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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2008:
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Palm Takes $25 Million Write-Down and Revises Loss
The handset maker said that it lost more in the third quarter than it initially reported because of a recent revaluation of securities affected by the tight credit market...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
W. R. Grace Settles Asbestos Claims
The specialty chemicals company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001, said that it would settle all present and future asbestos-related personal injury claims...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Quiet Day as Shares End Mostly Higher
Shares ended the day mixed on Monday in light trading as many investors moved to the sidelines ahead of quarterly profit reports...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Nielsen?s Latest Buy Is an Audience Research Firm
Nielsen said that it had agreed to acquire IAG Research, which measures the effectiveness of advertising on television and online, for $225 million in cash...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
5 San Diego Officials Sued Over Bond Disclosure
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud complaints against five former officials who played roles in the San Diego?s financial meltdown in 2002 and 2003...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Consumer Borrowing Slows Dramatically
Amid a tight credit market and prolonged housing slump, consumer borrowing rose at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in February, half of the 4.9 percent increase in January...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
A.M.D., Citing a Global Slowdown, to Cut 1,650 Jobs
The layoffs may be one of the first signs in Silicon Valley of an economic slowdown that has already affected other industries in the United States...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Alcoa Quarterly Profit Falls More Than 50%
The aluminum producer cited higher energy and raw material costs and a weak dollar, which offset a surge in the metal?s price...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
$5 Billion Said to Be Near for WaMu
The injection of capital by TPG, a big buyout firm, and several other investors, could be announced as early as Tuesday...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Returning to the East Coast in a Search for Natural Gas
A natural gas drilling frenzy unlike any seen in decades is unfolding rural Pennsylvania, and it eventually could encompass a huge chunk of the East...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Thieves Mine Church Roofs as Lead Prices Rise
The near record price that lead ? the stuff many old church roofs are made of ? is fetching on commodity markets has led to an accelerating crime wave...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
NBC Goes to Court to Keep ?Runway?
NBC Universal, the parent company of Bravo network, filed a lawsuit to try to keep one of the biggest hits in cable television from moving to Lifetime this fall...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
The Lede: Pavarotti, Revered Even When Lip-Synching
How will history judge him for lip-synching? Luckily, history has already judged him for lip-synching...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
City Room: Ansonia Smoking Lawsuit Is Settled
The lawyer-couple who sued their neighbor at the historic Upper West Side apartment building over second-hand smoke have agreed to drop the lawsuit after the neighbor agreed to use air filters and a smokeless ashtray...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Washington Post Wins 6 Pulitzer Prizes
The Post?s reporting on wounded soldiers at Walter Reed, the Virginia Tech shooting and Dick Cheney was honored. The New York Times won two awards...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Negligent Driving Killed Diana, Jury Finds
A jury in Britain called the killing of Princess Diana and her lover unlawful, a verdict described as being tantamount to manslaughter...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Bush to Force Vote on Colombia Trade
The trade agreement has become a subject of fierce controversy, and played a role in the resignation of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s top adviser...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
A.M.D. to Cut 1,600 Jobs as It Lowers Forecast
Citing lower-than-expected sales across its business, A.M.D. estimated revenue for the first quarter at about $1.5 billion, well below the average analyst estimate of $1.62 billion...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
City Room: Congestion Pricing Dead, Assembly Speaker Says
Sheldon Silver said that the New York State Assembly will not approve a plan to charge drivers $8 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street during peak hours...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Clinton Campaign Regroups After Shakeup at Top
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s campaign sought to reassure supporters that it would withstand its second major leadership shakeup in two months...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Olympic Torch Run in Paris Halted as Protests Spread
Thousands of demonstrators massed to protest the relay, and the torch went out several times, forcing the police to place it on a bus...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
NY blocks mayor's congestion plan
New York's state assembly blocks a plan to ease Manhattan gridlock with a congestion charge...
BBC News - April 7, 2008
Pulitzer wins for Washington Post
The Washington Post newspaper scoops six Pulitzer prizes, including the coveted Public Service award...
BBC News - April 7, 2008
U.A.W. Head Plans to Meet With Chief of Parts Maker
Ron Gettelfinger and the chief executive of American Axle, Richard E. Dauch, planned to meet in an effort to end a nearly 6-week-old strike at the auto parts maker...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
America for Sale: 2 Outcomes When Foreigners Buy Factories
Two cities offer competing narratives for a nation uneasy about being on the selling end of the global economy...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Motorola Names Icahn Executive to Board
The cellphone maker has agreed to name Keith Meister, a managing director of Icahn investment funds, to its board of directors under terms of an agreement with Carl Icahn...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Stocks Advance As Deal Talk Increases
Wall Street posted gains in early trading after reports of several potential corporate deals...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Acting Chief Nominated to Lead Bank of Japan
The government named Masaaki Shirakawa to head the central bank permanently, finally finding a candidate the veto-wielding opposition is likely to back after weeks of crisis...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Discover Card Buys Citigroup?s Diners Club
Discover Financial will pay $165 million for Diner?s Club, which generates more than $30 billion of annual card volume outside North America...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
TierneyLab: And the Worst Bad Name Is . . .
We have a winner in the Worst Bad Name Contest. And after talking to the woman who has this name, I'm happy to report we have new anecdotal evidence to go with the psychological studies supporting the Boy Named Sue theory: good things can indeed come from a bad name. It wasn't easy picking [...]...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
City Room: Athena and Socrates, Meet Aristotle
The newly unveiled bronze bust, a gift to the city from the people of Halkidiki, a peninsula in the Greek region of Macedonia, joins a park that also includes statues of Socrates and Athena...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Bats: Matsui Move an Easy Choice. But Joba?
Moving Hideki Matsui to the fifth spot was an easy decision for Joe Girardi. How to handle Joba Chamberlain may be just as simple, for now...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Bid Again
Responding to a letter from Microsoft that threatened to lower the price of its buyout offer, Yahoo called Microsoft?s bid too low...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Novartis Buys Alcon Stake From Nestlé
The Swiss drug maker said that it would pay Nestlé $11 billion for a 25 percent stake in Alcon, the world?s biggest eye-care company...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
City Room: Deputy Mayor Argues for Traffic Fees
Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey did not rule out an appearance by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in Albany if that is what it takes to get the plan approved...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
The Lede: Paper Retracts Report on Rapper
After an internal inquiry, The Los Angeles Times says it no longer believes what it published last month about a 1994 attack on Tupac Shakur...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Bits: Facebook to Settle Lawsuit Over Its Origins
Facebook is on the verge of settling an ongoing, embarrassing lawsuit over the origins of its founding at Harvard...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
McCain Highlights Drop in Iraq Violence
Senator John McCain said troop buildup in Iraq brought a glimmer of ?something approaching normal? there, despite a recent outbreak of heavy fighting...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Times Reporter Held in Zimbabwe Jail Out on Bail
The journalist, Barry Bearak, was swept up during a raid and jailed for covering the elections without permission...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Jury Finds Fault in Diana?s Death
LONDON (AP) -- A coroner's jury ruled Monday that Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed through the reckless actions of their driver and the paparazzi in 1997...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Bush to Force Vote on Colombia Trade
President Bush on Monday signed a letter to send a controversial free trade agreement with Colombia to Congress...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Olympic Torch Relay in Paris Halted as Protests Spread
The torch went out several times, and police officers had to put it onto a bus to protect it from protesters before organizers canceled the final leg of the relay...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
EU suffers defeat in banana wars
The World Trade Organization rules against EU duties on banana imports in a long-running dispute...
BBC News - April 7, 2008
Novartis to Buy Nestle's Alcon Stakes for $39 Billion
Novartis has agreed to buy Nestle?s 77 percent stake in U.S. company Alcon in a deal worth up to $39 billion to boost its eye care business, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Torch Extinguished Amid Protests
Police in jogging gear put the torch out and brought it aboard a bus, apparently to move it away from protesters...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Yahoo Is Said to Rebuff Microsoft Threat Over Bid
Yahoo?s is expected to reject merger negotiations with Microsoft and explain why its board believes the current offer price is too low...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Sfantu Gheorghe Journal: Kosovo?s Actions Hearten a Hungarian Enclave
Romania?s Hungarian minority, known as Szeklers, believe it?s their time for independence and for their proposed semi-autonomous state, Szeklerland...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Gates hints at Vista 'successor'
Microsoft's Bill Gates drops hints about when the next version of Windows might appear...
BBC News - April 7, 2008
Seeking answers on King's killer
Forty years on from the murder of Martin Luther King, the BBC's Vincent Dowd looks at continuing questions about his killer...
BBC News - April 7, 2008
Yahoo 'not opposed' to Microsoft
Internet search engine Yahoo says it is not opposed to Microsoft's takeover bid, so long as it takes place at the right price...
BBC News - April 7, 2008
The Media Equation: Vanity Fair and the Private Eye
Vanity Fair has ended up mired in the intrigue of the trial of Anthony Pellicano, the private investigator charged with wiretapping and racketeering...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Low-Fare Airline Files for Bankruptcy
Skybus Airlines, a low-fare carrier that started operations less than a year ago, filed for bankruptcy after stopping service...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Looking Ahead: The Week?s Major Economic Reports
SIGNALS ON THE ECONOMY The main economic news of the week will come on Tuesday with the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting on March 18...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week included Monday?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills, and other auctions Tuesday and Thursday...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Accounts, People, Miscellany
Accounts, People, Miscellany...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
For One Company, Role in Medicare Experiment Has Hurt Stock
Shares of Healthways have fallen about 40 percent for the year to date since the government has begun to emit doubt about the cost-effectiveness of disease management...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Live at the Multiplex: A Movie Ad
A division of Sony Pictures has relied on stunts to help sell its movies, taking the unusual step of asking multiplex employees for help to promote a coming horror movie...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
High-Tech Crime Is an Online Bubble That Hasn?t Burst
Electronic crime is maturing, and with its evolution, criminals are adopting conventional approaches like supermarket-style pricing and outsourcing to specialists...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Where ?Idol?s? Charitable Arm Reaches
Officials at the nine charities that received money from the ?Idol Gives Back? charity last year said they were pleased with the program?s efforts...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Drilling Down: Limbaugh?s Following Extends to Ads
A study found that Rush Limbaugh?s share of radio listeners was greatest during commercials, beating his share during on-air segments...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
E-Commerce Report: Online Fantasy and Real Money in Fishing
A popular online fantasy fishing site is really a marketing tool for a boat maker...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Personal Touch of ABC Executive Gets the Scoop
The network landed an interview with Gen. David H. Petraeus, the United States commander in Iraq, through a pitch by David Westin, the president of ABC News...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
DirecTV Deal Will Subsidize ?Friday Night Lights?
Television executives say this model, whereby a subscription television service gets rights to broadcast a show first, could help keep other sentimental favorites on the air...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
The Book Is Real Enough. It?s the Author That?s Fake.
A book written ?by? a character on the soap opera ?All My Children? has become a bestseller...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
A Comprehensive PBS Documentary on the Iraq War Becomes a Big Hit Online
?Bush?s War,? a ?Frontline? documentary produced for the fifth anniversary of the United States? invasion of Iraq, has been viewed online by a record number of viewers...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Advertising: BMW Turns to the Web for Its 1-Series
The campaign is indicative of efforts by mainstream marketers to alter their media mixes as consumers change their media habits...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Amazon Accelerates Its Move to Digital
With the No. 1 source of music sales now an online downloading service, Amazon.com looks at the development of its digital offerings with a sense of urgency...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Rifts in Family and Companies Hang Over Redstone?s Legacy
Sumner M. Redstone, the media mogul, has left a trail of tattered relationships with family members and executives, leaving open the question of who will succeed him...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Scrabble Tries to Fight a Popular Impostor at Its Own Game
RealNetworks is quietly introducing a version of Scrabble on Facebook, despite pledging to save Scrabulous, the popular, unauthorized online version of the board game...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Ruling Party Seeks Recount in Zimbabwe
The opposition and President Robert Mugabe?s party are jockeying for political position as the country waits with consternation for results...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Yahoo Reveals Details of Its New Ad Sales System
Yahoo?s system, still months away from being ready, would help the company and its partners drive sales of graphical and other premium ads...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Sam Zell: A Tough Guy in a Mean Business
Sam Zell, the owner of the Tribune Company, faces difficult choices ahead, as his company struggles under $12.8 billion in debt and looks at a very real risk of credit default...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Keeping Score: Woods?s Success Starts With Finishing Touch
Tiger Woods, the runaway leader in earnings and world ranking, has mastered better than anyone else the magic ingredients of performance that lead to low scores...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Pork Barrel Remains Hidden in U.S. Budget
Lawmakers can secretly direct billions of dollars to pet projects through vague requests called ?soft earmarks.?...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Health Plans: Medicare Finds How Hard It Is to Save Money
An ambitious experiment to save Medicare dollars is proving how difficult it can be be to make fundamental changes to the program...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Is the Food Still Italian if the Chef Is a Foreigner?
Italy?s restaurants are now a snapshot of the country?s recent immigrant experience, raising the question: Does the cuisine become less Italian if anyone can prepare it?...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Trees Block Solar Panels, and a Feud Ends in Court
California?s Solar Shade Act was an obscure curiosity until Carolynn Bissett and Richard Treanor were convicted...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Behind the Emperor?s Club Escort Service
A rejuvenated tax specialist, a boarding school pixie, a literature major from Virginia and a clog-wearing nutritionist unwittingly did what political foes could not: bring down Eliot Spitzer...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Top Clinton Aide Leaving His Post Under Pressure
Mark Penn stepped down as Hillary Rodham Clinton?s chief strategist after his business arrangements again clashed with her campaign positions...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
U.S. and Iraqis Battle Militias to End Attacks
At least three U.S. soldiers were killed and 31 wounded and at least 20 Iraqis were killed in a failed operation to stop militia attacks on Baghdad?s Green Zone...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
America for Sale: When Foreigners Buy Factories: 2 Towns, 2 Outcomes
The consequences of foreigners buying U.S. companies offer competing narratives for a nation still uneasy about being on the selling end of the global economy...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
Tennessee 47, L.S.U. 46: Last-Second Score Lifts Tennessee to Title Game
The Lady Vols prevailed on a last-second follow shot by guard Alexis Hornbuckle and will play for their second consecutive national championship on Tuesday against Stanford...
New York Times - April 7, 2008
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