements...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
F.D.A. Staff Warns on Cancer Drug Side-Effects
Benefits of Roche?s Avastin in breast cancer should be weighed against toxic side-effects including the potential for death, U.S. regulatory staffers said in documents released today...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Manufacturing Growth Slipped in November
Growth in factory activity fell in November to the lowest level since January as tight credit conditions and the housing downturn restrained production, according to an industry report...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Ford U.S. November Sales Up 0.4 Percent
It was the first increase in 12 months, fueled by sales to commercial fleet and government customers...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Paulson Foresees Deal on Mortgage Rates
The Treasury secretary said today that he is confident there will soon be an agreement to help thousands of homeowners avoid mortgage defaults by temporarily freezing their interest rates...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Wall Street Mixed After Paulson Speech
Stocks pared early losses to trade narrowly mixed after the Treasury secretary said he expected a deal to help homeowners avoid mortgage defaults...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
US sub-prime mortgage aid close
The US is close to finalising an aid plan for homeowners, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said...
BBC News - December 3, 2007
The Caucus: Only a Month Left to Iowa
An already long and intense campaign enters a new level of engagement as candidates on both sides of the ticket battle ferociously for undecided voters...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Sudanese President Pardons British Teacher
The teacher jailed for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad was will be sent back to England today...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
An Antifashion Classic Returns
In the aftermath of a public relations disaster, Dr. Martens has a new campaign, a new agency and fresh ambitions for a comeback...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Lessons From Rosie, Revisited
In some ways, Judith Regan?s civil suit against the News Corporation mirrors the confrontation between Rosie O?Donnell and Gruner & Jahr USA in 2002...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Looking Ahead
BUYING THE AIRWAVES Applications are due today from companies that want to bid on a valuable chunk of wireless spectrum that could be used to offer broadband data service. Google said on Friday that it was planning to bid. The Federal Communications Commission will not reveal information about the bids until mid-December...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Japan Urges China to Let Yuan Rise More Quickly
The Japanese finance minister joined calls from governments in Europe and the United States and asked Chinese leaders to allow their currency to appreciate at a faster pace...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Addenda
Miscellany...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Puppets Are Rescued After a Seamy Spoof
A dispute over a comedy sketch led to the removal of two puppets and other items from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation?s museum...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Russian Firm Buys LiveJournal
The owner of LiveJournal, a blogging and social-networking site, agreed Sunday to sell the company to SUP, a Russian online media firm...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Back in Times Square, Toshiba Stands Tall
Toshiba America, a unit of the Toshiba Corporation of Japan, has signed a 10-year lease for a giant sign, 55 feet by 55 feet, on 1 Times Square...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Air America to Test Its Fan Base and Its Sea Legs
Air America Radio?s announcement that it will be sponsoring a vacation cruise is not the first time a media organization has entered into the cruise business...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Dell and WPP Group Form Ad Agency
Dell announced Sunday that it would team up with the WPP Group, the advertising giant, to create a marketing agency to handle $4.5 billion in Dell accounts over three years...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
?Jingle Bells? in Dog Barks? No, Thanks
America?s least-loved Christmas song is a Danish recording of ?Jingle Bells,? performed in dog barks...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
At Wikipedia, Illustrators May Be Paid
The foundation that runs Wikipedia has finally agreed to pay contributors who create illustrations for the online encyclopedia a modest fee for their work...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Leno to Pay Salaries of Staff Members
Jay Leno, the host of ?The Tonight Show,? joined his NBC colleague, Conan O?Brien, in assuring the nonwriting staff of his show that he would pay their salaries for this week...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Top Editor and Two Colleagues to Leave Media Blog Gawker
When half of a media outlet?s editorial staff decides to jump ship, chances are it will be reported first on the media gossip blog Gawker ? even, it turns out, when those departures are from Gawker itself...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
NASA Site Seeks to Draw the MySpace Crowd
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has renovated its Web site to appeal more to the 18- to 25-year-old set...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
The Comic Book Is Back, in Luxe Coffee-Table Form
The comic business is on the rebound, fueled partly by the demand for high-end collections by an aging audience nostalgic for the comics of its youth...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Effort to Combat Internet Piracy Gains Strength in France
In outlining a proposal to crack down on Internet piracy, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is lending a hand to a French cultural industry that seems increasingly fearful about its future...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy
A federal judge last week turned down Facebook?s request for a court order to take down some unflattering documents about its founder on the Web site of the magazine 02138...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Small Merchants Gain Large Presence on Web
Mom-and-pop retailers have helplessly stood by over the last decade as big-box merchants steamrolled over them. Online, though, small merchants are not going down without a fight...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
A.P. to Reorganize Work and Accent Multimedia
After a decade of watching newspapers and rival wire services shrink, The Associated Press is refitting itself to handle the 24-hour news cycle it helped create...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Ad for New Train Service Strains European Taste
An advertisement in Belgium promoting the newly accelerated Euro- star trains recently caused a rare sense-of-humor failure in Britain...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
OPEC?s Tough Call: Raise or Hold Oil Supply
After a year of dizzying gains for energy markets, a rapid fall in oil prices lately is posing a dilemma for OPEC, the oil-producing cartel...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Spam?s End? Maybe, if Time Allows
Twenty-five years ago Steven T. Kirsch built a better mouse. Now he believes he has found a way to create a better trap for spam...
New York Times - December 3, 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 3, 2007
Nevada Learns to Cash in on Sales of Federal Land
Nevada is reaping the rewards from the sale of almost $3 billion of federal lands near Las Vegas...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Vivendi to Acquire Activision
The deal would create a rival to Electronic Arts as the largest independent video game publisher...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Tesco plans US stores expansion
Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, says it is planning a 1,000-strong chain of discount stores in the US...
BBC News - December 3, 2007
L.S.U. Is In, but Not Without Grumbling
Top-ranked Ohio State will play No. 2 Louisiana State for the national championship on Jan. 7 in New Orleans, but controversy again surrounds the Bowl Championship Series...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
An End to the Free Ride on Trains in Los Angeles
After 14 years of trust, Los Angeles is preparing to end the honor system it uses on its transit system...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
New Orleans Hurt by Acute Rental Shortage
New Orleans is suffering from an acute shortage of housing that has nearly doubled the cost of rental units...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Lonely No More, Huckabee Faces Hurdles
Mike Huckabee has emerged as a force in the Republican field, but a surge now may not translate to success later...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Supreme Court Memo: For Justices, Another Day on Detainees
The Supreme Court will take its third look at whether federal judges have jurisdiction to hear cases brought by detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Marbury?s Father Dies After Knicks-Suns Game
One of the most difficult periods of Stephon Marbury?s life took a painful turn Sunday night when his father, Don, died after attending the Knicks? loss to the Suns...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Advertising: An Antifashion Classic Returns
In the aftermath of a public relations disaster, Dr. Martens has a has a new campaign, a new agency and fresh ambitions for a comeback...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Japan Urges China to Let Yuan Rise More Quickly
The Japanese finance minister joined calls from governments in Europe and the United States and asked Chinese leaders to allow their currency to appreciate at a faster pace...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Addenda
Miscellany...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Air America to Test Its Fan Base and Its Sea Legs
Air America Radio?s announcement that it will be sponsoring a vacation cruise is not the first time a media organization has entered into the cruise business...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Puppets Are Rescued After a Seamy Spoof
A dispute over a comedy sketch led to the removal of two puppets and other items from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation?s museum...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Russian Firm Buys LiveJournal
The owner of LiveJournal, a blogging and social-networking site, agreed Sunday to sell the company to SUP, a Russian online media firm...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Back in Times Square, Toshiba Stands Tall
Toshiba America, a unit of the Toshiba Corporation of Japan, has signed a 10-year lease for a giant sign, 55 feet by 55 feet, on 1 Times Square...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Dell and WPP Group Form Ad Agency
Dell announced Sunday that it would team up with the WPP Group, the advertising giant, to create a marketing agency to handle $4.5 billion in Dell accounts over three years...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
At Wikipedia, Illustrators May Be Paid
The foundation that runs Wikipedia has finally agreed to pay contributors who create illustrations for the online encyclopedia a modest fee for their work...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Drilling Down: ?Jingle Bells? in Dog Barks? No, Thanks
America?s least-loved Christmas song is a Danish recording of ?Jingle Bells,? performed in dog barks...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Leno to Pay Salaries of Staff Members
Jay Leno, the host of ?The Tonight Show,? joined his NBC colleague, Conan O?Brien, in assuring the nonwriting staff of his show that he would pay their salaries for this week...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Top Editor and Two Colleagues to Leave Media Blog Gawker
When half of a media outlet?s editorial staff decides to jump ship, chances are it will be reported first on the media gossip blog Gawker ? even, it turns out, when those departures are from Gawker itself...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
NASA Site Seeks to Draw the MySpace Crowd
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has renovated its Web site to appeal more to the 18- to 25-year-old set...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
The Media Equation: Lessons From Rosie, Revisited
In some ways, Judith Regan?s civil suit against the News Corporation mirrors the confrontation between Rosie O?Donnell and Gruner & Jahr USA in 2002...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
The Comic Book Is Back, in Luxe Coffee-Table Form
The comic business is on the rebound, fueled partly by the demand for high-end collections by an aging audience nostalgic for the comics of its youth...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Effort to Combat Internet Piracy Gains Strength in France
In outlining a proposal to crack down on Internet piracy, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is lending a hand to a a French cultural industry that seems increasingly fearful about its future...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Small Merchants Gain Large Presence on Web
Mom-and-pop retailers have helplessly stood by over the last decade as big-box merchants steamrolled over them. Online, though, small merchants are not going down without a fight...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
A.P. to Reorganize Work and Accent Multimedia
After a decade of watching newspapers and rival wire services shrink, The Associated Press is refitting itself to handle the 24-hour news cycle it helped create...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy
A federal judge last week turned down Facebook?s request for a court order to take down some unflattering documents about its founder on the Web site of the magazine 02138...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Ad for New Train Service Strains European Taste
An advertisement in Belgium promoting the newly accelerated Euro- star trains recently caused a rare sense-of-humor failure in Britain...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Spam?s End? Maybe, if Time Allows
Twenty-five years ago Steven T. Kirsch built a better mouse. Now he believes he has found a way to create a better trap for spam...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
OPEC?s Tough Call: Raise or Hold Oil Supply
After a year of dizzying gains for energy markets, a rapid fall in oil prices lately is posing a dilemma for OPEC, the oil-producing cartel...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Public Lands: Nevada Learns to Cash in on Sales of Federal Land
Nevada is reaping the rewards from the sale of almost $3 billion of federal lands near Las Vegas...
New York Times - December 3, 2007
Washington pay tribute to Taylor
Washington pay tribute to defender Sean Taylor, using 10 men on one play, but lose 17-16 to Buffalo in their first game after his death...
BBC News - December 3, 2007
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