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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 2007:
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PM: Turkey blast was terror attack
A powerful blast -- believed to be a bomb -- tore through a Turkish shopping area during Tuesday's rush hour when it was packed with people. At least five died and dozens were injured by the blast, authorities said...
CNN - May 22, 2007
Whales spooked by traffic
Two wayward whales made it 20 miles back toward the ocean before balking at a Sacramento River bridge and swimming in circles, apparently upset by vibrations from the traffic...
CNN - May 22, 2007
Dems' Iraq bill includes benchmarks, no timeline
Democrats plan a war funding bill that won't include a timeline for pulling U.S. troops from Iraq but will include benchmarks with consequences, according to Democratic leadership aides. Similar legislation is being written in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid said...
CNN - May 22, 2007
Thousands flee refugee battle
Palestinian refugees are fleeing a Lebanese refugee camp after three days of fighting between the military and Islamic militants believed to have links to al Qaeda. The Red Crescent says about 2,000 escaped on foot or in crowded vehicles Tuesday...
CNN - May 22, 2007
Israel and Militants Trade Deadly Attacks in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force mounted three more attacks on Gaza today, as an Israeli woman killed by rocket fire from Gaza on Monday was buried in Sderot, Israel...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Bloomberg Proposes Energy Efficient Taxi Fleet
The plan aims to replace New York City?s entire yellow cab fleet with environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Ethiopia Detains Times Journalists for Five Days
Three journalists for The New York Times were arrested by the Ethiopian military on May 16 in the Ogaden region of the country, held for five days and interrogated at gunpoint, and then released on Monday without any charges being lodged against them, The Times said today...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Senate Keeps Worker Program in Immigration Bill
An amendment rejecting a temporary-worker program was scrapped in what promise to be long deliberations...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Democrats Avoid Vote on Reprimanding Murtha
A resolution criticizing Representative John Murtha over his treatment of a fellow congressman was tabled...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Democrats Drop Troop Pullout Dates From Iraq Bill
The decision to back down was a wrenching reversal for some Democrats, who saw their November election triumph as a call to force an end to the war...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Eighth Graders in N.Y. Show Gains in Reading Skills
The number of eighth graders reading on grade level climbed impressively this year, tests indicate...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Alcan Rejects Alcoa's $27.6 Billion Takeover Bid
Alcan said the offer did not reflect the full value of the company and advised shareholders not to tender their shares to the bid...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Medtronic Quarterly Earnings Rise
Medtronic reported on Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose to $812 million, or 70 cents a share...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
U.S.-China Trade Talks Open With Food Safety an Issue
American officials began talks with China to reduce economic tensions but ran into familiar disagreements and new concerns over food safety...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Google invests in genetics firm
Google takes a stake in a biotech firm co-founded by one of the search engine group's presidents...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Iran accuses US-Iranian scholar
Iran has accused a US-Iranian academic with trying to overthrow its Islamic system of government...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Thousands attend Falwell funeral
The funeral of leading US conservative evangelist Jerry Falwell draws thousands of mourners to Virginia...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Leak sparks partial BP shutdown
Oil giant BP shuts down a quarter of its production at its Prudhoe oilfield in Alaska after finding a leaking pipe...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Six Dead in Baltimore Fire
Five were also injured in the fire, which swept through a two-story rowhouse in the northeast section of Baltimore...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Critics in Senate Vow to Alter Immigration Bill
From the moment debate started, the crosscurrents buffeting an immigration bill were evident...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Britain Charges Russian in Poisoning Case
Britain will seek the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a businessman, to face trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a former K.G.B. agent...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Intel and STMicro form flash firm
US chip manufacturing giant Intel and European rival STMicro are merging their flash memory businesses...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Prison Break actor pleads guilty
Former Prison Break actor Lane Garrison pleads guilty over a car crash that left a teenage school student dead...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Diddley to leave intensive care
Music legend Bo Diddley is expected to be moved out of intensive care nine days after he suffered a stroke...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Chile head pledges transport fix
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet admits Santiago's bus system is lousy and promises to fix it...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Gay row US bishops miss summit
Two bishops at the heart of divisions in the US over homosexuality are not invited to a global conference...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
More protests over Venezuela TV
Demonstrators unveil a huge banner in Venezuela's capital attacking government plans to take a TV station off air...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Muslims 'well integrated' in US
US Muslims are integrated into US society, although for many life became harder post-9/11, a survey indicates...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Plague kills monkey at Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo is taking steps to prevent a possible outbreak of plague after a monkey dies of the disease...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Lugovoy charged with spy poisoning
British prosecutors say they will ask Russia to extradite businessman and former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoy to face a charge of murder in the poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko...
CNN - May 22, 2007
Columbia Fires Its Director of Student Aid
Documents showed that David Charlow avidly promoted a student loan company in which he had a financial stake...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
An Old Steel Mill Retools to Produce Clean Energy
The American Wind Energy Association says a wind farm in upstate New York is part of its plan to ?convert the Rust Belt to the Wind Belt.?...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Senate Critics Vow to Alter Immigration Measure
From the moment debate started, the crosscurrents buffeting a comprehensive immigration bill were evident...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Tennis: Chile beat US in team cup
Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu guide Chile to victory over top seeds the United States at the World Team Cup...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Kerkorian to buy US casinos
Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian unveils plans to buy two Las Vegas casinos from MGM Mirage - Bellagio and CityCenter...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Bush: American as bank head
President George W Bush confirms he wants an American to follow Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
Afghanistan suspends outspoken lawmaker
Afghanistan's lower parliamentary house vote to suspend an outspoken female lawmaker, who has enraged former mujahedeen fighters now in President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government...
CNN - May 22, 2007
Police: Gunman had vowed to kill many others
Investigators believe Jason Hamilton killed his wife, then two other people before taking his own life inside an Idaho church. His rampage came just months after he told a hospital worker that he take a bunch of people with him if he tried to kill himself again, according to police...
CNN - May 22, 2007
Iraq plans for possible quick U.S. pullout
Iraq's military is drawing up plans to cope with any quick U.S. military pullout, the defense minister said, as a senior American official warned that the Bush administration may reconsider its support if Iraqi leaders do not make major reforms by fall...
CNN - May 22, 2007
A Move for Legal Certificates of Stillborn Births
Nineteen states have enacted laws allowing certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Political Memo: When Former Presidents Assail the Chief
Jimmy Carter failed to observe the unwritten rule that former presidents should speak respectfully of their successors...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
A Race for Jobs in Police Depts. on Long Island
High paying law enforcement jobs in Suffolk and Nassau counties are drawing away police from the N.Y.P.D...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Abortion Foes See Validation for New Tactic
Anti-abortion leaders increasingly argue that abortion is not in the best interest of the woman...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Web Sites Expose Informants, and Justice Dept. Raises Flag
The Justice Department is urging federal courts to make fundamental changes in access to electronic court files...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Critics in Senate Vowing to Alter Immigration Bill
Lawmakers from both parties are seeking to alter a comprehensive immigration bill substantially...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Addenda: Commercial-Free TV, With Sponsorship in Show
Commercial-Free TV,...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Memo Pad
MAJOR AIRPORT INVESTMENT URGED Airports need to spend more than $87 billion for infrastructure and other improvements by 2011 to accommodate increasing passenger and air-cargo demand, according to a study by the Airports Council International North America. ?Anyone traveling by air today knows that aviation is already stretched to the breaking point,? said Greg Principato, president of the council. In a statement, the group said that ?2007 is stacking up to be similar to and in some instances worse than 2000, a year which until now had the dubious distinction of being the peak year for air-travel delays.? Most airport improvement projects ? for runways, terminals, gates and the like ? are paid for by the so-called passenger facility charge added to the price of airline tickets. That charge has been capped by Congress at $4.50 since 2000, but the council said Congress should increase the cap...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Saks Profit Fell in First Quarter
The department store operator said profit fell 86 percent in the first quarter from the year-earlier period...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Frequent Flier: Culinary Adventures in the Customs Lane
Getting past customs has often been a problem for me because I tend to like organic stuff that thrills me...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Campbell Soup Says Earnings Rose 31%
The results exceeded Wall Street forecasts and the company raised its outlook for the rest of the year...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Ex-Brokers Face Retrial in Eavesdropping Case
Three former brokers for Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers face a second trial on charges that they conspired to commit fraud...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: S.& P. Briefly Tops Record but Pulls Back
The latest round of deal news pushed stocks higher but rising oil prices curbed gains...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Witness Tells of Black?s Deal on Apartments
The former head of investor relations at Hollinger said he warned Conrad M. Black that shareholders would look askance at the purchase of a multimillion-dollar corporate apartment...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Senior Executives Quit Proxy Firm
Two executives quit Glass Lewis & Company amid questions over whether its China-based parent withheld unfavorable information...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
MySpace to Share Data With States on Offenders
The names, addresses and online profiles of known convicted sex offenders will be handed over to authorities in all 50 states...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Lowe?s Rolls Back Its Annual Outlook After Profit Declines
The home improvement chain pared its full-year earnings forecast as the slower housing market pressured sales...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
2 Firms Tied to Phone Lists Will Review Their Policies
InfoUSA and Wachovia Bank, accused by regulators of doing business with suspected telemarketing thieves, pledged to examine and change their business practices...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Phone Company Deal Irks Would-Be Bidders
A $27.5 billion deal for Alltel Corporation to go private is not sitting well with other private equity bidders...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Supreme Court to Address State Tax Breaks for Bonds
The case has the potential to rattle, if not reshape, the market for state and municipal bonds...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
On the Road: New Directions From the AAA: Go to the Web, Then Print
The AAA, despite its stronger embrace of the Web as a way to distribute information, doesn?t see the end of print...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Aeroflot Seeks Loan to Deal for Alitalia
The Russian airline Aeroflot is seeking up to$1.2 billion in loans to finance its bid for the Italian national airline, Alitalia...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Advertising: Marketers Struggle to Get Folks to Stay Put for the Commercials
Viacom says it has come up with several new formats to keep its viewers glued to the television set during commercials...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
General Electric to Sell Plastics Division
The division, which has 11,000 employees, will be sold for $11.6 billion to Saudi Arabia?s largest public company...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Boards More Likely to Oust Underperforming Chief Executives, a Study Finds
The study found that boards were nearly three times as likely to dismiss failing chief executives than they were a decade ago...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Google Proposes Innovation in Radio Spectrum Auction
The proposal calls on the F.C.C. to let companies allocate radio spectrum using the same kind of real-time auction that Google uses to sell ads...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Group Offers a Simple Fix for Alternative Minimum Tax
A nonpartisan tax group has a solution to eliminate the alternative minimum tax for nearly everyone who makes less than $200,000...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Rival Books on Hillary Clinton Play Leapfrog on Debut Dates
The two publishers of rival biographies of Hillary Rodham Clinton have moved up their on-sale dates once again...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Film Offers New Talking Points in Health Care Debate
Health policy experts said that Michael Moore?s indictment of U.S. health care taps into widespread public concern about the system...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Meet Your Clothes at the Hotel
Some business travelers are finding it more convenient to let their luggage make the trek separately...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
$4.7 Billion Private Equity Buyout Wins Support at EMI
The music company said its board supported a new $4.7 billion offer from a private investor, Terra Firma Capital Partners...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Kerkorian in New Move in Las Vegas
The latest S.E.C. filing by Kirk Kerkorian?s company has analysts wondering whether the billionaire plans to take MGM private...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Side Deals in a Gray Area
Correspondence among investors known as ?big-boy letters? is about to face its first significant legal challenge...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
China Questions 2 Companies in Contaminated Toothpaste Exports
More poison-tainted toothpaste has turned up in Latin America, including some made for children...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Trade Talks With China at a Juncture
Some question whether efforts to open China to U.S. goods will satisfy a Congress irate over a staggering trade deficit...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Heart Risk Seen in Drug for Diabetes
An analysis of trials for Avandia concluded that the drug might significantly increase the risk of heart attacks...
New York Times - May 22, 2007
Brazilian minister in fraud probe
Brazil's energy minister is the latest public figure under investigation as part of a broad corruption inquiry...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
US and China to hold trade talks
The US and China hold talks on trade amid growing tensions on the issue between the two countries...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
US 'al-Qaeda' doctor found guilty
A US doctor who pledged to treat al-Qaeda fighters is convicted of conspiracy to support the terror network...
BBC News - May 22, 2007
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