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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 September 2005:
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Hurricane Rita strengthens again
Long lines of cars are heading out of coastal Texan towns as Hurricane Rita gains strength to become a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph (267 km/h)...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Texans flee from Rita
Residents in southeast Texas and coastal Louisiana scurried to get out of the way of Hurricane Rita, a Category 5 hurricane expected to hit the Lone Star State this weekend...
CNN - September 21, 2005
U.S., Iraqi forces attacked
Insurgents attacked Iraqi police and U.S. troops Wednesday in a Baghdad neighborhood, officials said, prompting a house-to-house search and requests for air support...
CNN - September 21, 2005
2 Studies Question the Effectiveness of Flu Vaccines
Two new research papers published today have found that such treatments are far less effective than previously thought...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Iraqi Police Protest British Raid on Jail
Iraqi police officers led an angry demonstration today in the southern city of Basra to protest a British raid on an Iraqi police station earlier in the week...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Rita Strengthens to Category 5 as It Moves Across Gulf
The storm whipped up winds of 165 miles an hour, 10 m.p.h. higher than the 155 m.p.h. that distinguishes a Category 5...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
House Passes Measure on Hurricane-Related Tax Breaks
As the financial response to Katrina took shape, House Republicans also proposed more than $500 billion in spending cuts...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
I.M.F. Cites U.S. Debt in Dangerous Global Imbalances
The U.S. is posed for slower growth next year, and its rising foreign indebtedness is at the heart of dangerous global imbalances...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Morgan Stanley sees profits slump
Morgan Stanley suffers a
sharp fall in profis in the past three months during which its chief executive stood down...
BBC News - September 21, 2005
Oil and petrol jump on Hurricane
Oil and fuel prices jump on fears that Hurricane Rita may damage US refineries in the Gulf of Mexico...
BBC News - September 21, 2005
Hurricane Rita picks up strength
Authorities in Texas and along the storm-shattered coast of Louisiana are bracing for Hurricane Rita, as the powerful Category 4 storm picks up strength in the Gulf of Mexico...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Rita a Category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Rita picked up strength Wednesday as it churned toward the Texas Gulf Coast and was upgraded to a Category 4 storm with winds topping 135 mph...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Iraq official questions UK action
Iraq's national security adviser voices concern about the infiltration of security forces by insurgents and raises sharp questions about the way British forces rescued two undercover troops in the southeastern city of Basra this week...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Leahy to vote for Roberts
The senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday he will vote to confirm John Roberts for chief justice of the United States after leading lawmakers met with President Bush to discuss candidates for the other high court vacancy...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Philadelphia Archdiocese Concealed Sexual Abuse, Grand Jury Finds
But despite the scathing report issued today by tghe grand jury, no criminal charges can be brought against the church or its clergy because of the limits of state law...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Leahy Says He Will Vote to Confirm Chief Justice Nominee
The top Democrat on the judiciary panel disagreed with the Democratic leader of the Senate, who revealed his vote on Tuesday...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Rita Strengthens to Category 4 as It Moves Across Gulf
The center of the hurricane is expected to move through the southeastern part of the Gulf over the next 24 hours...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
In Face of Hurricane, a Rush to Secure Oil Operations
Oil and other energy prices were higher this morning as Rita threatened a dense patch of oil production facilities...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Time Warner keeps faith with AOL
Time Warner boss Richard Parsons says he does not plan to spin off AOL or sell a stake in the internet firm...
BBC News - September 21, 2005
Guantanamo protest weakens
The number of detainees on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay has fallen by almost two-thirds, a US official says...
BBC News - September 21, 2005
New Orleans fears fresh battering
The New Orleans mayor orders the storm-lashed city to be evacuated once more as Hurricane Rita approaches...
BBC News - September 21, 2005
Rita strengthens to Category 3
Hurricane Rita, moving west from Florida Keys, strengthens into a Category 3 storm, capable of causing extensive damage. With predictions it could reach Category 4, the mayor of a Texas city declares an emergency and orders evacuations...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Iraq: Insurgents infiltrate police
Insurgents have infiltrated Iraq's security forces, according to a senior Iraqi official said, as the fallout continues over British forces' used of armed vehicles to smash their way into a police station to rescue two undercover soldiers...
CNN - September 21, 2005
New Orleans dry, but wary
Even as officials declared victory in ridding New Orleans of floodwaters, the threat of Hurricane Rita prompted new evacuations there and led the Louisiana governor to ask for a federal emergency declaration...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Texans prepare as Rita strengthens
Hurricane Rita strengthens to a Category 2 storm and pounds the Florida Keys. As the storm enters the Gulf of Mexico with predictions that it could reach Category 4 status, the Mayor of Galveston, Texas, declares a state of emergency and orders some mandatory evacuations...
CNN - September 21, 2005
U.N. quizzes Syrians in Hariri probe
A U.N. investigator traveled to Damascus on Tuesday to begin questioning Syrian officials over the assassination of a top Lebanese politician, an inquiry that could shake the government of President Bashar Assad if it uncovers a Syrian role in the killing...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Rita roars into Gulf
Hurricane Rita gained strength as it churned past Florida and is expected to grow even stronger Wednesday as it roars across the Gulf of Mexico...
CNN - September 21, 2005
Top Democrat Says He'll Vote No on Roberts
Harry Reid of Nevada said Tuesday that he would oppose the confirmation of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. as chief justice...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Deep Flaws, and Little Justice, in China's Court System
Forced confessions remain endemic in a judicial system that faces pressure to maintain "social stability" at all costs...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Facing a United Challenge, Bloomberg Tacks Left
Fernando Ferrer, the Democratic nominee for mayor, is proving unexpectedly nimble at putting Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on the defensive...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Evacuees of One Storm Flee Another in Texas
Hurricane Rita prompted a mandatory evacuation of Houston's public shelters, emptying them as quickly as they had filled...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
An Antiques Haven Updates Itself
Hudson, N.Y...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Isao Nakauchi, 83, Importer of U.S.-Style Retailing to Japan, Dies
Isao Nakauchi, who founded the supermarket chain Daiei and revolutionized Japan's retail industry, died Monday...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Plea Deal in Gemstar Case
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (AP) - The former chief executive of Gemstar-TV Guide, Henry C. Yuen, who was forced out in 2002 and later charged with inflating the company's revenue, will plead guilty to obstructing a regulatory investigation into accounting irregularities, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Qwest and Microsoft in Web Phone Deal
Qwest Communications and Microsoft said that they would offer Internet phone service to small and medium-size businesses, starting in 2006...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Shares Fall After the Fed Says Rate Increases Will Go On
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Governors Ask for Inquiry on Oil Prices
The governors of eight states sent a letter on Tuesday to President Bush and Congress calling for an investigation into profits made by oil companies after Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Wal-Mart in a Retail Deal
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Sept. 20 (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores is buying a one-third stake in the Central American Retail Holding Company from the Dutch retailer Royal Ahold, with the option of eventually becoming a majority owner. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
When the Landlord Is Muslim
As many Middle Easterners, flush with cash from rising oil prices, invest in real estate, there is a growing appetite for deals that conform to the Koran...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Avidly Seeking Wireless Clues From Google
Google keeps marching beyond Internet searching into new markets. Where next? The most intriguing recent guess is free wireless Internet service...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
G.M. to Stress Fuel Efficiency in Promoting Its Next S.U.V. Line
DETROIT, Sept. 20 - General Motors plans to market its next generation of large sport utility vehicles by promoting their gas mileage...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Move to Reinstate Multiple Sclerosis Drug
Biogen Idec Inc. and the Elan Corporation said that they would seek federal approval to resume sales of the withdrawn Tysabri drug for multiple sclerosis...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Heinz Hopes to Sell Overseas Food Units
The H. J. Heinz Company hopes to sell its European seafood, vegetable and frozen food operations as it tried to focus on ketchup to drive up earnings...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Times Company Announces 500 Job Cuts
The New York Times Company announced that it would cut 45 employees in The Times's newsroom and 35 in the newsroom of The Boston Globe...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Intel to Offer Chips to Save Battery Power
Intel announced a new manufacturing process to make chips for cellphones and other mobile devices that use far less power than is currently possible...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Utility Tallies Fiscal Toll
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 21 (AP) - Faced with the costs of rebuilding its Gulf Coast utility systems devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Entergy said Tuesday that it would consider bankruptcy protection for its New Orleans unit...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
A Top Lieutenant of Lord Black Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge
A former Chicago Sun-Times publisher pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with a Justice Department investigation of Conrad M. Black...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
At Least Some Can Wake Up and Smell Coffee in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 19 - Ever since Hurricane Katrina uprooted his family, his home and his daily routine, Larry Zehnder, a quality assurance manager at the Folgers coffee plant here, has been missing a familiar smell. But this week, as dozens of coffee cans rolled off a partly restored production line, the aroma of fresh roasted beans reassured him that a recovery was on the way...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Writers Sue Google, Accusing It of Copyright Violation
Three authors are contending that Google's program to create searchable digital copies of the contents of university libraries constitutes "massive copyright infringement."...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Glaxo Settles U.S. Fraud Charges
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (AP) - GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay more than $150 million to settle fraud accusations over the pricing and marketing of two antinausea drugs, the Justice Department said on Tuesday...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
F.D.A. Rejects Pfizer Pain Drug
Regulators have rejected the application from Pfizer Inc. to market an injectable drug similar to its withdrawn Bextra arthritis pill...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Federated Stores to Cut 6,200 Jobs
CINCINNATI, Sept. 20 (AP) - Federated Department Stores said on Tuesday that it was planning to eliminate up to 6,200 jobs beginning in 2006 and would drop the landmark Marshall Field's name next fall from 62 stores it acquired this year as part of its takeover of the May Department Stores Company...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Goldman Posts 84% Gain in 3rd Quarter
The Goldman Sachs Group reported an 84 percent gain in third quarter earnings yesterday, driven by significant gains in stock and bond trading as well a surge in revenue for services offered to hedge funds...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Auto Workers and Chrysler Reach Deal in Canada
The Canadian Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement with DaimlerChrysler Canada that eliminates about 1,600 jobs and offers only limited wage and benefit gains...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Sun Will Add Power to Server Computers
Sun Microsystems announced an upgrade to several server computers, hoping to overtake rivals I.B.M. and Hewlett-Packard...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Interpublic Proxy to Include Proposal to Sell Company
Interpublic Proxy to Include...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Circuit City Profit Rises on Sales of Flat TV's
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
OPEC Drops Cartel Role and Says Pump All You Can
VIENNA, Sept. 20 - Oil prices slipped Tuesday on signs that the direction of Hurricane Rita was shifting away from America's energy heartland and OPEC formally agreed to lift all restrictions on its oil sales for the next three months, in a move aimed at further reassuring markets still on edge over the security of energy supplies...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Home Construction Declined in August
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (AP) - Construction of new homes slipped for a second month in August, providing fresh evidence that the housing boom may be cooling...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
It's a Game. No, It's an Ad. No, It's Advergame.
The online games that were embedded in ads sponsored by the Internet travel agent Orbitz are coming back, this time on a Web site of their own...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Kate Moss Is Dismissed by H&M After a Furor Over Cocaine
The decision was made after customers called H&M stores complaining that the company would be associated with a model who admitted using drugs...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
A Fright Over Fries
The discovery of a substance in French fries that may cause cancer has led to a showdown over whether such foods should bear health warning labels...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Was It Wind or Water? Gulf Coast Lawyer Is Taking On Insurers
Insurers are saying that homeowners' policies do not cover flood damage caused by hurricanes, prompting many Gulf Coast residents to file lawsuits...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Unswayed by Storm, Fed Raises Key Rate
Saying that Hurricane Katrina was unlikely to pose a "persistent threat" to the economy, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Tuesday...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
Microsoft Shuffles Leadership
Microsoft reshuffled its management team in an effort to make it more nimble as the company tries to compete with fast-moving rivals like Google...
New York Times - September 21, 2005
NFL: Vikings to build new home
The Minnesota Vikings are planning a new $675m retractable-roof stadium...
BBC News - September 21, 2005
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