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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 September 2005:
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Rita drops to Category 4
A weakened but still powerful Hurricane Rita turned Thursday to threaten residents in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas told CNN that at least 75 percent of the city's 58,000 residents had evacuated by Thursday morning...
CNN - September 22, 2005
Deal May Be in Offing to Acquire Troubled Payment Processor
The CyberSource Corporation is close to making an offer to acquire CardSystems Solutions, the small processor at the center of one of the nation's biggest data breaches...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Sony to Cut Jobs and Products to Revitalize Electronics Maker
Sony will cut 10,000 jobs, shed unprofitable products and centralize decision making at the struggling Japanese electronics giant...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Massive jams as Texans flee Rita
Hundreds of thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana are loading up their cars and fleeing inland as Hurricane Rita menaces the Gulf Coast of the United States...
CNN - September 22, 2005
Massive jams as Texans flee
Hundreds of thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana were loading up their cars and fleeing inland Thursday as Hurricane Rita menaced the Gulf Coast. But many weren't getting very far...
CNN - September 22, 2005
Basra officials cut ties over raid
Officials in Basra say they will not cooperate with Britain until the restive southern Iraqi city receives an apology and compensation after a British raid to free two soldiers...
CNN - September 22, 2005
Senate panel backs Roberts
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 5 Thursday to send the nomination of conservative John Roberts for chief justice of the United States to the full Senate...
CNN - September 22, 2005
Texans Leave Houston and Coast as Hurricane Rita Moves Closer
The National Hurricane Center has described Hurricane Rita as a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Senate Panel Endorses Roberts's Nomination as Chief Justice
So far, the Republican leader of the Senate judiciary panel backed the nomination, and four Democrats opposed it...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Avon Cuts Its Earnings Forecast
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New York Times - September 22, 2005
Lennar Corporation Beats 2nd Quarter Estimates
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New York Times - September 22, 2005
Northwest Plans to Lay Off About 1,400 Flight Attendants
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New York Times - September 22, 2005
European Commission Shortens Time That Phone and Internet Records Must Be Kept
The European Commission will require telephone network operators and Internet service providers to keep records of phone calls and Internet traffic for a shorter amount of time...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Oil and Gas Prices Rise Again as Rita Approaches Texas Coast
Still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, energy companies were pre-emptively shutting down refineries in and near Houston...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Delta Says It Plans Another $3 Billion in Cost Cuts
Delta Air Lines, which filed for bankruptcy protection last week, said the cuts include more pay and benefit reductions for all its employees, including its chief executive...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Oil workers flee as Rita advances
Oil and fuel prices jump on fears that Hurricane Rita may damage US refineries in the Gulf of Mexico...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Zeppelin's Page made Rio citizen
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has been made a citizen of Rio de Janeiro in honour of his charity work there...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
US Potter sales exceed 11 million
Sales of JK Rowling's latest Harry Potter adventure, the Half-Blood Prince, reach 11 million in the US...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
No sign of missing Antarctica duo
Argentine army rescuers fail to find two men who on Saturday fell into a deep crevasse in the Antarctic...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Fires rage in Brazil's rainforest
A state of emergency is declared in the Brazilian state of Acre as fires rage across the Amazon region...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
US jobless claims hit by Katrina
The number of Americans out of work and seeking benefits as a result of Hurricane Katrina rises to 214,000, the US figures show...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Delta to shed up to 9,000 workers
Troubled US carrier Delta Air Lines announces plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs and reduce the pay of those still left...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Macy's shake-up puts jobs at risk
Up to 6,200 jobs are at risk after the owner of the Macy's and Bloomingdale's store chains announces a shake-up...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Rita is 'potentially catastrophic'
Hurricane Rita's winds are at 175 mph as it spins closer to the Texas coast -- where it is projected to make landfall early Saturday -- and as thousands of residents begin evacuating the area. Rita "could be worse than Katrina" if it maintains its intensity, officials say...
CNN - September 22, 2005
Texans flee monster storm
Hurricane Rita's winds were at 175 mph today as it spun closer to the Texas coast -- where it is projected to make landfall early Saturday -- and as thousands of residents began streaming from the Gulf Coast...
CNN - September 22, 2005
In Place Where the Hungry Are Fed, Farmers May Starve
A torrent of food aid from Western donors that was intended to save lives could ruin the harvest for many of Niger's farmers by driving down prices...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Devilish ants control the garden
An ant species that uses its own "herbicide" to shape the Peruvian rainforest is described by scientists...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
EU and US try to spur trade talks
EU and US officials make new efforts to resolve differences that are delaying a worldwide free trade agreement...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Venezuela to limit foreign mining
Venezuela says it will not issue any more contracts to foreign mining firms as it seeks greater control over industry...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Museum gets Ray Charles items
Items owned by soul legend Ray Charles including his dark glasses are donated to a US museum...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Golf: US want Nicklaus win
America's players are desperate to give skipper Jack Nicklaus a triumphant send-off at the Presidents Cup...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
US broadband take-up slows
The number of people taking up high-speed net services is declining in the US, a new report finds...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Ecuador ex-leader seeks asylum
Ecuador's ousted President, Lucio Gutierrez, requests asylum in Colombia...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
No arrest for Mexico ex-president
Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria cannot be prosecuted for a 1968 massacre, a judge rules...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Texans flee monster storm
As more than 1 million people scurried to get out of the way of Hurricane Rita, the Category 5 hurricane grew more turbulent, becoming the third most intense storm in history, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday night...
CNN - September 22, 2005
Plane Lands Safely in Los Angeles After Landing Gear Becomes Stuck
A JetBlue plane whose front landing gear became stuck at a 90-degree angle landed safely in Los Angeles after circling over the city for nearly three hours...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Deal Is Reached to Put Toilets on City Streets
New York City officials announced Wednesday that they had selected a company to provide the city with thousands of bus shelters, newsstands and public toilets...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Gulf Hurricane of Top Strength Menaces Texas
Rita, with winds of 165 m.p.h., forced the evacuation of as many as a million people from Corpus Christi to New Orleans...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Freedom Museum Is Headed for Showdown at Ground Zero
A proposed museum that is under pressure from relatives of 9/11 victims will make a new appeal on Thursday to stay at the site...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
European Commission Shortens Time That Phone and Internet Records Must Be Kept
The European Commission will require telephone network operators and Internet service providers to keep records of phone calls and Internet traffic for a shorter amount of time...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
S.& P. Puts JetBlue on Credit Watch as Its Earnings Weaken
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed JetBlue Airways on credit watch with negative implications yesterday, meaning that its debt ratings could be cut...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Ford Plans to Build a Lot More Hybrids
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 21 - The Ford Motor Company plans to increase production of hybrid electric vehicles tenfold, to 250,000 vehicles annually, by the end of the decade, executives said Wednesday...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Chevrolet Buys Out 'Tonight Show' Time
Chevrolet Buys Out...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Fears About Hurricane Rita Send Shares Down Sharply
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Avon Cuts Its Earnings Forecast
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New York Times - September 22, 2005
Lennar Corporation Beats 2nd Quarter Estimates
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New York Times - September 22, 2005
Northwest Plans to Lay Off About 1,400 Flight Attendants
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New York Times - September 22, 2005
Judge Approves $3.56 Billion Settlement for WorldCom Investors
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Boston Scientific Settles With an Ex-Partner
Boston Scientific has agreed to pay its former stent-making partner, Medinol, $750 million to end the bitter legal battles that arose from the breakdown of their relationship...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
To Find a Doctor, Mine the Data
Now that millions are surfing the Web to research their own medical symptoms, many are taking the next step: comparison-shopping online for hospitals and doctors...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Official Says Iraqi Oil Production Still Lagging
A former Iraqi oil minister said it will be several years before the country can hope to return to its 1979 production peak...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Warning for Citigroup
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Asia Freight Aided Profit in Quarter, FedEx Says
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
ConAgra Says Profits Doubled in Quarter
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 21 (AP) - ConAgra Foods said that earnings more than doubled in its first quarter, reflecting a gain from a sale of its remaining shares in the Pilgrim's Pride Corporation and strong performances by several of ConAgra's businesses...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
A Noted Poison Pen Starts a Hedge Fund Hiring Showdown
Daniel S. Loeb, a hedge fund manager who has become as famous for his poison pen as for his investment performance, is at it again...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Tenure, Turnover and the Quality of Teaching
What is teacher quality? How can one measure it reliably? How does it relate to student learning? What can be done to improve it?...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Amid Drug Use Reports, 2 More Brands Drop Kate Moss
Chanel and Burberry severed ties with the model Kate Moss over concerns that her involvement with illegal drugs would tarnish their appeal to consumers...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Publicis and Rival, Aegis, Discussing Takeover Bid
The Publicis Groupe has approached a competitor, the Aegis Group, to discuss a possible takeover bid valued at around $2.8 billion...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Japan's Trade Surplus Shrank in August
Japan's trade surplus shrank 80 percent in August as rising crude oil prices increased the cost of imports to the country...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Suit Details Bayou Founder's Explanations of Unpaid Personal Loan
Among the many questions still swirling around the collapse of the Bayou Group, a $300 million hedge fund, is why did so many Wall Street professionals and institutions believe Bayou's founder, Samuel Israel III, was a successful, well-connected money manager with an honorable reputation?...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Verizon and Disney in Deal
Verizon Communications has signed a deal with the Walt Disney Company to carry ABC, Disney and ESPN TV channels on its new television system...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
At Morgan, a Sense of Inertia
Lacking both the scale of Citigroup and the nimbleness of its investment banking peers, Morgan Stanley remains stuck in an investors' no-man's land...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
In an Oil Squeeze, Attention to the Alternatives
Energy conservation is back in vogue, and the small businesses that dominate the renewable-energy industry are on a bit of a roll...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Move by S.E.C. on 'Soft' Dollars
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to seek public comment on limiting, but not eliminating, so-called soft-dollar dealings involving mutual funds and brokerage firms...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
I.M.F. Warns of Imbalance in World Consumption
The International Monetary Fund said that global economic growth had become too dependent on a handful of countries, led by the U.S., that consume far more than they produce...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
U.S. Discloses Moves to Stop Piracy of Intellectual Property
The Commerce Department will send intellectual property experts to countries where counterfeiting and piracy appears to be centered...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
McDonald's to Offer Shares in Unit
OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 21 (AP) - The McDonald's Corporation said Wednesday that it planned to file for an initial public offering of a minority stake in its Chipotle Mexican Grill brand by the end of October, and expected to begin the offering in the first quarter of next year...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
New Web Site to Track Clinical Drug Trials
International Herald Tribune...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Possible Conflicts for Doctors Are Seen on Medical Devices
The close relationships between doctors and device makers are an issue in the upward cost spiral of implantable devices...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Refineries and Rigs Shut Down for Storm
Energy companies stepped up evacuations of offshore operations and rushed to secure refineries as they prepared for Hurricane Rita...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
A Lion of the Courtroom Hears His Critics Roar
David Boies, who has presented himself as a white knight to troubled companies, is facing criticism over previously undisclosed ties to a document management firm...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Time Warner Head Says AOL Is the Company's Future
The statement by the chairman of Time Warner signaled a tweak in strategy and a belief that the stigma of the AOL-Time Warner merger is finally a thing of the past...
New York Times - September 22, 2005
Return to New Orleans
Residents of New Orleans returning to the city cannot at present come back to anything that resembles normality, writes the BBC's Matthew Davis...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
Police free kidnapped coach
Mexican security forces rescue the coach of a first division football club two months after his kidnap...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
NBA: Oklahoma to host Hornets
New Orleans Hornets, without a home following Hurricane Katrina, will play 35 of their 41 home NBA games in Oklahoma City...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
F1: Indianapolis set for 2006 GP
The 2006 US Grand Prix is set to return to Indianapolis despite this year's controversial race...
BBC News - September 22, 2005
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