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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 June 2006:
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Few clues in snatched Texas baby search
With few clues to guide them, police in Lubbock, Texas, searched Monday for an ailing 5-day-old girl who investigators said was snatched Sunday from her mother by a woman posing as a hospital worker...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Bush, senators renew fight against same-sex marriage
President Bush offered a new pledge of support Monday for a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage, a measure expected to fail in the Senate and one critics blasted as an election-year diversion...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Antipsychotics Drug Use Is Climbing, Study Finds
The use of potent antipsychotic drugs to treat children increased more than fivefold from 1993 to 2002...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Google to Release Web-Based Spreadsheet
A test version of the program, which is intended to make it simple to share lists and numeric information online, will be made available on Tuesday...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Magazine Writer to Contribute to Greenspan's Memoir
After weeks of speculation, Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has chosen a collaborator for his memoir, to be published by Penguin Press in the fall of 2007...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
G.O.P. Chief in N.Y. Urges Weld to Quit Governor's Race
Stephen J. Minarik III had been William F. Weld's most prominent backer...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Ex-Detectives Given Sentences of Life in Prison
Two N.Y.P.D. officers were convicted of participating in eight slayings for the Luchese crime family...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Duke Reinstating Lacrosse Team
Under increased scrutiny and a new code of conduct, the men's lacrosse team will resume play next season...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Senate Debates Gay Marriage Ban
President Bush today reaffirmed his support for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Abbas to Call Palestinian Vote, Rebuffing Hamas
The Palestinian president wants a referendum on a proposal for a unified Palestinian political program...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Justices to Rule on Race and Education
The Supreme Court will consider the extent to which public schools can use racial factors to assign children to schools...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Two Hong Kong Airlines Said to Be About to Merge
Cathay Pacific Airways is on the verge of taking full ownership of Dragonair, people close to the talks said today...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Fed Chief Cites Concerns About Inflation
Ben S. Bernanke avoided any mention of a possible "pause" in the Fed's two-year program of interest-rate increases...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Bernanke voices inflation fears
The Federal Reserve chief warns US rates may have to rise to check inflation despite slowing growth...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Santa Cruz admits fitness fears
Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz says he still has work to do to reach full fitness after injury...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Cricket: India dominate Windies
Wasim Jaffer scores his first double century as India put themselves in a strong position against the West Indies...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
NY 'Mafia cops' get life in jail
Two decorated former detectives in New York are sentenced to life in jail for participating in Mafia killings...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Iran, Syria on US smuggling list
The US adds Iran and Syria to its list of nations facing sanctions over their failure to tackle the trafficking of people...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Bush urges gay marriage ban
US President Bush urges Congress to back a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
US shares tumble on rates jitters
Wall Street stocks close sharply lower amid concerns over future rate rises and jitters over strong oil prices...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Guard arrives to bolster border
The first of about 6,000 U.S. National Guard troops will start helping border patrols near Mexico today as a 55-member detachment from Utah begins working on projects in southern Arizona, a Guard spokesman said...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Police impostors kidnap 50 in Iraq
Gunmen dressed like Iraqi police commandos kidnap the owner of a transport company and 49 of his employees in central Baghdad, according to the Iraqi Interior Ministry...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Garcia stages comeback in Peru
Former Peruvian president Alan Garcia has staged a political comeback 16 years after his previous administration ended in economic ruin and unrest...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Representative Kennedy Ends Rehab
Patrick Kennedy said he was feeling good and looking forward to getting back to work...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Missing Boy Is Found in Brooklyn
Investigators said Tatiana Morales, 13, took the boy, Brandon Aponte, 3, ignoring the wishes of his father...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Japanese Fund Manager Admits Insider Trading
Yoshiaki Murakami was arrested after acknowledging at a televised news conference that he had engaged in insider trading...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Growth slows in US service sector
Growth in the US service sector slows, in the latest sign that American economic growth may be cooling...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Paraguay ready to shock England
Paraguay coach Anibal Ruiz says his team can beat England in the opening Group B match...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Chile school students urge strike
Chile secondary school pupil launch a second national strike and continue sit-ins over demands for education reform...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
United 93 actor defends portrayal
An actor in 9/11 film United 93 defends portraying one of the victims as an appeaser of the hijackers...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Oil surges on Iran warning to U.S.
Oil prices have surged above $73 a barrel after Iran warned the U.S. that any "misbehavior" could endanger oil movements in the Persian Gulf. The figure is oil's highest price in three weeks...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Guard heads to border
The first of about 6,000 National Guard troops ordered to bolster patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border will start work today as a 55-member detachment from Utah begins working on projects in southern Arizona, a Guard spokesman said...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Senate takes up gay marriage ban
President Bush and congressional Republicans are aiming the political spotlight this week on efforts to ban same-sex marriage, with events at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue -- all for a constitutional amendment with scant chance of passage but wide appeal among social conservatives...
CNN - June 5, 2006
In State Races, Tough Questions About Abortion
Limits on abortion have long been an issue in state races, but a South Dakota law has focused attention on candidates' positions on outlawing abortion altogether...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Yahoo boss sees salary fall to $1
Yahoo boss Terry Semel has his annual salary reduced to just $1 in exchange for millions of new stock options...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Oil climbs on Iran warning to U.S.
U.S. crude prices climbed a dollar to over $73 on Monday after Iran hinted it might use oil flows as a weapon in its nuclear dispute with the West. Problems at U.S. refineries also spurred worries over fuel supplies...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Former president leads Peru voting
Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia appeared to be staging a political comeback early Monday as exit polls and unofficial counts showed he was leading a runoff presidential election...
CNN - June 5, 2006
Israel Says It Wants to Hold Talks With Abbas
After years of violence, it is unclear whether talks between Ehud Olmert of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas will lead to breakthroughs...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
In Gilded Age of Home Schooling, Students Have Private Teachers
Growing numbers of families are choosing the ultimate in private school: bringing teachers into their own homes...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Indian-Americans Test Their Clout on Atom Pact
Indian-Americans are lobbying heavily for President Bush's plan to aid India's civilian nuclear program...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
This Time, Jerry Brown Wants to Be a Lawman
The maverick presidential candidate and former governor of California is running for attorney general of the state...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Medicaid Rules Toughened on Proof of Citizenship
Recipients will be required to show passports or birth certificates and a limited number of other documents...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
The State of AIDS, 25 Years After the First, Quiet Mentions
Those on the epidemic's front lines look back on a disease that has infected more than 65 million people...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Air Masks at Issue in Claims of 9/11 Illnesses
More than 150,000 masks were distributed, but most ground zero workers did not have them or did not use them...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Using the Internet, HBO's 'Entourage' Finds New Ways to Hook Its Fans
The new campaign is geared to the show's core fan base of young, Internet-aware viewers...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Addenda
Y&R Advertising...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Looking Ahead
MONEY MEN The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke; the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet; and the deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, Toshiro Muto, are scheduled to speak at an international monetary conference in Washington. (Monday.)...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Treasury Bills Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Advertising: Seeking a Distinctive Sound for People of a Certain Age
DMI Music and Media Solutions as been hired to develop a strategy to make music and sound part of the AARP brand...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Washington Post Has an Exit Jam After Buyouts
About 70 reporters, editors and others at The Washington Post have accepted buyouts and will leave in the next few months...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Spencer B. Witty, 92, Men's Clothier to a Discriminating Clientele, Dies
Spencer B. Witty was the last of four brothers, whose company, Witty Brothers, fashioned and sold elegant men's clothing through a small, prestigious chain of stores in New York...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Fewer Textbook Sales, but Rising Revenue
The revenue brought in by college textbooks rose for at least the fifth consecutive year, sustained by continuing price increases...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Limited Appeal? Sell Songs Online
Rhino Entertainment plans to release a collection of cover songs by the band Luna that will be sold only at online music stores...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Fitness May Be Next to Godliness, but It Won't Sell Protein Shakes
The popularity of an online video of Pat Robertson, the conservative religious broadcaster, couldn't save his branded protein shake...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
On a Russian Site, Cheap Songs With a Backbeat of Illegality
Moscow-based music downloading service AllofMP3.com is a global Internet success story, but the site may be illegal...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
David Carr: Show Me the Bodies
While pictures of Iraqi dead are ubiquitous on television and in print, there are very few images of dead American soldiers...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Digital Publishing Is Scrambling the Industry's Rules
Publishers, editors and writers are grappling with the Web's ability to connect readers and writers more quickly and intimately...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
E-Commerce Report : New Jewelry Web Site Sends People to Real Stores
A trade group introduced IJODiamonds.com, where consumers can select diamonds and have them delivered to a local store to inspect them before buying...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
New Drugs for Cancer Could Soon Flood Market
Pharmaceutical companies have awakened to the scientific discoveries and business factors that have transformed an area they once considered more of a niche market...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
A Lad Mag and a Brand in Las Vegas
Maxim, the raucous men's magazine, will affix the Maxim name to a new hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
The Buzz of Magazineland Now Has a Name
Condé Nast's new glossy business magazine will be named Condé Nast Portfolio, with the subtitle Business Intelligence...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
India Becoming a Crucial Cog in the Machine at I.B.M.
India provides I.B.M. with its fastest-growing market and a crucial base for delivering services to much of the world...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Hearst's New Home: Xanadu in Manhattan
Fifty-five years after the death of William Randolph Hearst, the media company he founded is flush with profits and has realized Mr. Hearst's dream of erecting a Midtown skyscraper...
New York Times - June 5, 2006
Rumsfeld hails Vietnam's economy
The US defence secretary tells Vietnam its economic progress is amazing as he visits for military talks...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
Vandals strike at Toronto mosque
Vandals smash windows at a Toronto mosque hours after Canada foils an alleged major bomb plot...
BBC News - June 5, 2006
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