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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 Octomber 2005:
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Toll rising in major Asian quake
Emergency workers are working through the night to pull out the trapped, treat the injured and feed the homeless survivors of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that devastated the south Asian subcontinent Saturday...
CNN - October 8, 2005
New aftershocks as rescuers work
Darkness is hampering the search for survivors of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that killed at more than 1,300 people. Saturday's quake rocked parts of Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and the Pakistani- and Indian-administered areas of Kashmir. Officials warn the death toll could reach thousands...
CNN - October 8, 2005
Basra Militias Put Their Firepower Above the Law
Militias have come to dominate Basra, Iraq's third-largest city, where they are said to murder and torture at will...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Auto Supplier Delphi Files for Bankruptcy
Delphi, the nation's largest auto supplier, filed for bankruptcy-court protection on Saturday, the largest filing ever in the domestic auto industry...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Robotic Vehicles Contend for the Battlefield
Fifteen robotic vehicles sprinted through the Nevada desert Saturday afternoon, closing in on a $2 million prize from the Pentagon...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Thousands feared dead in quake
Darkness is hampering the search for survivors of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that killed at more than 1,000 people. Saturday's quake rocked parts of Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and the Pakistani- and Indian-administered areas of Kashmir. Officials warn the death toll could reach thousands...
CNN - October 8, 2005
Threat originated in Iraq
The threat to New York's subway system originated in Iraq and involved the use of explosives hidden in bags or baby strollers, officials familiar with the investigation said...
CNN - October 8, 2005
Scattered by Storm, Evacuees Become Nomads in a Strange World
Tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees have become nomads in their own country, caught in a web of red tape and cultural miscues...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Danger of Flu Pandemic Is Clear, if Not Present
Fear of bird flu has prompted the government's flurry of preparations for an epidemic, but scientists say the threat is probably not immediate...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Bush Addresses G.O.P. Unease Over Supreme Court Nominee
The White House is scrambling to control a conservative uprising over the nomination of Harriet E. Miers to the Supreme Court...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Auto Supplier Delphi Files for Bankruptcy
Delphi, the nation’s largest auto supplier, filed for bankruptcy-court protection on Saturday, the largest filing ever in the domestic auto industry...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Guatemalan storm death toll soars
More than 500 people are now known to have died in Guatemala alone after a tropical storm rips through the region...
BBC News - October 8, 2005
Toll rises in major Asian quake
A major earthquake has shaken Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 351 and injuring hundreds more. Officials have warned the death toll could be in the thousands. The epicenter for the magnitude 7.6 quake was about 100 km northeast of Islamabad...
CNN - October 8, 2005
At Israeli Barrier, More Sound Than Fury
The Israeli Army and a crowd of protesters squared off almost joyfully for their weekly tactical battle over the construction of Israel's separation barrier...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Marines say 50 Iraq al Qaeda killed
More than 50 members of al Qaeda in Iraq have been killed in the six-day Operation Iron Fist near the Syrian border, a Marines statement says...
CNN - October 8, 2005
Bush Plan Shows U.S. Is Not Ready for Deadly Flu
A draft of the plan says that an outbreak that began in Asia would likely reach the U.S. within "a few months or even weeks."...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
New York and Washington Try to Explain Two Views of Threat
Officials in New York and Washington described a clear gap in perception brought on by different agencies' different roles...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Bloomberg Spends $46.6 Million of His Own Money on Race
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is on track to break all records for expenditures for any office except the presidency...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Bush's Nominee for No. 2 Justice Post Withdraws
Timothy Flanigan abruptly withdrew his nomination after facing weeks of questions over his ties to the lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Johnson Slips, Allowing Angels to Slide Into the Series Lead
The dominant Randy Johnson was missing and two thunderous innings from the Yankees' offense were not enough in an 11-3 loss the Angels...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Earthquake Rocks Indian Subcontinent
A 7-6.-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday, and part of a 19-story building collapsed in Islamabad...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
In Raucous House Vote, G.O.P. Oil Refinery Bill Squeaks By
The tumultuous floor vote severely tested a Republican leadership team rocked by the indictment of Representative Tom DeLay...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Airbus Chief Says Subsidy Is Negotiable
Airbus's chief executive said that he could jettison direct aid in favor of other forms of support...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
As Economy Plummets, Zimbabwe Arrests Street Vendors
Against a backdrop of mounting economic collapse, the police in Zimbabwe say they have arrested nearly 15,000 street merchants...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Money Seized in Black Sale
CHICAGO, Oct. 7 (AP) - Federal agents on Friday seized nearly $9 million of the proceeds from the sale of the media entrepreneur Conrad M. Black's apartment on Park Avenue in New York...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Study Finds Young Men Attending Fewer Films
A new survey found that men under 25 said they had seen 24 percent fewer movies this summer than they did in the summer of 2003...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
John E. Struggles, 91, a Founder of Executive Search Company, Is Dead
John E. Struggles was a founder and longtime partner of Heidrick & Struggles, one of the first executive search firms in the world...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Members Are Told of Plan For Sale of Big Board Stock
The chief of the New York Stock Exchange told members on Thursday night that they might be able to sell $1 billion to $2 billion of the stock they will be issued after the exchange buys Archipelago Holdings, two people at the meeting said...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
It May Be Time That Frugality Became Chic
The fact that thrift seems out of style may be a a reflection of something strange and backward going on in people's attitudes and behaviors toward money...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Bill Is Signed to Restrict Video Games in California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation to outlaw the sale to teenagers of electronic games featuring reckless mayhem and explicit sexuality...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Prosecutor in Leak Case Is Exploring Range of Crimes
The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case is exploring a range of possible crimes, suggesting that the investigation has moved well beyond its initial focus...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Two From Adelphia Indicted in Tax Case
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Have Recessions Absolutely, Positively Become Less Painful?
The recent birth of FedEx's small fleet explains a lot about how the nation's economy has become so much more resilient...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
The Baby Returns, Continuing to Reign
"Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story" went on sale two weeks ago, bypassing, for now, the airwaves of the Fox network...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
[TS] A C.E.O. Who Carries a Big Stick
Robert P. Cummins, who heads Cyberonics, a small medical device maker, is the antithesis of the modern "cool, calm and collected" C.E.O...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Judge Delays Approval on KPMG Settlement
A federal judge dealt a setback to a proposed $195 million settlement between the accounting firm KPMG and hundreds of investors who bought certain tax shelters from the firm...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Inquiry Into Ex-Official at VW
Peter Hartz, the former head of personnel at Volkswagen, has been placed under investigation in connection with a bribery scandal...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Court Ruling in BlackBerry Case Puts Service to U.S. Users at Risk
A court decision Friday renewed the possibility that service to BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices might be cut off for most users in the United States...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
No News Is Good Blogging
The joint news conference by Google and Sun Microsystems was so vague that bloggers and analysts have since been constructing wildly disparate interpretations of it...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
When the President Pedals
Bicycling magazine sees a possible effect in bicycle sales in response to President Bush's decision to shift to mountain biking instead of jogging...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Better-Than-Expected Job News Can't Salvage the Week
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Ex-Chief of Berkshire Unit Likely to Face S.E.C. Action
Berkshire Hathaway, the Omaha holding company controlled by Warren E. Buffett, said yesterday that regulators had notified Ronald E. Ferguson, a former chief executive of a Berkshire subsidiary, the General Reinsurance Corporation, that they planned to file a civil fraud complaint against him in connection with an investigation of possible insurance fraud...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
$1,300 Shoes Beckon, and an Unlikely Man Answers
On the last Tuesday in September, I fell head over handcrafted leather heels in love with a pair of shoes...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Robotic Vehicles Contend for the Battlefield
The Pentagon's research arm for years has offered a prize to those who could build an autonomous vehicle capable of navigating a lengthy desert course. This year, there may be a winner...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
News Corp. Sued Over Poison Pill Move
A group of investors has sued the News Corporation, seeking to undo a poison pill defense the company created to fend off the advances of the Liberty Media Corporation...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
The Numbers Don't Add Up to Confidence
Knocked on its heels by natural disasters and a spike in energy prices, the economy staggered through the week, reeling from one statistic to another...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Someone Should Have Checked This Summer's Market for Vital Signs
If excitement is good, then the current stock market is the worst in a decade...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Generic Drugs Hold No Fear for CVS Chief
Thomas M. Ryan, chief executive of the $30 billion drugstore chain CVS, is presiding over the company during one of the biggest changes in his industry...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
With Mortgages, Instant Wealth for Middlemen
A cooling in the real estate market could mean a change in fortune for mortgage brokers, whose field has grown in recent years...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up
Despite the efforts of manufacturers to convince consumers that printing at home is fast, convenient and fun, the evidence shows that many are tuning out the marketing...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Testimony by Witness for Merck Disallowed
Merck's defense in the second Vioxx lawsuit to reach trial sustained a serious blow when the judge overseeing the case threw out testimony from the company's first witness...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
BP Is Selling Chemical Unit for $9 Billion
BP said that it would sell its Innovene chemical division to the private British company Ineos Group, instead of spinning the unit off in an initial public offering as expected...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
Economy Lost 35,000 Jobs, Much Below Expectations
Although 35,000 jobs were lost in September, the modest drop seemed to underscore the economy's strength...
New York Times - October 8, 2005
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