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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 August 2006:
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France commits 2,000 to Lebanon
French President Jacques Chirac announces he will commit a total of 2,000 French troops to the U.N.'s international force that is to help Lebanon's army secure that country's borders...
CNN - August 24, 2006
Poll Says Fewer View G.O.P. as Friendly to Religion
The decline is particularly steep among Catholics and white evangelical Protestants...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
N.J. Governor Picks New Attorney General
Gov. Jon S. Corzine announced today that he had chosen his chief legal counsel, Stuart J. Rabner...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Pluto Is Demoted to ‘Dwarf Planet’
The vote by astronomers on a sweeping reclassification of the solar system was described as a triumph of science over sentiment...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Laptop Batteries
The batteries were made by a unit of Sony, which also made the 4.1 million batteries recalled by Dell last week...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
U.S. Drops Criminal Inquiry Into Fannie Mae
The decision came after almost two years of investigations of accounting improprieties at the mortgage giant...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Galapagos 'faces species threat'
Officials in Ecuador are worried about the discovery of foreign species on the remote Galapagos Islands...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Pluto gets booted from planet club
Astronomers strip Pluto of its planet status, downsizing the solar system from nine planets to eight. Membership is now restricted to the eight "classical" planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto had been a planet since its discovery in 1930...
CNN - August 24, 2006
Emergency pill OK'd for over-the-counter
Women may buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription -- but only with proof they're over age 18, federal health officials ruled Thursday. The decision caps a 3-year fight about whether to ease access to the emergency contraceptive. It's a partial victory for women's advocacy and medical groups that say ending restrictions could cut U.S. unplanned pregnancies by half. Opponents have argued that wider access could increase promiscuity...
CNN - August 24, 2006
Charges against Kentucky governor dismissed
A judge on Thursday dismissed charges against Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher that accused him of breaking state law by basing personnel decisions on politics...
CNN - August 24, 2006
U.S. and New Zealand Reject Kidnappers’ Demand
A militant group in Gaza demanded the release of Muslims in U.S. prisons for 2 two Fox News journalists...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Incident Aboard Plane Not Linked to Terrorism
Northwest Flight 42 turned back after several passengers were observed passing cell phones back and forth...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
‘Morning After’ Pill Is Cleared for Wider Sales
The Food and Drug Administration today approved over-the-counter sales of the “morning-after” contraceptive pill to women 18 and older...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Rite Aid Confirms Purchase of Brooks and Eckerd
Rite Aid, the drugstore chain, said today that it had agreed to buy two competing chains, Brooks and Eckerd, for $2.55 billion in cash and stock...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Housing Reports Reveal a Slowing Market
The Commerce Department reported today that 4.3 percent fewer new homes were sold in July than in June...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
New US home sales slide in July
Sales of new US homes fell by 4.3% in July, representing the biggest drop since February, official figures show...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
BP cuts Alaskan oil output again
Oil giant BP has further cut crude production at its troubled Prudhoe Bay field, after technical problems...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Kenya ready to fete Obama
Kenyans prepare a hero's welcome for US Senator Barack Obama, who is visiting his father's homeland...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Flight alert 'not terror related'
Passenger behaviour that led a US jet to divert does not seem to be terrorism related, says the Dutch justice minister...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
US backs morning-after pill sales
US health officials say women over 18 will be allowed to buy the morning-after pill, ending a three-year battle...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Bolivia writer set for US embassy
A campaigning journalist, Gustavo Guzman, is travelling to Washington to become Bolivia's US ambassador...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Shift of power in Mexico congress
Mexico's ruling National Action Party (PAN) becomes the largest party in Congress for the first time, final poll results show...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Kidnap girl 'found' after 8 years
Investigators in Austria say a young woman found near Vienna has been identified as the schoolgirl whose disappearance 8 years ago gripped the country...
CNN - August 24, 2006
Syria against U.N. force on border
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad expresses strong opposition to the deployment of U.N. troops along his country's border with Lebanon, saying such a move would be "hostile" and create problems between the two nations...
CNN - August 24, 2006
Violent Civil Unrest Tightens Hold on a Mexican City
The original cause of strife in Oaxaca — a teachers’ strike for better pay — has become lost in escalating violence that has left two people dead...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
‘Survivor’ to Divide Teams Along Racial Lines
For the first half of the series this fall, four teams will be made up of blacks, Asian-Americans, Hispanics and whites...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Basketball: Venezuela loses
Serbia & Montenegro reach the knockout stages while the USA maintain their 100% record at the World Championships...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Pitt heads for Toronto Festival
Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett are among the stars set to attend the Toronto Film Festival...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
McDonald's president steps down
Hamburger chain McDonald's says its president and chief operating officer Mike Roberts has resigned...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Race a factor in US reality show
The 20 "castaways" in the 13th season of US reality show Survivor will be divided by ethnicity...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
Policeman jailed for Rio massacre
A Brazilian policeman gets a 543-year jail sentence for a 2005 shooting spree that killed 29 people in Rio...
BBC News - August 24, 2006
'Do anything you can'
A deadline of 75 hours is what the kidnappers of two Western journalists gave the U.S. to respond to an offer to trade Fox News correspondent Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig for Muslims in U.S. jails...
CNN - August 24, 2006
12 arrested after plane turned back
A Northwest Airlines flight bound for India was escorted back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport by F-16 fighter jets on Wednesday...
CNN - August 24, 2006
Governor Finishes Third in Alaska G.O.P. Primary
Sarah Palin finished first in the voting, while Gov. Frank H. Murkowski won 19 percent of the vote...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
The Katrina Year: Storm’s Escape Routes: One Forced, One Chosen
The experience for many New Orleanians who went west instead of east has been very different...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
As Spitzer Flexes, Bloomberg Team Feels the Strain
Eliot Spitzer is lobbying to put the brakes on projects that the mayor has been trying to accelerate...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
In New Method for Stem Cells, Viable Embryos
The new technique would seem to remove the principal objection to stem cell research, the destruction of the human embryo...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Windows Editions in South Korea
Microsoft said it would release two new versions of Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition in South Korea today to comply with a South Korean antitrust ruling. One version of Windows in Korea will exclude Microsoft Media Player and Windows Messenger, and the other one will carry links to Web pages that will allow consumers to download competing versions of the operating system. In a final ruling in February, the South Korean Fair Trade Commission fined Microsoft 32.5 billion won ($34 million) while ruling that the company breached antitrust laws by bundling its media player and instant messaging services in its operating system. A Seoul court rejected Microsoft’s request to suspend the ruling last month...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Foreign Briefs: New Zealand Trade Deficit Wider Than Forecast
New Zealand’s annual trade deficit unexpectedly widened in July as purchases of oil and aircraft increased imports to an eight-month high. The merchandise trade gap was 6.74 billion New Zealand dollars ($4.3 billion) in the year ended July 31, from 6.62 billion in the 12 months ended June 30, according to Statistics New Zealand...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Nestlé’s Profit Rises
Nestlé, the food and drink company, reported an 11 percent increase in first-half net profit, , as cost-cutting and internal growth offset increases in prices for raw materials. The company, which sells brands like Nescafé, Perrier and Dreyer’s, said net profit increased to 4.15 billion Swiss francs ($3.38 billion) from 3.73 billion francs in the first half of 2005. Nestlé, which is based in Vevey, Switzerland, said that slow demand in Europe was widely offset by a strong performance in emerging markets and in the United States. Sales grew 11 percent, to 47.14 billion francs ($38.36 billion) from 42.47 billion francs, the company said...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Cigarette Name Acquired in Britain
The Imperial Tobacco Group, the European cigarette maker, bought the Davidoff cigarette trademark from Tchibo Holding for 540 million euros ($693 million), avoiding an increase in royalty payments. Imperial, which is based in Bristol, England, has been the licensee for the Davidoff brand since it purchased the German cigarette maker Reemtsma from Tchibo in 2002, Imperial said. The company’s chief financial officer, Bob Dyrbus, said on a conference call with journalists that Imperial acquired the Davidoff rights so that it could gain more control over modifying the brand or expanding in new countries...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Foreign Briefs: European Restrictions on Rice Imports
The European Union ordered special certifications for imports of rice from the United States to keep out genetically contaminated long-grain rice. Under the new rules, which are expected to be in place for at least six months, the United States will have to specifically certify that shipments of rice are free from a particular variety of rice. Last week, the United States government announced that long-grain rice samples had tested positive for trace amounts of a genetically modified strain not approved for consumption. Japan suspended imports of United States long-grain rice after the positive test. The 25-nation bloc said it still did not have enough information to assess the extent of the contamination but needed to take preventive measures...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Dutch Postal Deal
TNT, a Dutch postal company, said it would sell its logistics business to a private equity company in the United States, Apollo Management, for about $1.9 billion to focus on its main delivery networks business. TNT, which will retain a 5 percent stake in the unit, will return up to 1 billion euros ($1.28 billion) of the 1.48 billion euro sale proceeds to shareholders through a share buyback. The transaction will probably be completed by the end of the year, TNT said in a statement. TNT said in December that it intended to sell the division, which provides supply-chain logistics for mid- to large-size corporations but has low profit margins compared with its competitors...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Icahn Reaches an Agreement With ImClone
The billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn said he had reached an agreement with the biotechnology firm ImClone Systems to avoid a possible proxy contest...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
McDonald’s President Quits Unexpectedly
No reason was cited for the unexpected resignation of Michael J. Roberts as president and chief operating officer...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Court Orders Target to Defend Bias Suit
The discount store chain must defend an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit asserting it has racially biased hiring practices...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Yen Do, 65, Founder of U.S. Vietnamese Paper, Dies
Yen Do was the founder of the largest Vietnamese-language newspaper in the United States and a guiding force in the assimilation of refugees after the Vietnam War...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Ruling May Open Tax Law to More Challenges
A federal appeals court decision that barred the government from taxing some types of damage awards may encourage challenges to other sections of the tax law...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Rambus Shares Rise on Ruling
A California judge delayed the final stage of a six-year patent dispute between Rambus and Hynix Semiconductor...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
U.S. Moves to Prevent Strike at Northwest
The United States attorney’s office in New York urged a judge to bar a strike by Northwest flight attendants set for Friday...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Economic Scene: The Rapidly Changing Signs at the Gas Station Show Markets at Work
Even if the price of gasoline were set by a perfectly benevolent conservationist, we would expect to see the same pattern of price movements...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
As Demand for Copper Soars, BHP Posts a Record
The mining giant reported its third consecutive record profit as China’s booming economy and surging copper prices helped offset rising costs...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Shares Drop After Plunge in Home Sales
Stocks dropped the most in three weeks as a plunge in homes sales heightened concern that the economy was headed for a slump...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
General Electric Executive Leaves to Become VNU Chief
David L. Calhoun, who led the unit that provides a quarter of G.E.’s sales, will become chairman and chief executive of the VNU Group...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Apple Settles Patent Dispute With a Rival
Apple Computer settled a legal dispute with Creative Technology over its patented music player, agreeing to pay a one-time $100 million licensing fee to use the technology...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Advertising: Some Interloper Magazines Get Fat on the September Fashion Feast
More lifestyle magazines are aggressively going after the fashion advertising usually confined to titles like Vogue and Elle...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Finding Success Abroad With Tea and Cigars
The language, legal and social barriers to starting an international small business may prove costly but for those who are up for the challenge, the rewards can be great...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
As Foreign Investment Rises, India Addresses Security Concerns
India is preparing an expansion of its security laws to thwart possible threats from rapid globalization...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Weyerhaeuser Deal With Canadian Paper Maker Will Yield Continental Giant
The deal highlights the pressure North American-based makers of fine paper are under from lower-cost producers in Chile and Brazil...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Rite Aid Expected to Acquire 2 Rivals for $2.55 Billion
Rite Aid agreed to buy the Brooks and Eckerd drug chains, putting it within striking distance of its two largest rivals, Walgreen and CVS...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Market Place: Gateway Shares Soar as 2 Groups Put Company in Play
Gateway shares surged after the company said it had received an offer to buy its retail computer business for $450 million...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
I.B.M. to Buy a Security Software Company for $1.3 Billion
I.B.M. announced plans to buy Internet Security Systems to further its strategy of blending software and service...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
‘Survivor’ to Divide Teams Along Racial Lines
For the first half of the series this fall, four teams of five members will be made up of blacks, Asian-Americans, Hispanics and whites...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Car Insurance Rates Drop in New Jersey
For the first time in decades, car insurance rates are falling in New Jersey and insurance companies are fighting for drivers’ business...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Merck Sees Successor to Vioxx
Merck said its drug Arcoxia was shown in a study to be no more dangerous to the heart than an older painkiller still widely in use...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Ford Looks at Possibility of Alliances
The Ford Motor Company is evaluating alliances with other automakers even as it moves ahead with its own revamping efforts...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
Allies Start to Escalate Dispute Between Cruise and Viacom
The war of words between the Tom Cruise’s camp and Viacom chairman Sumner M. Redstone and his allies was on the verge of escalating from recrimination to retribution...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
New Signs of Cooling in Housing
Sales of previously owned homes fell to the lowest level in more than two years as economists said the housing market was following the traditional path of a slowdown...
New York Times - August 24, 2006
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