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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 March 2007:
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Tainted pet food recall expanded
Rat poison was found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, but scientists said Friday they still don't know how it got there. Also Friday, the company that produced the food expanded its recall to include all 95 brands of the "cuts and gravy" style food...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Murder cops DNA Pakistani team
Jamaican police on Friday took DNA samples from the Pakistani contingent to the Cricket World Cup as part of their investigation into the strangulation of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer, a team spokesman said...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Iranian president cancels Security Council visit
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has canceled a planned visit to the United Nations to address the Security Council ahead of Saturday's scheduled vote on sanctions against Iran. Tehran's U.N. ambassador blamed the cancellation on a delay in U.S. visas being issued to the crew of Ahmadinejad's airplane...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Former Gonzales Assistant to Testify Thursday
D. Kyle Sampson has agreed to testify next Thursday before a Senate panel investigating the controversial firings of eight U. S. attorneys...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Maximum Sentence Imposed in Killing of Dancer
Paul Cortez was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the killing of a young dancer from Ohio...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
When Cricket Turns to Murder in Sunny Jamaica
After a stunning World Cup loss, Pakistan?s coach planned to ?sleep on it.? By the next morning, he was dead...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Iran Detains British Sailors in Waters Off Iraq
Fifteen British sailors were captured at gunpoint in the Persian Gulf and taken into custody by Iranian forces today, the British Ministry of Defense said...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Rat Poison Found in Tainted Pet Food
The discovery comes nearly a week after more than 60 million cans and pouches of wet pet food were recalled...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Ex-Deputy of Interior Dept. Pleads Guilty
J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty today to obstruction of justice and lying to a Senate committee about his ties to Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Pediatricians Voice Anger Over Costs of Vaccines
Some public health experts say that if the situation worsens, it could lead to a breakdown in the nation?s immunization program...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Analyst Cites Bid to Buy Chrysler Group
KeyBanc Capital Markets said in a report that a Canadian parts supplier had offered to bid about $4.7 billion for the automotive unit...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Biofuel makes food expensive
Demand for biofuel, which is made from plants, is sending global food commodity prices soaring...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Cricket: Windies sink Ireland
Shiv Chanderpaul hits a century as West Indies beat Ireland by eight wickets in a rain-hit Group D decider...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Delay to US-Malaysia trade deal
The US tells Malaysia that it will not be able to agree a free trade agreement this summer as hoped...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Suspect 'aided US embassy blast'
A Guantanamo inmate says he unwittingly took part in the US embassy bombing in Tanzania, a transcript shows...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Iran 'seizes' 15 British sailors
An Iranian naval patrol has seized 15 British sailors who had boarded a vessel suspected of smuggling cars of the coast of Iraq, military officials say...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Rat poison reportedly found in tainted pet food
Rat poison has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of several animals around the country, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Bomb injures Iraqi deputy PM
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam Zubaie was injured Friday in an attack on his Baghdad compound, security officials and witnesses told CNN...
CNN - March 23, 2007
House backs Iraq deadline
The House voted 218-212 to pass a spending bill Friday that includes a firm deadline for pulling combat troops out of Iraq. The White House says President Bush will make a statement on the matter at 1:45 p.m. ET...
CNN - March 23, 2007
U.S. General Strengthens Military Ties in Beijing
The general did note that China?s recent test of an anti-satellite weapon sent a confusing message to the world about its military intentions...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Wide Range of Spending in N.J. Schools, Data Show
The huge range in spending among the state?s 615 school districts is starkly laid out in new survey...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Iraqi Official Wounded in Suicide Attack
Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie was wounded in a blast inside a hall behind his house. Two bodyguards and two others were killed...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Ex-Deputy of Interior Dept. to Plead Guilty
J. Steven Griles is pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and lying about his ties to Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Iran Detains British Sailors in Iraq Waters
Iranian naval vessels seized 15 British sailors in Iraqi waters on Friday, the Ministry of Defense said...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Royal Bank of Scotland Names Former Citigroup Executive to Run American Unit
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New York Times - March 23, 2007
Key Shareholder Rejects Bid for Qantas
Private equity firms seeking to buy the airline extended the deadline for completing a deal by two weeks...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Home Sales Unexpectedly Increase
A sharp rise in sales of existing homes in the Northeast powered a national increase of 3.9 percent...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Ms Dynamite and the Maroons
British hip-hop star Ms Dynamite tells the BBC why the story of the Jamaican slaves who fought back is close to her heart...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Injunction in Vonage patent row
A US judge bans internet phone firm Vonage from using patents owned by US phone giant Verizon...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Luther King killer innocent claim
A former prison officer who guarded James Earl Ray says he believes the man convicted of killing Martin Luther King was innocent...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
US house sales jump as prices dip
US existing home sales rise at their fastest rate in almost three years, as prices slip, official figures show...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Woolmer was strangled, police say
Police in Jamaica are opening a murder investigation after they said Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was strangled in his hotel room...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Blast hits Spanish embassy in Congo
A grenade or mortar shell struck the Spanish Embassy during fighting between factions in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman told CNN...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Democrats Shore Up Support for Iraq Votes
When the House opened its war debate on Thursday, opposition to the Democratic proposal to withdraw troops by September 2008 had begun to fade...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
New to Job, Gates Argued for Closing Guantánamo
The appeal was rejected after Alberto R. Gonzales expressed strong objections to moving detainees to the U.S., a stance backed by Dick Cheney?s office...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Model begins community service
Naomi Campbell's wardrobe makes little concession to the task at hand as she begins community service, the BBC's Jane O'Brien reports...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Horror film posters get the chop
Thousands of US adverts for the new horror film Captivity are pulled following complaints...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Nike profits top market's targets
Nike, the world's largest maker of sports clothing and shoes, reports a better-than-expected 8% rise in profits...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Cuba-Sweden row deepens
Sweden's FM stands by his criticism of Cuba's human rights record, amid a growing dispute row the two nations...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Woolmer was strangled, police say
Pakistani cricket Coach Bob Woolmer died of "manual strangulation," Jamaican police commissioner Lucius Thomas said Thursday. "We are now treating this as a case of murder," he said...
CNN - March 23, 2007
U.S. blasts Italy's hostage exchange
The United States is criticizing Italy for its deal to free five Taliban prisoners in exchange for the release of an Italian journalist...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Katrina victims' class-action suit ruled out
A federal judge on Thursday refused to allow a class action against State Farm Insurance Cos. over the insurer's denial of claims on Mississippi's Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Elizabeth Edwards may be her husband's biggest asset
The personal is now political. We hear that all the time. Elizabeth Edwards has been called John Edwards' greatest campaign asset. That may have been true Thursday with her display of courage and confidence...
CNN - March 23, 2007
Army Revises Upward the Number of Desertions
Some Army officers link the recent uptick in annual desertion rates to the toll of wartime deployments...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
In Secret, Polygamy Follows Africans to New York
A fatal fire this month in the Bronx revealed a clandestine practice that probably involves thousands of immigrants...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Defiance in the Pharaoh?s Valley
Egypt has evicted hundreds of villagers because their mud brick houses were leaking sewage onto priceless antiquities, but some are resisting...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Foreclosures Force Suburbs to Fight Blight
Suburbs of Cleveland are spending millions to maintain vacant houses as they try to contain real-estate panic...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Edwards Says Wife?s Cancer Has Returned
John Edwards proclaimed that he would continue his bid for the presidency, saying, ?The campaign goes on strongly.?...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
New to Pentagon, Gates Argued for Closing Guantánamo Prison
The defense secretary?s arguments were rejected after Alberto R. Gonzales and other lawyers expressed strong objections to moving detainees to the U.S...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: No Second Term for Trade Negotiator
Peter Mandelson, the European Union?s top trade negotiator, said he would not seek a second term after his current tenure ends in 2009. As European trade chief, Mr. Mandelson has been coordinating the bloc?s strategy in World Trade Organization talks and defending Airbus in a dispute with the United States government and the Boeing Company. He has held the post since November 2004 and said he would not leave before his term expires in November 2009...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Profit at Royal Ahold
Royal Ahold, the operator of the Stop & Shop grocery chain in the United States, reported a sharp rise in fourth-quarter earnings. The company, which is based in Amsterdam, earned 239 million euros ($318 million) for the last three months of 2006, up from 103 million euros a year earlier. Profit was helped by lower financing costs. In the United States, sales were flat at the Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover chains...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Colombia: A Challenge to Banana Tariff
Colombia, the world?s third-biggest banana shipper, filed a new complaint with the World Trade Organization against European rules that it said discriminated against banana exports. The trade organization first ruled against Europe in September 1997, backing claims brought by Ecuador, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico almost two years earlier. The new request starts a fresh challenge to a tariff of 176 euros ($234) per metric ton...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Holder Rejects Higher Nikko Bid
Harris Associates rejected Citigroup?s $13.4 billion bid for Nikko Cordial, the Japanese brokerage firm, saying the price was still too low. Harris, which is Nikko?s largest shareholder, with a stake of about 7.5 percent, has no plan ?at this stage? to accept Citigroup?s bid of 1,700 yen ($14.47) a share, David G. Herro, Harris?s chief investment officer, said. Citigroup raised its offer to 1,700 yen a share from 1,350 after Harris and other funds opposed the bid...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
ConAgra Reports a Profit
ConAgra reported a third-quarter profit as earnings from trading commodities overcame the cost to recall its Peter Pan peanut butter last month...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Arcelor?s Cost for Steel Unit Rises
Brazil?s securities regulator said in a ruling late Wednesday that Arcelor Mittal, the world?s biggest steel maker, must pay about 49.75 reais ($24.17) a share for stock of a local unit, Arcelor Brasil. The regulator said the company must pay more than the 35 reais ($17) a share it originally offered. Arcelor was required to offer to buy out minority shareholders in Arcelor Brasil to comply with local legislation after Mittal Steel?s takeover of Arcelor last year...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Pfizer?s Patent on Blood Pressure Drug Struck Down
Pfizer said that a court ruling upholding the company?s patent on the blood pressure medication Norvasc was reversed by a federal appeals court...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Acquisition Price for Insurer Rises
Hub International said its recently announced agreement to be acquired has been amended to increase the purchase price for each share to $41.50, from $40...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Palm Profit Falls but Beats Estimates
The maker of the Treo mobile phone posted a lower quarterly profit because of higher costs...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Nike Posts 8% Gain; European Sales Help
Quarterly profit grew 8 percent, helped by higher sales in Europe and a favorable rate of currency exchange...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
With Profit Up, General Mills Raises Forecast
General Mills posted higher quarterly earnings, helped by manufacturing cost cuts and increased marketing spending that bolstered sales...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Qwest Gave Chief a Raise Despite Cloud, Witness Says
The board gave Joseph P. Nacchio a raise and 7.25 million shares in stock options after acknowledging that it had used one-time transactions to help meet financial targets...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Government Witness Testifies in Black Case
Gordon Paris, who succeeded Conrad M. Black as head of Hollinger International accused Mr. Black and his associates of running a ?corporate kleptocracy.?...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Job Growth Aids Economy Despite Slump in Housing
A strong job market appears to be propping up an economy suffering from slumping home prices and a slowdown in manufacturing...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Mixed as Housing Data Is Awaited
Investors seemed cautious, awaiting new data to assess whether the hopes of some analysts for an interest rate cut were justified...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Profit Down, KB Home Sees More Months of Weakness
Net profit for fell 84 percent and the company warned that foreclosures and tighter lending standards could prolong weakness in the sector...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
France Begins Formal Inquiry on Oil Executive
French authorities are looking into whether Total paid kickbacks to win a gas contract in Iran during the late 1990s...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Wal-Mart Announces Bonuses for Hourly Workers
Wal-Mart said that about 80 percent of hourly workers would split more than half a billion dollars...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Borders to Close Many Stores and Start a Retail Web Site
Borders announced a new strategic plan to close nearly half of its Waldenbooks stores and start its own online retail site...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Intel, Already With Operations in China, Appears Ready to Build a Chip Plant There
The move would mark a major milestone in the countries? trade relations and could improve Intel?s competitiveness...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Senate Questioning on Mortgages Puts Regulators on the Defensive
Senators criticized banking regulators for failing to respond more quickly to curb the growth in risky home loans to people with weak credit...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Times Company Will Increase Dividend on Its Stock by 31%
The move comes as the company is under increasing pressure from investors because of its stagnant stock performance...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Insider: The Logic and the Timing of Taking Blackstone Public
Public disclosure over who owns what at least gives people a better idea of what to fight about...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
U.S. and South Korea Remain Apart on Trade Negotiations
Gaps on issues like beef and automobiles are delaying a deal the Bush administration calls the most sweeping since Nafta...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Class-Action Status Is Denied to Katrina Suits in Mississippi
A federal judge instead lent support to a plan that would require State Farm to reopen thousands of claims by working through regulators rather than the court...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Advertising: They?re Looking for a Few Good Coal Miners
A new campaign for Consol Energy seeks to burnish the image of the company? and of coal as an energy source ? to help recruit employees...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
India?s Banks Are Seen as Antiquated and Unproductive
India?s drive to become a global economic powerhouse faces a huge roadblock in its inefficient, largely state-controlled financial system...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
As Cellphone Industry Shifts, Motorola Needs a Quick Fix and a Long-Term Plan
In the long run, analysts suggest that Motorola needs to turn away from the hit-driven business model...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
The Subprime Loan Machine
A little-noticed tool of automated underwriting software helped fuel the recent subprime mortgage boom...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
News Corp. and NBC in Web Deal
Hoping to rival YouTube, the two media companies will showcase their own programming across the Internet...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Oracle Says Rival Stole Its Software
Oracle has sued its rival SAP, accusing the big German software maker of intruding into its computer systems to carry out ?corporate theft on a grand scale.?...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Blackstone Says It Plans to Go Public
The largest private equity firm in the nation will seek an initial public offering that would value the firm at as much as $40 billion...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Chief Says F.C.C. Is Against Cellphone Use on Airliners
The Federal Communications Commission is giving up on the idea of letting passengers use cellphones on planes...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Chief Quits
Andrés Martinez said he had been undermined by his publisher over what Mr. Martinez described as a ?perception of a conflict of interest.?...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
In Some States, Maker Oversees Use of Its Drug
Eli Lilly has offered to monitor doctors to make sure they are not wasting money on mental illness drugs...
New York Times - March 23, 2007
Golf: Stenson and Allenby lead
Henrik Stenson and Robert Allenby share the lead on five under after the first round of the WGC-CA Championship...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
Fed acknowledges errors
A US Federal Reserve official admits it should have been aware of risks posed by the sub-prime mortgage market...
BBC News - March 23, 2007
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