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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2006:
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Walkout picks up steam
Demonstrators across the United States -- including about 300,000 in Chicago -- missed work and school Monday, protesting Congress' attempts to toughen immigration laws...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Immigrant rallies pick up steam
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the United States miss work and school to protest Congress' attempts to toughen immigration laws. The "Day Without Immigrants" rallies are intended to show the economic power of illegal and legal immigrants...
CNN - May 1, 2006
'Day Without Immigrants' picks up steam
Demonstrators across the United States -- including about 100,000 in Chicago -- missed work and school Monday, protesting Congress' attempts to toughen immigration laws...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Jurors See Video of Defendant Talking of Bomb Plot
Prosecutors at the trial of a man accused of conspiring to bomb the Herald Square subway station played a videotape for the jurors today...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Immigrants Stage Protests Across U.S.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants gathered today to show the impact they have on the nation's economy...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Enron boss 'ignored staff fears'
Enron founder Kenneth Lay ignored staff concerns about accounting irregularities, a Houston court is told...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Lamy calls for trade deal revival
WTO boss Pascal Lamy makes a fresh appeal for nations to break the current impasse in global trade talks...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Tennis: Agassi plans to return
Andre Agassi will make his comeback after three months out at the Stella Artois Championships...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Deal on US troops in Japan
The US and Japan sign a deal to restructure US forces in Japan, after months of negotiations...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Poll: Doubts Iraq 'mission ended'
Three years after President George W. Bush declared major combat over in Iraq, Americans have strong doubts that the U.S. will fulfill the promise of his "Mission Accomplished" backdrop, according to a CNN poll. Only 9 percent thought the U.S. mission in Iraq had been accomplished, while another 40 percent believed it would be complete "someday."...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Rebels threaten Darfur peace deal
Darfur rebels have reaffirmed that they want changes to a draft peace proposal, the Sudanese Government repeated its readiness to sign, and the two sides prepared to re-enter talks and try to hammer out a deal by a new Tuesday deadline...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Immigration walkout begins
Demonstrators rallied Monday against a proposed crackdown on illegal immigration by boycotting jobs, schools and businesses as a way to show the economic power of immigrants. "It will be tens of millions from coast to coast, from Los Angeles to New York," said Javier Rodriguez, a spokesman for the March 25 Coalition...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Millions expected to 'walk out' for immigration rally
Organizers are predicting an unprecedented turnout for Monday's rallies against a proposed crackdown on illegal immigration and a widespread boycott of jobs, schools and businesses meant to show the economic power of immigrants...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Nationwide Immigrant Rallies Are Under Way
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters were expected to gather in cities across the country today...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case
Justices gave new legal impetus to the former playmate's bid for her late husband's estate...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Spate of Hindu Killings Precedes Kashmir Meeting
Thirty five Hindus were killed in recent days just before talks between Indian and Kashmiri leaders...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Bush Hails a 'Turning Point' in Iraq
The president told Americans that "we've got partners in this effort who are dedicated to a unified Iraq."...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Accord Hopes Dim in Darfur With Departure
The top Sudanese official at the talks, Vice President Ali Osman Taha, abruptly left Nigeria today...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Construction and Consumer Spending Rises
The Commerce Department's report was the latest sign that the economy had snapped out of its funk...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Enron boss returns to witness box
Enron founder Kenneth Lay is due to return to the witness box on Monday as he starts his second week of testimony...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
US consumer spending increasing
US consumer spending rose more than expected in March, the latest indication that the economy is gathering pace...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Ex-professor jailed in Jihad case
Palestinian university professor Sami al-Arian must serve another 18 months in a US jail for funding Islamic Jihad...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
US bid to revive WTO trade talks
The US trade representative is set to meet Brazil and other G20 nations in an attempt to revive ailing world trade talks...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Football: USA squad to be named
USA coach Bruce Arena concedes some big-name players will be left out of his World Cup squad...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Poll: Doubts on Iraq 'victory'
Three years after President George W. Bush declared victory in Iraq, Americans have strong doubts that the United States will fulfill the promise of his "Mission Accomplished" backdrop, a CNN poll released Monday found. Only 9 percent thought the U.S. mission in Iraq had been accomplished, while another 40pc believed it would be complete "someday."...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Darfur peace deadline extended
Mediators from the African Union agreed in the early hours of Monday to give the warring parties from Sudan's Darfur region an extra 48 hours to strike a peace deal after a midnight deadline expired...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Baidoa Journal: 'City of Death' Has Unusual Guest: Hope
Somalia's transitional government, carefully balanced by clan, came into being in 2004 and is beginning to offer hope for peace...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Alcatel and Lucent Say Technology Not at Risk
An Alcatel spokeswoman said that a strategy is in place to protect the classified work that both companies handle...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Debate on Global Warming Helps Produce a Brisk Seller
A Canadian climatologist's global warming novel is sold out, possibly due to government efforts to silence the book's publicity...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Addenda
Accounts...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Los Angeles Times Ends Column of Writer Who Used Pseudonyms
The paper printed an editor's note after suspending the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, saying that using assumed names was dishonest, violating the paper's ethics...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Treasury Bills Set for Auction This Week
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Drilling Down: When Three Remotes Are Better Than One
Half of households in the United States have three or more remote controls, but only a tenth of homes use universal remotes...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Looking Ahead
BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT Richard M. Scrushy, the HealthSouth founder, goes on trial today in federal court in Birmingham, Ala. He is charged with participating in a political bribery scheme unrelated to HealthSouth's accounting problems...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Yahoo Introduces a Site on Consumer Technology
The site, called Yahoo Tech (tech.yahoo.com), will feature blogs on technology, a weekly video program, and will display user comments...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Guidelines for Radio Tags Aim to Protect Buyer Privacy
Some of the guidelines say that consumers should be notified when goods have radio tags, and business should explain how information gathered from the tags will be used...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Providing Free Real Estate Listings From a Broader Market
Homestore, now Move.com, is adopting a search engine approach to listings and creating a portal for all moving-related needs...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Link by Link : In Internet Age, Writers Face Frontier Justice
Literary exegesis is no longer undertaken solely by critics, but by a global hive, humming everywhere at once, and linked to the wiki...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Advertising: Beer Ads That Ditch the Bikinis, but Add Threads of Thought
Miller Brewing is introducing an ad campaign that Miller says is intended to rise above the calculated inanity of most beer ads...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Ford May Produce Its Own Reality TV Show
Ford is pitching a reality show where aspiring car designers would compete to design the next hot Ford vehicle...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Groups Opposing Wal-Mart Get Help From New Web Site
Wal-Mart Watch and Sprawl-Busters have teamed up to create an online toolkit for groups opposing the giant discount retailer...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
A Small Step at Starbucks From Mocha to Movies
Starbucks is seeking movies and books to promote in the hope of duplicating the success it has had selling and promoting music...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
David Carr: Reality and Fantasy, Indivisible
Questions of truth, verisimilitude and reality are a substantial part of this year's Tribeca Film Festival, most notably in "American Cannibal: The Road to Reality."...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Next Step for Counterfeiters: Faking the Whole Company
Counterfeiters in China set up a parallel NEC that developed its own products and had links to a network of factories in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
A Studio Chief's Jailhouse Visits to a Detective Raise Questions
The detective is in prison for possessing explosives, and is suspected of running a gigantic eavesdropping operation...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
The Rise and Fall of Revolution
Revolution Studios, run by Joe Roth, will close its doors in October 2007, despite predictions that it would soon become profitable...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Anger over Spanish US anthem
A Spanish version of the US national anthem draws the attention of even George W Bush, the BBC's Matt Frei writes...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
US hit by EU over anti-dumping
The EU has hit US imports with higher tariffs for breaking World Trade Organisation rules on dumping...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Police quit over Gaviria murder
Two Colombian police generals step down following the murder of the sister of former President Cesar Gaviria...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Rocker angry at Katrina response
Bruce Springsteen criticises the response to Hurricane Katrina, citing the "criminal ineptitude" of politicians...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Police: Rebels kill 22 in Kashmir
Suspected Islamic militants have gunned down Hindu villagers in southern Kashmir, killing at least 22 and critically wounding eight others, a police official has said...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Deadline extension for Darfur
African Union mediators brokering peace talks among warring parties in Sudan's Darfur region say they were extending a deadline for the peace parley's end. The conflict has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Huge rally for Darfur
Actors, athletes and activists concerned about the atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region are joining politicians and religious leaders in urging a greater U.S. role in ending what the United Nations says is the world's worst humanitarian disaster...
CNN - May 1, 2006
Mixed Result in Treating Schizophrenia Pre-Diagnosis
A controversial pre-emptive treatment strategy for schizophrenia is proving difficult to put into effect...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Afghanistan: Karzai's Holiday Pardons Set an American Free
An American imprisoned in Afghanistan after being found guilty of running a private jail and torturing detainees was released under a presidential pardon...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Fighting New Heights on the Upper West Side
As two luxury towers rise, the upper Upper West Side is hurrying to rezone before developers begin tearing down other buildings and replacing them with other tall apartment buildings...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Washington Letter: At Annual Correspondents' Dinner, a Set of Bush Twins Steal the Show
President Bush used a Bush impersonator to poke fun at himself at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Messages: Some See Hints of Disharmony in Qaeda Tapes
The broadcasts last week by three terrorist leaders show the differing motives of Al Qaeda's leadership...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
New Microsoft Browser Raises Google's Hackles
Google says Microsoft is unfairly grabbing Web traffic by making its MSN search engine the default in its browser...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Duke's Struggling Cousin Rises From Its Shadow
A rape case has uncomfortably linked Duke and its struggling neighbor, North Carolina Central University...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
With Calls for Boycott by Immigrants, Employers Gird for Unknown
Companies set out a wide range of plans and braced for a new wave of immigration demonstrations on Monday...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Military: Mock Iraqi Villages in Mojave Prepare Troops for Battle
The training villages are at the heart of a vast shift in U.S. strategy, from an emphasis on army-to-army battles to preparing for guerrilla insurgencies...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Sharp Reaction to G.O.P. Plan on Gas Rebate
The Senate Republican plan to mail $100 checks to voters to ease the burden of high gas prices is eliciting more scorn than gratitude...
New York Times - May 1, 2006
Hope for brain tumour vaccine
Scientists are hopeful for a new vaccine that could protect against an aggressive brain tumour...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
Cricket: Windies triumphant
West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 98 runs in the second one-day international in Antigua...
BBC News - May 1, 2006
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