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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 January 2007:
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Bush to focus on domestic issues
Embattled U.S. President George W. Bush, facing sharp public skepticism over the war in Iraq and a Congress now controlled by the Democrats, will turn to domestic issues such as a cut in gas usage, in his upcoming State of the Union speech...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Ex-radicals arrested in 1971 cop killing
Eight men were arrested Tuesday in the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer that authorities say was part of a militant black group's five-year campaign to kill law enforcement officers in California and New York...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Mayors Urge Crackdown on Illegal Guns
Mayors from some of the nation?s largest cities gathered in Washington today to urge Congress to crack down on the sale of illegal firearms...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Suicide Bomb Targets NATO Base in Afghanistan
The attack at the entrance of a NATO base in Khost today killed as many as 10 people, officials said...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Israel?s President to Be Indicted in Rape Case
Israel?s attorney general plans to indict President Moshe Katsav on charges of rape and other sexual offenses...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Police Tied to Murder of Russian Journalist
Police officials in Chechnya are under criminal investigation for a possible role in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a New York-based media rights group said...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Bush Prepares to Make Case for Broad Agenda
In his address tonight, the president will emphasize his new approach to Iraq and call for a wide range of domestic legislation, covering energy, immigration, health care and other needs...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Libby a Scapegoat, His Lawyer Tells Jurors
A lawyer for I. Lewis Libby Jr. said today the White House sought to make him a scapegoat to protect Karl Rove in a leak investigation...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
State Farm Settles Katrina Claims in Mississippi
State Farm agreed to pay thousands of homeowners who have been unable to rebuild since Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Ford joins US 'green' car trend
Ford becomes the latest US car maker to unveil a test vehicle that runs on green alternative fuels...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
EU states 'knew of CIA flights'
A committee of MEPs approves a report saying EU states knew of secret CIA flights over Europe...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Yahoo results click right boxes
Profits at Yahoo in the last three months of 2006 reach $268.7m - beating the expectations of analysts...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
'Dreamgirls' leads Oscar nominations
The nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards, announced this morning, presented a mixed bag for a number of films -- none more so than the musical many thought would be leading the way...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Your passport: Don't leave home without it
Americans who flew to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean need their passports. A new rule going into effect today requires travelers to show one to get back into the country...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Bush to call for 20 percent cut in gasoline use
President Bush, in Tuesday's State of the Union address, will propose a plan to cut U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent while bolstering inventory in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Republican sources say...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Macao Surpasses Las Vegas as Gambling Center
Casino investment has boomed in the eight years since Macao was returned to Chinese control...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Gay slur star meets rights groups
Grey's Anatomy's Isaiah Washington meets gay rights groups in the wake of his use of a homophobic insult...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Quebec 'gaffe' causes Royal grief
Canada rebukes French Socialist candidate Segolene Royal after she commented on Quebec freedom...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
US general admits hard Iraq task
The general nominated to be the new US Iraq commander tells senators the situation is hard but "not hopeless"...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Washington braces for CIA trial
Ex-White House aide Lewis Libby's trial opens, with details due of how the US acted before the Iraq war...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Nominations for Oscars race
Nominations are announced for next month's Oscars, with a strong showing from UK actresses...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Protests shut Lebanon down
Opposition protesters paralyze Lebanon by burning tires and cars in the capital and its approaches to enforce a Hezbollah-backed general strike that aims to topple the Western-backed government. Scattered violence is reported involving stone-throwing, fistfights and gunshots. Police said 14 people sustained gunshot wounds...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Thousands mourn Turkish journalist
Tens of thousands of people have lined the streets of Istanbul to mourn Turkish-Armernian editor Hrant Dink, shot dead last Friday in an attack that shocked Turkey...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Supreme Court Limits Judges? Sentencing Power
The Supreme Court ruled that California?s 30-year-old criminal sentencing law gave judges authority that resides with juries...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
China Confirms Test of Anti-Satellite Weapon
The Chinese government confirmed the test, but said it had no intention of participating in a ?space race.?...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Libby Jury Seated; Arguments May Start Today
All the jurors had said they would be able to put aside any feelings about the Bush administration and assess the case fairly...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Can Hillary Clinton win in 2008?
Hillary Clinton is the Goliath in the 2008 race for the White House, but Goliaths have been beaten before, writes the BBC's Richard Greene...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Nasdaq attacks LSE's bid stance
Nasdaq says its bid for the London Stock Exchange is fair and calls the UK exchange's forecasts "ambitious"...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Gap boss departs after poor sales
Clothing-maker Gap parts company with chief executive Paul Pressler after more than two years of falling sales...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Tennis: Roddick beats Fish
Sixth seed Andy Roddick beats Mardy Fish to book his place in the Australian Open semi-finals...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Drug firm Pfizer cuts 10,000 jobs
Pfizer is to cut 10,000 jobs as the world's largest drugs company seeks to slash annual costs by up to $2bn...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Lula pins hopes on economic plan
Brazil's President Lula announces a $240bn investment programme for his second four-year term...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Canada farmer 'admitted murders'
Prosecutors in the trial of a pig farmer say he admitted to an undercover officer he had killed 49 women...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Bolivia leader vows more reform
Bolivian President Evo Morales marks a year in power by pledging further measures to alleviate poverty...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
Al Qaeda deputy mocks U.S.
In a newly released video, al Qaeda's second in command has ridiculed U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq and predicts a fate "worse than anything you have yet seen." Ayman Al-Zawahiri cites Bush's plan to send more than 20,000 U.S. troops to Iraq, and asks, "Why not send 50,000 or 100,000?" The video was made public on the eve of Bush's State of the Union speech...
CNN - January 23, 2007
Serbia Vote Could Lead to Coalition of Democrats
Negotiations to form a coalition government may complicate international efforts to find a solution for the disputed province of Kosovo...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Bush, at Low Point in Polls, Will Push Domestic Agenda
Advisers said they hoped the president?s speech on Tuesday would re-energize his domestic agenda by striking a bipartisan and ambitious tone...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
In Douglass Tribute, Slave Folklore and Fact Collide
Historians have questioned the accuracy of a monument planned for Frederick Douglass Circle near Central Park...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Death Knell May Be Near for Public Election Funds
The public financing system has failed to keep pace with the torrents of money flowing toward the presidential elections...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: BBC in Talks With Youtube
The British Broadcasting Corporation said that it was in discussions with Google about putting some of the BBC?s programming on the online video site YouTube. A BBC spokeswoman confirmed the talks but said a deal had not been signed. YouTube, which was acquired by Google in October for $1.65 billion, has been approaching broadcasters and other owners of copyrighted material to arrange for the site to carry more authorized material...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Bank Plans a Share Buyback
The Credit Suisse Group, the Swiss bank, will use proceeds from the sale of its Winterthur insurance unit to buy back a record amount of stock and make money-management acquisitions. The bank plans to repurchase as much as 8 billion francs ($6.4 billion) of shares over three years and has set aside 3.5 billion francs for possible takeovers in the United States, the Middle East and Asia. ?We have the requisite resources to grow our business, while at the same time returning capital to our shareholders,? the chief executive, Oswald J. Grübel, told investors in Zurich. Credit Suisse completed the sale of Winterthur to Axa of France for 12.3 billion francs last month...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Venezuela: Quick Telecom Takeover Sought
Venezuela?s president, Hugo Chávez, said he wants an immediate state takeover of the telephone company, CA Nacional de Telefonos, and will not pay shareholders the market value. Speaking during a Sunday broadcast, Mr. Chávez said the price for CANTV would take into account debts to workers, pensions and other obligations, including a ?technological debt? to the state. CANTV?s American depositary receipts fell $2.15, or 16 percent, to $11.34 each. Verizon holds a minority stake and is the controlling shareholder in CANTV...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Philips Profit Rises
Royal Philips Electronics reported a strong increase in fourth-quarter profit, helped by the sale of its semiconductor division. Philips posted a fourth-quarter net profit of 680 million euros ($877 million), up from 332 million euros a year earlier. Sales edged down to 8.13 billion euros ($10.48 billion) from 8.19 billion euros. The company sold its chip making division for 4.3 billion euros ($5.55 billion) in August and booked 129 million euros ($166 million) of that in the fourth quarter. Sales dropped 6 percent to 3.26 billion euros ($4.2 billion) but operating profit was up 10 percent to 259 million euros ($334 million) at Philips?s consumer electronics division. Its medical division reported operating profit up 16 percent, to 311 million euros ($401 million) and operating profit at its lighting and household appliance units both declined slightly...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: French Bank Reduces a Stake
Crédit Agricole, the French bank, sold a 3.6 percent stake in Intesa Sanpaolo for 2.51 billion euros ($3.23 billion), complying with a requirement by Italy?s antitrust authority. After the sale, Crédit Agricole, which is based in Paris, still has shares representing about 5.8 percent of the capital and 5.5 percent of the voting rights of Intesa, which is based in Milan. Crédit Agricole was ordered on Dec. 20 by the Italian antitrust regulator to reduce its stake in the Italian bank...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Meat Processor Considering a Buyout
Meat Processor Considering a Buyout...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Chicago Fed Chief to Retire in August
Michael H. Moskow, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, confirmed yesterday that he would retire Aug. 31, leaving a fourth high-level opening at the central bank...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Shares Fall on Downgrades of Tech Issues
Wall Street stumbled lower yesterday as growing concerns over technology companies led jittery investors to pull money out of the market ahead of earnings reports this week...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Icahn Backs Three for Cyberonics Board
WASHINGTON, Jan 22. (Reuters) ? The billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn said on Monday that he planned to back three nominees by Metropolitan Capital Advisors to the board of Cyberonics, a medical device maker under investigation for its stock options dating practices...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
New Bankruptcy Law Aids American Express
The American Express Corporation, the financial and travel services company, reported yesterday that stronger holiday shopping and a reduction in bankruptcy write-offs helped lift fourth-quarter profit by 24 percent...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Restatement by Take-Two Over Problems With Options
Take-Two Interactive Software, maker of the Grand Theft Auto video games, said yesterday that it let its former chief executive, Ryan A. Brant, ?control and dominate? improper options backdating that began when the company went public in 1997...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Acquisition Ban Lifted at Career Education
The Career Education Corporation said that the Education Department lifted a ban imposed in June 2005 that limited acquisitions and expansion...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
S.E.C. Is Silent on Ruling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Reuters) ? The Securities and Exchange Commission declined to take a stand on Monday on a request from Hewlett-Packard to exclude from its proxy ballot a proposal from some shareholders that would give them more power to nominate directors...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Profit Increases at Chip Maker
Texas Instruments, the world?s biggest maker of chips for cellphones, said that its quarterly profit rose from a year ago because of a tax credit...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
REIT to Consider Another Takeover Bid
Equity Office Properties, which agreed in November to be bought by a private equity company, the Blackstone Group, for $36 billion, including debt, said yesterday that it would begin discussions with a rival group that has offered to top that price...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Regional Carrier to Become a Unit of Northwest
Regional Carrier to Become a Unit of Northwest...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Allied Is Asked to Remove Management
Greenlight Capital, the hedge fund, asked the Allied Capital Corporation in a letter yesterday to replace senior managers after the indictment of an executive at an affiliated company...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Quarterly Loss Tripled at Movie Gallery
Quarterly Loss Tripled at Movie Gallery...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Partial Bailout Offered in Book Bankruptcy
Small publishers left reeling by the major book wholesaler Advanced Marketing Services? bankruptcy filing last month received a rare bit of good news yesterday...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Patent Trial Over Plavix Is Under Way
A lawyer for Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb urged a federal judge yesterday to uphold the patent on the blockbuster anticlotting medication Plavix, as a trial over the drug?s future got under way...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Frequent Flier: A Yankee Chef With a Mexican Flavor
Sure, Americans traveling abroad expect to be treated like pariahs these days. But I get more than my fair share because I?m the ultimate outsider: a Yankee who prepares Mexican food...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Sun Microsystems Will Use Intel Chips
Sun Microsystems and Intel announced a deal for Sun to use Intel chips in some of its computer servers, a setback for the rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Illinois Is Putting Lottery on Block for Quick Payoff
The state hopes to attract as much as $10 billion from private investors interested in operating the system...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
On the Road: A Note to Women Travelers: Be Too Cute to Leave Behind
It seems that the number of women who take 20 or more business trips a year is growing...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Orbitz?s Parent Company Hires Adviser for Possible Offering
Travelport has hired the investment bank UBS to explore an initial public offering for the subsidiary, according to a person briefed on the plan...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Advertising: Tapping the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its TV partner, ABC, are scheduled to start their annual campaigns to encourage viewers to watch the Oscars...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Subpoenas Sought Against 2 Times Reporters
A defense lawyer in the case involving Anthony Pellicano called for two New York Times reporters to be subpoenaed to find out who leaked them recordings of conversations and other evidence in the case...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Ford Shows a Hybrid Car With 2 Modes: Electric or Electric
The vehicle, based on a Ford Edge crossover, runs on electricity from a battery, charged either from a standard wall socket or from an on-board fuel cell...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
New Shuffle Roils Waters at Citigroup
Citigroup?s newest management shake-up is raising questions about the bank?s ability to turn itself around...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Record Labels Contemplate Unrestricted Digital Music
Major record labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
European Trade Negotiator Sees Some Hope
Peter Mandelson said that efforts to restart stalled global trade talks were showing new vigor but sought to discourage expectations of a breakthrough during the summit this week in Davos, Switzerland...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Pfizer, Hurt by Rival Drugs, Will Lay Off 7,800
Pfizer will reorganize its businesses and close several manufacturing and research sites, including a plant in Brooklyn, the borough where the drug company began...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Under Fire, Gap Chief Steps Down
Paul S. Pressler is out in what the company described as a ?mutual? decision...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Scrambling to Get Hold of a Passport
The new requirement that Americans use a passport when they fly between the U.S. and any point in the Western Hemisphere is testing the processing capabilities of federal offices...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
The Energy Challenge: Springtime for Ethanol
In his State of the Union address, President Bush is expected to call for a huge increase in the amount of ethanol that refiners mix with gasoline...
New York Times - January 23, 2007
Tennis: Williams reaches semis
Serena Williams dices with defeat before beating Shahar Peer to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
US brings in new passport rules
Citizens of Canada, Mexico and Bermuda from now on must show a passport on arrival by air into the US...
BBC News - January 23, 2007
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