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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 July 2006:
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Israel takes Lebanon foothold
Israel seizes Lebanese town of Maroun al-Ras100+ Hezbollah rockets fired, Israel reportsIsraeli airstrikes hit communications towers in northern LebanonAt least 300 killed in the conflict by the 11th day of fighting ...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Israeli military seizes Lebanese town
Denying that it plans a full-scale ground invasion, the Israeli military entered the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras on Saturday to establish its "first foothold" in a security buffer along the border, the Israel Defense Forces said...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Storms Slow Power Repairs in Queens
Any hope for a full restoration of power in northwest Queens was shattered by new barrages of thunderstorms...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Square Feet: Mortgage REIT’s Are Aloft, but Dangers Remain
The direction of a sector may depend in part on the Fed’s next moves...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Word From the Fed Helps to Lift the Dow
Technology stocks slumped, pulling the Nasdaq composite index down for the third consecutive week, but the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index managed to eke out weekly gains...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Letters
Your Successor’s Success?...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Corrections
An article last Sunday about the challenges facing Bill Ford, the chief executive of the Ford Motor Company, referred incorrectly to plant closings laid out in its Way Forward plan. It would close 14 plants by 2012, not two dozen by 2010...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Career Couch: Hello, Boss. I Feel a Headache Coming On.
The sun is shining and you’re itching to spend the day outdoors. Is it acceptable to call in sick when you’re not?...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
The Boss: Learning by Leaving
The chief executive of Citizens Financial Group used a college fellowship to study meditation in India...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Market Week: Gloom as a ‘Buy’ Signal
DEVELOPMENTS in the Middle East have unsettled investors but unsettling conditions can create bargains. The mood on Wall Street, far from sunny before the recent fighting began, may have grown gloomy enough to warrant fresh investment, said Stuart Schweitzer, a global strategist at J. P. Morgan Asset Management...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Fundamentally: A Portfolio Blend That Avoids the Undertow
Investors who are weary of the recent choppiness in the stock market need to keep things in perspective...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Suits: When a Politician Doesn’t Want Money
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New York Times - July 22, 2006
Spending: Survival Guide for the Piano Showroom
With a dizzying array of sizes and styles available, buying a piano is an exercise in choice...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
The Goods: Reach Out and Touch That Subway Pole
A pair of gloves for the germophobe in all of us...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Economic View: Uncle Sam, Deadbeat Debtor?
A long-term view of the government’s debt offers a gloomy picture...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Will Agriculture Stay a Bright Spot in the Trade Data?
Will Agriculture...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Investing: Commodity Funds: Thrills, Sure, but It’s a Long Way Down
Fund shareholders who were relatively new to commodity investing have learned at first hand how wildly prices can gyrate...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Spending: To Avert a Fractured Fairy Tale, a Wedding Planner
As wedding costs rise, so do the number of things that can go awry...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Everybody's Business: From Harvey Road to Crescent Drive, Something Changed
We now know that right after 9/11, when the nation was in deep mourning, the people who run some of America’s biggest corporations may have already figured out An Angle...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: At the Options Buffet, Some Got a Bigger Helping
It is becoming clearer that at some companies almost everything about stock options is apparently a mirage...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Anger Management at American Air
At American Airlines, the only old-line domestic airline that has never filed for bankruptcy protection, a grand experiment is playing out...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
On the Contrary: Long Live the Nanny State
As social ties weaken, maybe the free market needs a sterner taskmaster...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Vigil marks Menezes death
The anniversary of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes' death is marked at the London station where police shot him...
BBC News - July 22, 2006
Storms bring heat relief, power misery
Another day of severe storms knocked out electricity for tens of thousands of more people, but brought along a cold front that was welcome relief for those waiting for power to be restored...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Israel sends tanks into Lebanon
Israel sends tanks to back up troops in LebanonReinforcements mass on 11th day of conflict with HezbollahIsraeli airstrikes hit communications in northern Lebanon10 hurt in Hezbollah rocket attacks, Israel reports...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Israeli sends tanks to gain Lebanon foothold
Israel sent tanks and troops across the Lebanese border Saturday in the 11th day of its military offensive against Hezbollah militants...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Bush slams Syria, Iran over Hezbollah
President Bush on Saturday slammed Syrian and Iranian support for Hezbollah and underscored U.S. support for the Israeli reaction to the provocations by the Shiite guerrillas in Lebanon...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Bolton’s Ways Foil Goals, U.N. Envoys Say
Many United Nations diplomats say they see John R. Bolton, the American ambassador, as a stand-in for the arrogance of the Bush administration itself...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Cuts in Africa Aid Thwart U.S. Goals, Officials Say
The U.S. has slashed millions of dollars of military aid to African nations, moves that officials say have undermined efforts to combat terrorist threats in Africa...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Keeping Child Care in the Family
States are increasingly focusing on moving children from foster care into homes with relatives...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
I.R.S. to Cut Tax Auditors
The Bush administration will eliminate nearly half of the lawyers who handle gift and estate tax returns, which are filed for the wealthiest Americans...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
The House That Steinbrenner Is Building
Still pushy after all these years, George Steinbrenner is staking the Yankees’ financial future on a new megastadium...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Queens Probably Will Not Have Power by Sunday
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made the announcement today, saying that storms on Friday erased some of the progress made by Consolidated Edison...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Israeli Presses Air Raids on Lebanon
Israel moved across the border into Lebanon today in what was described as a limited operation against a Hezbollah stronghold...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
In G.O.P. Fund-Raising, Dole’s Star Power Dims
Some Republicans say that Senator Elizabeth Dole is faltering in her job as leader of the Republican effort to hold the Senate this fall...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Re-refinancing, and Putting Off Mortgage Pain
As payments on mortgages balloon, many Americans have found a way to put off the day of reckoning...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Troops Ready, but Israel Bets on Air Power
Israel’s preparations seem less for a ground invasion than for more punishing airstrikes to try to eliminate Hezbollah military assets and stockpiles...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
In Iran’s Streets, Aid for an Ally Stirs Resentment and Anxieties
Iran has been Hezbollah’s prime patron for decades, but Iranian officials insist they had nothing to do with the events that set off the crisis between Israel and Lebanon...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
New Israel-Hezbollah strikes
Rockets and shells rain down on both sides of Israeli-Lebanese border Israeli airstrikes hit communications in northern Lebanon, a Lebanese government official says10 hurt in Hezbollah rocket attacks, Israel reportsMassed Israeli forces on the 11th day of conflict raise fears of full-scale invasion...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Israeli troops mass on Lebanon border
With thousands of Israeli troops massed Saturday on the Lebanese border, Lebanon's president is warning that his army would defend the country if Israel launches a full-scale ground invasion...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Business Briefs
A.M.D. IN ACQUISITION TALKS Advanced Micro Devices, the computer chip maker, is in talks to acquire ATI Technologies, a Canadian company that makes computer graphics chips, for $5.5 billion, people involved in the negotiations said...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
'Humanitarian disaster' feared
A "major humanitarian disaster" could occur if the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah does not stop and innocent Lebanese people are killed or displaced, U.N. chief Kofi Annan tells CNN...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Israeli troops mass on Lebanon border
Thousands of Israeli troops massed on the Lebanese border as Lebanon's president warned that his army would defend the country if Israel launches a full-scale ground invasion...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Heat and humanity as temperatures soar
As 570,000 homes and businesses in St. Louis, Missouri braced for a weekend without electricity, residents could at least be thankful that the week's pattern of oppressive heat followed by destructive storms appeared to be ending...
CNN - July 22, 2006
Rice: Peace is the goal, not a quick fix
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who will travel next week to the Middle East and Europe over the crisis in Lebanon, said a quick cease-fire "will be a false promise if it returns us to the status quo."...
CNN - July 22, 2006
In Queens Blackout, Different Degrees of Suffering
For the young, life was marred by inconveniences. But for the old, the blackout had become a threat to survival...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Soldiers’ Words May Test PBS Language Rules
The coarse language used to discuss the horrors of war may put PBS in the Federal Communications Commission's obscenity sights...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
What Next for Ralph Reed?
A dozen years after a magazine proclaimed Ralph Reed “The Right Hand of God,” some are preparing Mr. Reed’s political obituary...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
New Orleans, Getting Less Power, May Pay More
Months after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans still does not have a reliable electrical system, and the local utility is in bankruptcy...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Feeling Strains, Baptist Colleges Cut Church Ties
The issues vary from state to state, but many include battles over money and control of boards of trustees...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
NASA’s Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet
NASA’s mission statement was altered to square it with President Bush’s goal of pursuing manned spaceflights to the Moon and Mars, a spokesman for NASA said...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Bail Hearing Delayed for Gambling Figure
The chief executive of BetOnSports remained in custody Friday on racketeering and conspiracy charges...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Eli Lilly Lowers Its Revenue Forecast
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Five Days: Weather Sizzles, but the Fed Chief Stays Cool
A HEAT wave gripped the nation, which kept one wary eye on the bloodshed in the Middle East and the other on a barrage of corporate earnings, Fed news and economic reports at home...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Off the Charts: Fewer Treasuries but More Stocks on Foreigners’ U.S. Shopping Lists
ONLY two years after foreign central banks had become virtually the only net buyer of United States Treasury securities — and thus the financier for United States budget deficits — these banks have turned into net sellers of securities...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Basic Values: Profit Margins Are Inducing Fear of Heights
Despite what the adage says, what you don’t know can hurt you when you put money in the stock market...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Broad Drop Puts Nasdaq at 14-Month Low
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Caterpillar Reports 38% Increase in Earnings
PEORIA, Ill., July 21 (AP) — Caterpillar, the construction equipment maker, said Friday that its second-quarter earnings rose 38 percent, reflecting its strongest financial performance in at least four decades...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Microsoft Confirms That It Is Developing a Competitor to the iPod
Part of the project, code-named Zune and set to go on sale this year, is a service that will compete with Apple’s iTunes...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Developer’s Son Negotiating to Buy New York Observer
Jared Kushner, the 25-year-old son of Charles B. Kushner, the wealthy New Jersey real estate developer, is the possible buyer...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
What's Online: Are Cyclists Destroying the Earth?
KARL T. ULRICH, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has put forth a provocative theory. Traveling by bicycle, he argued in a recent paper, may cause more environmental harm than driving around in pollution-spewing, fossil-fuel-swallowing cars and sport utility vehicles...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
What's Offline: Home, Sweet (Second) Home
ALONG with the pictures and souvenirs, many vacationers return home with a lingering thought: Wouldn’t it be great to own a place there?...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
China Moves to Curb Lending for Second Time in Five Weeks
Some analysts worry the Chinese economy is in danger of overheating and could lead to inflation and a fresh round of bad loans...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Dell Lowers Profit Forecast and Shares Fall Nearly 10%
Dell, once a symbol of hyper-efficiency and marketing, warned quarterly profit would be 30 percent lower than expected...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
3 Britons in Enron Case Are Told to Remain in U.S.
The bankers were extradited to the United States last week and must remain in Houston and post a combined $3 million bond...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Ghosn Reassures Detroit About His Intentions
The chief executive of Nissan and Renault said he would not discuss buying a stake in General Motors as part of initial talks...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
HSBC Agrees to Buy Panama’s Biggest Bank for $1.77 Billion
The purchase will give the British company 220 branches in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
U.S. Revenues From Oil Rise Only Slightly
Production declined far more than the government’s published statistics have indicated, according to a new Congressional report...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Your Money: What the Naïve Consumers Don’t Know, Can Help You
Two economics professors found that sophisticated consumers game the system by having naïve consumers subsidize them...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Short Cuts: A No-Intimidation Guide to Acquiring Art: A Gallery Is Just a Store
It’s time to get over the fear of buying art, even if you don’t know how yet...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Saturday Interview With Robert Kotick: Video Games Are Showing a Social Side
The chairman and chief executive of Activision has experienced four industry downturns, including the current one...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
[TS] No Victors, Few Spoils in This Fight
Warren G. Lichtenstein’s decision to abandon the board of BKF Capital had the appearance of a man throwing in the towel...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Indictment of Doctor Tests Drug Marketing Rules
Drug companies often skirt F.D.A. rules by paying doctors to promote their drugs, including the “off label” uses...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
Silicon Valley Firms Scrutinized on Stock Option Policies
Silicon Valley cannot seem to shake off the sins of its heady dot-com past...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
A Surprise After the Split: Viacom Struggles as CBS Holds Its Own
When Viacom split into Viacom and CBS, Wall Street’s darling was Viacom. What a difference a new year makes...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
In Reversal, S.E.C. Plans to Question Executive
The chief executive of Morgan Stanley has been asked to testify in an insider trading case involving Pequot Capital, the hedge fund...
New York Times - July 22, 2006
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