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Family shock at Florida web death
BBC News - 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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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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US News Archive for April 2007:
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Bush Eases Tone on Iraq Spending Bill
President Bush renewed today his pledge to veto the $124 billion war spending bill passed by Congress this week. But he also hinted at a willingness to compromise with Democratic leaders in Congress...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Rewriting the Ad Rules for Muslim-Americans
Consumer companies and advertising executives are focusing on ways to use the cultural aspects of the Muslim religion to help sell their products...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Refining profit supports Chevron
Chevron's crude oil refinery business helps the company record better-than-expected profits for the first quarter...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
AT&T boss to retire prematurely
The chairman and chief executive of AT&T, Ed Whitacre, is to retire after four decades at the company...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Japan-US talks pressure N Korea
The leaders of Japan and the US strengthen calls for North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Helicopter Downed in Chechnya
The Russian military helicopter was shot down today by Chechen rebels, the RIA news agency said...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Mstislav Rostropovich, Cellist and Conductor, Dies
Mr. Rostropovich was renowned as a great musician and also as a champion of freedom in the Soviet Union...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Jack Valenti, Confidant of President and Stars, Dies
Mr. Valenti, who became a confidant of Lyndon B. Johnson and then led a Hollywood institution, was 85...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
For Shareholders, a Ticket Into an $8 Billion Deal
The proposed buyout of Harman has an unusual feature, known as a stub, that lets shareholders keep a stake in newly private company...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Bank of Scotland Group Raises Pressure on ABN
A consortium of three banks notified ABN Amro?s board that it would make a bid worth more than the Barclays offer of $87 billion...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Economic Growth Slows to Weakest Pace in 4 Years
The gross domestic product grew at a sluggish rate of 1.3 percent largely because of weakness in housing, but the slow growth was not enough to brake inflation...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
AT&T Chief to Retire in June
Edward E. Whitacre began as a facilities engineer with Southwestern Bell in 1963, ascending the corporate ladder of what would eventually become AT&T as it grew into the world?s largest telephone company...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Ex-CIA chief pens critical memoir
Ex-CIA head George Tenet says there was no proper debate in the run-up to the Iraq war, in a new book...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Spanish court charges US soldiers
A Spanish judge charges three US soldiers in connection with the killing of a Spanish journalist in Iraq in 2003...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
US officer criticises Iraq war
A serving senior American officer criticises the US military leadership over its preparation for and handling of the Iraq war...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Dem hopefuls slam Bush
The calendar on the wall may read 2007, but the nation's political calendar flipped to 2008 on Thursday for a Democratic presidential debate...
CNN - April 27, 2007
In Debate, Democrats Show More Unity Than Strife
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama did not tangle, so it fell to their rivals to take cuts at them...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Sderot Journal: Give Them Shelter: Where Rockets, and Drums, Go Boom
Teenagers in an Israeli town known for its underground pop-rock scene are grappling with the music that comes out of it and the rockets that come into it...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Wolfowitz row 'harms World Bank'
World Bank staff express concern that a row about boss Paul Wolfowitz undermines the institution...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Spector's ex tells of gun threats
A former girlfriend of music producer Phil Spector tells his murder trial that she was threatened with guns...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Democratic candidates batter Bush during debate
Democratic presidential hopefuls flashed their anti-war credentials, criticizing the president's Iraq policy in an unusually early first debate...
CNN - April 27, 2007
Building collapses in Turkey
Rescuers freed a girl and a man from the rubble of a multistory apartment building that collapsed in Istanbul, apparently as construction workers tried to tear down a building next door...
CNN - April 27, 2007
George Washington Letter Found in Scrapbook
A letter written by George Washington in 1787 was discovered among the private papers of a prominent New Jersey family...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Scientists Identify 7 New Diabetes Genes
The findings offer novel insights into the biology of a disease that affects 170 million people worldwide...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Corzine Can Be Seen, Counting His Blessings
Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey made his first public statements Thursday since he suffered a traffic accident two weeks ago...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Public Remains Split on Response to Warming
Americans think immediate action is necessary to curb the effects of warming, a Times/CBS News poll finds...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Echoes of Terror Case Haunt California Pakistanis
The Pakistani community in Lodi, Calif., was traumatized after the arrest of a father and son accused of terrorism...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Democrats Seek Balance of Unity and Differences
In their first joint appearance, the eight Democratic presidential candidates offered a somewhat united front, denouncing President Bush for his handling of the war...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Dean at M.I.T. Resigns, Ending a 28-Year Lie
Marilee Jones, the dean of admissions at M.I.T., admitted that she had lied about having an undergraduate degree...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Jack Valenti, 85, Confidant of a President and Stars, Dies
Jack Valenti became a confidant of President Lyndon B. Johnson and then led the Motion Picture Association of America...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Addenda: Putting Fresh Ads Into a Recorded Show
Fox is seeking to patent a way to replace ?old? commercials with ?new? ones when viewers replay Fox shows they have taped on digital video recorders...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Citigroup Acquires Nikko
Citigroup said its takeover bid for Nikko Cordial succeeded after Nikko shareholders tendered a majority of the brokerage firm?s stock...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Jim Moran, 88, Automobile Dealer and Philanthropist, Dies
Jim Moran became a billionaire by selling cars and building one of the largest closely held companies in the United States...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Profits Decline for 2 Makers of Chemicals
First-quarter profit for Dow Chemical fell 20 percent while Eastman Chemical said profit fell 27 percent...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Citic Starts With a Surge
Shares in the China Citic Bank rose 21 percent in their Hong Kong debut and surged more than 59 percent in Shanghai...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Jobless Claims Ease
The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week by the most in nearly two months...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Aetna Earnings Rise on Membership Gains
The health insurer reported an 8 percent increase in first-quarter profits pointing to membership growth as proof that consumer marketing applied to health insurance is working...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Belo, Publisher of Dallas Newspaper, Reports Profit Off
The publisher of The Dallas Morning News reported a drop in quarterly profit and revenue because of decreasing sales of classified and other advertising...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
ImClone?s Profit Slides but Its Drug Gains Sales
The biotechnology developer said that profit fell 87 percent because the company received less money from a marketing partner...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Comcast Earnings Rise 80%
First-quarter profit increased 80 percent, in part helped by a one-time gain from the dissolution of a joint venture with Time Warner Cable...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
As Nissan?s Annual Earnings Fall, Company Postpones Goals
The company postponed its midterm targets by a year after sales collapsed in the United States and Japan...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
3M Exceeds Expectations, but Declines to Raise Outlook for Year
Despite the strong results, the company, which is considered a bellwether for the economy, did not raise its full-year outlook...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Earnings Fall 6% at Coca-Cola Bottler
Despite the drop, earnings beat expectations, helped by the introduction of Coke Zero in Europe and raw material costs that rose less than expected...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares End Mixed Despite Strong Results
A modest advance gave the Dow Jones industrial average another record close...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Architect of Sony?s PlayStation to Retire Amid Faltering Sales
Ken Kutaragi will retire in June as Sony struggles for dominance in the video-game industry...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Canada Announces Goals for Reducing Emissions
Canadian industries must cut the rate at which they produce gases linked to global warming by 18 percent over the next three years...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
US Airways Profit Rises Modestly
Profit edged up 2 percent in the first quarter on modest revenue growth and the company repeated its forecast for a profitable year...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Consumer Prices Decline in Japan
Industrial output showed a surprise fall, raising the hurdle for the central bank to raise interest rates...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
EMI Hires Executive to Lead Its North American Business
EMI Group hired the longtime industry executive Roger Ames, a former chairman of Warner Music Group, to revive its North American operation...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Wolfowitz Loses Ground in Fight for World Bank Post
Members of the World Bank?s anticorruption team said the controversy over Paul D. Wolfowitz?s conduct was undermining their work...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Lifetime Gets Second Chief in 2 Years
The Lifetime Channel announced the appointment of a longtime ABC network executive, Andrea Wong...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Siemens Struggles to Regain Equilibrium
With a bribery scandal widening and its two top executives leaving, the company struggled to maintain an air of normal operations...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
One of the Best Recruiters in the Neighborhood
He may be known as a deal maker but Joseph R. Perella is also one of the financial industry?s sharpest recruiters...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Baker Hughes Admits to Overseas Bribery
The large oil services company pleaded guilty to violating the foreign corrupt practices act by bribing foreign officials...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
ABN Amro Investors Push for Higher Bid
ABN Amro came under fire from shareholders for not considering a rival bid, and said it was soliciting higher bids for its American unit...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Bristol-Myers Removes ?Interim? From Chief?s Title
The drug maker said it would go with the interim chief, James M. Cornelius, extending his contract for two years until he turns 65...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Progress Is Seen on Trade Legislation
A meeting between President Bush and Representative Charles B. Rangel lifted prospects for bipartisan agreement on trade legislation in Congress...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Advertising: In an ?Absolut World,? a Vodka Could Use the Same Ads for More Than 25 Years
Absolut vodka will discontinue their distinctive ad campaign, changing approaches for the second time in 15 months...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Strong Quarter at Microsoft, and an Upbeat ?08 Outlook, Bring Wall St. a Sigh of Relief
Microsoft?s results suggested that early sales of its new Windows Vista operating system were off to a solid start...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Sold on eBay, Shipped by Amazon.com
Amazon.com is expanding a program designed to allow independent sellers ? even vendors who sell through eBay ? to use its network of distribution centers to store and ship their products...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
[TS] High & Low Finance: Why Won?t Companies Invest More?
The reality is that companies are quite happy spending their profits ? and in many cases, much more ? on buying back their stock...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
The Pressure of Great Expectations
Joseph R. Perella?s new investment bank has a big budget and a star cast but is still waiting for a big-time deal...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Ford Cut Loss in 1st Quarter; U.S. Sales Fell
Ford executives said that a smaller loss in the first quarter was proof that their corporate overhaul was working...
New York Times - April 27, 2007
Wolfowitz row 'harms World Bank'
World Bank staff express concern that a row about boss Paul Wolfowitz undermines the institution...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Online slavery archive launched
An online archive providing details of slaves owned by British colonists in Barbados is launched...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
Hollywood lobbyist Valenti dies
Jack Valenti - the Hollywood lobbyist who developed the modern film ratings system - dies, aged 85...
BBC News - April 27, 2007
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