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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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17 Injured in Harlem Explosion
Four children and a firefighter were among the people injured in an explosion that spewed pieces of a Harlem apartment building out onto the street, officials said...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Man Charged in Killing of 2 Guards
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6 (AP) ? A man who served time in federal prison for bank robbery has been charged with murder in the killings of two armored car guards as they serviced an automated teller machine in northeast Philadelphia on Thursday...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Virginia Congresswoman Dies
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, a Republican who represented southeastern Virginia for seven years, died Saturday morning after a two-year battle with breast cancer, her office said...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Political Memo: Bloomberg for President: The Wave Seems to Ebb
Associates say that although Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has not completely closed the door on making a run, he seems unlikely to join the race...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
For Schools, Lottery Payoffs Fall Short of Promises
Most of the money raised by lotteries is used simply to sustain the games, an examination by The Times showed...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Just One More Before Bedtime!
Do two mop-haired kids belong in the dark world of Hollywood?s paparazzi?...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
In Fall From Top, McCain Lands in His Comfort Zone
Once swollen with overhead and consultants, today?s slimmer McCain campaign better matches the senator?s maverick sensibility...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Why Not Shift the Burden to Big Spenders?
A consumption tax could end the deficit and help the economy, with little sacrifice...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Taskmaster Who Changed Business News
James Walker Michaels, who died last week at 86, was the editor of Forbes magazine for almost 40 years, in which he sharpened and refined business reporting in America...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Still That Need for a Human on the Line
Give consumers all kinds of new options for customer service, and they still tend to prefer the most expensive one: a conversation with a human being...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Write-Downs Don?t Faze the Market
The stock market rose again last week, buoyed by a favorable economic report and unruffled by big write-downs taken by a variety of financial institutions...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Marriage of Minds at the Plaza Hotel
At a party for the Plaza Hotel, the president of New York?s hotel workers? union, and the billionaire whose company owns the hotel seemed like best friends...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
The Boy Behind the Global Theories
The cracking of American insularity, rather than a parable of capitalism?s redemption, is what comes across in Alan Greenspan?s ?The Age of Turbulence.?...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Is Flying Scary? Depends on the Film
A bill would require that airlines offer family seating where violent movies could not be seen...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
E-Mail Is Easy to Write (and to Misread)
There are ways in which e-mail may subtly encourage trouble and strained communication...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
From Empty Lots to Bustling Waterfront
The groundbreaking at Fan Pier, a 21-acre, $3 billion mixed-use development in South Boston, marked the end of a decades-long saga filled with dashed hopes...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Jesus Christ Superhero
How characters from the Bible were converted to kid-friendly plastic...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Seeking Patterns in Corporate Profits
The volatile third quarter is over, but the impact on businesses will become clear only in the next few weeks, as companies report earnings...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
At Some Funds, a Gender Communication Gap
When you mix the sexes in mutual fund management, a new study has found, fund performance often suffers...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Securing Very Important Data: Your Own
The newest generation of Web financial services offers users a variety of services based on personal information that was once locked up on local hard drives...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Way to Find Your Corner of the Internet Sky
If you know what you?re looking for online, Google and other search engines can help you find it. But what if you don?t know exactly what you want?...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
The Money Game and the Mind Game at Sallie Mae
Amid the bombastic war of words over the buyout of Sallie Mae, the student lender, a small but quiet detail is creating a buzz...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
The Man in Citi?s Hot Seat
Doubts have resurfaced about the future of Charles O. Prince III, C.E.O. of Citigroup, the world?s largest bank, which has stumbled in recent months...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Made-for-TV Boss Helps Revive ABC
Meet Stephen McPherson, the latest Hollywood executive cast in the dual roles of entertainment genius and volatile bulldozer...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
For Schools, Lottery Payoffs Fall Short of Promises
Most of the money raised by lotteries is used simply to sustain the games, an examination by The Times showed...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Pinochet family bail is approved
A Chilean court approves a bail order for relatives of Gen Augusto Pinochet who face embezzlement charges...
BBC News - October 6, 2007
Christian Split in Lebanon Raises Specter of War
Many Lebanese worry that another civil war is imminent and some in its divided Christian community have begun re-establishing militias...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Atlantic City?s Latest Problem: Mayor Is Missing
A week ago, the mayor of Atlantic City, Robert W. Levy, 64, abruptly stopped showing up at City Hall. He has not been seen in public since...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Kabul Blast Kills American Soldier
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 6 — A suicide car bomber detonated his payload next to an American military convoy on the main road leading to the Kabul airport early Saturday, killing one American serviceman and four civilians, American and Afghan officials said...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Battle Foreshadowing a Larger Health Care War
The fight over child health care shows how hard it will be for Democrats to sell Republicans on universal insurance...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Life of Comfort and Pain Ends in an Airport Cell
Behind Carol Gotbaum?s death in custody of the Phoenix police is a story of a wife and mother fighting her demons...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Priest Methodically Reveals Ukrainian Jews? Fate
Patrick Desbois roams Ukraine?s back roads and forgotten fields to document the Nazis? murder of 1.5 million Jews...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Giuliani and Romney, Making Two a Crowd
The two Republican candidates are engaging each other as never before in the towns and villages of New Hampshire...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Sun Belt Growth Is Playing Out on Campus
Scrambling to keep up with the region?s surging population, public universities in fast-growing Sun Belt states face more than just logistical challenges...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
In Life of Lies, Iraqis Conceal Work for U.S.
Desperate for work of any kind, Iraqis do what they must, even though affiliation with Americans makes them targets...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Boycotts and Legal Fight Cloud Victory for Musharraf
Gen. Pervez Musharraf easily won today?s presidential vote, but the Supreme Court has yet to decide on his eligibility to run for election in uniform...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
IAAF chief blasts 'fraud' Jones
IAAF president Lamine Diack says disgraced Marion Jones will be remembered as a fraud...
BBC News - October 6, 2007
Atlantic City?s Latest Problem: Mayor Is Missing
A week ago, the mayor of Atlantic City, Robert W. Levy, 64, abruptly stopped showing up at City Hall. He has not been seen in public since...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Musharraf Bid in Doubt as Pakistan Lawmakers Vote
Gen. Pervez Musharraf was widely expected to win re-election as president today, but the Supreme Court will have final say on whether the vote is valid...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Iowans Take Their Time in Open Race
If the chase for the Democratic nomination appears to have reached a stage of inevitability, the word has not reached the voters in Iowa...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Giuliani and Romney, Making Two a Crowd
The two Republican candidates are engaging each other as never before in the towns and villages of New Hampshire...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Of Tiers, Football and Dollars
Sports content is expensive and valuable, but some cable TV companies are starting think the leagues may have exaggerated their worth...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Midtown Bank Is Said to Plan a Move to a Skyscraper Over the West Side Railyards
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is involved in one of five bids expected to be submitted Thursday for the development rights over the yards...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
After Extensive Beef Recall, Topps Goes Out of Business
Topps Meat Company could not recover after pulling back more than 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products in one of the largest meat recalls in recent years...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
The Fed Jammed Your In-Box
Troubles in the credit market are fueling a boom in e-mail spam, companies are looking for ways around the Do Not Call list and more...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
3 Ingredients for Success
How do high achievers define success? When is it time to move on to another job? These questions and more in this week?s magazine review...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Monthly Data Aside, Trend Is Weak
Job growth in the United States has slowed significantly over the last year, a fact that renews questions about the ability of the overall economy to withstand a slowdown in housing...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
No U.S. Penalties for Tainted Rice
The United States government will not take action against the German company Bayer for unintentionally allowing genetically engineered rice to contaminate two commercial varieties of the grain...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Paid Leave for Maternity Is the Norm, Except in ...
The United States is not among the 170 countries that offer some paid maternity leave...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Study Questions Medtronic Stent Safety
The new heart stent from Medtronic Inc. has been assocated with more blood clots than a rival product has, federal regulators have concluded...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
J. Edward Lundy, ?Whiz Kid? at Ford Motor, Dies at 92
Mr. Lundy helped resuscitate the Ford Motor Company after World War II and developed financial forecasting methods emulated throughout the auto industry...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Sickly Credit Markets Heal a Little as Leveraged Loans Rebound
There are new, if limited, signs of life in the credit markets that seemed to be dying only a few weeks ago...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Deal Is Complete to Take Archstone REIT Private
Tishman Speyer Properties and its financial partner Lehman Brothers completed their $22.2 billion purchase of Archstone-Smith Trust on Friday...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
In the Race to Buy Concert Tickets, Fans Keep Losing
Frustration with the speed with which concert tickets sell out, only to be offered by resellers at a higher price, has lead to several investigations by state attorneys general...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Big Law Firm Settles Age-Discrimination Suit
Sidley Austin, one of the nation?s largest law firms, has agreed to pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners to settle a closely watched age-discrimination lawsuit...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Just to Add to the Pressure, the Name Is Yum
David C. Novak, the chief executive of Yum Brands, says he believes that sharing his mistakes is a good way to teach aspiring executives...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Halo Games Maker to Be Independent of Microsoft
Microsoft said Friday that it would give up its controlling stake in Bungie Software, returning the company to independent ownership...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Barclays Withdraws Bid to Take Over ABN Amro
Barclays said that it did not garner enough support from ABN Amro shareholders for its takeover offer...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Here, a Nick While Shaving Could Determine the Stanley Cup
A properly piloted Zamboni can do more good than any other single piece of grooming equipment in major league sports...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Lilly Adds Strong Warning Label to Zyprexa, a Schizophrenia 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 6, 2007
Auto Union?s Negotiators Now Looking to Chrysler
Having reached a tentative agreement with G.M., the U.A.W. said that it would now focus its negotiations on Chrysler...
New York Times - October 6, 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 6, 2007
Wine Made the Co-op Way
In a new model for California vintners, start-ups share supply and distribution but retain the independence of their individual labels...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Big Loss at Merrill Stirs Unease
Merrill Lynch?s Friday announcement that it would write down $5 billion primarily in its fixed-income sector raised questions about the company?s discipline...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Job Growth Looks Rosier, Easing Recession Fears
Job growth was much stronger this summer than the government had first estimated, making it less likely that the Fed will cut interest rates again later this month...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
$6 Million for the Co-op, Then Start to Renovate
After paying top dollar for an apartment, most buyers among the newly wealthy see the need for more work...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Lindsay Lohan 'is out of rehab'
Actress Lindsay Lohan checks out of a rehab clinic after two months, according to US media reports...
BBC News - October 6, 2007
Fujimori trial date set in Peru
Peru's ex-President Alberto Fujimori will face trial for human rights violations in November, a panel says...
BBC News - October 6, 2007
News Analysis: Child Health Battle Foreshadows a Larger War
The debate raging over the children?s health insurance program shows how hard it will be to persuade many Republicans to sign on to a vision of universal coverage...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Jones Admits to Doping and Enters Guilty Plea
?I have betrayed your trust,? said Marion Jones, who won five track-and-field medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Life of Comfort and Pain Ends in an Airport Cell
Behind Carol Gotbaum?s death in custody of the Phoenix police is a story of a wife and mother fighting her demons...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Indians 2, Yankees 1, 11 Innings: Again, the Indians Create the Buzz
The Yankees trail in the series, two games to none, and face elimination in Game 3 Sunday at Yankee Stadium...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Artwork, Assembled at the Last Minute, Explores the Long Ago
At about 7 on Friday night, ?The Encampment,? an installation of 100 19th-century-style tents by the Canadian artist Thom Sokoloski, was to open in an empty field at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
A Big Loss at Merrill Stirs Unease
Merrill Lynch?s Friday announcement that it would write down $5 billion primarily in its fixed-income sector raised questions about the company?s discipline...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Halo Games Maker to Be Independent of Microsoft
Microsoft said Friday that it would give up it?s controlling stake in Bungie Software, returning the company to independent ownership...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Big Law Firm Settles Age-Discrimination Suit
Sidley Austin, one of the nation?s largest law firms, has agreed to pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners to settle a closely watched age-discrimination lawsuit...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Wine Made the Co-op Way
In a new model for California vintners, start-ups share supply and distribution but retain the independence of their individual labels...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Job Growth Looks Rosier, Easing Recession Fears
Job growth was much stronger this summer than the government had first estimated, making it less likely that the Fed will cut interest rates again later this month...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Age of Riches: $6 Million for the Co-op, Then Start to Renovate
After paying top dollar for an apartment, most buyers among the newly wealthy see the need for more work...
New York Times - October 6, 2007
Jones 'should return her medals'
Marion Jones should hand back her Olympic medals after admitting she used drugs, says US Olympic boss Peter Ueberroth...
BBC News - October 6, 2007
New York opens slave burial site
A burial ground for African slaves that lay forgotten for almost two centuries opens to the public in New York...
BBC News - October 6, 2007
US conciliatory over missile plan
The US proposes working with Nato and Russia to ease Moscow's objections to its system of missile defence...
BBC News - October 6, 2007
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