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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 April 2007:
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Hispanics Reshaping U.S. Catholic Church
The influx of Hispanic immigrants to the U.S. is transforming the nation?s religious landscape, study finds...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Rescuers Search for Victims of Texas Tornado
Severe thunderstorms continued to move across the nation?s southern midsection today after an apparent tornado killed seven people on Tuesday evening along Texas-Mexico border...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Corzine Takes Steps as Recovery Continues
Gov. Jon S. Corzine could be released from Cooper University Hospital in Camden as soon as Monday...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Cuomo Says U.S. Is Lax on Student Lenders
New York State?s attorney general said that criminal charges might result from his months-long investigation of ties between universities and the student loan industry...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Spitzer Seeks Overhaul of New York?s Abortion Law
Gov. Eliot Spitzer plans to introduce legislation shoring up a woman?s right to an abortion in New York State...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
McCain Officially Enters Presidential Race
The Republican candidate stressed his experience as he sought to revive his struggling ?08 campaign...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
2 N.Y. State Troopers Shot; 1 Dies of Injuries
The troopers were closing in on a suspect in the shooting of another trooper hours earlier, authorities said...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
House Panel Seeks to Force Rice to Testify on Iraq Claims
A House committee voted to authorize a subpoena of the secretary of state as it presses an inquiry into the claims that Iraq sought uranium from Niger...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Siemens Chief Says He Will Step Down
Klaus Kleinfeld is the latest casualty in the German engineering company?s widening corruption scandal...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Small Business: Entrepreneurs Can Earn Their Stripes in the Minor Leagues, Too
The Entrepreneurial League System attempts to identify, recruit and develop business talent in underserved and overlooked regions of the country by using the farm team concept of Major League Baseball...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Dow Bursts Through 13,000
The rally has defied skeptics who thought stocks were due for a harder slog as the economy slows...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Solid Reports for the Economy
Orders for durable goods rose 3.4 percent last month, to $214.9 billion, which pleasantly surprised Wall Street...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Ecuador MPs seek asylum
At least 11 MPs flee Ecuador to escape warrants issued for their arrests on charges of sedition...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
McCain launches White House bid
Republican Senator John McCain stresses his experience as he formally announces he will stand in the 2008 US presidential race...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Lula cleared of electoral scandal
Brazil's president Lula da Silva is cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with an alleged smear campaign by his party...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Campus gunman fired 170 bullets
The Virginia Tech gunman fired more than 170 bullets in the nine-minute rampage that killed 30, police say...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
BBC Mundo website wins award
The BBC World Service's Spanish section website, BBC Mundo, wins the Ortega Gasset prize for online journalism...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Argentina cancels junta pardons
An Argentine court cancels pardons for human rights violations granted to two former military leaders...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Britain?s Anti-Terror Chief Offers Somber View
Britain?s top counterterrorism official, Peter Clarke, said today that Al Qaeda has survived and is planning attacks...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Historical Debate Follows Japanese Leader to U.S.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to limit his exposure to uncomfortable questions about his views on Japan?s conduct during World War II...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Rosie O?Donnell to Leave ?The View? in June
ABC News announced today that it had failed to reach a contract extension with Rosie O?Donnell...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
White House Sees Strident Tone in Debate on Iraq Bill
Congress is preparing to send President Bush legislation that would call for a withdrawal of troops to begin by Oct. 1 despite his promise to veto it...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
GlaxoSmithKline?s Earnings Are Little Changed
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New York Times - April 25, 2007
Rival Bid for ABN Amro Is $98.5 Billion
Royal Bank of Scotland and two other European lenders today trumped a recommended offer made by Barclays...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Orders for Durable Goods Are Surprisingly Strong
The 3.4 percent rise was larger than Wall Street expected, and a sign that capital investment is not slowing...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Worries over US housing persist
US new home sales rose 2.6% in March, but the increase fails to ease concerns over the strength of the market...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
US-Mexico border storm kills nine
Severe storms and a tornado strike the US-Mexico border, killing nine people and injuring dozens more...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Iranian athletes invited to US
The US Olympic Committee hopes to build bridges with the Middle East by inviting Iranian athletes to train in America...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Cash boost for schools in Brazil
The Brazilian President unveils details of a $4bn plan to improve standards of education across the country...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Russia bids farewell to Yeltsin
Led by priests in white robes, Russians and world leaders are paying their final respects to Boris Yeltsin at at an elaborate funeral for the country's first post-communist democratic president...
CNN - April 25, 2007
States Seek Limits on ?Robocalls? in Campaigns
Lawmakers in several states want to restrict automated phone calls to voters, some of which have caused outrage...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Storm delays hit JetBlue results
US airline JetBlue reports first quarter losses of $22m after severe disruption to services at the start of 2007...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Spector murder trial due to begin
Opening statements are due to get under way in the murder trial of pioneering music producer Phil Spector...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Ecuador MPs seek Colombia asylum
At least four MPs flee Ecuador to escape warrants issued for their arrests on charges of sedition...
BBC News - April 25, 2007
Mexico City legalizes abortion
Mexico City lawmakers voted to legalize abortion Tuesday, a decision likely to influence policies and health practices across Mexico and other parts of heavily Roman Catholic Latin America. The proposal will take effect with the expected signing by the city's leftist mayor...
CNN - April 25, 2007
Limits Sought on ?Robocalls? in Campaigns
Several states are moving to limit automated telephone calls to voters, some of which have prompted outrage...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
For N.F.L. Draft, the Biggest (XXXXXXL) Sleeper
Walter Thomas is a 6-foot-5, 370-pound defensive tackle who can execute a perfect forward flip...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
People Who Feed Off Anarchy in Somalia Are Quick to Fuel It
Some opportunists have been feeding off the chaos in the country for so long that they refuse to let go...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Bush and Cheney Chide Democrats on Iraq Deadline
In separate appearances, the president and vice president aggressively challenged the motives of Congressional Democrats...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry
Political appointees, often former officials of the industries they now oversee, have eased regulations or weakened enforcement of rules...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
H. M. Mayer, 90, Ex-Chief of Oscar Mayer, Dies
Harold Max Mayer was the former chairman of Oscar Mayer who helped oversee the company?s sale in 1981...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Nike Shifts Assignments to Crispin Porter in Miami
Nike is expanding its agency roster by shifting several important creative assignments to Crispin Porter & Bogusky in Miami, part of MDC Partners...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Warren E. Avis, 92, Founder of Car Rental Company, Dies
Warren E. Avis was a Michigan car dealership owner who founded a chain of car rental agencies and turned it into the nation?s second biggest...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Whirlpool Shares Top $100 on Buyback News
The company said it would resume share buybacks that it had suspended while it digested its purchase of rival Maytag...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Trade Surplus Tops Forecast in Japan
Japan?s trade surplus rose more than expected in March from a year earlier as exports climbed despite a slowdown in the U.S. economy...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Bottler?s Profit Slides
The Pepsi Bottling Group said that quarterly profit fell nearly 15 percent on higher raw material costs...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Corn Seed Sales Bolster DuPont?s Profit
The chemical maker reported a 16 percent increase in first-quarter earnings citing strong performance in its agricultural unit...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Michigan Landlord to Offer Free Space
Michigan?s largest commercial landlord is offering free space as an incentive to attract business into the economically challenged state...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
U.S. Steel Posts a 6.6% Profit on Strong Growth in Europe
While profit easily beat the expectations of analysts, shares fell after the company said it expected flat second-quarter results...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Lockheed First-Quarter Earnings Increase 17%
First-quarter earnings rose 17 percent because of higher sales at its technology unit and one-time gains...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Lexmark Hurt by Drop in Printer Sales
Lexmark International posted a quarterly profit that missed Wall Street estimates...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
JetBlue, Reporting Loss, Warns on Demand
JetBlue Airways posted a loss and warned of weaker demand, higher fuel prices and a lower profit outlook...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
BP Quarterly Profit Down 17% as Price and Production Fall
Other European oil companies are also expected to record declines in profit amid dwindling output and rising costs...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
To Aid Share Price, I.B.M. Raises Dividend and Increases Buyback
I.B.M. increased its dividend by 33 percent and authorized an aggressive ramp-up of its share buyback program...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
2 Music Concerns Resolve Dispute
A $110 million settlement between Warner Music and Bertelsmann resolves claims that Bertelsmann had contributed to widespread copyright infringement...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Better-Than-Expected Earnings Give a Lift
Investors weighed disappointing data on housing sales and consumer confidence against stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
McClatchy?s Profit Falters on Ad Sales
The newspaper publisher reported that profit fell in the quarter because of a slump in classified advertising, dropping below Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Sun Has Profit in 3rd Quarter; Shares Fall on Income Concern
Shares dropped on concerns that that lower-than-expected revenue signaled a slowdown in its core server business...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
AT&T Earnings Beat Forecasts Despite Slow Market for Mobile Phones
The earnings show the potential for growth but also the steep challenges facing AT&T and other telephone companies...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Virgin Orders 15 Boeing Jets to Save Fuel and Cut Noise
The order was part of an environmental partnership with Boeing that includes joint research into biofuels for use in jet engines...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Chase Says It Will Move if City Balks
JPMorgan Chase is threatening to move thousands of employees from Midtown to Connecticut if New York officials do not give it a larger subsidy package to build near ground zero...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Board Divided on Renewing Contract for Siemens Chief
Klaus Kleinfeld?s future was left hanging as the company?s supervisory board wavered over the extension of his contract...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Advertising: Auto Rivalries Make Madison Avenue a Frantic Street
The frenetic competition in the automotive industry is taking its toll on the advertising industry...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Square Feet: Room to Grow, or to Sublet, in Manhattan
An unusual land rush is stirring in Midtown Manhattan as companies sign long-term leases for much more office space than they need...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Shareholders of Times Co. Hold Out 42% of Board Vote
Shareholders gave voice to their growing displeasure with the company?s management and financial performance...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Billionaires Start $60 Million Schools Effort
Eli Broad and Bill Gates are joining forces for a $60 million foray into politics in an effort to vault education high onto the agenda of the 2008 presidential race...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
With ABN Amro, Barclays Sees Asia Growth Atoning for Cuts Elsewhere
Job cuts in Europe and the U.S. may be offset by growth in Asia if Barclays and ABN Amro complete their nearly $91 billion deal...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Appeals Court Allows Net Phone Company to Continue Signing Up New Customers
Vonage can sign up new customers as it pursues its appeal of an earlier ruling that it infringed three Verizon patents...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Indonesian Court Acquits Newmont Mining
The Newmont corporation and one of its senior executives faced criminal charges of polluting a bay with toxic waste...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Equity Firm Wins Bidding for a Retailer, Alliance Boots
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and an Italian billionaire won the takeover battle in Europe?s biggest private equity buyout...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Both Sales and Earnings Rise Sharply at Amazon
Quarterly profit increased 38 percent, to $145 million, on improving margins in its core retail business and increased sales...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Alcatel-Lucent Warns of Continued Losses
The warning cast doubt about the long-term outlook for the company four months after completing a trans-Atlantic merger...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
A New Low-Fare Airline on a Web-Only Approach
Skybus Airlines, a start-up based in Columbus, Ohio, that promises some $10 seats on every flight, will begin service on May 22...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Sporting Goods Maker Is Said to Be Acquired
The Jarden Corporation will acquire K2, the maker of K2 skis and Rawlings baseball gloves and bats, for about $1.2 billion...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Square Feet: Trying to Break the Jinx of Chicago?s Block 37
After 20 years of failed development efforts, buildings are finally going up on Chicago?s long-vacant Block 37...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Wall St. Firm Will Settle Sex Bias Suit
Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $46 million to settle a suit by female brokers who said they were discriminated against in how they were trained, promoted and paid...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Russian Energy Giant to Bundle Carbon Credits With Gas Sales
Gazprom will sell carbon dioxide emissions credits that companies in the European Union need in order to burn Gazprom?s fuel...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Sales of Previously Owned Homes Plunge to 1989 Level
Winter weather and newly tightened lending standards probably sped the 8.4 percent drop in March, economists said...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
U.S. Wonders if Drug Data Was Accurate
The F.D.A. is examining whether Eli Lilly provided accurate data about the side effects of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
Move Over G.M., Toyota Is No. 1
The news that Toyota is now the world?s largest carmaker was met in Detroit with anger and a sense of resignation...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
No Charges for Apple Over Options
Regulators said they would bring no civil charges against Apple over the backdating of executive stock options...
New York Times - April 25, 2007
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