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Madonna, Ritchie to begin divorce in London Friday
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck tours refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Palestinian leader appeals to Israelis in peace ad
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ethnic Turk wins political prominence in Germany
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Salvador archbishop nixes probe of killed Jesuits
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2007:
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Search for jetliner called off
Crews in southern Cameroon suspended their search late Saturday afternoon for a missing Nairobi-bound Kenya Airways flight that disappeared in the early morning during heavy rain...
CNN - May 5, 2007
Thompson Tries Out Campaign Lines
Former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee gave a preview of what his candidacy might look like in a speech before a prominent Republican organization...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
American Album: Torn From Parents, a Top Speller Vents His Anger
Kunal Sah hopes that winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee will help bring his parents back from India...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Corzine to Resume Duties as Governor on Monday
Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey plans to return to work just three and a half weeks after a serious car accident...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
A Liberal Case for Gun Rights Helps Sway Judiciary
Top liberal law professors, embracing an individual right to own guns, have helped to reshape the debate over gun rights in the U.S...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
With New Clout, Antiwar Groups Push Democrats
A sometimes tense coalition of antiwar groups have quietly nudged the Iraq withdrawal debate forward...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Career Couch: What to Do About Wanderlust
Yes, there are sensible ways to look into a new career while keeping your old one...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
The Boss: Lessons From the Diamond
?What I?ve learned from baseball has had a great impact on the kind of manager I?ve become,? said Joseph M. Tucci, chief executive of EMC Corporation...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Life's Work: The World Is Changing, and With It, This Corner
A columnist takes a look back and a look forward as she decamps for a new section of the paper...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Suits: Not All Donations Are Created Equal
Those seeking a lesson in how to shake people up for money may want to take a page from the playbook of Hilary M. Weston...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Stocks Rise as the Media Sector Is Rediscovered
Buoyed by reports of possible mergers and acquisitions, stocks surged last week, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to another record close on Friday...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
When Carbon Is Currency
Ten states have joined to create the first mandatory carbon cap-and-trade program in the United States...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Dealbook: What to Do When Rupert Calls?
Rupert Murdoch may be the perfect publisher for The Wall Street Journal. Let me explain...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Make Money, Save the World
Hundreds of new businesses around the country demonstrate an emerging convergence of for-profit money-making and nonprofit mission...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
The Goods: A Bowling Ball With Snap (and Scent)
The delicate scent of orange ginger is not one typically associated with the pursuit of spares and strikes...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Square Feet | Checking In: A New Style of Hotel Where Work Meets Play
Younger business travelers want contemporary design, up-to-date technology, easy access to clients and social activities, as well as a moderate price...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Tobacco Road
The rise and fall of the cigarette in American culture...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Edward F. Boyd Dies at 92; Marketed Pepsi to Blacks
As a young sales executive, Mr. Boyd parlayed his assignment to promote Pepsi-Cola into a war against white racism and black stereotypes...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: Dear S.E.C., Reconsider Arbitration
Arbitration was sold to investors as a cheap and fast alternative to the court system. But it has grown more costly and time-consuming...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
The New Middle Ages: TV?s Silver Age
Can Viacom sell America on television for and about 50-year-olds?...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Shock Radio, Playing Rough, Shrugs at Imus?s Fall
Talk radio remains insidiously untamed, full of coarse, sexually explicit banter, despite the firing of Don Imus...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Freakonomics: Laid-Back Labor
How did the repetitive household tasks our parents and grandparents tried to avoid become midlife leisure activities?...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Ping: The Silver Lining to Impending Doom
A curious feature of capitalism is that threats, or more precisely, the human response to them, are economically and technologically stimulating...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Off The Shelf: First World, Third World (Maybe Not in That Order)
Would you risk part of your children?s college fund or your retirement in third-world equities? You may already have...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Ideas & Trends: Rupert Murdoch, Once the Outsider
Instead of competing against Dow Jones, Mr. Murdoch is offering a lofty price to take it over. Why?...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Fundamentally: The Year of the Large Caps? This Time, Don?t Laugh
Over the last 12 months, large-capitalization stocks have generated nearly twice the total returns of the small caps...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
The Count: Keypad Economics: Why Talk When You Can Type?
Almost half of all cellphone subscribers are now availing themselves of services other than voice, a recent report said...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Economic View: Does It Even Matter if the U.S. Has a Cold?
A slowdown in growth in the United States would mean trouble for the rest of the global economy, right? Wrong...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Market Week: When Words Speak Louder Than Actions
Few people expect the Federal Reserve to change interest rates this week, but the usual language in the bank?s statement could be due for some tweaking...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Investing: Oops, It May Be Time to Rebalance That Portfolio
Many strategists say that the performance of stocks and bonds over the last seven years provides a classic example of the need for diversified investing...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Re:framing: Winning Isn?t Everything. Check the Periphery.
Collaboration can be hard to achieve in a traditional corporate or academic setting, where getting the best of others tends to be rewarded...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Spending: A Two-Wheeled Option (With a Battery) for Commuters
Amid higher fuel prices and deepening worries about the environment, electric bikes are emerging as a viable option for local trips...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Street Sense claims Kentucky win
Street Sense, ridden by Calvin Borel, wins the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday...
BBC News - May 5, 2007
Jet with 115 aboard feared crashed
Searchers in Cameroon are working to track down a Nairobi-bound Kenya Airways flight reported to have gone down in a forested area near the capital Yaounde...
CNN - May 5, 2007
Huge twister hammers Kansas town
Dozens of people were hurt -- 16 critically -- when a massive tornado destroyed much of Greensburg, Kansas, officials said. CNN affiliate KWCH also reported one person was killed. The town has been declared unsafe and all residents are being evacuated, according to Greensburg's administrator...
CNN - May 5, 2007
Thompson, Not Yet a Candidate, Outlines Views
Former Senator Fred Thompson gave a preview of what his candidacy might look like at a speech before a prominent party organization in California...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine
A poison solvent substituted by counterfeiters in drugs, food and other products has figured in mass poisonings around the world...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Report: Jet carrying 100 crashes
A Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 with more than 100 people aboard has crashed in southern Cameroon, state radio in the Central African nation reports...
CNN - May 5, 2007
Pentagon studies battlefield ethics
In its first study of the ethics of U.S. troops on the Iraq battlefield, the Pentagon has found that more than a third would support using torture to get information from insurgents...
CNN - May 5, 2007
For Jockeys, Derby Starts With Choice of Mount
This year?s 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby is particularly wide open. But there is a simple way to find a winner: follow the jockey?s choice of horse...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Corzine Crash Response: ?Everyone Out Here Now!?
Newly released recordings provide the richest and rawest account yet of the car accident that seriously injured the New Jersey governor...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
On Religion: Riverside Takes On the Task of Rebuilding a Church
A church scaffolding serves as a handy metaphor for the paradox of Riverside, the capital of a theological movement that has been slowly deteriorating...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Golf: Woods makes his move
Tiger Woods takes a share of the lead in round two of the Wachovia Championship...
BBC News - May 5, 2007
Boxing: Vegas clash beckons
Oscar de la Hoya weighs in 4lb heavier than Floyd Mayweather ahead of their Las Vegas super-fight...
BBC News - May 5, 2007
Queen attends Kentucky Derby
The Queen will realise a long-held ambition when she attends the famous Kentucky Derby horse race in the US...
BBC News - May 5, 2007
No U.S.-Iran talks at conference
The top diplomats from Iran and the United States circle one another for two days during an international conference in Egypt, but pass up what would have been the first public, high-level, face-to-face talks since the United States broke off relations over the 1979 Iran hostage crisis...
CNN - May 5, 2007
Queen tours Jamestown, then off to the races
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is in Louisville to attend her first Kentucky Derby. On Friday, the queen, flanked by Vice President Dick Cheney and Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine, strolled through Jamestown's tourist village to commemorate the settlement's 400th anniversary...
CNN - May 5, 2007
Not All Troops Would Report Abuse, Study Says
Only 40 percent of American marines and 55 percent of soldiers in Iraq say they would report a fellow service member for killing or injuring an innocent Iraqi...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
N.Y. Schools Seek Higher Taxes Despite Extra Aid
School districts plan $691 million in new taxes just weeks after the state legislature earmarked $900 million in new aid...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Nets 98, Raptors 97: Nets Advance and Adjust Their Travel Plans
Richard Jefferson scored the go ahead basket, then intercepted a pass on the Raptors? final play to seal the victory and help the Nets advance...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Democrats? Proposals Complicate Deal on Iraq Bill
Attempts by Democratic presidential hopefuls to shape the war debate threaten to complicate efforts to reach a deal on an Iraq spending bill...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Shady Cove Journal: Timber (and Its Revenues) Decline, and Libraries Suffer
In April, Jackson County did the unthinkable. It closed all 15 of its public libraries, because their operating money is gone...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin
A dispute has cropped up on the right: Does Darwinian theory actually support conservative philosophy?...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Baseball?s Steroid Panel Asks Active Players to Appear
Three dozen current and former players were being sought, people familiar with an inquiry said, raising the prospect that the league will be thrown into turmoil...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
On White Tie, Bush Bows to Queen and First Lady
A state dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II will be a collision of cultures ? Texas swagger and British prim...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Many Detainees at Guantánamo Rebuff Lawyers
A struggle between lawyers and their clients comes at the same time as a legal battle over the Bush administration?s detention policies...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
BMW Oracle Wins Tight Boat Race
BMW Oracle temporarily broke the tie at the top of the challengers? table of the Louis Vuitton Cup, coming from behind to defeat Luna Rossa Challenge...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Equity Firms Bid for European Tobacco Company
Two private equity groups have made a bid for Altadis, the maker of Gauloises cigarettes, setting the stage for a bidding war...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rise in Fourth Week of Gains
Stock prices rose moderately Friday, carving out their fourth straight weekly gain amid a fresh round of corporate takeover news and employment figures that largely met expectations...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Many of the Self-Employed Are Simply on Their Own
The small businesses that struggle the most with health insurance may be the smallest of all: those with only one employee...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Surprising Finding in Capital Gains Study
Only 3 percent of capital gains go to people who make less than about $50,000...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Tax to Pay for Health Plan in Illinois Faces Resistance
Unlike efforts in other states, the plan would be financed largely by a new tax on gross business receipts...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Bank of America Files Suit Over Deal to Buy LaSalle
Bank of America asked a federal court to prevent the Dutch bank ABN Amro from selling its Chicago subsidiary, LaSalle Bank, to rival bidders...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Proposed Media Deals Signal Upheavals in Financial News
The future of financial news may lie in its global reach, supplied by media giants and distributed digitally...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Off The Charts: A Comeback for the S.&P. (If the Yardstick Is Dollars)
It has taken 88 months, or nearly three-quarters of the decade, but the American stock market is finally back to where it ended the last decade...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Film?s Wall Street Predator to Make a Comeback
20th Century Fox movie executives sealed a deal to revive Gordon Gekko, the financial prowler who made grabbing seem good in Oliver Stone?s 1987 film, ?Wall Street.?...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Yahoo Asks Users to Switch Photo Sites
Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos and asking users to move instead to its photo-sharing site Flickr, which emphasizes community features...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
What's Online: How Clean Is Your Carbon Credit?
Reports of carbon credit fraud and abuse are piling up...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
What's Offline: Hedging Hedge Funds
An investment currently being marketed to the rich is trying in essence to hedge a hedge fund, and the approach is bound to be offered to the rest of us soon...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Job Growth Was Slower Last Month
Businesses significantly pared back hiring last month, a sign that the job market may be starting to feel the drag of slower economic growth...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Bail Denied for Banker Held for Illegal Trades
A judge ruled that Hafiz Muhammad Zubair Naseem, a Pakistani citizen, was a flight risk and denied him bail...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
New Twists and New Bitterness in Suit Over Montana Resort
In a case that seems to get more contentious by the day, Greg LeMond, the champion cyclist and a few other investors have filed suit against the developer of an elite Rocky Mountain ski and golf resort...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Rumors Fly on Microsoft and Yahoo
Microsoft and Yahoo are discussing a business partnership in their effort to compete with Google...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Executive Pursuits: Hawking Hot Dogs: Some Are All-Stars and Then There?s ...
The New York Mets were warming up to play and I was warming up to sell a food item as famously American as baseball and apple pie...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Five Days: Murdoch, Reuters and Scandal. Wait, We?re Not Finished.
Rupert Murdoch was the man in the news, Reuters said it had received a friendly takeover offer, BP?s chief executive resigned amid a scandal and more...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Basic Instincts: Being Green Doesn?t Mean Buying More
If you are going to invest extra money in a greener lifestyle, there are plenty of ways to do so that don?t necessarily involve going to the mall...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Your Money: Do-It-Yourself Eyeglass Shopping on the Internet
The biggest impediment to widespread embrace of Internet eyeglass shopping might be that the glasses still aren?t cheap enough online...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Small Businesses? Premiums Soar After One Illness
Small businesses may become a central issue in the debate over the problem of Americans without health insurance...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Saturday Interview: Juggling Several Balls in Real Estate
Brett White, who became chief executive of CB Richard Ellis in 2005, has brought the international commercial real estate firm to its present success by following a plan made in 1991...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Contributors on YouTube May Share Advertising Revenue
YouTube said it would begin placing ads alongside clips from some of its most popular contributors and share revenue from those ads with them...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Paper Jam at FedEx Kinko?s
Kinko?s metamorphosis from a free-wheeling group of copy centers to a buttoned-down subsidiary of FedEx is not going off without a hitch...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
[TS] Talking Business: Keeping Faith in a Venture Built on Faith
Born during the dot-com boom, beliefnet is a company that by all rights should have died with all the other failed ventures when the bubble burst...
New York Times - May 5, 2007
Colombia bomb woman held
Police in Colombia detain a woman travelling on an bus with hundreds of small explosives strapped to her body...
BBC News - May 5, 2007
Peru miners end five-day strike
Thousand of miners in Peru will return to work after receiving guarantees about working conditions...
BBC News - May 5, 2007
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