Jan 17th, 2008 · The northwest corner of South Carolina has built up one of the country's most successful global high-tech manufacturing corridors. But there remain economically depressed areas of the state where residents are left to cope despite shuttered mills.
Dec 26th, 2007 · The San Francisco Zoo was closed Wednesday as police swept the zoo grounds after a tiger escaped Christmas Day, killing a 17-year-old and mauling two others. The Siberian tiger was shot and killed by police officers.
Nov 29th, 2007 · Once the stagehands union strike was settled Wednesday night, the frazzled but happy casts and crews of the 27 shuttered Broadway shows went into high gear to reopen Thursday.
Oct 27th, 2007 · Dozens of lobsters scrammed out of an Asian supermarket in Stuttgart, Germany. The cunning clawed crustaceans crawled out of their poorly secured crates, scurried across the floor, and squeezed through some metal shutters onto the street.
Oct 3rd, 2007 · North Korea agreed to provide an accurate declaration of its nuclear programs and will disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by yearend. As part of the agreement, the U.S. will take the lead in seeing that the facilities are disabled and will fund those initial activities.
Aug 29th, 2007 · Pockets of New Orleans have recovered, but other parishes still have shuttered stores, boarded up businesses, closed schools and hospitals. The city has become a symbol of failure for the government at all levels. The biggest responsibility of government is strong, safe levees.
Aug 23rd, 2007 · California-based Accredited Home Lenders says that it would stop writing new loans and lay off more than half its workforce. Lehman Brothers is shuttering its BNC Mortgage unit. And Quality Home Loans has joined about a dozen mortgage companies in filing for bankruptcy.
Aug 21st, 2007 · The Defense Department says the usefulness of Talon, the anti-terrorism database, has declined and any further data collected will be stored in an FBI system, called Guardian. Talon had been criticized for storing information on peace activists.