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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 2006:
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Exit poll: Hamas slashes majority
Palestinian voters loosened the dominant Fatah movement's hold in their first election in a decade, but the ruling party remains No. 1, according to an exit poll. Militant group Hamas is projected to snare about 40 percent of the parliamentary posts and to block Fatah from gaining a majority in the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Exit poll: Hamas wins 40 percent of vote
In the first Palestinian parliamentary elections in a decade, the ruling Fatah Party fell short of a majority in the 132-seat parliament, with the militant group Hamas thrusting itself onto the political scene, exit polls showed...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Rumsfeld fires back at readiness report
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the U.S. military is nowhere near the breaking point and he disputed a new Pentagon-commissioned study that warns the Army needs more troops for Iraq and Afghanistan...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Alito coasting toward a party-line victory
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito began accepting congratulations from Republican leaders today as lawmakers moved toward confirming him in a largely party-line vote...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Astronomers Briefly Glimpse an Earthlike Planet
The discovery suggests that rock-ice planets like our own are predominant in the cosmos, said astronomers...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
At N.S.A. Headquarters, Bush Says Surveillance Program Is Necessary
President Bush continued his spirited defense of his domestic surveillance program today with a visit to employees of the National Security Agency...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Doctors Issue Warning on Drug Used in Heart Surgery
A drug used to reduce bleeding during heart surgery can increase the risk of kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes and should be abandoned, doctors said...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Microsoft to Disclose Parts of Windows Source Code
In a bid to quell growing criticism from regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, Microsoft said today that it would disclose some of the innermost workings of Windows...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Ameriprise Loses Data on 230,000 Customers and Advisers
The investment advisory unit said today that the names and Social Security numbers of customers and advisers were potentially exposed to fraud...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Man guilty of abuse priest murder
A prison inmate is found guilty of murdering paedophile former priest John Geoghan in a US jail...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Court convicts 'Survivor' winner
US reality show victor Richard Hatch is convicted of not paying tax on his $1m winnings...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Supreme Court halts US execution
The US Supreme Court blocks an execution over concerns about the chemicals used in the lethal injection...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Hamas leader: Coalition possible
Mahmoud Zahar, whose militant group Hamas was expected to make a strong showing among Palestinians in elections Wednesday, left open the possibility of forming a coalition with the ruling Fatah Party and also the possibility of future negotiations with Israel, under certain conditions. But asked if Hamas would ever recognize Israel, he replied: "Never."...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Report: Army stretched thin
Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a "thin green line" that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Alito confirmation on track
Senate Democrats charged Wednesday that Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito would be too deferential to presidential power, but gave no hint of any plan to put up a parliamentary roadblock to his confirmation...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Still Smoking in New York City, and Venting About the $8 Pack
If the threat of disease has failed to stop smokers, why, some asked, would a 50-cent increase in taxes do the trick?...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
High Expenses Cited as Sun Microsystems Posts Loss for Quarter
Sun Microsystems reported a second-quarter loss yesterday because of high costs. Its revenue rose, but failed to meet Wall Street's forecasts...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Total Home Sales for 2005 Rise, Despite December Dip
The number of homes sold fell or was flat in all four regions of the country in December, while the total inventory of homes for sale dipped slightly...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Chinese Economy Grows to 4th Largest in the World
The Chinese statistics, showing a national economic output of $2.26 trillion, sent China soaring past France, Britain and Italy to become the world's fourth-largest economy...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
I.R.S. Will Notify Taxpayers When It Freezes Their Refunds
The Internal Revenue Service said yesterday that it would begin notifying taxpayers, most of them the working poor, if their requests for a refund were being frozen because a computer program had identified possible fraud...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Guidant Accepts Bid From Boston Scientific
The decision came after Guidant abandoned its deal with Johnson & Johnson, which had let lapse a crucial midnight deadline without raising its bid...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Analysts back Disney Pixar tie-up
Investors and analysts broadly welcome Walt Disney's $7.4bn deal to buy animation studio Pixar...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Economists predict sliding dollar
Economists at the World Economic Forum bemoan global economic imbalances, but are unsure when and how they will affect us...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Cash meant for Iraqis 'misused'
Cash meant for rebuilding Iraq was handed over without receipts and gambled away, a report finds...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Last march for Argentine mothers
The group of mothers of the disappeared in Argentina is to hold its 1,500th and final 24-hour protest march...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Katrina inquiry 'blocked'
The White House is crippling an inquiry into its response to Hurricane Katrina, senators say...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
US Senate begins debate on Alito
The full US Senate begins to debate the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Palestinians go to polls
About 1.3 million Palestinians headed to the polls Wednesday in the first parliamentary elections in a decade -- a key vote that observers say could be pivotal in the Palestinian push for statehood...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Alito debate hits full Senate
As the Senate begins final debate on Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, the conservative jurist already has won enough commitments from senators to become the nation's 110th justice and likely tilt the high court to the right...
CNN - January 25, 2006
J.&J. Passes on Raising Guidant Bid
Johnson & Johnson let lapse a midnight deadline without raising its bid for Guidant, paving the way for Boston Scientific to emerge as the winner in the takeover battle...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
In pictures: Making the Oscars
The making of the coveted Oscar trophies...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
NFL: White new black for Steelers
Pittsburgh are to buck tradition and wear their white 'away' uniform in Super Bowl XL against Seattle...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Warrant out for Pinochet daughter
An international arrest warrant is issued for Lucia Pinochet, eldest daughter of Chile's ex military ruler...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Mexican migrants to get US maps
Mexicans wanting to cross illegally into the US will be able to get maps showing roads and water tanks...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
Palestinians vote in key poll
About 1.3 million Palestinians head to the polls in the first parliamentary elections in a decade -- a key vote that observers say could be pivotal in their push for statehood...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Palestinians to begin key poll
About 1.3 million Palestinians are about to head to the polls in the first parliamentary elections in a decade -- a key vote that observers say could be pivotal in the Palestinian push for statehood...
CNN - January 25, 2006
Still Leading the Way, but Not on His Bicycle
The Discovery Channel pro cycling team kicked off the post-Lance Armstrong era by announcing that the public face of the team in Armstrong's first year of retirement will be: Lance Armstrong...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
White House Declines to Provide Storm Papers
The Bush administration cited confidentiality of executive branch communications in declining to release some papers on Katrina...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Livedoor Replaces Embattled President
The company named Kozo Hiramatsu, 60, president of Livedoor's accounting software unit, to the post...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Hard Times Haunt Enron's Ex-Workers
Most former Enron employees have been unable to restore the glitter of their old jobs...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
News Analysis: Can 2 Network Lineups Learn to Live Together?
If UPN embraces its haphazard novelty side and lets WB keep its prestigious, soundtrack-heavy dramas, the new network could pose a credible threat to Fox...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
2 Largest U.S. Wireless Carriers Add Many Subscribers
Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless have attracted customers by offering more minutes each month and aggressively marketing family plans...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
A Two-Day Upward Move; First Since Rally Faltered
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
A Project Built on Cobblestones
An upscale food market is part of a larger project to restore a downtown block of 18th- and 19th-century buildings bound by Peck Slip and Beekman Street...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
At New CBS, Early Signs of the Midas Touch
Analysts labeled the CBS Corporation a slow-growth company, but Leslie Moonves is proving the conventional wisdom wrong...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Consequences for Channel 9
The disappearance of the UPN network will create gaping holes at UPN affiliates like New York's WWOR-TV...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
China Shuts Down Influential Weekly Newspaper in Crackdown on Media
Bing Dian, a paper that often tackled touchy political and social subjects, was closed as the authorities stepped up censorship efforts...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Panel Advises Barring Sale of Inhalers
The panel said devices that dispense Primatene Mist and other similar nonprescription inhalers have propellants that harm the ozone layer...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Publisher Offers Witnesses to Disputed Addiction Book
Two men who say they were at a treatment center with James Frey said that they believed his overall description of his experience was accurate...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
As Manhattan Booms, Inflation Squeezes Rest of New York
Manhattan families are doing better on average than those in the rest of the nation in terms of wages, while families in other boroughs are doing worse...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Humble Church Is at Center of Debate on Eminent Domain
A small Baptist church in Sand Springs, Okla., is resisting a plan that would clear out the church and neighbors for superstores like the Home Depot...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Economy in China Is No. 5 in World
By The New York Times...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
J.&J. Plans To Take Pass On Guidant
Johnson & Johnson let lapse a crucial midnight deadline without raising its bid for Guidant, paving the way for Boston Scientific to emerge as the winner in the takeover battle, people involved in the negotiations said last night...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Luring Business Developers Into Low-Income Areas
Tax credits for commercial real estate in low-income areas are helping to create jobs and revitalize streets...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
After Subpoenas, Internet Searches Give Some Pause
Government efforts to compel companies to turn over records on users' search queries have put some Internet users on edge...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Canadian Steel Maker Backs Bid It Resisted
The board of the Canadian steel maker Dofasco endorsed Arcelor's offer of 71 Canadian dollars a share early Tuesday...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
McDonald's 4th-Quarter Profit Up 53%
McDonald's said yesterday that fourth-quarter profit rose 53 percent on increased sales in the United States and Germany...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Trump Sues Writer and Book Publisher
At issue is Mr. Trump's net worth. The author wrote that Mr. Trump is worth at most $250 million. Mr. Trump claims he is worth at least $2.7 billion...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Disney Agrees to Acquire Pixar in a $7.4 Billion Deal
The deal would place senior executives from Pixar in key roles overseeing both the Pixar and Disney animation studios...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
ImClone Considers Selling Itself as It Replaces Its Chief Again
The company is considering putting itself up for sale as competition looms for its only product, the colorectal cancer drug Erbitux...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Picking the Roster for Super Bowl Beer Pitches
On the biggest day of the year for advertising, the biggest advertiser, Anheuser-Busch Companies, is entrusting a newcomer to select its commercials...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Market Place: Should the Securities Industry Have Just One Set of Rules?
Wall Street's trade and lobbying association wants to create one regulator to govern the industry...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Ford Ad Draws Criticism Even Before It Is Shown
The ad, titled "Rebirth," echoes much of the restructuring plan presented on Monday and candidly acknowledges Ford's recent difficulties...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
In Article, Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers
The gifts that makers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices routinely give doctors undermine medical care, a group of influential doctors said...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Cost-Cutting At Daimler To Eliminate 6,000 Jobs
The company extended cost-cutting measures beyond the automotive factory floor to include its global white-collar work force...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
I.B.M. Accused of Denying Overtime Pay to Workers
The suit contends that the company misclassified full-time computer installation and maintenance workers as exempt from overtime...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Layoff Costs Pared Profit At Times Co. In 4th Quarter
The Times said that its profits plunged 41 percent - even as advertising revenue showed a large increase - mainly because of expenses related to job cuts...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
New Program Takes Aim at Purveyors of Malicious Software
Internet research centers at Harvard Law School and Oxford University plan to unveil a program aimed at outing the shady companies that produce spyware...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Tax Shelter Inquiry Expands
Federal prosecutors are investigating three lawyers at a prominent Dallas law firm in a widening of an investigation into shelters that shielded billions of dollars from taxes...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Version of Google in China Won't Offer E-Mail or Blogs
Google has created a special version of its powerful search engine to cope with China's increasingly pervasive Internet controls...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Any Science at Davos Is Anything but Dismal
Davos, a high-altitude schmooze-fest of rare quality, is a decent barometer of economic and political stability in the world...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
With Focus on Youth, 2 Small TV Networks Unite
The new venture, called CW, will take the most popular shows from UPN and WB, each of which has struggled to turn a profit...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Pixar Creative Chief to Seek to Restore the Disney Magic
Pixar's creative leader, John A. Lasseter, now faces the challenge of reviving Disney's weakened animation unit...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
J.&J. Plans to Take Pass on Guidant
Johnson & Johnson was planning Tuesday night to let lapse a crucial midnight deadline to raise its bid for Guidant, paving the way for Boston Scientific to emerge as the winner...
New York Times - January 25, 2006
Marchers open World Social Forum
Thousands of people join an anti-war march in Venezuela as the annual World Social Forum opens...
BBC News - January 25, 2006
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