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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 February 2006:
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Manila: Coup talk sparks crackdown
The Philippines military has stepped up security early Friday amid rumors that a coup attempt is imminent against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, witnesses and media reports say...
CNN - February 23, 2006
Moscow roof collapse kills at least 56
Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors trapped under concrete and metal beams Thursday after a snow-laden roof collapsed on one of Moscow's biggest markets, killing at least 56 people...
CNN - February 23, 2006
At Senate Briefing on Port Deal, Bush Aides Stand Firm
Democrats were deeply skeptical of the administration's insistence that the deal had raised no alarms about national security...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Figure Skater Arakawa Gives Japan Its First Gold Medal
Shizuka Arakawa won Japan's first ever Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating with an elegant long program while American Sasha Cohen and Russian Irina Slutskaya made critical errors...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Report on Fannie Mae Cites Manipulation to Secure Bonuses
Accounting in the 1990's was manipulated to meet projections so that top executives could receive big bonuses, the report said...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Wal-Mart to Loosen Health Insurance Limits
The changes underscores how big a public relations threat the health care issue has become for the nation's largest private employer...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
New UN rights council put forward
A new proposal for a human rights council, to replace the discredited commission, is presented to the UN...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
US airline attacks foreign move
Continental Airlines says plans to give foreign investors greater say over how US airlines are run are unlawful...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
100 die in Iraq sectarian violence
Iraq's most powerful Sunni Muslim party quits talks to form a new government after at least 100 people were killed in reprisal attacks for the bombing of a revered Shiite mosque...
CNN - February 23, 2006
Moscow roof collapse kills at least 49
The concave, snow-covered roof of a three-decade-old Moscow market collapsed early Thursday, killing at least 49 people and injuring 29 more, officials said...
CNN - February 23, 2006
Katrina report calls for urgent changes
A White House report released Thursday concludes that inexperienced disaster response managers and a lack of planning, discipline and leadership contributed to vast federal failures during Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - February 23, 2006
Report urges 11 changes before hurricane season
A 228-page report by White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend urges changes in 11 key areas -- mainly in better disaster relief coordination among federal agencies -- before the next hurricane season begins June 1...
CNN - February 23, 2006
White House Report Advises Revamping Disaster Response
The review is focused more on what changes must be made looking ahead, rather than on the flawed reaction to Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
New Report on Fannie Mae Blames Former Finance Executives
The report also said most of the problems related to accounting are being addressed or already have been...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Bone theft charges due in US
A gang suspected of stealing the bones of veteran BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke are to face charges, reports say...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Call for Colombia hostage release
France demands the release of Colombian ex-candidate Ingrid Betancourt on the fourth anniversary of her abduction...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
'Animal link' in US anthrax case
A New York City dancer contracts respiratory anthrax, thought to be from raw animal hides on his drums...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Bush tries to ease port deal row
President Bush seeks to ease security fears over a deal giving an Arab company control of six US ports...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Deadly reprisals in Iraq
Sectarian strife is being felt throughout Iraq one day after insurgents targeted a Shiite holy mosque, with 54 people killed and 50 Sunni mosques attacked since the gunmen bombed the shrine...
CNN - February 23, 2006
Moscow roof collapse kills at least 38
The concave, snow-covered roof of a three-decade-old Moscow market collapsed early Thursday, killing at least 38 people and injuring 29 more, officials said...
CNN - February 23, 2006
UAE firm: Ports will be safe
The Dubai-based company the Bush administration has cleared to manage six U.S. seaports will take whatever security measures are needed to ensure the controversial deal goes through, a top executive says. Lawmakers from both parties say they will do what they can to sink the deal...
CNN - February 23, 2006
Sectarian Fury Turns Violent in Wake of Iraq Shrine Blast
At least 47 people, some of them prominent Sunni clerics, were killed in Baghdad and dozens of bodies were found across Iraq...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
London Journal: The Dissident Prince: Public, Prickly and Very Political
British monarchs are supposed to be inscrutable to the point of banality, but Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, is cut from different cloth...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Ecuador agreement in oil protests
The Ecuadorean government says it has an agreement to end unrest in an oil-rich province of the Amazon...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Caracas delays home guard talks
A debate in Venezuela on plans for military reforms, which would include compulsory service in the home guard, is postponed...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Ice hockey: Gretzky takes blame
Ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky accepts the blame for Canada's shock Olympic Games...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Costa Rica vote recount completed
Costa Rica finishes counting the votes cast in the election two weeks ago, but no winner is declared...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
No breakthrough after trade talks
Talks between US and Europe trade bosses fail to overcome their continuing differences over agriculture...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Bombing sparks attacks on Sunnis
Gunmen targeted 27 Baghdad mosques and killed three Sunni imams Wednesday in the wake of a bomb attack at one of the holiest Shiite sites. The wave of attacks followed a bombing at the Al-Askariya "Golden Mosque" in Samarra...
CNN - February 23, 2006
Olympics: On Podiums and in Parties, Russia Is Red-Hot
It is hip to be Russian as the Russia House is the hottest party spot at the Turin Games...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
News Analysis: Big Problem, Dubai Deal or Not
Most experts seem to agree that the gaping holes in security at ports have little to do with the nationality of who is running them...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Zambia's Plight Goes Begging in Year of Disasters
The U.N. has cut food aid for Zambian war refugees by almost 40 percent in January because it lacked both food and aid donors...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Debt to Society Is Least of Costs for Ex-Convicts
It is increasingly expensive to be a criminal, as almost every encounter with the criminal justice system can give rise to a fee...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Foreign Briefing: Europe, Asia, Africa
EUROPE...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Thomas Taylor, Manager of Money for the Bass Brothers, Dies at 63
Thomas Malcolm Taylor managed money for the billionaire Bass brothers of Texas for more than 20 years, producing returns of roughly 18 percent during his tenure...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Let Traffic Flow and So Will Commerce, Groups Tell City
In an unusual pairing of business and environmental interests, five neighborhood business groups are asking the Bloomberg administration to do more to relieve congestion on city streets, citing a new study of private car traffic in Manhattan...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
2 Arthritis Drugs Are Found to Be Ineffective
Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, which had sales of $734 million in 2004, do not effectively soothe the knees, a study found...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Morgan Hires Two From Rivals
Morgan Stanley hired two senior bond executives from competitors Citigroup and Goldman Sachs...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Viacom Says Earnings Fell in the 4th Quarter
It was the first time Viacom reported earnings as a separate company after its spinoff from the CBS Corporation at the beginning of the year...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
For Generics, Bumpy Road to Pharmacy
Amid criticism of a backlog of generic drug applications, Food and Drug Administration officials held a news conference to announce the approval of a generic allergy spray...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Guidant Discloses Claims
Guidant said in a regulatory filing that as many as 2,500 patients may seek damages after last year's recall of 109,000 implantable defibrillators...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Bank to Restate Earnings
The Bank of America said Wednesday that it would restate its earnings back to 2002, resulting in a net gain of $345 million...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Sprint Nextel Profit Drops 55%
Sprint Nextel forecast 2006 revenue at $41 billion or more; the average estimate had been $46.8 billion...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
[TS] KPMG Auditors Settle S.E.C. Case Over Inflated Xerox Profits
Two of the auditors from KPMG agreed to pay the largest fines ever levied by the commission against individual auditors...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Small Business: Adding the Avian Flu to the Be-Prepared List
In a crisis, managing perceptions is crucial and small businesses have to develop contingency plans using limited resources...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Madison Avenue Is Still Seeking Its Olympic Star
The XX Winter Olympics have failed so far to yield the breakout American star whom advertisers crave...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Selling Well Everywhere but Home
German corporate executives are more confident than at any time in the last five years, but German consumers are spending very much...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Economic Scene: The Work You Do When You're Not at Work
Americans are not, in fact, working as much as they used to. They are just getting paid for more of the work they do...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Malone Had Plan for a Role as Icahn Moved on Time Warner
John C. Malone applied to have a nonvoting 4 percent stake in Time Warner owned by his Liberty Media Corporation converted into voting shares a year ahead of schedule...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Vice Chairman of the Fed, a Greenspan Ally, Resigns
Roger W. Ferguson Jr. resigned Wednesday as vice chairman of the central bank, less than a month after Alan Greenspan's departure...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Enron Secretary Defends Her Criticism of Executives
For the first time in the trial of two former Enron executives, the actions of the company's directors in a critical month in 2001 came under scrutiny during a cross-examination...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Consumer Prices Rose in January, Report Says
Sharp increases in energy and food costs pushed consumer prices higher last month, the government reported, but prices of other goods and services rose more modestly...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
News Analysis: Tricky Years of Maneuver Ahead for Proposed Gas Pipeline
Significant political, environmental and regulatory hurdles must be overcome before a pipeline from Alaska through Canada to the lower 48 states can be built...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Scientists Again Defend Study on Vioxx
The debate heated up again Wednesday about whether Merck understated the drug's risks in a journal article in November 2000...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Shares Gain as Oil Prices Fall and Inflation News Is Mild
A combination of moderate inflation and falling oil prices energized Wall Street on Wednesday...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Claiming Stock Manipulation, Biovail Sues Hedge Fund
Biovail is accusing SAC Capital Management of colluding with independent research providers to issue misleading reports about its stocks...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Dow Jones Plans to Merge Online and Print Divisions
The print and online operations of The Wall Street Journal will be under the control of L. Gordon Crovitz...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
In Europe, Microsoft Faces a New Antitrust Complaint
A group of Microsoft's rivals submitted a new formal complaint to the European Commission accusing the company of a wide range of antitrust abuses...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Advertising : Craigslist Is Accused of Bias in Housing Ads
A fair housing group in Chicago has sued Craigslist, accusing it of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by publishing discriminatory advertisements...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Arbitrator in Citigroup Case Accused of Conflicts of Interest
A WorldCom shareholder who lost a $900 million securities arbitration against Citigroup sued to overturn the ruling...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Hewlett-Packard Decides Store Photo Printing Is Its Turf
Hewlett-Packard is scrambling to catch up to Kodak, which has some 60,000 photo kiosks in stores across America, like Walgreens, Wal-Mart and RiteAid...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
Market Place: WebMD Wants to Go Beyond Information
Marty Wygod is promoting WebMD Health as the next big thing in health care, but will shareholders reap the benefits?...
New York Times - February 23, 2006
The politics of an Oscar campaign
Do film campaigns for the Oscars have any impact on who goes home with an Academy Award?...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Golf: Record win for Woods
Tiger Woods thrashes Stephen Ames by 9&8 in the first round of the WGC Match Play Championship...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
Ice Hockey: Russia beat Canada
Russia beat defending champions Canada to reach the ice hockey semi-finals...
BBC News - February 23, 2006
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