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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
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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Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
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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US News Archive for September 2006:
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Mexico names winner -- finally
Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect Tuesday after two months of uncertainty, but his ability to rule effectively remained in doubt with rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowing to lead a parallel leftist government from the streets...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Dems push Rumsfeld no-confidence vote
Democratic senators will try to present a no-confidence measure on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to the full Senate on Wednesday in an effort to persuade President Bush to sack the outspoken Pentagon chief, Democratic aides said...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Man Arrested After 4 Killings in Maine
A guest at a bed and breakfast in Maine was charged today with killing the inn’s owner and three other people, the authorities said...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Blair Will Exit Within Year, Close Aide Predicts
It was the first time that a senior cabinet official had been so specific on the likely date of the prime minister's departure...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Bush Nominates New Transportation Secretary
Mary E. Peters is a former top highway official who backed new approaches to traffic control...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Political Season Opens With Focus on Security
The White House released an updated version of its anti-terrorism strategy and the Democrats countered with a list of G.O.P. shortcomings on the issue...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Judge Invalidates Pay Plan for Dana Executives
A plan to pay millions to top officials of Dana Corporation, the bankrupt auto parts company, violates the new bankruptcy law, a judge ruled today...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Viacom C.E.O. Ousted as Stock Price Falls
Chairman Sumner Redstone had been publicly unhappy with the performance of Tom Freston...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Ford Stepping Down as Automaker’s Chief Executive
William Clay Ford Jr. is giving up the title after five years and will be replaced by Alan Mulally, an executive at Boeing...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Tennis: Jankovic in semi-finals
Jelena Jankovic pulls off a surprise win against fourth seed Elena Dementieva to become the first player to reach the US Open semi-finals...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Ford names new chief executive
Ailing US car firm Ford announces that former Boeing boss Alan Mulally will replace Bill Ford as chief executive...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Major oil discovery reported in Gulf
Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it had successfully drilled for oil in the Gulf of Mexico's deep waters, in what could be one of the most significant finds for the domestic oil industry in a generation. One report said the find could increase U.S. reserves by 50 percent...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Irwin 'pulled stingray barb out'
"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, the Australian naturalist killed by a stingray, was videotaped pulling a poisonous barb from his chest just before he died, according to news reports. Irwin's manager John Stainton, who was with the television crew, says the accident was caught on videotape...
CNN - September 5, 2006
White House: Al Qaeda degraded but adjusting
The Bush administration proclaimed significant progress in the war on terror Tuesday but said the enemy has adjusted to U.S. defenses and that "America is safer but we are not yet safe."...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Mexican court names winner in disputed election
Felipe Calderon became president-elect of Mexico on Tuesday, two months after disputed elections, when the nation's top electoral court voted unanimously to reject allegations of fraud and certify his narrow victory...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Man Charged With Killing 3 in Maine
The bodies of three women were found Monday evening at a bed and breakfast near Maine’s popular Sunday River ski resort...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
King Drops Out of Attorney General’s Race
Charlie King endorsed Andrew Cuomo, a move that strengthened Mr. Cuomo’s multiracial coalition...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
McClellan Resigns as Medicare Chief
The White House had already begun searching for a successor to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Many 9/11 Workers Have Lung Issues, Report Says
Researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center found that almost 70 percent of workers who helped with the cleanup suffered new or worsened respiratory symptoms...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
U.S. Strategy Shifts Focus From Al Qaeda
The White House today released an updated version of its plan for combating terrorism that focused more on decentralized networks of extremists than on Al Qaeda...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Memo Pad
IN-FLIGHT CALLS ARE NEAR The in-flight world as we know it officially ends in mid-2007. That is when the European discount carrier Ryanair says it expects to begin outfitting the first 50 of its 200 Boeing 737’s with an onboard communications system that will allow passengers to make and receive cellphone calls in flight, as well as to send and receive text messages and e-mail messages on cellphones, BlackBerrys and other personal electronic devices. The cost will be “at rates which will mirror international roaming charges,” said Ryanair, which has more than 360 routes in 23 countries in Europe. The satellite-based technology was developed by Mobile OnAir. Many carriers around the world are working on technology to allow in-flight use of cellphones and other electronic communication devices, but some airlines have said they are wary about the potential for cellphone voice messages to annoy other passengers...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Addenda
Conflict Leads Smirnoff...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
New Oil Field in Gulf May Yield Billions of Barrels
What could be a major discovery of domestic oil in the Gulf of Mexico was announced today by a trio of companies led by Chevron Corporation...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Viacom CEO Ousted as Stock Price Falls
Chairman Sumner Redstone was displeased that Viacom had not severed ties with Tom Cruise...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
New York - altered city
Five years on from the attacks on New York's World Trade Center, Stephen Evans looks at how residents have been affected...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
CBS pins ratings hopes on Couric
US network CBS is hoping to revive struggling news ratings with the debut of presenter Katie Couric...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Murdoch's two-show network
A US TV channel, which aims to build on the trend of social networking, launches with just two programmes...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Irwin's death caught on videotape
"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, the Australian naturalist killed by a stingray, was videotaped pulling a poisonous barb from his chest just before he died, according to news reports...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Annan to mediate Israelis' release
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to indirect talks for the release of two abducted Israeli soldiers and that he would appoint a mediator...
CNN - September 5, 2006
World Business Briefing
ASIA...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
White House on Hunt for a Medicare Chief
The search began in the expectation that the current chief, Dr. Mark B. McClellan, would soon resign...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Researcher for Times in China Will Appeal Fraud Conviction
Zhao Yan, who worked in The New York Times’s Beijing bureau, will appeal his conviction for fraud, one of his lawyers said...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Orlovka Journal: There’s Money in Dirt, for Those Who Find Bits of Silicon
Across a vast landfill just outside tiny Orlovka in eastern Kyrgyzstan, girls dig for flakes and pebbles of silicon to sell to traders...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
To Give Children an Edge, Au Pairs From China
The last two years have seen an increase in the number of au pairs from China in the United States...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Online Game, Made in U.S., Seizes the Globe
World of Warcraft, with almost seven million paying subscribers, has become the first truly global video-game hit since Pac-Man in the early 80’s...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Oil search firms in $3.1bn merger
France's Geophysique agrees to buy Veritas DGC, turning it into the world's biggest provider of oil search services...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Football: Ronaldinho warns Wales
Ronaldinho tells Wales his Brazil side want to make up for their World Cup disappointment at White Hart Lane...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
How 9/11 changed America
Five years after the 11 September attacks, how has America changed? Use this guide to explore long term trends in various aspects of life...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Small community scarred by 9/11
The BBC's Stephen Evans visits Warwick, a small town along the River Hudson, to see how it is coping, five years on...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Canadian killed by 'friendly fire'
A Canadian member of the Nato force in Afghanistan is killed in a so-called "friendly fire" incident...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Cuba's Castro says worst is over
Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he is recovering well and that the worst of his health crisis is behind him...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Mexico confirms storm deaths
Three people died when Hurricane John swept through Mexico's Baja California state at the weekend, officials say...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Hunters warned about manhunt area
Authorities warn "the noose is tightening" in the manhunt for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Phillips who is accused of a deadly police ambush. There is a $225,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Phillips, who has threatened "suicide by cop" and once promised to "to splatter pig meat all over Chautauqua County."...
CNN - September 5, 2006
State funeral possible for Irwin
A state funeral for naturalist Steve Irwin will be held if his family agrees, an Australian state premier said. "We will honor Steve Irwin in whatever way his family wants," Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said. Irwin, 44, died after being attacked by a stingray while shooting a TV program off Australia's far north coast...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Voters are anti-incumbent and angry, new poll finds
Most Americans are angry about "something" when it comes to how the country is run, and they are more likely than in previous years to vote for a challenger this November, a new poll suggests...
CNN - September 5, 2006
Up for Re-election, and Backing His Stand on Iraq by Deploying
Jonathan L. Paton, who is running for his second two-year term in the Arizona House, is also preparing to deploy to Iraq...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Developer Said to Cut Size of Brooklyn Project
The Atlantic Yards project will be reduced in size by 6 to 8 percent and its tallest tower shortened, according to officials...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Woods Makes It Look Easy (Too Easy)
Tiger Woods overcame a three-shot deficit to beat Vijay Singh at the Deutsche Bank Championship for his fifth straight win...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Officials Slow to Hear Claims of 9/11 Illnesses
The government has only recently begun to take a role in the care of many recovery workers who were made sick at ground zero...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
G.O.P. Sets Aside Work on Immigration
Going into a critical pre-election stretch, Congressional Republican leaders will concentrate on national security issues instead of immigration...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Registered Traveler Program Appears Ready to Take Off
Given the routine at airport checkpoints, it is no wonder 27,000 people signed up in Florida for the Registered Traveler program...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Iris M. Ovshinsky, 79, Partner in Cleaner Auto Technology, Is Dead
With her husband, Iris M. Ovshinsky produced cleaner automotive technologies and pushed the auto industry to embrace them...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Advertising: In a TiVo World, Television Turns Marketing Efforts to New Media
Two deals to be announced Tuesday are indicative of the ways TV is headed in new directions to meet the new needs of marketers...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
A Room With a Pedicure
More hotels are opening spas as the industry actively courts overstressed business travelers, both male and female...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Frequent Flier: In Case of Emergency, Laptops and Cellphones First
Business travelers love their gadgets, perhaps too much. So when the gadgets don’t love us back, things can get ugly...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Judge Sets Aside Airbus Request to Disqualify Boeing Lawyers
The judge shelved efforts by Airbus to disqualify lawyers for the Boeing Company from working on a contentious trade dispute...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Oil and Gasoline Futures Fall as the Summer Season Ends
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Capital Investment Increases in Japan
Corporate capital investment jumped 16.6 percent in Japan in the April-June quarter from the period a year ago...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Decision on Bids for BMG Music Unit Could Be Imminent
The Warner Music Group, Viacom and the Universal Music Group are the final bidders for the BMG Music Publishing unit...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Europe, Asia and Latin Markets Reach 3-Month Highs
Shares climbed as investors bet economies and earnings would keep growing even as interest rates rise...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Second Free Newspaper Aims to Attract London Commuters
The new publication, Thelondonpaper, introduced by the News Corporation, will be available in the evenings in London...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Cardiologists Question the Risks in Using Drug-Coated Stents
Some cardiologists suggest drug-coated stents carry a higher risk of potentially fatal blood clots than older, bare-metal stents...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
One Route Seems Closed, So Lawyers Try Different Lawsuit in Stock-Option Scandal
Even as the options-backdating scandal continues to grow, law firms that represent shareholders are struggling to find a foothold...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Smoke if You’ve Got ’Em on This Airline Next Year
A German entrepreneur is hoping to give smokers their own airline, flying between Düsseldorf, Germany, and Tokyo...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
New Head of A380 Program at Airbus
The move largely overshadowed news of the initial passenger flight for the world’s largest commercial aircraft...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Within Its Walls, Club Med Opens a First-Class Preserve
Will five-star designer suites, spice scrubs and Taoist massages attract luxury vacationers to Club Méditerranée?...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Drug Piracy: A Wave of Counterfeit Medicines Washes Over Russia
Counterfeit prescription drugs are proliferating in Russia and elsewhere, according to the industry and the Food and Drug Administration...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Trial Begins for an Icon in Japan
Takafumi Horie, the brash Internet entrepreneur, pleaded not guilty to charges of violating securities law on Monday...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Market Place: U.S. Opposes Bankruptcy Bonus Plan
The Justice Department is opposing a proposed pay system for top executives of the Dana Corporation, which is in bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Scandals Emerging in Shanghai as Political Season Nears
China’s richest commercial city has come under investigation by the central government for a huge pension fraud scheme...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Leaving Behind the Torn-Jeans Look
A new clothing chain from American Eagle Outfitters, called Martin & Osa, will cater to the 25-to-40 consumer...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
An Online Game, Made in U.S., Seizes the Globe
World of Warcraft has become the first truly global video-game hit since Pac-Man in the early 80’s...
New York Times - September 5, 2006
Argentine junta pardons revoked
A judge in Argentina has paved the way for trying two notorious figures from the former military government...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
Brazil strike ends at VW factory
Unions call off a strike at Volkswagen's largest plant in Brazil, after the German firm suspends job cut plans...
BBC News - September 5, 2006
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