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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 May 2007:
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16 held in Iraq troop abductions
U.S. and Iraqi troops have detained 16 people they say are "directly related to the attack" on May 12 in which three U.S. soldiers were apparently abducted, a U.S. military official said...
CNN - May 26, 2007
In Texas House, Speaker Holds Off a Rebellion
The powerful speaker of the Texas House, Tom Craddick, defied a rebellion that lasted into early Saturday, refusing to give up his leadership post...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Israel Bombs Hamas Buildings in Gaza, Killing 5
Israel bombed a series of Hamas buildings and arrested another Palestinian cabinet minister...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Ukraine Leader Orders Troops Into the Capital
President Viktor A. Yushchenko of Ukraine ordered Interior Ministry troops to the capital, Kiev, only hours before he met with his rival to resolve the country?s escalating political crisis...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Engulfed by Climate Change, Town Seeks Lifeline
The permanently frozen subsoil, known as permafrost, upon which Newtok, Alaska, rests is melting...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
For Democrats, Debate on Fox Reveals Divide
Presidential candidates? withdrawal from a debate has frustrated members of the Congressional Black Caucus...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Databank: Stocks Fall in a Week of Cloudy Economic News
After weeks of gains, the broad stock market gave up ground last week, while trading volumes declined in advance of the Memorial Day weekend...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Under New Management: Out of Retirement and Into Uncertainty
Older job seekers bring a wealth of experience, but when they look for jobs, they may get as much respect as Rodney Dangerfield...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
The Boss: Working From the Heart
?It was my mother who instilled in me a sense that you should understand an individual?s situation,? said Catherine J. Douglass, executive director of inMotion...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
On Page Six, Nello?s Usual Table
Did a $1,000 gift to a columnist go a long way in The Post?...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
National Perspectives: When the Desert Calls
More buyers are turning Palm Springs, Calif., which has long been considered a second-home haven, into a primary residence...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Home Front: Finding a New Path to the World of Work
A nonprofit group, Vocational Foundation Inc., has been helping young New York City residents move into the world of work since it was established in 1936...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Market Week: A Monthly Wild Card: Job Numbers
Predicting which way stocks will move is no easy feat, but it has been a snap compared with forecasting changes in employment...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Investing: Sure, Inflation Is Tame, but Don?t Forget Other Risks
Several top strategists say increasing complacency about market risk is complicating the traditional approaches to investing in a time of low inflation...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Strategies: Baby Boomers Are Cashing In. So What?
A new study estimates that the total size of 401(k) plans will grow markedly, despite baby boomers? liquidation of retirement assets...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Novelties: A High-End Remote for a High-Tech Life
A new universal remote is designed to be lord of the living room, and connects to a computer so consumers can set it up and maintain it themselves...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
The Count: Bring the Sauce, but Your Host Runs the Grill
Memorial Day is one of the three most popular grilling holidays, according to the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Economic View: With Help, Could Ethanol Be the Next Internet?
Many of the same venture capitalists who financed Internet companies in the 1990s are now financing alternative energy start-ups...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Everybody's Business: The Dream That Once Was Detroit
Fit and finish. Reputation for being well-made. Sexy good looks. This is where American cars used to rule the world...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: The Invitation That Isn?t in the Mail
Shareholders of Sunrise Senior Living may have been eager to hear from their company?s executives and board this year, but no meeting has been scheduled...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
The Goods: In Just 20 Seconds, a Guitar to Go
Tired of room service and cable television, an airline pilot developed a collapsible electric guitar that fits into a standard-size backpack...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Square Feet | Ventures: For Some Investors, Money Grows on Trees
Once the exclusive province of businesses and individual land owners, timberland is being held increasingly by big institutions looking to diversify their investments...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Suits: An Ever-So-Tactful Auf Wiedersehen
Chrysler executives have had to tread a fine line in expressing their reactions to the automaker?s return to American ownership...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Spending: The Art of Buying Art, With the Help of an Adviser
Art advisers can help educate collectors about trends in the art world and introduce them to new galleries and artists...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Digital Domain: Apple?s Lesson for Sony?s Stores: Just Connect
Apple has made retail seem ridiculously easy. But why hasn?t the Windows side of the personal computer business figured it out?...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Media Frenzy: Why Hollywood Is Getting Serious About 3-D
Several Hollywood bigwigs have new 3-D projects in the works and are proclaiming the beginning of a bold new era for cinema...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Does Coke Need a Refill?
As its rivals have diversified and taken risks, the Coca-Cola Company has struggled to reinvent itself...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Iraq attacks kill eight US troops
The US military says seven soldiers and a marine have been killed in a series of attacks in Iraq...
BBC News - May 26, 2007
Newark Battles Murder and Its Accomplice, Silence
A lack of cooperation with police is a major roadblock Mayor Cory A. Booker faces in his struggle to curb the lawlessness in Newark...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Israel Bombs Hamas Buildings in Gaza, Killing 5
Israel bombed a series of Hamas buildings and arrested another Palestinian cabinet minister...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
For Democrats, Debate on Fox Reveals Divide
The withdrawal of Democratic candidates from a debate on Fox News has frustrated the Congressional Black Caucus...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Elite Colleges Open New Door to Poor Youths
Wanting to maintain a role as engines of social mobility, about two dozen elite schools have pushed in the past few years to diversify economically...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Increased Strife Is Foreseen in Iraq if U.S. Troops Leave
A survey of Iraqi politicians and citizens shows that they believe a withdrawal of U.S. troops levels could lead to a violent chain reaction...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
'Cell leader' nabbed in Sadr city
Iraqi and coalition forces killed five "terrorists" and detained a "suspected terrorist cell leader" with links to Iran's weapons and training network during Saturday raids in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the U.S. military said...
CNN - May 26, 2007
Storms, flooding kill 5 in central Texas
Forecasters predicted more heavy thunderstorms in the Plains over the holiday weekend after two days of storms and flooding that left five people dead and one missing in central Texas...
CNN - May 26, 2007
A Tough 5 Months, but Democrats Cite Successes
After five months in power, Congressional Democrats have only a few signature accomplishments on the domestic front...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
The High Price of Creating Free Ads
Companies that have invited consumers to create advertising often find it to be stressful, costly and time-consuming...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Prosecutor urges prison for Libby
Ex-White House aide Lewis Libby should spend years in jail for blocking the CIA leak inquiry, the prosecutor says...
BBC News - May 26, 2007
Hezbollah leader warns Lebanese army
The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, has warned the Lebanese army not to enter the Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli where it has been confronting Islamic militants...
CNN - May 26, 2007
Radical Environmentalist Gets 9-Year Term
Chelsea D. Gerlach was sentenced to prison time for her role in ?the family,? a group of people who have been convicted of arson and other destructive actions...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Summer Rituals | Waking the Houses: For Plumbers, a Rush Before Toes Reach the Sand
Summer on Fire Island starts with a hyperventilating scramble to prepare houses for seasonal residents...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Danish Cyclist Admits Doping in Tour Victory
Cycling has never experienced a raft of confessions to the use of banned substances the way it has in the past week...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Some Frito-Lay Food Labels to Address Possible Heart Benefits
Foods made by the Frito-Lay unit of PepsiCo will now carry claims that products with unsaturated fat can curb heart disease risk...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Post Gains, Aided by Deals
Investors tried to determine whether a lackluster week presaged a departure from the market?s months-long run-up or merely a temporary pause...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
S.E.C. Wins Verdict on Insurance Abuse
The agency had accused an executive at Brightpoint Inc. of overstating the company?s actual earnings through improper use of an insurance policy...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Sallie Mae Chairman?s Payout Is Tallied
Albert L. Lord will receive $224.9 million for his stock options as part of the company?s $25 billion takeover...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Employees Ran Loan Scheme, Bank Reports
The scheme by employees at a Sterling Financial subsidiary could cost as much as $165 million and might force the sale of the company...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
What?s Online: CBS Has a Crush on Wallstrip
Is this just a case of a stodgy old-media company trying to hang out online with the cool kids?...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
What?s Offline: Activists at the Boardroom Door
Shareholder activism is ?threatening the future of American business,? argues Martin Lipton of the New York-based law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Five Days: China Makes a U.S. Deal, but It?s Not With Washington
The United States and China ended talks with unfinished business, as China took a $3 billion stake in the Blackstone Group...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Medicare Plans to Deny Coverage of Artificial Disks
The preliminary decision applies to patients over 60, which is most of the 43 million people Medicare covers...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Market Values: Various Ways to Invest Buffett?s Way
Warren E. Buffett created his immense fortune by investing with Main Street, not Wall Street, in mind...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Off the Charts: Wait a Few Months Before You Believe the Numbers
Sometimes the statistics that take the longest to arrive can provide the most important information, particularly when they point to inflection points in the economy...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Russia Putting on a Davos-Style Economic Forum to Showcase Its Growth
The forum in St. Petersburg will focus on gains in the economy that have been overshadowed by negative political news from Russia...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Suit Sheds Light on Clintons? Ties to a Benefactor
Details have emerged about the relationship of former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton with Vinod Gupta, the founder of infoUSA...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
As Condos Rise in Florida, Investors Try to Flee
As dozens of condominium towers conceived during Florida?s real estate boom near completion, investors who snatched up units are trying to break contracts...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Existing Home Sales and Prices Fall in April
The supply of unsold properties on the market ballooned and prices declined compared with those a year earlier...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Saturday Interview: Consolidating the Banks of Europe
Alessandro Profumo, chief executive of UniCredit, spoke about the European banking market and the recent merger wave...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Nasdaq Agrees to Buy OMX, Operator of 7 Stock Exchanges in Europe
The $3.7 billion deal will form the Nasdaq OMX Group that will list more than 4,000 companies with a combined market value of $5.5 trillion...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Breaking the Silence on Finance
Talking about money might be taboo but it is our No. 1 stress factor, according to research, and being open and honest can help...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
[TS] Talking Business: Speaking Up in Fresh Air at Home Depot
The chain?s new chief executive was everything his predecessor was not: folksy, sincere, occasionally funny and often self-deprecating...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Your Money: One-Stop Car Insurance Service, Body Work Included
Insurance companies are testing one-stop service centers, which handle every aspect of the claim from a car accident...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Coke Takes $4 Billion Step Away From Carbonation
The Glacéau deal offered evidence that coming up with a new beverage, or putting a new twist on an old one, can be lucrative...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Official Fired by Wal-Mart Fights Back
Julie Roehm, an ousted advertising executive, asserted that several top Wal-Mart officers violated the company?s strict ethics policies...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Test of Drug for Diabetes in Jeopardy
Some of the 4,450 patients enrolled in a large clinical study have dropped out because of safety concerns about Avandia...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
And Gas Saver Makes Three Cars in the Driveway
Thousands of consumers are lining up to buy small cars, but they are not giving up their S.U.V.?s and pickups...
New York Times - May 26, 2007
Fans mark 30 years of Star Wars
Thousands of fans gather in Los Angeles for a convention to mark 30 years since the cinema release of Star Wars...
BBC News - May 26, 2007
Bush approves Iraq funding bill
President Bush signs into law a bill funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, setting no timetable to withdraw...
BBC News - May 26, 2007
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