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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 2006:
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White Candidate's Run Stirs Debate in Majority-Black Brooklyn District
In a district drawn to strengthen black voting, residents are debating a white politician's campaign for Congress...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Gay Brother, Straight Brother: It Could Be a Play
The relationship between a playwright and his brother follows the arc of the culture war raging over gay rights...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Bush's Immigration Plan Stalled as House G.O.P. Grew Anxious
The decision by the Republican House leadership to defy the president over passage of an immigration bill amounted to a rebuke of Mr. Bush...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Iraqi cleric freed after U.S. raid
U.S. forces release a revered 70-year-old Sunni cleric, hours after detaining him, Iraqi officials said...
CNN - June 24, 2006
The Winding Road to Grasso's Huge Payday
Richard A. Grasso's enormous payout shines a light on flawed governance practices and clashing egos at one of America's most august financial institutions...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Agassi Says He'll Retire Following U.S. Open
His eyes occasionally welling with tears, Andre Agassi announced today that the end of his tennis career is near...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Youth Soccer Has Grown Intricately Adult. Just Ask the I.R.S. Auditor.
An audit raises a question: Are youth sports clubs growing too fast for their parent managers to keep up?...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Brothers' Path to Reconciliation: It Could Be a Play
The relationship between a playwright and his brother in some ways follows the arc of the culture war raging over gay rights...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
In Brazil, Unpaved Path to Excellence
In a country with millions of poor who are passionate about soccer, the game is always on display amid privation...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Sharp Split With G.O.P. Leaders Hurt Bush on Immigration Plan
The decision by the Republican House leadership to defy President Bush over passage of an immigration bill amounted to a clear rebuke of the president...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
The Energy Challenge: Ethanol Bonanza Is Reshaping Sleepy Cow Towns in Heartland
Dozens of small towns are becoming flashpoints in the ethanol bonanza that is helping to reshape rural America's economic base...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
The Real Sim City
Gaming technology helps urban planners design cities of the future...
BBC News - June 24, 2006
Banker Makes Plea to Keep Japan Post
The governor of the Bank of Japan, under pressure to resign, said on Friday that he wanted to stay at his job and restore faith in the central bank...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Market Values Conrad de Aenlle: It May Be Time to Put a Toe Into Stocks
A chart of the stock market over the last couple of months may look like the glide path of a damaged jet, but one investment adviser says there is no need to panic...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Deals Spur Energy Rally; Other Shares Sag
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
S.E.C. Looking Into Home Depot Stock Options
ATLANTA, June 23 (Reuters) — Home Depot, the home-improvement retailer, said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had begun an informal inquiry into its stock-option practices and procedures...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Personal Business: Savings Outweigh any Stigma at Upscale Consignment Shops
Once the purview of fashion aficionados seeking deals on power suits and Prada boots, consignment stores have diversified...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
What's Online: More Rumblings About Net Privacy
An online news outlet has published details about secret rooms where government spies are said to be gaining access to private e-mail messages...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
What's Offline: The Lure of Overseas Real Estate
The real estate market is still booming — overseas. So reports Worth, which gives three reasons Americans are increasingly making investments outside the United States...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
U.S. Pushes for Dismissal of Lawsuit Against AT&T
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 — A Justice Department lawyer pressed a federal judge on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit against AT&T over a government surveillance operation. But the plaintiffs maintained that the case could go forward even if some aspects were set aside on national security grounds...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Off The Charts: Airbus and Boeing Show That Making Planes Beats Flying Them
Airbus, which only a few years ago seemed to have won the battle with Boeing for global supremacy, suddenly seems vulnerable...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
[TS] Sportonomics Beguiles 3 Economists
The authors of "The Wages of Wins" are frank about their desire to have their book be seen as the "Freakonomics" of sports, but does it really matter whether Shaq is better than Kobe?...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Saturday Interview With Kenneth D. Lewis: A Big Bank Is Betting Big on Expansion
Bank of America's chief executive talks about the MBNA integration, the bank's investment banking franchise and executive pay, including his own...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Orders for Durable Goods Fall for a 2nd Consecutive Month
Orders for items like aircraft, computers and big-ticket industrial equipment fell in May for a second consecutive month...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Fresh Opposition to Europe Patent Plan
Industry groups are urging the European Commission to abandon its promise to adopt a single patent regime for the 25 countries of the European Union...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Deal Is Seen for Top 2 Steel Makers to Merge
The Luxembourg steel giant Arcelor is expected to announce a friendly deal to be acquired by Mittal Steel after its board meets Sunday...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Five Days: Strong Profits, Mergers and an Investigation
Jittery investors put their faith in profits this week, sending stock indexes higher for a couple of days before the markets slumped later in the week...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Shortcuts: Balancing a Checkbook Isn't Calculus. It's Harder.
I know I'll never do brain surgery. Or paint a masterpiece. But it seems like balancing a checkbook should be within reach...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Verizon to End Airline Telephone Service
Verizon has decided instead to focus on its faster-growing broadband, cellular and television businesses...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Chairman of Toyota Steps Down
Hiroshi Okuda stepped down Friday after a career in which he helped transform Toyota from Japan's biggest automaker into a global powerhouse...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Televisa's Group Said to Bid $12 Billion for Univision
The bid now sets the stage for a showdown as Univision weighs whether to accept the offer, try to push for a higher bid or decide against selling the company...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Anadarko to Pay $21 Billion for 2 Rivals
The dual purchase allows Anadarko to expand its natural gas production substantially by adding large holdings in the Rocky Mountains...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Market Forces Pushing Doctors to Be More Available
Professional societies for family doctors and internists are urging their members to break with tradition by making it easier to schedule appointments...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Investors Are Looking on the Sunny Side of a Downturn
Most investors — professionals and amateurs — have reacted with relative calm to the recent downdraft in global financial markets...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Suspects not terrorists, families say
Friends and family of the seven men facing federal charges of aspiring to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower said Friday the men were not involved in terrorism...
CNN - June 24, 2006
Pataki and Lawmakers Agree On Spending and a Tax Rebate
Gov. George E. Pataki and lawmakers agreed to send property tax rebate checks to homeowners and add more than $1 billion to the state budget...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
A Busy School for Border Patrol in New Mexico
The academy is striving to train enough cadets to fulfill the president's plan to add 6,000 agents by 2008's end...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
F.B.I. Killed Plot in Talking Stage, a Top Aide Says
A plot to topple the Sears Tower in Chicago was "more aspirational than operational," an official said...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Schools' Efforts on Race Await Justices' Ruling
Many school districts are awaiting guidance on how far school systems may go in the quest for racial diversity...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Women Have Seen It All on Subway, Unwillingly
Female commuters around New York city complain about the violation they often feel as victims of groping...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Aaron Spelling, Prolific Television Producer, Dies at 83
Aaron Spelling created a number of hit series, from the vintage "Charlie's Angels" to "Beverly Hills 90210."...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Court Says S.E.C. Lacks Authority on Hedge Funds
The court ruled unanimously that the commission exceeded its power by treating investors in a hedge fund as "clients" of the fund manager...
New York Times - June 24, 2006
Group misses Varig money deadline
A group of workers miss a deadline to deliver an initial $75m deposit to buy ailing Brazilian airline Varig...
BBC News - June 24, 2006
US TV legend Aaron Spelling dies
Aaron Spelling, producer of Dynasty, Charlie's Angels and Beverly Hills 90210, dies at the age of 83...
BBC News - June 24, 2006
Forum ends with urban poor focus
The World Urban Forum ends its Vancouver session with a call for more attention to problems of the urban poor...
BBC News - June 24, 2006
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