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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 August 2006:
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12 held after jet turned back
Dutch police say that 12 passengers were arrested after a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Mumbai, India, returned to Amsterdam. Flight 42 returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after "a couple of passengers displayed behavior of concern," according to the airline. Air marshals saw some passengers trying to use cell phones and passing the phones among themselves, sources say...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Behind McCain's blast at Bush
TIME.com analysis: In accusing the White House of misleading America about the war in Iraq, the senator is flashing his independent credentials...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Debby Likely to Become Hurricane
Forecasters said the tropical storm would probably become a hurricane, the first of the 2006 season...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Agassi-Federer Rematch Possible at U.S. Open
The draws ensure that the finalists from last year’s United States Open cannot meet before this year’s finals...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
New Stem Cell Method Avoids Destroying Embryos
Biologists have developed a new technique that would seem to remove the principal objection to stem cell research...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Executive Leaves G.E. to Become VNU’s Chief
Few expected David L. Calhoun's departure to come so soon after his promotion last July to vice chairman of General Electric’s largest business unit...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Ford, Like G.M., Is Looking at Alliances
Ford’s chief executive spoke recently with Carlos Ghosn, who is involved in alliance discussions with G.M...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Inquiry into fishermen's ordeal
Mexico is to launch an inquiry into three fishermen's claims that they survived nine months adrift on the Pacific...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Comic signs up to take on Chavez
A Venezuelan comedian registers as an opponent to Hugo Chavez in December elections...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Dutch arrest 12 in flight alert
Dutch police arrest 12 passengers from a US flight turned back to Amsterdam after a security alert...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Fox captors set 72-hour deadline
The captors of two Fox News journalists demand freedom within 72 hours for Muslims held in U.S. jails, according to a leaflet distributed with a video of the hostages...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Bush: Katrina recovery will take time
President Bush on Wednesday cautioned against placing too much importance on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast strike...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Schneider: Framing the debate
In politics, you have to frame the debate. That's what both parties are trying to do right now. Republicans want to frame the debate around the war on terror. Why? Because they believe it's their issue. For Democrats, they want to focus on Iraq...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Plane Diverted Back to Amsterdam
A Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai, India, turned back shortly after takeoff today and returned to Schiphol airport under fighter-jet escort...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Alaska Governor Concedes Defeat in Primary
Gov. Frank Murkowski won less than 20 percent of the vote in a three-way Republican primary, placing a distant third to two challengers...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Home Sales Fall to Unexpectedly Low Rate
The slowest rate since early 2003 was a sign that a widespread softening of the housing market is taking hold...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Tata taps into US bottled water
India's Tata Group buys a 30% stake in US bottled water firm Glaceau for $677m, expanding its diverse interests further...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
IBM pays $1.3bn for security firm
IBM says it has agreed to buy Internet Security Systems for $1.3bn to improve its internet security for business clients...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Cuba doctors popular in Java
Many of the international aid teams that arrived in Java after the quake have left - but locals have asked a medical team from Cuba to stay on for another six months, writes Tom Fawthrop...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
New sign of US housing slowdown
Sales of existing US homes fall 4% in July, a further sign that higher interest rates have cooled the housing market...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
F-16s escort jet back to Schiphol
Dutch F-16s escorted a Northwest Airlines outbound flight to India back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Wednesday, and authorities later detained several passengers for questioning, an airport spokeswoman said...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Russia seeks Iran solution
Russia wants diplomatic attempts to settle the Iran nuclear crisis to be given more time. Speaking a day after Iran responded to a package of incentives offered for Tehran to roll back its nuclear program, a Russian spokesman said world powers should seize the initiative...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Incumbent Concedes Gubernatorial Race in Alaska
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New York Times - August 23, 2006
Microsoft and Facebook in ad deal
Software giant Microsoft and internet social networking site Facebook sign an exclusive advertising deal...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Guilty Gatlin cuts deal over ban
World and Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin is suspended for up to eight years after accepting he committed a doping violation...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Basketball: USA progress
China suffer a third defeat but the United States progress to the last 16 at the World Basketball Championship...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Chile student rally turns violent
More than 200 people are arrested and dozens injured as Chilean high school students hold protests...
BBC News - August 23, 2006
Bush OKs Marine call-up
President Bush has authorized the U.S. Marine Corps to recall 2,500 troops to active duty because there are not enough volunteers for duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, Marine commanders announced Tuesday. The recall was authorized last month and will begin in spring 2007 to fill positions for upcoming rotations, officials said...
CNN - August 23, 2006
Marines May Call Up 2,500 Reservists
Until now, the Marines have relied on volunteers to fill such assignments, but now the call-ups will be mandatory...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Conflict of Interest Is Raised in N.S.A. Ruling
The federal judge who ruled last week that President Bush’s eavesdropping program was unconstitutional is a trustee and an officer of a group that has given to the A.C.L.U., a watchdog group said...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
2 Studies Find High Weights Shorten Lives
The finding runs counter to another study that found the lightly overweight had a somewhat lower risk of death...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Astronomers in a Quandary Over Pluto’s Status
A new definition of a planet offered Tuesday would set the number of “planets” at eight and would put Pluto in a group of “dwarf planets.”...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Poll Shows a Shift in Opinion on Iraq War
Americans increasingly see the war as distinct from the fight against terrorism, according to a new poll...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Clinton Rival Tries to Make Most of Liberal Anger
Another antiwar underdog is trying to become a giant-killer, against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
In College Football, Big Paydays for Humiliation
With a 12th regular-season game added, top programs are stooping lower, and bidding higher, for competition...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
The Katrina Year: A New Orleans Home Is Reborn, With Grit and Persistence
In a city that still seems largely stuck in the mud, two of a multitude of New Orleans residents never stopped pushing ahead...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
News Analysis: Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition
Now that carrots have failed to convince Iran to suspend uranium enrichment, can the U.S. convince coalition members to take out their sticks?...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Foreign Briefs: British Hotel Operator’s Profit More Than Doubles
The InterContinental Hotels Group said its second-quarter profit more than doubled after the company raised room prices, added hotels and sold underperforming assets. Net income for the three months that ended June 30 rose to £164 million ($310 million), from £73 million a year earlier, the company said. Revenue dropped by more than half, to £260 million ($491.5 million) from £527 million a year earlier as the company sold some assets. InterContinental, which operates the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn hotels, said that it would sell 24 hotels in the first half, earning £240 million ($453 million), and that it would return funds to shareholders. So far, the company has returned £497 million ($939 million), and it expects to pay back a total of £2.74 billion ($5.18 billion) as it seeks to emulate rivals like Marriott International, which franchises and manages hotels instead of owning them. Shares in the company fell 0.7 percent to close at 898 pence ($16.97) on the London Stock Exchange...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Foreign Briefs: China’s Government to Spend on Water Facilities
China’s government plans to spend 1 trillion yuan ($125 billion) by 2010 to build wastewater treatment plants and upgrade water distribution infrastructure around the country, the Ministry of Construction said. As much as a third of that amount, or 330 billion yuan, will be spent in urban centers, where as many as 278 cities lack proper treatment facilities and at least 30 cities have plants that operate at less than 30 percent capacity, the ministry said. China wants to attract the capital and technology of overseas companies to supply clean water for keeping its economy, the fourth-largest, growing. Natural water shortages, worsened by rampant industrial pollution, plague parts of the country; its central and western provinces are facing China’s worst drought in 50 years. “We welcome water companies from all over the world to participate in the Chinese market,” Qiu Baoxing, vice minister of construction, said at a news conference in Beijing...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Canadian Legislation on U.S. Lumber Agreement
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he would introduce legislation to carry out an agreement to end a dispute over softwood lumber exports to the United States. The agreement, which replaces American import duties with a Canadian export tax, is controversial in Canada. Among other reasons, many Canadians were dismayed that the American government would keep about $1 billion of the $5 billion in duties it has collected. Several international trade rulings have said that the American tariff violates trade rules. Mr. Harper, left, originally required the support of 95 percent of Canada’s softwood lumber exporters before introducing legislation, but recently his government dropped that requirement. On Tuesday, Mr. Harper, who did not answer questions, said he had “a clear majority of support from companies in all regions.” Opposition parties in Canada’s minority Parliament oppose the agreement. Mr. Harper said that his government would resign if the softwood bill was not passed. That would force an immediate election, an event the currently leaderless Liberal Party, which leads the opposition, would rather avoid...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
William C. Norris, 95, Founder of an Early Rival to I.B.M., Dies
William C. Norris was an electrical engineer who founded Control Data, the company that created the first supercomputers...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Jacob Mincer, 84, Pioneer on Labor Economics, Dies
Jacob Mincer was a pioneer in labor economics and the first to quantify the payoff from education and training...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
A Builder of Luxury Homes Reports a 19% Drop in Profit
Toll Brothers said its third-quarter profit fell as the housing market malaise weighed on sales and caused the company to abandon some building locations...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Analyst Upgrades Help Technology Shares Gain Slightly
Technology stocks posted small gains after broker upgrades helped the sector, while a Fed official’s comments about possible rate increases pushed blue chips lower...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Borders Group Reports a Quarterly Loss
The bookstore chain reported a loss on declining sales and provided a weaker-than-expected outlook for the rest of the year...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
U.S.C. Files Lawsuit Against Tenet Healthcare
The University of Southern California sued the Tenet Healthcare in an attempt to take over a Los Angeles university hospital that Tenet owns and operates...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
A Booming Demand for Medical Offices
Medical offices are popping up in the unlikeliest of places, reusing old factories and retooling old office space to be closer to suburban patients...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
ID Security Company Finds Snags in Fraud Alert System
A study suggests that the fraud alert system mandated by Congress in 2003, fails to fully protect consumers against identity theft...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Microsoft to Provide and Sell Ads on Facebook, the Web Site
Microsoft will be the exclusive seller and provider of banner advertising and sponsored links for Facebook, a Web site aimed primarily at college students...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
First Data to Restate Earnings for 2 Years on Accounting Change
The First Data Corporation will file restated earnings for 2005 and 2006 to change the way it accounts for some derivative positions...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
A Fed Banker Revives Talk of an 18th Increase in Rates
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said the Fed might need to resume raising interest rates to reduce inflation...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Senator Presses S.E.C. on a Hedge Fund Inquiry
The Senate Finance Committee chairman said he is concerned that S.E.C. rules are delaying a Congressional inquiry into the Pequot Capital Management hedge fund...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Southeast Asia Group Seeks to Accelerate a Trade Zone
Trade ministers from Southeast Asian nations agreed to accelerate a timetable toward free trade and to challenge the surging economies of China and India...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Sony in Deal to Acquire a Video Site
Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to announce that it has acquired Grouper, a Web site featuring videos contributed by users, for $65 million...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Market Place: For 2 Giants of Soft Drinks, a Crisis in a Crucial Market
Coke and Pepsi are still struggling to win back the confidence of consumers in India after allegations of pesticide contamination in its drinks...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
The Hunt for Deepwater Ports
Pressured by booming trade with Asia, shipping companies are taking another look at the Puget Sound area, as a less-congested alternative to Southern California...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
This Fed Chief May Yet Get a Honeymoon
Many of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s problems stem from a lack of understanding about how he makes decisions. Once you realize that, he begins to look a lot better than his critics...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Lens Care Solution Is Faulted
Officials concluded that only one type of Bausch & Lomb contact lens solution contributed to an outbreak of eye infections earlier this year...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Madison Ave. Joins the ‘Entourage’ Hangers-On
The men from the HBO series “Entourage,” like the women from “Sex and the City,” have become appealing to advertisers...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Star Banker, With Future, Emerges Free
Prosecutors agreed to drop their case against Frank P. Quattrone as long as the former technology banker does not violate any laws in the next year...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Tempting Data, Privacy Concerns
When AOL researchers released users’ search logs last month, many academic researchers balanced a thirst for useful data against concerns over individual privacy...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
Fired or Quit, Tom Cruise Parts Ways With Studio
Citing his recent behavior, Viacom’s chairman said that Paramount Pictures was ending its 14-year relationship with Tom Cruise’s production company...
New York Times - August 23, 2006
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