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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 2008:
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In Babel of Tongues, Suriname Seeks Itself
The tiny South American nation of Suriname periodically debates whether to change its official language from Dutch, and the place of its local tongue, Sranan Tongo, in its culture...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
At Least 51 Die in Attacks Across Iraq
A sustained early morning assault on Baghdad?s Green Zone, which was one of the fiercest attacks there in the past year, ushered in a day of violence...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Clinton?s Schedules Offer Chance to Test Assertions
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s claims about her role in foreign policy as first lady have come under intense scrutiny...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Midwest Region: In Unlikely 12 vs. 13 Pairing, Villanova Tops Siena
Scottie Reynolds scored 25 points and Corey Stokes added 20 as 12th-seeded Villanova defeated No. 13 Siena, 84-72...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Cheney Meets With Israelis and Palestinians
?America?s commitment to Israel?s security is enduring and unshakable,? Vice President Dick Cheney said on a trip to the Mideast...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
At Megastores, Hagglers Find Prices Are Flexible
A bargaining culture once confined to car showrooms and jewelry stores is taking root in some major chains...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Pope Prays for Peace on Easter Sunday
As is tradition, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for peace in troubled parts of the world, singling out Darfur in Sudan and Somalia...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
At Least 42 Are Killed in Attacks in Iraq
A suicide bomber hit an Iraqi military base and the U.S.-protected Green Zone came under heavy fire...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Scholars Urge Dialogue With Dalai Lama
A petition signed by prominent Chinese intellectuals criticizes the government?s ?one-sided? propaganda campaign...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Cheney Meets With Abbas and Israelis
A Mideast peace agreement will require ?painful concessions? by Israelis and Palestinians who must work together to defeat those ?committed to violence,? Vice President Dick Cheney said...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Anger Over Culling of Yellowstone?s Bison
About a quarter of the park?s bison have been killed or sent to slaughter, angering groups working to preserve the bison herds...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Raising the Scores: Glimmers of Progress at a Failing School
There have been many changes at Newton Street School in the past six months, spurred by a campaign to turn around a school crippled by persistently low standardized test scores...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Even at Megastores, Hagglers Find No Price Is Set in Stone
A bargaining culture once confined to car showrooms and jewelry stores is taking root in some major store chains, as well as mom-and-pop operations...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Taiwan President-Elect Urges Closer Ties to Mainland
Hours after winning Taiwan?s presidential elections, Ma Ying-jeou said that he would pursue closer economic ties with mainland China and eventually a peace agreement...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Tennis: Fish beats Federer
Unseeded American Mardy Fish produces a stunning display to beat Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Pacific Life Open...
BBC News - March 23, 2008
Credit Card Breach Raises Broad Concerns
Credit card information was stolen when shoppers swiped their cards and the information was sent to banks for approval ? the first large-scale piracy of data in transit...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
The Nation: Depression, You Say? Check Those Safety Nets
Is it possible our economy could speed past a recession into a full-blown depression like that of the 1930s? Economists don?t think so...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
You Say Recession, I Say ?Reservations!?
As Wall Street stumbles, many in the middle class are hoping for cheaper apartments, less crowded restaurants, more respect. They should be careful what they wish for...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Fair Game: In the Fed?s Cross Hairs: Exotic Game
The Fed?s actions in the JPMorgan-Bear Stearns marriage may take some air out of the enormous bubble in credit insurance...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Preoccupations: Back From Addiction, and Sharing the Lessons
If anyone had told me five years ago, in the middle of my addiction, that I?d be doing what I am today, I wouldn?t have believed him...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
The Boss: Fashion Statement
At least once a month, if not every day, reassess what you?re doing and make sure you still love it...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Square Feet | Ventures: A Bright Spot for Housing Investors?
Falling prices, tighter credit and rising foreclosures have taken their toll on the housing market, but multifamily rentals actually benefit from these economic woes...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
With the Fed to the Rescue, Stocks Surge
It was a week of extraordinary intervention in the financial markets by the Federal Reserve, and of wild swings in prices...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Letters
A Matter of Priorities...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Some Banks (Yes, Banks) May Be Back in Favor
Some financial companies have been battered beyond reason and now represent solid value, and some long-term investors have begun wading back into financial stocks...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Scene Stealer: Oil and Hollywood Don?t Always Mix
Media companies have signed major deals to bring movie-themed parks to the Middle East, but Hollywood is having a harder time drawing investments designated for movies...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Everybody's Business: Making Sense of a Scared New World
In any otherwise inexplicable financial event, the people who profit from it may be understood to have caused it...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Under New Management: The Tension Builds (It?s Almost Monday)
The most commonly cited source of stress by respondents in a recent survey was work. Since stress is a drag on productivity, why don?t more employers face the topic?...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Suits: Well, What He Really Meant to Say Was...
What exactly was Jim Cramer?s opinion on Bear Stearns? stock?...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
The Count: Adding Up Those Flights of Frustration
Airlines carried a record 769.4 million passengers (domestic and international) in 2007, up 3.3 percent from 2006. Perhaps planes are too popular for their own good...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Travel Bug: Giving Old Planes New Life
Not to domestic airlines weighing taking some older airplanes out of service because times are tough: John F. Keating might just have a deal for you and your plane...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Strategies: Insiders, at Least, See Reason to Smile
Corporate insiders are more bullish on stocks than they have been at any time since late 2005, when the bull market was very much alive and well...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Economic View: It?s Hard to Thaw a Frozen Market
Real estate bubbles have burst before, without bringing such trouble to the financial system. What is distinctive today is the drying up of market liquidity...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Digital Domain: Why Old Technologies Are Still Kicking
The mainframe stands as a telling case in the larger story of survivor technologies and markets. An old technology or business often finds a sustainable, profitable life...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Prototype: How Did Your Computer Crash? Check the Instant Replay
Replay Solutions is one of a number of innovators, big and small, aiming to improve how software is developed and how to replay actions that trigger bugs and cause crashes...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
What Created This Monster?
Yes, the markets can bite back. Executives, regulators and politicians are scrambling to figure out just what created the current crisis and how it can be fixed...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Taiwan Elects a Supporter of Closer Mainland Ties
Ma Ying-jeou will be Taiwan?s first president who had campaigned for closer economic relations with Beijing...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Gap in Life Expectancy Widens for the Nation
Life expectancy for the nation as a whole has increased, but the affluent have made greater gains, researchers said...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Sifting the Wreckage for the Real Eliot Spitzer
Was Mr. Spitzer?s conduct an aberrant episode, as short-lived as it was out of character? Or had he been living a secret second life for years?...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Pakistani Party?s Leader Chooses a Prime Minister
The selection of a low-key party stalwart seemed to be a prelude to a drive by the party?s leader, Asif Ali Zardari, to take the job himself in the future...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
4 Americans Killed in Iraq; U.S. Attack Kills 6
Four American soldiers were killed near the capital in the past two days, the military said, and north of Baghdad an American attack helicopter killed six people...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Voice for Abused Women Upsets Dubai Patriarchy
Sharla Musabih, an American-born Emirati citizen, has founded the Emirates? first women?s shelter and earned many enemies in the process...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Haiti?s Poverty Stirs Nostalgia for Old Ghosts
With change slow to come, many people speak longingly of the security that existed in the country?s dictatorial past...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
At Cineplexes, Sports, Opera, Maybe a Movie
Movie theaters are not just for movies anymore. As ticket sales slow, theaters are turning to the Mets and the Met...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
At Megastores, Hagglers Find No Price Set in Stone
A bargaining culture once confined to car showrooms and jewelry stores is taking root in some major store chains...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
In Washington, a Split Over Regulation of Wall Street
Congress and the Bush administration strongly disagree about whether the pendulum should swing back to tighter control...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
McCain Offers Soothing Tones in Trip Abroad
Senator John McCain faces the challenge of improving America?s image abroad despite the unpopularity of the Iraq war ? which he strongly supports...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
Obama Talk Fuels Easter Sermons
Inspired by Senator Barack Obama?s speech, some religious leaders plan to interweave race and resurrection...
New York Times - March 23, 2008
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