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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 June 2007:
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Officials confirm Charleston fire began in loading dock
The massive furniture store fire that killed nine Charleston, South Carolina, firefighters began in the loading dock area, federal officials confirmed Saturday. The fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston on Monday night is second only to September 11 for the most firefighters killed in one event...
CNN - June 23, 2007
The High School Kinship of Cristal and Queen
Queen Bond and Cristal Pimentel found each other, seized opportunities and graduated high school in the face of tremendous adversity...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Mass Arrest of Brooklyn Youths Spotlights Tactics
The arrests of 32 young people on their way to a friend?s wake have gotten widespread attention; police say they feared gang violence...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
A Fairway View, but the Window Is Often Broken
The intersection of errant golf shots and private property is becoming an increasingly prominent problem...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Bloomberg, a N.Y. Success, Is Wild Card for Nation
Michael R. Bloomberg, New York?s once-improbable mayor, would still be an unlikely presidential contender...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
For Filmmaker, ?Sicko? Is a Jumping-Off Point for Health Care Change
While pushing his new film, Michael Moore is also calling on a single-payer health care system with the federal government serving as the country?s insurer...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Bush?s Stance on Immigration Has Roots in Midland
President Bush developed an empathy for Hispanic immigrants in the Texas city where spent much of his childhood...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Home Front: Training for the Twists of Driving a School Bus
A program in Brooklyn helps low-income or unemployed New York City residents become bus or truck drivers...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
The Boss: When Focus Leads the Way
?New Orleans defines who I am,? said Arnold Donald, chief executive of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Under New Management: Life After a Merger: Learning on Both Sides
Managers should act promptly (and creatively) to keep the best people after a deal...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Strategies: The Crowd Is Restless, but Maybe That?s a Good Sign
The market timing theory known as contrarian analysis is based on the tendency of investors to be wrong about the stock market?s direction...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Spending: What to Expect When Expecting? A Whole Lot of Loot
The baby shower, which began as an informal gathering for close friends and family, has become a major event ? and often several events ? for expectant parents...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Planning: The ?Kiddie Tax? Will Soon Have a Wider Reach
Many families are facing the prospect of significantly higher-than-expected taxes when it comes time to sell investments held in a child?s name to pay college costs...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Market Week: Subprime Fallout Could Hit Shares
With no change in rates expected this week, investors may focus instead on subprime mortgages, where rates have been changing for the worse...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Novelties: In Pursuit of Perfect TV Color, With L.E.D.?s and Lasers
Several manufacturers are replacing bulbs in televisions with lasers and light-emitting diodes, which beam red, green and blue light rather than white light...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Who Might Escape Bausch Without a Scratch?
The impending sale of Bausch & Lomb has convinced some that the incentive for executives to boost share price has been replaced by a temptation to score huge personal windfalls...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Digital Domain: The Human Touch That May Loosen Google?s Grip
The fumbling of Google?s largest challengers has not dampened the enthusiasm of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists for entering the search game...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
The Florsheims, Back in Their Own Shoes
The resurrection of Florsheim sheds light on the fragility of family succession and control in even the most established of enterprises...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Economic View: How Bernanke Made Them Believe
As Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, meets with policy makers to set interest rates this week, it is clear that he has earned credibility with Wall Street...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Square Feet | Ventures: A Rocky Start for British REITs
After much fanfare, British real estate investment trusts are among the worst-performing real estate investments so far this year...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
The Goods: Curling Up With a Bookshelf
Inspired by a pigeon?s roost, a nook for the book lover features a blob-shaped, human-size recess at its base...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: When Models Misbehave
A move by Bear Stearns to shore up one of its two faltering hedge funds did little to instill confidence in an already fearful market...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Marketing All-Star Is Ready to Relax
Ever since Sonny Vaccaro started running high school all-star games in 1965, he has emerged as one of the more controversial and polarizing figures in college athletics...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Bit Wars: When Computers Attack
Governments are readying themselves for the Big One, a long-announced, long-awaited cyberwar of global proportions...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Data Bank: Mortgage Crisis Drives Stocks Down Sharply
The stock market fell sharply last week as the subprime mortgage crisis spilled over into the broad financial markets...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Suits: A Taste of Detroit on Capitol Hill
All manner of automotive executives have found their way to Washington to lobby lawmakers on efforts to raise automobile fuel economy standards...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
The World: My Time as a Hostage, and I?m a Business Reporter
Detention in a toy factory says something about the new power of the Chinese marketplace...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
The Count: Internet Video: A Stream Becomes a Virtual Deluge
The computer appears to be well on its way toward total entertainment domination in the home...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Media Frenzy: They?re Partners. They?re Rivals. They?re Both.
Given the general state of upheaval in the media industry, it?s not hard to appreciate why so many people are looking to form partnerships...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
National Perspectives: In Tacoma, a Residential Rebirth
A program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development converts distressed public housing into mixed-income communities...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Everybody's Business: Where Is Washington?s Love for Shareholders?
The G.O.P. is supposed to be on the side of the small investors, not of those accused of being crooks ? or so I used to think...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Karzai blasts NATO over deaths
Afghan President Hamid Karzai expresses anger over the "disproportionate" force used by NATO as the number of civilians killed in fighting between coalition troops and militants climbs higher...
CNN - June 23, 2007
Rockets Kill 9 in Pakistan Tribal Area
Officials described overnight rocket attacks from across the Afghan border in the Shawal area of the North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Alinghi?s Crew Begins Where It Left Off
Competing for the first time in its newest yacht, SUI 100, the Swiss-based Alinghi team showed no signs of vulnerability in Saturday?s race...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders
Few recent changes have affected life in Hong Kong more than the opening of the border with the mainland...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Tugboat Industry Is Experiencing a Revival
Never in the industry?s 170-year history has there been such demand for new equipment, according to a study...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Dubai Government Buys Barneys for $825 Million
The clothing retailer was sold to Istithmar, the investment arm of the Dubai government...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Release date set for Paris Hilton
Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is to leave jail on Tuesday after almost three-and-a-half weeks behind bars...
BBC News - June 23, 2007
NK gets hands on frozen millions
Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed Saturday that North Korean funds that had been frozen by the United States have been transferred to a North Korean account at a private Russian bank...
CNN - June 23, 2007
Lessons Learned as Obama Shepherds a Following
Barack Obama?s backers in New York City know from Howard Dean?s experience in 2004 that it takes more than dedicated, Web-savvy supporters to win votes...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Breaking From Tradition in the America?s Cup
The America?s Cup begins Saturday in Valencia, Spain, with Alinghi, the defending champion, taking on Emirates Team New Zealand in the best-of-nine-race series...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Leaders in Deal on Europe?s Charter
In a deal reached at 4:30 this morning, European Union leaders agreed to negotiate a treaty by the end of this year to replace the defunct constitution...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Library Repair Causes a Plea to the Pope
Normally a sanctuary of scholarly meditation, the Vatican Library has been the scene of unusually hectic activity lately, as word has spread that it will close in July for a three-year renovation...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Lowering Flag for War?s Dead Brings a New Rift
Orders to lower the flag, and decisions not to, are part of a conflict over how to commemorate tragedy when there is so much of it...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
EU leaders agree on treaty mandate
European Union leaders said they agreed Saturday -- after two days of tough negotiations -- on guidelines for drafting a new EU treaty to replace the bloc's aborted constitution...
CNN - June 23, 2007
Mileage Vote Reveals New Configuration in Senate
Lawmakers treated the traditionally insurmountable opposition of the auto industry as little more than a speed bump on the way to the passage of an energy bill...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Safety Group Proposes 3rd Stairwell in High Rises
Adoption of safety requirements proposed after the Sept. 11 attacks means an extra stairwell and more fireproofing could soon be required in tall buildings...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
At White House, Renewed Debate on Guantánamo
The Bush administration said top officials were once again debating how and when to close the detention facilities...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Lowering Flag for War?s Dead Brings New Rift
Orders to lower the American flag, and decisions not to, are part of a conflict over how to commemorate tragedy when there is so much of it...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
EBay to Resume Advertising on Google but Cuts Frequency
The online auction company said it would rely on alternative advertising services to a greater degree...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Release of Enron Files
A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered Goldman Sachs to release all documents and materials related to a financial project...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Five Days: Detroit Would Like Higher Numbers but Not This One
Yahoo looked to new leadership in its battle against Google. It was a bad week for automakers. Home Depot downsized by a unit, and Wal-Mart introduced products and services for the unbanked...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
A Jagged End to an Erratic Week
Investors again succumbed to nervousness about souring subprime loans and rising interest rates...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
What?s Offline: Traveling Made a Touch Easier
Between the endless security lines, crowded planes and ever-increasing flight delays, air travel has never seemed more difficult...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Skyrocketing Premiums and Drug Prices Going Right Through the Roof
Health plan fees are soaring and many of the nation?s early retirees are having a hard time paying the bills...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Saturday Interview: Making Botox Both Medicine and Cosmetic
David E. I. Pyott, president and chief executive of Allergan, discussed the company?s recent developments...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
What?s Online: Tech Missionary Shifts Focus
Nobody has done more than Lawrence Lessig to help people understand the effects of technology on the laws governing intellectual property...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
After Years of Decline, Tugboat Industry Is Experiencing a Revival
Never in the tugboat industry?s 170-year history has there been such demand for new equipment, according to a study...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Yet Another Plan for Bell Canada, This One a Recapitalization
An investment banking firm proposed recapitalizing Bell Canada as an alternative to the three competing privatization offers and one takeover bid for the company...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
S.E.C. Requests Receiver for Universal Express
The motion could lead to a closing of the company, which has reported losses far in excess of its revenues but has stayed afloat through the stock sales...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Market Values: Two Giants, but They Aren?t Twins
Being a great technology company is still being learned ? the easy way if you own Google and the hard way if your money is in Yahoo...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
A Glamorous Public Debut for Blackstone
After months of hype, hoopla and controversy, the Blackstone Group went public, and with it, lost its ?private equity? moniker...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Keeping Early Retirees Afloat
Some of the nation?s biggest companies will announce a new program meant to make health insurance available to their former employees ages 55 to 64...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
For Women, a Recipe to Create a Successful Business
A kitchen, known by the Spanish name La Cocina, is a shared-use space created two years ago to provide a platform for women entrepreneurs without assets...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Moscow Presses BP to Sell a Big Gas Field to Gazprom
BP agreed to sell one of the world?s largest natural gas fields, the latest apparently forced sale that benefited a Russian state company...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Delphi and U.A.W. Reach Tentative Deal
The auto supplier called the wage-cutting agreement with the its largest union a ?significant milestone? toward its emergence from bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
AT&T Hoping the iPhone Has Coattails
Analysts agree that the sleek iPhone will change what consumers expect from the mobile phones offered by wireless companies...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Bill Is Offered to Increase Tax on Private Equity
Leading Democrats introduced legislation that would more than double taxes on most of the income earned by partnerships...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Long Line for a Shorter Wait at the Supermarket
A single-line, bank-style checkout system has given Whole Foods one of the fastest grocery store lines in New York...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
$3.2 Billion Move by Bear Stearns to Rescue Fund
A hedge fund?s near-collapse stems directly from bad bets on subprime mortgages and is the biggest such bailout since 1998...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Off the Charts: Homes Sell. Homes Don?t Sell. Builders Still Build.
Housing starts have been very high relative to the number of homes that builders are trying to sell...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Short Cuts: New Ways to Do It Make Giving Away Books a Bit Less Painful
Parting with treasured books can be hard enough, but then there is the problem of what to do with them...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
Murdoch Is Said to Fault Dow Jones Plan on Journal
The plan would keep him from controlling the content of The Wall Street Journal if the company accepts his $5 billion takeover offer...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
[TS] Talking Business: A Lifeline of Sorts to Newspapers
Should other media companies follow Sam Zell and the Tribune Company into ESOP-ville?...
New York Times - June 23, 2007
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