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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 November 2007:
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The Caucus Blog: ?President Clinton?s Not on the Ballot?
Barack Obama responded to comments today from former President Bill Clinton...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
City Room: An Eerie Portent in Light
A writer has discovered an architect's unrealized 1986 plan for lighting the World Trade Center -- a plan eerily reminiscent of the "Tribute in Light" display created after 9/11...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: North Korea Sends Regards to U.S. Navy
Pyongyang wasn?t about to let the U.S. Navy's assistance against a pirate attack on the high seas go unacknowledged...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
O?Brien Performs Live, but Charity Benefits
NBC ran a rerun of ?Late Night with Conan O?Brien? on Wednesday night, but it was still possible for a select few to see the host do an original monologue...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Bits Blog: Are Facebook?s Social Ads Illegal?
A 100-year-old law in New York State bans the use of a person?s name and likeness for advertising purposes without permission. That may be what Facebook?s new Social Ads system does...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Hearing Begins in O.J. Simpson Case
The man who says O. J. Simpson stole $100,000 in sports memorabilia from him described a six-minute ?military-invasion-fashion? raid in a Las Vegas hotel room...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Life Sentence in Killing of Police Officer
A man who was convicted of fatally shooting a police officer in Flatbush two years ago was sentenced today to life in prison without the chance of parole...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: More Shows Feel Effects of Strike
Actor Robin Williams, left, marches in the picket line with others during the fourth day of a strike by television and film writers, Thursday Nov. 8, 2007 at the Time Warner Center in New York. (Tina Fineberg/AP) Seth Macfarlane, the creator of ?Family Guy,? is siding with writers. Fox said yesterday that under its revised schedule, the [...]...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
In First Bush Veto Override, Senate Enacts Water Bill
The Senate voted today for a popular $23 billion water projects measure, handing President Bush his first defeat in a veto showdown...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Qualcomm?s Profits Nearly Double
Qualcomm reported that quarterly profits nearly doubled, bolstered by demand for chips powering high-end cell phones and by tax benefits carried over from previous years...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
High & Low Finance: Reading the Tea Leaves of Financial Statements
Looking at the current subprime mortgage crisis through the haze of markets and credit...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Spitzer Seeks Mortgage Stabilization Fund
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said lenders and the federal government should consider creating a mortgage-backed securities fund to help stabilize the securities...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Disney Profits, Revenues Climb
Net profit rose 12 percent at Disney in the fourth quarter, led by growth at its ESPN cable channel, more visitors at theme parks, and increased sales of consumer products...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
DealBook Blog: Rio Tinto Rejects $140 Billion Takeover Bid
BHP Billiton, the world?s biggest mining company, made a long-awaited bid approach to Rio Tinto, but Rio rejected the all-stock proposal as too low...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Stock Market Continues Downhill
Hopes for a market rebound dimmed today as shares stayed in the red, extending yesterday?s 360-point swoon, with technology shares falling hardest of all...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Football: Gulllit goes to LA Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy appoint former Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit as their new coach...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
UN to vote on death penalty halt
The UN General Assembly is to vote on a draft resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty worldwide...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Bush veto annulled by Congress
The Democratic-led US Congress has for the first time overturned a veto by President George W Bush...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Cuba floods 'worst in 40 years'
Torrential rains have caused the worst floods in 40 in Cuba leaving one person dead and $500m in damages, officials say...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Dot Earth Blog: Dot Earth: No Apology to Kansas From Big Coal
The world's largest private coal company did not sway from its support for the controversial ads placed in Kansas newspapers that said Iraqi, Venezuelan and Russian leaders were smiling because of the governor's rejection of two applications for coal-burning power plants...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Bats: Schreiber's Notes: Three Lefties to Trade For
With few free-agent pitchers available, here are three lefties who make interesting trade targets for teams looking for front-line help...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: Russians Accused in Tennis Poisoning
Was something nasty slipped into the German star Tommy Haas's dessert and latte the night before a Davis Cup match?...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Four Dead in Blackhawk Crash in Italy
SANTA LUCIA DI PIAVE, Italy (Reuters) - A U.S. army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northern Italy on Thursday, killing four Americans and wounding the other seven on board, officials said...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Senate Overrides Bush Veto on Water Bill
The enactment of the $23 billion water resources bill marked the first veto override of the Bush presidency...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Democrats Divided as House Passes Peru Trade Bill
Defying appeals from foes of free-trade, nearly half the Democrats in the House voted today to approve the trade liberalization deal...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Marsh & McLennan Misses Earnings Expectations
Marsh & McLennans said operating earnings fell short of forecasts on ?unacceptable? performance in insurance brokerage, its main business...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Ford Narrows Quarterly Loss
The automaker said that it lost $380 million in the quarter, a better-than-expected result, but it lost $1 billion in North America as it carries out a restructuring plan...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
European Bank Leaves Rate Unchanged
The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 percent today but also signaled its displeasure with the euro?s rushed rise against the dollar...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Retailers Report Weak October Sales
The nation?s big retail chains reported a second month of weak sales growth this morning, blaming economic clouds that show no signs of lifting before the end of the year...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
DealBook Blog: Rio Tinto Rejects $140 Billion Takeover Bid
BHP Billiton, the world?s biggest mining company, made a long-awaited bid approach to Rio Tinto, but Rio rejected the all-stock proposal as too low...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Fed Chairman Says Economy Likely to Slow
Ben S. Bernanke cited the housing meltdown, tighter credit and rising oil prices, but he gave no signal that the central bank would cut rates again...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Wall Street Opens Lower After Sell-Off
Stocks opened lower today after a heavy sell-off yesterday, following declines in Europe and Asia on worries about rising oil prices and the prospect of an economic slowdown in the United States...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
US retailers have tough October
A number of American retailers report poor October sales figures, the latest sign of weak US consumer spending...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
US helicopter crash 'kills four'
A US Black Hawk military helicopter crashes in northern Italy, killing at least four people on board, officials say...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Veterans 'quarter of US homeless'
A quarter of homeless people in the US are veterans, even though they represent just 11% of the adult population, a report finds...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
US House approves gay rights bill
The US House of Representatives passes a bill to protect gay people from discrimination in the workplace...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Disease warning in flooded Mexico
Tens of thousands of people hit by flooding in the state of Tabasco are at risk of disease, Mexican officials say...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Music: A Mishmash Reflective of Country Music
At the Country Music Awards, the awards presentations are minimized, to make room for performances by old favorites and new ones...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Bhutto Supporters Are Arrested in Pakistan
The main opposition party in Pakistan, led by Benazir Bhutto, said that hundreds of its activists were arrested...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Homeowners? Reduced Equity Raises Fear of Slow Spending
In an ominous portent for the national economy, which is largely based on consumer spending, fewer people can borrow against the value of their homes...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Markets and Dollar Sink as Slowdown Worry Increases
Stock markets plummeted and the dollar fell as investors grew skittish over oil prices and the prospect of an economic slowdown...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Looks Good, Feels Good, but Wait...
T-Mobile?s new Shadow smartphone is supposed to be a communications powerhouse, but there are some drawbacks...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Denmark: Brewer?s Profit Up 29%
The Danish brewer Carlsberg posted a 29 percent increase in third-quarter earnings on strong sales...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Trump Steps In as Partner for Troubled Meadowlands Project
The developer Donald J. Trump pledged Wednesday to rescue the troubled EnCap golf and housing development in the New Jersey Meadowlands...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Germany: Industrial Output Rises
German industrial output unexpectedly increased in September, led by the construction and energy sectors...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
New York Widens Inquiry on Mortgages
The New York attorney general has subpoenaed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of his investigation into collusion between appraisers and lenders to inflate home values...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Nigeria: Tobacco Companies Sued
Nigeria sued three tobacco companies seeking 5.3 trillion naira ($44 billion) in damages for public health costs for treating smoking-related diseases...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Earnings Fall 40% at Sara Lee
A 21 percent increase in marketing expenses weighed down earnings at the food maker Sara Lee, which posted a 40 percent decrease in its fiscal first-quarter profit...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Cisco Reports 37% Increase in Profit
Despite the rise in its quarterly profit, Cisco?s shares fell 9 percent on concerns about its outlook amid economic weakness in the United States...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
News Corporation Reports 13% Decline in Earnings
The company earned $732 million in the three months that ended in September, down from $843 million a year ago...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Rubin Is Reported Set to Back Clinton
Robert E. Rubin, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration and new chairman of Citigroup, will support Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, people close to both of them said on Wednesday...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Nasdaq to Add an Exchange
Nasdaq confirmed Wednesday that it would acquire the Philadelphia Stock Exchange for $652 million to expand its presence in the fast-growing equity options business...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Louisiana Charges Price Fixing by Insurers
The Louisiana attorney general is accusing the state?s largest property insurance companies of conspiring to limit payments to policyholders after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
MSNBC and O?Donnell Can?t Make a Deal
Two days after NBC acknowledged that it was talking to Rosie O?Donnell about a possible show on MSNBC, the conversations have stalled...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Another Step for a Remade AOL
AOL has scooped up yet another online advertising company ? Quigo, a company that has faced off with Google and Yahoo in selling contextual text ads...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Bet on Citigroup Hurts a Prominent Investor
Among the investing cognoscenti, Edward S. Lampert is often mentioned in the same breath as Warren E. Buffett, but a recent investment in Citibank might tarnish that reputation...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Southwest Ends Open-Boarding Policy
Southwest Airlines abandoned its longstanding first-come-first-served approach to seating on Wednesday, giving business travelers first choice in boarding...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Recent Dings Don?t Dent Toyota Profit
Toyota said that net profit from July through September rose 11 percent from the period a year earlier, to 450.9 billion yen (nearly $4 billion)...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Visa Agrees to Pay Amex $2.1 Billion to Settle Suit
The settlement comes nearly three years after the Supreme Court ruled that Visa and MasterCard had violated antitrust rules...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
A.I.G. Takes a Hit of $1.95 Billion on Housing Investments
The world?s largest insurance company said that it wrote down nearly $2 billion due to mortgage investments in the third quarter and expected to write down an additional $550 million in the next quarter...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
A Trade Publication Alters a Rule, Lifting an Eagles Album to No. 1
The Eagles seized the top spot on the sales charts this week thanks to an 11th-hour change by a music trade magazine...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
What Economic Slowdown? Small Businesses Grow Stronger
Even as oil prices surge, the housing market contracts, Wall Street reels and multibillion-dollar deals falter, small businesses are helping to buoy the economy...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
For TV Executives, It?s Time to Juggle
As television and movie writers entered the third day of their strike against Hollywood producers, the walkout continued to complicate matters for the networks...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
G.M.?s Attempt at 2 Steps Forward Is Taken One Back
The automaker reported a $39-billion loss after it took a huge noncash charge to write down deferred tax credits...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Morgan Stanley Takes a Hit on Mortgages
Morgan Stanley said Wednesday that it would take a $3.7 billion charge for nonperforming assets tied to subprime mortgages...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Sleuthing for a Danger in Toy Beads
In the latest recall of a Chinese-made toy, the Consumer Product Safety Commission ordered the recall of 4.2 million Aqua Dots in the United States...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Bending Ears on Economics as ?08 Nears
The selection of economic advisers by the top presidential candidates reveals deeper differences among Democrats than among Republicans over economic policy...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Unseasonably Higher, Gas Prices Add to Strain on U.S. Consumers
Gas prices usually drop in the fall, but prices at the pump are over $3 a gallon on average and rising. That could curb consumer spending at a critical time for retailers...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
India?s Solution for Oil Prices: Ban Speculation by Banning Trading
The suggestion that oil cease being traded on commodity exchanges is based on a widely held belief that investors are artificially driving up oil prices...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Markets and Dollar Sink as Slowdown Fear Increases
Stock markets plummeted and the dollar sank as investors grew skittish over rising oil prices and the prospect of a substantial U.S. economic slowdown...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Homeowners Feeling the Pinch of Lost Equity
The artery of cash from Americans borrowing against the value of their homes has narrowed...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Cisco profit up but stock falls
Cisco Systems' quarterly profit jumps 37%, but its shares fall sharply amid fears about US firms cutting network spending...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Morgan Stanley takes $3.7bn hit
Investment bank Morgan Stanley says it has suffered a $3.7bn loss from its US sub-prime mortgage exposure...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Arrests in US airport badge scam
More than 100 workers at Chicago's O'Hare airport are found to have fake security badges, with 23 arrested...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
GHB fears for Chinese-made toys
The US and Australia recall Chinese-made toys containing a substance linked to date-rape drug GHB...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Chavez meets Colombia rebels
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he has held talks with a representative of Colombia's Farc rebel group...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Surge Seen in Number of Homeless Veterans
More than 400 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have turned up homeless, and that number is expected to grow...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
In Tests, AIDS Vaccine Seemed to Increase Risk
An AIDS vaccine tested in a closely watched trial might have increased recipents? risk of becoming infected with H.I.V., researchers reported...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Small Town Mourns a Running Marvel
As a Michigan community mourned a marathon runner, much about his death last weekend remained unknown...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Indictment of Kerik Is Said to Be Sought
Federal prosecutors are scheduled to seek a grand jury indictment of the former New York police commissioner...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Ohio Goes After Charter Schools That Are Failing
Charter school advocates across the country are watching the crackdown, fearful the backlash could spread...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Music: Mishmash at Country Music Awards
The entertainment at the Country Music Awards showed the mishmash that country music has become these days...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
House Approves Broad Protections for Gay Workers
A bill granting protections against discrimination in the workplace for gays was praised by supporters as a civil rights achievement...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Denmark: Brewer?s Profit Up 29%
The Danish brewer Carlsberg posted a 29 percent increase in third-quarter earnings on strong sales...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Trump Steps in as Partner for Troubled Meadowlands Project
The developer Donald J. Trump pledged Wednesday to rescue the troubled EnCap golf and housing development in the New Jersey Meadowlands...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Nigeria: Tobacco Companies Sued
Nigeria sued three tobacco companies seeking 5.3 trillion naira ($44 billion) in damages for public health costs for treating smoking-related diseases...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Germany: Industrial Output Rises
German industrial output unexpectedly increased in September, led by the construction and energy sectors...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Cisco Reports 37% Increase in Profit
Despite the rise in its quarterly profit, Cisco?s shares fell 9 percent on concerns about its outlook amid economic weakness in the United States...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
New York Widens Inquiry on Mortgages
The New York attorney general has subpoenaed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of his investigation into collusion between appraisers and lenders to inflate home values...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Rubin Is Reported Set to Back Clinton
Robert E. Rubin, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration and new chairman of Citigroup, will support Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, people close to both of them said on Wednesday...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Earnings Fall 40% at Sara Lee
A 21 percent increase in marketing expenses weighed down earnings at the food maker Sara Lee, which posted a 40 percent decrease in its fiscal first-quarter profit...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Louisiana Charges Price Fixing by Insurers
The Louisiana attorney general is accusing the state?s largest property insurance companies of conspiring to limit payments to policyholders after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
News Corporation Reports 13% Decline in Earnings
The company earned $732 million in the three months that ended in September, down from $843 million a year ago...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
MSNBC and O?Donnell Can?t Make a Deal
Two days after NBC acknowledged that it was talking to Rosie O?Donnell about a possible show on MSNBC, those conversations have stalled...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Nasdaq to Add an Exchange
Nasdaq confirmed Wednesday that it would acquire the Philadelphia Stock Exchange for $652 million to expand its presence in the fast-growing equity options business...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Bet on Citigroup Hurts a Prominent Investor
Among the investing cognoscenti, Edward S. Lampert is often mentioned in the same breath as Warren E. Buffett, but a recent investment in Citibank might tarnish that reputation...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Southwest Ends Open-Boarding Policy
Southwest Airlines abandoned its longstanding first-come-first-served approach to seating on Wednesday, giving business travelers first choice in boarding...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Recent Dings Don?t Dent Toyota Profit
Toyota said that net profit from July through September rose 11 percent from the period a year earlier, to 450.9 billion yen (nearly $4 billion)...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Advertising: Another Step for a Remade AOL
AOL has scooped up yet another online advertising company ? Quigo, a company that has faced off with Google and Yahoo in selling contextual text ads...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Visa Agrees to Pay Amex $2.1 Billion to Settle Suit
The settlement comes nearly three years after the Supreme Court ruled that Visa and MasterCard had violated antitrust rules...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
A.I.G. Takes a Hit of $1.95 Billion on Housing Investments
The world?s largest insurance company, said that it wrote down nearly $2 billion due to mortgage investments in the third quarter and expected to write down an additional $550 million in the next quarter...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
In the Hunt: What Economic Slowdown? Small Businesses Grow Stronger
Even as oil prices surge, the housing market contracts, Wall Street reels and multibillion-dollar deals falter, small businesses are helping to buoy the economy...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
A Trade Publication Alters a Rule, Lifting an Eagles Album to No. 1
The Eagles seized the top spot on the sales charts this week thanks to an 11th-hour change by a music trade magazine...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
G.M.?s Attempt at 2 Steps Forward Is Taken One Back
The automaker reported a $39-billion loss after it took a huge noncash charge to write down deferred tax credits...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Morgan Stanley Takes a Hit on Mortgages
Morgan Stanley said Wednesday that it would take a $3.7 billion charge for nonperforming assets tied to subprime mortgages...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
For TV Executives, It?s Time to Juggle
As television and movie writers entered the third day of their strike against Hollywood producers, the walkout continued to complicate matters for the networks...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Sleuthing for a Danger in Toy Beads
In the latest recall of a Chinese-made toy, the Consumer Product Safety Commission ordered the recall of 4.2 million Aqua Dots in the United States...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Bending Ears on Economics as ?08 Nears
The selection of economic advisers by the top presidential candidates reveals deeper differences among Democrats than among Republicans over economic policy...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Unseasonably Higher, Gas Prices Add to Strain on U.S. Consumers
Gas prices usually drop in the fall, but prices at the pump are over $3 a gallon on average and rising. That could curb consumer spending at a critical time for retailers...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
India?s Solution for Oil Prices: Ban Speculation by Banning Trading
The suggestion that oil cease being traded on commodity exchanges is based on a widely held belief that investors are artificially driving up oil prices...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Markets and Dollar Sink as Concern Over Credit Grows
Stock markets plummeted and the dollar sank as investors grew skittish over rising oil prices and the prospect of a substantial U.S. economic slowdown...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Homeowners Feeling the Pinch of Lost Equity
The artery of cash from Americans borrowing against the value of their homes has narrowed...
New York Times - November 8, 2007
Ex-US governor starts prison term
George Ryan, the former governor of the US state of Illinois, begins a prison sentence for corruption...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
Gunmen fire on Venezuela protest
Gunmen open fire on students protesting against planned reforms by the Venezuelan president...
BBC News - November 8, 2007
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