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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 January 2005:
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Democracy finds hope in Iraqi town
The concept of democracy appears to have taken root in the dusty town of Karma, a predominantly Sunni community just north of Falluja - the city at the center of fierce fighting last year. Although most say they don't know who the candidates are or where to go to vote, they say they will vote come January 30 -- for a variety of candidates for a variety of reasons...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Iraqi forces accused of abuse
Iraqi security forces are committing systematic torture and other abuses against people in detention, the pressure group Human Rights Watch says in a new report...
CNN - January 25, 2005
White House Predicts $427 Billion Deficit, Including New War Costs
The record deficit includes an additional $80 billion that President Bush will ask for mostly to cover the costs of the war in Iraq...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
As Impact of Subway Fire Sinks In, Riders' Frustration Rises
Up and down the A line, hundreds of thousands of riders on two subway lines faced the grim consequences of a fire...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Beverly Sills Quits Post at the Met
Beverly Sills, the former opera diva and arts administrator, cited family reasons for leaving her post as chairwoman of the Metropolitan Opera...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
U.N. Says U.S. Deficits Distort Global Economy
The United Nations said today that the twin deficits of the United States were putting the global economy off balance...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Antiglobalization Gathering in Brazil Sees Little to Celebrate
As the World Social Forum returns to its original setting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, after a sojourn in India, the mood is somber...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Meat Packing Industry Criticized on Human Rights Grounds
The nation's meat packing industry has such bad working conditions that it violates basic human and worker rights, said Human Rights Watch...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
US budget deficit to reach $427bn
The US budget deficit is set to reach a record $427bn in 2005, the White House predicts...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
Blaze guts New York subway line
Fire damage to a key New York subway line may take years to repair, officials say...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
NFL: Eagles wait for Owen news
Philadelphia star Terrell Owens could be fit for the Super Bowl, but Chad Lewis is out...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
NFL: Crouch completes switch
Former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Eric Crouch joins Kansas City as a defensive back...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
Hostage pleads for life
An American taken hostage last year is shown pleading for his life in a newly released videotape, but the video offers no clues as to when Roy Hallums' captors made the video or whether he is still alive...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Hostage pleads for his life
A newly released videotape shows American hostage Roy Hallums begging to be spared from a "definite death." But the video offers no clues as to whether the 56-year-old father of two is still alive. Hallums and five others were taken hostage in Baghdad in November...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Daylong debate begins
Some Senate Democrats lambasted Condoleezza Rice over the Bush administration's policy in Iraq during Tuesday's debate of her nomination for secretary of state. Sen. Edward Kennedy called the war a "catastrophic failure," and said he opposed her confirmation...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Budget Office Predicts $368 Billion Deficit This Year
The figure does not include a request that officials are preparing for $80 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Agassi Is Fit, but Federer Is Better at Australian Open
Andre Agassi's fifth-straight loss to Roger Federer today reaffirmed that there is no stopping the arc of history...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
'Aviator' Leads Oscar Nominations With 11
"Million Dollar Baby" and "Finding Neverland" received seven nods, while "Ray" received six and "Sideways" five...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
US budget deficit to reach $368bn
The US budget deficit is set to hit a worse-than-expected $368bn this year, excluding war costs...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
Court backs Florida right to die
The Supreme Court refuses an appeal by the Florida governor to keep alive a woman with severe brain damage...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
US scorns Farc rebel kidnap claim
The US says it had nothing to do with kidnapping a left-wing Colombian rebel leader on Venezuelan soil...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
Hillary attacks Bush on abortion
Hillary Clinton says a shift in family planning policy under President Bush may be causing an increase in abortion...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
Gunmen kill high-ranking Iraqi judge
A high-ranking official in Iraq's Justice Ministry was gunned down this morning as he was leaving his home southeast of Baghdad, according to Baghdad police headquarters. Meanwhile, the U.S. military today said six soldiers died Monday -- one in a roadside bombing, and five in a vehicle accident...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Tapes Reveal the Instant a Blaze Turned Deadly
A full reckoning of the events that led to the deaths of three firefighters is now under way...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Citigroup hit with criminal probe
An 11bn euro bond trade by US bank Citigroup in August 2004 is now being investigated by German prosecutors...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
BBC poll indicates economic gloom
A BBC survey of 22 countries finds most are downbeat over the future of the international economy...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
North America grapples with snow
Residents of the eastern US and Canada struggle with snowdrifts caused by Sunday's storms...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
U.S. troops find Baghdad arms caches
U.S. soldiers found several caches of weapons in raids on homes in southern Baghdad early Monday that authorities allege were being used as supply points for the insurgency. Five people, including an Iraqi police officer, were detained. The finds came amid stepped-up patrols ahead of Sunday's scheduled elections...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Sources: Bush wants $80B more for Iraq, Afghanistan
The Bush administration soon will ask Congress for about $80 billion in additional funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, congressional sources said Monday...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Snowdrifts trap residents
Snowdrifts 6 feet high kept some Massachusetts residents trapped in their homes and commuters across the Northeast limped back to work on icy roads and packed trains Monday as the region struggled to dig out from a paralyzing weekend blizzard...
CNN - January 25, 2005
Militant Imams Under Scrutiny Across Europe
One major concern is that more heated religious rhetoric is encouraging young men to leave home to fight in Iraq...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Clinton Seeking Shared Ground Over Abortions
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said the opposing sides should find "common ground" to prevent unwanted pregnancies...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Driven by Costs, Fertility Clients Head Overseas
The expense of fertility treatments in the U.S. is sending some families overseas, where the costs can be much lower...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
2 Subway Lines Crippled by Fire, Officials Assert
A fire set by a homeless person affected the A and the C lines. Full service may not be restored for three to five years...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Microsoft Yields in Brussels Case
Microsoft will not appeal a court ruling that requires the company to sell in Europe a version of its Windows operating system without its media-playing software...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Dollar's Steep Slide Adding to Tensions U.S. Faces Abroad
President Bush faces a potential currency crisis, in which a plunge in the dollar could set off economic waves around the world...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Ex-F.B.I. Agent and Trader Found Guilty in Fraud Case
A trader in Internet penny stocks was convicted of using confidential information from an F.B.I. agent to profit illegally in the market...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Patient Care vs. Corporate Connections
As drug makers are increasingly scrutinized for their relationships to researchers, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's chief academic officer is finding himself under the spotlight...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Seeking the Key to the Carson Ad Mystique
There's a lot advertisers can learn from Johnny Carson as they study how to adapt his selling methods for modern audiences...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
A Fight Brews Over Proceeds of Metromedia
Of all the investors in John W. Kluge's companies, the worst off are shareholders of the Metromedia International Group, whose stock could prove worthless...
New York Times - January 25, 2005
Penthouse 'ramped sales'
Adult magazine Penthouse inflated 2003 sales by $1m (£532,441), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says...
BBC News - January 25, 2005
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