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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
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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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2007:
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City Room: Legal Help for Illegal Immigrants
The decision to create an Immigrant Affairs Program within the Manhattan district attorney's office comes amid national debates over illegal immigration...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Dot Earth Blog: Fight Over Cats Continues
It seems that people, just like the deadlocked jury in the Texas case of Jim Stevenson, the cat-shooting bird lover, remain deeply divided over whether cats should be allowed to roam free outdoors, killing tens of millions of birds each year (not to mention chipmunks, voles, the occasional rabbit, and other critters)...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Carpetbagger Blog: National Board of Review Winners
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men." (Miramax) The National Board of Review, which will be held on Jan. 15, is a lovely event, in part because everyone knows who already won. And that?s because they were announced today. Although the results aren't terribly predictive in terms of the Oscars, it does get [...]...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Bits Blog: Facebook Allows Users to Evade Beacon
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook?s founder, said his company mishandled its Beacon system, which tells people?s friends about what they bought online...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
The Lede Blog: Week of Record-Breaking Auctions
Tiny Lioness, $51 Million; Rolls Royce, $7,200,000; White Truffle, $340,230...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Tebow Leads Heisman Finalists
Florida?s Tim Tebow, trying to become the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, was one of three quarterbacks up for the award...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Justices Hear Arguments in Guantánamo Cases
Lawyers argued before the Supreme Court today over whether detainees have adequate means to challenge their captivity...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha
The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd at a Von Maur department store. The police said that five other people had been injured in the shootings...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
General Motors Wants Stake in AvtoVaz
General Motors Corp. is bidding for a stake in Russia?s largest carmaker as part of an effort to expand its presence in that rapidly growing market...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Report Cites Conflicts Among Pay Consultants
A congressional committee today reported widespread conflicts of interest among consultants who advise companies on compensation...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Small Business: Sweet, Tasty and Free of Potential Allergens
Several entrepreneurs, many of whom have life-threatening allergies, have started businesses selling candy, cookies and other sweets that are free of potential allergens...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Ethanol Advocates Push for More in Regular Cars
Lobbyists opened a push today to fuel ordinary cars to run on blends of 20 percent to 30 percent ethanol, compared with 10 percent now...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
FDA Panel Votes Against Cancer Drug
The advisory committee voted that Genentech?s drug Avastin should not be approved as a treatment for breast cancer. It is already on the market as a treatment for lung and colon cancer...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Bristol-Myers to Cut 10% of Job Force
The company announced a major overhaul that will eliminate about half of its 27 manufacturing sites worldwide and cut its work force of 43,000 employees by more than 10 percent...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Strong Report on Jobs Lifts Stocks
Stocks jumped sharply today on news that private payrolls had grown more than expected in November...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Deal Reached on Mortgage Rate Freeze
Congressional aides said today that a deal was reached to freeze interest rates for certain subprime mortgages...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Bristol-Myers to cut 4,300 jobs
US drugmaker Bristol-Myers says it will cut its 43,000-strong workforce by 10% to reduce costs...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Bush set to unveil sub-prime aid
President George W Bush is expected to outline a plan to help homeowners hit by the credit crunch on Thursday...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Deadly storms hit US north-west
Seven people die and thousands are without power after storms lash Oregon and Washington State...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
City Room: City Room: Help for Those Facing Foreclosure
The Center for NYC Neighborhoods will be a clearinghouse for foreclosure-prevention information, help groups that already help homeowners; and offer services like financial planning...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: Data Breach in Canada
The government's passport registration site's identity-theft bonanza...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Officer Arraigned in Bronx Shooting
A New York City Police officer pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man when the officer was off duty...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Supreme Court Hearing Guantánamo Cases
Lawyers for detainees at Guantánamo Bay are arguing that federal judges have jurisdiction to review their cases...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Economic Reports Lift Stocks
Stocks jumped sharply on a surprisingly strong jobs report, but the new data may affect the Fed?s rate decision next week...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
OPEC Keeps Production Levels Steady
The cartel rejected calls from oil consumers to increase output to drive down prices, signaling it was more concerned with slowing economic growth than with high oil prices...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Wall St. Firms Subpoenaed in Subprime Inquiry
New York?s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is reviewing the packaging and selling of subprime mortgages...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Productivity lift for US economy
US worker productivity was at its strongest in four years in the three months to October, official data shows...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Mexico terminally ill law passed
Mexico City lawmakers approve a measure allowing terminally ill patients to refuse treatment...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
US Senate passes Peru trade pact
The US Senate overwhelmingly approves a wide-ranging free trade agreement with Peru...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Bodies in Juarez graves exhumed
Thousands of bodies are unearthed in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez in a bid to identify missing people...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Gates Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived in Mosul today to assess whether Iraq?s security gains can be sustained...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
General Motors Wants Stake in AvtoVaz
General Motors Corp. is bidding for a stake in Russia?s largest carmaker as part of an effort to expand its presence in that rapidly growing market...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Dow Chemical to shed 1,000 jobs
American chemical firm Dow Chemical is to cut 1,000 jobs and shut plants, in an effort to cut costs...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Rice at talks on Africa conflicts
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Addis Ababa for meetings on some of Africa's worst conflicts...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
US northwest hit by deadly storms
Five people are killed and thousands are without power after high winds and heavy rains hit the northwest US...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Bits: Hackers Take Advantage of Death in Boston
When friends and family of Ann Marie McNally search for the deceased woman?s name in Google, they come across several distasteful posts -- all exemplary of the spam that some fear is taking over search engine results...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Bats Blog: Walter O?Malley, Unforgiven
Even though the Brooklyn Dodgers broke my heart when they abandoned Brooklyn (I was 12), I have no quibble with Walter O?Malley's admission to the Hall of Fame this week...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Soldiers
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a minibus full of Afghan soldiers south of Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Neighbors Reflect on a Death No One Noticed
Neighbors recalled an evasive woman whose skeletal remains were found this week, nearly two years after she began to ignore neighbors and dropped out of sight...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Study Shows Why the Flu Likes Winter
Researchers believe the flu virus is more stable and stays in the air longer when air is cold and dry...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Comedian Says Minnesota Run Is a Serious One
Al Franken, the former ?Saturday Night Live? star, is performing an odd balancing act as he runs for Senate...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
For Black College, Hopes of a Big-Screen Revival
Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the school?s debating team...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
H&R Block Is Shutting Lending Unit
The tax preparer said on Tuesday that it was closing its mortgage-lending arm after the sale of the subprime unit fell through...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Dow Chemical Job Cuts
The company announced Tuesday that it was cutting 1,000 jobs, or about 2.3 percent of its work force, as part of a plan to rid itself of underperforming businesses and increase efficiency...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
2 Airlines to Cut Back Plans for Increases in Capacity
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines will scale back seating-capacity plans for next year on mounting concern over high oil prices and a weakening United States economy...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Shares Slip Further on Fear of Bank Debt
Retreating oil prices and signs of strength in industries outside the financial sector could not keep the stock market from declining for a second day Tuesday...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Merck?s Share Price Declines as Profit Forecasts Fall Short
The drug maker said that generic competition would drive down sales of Fosamax, an osteoporosis treatment...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Square Feet: Curtains Rise Again
When the director Michael Moore moved to northern Michigan from New York City in 2002, the marquee of the State Theater was a sullen space. But not anymore...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Couple Sentenced for Insider Trading
A former financial analyst at Morgan Stanley and her husband, a former hedge fund analyst at ING, were each sentenced to a year and half in prison...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Verizon Is Denied a Rate Request
Federal regulators Tuesday denied a request by Verizon Communications to let it charge rival carriers higher rates to get access to lines in six East Coast markets...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Fannie Mae to Raise Capital and Cut Dividend
Fannie Mae said Tuesday that it would sell $7 billion of preferred stock and cut its dividend 30 percent to shore up its capital base through 2008 as the housing slump worsens...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Six States Sue R. J. Reynolds Over Cartoon in Marketing
The states sued the maker of Camel cigarettes , contending that a promotion in Rolling Stone magazine violated a 1998 agreement not to use cartoons in its marketing efforts...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Dell to Resume Stock Buyback
The personal computer maker said it would resume its stock-buyback program with a $10 billion repurchase, the first since it restated four years of earnings...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Canada Bank?s Rate Cut May Not Help Exporters
The decision by the Bank of Canada on Tuesday to cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point, to 4.25 percent, will probably do little to help exporters struggling to cope with a rising Canadian dollar...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Ex-I.M.F. Director Is Named Lazard Investment Executive
Lazard, the investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein, said Tuesday that it had hired Rodrigo de Rato as a top executive for its investment banking unit...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Europeans Toughen Line on the Dollar?s Weakness
European policy makers hardened their tone this week on the decline of the dollar, as economists trimmed their growth forecasts for the 13-nation euro area...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Square Feet: Stalled Brooklyn Arts District Regains Momentum
A recent decision by city officials may finally help transform the parking lots near the Brooklyn Academy of Music into a cultural district...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Supreme Court Hears Medical Device Case
On Tuesday the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the manufacturer of a medical device approved for sale by the F.D.A. can be sued for damages under state law if the device injures a patient...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Free Universal Music Downloads on New Nokia Phones
The two companies are looking to promote cellphones as media devices and develop new revenue for a music industry struggling with piracy...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Advertising: A Heart Stent Maker Decides the Way to the Patient Is Through the Patient
The Cordis Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has begun the first attempt by a medical device maker to market a heart stent directly to consumers...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Plan to Build Reactors Is Running Into Hurdles
With early jockeying under way to win U.S. government approval for a new generation of nuclear reactors, ominous signs are emerging that the plans may not go smoothly...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Two Insurers Increase Bet on Medicare
UnitedHealth and Humana are gambling heavily on the the lucrative Medicare Advantage part of the business - a program that has become a political target...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Fund Crisis in Florida Worrisome to States
The sudden flight from a Florida investment pool points to a broader uncertainty among officials in other states over how far the credit and mortgage crisis might spread...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
In Japan, Rural Economies Wane as Cities Thrive
Since the 1990s, a growing economic disparity has emerged between prosperous cities and depressed rural areas...
New York Times - December 5, 2007
Colombia renews hostage bid
Colombia's government relaunches efforts to swap hostages held by Farc rebels for imprisoned rebels...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
Fifth of Canadians immigrants
Canadian census data show that 20% of the population was born abroad, a proportion second only to Australia...
BBC News - December 5, 2007
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