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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 February 2006:
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Robbers take $43M in England heist
Authorities in Kent, England, have appealed to the public for help in solving the armed robbery of a security company, which involved the kidnapping of a manager and resulted in the theft of 25 million pounds, or about $43.5 million...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Imams killed in mosque rampage
Gunmen target 27 Baghdad mosques and killed three Sunni imams in the wake of a bomb attack at one of the holiest of Shiite sites. Three mosque guards were also killed and one imam was kidnapped...
CNN - February 22, 2006
'Retired for about four days'
Eight meat processing workers came forward Wednesday to claim the $365 million Powerball jackpot, the largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The winners chose to take the lump sum total of $124.1 million after taxes, or $15.5 million each...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Knicks Obtain Francis in Deal With Orlando
Steve Francis was acquired for a minimal package: the injured Penny Hardaway and the 20-year-old swingman Trevor Ariza, two people involved in the talks said...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
White House Says Bush Played No Role in Port Deal
After the president became aware of the furor, he verified that the deal was thoroughly reviewed, the White House said...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
News Corp. Creates New Network for Orphaned Affiliates
News Corporation will create a new prime-time network to provide shows to stations it owns that are losing programming because of the merger of the WB and UPN networks...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Eight claim Powerball prize
Eight workers at a Nebraska meat processing plant stepped forward today to split the $365 Powerball jackpot, the richest lottery payout in U.S. history...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Shrine attack sets off protests
An explosives attack on the Golden Mosque, a Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra, triggers other attacks and protests across Iraq -- raising fears of sectarian violence between Muslims...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Clash over ports deal
President Bush is defending a deal that would let a United Arab Emirates-based company run some key U.S. seaports, telling reporters that he would veto any bill to hold up the agreement. Lawmakers from both parties say they fill do what they can to sink the deal...
CNN - February 22, 2006
How Often Are Patients Misdiagnosed?
...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Food and Energy Costs Push Consumer Prices Higher
Sharp increases in energy and food costs pushed consumer prices higher last month, the government reported today, but prices of other goods and services rose more modestly...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Dow Jones Reorganizes With New Publisher for Journal
The new publisher for The Wall Street Journal will be L. Gordon Crovitz, who has been senior vice president for electronic publishing...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
US fuel drives up consumer prices
A jump in energy costs was behind a 0.7% rise in US consumer prices during January...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Stun-gun firm hit by profit slump
Stun-gun maker Taser International sees its profits virtually wiped out during the final three months of 2005...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
US man who beat long stupor dies
A brain-damaged US man who suddenly spoke last year after nearly 10 years in a stupor dies aged 44.
US doctors are trying to work out why a brain-damaged fireman has started to speak again after nearly 10 years...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Tennis: Roddick made to struggle
Top seed Andy Roddick needs a third-set tie-break to see off Mardy Fish in Memphis...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Ecuador moves to stop oil crisis
Ecuador deploys troops in an Amazon region where protesters attacked one of the country's main pipelines...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
'Little hope' for Mexican miners
Hope of finding 65 trapped Mexican miners is almost gone, but rescuers say there may still be survivors...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Venezuela debates home guard
Venezuelan lawmakers are due to debate proposals which would include compulsory service in the home guard...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Peru leader's nephew sentenced
A nephew of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo is given a suspended prison sentence for raping a young woman...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Five states silent on CIA flights
Five European countries fail to give the Council of Europe information about alleged secret CIA prisoner flights...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Haiti 'to allow' Aristide return
Haiti's President-elect Rene Preval
says the constitution permits the return of ousted leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Explosion destroys golden dome
Shiite Muslims stage angry protests after a blast rips through one of Iraq's most famous Shiite sites, destroying the treasured dome of Samarra's al Askariya "Golden Mosque."...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Arroyo, Imelda aid mudslide effort
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Imedla Marcos, widow of the former president, arrived Wednesday at the site of the mudslide which is thought to have killed 1,000 people, many of them children...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Neither War Nor Bombs Stay These Iraq Couriers
Six days a week, mail carriers across Iraq hand-deliver thousands of letters, to warm greetings that often include dances and shouts of joy...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
A State Ban: Vote Due on South Dakota Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions
If the bill passes, it could become the most sweeping ban approved by any state in more than a decade, observers say...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
India dismisses US nuclear fears
India's envoy to the US dismisses fears that a landmark nuclear deal will help Delhi's atomic weapons programme...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Hope fading for miners in Mexico
Hopes are fading for 65 trapped Mexican mine workers, but officials keep on searching for survivors...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Ecuador declares oil state crisis
Ecuador imposes a state of emergency on a key oil-producing region which has been hit by protests...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Three face terror charges
A federal grand jury has indicted three Ohio men on terrorism charges alleging they plotted to kill U.S. and coalition military personnel in Iraq and other countries. One of the men, a citizen of both the U.S. and Jordan, also was accused of threatening to kill or injure President Bush, according to an indictment released Tuesday...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Bush backs Dubai ports deal
U.S. President George W. Bush says he supports the takeover of shipping operations at six major American seaports by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates, and says he would veto any move to block it...
CNN - February 22, 2006
Bird flu tests for Indonesia death
Indonesia says a woman has died of bird flu as a mass culling of poultry in India nears completion. The woman who died in Jakarta on Monday had reportedly been in contact with chickens infected with the virus, Indonesian health official Hariadi Wibisono said...
CNN - February 22, 2006
New Orleans Journal: Away From Mardi Gras, Glints of Life as the Hopeful Trickle Home
In New Orleans, some residents have imbued desolate streets with signs of life that may help encourage those who are uncertain about returning...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
President of Harvard Resigns, Ending Stormy 5-Year Tenure
Lawrence H. Summers was first hailed as a once-in-a-century leader but he eventually alienated professors who saw him as bullying...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Bush Would Veto Any Bill Halting Dubai Port Deal
President Bush issued the threat after the Senate majority leader and the House speaker publicly criticized the deal...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
A Federal Ban: Justices to Review Federal Ban on Disputed Abortion Method
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is constitutional...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
How Often Are Patients Misdiagnosed?
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New York Times - February 22, 2006
Foreign Briefing: Europe, Asia
EUROPE...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Addenda: Interpublic Unit Misspeaks, and Interpublic Clarifies
Interpublic Unit Misspeaks,...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
David Leonhardt: Why Doctors So Often Get It Wrong
One-seventh of the U.S. economy is devoted to health care and yet misdiagnosis is killing thousands of Americans every year...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
For Minorities, Signs of Trouble in Foreclosures
The increase in foreclosures could be the first of a wave of financial distress for many minority homeowners...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Grants Given by Microsoft for Relief Aid
The grants, awarded to two groups, are intended to be used to improve the way charitable groups respond to disasters...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Square Feet: Demand Climbs for South-of-Chic Stretch of Fifth Ave.
For years the stretch of Fifth Avenue heading north from 42nd Street to 49th Street has seemed like a poor relation to the chic area just to the north...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Fed Suggests Its Future Decisions May Be Less Predictable
Federal Reserve policy makers indicated last month that they might start to rely more heavily on short-term economic prospects...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Judge Won't Hold BlackBerry Hearing
A federal judge refused the United States government's request to hold a hearing on how a proposed shutdown of BlackBerry service would work...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Archbishop Marcinkus, 84, Banker at the Vatican, Dies
The prominent American archbishop was associated with the Vatican bank for more than 20 years and was its president from 1971 to 1989...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Dell Meeting Is Postponed
The move caused concern that the Dell Inc. is struggling with plans to revive sales growth...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Home Depot Profit Up 23% in Quarter
Home Depot said that its fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent, the biggest gain in two years...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Medtronic Says Profit Rose 23%
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Square Feet: A New Look and Higher Expectations for a 70's-Style Building in Midtown
The new owner of the Verizon Building is counting on the growing desirability of the neighborhood surrounding Bryant Park to command higher rents...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
EBay Appoints Financial Officer
The online marketplace said on Tuesday that it had named Robert H. Swan as its chief financial officer...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Moody's Cuts G.M.'s Credit Rating Again
Moody's cited uncertainty about General Motors' ability to establish competitive wages and benefits without filing for bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Game Maker Cutting Price of New Release by 20%
Electronic Arts said that it planned to sell its much-awaited Godfather video game next month for $39.95...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Blackstone Buying MeriStar in Latest Hotel Deal
The acquisition of the MeriStar Hospitality Corporation for about $2.6 billion is the fifth hotel takeover by Blackstone in the last year...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
US Airways Reports a Loss of $261 Million
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
British Court Backs Extradition of Three in Enron-Related Case
The ruling was the first test case of laws introduced to speed the transfer of suspected terrorists...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Canadian Medical Group Fires Top Editors of Journal
Some in medical circles said the dismissal was related to a prolonged dispute over editorial independence...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Index of Leading Indicators Increases for a Fourth Month
The Conference Board said that its index for January rose 1.1 percent, the biggest gain since June, after December's revised 0.3 percent increase...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Advertising: Spanish TV Joins the Big-Event Big Leagues
More mainstream advertisers are using the Spanish program "Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina" to launch new campaigns...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
$34 Billion Bid to Form Europe's Power Giant
E.On's offer for Endesa SA upset plans by the government in Madrid to forge a national energy champion...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Shares Fall as Signs of Strength Stir Fears of Higher Rates
The sell-off began after the Conference Board said its index of leading economic indicators had risen sharply in January...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Former RadioShack Chief May Gain From Options
If the turnaround plan developed by David J. Edmondson before he resigned from RadioShack works, he stands to become a very rich man...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger
When Aeroflot announces which manufacturer will replace part of its fleet of jets, a Russian contestant will not even be in the running...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Enron Data Modified, Jury Is Told
A witness testified that Kenneth L. Lay took an active role in preparing misleading and often conflicting statements about Enron's financial conditions...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Market Place: Wal-Mart Tries to Find Its Customer
Sales growth at individual Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. has sagged and customers routinely flirt with rivals like Target for clothing...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
U.S. Case Against 2 Lawyers Appears to Falter
Two famed class-action attorneys at the center of a five-year, wide-ranging federal investigation are expected to walk away without being charged...
New York Times - February 22, 2006
Cricket: WIndies go down to NZ
Daniel Vettori's unbeaten 53 helps New Zealand beat West Indies by three wickets in the second one-dayer...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Canada tainted blood trial opens
Three public health officials go on trial in Canada in connection with a tainted blood scandal...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
Peru president's nephew arrested
Peru's President Toledo sees his nephew detained on rape charges, as his presidency nears its scandal-ridden end...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
US court to rule on abortion
The US Supreme Court says it will decide whether to uphold a federal law restricting abortion...
BBC News - February 22, 2006
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