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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 May 2005:
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Missing Florida girl found buried alive in landfill
Police found an 8-year-old Florida girl buried alive in an abandoned landfill today, hours after she was reported abducted, officials in Lake Worth said. "There was a yellow recycling bin, and the lid was flipped open," said Lake Worth Police Sgt. Mike Hall. "And inside the dumpster was a pile of rocks, boulders. And you could see a hand in there." A 17-year-old is in custody and will be charged as an adult, said a spokesman for the Palm Beach County state attorney's office...
CNN - May 22, 2005
Missing Florida girl found buried alive
A 17-year-old man was arrested after a girl found buried alive in a landfill in Florida identified him as her attacker. Police said it was clear from where the 8-year-old girl was found that her attacker did not expect her to survive...
CNN - May 22, 2005
Karzai demands 'justice' from U.S.
The president of Afghanistan has demanded justice from the United States over the alleged abuse of two Afghan detainees who reportedly died in U.S. custody. His comments came on the same day that the United Nations condemned the alleged abuse as "utterly unacceptable."...
CNN - May 22, 2005
Karzai Demands Justice for Prisoners Abused by Americans
Afghanistan's president also blamed the U.S. and Britain for the slow progress of anti-drug efforts in his country...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Crciket: Pakistan beat W Indies
Pakistan successfully defend a total of 303-6 as they win the one-day series against West Indies 3-0...
BBC News - May 22, 2005
Fox in new bid to end race row
Mexican President Vicente Fox says he regrets the "misinterpretation" of remarks about African-Americans...
BBC News - May 22, 2005
Romanian journalists, translator freed in Iraq
Three Romanian journalists and their Iraqi-American translator were freed after nearly two months in captivity in Iraq, a spokesman for Romania's president said today. In Baghdad, meanwhile, a high-ranking official in Iraq's Ministry of Trade was assassinated on his way to his office, Iraqi police said...
CNN - May 22, 2005
Romanian journalists freed in Iraq
Three Romanian journalists and their Iraqi-American translator are freed after nearly two months in captivity in Iraq, a spokesman for Romania's president says. In Baghdad, meanwhile, a high-ranking official in Iraq's Ministry of Trade is assassinated, police say...
CNN - May 22, 2005
Living in a Retirement Village, Back Home With Mom and Dad
In a twist on the phenomenon of extended adolescence, some sons and daughters are now sampling the leisurely lifestyles of their aging parents...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Last Year's Model
How to sell fans on the same old album for the third or fourth time...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Boxing: Brewster halts Golota
Lamon Brewster earns a first-round technical knockout of Andrew Golota to claim the WBO heavyweight crown...
BBC News - May 22, 2005
Laura Bush heckled in Jerusalem
US First Lady Laura Bush is heckled by both Jews and Muslims during a visit to Jerusalem's holy sites...
BBC News - May 22, 2005
Racing: Giacomo's hopes dashed
Afleet Alex wins the Preakness Stakes to wreck Giacomo's hopes of landing the Triple Crown...
BBC News - May 22, 2005
Sunni Iraqis to form coalition
Sunni Arabs flex their political muscle, announcing the establishment of a coalition representing their religious community as they begin a three-day, mosque-closing protest...
CNN - May 22, 2005
Cricket: Pakistan win series
Spinner Shahid Afridi takes 4-38 as Pakistan defeat West Indies by 40 runs in St Lucia...
BBC News - May 22, 2005
Children's sleepover turns deadly
A children's sleepover in Cleveland, Ohio, ended tragically early Saturday when fire swept through the white, two-story home, killing nine people, including seven children. The children ranged in age from 12 to 15, Fire Chief Paul Stubbs said...
CNN - May 22, 2005
Children's sleepover turns deadly in Cleveland
A children's sleepover ended tragically early Saturday when fire swept through a two-story home, killing nine people, including seven children. Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell said the mother who perished in the fire was known as "one of those kind of women who loved having children in her home, loved her own children, cared for them carefully, and so other children came close."...
CNN - May 22, 2005
In Exam of 126 Walls, Cracks, Bulges and Leaks
A examination by The New York Times of privately owned retaining walls across the five boroughs revealed a range of problems...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Letters
Calculating Compensation...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Greenberg, in Exile, Plots His Next Move
The ousted chairman and chief executive of the American International Group is mulling how to recapture his lost glory at the top of corporate America's food chain...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Who Says There's No Free Lunch on Planes?
Shareholders of American Airlines may want to plumb the mystery of why the airline continues to hold on to its system of travel perks...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
And to My Dog, I Leave a $10,000 Trust Fund
What happens to your pet if you die or become incapacitated? Unless specific provisions have been made, your pet could wind up in a shelter and be put to death...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
First, Know Where to Dig
Gil M. Cassagne, president and chief executive of Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, based in Plano, Tex...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
The Check? It's Lost. It's in the Mail. Maybe the Dog Ate It.
The Check? It's Lost...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
For $1 You, Too, Can Be an Executive Producer
After several false starts, the Web may finally change the way films are financed...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Last Year's Model
How to sell fans on the same old album for the third or fourth time...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Is It a Savings Crisis or a Math Error?
WHEN it comes to consuming, Americans are the equivalent of the New York Yankees - perennial contenders and frequent champions. When it comes to saving, however, they are more like the Chicago Cubs - a storied franchise whose history is riddled with futility and disappointment...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Believe It: The Media's Credibility Headache Gets Worse
Reassuring the public that print and television news are dependable has proved frustratingly elusive...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Flight to Quality Cuts Yields
WHILE there are several explanations for the surprising drop in Treasury yields in the last two weeks, the one cited most often has been what fixed-income traders call a flight to quality...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
The Big Chill in the Boardroom
Many prospective directors are first weighing the prospect of financial liability...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Put This on Your Tortilla Chip
W. Atlee Burpee has developed a tomato called the Fresh Salsa, aimed at customers who prefer to top their chips with a condiment that approximates newly picked tomatoes, rather than marinara...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Kinder, Gentler? Only to a Point
Was it just last month that Wal-Mart's chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr., said his company would be a kinder, gentler corporate citizen and never again bulldoze a local government to let it open more stores?...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Back to College, Still in the Fray
In the decades he has spent in executive suites, C. Michael Armstrong was identified with some of the best-known totems of corporate America: I.B.M., Hughes, AT&T and Comcast...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Measuring C.E.O.'s on the Hubris Index
EXCESSIVE pride has been bringing men down at least since ancient Greece. Only recently, however, have researchers begun to study whether hubris explains the otherwise mysterious behavior of corporate chief executives...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
At Harvard, the Trust Is Yours Till Death Do You Part
Harvard University is offering donors a chance to invest in all of the hedge funds, real estate and private equity deals chosen for its own endowment...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Mr. Chairman, You Can't Control China. So Just Relax.
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, is offered some relief on two perplexing economic and monetary policy issues: long-term interest rates and inflation...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Whistle-Blower Suit May Set Course on Iraq Fraud Cases
A lawsuit against a security company accused of bilking the American-led coalition out of millions will set a precedent for fraud cases in Iraq...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out, Start the Computer Revolution
A new book says that the social idealists and acid freaks of the 1960's made computers accessible and friendly...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
So You Want to Be a Venture Capitalist
The business of financing start-ups, it turns out, may not be as easy as it seems...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Dirty Secret: Coal Plants Could Be Much Cleaner
As power companies turn back to coal, most new plants will not use a technology that makes energy production cleaner and more efficient...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
Gunslingers No More: The Cautious Cash In
Hedge fund managers once had nerves of steel. These days, though, you won't find many gunslingers in the industry...
New York Times - May 22, 2005
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