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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 2006:
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Dozens of Afghans die in airstrike
Up to 80 Taliban fighters and civilians are killed in an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, according to reports. The deaths mean 280 militants, Afghan forces and coalition soldiers and civilians have died since Wednesday when a storm of violence broke out in the south -- among the deadliest combat since the Taliban was ousted in 2001...
CNN - May 22, 2006
Bush: Insurgents now fighting democracy in Iraq
Iraq's insurgents are now fighting a "free and constitutional government," President Bush said Monday as he praised the swearing-in of the country's new Cabinet...
CNN - May 22, 2006
Positive Signs but No Promises on Barbaro's Survival
Barbaro was ''bright and appropriately frisky'' Monday after surgery from his broken hind leg...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Katherine Dunham, Dance Pioneer, Dies at 96
Katherine Dunham, a dancer, choreographer, teacher and anthropologist, introduced much of the black heritage in dance to the stage...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen
The data was stolen during the burglary of the house of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee, the agency said today...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Report on Gas Prices Finds No Collusion
The Federal Trade Commission said that price spikes at the pump since Hurricane Katrina were attributable to market forces...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
NYSE in Euronext merger bid
Euronext reacts positively to the New York Stock Exchange's plans for a $21bn merger...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
New Orleans levees 'underfunded'
Years of underfunding and engineering flaws left New Orleans with inadequate flood defences, an independent study says...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Data on US veterans stolen
Personal data on about 26 million US military veterans are stolen from the home of a government employee...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Madonna's giant cross 'offensive'
Madonna is criticised for being "offensive" for performing while hanging from a mirrored cross in her latest tour...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Abu Ghraib dog handler on trial
A US Army dog handler accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison goes on trial...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
'80 Taliban dead' in U.S. attack
Up to 80 Taliban fighters and civilians are killed in an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, according to reports...
CNN - May 22, 2006
NOAA outlooks 10 hurricanes
The North Atlantic Ocean could see 10 hurricanes form this year and four to six of them become major storms, the National Hurricane Center announced Monday...
CNN - May 22, 2006
U.S. Warns of 4 to 6 Severe Storms This Year
Officials could not predict this far in advance which of the storms would come ashore...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Justices Appear to Allow New Subway Shoving Case
Andrew Goldstein will apparently be tried for a third time for pushing a woman to her death...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
NYSE Group Makes Offer for Euronext
The board of the NYSE Group has offered to acquire Euronext in a deal that would create the first trans-Atlantic market...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Costa Rica's battle for popularity
Nick Rankin says Costa Rica is the crossroads between North and South American values...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Wal-Mart to exit from South Korea
Wal-Mart is pulling out of South Korea - selling its 16 Korean stores to the country's biggest discount chain...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Blair in Iraq sees 'new beginning'
British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Iraq's new premier in Baghdad on Monday and said Iraq was at a "new beginning" with the inauguration of a multi-party government...
CNN - May 22, 2006
Montenegro chooses independence
Voters in Montenegro narrowly decide to sever the country's union with Serbia, a move that breaks up the last two pieces of the former Yugoslavia, according to official preliminary results from the election commission...
CNN - May 22, 2006
Barbaro Out of Surgery, but Not in the Clear
The doctor said Barbaro "practically jogged" to his stall, but cautioned that his chances of survival were only 50-50...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Looking Ahead
VERDICT WATCH Jurors in the criminal trial of Enron's former chief executives, Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay, began deliberations last week and are to resume them today. The jurors are reviewing 28 charges of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading against Mr. Skilling and 6 charges of fraud and conspiracy against Mr. Lay. The two men face decades in prison if convicted on all charges...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Treasury Bills Set for This Week
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Colombia's 'lost' cocaine war
Alvaro Uribe's against crime has made little impact on Colombia's coca fields, where the raw material for cocaine is grown, writes the BBC's Matt Frei...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
New Orleans's 'redeemed' mayor
Ray Nagin, the re-elected mayor of the hurricane-hit New Orleans, relishes the ecstasy of his renewed mandate, writes Duncan Kennedy...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Baseball, Bonds and the Babe
Barry Bonds, one of baseball's all-time greats, matches Babe Ruth's career home run total...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Racing: Surgery for Barbaro
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro has surgery on the triple fracture sustained in the Preakness Stakes...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Russia, US review uranium deal
Russia and the US are to review a deal regulating the recovery of uranium from old Soviet nuclear weapons...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Powerful telescope set for Chile
A large telescope that will scan the entire visible sky every three nights is to be built on a mountain in Chile...
BBC News - May 22, 2006
Israel: Iran 'months' from making nukes
Iran is only months away from joining the club of nations that can make a nuclear weapon, Israel's prime minister said in a recent interview...
CNN - May 22, 2006
Affidavit: $90,000 found in congressman's freezer
Federal agents searched the Capitol Hill office of a Louisiana congressman under investigation on bribery charges Sunday, while newly released court papers said agents found $90,000 in cash last year in his Washington home...
CNN - May 22, 2006
5 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire in a Church in Louisiana
A man killed four people and wounded another before kidnapping his wife and killing her, officials said...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Mets 4, Yankees 3: Wagner Returns to Form and Closes Out Yankees
Billy Wagner entered in a classic save situation, ahead by one run in the ninth inning, and proved that he can still pitch...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
A Desperate Effort to Save a Derby-Winning Colt
Barbaro's racing career is over, but a valiant and costly effort was made Sunday to repair his right hind leg...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Principal Ranks in New York Schools Undergo Heavy Turnover
Hundreds of retirements have opened the way for mostly younger newcomers, some in their 20's and 30's...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
F.B.I. Contends Lawmaker Hid Bribe in Freezer
Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, denied taking a bribe to help a small technology company...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
An Incumbent Proves Resilient in New Orleans
The circumstances stacked against Mayor C. Ray Nagin by Hurricane Katrina could not trump the power of incumbency...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Addenda
Accounts...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Gonzales Says Prosecutions of Journalists Are Possible
The government has the legal authority to prosecute journalists for publishing classified information, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Hour After Hour, One Station Is Devoted to Pulse of New York
NYC TV, whose bread and butter used to be City Hall hearings, has an ever-growing roster of programs that delve into previously uncovered slivers of the city's culture...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Investors to Acquire Parent of Nielsen
A group of private investors will pay $9.7 billion for the Dutch publishing company VNU, owner of Nielsen Media Research...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
No Restful Sabbatical for Journalism Fellows
Of the seven Knight fellows who came to Stanford from American dailies, five worked at papers where buyouts were offered, and two had papers sold out from under them...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Drilling Down: A Do-It-Herself Trend at the Big-Box Stores
In 2003, a purchaser of a kitchen cabinet was far more likely to be a man, but in 2005, such a buyer was almost as likely to be a woman...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Arcelor to Study Latest Mittal Bid
Arcelor is willing to study Mittal Steel's improved takeover offer and plan to create a global steel giant, opening the door to talks...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Perella Says Firm Reached Deal With Mitsubishi Bank
The alliance includes a $100 million investment by Mitsubishi, Japan's largest bank, in banker Joseph R. Perella's new firm...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
MySpace Will Play Host to a Free Magazine Issue
MySpace.com has struck a deal for exclusive access to the next issue of the magazine Nylon, which covers music and fashion...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Cadillac Models to Join the Action in Xbox 360 Game
Cadillac is one of the first companies to advertise on Xbox Live. Microsoft said it expects between 10 and 20 such deals over the next year...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
E-Commerce Report : An Online Market Blooms for Video Clip Reruns
ClipSyndicate gives local television stations a place to sell old news clips and share in advertising revenue that may follow...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
A Weinstein Will Invest in Exclusivity
The Weinstein Company has invested in aSmallWorld, an online community where invitations to join are difficult to come by...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
That After-Dinner Speech Remains a Favorite Dish
The after-dinner speech that refuses to go away has scored another distinction: top of the charts...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Advertising: With the Resurgence of the TV Drama, Ad Buyers Look Longer Before Leaping
At stake is an estimated $9 billion that advertisers agree to spend on fall shows each spring during the so-called upfront market...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Voice Encryption May Draw U.S. Scrutiny
The designer of PGP email encryption has released a free Windows software program, Zfone, that encrypts Internet voice conversations...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Question: Who Is MediaNews's Dean Singleton?
MediaNews Group's executive wants to use the Internet to make newspapers profitable, and he plans to make The San Jose Mercury News his testing ground...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
David Carr: In Print, Staring Down a Daily Worry
Newspapers are still profitable, so why must a paper like the Philadelphia Enquirer, a decent daily in a resurgent city, go begging?...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Asian Officials Call Bausch Slow to React
Singapore established a link between ReNu With MoistureLoc and eye fungus infections three months before the solution was recalled...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
NYSE Group Aims to Buy European Exchange
The NYSE Group agreed to make an offer to acquire Euronext, creating the first trans-Atlantic market...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
Why the Data Diverge on the Dangers of Vioxx
The results of clinical trials can be open to interpretation and potential corporate pressure, even in leading medical journals...
New York Times - May 22, 2006
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