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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 2007:
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Bush Has 5 Polyps Removed in Colon Cancer Test
Doctors found and removed five polyps during a colon cancer screening for President Bush...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Bustle Returns at Site of Steam Pipe Explosion
The area near Wednesday?s steam pipe explosion regained a bit of its bustle Saturday, as city officials reopened some streets and cleanup continued...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Setting Restaurant Records by Selling the Sizzle
Tao Las Vegas, with $55.2 million in business last year, has set a new standard even for huge-volume restaurants...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
The Long Run: In a Volatile City, a Stern Line on Race and Politics
More than any other Republican running for president, Rudolph W. Giuliani has confronted the question of race, that most torturous of American legacies...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
A Surge to 14,000, Then a Retreat
The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 14,000 for the first time on Thursday, only to fall back on Friday...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
The Count: The Choice: Control the Radio or Save the Environment
The benefits of carpooling have not been enough to change the transportation habits of most commuters...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Economic View: A Billion Bucks for the Cubs? It?s Only Money
After owners indulge their fantasy of buying a team, they tend to start viewing the team as a business...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Square Feet | Ventures: In Hotel Companies, Amenities for Investors
Private deal makers still seem to have a voracious appetite for commercial real estate, and the sector du jour is hotels and lodging...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Suits: Riding Very High at Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren?s five-year contract extension could be worth much more than $100 million, not counting the reimbursement for the use of private jets and helicopters...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: Mr. Vranos Has a Deal for You
It takes a special kind of cheek to ask investors at this moment to fund a new company specializing in subprime residential mortgage loans...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
The Goods: For the Beast at the Beach
The new Mangroomer is a folding razor for men who want to shave their own back...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Rational Exuberance
A financial writer argues that economic bubbles have unexpected benefits...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Home Front: What?s in a Name? It?s a Matter of Taste
Condemnation by a powerful city politician put 5 Boroughs Ice Cream, a fledgling New York City business, on the map...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Spending: Dipping a Toe Into Marine Biology, at a Summer Camp
About 50 camps now specialize in marine biology studies, according to the American Camp Association. That is an increase of about 25 percent since 1998...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
The Feed: Did McDonald?s Give in to Temptation?
Four years after the fast food chain began to reinvent itself, Supersize sodas are back, but this time they have a new name...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
I, Rupert, Will Not ... That Is, Until I Do
In the Wall Street Journal deal, the question is when, not if, Murdoch would take control...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Fundamentally: Around the World, With Borderless Investing
For the typical retirement plan investor, the stake in foreign equities has more than tripled over the past five years...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Investing: The Gap Is Widening (if Only a Little) in Bond Market Yields
Fixed-income investors have been demanding a bigger premium for owning riskier bonds...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Novelties: Who Says You Can?t Take Your iPod to the Staff Meeting?
New lightweight microphone systems allow high-fidelity recordings to be captured and stored on an iPod and can easily be transferred to a computer...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Market Week: Two Sides of Economic Growth
This week?s snapshot of the nation?s economic output may offer two surprises for the price of one. It may be stronger than expected and weaker than it seems...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Is G.E. Too Big for Its Own Good?
After six years of stagnation, the pressure is mounting on the chief executive of General Electric to boost shares...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Africa, Offline: Waiting for the Web
About 75 percent of African Internet traffic is routed through Britain, or even the United States, making it the least connected region in the world...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Digital Domain: When Mobile Phones Aren?t Truly Mobile
Wireless carriers in the United States are spiritual descendants of dear Ma Bell: they view total control over customers as their inherited birthright...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Gas Prices Rise on Refineries? Record Failures
A third of the country?s oil refineries have reported disruptions like fires, power failures, leaks, spills and breakdowns this year...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Drug Safety Critic Hurls His Darts From the Inside
Steven E. Nissen performs industry-financed research, but he has emerged as a Naderesque figure on drug safety...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Coaching US troops on Iraqi culture
BBC Arabic's Roula Ayoubi reports on a new "cultural training" programme designed to help US troops deal with Iraqi people...
BBC News - July 21, 2007
Simpsons launch hits Springfield
The yellow carpet is rolled out for the world premiere of The Simpsons Movie in Springfield, Vermont...
BBC News - July 21, 2007
Brazil radar fault stops flights
A radar breakdown in northern Brazil causes five flights between Sao Paulo and the US to turn back...
BBC News - July 21, 2007
Bush Reclaims Power After Colonoscopy
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- Doctors removed five small polyps from President Bush's colon on Saturday after he temporarily transferred the powers of his office for two hours to Vice President Dick Cheney under the rarely invoked 25th Amendment...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
New Depths: A Godsend for Darfur, or a Curse?
A newly discovered lake under the barren soil of northern Sudan is as likely to be a source of conflict as a solution to the bloodshed...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Camp Joins Summer Fun With Teaching Hindu Faith
Like American Jews before them, Hindu immigrants are turning to summer camp to teach their American-born children ancient religious tradition and ethnic identity...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
A White House Warning on Contempt Charges
Congress and the White House continue to move towards a constitutional confrontation in the dispute over the dismissal of federal prosecutors in 2006...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Sober North Dakotans Hope to Legalize Hemp
Farmers are part of a national movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Veteran House Democrat Guards Energy Turf
Democrats planning a hefty increase in auto fuel economy face opposition from one of their own in John D. Dingell...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Court Tells U.S. to Reveal Data on Detainees at Guantánamo
In a stinging legal challenge to the administration?s detention policies, a ruling requires virtually all information to be shared with defense lawyers...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Boston Scientific Reports a Profit
Medical device maker Boston Scientific said it earned $115 million in the second quarter...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
What?s Offline: If the Top People Got Reviews
Three magazines look at issues of corporate governance and a professor wonders what would happen if humans disappeared from the earth...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Pay for Retiring Southwest Executives
Southwest Airlines will pay its chairman and president $400,000 a year each for five years after they retire from their posts...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Bribery Network to Bloat War Costs Is Alleged
Federal investigators have uncovered what they describe as a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving employees and subcontractors of KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
What?s Online: Can Green Make Green?
The technology-business blog GigaOm is launching a new blog to cover the burgeoning green technologies business...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Off as Some Profits Disappoint
A day after closing at a record high, the Dow Jones industrial average retreated Friday after disappointing quarterly reports from Google and Caterpillar...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
China Raises Rates Again
Seeking to cool China?s rapid growth rate, the People?s Bank of China announced Friday that it will raise interest rates to 6.84 percent, the highest level in eight years...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Redstone Criticizes Daughter, Who Then Says She May Sell
Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone further fueled the feud with his daughter in letter to a Forbes Magazine reporter...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Investor Group Revises Its Plan to Take a Stake in Dow Jones
The founder of MySpace says his plan could increase the price of shares in Dow Jones to $100...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
French-American Venture Plans New Reactors in U.S.
Électricité de France, the French national electric utility, will team up with Constellation Energy to build and operate nuclear power plants in the U.S. and Canada...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Market Values: Future Energy That Generates Profits Today
Defying conventional wisdom, one mutual fund specializing in alternative energy is earning strong returns...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Thomas Pyle, 67, Innovator in 1980s Health Care Plans
Thomas O. Pyle, who built the Harvard Community Health Plan into one of the nation?s largest and most innovative health care providers, died Wednesday...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Caterpillar Profit Down 21%; Slump in Home Building Cited
The maker of heavy equipment also faced higher-than-expected operating costs. It?s shares fell 4.35% after the report...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Saturday Interview: Casting Off the Myths of Cruises
Richard D. Fain, chief of Royal Caribbean Cruises, says that today?s cruise lines are going after a younger and more active clientèle...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Shortcuts: Grilling Burgers on a Ferrari in the Backyard
When did backyard grills become the stationary status symbol equivalent of cars?...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
U.A.W. Opens Contract Talks With Detroit
As negotiations between the U.A.W. and Chrysler get underway, the tradition of reaching one deal and applying it to all three automakers is coming under fire...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Off The Charts: A Blockbuster Seller Overseas: Stakes in Corporate America
The month of May saw a record of more than $110 billion of foreign investments in U.S. stocks and corporate bonds...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Wal-Mart Apparel Chief Resigns as Sales Lag
Claire Watts?s departure comes as the world?s largest retailer continues to work to revive sales in the flagging division...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Five Days: The Dow?s Visit Above 14,000 Was Brief
An up and down week for stocks also saw charges dismissed against KPMG accountants, bidding for Ford?s luxury brands, mergers and more...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Big Banks Offer Assurances to Calm Investors? Jitters
Although several of the nation?s biggest banks reported some of their best results ever this week, investors are worried about tougher times ahead...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
3 Executives Spared Prison in OxyContin Case
A federal judge imposed fines, probation and community service on three executives who pleaded guilty in May to misleading the public about the addiction risk posed by the pain medication...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
S.E.C. Rethinks Lists Linking Companies and Terrorist States
The S.E.C.?s list of companies doing business in states that sponsor terrorism is being suspended after criticism from Capitol Hill...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Debt Market Is Squeezing Private Equity
Fueled by anxiety awakened by the mortgage loan crisis, private equity firms are finding it harder to borrow as investors demand better terms for loans and bonds...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Your Money: Never Too Young to Have Your Identity Stolen
The number of identity theft cases in which the victim is under 18 has nearly doubled since 2003...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
China Shuts 3 Companies Over Safety of Products
Chinese regulators said that the companies had exported mislabeled drug and tainted pet food ingredients...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
Google Pushes for Rules to Aid Wireless Plans
The Internet giant, which may bid for a swath of airwaves, is lobbying for regulations to support a vision that could change how cellphones are used...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
After Six Years, the Global Trade Talks Are Just That: Talk
Who is killing the Doha round of international trade talks? These days, it seems like everyone is guilty...
New York Times - July 21, 2007
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