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Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Cyprus reunification talks on Sept 3
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US strengthening Zimbabwe sanctions
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Extradition appeal deadline for Karadzic closer
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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South Korea struggles to probe tourist death
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Military Sri Lankan fighting kills 45
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Food industry bitten by its lobbying success
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2008:
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Forging a Chinese Scent
Western perfume makers have been selling their scents in China for roughly a decade. But in a few months, Parfums Benetton will introduce two of the first perfumes that have been designed especially for Chinese tastes...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Citi?s Chief Says Change Will Take Time and Patience
At Vikram Pandit?s first major presentation to investors and analysts, Citigroup said that it planned to sell about $400 billion in assets in the next two to three years...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Citing Fuel Costs, FedEx Cuts Its Outlook
Fedex said its fuel costs have risen by more than 7 percent since it issued its guidance in March. It added that weak economic conditions have resulted in lower demand...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Kerkorian Moves to Buy a Bigger Stake in Ford
The billionaire investor started a cash tender offer on Friday to bolster his stake in Ford to 5.6 percent, but stopped short of revealing his long-term plans as a major shareholder...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Bits: Can Facebook Build a Better Passport?
Facebook said that it will let users bring information from their profiles onto other sites. It is also reviving the possibility of a universal logon, an idea tried unsuccessfully years ago by Microsoft...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Circuit City Opens Its Books to Blockbuster
The electronics chain said that it would allow Blockbuster to examine its books, a shift from its initial, highly skeptical stance toward Blockbuster?s unsolicited takeover bid...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Growing Perfume Market in China Is Mostly About the Brand
The importance of brand in sales raises the question of the market?s future stability as sales of perfume, a product that has few cultural roots in China, have recently risen exponentially...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
City Room: Can Bedbugs Live on the Subway?
Bedbugs can live in subway trains and stations, an urban entomologist says, as they did 100 years ago in taxis, trains and buses...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Hints of a Shift at OPEC on Increasing Oil Output
An oil official signaled for the first time in months that the oil cartel might increase its output if prices keep rising...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
City Room: Con Edison Proposes Another Rate Increase
The utility asked state regulators to approve a three-year plan that would would raise rates by 4.9 percent a year through March 2012, or a total of $1.67 billion over the three years...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Spam Moves to Cellphones and Gets More Invasive
If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself for round two: spammers want to find you on your cellphone...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
The Lede: The Vatican Tries a Little Web II.0
Now you can view the Pope's home page in a language even more antique than Cobol...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Obama Pulls Ahead of Clinton in Superdelegates
The superdelegate count was one of the few areas where Hillary Rodham Clinton still maintained an advantage...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Illegal Immigrants Turn to Traditional Healing
Health care for many migrant workers is provided by a parallel system of spiritual healers and home remedies...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
E-Mails Show Derogatory Banter at Secret Service
Supervisors made sexual jokes and racially derogatory comments about blacks, according to internal messages...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
On Flooded Burmese Coast, the Smell of Rot and Death
Six days after a cyclone, it is clear the damage is great and that little aid has made it to villagers along the sea south of Yangon...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Burmese Junta Seizes Aid and Blocks Foreigners
The refusal to allow doctors and relief experts to enter in large numbers contributed to a concern that starvation and disease could kill as many people as the cyclone...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
News Analysis: Israel Readying for a Post-Olmert Era
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is a survivor, but he faces a bribery inquiry that is widely viewed as serious...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Music Issue: Rockin' the Casbah
Thousands of music fans head to Morocco each summer for the Gnawa and World Music Festival, turning the seaside resort of Essaouira into a North African version of Woodstock...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Top policeman killed in Mexico
The Mexican policeman in charge of co-ordinating operations against drugs traffickers is shot dead...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Canadian train put in quarantine
Passengers are isolated on a train in Canada, after one dies and several others experience flu-like symptoms...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Move to resurrect CIA leak case
Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame seeks to resurrect a lawsuit against present and former White House officials...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Clear Channel Profit Surges
The company said first-quarter profit soared to $799.7 million, due to asset sales, an investment gain and higher revenue, but earnings from continuing operations were flat...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
DealBook: Circuit City Opens Its Books to Blockbuster
Circuit City said that it would allow Blockbuster to examine its books, marking a shift from its initial, highly skeptical stance toward Blockbuster?s unsolicited takeover bid...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Stocks Fall on A.I.G. Losses and Oil Surge
Wall Street was down sharply as investors contended with wider-than-expected losses at American International Group and another worrisome spike in oil prices...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Oil Surpasses $125 Per Barrel as Dollar Weakens
Oil prices surged past $125 per barrel on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening U.S. dollar drove investors to snap up commodities...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
More Blue-Light Specials on the Way at Citigroup
In Vikram Pandit?s first major presentation to investors and analysts, the Citigroup chief said the company planned to sell about $400 billion in assets in the next two to three years...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
The Lede: Treasure Finders Aren?t Always Keepers
The coins and artifacts recovered from the ocean floor by an American salvage company came from a sunken warship, Spain argues, so they're not fair game...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
City Room: Paper Calls for Fossella?s Resignation
Politicians in both parties have been reluctant to discuss the congressman's troubles, but this morning an editorial in The Staten Island Advance called for him to leave office...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Paper Cuts: What Poems Soothe Heartbreak?
John Donne, circa 1610 (wikipedia.org) and James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano (Associated Press) We?ve all loved and lost. When Tony Soprano?s son is distraught over a break-up, Tony tells him to bear up and helpfully explains that such occasions have, in fact, spawned an entire industry ? the music business. Lost love is the [...]...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
New Signs of Attacks in Zimbabwe as Mbeki Arrives
As South Africa?s president arrived for talks, new evidence emerged of government attacks on the opposition...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Trade Deficit Narrowed in March, but Exports Fell
The falling demand for imports is the latest indication that Americans are reining in their spending habits...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
N.F.L. Says Spying Evidence Isn?t New
The N.F.L. said eight videotapes submitted by a former Patriots employee that showed the team spying on opponents were consistent with what the league already knew...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Russia Parades Military Might
The ceremony, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, a display of martial hardware not seen since the waning days of the Soviet Union...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Myanmar Proceeds With Vote, Outcome Certain
A reporter in Yangon found little talk among monks of protests in connection with Saturday?s referendum...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Clinton?s Superdelegate Lead Is Fading
Barack Obama picked up endorsements from two more superdelegates on Friday, bringing him to within one of his rival...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
The Caucus: What Is Clinton?s Endgame Strategy?
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s recent comments about electability might be part of an elaborate bargaining package...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Shiite Militias Seize Beirut Neighborhoods
Pro-government fighters have mostly abandoned their posts and handed their weapons over to the Shiite militias...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Israel Readying for a Post-Olmert Era
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is a survivor, but he faces a bribery inquiry that is widely viewed as a serious threat...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
After Dispute With Junta, U.N. Resuming Myanmar Aid
The United Nations suspended relief supplies on Friday after Myanmar?s government seized food and equipment it had sent but said it would resume flights on Saturday...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Citigroup to shed $400bn assets
US bank giant Citigroup aims to sell $400bn of assets over the next three years to bolster its financial position...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
G.M. to Pay $200 Million to Settle Strike
General Motors said that it had agreed to give as much as $200 million to a parts supplier to help settle a 10-week strike that has reduced or halted production at 32 G.M. factories...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Advertising: In a Weak Economy, Quirky Restaurant Ads Yield to Tried and True
Applebee?s and Wendy?s have opted for a more recession-proof approach: glamour shots of food...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Polygamists Are Asked About Fostering Children
Utah?s attorney general said that polygamist homes in his state could take in some of the children seized in a raid...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Mbeki to Hold Talks in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe?s army distanced itself from post-election violence, state media reported ahead of a visit by regional mediator President Thabo Mbeki...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Control of Beirut Areas
The television station affiliated with the top Sunni lawmaker?s party was forced off the air in a sign that pro-government forces were collapsing...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
The rise of Sergio Aguero
The "new Maradona" tells BBC Sport about life at Atletico Madrid...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
AIG posts record loss on bad debt
Insurance giant AIG posts its biggest ever quarterly loss due to its continuing exposure to bad US mortgage debt...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Johnson to meet New York mayor
Michael Bloomberg flies to London to meet the new mayor to swap notes on the task of running a major city...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
Google keen on greater Yahoo ties
Google expresses interest in extending an advertising partnership with fellow search engine Yahoo...
BBC News - May 9, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Restaurant Supplier Bid
Illinois Tool Works, the conglomerate based in Glenview, Ill., agreed to buy a British restaurant equipment supplier, Enodis, for $2 billion, the companies said. Illinois Tool?s bid was 8.5 percent higher than an offer that Enodis agreed to last month from the Manitowoc Company of Manitowoc, Wis. Manitowoc said it was considering its position and would make an announcement later...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Best Buy in Venture
The Best Buy Company, the electronics retailer, will open its first stores in Europe by investing £1.1 billion ($2.16 billion) in a joint venture with the Carphone Warehouse Group. Best Buy, based in Richfield, Minn., will open stores under its brand name across Europe beginning next year in Britain...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
High & Low Finance: A Little Pity, Please, for Lenders
A G.M.A.C. subsidiary that was a leader in creative mortgages can?t pay its own debts, so it is demanding a privilege that it won?t grant its borrowers...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: A Small Rise, Despite the Increasing Oil Prices
Wall Street closed with a moderate advance Thursday, with energy and other commodities companies leading the market as oil prices extended their record-breaking run...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Unilever Profit
Unilever reported a better-than-expected 31 percent increase in first-quarter profit, partly because of asset sales, and raised its full-year sales growth target. The company, whose products include Skippy peanut butter and Dove soap, said its profit rose to 1.41 billion euros ($2.18 billion) from 1.07 billion euros a year earlier. Sales from continuing operations for the quarter rose slightly to 9.57 billion euros ($14.8 billion) from 9.53 billion euros...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Telekom Earnings Up
Deutsche Telekom said first-quarter profit rose more than 33 percent on the sale of its media and broadcast unit and lower interest expenses. The company, which provides landline, mobile phone and Internet access, earned 750 million euros ($1.16 billion) in the period, compared with 563 million euros in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell 3 percent to 15 billion euros ($23.2 billion) from 15.5 billion euros...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Tire Maker?s Profit Falls
Bridgestone, the tire maker, said its profit fell 18.4 percent in the first quarter as a result of sluggish demand in the United States and a strengthening yen. Net profit fell to 22.96 billion yen ($220 million) from 28.14 billion yen a year earlier. Revenue rose 3.6 percent to 797.84 billion yen ($7.6 billion)...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: Belgium: Brewer?s Profit Drops
InBev, brewer of Stella Artois and Beck?s, posted an unexpected 11 percent decline in first-quarter profit, blaming rising costs for ingredients and shipping, and weak sales in Brazil. The company also said that the latest results were being compared with strong earnings a year ago. InBev?s profit fell to 249 million euros ($385 million) from 280 million euros a year earlier. Revenue rose to 3.19 billion euros ($4.93 billion) from 3.05 billion euros...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Revenue Rises at Liberty Media
Liberty Media?s first-quarter revenue rose in all three of its business units, which include QVC and Starz television channels and a stake in DirecTV, the company said...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Higher Oil Prices Lift El Paso?s Results
El Paso Corporation posted a higher first-quarter operating profit on Thursday and said it expected full-year earnings to be sharply higher than previously forecast on stronger oil and natural gas prices...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Hedge Fund Firm Posts Quarterly Loss
The Fortress Investment Group, a hedge fund and private equity firm, reported a quarterly loss on Thursday...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Alcoa Names Chief Executive
Alcoa named its president, Klaus Kleinfeld, as its new chief executive on Thursday...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Wachovia Ousts Chief From Chairman Post
Wachovia stripped its chief executive, G. Kennedy Thompson, of his chairman role on Thursday, separating the top management position from the top oversight post...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Cablevision Reports Wider Loss
Cablevision Systems reported a wider deficit for its first quarter on Thursday on losses from derivative contracts...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Warner Music Loss
The Warner Music Group suspended dividends Thursday after reporting that higher costs and a shift to digital music resulted in a wider second-quarter loss...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
To Reduce Costs, Warner Brothers Closing 2 Film Divisions
The company said closing Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures was a cost-cutting move rooted in the changing economics of the specialty film business...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
S.E.C. Fines Marvell $10 Million
The Marvell Technology Group, a maker of semiconductors, agreed to pay a $10 million civil fine to settle regulators? accusations of improper backdating of stock options...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Retailers? April Is Mixed, With Discounters Strong
Wal-Mart and Costco reported April sales that rose more than analysts estimated as American consumers sought discounts on clothing and food...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Fall in Figure for Jobless Defies Trend
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits dropped much more than expected last week, the Labor Department reported...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Toyota Expects Decline in Annual Profit
The drop in annual profit is accelerating a shift by the Toyota Motor Corporation into emerging markets like China, Latin America and the Middle East...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Europe Resists U.S. Push to End Poultry Ban
American pressure for a quick end to a Europe-wide ban on U.S. poultry imports threatened to backfire after European officials contradicted claims that the dispute was almost resolved...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
F.B.I. Says the Military Had Bogus Computer Gear
The prospect of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Europeans and British Leave Rates Unchanged
The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 percent on Thursday, saying that the region?s economy remained resilient despite financial turmoil...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Facebook Agrees to Devise Tools to Protect Young Users
The company will require users under 18 to confirm they have read Facebook?s safety tips when they sign up; the site will also display a prominent ?report abuse? icon...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
High Prices for Staple Foods Dip, but Volatile Markets Persist
The prices of rice, wheat, soybeans and several other foods have come down recently, a development that could ease some of the panic in global food markets...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Blue-Light Specials at Citigroup as Its New Chief Plans a Revival
Since becoming Citigroup?s chief executive in December, Vikram S. Pandit has been clearing out the corporate attic of weak businesses and unloading worrisome assets...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Homeowner Rescue Bill Passed Despite Veto Threat
The House approved legislation that seeks to broadly expand the availability of mortgages insured by the federal government to help families who are in danger of losing their homes...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Air Travelers Need to Pack More Money
Airlines are passing their financial pain to their passengers in the form of sharply higher airfares and new fees...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Bad Investments and a $7.8 Billion Loss at A.I.G.
In the worst three months of the company?s 89-year history, American International Group lost $7.81 billion, primarily from bad investments in complex financial instruments...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Olmert ?Never Took a Bribe,? He Says
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Thursday that the contributions he had taken from a Long Island businessman were legitimate campaign funds, not bribes...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students
Several highly selective colleges are offering admission to an unusually large number of students from their wait lists, which will probably lead others to do the same...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Diner's Journal: Cross Promotion
Over on our sister blog, The Pour, Eric Asimov writes a stirring elegy for Chinatown's great, departed Mei Lai Wah Coffee House and its memorable pork buns...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Clashes Intensify in Beirut
Clashes escalated in Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah?s leader said the government had declared war by threatening to shut down the group?s private telephone network...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Fossella Admits He Had an Extramarital Affair
Vito J. Fossella declined to address questions about his political future after being arrested for drunken driving and acknowledging fathering a daughter in an extramarital affair...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
New York?s Elite Public Schools Face Pupil Jam
Critics say that the process the city uses to determine when to build new schools is flawed, preventing construction from keeping pace with residential development...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
North Korea Gives U.S. Files on Plutonium Efforts
North Korea has turned over 18,000 pages of documents related to its plutonium program, ahead of an agreement meant to begin the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Cuban Defectors Adjust to a New Life
Despite setbacks, three soccer players who left Cuba?s under-23 men?s soccer team almost two months ago do not seem discouraged as they try to survive in America, both on and off the field...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Race Over or Not, Obama Takes a Victory Lap
Senator Barack Obama made a very public return to the Capitol, while behind the scenes there were new talks between Mr. Obama and the party leadership...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Senator?s Ties to Real Estate Draw Criticism
Senator Richard C. Shelby?s links to the mortgage industry are raising questions because of his role in deciding the fate of a bill to help struggling homeowners...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
A Call for Criminal Inquiry on Mine Collapse
The general manager of a Utah mine withheld information that could have prevented a disaster, the chairman of a Congressional investigation said...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
U.N. Pressures Myanmar to Allow Aid
Frustrated United Nations officials all but demanded that the nation end barriers to supplies and workers...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
Pentagon Drops Post in Pakistan for Top General
The Pentagon has canceled the assignment of Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood to a top position in Pakistan after the Pakistani media excoriated him for his previous job as commander of Guantánamo Bay...
New York Times - May 9, 2008
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