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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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NYC subways on high alert
Friday and Saturday were mentioned in intelligence as the dates of possible New York City subway attacks, an official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN...
CNN - October 7, 2005
The 'Souter' factor
President Bush predicted Friday that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will be confirmed, but a Senate Republican said she must overcome "the Souter factor," underscoring conservative worries that she'll vote the wrong way on the bench...
CNN - October 7, 2005
3rd Man Detained in Connection With Terror Plot, Official Says
No details were available on who they are, where they were detained or what agency captured them, said one official...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Justice Department Nominee Tied to Lobbyist Withdraws
Timothy Flanigan, the president's pick for the second-ranking position at the Justice Dept., withdrew his nomination...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
BP to Sell Chemical Unit to British Company for $9 Billion
BP said today that it would sell its Innovene chemical division to the private British company Ineos Group, instead of spinning the unit off in an initial public offering as expected...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
News Corp sued over 'poison pill'
Shareholders sue media giant News Corp for reneging on a pledge not to extend measures to defend it against a takeover beyond a year...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Tax charges for Adelphia founder
Adelphia cable group founder John Rigas - convicted of fraud and conspiracy related to the firm's collapse - is charged with tax evasion...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
US lists 10 foiled terror plots
The White House gives a list of 10 major terror plots that President Bush said had been foiled by the US...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
ICRC concern at Guantanamo strike
The International Committee of the Red Cross voices its concern over a hunger strike at the Guantanamo camp...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Venezuela to boost poll security
Venezuela's top electoral official asks for extra security measures after the murder of a local election officer...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Bush in bird flu vaccine meeting
President Bush holds a meeting with vaccine manufacturers amid growing fears of a bird flu pandemic...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
UK: Police among 12 held in Basra
Police officers in Basra are among 12 people detained by coalition forces in a raid targeting terrorists, according to the British military...
CNN - October 7, 2005
False alarm at Penn Station
Police shut down parts of New York's busy Penn Station Friday morning after an unknown substance was found in a soda can near Amtrak's ticket counter, authorities said...
CNN - October 7, 2005
Iraq blasts kill 6 Marines
Six Marines were killed in roadside bombings in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, the Marines said Friday. On Thursday, a homemade bomb exploded near Karma, killing four Marines, and another blast killed two Marines on patrol in Qaim. The number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war stands at 1,953...
CNN - October 7, 2005
At Debate, Mayor Is Conspicuous by Absence
The mayoral debate at the Apollo Theater in Harlem abounded in attacks on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his decision not to participate...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
New Yorkers Stream to Work as Usual Following Threat Warning
Police searched passengers' bags, but New Yorkers took a terrorist warning in stride this morning...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Experts Give Scientists Roadmap on Nanotechnology Research
Toxicologists studying whether materials being invented by nanotechnology researchers can be hazardous to humans have been given a "screening strategy" by a government-sponsored panel...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Economy Loses 35,000 Jobs; Storm Impact Is Unclear
The government report this morning indicated that the economy could be responding to the impact of the devastation better than had been feared...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Bankruptcy fears grow for Delphi
Unions representing workers at troubled car parts supplier Delphi says the firm is seeking huge wage cuts...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
EU-US step up row over air aid
Airbus claims it receives less state aid than rival Boeing as the US vows to continue with action over its rival's funding...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Six US marines die in Iraq blasts
Roadside bombs in western Iraq kill six US marines as the Pentagon reports killing nearly 30 militants...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Guantanamo food strike 'serious'
The situation at Guantanamo Bay - where many detainees are on hunger strike - is serious, says the Red Cross says...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
New York subway threat
New York City's subway system is under heightened alert today after officials received information from the FBI about a "specific threat," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said...
CNN - October 7, 2005
Nuclear watchdog wins peace Nobel
The U.N. nuclear watchdog and its head, Mohamed ElBaradei, win the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to limit the spread of atomic weapons. The Norwegian Nobel Committee picked the International Atomic Energy Agency and ElBaradei from a record field of candidates...
CNN - October 7, 2005
Rove to testify in leak case
Presidential adviser Karl Rove will give additional testimony to the grand jury hearing evidence in an investigation of the 2003 disclosure of a CIA agent's identity, his lawyer said Thursday...
CNN - October 7, 2005
Delta ready to impose wage cuts
Troubled US airline Delta says it is prepared to impose job and wage cuts on its pilots through the bankruptcy court...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Bush aide to 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 identity...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Tennis: Puerta beaten in Japan
Mariano Puerta loses to Marcos Baghdatis in Tokyo before again denying he has failed a drugs test...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Baseball: Cardinals extend lead
St Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Padres 6-2 to move 2-0 ahead in the National League Division Series...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Amazon threatened by drought
Water levels in the Amazon fall to a 30-year low, threatening to isolate a region dependent on river transport...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Colombia militia halt disarmament
Right-wing paramilitaries in Colombia suspend demobilisation over the possible extradition of a commander to the US...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
New York subway threat
New Yorkers were alerted to a threat to the subways Thursday, a day after a highly classified operation was carried out south of Baghdad against suspected al Qaeda operatives in Iraq, a well-placed U.S. military official told CNN...
CNN - October 7, 2005
Official: World not ready for flu
The top health official in the United States says the world is "woefully unprepared" to respond to a pandemic, a problem made more urgent by concerns the bird flu sweeping parts of Asia could spread into a global health crisis...
CNN - October 7, 2005
Bush: Iraq crucial in war on terror
U.S. President George W. Bush says the fight against terrorism must continue despite a dropping public approval for the Iraq war, because it is the center of a terrorist movement to "intimidate the whole world."...
CNN - October 7, 2005
Rove Ordered to Talk Again in Leak Inquiry
Karl Rove's fourth appearance before the grand jury could mean there will be charges filed in the C.I.A. leak case, lawyers said...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Foe of Abortion, Senator Is Cool to Court Choice
Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, said that Harriet E. Miers had not persuaded him to vote to confirm her...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
San Antonio Proudly Lines Up Behind the Military Recruiter
The Army, which has struggled to sign up new soldiers, has found the San Antonio area to be a reliable source of recruits...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
At FEMA's First Big Trailer Park, 'Gold' for One Evacuee
Arcenia Crayton finally got the opportunity to close a door behind her, five weeks after living with other evacuees who escaped the floods of New Orleans...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
New York Named in Terror Threat Against Subways
Officials said they were notified of a terrorist threat that for the first time specifically named New York City's transit system...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
[TS] Are Auditors Not Doing Due Diligence?
Do the auditors of America's public companies understand that the scandals of the 1990's have given them an increased responsibility to assure that corporate financial reports are fair?...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
In a Challenge to TiVo, DirecTV Promotes Its Own Box
DirectTV is introducing a $30 million advertising campaign on Monday to promote its highly anticipated digital video recorder...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Labor Talks Stall; Delphi Said to Be Poised for Bankruptcy
DETROIT, Oct. 6 - As Delphi's negotiations for concessions from its largest union stalled on Thursday, people close to the talks said the company was poised to file for bankruptcy protection, possibly as early as Sunday night...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
State Dept. Deputy Walks in on Trade Fight as Brazil Visit Starts
Just as Robert B. Zoellick, the deputy secretary of state, began a good-will visit here, Brazil asked the W.T.O. for the right to impose trade sanctions against the U.S...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
An American Investor Rides the Merger Wave in France, to Labor's Chagrin
With their economy limping, many in France fear mergers and acquisitions, seeing them as the work mainly of vulture capitalists intent on stripping a company of its valuable assets...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
A Modest Proposal to Prevent Hedge Fund Fraud
The collapse of the Bayou Group, the $450 million hedge fund in Connecticut, has prompted a predictable round of calls for increased regulation of hedge funds...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Loan Deal Moves United Closer to Exit From Bankruptcy
United Airlines took a step closer to emerging from bankruptcy protection, saying it had arranged $3 billion in exit financing...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Storms' Job Losses Climb to 363,000
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (AP) - The number of people put out of work by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita rose to 363,000 last week, and more bad news is expected Friday when the government releases its unemployment report for September...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Three Indicted for Bribery in Oil Scheme in Azerbaijan
Viktor Kozeny, a securities salesman already accused of stealing $182 million from investors in the U.S. was indicted on a new set of related charges...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Good News From Wal-Mart And G.E. Fails to Lift Dow
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Wal-Mart Goes Urban With Clothing Line
Wal-Mart Stores, whose shoppers tend to skip through the clothing department and head straight for a cheap bottle of laundry detergent, is creating its own line of urban fashions as part of a wide-ranging effort to shed its reputation for dowdy designs...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Bill to Strengthen Pension Plans Is Mired in Dispute
A bill to strengthen corporate pension plans was mired in disputes over financing rules with no resolution in sight, senators said...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Broadcaster Is Reported Ready to Sell Radio Stations to Investors
Susquehanna Media, the nation's largest privately owned radio broadcaster, is near a deal to sell its group of radio stations for more than $1 billion...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Opening Arguments, Endlessly
Several influential blogs seem to be run by lawyers, who constitute considerably less than 1 percent of the population...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Paramount Fires Leaders of Classics Unit
David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale, who founded and for eight years ran Paramount Classics, were informed that they were being replaced...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Experts Give Scientists Roadmap on Nanotechnology Research
Toxicologists studying whether materials being invented by nanotechnology researchers can be hazardous to humans have been given a "screening strategy" by a government-sponsored panel...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Europe's Central Bank Keeps Rate, but Hints It May Rise
With oil prices high, the European Central Bank signaled that it was edging toward its first interest rate increase since 2000...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Former KPMG Partner Settles in Xerox Case
A former KPMG partner who was involved in audits of the Xerox Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, leaving four other partners still facing litigation over the audits from 1997 to 2000, which the S.E.C. claims allowed the company to overstate profits by $1.3 billion...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Viacom Executive Is Leaving for Post at Fox's Stations Group
Dennis Swanson will leave his post as executive vice president of the Viacom stations division to become the president of station operations for the Fox Television Stations Group...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
MCI Shareholders Vote for Sale to Verizon
Shareholders of MCI, the long-distance company, overwhelmingly approved a proposed $8.4 billion sale of the company to Verizon Communications yesterday, removing the biggest hurdle to a deal that will create one of the world's biggest telecommunications carriers...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Disney Chief Gets $2 Million and Big Bonus
Robert A. Iger will earn $2 million a year in salary and is eligible for a yearly bonus of about $7.25 million as long as the company meets certain performance standards...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
AOL Will Buy Weblogs
The America Online unit of Time Warner agreed to buy Weblogs, the owner of 85 Web sites that serve as hosts to the popular online diaries called blogs...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Ex-Miramax Chiefs Halfway to Financial Goal for New Studio
If all goes according to plan, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the former heads of Miramax, will have raised more than $420 million in equity for their new movie studio within weeks...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Let the Price Wars Begin
Retailers, worried that rising gas prices and a pair of hurricanes will spoil the crucial holiday shopping season, are already planning broad markdowns...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Tax Shelters and KPMG: Sorting Out Legal Issues
Despite charges stemming from a group of executives' alleged role in designing and selling questionable tax shelters, the legality of the shelters is still undetermined...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
Talk of Bird Flu Pandemic Revives Interest in Passed-Over Drugs
Peramivir, a drug that three years ago failed in clinical trials, might be resurrected amid growing fears of a global bird flu pandemic...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
G.E. Commits to Dredging 43 Miles of Hudson River
General Electric made a binding agreement to dredge the dangerous chemicals from the river in one of the largest and most expensive industrial cleanups in history...
New York Times - October 7, 2005
White House denies 'God' claim
The White House rejects claims that President George W Bush said that God told him to invade Iraq...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Golf: Monty leads way in SF
Colin Montgomerie leads by three shots after the WGC-American Express Championship first round...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Canada mystery illness identified
An illness which killed 16 people at a Canadian nursing home is identified as legionnaires' disease...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
Central America storm toll rises
Forty bodies are recovered from a village in Guatemala after a landslide, as the regional death toll tops 200...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
US-Brazil rift on cotton deepens
The US says it may retaliate if Brazil goes ahead and imposes sanctions in a row over cotton subsidies...
BBC News - October 7, 2005
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