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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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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
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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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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US News Archive for February 2006:
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Ports buyer requests review
After an outcry from U.S. lawmakers over possible security risks, a company owned by the United Arab Emirates said Sunday it had asked for further review of its deal to buy management rights to terminals at six U.S. ports...
CNN - February 26, 2006
Dubai Company Asks for Further Review of Ports Takeover
The request followed days of behind-the-scenes negotiations involving the Bush administration and Congress...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Turin Bids Arrivederci to Winter Olympics
Turin's Olympics ended appropriately with a closing-ceremony Carnevale -- a circus-like celebration full of clowns and acrobats, vibrant and often dreamlike...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Tennis: Agassi to skip clay season
Andre Agassi will miss the clay court season in a bid to be fit for Wimbledon...
BBC News - February 26, 2006
Golf: PGA chief defends US dates
PGA Tour boss Tim Finchem says America still provides the best possible stage for the WGC events...
BBC News - February 26, 2006
Review agreed in P&O buyout bid
The Dubai company seeking to buy shipping giant P&O agrees to a security review over US port concerns...
BBC News - February 26, 2006
Warner: Companies seek review of ports deal
Dubai Ports World and Britain's P&O have voluntarily requested a 45-day U.S. national security review of their deal giving Dubai Ports World control of terminal operations at six U.S. ports, a U.S. senator said Sunday...
CNN - February 26, 2006
Starry, Starry Night
The New York debut, once a musical rite of passage, is not what it was. But an ambitious Ukrainian still wants to make his mark...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Tough-talking actor McGavin dies
US actor Darren McGavin dies in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 83...
BBC News - February 26, 2006
US comedy star Knotts dies at 81
Emmy-winning comic actor Don Knotts, star of the Andy Griffith Show, dies in a Los Angeles hospital aged 81...
BBC News - February 26, 2006
Renewed violence rocks Iraq
A string a violent attacks rock Iraq despite calls from Iraqi and U.S. leaders to end sectarian bloodshed that was triggered by the destruction of one of the holiest Shiite sites...
CNN - February 26, 2006
Gaps in Security Stretch From Model Port in Dubai to U.S.
Even at a port in Dubai considered to be a model, anti-terrorism measures fall short of what is needed to ensure security...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Dubai Expected to Ask for Review of Port Deal
Dubai Ports World will "voluntarily" ask the Bush administration to pursue the deeper investigation Congress has been demanding...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Democrats See Hope of Winning Governors' Seats
Democrats have a strong chance to pick up a number of seats held by Republicans while keeping other seats, party officials said...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
The Basics: Not the End of the World After All
Fears of a meltdown by jet-setting executives have been hyperbolic to a fault. The world would not end if BlackBerry service did...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
The Count: 'Made in U.S.A.' Isn't a Hot Label on Goods in China
'Made in U.S.A.'...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
The World: From the Silk Road to the Superhighway, All Coin Leads to China
History offers parallels to the yawning United States trade deficit and the resulting accumulation of dollars in China...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
DealBook: The Adviser Who Became the Activist
When Bruce Wasserstein, the enigmatic investment banker who runs Lazard, presented a plan to break up Time Warner, he crossed a line between adviser and co-conspirator...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Nigeria Tries TV Jingles, Anything to Chip Away at Ignorance of Spreading Bird Flu
In Nigeria, where bird flu has become a daily inevitability, officials are struggling to spread accurate information...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Investing: There's a Light at the End of the Energy Pipelines
Companies with pipelines that carry natural gas or petroleum products had a great run in the stock market last year...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Bird Flu Raises Concerns in France and Nigeria
French officials announced that they had discovered a deadly strain of bird flu among domestic turkeys, raising citizens' fears that they too may be in danger...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
The Thrifty Millionaire: The Word Is Paper, if Walls Could Talk
Some ways to pay for William Morris wallpaper for much less than other people do...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
The Boss: Brought Up to Shop
Dorrit J. Bern is the chairman, president and chief executive of Charming Shoppes in Bensalem, Pa...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Suits: Just Be Patient, Pat Riley Says, Cruising By
Holland America Line, one of seven major cruise lines owned by the Carnival Corporation, dedicated its newest ship, the Noordam, in New York last week, and Carnival's chairman and chief executive, Micky Arison, brought an entourage to celebrate with him. It included Corrado Antonini, chairman of Fincantieri, the Italian company that built the Noordam; the actress Marlee Matlin, godmother of the ship; and Pat Riley, president and head coach of the Miami Heat basketball team. Besides being the major shareholder in Carnival, Mr. Arison is the managing general partner of the Heat, which, coincidentally, was also in New York, playing the Knicks...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Spending: The Stars Look Down, and More of Us Look Back
Moved by the success of the Mars rovers, talk of another moon mission or perhaps a spectacular meteor shower, more people are stargazing these days...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Strategies: Blame the Fund Manager, or the Face in the Mirror?
A new study concludes that most mutual fund investors have only themselves to blame if their portfolios seriously lag behind the market...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Market Week: Not Always Strength in Numbers
THIS will be a...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Everybody's Business: What Is an Oil Company, Anyway?
SOMETIMES I wish that the whole world celebrated a Teachers' Day. It would demonstrate our gratitude to the magnificent teachers we have had during our lives...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Taking Chances on Great Designs
FRANK J. SCIAME was recently perusing Time's coffee-table book about the world's great buildings when he flipped a page and stopped short. There, after the Taj Mahal, the Egyptian pyramids and the Hearst Castle, was an image of a building he knew intimately...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Under New Management: Your Call Should Be Important to Us, but It's Not
How can companies listen to their customers if those customers have such a hard time reaching a human being when they call?...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: Getting Rewired After a Disaster
After the next Katrina, disruptions in phone service could be much less painful...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
The Goods: A Bedsheet Built for Two
Once a couple has moved past the honeymoon phase, however, sheet-stealing can cause acrimony that's anything but good-natured...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Two Tiers, Slipping Into One
The longstanding presumption that factory workers at successful companies can achieve a secure, relatively prosperous middle-class life is evaporating...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
In Sony's Stumble, the Ghost of Betamax
In the battle to develop next-generation DVD players, consumers and retailers may be in for a reprise of the confusing VHS-Betamax showdown of the early 1980's...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
Economic View: Why Do Stocks Pay So Much More Than Bonds?
You might think that finance experts have agreed by now on why stocks have paid much higher returns than bonds over the years. You'd be wrong...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
To Avert Takeover, France Gives Blessing to Merger of Utilities
PARIS, Feb. 25 (Reuters) — The French government on Saturday gave its blessing to a merger of the state-controlled company Gaz de France and the private utility group Suez. The merger would create an all-French gas giant worth more than 72 billion euros, or $85.73 billion, and fend off a looming bid for Suez by Enel of Italy...
New York Times - February 26, 2006
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