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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for July 2006:
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Budget Legislation Set for Today in Trenton
A compromise should end the government shutdown that idled nearly 100,000 workers and cost the state millions of dollars...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Federer and Nadal Get Rematch at Wimbledon
Roger Federer has not lost a match on grass for more than four years. But Rafael Nadal is an extremely determined young man...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
New York Tunnel Plot Is Uncovered in Early Stage
Several suspects in a plot to set off explosives in tunnels under the Hudson River have been apprehended, law enforcement officials said today...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Verizon to Get Out of Phone-Book Business
The company said today in a regulatory filing that it was preparing to spin off its Verizon Directories division...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
G.M. Bows to Request by Biggest Shareholder
The company was authorized to begin "exploratory talks" with Renault and Nissan on a possible three-way alliance...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Athletics: Powell accuses Gatlin
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell says American rival Justin Gatlin does not want to race him...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
New York tunnel bomb plot exposed
A man is being held in Beirut, Lebanon, in connection with a plot to blow up tunnels in New York, counterterrorism sources told CNN...
CNN - July 7, 2006
N.Y. tunnel plot uncovered
A man is being held in Beirut, Lebanon, in connection with a plot to blow up tunnels in New York, counterterrorism sources told CNN. One idea included flooding lower Manhattan but experts say thay was always unlikely...
CNN - July 7, 2006
Gunmen, bombers target holy sites
Insurgents in Iraq strike three Sunni mosques and a Shiite holy place, the holiest day of the Muslim week, killing at least 10 people and wounding 55 others...
CNN - July 7, 2006
Bush seeks world support for Korea condemnation
President Bush said Friday he is determined to rally world support in confronting North Korea over its missile tests to speak "loud and clear." He addressed an audience in Chicago in a rare news conference outside Washington...
CNN - July 7, 2006
N.Y. Plot Is Uncovered in Early Stage
A man was arrested in Lebanon in connection with a plot to blow up part of the transportation system, officials said...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Fewer New Jobs Added in June Than Expected
Job growth last month was tepid while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6 percent...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Verizon to Get Out of Phone-Book Business by End of Year
Verizon Communications said today in a regulatory filing that it was preparing to spin off its Verizon Directories division...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
US jobs growth mild as wages rise
The US economy created 121,000 jobs in June, below expectations, but hourly wages increased, the Labor Department says...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Football: 'No US job' - Klinsmann
Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann plays down claims he is a target for the United States...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Columbine killers' words released
Pages of documents written by the Columbine High School killers are released, revealing some dark secrets...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Bush takes message on road
US President George W Bush meets local leaders in Chicago in what is being seen as a part of new media strategy...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Britain silent to mourn 7/7 dead
Much of Britain fell silent for two minutes Friday as the country marked the painful memory of the worst bombings in London since World War II. Poignant tributes were made throughout the day as the capital marked one year since four suicide bombers killed 52...
CNN - July 7, 2006
'Top rebel' snared in Iraq assault
Iraqi and U.S. forces netted a "high level insurgent leader" during an early Friday raid in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, which left between 30 and 40 militants killed or wounded, the U.S. military said. ...
CNN - July 7, 2006
Aviva in talks to buy US insurer
The UK's biggest insurance firm, Aviva, confirms it is in talks to buy US rival Amerus for up to $2.3bn...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Senior eBay figure to leave firm
Jeff Jordan, head of online payments firm PayPal, is to leave the business, prompting changes at its owner eBay...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Tennis: Sampras hails Federer
American tennis great Pete Sampras backs Roger Federer to surpass his record-breaking feats on the court...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Golf: Woods falters
A quarter of players share the lead on day one of the Western Open but Tiger Woods struggles down the field...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Metro mugger wields power saws
A 64-year-old man is injured by an attacker wielding power saws on the New York subway...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Brazil police 'bust cocaine gang'
Brazil's most wanted cocaine trafficker is arrested and his international network broken up, police say...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Bush: I'd rather be right
U.S. President George W. Bush tells CNN's "Larry King Live" he isn't troubled by weak approval ratings, saying he'd rather be right than be popular in an interview on his birthday...
CNN - July 7, 2006
Hamas orders Palestinian forces to fight Israel
Israeli military forces occupied a swath of northern Gaza early Thursday after moving troops across the border in an operation apparently aimed at denying Palestinian militants launch sites for Qassam rockets...
CNN - July 7, 2006
Bush: I'd rather be right than popular
President Bush isn't troubled by some of the weakest approval ratings of his presidency, he said in a wide-ranging interview with CNN's "Larry King Live." Appearing with first lady Laura Bush, the president addressed other topics including Iraq, North Korea's missile tests, the fall elections, Enron founder Ken Lay's death and his own 60th birthday...
CNN - July 7, 2006
Deal on Sales Tax Ends Shutdown in New Jersey
Gambling industry officials said that Atlantic City's 12 casinos could reopen within hours of the budget signing...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
White House to Ease Medicaid Rule on Proof of Citizenship
Millions of recipients will be exempt from a law that requires them to show birth certificates, passports or other documents...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
The TV Watch: President Has a Smooth Ride on 'Larry King Live'
The talk show host gave President Bush a chance to defend his policies without risk of interruption or follow-up...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
News Analysis: For Gay Rights Movement, a Key Setback
Thursday's court ruling against gay marriage in New York came as a shocking insult to gay rights groups...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Border Fight Focuses on Water, Not Immigration
Mexican farmers are protesting a plan to cut off the flow of water that leaks across the border from a California canal...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Ralph Ginzburg, 76, Publisher in Obscenity Case, Dies
Ralph Ginzburg was a taboo-busting editor and publisher who helped set off the sexual revolution in the 1960's with Eros magazine...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Former Employee Charged in Extortion Scheme Against Security Company
A former employee at Blackwater U.S.A. was charged with trying to extort $1 million from the company by threatening to leak information about four contractors killed in Iraq in 2004. The woman, Laura Holdren-Nowacki, 35, of Moyock, was charged Monday with one count of extortion, Sheriff Tony Perry of Camden County said. Sheriff Perry said Ms. Holdren-Nowacki, a former fleet vehicle manager for Blackwater, a security company, threatened to release documents about the contractors' deaths to the news media, members of Congress and family members of the men. Ms. Holdren-Nowacki said the accusations were untrue. After the contractors were killed, their bodies were mutilated and strung up on a bridge. The men's families have sued Blackwater...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
The Churn: People
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New York Times - July 7, 2006
Court Ruling Favorable to Tobacco Pushes Dow Higher
Lingering caution before Friday's employment report for June limited gains in the broader market...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
World Briefing: Europe, Asia, Americas
EUROPE...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Midwest Utilities Discuss a Deal
The WPS Resources Corporation, an electricity supplier in Wisconsin and Michigan, said that it was in talks to buy the Peoples Energy Corporation...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Bush Heads to Chicago to Spotlight Good Economic News
An unusual news conference will feature local reporters' asking questions of the president alongside the national correspondents who typically travel with him...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Direct-Mail Deal for $1.2 Billion
The marketing company Valassis Communications said on Thursday that it was buying Advo, the nation's largest direct-mail marketer...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Levi's Chief Executive to Retire at End of the Year
John Anderson, president of Levi Strauss & Company's Asia Pacific division, will be promoted to chief operating officer, the company said...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
EBay Shakes Up Management
Ebay announced that PayPal president Jeff Jordan, will leave the company as part of changes that reassigned executives at four divisions...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Merrill Lynch Settles an Enron Lawsuit
HOUSTON, July 6 (AP) — Merrill Lynch agreed on Thursday to pay the Enron Corporation $29.5 million to settle its portion of a lawsuit filed against 10 banks accused of failing to prevent Enron's collapse...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
S.E.C. Commissioner Sees Good in Options
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
EMI and New Music Label Plan Profit-Sharing Deal With Artists
The new label, which has not yet been named, was created by the talent management company the Firm, and plans to share profits directly with the artists...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Department Stores Staged a Comeback in June
For the second consecutive month, sales at department stores far outstripped those of specialty apparel chains...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
European Central Bank Gives Signals of August Rate Rise
An increase in rates in August would be the fourth in nine months, and would probably bring the bank's benchmark rate to 3 percent...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
AOL Said to Be Planning Free Ad-Based Web Access
The plan could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year in marketing costs and involve layoffs of thousands of AOL's employees...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Countersuit by Hollinger Claims Fraud
Hollinger Inc. claims Hollinger International participated in a scheme to acquire newspapers at prices "far below fair value," according to a statement...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Brazil's Oil Giant Is Drilling Far From Home Waters
Petrobras has shifted its focus from domestic production toward becoming a player on the global energy market and a major foreign investor...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Sales Falter at Advanced Micro
Sales at Advanced Micro Devices, the second-biggest maker of chips for personal computers, suffered when Intel cut prices...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
3 Senators Protest Possible Tax Deduction for Boeing in Settling U.S. Case
The senators said allowing Boeing to deduct payments to settle government ethics charges "would be unacceptable."...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
[TS] Can a Failure Become a Savior?
Does it make sense for General Motors to be rescued by Renault, a company that has failed repeatedly in its efforts to sell cars to Americans?...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Strategy Shift by Microsoft to Fight iPod
Microsoft's interest in making its own hand-held music and video player indicates that its old way of doing things is not working in its battle against Apple Computer's iPod...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
A Class-Action Shuffle
For class-action securities-law firms, opportunity is in the air after a leading firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, was indicted in May...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Insider: Lessons From the British Way of Policing Hedge Funds
When it comes to hedge funds, securities regulators in London seem to follow a simple approach: relationships matter...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Big Award on Tobacco Is Rejected by Court
The Florida Supreme Court upheld a decision to toss out a $145 billion judgment against tobacco companies in the United States...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Jump-Start or New Battery for G.M.?
Directors of General Motors are scheduled to meet Friday to discuss whether to open talks on a three-way alliance involving G.M., Renault and Nissan...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
Advertising: Manischewitz Wants to Move to a Mainstream Aisle
Several marketers are trying to take advantage of surging demand for kosher foods among all shoppers...
New York Times - July 7, 2006
US vet denies Iraq rape charges
Former US soldier Steven Green pleads not guilty to raping and murdering an Iraqi girl and killing three family members...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
Coca-Cola three appear in court
Three people charged with stealing secrets from Coca-Cola to sell to rival PepsiCo appear in an Atlanta court...
BBC News - July 7, 2006
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