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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Astronauts step out for longest, hardest spacewalk
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Zimbabwe rejects Carter, Annan, Machel
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Romes chaos and crime meets its would-be Giuliani
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Jetliner plot suspect believed killed in Pakistan
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Economy, not rights, rules the new China-US world
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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US News Archive for July 2005:
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Iraqi Insurgents Aided by Hussein's Nephews, U.S. Says
The Treasury Department said four nephews of Saddam Hussein had played significant roles from bases in Syria in providing money, weapons and other support...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Filibuster on Supreme Court Nominee Appears Unlikely
Several Democrats said today that they did not envision their party trying to block the nomination of John G. Roberts...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
In New Security Move, New York Police to Search Commuters' Bags
This is the first time the city has undertaken such a security effort of this scale on the commuter transportation system...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Coca Cola sees profits rebound
Soft drinks giant Coca Cola bounces back from a poor first quarter with a 9% rise in profits, boosted by sales in China and Mexico...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
Computer demand boosts Microsoft
Top software maker Microsoft sees fourth-quarter profits rise on the back of increasing sales of laptops and personal computers...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
Online advertising drives Google
Internet search engine Google says profits have quadrupled after a growth in online search advertising...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
US court sentences drunken pilots
Two America West pilots convicted of operating a jet full of passengers while drunk are sentenced to jail terms...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
Haitians mourn slain journalist
Haitian mourners attend the funeral of a prominent journalist slain by kidnappers...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
U.S. Will Offer Doctors Free Electronic Records System
In an unprecedented move, Medicare plans to give doctors free software to computerize their medical practices...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Video Game Known for Violence Lands in Trouble Over Sex
The board that rates video games assigned the new Grand Theft Auto game an adults-only label, effectively removing it from the shelves of most U.S. retail chains...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
China Says It Will No Longer Peg Its Currency to the U.S. Dollar
China bowed to months of pressure by revaluing the yuan by 2.1 percent and abandoning the currency's decade-old peg against the dollar...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Guantanamo inmates refuse food
Fifty-two prisoners at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are on hunger strike, the US military says...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
N Korea demands US policy shift
North Korea says the US must end its "hostile policy" if progress is to be made in nuclear talks...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
In American Cities, No Mirror Image of Muslims of Leeds
The differences between the London suicide bombers' hometown and the depressed cities around New York are actually stronger than the similarities...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
In This Corner, in the Flouncy Skirt and Bowler Hat...
It's Bolivia's version of World Wrestling Entertainment: indigenous women wrestlers in traditional skirts, hats and shawls...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Athletics: Johnson keeps his gold
Michael Johnson will keep his 2000 Olympics relay gold medal following a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
French in contact with Farc rebels
France makes contact with the Colombian rebel group, Farc, to appeal for the release of hostage Ingrid Betancourt...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
Court Nominee's Life Is Rooted in Faith and Respect for Law
John G. Roberts is a Harvard-trained, Republican lawyer-turned-judge, with a punctilious, pragmatic view of the law...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Sudan Still Paying Militias That Are Harassing Darfur, U.S. Says
The Sudanese government, after promising to rein in the violence in Darfur, is still paying militias that attack and kill civilians...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Now Let Us All Contemplate Our Own Financial Navels
Everybody, it seems, is starting a yoga business to help make a better, more balanced world. Either that, or to capitalize on a trend...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Gerry Thomas, Who Thought Up the TV Dinner, Is Dead at 83
Gerry Thomas, who designed clever packaging for a frozen meal and called it the TV dinner, died on Monday in Phoenix, Ariz. He was 83...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Frustrations of a Deal-Maker
The chairman of Citigroup has watched from the sidelines as the empire he built has been dismantled, and he is thinking of stepping down early...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Title Insurers Agree to $23 Million Settlement of Kickback Charges
The three largest title insurers in the country agreed yesterday to pay $22.8 million to settle charges that they paid kickbacks for business referrals, as investigations into the title insurance industry continue in more than a dozen states...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Video Game Known for Violence Lands in Rating Trouble Over Sex
The board that rates video games assigned the new Grand Theft Auto game an adults-only label after a sexually suggestive scene was uncovered...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
As It Retools, Kodak Plans More Layoffs
Eastman Kodak will lay off up to 10,000 people over the next two years as it tries to speed its transition to digital photography from film...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Shares Rise on Greenspan's Optimistic View of Economy
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Acquittals and Mistrial in Enron Unit Cases
A federal jury acquitted three former executives at an Enron broadband unit of some charges but deadlocked on the remaining charges against them and two other executives...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Chief of Card Processor Fires Back at Visa
The chief executive of CardSystems Solutions, John M. Perry, fired back at Visa last night, sharply criticizing it for stopping his company from processing its cardholders' transactions on the eve of Congressional hearings into the vulnerability of consumer data...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Editor at Los Angeles Times Stepping Down After 5 Years
John S. Carroll said that he was leaving "for professional and personal reasons" and that the paper's managing editor would take his place...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
3 Aerospace Manufacturers Report Results
United Technologies said its earnings for the second quarter rose, while Honeywell said its profit fell because of costs to repatriate foreign earnings...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
NBC and Mazda Jointly Promote New Lineups
A multimillion-dollar campaign involving Mazda represents NBC's most extensive effort to use the firepower of branded entertainment in promoting a new-season lineup...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Formal Inquiry Begins in a Simmering Boeing-Airbus Dispute
The World Trade Organization began its formal investigation into billions of dollars in government support that Boeing and Airbus receive...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Bank Settles Case in U.S.
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will pay $125 million to settle accusations that it financed hedge funds that engaged in improper mutual fund trading...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Despite a June Surge in Sales, G.M. Posts Another Losing Quarter
General Motors reported its third consecutive losing quarter on Wednesday as surging sales in June did not translate into profits...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Pfizer Earnings Rise 21%, Exceeding Estimates
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
U.S. Looking at Marketing by Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson's aggressive marketing of its heart-failure treatment Natrecor has become the subject of an inquiry by the Justice Department...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Earnings Rise at 2 Airlines Despite Price of Jet Fuel
In a tentative sign of momentum in the airline industry, Continental Airlines and the parent of American Airlines posted better-than-expected net income...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Northwest at an Impasse in Talks With Mechanics
The clock is officially ticking on a 30-day cooling-off period in the labor dispute between Northwest Airlines and its mechanics' union. After that, the union could strike or the airline could impose the $176 million in cuts that it wants - but neither is certain...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Sprint and Cingular Named in Complaints
A California consumer advocacy group said in complaints filed that Sprint and Cingular Wireless had duped cellphone customers into overpaying for some services...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
EBay, With a Global Boost, Beats Wall Street Expectations
EBay surprised investors on Wednesday when it reported that earnings rose 53 percent in the second quarter, driven by growth in international business...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Tax Panel Wants to End Alternative Minimum Tax
President Bush's commission will recommend abolishing the alternative minimum tax, which was established to prevent wealthy people from taking advantage of tax breaks...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Weakness in Trading Crimps Profit at J.P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan Chase reported a profit for the second quarter as its consumer businesses posted healthy gains, but poor trading results cut into its results...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
In Training Video, Merck Said Vioxx Did Not Increase Risk of Heart Attack
The training video, shown in court for the first Vioxx lawsuit to reach trial, may undercut Merck's claim that the company properly disclosed Vioxx's risks...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Adding Up the Oil-for-Food Payoffs
A new study by two economists sheds light on just how much corruption could have taken place in exchange for oil sales in the oil-for-food program...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
In Takeover Dance, the Chinese Miss a Step
Two times this week a large Chinese company has been dealt a setback in its attempt to acquire major American assets, but don't count the Chinese out just yet...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Fed to Keep Rate Policy in Place
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said that the central bank would keep raising interest rates and gave little hint of when it might stop...
New York Times - July 21, 2005
Football coach abducted in Mexico
The coach of one of Mexico's top football clubs is kidnapped by an armed gang on the outskirts of Mexico City...
BBC News - July 21, 2005
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