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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 2007:
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Amnesia victim wandered streets for days
Joe Bieger walked out his front door with his two dogs one morning last fall as a beloved husband, father, grandfather and assistant high school athletic director. Then he forgot who he was and walked the streets of Dallas, Texas, for 25 days...
CNN - January 26, 2007
Violence stops Palestinian talks
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have suspended talks because of a groundswell of violence between them, spokesmen for the two groups said Friday. Ongoing clashes between the two groups Friday left at least 11 people dead -- including civilians and Fatah and Hamas militants...
CNN - January 26, 2007
Seton Hall Students Sentenced to 5 Years for Fire
Joseph T. Lepore and Sean Michael Ryan admitted that they set a fire seven years ago that killed three students...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Hotel in Pakistani Capital Is Bombed
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed the bomber and a security guard...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Drug That Treats Vision Problems May Increase Stroke Risk
Genentech said that interim data from a clinical trial showed that 1.2 percent of patients treated with a high dose of Lucentis had a stroke...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Ex-students get 5 years for deadly dorm fire
Two former roommates who admitted setting a dormitory fire that killed three students at Seton Hall University were sentenced Friday to five years in prison. Joseph T. LePore and Sean Ryan, both 26, could be eligible for parole in 16 months...
CNN - January 26, 2007
U.S. can kill Iran agents in Iraq
The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to capture or kill Iranian agents in Iraq who are plotting attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, a U.S. national security official says...
CNN - January 26, 2007
Bush: 'I'm the decision-maker' on Iraq troop levels
President Bush, on a collision course with Congress over Iraq, said Friday "I'm the decision-maker" about sending more troops to the war. He challenged skeptical lawmakers not to prematurely condemn his plan...
CNN - January 26, 2007
New Yorkers Feel an Unusually Frigid Day
So you don?t like how frigid it is today in New York because you?ve gotten used to practically balmy, all but snow-free winter days. Well, don?t run out yet to buy a new heavy parka...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
High growth for US durable orders
Sales of new US homes fell in 2006 by the largest amount in 16 years, the Commerce Department says...
BBC News - January 26, 2007
Nasdaq rules out raising LSE bid
Nasdaq rules out raising its bid for the London Stock Exchange before a self-imposed deadline of midnight...
BBC News - January 26, 2007
Brazil's Lula urges Doha progress
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva calls on rich nations not to hold back global trade talks...
BBC News - January 26, 2007
Baghdad pet market bomb kills 15
A bomb stashed in a box exploded in a pet market in central Baghdad Friday morning, killing at least 15 people and wounding 35 others, an Iraqi interior ministry official said...
CNN - January 26, 2007
Groups Head to Capital to Step Up Antiwar Drive
The organizers of the demonstrations are also carrying out a sophisticated lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Debate in India: Is Rule on Yoga Constitutional?
Whether public school students should take up a common yoga exercise has engendered a legal and political row in India...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Secrecy Is at Issue in Suits Opposing Spy Program
The judges who will hear the first appeal challenging the N.S.A.?s domestic surveillance program expressed uneasiness about the Bush administration?s extraordinary secrecy...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
From Unread to in Demand, Thanks to ?Utopia?
A 1978 collection of essays on 19th-century Russian intellectuals has virtually disappeared from bookstores across New York City, thanks to Tom Stoppard and his epic three-part play ?The Coast of Utopia.?...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Ex-Cheney Aide Contradicts Libby
The testimony of the vice president's former spokeswoman may prove especially damaging to I. Lewis Libby Jr...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Colleges Regroup After Voters Ban Race Preferences
Many public universities are scrambling to find race-blind ways to attract more blacks and Hispanics...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Hollywood, the Sequel: Less Shabby, More Chic
A famous intersection in Los Angeles ? Hollywood and Vine ? seems to have finally achieved a comeback...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Secrecy Is at Issue in Suits Opposing Domestic Spying
The judges who will hear cases challenging the N.S.A. program expressed uneasiness about the administration's extraordinary security measures...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
In Clue to Addictive Behavior, a Brain Injury Halts Smoking
An injury to a specific part of the brain can instantly and permanently break a smoking habit, scientists reported...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Pork Producer Says It Plans to Give Pigs More Room
Smithfield Foods said on it would phase out confinement of pigs in individual gestation crates over the next decade...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Dow Jones Reports Sharp Rise in Profit; Ad Sales Increase
Earnings were up on gains from the sale of several newspapers, an acquisition and stronger ad sales at The Wall Street Journal...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Editor Named at Post
The New York Post promoted its metropolitan editor, Jesse Angelo, to managing editor in a series of newsroom changes...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Homes and Treasuries Give Investors a Jolt
Lackluster home sales and a disappointing bond auction sent the Dow Jones industrials into a triple-digit decline...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
A Tough Quarter for Some Drug Makers
Bristol-Myers eported a fourth-quarter loss and ImClone Systems said its profit was lower than expected...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Nokia Net Up 19%, Topping Estimates
The maker of mobile phones said a push into emerging markets drove handset sales to a record...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
ICOS Shareholders Approve Sale
A $2.3 billion buyout offer from Eli Lilly will combine the companies behind the impotence drug Cialis...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Lockheed and Northrop Report Higher Earnings
The earnings came as government spending in areas like military hardware and information and technology remained strong...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Ex-NBC Official Charged in Theft
Federal authorities arrested a former NBC treasurer on charges of stealing more than $800,000 to finance private jet flights, liquor and a vacation home...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Cardinal Health to Sell Unit to Blackstone
The drug distributor said it would sell its drug manufacturing unit to a private equity group, the Blackstone Group, for about $3.3 billion...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Kimberly-Clark Earnings Rise 30%
Strong sales of health care and personal products offset higher prices for raw materials...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Sales of Existing Homes in ?06 Had Biggest Drop in 17 Years
Sales of existing homes declined 0.8 percent in December, a bigger decline than had been expected...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
EMI Merging Record Labels and Ousting Capitol?s President
The cuts are expected to represent the effective end of Capitol Records as a stand-alone label...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
The Name Is ?Power? and It Fits
The Power Corporation of Canada is negotiating to acquire Marsh & McLennan?s Putnam Investments Mutual Fund unit for an estimated $3.9 billion...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Gains in Wireless Customers Help Lift AT&T?s Earnings 17%
AT&T reported a 17 percent increase in quarterly profits driven by a sizable increase in wireless subscribers...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Wal-Mart Settles U.S. Suit About Overtime
Wal-Mart Stores agreed to pay $33.5 million in back wages plus interest to settle a federal overtime lawsuit...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
G.M. Holds Results and Plans Big Restatement
General Motors said it expected to post a fourth quarter profit but will delay the results because its finance arm needs more time to complete calculations...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
British Airways Cancels Flights as Strike Nears
The ariline is canceling 1,300 flights from London for two days next week because of a planned strike by its cabin-crew workers...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Insider: About Those Fears of Wall Street?s Decline ...
While it is natural that New York politicians strive to keep taxes and jobs at home, not even the newly enlightened Eliot Spitzer can buck globalization...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
China Says Its Economy Grew by 10.7% in 2006, With Little Inflation
It was the fourth consecutive year of double-digit economic growth and China?s strongest year since 1995...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Advertising: Multiplying the Payoffs From a Super Bowl Spot
The most expensive advertising buy of the year may turn out to be something of a bargain...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
[TS] High & Low Finance: Fearing Protectionism, in India
In India, the growth has come, and with it concern about unequal distribution...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
No Frivolity: Davos Tries Fewer Stars
Davos is devoid this year of the Hollywood crowd and their pet causes that have previously given the event a bit of extra gloss...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Anchor?s Ties to Citigroup Attract Scrutiny
A recent conflict with Citigroup has raised questions about the judgment of Maria Bartiromo, the popular CNBC anchor, in getting too close to the people she covers...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Blackstone Raises Ante in Battle for Equity Office
The Blackstone Group increased its bid for Equity Office Properties to $54 a share to counter an offer from Vornado Realty Trust...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Delays Limit Robust Sales at Microsoft
Microsoft reported strong sales but its financial results were muddled by the late arrival of important new products...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Tremors at the Door
The once booming market for home loans to people with weak credit is now coming under greater pressure...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Amgen Finds Anemia Drug Holds Risks in Cancer Use
The biotechnology company said its anemia drug Aranesp increased the risk of death when used to treat certain cancer patients...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Ford Chief Sees Small as Virtue and Necessity
The bigger-is-better worldview that has defined Ford is being replaced with a new approach: less is more...
New York Times - January 26, 2007
Golf: Snedeker outshines Woods
Brandt Snedeker steals the limelight from Tiger Woods with an opening 61 in the Buick Invitational first round...
BBC News - January 26, 2007
NFL beefs up anti-drug moves
The NFL and its players' association agree to tougher drug-testing measures from next season...
BBC News - January 26, 2007
'Four dead' in Haiti UN operation
Four people were killed in the Haitian capital in a recent operation by peacekeepers, the UN says...
BBC News - January 26, 2007
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