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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 March 2005:
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School shooting victim looked into killer's eyes
A victim of the Minnesota school shooting rampage Thursday told how he looked into the killer's eyes before being shot. Cody Thunder, speaking from a wheelchair, said that after the first shots were fired he ran for cover, not realizing he was already wounded...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Schiavo parents back in federal court
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected pleas to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo on Thursday, her parents again asked a federal judge in Florida to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube restored. Courts have consistently ruled against her parents, who want to keep her alive, and in favor of her husband, who wants her to die with dignity...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Kyrgyz opposition seize power
Demonstrators in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan have seized that country's seat of government and forced the country's long-time president to flee his office, political observers and reporters in the nation's capital of Bishkek tell CNN...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Tissue Find Offers New Look Into Dinosaurs' Lives
A 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex has apparently yielded soft tissues, including blood vessels and possibly cells...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
France Postpones U.N. Vote on Sudan
The resolution referring war-crime cases to the International Criminal Court had been seen as a challenge to the U.S...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Texas blast 'was not terrorism'
US investigators seek the cause of a huge blast at an oil refinery that killed 15 people and injured more than 100...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Executive: Plant blast not sabotage
A Texas oil refinery explosion that killed 14 people apparently was caused by an unknown accident, the president of BP America said Thursday. "There's no indication of any sabotage or terrorism," Ross Pillari said when asked about reports of FBI investigators at the scene of the blast...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Supreme Court denies Schiavo parents' appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by the parents of Terri Schiavo to have their severely brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube reinserted. Meanwhile, Florida Judge George Greer also denied a petition of the state Department of Children and Families -- and Gov. Jeb Bush -- to take Schiavo into state custody...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Supreme Court denies Schiavo parents' appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by the parents of Terri Schiavo to have their severely brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube reinserted. Meanwhile, Florida Judge George Greer also denied a petition of the state Department of Children and Families -- and Gov. Jeb Bush -- to take Schiavo into state custody...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Kyrgyz election 'declared invalid'
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court has declared controversial parliamentary elections invalid, according to reports, after protesters seized the seat of government and forced the country's longtime president to flee his office...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Supreme Court Rejects Request to Reinsert Feeding Tube
The decision seems to exhaust the legal options for Terri Schiavo's parents, who have been fighting on many fronts to restore her feeding tube...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Schiavo parents appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Terri Schiavo's parents, running out of options in their uphill fight to have their brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube reinserted, are now hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will step in. The nation's highest court has declined in the past to take up the case. Meanwhile, the judge who originally ordered Schiavo's feeding tube removed will decide by noon today on the state of Florida's latest effort to have that move reversed...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Kyrgyz government HQ stormed
Demonstrators have stormed government and presidential headquarters in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. About 1,000 protesters, demanding the resignation of President Askar Akayev, broke through riot police at their positions outside a fence protecting the building...
CNN - March 24, 2005
14 Die in Blast at BP Oil Refinery in Texas
A fiery explosion at a huge BP oil refinery in Texas City, Tex., on Wednesday afternoon killed at least 14 people and injured more than 100...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
In Pataki's Time, SUNY Runs More Like Private Universities
Acting through his trustees, Gov. George E. Pataki has left a greater imprint on SUNY than any other governor since Nelson A. Rockefeller...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
NFL boosts New York's Games bid
New York will host the 2010 Super Bowl - if its planned Olympic stadium gets built...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Basketball: Miller makes it 25,000
Reggie Miller clocks up his 25,000th NBA point as Indiana beat San Antonio...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Chile arms sale claims vex Peru
Tensions rise between Chile and Peru over alleged Chilean arms sales to Ecuador, then at war with Peru...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
Oil refinery blast kills 14
Fourteen people died and more than 70 others were injured in an explosion that ripped through a BP oil refinery in southeastern Texas on Wednesday. Officials said the number of dead could rise as emergency crews were continuing to search through the site...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Schiavo parents appeal to Supreme Court
An attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents late Wednesday filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, hours after a federal court in Atlanta twice rejected appeals seeking reinsertion of the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube...
CNN - March 24, 2005
Schiavo's Parents Appeal to the Supreme Court on Feeding Tube
Gov. Jeb Bush also succeeded in getting a Florida court to hear new motions in the case of a brain-damaged woman...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Signs of Danger Were Missed in a Troubled Teenager's Life
A loner in real life, Jeff Weise, whose violent outburst left 10 people dead in Minnesota, found a community of sorts in cyberspace...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children
As cities are remodeled to match the tastes of people living well, they are struggling to hold on to enough children...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
14 Die in Blast at BP Refinery in Texas
A fiery explosion at a huge BP oil refinery in Texas City, Tex., on Wednesday afternoon killed at least 14 people and injured more than 70...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Report Says Medicare Is in Poor Fiscal Shape
A report predicted that the monthly Medicare premiums paid by almost all Americans 65 and older would rise by another 12 percent next year...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Oil Prices Slide, but Shares Barely Budge
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Hollinger Director Warned
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
G.M. Looks to Sell a Unit
By Reuters...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Loan Applications Decline
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Exporting Tips
Seek Out Expert Help Learn what is involved in exporting, including product labeling, financing and shipping requirements. The locations of the Small Business Administration export assistance centers can be found at http://www.sba.gov/oit/export/useac.html. The location of the Commerce Department's centers can be found at http://www.export.gov/comm_svc/eac.html...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Carmakers in Canada to Cut Emissions
Major automakers have agreed to cut the emissions of greenhouse gases by the end of the decade, Canada's minister of natural resources said Wednesday...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Export Opportunities Aren't Just for the Big Guys
Small businesses making everything from forklifts to toothpaste are reporting sales gains as the dollar falls...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
India Adopts Patent Law Covering Pharmaceuticals
Makers of generic drugs in India faced an uncertain new playing field after the approval of a bill that would bring India into line with international patent law...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Europe Refuses Microsoft's Plan for Trustee
The European Commission rejected restrictions that Microsoft wants to impose on a trustee who will police last year's antitrust ruling against the company...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Apple's Legal Drive to Stifle Web Sites Is Fruitless So Far
Apple's legal campaign does not appear to have slowed the flow of information about details and announcement dates of new Apple products...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Sales of Existing Homes Slow, but Prices Continue to Soar
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Sales of existing homes fell 0.4 percent in February, while home prices rose at double-digit rates, a trade association reported Wednesday...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Deal Said to Be Near for Stake in Pathmark
An investment firm run by a prominent Democratic fund-raiser is near a deal to take a minority stake in Pathmark, the Northeast supermarket chain, for about $200 million, people close to the deal said last night...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Nielsen Will Address Potential Undercounting of Minority TV Viewers
Nielsen Media Research continued its counteroffensive against critics of the way it is changing the measurement of television ratings in urban markets...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
First Boston to Keep Unit
By Reuters...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Pax Sheds Starbucks Stock
By Dow Jones/AP...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
The Flawed Plane Congress Loves
Although the C-130J cargo plane has so many flaws that it cannot fly its intended combat missions, it has one important fan: Congress...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
White House Makes Dent in Openings at Treasury
WASHINGTON, March 23 - The Bush administration moved to fill a top post at the Treasury Department on Wednesday, but stumbled in its attempt to fill another...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
HBO and New Line Cinema to Acquire Newmarket Films
HBO and New Line Cinema are jointly acquiring Newmarket Films, the independent film distributor that released "The Passion of the Christ" last year...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
A New Company to Focus on Artificial Intelligence
The technologist and the marketing executive who co-founded Palm Computing are starting a new company to license software technologies based on a theory of how the mind works...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
2 Automakers Reach Deals on Installing Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio Holdings said its radios would be installed in Hyundai cars, while Sirius Satellite Radio said its receivers would be included in some Range Rovers and Jaguars...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Investigators Look at Radio Host's Charity
The office of the New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, has been examining the business practices of a charity operated by the talk radio host Don Imus...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Japan's Ski Industry Stumbles on Age and Economy
Japan's ski industry woes are a microcosm of a broader discontent, as an economically stagnant society resists changing in response to new conditions...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
How Changing the Sheets Can Make a Hotel Room 'New'
Marriott, along with several other hotel chains, is shifting from cookie-cutter standardization to a new emphasis on aesthetics...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Production Problems Turn Into Money Problems at GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline's factory troubles are turning into a big financial problem...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Unit of Euro RSCG Gets Jaguar Account
Unit of Euro RSCG...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
'Wall St. Week,' a PBS Staple, Will Go Off the Air in June
"Wall Street Week," which became one of the most-watched programs on public television over 35 years, has been canceled...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
A Takeover Roils Japan: Politeness Out, Hostility In
In a country where only a handful of hostile takeovers have been attempted, a Japanese Internet start-up has set its sights on an old-line media company...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
G.M. to Seek Cuts in Union Health Benefits
Executives at General Motors said that they wanted union workers to accept the same health benefit cuts already taken by white-collar workers...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Airlines Are Raising Fares Ever So Gingerly
Major airlines have instituted three rounds of fare increases recently, after trying unsuccessfully for more than two years to raise prices to cover rising fuel costs...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Morgan Cited on Sunbeam
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Coke Shakes Up Global Marketing Team
The Coca-Cola Company announced a shake-up of its global marketing and advertising managers on Wednesday, linking them all under a single executive...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Settlements Set in Fund Cases
WASHINGTON, March 23 (AP) - Citigroup will pay a civil fine of $20 million and Putnam Investments will pay $40 million to resolve federal regulators' accusations that they kept from customers the fact that brokers had been paid to recommend certain mutual funds, creating a conflict of interest...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Price Increases by Companies Start to Stick
From airlines to manufacturers of plastics, many businesses are overcoming their fears of losing customers and are starting to pass on cost increases...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
A.I.G. Board's Plate Is Full of Not-So-Appetizing Issues
The board of the American International Group is set to meet as regulators investigate whether the company used transactions to improperly dress up its financial position...
New York Times - March 24, 2005
Tennis: Rusedski battles through
Greg Rusedski comes from a set down to beat Andreas Seppi at the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami...
BBC News - March 24, 2005
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