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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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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
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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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2007:
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New York: Toxic dust caused 9/11 death
A woman who died of lung disease five months after the September 11, 2001 attacks has been added to the medical examiner's list of attack victims. It was the first time the city officially linked the toxic cloud from the collapsing World Trade Center towers to 9/11 fatalities...
CNN - May 24, 2007
U.S. House passes war funding bill
The House passed Thursday night a $120 billion war-spending bill that had been the primary point of contention between Democrats and President Bush. The Senate may vote immediately after the House, or wait until Friday...
CNN - May 24, 2007
Iran: Atomic work near peak
Iran's nuclear work is almost at its "peak", President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday while the head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog said Iran was probably at least three years from making a nuclear bomb if it so chooses...
CNN - May 24, 2007
House passes $120 billion war funding bill
The House on Thursday night passed a $120 billion war-spending bill that had been the primary point of contention between Democrats and President Bush. The money would fund military operations -- mostly in Iraq -- through at least September. It does not it include timetables for removing U.S. troops from Iraq...
CNN - May 24, 2007
Bush Backs Gonzales in Face of No-Confidence Vote
Senate Democrats drew up a resolution declaring that they have no confidence in the attorney general...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Congress Poised to Vote for Higher Minimum Wage
The measure, which would raise the wage rate for the nation?s lowest paid workers to $7.25 an hour from $5.15, was attached to the Iraq spending bill...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Majority Favor Changing Immigration Laws, Poll Says
Americans want to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status and to create a new guest worker program, according to the latest Times/CBS News Poll...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Home Depot Chief Offers Apology
Frank Blake strove to make this year?s shareholders meeting a model of openness...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
A Makeover for Facebook: New Features for a Growing Audience
The move could foster some of the chaotic creativity that is more closely associated with its competitor, MySpace...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Dell, in Shift, Will Offer PCs at Wal-Mart
The computer maker takes a first step toward transforming its ailing model of selling direct to consumers...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Date set for Gonzales Senate vote
The US Senate is to hold a vote of no-confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez in June...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Dust victim is added to 9/11 toll
New York officially links a death to the toxic dust caused by the World Trade Center's collapse on 9/11...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Poll Shows Opposition to Iraq War at All Time High
Six in 10 Americans say the U.S. should have stayed out of Iraq and more than three in four say things are going badly there...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
G.M. Details Delphi Exposure, Gets S.E.C. Request
General Motors said Thursday it expects to take a $1 billion charge in the second quarter and pay a total of $7 billion to cover retirement costs for workers at the Delphi Corporation...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Home Depot Chief Apologetic at Shareholder Meeting
Though much of the meeting was devoted to the retailer?s future, executives could not help explaining or defending its recent history...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Winning the web war?
Are the Democrats are winning the battle for dominance on the internet - and if so, what does it mean for the 2008 campaign?...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Robbed of fertility
Elaine Riddick is one of many poor US women who were sterilised without their knowledge...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
US home sales up as prices slump
Sales of new homes in the US in April hits a 14-year high, but the average price for a new build slumps...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Millionaires on US slavery charge
An Indian-born couple appear in court charged with keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their US home...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Ex-Justice Aide Admits Politics Affected Hiring
Monica M. Goodling said she had ?crossed the line? in considering the political beliefs of job applicants...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
For the First Time, New York Links a Death to 9/11 Dust
The decision could have a broad impact on how New York City deals with other Sept. 11 illnesses...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Oil Industry Says Biofuel Push May Hurt at Pump
Some executives warn that current fuel shortages could become a long-term problem, leading to higher gas prices...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Cycling: Landis hearing ends
Floyd Landis's doping hearing ends on Wednesday after nine days of legal arguments and dramatic testimony...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
No progress at US-China talks
The US and China agree commercial deals at trade talks, but fail to make ground on key currency issues...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Youngest US Idol crowned
Seventeen-year-old Jordin Sparks becomes the youngest ever winner of TV talent show American Idol...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
US paedophile arrested in India
Police in India arrest a convicted US paedophile who Interpol says has been on the run in Asia for 11 months...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
World Trade Center claims settled
A long dispute over insurance claims for the World Trade Center is settled, clearing the way for redevelopment...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Toothpaste scare prompts US checks
US health officials are checking shipments of toothpaste from China for a potentially lethal chemical...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
U.S. warships in Gulf for training
In one of the largest, most visible war games America has staged in the Persian Gulf since the start of the Iraq war, two U.S. aircraft carriers and seven other battleships are cruising near the Iranian coast. The admiral leading the fleet through the Strait of Hormuz said he hoped Iran did not get the wrong idea about U.S. intentions...
CNN - May 24, 2007
U.S. working on new Iraq plan
A new military and diplomatic plan for Iraq is being prepared by senior U.S. strategists, including the top U.S. general in Iraq, officials told CNN. The plan being drawn up appears to depart from the stance that all insurgents must be beaten on the battlefield...
CNN - May 24, 2007
Ex-Justice aide: Deputy AG 'not fully candid'
A former Justice Department official said Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty was "not fully candid" about the firings of U.S. attorneys and described an "uncomfortable" conversation with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the shake-up. Monica Goodling also acknowledged that she screened job applicants based on political ties -- something she said she regretted...
CNN - May 24, 2007
Clinton Camp Resists Aide?s Advice to Skip Iowa
An aide to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had argued that time and money could be better invested elsewhere...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
New York?s Schools for Pregnant Girls Will Close
The schools, created in the 1960s, have been marked by low test scores, poor attendance and inadequate facilities...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Candidate to Lead Consumer Agency Withdraws
A severance package the nominee was to receive from the National Association of Manufacturers had been at issue...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Hispanic Hopeful for ?08 Confronts Immigration
Gov. Bill Richardson, Democrat of New Mexico, has weathered the crosscurrents of the immigration battle...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Ex-Aide Admits Political Slant in Justice Role
Monica M. Goodling said that she had ?crossed the line? in considering the political beliefs of Justice Department applicants...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Insurers in Deal to Pay Billions at Ground Zero
The agreement ends a long legal battle and ensures that $4.55 billion will be available for rebuilding the World Trade Center site...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Japan: Export Growth Slows
Export growth slowed in April as shipments to the United States fell for the first time in more than two years. Exports overall grew 8.3 percent, slowing from 10.3 percent growth in March, the Ministry of Finance said in a report. Shipments to the United States fell 4.8 percent, after growing 2.4 percent the previous month. The slowest growth in four years in the United States, destination of a fifth of Japanese exports, led to reduced demand for automobiles and electronics. Japan?s trade surplus in April rose 51.8 percent, to 926.7 billion yen ($7.6 billion)...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Peugeot Turnaround Plan
The new head of PSA Peugeot-Citroën, the French automaker, detailed a major turnaround plan to restore the company?s sagging profitability, and said he hoped for results this year. ?We?re going to fight so that in 2007 we start climbing back up the slope as regards our earnings,? the new chief, Christian Streiff, left, told reporters before the annual shareholder meeting. The four-year recovery plan includes an effort to bring down costs, to bolster weak sales through the introduction of fresh vehicles, and to improve quality and customer service. Peugeot-Citroën recently announced a plan to reduce its work force in France by 4,800 employees this year, offering incentives to avoid forced layoffs...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Profit Up at Bank
The Bank of Montreal said second-quarter profit rose 3 percent as higher fees from mutual funds and stock sales offset a big loss in commodities trading. Net income climbed to 671 million Canadian dollars ($618 million) from 651 million Canadian dollars a year earlier, the bank said. Record mutual fund sales and rising demand for loans contributed to a 24 percent increase in consumer banking profit, countering the commodities losses, which were related to natural gas trading. The bank said on May 17 that it would report a pretax trading loss of 680 million Canadian dollars. Bank of Montreal said profit was 1.31 Canadian dollars a share excluding the trading loss and other one-time items, an increase of 3.1 percent from a year ago. Revenue in the quarter, which ended April 30, rose 2.7 percent, to 2.57 billion Canadian dollars from 2.5 billion Canadian dollars...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Limits on Roaming Charges
The European Parliament voted to impose retail price caps on roaming charges, fees that mobile phone consumers pay when making or receiving calls outside of their home calling zones. The European Council of Ministers, which has already endorsed the plan, is scheduled to approve the price caps formally June 7. As early as August, the charges will be limited to 0.49 euro (66 cents) a minute for outgoing calls and 0.24 euro for incoming calls, excluding tax...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Nigeria: Oil Output Restored
The Chevron Corporation said it had restored normal production levels at its Pennington oil fields in Nigeria after a militant attack forced the company to cut output earlier this month. Chevron shut off 15,000 barrels a day on May 1 from its offshore Funiwa oil field, which is connected to the Pennington export terminal, after the kidnapping of foreign oil workers by militants...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Alcoa Stands by Bid
The aluminum producer Alcoa said in a statement that it would continue to pursue its $27.4 billion cash and stock bid for a rival, Alcan, despite the Canadian company?s rejection of the offer. But Alcoa?s chairman and chief executive, Alain J. P. Belda, said that the company would not enhance the proposal, which Alcan called inadequate. ?We have studied Alcan?s response and have not seen anything that would lead us to re-evaluate our offer,? Mr. Belda said. He also rejected suggestions by Alcan that Alcoa would have difficulty obtaining antitrust approval for the merger and urged Alcan?s board to resume its examination of the bid...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Cerberus Plans Bell Bid
BCE, the parent of Bell Canada, the largest communications company in Canada, said that a group led by Cerberus Capital had joined the bidding for the company. While the other investors were not identified, they will be vital to any deal because Canadian law bans foreign control of telephone companies. Three groups are now vying to take BCE private. BCE?s largest shareholder, the Ontario Teachers? Pension Plan, has allied itself with other institutional investors for a possible bid. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have formed a rival group that may make a bid potentially worth about $45 billion...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: China: Lenovo Profit Surges
The Lenovo Group, the personal computer maker, said its profit rose more than 600 percent in its latest fiscal year as it increased sales and restructured after its acquisition of I.B.M.?s PC unit. Profits were $161 million for the year, up from $22 million in the prior year. The Americas operations returned to profitability in the fourth quarter, meaning that all the global regions were profitable for the first time, the chief executive, William J. Amelio, said. Sales for the year, which ended March 31, rose 9.9 percent, to $14.6 billion, helped by strong sales of laptop and desktop computers in its home China market, Lenovo said. The company said its worldwide market share rose 0.2 percentage points, to 7.4 percent...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Snubbed by U.S., China Finds New Space Partners
Beijing is trying to position itself as a space benefactor to countries whose natural resources it covets here on earth...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Kenneth Sokoloff, 54, Economist, Is Dead
Mr. Sokoloff was a leading expert on the role the United States patent system played in technological and productivity advances in the 19th century...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Greenspan Remarks Deflate Market Mood
Stocks wilted as comments from Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, and worries about coming economic data deflated a rally fed by takeover activity...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Qwest Holders Reject Proposals on Pay
Shareholders of Qwest Communications International have rejected three proposals that would have given them more influence in decisions about executive compensation...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
New Publisher at Philadelphia Paper
The Philadelphia Daily News named Mark Frisby as its publisher on Wednesday...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
CA Inc. Posts Narrower Loss, but Expects ?Head Winds?
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (Reuters) ? The business software maker CA Inc. predicted fiscal 2008 results below average Wall Street targets, sending its shares down more than 6 percent on Wednesday...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
H.P. Is Faulted Over Disclosure
Hewlett-Packard broke federal laws when it did not tell investors why a director had abruptly resigned during an inquiry into boardroom leaks last year...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Target and Talbots Show Gains in Earnings
Target, the No. 2 discount chain behind Wal-Mart Stores, said profit rose to $651 million, or 75 cents a share, from $554 million, or 63 cents a share, a year earlier...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Financial Services Firm Settles With S.E.C.
The Bisys Group agreed to pay $25 million in restitution to settle accusations that it had violated financial reporting rules in a way that inflated earnings by $180 million over three years...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
G.M. Puts Up Its GMAC Stake to Get a $4 Billion Credit Line
DETROIT, May 23 (AP) ? The General Motors Corporation has put up a 49 percent stake in its former financial arm as collateral for a $4.1 billion revolving line of credit, the company said late Wednesday...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Microsoft Asks, Why Buy Yahoo?
Microsoft said Wednesday that it did not need to buy Yahoo to gain scale in online advertising, because it had ?all the pieces? to build a successful ad business...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Ex-Secretary Gets 8-Year Term in Coca-Cola Secrets Case
Joya Williams, 42, had faced up to 10 years in prison in a failed scheme to sell Coke?s trade secrets to PepsiCo for at least $1.5 million...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Lawmakers Seek Text of South Korean Trade Deal
Leading members of the House Ways and Means Committee complained that final details of the pact remain ?secret? to most members of Congress...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Economic Scene: ?The Apprentice: Omaha Edition,? Starring Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett may have fallen into one of the biggest mutual fund traps of all ? forgetting how incentives affect fund managers? behavior...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Advertising: Madison Avenue Says Hello to ?Hello,? Again
At least half a dozen advertising campaigns are using the greeting ?Hello? as a way to attract consumer attention...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
F.D.A. to Test Toothpaste Sent to U.S. From China
The order came after the discovery that some Chinese toothpaste manufacturers had used small amounts of a poisonous ingredient used in antifreeze...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
A Japanese Export: Talent
Japan?s once vaunted electronics industry has downsized to survive global competition, and is inadvertently setting off a brain drain...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Currency?s Rise Stokes Concern in India
Monetary policy experts have started putting pressure on the Reserve Bank of India to stem the rupee?s rise...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
S.E.C. Revises Its Standards for Corporate Audits
The new guidelines are part of an effort to make compliance on accounting less costly for small companies...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
China Talks Don?t Resolve Major Issues
The Bush administration failed to achieve an increase in the ownership ceilings that the Chinese impose on joint ventures with American firms, officials said...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Oil Industry Says Biofuel Push May Keep Gas Prices Up
Some oil executives warn that current fuel shortages could become a long-term problem, leading to higher prices at the pump...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Years Ago, Agency Was Warned of a Drug?s Risks
A leading diabetes doctor sent the Food and Drug Administration a letter seven years ago that warned of the heart risks of the drug Avandia...
New York Times - May 24, 2007
Boy shot dead at Canadian school
A 14-year-old boy is shot dead at a school in Toronto, Canadian police say, after a reported argument outside the building...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
Campaigners in cluster ban push
Delegates from 70 countries meet in Peru to push forward a campaign to ban cluster bombs by the end of 2008...
BBC News - May 24, 2007
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