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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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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
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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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2007:
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Lebanon gives militants ultimatum
Lebanon's defense minister issued an ultimatum Wednesday to Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face a military onslaught, as the army reinforced its positions, raising fears of what could be a bloody showdown...
CNN - May 23, 2007
British Police Seek 3 Missing Terrorist Suspects
Britain?s counterterrorism police took the highly unusual step of issuing a public appeal for information about three suspected terrorists said to have absconded from a form of house arrest...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Bush Says Al Qaeda Seeks Haven in Iraq
In a speech, the president described what the White House called previously classified intelligence to build his case that Osama bin Laden is trying to turn Iraq into a ?terrorist sanctuary.?...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
F.A.A. Warns of Increasing Flight Delays
Officials said they hoped that innovations in air traffic software would minimize delays caused by weather...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Giambi Meets Baseball Officials Over Steroids
Major League officials wanted to learn what kind of performance-enhancing drugs the slugger used...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Clinton Staff Memo Urged Skipping Iowa
A member of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s campaign staff said that time and money could be better invested...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Settlement on Ground Zero Insurance Claims
The settlement ensures that $4.55 billion will be available for rebuilding the World Trade Center site...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Nominee to Head Consumer Agency Withdraws
Senators had questioned the suitability of the nominee, a lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Ex-Gonzales Aide Testifies She ?Crossed the Line?
Monica M. Goodling said that she improperly weighed political factors in considering applicants for career positions in the Justice Department...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
State of the Art: How to Make Your Cellphone Act Like a BlackBerry
Three new services from Google, Yahoo and Teleflip can forward e-mail to ordinary cellphones...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Paulson Cites Limited Progress in China Talks
The treasury secretary praises Beijing for its steps on the currency issue but no breakthrough is seen on trade...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Big Law Firm Won?t Face Criminal Charges in Tax Case
Federal prosecutors said they had decided not to charge Sidley Austin, because the firm?s questionable tax-shelter work was primarily carried out by a single person...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Black 'called on Trump for help'
Lord Black called on property mogul Donald Trump help him at a tough investor meeting, a US court hears...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Another US scholar 'held in Iran'
The Soros Foundation says one of its staff is detained in Iran - the second US national to be held by Tehran in May...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
US to push for new Iran sanctions
The US says it will press for a new set of sanctions on Iran for defying UN demands to stop enriching uranium...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
IAEA: Iran atomic work defies U.N.
Iran has not only ignored a U.N. Security Council deadline to stop uranium enrichment activity but expanded it, says a confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report on Wednesday...
CNN - May 23, 2007
Texas town worries about polygamists
The residents of Lockney, Texas, are skeptical Samuel Fischer, their new neighbor. Fischer is a polygamist and a follower of Warren Jeffs, who awaits trial in two states for arranging marriages between followers and underage girls...
CNN - May 23, 2007
Refugees flee Lebanon camp
Battered by days of fighting between Islamic militants and the Lebanese army, a steady stream of Palestinians has fled a refugee camp near Tripoli, Palestinian and Red Crescent officials said...
CNN - May 23, 2007
Goodling: I didn't talk to White House on firings
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former senior counsel testified today that she never discussed the hirings or hirings of U.S. attorneys with White House officials Karl Rove or Harriet Miers...
CNN - May 23, 2007
Pope Softens Remarks on Conversion of Natives
Benedict XVI acknowledged that ?unjustifiable crimes? were committed in the European conquest of South America...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Palestinian Rivals Meet to Discuss Cease-Fire
The president, from Fatah, and prime minister, from Hamas, also sought ways to quell the fighting with Israel...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Target?s First Quarter Profit Up 18 Percent
The Target Corporation said today its quarterly profit rose almost 18 percent, helped by its credit card business and strong sales at established stores...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Norilsk Raises Bid for LionOre to $6.27 Billion
Russian mining company OAO Norilsk Nickel on Wednesday raised its bid offer for Canadian gold and nickel producer LionOre to $6.27 billion...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
California to ban celebrity leaks
California lawmakers pass a bill aimed at stopping police selling information about celebrities in trouble...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Coke secrets plot woman is jailed
A former secretary at Coca-Cola gets eight years in jail for plotting to sell the company's secrets to rival Pepsi...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
China probes 'tainted' toothpaste
China investigates reports that toothpaste exported to Central America contains a potentially deadly chemical...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
US approves pill to stop periods
The first birth control pill designed to stop monthly periods has been approved for use in the US...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Iraq hunt: Body in 'U.S. uniform'
Iraqi police pulled the body of a Western-looking man dressed in what appeared to be an American military uniform from a river south of Baghdad Wednesday...
CNN - May 23, 2007
Antimissile Test Comes Amid Financing Debate
With Congress considering cutting the Pentagon?s budget for missile defenses, much is riding on a test of an antimissile shield...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Debate Raging, Mexico Adds to Consulates in U.S.
Mexico?s 47 consulates in the United States are acting as influential free agents in a broken immigration system...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
War on terror 'erodes rights'
Governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights worldwide, Amnesty says...
BBC News - May 23, 2007
Iraqi kindergarten a window to war
At an Iraqi kindergarten graduation ceremony, the stories by young girls and boys are a sobering counterpoint to their smiles and smart dress. One girl sang: "I give a knife to my father to slaughter the chicken. He gives me a machine gun and a rifle. Now, I am a soldier in the liberation army."...
CNN - May 23, 2007
New York Eighth Graders Show Gains in Reading
The number of eighth graders reading on grade level climbed impressively this year, tests indicate...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Senate Votes to Keep Temporary Worker Program
If the guest worker program had been stripped from the bill, the fragile deal could have collapsed...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Missile Test Comes as Financing Is Threatened
With Congress considering cutting the Pentagon?s budget for missile defenses, much is riding on a test of the antimissile shield...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Romance Over, Union Chief Has Corzine?s Number
The relationship between the governor and a union president is a fascinating topic in New Jersey politics...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Furious Street Battles Remind Lebanon of Its Past
The first clear look inside a refugee camp on Tuesday revealed the hellish outcome of a three-day battle...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Democrats Find Ethics Overhaul Elusive in House
Democratic leaders pushing promised lobbying reforms are facing resistance from balky lawmakers...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Mexico Opens More U.S. Consulates as Fight Rages
Mexico?s 47 U.S. consulates are acting as influential free agents in a broken immigration system...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
World Business Briefing: Britain: Airline Joins Group Bidding for Iberia
British Airways said it had joined a consortium led by a private equity firm, TPG Capital, bidding for the Spanish airline Iberia. British Airways joined with TPG Capital, Vista Capital de Expansión, Inversiones Ibersuizas and Quercus Equity to investigate a possible consortium offer for Iberia, the airline said in an announcement to the London Stock Exchange. British Airways has a 10 percent stake in the company and the right of first refusal on offers for a further 30 percent of Iberia. TPG Capital, formerly known as the Texas Pacific Group, made a preliminary offer of 3.41 billion euros ($4.59 billion) for Iberia at the end of March and subsequently signed up the Spanish partners Vista Capital and Inversiones Ibersuizas to its consortium...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
World Business Briefing: India: Viacom Forms Joint Media Venture
Viacom and an Indian media company, the TV18 Group, said they would jointly create Viacom-18, a television, film and digital media company. Viacom-18 will start a Hindi-language entertainment channel later this year, and Viacom?s MTV Networks, which is already present in India, will become part of the joint venture. Viacom?s movie studios, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, will look for opportunities in India over the next few months, Viacom said...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
World Business Briefing: Germany: Investor Confidence on the Rise
German investor confidence rose to an 11-month high in May as company profits surged and economists raised their forecasts for growth this year. The Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim said its index of investor and analyst expectations increased to 24, the highest since June, from 16.5 in April. The center, known by the German acronym ZEW, said a gauge of investors? assessment of the current situation rose to a record 88 from 76.9 last month...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Nortel Settles Accounting Fraud Investigation
Nortel Networks said it would pay 1 million Canadian dollars ($921,000) as part of a settlement with the Ontario Securities Commission. The payment is not a fine. The company called it a contribution toward the cost of the commission?s investigation into accounting irregularities at the company from 2000 to 2003. Nortel, the communications equipment maker, acknowledged in the agreement that its senior executives had improperly altered accounting policies and provisions to improve the company?s apparent financial performance. Under the agreement, the company must give the commission special quarterly and annual reports on efforts to improve its accounting controls. Nortel fired its chief executive, Frank A. Dunn, and two other executives over the bookkeeping issues in 2004. The former executives face separate charges by the Ontario regulator. The Securities and Exchange Commission has also charged the three as well as other former Nortel employees. Law enforcement officials in both Canada and the United States are also investigating the company...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Hedge Fund Figure Leaves Merrill Lynch
Ben Weston, the chief of its hedge fund development and management group, has left the firm after two years...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
The Market Marks Time Ahead of Economic Data
Investors, upbeat about the latest round of takeover activity, remained hesitant to take the market higher ahead of new economic data...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
CBS Buying Wallstrip, a Web Finance Site
The acquisition will increase the original Internet video offerings produced by CBS?s interactive unit...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Dominican Republic Bans 2 Toothpastes
The toothpaste, sold under the brand names Excel and Mr. Cool, have been confiscated by authorities since late last week...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Staples Says Sales Fell Short of Estimates
The office supplies retailer also gave a cautious outlook for the remainder of the year...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Sallie Mae Says Chief Is Resigning
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick is resigning to pursue other interests and will be succeeded by the company?s chief financial officer...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Morgan Stanley to Buy Real Estate Trust
Morgan Stanley agreed to buy the Crescent Real Estate Equities Company, an investment trust founded by the Texas billionaire Richard Rainwater, for $2.78 billion...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Helped by Imports, Busch Raises Forecast
Anheuser-Busch Companies said profit would rise on higher sales of imported beers and fewer discounts of Bud Light and Michelob...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Agency Approves a Birth Control Pill Halting Periods Indefinitely
The F.D.A. approved the pill, called Lybrel and made by Wyeth, that can halt menstrual periods indefinitely and prevent pregnancies...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
MGM Mirage Forms Independent Board to Study Kerkorian Offer
The independent committee will study an offer by the Kirk Kerkorian to buy two MGM Mirage properties and perhaps restructure the company...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Leak in Pipe Cuts BP?s Alaskan Oil Output
Analysts said the loss of output at Prudhoe Bay should not have a serious effect on world oil markets...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
House Votes to Tighten Reins on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Legislation to tighten federal oversight of the two biggest buyers of home mortgages cleared the House on Tuesday...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Defibrillators Lift Medtronic?s Profit
The biggest maker of electronic heart devices said profit rose 9.7 percent on higher sales of implantable defibrillators...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Parent of Outback Chain Accepts Higher Bid
OSI Restaurant Partners agreed to a higher $3.1 billion takeover offer from a group led by Bain Capital Partners and Catterton Partners...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Troubled Lender Sells Division and Brings in New Leadership
Fremont General said it agreed to sell its commercial real estate unit for $1.9 billion and bring in new managers...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Demand and Costs Rise for Best Cuts
The cost of producing beef and the demand for it have risen so much that prices are soaring and the supply of top quality beef has dropped...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
California Wants Strict Auto Emission Rules
Officials from California demanded on Tuesday that federal regulators allow the state to impose the strictest automobile and light truck emissions rules in the nation...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Europeans Approve Vivendi Deal for BMG
The $2.1 billion deal gives Vivendi unmatched market power in determining how much performers and songwriters earn from their creations...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Square Feet: Developing Ports of Many Modes
Momentum is building to expand the industrial market in New Jersey further, with an emphasis on development near shipping ports...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Intel to Form a Flash Memory Venture With a Swiss Company
Intel will join with STMicroelectronics, a Swiss semiconductor maker, to form a new company to sell flash memory chips...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Boards Feel the Heat as Investor Activists Speak Up
In Europe, shareholder activism now seems to be moving into the hands of ordinary investors...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Food Safety Joins Issues at U.S.-China Talks
Familiar disagreements erupted over trade, currency issues and at least one new concern, the safety of Chinese food exports...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Google Investing in Company Started by Co-Founder?s Wife
Google said it invested $3.9 million this month in 23andMe, a biotech company co-founded last year by Sergey Brin?s wife...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Advertising: Trying to Find the Upside After a Scandal
Marsh & McLennan is trying to restore its image with an advertising campaign that urges readers to ?find the upside.?...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Square Feet: Savannah Adds to the Master Plan of 1733
The historic downtown of Savannah, Ga., is being expanded, but the developer is staying true to its 1733 design...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Cracks in the Financial Foundation
The World Bank, the I.M.F. and the W.T.O. are now facing questions about their relevance in a global economy...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Economix: Worth a Lot, but Are Hedge Funds Worth It?
The hedge fund stars may gleam, but the average fund did worse last year, after fees, than the S.& P...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Alcan Rejects a Hostile Bid From Alcoa
The Canadian aluminum producer Alcan rejected a $27.4 billion hostile bid from a rival, Alcoa, calling the offer inadequate...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
Home Depot to Investors: Mea Culpa
The chief for the home improvement chain will try to make up for past mistakes by laying out his vision for the future at its annual meeting Wednesday...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
For Drug Makers, a Downside to Full Disclosure
Web data that showed a risk for a diabetes drug is likely to spur more efforts to publicly disclose drug study results...
New York Times - May 23, 2007
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