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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2008:
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City Room: Ask About Immigrants on the L.E.S.
Steve Long of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is answering readers' questions this week on the neighborhood's history of immigration and tenement life...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Lede : Taser Toting, Without Missing a Beat
If the world were divided into neat groups -- say, between users of Tasers and MP3 players...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Justices Hear Arguments in Lethal Injection Case
A lawyer for a condemned prisoner asserted that there is an unacceptable risk of agony in Kentucky?s procedure...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Clemens?s Lawyer Plays Tape of Call With McNamee
The move came a day after Roger Clemens filed a defamation lawsuit against Brian McNamee, his former trainer...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Clinton Talks About Strains of Campaign
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton talked about holding up under the rigors of the race in perhaps her most public display of emotion of the campaign...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Sony BMG to Drop Copy Protection for Downloads
Sony BMG Music Entertainment will become the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection software on music downloads...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Stocks End Mixed in Shaky Trading
Investors grew more confident that the Fed will lower interest rates again to ward off recession, but they also wrestled with worries about the upcoming earnings season...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Starbucks Founder Returns as Chief
Howard D. Schultz said he will bring a ?laser-like focus? to improving the customer experience and making sure that the ?Starbucks? experience? is different from rivals...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
DealBook Blog: Sallie Mae Appoints New Chairman, C.F.O.
The beleaguered student lending giant appointed a longtime banking executive, Anthony P. Terracciano, as its new chairman, as it continues to struggle with tighter credit markets and the wreckage from its failed buyout...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Bush Acknowledges Mixed Signals on Economy
The president said the economic signs were ?increasingly mixed,? but suggested he would oppose Democratic initiatives to increase spending to head off a recession...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Krispy Kreme boss to step down
Shares in the struggling doughnut chain jump 10% after the firm says it has parted company with its chief executive...
BBC News - January 7, 2008
Bush warns of economic challenges
President George W Bush says the US economy has a strong base but growth cannot be taken for granted...
BBC News - January 7, 2008
US court debates lethal injection
The US Supreme Court begins hearing a challenge to lethal injections that has halted executions for months...
BBC News - January 7, 2008
The Moment Blog: Adam Kimmel on Men?s Fashion
This week's guest blogger, Adam Kimmel...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Energy Costs a Top Concern for New Hampshire Voters
Despite what many here consider a rising energy crisis, most voters said the presidential candidates had disappointingly vague approaches to the problem...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
8 Die as Bus Tumbles Off Utah Road
A chartered bus ran off a rain-slick road in far southwestern Utah on a weekend when fierce winter weather caused troubles across a wide swath of the West...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Clemens Files Suit Against Former Trainer
A lawyer for Brian McNamee said that he was not pressured by investigators to name Roger Clemens...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
U.S. Describes Confrontation With Iranian Ships
Five Iranian boats took aggressive actions around three U.S. naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, an official said...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Caucus Blog: Clinton Campaign Turns on Iowa
After a third-place finish in the caucuses, the Clinton staff has downplayed the importance of Iowa...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Investors Said to Seek a Takeover of CNet
A group of investment funds has amassed a 21 percent stake in CNet and is seeking to oust its directors and take over a majority of its board...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Stocks Fluctuate Amid Rate Cut Hopes
Wall Street pared earlier gains after the Bush administration warned Iran following an incident involving three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Advertising: Xerox Hopes Its New Logo Doesn?t Say ?Copier?
Xerox announced Monday it would retire the staid red capital X that has dominated its logo for 40 years in favor of ?a brand identity that reflects the Xerox of today.?...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
DealBook Blog: Sallie Mae Appoints New Chairman, C.F.O.
The beleaguered student lending giant appointed a longtime banking executive, Anthony P. Terracciano, as its new chairman, as it continues to struggle with tighter credit markets and the wreckage from its failed buyout...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
As Electronics Show Grows, Some Scale Back
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become a challenging place to introduce new products...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Stadium Goes Up, but Bronx Still Seeks Benefits
When they negotiated to build a new stadium, the Yankees and elected officials agreed the team would give roughly $1.2 million a year to local groups. They?re building it, but no money has been distributed yet...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Bombings Kill 7 in Baghdad
A double bombing killed at least seven people and wounded 25 outside the Baghdad office of a government agency that cares for Sunni mosques and shrines...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
If Your Hard Drive Could Testify ...
The government contends that it is perfectly free to inspect the hard drive of every laptop that enters the country in the same way it looks through suitcases...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Clemens Calls Drug Accusations ?Totally False?
An interview set up a showdown before a Congressional committee that has summoned Roger Clemens to testify...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Taylor War Crimes Trial Opens
The international trial of former President Charles Taylor of Liberia reopened six months after it was adjourned when he boycotted the opening session and fired his attorney...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test
The Supreme Court will hear arguments that an Indiana law prevented voters from having their ballots counted...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Rush of Water Leaves a Nevada Town in Anguish
A levee broke on an irrigation canal, soaking Fernley, Nev. Larger storms were cited in at least three deaths...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
In New Hampshire, Bill Clinton Is Finding Less Spark
Campaigning for his wife, Bill Clinton has been drawing sleepy crowds in the state that revived his 1992 presidential bid...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Kenya Kikuyus, Long Dominant, Are Now Routed
Tens of thousands of Kikuyus, the tribe of Kenya?s president, have fled because of ethnic violence...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Retracing Steps, McCain Is Feeling Rejuvenated
John McCain, who won the New Hampshire primary in 2000, is in many ways a different candidate running a very different campaign...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Defying U.S. Plan, Prison Expands in Afghanistan
Efforts to scale back the U.S. detention center at the Bagram military base are failing, and its conditions have drawn a strong complaint from the Red Cross...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Publishing That?s All About Me
Torn between family photos and a stack of periodicals...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Week?s Economic Reports
Trade deficit figures headline a light week for economic data...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Well-Wired Use Libraries More
Library use is far more prevalent among people who have broadband Internet connections, according to a new study...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
G.M. to Show a Vehicle That Drives by Itself
Within a decade, General Motors thinks it will have the ultimate solution to the growing problem of distracted drivers: a car that can do the driving itself...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Case of a Sign Painter and Theft: On Page 1, a Paper Leads to a Suspect
Subscribers to Idaho?s Lewiston Tribune did not need to be the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree to notice something odd on the front page Dec. 13...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes Monday?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Some Brand-Name Bloggers Say Stress of Posting Is a Hazard to Their Health
Blogger Om Malik?s heart attack ? and his blogging about it ? raises the issue of what happens when a blogger becomes a name brand...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Google?s Lunchtime Betting Game
Even at an Internet company, information travels fastest on the ground...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
In Blog, a Military Man Writes About His Own Death
?I died doing a job I loved,? U.S. Army Major Andrew Olmsted wrote in his final online piece...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Saying ?Will You? for Prizes, on the Web
1-800-Flowers.com is holding a ?Will You Marry Me?? contest to find the season?s most intriguing marriage proposal...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
CBS ?Early Show? Tries a Revised Format, Again
The network?s affiliate stations will carry the full first hour of the two-hour ?Early Show? for the first time...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Ex-Harvard President Meets a Former Student, and Intellectual Sparks Fly
A Harvard graduate pitches a Web site, Big Think, as a ?YouTube for ideas.?...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching an Internet search engine based on the same voluntary collaboration that drives the online encyclopedia...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Times and CNBC Will Share Material on Web Sites
The deal will mostly involve posting Times articles and other written material on CNBC?s site, and CNBC video on the Times site...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
In Strike, Separate Deals Draw Ire of Big Producers
A deal between United Artists and the Writers Guild of America West may have opened the door to a full-blown brawl...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Yahoo Makes a New Play for Ads on Mobile Phones
Yahoo plans to announce it has opened up some of its key mobile software and services to outside publishers and programmers...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Economists Say Movie Violence Might Temper the Real Thing
A new study challenges conventional wisdom, suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Filling Big Hiking Boots at an Early Age
Discovery Kids pins some hopes on a chip off the crocodile hunter...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Investors Said to Seek a Takeover of CNet
A group of investment funds has amassed a 21 percent stake in CNet and is seeking to oust its directors and take over a majority of its board...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
As Big Electronics Show Expands, Some Companies Scale Back
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has never been bigger, but it has become a challenging and sometimes ineffectual place to introduce new products...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Impeach Bush, McGovern urges
George McGovern, candidate in 1972, says the case against George Bush is more serious than against Richard Nixon...
BBC News - January 7, 2008
US al-Qaeda man threat to Bush
An al-Qaeda spokesman calls for a bombing campaign in the Middle East to mark the US leader's visit this week...
BBC News - January 7, 2008
Laugh Lines Blog: Joke of the Day
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1042 3886&fsrc=RSS Looking for the right man SIR ? My husband and I enjoyed your article on spousal selection and its finding that women have better choices the higher the ratio of males to females (?A buyers' market?, December 15th). But there may be limits to this. We travelled to Alaska ten years ago and read several [...]...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Bits Blog: Fear and Gloating in Las Vegas
The New York Times's coverage of the annual bacchanalia of consumer electronics lust begins today in Las Vegas...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Rush of Water Leaves a Nevada Town in Anguish
A levee broke on an irrigation canal over the weekend, soaking Fernley, Nev., as larger storm systems battered the West Coast and were blamed for at least three deaths...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Dot Earth Blog: ?50 People Who Could Save the Planet?
A left-leaning British paper assembles a list of "50 people who could save the planet" that includes a movie star, two Nobel Peace Prize laureates, and a "skeptical environmentalist."...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Sidebar: If Your Hard Drive Could Testify ...
The government contends that it is perfectly free to inspect the hard drive of every laptop that enters the country in the same way it looks through suitcases...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Clemens Calls Drug Accusations ?Totally False?
The interview sets up a showdown before a Congressional committee that has summoned Roger Clemens and his former trainer to testify under oath...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
In New Hampshire, Bill Clinton Is Finding Less Spark
Campaigning for his wife, Bill Clinton has been drawing sleepy and sometimes smallish crowds in the state that revived his 1992 presidential bid...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday that an Indiana law on voter identification prevented voters from having their ballots counted...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Retracing Steps, McCain Is Feeling Rejuvenated
John McCain, who won the New Hampshire primary in 2000, is in many ways a different candidate running a very different campaign in a very different time...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
G.M. to Show a Vehicle That Drives by Itself
Within a decade, General Motors thinks it will have the ultimate solution to the growing problem of distracted drivers: a car that can do the driving itself...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Looking Ahead: The Week?s Economic Reports
Trade deficit figures headline a light week for economic data...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes Monday?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Drilling Down: The Well-Wired Use Libraries More
Library use is far more prevalent among people who have broadband Internet connections, according to a new study...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Case of a Sign Painter and Theft: On Page 1, a Paper Leads to a Suspect
Subscribers to Idaho?s Lewiston Tribune did not need to be the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree to notice something odd on the front page Dec. 13...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Media Equation: Publishing That?s All About Me
Torn between family photos and a stack of periodicals...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
In Blog, a Military Man Writes About His Own Death
?I died doing a job I loved,? U.S. Army Major Andrew Olmsted wrote in his final online piece...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Some Brand-Name Bloggers Say Stress of Posting Is a Hazard to Their Health
Blogger Om Malik?s heart attack ? and his blogging about it ? raises the issue of what happens when a blogger becomes a name brand...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Advertising: Saying ?Will You? for Prizes, on the Web
1-800-Flowers.com is holding a ?Will You Marry Me?? contest to find the season?s most intriguing marriage proposal...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Link By Link: Google?s Lunchtime Betting Game
Even at an Internet company, information travels fastest on the ground...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
CBS ?Early Show? Tries a Revised Format, Again
The network?s affiliate stations will carry the full first hour of the two-hour ?Early Show? for the first time...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Ex-Harvard President Meets a Former Student, and Intellectual Sparks Fly
A Harvard graduate pitches a Web site, Big Think, as a ?YouTube for ideas.?...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
The Times and CNBC Will Share Material on Web Sites
The deal will mostly involve posting Times articles and other written material on CNBC?s site, and CNBC video on the Times site...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Yahoo Makes a New Play for Ads on Mobile Phones
Yahoo plans to announce it has opened up some of its key mobile software and services to outside publishers and programmers...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching an Internet search engine based on the same voluntary collaboration that drives the online encyclopedia...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Economists Say Movie Violence Might Temper the Real Thing
A new study challenges conventional wisdom, suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
In Strike, Separate Deals Draw Ire of Big Producers
A deal between United Artists and the Writers Guild of America West may have opened the door to a full-blown brawl...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
As Big Electronics Show Expands, Some Companies Scale Back
The annual Consumer Electronics Show has never been bigger, but it has become a challenging and sometimes ineffectual place to introduce new products...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
Filling Big Hiking Boots at an Early Age
Discovery Kids pins some hopes on a chip off the crocodile hunter...
New York Times - January 7, 2008
NFL: NY Giants surge through
Brandon Jacobs scores two touchdowns as the New York Giants beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Wild Card play-off...
BBC News - January 7, 2008
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