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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 September 2005:
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Rita's winds, waves arrive
Rita's winds drop to 125 mph; 175 miles off Texas coast Bus carrying elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees explodes, killing 24Rita whips water over levee in New Orleans' 9th WardMany storm evacuees stuck in traffic on jammed Texas roads...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Public health emergency declared
Federal officials declared a public health emergency for Texas and Louisiana Friday in anticipation of Hurricane Rita's strike, even as they continued to urge people in the storm's path to get to safety -- or hunker down if it's too late to leave...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Hurricane Rita Weakens a Bit; President Cancels Texas Visit
Government meteorologists now expect it to make landfall in northeastern Texas or southwestern Louisiana by Saturday morning...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Out of Gas, and Patience, on Texas Highways
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New York Times - September 23, 2005
Dispute puts Bolivia vote on hold
General elections in Bolivia are put on hold after the country's constitutional court orders a redistribution of seats...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Abu Ghraib guard was 'easily led'
The defence in the Abu Ghraib abuse trial of Pte Lynndie England argue the soldier was influenced by her boyfriend...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Bus carrying evacuees explodes
A bus caught fire and exploded early Friday on a crowded Texas interstate, killing as many as 24 people who were fleeing ahead of Hurricane Rita...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Bus fire kills 24; levee breached
Bus carrying elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees explodes, killing 24Rita whips water over levee in New Orleans' 9th WardMany storm evacuees stuck in traffic on jammed Texas roadsRita's winds drop back to 135 mph, landfall expected in hours on Texas-Lousiana coasts...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Suicide bomber hits Baghdad bus
A suicide bomber detonates explosives inside a bus in Baghdad, killing one person and injuring 17 others, Iraqi police say. North of Baghdad, U.S. soldiers killed two insurgents and detained a third person during a raid, the U.S. military command in Tikrit said...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Feds promise fuel deliveries
Federal authorities began counting down to Hurricane Rita's arrival with last-minute promises to deliver fuel to hundreds of thousands of evacuees fleeing the shifting storm that covered half of the Gulf of Mexico...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Bus Carrying Elderly Storm Evacuees Explodes Near Dallas
After the bus caught fire, patients' oxygen tanks may have started exploding, a police spokesman said...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
As Texans Flee Rita, Forecasters Warn of Coastal Surges
Forecasters warned surges could rise to 20 feet, and up to 15 inches of rain could hit the Texas and Louisiana coasts...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Water Pours Over Levee, Flooding Dozens of Blocks in New Orleans
The flooding raised concerns about just how reliably a weakened levee system could protect this devastated city against a tidal surge along Lake Pontchartrain...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
After Katrina's Lesson, Bush Is Heading to Texas
Under pressure to show that he has learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush planned to head to Texas today...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
With Faith and Hope, Some Stay Put in Galveston
Most of Galveston's 60,000 residents have fled as Hurricane Rita placed the city in its crosshairs, but dozens remain...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
China Currency Move Signals Cautious Policy
China's central bank announced that it would allow the yuan to fluctuate more widely in value against currencies other than the dollar...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Brazil raises stakes over cotton
Brazil is to seek World Trade Organisation permission to impose sanctions on the US over cotton subsidies...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
American dream eludes poorest
Gavin Esler reports on how America's poorest citizens are living on the breadline in the richest country on Earth...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Disney markets film in churches
Churches across America get a sneak preview of a Disney film about golf with themes of "family and courage"...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Frustration as Texans flee Rita
Residents are delayed by traffic jams, fuel shortages and full flights as they try to run from Hurricane Rita...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Global warming - a link?
Our environment correspondent explains why it is not possible to make the simple link between hurricane activity and global warming...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Pakistani-American 'jihad' charge
Prosecutors in California charge a Pakistani-American with "intending to wage jihad" in the US...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
US wealthiest 'worth $1 trillion'
The US's richest tycoons increased their wealth in the past year, with the top 400 worth $1.13 trillion, says Forbes magazine...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Water row hits Argentine capital
Water firm Aguas Argentinas pulls out of Buenos Aires after the Argentine government blocked big price rises...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Racy ad ban for Brazil grand prix
The city of Sao Paulo bans raunchy ads for brothels ahead of Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Mexicans seek hurricane refuge
Extra border agents are deployed to cope with thousands of Mexicans fleeing from Texas as Rita nears...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Scores flee Rita's threat
A weakened but still powerful Hurricane Rita continued its march today toward the Texas-Louisiana coast, with forecasters saying the storm could possibly strengthen before making landfall early Saturday...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Brazil's Lofty Promises After Nun's Killing Prove Hollow
The conflicts over land ownership that led to the death of an American nun are intensifying...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Oil firms braced for Rita's rage
More US oil refineries in the path of Hurricane Rita close, but prices ease on optimism about the likely impact...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Golf: Furyk injury worry for US
Jim Furyk could miss the second day of the Presidents Cup after suffering with a rib injury...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Tennis: Venus out of China Open
Venus Williams pulls out of the China Open in Beijing with a knee injury...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Louisiana feels first brush of Rita
As hundreds of thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana flee inland, some areas of southwest Louisiana are already experiencing Hurricane Rita's outer bands. The Category 4 storm's predicted landfall is on Saturday. Many residents trying to flee are stalled in traffic jams...
CNN - September 23, 2005
Panel Approves Roberts, 13-5, as 3 of 8 Democrats Back Him
The full Senate votes on the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court next week, where confirmation is likely...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Arrest in Killings of 2 Who Dared to Rob the Mob
A man was arrested in the 1992 killing of a couple whose robberies of Mafia social clubs stunned the world of organized crime...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Miles of Traffic as Texans Heed Order to Leave
Colossal 100-mile-long traffic jams left many people stranded and out of gas as the huge storm bore down on the Texas coast...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
[TS] Why His Peers Say Kozlowski Got Off Easy
Dennis Kozlowski is lucky that his sentence was not determined by a jury of his peers...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
In Hurricane Relief Efforts, Some Pro Leagues Dig Deeper
The National Football League has far surpassed other professional sports leagues in giving for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
General Mills Reports 38% Profit Increase
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Crave Huge Risk? This Investment May Be for You
WOULD you hand over wads of cash to a money manager you didn't know, to invest in a company he hadn't yet discovered, and would you then also pay a boutique investment bank you had never heard of as much as 10 percent to get in on that deal?...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
CyberSource to Bid for Credit Card Processor
The CyberSource Corporation, a payment processor for online merchants, said yesterday that it was planning to make an offer today for the assets of CardSystems Solutions, the small credit card processor where a data breach placed the personal account information of more than 40 million accounts at risk for fraud...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Oprah's Book Club Reopening to Writers Who'll Sit and Chat
Oprah Winfrey said she was expanding her television book club to include once again the works of contemporary authors...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Energy Group Plans to Build Nuclear Plants in Gulf States
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 - A consortium of eight companies said on Thursday that it would spend about $100 million to prepare applications to build two nuclear reactors, in Mississippi and Alabama, a step that seems to move the industry closer to its first new reactor order since the 1970's...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Icahn to Keep Pressuring Time Warner
Carl C. Icahn, the billionaire financier, said yesterday that a plan by Time Warner to fix America Online would not lift the share price...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Shares End a Losing Streak, Aided by a Dip in Oil Prices
The Associated Press...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Supplier to Military Buying Rival for $1.9 Billion
DRS Technologies, a supplier of computers for the military, is buying a rival, Engineered Support Systems, for about $1.9 billion...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Oracle Profit Flat in First Quarter; Database Business Slowed
Oracle, the software maker, said Thursday that its first quarter profit was flat because of sluggish growth in the company's database business...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Verizon Introduces Fiber Optic TV Service
Verizon began taking orders yesterday for its new television service, which it hopes will draw business away from cable and satellite providers...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Subpoena at Time Inc.
Time Inc. has received a subpoena from the U.S. attorney's office requesting information on its circulation practices...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Afternoon Daily in Birmingham, Ala., to End Its 55-Year Run
The Birmingham Post-Herald, the afternoon daily in Alabama's largest city for the past decade, will fold Friday after a 55-year run...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Panel Investigates Whether Guidant Violated Agreement
The Senate Finance Committee is investigating the Guidant Corporation to see if it violated a 2003 agreement that required it to alert the government to product problems...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Departing Chairman of Public TV Defends Acts
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson has come under heavy criticism from Senate Democrats, who say he has injected politics into programming...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
For Bank of America, Next Target Is Europe
Bank of America has had an ambitious summer, acquiring MBNA and taking a stake in a Chinese bank. Less noticed has been its efforts in Europe...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Earlier Landing Gear Problems in Airbus Jets
The dramatic landing Wednesday was at least the seventh time that an Airbus plane in the A320 family has landed with its front landing gear twisted sideways...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Agency Calls on Frist About Timing of Stock Sale
The Securities and Exchange Commission contacted Senator Bill Frist's office about the sale in June of his shares in HCA, the giant hospital company founded by his family...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Indicators Drop; Joblessness Up
The economy softened in August even before Hurricane Katrina struck, and the storm sent weekly first-time unemployment claims to a two-year high...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Have Nail Gun, Will Travel: Contractors Arrive
A legion of contractors from all over the country have flooded the Gulf coast in search of work...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Is the World Suffering From Too Much Martha?
It is not yet clear how well Martha Stewart's new television shows will do, but a lot of investors in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia have been selling...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Airbus Chief Sees Some Virtue in High Oil Prices
Soaring oil prices pose an obvious threat to the airlines. But they are giving a lift to aircraft manufacturers...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
For Hotelier, Crisis Is Another Word for Opportunity
Patrick Quinn quickly recognized that Katrina was not just an unprecedented disaster; it was also an unparalleled opportunity...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Delta to Cut $3 Billion More, in Both Paychecks and Planes
Delta Air Lines, which filed for bankruptcy last week, said it planned to cut another $3 billion in costs...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
S.E.C. Looks at Company's Retaliation on Analysts
The SEC is investigating the Altera Corporation over its retaliation against Wall Street analysts who were less than bullish on the company's shares...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Vexed by Rivalries and Deficits, Italy's Economy Minister Quits
Italy's economy minister, Domenico Siniscalco, resigned after failing to oust the country's discredited central bank chief, Antonio Fazio...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Sony Plans 10,000 Job Cuts
Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, announced that Sony would cut 10,000 jobs, shed unprofitable products and centralize decision-making...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Houston, You Have a Problem
Facing Hurricane Rita, the Houston-area economy ground to a halt Thursday as more than four million residents evacuated the area...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Just When Airlines Thought Things Couldn't Get Worse
In April, Southwest Airlines prepared a business plan based on oil prices at an unimaginable level: $55 a barrel...
New York Times - September 23, 2005
Debtor and creditor
As part of the Who Runs Your World? season, we are looking at people locked into relationships of power. Here, we hear from a creditor and a debtor...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Boxing: US fighter Johnson dies
Leavander Johnson dies five days after collapsing following his defeat to Jesus Chavez...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Golf: US team stumbles
Tiger Woods and Fred Couples lose as the International team take a 3.5-2.5 lead in the Presidents Cup...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Fire mars Brazil Indians' party
Indians gathering in a remote Brazilian village to celebrate their new reservation are cut off by a fire on its only bridge...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
Ecuador targets Colombian rebels
Ecuadorian troops destroy a suspected Colombian rebel camp near the border between the two countries...
BBC News - September 23, 2005
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