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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 May 2005:
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Car bombs target party and diners
A series of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq on Monday killed at least 34 people killed and wounded dozens, Iraqi officials said. Among the targets, a party for a sheik celebrating his survival of an assassination attempt last week...
CNN - May 23, 2005
Justices, for Now, Rebuff Mexican on Appeal of Death Sentence
The case, which has attracted international attention for its diplomatic and judicial implications, was sent back to Texas courts...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
High Court Re-enters Abortion Debate With Emotional Case
The case is likely to add even more heat to the already super-heated atmosphere surrounding the court's immediate future...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Sci-Fi Synergy
Within an array of memorabilia, film and collectibles, a broad portrait of the history of the future takes shape...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
No Sign of Compromise as Senate Showdown on Filibusters Looms
Republican and Democratic leaders steered the Senate toward an all-night session that would culminate in a Tuesday showdown...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Top US court tackles abortion law
The Supreme Court re-enters one of the country's most divisive debates by agreeing to consider an abortion law...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
'Hopelessness turned to hope' when girl moved
A police officer who came upon a 8-year-old girl buried in a Florida landfill said "hopelessness turned to hope" when a fellow officer saw a finger move. "Everybody jumped in and started taking the rocks off her," Sgt. Mike Hall recalled today, a day after police found the girl buried under boulders in a trash container's recycling bin in Lake Worth, south of West Palm Beach...
CNN - May 23, 2005
Officer tells of finding girl
A police officer who came upon a 8-year-old girl buried in a Florida landfill said "hopelessness turned to hope" when a fellow officer saw a finger move. "Everybody jumped in and started taking the rocks off her," Sgt. Mike Hall recalled Monday...
CNN - May 23, 2005
Justices Re-enter Abortion Debate With Case on Parental Consent
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a state appeal seeking to reinstate a law requiring parental notification...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Afghan President Declines to Blame U.S. for Prisoner Abuse
Presidents Bush and Karzai today smoothed over issues that have led to tension between the two nations in recent weeks...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
US urged to curb Viagra allowance
NY officials are leading a campaign to stop serious sex offenders obtaining state-funded Viagra...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Stricter controls to beat disease
The World Health Organization announces new measures to combat diseases such as Sars and bird flu...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Chile buries Andes storm victims
The first funerals of Chilean soldiers killed in a fierce Andes snowstorm take place as more bodies are found...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
US psychiatrists back gay unions
A top US medical group urges legal recognition of same-sex marriage...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
US court rejects death row appeal
A landmark appeal by a Mexican facing the death penalty in Texas is rejected by the US Supreme Court...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Gas prices continue downward trend
Good news at the gas pump -- gasoline prices fell more than 6 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, according to a survey of about 7,000 gas stations nationwide. The Lundberg Survey's average nationwide price of a gallon of self-serve regular fell 6.4 cents per gallon, to $2.15 per gallon, said publisher Trilby Lundberg. Prices are likely to fall further before leveling off, Lundberg said...
CNN - May 23, 2005
Karzai demands U.S. 'justice'
The president of Afghanistan demands justice from the United States over the alleged abuse of two Afghan detainees who reportedly died in American custody. Karzai, who has arrived in Washington, is scheduled to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House...
CNN - May 23, 2005
Measuring climate change
David Shukman meets scientists whose findings challenge previous assumptions on global warming in the Arctic...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
NBA: Spurs strike early blow
San Antonio Spurs win 121-114 in Phoenix to take a 1-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference final series...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Missing girl found in Florida bin
An eight-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted is found alive in a rubbish bin by police in Florida...
BBC News - May 23, 2005
Police spot hand to save girl buried alive
Police found an 8-year-old Florida girl buried alive in an abandoned landfill on Sunday, hours after she was reported abducted, officials in Lake Worth said. "There was a yellow recycling bin, and the lid was flipped open," said Lake Worth Police Sgt. Mike Hall. "And inside the dumpster was a pile of rocks, boulders. And you could see a hand in there." A 17-year-old is in custody and will be charged as an adult, said a spokesman for the Palm Beach County state attorney's office...
CNN - May 23, 2005
Salsa Dancers and Stunt Men? Must Be a Miami Condo Project
Developers, forced to be ever more creative in selling condos still years from being built, have turned to lavish launch parties...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
With More Private Giving, Bloomberg Forges Ties
As Michael R. Bloomberg gears up for a re-election campaign, the impact of his charitable contributions is emerging as a potentially formidable weapon...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Link to Lobbyist Brings Scrutiny to G.O.P. Figure
A Congressional committee investigating Jack Abramoff has subpoenaed records from Grover Norquist's group, Americans for Tax Reform...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Survivors and Toe Tags Offer Clues to Uzbek's Uprising
Interviews with survivors of violence in an Uzbek city indicate that what happened was not as the official version would have it...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Men's Fitness Magazine Takes a Little Dig at Hip-Hop Celebrity
Hip-hop radio stations and record labels have been facing plenty of criticism lately for promulgating feuds among stars like 50 Cent, Eminem, The Game and Ja Rule. But a less obvious outlet is taking a turn at fanning the flames: Men's Fitness magazine...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
So Long, Garage Jammers. Nowadays Laptops Rock.
Millions of people — trained musicians and amateurs alike — are using powerful laptop tools to produce music that once might have wailed out of a garage...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
'Star Wars' Breaks Box-Office Records
While "Star Wars: Episode III" set records for a four-day opening, George Lucas's Skywalker saga could not break this year's slump in ticket sales...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Recounting Skateboarding's Upstart Days
"Lords of Dogtown" is a big Hollywood production about a trio of scrappy skateboarders in the 1970's who incidentally turned the sport on its head...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Bolivia Epitomizes Fight for Natural Resources
A confederation of protesters plans a march on Monday to demand more state control of energy resources in Bolivia...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Elevator Work Is Slowed by Lockout of Mechanics
Since March, Otis, Kone and Schindler have been making do with service crews imported from their other locations or cobbled together from their office and supervisory staffs...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Best Buy to Toughen Policy on Adult Game Sales
Best Buy agreed to strengthen and publicize its efforts to keep minors from buying violent or sexually explicit video games after the company was pressured by an investment manager for Catholic organizations...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Newsweek Vows to Curb Anonymity
Newsweek said that it would tightly limit the use of unnamed sources in the wake of a retracted report about a Koran being flushed down a toilet at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Monster's Web Site Cuts Deutsch's Duties
Monster's Web Site...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
CBS Chief Throws Heat at a Relief Pitcher
Leslie Moonves, the chairman of CBS, says Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees relief pitcher, cost his network an important ratings title last year when he blew saves against Boston, extending the American League Playoffs on a rival network, Fox...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Japan's Automakers to Sell in Malaysia
Malaysia and Japan agreed Sunday to establish free trade covering most sectors of their economies in a deal that opens doors for Japan's automakers to the biggest passenger car market in Southeast Asia...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
U.S. Seizes Assets of Operator of Online Drug Business
Federal authorities have begun to seize sports cars and other assets from a 25-year-old Minnesota man whose online prescription drug business has been the focus of a yearlong inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
For Advertisers, the Silver Screen Is Golden
Moviegoers are more than three times more likely to remember advertising than TV viewers are, according to a study done by the research firm TNS for Screenvision, an in-theater advertising broker...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
A Mall Hopes You'll Try Products in Person but Buy Them Online
A new shopping complex in Ohio is trying to combine the convenience of online stores and catalogs with the mall experience...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Best Buy Is Named in Lawsuit Over Patents
The holder of a patent on television technology has taken the unusual step of filing a patent infringement lawsuit against a retailer instead of the maker of the television that uses the technology...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Looking Ahead
Drug Tests The American Urology Association meeting will be presented with the Phase III data on dapoxetine, a treatment for premature ejaculation that is being seen as a potentially big money-maker for Johnson & Johnson. (Monday)...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Advertisers Want Something Different
The advertising business is undergoing an upheaval, forcing marketers to try desperately to stay ahead of technological innovations...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
A Station Suspends Newsweek Program
A radio station in Texas has suspended a program produced by Newsweek until the magazine explains how it will prevent a repeat of the retracted report...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
CBS Seeks Opinions in Search for an Evening News Anchor
CBS is looking for opinions from outside the news division as it searches for a permanent anchor to replace Dan Rather on its evening news program...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
A Marketing Executive Learns to Spread His Attention
The chief marketing officer at Allstate has learned to spread his time among agencies that specialize in those sectors instead of spending an entire lunch with his main agency...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Are Bloggers Setting the Agenda? It Depends on the Scandal
Bloggers can exert a tremendous amount of influence on setting an agenda for public discussion, but a new study showed that they are not necessarily the kingmakers that pundits sometimes say they are...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
With Its Home Page, Google Could Get a Bit Closer to Its Users
Google will let users create home pages on its Web site, giving it another potential way to deliver personally tailored ads, but first it has to convince users that it can be trusted...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Getting Published While a Spat Is Hot
A feud between Alan M. Dershowitz of Harvard Law School and Norman G. Finkelstein of DePaul University has prompted a change in the publisher of Mr. Finkelstein's book...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
A Video Match: The Nintendogs vs. Gangs, Thugs and Wars
Sony and Microsoft showed off their new game consoles last week, stressing high-definition features and additional processing power...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
On Fall TV, the Networks Are Planning Something Borrowed
As they try to keep viewers from defecting to cable and other media, the networks are aggressively shaking up their prime-time lineups...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
At Tyco Trial: Same Stage, New Scenes, Hazy Ending
Jurors in the trial of L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former chief of Tyco, and his lieutenant, Mark H. Swartz, will hear closing arguments...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Big News Media Join in Push to Limit Use of Unidentified Sources
Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary, added a new role to his portfolio last week: journalism professor...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
Comedian's Disappearance Forces a Channel to Scramble
The public flameout of the comedian Dave Chappelle midway through production of his hit show's third season prompted some scrambling at Comedy Central...
New York Times - May 23, 2005
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