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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 2005:
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New York subway system on alert
The FBI has shared a "specific threat" with New York officials against its subway system, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday. There were indications that a terrorist attack on the subway system was possible "in coming days," said New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Rove to testify in leak case
Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation...
CNN - October 6, 2005
New Pope's First Synod Confronts Array of Sensitive Issues
ROME, Oct. 6 - Over the last week, the serious shortage of Roman Catholic priests has dominated the first gathering of bishops under the new pope, Benedict XVI, with an openness and urgency that the Vatican was not used to under his predecessor, John Paul II...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Hurricane-Relief Contracts to Be Rebid, FEMA's Head Says
Millions of dollars worth of contracts that were awarded with little or no competition will be rebid to minimize waste and abuse...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Bloomberg Cites 'Specific Threat' to N.Y. Subways
The mayor said the city was not raising its color-coded threat level from "orange," and urged New Yorkers to continue using the subway...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Rove Summoned to Testify Again in C.I.A. Leak Investigation
The step could mean there will be charges filed in the C.I.A. leak case, lawyers in the case said today...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Retail Sales Rise Despite Higher Gasoline Prices
American consumers, stocking up on back-to-school and hurricane supplies, gave retailers a surprising boost in September...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Bush 'God' claim denied
The White House rejects claims made in a BBC TV series that President Bush said God told him to invade Iraq...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Hurricanes lift US discount shops
Cut price retailers have been the surprise beneficiaries of the recent US hurricanes - with Wal-Mart, Target and CostCo sales surging...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Post-Katrina contracts opened up
Contracts awarded without competition for the Hurricane Katrina clean-up effort are to be opened up for rebidding...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Rove 'will testify in CIA case'
White House aide Karl Rove will testify again before a grand jury in a probe into who leaked a CIA agent's name...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Bush: Terrorists use war as excuse
U.S. President George W. Bush says the U.S.-led war in Iraq did not cause hatred of the United States among radical Muslims, but is an "excuse" to further the goal of creating an Islamic state across the Middle East...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Baghdad suicide blast kills 10
A suicide car bombing kills 10 people and wounds eight others near the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Baghdad, police say. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb kills a U.S. soldier on patrol on a highway in northwest Baghdad, the Army says...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Former White House staffer in spying probe
A former Marine who worked at the White House in the vice president's office for three years is under investigation for allegedly misusing his top-secret clearance to steal classified information from computers, which he then allegedly sent to people in the Philippines, multiple U.S. government sources told CNN...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Bush: Terrorists should never be appeased
President Bush, in a high-profile address on Thursday, said the global fight against terrorism must continue in Iraq because it is where terrorists are centering their war on humanity. "We're facing a radical ideology with an unalterable objective, to enslave whole nations and intimidate the whole world," he said...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Bush Stresses Terror Threat and Urges Support for Iraq War
The president sought to focus attention on the successes of the fight against terrorism at a time dwindling support...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Lower Manhattan Board Members Rebuke Pataki
Board members deplored the governor's unilateral decision last week to evict a museum from ground zero...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Senate Moves to Protect Military Prisoners Despite Veto Threat
Defying a veto threat from the White House, the Senate agreed to regulate the treatment of prisoners held by the military...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
MCI Shareholders Approve Takeover by Verizon
The shareholders' approval removes the biggest hurdle to a deal that will create the nation's second-largest telecommunications company after SBC Communications...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
GE ups forecasts on order growth
US manufacturing giant raises its forecasts as it reveals its has been boosted by "solid growth" in orders...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Rising room rates boost Marriott
US-based hotel giant Marriott thanks rising room rates for profits rising to $149m in the three months to September...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
New Orleans evacuee hits jackpot
A New Orleans woman made homeless by Hurricane Katrina has won a $1.6m jackpot at a Louisiana casino...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
US show broadcasts from Windsor
US breakfast TV show Good Morning America broadcasts live from Windsor Castle and other Royal homes...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
FBI 'probes White House security'
The FBI probes the White House record of an ex-Marine already accused of spying while at the FBI, reports say...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Bolivians end oil field protest
Security forces in Bolivia regain control of an oil field that was seized by peasants in the east of the country...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Canada mystery illness kills 16
An outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness leaves 16 people dead at a Canadian nursing home...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Senate defies Bush on prisoners
Setting up a possible veto showdown with the White House, the U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to set standards for the treatment of prisoners in military custody...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Senate limits detainee treatment
Setting up a possible veto showdown with the White House, the Senate voted overwhelmingly for an amendment to a Pentagon spending bill that sets standards for the treatment of prisoners in U.S. military custody...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Senate Moves to Protect Military Prisoners Despite Veto Threat
Defying the White House, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed to regulate the detention, interrogation and treatment of prisoners held by the American military...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Microsoft to Introduce New Security Software for Windows
Microsoft is introducing a set of products that will move it more fully into competition with the leading makers of security software for Windows computers...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Nicaragua party 'outraged' by US
Nicaragua's opposition Liberal Party condemns criticism by a US diplomat as "outrageous interference"...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Pentagon man guilty in spy probe
A former Pentagon analyst pleads guilty to passing classified information to pro-Israel lobbyists...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Gretzky beaten as NHL kicks off
Wayne Gretzky loses on his coaching debut as a new NHL season begins after last year was wiped out in a salary-cap row...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
US Senate backs detainee rights
The US Senate defies President Bush by voting to set rules for the treatment of military detainees held abroad...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Fujimori to contest Peru election
Peru's disgraced former President, Alberto Fujimori, says he intends to run for the presidency in 2006...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
Bali: Police chase school tip
Indonesian police say they are pursuing a tip from a caller who claimed that one of Saturday's Bali bombing suspects had studied in the Solo region of Java -- an area famous for its hardline Islamic schools...
CNN - October 6, 2005
Hurricane Stan death toll rises
Heavy rains pounded Central America for a fourth day Wednesday, pushing rivers over their banks, flooding communities and unleashing at least two deadly mudslides, as the region's death toll surpassed 135...
CNN - October 6, 2005
NTSB: Boat was unstable
A tour boat nearly identical to the one that capsized, killing 20 elderly tourists, became unstable after weight equivalent to just 10 people was placed at the edge of the vessel, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday evening...
CNN - October 6, 2005
As Illegal Workers Hit Suburbs, Politicians Scramble to Respond
The local response has been somewhat like the suburbs themselves: decentralized; somewhat haphazard; self-contained...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Red Sox Create Another Moment of Infamy
A slow ground ball that slipped between the legs of Boston's Tony Graffanino led to three runs and a particularly painful 5-4 loss to the White Sox...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
F.B.I. Widens Investigation in New Jersey Espionage Case
The F.B.I. agent may have had improper access to classified information while working in the vice president's office several years ago...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Experts Unlock Clues to Spread of 1918 Flu Virus
The 1918 influenza virus has been reconstructed and found to be a bird flu that jumped directly to humans...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Seeing Creation and Evolution in Grand Canyon
Twin rafting trips down the Colorado River epitomize the opposite ends of the growing creation-evolution debate...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
New Questions From the Right on Court Pick
A growing chorus of conservatives expressed worry about Harriet E. Miers's conservatism and legal credentials...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Online Pioneer Sets Out to Shake Up TV
Jeremy Allaire has a long history of shaking up the established order as an Internet pioneer. He intends to do the same in the world of television...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Trump to Build in Dubai
Donald Trump said that he would join with a development company in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, to build hotels and condominiums in the Middle East...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Starwood Unit Buys Resort
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Delphi Used Sham Sales to Lift Profits, Lawsuit Says
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Sales in China Help Push Quarterly Profit Up 16% at Yum Brands
Yum Brands Inc. posted a 16 percent increase in third-quarter profits on resurgent growth in China combined with solid performances in the U.S...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
An Identity Crisis for Supermarkets
Faced with an array of food shopping choices, consumers are increasingly shunning the neighborhood supermarket for specialty chains and discount giants...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Freddie Mac to Buy Stock
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Shares Fall on News of Slower Growth in Service Industries
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Visa Chief Proposes Security Agency for Credit Card Industry
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 - Visa USA's new chief executive has proposed creating a private standard-setting agency for the entire credit card industry that would certify that banks and merchants had met certain guidelines but would have little power to enforce them...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Delaware Supreme Court Declines to Unmask a Blogger
The court ruled that if an elected official claims he has been defamed by an anonymous blogger, he cannot use a lawsuit to unmask the writer...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
When Disasters Act as Accelerators of Change
SPEAKING after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush promised that "we will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives" on the Gulf Coast...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
A Summer of Promise, and Then an Autumn of Disappointment
Don Bell, a soybean farmer in West Memphis, Ark., says that he is having one of his best harvests in decades. Too bad he can't enjoy it more...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Taking On Credit Card Fees, With Allies
Small business-owners are filing antitrust suits against Visa and MasterCard to contest escalating credit card costs and fees...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Strategy Seen on Airbus Aid
European governments are expected to delay any formal pledges of aid to build the Airbus A350 jet in an effort to defuse a trade dispute with the U.S...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
A Spanish Energy Executive Sees Politics in Hostile Bid
The chief executive of Endesa said that a $28 billion hostile bid for his company by another Spanish company, Gas Natural, was a politically motivated mistake...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Condé Nast Adds Men's Vogue to List of Regular Publications
Condé Nast announced that its trial issue of Men's Vogue was successful and it had decided to swing into full-time production...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Lupus Drug Fails Goals
Human Genome Sciences said that its experimental lupus drug failed to meet main goals in a midstage study...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Europe Names a Trustee to Monitor Microsoft
Eighteen months after finding Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse, the European Commission has appointed a trustee to ensure that the company makes the changes called for in the ruling...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
A Barren Port Waits Eagerly for Its People
With as much as 80 percent of its operations still shut, the Port of New Orleans has far to go before it can return to anything resembling its pre-Hurricane Katrina level...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Smaller Video Producers Seek Audiences on Net
Video delivered over the Internet is shaping up as a way for smaller producers to reach an audience without having to cut deals with studios and networks...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
General Motors Plans to Sell Its Stake in Subaru's Parent
General Motors is selling its 20 percent stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent of Subaru, in a deal that could raise more than $700 million...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Microsoft Unveils Games for Its New Xbox 360
Microsoft has unveiled a range of richly detailed games that the company hopes will propel millions of consumers to buy its new Xbox 360 console...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Marketing Heads Exalted, at Least Until They Roll
Bigger marketing budgets have led to the hiring of marketing chiefs, but many of them are finding the job hard to keep...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Russian Prosecutors Accuse Yukos of Money Laundering
Russian prosecutors raided offices affiliated with Yukos, the oil company in a tax dispute with the Kremlin, and for the first time accused it of money laundering...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Service Industries' Growth Slows Markedly
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Viacom Explains Split Into Units
Viacom, which is planning to split into two companies next year, named Shari Redstone as nonexecutive vice chairwoman of both units...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
On Wall and Main, Worries About Oil
Stock prices tumbled after service industries like shippers raised prices to pass along the increasing cost of energy...
New York Times - October 6, 2005
Baseball: Houston beat Braves
Tadahito Iguchi's three-run homer spells disaster for Boston in Chicago, while Houston and LA Angels also win...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
CIA rejects 9/11 blame game
CIA chief Porter Goss will not take action against individual officers for the failure to prevent or predict the 9/11 attacks...
BBC News - October 6, 2005
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