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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 2007:
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Vick admits dog killing; suspended by NFL
Football star Michael Vick on Friday admitted that he and his co-defendants killed dogs that did not fight well, and he was later suspended indefinitely by the NFL. In Friday's plea agreement Vick said he would plead guilty to one count of "Conspiracy to Travel in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Unlawful Activities and to Sponsor a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture." full story...
CNN - August 24, 2007
Edwards denies slam directed at Clinton
Despite widespread media reports that his comments disparaging "establishment elites" and "Washington insiders" were directed at Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential nominee John Edwards denied Friday that he meant to slam one of his chief rivals. full story...
CNN - August 24, 2007
City Room: The Bloomberg Angle to ?Wristgate?
The mayor signed Stephen Colbert's cast...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
The Pour: When Wines Are Alive
The unconventional Oslavje Bianco from Radikon. (Courtesy of pedrelli.com) I?m about to go on vacation, so this will be my last post until after Labor Day. As I?m about to leave I?m thinking about some wines that I?ve enjoyed in the last week or so and how inadequate our usual descriptive language is to characterize their [...]...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
U.S. Open ?07: More Drama on Women?s Side
All In… Liz Robbins reports that the U.S.T.A. is keeping tabs on gambling at the U.S. Open this year after the Tim Donaghy scandal and questions surrounding Russian tennis star Nikolay Davydenko. After defeating up-and-struggling American Donald Young in a tight three-setter Wednesday night at the Pilot Pen tourney, Davydenko was asked outright: ?Did you fix that [...]...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Clinton Best to Deal With Terror?
The New York senator weighs in on whether Republicans would gain an advantage...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Jessica Lunsford Killer Sentenced to Die
INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) -- A convicted sex offender was sentenced Friday to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and burying her alive in his yard...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Ruling Clears Way for Noriega to Be Sent to France
A federal judge in Miami paved the way for the former Panamanian leader to face money laundering charges...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
N.F.L. Suspends Vick After He Files Plea
Michael Vick admitted in court papers today that he financed gambling associated with a dog fighting ring...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
College Football Preview: For Colt Brennan, Hawaii Means Renewal
Hawaii?s star quarterback, a Heisman Trophy candidate, is on the cusp of what could be a transcendent season...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Firefighters Bid One of Their Own Farewell
A funeral was held today at St. Patrick?s Cathedral for Robert Beddia, a 23-year-veteran of the fire department who died on Saturday doing the work he loved...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
McCain Tries to Tackle Age Issue by Calling It a Plus
Senator John McCain, who turns 71 next week, hopes to be the oldest person elected to a first term as president...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Heinz Profit Up 6 Percent, Lifts View
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- H. J. Heinz Co. said Friday its fiscal first-quarter earnings grew 6 percent, driven by double-digit growth in ketchup, beans, soups and Smart Ones meals, and the ketchup maker raised its outlook for the full year...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Burger King Reports 4Q Profit
MIAMI (AP) -- The turnaround continues at Burger King...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Teen Unlocks iPhone From AT&T Network
A 17-year-old hacker has broken the lock that ties Apple?s iPhone to AT&T?s wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
New Home Sales Up 2.8 Percent in July
The figures provided an unexpected break from dismal housing news, but economists cautioned that it was unlikely to last...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Stocks Surge Following Home Sales Data
Wall Street ended its calmest week in a month with a big advance, rising on solid economic readings that countered the bleak sentiment that has blanketed the financial markets...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
US man jailed for 1964 deaths
A former Ku Klux Klansman is jailed for life in the US for his role in the abduction and murder of two black teenagers...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
EU alarm at Guatemala violence
EU observers are concerned over political murders in Guatemala ahead of September elections...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
US Iraq withdrawal 'a step back'
A US commander in Iraq warns against early troop withdrawals, despite growing calls for a pullout...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
NFL star admits dog fight charges
National Football League star Michael Vick pleads guilty to dog fight charges that could wreck his career...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Vick admits dog killing, conspiracy
NFL star Michael Vick has admitted that he and his co-defendants killed dogs that did not fight well in papers filed on Friday with a federal court in Virginia. In a plea agreement, Vick said he would plead guilty to one count of "Conspiracy to Travel in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Unlawful Activities and to Sponsor a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture." full story...
CNN - August 24, 2007
U.S. jet 'bombs British troops'
Three British soldiers were killed in a suspected "friendly fire" incident involving a bomb dropped from a U.S. fighter plane during a clash with Taliban militants in Afghanistan, military officials said Friday. full story...
CNN - August 24, 2007
General: Pulling troops 'giant step backward'
An U.S. commander in Iraq believes it would not be possible to withdraw troops from his region south and east of Baghdad by year's end. full story...
CNN - August 24, 2007
Bits: Why Can?t We Compute in the Cloud?
Cloud computing is not some fluffy idea...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Blog: The Lede: The Astronaut Soap Opera
Lisa Nowak's lawyers want the judge to suppress her statements to police and everything they found in her car. And they want to get rid of the ankle bracelet...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
TierneyLab: Simulated Happiness vs. Real Misery
The Lab judging panel will be busy this weekend picking a winner in the speak-to-the-Prime-Designer contest. (You can still enter today.) As they toil tirelessly, let us ponder this designer?s ethics, and whether it’s better to live in simulated joy or be really miserable. The posthuman Prime Designer may not care much what our puny [...]...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Vick Files Plea in Federal Court
Michael Vick filed a plea agreement in federal court Friday admitting to a dogfighting charge and agreed the enterprise included the killing of fighting dogs and gambling...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
New Search Begins for Contractor for a Difficult Job
Finding a contractor capable of dismantling the Deutsche Bank building safely is proving to be a daunting task...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Beautifying the World With Amazon Ingredients
In a retail market keen on the word ?natural,? exports of Brazil?s beauty products have been rising quickly...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Bank of China Shares Plunge
Shares in the bank, the second largest in China, fell 5.4 percent in Hong Kong a day after it reported holding almost $9.7 billion in securities backed by subprime mortgages...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
July New Home Sales Up 2.8 Percent
A surge in new home sales on the West Coast helped offset a steep drop in the Northeast last month as sales nationwide unexpectedly rose...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Stocks Rise After Economic Reports
Stocks went from flat to higher after a stronger-than-expected reading on new homes sales for July. That followed a better-than-expected durable goods report...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Wheat prices reach record level
Wheat prices surge to record levels on international markets, triggering the threat of rising bread prices...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
S Korea lifts its ban on US beef
South Korea agrees to resume US beef shipments, suspended after the discovery of bone fragments revived BSE fears...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Nasa ex-astronaut in court plea
An US ex-astronaut accused of attempted kidnap asks a court to remove a tracking device from her ankle...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Court weighs Guantanamo case
A new US military appeals court is to hear its first case, that of Canadian Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
'US friendly fire' kills British soldiers
Three British soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by what is believed to be "friendly fire" from a US fighter plane...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Bangladesh lifts daytime curfew
Traffic returned to the streets, and residents crowded markets in Bangladesh's six largest cities Friday after the military-backed government temporarily lifted a curfew imposed to quell violent student protests. full story...
CNN - August 24, 2007
Now a Lobbyist, an Ex-Senator Uses Campaign Money
Since leaving Congress, Robert G. Torricelli has made donations from his Senate campaign chest to politicians with influence over his business interests...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Bank of China Reports Heavy Exposure to Subprime Crisis
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New York Times - August 24, 2007
Microsoft to replace Xbox parts
Microsoft is replacing parts for the steering wheel control on its Xbox games console after users reported overheating and smoke...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Court clears way for US food deal
A US court clears the way for a $565m merger between US organic retailers Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Wallace shooter set to leave jail
The man who shot Alabama Governor George Wallace in 1972 is to be freed from prison after serving 35 years...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Chile may rule soon on Fujimori
Chile's top court could rule within a month on Peru's request for ex-President Alberto Fujimori to be extradited, officials say...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Midwest awash after heavy storms
Storms continue to drench the US Midwest, which is already enduring record floods...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
U.S. intel: Doubts over al-Maliki
The U.S. intelligence community doubts Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is able to lead Iraq, according to administration officials who have seen the revised National Intelligence Estimate. full story...
CNN - August 24, 2007
Gunman Who Shot Wallace Is to Be Freed
Arthur Bremer, the gunman who tried to kill Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama, will be released from prison...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Accident at Ground Zero Demolition Site Injures 2
Two firefighters were injured when a worker lost control of a small forklift on the 23rd floor of the troubled Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies at 84
Grace Paley explored the struggles of ordinary women in precise, pungent stories...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Odd Jobs Help College Teams Stay Afloat
For Division I athletes in sports like fencing, winning championships does not guarantee financial stability...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Studies Report Inducing Out-of-Body Experience
Using virtual-reality goggles, a camera and a stick, scientists have induced out-of-body experiences in healthy people...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Storm Death Toll in Midwest Climbs
Reports of four more deaths have brought to 12 the number of people who have died since the rains began...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Hebrew Charter School Spurs Dispute in Florida
Students started classes at Ben Gamla Charter School this week amid debate over whether a public school can teach Hebrew without touching Judaism...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Exhibition Review: O, Believers, Prepare to Be Amazed!
Despite some flaws, the Times Square Ripley?s Believe It or Not! Odditorium is so entertaining and provocative that it?s worth special attention...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Now a Lobbyist, Ex-Senator Uses Campaign Money
Since he left Congress, Robert G. Torricelli has spent at least $65,000 of his campaign money on politicians or organizations that had influence over his business interests...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
TV Sports: Nike Puts Women Back on the Pedestal
In the company?s new ad campaign, 18 women step up to deliver a unified message: We?re athletes, so ditch the female modifier...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Role of Telecom Firms in Wiretaps Is Confirmed
The Bush administration has said for the first time that American telecommunications companies played a crucial role in domestic eavesdropping...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Japan: Sumitomo Plans Nickel Project
The trading company Sumitomo said it and three partners planned to invest about $3.3 billion to develop a nickel project in Madagascar amid increasing worldwide demand for nonferrous metals. Sumitomo and the Korea Resources Corporation of South Korea will join with two Canadian companies, the Sherritt International Corporation and SNC Lavalin, to develop a nickel mine, build smelters and create shipping infrastructure, the company said. Production is expected to begin in the second half of 2010, said Sumitomo, based in Tokyo...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Canada: Toronto-Dominion?s Profit Rises 39%
Toronto-Dominion Bank posted a 39 percent increase in fiscal third-quarter net income on higher profit throughout the company. For the period that ended July 31, the company posted net income of 1.1 billion Canadian dollars ($1 billion), or 1.53 Canadian dollars a share, compared with 796 million Canadian dollars, or 1.09 Canadian dollars a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 11 percent, to 3.65 billion Canadian dollars, or about $3.43 billion...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Chile: Economy Grew 6.1%. in Second Quarter
Chile?s economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years in the second quarter, bolstering expectations that the central bank will continue to raise interest rates to prevent accelerating growth and consumer demand from stoking inflation. The economy expanded 6.1 percent from a year earlier, the central bank reported on its Web site, the biggest expansion since 6.3 percent growth in the first quarter of 2005...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Japan: Interest Rates Are Held Steady
Japan?s central bank, the Bank of Japan, left its interest rates unchanged because of worries about the fallout from the credit squeeze in the United States. Before the subprime mortgage crisis emerged in the United States, the markets had expected the Bank of Japan to raise the pivotal overnight call rate, now at 0.50 percent...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Switzerland: Cement Maker Beats Estimates
The cement maker Holcim increased profit more than analysts estimated on expansion in China and India and may acquire a controlling stake in Ambuja Cements of India. Second-quarter net income more than tripled, to 2.07 billion Swiss francs ($1.72 billion), bolstered by a gain of 1.1 billion francs from the sale of a stake in its South African unit, Holcim, based in Jona, Switzerland, said. Sales rose 16 percent, to 7.27 billion francs. Holcim will offer up to $1.34 billion to gain a majority of Ambuja, based in Mumbai...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Abu Dhabi: Deal for a Canadian Oil Producer
Abu Dhabi National Energy, a state-controlled United Arab Emirates investor in oil and power assets, agreed to buy the Canadian unit of Pioneer Natural Resources for $540 million. Production at the Canadian unit of Pioneer, based in Irving, Tex., is more than 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day and will help Abu Dhabi National come closer to its goal of producing 100,000 barrels a day...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
United Air Might Sell Maintenance Unit
United Airlines said yesterday that it might sell all or part of its maintenance operations to outside investors to raise cash to modernize and expand the unit...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
New Mexico Looks Again at Show?s Use of Children
The New Mexico attorney general has reopened an investigation into whether the CBS reality show ?Kid Nation? violated the state?s child-labor laws and other state regulations...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
States Begin Action on Subprime Lending
The governor of North Carolina signed legislation that would protect subprime borrowers from highly risky adjustable-rate mortgages...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Home Depot Said to Cut Price to Try to Save Sale of Unit
Home Depot was scrambling last night to save the sale of its wholesale unit to a consortium of private equity firms, lowering its asking price by about $1.2 billion from the original $10.3 billion it agreed upon, people involved in the talks said...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Smithfield Foods Net Soars, but Hormel Profit Tumbles
Smithfield Foods, the world?s biggest hog and turkey producer, reported yesterday that quarterly net income doubled on rising beef and pork sales. Hormel Foods said its profit fell on higher costs to make Spam meat products and bacon bits...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Banks Tap Fed Loans
Central bank officials cut the discount rate by half a percentage point and have encouraged banks to tap the discount window to help ease the credit squeeze...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Harry Potter Propels Bookseller?s Results
Barnes & Noble, the world?s largest bookseller, said yesterday that second-quarter profit rose 8.9 percent as demand for the latest Harry Potter book produced the fastest revenue growth in almost three years...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
BNP Paribas Is Reopening 3 Funds
BNP Paribas, the French bank, said on Thursday that it would reopen three funds next week that it had frozen in a step that accelerated a slide in financial stocks...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Chinese Bank Has $9 Billion in Subprime-Backed Securities
The Bank of China said Thursday that it held almost $9.7 billion of securities backed by American subprime loans, the most of any Asian company...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Advertising: Campaigning Not for Your Vote but for Your Dollar
There is a new presidential candidate named Ray Hopewood ? but believe in him at your peril...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Appeals Court Backs Whole Foods Deal
A federal appeals court today cleared the way for Whole Foods Market to buy rival organic grocer Wild Oats Markets...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Street Scene: Rise in Insider-Trading Cases Shows the Perils of Pillow Talk
As federal regulators have pursued insider trading cases this year, one of the oddities they have spotted is an increase in cases involving husbands and wives...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
British Airways and Korean Air Fined Millions for Fixing Prices
Two major airlines were fined $300 million each Thursday after admitting that they had conspired to fix prices on international flights...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Remarks on Housing Reverse Early Rally
Stocks slipped yesterday as investors worried about the economic outlook after the head of the Countrywide Financial Corporation said the housing downturn could create a recession...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Commercial Paper Market Shrinks the Most in Seven Years
The size of the commercial paper market, a crucial source of short-term financing for businesses, decreased as investors fled asset-backed debt and opted for Treasuries...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Gap?s Belt-Tightening Shows Results as Earnings Climb
Profit rose for the first time in eight quarters after Gap Inc. eliminated jobs and reduced inventory...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Analysts See Dim Outlook for Growth
Policy makers and Wall Street analysts are being forced to scale back their expectations for growth in the overall economy...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
In Primary, Tech?s Home Is a Magnet
For presidential candidates campaigning in Silicon Valley, the place to be is Google?s headquarters...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
In Britain and U.S., Urgent Steps to Change Mortgage Systems
While Americans fear an epidemic of foreclosures, brought on by the subprime mortgage meltdown, Britain is already suffering one...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
A Nation Sells the World on Products Based on Amazon Ingredients
In a retail market keen on the word ?natural,? exports of Brazil?s beauty products have been rising quickly in the last few years...
New York Times - August 24, 2007
Actress Lohan jailed for one day
Actress Lindsay Lohan is sentenced to 24 hours in jail after pleading guilty to drunk driving and drug charges...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Dean continues to batter Mexico
Mexico braces itself for more flooding, as stormy weather caused by Hurricane Dean continues...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
Peru's PM rejects aid criticisms
Peru's Prime Minister denies that aid for the earthquake disaster is not being used effectively...
BBC News - August 24, 2007
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