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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 2007:
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U.S. rethinking vision of democracy in Iraq
Nightmarish political realities in Baghdad are prompting American officials to curb their vision for democracy in Iraq. Instead, the officials now say they are willing to settle for a government that functions and can bring security. full story...
CNN - August 22, 2007
City Room: A Bill to Ban Voyeurism
Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr. has proposed making voyeurism a crime...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Wheels Blog: Off the Record at the N.H.T.S.A.
A new policy at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration prevents its personnel from speaking on record to reporters...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
The Fifth Down Blog: Ashes From Being Tiki Torched
You may have heard the teaser about the Eli Manning-Tiki Barber clash that led off “SportsCenter” on Tuesday night. You may have heard (not literally, but almost) the blaring headlines from New York’s tabloids. The cover of the Daily News showed shouted “ELI TAKES DOWN TIKI,” followed by “Vicious feud boils over.” The back page [...]...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
U.S. Open: Top Half of Women's Draw Features Drama
Maria Sharapova, the defending champion, finds herself in the relatively unthreatening half of the U.S. Open while three former champions and two ingénues will be blasting way in the top half of the draw...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Panel on Virginia Tech Shooting Issues Report
An internal report recommended better communication about troubled students, classroom locks and other steps...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Florida Democrats Stand Firm on Primary Date
The state?s officials prepare for a confrontation with the Democratic National Committee this weekend over its early contest...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Emergency Declared in Flooded Ohio Towns
FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) -- Firefighters and a volunteer armada navigated boats through streets awash in waist-deep water Wednesday, plucking neighbors and pets from porches as flooding that has swamped the Upper Midwest and Plains settled in Ohio...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
New York G.O.P. Severs Ties With Consultant
Roger J. Stone Jr. has been accused of making a threatening call to Gov. Eliot Spitzer?s father...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Shortcuts for the Format- Impaired
David Pogue explores the time-saving qualities of macro software...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Top Four Banks Tap Fed Discount Window
The four largest U.S. banks, led by Citigroup and Bank of America, took the unusual step of borrowing $2 billion directly from the Federal Reserve...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
European Banks Still Wary on Lending
Clouds persisted Wednesday over European credit markets, with some commercial banks still reluctant to lend to each other...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Lehman Closes Subprime Unit and Lays Off 1,200
Lehman?s decision to shutter BNC Mortgage makes it the latest casualty in the subprime mortgage meltdown...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
U.S. Stocks Soar as Risk Appetite Returns
The Dow jumped 145 points in response to a pullback in the Treasury market and an increase in borrowing by banks...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
US sub-prime firms make cutbacks
Two more firms struggling amid the US sub-prime loans crisis shut parts of their business and cut jobs...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
At least 22 die as storm systems collide
Two storm systems colliding along the nation's midsection set off a spate of weather warnings from Colorado to Ohio as the nasty weather moved toward the Great Lakes region Wednesday. full story...
CNN - August 22, 2007
Bush compares Vietnam 'tragedy' to Iraq pullout
President Bush drew parallels today between the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the potential costs of pulling out of Iraq in a speech today. full story...
CNN - August 22, 2007
City Room: A Call to Ban Foam Trays
Councilman Bill de Blasio of Brooklyn is proposing a ban on the use of polystyrene materials in city schools and restaurants...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
The Lede Blog: The DeLorean Dream Bubble
The Delorean is coming back, and excitement is unanimous in the blogosphere...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Russia Challenges Europe on I.M.F.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia has nominated Josef Tosovsky, a former Czech prime minister and head of that country's central bank, to head the International Monetary Fund, a move that puts the Kremlin and the European Union at odds...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Bush Says He Supports Iraqi Leader
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- President Bush, scrambling to show he has not abandoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, offered a fresh endorsement on Wednesday...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Wal-Mart Removes Tainted Dog Treats
The retailer said it pulled two Chinese-made dog treats from its shelves nearly a month ago, and tests now show they had traces of melamine...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Toll Brothers Posts Sharply Lower Profit
The luxury builder?s net income for the third quarter fell amid tightening credit standards that it said looked likely to shrink the number of potential home buyers...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Accredited Home to Cut 1,600 Jobs and Halt Lending
Citing turmoil in the subprime mortgage industry, Accredited said it will close substantially all of its retail lending business and five of its 10 wholesale divisions...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
DealBook : Nymex Confirms Takeover Talks
Nymex Holdings, parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, confirmed that it is holding talks with several suitors as it seeks to expand in Europe...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Stocks Up Sharply on Takeover Talk
Stocks jumped today as Wall Street interpreted a pullback in Treasuries and new talk of takeovers as signs that recent credit market tightness might be easing...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
US builder hit by mortgage woes
US house builder Toll Brothers sees its profits fall 85% after tightening mortgage standards...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
China fear over 'tainted' US soya
China says it has discovered quality problems with soya beans imported from the United States...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
US Midwest suffers deadly floods
Flooding from storms in the Midwestern US leaves 22 people dead and causes widespread damage...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
US to shut anti-terror database
The US defence department says it will shut down a controversial anti-terror database next month...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
Mexico braces for second hit from Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean churned toward a second dangerous encounter with Mexico on Wednesday, as government officials warned residents of Veracruz and other coastal towns to prepare for its arrival. full story...
CNN - August 22, 2007
Angels 18, Yankees 9: Big Night for Anderson, Long Night for Yankees
Garret Anderson hit a grand slam, a three-run homer and two doubles and also set a franchise record with 10 runs batted in as the Angels continued their dominance over the Yankees...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Many Eligible for Child Health Plan Have No Idea
A study found that nearly 30 percent of children who are eligible for state-sponsored health care have yet to enroll...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Like Ducks and Penguins, With Nervous Stomachs
A Queens College biology student has been traveling to an island in New York Harbor to figure out why cormorants are such prodigious vomiters...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
C.I.A. Lays Out Errors It Made Before Sept. 11
George Tenet, the agency?s former director, failed to fully prepare for the threat of Al Qaeda, a report said...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Bid to Reopen Mine Divides Grieving Utah Town
Officials said the mine where six workers were trapped could resume operating with a new name...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
CBS Was Warned on ?Kid Nation,? Documents Show
The producers of a CBS reality show featuring 40 children living on their own were warned while the show was being taped that they might be violating child-labor laws...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Fed Seeks Balance as Investors Clamor for Action
After another day of anxiety in the credit markets, Wall Street thinks the Federal Reserve is running short of time...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Nymex confirms talks over merger
US exchange Nymex, the world's largest energy futures market, says it has been holding merger talks...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
Venezuela MPs back reforms
Venezuelan MPs give initial approval to constitutional reforms, including an end to presidential term limits...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
Utah mine: Grief turns to blame, questions
Grieving families and friends of six trapped coal miners vent their frustration and ask: Was it too dangerous to be working there in the first place? full story...
CNN - August 22, 2007
Dean prepares for 2nd landfall in Mexico
While Mexico's tourist areas seem to have dodged a bullet, President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday expressed concern for the Yucatan Peninsula's poor Mayan communities, which may have borne the brunt of Hurricane Dean. full story...
CNN - August 22, 2007
Shuttle Glides Safely Home in Spite of Damage
The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center apparently not much worse for wear...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Michigan Joins the Race for a ?Me First? Primary
States have been trying to get some of the election attention lavished on Iowa and New Hampshire...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Politics Seen in Nasty Call to Spitzer?s Father
Lawyers for Bernard Spitzer say Roger Stone, a Republican consultant, left an anonymous, invective-laced phone message for Gov. Eliot Spitzer?s father...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Many Qualified for Child Health Plan Don?t Enroll
Nearly 30 percent of children who are eligible for state sponsored health care have yet to enroll, a study says...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
C.I.A. Details Errors It Made Before Sept. 11
George Tenet, the former head of the C.I.A., failed to adequately prepare the agency to meet the threat of Al Qaeda, an internal agency report said...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Trusts Seek $2 Billion From Advisers to Refco
Trusts representing creditors of the defunct futures and commodities broker Refco sued its legal, accounting and financial advisers yesterday for more than $2 billion over the company?s collapse...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Staples Net Up 11%, Meeting Forecast
Staples, the office supplies retailer, posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly profit yesterday, but sales slipped in North American stores open more than a year...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Upper Deck, a Baseball Card Maker, Drops Bid for Topps
The Upper Deck Company withdrew its offer to buy a rival baseball card maker, the Topps Company, yesterday, clearing one obstacle to a proposed private equity takeover of Topps...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Big Mortgage Lender in Chapter 11 Filing
First Magnus Financial Corporation, one of the largest independent American mortgage lenders, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, becoming the latest provider of home loans to collapse as the housing market slumps...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Earnings Climb for Target, and Saks Narrows Its Losses
Target?s profits were as good as analysts had expected, and Saks lost less money than expected. These days, that is good news...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Stocks End Mixed, With Credit Move Awaited
Comments from policy makers and government officials tugged at a market looking for any evidence the Fed would cut rates to help contain the credit crisis...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Square Feet: Counting on a Hotel to Make a Neighborhood Hot
Michael Achenbaum is hoping a new hotel, Gansevoort Park, will do for Garden City Long Island what the Hotel Gansevoort did for Manhattan?s meatpacking district...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Advertising: FedEx Hopes for the Right Bounce From Golf
FedEx is trying to drum up frenzy over the FedEx golf playoffs that start at the Westchester Country Club on Thursday...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Economic Scene: Pushing Fed to Act Early if Not Often
In the future, the Federal Reserve Bank should push harder against a bubble while it is still inflating...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Bid to Reopen Mine Divides Grieving Town
As a town faced the prospect of six lost miners being entombed permanently, officials of the Crandall Canyon mine said it could be back in business soon...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Sylvia Siegel, Activist on Utility Rates, Is Dead at 89
Sylvia Siegel spent 16 years fighting against rates and rules that she maintained were unfair to consumers...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Already, Apple Sells Refurbished iPhones
Consumers looking for a deal on an iPhone may be able to knock $100 off the price of the smartphone by buying from an unexpected discount source: Apple Inc...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
F.A.A. Chief to Lead Industry Group
Marion C. Blakey, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, will become the new head of the Aerospace Industries Association, a trade group...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
U.S. Group Accuses Chinese Toy Factories of Labor Abuses
A workers? rights group in the United States released a report Tuesday detailing what it called brutal conditions and illegal practices in Chinese toy factories...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Kazakhstan Threatens to Halt Work on Big Offshore Oil Project
The warning came amid official anger over lengthy delays and large cost overruns at the field, discovered in 2000...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Harvard Endowment Reports 23% Gain for Fiscal Year
The results brought the value of the nation?s largest university endowment, now overseen by Mohamed A. El-Erian, to $34.9 billion...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
In Google Earth, a Service for Scanning the Heavens
After turning millions of Internet users into virtual explorers of the world, the Internet search giant is now hoping to turn many of them into virtual stargazers...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Inheriting Some Frustrations at Medical Device Maker
Many Medtronic shareholders may be happy to see Arthur D. Collins Jr. step down as chief executive...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Tribune Shareholders Back Zell?s Takeover
Real estate billionaire Samuel Zell?s $8.2 billion deal to take the Tribune Company private is now one step closer to being completed...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Google Aims to Make YouTube Profitable With Ads
Google believes it finally has found the formula to cash in on YouTube?s potential as a magnet for online video advertising and keep its audience loyal at the same time...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Atop Delta, a Veteran of Airlines
Delta Air Lines named Richard H. Anderson, the former head of Northwest Airlines, as its new chief executive, passing over two Delta executives once considered the top candidates...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Ford Stays the Course, Wherever It May Lead
What has changed in the year since Alan R. Mulally left Boeing to be chief executive at Ford Motor? In a sense, everything and nothing...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
So Many Deals, So Much Debt
There is much speculation in the commercial real estate market that Harry Macklowe, the New York developer, is in trouble...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Misgivings Spoil Plans of Start-Up
An underwriter has pulled out of the initial public offering for Accoona, a new Internet search engine that former President Bill Clinton helped introduce...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Investors Say That Fed Must Do More for Markets
After another day of restless anxiety in the world?s credit markets, Wall Street thinks the Federal Reserve is running short of time...
New York Times - August 22, 2007
Tennis: Davenport delayed
Lindsay Davenport's comeback is postponed when her opening doubles match at the WTA Pilot Pen event in New Haven is hit by rain...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
Top US envoy holds talks in Libya
A top US Middle East envoy arrives in Libya to prepare for a possible landmark visit by the US secretary of state...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
Brazil denies Amazon logging link
Brazil says it will investigate claims that loggers are exploiting its policy of settling the poor in the Amazon...
BBC News - August 22, 2007
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