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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 May 2006:
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Investigation raises new Tillman questions
A CNN investigation into how former NFL star Cpl. Pat Tillman died in Afghanistan is raising new questions about the friendly fire killing...
CNN - May 27, 2006
Window Opens on City Tactics Among Muslims
The recent trial of a man accused of plotting to blow up a subway station provided new clues about the extent of police surveillance in and around New York's mosques...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Nation: The Other Legacy of Enron
The books have closed on Enron, but the company left behind a world where almost anything can be traded...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Constitutional Squabble May Have Earlier Roots
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is trying to move past a showdown over the search of a lawmaker's office. But many on Capitol Hill believe the fight will resonate...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
On the Contrary: Dear Graduates: Money Is a Means
Graduates, it's not fashionable to say it, but money will, in fact, buy you a better life, all other things being equal...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Correction
The Armchair M.B.A. column last Sunday, about Cognizant Technology Solutions, an outsourcing company, misstated the given name of a member of its board and the job title he formerly held at Paine Webber. He is Thomas M. Wendel, not Bob, and he was the chief financial officer, not the chief executive. (He was the chief executive of two other companies, Bridge Information Systems and Liberty Brokerage.)...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Whew: Relief from Bad News in the Markets
The stock market rebounded last week, and all three major Wall Street indexes advanced after two weeks of losses...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Count: For Data Security, Sometimes Small Is Not Beautiful
It's wonderful that information about millions of people can fit on a few computer disks. But not when those disks are stolen...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Economic View: What to Do When the Oil (or the Innovation) Is Gone?
At some point, surely, we'll finally run out of the resources we need. Or will we?...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Market Week: Jobs Report May Signal Soft Landing
THIS is the point in the Federal Reserve interest rate cycle when traders act like economic air-traffic controllers, watching for signs that the Fed is raising rates just enough to engineer a soft landing...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Suits: Take the Hotel-Casino but Not the Flying V
Peter Morton, a founder of the Hard Rock Cafe chain, agreed this month to sell the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for $770 million, but even at that price there were a few things he refused to part with...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Everybody's Business: A Quick Course in the Economics of Confusion
If you borrow $4 trillion, you can say you are worth $4 trillion, but only if you ignore the debt...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Goods: Rock 'n' Rolling for the Perfect Mashed Potato
Simply Mash, a device that resembles an umbrella frame, drastically simplifies the motion needed to convert whole boiled potatoes into mashed potatoes...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Fundamentally: Face to Face With Risk, and Learning How to Handle It
The Dow falls 540 points in just nine trading days. Should you worry?...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Boss: A Refuge in the Arts
Michael L. Royce, executive director of the New York Foundation for the Arts, knows that many people create art to survive...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Career Couch: The Control Freak in the Corner Office
You've just gotten a new boss, and he's meddling in your work. How can you manage a micromanager?...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Square Feet: Home Sweet Home, Built in a Factory
Investors who are looking for that next big real estate opportunity are well aware of the rise of communities planned and built in factories...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Media Frenzy: From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts
Internet Movie Database has become a classic example of a hobby that turns out to be a powerful media asset...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Investing: The To and Fro of Inflation, and Seasick Bondholders
Just when it is needed most, the yield of the inflation-protected savings bond has been cut sharply...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Spending: The Long (and Sometimes Expensive) Road to the SAT
Tutors, books and podcasts all have the same goal: to raise a test score...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Spending: Opening That Wallet for a Bicycle Built for You
Don't skimp on the lock: a custom-made bicycle can cost as much as $20,000...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: Are Enrons Bustin' Out All Over?
The Enron verdicts were, at best, the end of the beginning of this dispiriting corporate crime wave. They were certainly not the beginning of its end...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Deafened by the S.E.C.'s Silence, He Sued
The founder of SEC Insight, a company that sniffs out regulatory trails to warn its clients of risks, has been stymied by an unlikely adversary: the S.E.C. itself...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Indonesia quake 'kills 3,000'
An Indonesia government agency said at least 3,000 people have died in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked central Java early Saturday morning, with most of the fatalities centered in a district just south of the popular and historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta...
CNN - May 27, 2006
Justice chiefs threaten to quit over raid, sources say
The showdown over the FBI's raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office last weekend reached "the tipping point," senior administration officials tell CNN, with threats of resignations from the attorney general and FBI chief...
CNN - May 27, 2006
Plan to Use Sharpshooters on Elk Has Park in Critic's Crosshairs
Officials at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado have proposed using sharpshooters to reduce the park's elk population...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Check the Numbers: Rumors of Classical Music's Demise Are Dead Wrong
For all the hand-wringing, there is immensely more classical music on offer now than there was in what nostalgists think of as the golden era of classics in America...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Howard Stringer, Sony's Road Warrior
Sony's chief executive has declared himself a "warrior" in the effort to revamp a Japanese corporate icon at risk of losing its relevance...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
With Illegal Immigrants Fighting Wildfires, West Faces a Dilemma
Some say that firefighting may simply be too important to allow for a crackdown on illegal workers...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Kerry Pressing Swiftboat Case, Long After Loss
The battle over John Kerry's wartime service continues, out of the limelight but in some ways more heatedly...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Where's the Petite Department? In Many Stores, It Doesn't Exist
The abandonment of petite sizes at the highest levels of American retailing represents a sea change in fashion...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Energy Challenge: Coal May Be Fuel of the Future, but Industry Battles Over Path
Coal is once again poised to become the nation's favorite fuel, but its role in global warming has many worried...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Actress Swank to divorce
Oscar-winner Hilary Swank files for divorce from actor husband Chad Lowe after separating earlier this year...
BBC News - May 27, 2006
Indonesia quake 'kills 2,275'
An Indonesia government agency said 2,275 people have died in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked central Java early Saturday morning, with most of the fatalities centered in a district just south of the popular and historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta...
CNN - May 27, 2006
'Nick News With Linda Ellerbee' Celebrates 15 Years
A look at the no-nonsense style of Linda Ellerbee, this 30-minute special also offers a glimpse into the hearts and minds of a generation facing a complex world...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Vaccine to Cut Risk of Shingles in Older People Is Approved
The vaccine, called Zostavax, is roughly equivalent to 14 doses of the pediatric chickenpox vaccine...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Market Values: In Springtime, Talk of Gloom if Not Doom
AN adage on the investment show circuit is,...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
James B. McClatchy, 85, Patriarch of a Newspaper Family, Is Dead
The McClatchy Company, which in March became the second-largest newspaper chain after Gannett, was founded by James B. McClatchy's great-grandfather...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Édouard Michelin, 42, Tire Executive, Is Dead
Édouard Michelin was the co-managing partner of the French tire company that bears his family name...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Schumer Bars Vote on Trade Nominee
WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP) — Senator Charles E. Schumer, upset with barriers American banks face in China, blocked Senate action on Friday on the nomination of Susan Schwab to be President Bush's top trade negotiator...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
What's Offline: How Many Miles to the Bushel?
To relate alternative energy to the real world, Popular Mechanics figured out what it would cost to drove from California to New York using seven types of fuel...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
What's Online: Publicly Debating Privacy
Wired News published sealed documents last week showing how AT&T helped the government monitor internet traffic...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
A Steel Magnate With Kremlin Connections
Aleksei Mordashov, owner of Severstal steel, is Russia's seventh-richest man, with a fortune estimated at $8.5 billion...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Off The Charts: A Decade of Soaring and a Month of Stumbling for India's Stocks
From May 10, when the Bombay Stock Exchange 100 index peaked at 6,554.71, through Monday, the index plunged almost 18 percent, to 5,382.22...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Five Days: From Top of the Corporate World to Appeals Court
JUDGMENT day arrived for the two top executives at Enron, and the jury found both men guilty of fraud and deceit. The case was perhaps the most closely watched corporate crime trial of the decade...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Senate Approves New F.C.C. Member
The Senate confirmed a telecommunications lawyer, Robert M. McDowell, to fill a Republican seat on the F.C.C...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Judge Says He Will Rule Soon on KPMG Tax Shelter Accord
NEWARK, May 26 (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that he would rule soon on whether to give final approval to a $153.9 million settlement between the accounting firm KPMG and about 200 former clients who used its tax shelters...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Decision: Jurors Bonded as a Family From the Start of the Trial
The Enron jurors bonded into a surrogate family, supporting each other in an experience some say they will never forget...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
News Analysis: Executives' Downfall: The 'Managing' of Numbers Turned Into Manipulating Them
Corporate America, take note: Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling were convicted even though they were not charged with being the masterminds of the Enron fraud...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Saturday Interview With Jochen Zeitz: Hoping Soccer Makes 2006 the Cat's Year
Jochen Zeitz, breaking with a long family tradition of pursuing medicine, studied business and took over as Puma's chief executive in 1993 at age 30...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Indonesia quake death toll soars
The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked the southern coast of Indonesia's central Java island is soaring, with hospitals in the city of Yogyakarta reporting more than 180 people dead and hundreds injured...
CNN - May 27, 2006
Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program
Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology and the international community should drop its demands that Tehran prove it's not trying to build a nuclear weapon, Iraq's foreign minister said Friday...
CNN - May 27, 2006
In Big Uneasy, Exit Planning Is Obsession
The official start to the hurricane season is Thursday but in New Orleans the worrying has long since begun...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Undercover Work Deepens Police-Muslim Tensions
Many Muslims believe that the use of informers set back the police's campaign to win their trust and cooperation...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
White House Memo: With a Few Humble Words, Bush Silences His Texas Swagger
When President Bush said that he regretted some personal mistakes, he seemed a little like a chastened husband...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Judge Orders Private Drafts Turned Over in Leak Case
Time magazine was told to give drafts of articles to I. Lewis Libby Jr. for use in his defense...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Gonzales Said He Would Quit in Raid Dispute
The attorney general and the F.B.I. director were prepared to quit if asked to relinquish evidence from a House member's office, officials said...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Outdoors: The Ice Bear Cometh, Wearing Nothing but a Speedo
I was ready to plunge into the frozen waters of a lake in a bid to set a world record for the longest swim in ice water...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
[TS] The Board Wore Chicken Suits
Thursday morning, Robert L. Nardelli and the Home Depot board let the world know exactly how it feels about the people for whom they are supposed to work...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Five Days: From Top of the Corporate World to Appeals Court
JUDGMENT day arrived for the two top executives at Enron, and the jury found both men guilty of fraud and deceit. The case was perhaps the most closely watched corporate crime trial of the decade...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Las Vegas Sands Is Chosen to Build Singapore Casino
The company promised to open the new resort, which it has named the Marina Bay Sands, by 2009...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Arcelor, Trying to Fend Off Suitor, Is Buying Russian Steel Company
For Arcelor, the deal appeared to represent an alternative to a hostile takeover by a rival firm...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Income Rises, but So Does Inflation
Compared to April of last year, spending just passed the point the Fed considers an acceptable rate of inflation...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Times of London to Print Daily U.S. Edition
The newspaper will be the only general-interest British publication to be printed daily in the United States...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Disney Said to Be Considering Cost Cuts That Include Layoffs
Walt Disney Studios is expecting a big summer with the release of "Cars" and the next "Pirates of the Caribbean." But not all is well in movieland...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Your Money: Timing the Electronics Market for the Best Deal on a New PC
Sometimes the slow but relentless drop in electronics price turns into a torrent. That's happening now in personal computers...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Short Cuts: Packing and Wondering Where Bags Will Land
The amount of lost luggage increased 23 percent from 2004 to 2005, translating to six lost bags for each 1,000 passengers...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
First Amendment Applies to Internet, Appeals Court Rules
A California court ruled that online reporters are protected by the same confidentiality laws that protect traditional journalists...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
The Overview: Tough Justice for Executives in Enron Era
The tactics employed in the Enron trial show a transformation has occurred in the investigation and prosecution of white-collar crime...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
Evans Seen Atop List to Head Treasury
Having failed thus far to woo a Wall Street star, President Bush might ask old friend Donald L. Evans to be Treasury secretary...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
A Jump in Gas Prices Isn’t Deterring Summer Travelers
Despite high gas prices, record numbers are loading up children, packing suitcases and kicking off the summer driving season...
New York Times - May 27, 2006
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