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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 2006:
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Annan: EU living up to Lebanon promise
European countries will provide "the backbone" of a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday. European nations have now pledged almost 7,000 troops for the enlarged U.N. mission...
CNN - August 25, 2006
Time.com: Why the Plan B debate won't go away
As the FDA approves the morning after pill for over-the-counter sales to adults, conservatives beat up on the federal agency and the drugmaker begins its push to make Plan B available to younger women...
CNN - August 25, 2006
U.S. to Press Sudan’s Leader to Accept U.N. Force
The top American diplomat for Africa will press President Omar al-Bashir to accept a U.N. force for Darfur...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Rubin Resigns From Ford’s Board, Citing Conflict
Robert E. Rubin, a director at Citigroup, wanted to avoid conflicts as Ford proceeds with a restructuring plan...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Fed Chief Sees Faster Pace for Globalization
Ben S. Bernanke warned that governments need to help people cope with the disruptions of new competition...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
US sets hearing on stock options
The US Senate is to investigate stock options and executive pay at a hearing in early September...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Fed chief warns on protectionism
US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke warns of the threat posed to global economic growth by protectionism...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Mexico fishermen stand by account
Three Mexicans who say they were adrift at sea for nine months say they are willing to take lie detector tests...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
US plane diverted over 'scare'
An American Airlines flight from Manchester to Chicago is diverted following a reported threat, the FBI says...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
'Dungeon' girl 'was sex victim'
DNA tests have confirmed that a young Austrian woman believed to have been held captive in a basement "dungeon" and sexually assaulted over an eight-year period is Natascha Kampusch, who vanished in 1998 at the age of 10...
CNN - August 25, 2006
Europe pledges 7,000 peacekeepers
European countries have pledged to contribute almost 7,000 troops to a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon. "Europe is providing the backbone to the force," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says...
CNN - August 25, 2006
Accused Vermont killer released from hospital
Vermont bakery worker Christopher A. Williams, angry about breaking up with his ex-girlfriend, showed up at her home Thursday and shot and killed her mother, police said. He then moved on to an elementary school and fired on two other people, killing a teacher, police said, before shooting himself. Friday he left a hospital and was jailed without bail on two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder...
CNN - August 25, 2006
Republican to offer timetable for Iraq withdrawal
Rep. Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican defending his seat from an anti-war challenger, says the U.S. should consider setting a timeline for troop withdrawals from Iraq. Shays has opposed previous calls to establish a withdrawal timetable and has been a strong supporter of the war...
CNN - August 25, 2006
Tornado Warning Is Put Out for New York City
Severe thunderstorms, including hail and possible tornados, were expected across the midwest and northeast...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Europe Pledges Up to 9,600 Troops for Lebanon
Secretary General Kofi Annan called the commitments the “credible core” called for by the U.N. resolution authorizing the force...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Lenovo Hires a 4th Dell Executive
Christopher J. Askew was hired as a senior executive in charge of a new business unit based in Singapore...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Five Executives Are Arrested in Japan
They are suspected of illegally exporting equipment to Malaysia that could be used in making nuclear weapons...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
China seals oil deal with Chavez
China secures a major energy deal during a state visit to the country by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Man freed from Guantanamo
A German-born Turkish man is freed from US custody at Guantanamo Bay where he has been held since 2002...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
US probes Israel bomb use
The US State Department launches an inquiry into whether Israel misused US-made cluster bombs in Lebanon...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Colombia hunts paramilitary chief
Colombia orders the arrest of a right-wing paramilitary leader in connection with the killing of his brother...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Man jailed for Peru student death
A Russian man convicted of the racist murder of a Peruvian student last year gets 16 years in prison...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
More troops pledged for U.N. force
Countries are moving to commit more forces to the U.N. peace force in Lebanon after French President Jacques Chirac said he would send a total of 2,000 French troops...
CNN - August 25, 2006
Montevideo Journal: A Swastika, 60 Years Submerged, Still Inflames Debate
Uruguayan officials fear that neo-Nazi groups will try to acquire artifacts recovered from a German battleship that was scuttled in 1939...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
One year on: Katrina's legacy
The BBC's Stephen Sackur finds that one year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, life is far from easy in the city known as the Big Easy...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Tennis: Win for Davenport
Lindsay Davenport finds her form to surprise Amelie Mauresmo at the Pilot Pen event in New Haven...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Protests over Survivor 'tribes'
US reality show Survivor's division of contestants along ethnic lines prompts calls for it to be axed...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
First legal abortion in Colombia
Colombia sees its first legal abortion after the deeply-Catholic nation legalised the procedure in May this year...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
US-Irish flight in security alert
Passengers on a flight from the US to Ireland are questioned by police after a bomb threat, officials say...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
JonBenet suspect now in Colorado
The man suspected of killing child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey arrives in Colorado to face charges...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
Morning-after pill OK'd for over-the-counter
Women may buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription -- but only with proof they're over age 18, federal health officials ruled Thursday. The decision caps a 3-year fight about whether to ease access to the emergency contraceptive...
CNN - August 25, 2006
9/11 Shrine, With the Tragic, Toxic Dust
An exhibit features the toxic dust-covered jeans and sweaters that were preserved in the storefront of a shop near the World Trade Center...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Art Review: Walker Evans. Or Is It?
Let us now enlarge famous images: taking the photographer out of the dark room and into the digital age...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
The Katrina Year: New Orleans Shops Struggle to Survive
The revival of New Orleans’s little restaurants and independent stores remains uncertain...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
It’s Never Too Early to Gear Up for ’08 Race
Potential presidential contenders are building the foundations of their 2008 campaigns amazingly early...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
F.D.A. Approves Broader Access to Next-Day Pill
The agency’s decision did little to dampen what became a central part of the nation’s debate on abortion...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Files From Duke Rape Case Give Details but No Answers
An examination of the case file shows that there is a body of evidence to support the prosecutor’s decision to take the matter to a jury...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Italian Banks in Merger Discussion
Banca Intesa of Italy may buy a smaller rival, Sanpaolo IMI, to create a bank with more than 6,300 branches, the most in Italy. The boards of the companies will meet to discuss a possible merger by the end of the week, Intesa and Sanpaolo said in a brief statement. Intesa and Sanpaolo are under pressure to merge as foreign lenders enter the Italian market, increasing competition. With a combined market value of more than 60 billion euros ($77 billion), the new company would rank among the top 10 banks in Europe by market value. Shares of Intesa, based in Milan, jumped 7.6 percent, the most in more than three and half years. Shares of Sanpaolo, of Turin, climbed 6.1 percent...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
KB Home Options Inquiry
The home builder said that the S.E.C. planned to start an informal investigation of its stock option practices...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Canadian Bank Profit Nearly Doubles
Toronto-Dominion Bank, one of Canada’s largest lenders by assets, said third-quarter profit almost doubled on higher trading fees and increased earnings from its United States discount brokerage unit. Net income for the period ended July 31 climbed to 796 million Canadian dollars ($717 million), or 1.09 Canadian dollars a share, from 411 million Canadian dollars, or 0.58 dollar, a year earlier, the bank said. Excluding one-time items, profit was 1.21 dollars a share. Revenue rose 6.1 percent, to 3.23 billion dollars. “The Ameritrade results are fabulous,” said David Baskin, president of Baskin Financial Services in Toronto, which does not own Toronto-Dominion shares. “The problem is that the growth is coming from a cyclical business.”...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Foreign Briefs: Jobless Rate in Brazil at 15-Month High
Brazil’s unemployment rate jumped to a 15-month high in July as an appreciation in the currency eroded profits on exports and led companies including Volkswagen to cut payrolls. The jobless rate in Brazil’s six largest metropolitan areas rose to 10.7 percent, from 10.4 percent in June and 9.4 percent in July 2005, the government said. Economists had predicted a decline in the rate to 10.2 percent, according to the median of 14 forecasts in a Bloomberg survey...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Foreign Briefs: More Venezuelan Oil Sales to China
Venezuela, seeking to diversify its crude exports and ease reliance on the United States market, hopes to increase oil sales to China by six times, to 1 million barrels a day, in the next decade, President Hugo Chávez said during a visit to Beijing. The two countries have signed billions of dollars’ worth of investment agreements, including energy and petrochemical deals worth around $2 billion, Mr. Chávez said. Mr. Chávez has repeatedly threatened to cut oil supplies to the United States if the American government takes any actions against him...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Glaxo in Deal to Develop New Drugs
GlaxoSmithKline said it signed a deal that could be worth up to $1.5 billion for the biotechnology company ChemoCentryx to discover new drugs...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Williams-Sonoma Cuts Full-Year Forecast Again
The home furnishings retailer cut its full-year sales outlook for the second time in about six weeks as a result of softening consumer demand, despite higher second-quarter profit...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Kitchen Appliance Chain to Be Acquired
A unit of Nacco Industries said it had agreed to buy Le Gourmet Chef, a kitchen appliance chain that sought bankruptcy protection this month...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
MediaNews Names Officer
MediaNews Group said it had named Steven B. Rossi, a former executive at Knight Ridder, as executive vice president and chief operating officer...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Another Prominent Lawyer Departs From Milberg Weiss
Patricia M. Hynes said she was leaving the embattled securities class-action law firm to join Allen & Overy as senior counsel...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
VC Nation: Promoting Alternative Energy Without Being Too Green
The buzz in Silicon Valley is all about “clean tech.” But some venture captial funded start-ups are stretching the definition of what it means to be green...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
State Opposes Delay for Grasso Pay Trial
The New York attorney general’s office asked an appeals court not to delay a trial of former N.Y.S.E. chairman Richard A. Grasso, over his $190 million pay package...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
AOL to Sell Downloads From 4 Studios
AOL said it would offer movies from four major Hollywood studios for downloading on its Internet video service...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
New-Home Sales and Goods Orders Fall Markedly
Sales of new homes and orders for durable goods both fell more than expected in July, providing further evidence of slowing economic growth...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Small Gains as Signs Point to Soft Consumer Spending
Wall Street managed a razor-thin gain as investors sifted through data that pointed to stable interest rates...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Canadian Drugstore Company Retreats From U.S.
The Jean Coutu Group confirmed that it would sell its Eckerd and Brooks drugstore chains, putting it on a list of Canadian retailers whose success at home did not translate in the American market...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
A Private Eye for Investors
As the number of hedge funds has multiplied, potential investors are turning to professional sleuths for guidance...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Northwest and Its Flight Attendants Await a Strike Ruling
Flight attendants are threatening only scattered and small disruptions to flights should a federal judge rule that they have a legal right to strike...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Fannie Mae Won’t Face U.S. Charges Over Its Books
The move follows a settlement Fannie Mae reached with securities and housing regulators three months ago and removes a significant legal threat against the company...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Chinese Bank Is Buying Some Bank of America Branches
The China Construction Bank agreed to buy Bank of America’s retail banking operations in Hong Kong and Macao...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Beating of Lawyer Threatens Hong Kong’s Allure
An assault on prominent lawyer Albert Ho threatens to damage Hong Kong’s reputation for the fair settlement of disputes in court...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Advertising: Free to Gain Traction for About $50 Million
To help their new CW broadcast network gain traction in the proverbial 500-channel universe, CBS and Time Warner are sponsoring an ambitious campaign to create an identity for it...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Proposal to Build a Wal-Mart in Southern S.I. Is Scrapped
Wal-Mart’s plans to open its first New York City store at the southern tip of Staten Island have fallen through, company officials confirmed...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
[TS] If Your Stocks Fall, Demand a Refund
Overstock.com chief executive Patrick M. Byrne’s latest legal theory would allow those who bought the company’s stock before it plunged to get their money back from their brokers...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Apple Joins in a Recall of Batteries
Apple Computer said it was recalling 1.8 million laptop batteries because they could overheat and catch fire...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Home for Sale, by Anxious Owner
Many home sellers are offering thousands of dollars in incentives so they do not have to slice deeply into asking prices...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Next-Day Pill No Pot of Gold for Its Maker
The political debate over Plan B may have helped raise the profile of its maker, Barr Pharmaceuticals, but over-the-counter sales will barely register on its balance sheet...
New York Times - August 25, 2006
Venezuela in diplomatic bag row
The US accuses Venezuela of illegally searching a diplomatic bag destined for its embassy in Caracas...
BBC News - August 25, 2006
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