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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 November 2005:
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China reports 2nd bird flu death
A second Chinese woman is reported to have died from bird flu in the eastern Anhui province, the third confirmed human case in the country. Chinese officials have announced new restrictions to help combat the spread of the virus which they describe as a "serious epidemic" presenting the nation with "serious challenges."...
CNN - November 23, 2005
Tentative Deal Brings Delgado to Mets
For Omar Minaya, the general manager of the Mets, a tentative agreement to acquire Carlos Delgado was merely completing unfinished business...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
The Day the Sea Came, Part I: A Ghost in the Water
In the city of Banda Aceh, the tsunami of last Dec. 26 swept away some 90,000 people. This is the story of that day, and of six men and women who lived to tell of it...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Weather Threatens to Continue to Disrupt Holiday Travel
Light snow in the Midwest helped produce two-hour delays at some airports, while a tanker fire near Washington slowed traffic...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Owens' ban upheld by arbitrator
Terrell Owens loses his appeal against a four-game ban by the Philadelphia Eagles...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Canada bomb inquiry to go ahead
Canada orders a public inquiry into how the 1985 bombing of an Air India jet with the loss of 329 lives was investigated...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Gunmen kill Sunni tribal leader
Gunmen dressed as Iraqi troops storm the home of a senior Sunni leader, killing him, his three sons and a son-in-law, Iraqi police say...
CNN - November 23, 2005
U.S. starts its turkey trot
An estimated 37 million Americans were expected to journey to their holiday destinations beginning Wednesday, coping with crowds, traffic tie-ups and snow in the dash to get home in time for Thanksgiving turkey...
CNN - November 23, 2005
Woman wins historic Liberia vote
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been declared president of Liberia following runoff elections, having received nearly 60 percent of the vote. Johnson-Sirleaf is the first female elected president in Africa...
CNN - November 23, 2005
War protesters arrested
A dozen war protesters were arrested Wednesday for setting up camp near President Bush's ranch in defiance of new local bans on roadside camping and parking...
CNN - November 23, 2005
Training for Balloon Handlers at Parade Is Said to Be Light
Macy's pledged stricter training after a woman nearly died in 1997, but now instruction sheets are the main guide...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Everglades Journal: In Everglades, High Season Is a Casualty After Storms
Hurricane Wilma's brutal winds and eight-foot storm surge battered the park...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Crime behind bars in Mexico
In Mexico, some inmates find that being behind bars is no obstacle to their criminal activities...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Fuel price dip lifts US sentiment
US consumer sentiment recovers from a two month slump, buoyed by falling fuel prices and the effect of recent hurricanes eases...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Call for Air India bomb inquiry
A Canadian report calls for a public inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 331...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Jackson sued by adviser for $64m
A former advisor to Michael Jackson sues the singer for $64m (£37m), alleging breach of contract and fraud...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
New chancellor hits world stage
Angela Merkel is making her first foreign trip as Germany's new chancellor, heading to Paris for talks with French President Jacques Chirac...
CNN - November 23, 2005
U.S. general: Iraqi training 'uneven'
The U.S. general in charge of helping Iraq create an army says training troops to replace coalition forces cannot be rushed but admits the training is sporadic...
CNN - November 23, 2005
Letter From Uganda: By Fits and Starts, Africa's Brand of Democracy Emerges
Although they have failed to achieve Western-style democracies, various African presidents have succeeded in holding together troubled countries...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Executive Pay at Delphi Is Challenged
The lead plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Delphi Corporation yesterday asked the judge overseeing the company's bankruptcy to reject a proposed $110 million executive pay plan...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Arcelor in bid for Canadian firm
Steelmaker Arcelor makes a 3bn euro bid for Canada's Dofasco after talks between the two collapse...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Ford lobbies Congress over energy
Ford's chief executive urges the US Congress to support carmakers' investment in more fuel-efficient vehicles...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Boxing: Hopkins eyes revenge
Bernard Hopkins labels Jermain Taylor a "fake champion" ahead of their 3 December re-match in Las Vegas...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
US soldier killed in Afghanistan
An American soldier and a local interpreter are killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, the US military says...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Last Nightline for anchor Koppel
US journalist Ted Koppel hosts his final Nightline programme after 25 years with the ABC network...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Carey snubbed at music awards
Mariah Carey wins just one prize at the American Music Awards, despite being up for four awards...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Woods strolls to Grand Slam lead
Tiger Woods leads by three after the first round of the PGA Grand Slam for the year's major winners...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
No end to women murders in Mexico
This year has been one of the worst for women's murders in Ciudad Juarez, where 300 have been killed since 1993...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Guatemala drug gangs worry US
Guatemala needs to fight the growing power of drug gangs or it could become a "mini Colombia", the US warns...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
Program Disorder: Drug Costs Run Free Under New York Medicaid
Lacking the most basic controls, New York frequently pays many times more for drugs than Medicaid programs in other states...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
C.D.C. Proposes New Rules in Effort to Prevent Disease Outbreak
Federal officials proposed the first significant changes in quarantine rules in 25 years...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime
Advocates for the falsely convicted face the uncomfortable consequences of success now that a man exonerated in a sexual assault has been charged with murder...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
News Analysis: Still Searching for a Strategy Four Years After Sept. 11 Attacks
U.S. efforts at holding and punishing suspected terrorists have been notable for false starts and a reluctance to test the government's broadest claims in the courts...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
U.S. to Accept Nafta Ruling to Cut Duties on Lumber
The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that it would substantially reduce hefty duties on Canadian softwood lumber...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Bush Spoke of Attacking Arab News Channel, British Tabloid Says
Al Jazeera urged an investigation into a report that Prime Minister Tony Blair had dissuaded President Bush from bombing the station's headquarters...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Square Feet: March of the Malls, Not Always in Step
Some are wondering if the outlet-heavy Mills Corporation, a fast-growing real estate investment trust, is a victim of its success...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
NASD Awards $2 Million in Bias Case
By Dow Jones/AP...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Black's Arraignment Postponed a Week
The arraignment of Conrad M. Black, the former chairman of Hollinger International, was postponed to give him more time to choose who will represent him...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Web Site Agrees to Help Curb Access to Movies
The creator of software used to download movies agreed to prevent his Web site from linking to illegally available movies online...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Judge Restricts Use of Calpine Money
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Boston Bank Is Fined Over Bond Trades
A unit of the State Street Corporation, a Boston bank, was fined $1.4 million yesterday by NASD for its failure to report thousands of corporate and municipal bond trades over a 17-month period...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Another Day of Trade Talks, but the Same Old Impasse
Trade officials from the U.S., Europe and leading developing countries were again unable to move ahead in global trade talks...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Guidant Settles Suit on Death of Recipient of Heart Device
The maker of defibrillators has agreed to settle a lawsuit over the death of a 21-year-old man who used a company-made heart device that failed...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Chief of Quanta Capital, a Reinsurer, Resigns After Storm Losses
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
A Jolt of Caffeine, by the Can
Caffeinated energy drinks are the fastest-growing sector of the $93 billion domestic beverage industry, but are some youths hooked?...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
[TS] Executive Pay at Delphi Is Challenged
The lead plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Delphi Corporation yesterday asked the judge overseeing the company's bankruptcy to reject a proposed $110 million executive pay plan...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Times Columnist Wins Book Award
A book written by Thomas Friedman, an Op-Ed columnist, won the inaugural Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Earnings Increase 2% at Heinz, Helped by a One-Time Gain
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22 (AP) - The H. J. Heinz Company reported Tuesday that its second-quarter earnings edged up 2 percent thanks to a one-time gain, and said that it was close to selling several underperforming European businesses...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Shares Turn Positive on Hint Fed May Soon Shift Policy
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Sovereign Revises Deal With Santander
By Reuters...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
After Shedding Debt, Satellite Maker Exits Bankruptcy Protection
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
The Trade-Offs in Zoning Trade-Offs
It has become common in New York City for real estate developers to offer public amenities in exchange for the right to put up buildings that are taller than the zoning ordinarily would allow or to garner public support for projects that might stir controversy. But those amenities - parks, plazas or atriums, for example - sometimes fail to live up to expectation, fall into disrepair and are occasionally scrapped altogether...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Six Flags Shareholder Declares Victory
By Reuters...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
The Xbox Has Arrived; Let the Game Playing Begin
People across the country gathered in the rain and stood in line all night to buy Microsoft's Xbox 360, the much-publicized next generation of video game consoles...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Ex-Cable Official Set to Plead Guilty
Michael J. Rigas, the former executive vice president of Adelphia Communications, is scheduled to plead guilty...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Record for Big Board Seat
By Reuters...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
A Hint That Fed's Rate Increases May End Soon
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - The Federal Reserve offered its first hint on Tuesday that its long series of interest rate increases could be drawing to an end. Some analysts said the minutes confirmed that the Fed was closing in on a "neutral" rate that neither stokes inflation nor slows economic growth...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
German Utility Abandons Plan to Acquire Scottish Power
Germany's giant power and gas company E.ON said that it was abandoning plans to take over Scottish Power after its $19.4 billion offer was rebuffed...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Income Off 35%, but Deere Tops Expectations
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Market Place: The Deal That Even Awed Them in Houston
Texas Genco has accomplished a deal so ambitious in its scale that it has caused jaws to drop in Houston's energy circles...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Back to Basics at Wal-Mart: Spare No Rivals
Kind and gentle didn't work for Wal-Mart last holiday - so now it's giving the cutthroat approach another try...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Advertising: Titans of Tie-Ins, Buoyed by Attention
More marketers are seeing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a launching pad for promotional campaigns...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Hockey in June. Mistletoe in October. Fruitcakes Are Forever.
Years ago, Santa Claus would not have dared show his whiskered face in stores until the fourth Friday in November. But that was before the holiday shopping season became as elastic as his waistband...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
2nd Music Settlement by Spitzer
The Warner Music Group settled with the New York attorney general to resolve allegations that it made payoffs to persuade radio programmers to play certain songs...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Delphi Chief Fights Battle of Detroit
With the Delphi Corporation in bankruptcy proceedings, the company's chief executive has confronted its unions in a way that Detroit has rarely seen...
New York Times - November 23, 2005
Venezuela gives US cheap oil deal
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government agrees a deal to provide cheap heating fuel to low-income Americans...
BBC News - November 23, 2005
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