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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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Porter Goss resigns as CIA chief
CIA Director Porter Goss is resigning, President Bush announced on Friday. No reason was given for Goss' resignation, but the White House has been in the midst of an administration shakeup since a change of chief of staff...
CNN - May 5, 2006
CIA chief resigns
CIA Director Porter Goss is resigning, President Bush announced on Friday. "He's helped this agency become integrated into the intelligence community, and that was a tough job," Bush said in a photo session with Goss at the Oval Office...
CNN - May 5, 2006
Rep. Kennedy entering rehab after crash
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said Friday that he will enter a drug rehabilitation program after crashing his car on Capitol Hill a day earlier. "I know that I need help," he said at an afternoon press conference, detailing what he called a long-term struggle with addiction...
CNN - May 5, 2006
Young Singaporeans Challenge Lee
At forum televised live three weeks ago, a group of young people challenged Lee Kuan Yew, the man who created Singapore in his own severe image...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Valerie Plame Gets Book Deal
The C.I.A. covert officer whose name was publicly disclosed three years ago has agreed to sell her memoir for a little more than $2.5 million...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Patrick Kennedy Says He'll Seek Help for Addiction
The representative, who was involved in a car accident early Thursday morning, announced today that he will check into a clinic...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
C.I.A. Director Goss Resigns
A year into his tenure, Mr. Goss was presiding over an agency where morale was low and where his leadership was questioned...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Chechens freed in Forbes killing
A court in Moscow acquits two Chechens charged with killing US investigative journalist Paul Klebnikov...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Argentine leader joins mill rally
The Argentine president rallies crowds at a demonstration against two pulp mills being built in Uruguay...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Kennedy seeks rehab after crash
US congressman Patrick Kennedy says he is seeking treatment for substance abuse after a car crash...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
US boot camp guards 'killed boy'
A teenager was suffocated to death by guards at a Florida boot camp, a second autopsy into the case finds...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Blair wields axe after poll losses
After a drubbing for his party in local elections, British Prime Minister Tony Blair launches a wholesale Cabinet reshuffle which sees under-fire Home Secretary Charles Clarke axed and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw replaced by Margaret Beckett (above). Deputy PM John Prescott, embroiled in a scandal over an extramarital affair, loses his department...
CNN - May 5, 2006
U.N. grills U.S. on torture ban
The U.N. was grilling the United States on its compliance with the global ban on torture Friday for the first time since Washington declared war on terrorists, focusing on allegations of secret CIA prisons and flights transferring suspects for possible torture in other countries...
CNN - May 5, 2006
Giant rock growing in Mount St. Helens' crater
Volcano watchers at Johnston Ridge Observatory in Washington state are getting a look at a hulking slab of rock that's rapidly growing in the crater of infamous Mount St. Helens. The fin-shaped mass is about 300 feet tall and growing 4 feet to 5 feet a day, said Dan Dzurisin, a geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey...
CNN - May 5, 2006
Capitol Police probe handling of Kennedy crash
The U.S. Capitol Police is investigating how officers handled an auto accident involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-Rhode Island, and whether the evidence would support traffic charges. Police labor union officials contend officers at the scene were prevented from investigating the accident...
CNN - May 5, 2006
Given a Chance to Be Little Ballerinas, and Smiling Right Down to Their Toes
A studio in Bayside, Queens, holds one special class a week for young dancers who have cerebral palsy and other debilitating physical conditions...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Patrick Kennedy Crashes Car Into a Capitol Hill Barrier
The representative said he was apparently disoriented because he had been taking Ambien, the sleeping pill, and another medication...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
U.S. Job Growth Slows but Wages Gain Momentum
Job growth in the American economy slowed markedly and abruptly in April, the Labor Department reported today, even as wage increases picked up...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
US budget deficit set to shrink
A surging economy and the ensuing rise in federal tax revenues could cut the US budget deficit this year, says a report...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Racing: Kentucky Derby preview
Brother Derek heads 20 runners for the 132nd running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
Senate ignores Bush veto threat
The US Senate passes an inflated emergency spending bill, despite a threat from President Bush to veto it...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
US job growth less than expected
The US economy created 138,000 jobs in April as the jobless rate stayed steady at 4.7%, official figures show...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
U.S. to face U.N. torture scrutiny
The United States faces official U.N. grilling over its compliance with the global ban on torture Friday for the first time since it launched its war on terror, with questions focusing on allegations of secret CIA prisons and flights transferring suspects for possible torture in other countries...
CNN - May 5, 2006
Embattled Blair axes top ministers
After a drubbing for his party in local elections, British Prime Minister Tony Blair launches a wide-ranging Cabinet reshuffle which sees embattled Home Secretary Charles Clarke (left) axed and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw demoted. Deputy PM John Prescott, embroiled in a scandal over an extramarital affair, loses his department...
CNN - May 5, 2006
Dubai Journal: Bustling Gulf City Finds It Has Imported a Drug Problem
For years Arab governments kept drug abuse quiet, but now some countries are placing as much emphasis on prevention and rehabilitation as on punishment...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Golf: Wie makes first men's cut
Michelle Wie makes her first cut at a men's event after carding 69 at the SK Telecom Open...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
PM Blair suffers local poll defeat
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's embattled Labour Party suffered major losses in local elections in England, which could increase pressure on Blair to announce a date for stepping down as prime minister...
CNN - May 5, 2006
NOLA residents want pump repairs now
With a new hurricane season starting next month, some New Orleans residents want the huge pumps that used to keep the city dry to be repaired or replaced. The issue is of particular concern to those who who have repaired homes damaged by Katrina's flooding...
CNN - May 5, 2006
News Analysis: Verdict Highlights Where Juries Fear to Tread
The Moussaoui jury acted as capital juries typically do. It stopped short of sending the defendant to his death...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
As Test-Taking Grows, Test-Makers Grow Rarer
The U.S. faces a critical shortage of people with the educational skills to create tests and analyze the results...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Defying Bush, Senate Passes Spending Bill
The Senate approved a $109 billion measure to pay for the war in Iraq and Gulf Coast hurricane recovery, ignoring a veto threat...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion
Rebuilding officials concede that the new price tag is breathtaking and is sure to set off another bruising battle over development at the site...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
An Organ Recital for the Very, Very Patient
You have about six more centuries to hear developments in a composition by John Cage called "As Slow as Possible."...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Tyco Says Copper Prices Will Hold Down Year's Profit
Tyco Says Copper Prices Will Hold Down Year's Profit By Reuters...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
CVS Profit Eases Drug Plan Concerns
CVS Profit Eases Drug Plan Concerns...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Exchange Shareholders Sell $1.54 Billion in Stock
Exchange Shareholders Sell $1.54 Billion in Stock...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Sprint's Local Unit Estimates Earnings as Spinoff
Sprint's Local Unit Estimates Earnings as SpinoffKANSAS CITY, Mo., May 4 (AP) — The Embarq Corporation, the local phone division of Sprint Nextel, said Thursday that the cost of separating from its parent company would hurt earnings in its first year...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Kodak Considers Sale of Imaging Unit
Kodak Considers Sale of Imaging Unit...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Profit Drops 44% at Estée Lauder
Profit Drops 44% at Estée Lauder...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Negotiating a Deal as Adroitly as a Slope
Ted Ligety has had the ski-racing world in the palm of his hand since he won a gold medal at the Winter Games in February...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Comverse Gets Subpoena
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Dow Jones/AP) — Comverse Technology, which makes voice mail software, said Thursday that it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors in New York in connection with its issuance of stock option grants...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
$1.2 Billion Loss for International Paper
$1.2 Billion Loss for International PaperSTAMFORD, Conn., May 4 (AP) — The International Paper Company reported a first-quarter loss of $1.2 billion on Thursday as it took a charge for selling businesses as part of a transformation plan...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
UBS Profit Increases 33%
ZURICH, May 4 (AP) — UBS, the large financial services company, said Thursday that its first-quarter profit rose 33 percent, helped by growth at its investment bank and higher profits from private banking...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
$100 Rebate: Rise and Fall of G.O.P. Idea
The story of the $100 gas rebate is yet another example of how Senator Bill Frist has stumbled at the pinnacle of Senate power...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Earnings Top Forecasts at Shell and Total
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Leaders Discuss Bolivian Energy Takeover
Four South American leaders met to defuse a crisis set off by Bolivia's decision to nationalize its energy reserves...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
A Gloomy W.T.O. Chief Says Time Is Brief for Saving Talks
Pascal Lamy said that he was increasingly worried that the five-year talks would end in failure...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Stronger Canadian Dollar Not Totally Welcome Up North
Some economists and traders are forecasting parity between the currencies, something that has not happened in 30 years...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Ex-Wall St. Analyst to Leave G.M. Post
DETROIT, May 4 (AP) — Stephen J. Girsky, a former Wall Street analyst who became a full-time adviser to General Motors, is leaving G.M. after less than a year, a spokeswoman for the company said Thursday...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Wall Street Hiring Propels Increase in Jobs in the New York Region
A surge in hiring on Wall Street is driving the economy of New York City and the region, but the pace of growth still lags behind the national rate...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Microsoft to Put More Money Into MSN
Microsoft will increase investments in its online businesses as it escalates a battle with Google...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Going Online for Savings
High-yield Internet savings accounts are the flavor-of-the-month in banking. It is unclear though if banks can actually profit from them...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Legal Beat: New View of Antitrust Law: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
When it comes to many kinds of antitrust enforcement, the Bush administration has taken the least aggressive approach since the last years of the Reagan presidency...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Asian Finance Ministers Seek Common Currency
Ministers from China, Japan and South Korea announced tentative steps to coordinate their currencies...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Europe's Central Bank Chief Hints of Higher Rates Ahead
Jean-Claude Trichet indicated that the bank was considering rate increases in the future if the economy continues to grow...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Decline in Deficit Is Seen
An unexpectedly big jump in tax revenues could reduce the federal budget deficit for the second year in a row, the Congressional Budget Office predicted...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Gabelli Settles Investor Suit for $100 Million
Mario J. Gabelli, the famed money manager, settled a long-running legal battle yesterday with his first investor, agreeing to pay him and another early investor more than $100 million...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Johnson Aims to Bolster Its Sluggish Drug Business
The company plans to divide its pharmaceuticals group into three major clusters, each with its own research and development function...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Margin Calls Forced Lay to Sell Stock, Witness Says
The former Enron chief sold millions in stock because of demands from his brokers, not because of a lack of faith in the company, a finance expert testified. yesterday...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Analysis of Tax Bill Finds More Benefits for the Rich
The bill is expected to save Americans at the center of the income distribution an average of $20 each...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Shares Gain as Oil Prices Decline Further
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
An April Easter Helps Retailers Post Best Sales Gain in 2 Years
Sky-high gas prices met their match in April: the Easter holiday. And Easter won...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
AOL to Add Free Phone to Instant Messaging Feature
AOL is preparing to offer its 41 million instant messaging users a phone number that will allow people to call them for free...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Got a Second? G.E. Has a Quick Message
G.E.'s multimillion-dollar campaign, "G.E. One Second Theater," is intended for new media like digital video recorders, and the MySpace networking service...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
[TS] Ken Lay Still Thinks Enron Was Healthy
Reading Kenneth L. Lay's testimony is like returning to the 1990's, when those who complained about manipulation of earnings numbers were viewed as cranks...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Conflicting Loyalties as Republicans Confront High Gas Prices
Republican leaders are struggling to marry a newfound zeal for energy conservation with their traditional loyalty to big cars and Big Oil...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Lilly Loses Patent Case to Ariad
A federal jury ruled that Eli Lilly had infringed a patent covering drugs that work through one of the body's basic biological pathways...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Productivity and Wages Showed Gains in Quarter
Businesses continue to find ways to improve efficiency more than four years into the current expansion...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Public Housing in Private Hands
German cities are lining up for a mammoth wave of foreign investment in their property, though not always to the approval of their residents...
New York Times - May 5, 2006
Rumsfeld heckled over Iraq war
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is confronted and heckled by anti-war protesters during a speech...
BBC News - May 5, 2006
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