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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 August 2006:
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No survivors in Russia jet crash
A Russian commercial jet crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday, killing all 170 on board, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported. The pilot sent a distress signal reporting a fire on board and heavy turbulence, shortly before the plane crash landed, Ukrainian officials said...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Bush OKs involuntary Marine recall
President Bush has authorized the U.S. Marine Corps to recall 2,500 troops to active duty because there are not enough volunteers for duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, Marine commanders announced Tuesday...
CNN - August 22, 2006
No survivors in Russian jet crash
A Russian commercial jet carrying 170 people -- many of them children -- crashed in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing all on board, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Poll: GOP better against terrorism, Dems on Iraq
Americans believe Democrats would do a better job of dealing with the situation in Iraq and handling the economy, but Republicans would do a better job against terrorism, according to a poll released Tuesday...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Congo Election Foes Agree to U.N. Cease-Fire
In Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, violence was triggered this weekend by the announcement of results from the country’s first free elections in more than 40 years...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Pluto Seems Poised to Lose Its Planet Status
A group of astronomers offered a new definition that would reclassify Pluto as a “dwarf-planet.”...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Images of 9/11 Rise at Ground Zero
The World Trade Center Memorial Museum today began mounting photographs of 9/11 on the ground zero fence...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Ramsey Murder Suspect to Be Sent to Colorado
John M. Karr is expected to face charges including murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a child...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Pesticide Charge in India Hurts Pepsi and Coke
Officials say they stumbled in their response to claims that their beverages were contaminated with pesticides...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Lens Solution Caused Eye Infections, Report Says
Only one type of Bausch & Lomb contact lens solution contributed to the outbreak, a study concluded...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Energy focus for Chavez in China
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hopes to get support from Beijing to increase oil exports during a six-day visit...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
Protestor shot in Mexico clashes
A man is shot in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca, as striking teachers continue their protests...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
Prosecutors drop Quattrone case
US prosecutors say they will not put star banker Frank Quattrone on trial again for alleged obstruction of justice...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
'No survivors' in Russia jet crash
A Russian plane carrying 169 people -- many of them children -- crashed in eastern Ukraine, likely killing all on board, emergency officials say. The Pulkovo flight was en route from the Black Sea resort of Anapa to St. Petersburg...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Iran hands U.N. nuclear response
Iran has given its formal answer to a package of incentives offered by the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany in exchange for halting its uranium enrichment program, according to Iranian media...
CNN - August 22, 2006
JonBenet suspect will be extradited to Colorado
John Mark Karr, the schoolteacher who claims to have been with 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey the night she died 10 years ago, will be extradited to Boulder, Colorado, to face charges in her murder. Karr, 41, appeared Tuesday morning at a brief hearing in Los Angeles, California, and waived his right to contest the extradition...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Poll: Opposition to Iraq war at all-time high
Opposition among Americans to the war in Iraq has reached a new high, with only about a third of respondents saying they favor it, according to a poll released Monday...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Fourth Potential Hurricane Gathers Strength
Forecasters said it was far too early to tell whether the storm would eventually become a hurricane...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Highest Honor in Mathematics Is Refused
Grigory Perelman, who solved a key piece in a puzzle known as the Poincaré conjecture, often refuses prizes...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Coffee prices hit seven-year high
The cost of coffee could rise as bad weather in Vietnam pushes the price of robusta beans to a seven-year high...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
US re-release for Almodovar films
Eight films by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar are re-released in US cinemas ahead of his new movie...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
Iran's response to U.N. is due
Iran is due shortly to give its answer to a U.N. demand that Tehran halt uranium enrichment in exchange for a package of incentives or face possible sanctions. The response will be given at 1230 GMT in the Iranian capital, diplomats said...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Deadline nears for Iran's response
With Iran to formally respond Tuesday to U.N. demands to halt its nuclear program, Iranian officials have reiterated the country's refusal to dismantle the program and warned against imposing economic sanctions...
CNN - August 22, 2006
War Lingers in the South of Lebanon
The eerie sense of quiet in the villages underscores the sense of a war frozen in time, with the combatants still faced off...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
YouTube Ads to Market CD by Paris Hilton
Her debut CD is one of the first products to be marketed through a set of newly designed advertising concepts on the video-sharing service...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Four-month strike ends in Mexico
More than 2,300 workers at a Mexican steel mine are set to return to work after agreeing to end a four-month strike...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
VW strikers may cut demands
The union representing striking workers at VW's Mexico factory says it may lower its wage demands...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
Chile and China sign trade deal
The Chinese and Chilean governments sign a free-trade agreement, Beijing's first in South America...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
Fishermen detail Pacific ordeal
Three fishermen who say they spent months adrift in the Pacific give more details as they reach land...
BBC News - August 22, 2006
Manhunt nabs escaped prisoner
A man accused of two deadly shootings was the subject of a manhunt that shut down Virginia Tech before being captured. William Morva, who reportedly never wore shoes and used to talk about how much he liked to go deer hunting and commune with nature, was described as weird by students...
CNN - August 22, 2006
Under One Roof, Trial, Penalty and Civics Lesson
The Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn combines elements of criminal and family courts...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Judge Throws Out Charges in Padilla Case
The judge ruled that the government brought overlapping and redundant charges against Jose Padilla, a former “enemy combatant” linked to Al Qaeda...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Yankees 2, Red Sox 1: 4 Days Later, Race for First Is a Runaway
The Yankees now lead the Red Sox by six and a half games after the first five-game road sweep in the majors in 10 years...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Time Served: Oakland Fights Crime With Talk
The Oakland authorities have decided to call in the bad guys and tell them to knock it off. Or else...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
In Election Push, Bush Faults Talk of Iraq Pullout
It was the most direct attack on Democrats that President Bush has made from a White House lectern this year...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Costly Promises: State Upgrades Pensions, and City Gets the Bill
The new pension benefits for government workers will eventually cost New York City an estimated $100 million...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Shares Fall on Low Volume, Interrupting Market’s Rally
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Chinese Court May Rule Soon on Times Researcher
The verdict in the case of a Chinese researcher jailed on charges of leaking state secrets may come as soon as Friday...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Maker of Generic Says Bristol Violates Their Deal on Plavix
By Reuters...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Officer Leaves Sprint Nextel
By Reuters...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Morgan Unit Buys Glenborough REIT
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Warnaco Investor Urges It to Study Sale
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
A Welfare Law Milestone Finds Many Left Behind
Researchers are raising concerns about families that have not made the transition through welfare reform and often lead extraordinarily precarious lives...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Ex-Morgan Clerk Pleads Guilty in Theft
By Reuters...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Top Executive at Saks Unit to Step Down
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Lowe’s Profit Rises, but Warning Hurts Shares
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 21 (AP) — The Lowe’s Companies reported an 11 percent increase in second-quarter profit on Monday but warned that a slowing housing market would hurt its earnings for the rest of the year, setting off a 4 percent decline in its stock price...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
On the Road: Take the Liquids, but Leave the Laptops
Domestic air travel seems to have returned to normal after the latest disruption following the foiled British terrorist plot...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Frequent Flier: Only Christie Brinkley Would Know for Sure
I can’t make it through the terminal at J.F.K. or LaGuardia without being mistaken for Billy Joel...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Tower Records Will Auction Its Assets
The company said that it needed to close the sale by mid-October to prepare for the holiday shopping season...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Newsstand Magazine Sales Fell in the First Six Months of 2006
Newsstand sales of magazines fell more than 4 percent, to about 48.7 million copies. Among domestic newsweeklies, Time magazine reported the biggest drop...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Camaro’s Rebirth to Occur at Ontario Plant, G.M. Says
The Chevrolet Camaro, a classic American muscle car, will be made in a Canadian factory when its production is revived in 2008...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
F.D.A. Strengthens Warnings on Stimulants
The warnings on stimulants like Ritalin caution against their use in adults or children with heart problems...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Advertising: Tempting the Traditional Coffee Drinker to Move Up
Folgers is tiptoeing into the upscale shelf space this week with a line of premium coffee dressed up in shiny bags...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Web Surfing in Public Places Is a Way to Court Trouble
Any business traveler who has logged on to a wireless network at the airport or checked e-mail at a public terminal has probably wondered, “Is this safe?”...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Rohatyn Will Take Lehman Post
Felix G. Rohatyn, the investment banker who helped New York City avert bankruptcy in the 1970’s, is joining Lehman Brothers as a senior adviser to its chairman...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
AOL Moves to Increase Privacy on Search Queries
AOL’s chief technology officer departed after the company released hundreds of thousands of its customers’ search queries...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
What Organizations Don’t Want to Know Can Hurt
The leaders of corporations and other institutions, it turns out, are not always hungry for more information after mistakes are made...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Market Place: Auto Parts Suppliers Brace for Harder Times
As Ford began to idle production at 10 plants, the company’s parts suppliers must find a way to withstand a sharp drop in demand for their products...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
Slow Start for Revival of Nuclear Reactors
Utility executives are sharply divided over whether nuclear power offers an attractive choice as they seek to satisfy a growing demand for electricity...
New York Times - August 22, 2006
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