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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 2005:
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Witness denies Jackson molested him
The leadoff witness for Michael Jackson's defense Thursday denied the pop star molested him as a boy, even though he spent several nights in Jackson's bedroom at Neverland Ranch. The witness, now 22, was one of five boys prosecutors allege Jackson had sexually molested in the 1990s, before the allegations that brought him to trial emerged...
CNN - May 5, 2005
'Running away from myself'
Jennifer Wilbanks, the so-called runaway bride who went missing for days in advance of her wedding, issued a public apology through her family's pastor and said that she is getting professional help...
CNN - May 5, 2005
Kansas Begins Hearings on Diluting Teaching of Evolution
The hearings tackled one of the most controversial questions in education and politics: How to teach about the origin of life?...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Bloomberg Unveils $50 Billion Budget
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented a budget plan flush with revenues from rising personal incomes and real estate prices that allowed him to propose reducing the sales tax...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Child Identified 4 Years After Death; Mother Charged With Murder
The girl - known to Kansas City until now as simply "Precious Doe" - was Erica Michelle Maria Green, and the authorities said at a news conference that she was 3 when she died...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
S. & P. Cuts Debt Ratings for G.M. and Ford to Junk Status
The move will reduce the U.S. automakers' avenues for raising funds as they struggle with global competition and healthcare costs...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Junk status setback for GM, Ford
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's cuts the debt ratings of US carmakers General Motors and Ford to 'junk' status...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
'Silenced by the gun'
The BBC News website speaks to a top Colombian journalist about reporting in one of the most dangerous places in the world...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
'Precious Doe' identified
The decapitated body of a little girl discovered in 2001 has been identified through a newspaper advertisement, authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, announced Thursday. Police said the girl -- who became known as Precious Doe -- was 3-year-old Erica Michelle Maria Green...
CNN - May 5, 2005
'Precious Doe' is identified
More than four years after her headless body was found, a child known nationally as "Precious Doe" has been identified and her mother has been charged in connection with her death, authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, said today. Erica Michelle Maria Green was days away from her fourth birthday when she died. Officers searching for a missing elderly man found her body on April 28, 2001, in a wooded area. Her head, wrapped in a trash bag, was found a few days later...
CNN - May 5, 2005
Small Explosives Go Off Outside British Consulate in Manhattan
The building on Third Avenue was slightly damaged, but no one was injured, when two makeshift grenades detonated this morning...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Standard & Poor's Cuts Ford and G.M. Bonds to Junk Status
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New York Times - May 5, 2005
Merck's Chief Steps Down; Company Insider Replaces Him
Richard T. Clark was promoted to replace Raymond V. Gilmartin, who presided over mounting Vioxx suits and falling revenues...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Boxing: Toney aims for total rule
James Toney could return to the ring in July, with IBF title-holder Chris Byrd a possible opponent...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Struggling Merck names new boss
US drug-maker Merck has replaced its chief executive as it struggles to put a drug-safety crisis behind it...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Russian concern at US death
Russia should start tracking children adopted abroad, its top legal official says after a boy is killed in the US...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
NBA: Spurs beat Nuggets
San Antonio beat Denver 99-89 to reach the second round of the NBA play-offs...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Bomb risk forces NY tower rethink
The skyscraper to replace New York's destroyed WTC must be redesigned because of security fears, officials say...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
US set to exhume lynching victim
The FBI says it will exhume the body of a black teenager, whose brutal murder in 1955 remains unsolved...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Army 'hid truth of Tillman death'
The US Army hid the fact that football star and soldier Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire, a leaked report says...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Blasts shatter windows at British Consulate in NYC
Two "improvised explosive devices" made from "novelty-type grenades" exploded in front of the British Consulate in New York this morning, but did not cause significant damage or injuries, according to police. The grenades shattered windows and blew out a chunk of concrete in a flower box where they were planted, police said. Witnesses described hearing two loud blasts seconds apart...
CNN - May 5, 2005
Iraq suicide bombs kill 23
A series of deadly attacks targeting Iraqi security forces has killed at least 23 people, including Iraqi army recruits, police and civilians, Iraqi Emergency Police told CNN...
CNN - May 5, 2005
2 Small Grenades Explode Outside British Consulate in Midtown Manhattan
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New York Times - May 5, 2005
News Corp's quarterly profits dip
News Corp, controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, sees quarterly profits drop 8%, hit by costs at its sport TV business...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Time Warner buoyed by cable unit
Time Warner, the world's largest media firm, reports a rise in first quarter profit, buoyed by growth at its cable business...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Marine cleared over Falluja death
A US marine filmed shooting an injured Iraqi in Falluja acted in self-defence and will not be charged, his superiors find...
BBC News - May 5, 2005
Report: Evidence destroyed after Tillman's death
A new Army report on the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman in Afghanistan concluded his uniform and body armor were burned after he was killed -- and before investigators determined he was shot by fellow soldiers. Originally, Tillman's blood-covered kit was said to have been destroyed because it was considered a biohazard. Investigators now say his clothes should have been preserved as evidence...
CNN - May 5, 2005
Voters to decide Blair's fate
Polls open Thursday in the UK's general election with opinion polls pointing to a third Labour win but voters angry at the country's involvement in Iraq could prove crucial when the counting begins...
CNN - May 5, 2005
Freedom Tower redesign
The proposed tallest building in the world, meant to take the place of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, will be redesigned because of police department security concerns, New York Gov. George Pataki said Wednesday...
CNN - May 5, 2005
Pataki and Bloomberg Endorse Changes in Ground Zero Tower
Gov. George E. Pataki, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the lead developer at ground zero said they still regard the Freedom Tower as an essential addition to New York City...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
9 Weeks So Far, but Little Clarity in Jackson Case
The child-molesting case against Michael Jackson featured testimony from 87 witnesses, several of whom did the prosecution more harm than good...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
G.M. Sets a Torrid Pace in a Broad Stock Market Rally
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
What Should a Reconfigured Tax System Look Like?
Scholars who described their views on tax reform were all concerned with one question: How can revenue be raised in a way that least distorts economic decisions?...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
In Clinical Trials, Drug Protects Brain From Stroke Damage
An experimental treatment has been shown to protect the brain from some of the damage caused by strokes...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Lose the Employee. Keep the Business.
Noncompete agreements, in which employees sign written commitments to refrain from competing against their former employers, can be a double-edged sword...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
German Dialysis Company to Buy U.S. Rival
Fresenius Medical Care of Germany, one of the world's largest dialysis providers, said that it would buy the Renal Care Group for $3.5 billion...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
How a Well-Known Lawyer's Firm Got a Black Eye in a Little-Known Case in Florida
David Boies's law firm, which has worked with powerful clients ranging from Al Gore to Tyco International, got a black eye last week in a much lower profile case involving a dispute between gardening companies in Palm Beach, Fla...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Kerkorian Seeking 9% Stake in G.M.
In a surprise to Detroit and Wall Street, Kirk Kerkorian is making an offer that would give him a stake worth nearly 9 percent in General Motors...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Microsoft to Lease Some Ideas to Start-Ups
Microsoft said that it would license its home-grown ideas to venture capital firms and entrepreneurs, in an effort to open its technology to outsiders...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Patent Holder to Ease Way to Licenses for Radio Tags
Intermec Technologies was responding to complaints that it has become a roadblock to new technology that uses radio signals to track consumer goods...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Fidelity and Banks Face New Inquiry on Gift-Giving
The United States attorney in Boston is investigating Fidelity Investments, the mutual fund giant, as well as a number of Wall Street banks to determine whether the banks' brokers plied Fidelity traders with lavish gifts and decadent entertainment to try to win some of Fidelity's lucrative trading business, said two people involved in the investigation...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Democrats Reject Trade Pact as Lacking Worker Protections
Some Democrats rejected the administration's new trade agreement with Central America, saying it failed to protect workers both there and in the United States...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Private Equity Investors Are Reshaping the Landscape of European Business
LONDON, May 4 - The new conquerors of Europe have already taken control of one of the Netherlands' largest retailers, half the nursing homes in Britain and Spain's yellow pages...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
At the Start, Lazard Shares May Face an Uphill Climb
BRUCE WASSERSTEIN won his battle to take Lazard public last night, raising $854.6 million from investors and ending the private control of one of the world's most fabled banking institutions...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Investor's Move Raises Pension Questions
Kirk Kerkorian's announcement of a tender offer for 28 million shares of General Motors' stock caught the attention yesterday of retirement finance specialists...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Service Companies Expand, but Slowly
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Murdoch Expects to Trim Liberty Media's Stake
Rupert Murdoch, told securities analysts that he expected to resolve a dispute over an 18 percent stake held by Liberty Media within the next three months...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Comedy Central Suspends Show
Without explanation, Comedy Central said it had suspended production of the third season of the comedian Dave Chappelle's show...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Morgan Names Official to Regulatory and Legal Areas
Morgan Stanley, struggling to restore some shine to its tarnished legal reputation, has named a senior lawyer from the firm of Shearman & Sterling to oversee the firm's regulatory and legal matters...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Cleveland Clinic Panel Gives Heart Failure Drug a Reprieve
A committee overruled more than four dozen of the clinic's cardiologists by deciding that the drug, Natrecor, would remain in use at the clinic...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Trade Officials Reach a Compromise Over Agriculture Tariffs
Trade ministers lifted a serious obstacle to a much-delayed global trade deal on Wednesday, breaking a deadlock on agriculture tariffs...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Nation's Insurers Face New Inquiry, This One by F.B.I.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing insurance practices to determine whether recent irregularities represent a pervasive problem in the industry...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Some Parts of Time Warner Show Gains
Time Warner reported solid first-quarter growth, buoyed by advertising gains at its AOL unit, but net income for the period was flat...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Nike Decides Not to Do Business With Sears
Nike's decision to stop selling its sneakers and clothes at Sears is shining a spotlight on the impact retail environments have on marketers' brands...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Earnings Hit Two-Year High at Credit Suisse
The Credit Suisse Group earned more from managing money for the wealthy and from lending in Switzerland...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Former Official Denies Stealing From Tyco
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
I.B.M. to Lay Off Over 10,000 in Struggle to Keep Up Profits
I.B.M. will lay off 10,000 to 13,000 workers, mostly in Europe, as competition spreads beyond selling computers to providing services...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Treasury Says 30-Year Bond May Be Revived
The unexpected shift toward a revival of the 30-year bond could provide an important tool to grapple with the nation's budget deficit and pension system...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
Report to German Ruling Party Faults Overseas Investors
German Parliament researchers have made a list of firms they designate as foreigners who have plundered German assets, laid off workers or been just plain greedy...
New York Times - May 5, 2005
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