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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 September 2007:
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Wheels Blog: Corn Ethanol, Biofuel or Biofraud?
An ethanol-sugar mill in São Paulo State. The cheapest and easiest to obtain form of ethanol is sugar cane ethanol. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times) Here’s an interesting bit of scientific research, courtesy of a recent report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a Paris-based global economic think tank, on the difference in [...]...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Romney?s Anti-Ahmadinejad Ad
Mitt Romney has upped the ante in the arms race among the Republican presidential candidates to see who can be toughest on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
The Lede Blog: Solving Peru?s Meteor Madness
Peru looks to cash in soon after explaining mystery illness...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Blue Jays 4, Yankees 1: Loss Makes Yankees? Final Push One Game Harder
The Yankees lost their final home game of the regular season Monday. But if all goes according to plan, they will be back next week for the American League divisional series...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Violent Crimes on the Rise, F.B.I. Says
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Violent crime rose nearly 2 percent last year, the FBI reported Monday in nationwide data that show a slightly higher increase than expected...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
U.S. Criticizes Arrests in Pakistan
The American Embassy expressed serious concerns over the arrest and detention by the Pakistani government of more than three dozen opposition politicians...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Proudly Wearing the Front-Runner Label
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is a good example of why the front-runner designation is so ephemeral...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
City Room: Scene at Columbia
City Room live-blogged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?s speech...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Brooklyn Could Get a High School for Marketers
The goal is for the school, if approved by the Department of Education, to open to an estimated 400 students in September 2008...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
MSNBC?s Abrams to Be Anchor, Not Manager
MSNBC said that Dan Abrams, who has been the host of a 9 p.m. news hour called ?Live with Dan Abrams? temporarily since July, will stay in the job permanently...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
NRG to Seek Permit for Nuclear Reactors
It is the first time since the mid-1970?s that a company has sought approval for a new U.S. nuclear power plant...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Stocks Give Up Early Gains to End Lower
Wall Street retreated today as investors nervously awaited fresh economic data to be published later this week...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
KKR deal completed despite crunch
KKR's takeover of First Data completes despite recent problems in the credit markets...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
Amazonian forest 'more resilient'
The Amazon may survive climate change better than computer models have suggested, according to research...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
Diner's Journal Blog: Diner?s Journal: Dividing the Bill
How to divide up the bill when you're with a big party...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Paper Cuts Blog: Paper Cuts: Skimming the Sunday Reviews
V. S. Naipaul (Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/Camera Press) A quick hike through the Sunday (and a few non-Sunday) book review sections. The Times of London William Dalrymple reads V.S. Naipaul?s new book of essays, ? A Writer?s People: A Way of Looking and Feeling,? and calls it ?a grand old man?s book: meandering, ponderous and pedantic, full of narcissism [...]...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
The Caucus Blog: ?Tis the Season for Endorsements
Hillary Rodham Clinton is endorsed by Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana. Barack Obama gains the support of a former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, who is a fixture on the Iowa political scene...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
The Lede Blog: For China, Mattel Apology Not Enough
A U.S. company's apology to China sparks criticism in both places...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Soldiers Describe Baiting of Insurgents
Army snipers have begun planting fake weapons and bomb-making material and then killing anyone who picks up them up, according to testimony presented in a military court...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
U.S. Arrests 124 in Raids on Global Steroid Ring
Federal officials said the investigation started with more than 30 Chinese companies, which were shipping raw materials to labs in the United States and nine other countries...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
G.M. Workers Begin Walkout Over Contract Impasse
The first national strike against G.M. by the auto workers union since 1970 began today after the two sides apparently hit a stalemate over the union?s demand for job protection...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Wall Street Continues Rise
Wall Street moved mostly higher as investors remained upbeat after the Federal Reserve?s interest rate cut last week...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Ecuador seeks oil 'compensation'
The BBC's Daniel Gordon asks if Ecuador's offer not to exploit Amazon oil reserves in return for international funding is feasible...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
Gamers gear up for Halo 3 launch
Halo 3, one of the most heavily marketed games in history, goes on sale at midnight in the US...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
Dodd?s Other Campaign: Fixing Dad?s Reputation
Senator Christopher Dodd?s 2008 campaign is the most public chapter in his quest for his father?s redemption...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Tamer of Troubled Schools Has Plan in New Orleans
A new superintendent, Paul G. Vallas, is vowing to transform the city?s battered public school system...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Post-9/11 Cases Fuel Criticism for Nominee
Michael Mukasey?s handling of cases of witnesses detained in post-9/11 investigations produced some rare criticism...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Climate change spooks companies
Ever more companies see climate change as a threat, though there are also firms that see it as an opportunity, a report finds...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
NFL: Favre ties Marino record
Brett Favre throws a record-equalling 420th career touchdown pass in Green Bay's surprise victory over San Diego Chargers...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
Gay football World Cup kicks off
Players from around the globe gather in Buenos Aires to compete in the 17th gay football World Cup...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
Deadline looms in GM union talks
United Auto Workers members at GM set a Monday deadline over talks about workers' futures...
BBC News - September 24, 2007
Florida Democrats Affirm an Early Primary
The Florida Democratic Party says it will move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 against the wishes of the national party...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Winners Cite Broken Promises in Pageants
Ashley Wood, 2004?s Miss South Carolina, is locked in a dispute with the pageant over its failure to distribute the scholarship that was part of her prize...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Bloomberg Visits Flight 93 Crash Site on 9/11 Trip
Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented a flag that had flown over ground zero to an official with the National Park Service in a visit to Shanksville, Pa...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Marcel Marceau, Renowned Mime, Dies at 84
The wiry French mime mostly performed as the chalk-faced Bip and did much to revive the art of pantomime...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Post-9/11 Cases Draw Criticism for Nominee
Michael Mukasey?s handling of the cases of witnesses taken into custody in post-9/11 investigations produced some rare criticism of his performance on the bench...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Dodd?s Campaign to Restore His Dad?s Reputation
Senator Christopher Dodd?s presidential campaign is the most public chapter in his career-long quest for his father?s redemption...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Fresh Faces Tackle Woes in New Orleans Schools
A new superintendent is vowing to transform the battered public school system in New Orleans...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
The Media Equation: TV Remote Moves Over for a Mouse
With a new fall season getting under way, will audiences leave behind the tyranny of the broadcast schedule and make up their own fall television schedule by downloading?...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Looking Ahead
SIGNALS ON THE ECONOMY Housing will be in the spotlight this week, with reports on existing home sales for August (Tuesday) and new home sales for August (Thursday)...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week included today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
No Bank Bailouts, Briton Says
Britain?s Treasury chief, Alistair Darling, said that Britain would not protect businesses that make bad judgments, despite a billion-dollar rescue of a struggling bank...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Drilling Down: Text-Message Ads Get Results in U.S.
Europeans are far more likely than Americans to have text-message ads sent to their cellphones, but Americans are far more receptive to them...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why?
Disney has prospered by keeping an extra-tight leash on its animated critters. So why is it permitting YouTube videos that turn Bambi, Simba and Winnie the Pooh into rappers?...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Citywide: Risky Loans Help Build Ghost Town of New Homes
The empty homes and undeveloped lots of Far Rockaway are evidence of the foreclosure crisis in minority neighborhoods, says City Councilman James Sanders Jr...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
It?s Advertising Week, but Don?t Expect to See Mr. Peanut
Advertising Week organizers have canceled the ?Walk of Fame? parade down Madison Avenue, which featured popular brand characters like Charlie the Tuna...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Gamers, on Your Marks: Halo 3 Arrives
Hoping to make entertainment history, Microsoft plans to release the latest video game in its hit Halo franchise on Tuesday...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Paying an Author and Putting Her Down
The National Post in Canada recently criticized Naomi Klein?s ?The Shock Doctrine,? yet the paper bought excerpts from the book to accompany each critical essay...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Charging More for Printers and Less for Ink
Xerox is unveiling a costly solid-ink printer for businesses that will print color pages at the same price as black and white...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Changes Ahead for First Albany
As the First Albany Companies closes the sale of a controlling stake in itself, the investment bank is expected to rename itself and broaden its focus...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Getting Free Cellphone Calls for Ads
A new British mobile service called Blyk will offer subscribers some free calls and text messages in return for their agreeing to accept advertising on their phones...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Retailer?s Shortcut From Desktop to Store
Retailers are increasingly offering ways for consumers to shop online but pick up their goods in stores, letting customers avoid shipping costs...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Britain?s Networks Come Clean to Lift a Cloud of Distrust
The BBC?s disclosure that it had played fast and loose with the name of a cat in a children?s television show is only the latest acknowledgment of deception by British broadcasters...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Savor Those Curly Fries: Planet Hollywood Is Back (Again)
Planet Hollywood has stood as a cautionary tale about the perils of celebrity and hype. But its founder, Robert Earl, hopes a new casino will be the crown jewel of its resurrection...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Familiar Disagreements as Fiscal Deadline Nears
With the new fiscal year just a week away, President Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress are far from an agreement on the proper level of spending for myriad federal programs...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
As the Fall Season Arrives, TV Screens Get More Cluttered
Snipes ? promotional ads for TV programs that share the screen with other programs ? are just the latest effort by network executives to cram promotions onto television screens...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
What to Watch? How About a ?Simpsons? Episode From 1999?
Although DVD sales are down this year, television series on disc have fared better than other categories, and sales of complete seasons are registering growth...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free
One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing world?s children, is reaching out to the public through an interesting marketing campaign...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Auto Workers Set Strike Deadline in Talks With G.M.
The action signaled a major snag in negotiations that had appeared to be heading toward a new contract...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
Advertising: Company Will Monitor Phone Calls to Tailor Ads
Pudding Media is introducing an Internet phone service that will be supported by advertising related to what people are talking about during their calls...
New York Times - September 24, 2007
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