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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2008:
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The Lede Blog: An Odd Britney Incident. Imagine That.
The latest station stop on the pop-star train wreck's itinerary involves kids and cops and EMTs and gurneys and lawyers and an unspecified intoxicating substance...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
TV Decoder Blog: Actors Won?t Appear at Golden Globes
Following a private meeting with high-profile Golden Globe nominees, the president of the Screen Actors Guild reiterated on Friday that members would not cross picket lines to appear on the awards show later this month. ?There appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA picket lines to appear on the Golden Globe [...]...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bits Blog: Did Warner Brothers Just Kill HD DVD?
Warner Brothers, the only studio to back both high-definition video disk formats, now will only publish movies in Blu-ray. Some say this shift will quickly kill the competing HD DVD format...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Fierce Storm Blasts Northern California
The storms are expected to bring high winds, heavy rains and snow in the higher elevations...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Congress Calls Clemens and Trainer to Testify
The star pitcher Roger Clemens, his former trainer Brian McNamee and three others will be asked to testify under oath before a Congressional committee on Jan. 16...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Talbots to Close 78 Children?s and Men?s Stores
Talbots said it will focus on its core middle-aged female customer, a retrenchment that follows disappointing sales...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Biggest Student Lender Will Cut Back
Shares of Sallie Mae tumbled more than 13 percent as investors reacted to the company?s disclosure that it would cut back on its core business of making student loans...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Warner Backs Blu-ray, Tipping DVD Scales
Warner Bros. said Friday that it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony?s Blu-ray format, dealing a big blow to Toshiba?s rival HD DVD technology...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
Worker abuse is still commonplace in many of the Chinese factories that supply Western companies, according to labor rights groups...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
US to return looted sculptures
Almost 30 years after they were discovered by tomb raiders in Sicily, two ancient statues are to be returned...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Rain and blizzards hit California
A storm sweeps through California, unleashing rain, wind and snow and cutting power and transport links...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
The Lede Blog: Allah by Any Other Name
The Malaysian government orders a Catholic newspaper to stop using the word Allah...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Job Growth Numbers Send Stocks Lower
Job growth shrank significantly in December, the government reported on Friday, setting off renewed fears of a recession...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Huckabee and Obama Win Iowa in a Big Turnout
A smaller field of candidates arrived in New Hampshire facing an upended campaign after two one-time insurgents won the Iowa caucuses...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Job Growth Numbers Send Stocks Lower
Job growth shrank significantly in December, the government reported on Friday, setting off renewed fears of a recession...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
NFL: Dolphins sack coach
The Miami Dolphins have sacked coach Cam Cameron after a disappointing NFL season...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Atlantis work delays lab launch
Nasa says work on the Atlantis shuttle's fuel sensors will push back the launch of the Columbus lab to perhaps February...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Kansas 24, Virginia Tech 21: Kansas Surprises Virginia Tech
Kansas and Virginia Tech put on the sort of show that was sorely needed by college football and the B.C.S., which has endured several one-sided mismatches this bowl season...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Britney Spears Hands Over Children
Police were called to Britney Spears? home in a custodial dispute that lasted nearly three hours...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Japan Stocks Fall to 1-Year Low
Japanese stock prices plunged to their lowest finish since July 2006, losing ground after jittery trading on Wall Street amid concerns about the U.S. economy and oil...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Now You See Those Securities, Now You Don?t
The days before New Year?s are prime time for banks to try and appear healthier than they really are and for money managers to ditch dubious-looking securities from their portfolios...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Letterman Kvetches, Leno Gets By
The writers? strike has upset the natural order of television, and late-night talk shows did not set it right...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bush Ponders Move to Bolster Economy
President Bush?s suggestion of an economic stimulus package is the clearest indication yet of a growing concern inside the White House over the possibility of recession...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bucs Lift Non-Floridian Ticket Ban
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Ticketmaster acquiesced to demands that fans outside Florida be allowed to buy tickets for Sunday?s wild-card game against the Giants...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
United Arab Emirates: Link to U.S. Dollar Kept
The United Arab Emirates will keep a 30-year link between its currency, the dirham, and the United States dollar, after completing a review of its currency regime...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
China: Restrictions on Web Video and Audio
China will allow only state-run Web sites to broadcast video or radio through the Internet, tightening the government?s regulatory grip over the media content offered there...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
CBS Takes a Tighter Hold of CSTV
CBS Sports announced Thursday that it was taking over day-to-day control of CSTV, the college sports media company it acquired in late 2005...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Spain: Inflation Rate Is Highest in 10 Years
Led by higher food and energy costs, inflation in Spain accelerated to the fastest rate in more than a decade in December even after economic growth slowed...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
U.S. Album Sales Fell 9.5% in 2007
Album sales in the U.S. plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Reports Show Signs of Continued Weakness in the Economy
Reports on factory orders and the labor market portrayed an economy that is skirting recession as attention shifts to government figures on employment to be released Friday...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bed Bath?s Profit and Shares Fall
The home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond posted a lower fiscal third-quarter profit and warned that this quarter?s results would be lower than expected...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Wall Street Hesitant Before Jobs Report
Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of a report on December employment that will be released Friday...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Merck Makes Deal to Develop Schizophrenia Drug
Merck agreed to pay a Swiss company, Addex Pharmaceuticals, as much as $702 million to help develop a new schizophrenia drug...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Conoco Expects Production Rose in Quarter
ConocoPhillips said on that its worldwide production of hydrocarbons probably rose in the final three months of 2007 from the third quarter, and oil and natural gas prices were also higher...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Tata Pulls Ford Units Into Its Orbit
The Indian company said it was entering detailed talks with Ford about the takeover of Jaguar and Land Rover...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Profit Tripled at Monsanto Late in 2007
Monsanto increased its earnings forecast for the year after reporting that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled due to strong sales in Latin America...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
As Expected, Ford Falls From 2nd Place in U.S. Sales
Toyota beat Ford in 2007 in U.S. auto sales, putting it behind General Motors. Ford had held the No. 2 spot since 1931, according to the company?s historian...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Top Editor Ousted at San Jose Paper
Carole Leigh Hutton, the editor of The San Jose Mercury News, was replaced in a top-level shake-up at the newspaper...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Another Record Year for Orders at Boeing
Boeing said that it had received orders for 1,413 commercial jets last year, setting a third consecutive annual record driven by demand from Asian and Middle Eastern airlines...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Ex-Goldman Associate Sentenced to More Than 4 Years for Inside Trades
A former Goldman Sachs associate who was accused of masterminding one of the broadest insider-trading conspiracies in years was sentenced to nearly five years in prison...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Germany Posts Month 21 of Declining Jobless Rate
Germany surprised experts again with a larger-than-expected decrease in the number of unemployed...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Economy and Geopolitics Decide Where Oil Goes Next
Now that the price of crude oil has crossed the $100-a-barrel threshold, and then retreated slightly, what direction will it take?...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Intel Leaves Group Backing Education PCs
Intel said that it had chosen to withdraw from the One Laptop Per Child educational computer organization due to what a spokesman called ?philosophical? differences...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
As Buyouts Falter, New Tactics Aim to Lock in Deals
After a series of failed buyout deals, companies and their lawyers are likely to focus on strengthening the language in takeover contracts to help ensure that transactions are completed...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Few Viewers for Infancy of Fox Business
About 6,300 people, on average, on any given weekday, are watching the new Fox Business Network, according to early estimates compiled by Nielsen Media Research...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Strikers Complain as Leno Dominates Late-Night
The Writers Guild of America moved to try to prevent Jay Leno from performing any more monologues...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Parent of Dating Sites Looks for a Match
The parent company of the popular Jewish online dating site JDate has put itself up for sale, people close to the auction said Thursday, and is already in talks with several prominent media companies...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Japan Stocks Fall to 1-Year Low
Japanese stock prices plunged to their lowest finish since July 2006, losing ground after jittery trading on Wall Street amid concerns about the U.S. economy and oil...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
State Street Corp. Is Sued Over Pension Fund Losses
State Street ousted a senior executive and said it would set aside $618 million to cover legal claims stemming from investments tied to mortgage securities...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Even Trucks Hit the Wall in an Erratic 2007
Sales of pickup trucks, long a steady supplier of hefty profits to automakers, were slowed in 2007 by gas prices and housing ills...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Chavez in major cabinet reshuffle
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reshuffles his cabinet, following a poll defeat of his reform proposals...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
Police called to Britney's house
Police have been called to Britney Spears' home in a dispute involving her children, officers in Los Angeles say...
BBC News - January 4, 2008
?Miraculous? Recovery for Man Who Fell 47 Floors
The man who fell nearly 500 feet is now talking and may walk again, his doctors said...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
A Firefighter Is Killed in a Brooklyn Blaze
A New York City fire lieutenant died and eight people were injured in a fire in a high-rise apartment building...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
At Huckabee Central, Cheers for Evangelical Base
Polls showed that more than 8 in 10 of Mike Huckabee?s supporters described themselves as evangelicals...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
U.S. Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid Rolls
The Bush administration is restricting the ability of states to expand Medicaid, in an effort to prevent them from offering coverage to families of modest incomes...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
News Analysis: 2 Newcomers Jolt Parties? Status Quo
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Gov. Mitt Romney were brought low in Iowa on Thursday...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Call for Change Shakes Up the Democratic Field
Independents joined Democrats from all corners of Iowa to support Barack Obama?s improbable candidacy...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Obama Takes Iowa in a Big Turnout as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Victor
Senator Barack Obama was lifted to victory by a high turnout. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee defeated the better funded Mitt Romney...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
The TV Watch: Letterman Kvetches, Leno Gets By
The writers? strike has upset the natural order of television, and late-night talk shows did not set it right...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bush Ponders Move to Bolster Economy
President Bush?s suggestion of an economic stimulus package is the clearest indication yet of a growing concern inside the White House over the possibility of recession...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bucs Lift Non-Floridian Ticket Ban
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Ticketmaster acquiesced to demands that fans outside Florida be allowed to buy tickets for Sunday?s wild-card game against the Giants...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Business Briefing | Middle East: United Arab Emirates: Link to U.S. Dollar Kept
The United Arab Emirates will keep a 30-year link between its currency, the dirham, and the United States dollar, after completing a review of its currency regime...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Restrictions on Web Video and Audio
China will allow only state-run Web sites to broadcast video or radio through the Internet, tightening the government?s regulatory grip over the media content offered there...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
CBS Takes a Tighter Hold of CSTV
CBS Sports announced Thursday that it was taking over day-to-day control of CSTV, the college sports media company it acquired in late 2005...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: Spain: Inflation Rate Is Highest in 10 Years
Led by higher food and energy costs, inflation in Spain accelerated to the fastest rate in more than a decade in December even after economic growth slowed...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Bed Bath?s Profit and Shares Fall
The home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond posted a lower fiscal third-quarter profit and warned that this quarter?s results would be lower than expected...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
U.S. Album Sales Fell 9.5% in 2007
Album sales in the U.S. plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Wall Street Hesitant Before Jobs Report
Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of a report on December employment that will be released Friday...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Reports Show Signs of Continued Weakness in the Economy
Reports on factory orders and the labor market portrayed an economy that is skirting recession as attention shifts to government figures on employment to be released Friday...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Conoco Expects Production Rose in Quarter
ConocoPhillips said on that its worldwide production of hydrocarbons probably rose in the final three months of 2007 from the third quarter, and oil and natural gas prices were also higher...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Merck Makes Deal to Develop Schizophrenia Drug
Merck agreed to pay a Swiss company, Addex Pharmaceuticals, as much as $702 million to help develop a new schizophrenia drug...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Tata Pulls Ford Units Into Its Orbit
The Indian company said it was entering detailed talks with Ford about the takeover of Jaguar and Land Rover...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Profit Tripled at Monsanto Late in 2007
Monsanto increased its earnings forecast for the year after reporting that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled due to strong sales in Latin America...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
As Expected, Ford Falls From 2nd Place in U.S. Sales
Toyota beat Ford in 2007 in U.S. auto sales, putting it behind General Motors. Ford had held the No. 2 spot since 1931, according to the company?s historian...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Another Record Year for Orders at Boeing
Boeing said that it had received orders for 1,413 commercial jets last year, setting a third consecutive annual record driven by demand from Asian and Middle Eastern airlines...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Germany Posts Month 21 of Declining Jobless Rate
Germany surprised experts again with a larger-than-expected decrease in the number of unemployed...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Ex-Goldman Associate Sentenced to More Than 4 Years for Inside Trades
A former Goldman Sachs associate who was accused of masterminding one of the broadest insider-trading conspiracies in years was sentenced to nearly five years in prison...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Top Editor Ousted at San Jose Paper
Carole Leigh Hutton, the editor of The San Jose Mercury News, was replaced in a top-level shake-up at the newspaper...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Intel Leaves Group Backing Education PCs
Intel said that it had chosen to withdraw from the One Laptop Per Child educational computer organization due to what a spokesman called ?philosophical? differences...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
News Analysis: Economy and Geopolitics Decide Where Oil Goes Next
Now that the price of crude oil has crossed the $100-a-barrel threshold, and then retreated slightly, what direction will it take?...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Few Viewers for Infancy of Fox Business
About 6,300 people, on average, on any given weekday, are watching the new Fox Business Network, according to early estimates compiled by Nielsen Media Research...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
As Buyouts Falter, New Tactics Aim to Lock in Deals
After a series of failed buyout deals, companies and their lawyers are likely to focus on strengthening the language in takeover contracts to help ensure that transactions are completed...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Parent of Dating Sites Looks for a Match
The parent company of the popular Jewish online dating site JDate has put itself up for sale, people close to the auction said Thursday, and is already in talks with several prominent media companies...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Strikers Complain as Leno Dominates Late-Night
The Writers Guild of America moved to try to prevent Jay Leno from performing any more monologues...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
State Street Corp. Is Sued Over Pension Fund Losses
State Street ousted a senior executive and said it would set aside $618 million to cover legal claims stemming from investments tied to mortgage securities...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
Even Trucks Hit the Wall in an Erratic 2007
Sales of pickup trucks, long a steady supplier of hefty profits to automakers, were slowed in 2007 by gas prices and housing ills...
New York Times - January 4, 2008
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