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La. aims to sell notorious Delta prison - New Orleans Times-Picayune


BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A budget shortfall has Louisiana officials working to shut down and sell a former youth prison in the Delta, a lockup created under former Gov. Edwin Edwards and long known for the nightmarish conditions endured by its ...


8 Jan 2009

Prudential loses more than 7% on fears of payout cuts - Times Online


Prudential was the worst-performing blue chip yesterday, losing more than 7 per cent, as life insurers were hit by renewed worries that they would have to cut dividends and write down investments in corporate bonds. Merrill Lynch, in downgrading the ...


8 Jan 2009

Plum Creek reduces MT production; 145 jobs lost - Bellingham Herald


Plum Creek Timber Co. says it will reduce production at its four lumber sawmills and its medium density fiberboard plant in Montana, resulting in the loss of 145 jobs. The Seattle-based company said Thursday it was taking the action because of the ...


8 Jan 2009

TODAY: Obama says Congress must act boldly and now on economy - Charleston Daily Mail


WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama implored Congress to "act boldly and act now'' on Thursday to fix an economy growing perilously weaker, and leading lawmakers set an informal goal of mid-February for enacting tax cuts and government ...


8 Jan 2009

Hedge Funds Lost Record 18.3% on Misjudged Markets (Update1) - Bloomberg


Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds lost 18.3 percent in 2008, their worst year on record, as managers misjudged the severity of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. A gain of 0.42 percent in December lessened the average loss for ...


8 Jan 2009

Search abandoned for NJ baby's body, lost in trash - Philadelphia Inquirer


JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Police who searched dumps in three states for the remains of a baby thrown out in a Jersey City hospital's trash gave up Thursday, saying they had little chance of success. "We have come to the harsh reality that efforts to locate ...


8 Jan 2009

Hedge Funds Lost Record 18.3% on Misjudged Markets (Update2) (Bloomberg)


YAHOO - Hedge Funds Lost Record 18.3% on Misjudged Markets (Update2) (Bloomberg)Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds lost 18.3 percent in 2008, their worst year on record, as managers misjudged the severity of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.


8 Jan 2009

Hedge Funds Lost Record 18.3% on Misjudged Markets (Correct) (Bloomberg)


YAHOO - Hedge Funds Lost Record 18.3% on Misjudged Markets (Correct) (Bloomberg)(Corrects time period for Morgan Creek loss in 18th paragraph.) Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds lost 18.3 percent in 2008, their worst year on record, as managers misjudged the severity of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.


8 Jan 2009

Chaffetz admits he lost twice to Colbert (Deseret Morning News)


YAHOO - Chaffetz admits he lost twice to Colbert (Deseret Morning News)Psst. Guess what? Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, did something even more pathetic than lose a leg wrestling match with TV comedian Steven Colbert. He lost to him twice.


8 Jan 2009

N.Y. union pensions lost money through Madoff: Report (Business Insurance)


YAHOO - N.Y. union pensions lost money through Madoff: Report (Business Insurance)NEW YORK (Reuters)—Three northern New York trade unions have joined the legion of investors that lost money in an alleged $50 billion fraud by Bernard Madoff, The Post Standard of Syracuse, N.Y., reported on Thursday.


8 Jan 2009

Hedge Funds Lost 18.3% in 2008 Market Turmoil (New York Times)


YAHOO - Hedge Funds Lost 18.3% in 2008 Market Turmoil (New York Times)It was a tough year for hedge funds — very tough. The hedge fund industry as a whole lost 18.3 percent in 2008, according to data released from Hedge Fund Research on Thursday, as the financial markets reeled from the exploding credit crisis.


8 Jan 2009

Hoarder Dies After Becoming Lost in Maze of Own Trash (Fox News)


YAHOO - Hoarder Dies After Becoming Lost in Maze of Own Trash (Fox News)An eccentric loner in Britain hoarded so much trash he had to burrow through it to get around his home — then got lost in the maze of tunnels Friday and died of thirst.


8 Jan 2009

Hedge Funds Lost 18.3% in 2008 Market Turmoil - DealBook Blog ...


The hedge fund industry as a whole lost 18.3 percent in 2008, according to data released from Hedge Fund Research on Thursday, as the financial markets reeled from the exploding credit crisis. The industry did, however, post a modest ...


8 Jan 2009

White House Lost $23 Million in Value Over the Past Year - The ...


Zillow reports on what the housing crisis has done to the value of the nation's most famous residence.


8 Jan 2009

Happiness is a warm TV - 'Lost' countdown: 13 days | newsobserver ...


21 premiere of Lost (ABC, 8 p.m.) by taking a look at how season four ended for characters on and off the island. TODAY: Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) When we last saw Claire ... girlfriend had left her son in a tree, ...


8 Jan 2009

'Lost' Season 5 Hint #6


Information related to the hit ABC show LOST. ... Lost Forum · :> Lost Spoilers · :> Lost News · :> Lost Recaps · :> Lost Interviews · :> Lost Gallery · :> Lost Links · :> Sumbit Article. LOST - Sponsors. The Lost Boys. Click To Enlarge ...


8 Jan 2009

Editorial: In praise of ... lost rivers | Comment is free | The ...


Editorial: Every city has its hidden streams, such as the Cornbrook, the Irk and the Tib in Manchester.


7 Jan 2009

Usmagazine.com | News - Lost's Naveen Andrews Wins Sole Custody of Son


Under Wednesday's ruling, the boy is now allowed to travel to Hawaii -- where Andrews films Lost -- and can be accompanied either by the actor or Hershey. Andrews' lawyer, Laura Wasser, also asked the judge to order Eustache to undergo ...


7 Jan 2009