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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 March 2005:
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Parents cite 'mercy killing' in emergency petition
Shortly after the attorney for Terri Schiavo's husband described the brain-damaged woman as "resting comfortably" at a hospice, Schiavo's parents Saturday afternoon filed an emergency petition with the Florida Supreme Court to get the feeding tube she requires to stay alive reinserted...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Schiavo's parents file emergency petition
The parents of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman dying at a hospice in Florida, filed an emergency petition Saturday with the Florida Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to have their daughter's feeding tube reinserted...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Texas Rail Official Admits Missteps
The official says that he unintentionally misrepresented what he knew about warning signs at railroad crossings in about 100 sworn statements...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Crisis Grips Kyrgyzstan; Ousted Chief Is in Russia
Members of Kyrgyzstan's old and newly elected Parliament competed for power in the wake of the ouster of President Askar Akayev, who was reported to be in Russia...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
U.S. Is Examining Plan to Bolster Detainee Rights
The White House is considering changes to the tribunals it created to try foreign terrorist suspects at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
In Florida, Latest Appeal in Schiavo Case Is Rejected
Lawyers for Terri Schiavo's parents said that they would appeal today's decision to the Florida Supreme Court, but would not pursue the case in federal courts...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Judge again rejects plea by Schiavo's parents
Florida Circuit Court Judge George Greer has rejected the latest appeal by the parents of Terri Schiavo for her feeding tube to be reinserted. An attorney for Bob and Mary Schindler earlier had asked the court to authorize doctors to give Schiavo fluids while the brain-damaged woman's responsiveness was further examined...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Attorney: No more federal appeals in Schiavo case
An attorney for the parents of severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo said today "there are no more federal appeals" in the effort to have her feeding tube reinserted. A Florida judge who has twice denied the Schindlers' appeals is expected to rule on their latest motion in the next few hours...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Kyrgyz presidential vote set
Kyrgyzstan's parliament sets June 26 as the date for a new presidential election following the ouster of President Askar Akayev. The country's acting president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, said he would be a candidate in the election, and that Akayev was in Russia...
CNN - March 26, 2005
For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard Sell
The Army's recruiters are being challenged with one of the hardest selling jobs the military has asked of them in the nation's history, and many say the demands are taking a toll...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Texas Official Admits Missteps That Helped Railroads in Suits
The Texas official overseeing rail safety has admitted that his sworn statements misrepresented - unintentionally, he says - what he knew about warning signs at railroad crossings...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Boats, Cows, Tasty Lamb: Iraq Battles Smuggling
The interim Iraqi government is struggling to deal with a sharp rise in smuggling two years after the American invasion left the borders wide open...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Hundreds of Thousands Stage Mass Rally in Taiwan
Hundreds of thousands marched in Taipei today to denounce a new Chinese law that authorizes an attack on the island if it moves toward formal independence...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Judge Rejects Attempt to Reconnect Schiavo's Feeding Tube
The decision by Judge George Greer today could very well end the legal wrangling over the fate of the severely brain-damaged woman...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Golf: More rain delays Sawgrass
The Players Championship is halted by bad weather again as Lee Westwood holds a one-shot lead...
BBC News - March 26, 2005
Beverly Hillbillies creator dies
The creator of 1960s TV show The Beverly Hillbillies, Paul Henning, dies in a California hospital aged 93...
BBC News - March 26, 2005
Judges deny Schiavo parents again
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday night against the parents of Terri Schiavo, who are in a desperate race to prolong the life of their brain-damaged daughter...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Schindlers implore Jeb Bush: 'Do something'
The parents of Terri Schiavo say an appeals court ruling against re-inserting her feeding tube is "judicial homicide." Mary Schindler has pleaded with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to "please do something," while her husband said Bush had put their brain-damaged daughter and the rest of their family "through a week of hell by not acting."...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Baghdad bomb kills 2 U.S. soldiers
A car bomb explodes in Baghdad, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding two others, the U.S. military says. Meanwhile, a U.S. Marine was killed in Iraq's sprawling al-Anbar province and an Iraqi general was killed in a drive-by shooting...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Vital Signs of a Ruined Falluja Grow Stronger
Four months after American bombs and guns pounded much of this city into ruins, some signs of life are returning...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Venezuela denies incursion
Venezuela rejects reports that its troops entered Colombia in a sweep against suspected smugglers...
BBC News - March 26, 2005
US soldiers killed by Afghan mine
Four US soldiers die in a mine explosion in Afghanistan, the US military says...
BBC News - March 26, 2005
Tennis: Wrist injury hits Roddick
Andy Roddick retires hurt from the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami...
BBC News - March 26, 2005
Schindlers implore Bush: 'Do something'
The parents of Terri Schiavo called the Friday night federal appeals court ruling against re-inserting her feeding tube "judicial homicide." Mary Schindler pleaded with Gov. Jeb Bush to "please do something," while her husband accused the governor of putting their brain-damaged daughter and the rest of their family "through a week of hell by not acting."...
CNN - March 26, 2005
Court: No feeding tube
A federal appeals court ruled late Friday against the parents of Terri Schiavo, who are in a desperate race to save their brain-damaged daughter. Shortly before the ruling, her father, Bob Schindler, said, "I think the people who are anxious to let her die are getting their wish."...
CNN - March 26, 2005
U.S. Is Set to Sell Jets to Pakistan; India Is Critical
The U.S. will sell F-16 jet fighters to Pakistan in a deal that the State Department said would improve regional security...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Behind Life-and-Death Fight, a Rift That Began Years Ago
As Terri Schiavo lay dying in a hospice, a transfixed nation wondered how a 12-year-old fight ever became so bad...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Pope's Absence Casts a Shadow on Holy Week
Pope John Paul II, silent and very sick, joined thousands at a Good Friday service at the Colosseum via a live video link...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Pentagon Will Not Try 17 G.I.'s Implicated in Prisoners' Deaths
Investigators had recommended that all 17 soldiers be charged in the deaths of three prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Spartans Put Clamps on Top-Seeded Duke
With a taut defensive effort that rekindled memories of bruising Michigan State teams of the past, the Spartans bulled past No. 1 Duke, 78-68...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Disney Intends to Overhaul Planning Unit
The Walt Disney Company is reorganizing its corporate strategic planning division, giving more authority to the company's individual units...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
St. Paul to Sell Its Stake in Nuveen
By Reuters...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Cephalon Drug Nears Approval
FRAZER, Pa., March 25 (Dow Jones/AP) - The drug maker Cephalon said on Friday that it had received an approval letter from the Food and Drug Administration for the sugar-free version of its painkiller Actiq...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
A Parts Supplier to an Aging Population
Like a supplier of parts to an auto assembly line, the Stryker Corporation offers countless devices to hospitals, but automakers can only dream of growth prospects like Stryker's...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
BMW Names U.S. Officer
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Airline Obtains Financing
HONOLULU, March 25 (Dow Jones) - The Aloha Airgroup and its principal operating unit, Aloha Airlines Inc., have secured United States Bankruptcy Court approval for $65 million in financing to pay off outstanding loans and supply working capital...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
F.D.A. Approves Monthly Osteoporosis Pill
A once-a-month pill to help women battle the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
S.E.C. Sues 3 Former IGo Executives
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued three former executives of the IGo Corporation, which sold accessories for laptops and cellphones, on charges of inflating revenue...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
George Caulkins, Oilman Who Helped Develop Vail, Dies at 83
George Peck Caulkins Jr., a businessman, civic leader and philanthropist, and one of the handful of skiing enthusiasts who developed Vail, Colo., died on Thursday at his home in Denver. He was 83...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Morgan May Add to Reserves for Lawsuit
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Adrian Kragen, 97, Expert on U.S. Tax Law, Is Dead
Adrian Kragen, a leading expert on American income tax law, who left a lucrative Hollywood law practice to teach at the University of California, Berkeley, died on Friday in Walnut Creek, Calif. He was 97...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Credit Card Issuers Adjust to Open Field
When you finally get the thing you wanted most for years, what do you do with it?...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Italy to Sell Another Stake in Enel, Its Biggest Utility
MILAN, March 25 - The Italian government will sell a 5.2 billion euro stake ($6.7 billion) in Enel, the biggest utility here, to reduce the country's staggering debt...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Swedish Company Buys Control of Turkish Cellphone Operator
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
A Bid for Software Vendor
The Acxiom Corporation, a maker of database-management software, has offered to purchase Digital Impact, a software vendor...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Krispy Kreme Gets Extension
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 25 (AP) - For the second time this year, lenders for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts have agreed to push back a deadline before the company defaults on its $150 million credit line, the company said Friday...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Air France Announces Plans to Purchase Boeing 777 Freighters
Air France said Friday that it was planning to replace part of its aging fleet of cargo planes with Boeing's new 777 freighter...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Follow the Vanishing Check
Banks and retailers are making major decisions about how to allocate resources as customers move away from checks in favor of credit cards and online payments...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
2 Offers Made for Phone Unit of Italian Utility
Two groups of investors made offers on Friday for control of Wind, the telecommunications arm of Enel, Italy's biggest utility...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Blockbuster Ends Bid for Rival
Blockbuster Inc. dropped its bid for the Hollywood Entertainment Corporation, citing the likelihood that the deal would be rejected on antitrust grounds...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Under Cloud, Executive Leaves Wal-Mart
The former vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores resigned from the company's board after the company raised questions about fraudulent expense reports...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Japan Consumer Price Drop Is Steepest Since '03
Consumer prices in Japan fell 0.4 percent in February from a year earlier, the latest sign that the country remains mired in a battle with deflation...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Inquiry Turns to Leak as Probable Cause of Texas Blast
The Texas refinery blast that killed 15 and injured 100 more was probably caused by a leak of two flammable chemicals that are found in crude oil...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Northwest Air Broke Labor Pact on Share Buyback, Judge Rules
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Europe's Plan to Deregulate Travel Booking Is Criticized
Buying a plane ticket in France, Germany or Spain could become more expensive if the European Commission scraps regulations on computer reservations systems...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
Insurer Called Close to Cutting All Remaining Ties to Ex-Chief
The directors of the American International Group are nearing a decision to cut all of the company's ties to Maurice Greenberg...
New York Times - March 26, 2005
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