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Madonna, Ritchie to begin divorce in London Friday
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck tours refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Palestinian leader appeals to Israelis in peace ad
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ethnic Turk wins political prominence in Germany
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Salvador archbishop nixes probe of killed Jesuits
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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US News Archive for March 2008:
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Thornburg Mortgage Says Its Survival Is in Doubt
Thornburg, the second-largest independent mortgage lender in the United States, said that it was unable to meet $610 million of margin calls...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Stocks Slide on Renewed Fears of Recession
A discouraging employment report revived fears among investors that the nation may already be in a recession...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
The Lede: Case of the Ex-Missing Ex-Model
Brussels authorities order a nationwide manhunt, only to find her a few hours later...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Fifth Down: Giants? Coughlin Signs New Deal
The Giants and Coach Tom Coughlin have agreed on a four-year contract that will pay the Super Bowl-winning coach roughly $21 million. A formal announcement is expected on Saturday...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
City Room: Sculpture Park at the Holland Tunnel
New York?s newest sculpture park will be established at an unlikely spot, on the traffic-jammed corner of Varick and Canal Streets in Lower Manhattan...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Concern in Europe on Cellphone Ads for Children
Driven in part by a lack of knowledge over the long-term health effects of mobile phone use, parent groups in Europe have called for a government ban on marketing to children...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
China?s Latest Crackdown: The Liquid Lunch
A Communist Party campaign aims to bust civil servants partaking in booze-soaked lunches...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Congress Questions Executives on Pay
The panel was examining if Wall Street?s compensation philosophy contributed to the mortgage boom...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
South American Leaders Agree to End Border Crisis
The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela signed a declaration resolving a dispute over a Colombian raid...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Sub-prime CEOs defend high wages
Three key figures at US firms hit by the sub-prime crisis have been facing a Congressional committee over their financial rewards...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Children thrown from burning flat
A Montreal mother saves her seven children by throwing them from the window of a burning building...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Obama aide quits in 'monster' row
An adviser to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama resigns after calling Hillary Clinton "a monster"...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
High & Low Finance: Loophole Lets Bank Rewrite the Calendar
When Société Générale moved its $9.7 billion loss from 2008 ? when it occurred ? to 2007, it created a furor in accounting circles about whether standards can be evenly applied...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Carlyle Fund?s Lenders Liquidating Securities
Carlyle Capital said it was ?considering all available options? after it received further margin calls, prompting analysts to warn that more funds could struggle to meet tighter margin requirements...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Japan Nominates Central Bank Chief
The government picked Toshiro Muto, a former finance bureaucrat, to lead the Bank of Japan, but legislative approval could be testy amid a broader parliamentary faceoff with the opposition...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
The Lede: Mourning the Student Body President
When a university loses its student body president to a random act...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
City Room: Play Looks at Being Black With a Badge
A one-act play and panel discussion at John Jay College of Criminal Justice examined the dynamics of police shootings, with echoes of the Sean Bell shooting trial now under way...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Wheels: Ask About the Car of the Future
Submit questions for auto designers who'll be appearing at an upcoming TimesTalk event about designing the Car of the Future...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: Answers About the Red Zone
The following is the second set of answers from reporters and staff members in the Baghdad Bureau. The first part of the Q&A was published on March 3. Q. What is the current state of Baghdad's hospitals and clinics? Are there sufficient doctors, health specialists and medicines to go around? ? Oliver A. Hi Oliver. Baghdad?s [...]...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Mexico?s New Frontier
On the Sea of Cortez, Loreto Bay is luring Americans in search of resort homes...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Bike Ridden by Bomber Recovered, Police Believe
Detectives were scrutinizing the bicycle for potential forensic evidence in the Times Square bombing...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
China Defends Darfur Role
A Chinese envoy said he had expressed ?grave concerns? to the Sudanese government about the violence in Darfur...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Thai Inquiry Set in Arms Sales Case
A Russian businessman regarded as a notorious arms dealer would be held in Thailand for investigation even as the U.S. seeks his extradition...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Killing in Spain Curtails Campaign
Spain?s two main political parties curtailed campaigning for the general election after a gunman suspected of belonging to Basque militant group ETA killed a former city councilman...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Economy Lost 63,000 Jobs in February
A report showing the fastest fall-off in the labor market in five years raised anticipation on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates sharply later this month...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Congress Questions Executives on Compensation
The panel hoped to shed light on how Wall Street?s pay philosophy may have contributed to the mortgage boom...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
The Caucus: After Remark, Aide to Obama Resigns
Samantha Power, a foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, apologized for calling Hillary Rodham Clinton ?a monster.?...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Countrywide fears on loans rules
One of three figures at key US firms hit by the sub-prime crisis says mortgage criteria should not tighten too much...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
'Photos not linked' to NY attack
US investigators seek fresh leads on a bomb blast in New York, after no link is found with suspect photos...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Angry words at LatAm summit
A summit of Latin American
leaders opens with a flurry of accusations over Colombia's raid into Ecuador...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
More job losses hit US economy
The US has seen a decline in employment for the second month in a row as fears for the US economy grow...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Belarus expels US ambassador
Belarus announces that it has expelled the United States ambassador, and recalled its ambassador to the US...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Clemens Investigators Look at Houston Clinic
I.R.S. agents are speaking to people connected to a Houston weight-loss center as part of an effort to determine whether Roger Clemens obtained steroids or human growth hormone...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Art Review | Whitney Biennial 2008: Art?s Economic Indicator
Past biennials have had a festive, party-time air. The 2008 edition is, by contrast, an unglamorous, even prosaic affair: a biennial for a recession-bound time...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Dollar in new slump against euro
The dollar hits a new record low against the euro, amid continued concerns over the state of the US economy...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Roddick splits from Connors
World number six American Andy Roddick announces he has split from his coach Jimmy Connors...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Colombians march for victims
Protests are held in Colombia in solidarity with the victims of paramilitary violence, a month after anti-rebel marches...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
UN's Louise Arbour to step down
Louise Arbour says she will stand down as UN Human Rights commissioner when her term expires in June...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
US curb for Google map-makers
Google is banned from filming inside US military bases because of the "threat" posed by its online maps...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
US Iraq envoy plans to step down
The US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, says he plans to retire from his post early next year...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Obama fund-raiser in fraud trial
The fraud trial of Barack Obama's friend and fund-raiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko opens in Chicago...
BBC News - March 7, 2008
Market Place: Hoping to Earn a Diploma
Shares of Sallie Mae, the nation?s largest source of student loans, have lost more than half their value since December...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Breaking the Rules and Admitting It
When Société Générale?s moved its $9.7 billion loss from 2008 ? when it occurred ? to 2007, it created a furor in accounting circles about whether standards can be evenly applied...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
State of the Art: A Camera That Frees Your Face
After a breakthrough by Sony, serious photographers can no longer snort at the idea of composing shots on a screen...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Prosecutor Says Detective Bragged of Wiretapping
Anthony Pellicano, who is defending himself, denied nothing in his opening remarks, saying that his business was ?problem solving.?...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Blockbuster Revamping Lifts Profit
Blockbuster posted better-than-expected results Thursday, saying cost cuts and revamping would yield a profit for 2008...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Disney to Offer Some Vintage TV Series on Its Web Site
The Walt Disney Company will begin showing its classic television shows on the Internet, its chief executive, Robert A. Iger, told shareholders on Thursday...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
NPR Chief, in Office Since 2006, Will Depart
Ken Stern is leaving after less than 18 months in the job...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Alabama County Facing Deadline on Sewer Debt
The Friday deadline requires it to put up $184 million in collateral or buy insurance to meet its obligations on $5.4 billion of interest-rate swaps linked to sewer debt...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Discounters Led Retailers Last Month
Department store sales fell as consumers turned to outlets where they could save money...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
European Bank Leaves Rate at 4%
With fears about inflation prompting the European Central Bank to leave interest rates unchanged, the euro touched a new high against the dollar...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
New Jobless Claims Declined Last Week
The number of people signing up for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, welcome news that nonetheless failed to change the overall picture of a softer employment market...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Japan?s Bank Keeps Rate Unchanged
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady Friday at the final board meeting of the governor, Toshihiko Fukui, on concern that economic growth was slowing...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
G.M. Temporarily Closes Another Plant Amid Strike at Parts Maker
G.M. temporarily closed its assembly plant at Wentzville, Mo., west of St. Louis, after it ran out of parts from American Axle...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Apple to Encourage iPhone Programmers
Apple is hoping to expand the iPhone?s appeal by luring software developers to create programs for it...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Panel to Review Payouts Given by Troubled Firms
Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will pose questions to chief executives of three financial companies who received outsize pay packages even as their shareholders lost billions...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
4 Executives Are Charged Over Tainted Toothpaste
Criminal charges were filed on Thursday against four executives who imported toothpaste from China that contained a poison used in some antifreeze...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Advertising: As the Snows Melt, Lowe?s Encourages Spring Thinking
The home improvement chain is planning what may be its most ambitious annual spring marketing campaign, which gets under way on Sunday...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
New York Subpoenas Several Health Insurers
The subpoenas were given in a broadening investigation of a practice that was said to be unfairly costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Builders and Homeowners Under Strain
The story of the Dunmore family in California is the story of the nation?s housing crisis writ small, familial and mean...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
F.A.A. Fines Southwest Air in Inspections
The F.A.A. proposed a record penalty, $10.2 million, against Southwest Airlines on Thursday because, it said, the carrier had misled officials...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
As Foreclosures Rise, Investors Pull Back
The figures are expected to increase pressure on policy makers and the mortgage industry to move faster to contain losses and help homeowners...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
In Times Square Blast, Echoes of Earlier Bombings
Detectives and federal agents are exploring the similarities that Thursday?s Times Square blast shares with two other explosions in high-profile Manhattan locations...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Russian Charged With Trying to Sell Arms
One of the world?s most notorious arms dealers was arrested in Thailand and charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to supply weapons to rebels in Colombia...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Senate Votes to Strengthen Product Safety Laws
The legislation would create a public database of complaints about products and empower state prosecutors to take action to protect consumers...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Gunman Kills 8 in Attack on School in Jerusalem
It was the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians in nearly two years and the first attack inside Jerusalem in four...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
In Crisis, Zimbabwe Asks: Could Mugabe Lose?
Ahead of a presidential election on March 29, Robert G. Mugabe is burdened not only by Zimbabwe?s persevering misery, but also by two formidable rivals...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Tumble as Credit Worries Worsen
The decline in the market that started Thursday morning in Europe and accelerated in New York hit the Asian markets hard in early trading Friday...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Recreation Fees Rising in Wake of Fires? Costs
Federal land agencies are imposing new fees and increasing existing ones at recreation sites in the West...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Aversion to Risk Deepens Credit Woes
Investors sought absolute safety, even moving away from debt issued by two government-sponsored mortgage lending enterprises...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Democrats Try to End Impasse Over Delegates
The fate of the Florida and Michigan delegations has emerged as a battleground that could be as important to the candidates as April?s Pennsylvania primary...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
Party Donations Show G.O.P. Edge
For all the money raised by the Democratic presidential candidates, the Republicans are beating them in one crucial area: fund-raising by the parties themselves...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay
A New York City charter school is promising to pay teachers $125,000, plus a potential bonus based on schoolwide performance...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
On Election Eve, Hazy Prospects for Malaysia Premier
There is widespread agreement the coalition that has governed the country since 1957 will win on Sunday, but the fate of the prime minister is less certain...
New York Times - March 7, 2008
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