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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 June 2007:
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Shuttle lands in California
The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring home a crew member from the outpost. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California because of bad weather in Florida...
CNN - June 22, 2007
Congressman: Cheney challenges oversight
Vice President Dick Cheney's office refused to cooperate with an agency that oversees classified documents, then tried to abolish the office when it challenged the actions, House oversight committee Chairman Henry Waxman said...
CNN - June 22, 2007
Shuttle Lands Safely in California
The space shuttle Atlantis set down safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California today at 3:49 p.m. Eastern time, ending its 5.8-million-mile, 14-day mission...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
ABC News Rejects Offer to Interview Paris Hilton
ABC?s decision followed a flurry of accounts about the methods used by the Hilton family to try to place the interview at either ABC or NBC...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Bush Advisers Weigh Closing Guantánamo Prison Sooner
The proposal reflects a growing belief that the detention facility is tainting the image of the U.S. and hampering the campaign against terrorism...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Delphi and U.A.W. Reach Tentative Accord
A vote is anticipated next week on the pact, which will help the auto supplier emerge from bankruptcy protection by cutting wages and benefits...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Barneys Is Sold for $825 Million
The clothing retailer was sold to the investment arm of the Dubai government for $825 million...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
US bank bails out mortgage fund
Bear Stearns is to give $3.2bn to bail out a hedge fund that has lost money in the sub-prime mortgage sector...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Bush warning for Vietnam leader
President Bush stresses the need for a free society to Vietnam's president at landmark talks in Washington...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Nader mulling White House run
Ralph Nader, blamed by many Democrats for handing George Bush the White House in 2000, says he may run in 2008...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
U.S.: 68 al Qaeda militants killed
U.S. and Iraqi troops have killed at least 68 al Qaeda militants in Iraq's Diyala province in the past four days, according to the U.S. military...
CNN - June 22, 2007
Firefighters flock to Charleston memorial
Firefighters from far afield descended on Charleston, South Carolina, to attend a memorial service Friday for nine of their own killed in a furniture store blaze...
CNN - June 22, 2007
Mugabe faces pressure on currency
Zimbabwe's currency plunges to new depths as the U.S. ambassador to Harare predicts galloping inflation will force President Robert Mugabe from office before the end of the year...
CNN - June 22, 2007
Afghans Say NATO Bombs Kill 25 Civilians
In a grimly familiar scenario, the civilians were caught in a battle between Taliban and NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, the police said today...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Bear Stearns to Bail Out Troubled Fund
Bear Stearns said Friday that it would provide a loan of up to $3.2 billion to a hedge fund operated by its asset-management business, in an effort to placate lenders and investors...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Bending the rules in Brazil
A raft of corruption allegations in Brazil raises renewed questions about attitudes to bending the rules and breaking the law, writes the BBC's Gary Duffy...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Vietnam's president to meet Bush
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet is set to meet President George W Bush in a landmark visit to the US...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Guantanamo closure 'not soon'
The White House denies media reports that the closure of the US prison at Guantanamo Bay is imminent...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Atlantis sits out poor weather
Bad weather forces Nasa to delay another landing attempt by the Atlantis space shuttle Atlantis...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Thousands honour US firefighters
A memorial service is held for nine US firefighters killed in a warehouse fire in Charleston, South Carolina...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
NATO strike 'kills 25 civilians'
Taliban militants stormed police posts in southern Afghanistan, prompting heavy fighting and NATO air strikes that reportedly left 25 civilians and 20 militants dead, police said Friday...
CNN - June 22, 2007
N.J. Man Kills 2 Daughters and Himself
A man apparently drowned his two young daughters in a bathtub and then hanged himself from the rafters of the attic in his home in Montclair, N.J...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Family Behind Foxwoods Loses Hold in Tribe
The family that helped create the Pequot tribe?s casino wealth says the tribe has shunned it in recent years...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Senate Adopts an Energy Bill Raising Mileage for Cars
The vote was a defeat for carmakers, which had sought a smaller increase in fuel economy standards...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Investors? Suits Face Higher Bar, Justices Rule
The decision dealt a blow to investors who want to sue companies and executives because of suspected fraud...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
House overturns abortion aid ban
The US House of Representatives votes to overturn a ban on aid to groups practising abortion...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Extend Afghan tour, Canada urged
Nato's secretary general calls on Canada to keep soldiers in Afghanistan beyond the current 2009 deadline...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
Vietnam, U.S. mark historic visit
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has signed a trade and investment pact with the United States and vowed to improve the business climate in the fast-growing Southeast Asian communist state...
CNN - June 22, 2007
Moms charged in fire that killed five kids
The mothers of five children killed in a house fire surrendered to police Thursday to face involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly leaving the youngsters alone while they went to a bar. One of the accused initially told police she had left the children with a baby sitter...
CNN - June 22, 2007
Firefighter Falls to His Death in Brooklyn Fire
The firefighter, Daniel F. Pujdak, 23, was fighting a blaze in an old warehouse ignited by a cigarette...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Giambi Will Cooperate With M.L.B.?s Probe
Jason Giambi of the Yankees is believed to be the first active player to work with George J. Mitchell?s investigation into steroids in baseball...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Report Rates Hospitals on Their Heart Treatment
For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government has released a list of hospitals where heart patients are most likely to die...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
At Foxwoods, Reigning Family Loses its Hold
The family that helped create the Pequot tribe?s casino wealth says it has been cast aside...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008
John Edwards? use of a tax-exempt organization to finance his travel and employ people connected to his campaign was unusual among candidates for national office...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Research Finds Firstborns Gain the Higher I.Q.
The difference in I.Q. between siblings was a result of family dynamics, not biological factors...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Senate Adopts an Energy Bill Calling for Higher Mileage for Cars
Republican lawmakers successfully blocked a crucial component of the Democratic plan that would have raised taxes on oil companies by about $32 billion...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data
When a National Archives unit objected to the Vice President Dick Cheney?s resistance to oversight, he suggested abolishing it, according to documents...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Bob Evans, 89, Restaurateur With Chain Built on Sausage, Dies
Mr. Evans turned a 12-stool restaurant into a nationwide chain and food empire with the help of his homemade sausage...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
World Business Briefing: Kazakhstan: Unicredit Unit Bids for Bank
Bank Austria Creditanstalt, a unit of UniCredit, bid $2.2 billion to acquire AO ATF Bank of Kazakhstan to tap an oil-related boom in the former Soviet Union. Bank Austria said that it had agreed to buy at least 85 percent of the bank, which is based in Almaty and has corporate and retail operations, and that it hopes to acquire the remaining shares. ATF Bank has 110 branches and assets valued at 6.3 billion euros ($8.4 billion) and a market share of 11.8 percent. Austria Creditanstalt is based in Vienna, and UniCredit is based in Milan...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
World Business Briefing: South Korea: Lone Star May Sell Part of Bank
Lone Star Funds, the buyout firm founded by John Grayken, plans to sell a stake in Korea Exchange Bank for as much as $1.1 billion after its move to divest entirely was derailed last year by a legal dispute. Lone Star is offering 73.1 million shares, or 11.3 percent of Korea Exchange, for 13,150 to 13.750 won ($14.19 to $14.84) a share, according to an e-mail message sent to fund managers by the Credit Suisse Group, the investment bank arranging the sale. Shares in Korea Exchange fell 1.7 percent, to 14,600 won, up 14 percent this year. Lone Star, based in Dallas, has struggled for two years to sell the controlling stake it bought in 2003 as Korean prosecutors contend that the firm purchased the shares at an artificially low price. The sale of part of the Seoul-based bank would allow Lone Star to return money to investors while the case is pending and retain a majority stake...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Ed Friendly, 85, a Producer of ?Little House?, Dies
Mr. Friendly was the co-producer of hit television shows including the rambunctious ?Rowan & Martin?s Laugh-In? and the frontier saga ?Little House on the Prairie.?...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Jefferies Acquires an Advisory Unit
The Jefferies Group said it had acquired the Putnam Lovell investment banking business, a provider of merger advice to asset managers and broker dealers, from National Bank Financial Group of Canada. Terms were not disclosed. Jefferies, an underwriter and merger adviser to midsize companies, said this is the fifth industry-focused M.& A. group it has acquired in less than five years. The purchase will expand Jefferies? ability to make deals in the asset management sector...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
World Business Briefing: London Exchange May Bid $2 Billion for Borsa Italiana
The London Stock Exchange was considering making a bid of $2 billion to acquire Borsa Italiana, the operator of the stock exchange in Milan, two people close to the companies said. The two exchanges discussed a potential merger and were set to continue discussions today, a spokesman for Borsa Italiana said. The spokesman, Alessandro Pavesi, said the proposal from the London exchange is the only one being considered. Both exchanges have fended off takeover approaches in the last year, and a merger might help them avoid a takeover in the future, said Rupak Ghose, an analyst at Credit Suisse in London. ?It is not surprising that the L.S.E. is looking at different alternatives to become larger and hence avoid becoming acquired,? Mr. Ghose said in a note to investors...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Upbeat Economic News Helps Lift Shares
Merrill Lynch assuaged concern of a looming credit crisis and the latest government report on the economy showed growth was accelerating...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
3 Drug Makers Are Convicted in Reimbursement Overcharges
AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough must pay damages for overcharging on certain drugs...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Jabil Profit Plummets
The contract electronics manufacturer posted a 90 percent drop in quarterly net profit, but earnings excluding special charges were higher than expected...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Release of Video Game Hits Rating Snag
Take-Two Interactive Software said it would temporarily suspend the release of Manhunt 2 because of a ratings controversy...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Expansion of Economy Is Expected to Continue
The economy should expand modestly in coming months as a healthy job market continues to trump weakness in housing prices...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
EBay Is Preparing to Re-enter the China Auction Business
It is eBay?s second attempt to break into the Chinese market after the collapse of the company?s EachNet venture, and the first with a local partner...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
G.M. to Alter Tiger Woods?s Role in Its Ads
General Motors plans to use Tiger Woods instead as a pitchman in companywide ads for products like OnStar...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Europeans Widen Investigation Into Search Data
An investigation set off by concerns over how long Google stores user information has widened to include all Internet search engines...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Brisk Demand in Emerging Markets Keeps Aircraft Makers Busy
Buoyed by rapidly rising demand and aggressive financing from banks, even the youngest companies are ordering new planes...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
With ABN Amro in Play, Chief of Barclays Capital Savors a New Test
Robert E. Diamond Jr. would be crucial to making a merger between Barclays and ABN Amro work...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Blackstone Rival Plans Own I.P.O.
The company?s initial public offering was priced at $31 a unit, but its archrival Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is said to also be planning an initial offering of its own...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
ABC Says It Was Outbid for Paris Hilton Interview
ABC News said they lost their bid because the network was unwilling to make a ?high six-figure deal? with the Hilton family...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Making Waves in Dairyland
Ron Kind, a Democratic representative from Wisconsin dairyland, is making a name for himself as a crusader for big changes in farm policy...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Investors? Suits Face Higher Bar, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court decision dealt a blow to investors suing companies over accusations of fraud by setting a legal standard that makes it easier to get shareholder lawsuits dismissed...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
2 Companies Drop Pursuit of Dow Jones
G.E. and Pearson have decided not to make an offer for Dow Jones, leaving Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation as the only bidder...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Advertising: Shaken and Stirred: For Liquor Campaigns, the Web?s the Thing
Marketers of alcoholic beverages are joining the list of purveyors of consumer products that are devoting ad budgets to digital media...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Insider: For Schumer, the Double-Edged Sword of Cozying Up to Hedge Funds
With taxes on private equity and hedge funds front and center, many in the industry are looking to Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, for help...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Once Again, Trade Effort Stumbles on Subsidies
Talks collapsed when the U.S. and the European Union fell out with India and Brazil over plans to cut agricultural subsidies and tariffs...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Peltz Is Said to Be Pressing for Sale of Some Kraft Brands
Nelson Peltz, the activist investor, is planning to mount a campaign to press Kraft to sell the Post cereal business and Maxwell House...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Painting a Rosy Picture of a Costly Fighter Jet
Lockheed Martin?s $600 billion Joint Strike Fighter program is only now moving off the drawing board and into first flight...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
Jones Is Said to Be Close to a Sale of Barneys
The Jones Apparel Group is near a deal to sell Barneys New York for about $825 million to an investment arm of the Dubai government...
New York Times - June 22, 2007
NFL: Dolphins check out Wembley
Miami Dolphins personnel visit Wembley Stadium ahead of their NFL regular-season game against the New York Giants on 28 October...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
'Drug baron' captured in Colombia
Colombian police arrest a Guatemalan suspected drug baron who has been on the run for two years...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
House opposes US abortion aid ban
The US House of Representatives votes to overturn a ban on aid to groups practicing abortion...
BBC News - June 22, 2007
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