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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 Octomber 2006:
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Ex-Enron chief gets 24 years
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling has been sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison and ordered to forfeit about $45 million for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals in history, according to a court official...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Deputy PM: West can't cut and run
Iraq is vital to the world's future and the West cannot cut and run despite growing anxiety over the relentless bloodshed there, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said on Monday...
CNN - October 23, 2006
I.B.M. Sues Amazon Over Technology Patents
Five IBM patents were cited, including technologies that govern how the site recommends products to customers...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Ethics Panel Accuses Hevesi of Violating Law
The panel cast doubts on New York Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi’s claims that state employees chauffeured his wife for security reasons...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Ground Zero Work to Continue Despite Discovery of Remains
Mayor Bloomberg said the discovery of human remains in the last few days would not interrupt construction...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Doctors Debate Safety of Stents for Heart Patients
The question of stent safety is a prime topic here at a trade show for medical equipment makers and thousands of doctors who use stents to treat heart patients. And there seem to be no easy answers...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Wrigley Hires a Perez to Run the Family Business
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company has chosen a new chief executive from outside the Wrigley family for the first time...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Ex-Chief Executive of Enron Is Sentenced to 24 Years
Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron, was sentenced today to more than 24 years in prison for his role in the energy giant’s collapse. He will be forced to forfeit $45 million, which prosecutors said would effectively wipe out his fortune...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Coca-Cola plot pair plead guilty
Two men accused of plotting to steal trade secrets from Coca-Cola and sell them to PepsiCo plead guilty in the US...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
US says Iraq must improve policy
The Iraqi government must "step forward" on security and political issues, a key White House official says...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
Hungary police battle protesters
Hungarian police fire rubber bullets and teargas to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters marching on parliament on the 50th anniversary of the country's uprising against Soviet rule...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Ground Zero remains won't halt construction
Construction at the World Trade Center site will continue despite discovery nearby of apparent remains of 9/11 victims, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. After the remains were found Thursday and Sunday, angry family members of victims demanded that officials halt construction on the Freedom Tower and begin intensive searches...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Police fire on Hungary protesters
Hungarian police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Monday to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters marching on parliament on the 50th anniversary of the country's uprising against Soviet rule...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Bush adviser: Iraq policy more than 'stay the course'
As the U.S. death toll in Iraq reached 86, the highest monthly total this year, a senior White House adviser Monday rejected suggestions that U.S. troops were exacerbating problems in Iraq and that a timetable should be set to withdraw forces from the war-torn nation...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Webdenda: People and Accounts of Note
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New York Times - October 23, 2006
Rent’s Bite Is Big in Kansas, Too
A Kansas City suburb showed the biggest jump in the percentage of people paying at least 30 percent of their income on rent...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
South Korea and U.S. Resume Trade Talks
North Korea's nuclear test has undermined Seoul’s demand that goods produced by South Korean factories in the North be included in the deal...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Ford Reports Loss of $5.8 Billion in 3rd Quarter
The company said the loss, 20 times worse than a year ago, was due to declining sales and its ongoing restructuring effort...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
In Deregulation, Plants Turn Into Blue Chips
Investors have profited from buying and reselling plants, but customers have not fared so well...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
IBM fights Amazon in Texas court
IBM has accused online retailer Amazon of using its ideas without paying for them in a Texas patent lawsuit...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
Wrigley's loses the family habit
The Wrigley family has chosen an outsider to lead the world's biggest chewing gum company for the first time in 115 years...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
Hurricane heads for Mexico coast
Hurricane Paul is strengthening as it moves towards Baja California on Mexico's west coast, US forecasters say...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
U.S. diplomat: I misspoke on Iraq
A senior U.S. diplomat apologizes for having told the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera over the weekend that there is a strong possibility history will show the United States displayed "arrogance" and "stupidity" in its handling of the Iraq war...
CNN - October 23, 2006
More remains found at WTC site
Human remains, possibly belonging to victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, were found Sunday at the site. Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler said most of the 12 subterranean locations being searched had not been entered since the attacks...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Panama voters OK canal overhaul
Voters in Panama on Sunday will cast their vote on whether to approve a $5 billion project to widen the heavily trafficked Panama Canal to allow for bigger cargo ships and faster transits between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Fantasy Sports? Child’s Play. Here, Politics Is the Game.
A Web site created by four college students is offering the policy buff’s alternative to fantasy sports games: fantasy Congress...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
São Paulo Journal: At Long Last, a Neglected Language Is Put on a Pedestal
A new Portuguese language museum in Brazil is aimed at promoting the language and showcasing its importance to the world...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Tigers draw level in World Series
Kenny Rogers ensures Detroit Tigers level the World Series against St Louis Cardinals with a 3-1 win in Detroit...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
American football: Atlanta win
Morten Andersen's 32-yard overtime field goal clinches a 41-39 win for Atlanta over Pittsburgh Steelers...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
Obama mulls White House run
Illinois Senator Barack Obama says he has considered running for US president in 2008...
BBC News - October 23, 2006
Taliban leader warns of carnage
A message from elusive Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar, released at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, warns there will be a surge in violence in Afghanistan "at a surprising level," and advised militants fighting U.S. and NATO troops to stay united...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Bush to shift from war to economy
President Bush, who gets higher marks for handling the economy than running the Iraq war, is spending two days this week trying to convince voters Republicans are the best stewards of matters affecting the wallet...
CNN - October 23, 2006
Connecticut Episcopal Bishop Will Bless Gay Unions
An Episcopal bishop authorized priests to bless same-sex unions, a move that could further alienate the conservative wing of his church...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Out to Show He’s Not Just an Old New Jersey Name
Thomas H. Kean Jr. must convince skeptics he can fill a Senate seat formerly held by his family despite his lack of experience...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Jane Wyatt, Mother on ‘Father Knows Best,’ Dies at 95
Ms. Wyatt, who starred in the 1950's television sitcom "Father Knows Best," as well as in films and on Broadway, died at 95...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Tigers 3, Cardinals 1: Rogers Slams the Door Again and Gives the Tigers an Opening
Kenny Rogers humbled the St. Louis Cardinals on two hits over eight scoreless innings at Comerica Park as the Tigers tied the series, 1-1...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
As G.O.P. Mopes, Bush Adds the Duties of Optimist in Chief
President Bush and his political strategists are doing their best to fend off the sense of impending doom within their party...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Addenda
Cramer-Krasselt Lands...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Looking Ahead
EYES ON THE HOUSING MARKET Several important gauges of housing activity will be released this week, including existing-home sales for September (Wednesday) and new-home sales for September (Thursday). Any movement in either direction for either gauge can be expected to lead to some movement in the markets as well as many predictions about the real estate outlook...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Treasury Bills Set for This Week
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
In Canada, TV Guide Shifts From Newsstands to Web
TV Guide will disappear from Canadian supermarkets next month because of a dramatic decline in the magazine’s circulation...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
New York, Los Angeles, Olathe? Rent?s Bite Is Big in Kansas, Too
In census data, a Kansas City suburb showed the biggest jump in the percentage of people paying at least 30 percent of their income on rent...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Webdenda: People and Accounts of Note
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New York Times - October 23, 2006
Interview and Then Dinner Crowd PBS’s Comfort Zone
PBS fears the appearance of a conflict of interest in Charlie Rose hosting a dinner to honor the chief executive of WalMart within three months of interviewing him...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Against Tide, Lawyer Joins Milberg Weiss
Milberg Weiss announced Sunday that Matthew Gluck, 63, a partner with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, is joining the firm as a senior partner...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Germany Pondering Stake in Airbus Parent
Germany is weighing whether it, along with private investors and banks, could take a joint stake in EADS, the parent company of the aircraft maker Airbus...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Fugitive Producer to Offer TV Show
Garth H. Drabinsky, who is starting a television reality show in Canada called “Triple Sensation,” has been a fugitive from American justice since 1999...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Selling Shoes Online, With an Eye Toward Fewer Clicks
Gap Inc. introduced a new shoe brand last week, Piperlime, with a Web site featuring thousands of footwear styles from 150 brands...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Drilling Down: In Movie Sequel Titles, Names Are Best
Movie audiences prefer sequels with names to those with numbered titles, and they expect more divergent plots from numbered sequels than from those with new names...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
AOL to Focus on Ad Revenue in Europe
AOL sold the last of its Internet access businesses in Europe this month so it could focus on catching up to Google’s 160 million European users...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Advertising: Tony Hawk’s New Trick: 2 Marketers in 1 Campaign
How much merchandise could Tony Hawk hawk if Tony Hawk hawked merchandise for two marketers at once?...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Link by Link: The Internet Black Hole That Is North Korea
While other restrictive regimes have sought to limit the Internet, North Korea has chosen to stay off the grid entirely...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
We’re Google. So Sue Us.
Google attracts millions of Web users. And, increasingly, it’s attracting the attention of plenty of lawyers, too...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
On TV as in Hollywood, Little Breathing Room for the Modest Success
Television executives have become quick to pull the plug on an expensive show that does not immediately perform to expectations...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
The Media Equation: Rachael Ray Gives the Gift of Time
People are working longer and harder, allowing a woman who finds succor in store-bought pasta and canned broth to hit a sweet spot...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
Researchers See Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards
The security of the cards, which can be read through a wallet or an item of clothing, is startlingly weak, researchers say...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
The Guidelines Now Tougher, Skilling to Face Sentence Today
The former Enron chief will receive a sentence on Monday that many expect will keep him in prison for the rest of his life...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
In Deregulation, Power Plants Turn Into Blue Chips
Under new rules, investors have profited from buying and reselling power plants, but electricity customers have not fared so well...
New York Times - October 23, 2006
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