International Business News - Nation http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif NEW HAVEN, Conn.--The announcement came in 1800 in the back of a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive "dictionary of the American language." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/yale-celebrates-noah-websters-250th-birthday.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:10:57 EDT Beside a mighty river, tucked away in the shadow of a towering ribbon of asphalt that leads drivers into the Lincoln Tunnel and Manhattan beyond, sits a plot of land notable because of a two-century-old event that, for most Americans, is largely forgotten. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140764-measure-of-a-nation-a-heartbeat-away.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/vp-a-second-banana-in-a-country-of-firsts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/vp-a-second-banana-in-a-country-of-firsts.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:40 EDT Beside a mighty river, tucked away in the shadow of a towering ribbon of asphalt that leads drivers into the Lincoln Tunnel and Manhattan beyond, sits a plot of land notable because of a two-century-old event that, for most Americans, is largely forgotten. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140716-measure-of-a-nation-a-heartbeat-away.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/vp-a-second-banana-in-a-country-of-firsts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/vp-a-second-banana-in-a-country-of-firsts.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:25:24 EDT Fellow Americans, let us be clear: This news article will improve your life. Of that there can be no doubt. And those negative voices that disagree? They're fundamentally wrong. It is time, finally, to turn our backs on their failed notions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/in-these-times-political-catchword-is-certainty.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:31:25 EDT Ticketmaster, whose stock fell to a new 52-week low Thursday, said a new ticketing deal between concert company Live Nation Inc. and SMG will have no near-term impact on its business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/ticketmaster-live-nation-deal-not-near-term-worry.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:41:48 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, Sept. 11, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Live Nation Inc.'s stock surged Thursday after the concert company said it reached a ticketing agreement with SMG, the world's largest venue management company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/movers-roundup-live-nation-csx.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:38:27 EDT Live Nation Inc.'s stock surged Thursday after the concert company said it reached a ticketing agreement with SMG, the world's largest venue management company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/live-nation-rises-on-ticketing-deal-with-smg.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:25:43 EDT Concert company Live Nation Inc. said Thursday it will sell tickets at North American venues controlled by SMG, the world's largest venue management company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/live-nation-to-sell-tickets-for-smg-venues.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:19:40 EDT When John McCain decided to cast Barack Obama as a feckless upstart, an empty suit, he reached for the dirtiest word he could use: "celebrity." "He's the biggest celebrity in the world," a female narrator warns in breathless tones for a McCain ad, "but is he ready to lead?" Chants of "O-bama! O-bama!" form a mischievous backtrack to fleeting images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton--one a troubled singer and the other a socialite who is famous for, well, being famous. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/127603-measure-of-a-nation-culture-of-celebrity.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/celebrity-dig-reflects-us-culture-history.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/celebrity-dig-reflects-us-culture-history.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:15:20 EDT Snowmobiles are good. NASCAR is very good. Football metaphors about God are better. "Sam's Club Republicans" are the salt of the American earth. Hollywood, the media and academics are suspect at best, subversive at worst. Though not as bad as European ideas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/its-gops-world-elitists-just-live-in-it.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:02:41 EDT Being a mayor of 9,780 is nothing like leading 305 million. Living next to Russia does not make you a foreign policy whiz. And presidential competence is rarely measured in square miles. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/122828-aptopix-republican-convention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/analysis-palin-more-than-her-resume-_-much-more.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/analysis-palin-more-than-her-resume-_-much-more.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:02:08 EDT The review was scathing. "She cannot sing very well," it said. "She is flat a good deal of the time." So the singer's father did what any loyal dad might. He put pen to paper and dashed off a blistering nastygram. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/122384-aptopix-republican-convention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/kids-in-the-public-eye-where-does-the-line-lie.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/kids-in-the-public-eye-where-does-the-line-lie.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:39:14 EDT People: Make up your minds. For two days, the chorus from Republicans on TV news and in the halls of the convention has been resounding: Back off and let the Palin family be. "That's out of bounds," said Minnesota's Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty. "There's no need to be intrusive and pry into that." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/122212-republican-convention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/analysis-gop-contradicts-self-on-palin-family.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/analysis-gop-contradicts-self-on-palin-family.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:48:32 EDT Dan Quayle struck a nerve in 1992 when he went after the TV series "Murphy Brown" by saying its depiction of a single mother was irresponsible and set a bad example for America. The Republican vice president said the fictional character was "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another `lifestyle choice.'" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/an-evolving-gop-approach-to-family-values.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:34:34 EDT Republican National Convention script, Day One: Take your seats, 2:39 p.m. Call to order, 2:45 p.m. Recite the Pledge of Allegiance, 2:49 p.m. Singing of the national anthem by Miss Minnesota 2008, 2:52 p.m. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/120814-republican-convention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/gop-convention-script-goes-straight-to-rewrite.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/gop-convention-script-goes-straight-to-rewrite.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:04:59 EDT With Hurricane Gustav chugging toward the Gulf Coast and New Orleans bracing for its impact, the time for contentious politics at the GOP convention is over. Now, it's time for ... more subtle politics. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/analysis-when-the-best-politics-is-no-politics.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:04:56 EDT An Irish Catholic guy from a coal town who rides Amtrak home from work each night. A "hockey mom" of five who served on the PTA. A 72-year-old Vietnam vet. A biracial kid with a stepfather and a history of moving around. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119442-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/party-tickets-bring-american-archetypes-to-fore.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/party-tickets-bring-american-archetypes-to-fore.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:42:50 EDT A lush, under-the-stars spread of handmade bread, gourmet olives and fine wine makes an unlikely launch for a weekend dedicated to ending hunger, empowering poor nations and transforming farming as we know it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/trying-to-get-up-to-speed-slow-food-makes-us-push.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:18 EDT The rooms of the modern American household have always crept into campaigns. Politics makes strange bedfellows, for one. The living-room war ended Lyndon Johnson's political career. And everyone keeps saying the economy's headed for the toilet. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/118397-measure-of-a-nation-table-talk.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/the-kitchen-table-anatomy-of-a-metaphor.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/the-kitchen-table-anatomy-of-a-metaphor.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:19:17 EDT A generation after Ronald Reagan famously mistook Bruce Springsteen's music for uncritical patriotism, Democrats claimed "Born in the USA" on Thursday for the theme it was meant to project--to describe a splintered country they say desperately needs new policies and new dreams. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/analysis-born-in-the-usa-returns-to-politics.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:38:59 EDT