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Will Smith voted 2008s top moneymaking movie star
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Intel will miss its already-lowered 4Q targets
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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LG shows off Dick Tracy wristwatch phone
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US News Archive for Octomber 2007:
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City Room: The Law of the Sidewalk, Under Appeal
New York State's highest court will hear an appeal in the case of a man charged with disorderly conduct for standing in the middle of a Manhattan sidewalk, forcing other people to walk around him...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Edwards Asked About His Lapels
The incident illustrates how candidates are often pressed into commenting on sometimes the smallest of details, where a remark by one candidate elicits requests for a response from their rivals...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Duke Players Sue 14 for Violating Civil Rights
The lacrosse players? suit seeks money to cover legal fees, as compensation and punitive damages...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
City Room: Report Details Calls by Gotbaum?s Husband
The 108 pages of documents describe the time before and after Carol A. Gotbaum?s death at the Phoenix airport...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Meat Company Going Out of Business After Recall
Topps Meat Company was one of the country?s largest manufacturers of frozen hamburgers...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Bats Blog: Live Now: Yankees 1 - Indians 0
Bottom of the Fifth Kenny Lofton nicked at third. Pettitte caught him trying to steal. You’ve got to give Indian’s manager Eric Wedge credit — with a guy like Lofton, you have to try that. Cleveland has five hits and hasn’t had more than one base runner at a time all game, only [...]...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Bush Defends Treatment of Terrorism Suspects
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the president of keeping Congress in the dark about how terrorism suspects are interrogated...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Jones Pleads Guilty to Lying About Drugs
?I have betrayed your trust,? said Marion Jones, who won five track-and-field medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Microsoft to Spin Off Halo Creator
Microsoft and Bungie Studios said they will continue to work together to support the Halo franchise and will expand their partnership to include new games...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
G.M. Pact Calls for a Push for Health Care Reform
G.M. has agreed to spend up to $15 million over the next few years to establish an institute to develop strategies for national health care reform...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Lilly Adds Label Warnings for Mental Illness Drug
The label on the schizophrenia drug Zyprexa now acknowledges its tendency to cause weight gain, high blood sugar, high cholesterol and other metabolic problems...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Merrill Lynch Announces Write-Down and a Loss
Taking the worst hit yet among major Wall Street brokerages from turmoil in the credit markets, Merrill Lynch said today that it would write down $5.5 billion...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Stocks End Higher Following Jobs Report
Stocks rose sharply and bond prices tumbled after the government reported strong September job growth and revised August?s weak data upward...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
U.A.W. Talks to Focus Next on Chrysler
Having reached a tentative agreement with G.M., the U.A.W. said that it would now focus it?s negotiations on Chrysler...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Standard & Poor's index tops high
The Standard & Poor's 500 index ends at a record high, boosted by robust US job figures...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Pinochet family released on bail
The widow and five children of Chile's ex-military ruler are freed on bail after their arrest on embezzlement charges...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
City Room: City Room: Marriage Bureau Graffiti Is Doomed
To attract nuptial tourists, New York City will renovate its municipal marriage bureau using the mayor's personal interior designer -- but not without one sentimental loss...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: Bratton-Style Policing Raises Hackles
Critics in Los Angeles ask whether a yearlong cleanup of skid row is doing any good, if the area's street people are simply being scattered to other parts of town...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
The Caucus Blog: The Caucus: N.H. Rumble, Round 2
Mitt Romney releases a new radio ad highlighting his economic policies, as he and the Giuliani campaign go another round...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Duke Lacrosse Players File Lawsuit
Three former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape filed a federal lawsuit today against disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong, the city of Durham and the police detectives who handled the investigation...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
U.S. Issues New Rules for Iraq Security Firms
The order by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came a day after Congress voted to bring all U.S. contractors in the Iraq war zone under the jurisdiction of American criminal law...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Media Executive Says Imus Deserves Another Chance
The chief executive of the media company that is believed to be on the brink of returning Don Imus to broadcast radio said today that Mr. Imus?s firing was sufficient punishment for his derogatory comments...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Merrill Lynch to Post Third-Quarter Loss
The investment bank said that credit and mortgage woes will lead to a loss of up to 50 cents per share...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Lilly Adds Label Warnings for Mental Drug Zyprexa
Zyprexa?s label now acknowledges the drug?s tendency to cause weight gain, high blood sugar, high cholesterol and other metabolic problems...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Stocks Surge, Bonds Fall on Jobs Report
Stocks rose sharply in early trading and bond prices tumbled after the government reported strong September job growth and revised August?s weak data upward...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Barclays Withdraws Bid for ABN Amro
Barclays said that it did not garner enough support from ABN Amro shareholders for its takeover offer...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Jobs Report Eases Recession Fears
U.S. employment growth bounced back in September, but the report could dampen investors? hopes for additional rate cuts soon from the Federal Reserve...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Dutch withdraw security for ex-MP
The Dutch government says it will no longer pay to protect a Somali-born former MP while she is living abroad...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
US security firms under scrutiny
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tightens control over the operations of private security firms in Iraq...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
US employment outlook brightens
The US created more jobs than expected last month, and revised figures suggest a stronger August showing too...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Man Kills Self in Front of City Council
A business owner shot and killed himself during a City Council meeting after members voted against his request to rezone his property, witnesses said...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Pakistani Election Can Go Ahead
Pakistan?s Supreme Court ruled that the country can hold its presidential election but may only declare the winner after the court rules on whether the president is eligible to run...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Police Shoot Man at Louisiana Office
Police shot to death a man who had shot five people in a downtown law office and holed up in the building for hours, firing at officers and holding two victims inside...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Art Review: Keeping Watch Over the Dead
The Metropolitan Museum offers many magnetic images of African art in a gorgeous, morally and spiritually vibrant show that is sure be one of the sleepers of the fall art season...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
In a Garden of Flowers, Not a Whiff of Cynicism
The rising tension between fetishism and femininity in the spring collections shown in Paris this week has become a battle of gladiators versus gladioli...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Basque Party Leaders Arrested in Spain
Spanish police detained more than 20 senior members of an outlawed Basque party considered to be the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, officials said...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Musharraf-Bhutto Accord Sets Stage for Vote
Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced an amnesty for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a measure that permits negotiations on a broader power-sharing pact...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
City to Pay Damages for Strip Searches
Tens of thousands of nonviolent inmates taken to Rikers Island on misdemeanor charges were wrongly strip-searched in violation of a court settlement...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps
After Texas limited awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors arrived from all over the country...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Giuliani Pulled No Punches on the Radio
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani often could not contain himself on his radio show while he was New York mayor...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones
In an experimental program, anthropologists are paired with American combat units in Afghanistan and Iraq...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Guilty Plea Stands, but Craig Won?t Quit Senate
Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho, defying the wishes of many in his party, said he would stay in the Senate...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Olympic Champion Acknowledges Use of Steroids
Marion Jones is expected to plead guilty to lying to federal agents about her use of steroids, two attorneys said...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
House?s Iraq Bill Applies U.S. Laws to Contractors
The House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would bring all U.S. government contractors in the Iraq war zone under the jurisdiction of American criminal law...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Debate Erupts on Techniques Used by C.I.A.
The disclosure of secret legal opinions on interrogation sparked debate over the treatment of terrorism suspects and whether Congress has been adequately informed of legal policies...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
In China, a Rising Star Falters
The reputation of China Expert Technology suffers as hints of possible fraud emerge...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
People in the News
Comings and goings in the banking and finance industries...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Paintball Accident Made Him a Widower, and Then a Crusader
A man who lost his wife after an accident involving a paintball gun?s pressurized cylinder has turned up the heat on a company that had agreed to issue safety warnings to consumers...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Germany: Utility Buys Wind Assets
E.On, the German utility, bought the North American assets of Airtricity, an Irish operator of wind parks, for about $847 million to expand in renewable energy...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Kentucky: State Sues Oxycontin Maker
State officials sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the prescription painkiller, because of widespread abuse in Appalachia...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Japan: Watchmaker to Acquire Bulova
A Japanese watchmaker, the Citizens Holding Company, said it would buy a rival, the Bulova Corporation, from the Loews Corporation for about 28.8 billion yen ($247 million) to help it expand in the United States...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Brazil: Factory Output Tops Forecasts
Industrial output in Brazil climbed more than expected in August, fueling expectations that central bank policy makers may be ready to end two years of interest rate reductions...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Canada: Central Bank Leader Named
Mark J. Carney, a former investment banker, has been chosen as the next governor of the Bank of Canada...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Canada: Ad Campaign Gone Awry
What first appeared to be a case of criminal tampering with beer has turned out to be an ill-conceived marketing promotion...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Siemens to Pay Fine and Taxes in Germany
Siemens said Thursday that a German court fined it 201 million euros ($284 million), after allegations that employees made illegal payments to secure contracts...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Norway: Oil Executive Steps Down
StatoilHydro, formed by the merger of Norway?s two largest oil companies, said its chairman had resigned because of an investigation of possibly illegal consulting agreements in Libya...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Alcoa to Sell Two Divisions
The aluminum maker Alcoa said yesterday that it was close to selling its packaging and consumer business and its automotive castings business...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Couple Given Home Confinement
A former lawyer for Morgan Stanley and her husband were each sentenced Thursday to six months of home confinement for insider trading...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
House Passes Foreclosure Aid
The House passed a measure that would prohibit the I.R.S. from taxing any debt forgiven in a foreclosure...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
BlackBerry Maker?s Profit Doubles
Research in Motion said on Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter profit and revenue more than doubled, bolstered by strong sales of its BlackBerry products...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Bloomberg Concedes Closer Ties to Company
After distancing himself from the company he founded and owns, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that he talked regularly to senior executives at the firm...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
G.E. to Close Some Lighting Plants
General Electric said Thursday that it would close a number of lighting plants in Brazil and the United States, potentially cutting more than 1,400 jobs...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Commercial Paper Market in Small Bounce
The troubled market for short-term corporate commercial credit got a bit of good news by registering its first volume increase since the August liquidity crisis...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Bear Stearns, on Upswing, Sees No Need to Seek Cash
Though the firm was among the hardest hit in the subprime mortgage market collapse, executives at Bear Stearns said Thursday that they could weather the storm...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Markets Inch Up Ahead of Jobs Data
Wall Street appears optimistic that Friday?s Labor Department report will indicate a rebound from August?s sour report...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Fall in Orders Is Steepest Since January
The fall in August factory orders reflected weakness across a wide swath of manufacturing as turbulent financial markets made businesses more cautious...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
M.B.A. Programs Pay Off for Women Seeking a Return to Wall Street
The programs aim to help re-engage women who are trying to return to the work force, many of whom left for family obligations...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
When You Can?t Wait for a Favorite Program
TV Guide has introduced a new advertising campaign that highlights the brand?s offerings beyond hourly program listings...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Pfizer Hires 2 Top Scientists to Expand Drug Pipeline
The hirings are aimed at rejuvenating the drug maker?s lagging research operations...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
From Now On, It?s Just Plain Daimler
As DaimlerChysler voted to lop off the name of its American ex, the only remaining issue was whether to bring back the Benz name. Benz boosters were disappointed...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Union Says G.M. Health Plan Misses Drug Savings
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. criticized G.M. for keeping an expensive name-brand medicine on its health plan?s approved-drug list when other big companies favored cheaper generics...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Microsoft Offers System to Track Health Records
Microsoft?s long-anticipated drive into the consumer health care market will offer free personal health records that can be managed on the Web...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Europe?s Central Bank Holds Main Rate Steady
The central bank stuck by its upbeat view of the region?s economy, despite the credit squeeze that has roiled financial markets. The Bank of England also left rates unchanged...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
The Venturesome Giant
In the last few years, G.E. has shown an ever-greater willingness to hook up with other companies, even if it means taking a minority position...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Surge in India?s Markets Creates Some Overnight Global Giants
India?s soaring markets and currency have created some new giants whose market values have overtaken Western competitors...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Can a Plucky U.S. Economy Surmount $80 Oil?
As the economy may be starting to sputter from a weak housing market, will $80 oil begin to cause economic pain in a way that it hasn?t in nearly three decades?...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Labels Win Suit Against Song Sharer
The verdict against a mother of two from Minnesota was a crucial victory for the recording industry in its legal effort to rein in music piracy...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Sprint Nextel Is Said to Seek a New Chief
Many investors have grown increasingly impatient with the compay?s less-than-stellar performance, according to people with knowledge of the search...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Fresh US recall of Chinese toys
US authorities recall 635,000 Chinese-made toys and key chains, the latest in a series of product scares involving Chinese goods...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Uribe ally quits Colombia Senate
A cousin of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe being investigated for alleged ties to paramilitaries steps down as a senator...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
City to Pay Damages for Strip Searches
Tens of thousands of nonviolent inmates taken to Rikers Island on misdemeanor charges were wrongly strip-searched in violation of a court settlement...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
G.O.P. Contenders Endorse Health Insurance Veto
The four leading Republican presidential candidates have aligned themselves with President Bush?s veto on Wednesday of an expanded health insurance program for children...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Olympic Champion Acknowledges Use of Steroids
Marion Jones is expected to plead guilty to lying to federal agents about her use of steroids, two attorneys said...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps
After Texas limited awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors arrived from all over the country...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Giuliani Pulled No Punches on the Radio
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani often could not contain himself on his radio show while he was New York mayor...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Guilty Plea Stands, but Craig Won?t Quit Senate
Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho said that he would remain in the Senate through next year despite failing in his attempt to rescind his guilty plea...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Debate Erupts on Techniques Used by C.I.A.
The disclosure of secret legal opinions on interrogation sparked debate over the treatment of terrorism suspects and whether Congress has been adequately informed of legal policies...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Paintball Accident Made Him a Widower, and Then a Crusader
A man who lost his wife after an accident involving a paintball gun?s pressurized cylinder has turned up the heat on a company that had agreed to issue safety warnings to consumers...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
The Churn: People in the News
Comings and goings in the banking and finance industries...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
South: Kentucky: State Sues Oxycontin Maker
State officials sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the prescription painkiller, because of widespread abuse in Appalachia...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Business Briefing: Germany: Utility Buys Wind Assets
E.On, the German utility, bought the North American assets of Airtricity, an Irish operator of wind parks, for about $847 million to expand in renewable energy...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Business Briefing: Brazil: Factory Output Tops Forecasts
Industrial output in Brazil climbed more than expected in August, fueling expectations that central bank policy makers may be ready to end two years of interest rate reductions...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Business Briefing: Japan: Watchmaker to Acquire Bulova
A Japanese watchmaker, the Citizens Holding Company, said it would buy a rival, the Bulova Corporation, from the Loews Corporation for about 28.8 billion yen ($247 million) to help it expand in the United States...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Ad Campaign Gone Awry
What first appeared to be a case of criminal tampering with beer has turned out to be an ill-conceived marketing promotion...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Business Briefing: Norway: Oil Executive Steps Down
StatoilHydro, formed by the merger of Norway?s two largest oil companies, said its chairman had resigned because of an investigation of possibly illegal consulting agreements in Libya...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Central Bank Leader Named
Mark J. Carney, a former investment banker, has been chosen as the next governor of the Bank of Canada...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Couple Given Home Confinement
A former lawyer for Morgan Stanley and her husband were each sentenced Thursday to six months of home confinement for insider trading...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Siemens to Pay Fine and Taxes in Germany
Siemens said Thursday that a German court fined it 201 million euros ($284 million), after allegations that employees made illegal payments to secure contracts...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
House Passes Foreclosure Aid
The House passed a measure that would prohibit the I.R.S. from taxing any debt forgiven in a foreclosure...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
BlackBerry Maker?s Profit Doubles
Research in Motion said on Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter profit and revenue more than doubled, bolstered by strong sales of its BlackBerry products...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Alcoa to Sell Two Divisions
The aluminum maker Alcoa said yesterday that it was close to selling its packaging and consumer business and its automotive castings business...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Bloomberg Concedes Closer Ties to Company
After distancing himself from the company he founded and owns, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that he talked regularly to senior executives at the firm...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
G.E. to Close Some Lighting Plants
General Electric said Thursday that it would close a number of lighting plants in Brazil and the United States, potentially cutting more than 1,400 jobs...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
M.B.A. Programs Pay Off for Women Seeking a Return to Wall Street
The programs aim to help re-engage women who are trying to return to the work force, many of whom left for family obligations...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Advertising: When You Can?t Wait for a Favorite Program
TV Guide has introduced a new advertising campaign that highlights the brand?s offerings beyond hourly program listings...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Surge in India?s Markets Creates Some Overnight Global Giants
India?s soaring markets and currency have created some new giants whose market values have overtaken Western competitors...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Markets Inch Up Ahead of Jobs Data
Wall Street appears optimistic that Friday?s Labor Department report will indicate a rebound from August?s sour report...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Bear Stearns, on Upswing, Sees No Need to Seek Cash
Though the firm was among the hardest hit in the subprime mortgage market collapse, executives at Bear Stearns said Thursday that they could weather the storm...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Pfizer Hires 2 Top Scientists to Expand Drug Pipeline
The hirings are aimed at rejuvenating the drug maker?s lagging research operations...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Commercial Paper Market in Small Bounce
The troubled market for short-term corporate commercial credit got a bit of good news by registering its first volume increase since the August liquidity crisis...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Union Says G.M. Health Plan Misses Drug Savings
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. criticized G.M. for keeping an expensive name-brand medicine on its health plan?s approved-drug list when other big companies favored cheaper generics...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Fall in Orders Is Steepest Since January
The fall in August factory orders reflected weakness across a wide swath of manufacturing as turbulent financial markets made businesses more cautious...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Microsoft Offers System to Track Health Records
Microsoft?s long-anticipated drive into the consumer health care market will offer free personal health records that can be managed on the Web...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Europe?s Central Bank Holds Main Rate Steady
The central bank stuck by its upbeat view of the region?s economy, despite the credit squeeze that has roiled financial markets. The Bank of England also left rates unchanged...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Labels Win Suit Against Song Sharer
The verdict against a mother of two from Minnesota was a crucial victory for the recording industry in its legal effort to rein in music piracy...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
The Venturesome Giant
In the last few years, G.E. has shown an ever-greater willingness to hook up with other companies, even if it means taking a minority position...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Can a Plucky U.S. Economy Surmount $80 Oil?
As the economy may be starting to sputter from a weak housing market, will $80 oil begin to cause economic pain in a way that it hasn?t in nearly three decades?...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Sprint Nextel is Said to Seek a New Chief
Many investors have grown increasingly impatient with the compay?s less-than-stellar performance, according to people with knowledge of the search...
New York Times - October 5, 2007
Ruling favours Iraq deaths marine
An US officer says a marine accused of killing Iraqi civilians at Haditha should not face murder charges...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Sex-arrest senator to finish term
Idaho Senator Larry Craig, arrested in an airport toilet, will serve out his current term but not seek re-election...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
Ecuador issues foreign oil decree
Ecuador's president decrees the state should take 99% of profits made by foreign oil companies in Ecuador...
BBC News - October 5, 2007
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