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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 September 2007:
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10,000 square miles searched for Fossett
The search for famed adventurer Steve Fossett was expanded Thursday to 10,000 square miles. "There's a lot of terrain that we simply have to eliminate as a possibility," Maj. Cynthia Ryan of the Nevada Civil Air Patrol said. full story...
CNN - September 6, 2007
Felix's toll rising; thousands missing
Desperate families searched Thursday for missing Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast, where Hurricane Felix blew away villages, flooded rivers and killed dozens of people. Thousands are missing throughout Central America. full story...
CNN - September 6, 2007
Thompson: I can stop Hillary Clinton
As Fred Thompson officially hits the campaign trail, he's making a pitch to conservative Republicans: "Now, you don't want to have to come back from another Clinton victory. Our country needs us to win next year, and I'm ready to lead that effort," he said Thursday. full story...
CNN - September 6, 2007
The Lede: You Can?t Do That at the APEC Summit
Pranksters from an Australian TV show punk?d the security folks in Sydney...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
City Room: Fashion Week Is Not Open to the Public
Since it started in 1943, Fashion Week has been one of New York City's most exclusive events. That exclusivity has irritated some critics, who believe the event has all but taken over Bryant Park...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
City Hospitals to Make Data Public
The nation?s largest public health system will provide infection and death rates at the 11 New York hospitals it administers...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Judge Strikes Down Parts of Patriot Act
A federal judge today struck down parts of the new U.S.A. Patriot Act that authorized the F.B.I. to acquire corporate records using informal secret demands called national security letters...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Scientists See Suspect in Mass Deaths of Bees
One bee disease, called Israeli acute paralysis virus, seems strongly associated with the beekeeping operations that experienced big losses...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Developers Unveil More Plans for Trade Center Site
For the first time, a picture has emerged of what pedestrians can expect to see five years from now along the Greenwich Street side of the World Trade Center memorial...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
After Making It Official, Thompson Begins Campaign
After months of false starts, Fred Thompson rolled out his presidential candidacy with a two-pronged, guerrilla-style entry into the race...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Federal Plan to Re-Route Flights Faces Opposition
Some local officials object to the new flight paths proposed in the agency?s plan to reduce delays at New York-area airports...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
[TS] High & Low Finance: So This Subprime Lender Walks Into an Audit...
Deloitte effectively revokes its audit of NovaStar and the subprime mortgage lender stands on shaky ground...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Dissident Nominees Elected to H&R Block Board
Breeden Capital Partners, an investment fund that owns 1.8 percent of H&R Block?s shares, estimated its nominees received about 82 percent of the votes cast...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Foreclosure Notices Hit Record in Spring
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported today that mortgage holders starting the foreclosure process in the April-June quarter reached 0.65 percent...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Cautious European Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged
Citing new economic uncertainties, the bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent, shifting course from a month ago when it signaled it would raise the rate...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Stocks Gain on Fed Speeches and Home Data
Wall Street shook off early uncertainty to close moderately higher as mixed economic reports managed to make investors more optimistic about an interest rate cut...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Court Rejects Class Action Over Vioxx
The New Jersey decision is a legal victory for Merck, which faces nearly 27,000 individual lawsuits from people claiming the drug harmed them...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
A Venti Mocha, in Russian at Last
With the hiss of an espresso machine and a note in Russian explaining the meaning of tall, grande and venti, Starbucks opened its first coffee shop in Russia...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Testimony Counters Private-Equity Tax Claims
Pension fund and tax specialists said a proposal to increase taxes on executives at private equity firms and hedge funds would have a negligible effect on pension fund returns...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Retail Sales Rise, but Data May Mask Troubles
The back-to-school shopping season was not a disaster, but the respectable, if lackluster performance of retailers may have been driven by discounts that obscure troubles ahead...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
For iPhone Owners, an Apology and a Credit
Steven P. Jobs, Apple?s C.E.O., apologized ?for disappointing some of you? after early adopters complained about yesterday?s price cut, and he offered them a $100 store credit...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Phil Spector lawyer wraps up case
The defence in the US murder trial of Phil Spector urges jurors to acquit the producer in closing arguments...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
Wreckage found, but it's not Fosset's
Searchers completed their first overnight hunt for Steve Fossett, organizers said Thursday, after hopes were dashed that wreckage of the missing adventurer's plane had been found. full story...
CNN - September 6, 2007
Fred Thompson announces he's running
After months of not-so-coy will-he-or-won't-he political flirtation, Fred Thompson has finally and officially announced that he is a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. full story...
CNN - September 6, 2007
The Quad: Thursday Morning Kickoff
One of this weekend’s games that interests us the most here at The Quad is Miami-Oklahoma. And it has little to do with the current teams. In the 1980s, the Canes and the Sooners engaged in a blood feud. Two renegade programs with ridiculous amounts of athleticism and success to back up even their most [...]...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
The Lede Blog: Blogger Describes How to Flee Iraq
Riverbend crosses the border after months of delays in Baghdad...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
City Room: Podcast: 100 Years of Taxis
On October 1, 1907, Harry N. Allen inaugurated New York's taxi service with 65 bright red gasoline-powered cars, which operated from city hotels...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Fred Thompson Hits the Road
The Republican candidate is on the campaign trail today with his announcement speech...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
11 Arrested in N.J. Corruption Inquiry
A federal sting operation resulted in the arrests two state assemblymen, the mayor of Passaic and eight others...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Spokesman Says Craig Unlikely to Finish Term
A spokesman for the Idaho Republican said the senator has all but abandoned the notion of trying to finish his term...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Independent Panel Says Iraqi Forces Not Ready
However, the head of the commission said there had been sufficient progress in Iraq to envision a reduction in forces as early as next year...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act
A federal judge said investigators must have a court?s approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
An Appraisal: A Master of Italian Operatic Artistry
No one ever mistook the voice of Luciano Pavarotti...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Envisioning the Next Chapter for Electronic Books
Two new offerings from Web giants this fall will test if consumers are ready to leave the paper book behind...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Stocks Up After Economic Data
Stocks rose in early trading as investors regained some confidence after reports showed a rebound in productivity, fewer jobless claims and robust August retail sales...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Europe?s Bank Holds Key Interest Rates at 4%
The Bank of England also left its benchmark rate unchanged at 5.75 percent...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Back-to-School Buying Helps Retailers
As the nation?s retailers reported solid sales results, winners crossed all sections of the industry and included Wal-Mart, Pacific Sunwear of California and Saks...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Non-Farm Productivity Up by 2.6 %
Productivity grew at a slightly faster-than-expected annualized pace in the 2nd quarter, the highest since the 3rd quarter of 2005, government data showed...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Merck Wins Ruling on Class Action Over Vioxx
The New Jersey decision is a legal victory for the drugmaker, which faces nearly 27,000 individual lawsuits from people claiming Vioxx harmed them...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Chrysler Hires a Top Toyota Executive
James E. Press has been lured away from Toyota as Chrysler transforms itself as a private company...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Toyota stalwart moves to Chrysler
The first non-Japanese member of the Toyota board leaves the firm to become president of rival Chrysler...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
Spector 'is a killer', court told
Prosecutors tell a jury that producer Phil Spector was guilty of murder, in their closing statement in his murder trial...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
Tennis: Venus sinks Jankovic
Venus Williams will face Justine Henin in the US Open semi-finals after surviving an epic encounter with Jelena Jankovic...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
Democratic donor misses court
A major Democratic Party donor is sought in the US after he fails to appear at bail hearing over a 1991 fraud conviction...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
NY taxi strike over 'spy in cab'
New Yorkers face the second day of a strike by taxi drivers angry over the introduction of new technology...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
Fears growing for missing Fossett
Fears are growing for the safety of record-breaking US pilot Steve Fossett, missing in Nevada since Monday...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
Paraguay's Oviedo leaves prison
Ex-general Lino Oviedo, convicted of plotting to overthrow Paraguay's government, is freed on parole...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
Bush, China's Hu tackle thorny issues
U.S. President George W. Bush says talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao were "constructive" and centered on Iran, China-made product recalls, global climate change and civilian religious freedoms. full story...
CNN - September 6, 2007
An Appraisal: Italian Operatic Artistry at Its Finest
Even experts could confuse one great artist with another, but no one ever mistook the voice of Luciano Pavarotti...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Massachusetts: Plea in Big Dig Case
Powers Fasteners Inc., which supplied epoxy for the Big Dig highway project in Boston, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a tunnel ceiling collapse last year that killed a woman...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
The Retailer Next Door
Stoop sales have become big business in some Brooklyn neighborhoods...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Russia: Steel Maker to Build in Ohio
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel, a Russian steel maker, plans to spend at least $1 billion on a plant in Ohio to produce steel for carmakers...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Railway Buying U.S. Carrier
The Canadian Pacific Railway agreed to buy the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corporation, which operates in the Midwest...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Singapore: New Plant for Exxon
Exxon Mobil said it would build a second chemicals factory in Singapore to meet rising demand in Asia...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Finland: Write-Down at Paper Maker
Stora Enso, the world?s largest paper maker, left, wrote down the value of its assets by $1.36 billion because of higher wood costs and a deteriorating outlook for magazine papers...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Axa Unit Fined in U.S.
AXA Advisors, the United States brokerage unit of AXA of France, agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine and reimburse 1,800 clients after offering them fee-based accounts that did not fit their needs...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: $330 Million Acquisition
Cognos, Canada?s biggest software company, said it planned to buy Applix for $339 million to expand in financial performance management...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Edward Gramlich, 68, Dies; Ex-Governor of Fed
Mr. Gramlich had warned of a looming crisis in home mortgages and had run a federal board created to aid airlines after the September 2001 attacks...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Thompson announces he'll run for president
After spending months testing the waters for a presidential run, Sen. Fred Thompson made his candidacy official Wednesday evening. full story...
CNN - September 6, 2007
Audit Faults City on Care of Carriage Horses
The New York City comptroller said that the city had abandoned many of its responsibilities and permitted some carriage owners to maintain their horses in substandard conditions...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Defender of New Hampshire?s Primary Stays Firm
Few people in American politics are being watched more closely than William M. Gardner, who has the power to decide when to schedule the New Hampshire primary...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Craig Goes on Offensive, Angering G.O.P. Leaders
Senator Larry E. Craig renewed efforts to clear his name, infuriating Republican Senate leaders who thought they had contained the political damage from his case...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Cabs Are on Strike, but Are on the Street, Too
Union leaders and city officials differed over the effectiveness of a strike by New York City taxi drivers...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Despite DNA Test, Prosecutor Is Retrying Case
Prosecutors have sought a new capital murder trial after a man?s conviction was overturned by DNA evidence...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Clinton Donor Fails to Appear In Court Again
Norman Hsu, the wealthy Clinton donor who turned out to be a fugitive, failed to appear in court on Wednesday...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Republican Candidates Make Thompson a Target
The debate was the most contentious of the campaign...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Tenor, Is Dead at 71
Luciano Pavarotti was the Italian singer whose ringing, pristine sound set a standard for operatic tenors of the postwar era...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Thompson Enters Race From ?Tonight Show? Couch
Fred Thompson rolled out his presidential candidacy this evening with a guerrilla-style entry into the race that sought to take the spotlight from the Republican debate...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Mortgage Insurers Call Off Proposed Merger
MGIC Investment Corporation and the Radian Group, scrapped their merger plan on Wednesday, the latest casualty of the turmoil in mortgage markets...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Guilty Plea for Couple in Insider Trading Case
A former Morgan Stanley finance vice president and her husband, a former hedge fund analyst at ING Investment Management, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy and insider trading...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Love It? Check the Label
Both conservative and liberal consumers are looking harder for goods made or grown in the United States...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
For-Profit Crusade Against Junk Mail
If the founder of GreenDimes has his way, millions of tons of unwanted mail will go the way of pesky phone solicitations...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Saks Settles With S.E.C. on Overpayments
Saks did not admit any wrongdoing in the S.E.C. settlement and paid no fine after being accused of improperly collecting payments from suppliers to inflate earnings...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Troubled Irish Company Allowed to Revamp
An Irish court on Wednesday appointed an examiner to oversee the restructuring of a small financial company as it tried to repay a portion of $238 million owed some of the world?s largest investment banks...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Microwave Popcorn to Omit a Risky Chemical
A flavoring chemical from the products is linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Store Chain?s Test Concludes That Nutrition Sells
The grocery chain Hannaford said Wednesday that a year-old experiment that used a rating system to direct customers to healthier food items had been a success...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
S.E.C. Accuses 26 of Defrauding the Elderly
Federal regulators said thousands of elderly people were defrauded of their savings through a hotel time-share scheme...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
At Tyson and Kraft, Grain Costs Limit Profit
The two food giants said Wednesday that soaring commodity prices would hurt the companies? profits this year...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
S.E.C. Says It?s on Watch for Special Strains
The S.E.C. is looking at whether unwinding financing vehicles like conduits could strain the balance sheets of major investment banks...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Advertising: The Power of Unpleasant Memories
A new marketing strategy for a BMW Performance Driving School adopts a sense of humor and tries to remind us of the hapless but well-meaning instructors of our past...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Financier Sentenced to Prison for Not Paying Federal Taxes for 29 Years
Richard Josephberg was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for tax crimes, including the first criminal conviction for not paying the nanny tax...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
787?s Test Flight Is Delayed, but Not Delivery, Boeing Says
The delay announced on Wednesday left the company just six months to test and certify the six planes in the testing program...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Panel Questions Financial Advisers for the Elderly
Federal lawmakers called Wednesday for new regulations on financial advisers working with older Americans...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
A Citigroup Investment Chief Is Shutting a Hedge Fund
Citigroup Alternative Investments is shutting down its Tribeca Capital Management hedge fund as its new leader, Vikram S. Pandit, puts his stamp on the long-overlooked division...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Are Books Passé? Web Giants Envision the Next Chapter
Two new offerings this fall ? including an electronic book reader from Amazon.com ? will test if consumers are ready to leave the paper book behind...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Democrats Prepare Bills to Tighten Loan Rules
The rules would prohibit a range of practices used to market subprime loans to people with weak credit histories...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Stocks Slip as Fed Says Credit Crisis Is Contained
Reports showed deepening trouble in the housing market even as the the Fed found little evidence that the turmoil had damaged the wider economy...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Apple Cuts iPhone Price Ahead of Holidays
Apple also introduced a new digital music player modeled after the iPhone and announced a wireless music distribution deal with Starbucks...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Age of Riches: Big Gifts, Tax Breaks and a Debate on Charity
Some ask whether the public benefits of philanthropy are commensurate with the tax breaks that givers receive...
New York Times - September 6, 2007
Cubans dance for democracy
A UK-based dance choreographer causes a stir in Cuba, reports the BBC's Michael Voss...
BBC News - September 6, 2007
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