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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 2007:
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Security Council OKs Iran sanctions
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose new sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment program...
CNN - March 24, 2007
Iran: UK sailors 'admit' to illegal entry
Iran says the 15 British sailors and marines seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf have admitted to trespassing into Iranian territory, the semi-official FARS News Agency reported Saturday...
CNN - March 24, 2007
Pet food probe eyes Chinese wheat
Pet owners were rechecking their cabinets and threatening legal action after state officials said rat poison was found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs. Investigators are focusing on the wheat used in the products...
CNN - March 24, 2007
Yankees? Wang to Start Season on Disabled List
Chien-Ming Wang will miss the start of the season after a magnetic resonance imaging exam Saturday revealed a Grade 1 hamstring pull...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
47 Are Killed in Iraq Bombings, 20 in Baghdad
Despite the infusion of American and Iraqi troops to Baghdad, suicide bombings, a hallmark of the Sunni Arab-led insurgency, have been rising...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
For Gonzales, More Records, and Questions
Conflicts between Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales?s statements and a growing body of evidence on the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys are eroding support for him in Congress...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Like Edwardses, Some Use Work to Fight Illness
Like John Edwards, many spouses with an ill partner keep up their work life for practical necessity or psychological well-being...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
At Zimmer, a Raise Based Largely on a Bonus and Incentives
The total compensation for J. Raymond Elliott, head of Zimmer Holdings, was 16.3 percent higher last year than in 2005...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Square Feet | Interview: A Developer Picks Up Where Others Leave Off
While some developers may be having second thoughts about New York City?s residential real estate market, Larry Korman seems to be making himself at home there...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
DataBank: Stocks Surge as the Fed Eases Worries
The stock market surged last week in its best weekly performance in many months on optimism that the economy will continue to expand without setting off high inflation...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Economic View: Are Tax Revenues Flashing Red or Green?
After several years of impressive growth, state tax revenues seem to have hit a wall in the second half of 2006...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
The Goods: Curl Up and Transcend
The Transport is an egg-shaped fiberglass vessel outfitted with speakers and an array of light-emitting diodes...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Market Week: New Data, New Worry on Housing
One analyst anticipates further signs of economic weakness this week...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: Making Managers Pay, Literally
Judging by this season?s executive pay filings, provisions that would require so-called clawbacks of pay are becoming much more prevalent at major corporations...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Under New Management: You?ve Earned a Vacation. But Dare You Take It?
Why workers fail to use a third of their vacation time, and why companies shouldn?t worry...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
The Count: Samples Are In; Results Are Mainly Negative
The drug testing requirement has been a blow to some civil liberties activists, but employers defend it as a valuable deterrent...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
The Boss: Early Conditioning to Get the Job Done
?My father taught me a lesson about customers that I?ve always remembered.?...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Life?s Work: Dogs at the Office: Not Always So Cute
Tension between the indulgent and the resistant...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Boom and Bust
For three decades after World War II, the European economy thrived. Then it stalled...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Suits: James Cramer as Emily Litella
James J. Cramer, CNBC?s televangelist of trading with his manic ?Mad Money? show, now says that those sins he was confessing were not his own...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Fundamentally: In a Shaky Economy, a Laggard May Find Its Legs
Why are many strategists convinced that this time around ? despite last week?s stock market rally ? investors are nearly done with risk taking?...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Investing: Don?t Mind That Misnomer: It?s Got Yield
Yields of Treasury bonds have fallen, and yields on junk bonds have been at historically low levels for years. What?s a yield-hungry investor to do?...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Everybody?s Business: The Split-Screen State of the Union
Surrealism, through the corporate lens...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Howard Ronson, 63, Builder of Towers, Dies
The British real estate developer, who in the 1980s became one of the most prolific builders of office space in Manhattan, died Wednesday near his home in Monaco...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Dealbook: How to Show That You?re No Gordon Gekko
Buried in the Blackstone Group?s 221-page-thick prospectus is an unusual paragraph: The firm says it plans to start a charitable foundation...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
National Perspectives: Northeast Los Angeles: Set for a Close-Up
With real estate prices on the rise, home buyers have been migrating to a historic hilly area that offers views from the Pacific Ocean to the Hollywood Hills...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Prototype: How to Improve It? Ask Those Who Use It
Citizen product design is still unsung, but it has already become a force in software, especially gaming software...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Spending: Attention, Fashionistas: Sample Sales Are Expanding
Avid shoppers tackle a day?s sales with military precision...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Slipstream: Artificial Intelligence, With Help From the Humans
Why not use the Web to create marketplaces of willing human beings who will perform the tasks that computers cannot?...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Will Diners Still Swallow This?
On your plate, a battle between profit and portions...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Porsche Raises Stake in VW, Forcing a Takeover Offer
The German sports-car maker Porsche plans to lift its existing stake in Volkswagen to 31 percent...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
It?s a Brawl. China?s Gamblers Are the Prize.
Stanley Ho?s casino empire in Macao is under assault from a group of ambitious Las Vegas tycoons...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Slow Down, Multitasker, Especially if You?re Reading This in Traffic
Think you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work? Several research reports provide evidence of the limits of multitasking...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Snoop Dogg is denied UK visa
US rap star Snoop Dogg is denied a visa to enter the UK on a European tour with fellow hip-hop star P Diddy...
BBC News - March 24, 2007
Iran: Troops 'confess' trespassing
Iran says the 15 British sailors and marines seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf have confessed to trespassing into Iranian territory, the semi-official FARS News Agency reports. The British Ministry of Defence would not confirm the report. Earlier Saturday, FARS reported that the sailors and marines were brought to Tehran to explain their "aggressive behavior."...
CNN - March 24, 2007
Lopsided Hong Kong Election Still Draws Interest
The Beijing-backed incumbent chief executive appeared almost certain to win re-election, but the race has garnered more interest than expected in Hong Kong itself and across the border in mainland China...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
To Bolster Control, Porsche Will Make Bid for Volkswagen
The German sports-car maker Porsche plans to lift its existing stake in Volkswagen to 31 percent...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Gibson in Apocalypto college row
Mel Gibson exchanges heated remarks at a US university screening of his controversial film Apocalypto...
BBC News - March 24, 2007
Iran: Sailors in 'suspicious act'
Iran's Foreign Ministry condemns what it calls the illegal entry of British naval personnel into Iranian waters as a "suspicious act," the official IRNA news agency reports. There are unconfirmed reports that the 15 sailors and marines have been transferred to the capital Tehran and that some of them are women...
CNN - March 24, 2007
Security Council set to approve Iran sanctions
Major powers expect unanimous approval of new U.N. Security Council sanctions to pressure Iran into suspending uranium enrichment. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured above, canceled a trip to New York and was sending his foreign minister...
CNN - March 24, 2007
Tillman Inquiry Finds Errors, Official Says
A Pentagon investigation will recommend that nine officers, including up to four generals, be held accountable for missteps in the aftermath of the death of Cpl. Pat Tillman, senior defense officials said...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
A Museum-Quality Car for a Subway Yet Unbuilt
In 1949, 10 prototype subway cars for the Second Avenue line were delivered to the New York Board of Transportation, but the line was never completed...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Gonzales Met With Advisers on Dismissals
The meeting, 10 days before the ousters of seven U.S. attorneys, appeared to contradict the attorney general?s previous statements on the subject...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Police DNA Pakistani team
Jamaican police have taken DNA samples from the Pakistani contingent to the Cricket World Cup as part of their investigation into the strangulation of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer, a team spokesman said. All of the contingent also gave statements to police and were fingerprinted...
CNN - March 24, 2007
Rat Poison Found in Pet Food Linked to 14 Deaths
The discovery comes nearly a week after more than 60 million cans and pouches of wet pet food were recalled...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Fraud Inquiry Looks at Lawyers in Diet-Drug Case
Lawyers in the fen-phen case defrauded their clients and kept the bulk of the money for themselves, a judge ruled...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Ex-Interior Aide Is Guilty of Lying in Lobbying Case
J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty on Friday to lying before a Senate committee about his ties to Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Public Takes Up Pros and Cons of Edwards Bid
John Edwards?s decision to continue his presidential bid despite his wife?s illness raises questions of love and ambition...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Government to Take a Hard Look at Horror
Torture, murder and deadly plagues, all making their way to a theater near you. And all being advertised on a poster near you...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Gonzales Met With Advisers on Ouster Plan
The meeting, 10 days before the dismissal of seven U.S. Attorneys, appears to contradict the attorney general?s previous statements on the subject...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Ohio to Sell Bonds to Avert Home Foreclosures
Ohio, which had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation at the end of last year, plans to issue $100 million in taxable municipal bonds next month to help homeowners refinance mortgages...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Livedoor Given Japan?s Largest Corporate Fine
The Internet start-up was ordered to pay a $2.4 million fine ? the largest in corporate Japanese history ? for violating securities laws...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
775 Nissan Workers Agree to Buyouts
Nissan said that 12.5 percent of the 6,200 workers at its two Tennessee plants accepted early retirement and buyout offers...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Existing-Home Sales Rise Most in 3 Years
Worsening troubles in subprime mortgages were viewed as a roadblock to a full-fledged rebound...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Oil Executive Won?t Resign Over Charges
The chief executive of Total will not resign despite preliminary corruption charges against him over a 1997 contract with Iran...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Another Group May Bid for Spanish Utility
The Italian utility Enel and the Spanish construction conglomerate Acciona said they were working on a bid for the Spanish utility Endesa...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Five Days: Corporate Dramas Steal the Show From the Fed
Big personalities and big corporate news stole the show this week...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Saturday Interview: The Labor of Raising Fresh Produce
Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh, the chief of Fresh Del Monte Produce, spoke about price inflation, focusing on new markets and the around-the-world business trips his job requires...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
What?s Offline: Have Surgery. Go Sightseeing.
?Medical tourism? will become one of the benefits corporations will be offering soon...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
What?s Online: Apple Cult Becoming a Religion
Apple is finally being taken seriously not just by the true believers, but by just about everybody...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
U.S. News & World Report Editor Resigns
Brian Duffy has left the magazine to write a book and his job responsibilities have been given to his No. 2, Brian Kelly...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
A Flood of Pleas to F.C.C.: No Phones on Planes, Please
Readers were overwhelmingly opposed to allowing use of cellphones on airplanes...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Democrats Consider Deal for Passage of Trade Pacts
The proposal is intended to resolve disagreements over labor, environmental and other issues blocking approval of pending trade deals...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Test Results Due Out Soon Are Crucial to Stents? Future
Analysts say any negative findings could hurt the two companies that dominate the $3.2 billion domestic stent business...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Vonage Told to Stop Using Verizon Technology
A judge ordered the Internet-based telephone service to stop using technologies patented by Verizon Communications...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Basic Instincts: Windfall Time: When Angels Battle Demons
Battling the irresistible impulse to allocate a windfall of money ? or spend it ? long before you even have the cash...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Dow?s Weekly Gain Is Biggest in 4 Years
A surprise jump in home sales eased concern that frailty in the housing market would hurt economic growth...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
BP Plans to Bid for Yukos Assets in Auction
The surprise announcement signaled BP?s deepening involvement in Russia?s turbulent energy sector...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Europeans Are Kicking Off a Quiet Revolution in Worldwide Banking
Even if Barclays and ABN fail to combine, the talks may help start a round of cross-border banking mergers in Europe...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Executive Pursuits: Heavy Bag (and You Know Who You Are), Meet This Fist
Three minutes of sparring and the sweet science becomes a test of stamina for a white-collar boxer...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Discreet Swiss Banks Now Offering Sophisticated Investment Vehicles
Switzerland?s banks can now be found throughout the world, selling more sophisticated investment vehicles to attract high-net-worth individuals...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Foreigners Get Benefit of Tax Cut
A 2003 tax cut includes a provision that has given some foreign companies a financial advantage over their U.S. competitors...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
Your Money: Tax Loans Are Losing Some Allure
Refund anticipation loans, the money-making service provided by tax preparers, appear to be falling on hard times...
New York Times - March 24, 2007
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