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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 June 2005:
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Fire at St. Louis Plant Sends Flames Skyward
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New York Times - June 24, 2005
Tests Confirm 2nd Case of Mad Cow Disease in U.S.
The test results could raise fears that foreign countries will shun American beef again...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Italian Judge Orders Arrest of 13 CIA Operatives for Kidnapping
The operatives are accused of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street two years ago and sending him to a prison in Egypt...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Guidant Shares Fall Sharply on New Warning on Heart Device
Guidant, already under scrutiny for delaying disclosures about flawed products, urged doctors today to stop implanting its most sophisticated heart devices...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
CNOOC ready to discuss US oil bid
China National Offshore Oil says it is ready to hold talks with target Unocal and the US government to ease fears about its offer for the firm...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
Ecuador responds to jail protests
Ecuador says it is trying to address prisoner grievances over conditions after some mutilate themselves...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
Almost All Libraries Offer Free Web Access
A study by researchers at Florida State University found that 98.9 percent of libraries offer free public Internet access...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Italy seeks 'CIA kidnap agents'
An Italian judge issues arrest warrants for 13 alleged CIA agents accused of kidnapping a Milan-based imam in 2003...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
Guantanamo doctors attacked
The US defends the role of doctors in refining coercive interrogation used on inmates at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
BBC's New Weather Report: Look, It's Raining Brickbats
The BBC's redesign of its weather graphics has proved costly - and controversial...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Officer testifies in rapper case
A retired detective testifies he heard a prison confession that tied a music mogul to the killing of rapper Notorious BIG...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
NBA: Spurs outgun Pistons
San Antonio beat Detroit 81-74 in the deciding NBA Championship match...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
Tennis: Serena beats Santangelo
Serena Williams beats Italian qualifier Mara Santangelo in three sets at Wimbledon...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
New York Mafia leader gets life
A New York Mafia boss, Joseph Massino, is sentenced to life in prison for his role in eight murders...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
Paris store apologises to Oprah
French boutique Hermes says sorry to Oprah Winfrey after she is refused entry to one of their Paris shops...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
US urged to be patient over China
US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and Treasury Secretary John Snow warn against hitting China with trade sanctions...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
Unclear on American Campus: What the Foreign Teacher Said
Undergraduates at large universities often find themselves in classes run by teaching assistants with limited mastery of English...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
In Final Hour, Star Shines Brightest
Tim Duncan scored 19 points in the final 18 minutes and 25 over all, leading the Spurs to an 81-74 victory over Detroit and their third title in seven seasons...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
41 Years Later, Ex-Klansman Gets 60 Years in Civil Rights Deaths
Edgar Ray Killen received the maximum 60 years for his role in the deaths of three civil rights workers in 1964...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Interrogators Cite Doctors' Aid at Guantánamo
Military doctors provided advice on how to increase stress levels and exploit fears, according to interrogators' accounts...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Justices Uphold Taking Property for Developing
The Supreme Court ruled that fostering economic development is an appropriate use of the power of eminent domain...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
For Some, 'Just Following Orders' Is a Good Defense
In prosecuting white-collar crimes, it is sometimes easier to catch big fish than small fry...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
The Churn
Deal Makers...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Shares Take a Heavy Hit as Oil Briefly Touches $60
Stocks fell sharply yesterday as oil prices hit $60 a barrel for the first time and FedEx reported disappointing earnings, citing the high cost of energy...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
New EBay Service Aims to Stem Merchant Exodus
EBay started a service that helps merchants create online storefronts separate from the Web site while still contributing to the company's bottom line...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
France Is Offering Stake in State-Owned Gas Giant
The French government on Thursday put about one-fifth of Gaz de France up for sale to help pay down the national debt...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
An Army of Soulless 1's and 0's
Without the owners' knowledge, thousands of computers are being commandeered each week for illicit purposes...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Investment Firm Apparently Loses Battle With Hedge Fund
The BKF Capital Group, a publicly traded investment firm, said yesterday that it appeared to have lost a battle with a hedge fund looking to replace three board members...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Callaway Golf Receives Takeover Inquiry
By Reuters...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Pfizer Increases Return of Profits
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Delphi Picks a New Chief, Who Pledges to Cut Costs
DETROIT, June 23 - Hours after the Delphi Corporation announced that Robert S. Miller would be its new chief executive, he took aim at the United Automobile Workers, saying that high labor costs are making Delphi uncompetitive...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Flaw Is Found in Software Used to Accredit Hospitals
A powerful national organization that enforces quality standards for hospitals said that it had found a flaw in software that it had sold to more than 1,000 hospitals...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Florida Judge Raises Award to Perelman
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 23 (Reuters) - A Florida judge on Thursday raised to $1.58 billion the damages awarded to Ronald O. Perelman in his fraud lawsuit against Morgan Stanley...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Capital Nearly Speechless on Big China Bid
WASHINGTON, June 23 - For the Bush administration and even for many members of Congress, China has become almost too big to bash...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Partner Companies Fighting Over Rights to Avian Flu Drug
Two drug companies are fighting over the rights to Tamiflu, an influenza drug that is viewed as the best hope for slowing a possible global pandemic of bird flu...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
F.D.A. Approves a Heart Drug for African-Americans
The Food and Drug Administration took a controversial step toward a new frontier of personalized medicine...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Home Sales Slow; Jobless Claims Decline
WASHINGTON, June 23 (AP) - Sales of existing homes slowed in May but were still at the second-highest level on record with home prices reaching an all-time high...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Guilty Plea Entered by Ex-F.B.I. Agent
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
U.S. Backs Air Merger
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Justice Department antitrust specialists have cleared the proposed merger of US Airways and America West Airlines, the department said Thursday...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Toyota Is Said to Be Planning Its Second Factory in Canada
The Toyota Motor Corporation is expected to announce next Thursday that it will build a second manufacturing plant in Canada...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Does Business Need a New Bottom Line?
If you hide the facts on a different page of the financial statement, investors will ignore them. That is the basis of the latest fight over accounting rules...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
G.E. Realigns Its 11 Businesses Into 6 and Shuffles Executives
General Electric reorganized its vast operations from 11 businesses into 6 yesterday, promoting three young executives to vice chairmen to run its three biggest operations in a move specifically aimed at keeping them from being hired away...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms Used for Sex Talk
Reacting to protests from several of its top sponsors, Yahoo Inc. has pulled the plug on perhaps hundreds of chat rooms...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Name Brands Embrace Some Less-Well-Off Kinfolk
From cheaper iPods to cheaper toilet paper, companies are addressing cost-consciousness with a zeal usually associated with recessions...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
UBS Weighs Investment to Become a Partner With Bank of China
UBS said that it might invest $500 million to become a partner in the state-owned Bank of China and offer investment banking services...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
FedEx Reports 9% Rise in Quarterly Profit
MEMPHIS, June 23 (AP) - FedEx reported a 9 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, but results were below Wall Street's expectations, partly because of the start-up cost for a new westbound, around-the-world flight...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Alcoa Plans to Cut Another 6,500 Jobs
PITTSBURGH, June 23 (AP) - Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum producer, said Thursday that it would eliminate about 6,500 jobs globally during the second quarter as part of a plan to save $150 million a year...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Cutting Here, but Hiring Over There
Even as it lays off up to 13,000 workers in Europe and the U.S., I.B.M. plans to increase its payroll in India this year by more than 14,000 workers...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Protesters Win a Case Over I.R.S.
A federal jury in Sacramento acquitted a former Internal Revenue Service investigator on charges of helping to prepare false tax returns...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Power Players From the Heartland
Morgan Stanley board member Charles Knight, who is leading the search for Philip Purcell's successor as chief executive, has a lot in common with Mr. Purcell...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Unocal Deal: A Lot More Than Money Is at Issue
The battle for Unocal, the independent American oil company, is shaping into as much a test of Chinese-American relations as it is a boardroom showdown...
New York Times - June 24, 2005
Ecuador sees jail protests
Prisoners in Ecuador's jails mutilate themselves as protests against overcrowding escalate...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
Canada's Agent Orange review
Veterans and civilians exposed to Agent Orange tests in the 1960s vent their anger at a public meeting in Canada...
BBC News - June 24, 2005
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