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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for February 2008:
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In Stimulus Plan, Democrats See Gain
In the fight over the economic rescue plan, Senator Harry Reid advanced Democratic priorities and lifted the party?s chances of widening its control of the Senate, supporters say...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Bhutto?s Widower Rallies Party Before Election
The party of Benazir Bhutto hopes to sweep to power in Pakistan on her legacy and her martyrdom...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Turkey?s Parliament Lifts Scarf Ban
A vote in Parliament set the stage for a showdown with the secular elite over Islam?s place in Turkish society...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
From Bush, Foe of Earmarks, Similar Items in Budget
In his new budget, the president has requested money for thousands of items similar to the pet projects of Congress...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Huckabee Easily Wins Republican Caucuses in Kansas
Mike Huckabee showed that he is still attracting voters even as the majority of the Republican Party is beginning to coalesce around John McCain as the nominee...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Recession Would Work in Democrats? Favor
Voters are likely to blame the weak economy mostly on the Republicans, even though President Bush will not be on the ballot...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Cutting to the Quick
While lower rates are always a positive for banks, the effects of the Fed?s cuts may not prompt an immediate rebound in profits at many banks...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Recalling the Maharishi and Carville?s Killer Ad
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who died last Tuesday, is not someone you would expect to be used as a blunt-force political weapon...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Making Sense of the Great Suicide Debate
The darkness of the soul encounters the science of pharmaceuticals...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Negative Campaign
Winning consumer votes by catering to political disdain...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Letters
How to Pay Tomorrow?s Bills...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Recession Hint Sends Stocks Down Sharply
Buffeted by concerns about a weakening economy, the stock market fell last week after two weeks of gains...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Nods to the Old Country in a Modern Space
A gleaming, modern interior by architect Peter Marino emerges in the flagship store Ermenegildo Zegna, the men?s luxury clothing and accessories brand...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Love Me, Love My Apartment
Real estate in New York City has a way of looming large in matters of the heart...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
The Hockey Life, and After
Playing hockey, I learned an important lesson about business and life: the puck either goes in the net or it doesn?t...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
The Job Interview, Starring Your Avatar
As big companies spread their brands to Web-based social networking communities, some employers are also exploring Multi-User Virtual Environments, or MUVEs...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Gulp! Burger King Is on the Rebound
A chain goes for the testosterone with big burgers and video games...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
For Your Pet, a Policy All Its Own
A new insurance field shows signs of growing along with familial feelings for animals...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
This Year, Commodities Are on a Rockier Road
Rising demand, a falling dollar and rosy economic predictions, have stoked the price of commodities in the last few years. But times are changing...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
The Unending Allure of the Free Lunch
Ezra Pound?s words on usury, or ultra-high-interest lending and borrowing, come to mind when considering the subprime problems that face this great nation...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
When Self-Interest Isn?t Everything
How campaign donors can defy the odds of a classic economic theory...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Warning: Fast Driving May Lead to More Trading
IF you get speeding tickets, watch out: The chances are good that you will also engage in possibly dangerous investing behavior, too, according to a new study...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Do Boomers Want a Web Home of Their Own?
Eons, a tiny two-year-old company based in Boston, is one of several contestants aiming to become the pre-eminent Web destination for boomers...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Going Global With Concerns on Health Costs
Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Mashups Are Breaking the Mold at Microsoft
Although it is not yet widely visible to the outside world, some people inside Microsoft are beginning to break that mold...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Now, Feed the Data to the Subprimeoscope
Economic forecasting is like reading tea leaves ? extremely difficult, unless you arrange the leaves into letters and numbers, which is no picnic, either...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Tell the T.S.A. (and Don?t Hold Back)
The Transportation Security Administration launched a new blog to inform passengers -- and perhaps ease their frustration with the airport security screenings...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Pushing Paper Out the Door
After rising steadily in the 1980s and ?90s, worldwide paper consumption per capita has plateaued in recent years...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Global Finance Leaders Warn of Risk From U.S. Housing Woe
Finance leaders from the world?s wealthiest nations warned Saturday that global economic woes could get worse from the slump in the American housing market...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Transcript Reveals Details of French Trader?s Actions
Documents suggest that a trader at Société Générale was aware of Jérôme Kerviel?s surreptitious trading and that Mr. Kerviel understood the gravity of his actions...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Will Disney Keep Us Amused?
Disney is revamping one of its California theme parks by melding classic carnival games with virtual reality...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Yahoo Expected to Reject Microsoft?s Takeover Offer
Yahoo?s board decided that Microsoft?s $44.6 billion hostile bid undervalues Yahoo, people involved in the discussions said...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
US voters swing back into action
Four US states hold presidential campaign votes, as Republican Mike Huckabee wins in Kansas...
BBC News - February 9, 2008
Shuttle Docks With Space Station
The shuttle Atlantis docked with the international space station, delivering Europe?s $2 billion research lab after years of delay...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Crews Extinguish Flames at Refinery
Firefighters all but extinguished a blaze at a sugar refinery that had been burning since an explosion late Thursday leveled the building...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Ledger Mourned in Australian Home
Heath Ledger?s family, Hollywood celebrities and hundreds of other mourners bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
6 at Guantánamo Said to Face Trial in 9/11 Case
A sweeping case against suspects in the Sept. 11 attacks would bring new scrutiny to military commissions...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Bhutto?s Widower Rallies Party for Election in Pakistan
Asif Zardari opened his party?s election campaign with a huge rally in a bid to sweep to power on Benazir Bhutto?s legacy and martyrdom...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Turkey?s Parliament Votes to Lift Head Scarf Ban
The vote sets the stage for a showdown with the country?s secular elite over Islam?s place in Turkish society...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Tentative Deal Is Reached in Writers? Strike
The governing boards of the two writers? guilds are expected to meet as early as Sunday, and the long and bitter strike could be over by Monday morning...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Grammys dinner honours Franklin
Soul legend Aretha Franklin has been honoured by the US music industry ahead of Sunday's Grammys...
BBC News - February 9, 2008
White House race contests resume
Four US states are holding presidential campaign elections, the first polls since Super Tuesday...
BBC News - February 9, 2008
Lives and a Georgia Community?s Anchor Are Lost
Four bodies had been found and four more workers were missing after an explosion at a sugar refinery in Georgia...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
In Court, an Inside Look at Violence in Camden
A jury in federal court is hearing details of Camden, N.J., in the 1990s, when a young drug lord with cocaine for the city?s addicts and bullets for his rivals was rising to power...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Sunnis Agree to Rejoin Government
Iraq?s main Sunni Arab bloc has agreed to rejoin Iraq?s Shi?ite-led government after key demands for returning were met, two officials from the bloc said...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Japan Says Russian Plane Violated Space
Japan protested to Moscow after a Russian military plane intruded into Japanese air space over the Izu Islands south of Tokyo, a Japanese foreign ministry official said...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Republican Party Is Set to Focus on Security
The president said the election would offer a stark choice...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Electrocution Is Banned in Last State to Rely on It
The ruling in Nebraska effectively suspended executions in the only state that relies solely on the once-dominant practice...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
G.I. Tells of Ordering Execution of Unarmed Iraqi
A top Army sniper testified that he had ordered the execution of an unarmed Iraqi man and then planted a rifle near the body to support his false report about the killing...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
In Venezuela, Faith in Chávez Starts to Wane
Economic and social problems are so acute that President Hugo Chávez is facing criticism even from his supporters...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Last Dance: A Studio Tears Up Its Floors
The places where cultural history was made in New York City have largely disappeared, and on Friday another institution was lost...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Old Friends Say Drugs Played Only Bit Part in Obama?s Young Life
Barack Obama has admitted to using illegal drugs as a teenager, but others remember him as a model of moderation...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Bush Urges G.O.P. Unity; Party Set to Focus on Security
The president sought to unify his party behind its presumptive nominee and said the election would present a stark choice...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
6 Guantánamo Detainees Are Said to Face Trial Over 9/11
A sweeping case against suspects in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, would bring new scrutiny to the system of military commissions...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Company Thrives Offering Hotel Services (and Day Care) for Pets
PetSmart has been growing by selling day care and hotel accommodations for pets, proving that being treated like a dog may not be a bad thing if pampering is part of the deal...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Rate of Growth in Consumer Debt Slowed in December
The Federal Reserve reported Thursday that consumer borrowing rose at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in December, the weakest showing since April...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
A Tight Grip Can Choke Creativity
A small book publisher faces off against the titans in a Harry Potter copyright case...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat
The full emissions costs of producing biofuels are higher than those of producing of conventional fuels, scientists said...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Gazprom Threatens to Halt Fuel for Ukraine
In this latest flare-up of a dispute over money and energy in Eastern Europe, Gazprom threatened to halt fuel supplies unless Ukraine settled a $1.5 billion debt...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Suit Tangles Issue of James Brown?s Estate
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by two court-appointed trustees of the estate of James Brown accuses the singer?s longtime business managers of looting millions of dollars...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Bond Raters in Effort to Repair Credibility
Standard & Poor?s and the Moody?s Corporation?s proposals to restore the credibility of their ratings have met with skepticism from some of their toughest critics...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Court Bars Sale of Billions in Oil Assets by Venezuela
The oil giant won court orders freezing as much as $12 billion in petroleum assets controlled by Venezuela?s government...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Congress Votes for a Stimulus of $168 Billion
Lawmakers and President Bush hope that tax breaks for businesses and rebates for taxpayers will promote spending...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
European Banks Confront Economic Slowdown
Abandoning recent threats to raise interest rates, the European Central Bank hinted Thursday that it would soon follow the Federal Reserve?s lead and cut them...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Creators of Credit Crisis Revel in Las Vegas
This year?s conference for financial professionals felt less like a celebration of risk and more like group therapy...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Rescuers Script a Possible Ending for a Strike
The writers? strike is on the brink of ending in true Hollywood fashion: through connections...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
After Raid, New Leaders May Emerge in Mob Family
History suggests that the power vacuum created in the Gambino family could result in a bloody restructuring of the organization?s business model...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Is It Too Late for Yahoo?
Jerry Yang faces pressure as he decides whether to try to rescue the company from Microsoft, or accept its bid to purchase Yahoo...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Appellate Panel Rejects E.P.A. Emission Limits
By ruling against limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the panel agreed with those who said the law required tighter, more expensive controls...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
NBC Makes News on Clintons, and Reports on It, Too
NBC suspended a reporter on Friday for what it said were ?inappropriate? comments about Chelsea Clinton...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
The Greener Side of Recession
Tongue planted firmly in cheek ? or maybe not ? Fion MacCloud of the British site Finance Markets recently offered ?10 Ways the Recession Can Help the Environment.?...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Working by Eavesdropping on DNA Doing Its Work
Pacific Bioscience?s sequencer lets the DNA chain grow continuously and records a movie of flashing lights...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Creating Brand You
Looking to stand out ? or at least stay employed ? in the current deteriorating economy? Judith Sills, a psychologist, suggests becoming your own brand...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
My Cortex Made Me Buy It
Given our love affair with high-priced luxury goods, and their association with status and power, it?s possible that we?ve come to experience cerebral delight in response to things that promise that cachet...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Sending an S O S for a PC Exorcist
I leaped up from my desk vowing to commit the most sensational attack of revenge in the history of the personal computer industry...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Yahoo?s Directors Discuss How to Face Microsoft Bid
Presentations from Yahoo?s management and its bankers argued that the company was worth more than what Microsoft has offered...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
As Most of China Celebrates New Year, a Scramble Continues in Coal Country
The recent snowstorms that left millions without power in Southern China underscored the country?s heavy dependence on coal and laid bare the glaring inadequacies of its production and distribution cycle...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
MTV President Is Stepping Down
The president of MTV, Christina Norman, is stepping down after almost three years of trying to revitalize the cable channel and adding music and reality-based programming...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Job Growth Where Bush Didn?t Want It
George W. Bush is in line to be the first president since World War II to preside over an economy in which federal government employment rose more rapidly than private sector employment...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
A Mixed End to a Dismal Week
The market has been shaken by uncertainty surrounding bond insurers and whether they will be able to handle large losses in the value of mortgage-backed bonds...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Overseas Funds Resist Calls for a Code of Conduct
The funds argue that a code is unnecessary because their investments are already strictly commercial in nature...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Nielsen Tells TV Clients It Is Working on Ending Delays in Ratings
The television business has about $60 billion a year in advertising revenue that is based on the ratings provided by Nielsen...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
German Bank Gets $7.2 Billion Bailout
Under the rescue plan WestLB?s owners agreed to guarantee a new off-balance-sheet unit that would house about 23 billion euros ($33 billion) of the risky securities...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent Posts Loss, but Revenue Climbs 18%
Alcatel-Lucent finished its first full year as a merged company with a net loss of 3.52 billion euros and sales of 17.79 billion euros, a 2.5 percent drop...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Alliance Data Drops Suit to Force Deal
Under the deal?s terms, Blackstone must pay a $170 million breakup fee if certain conditions occur, like a severe decline in Alliance Data?s financial health...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Debt Relief Can Cause Headaches of Its Own
With the economy slowing and houses no longer easy sources of cash, a growing number of consumers cannot pay the minimum monthly amount off their credit card debt...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
2nd Trader Emerges in Inquiry in France
The man French authorities were questioning was identified as Moussa Bakir, a broker at Société Générale?s futures brokerage unit...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Vocal Contest Gives McDonald?s Employees Something to Sing About
The ?American Idol? craze has spawned an elaborate knock-off at McDonald?s, which put out a casting call to its workers and was overwhelmed by 3,600 video auditions...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
The Race to Read Genomes on a Shoestring, Relatively Speaking
If the cost of sequencing a human genome can drop to $1,000 or below, experts say it would start to become feasible to tell what diseases people might be at risk for...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
From Japan?s Slump in 1990s, Lessons for U.S.
A Japan-style quagmire, most economists say, is an outcome that can be avoided in the United States with sound economic policy...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Wary U.S. Olympians Will Bring Food to China
The United States Olympic Committee will ship 25,000 pounds of lean protein to Beijing to avoid tainted food...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
Facing Free Software, Microsoft Looks to Yahoo
Internet-centered programs that compete with Microsoft?s core products are an overlooked driver of its bid for Yahoo...
New York Times - February 9, 2008
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