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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 February 2007:
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NASA to re-examine its psychological testing
NASA will review psychological screening assessments for astronauts after the recent arrest of Lisa Nowak. The shuttle astronaut is charged with attempted first degree murder after an altercation with a love rival...
CNN - February 7, 2007
5 charged with $8.6M Iraq kickback
A grand jury indicts three U.S. Army Reserve officers and two civilians on charges they steered more than $8.6 million in Iraqi reconstruction funds to a contractor in exchange for kickbacks that included vehicles, jewelry and real estate. It is the latest development in a wave of charges stemming from the alleged fraudulent use of U.S. funds in Iraq...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Russert testifies he didn't give Libby agent's ID
NBC's Tim Russert, the last prosecution witness in Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial, testified Wednesday he didn't inform Libby of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity as Libby had claimed...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Huge global child porn ring found
Austrian authorities said Wednesday they have uncovered a major international child pornography ring involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, who paid to view videos depicting young children being sexually abused...
CNN - February 7, 2007
3rd Letter Bomb Explodes in Britain in 3 Days
The attacks have troubled the nation?s leaders and inspired comparisons with the Unabomber...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
NASA to Review Astronaut Screening
NASA officials said today they will review their psychological screening process in the wake of an astronaut?s arrest Monday...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
NBC?s Russert Rebuts Libby Testimony
Tim Russert testified today that, contrary to what I. Lewis Libby Jr. has maintained, the two of them never discussed a C.I.A. agent whose unmasking touched off a scandal...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
N.Y. Assembly Democrats Settle on Comptroller
In a setback for Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the Assembly reneged on a deal and picked Thomas P. DiNapoli...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Lazard Earnings Climb 50% in Fourth Quarter
The investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein said that strength in its merger-advisory business helped lift profit to a record $85.8 million...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Wal-Mart and a Union Unite, at Least on Health Policy
Two fierce rivals stood together in Washington and agreed on a series of goals for achieving universal health coverage...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Weight-Loss Drug to Be Sold Over the Counter
The drug, called Alli, is expected to be available to consumers this summer...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Reporters Find Plenty of Room on Airbus A380
Airbus introduced its 519-seat double-deck airplane to 200 members of the news media in a flight over France...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Blackstone?s Bid for Equity Office Prevails
Shareholders approved a $39 billion bid to take over the nation's largest office landlord...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Any excuse for 'friendly fire?'
Why did the US clear the pilots who killed a UK soldier in a friendly fire incident in Iraq four years ago?...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Canadian 'anger' at China trial
Canada's prime minister is said to be displeased his diplomats did not attend the trial in China of a Canadian Uighur...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Cricket: Windies 'gambling' row
India police allege a West Indies player passed information to an alleged bookmaker before a one-day international...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
'No sign' of Guantanamo beatings
A US army investigation finds no evidence of guards beating detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the US military says...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
US war objector's trial misfires
A mistrial is declared in the court martial of a US army officer who refused to deploy to Iraq...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Bolivian leader in miners talks
Bolivia's President Evo Morales holds talks with miners after mass protests in La Paz over tax rises...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Nasa reviews astronaut screening
Nasa is to review its psychological screening after the arrest of an astronaut on an attempted murder charge...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Five charged over US Iraq 'scam'
A US court charges five people over an alleged multi-million dollar scam involving Iraq reconstruction contracts...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
7 killed in Iraq helicopter crash
Seven people are killed when a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter goes down outside Baghdad during "routine operations," the U.S. military says. Crew members and passengers were among those on the chopper, and the military says the incident is under investigation. It was the fifth U.S. helicopter to go down in Iraq in almost three weeks...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Accused astronaut arrives home
Astronaut Lisa Nowak arrived in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, a day after she appeared in a Florida court to face charges of attempted murder against a romantic rival. A family statement said Nowak had recently separated from her husband who also works at NASA...
CNN - February 7, 2007
'Meet the Press' host to meet Libby jury
Prosecutors in the obstruction of justice and perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby are expected to rest their case today by calling Tim Russert, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," to refute Libby's story about how a CIA operative's identity was leaked to reporters...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Seven killed in Iraq helicopter crash
Seven people are killed when a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter goes down outside Baghdad during "routine operations," the U.S. military says...
CNN - February 7, 2007
U.S. Copter Crash Kills All 7 Aboard
A transport helicopter?s crash was the fifth in recent days, as the long-awaited Baghdad security operation got formally underway...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Lazard Earnings Climb 50 Percent in Fourth Quarter
The boutique investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein said that strength in its merger-advisory business helped lift profit to a record $85.8 million...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Blackstone Bid for Equity Office Prevails
Vornado is withdrawing its bid to take over the nation's largest office landlord...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Borat film success aids News Corp
The success of films like Borat and The Devil Wears Prada boosts News Corp quarterly sales, but TV profits fall...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Infineon shares up on Nokia deal
A chip deal with mobile phone maker Nokia sends Infineon shares 10% higher...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Discord over Bush library plans
Like many aspects of his presidency, George W Bush's plan for post-presidency - his library - has been mired in controversy from the start...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
NFL: Ticket rush for UK game
The NFL game to be played at the new Wembley Stadium on 28 October is already guaranteed to be a sell-out...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Marine on Italy murder charge
An Italian judge orders a US soldier to face trial over the death of an Italian agent at a checkpoint in Baghdad...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
US helicopter crash 'kills seven'
A US helicopter goes down near Baghdad and reports quoting US officials say all seven people aboard died...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
LA holds regional anti-gang talks
Officials from Central and North America meet in LA to discuss a crackdown on cross-border gangs...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Astronaut freed on bail, grounded
Astronaut Lisa Nowak, above left, is freed on bail, in seclusion and grounded by NASA after appearing in court to face charges including the attempted murder of a romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Astronaut is free on bond
Astronaut Lisa Nowak is free on bond and in seclusion after appearing in court to face charges including the attempted murder of a romantic rival. NASA and Nowak's family, meanwhile, are asking the public to withhold judgment...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Libby Speaks on Tape, but May Not in Court
I. Lewis Libby Jr.?s lawyers appeared to be engaging in some gamesmanship over the possibility of not having Mr. Libby testify in his own defense...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Profit Falls at Duke Energy
Profit Falls at Duke Energy...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Europe Compromises With Automakers on Carbon Limits
The European Commission is expected to endorse a watered-down blueprint that would impose a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from new passenger cars...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Samsung settles price-fixing case
Samsung Electronics agrees to pay $90m to settle price-fixing allegations in the US...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Crooner Frankie Laine dies at 93
Veteran singer Frankie Laine, who sang the theme to the TV show Rawhide, dies in California aged 93...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
US journalist in record jail term
Reporter Josh Wolf passes the mark for the longest jail time in US history for failing to reveal information...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Bremer quizzed over cash for Iraq
US politicians grill the former civilian chief in Iraq Paul Bremer over why he sent billions in cash to Baghdad...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Clashes as Bolivia miners protest
Thousands of Bolivian miners march on La Paz, throwing dynamite on their way, to protest against tax plans...
BBC News - February 7, 2007
Astronaut charged with attempted murder
Astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak was bailed out of jail after being charged with attempted murder and attempted kidnap of her rival for the affection of another astronaut. Nowak's family says the allegations were a "tremendous shock."...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Flooding recedes, but Jakarta wary
Deadly floods that have swamped the Indonesian capital since last week began receding Wednesday, but much of the city remained under filthy water and officials warned that more rain could trigger fresh flooding...
CNN - February 7, 2007
Democrat Wins Senate Seat on Long Island
Democrats captured a traditionally Republican State Senate seat on Long Island, winning the costliest battle for a state legislative seat in New York history...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Army Is Going Wrinkle-Free; Velcro Becomes Norm
The Army has been retiring its old Battle Dress Uniform in favor of a wrinkle-free cotton and nylon version...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Test to Predict Breast Cancer Relapse Is Approved
The approval marks a step toward an era in which medical treatments are personalized for each patient...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
From Spaceflight to Attempted Murder Charge
A NASA astronaut, Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak, has been charged with the attempted murder of a rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Marc Jacobs: Beautiful and a Little Bored
Marc Jacobs?s sleek fall clothes suggest boredom ? with fashion and with the same old thrills...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Rural Colleges Seek New Edge and Urbanize
A new concept of the college campus is taking root: a small city in the country that is not for only the young...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Finance Executive to Leave Nortel
The chief financial officer of Nortel Networks, Peter Currie, who rejoined the company in 2005 to help it recover from accounting problems, will step down on April 30. Nortel, the maker of phone equipment, said it had begun seeking a successor. Mr. Currie decided to pursue other interests, a spokesman, Jay Barta, said. Mr. Currie was chief financial officer from 1994 to early 1997 before leaving to become chief financial officer at the Royal Bank of Canada...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Union Sets Wage Target
The German trade union IG Metall said that it would demand a pay increase of 6.5 percent in wage talks expected to begin soon, setting the stage for a clash with employers. ?The metal and engineering industries can easily cope with and finance an increase of 6.5 percent,? IG Metall?s head, Jürgen Peters, left, said in a statement issued after a union board meeting. ?It?s the employers? turn in 2007.? Mr. Peters said IG Metall was expecting productivity gains of 1.8 percent for the economy as a whole and inflation of 2.3 percent this year, matching the government estimate. Productivity in the engineering and metal industries, however, was expected to rise more strongly, by 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent. Dieter Hundt, head of the Confederation of German Employers? Associations, said in a statement that a 6.5 percent wage increase would hurt the economy and undermine recovery of the sector, which led to the creation of 30,000 jobs last year...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Revenue Rises at Ad Agency
The Publicis Groupe, the advertising company, said fourth-quarter revenue rose 4.8 percent helped by growth in Europe and gains in North America. Revenue increased to 1.25 billion euros ($1.62 billion), Publicis said. Publicis had $500 million of net new business in the fourth quarter as it won business from Renault, Walt Disney and the Marriott Group, among others. Revenue in Europe was 530 million euros in the fourth quarter, a gain of 5.5 percent, excluding acquisitions and currency swings...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
World Business Briefing | Australia: BHP Adds to Buyback; Chief to Retire
BHP Billiton, the world?s largest mining company, reported a 41 percent jump in first-half net profit and said it would add $10 billion to a previously announced plan to buy back $3 billion in shares, but surprised investors by announcing that its chief executive, Charles W. Goodyear, would retire this year. Mr. Goodyear said his decision to retire after nine years ? five as chief ? was part personal and part professional. ?I generally stay in an organization for something like eight to nine years and that?s good for personal renewal and for corporate renewal.?...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Sales Spur Avon Profit
Avon Products reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings yesterday as it pressed ahead with a revamping program, setting off a 10 percent gain in its share price...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: A Directionless Market Ends Barely Higher
Wall Street eked out a modest advance yesterday after investors found little motivation in remarks by Federal Reserve officials and shrugged off a warning from a chip maker, National Semiconductor...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
M. Lamar Muse, 86, Dies; Led Southwest Airlines
M. Lamar Muse was the first president of Southwest Airlines and a pioneer of airline deregulation...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Airline to Cut 4,300 Jobs
Japan Airlines said it would cut 4,300 employees, or about 8 percent of its work force, by March 2010 as part of its four-year business plan intended to improve profits. The company, which is based in Tokyo, reported a loss for the most recent quarter and is still struggling to regain customer confidence after a spate of safety lapses in recent years. The company reported a loss of 10.8 billion yen ($89.9 million) for the October-December quarter, slightly less than the 11 billion yen loss it recorded for the period in 2005. Sales rose 4.9 percent, to 584.1 billion yen ($4.9 billion). Cargo traffic from Japan to China was strong, but traffic to the United States was weak in the latest quarter...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
S.& P. Buys 3 Indexes
The Standard & Poor?s unit of the McGraw-Hill Companies agreed to buy the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index and two other products from Goldman Sachs Group, S.& P. said...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
RenaissanceRe Settles S.E.C. Case
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AP) ? The insurance company RenaissanceRe Holdings agreed on Tuesday to pay a $15 million fine to settle civil charges of securities fraud over what federal regulators said was a sham transaction created to burnish the company?s earnings by smoothing their volatility...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
S.E.C. Files Suit in Options Case
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AP) ? Two former top executives of the military contractor Engineered Support Systems enriched themselves and others in a five-year scheme to manipulate the timing of stock option grants, federal regulators charged Tuesday...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Tyco?s Profit Rises as It Prepares to Become 3 Units
The manufacturing conglomerate Tyco International, which is preparing to split into three separate companies, said yesterday its profit climbed 43 percent in its most recent quarter...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Cargill Names Its Next Chief
WAYZATA, Minn., Feb. 6 (AP) ? The agribusiness company Cargill said Tuesday that its chief executive, Warren R. Staley, would retire June 1 after reaching 65, the company?s retirement age for executives...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
S.E.C. Query to Adobe
Adobe Systems, which makes design software, said yesterday that it had received a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission asking for more information about its stock option practices...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
BP?s Quarterly Profit Falls to 2-Year Low
LONDON, Feb. 6 (AP) ? BP said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 22 percent to a two-year low, driven down by the declining price of oil and increased safety spending...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Loss Posted at McClatchy Isn?t as Deep as Expected
The loss, which came to $3.41 a share, was in contrast to a profit of $45.4 million, or 97 cents a share, in the quarter a year earlier...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Exxon Seeks Reversal of Judgment in Alabama Royalty Case
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 6 (AP) ? The largest verdict in Alabama history went before the Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday with Exxon Mobil arguing that the $3.6 billion judgment is unjustified because the company committed no fraud...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Cleaner Shopping Carts Are Bill?s Goal
Arkansas is poised to become to the first state in the nation to officially encourage groceries to offer sanitary wipes to their customers that use shopping carts...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy Plunges
Hyperinflation has bankrupted the government, left 8 in 10 citizens destitute and decimated factories and farms...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Earnings Drop 85% After Write-Down at IAC/InterActiveCorp
The company also said that its Home Shopping Network and lending profits fell short of internal targets...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
MGIC Investment Buys Rival for $4.9 Billion
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 6 (AP) ? A mortgage insurance provider, the MGIC Investment Corporation, has agreed to buy a rival, the Radian Group, for $4.9 billion in stock to form a mortgage and credit risk insurance company with total assets of nearly $15 billion, the companies said Tuesday...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Zucker?s Bumpy Ride to the Top
NBC Universal?s new chief executive overcame falling prime-time ratings starting three years ago while he led the company?s television group...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Amazon and TiVo in Venture to Put Downloaded Videos on TV
The companies will allow TiVo owners who shop on Amazon?s digital download store to send films and TV shows to their broadband-connected TiVo machines...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
U.S. Military Contractors Seek Deals at Bangalore Air Show
As India and the United States gradually relax policies on military collaboration between the two countries, American companies hope to compete for contracts worth billions of dollars...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Toyota Reports Record Profits and Sales in 4th Quarter
The Toyota Motor Corporation, on pace to become the world?s biggest auto company, reports a 7.3 percent gain...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Video Gear Helps to Lift Cisco?s Profit and Shares
The Internet equipment maker benefited from growing demand for bigger, faster networks that can handle video...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Bernanke Suggests How to Narrow Wage Gap
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AP) ? Bolstering education and training, rather than erecting trade barriers, would help narrow the economic gap between low- and high-income workers, the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said Tuesday...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Hollywood Takes Its Concerns About Piracy and Taxes to Washington
The heads of the major movie studios visited Congress to press their agenda of fighting piracy, obtaining new tax advantages and reining in movie and television production from going abroad...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Samsung to Pay $90 Million in Chip Price Case
The world?s largest maker of memory chips settled civil charges that it conspired with six other makers of computer chips to fix prices...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Ford Will Resurrect the Taurus Brand
The company is expected to announce that it will rechristen the slow-selling Ford Five Hundred sedan the Taurus later this year...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Economix: Bridging Gaps Early On in Oklahoma
The state?s voluntary public preschool program, which 70 percent of 4-year-olds attend, is one of the most serious attempts to deal with economic inequality anywhere in the country...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Court Approves Class-Action Suit Against Wal-Mart
The ruling was a big setback to Wal-Mart?s efforts to block the nation?s largest sex discrimination lawsuit...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
G.E. Finds Strength in Its Diversity
The company?s acquisitions in growth platforms mean more technologies to tap into for use in its other businesses...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Wal-Mart and a Union Unite, at Least on Health Policy
Two fierce rivals will stand together in Washington and agree on a series of goals for achieving universal health coverage, according to people briefed on the matter...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Advertising: To Sell Trucks, Toyota Shuns the Subtle
Toyota?s ads for its new full-size Tundra pickup emphasize horsepower and don?t mention the auto maker?s famous fuel economy or hybrid technology...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Square Feet: Keeping the Fruits of Research Close to Home in St. Louis
The city is establishing a biotech corridor to commercialize local science...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Allied Records Are Subpoenaed in ?Pretexting? Case
Prosecutors want to know whether the business development company obtained the phone records of a critic through impersonation...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Shareholder Vote Today Could Settle Fight for Office REIT
The Blackstone Group leads Vornado Realty Trust in the bidding for Equity Office Properties Trust, the nation?s largest office landlord...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
Jobs Calls for End to Music Copy Protection
Apple?s chief said record companies should allow songs to be sold online without anticopying software, in part because the technology does not stop piracy...
New York Times - February 7, 2007
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