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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 May 2005:
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Stem cell bill passes House despite veto threat
House members passed two bills on the future course of stem cell research in the United States -- one of them despite a despite a threat from President Bush to veto the measure. The bill under threat of veto would extend funding to research on embryonic stem cell lines that did not exist in 2001, when Bush limited funding to lines in existence at the time. Bush said he would not allow "taxpayers' money to promote science which destroys life in order to save life."...
CNN - May 24, 2005
9 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
Insurgent attacks during have killed nine U.S. troops in 24 hours, the military said Tuesday. The attacks come in the wake of a spate of car bombings which killed 43 people...
CNN - May 24, 2005
Bill Would Require Drug Testing in Pro Sports
Senator John McCain praised the United States Anti-Doping Agency for its work policing Olympic sports and suggested that the agency could eventually police professional sports in the United States...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Revised Whitney Plan Wins Panel's Approval
The modified expansion plan for the Whitney Museum of American Art would prevent the razing of one Madison Avenue brownstone...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
House Votes to Reverse Ban on Funding for Stem Cell Research
Despite President Bush's veto threat, the House backed legislation that would reverse the ban on federal funding for new embryonic stem cell research...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
G.O.P. Senator Sends Letter to Colleagues Opposing Bolton
The Ohio Republican whose opposition to John R. Bolton as United Nations ambassador nearly stalled his nomination in committee took a new swipe at him today...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
US rates upped on inflation fears
The US central bank raised rates in response to concerns over rising inflation pressures, minutes from its May meeting show...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Filibuster deal sets stage for vote on judge
With a bipartisan deal reached on filibusters, the Senate may vote today on the long-delayed nomination of Judge Priscilla Owen to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Under the agreement, three of Bush's nominees -- including Owen -- will go forward, while two others remain subject to filibuster...
CNN - May 24, 2005
Home sales soar to record
Existing home sales jumped to record highs last month as persistent low mortgage rates helped keep the real estate market sizzling...
CNN - May 24, 2005
Congress Taking Up Two Measures on Stem Cells
Later today, the president plans to emphasize his opposition to any process that requires the destruction of human embryos...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Owen Nomination Nears Vote as Senate Agrees to End Debate
The 81-to-18 vote ends Democratic efforts to prevent the Senate from approving Priscilla R. Owen for the federal bench...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Sales of Existing Homes Hit Record as Prices Soar
The report defied predictions of a slowdown and added to some analysts' concerns about an overheated market...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Report Says China's Currency Policy Poses Risk of Inflation
Economists at a Paris think tank say China's economy is overheating despite government attempts to regulate it...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Weak dollar 'a threat to growth'
A sudden drop in the US dollar would dent world growth at a time when it is already slower than expected, the OECD says...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Tennis: Agassi out of French Open
An injured Andre Agassi loses to Finland's Jarkko Nieminen at the French Open...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Athletics: Jones in Dutch meet
Marion Jones will compete in a 100m race in the Netherlands this weekend despite talk of European snub...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Syria ends co-operation with US
Syria stops intelligence co-operation with the US because it says Washington is seeking a change of regime in Damascus...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Senators compromise on filibusters
The looming Senate showdown over filibustered judicial nominees has been averted by a bipartisan agreement that gives both sides some -- but not all -- of what they wanted. Under the agreement, three of President Bush's nominees for appellate courts stalled by Democratic filibusters will go forward and two others will remain subject to filibuster...
CNN - May 24, 2005
Setback for China, Japan relations
Relations between China and Japan appear to have suffered another setback following the surprise cancellation of a top-level meeting between political leaders...
CNN - May 24, 2005
Drug Violence Paralyzes a City, and Chills the Border
A fast-growing hub of drug smuggling, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, has transformed from a tough but orderly border town into a war zone...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Brig. Gen. William T. Seawell, 87, Former Chief of Pan American, Dies
Brig. Gen. William Thomas Seawell commanded bombers in World War II and the cadet corps at the Air Force Academy and led Pan American World Airways...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
To Save Its Canal, Panama Fights for Its Forests
The shrinking of the great rain forests of Panama threatens the health of its famous canal...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Iraq Can't Explain $69 Million in Fuel Oil From '04, Audit Says
Iraqi officials' lack of an explanation for the loss of the fuel oil raises fears that it was smuggled out of the country for private gain...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
For Russians, a Looming Verdict, and Heavy Equipment
Mikhail Khodorkovsky's supporters had planned another protest outside the courthouse where he is awaiting a verdict, but the road workers got there first...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Lost. And, Often, Found.
With gadgets proliferating, more business travelers are losing them in hotels, restaurants and taxis. But help is on the way...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Vodka for the Pilots but Not for Me or the Goat
Although I have flown an average of three to four times a week for the last 26 years, my hands still sweat on takeoff. I know all the statistics about aviation safety, but my heart still beats faster until we're at cruising altitude...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Airport Screeners Could Get X-Rated X-Ray Views
The Homeland Security Department plans to install and test machines at airport checkpoints that see through clothing...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Keeping Watch on the Watch Lists
KEEPING WATCH ON THE WATCH LISTS The government's bid to exempt from the Privacy Act portions of a vast new data bank, which includes information on blacklisted fliers, is coming under fire from corporate travel managers. The Association of Corporate Travel Managers began sounding out its members yesterday, and said that opposition is running 90 percent against the Homeland Security Department's plan to exclude from the protections of the privacy law its new compilation of data, including watch lists of suspect travelers kept by airlines and government agencies, as well as information about them drawn from both classified and public sources. The association says the change could make it even more difficult for travelers who share names with people on the lists to find out what the files say about them or to petition to correct errors. "Exempting this new database from the Privacy Act will make an unwieldy resolution process virtually impossible," said Greeley Koch, the president of the trade group. The government says the data base needs to be confidential to protect national security and encourage information sharing among myriad agencies...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Whole Foods's Wine Shop Closes at Columbus Circle
Whole Foods pleaded no contest to charges from state liquor officials that it was illegally operating the wine shop in a grocery store...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Companies Recruiting New Graduates
As thousands of new graduates enter the labor market, corporate recruiters are snapping them up at a clip not seen since 2001...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
The New Profile of the Long-Term Unemployed
Not since World War II has long-term joblessness been so high so long after a recession has ended...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
A New Career in Advertising, but Still With a Wicked Streak
Jenny McCarthy is back, playing a boy-crazy advertising executive on a new sitcom airing on UPN...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Murder, Mogul, Marriage: Three Versions of Reality
Britney's reality show disappoints while made-for-TV movies on Donald Trump and Amber Frey offer only physical likenesses...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
In Brazil, Sugar Cane Growers Become Fuel Farmers
The growing demand for inexpensive alternative fuels like cane-based ethanol is fueling an investment boom in Brazil’s sugar cane industry not seen since the oil crisis of the 1970’s...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Mitsubishi Reports Losses of More Than $4 Billion
Net losses at Mitsubishi Motors more than doubled to 474.8 billion yen, or $4.4 billion, in the financial year ended in March as the company failed to halt a long, damaging decline in sales...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Generic Drug Maker Recalls All Its Products
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Microsoft Must Comply or Face Fine
Microsoft has until the middle of next week to comply with the European Commission’s antitrust ruling, or face daily fines of up to $5 million...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Campbell Soup Reports Increase in Profit
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
I.B.M. Software Aims to Provide Security Without Sacrificing Privacy
International Business Machines is introducing software today that is intended to let companies share and compare information with other companies or government agencies without identifying the people connected to it...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Mixed Safety Results on Cholesterol Drug
The study seemed to challenge a recent decision by the F.D.A. to keep Crestor on the market, but it also showed that, over all, statins were safe...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
The College Dropout Boom
College dropouts make up one of the largest and fastest-growing groups of young adults in America. Most, like Andy Blevins, come from poor and working-class families...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
No Degree, and No Way Back to the Middle
When Jeff Martinelli and Mark McClellan lost their jobs, they found that the market did not value their factory skills nearly as much as it did four years of college...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Take That, Google: Bill Gates Struts Microsoft's New Search Stuff
Microsoft will incorporate satellite imagery into location-based search results and introduce a new customizable MSN "start" page...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Another Top Executive to Leave Morgan Stanley
Raymond J. McGuire, a co-head of Morgan Stanley’s highly regarded mergers and acquisitions division, is joining Citigroup as co-head of investment banking...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Closing Arguments in Swartz's Tyco Trial
The former chief financial officer of Tyco, accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from the company, believed that all the money he received from Tyco was authorized, his lawyer said yesterday in his closing argument...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
PalmSource Reports Its Chief's Departure
PalmSource, which develops operating system software for hand-held computers and phones, said yesterday that David C. Nagel had stepped down as president, chief executive and director...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
In Trial, Drug Aids Vision of Elderly
A drug developed by Genentech significantly improved the eyesight of people with a condition that is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Musicians Market Brands to Sell Their Latest Music
Well-known bands and singers are teaming with major advertisers for promotions that seek to sell brand-name products as well as CD's or downloads...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Repeal of Alternative Tax Gains a Top G.O.P. Backer
Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and senior Democrats are calling for a repeal of the alternative minimum tax at a cost of at least $611 billion or more over 10 years...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Scottish Power sells US division
Energy utility Scottish Power announces that it is to sell off its US division PacifiCorp for $9.4bn...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
EU hits Microsoft with a deadline
Microsoft has until the end of May to come to terms with Brussels over a long-running competition dispute, the European Commission says...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Calls to end Chile conscription
Presidential candidates in Chile call for an end to military service after as many as 45 soldiers are killed in a blizzard...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Offenders 'can be denied viagra'
US states are told they do not have to pay to provide the impotence drug Viagra to convicted sex offenders...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
NBA: Pistons beat Miami Heat
Detroit Pistons beat top seeds Miami Heat 90-81 in game one of the Eastern Conference finals...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
NBA: Cheeks replaces O'Brien
The Philadelphia 76ers sack head coach Jim O'Brien and replace him with their former all-star Maurice Cheeks...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
US army 'let down dead NFL star'
Pat Tillman's family says the US army hid the truth about the American football star turned soldier's death...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Girl thanks God for rescue
An 8-year-old girl who police say was raped and left for dead in a landfill asked for a pastor "so she could thank God" shortly after her rescue, her godmother said Monday...
CNN - May 24, 2005
Deal brokered on judicial nominees
A bipartisan group of senators struck a deal Monday night to avert a showdown vote over President Bush's judicial nominees. Under the agreement, three nominees for appellate courts stalled by Democratic filibusters will go forward while two others will remain subject to filibuster. The centrist senators called the deal a victory for the U.S. Senate and the nation...
CNN - May 24, 2005
Supreme Court to Tackle Abortion Again After 5 Years
Despite technical questions, the case is likely to add more heat to the already superheated atmosphere surrounding the court...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Golf Club Prices Are Up; Scores Are Not Down
The average 18-hole score for the average golfer remains at about 100, as it has for decades, according to the National Golf Foundation...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Bipartisan Agreement in Senate Averts a Showdown on Judges
The compromise appeared to clear the way for the approval of at least some of President Bush's stalled nominees...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Guidant Didn't Disclose a Flaw in Defibrillator for 3 Years
Guidant did not tell doctors or patients that a unit designed to shock a faltering heart contained a flaw that caused a small number of those units to malfunction...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
U.S. Cautions Bank on Fees Intended to Steer Retiree Accounts
The Labor Department warned that banks and investment firms cannot accept payments from mutual fund companies in exchange for steering retirement account customers into those funds...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Analysts' Upgrades Send Share Prices Broadly Higher
Strength in technology stocks prompted more buying yesterday as investors welcomed analysts' upgrades and Apple Computer's reported talks to use Intel chips in its computers...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
Europeans' Anger May Step Up the Pace of Change
Germany’s stock market rallied in the wake of a stinging defeat in regional elections for the Social Democratic Party of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
EBay Drop-Off Stores Balk at Regulation
States are debating whether eBay drop-off stores should be governed by the laws that currently apply to pawnbrokers, secondhand stores and auctioneers to prevent the sale of stolen items...
New York Times - May 24, 2005
US Senate deal averts showdown
A small group of US Senators reach a deal to avert a major political showdown in Congress...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
Chile hopefuls 'to abandon draft'
Presidential candidates in Chile call for an end to military service after soldiers are killed in a blizzard...
BBC News - May 24, 2005
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