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Will Smith voted 2008s top moneymaking movie star
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Intel will miss its already-lowered 4Q targets
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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LG shows off Dick Tracy wristwatch phone
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US News Archive for April 2005:
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Papal burial plans unveiled
Tens of thousands of pilgrims stood in line for as long as eight hours Tuesday to file past Pope John Paul II's body as it lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica. With up to 2 million pilgrims expected over the coming days the ancient Roman Circus Maximus was turned into a free camping site...
CNN - April 5, 2005
Deliveryman Emerges Safely After 3 Days Stranded in Elevator
A restaurant deliveryman spent three days unnoticed in a stalled high-rise elevator as an intensive search swirled around him...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Jeter Hits a Walk-Off Homer to Sink the Red Sox
Mariano Rivera blew a lead against the Boston Red Sox, but Derek Jeter bailed him out with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the ninth inning...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Connecticut Prepares to Sue U.S. Over Bush Education Law
The suit would open a new chapter in a struggle between states and the federal government over the law, known as No Child Left Behind...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Pfizer Sees Weaker 2005 Earnings but Longer-Term Growth
Pfizer warned today that competition from generic drugs and weak sales for its pain medication Celebrex would reduce its earnings by 6 percent this year...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Peter Jennings of ABC Says He Has Lung Cancer
ABC said that Peter Jennings, who is 66 years old, would work as often as he could during the course of his treatment...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Lawsuit hits Blackberry revenues
Research In Motion, which makes e-mail device Blackberry, reports a fourth-quarter loss after a costly patent court case...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Trump Hotels out of bankruptcy
A court gives the flagship company of businessman Donald Trump the go-ahead to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Golf: US Masters' draw
Vijay Singh tees off with Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods with Darren Clarke in the Masters first round...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
'Victim' grilled on Jackson story
A man who told a California court Michael Jackson molested him as a child admits he initially denied it...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Nobel Prize novelist Bellow dies
Saul Bellow, the American novelist who won the Nobel Prize for works including Herzog, has died, aged 89...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Vatican gives details on pope burial plans
Vatican officials say it is likely Pope John Paul II will be buried in the grave once occupied by Pope John XXIII in the grotto beneath St. Peter's Basilica. Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls says the pope will be buried there "unless he left other instructions in the will. ... But we don't know because we haven't read the will yet."...
CNN - April 5, 2005
Patriot Act hearings
The Bush administration's two top law enforcement officials on Tuesday urged Congress to renew every provision of the anti-terror Patriot Act...
CNN - April 5, 2005
Vatican burial plans unfold
Vatican officials are planning to bury Pope John Paul II in the grave once occupied by Pope John XXIII beneath St. Peter's Basilica...
CNN - April 5, 2005
Deliveryman Emerges Safely After 3 Days Stranded in Elevator
The deliveryman, Ming Kuang Chen, 35, was in stable condition and was being treated for dehydration...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
US deny Iraq child hunger report
The US and UK governments hit out at reports that child malnutrition has doubled in Iraq since the 2003 war...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
First Iraq Medal of Honor awarded
The US gives its first Medal of Honor of the Iraq war to a soldier killed defending his men...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
ABC's Jennings has lung cancer
Long-serving US TV news presenter Peter Jennings, 66, is diagnosed with lung cancer...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Thousands pay respects
Thousands of mourners are filing past the body of Pope John Paul II as he lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica. Cardinals, meanwhile, have begun the process of choosing a new leader for the world's one billion Catholics...
CNN - April 5, 2005
Thousands filing past pope's body
Thousands of mourners are continuing to file past today as the body of Pope John Paul II lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica. Some pilgrims crossed themselves, while others used mobile telephones or cameras to take photos. The pope's funeral will be held Friday...
CNN - April 5, 2005
Morgan Stanley in spin-off plan
The board of Morgan Stanley, the troubled Wall Street investment bank, has decided to spin off its Discover credit card business...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Rock legend Young out of hospital
Singer Neil Young leaves hospital and is making "excellent" progress after brain surgery, his agent says...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Gore launches youth TV channel
Former US Vice-President Al Gore launches Current, a new TV channel for the internet generation...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Church abuse play wins Pulitzer
A play about suspected child abuse in the Roman Catholic church is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Basketball: N Carolina lift title
Sean May helps North Carolina past Illinois to win US college basketball's NCAA title...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Guatemala politicians racist
Five Guatemalan politicians are found guilty of racism to indigenous Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Castro attends Pope funeral Mass
Cuban President Fidel Castro makes a rare visit to Havana Cathedral to attend a funeral Mass for the Pope...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Thousands line up to say goodbye
Thousands of grief-stricken pilgrims are lining up through the night to view the body of Pope John Paul II. Inside St. Peter's Basilica, where the pope's body is lying in state until his funeral Friday, mourners crossed themselves or prayed as they said their final goodbyes...
CNN - April 5, 2005
Thousands pay respects
A steady flow of people have been filing past the body of Pope John Paul II, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica, while outside, tens of thousands line up for a chance to view the body...
CNN - April 5, 2005
The Bushes Plan to Attend Pope's Funeral
President Bush said that he and his wife would be honored "to express our gratitude to the Almighty for such a man."...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Third World Represents a New Factor in Pope's Succession
The strength of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa and Latin America is sure to factor in the cardinals' deliberations...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Accommodations Improve for Arriving Cardinals
The cardinals arriving to elect John Paul II's successor would need a place to stay, so the pope built them a $20 million hotel...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Pope John Paul Appraised as Pope, Not Rock Star
What has been hard to divine in the panoramic television coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II is his identity as a Roman Catholic...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Bradford N. Swett, 69, Dies; Developer of Upper West Side Real Estate
Bradford N. Swett, a real estate developer active in the vigorous development of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the 1980's and 90's, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 69...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Rental Car Companies Get Aggressive on Damage
In the past, car rental companies were willing to overlook minor damage to their vehicles, but the industry now appears bent on pursuing even the smallest cases...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
The 2005 Pulitzers
HISTORY...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
U.S. May Pursue Airbus Action
The European Union may not be willing to abandon aid for development of new Airbus models, and the U.S. is prepared to seek litigation to stop it...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Rivals Have Their Eyes on Allied Domecq
The wines and spirits maker Allied Domecq is perennially regarded as a takeover target in an industry where consolidation is viewed as inevitable...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions
The estimated seven million illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. are providing the Social Security system with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Sizing Up a Credit Card That's Out on Its Own
After years of speculation that Morgan Stanley would shed its Discover credit card business, the company said last night that it planned to officially sever those ties. But will a spinoff of Discover really pay off?...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Verizon Indicates It Could Scrap MCI Bid
Verizon Communications signaled its unwillingness to raise its $7.6 billion offer for MCI and said it was prepared to walk away from its agreement to buy the company...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Major Carriers Gain
MAJOR CARRIERS GAIN Network carriers are reclaiming a bigger share of business travelers from low-cost carriers, according to a survey by Accenture, the consulting company. Last month, 82 percent of business travelers said they were now...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Concessions by Microsoft on Its Code
Microsoft said that it would meet most demands by European Union regulators on making software blueprints available to competitors, but that it was seeking further talks on some issues...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Europeans Cut Estimate of '05 Growth to 1.6%
The European Commission reduced its 2005 growth forecast for the euro zone to 1.6 percent from 2 percent, because of record oil costs and rising unemployment...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Latest Craze in Travel? A Decent Night's Sleep
Because they...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Accounts
Accounts...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
14-Hour Stints in the Cockpit or Very Close By
I fly 747-400's, primarily from Detroit, New York or Minneapolis to Japan and back. We do these flights nonstop, about 7,000 miles each way, and in an average month, I'll do maybe two or three...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Shares Rise in Volatile Trading as Oil Briefly Tops $58
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Some Asian Bankers Worry About the Economic Toll From Bird Flu
Banks are issuing warnings on the risks that avian influenza poses to the economies of East Asia, even as experts assess whether the disease could cause a pandemic at all...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
ChevronTexaco Offers $16.8 Billion for Unocal
ChevronTexaco agreed to buy Unocal in a move that could ignite a wave of takeovers of midtier producers...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
U.S. Begins Steps to Limit Import Surge From China
The Bush administration, reacting to a flood of Chinese clothing imports since January, began a process to impose import quotas on shirts, trousers and underwear...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Grasso Pay Notes to Be Released
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Analysts Say Cost-Cutting by Pfizer Will Be Narrow
With its sales flat and its profits under pressure, Pfizer will announce plans to trim its spending at a meeting today with investors, drug industry analysts say...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Steven Madden Campaign Promotes the Founder's Return From Prison
The footwear retailer Steven Madden is promoting the return of its namesake founder from prison in a series of posters and print advertisements...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Morgan to Explore a Discover Spinoff
The chief executive of Morgan Stanley said that his board had authorized him to pursue a spinoff of the company's Discover credit card business...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Making Room on Coke's Shelf Space
Mary Minnick, who was named to run marketing and product development for Coca-Cola, has instructions to steer the company's noncola future...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Top Executives of A.I.G. Quit Affiliate's Board
Several executives of the American International Group resigned from a private holding company run by Maurice Greenberg, who was forced out as chief of A.I.G...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Supreme Court Ruling Bars Creditors From I.R.A. Assets
A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal bankruptcy law shields individual retirement accounts from creditors...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Chief of G.M. Takes Control of Operations
With General Motors losing its once dominant grip on American car buyers, its chairman and chief executive took direct control of the company's North American operations...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
New Leaders at Magna
Magna International, Canada's largest auto parts maker, said that its founder, Frank Stronach, had stepped down as interim chief executive...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Child Car Seat Safety System Sometimes Fails, Study Says
DETROIT, April 4 - Four models of child car seats performed poorly in crash tests when used with a new federally required safety system, according to a study conducted by the publisher of Consumer Reports...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Former Tyco Auditor Says He Was Never Asked to Hide Data
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal Each Win Two Pulitzer Prizes
The public service award was one of two Pulitzers won by The Los Angeles Times on Monday; The Wall Street Journal also won two, including the award for beat reporting...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
New Chief at Troubled Insurer
CHICAGO, April 4 (AP) - The Aon Corporation named a consultant, Gregory C. Case, its president and chief executive on Monday, turning to a low-profile outsider to oversee probable changes now that investigations into its anticompetitive business practices have been settled...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Colombia rebels refuse kidnap end
Colombian rebel group, ELN, rejects a government proposal to end kidnappings, saying it needs the income...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
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