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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 December 2006:
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Israel to unfreeze millions in Palestinian funds
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed Saturday to release $100 million in frozen funds to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and ease West Bank travel restrictions, reviving hopes for a resumption of peace talks after years of hostility and distrust...
CNN - December 23, 2006
Security Council approves Iran sanctions
The U.N. Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a resolution that would impose sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, culminating two months of tough negotiations aimed at getting Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment...
CNN - December 23, 2006
Nets Lose Krstic for Rest of Season
The Nets? starting center and most effective frontcourt player was injured during Friday?s loss to the Lakers...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Knight Ties Smith?s Record for College Basketball Wins
Bob Knight matched Dean Smith's record of 879 Division I men's basketball victories when Texas Tech beat Bucknell 72-60 on Saturday...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
DNA Witness Jolted Dynamic of Duke Case
A laboratory director?s testimony added to a long list of questions about the accuser?s credibility and the district attorney?s judgment...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Testing the Waters, Obama Tests His Own Limits
Senator Barack Obama?s aides wonder if he can meet lofty expectations, which have elevated him beyond a politician?s normal realm...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
With Bigger Army, a Bigger Task for Recruiters
Army officials express confidence that recruiters can continue a steady, substantial increase in troop numbers...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
The Goods: A Stapler That Doesn?t Sweat It
Designed for people who staple hundreds of packets a day, the Optima PowerEase required less physical force than its conventional competitors...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Economic View: Goodbye, Production (and Maybe Innovation)
Over the long run, can invention and design be separated from production?...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
DataBank: Before the Holiday, a Gloomy Week for Stocks
Before heading off for the Christmas holiday, many investors placed sell orders, pulling the stock market down for its worst week since the summer...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Fundamentally: Large Caps vs. Small Caps: Beyond the Guessing Game
You could argue that the vast majority of market strategists and money managers who placed this bet early in the year were right. Well, sort of...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Ideas & Trends: Stressed? It?s Not the Gifts or the Parties. It?s the Job.
December was once about buying a scarf for Aunt Ruth. Now, it?s about meeting quarterly targets...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: A Lump of Coal Might Suffice
Reminded again that performance and pay are not always linked...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
The Count: Someone Was Paid $100 in the Time You Spent on This
Time is money, sure. But how much money?...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Market Week: A Few Days That May Make a Year
It may not be too late to put your portfolio in order and save some money in 2006...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Investing: In a Happy Year for Stocks, What Happened to Yield?
If you?re an income investor, many Wall Street strategists offer this first piece of advice: hoard cash...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Square Feet | Checking In: Empty for 75 Years, and Now a Symbol of Rebirth
"The weird thing is, the building really never had a history," one historian said of the neo-Classical Masonic temple...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Everybody's Business: The Hedge Kings Are Rich, but Will They Be Noble?
Their social utility to the nation and to the world is hard to see when compared with the social utility conferred by an Andrew Carnegie or John D. Rockefeller...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Spending: If You?re Checking in, Check the Extra Fees First
Fees have flourished as Internet travel discounts have led to thinner profit margins at hotels and car rental businesses...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Suits: An Accountant Goes a-Caroling
Stella Fearnley amuses herself by writing parodies of traditional English Christmas carols pegged to news events...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Can Private Equity Build a Public Face?
A takeover firm that prizes secrecy is also bruised by it...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Media Frenzy: The Envelopes, Please, for an Unopened Year
A year of consolidation? A year of equalization? Time will tell...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Spending: Easing the Inward Journey, With Modern Amenities
The Buddha himself helped set spiritual tourism in motion 2,500 years ago when he encouraged followers to visit sites important to his life...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Gender Pay Gap, Once Narrowing, Is Stuck in Place
A decade ago, it seemed that men and women with similar qualifications might soon make nearly identical salaries. Today, that is far harder to envision...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Back in Style: The Fur Trade
Fur has gone casual, and is even paired with jeans to suit the young shopper...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
U.N. council agrees Iran sanctions
The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed Saturday to impose sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, culminating two months of negotiations to curb a nuclear program the United States claims is aimed at building weapons...
CNN - December 23, 2006
Denver airport reopens with long backlog
A day after Denver's snowed-in airport reopened, United Airlines' plan to resume a full flight schedule Saturday provided little comfort to those unable to complete their travel plans by Christmas...
CNN - December 23, 2006
Gates returns to brief Bush on Iraq
Defense Secretary Robert Gates was briefing President Bush on Saturday, a day after Gates rushed back to Washington from Iraq where he met with military and political leaders...
CNN - December 23, 2006
U.N. Security Council Passes Iran Sanctions
The resolution, intended to curb Iran?s nuclear program, is weaker than proposals in earlier drafts after repeated changes intended to placate Russia...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Jackson sues former accountants
Michael Jackson is suing his former accountants, claiming they made unauthorised business deals...
BBC News - December 23, 2006
U.S.: Bin Laden associate killed
A top Taliban military commander described as a close associate of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar was killed in an airstrike this week close to the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said Saturday...
CNN - December 23, 2006
The Saturday Profile: As the Sun Sets, a Parisian?s Masterpiece Comes to Life
François Jousse is responsible for lighting 300 of the monuments, official buildings, bridges and boulevards of the French capital...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Aide to Fired Editor Says Remark Wasn?t Anti-Semitic
A former aide to Judith Regan has come forward to defend the maverick publisher from charges of anti-Semitism...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Tentative Pact May End Goodyear Strike
The new contract would end an 11-week strike over health care benefits and the company?s plan to close a tire plant in Texas...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Market Values: Optimism Is Reason to Worry
Instead of celebrating all that is going right entering 2007, it may be more sensible to consider what could go wrong...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Ford to Invest in Plants and Get Tax Breaks
The Ford Motor Compay will invest $1 billion in six southeastern Michigan plants in exchange for $151 million in tax incentives from the state...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Saturday Interview: More Liquor to Go With Faucets and Golf Balls
Norman H. Wesley, chairman of the company that owns Jim Beam, prefers to be interviewed in a room with a bar so he can show off his company?s wares...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Watchdog defends Jackson fines
The US TV watchdog defends its decision to fine TV stations $550,000 for airing a flash of Janet Jackson's breast...
BBC News - December 23, 2006
Spain seeks Guatemala ex-rulers
Spain calls for Guatemala to extradite seven former top officials on charges of genocide and torture...
BBC News - December 23, 2006
Iraqi insurgents offer U.S. truce
The leader of an umbrella organization for Iraqi insurgent groups is offering the United States a one-month truce to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq and turn over its military bases "to the mujahedeen of the Islamic state."...
CNN - December 23, 2006
Space Shuttle Touches Down in Florida
The shuttle?s mission was complex as astronauts rewired the International Space Station so it could draw power from a new array of solar panels...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Flurry of Calls About Draft, and a Day of Denials
A wire service article that noted that the Selective Service was making plans for a ?mock? draft exercise created a busy day for the agency?s media contact...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
College Offers Attractive Pit Stop on Way to N.B.A.
A new rule makes high school seniors wait a year before entering the N.B.A. draft. But is a year in college enough?...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
From Scum, Perhaps the Tiniest Form of Life
Scientists who discovered a new microbe describe it as ?smaller than any other known cellular life form.?...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Weather in West Eases, but Airport Impact Ripples Across Country
Denver?s airport reopened after being closed for 45 hours, but travelers from Seattle to Boston felt the effects...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Charges of Rape Against 3 at Duke Are Abandoned
The district attorney, however, plans to go forward with sexual assault and kidnapping charges against three former Duke University lacrosse players...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Seductively Easy, Payday Loans Often Snowball
Short-term ?payday loans,? which charge high interest rates for quick cash, are flourishing in 39 states...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Voting Machine Maker for Sale
The sale would end a federal investigation into reported ties between the voting machine company and President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
What?s Online: Stuffing the Electronic Ballot Box
When marketers and spammers try to manipulate the rankings at sites like Digg.com to promote a company, product or Web site, the system breaks down...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
What?s Offline: Strategic Corporate Altruism
Harvard Business Review argues that good corporate citizenship is ?a source of opportunity, innovation and competitive advantage.?...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Google Passes Yahoo in Tally of Visitors
Google displaced Yahoo as the world?s second-most-visited Web site in November and closed in on the leader, Microsoft...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Five Days: Closing Out a Record Year for Mergers
As of Dec. 1, there were more than 32,000 merger transactions worth $3.3 trillion, according to Thomson Financial...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Canned Phrases for Making an Exit
Corporate executives, even those in the thick of scandal, routinely cite a desire to spend more time with family when they resign from office...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Those Leaping Lords Don?t Come Cheap
Higher wages pushed up the cost of the gift package listed in the classic carol ?The 12 Days of Christmas? that runs from a partridge in a pear tree to 12 lords a-leapin?...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
U.S. Researcher Penalized for Drug Maker Ties
A federal researcher must forfeit $300,000 and perform 400 hours of community service for failing to disclose consulting work with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Off the Charts: A Historically Accurate Indicator for the U.S. May Not Apply Anymore
The index based on prices of zinc, tin, steel scrap, copper scrap, and lead scrap is beginning to show its age...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Post Biggest Loss This Month
Shares had their worst week since July after the latest report on American manufacturing prompted concern the economy was slowing...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Russians Double the Price Neighbor Pays for Natural Gas
Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, agreed on Friday to continue supplying gas to Georgia, but at double the price...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Your Money: You?ve Hit the Jackpot. Now What?
If you fall into a lot of cash, you should pause before you spend and think about how much you?ve really won and how you relate to money...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Shortcuts: From the Piles and Piles of Messages, a Smattering of Reader Comments
This year, the difficulties of collecting rebates, high credit card fees and losing luggage while traveling generated the most mail, usually tales of woe and anger...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Quicker Pace for Spending by Consumers
Consumers bolstered their spending in November by the largest amount in four months, raising some hopes that December will be much of the same...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
In Shirt-Sleeve Holiday Season, Overcoats Linger on the Racks
Balmy temperatures on the East Coast have been disastrous for sales of cold-weather clothing...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Toyota Is Poised to Supplant G.M. as World?s Largest Carmaker
Toyota?s plans to sell 9.34 million vehicles in 2007 would make it the world?s largest auto company, analysts said...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
Deal Done by Murdoch and Malone
Rupert Murdoch?s Christmas present to himself is a John Malone-free new year and a firmer grip on his media conglomerate...
New York Times - December 23, 2006
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