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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 July 2007:
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A Movable Beast: Asian Pythons Thrive in Florida
Pythons that have been kept as pets and released are an ecological nightmare in Everglades National Park...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Patchwork City: For New Orleans, Reviving Health Care System Will Set City?s Future
Of all the factors blocking the economic revival of New Orleans, the shattered health care system may be the most important...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Spitzer?s Staff Misused Police, Report Finds
Gov. Eliot Spitzer suspended one top aide and reassigned another after the attorney general accused his staff of using the New York State Police for political purposes...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Netflix Lowers Earnings Outlook
The leader in online DVD rentals expects its profit to sag the rest of this year as it absorbs the cost of lowering its subscription plan to ward off a threat from Blockbuster...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
American Express Posts 12-Percent Rise in Profit
The nation?s third-largest credit card company said net income rose to $1.06 billion in the second quarter, fueled by record spending...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Texas Instruments Quarterly Profit Falls
The company said profit from continuing operations fell to $614 million as weak demand for calculators outweighed improving sales of advanced phones that use its chips...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Stocks Rebound on Buyout News
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks rebounded Monday after a fresh round of buyout news offered evidence that Wall Street's penchant for dealmaking hasn't disappeared. Better-than-expected profit news from Merck & Co. also boosted the mood on Wall Street, helping it partially recover from a steep sell-off Friday that was triggered by some weak earnings reports and worries about souring subprime loans...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Cumulus Media to Be Sold for $507.7 Million
The second-largest radio company in the U.S. based on station count has agreed to sell the company to a group of investors that includes the broadcaster?s chief executive...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Top Oil Drilling Companies to Merge
Transocean and GlobalSantaFe said today that they would seek to consolidate their lead in a fast-growing market...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
UAW Opens Contract Talks With GM and Ford
The negotiations on new contracts covering hourly workers set the stage for what are being called the most crucial talks in a generation...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
XM and Sirius Radio Propose Pricing
Hoping to win approval for their merger, the satellite radio companies announced plans to let consumers choose the programs in their subscription package...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Demand Grows for All-Business-Class Flights
Two major airlines and four start-ups scramble for pieces of the all business-class market...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Hasbro falls despite Spider-Man
Toy firm Hasbro has seen quarterly earnings slump despite tie-ins to Spider-Man and Transformers movies...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
Bush colon cancer check 'clear'
President Bush gets the all-clear after a routine check for cancer of the colon, the White House says...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
Noriega fights France extradition
Lawyers for Panama's former military ruler Manuel Noriega seek to block his possible extradition to France...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
Hasbro Profit Falls on Charge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toy maker Hasbro Inc. posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings Monday on strong demand for movie-related toys such as Transformers and Spider-Man, but its shares fell nearly 5 percent amid concern about how it will drive sales next year...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Halliburton Profit Up 19 Percent
Halliburton said that second-quarter profit from continuing operations rose 19 percent, topping Wall Street views, helped by new international contracts...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Journal Communications June Revenue Up
Publisher and broadcaster Journal Communications said its June revenue grew 1.3 percent as the prior-year?s results were weighed down by a litigation settlement...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Schering-Plough Profit Increased to $517 Million
Schering-Plough said that second-quarter earnings rose sharply, fueled by growing demand for its Zetia and Vytorin cholesterol drugs and treatments for arthritis and allergies...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Merck Profit Jumps, Raises Forecast
Merck said it earned $1.68 billion, or 77 cents per share, compared with $1.50 billion, or 69 cents per share, a year earlier...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Taser Posts Second-Quarter Profit on Record Sales
Stun gun maker Taser International posted a better-than-expected second-quarter profit, recovering from a year-ago loss, on its highest-ever quarterly revenues...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Lee Enterprises Quarterly Profit and Revenue Fall
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New York Times - July 23, 2007
HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Computer and printer company Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it will buy data center automation software company Opsware Inc. for about $1.6 billion...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Stocks Rise Amid Buyout News
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks rose sharply Monday after a fresh round of buyout news offered evidence that Wall Street's penchant for dealmaking hasn't disappeared. The Dow Jones industrial average at times rose more than 100 points and made its way back toward 14,000...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
American Standard Sells Bath-and-Kitchen Unit to Bain
The sale, for 1.76 billion in cash, is the final step in American Standard?s plan to split into three companies...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Hypo Real Estate Makes Bid for Depfa
German real-estate financing company Hypo Real Estate has agreed to take over Dublin-headquartered Depfa Bank in a shares-and-cash transaction that values Depfa at US$7.9 billion...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
XM and Sirius Propose Plans With Channel Choice
The satellite radio companies? pricing plans would allow customers to choose which channels they want if the two firms are permitted to merge...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Transocean to Buy GlobalSantaFe
Transocean said the deal would create a $53 billion company with a presence in ultra-deepwater and deepwater drilling and additional growth from new rigs...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Cerberus to Buy United Rentals
Equipment rental company United Rentals said it had accepted a $4 billion takeover bid from private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Barclays Increases Bid for ABN Amro
Barclays said it had struck a deal with China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Merck boosted by drugs demand
Strong sales of new vaccines and treatments help US drugs group Merck unveil a sharp rise in quarterly profits...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
US Democrats set for debate
Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for the first debate to use voters' video questions sent via YouTube...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
Hollywood Hopefuls (Dream On) at Pitchfest
Fade In magazine?s 11th annual Hollywood Pitch Festival, the movie and television business?s answer to speed dating, was a beehive of activity...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Microsoft Offers Privacy Options for its Search Engine
There?s nothing like a little regulatory scrutiny to get Internet companies talking about privacy. Even if some of their words ring somewhat hollow...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Barclays Raises Bid for ABN Amro
Barclays said it had struck a deal with China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Bancrofts discuss Dow Jones sale
The Bancroft family, which controls media firm Dow Jones, is to meet to discuss a $5bn bid from News Corp...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
Coach dies after baseball injury
A minor league baseball coach dies after being struck on the head by the ball hit by one of his own players...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
Caribbean phone fight nears court
Telecoms group Cable & Wireless is facing legal action over claims that it blocked competition in the Caribbean...
BBC News - July 23, 2007
States Try to Weigh Safety With Dog Owners? Rights
Mug shots, misdeeds and home addresses went online this month at the Virginia Dangerous Dog Registry...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
[TS] Sidebar: Study of Wrongful Convictions Raises Questions Beyond DNA
A study suggests that there are thousands of people serving long sentences for crimes they did not commit but who have no hope that DNA can clear them...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
For ?Animal Precinct,? Reality Subject to Dispute
A reality TV series about the A.S.P.C.A. police unit that rescues animals from abuse overstates its effectiveness, critics say...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
For Architects, the Archives as Gold Mine
A small but influential number of celebrity architects are considering selling their archives as they continue to work...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Culture: Seducing France Into Affairs of the Art
The new government of President Nicolas Sarkozy is pondering whether to allow free access to the permanent collections of major French museums...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Democrats Press House to Expand Health Care Bill
House Democrats have drafted a plan that calls for major changes in Medicare and promises to intensify the battle with the White House over health care...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Unlikely Adversary Arises to Criticize Detainee Hearings
Stephen E. Abraham may have played a key role in the Supreme Court?s reversal of its stance on Guantánamo Bay prisoners...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Treasury Bills Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Looking Ahead
HOUSING INDICATORS The housing sector will take center stage with earnings reports from three big homebuilders, Pulte Homes (Wednesday) and Beazer and D. R. Horton (Thursday). There will also be reports on existing home sales for June (Wednesday) and new-home sales for June (Thursday)...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Drilling Down: Radio Listeners Seem to Buy Less Music
The MusicFirst Coalition has publicized a six-month-old study that suggests that radio play hurts record sales...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Cute Friends to Collect, and Plug in to the Internet
With their new crop of products that plug into the Internet, toy makers are placing bets on the longstanding enthusiasm among children for collecting things...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
His Fox Shows Now Take On His NBC Ones
Kevin Reilly is managing the programming of Fox as it goes into competition against the programming he put together for NBC two months ago...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Barron?s, With Less Insulation, May Nicely Survive Murdoch
If Rupert Murdoch acquires Dow Jones, there are no guarantees of editorial independence at Barron?s, a prestigious financial and investment newspaper...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Advertising: Wary of Infringing Rival Games, Take-Two Calls Up Football?s Golden Oldies
The video game company Take-Two Interactive Software has found a way to get back into the lucrative business of publishing football-oriented games...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Jesús de Polanco, 77, Dies; Media Mogul Helped Revive Free Speech in Spain
He was a billionaire media entrepreneur viewed by Spaniards as crucial to restoring the free press during the country?s transition to democracy in the 1970s...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
No. 3 Executive at Jones Apparel Resigns
Lynne F. Cote?s resignation comes a week after the troubled apparel company appointed a new chief executive, Wesley R. Card...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
The Media Equation: Let the Sun Shine
For decades, journalists seeking Freedom of Information requests have been stymied by agencies that flout the law through recalcitrance or ineptitude...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Computer Support, Can You Rock to This?
Fans of Christopher Guest may recognize his signature style in two new music videos released on Monday, but not the products that the videos are pitching...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Link By Link: Crossing Out, for Emphasis
In Internet culture, the strike-through has already taken on an ironic function, a witty way of simultaneously commenting on your prose as you create it...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Site Aimed at Video Doers, Not Watchers, Expands
The Daily Reel is increasing its users? social networks and job opportunities, while trying to remain a little exclusive...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Deals in Textbook Business Make Irishman a Leader in U.S. Publishing
Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group?s agreement to acquire the United States educational business of the Harcourt division of Reed Elsevier is the latest in a series of deals that have transformed educational publishing...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
When It Comes to Politics, Friendship Has Its Limits
In deciding whom to endorse in the 2008 presidential election, close friends Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou seem to agree to disagree...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Hollywood?s Jack Valenti, Through a Daughter?s Eyes
The daughter of the legendary chief of the Motion Picture Association of America delivered a eulogy for her father that took shots at his colleagues, the news media and the Bush administration...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Canadian Wins $96,500 From Time (in Court)
The Quebec Superior Court castigated Time for sending a promotional letter that tried to convince all recipients that they were the lucky jackpot winner...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Harry Potter?s Popularity Holds Up in First-Day Sales
The final book in the Harry Potter series sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the U.S...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Podcasters Unite to Figure Out a Role for Ads
Industry executives say they have closed in on a solution as to how to make advertising a viable revenue source for podcasting...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Site That Bills Itself as a Movie Reviewer Finds That Sex Sells
Mr. Skin.com, a Web site that features Hollywood nude scenes, is getting a bump in visitors thanks to the movie ?Knocked Up.?...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
In Italy, Politicians Agree on Saving a Soap Opera
Rumors have circulated that RAI, the Italian state broadcaster, would not confirm a 10th season for ?Incantesimo,? or ?Enchantment.?...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Two British Insurance Companies in Discussions on Possible Merger
Resolution and Friends Provident may look to combine and create a company with a market value of about £8.3 billion, or $17.1 billion...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
IPhone Flaw Lets Hackers Take Over, Security Firm Says
A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in the Apple iPhone that allows them to take control of the device...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Oops! ...They Did It Again
Amid financial setbacks in the music industry, the Zomba Label Group is on a hot streak, with hits from performers like Justin Timberlake, R. Kelly and T-Pain...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
SunRocket Leaves Void for Callers on Internet
The collapse of SunRocket, an Internet telephone company that went out of business without warning, raises questions about what responsibility such companies have to their customers...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Low-Key Recall of AIDS Drug Hits World?s Poor
Roche Pharmaceuticals has come under fire over its recall of an AIDS drug heavily used in the developing world...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Debates to Connect Candidates and Voters Online
Members of the public will pose questions to candidates via homemade video in a new kind of debate tomorrow night...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
Barbie Gets Another Accessory: An MP3 Player and More Stuff on Her Web Site
A new doll hitting retail shelves is familiar in many ways, but this Barbie is a roundabout way of charging for online content...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
A Family Meets Today to Hear the Complexities of a Bid for Dow Jones
As the Bancroft family assembles to consider selling Dow Jones & Company, money will not be the only issue on the table...
New York Times - July 23, 2007
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