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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 December 2005:
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Hussein threatens to skip court
Saddam Hussein is threatening to not turn up for the next session of his trial for a 1992 massacre. "I will not be in a court without justice. Go to hell, all you agents of America," he said. Anonymous witnesses, sitting behind a curtain and with voices disguised, gave evidence describing the 1992 killings...
CNN - December 6, 2005
Saddam witnesses tell of abuse
After listening to testimony about torture, an angry Saddam Hussein said he likely won't return to court Wednesday. "I will not be in a court without justice. Go to hell, all you agents of America."...
CNN - December 6, 2005
DNA tests to start on Katrina bodies
DNA testing is to begin immediately on hundreds of still unidentified bodies found in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana officials said, easing anguish for survivors awaiting word on their missing loved ones...
CNN - December 6, 2005
German man files torture lawsuit against CIA
A suit was filed Tuesday in the United States on behalf of a German man who alleges he was kidnapped and tortured by U.S. agents for five months in 2004. The suit charges the man was mistakenly suspected of being an associate of the 9/11 hijackers...
CNN - December 6, 2005
Supreme Court Hears Case of Recruiters on Campuses
The administration argued that a college that accepts federal grants cannot turn away military recruiters...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Mel Gibson Plans TV Miniseries on Holocaust
The project is being developed by the production company of Mel Gibson, whose "The Passion of the Christ" was assailed by critics as anti-Semitic...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Report Links TV Ads and Childhood Obesity
A federal advisory institution said today that there was compelling evidence linking television advertising and the rise of childhood obesity in the U.S...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Big Board Approves Merger With Archipelago
Members of the New York Stock Exchange voted to transform the 213-year-old exchange into a publicly traded company...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
NBC, Following ABC, Will Sell TV Shows on iTunes
NBC Universal said today that it would start to sell downloadable versions of 11 of its television shows through Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
NYSE members agree to merger deal
New York Stock Exchange members vote to agree its merger with electronic trading firm Archipelago...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Football: World Cup seeds named
England are among the top eight seeds for the 2006 World Cup...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
US rejects Iraq hostage ransoms
President George W Bush says the US will use intelligence to free hostages in Iraq, but will not pay ransoms...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
US clears terror funding suspect
A US jury clears Palestinian academic Sami al-Arian of funding a banned militant group but other charges remain...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Colombian rebels agree to talks
Colombia's second largest rebel group, the ELN, is to hold talks with the government to discuss a possible peace process...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Dean: U.S. can't win Iraq war
Former U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean draws Republican fire after telling a Texas radio station that the idea the war in Iraq can be won is "just plain wrong."...
CNN - December 6, 2005
German man files torture case against CIA
A German man filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming he was held captive and tortured by U.S. government agents after being mistakenly identified as an associate of the September 11 hijackers...
CNN - December 6, 2005
Johnson Defends Its Lower Guidant Offer
Johnson & Johnson said today that its $21.5 billion offer to buy Guidant was "full and fair," a day after Boston Scientific, emerged with a $25 billion offer...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Productivity Rise Is Fastest in Two Years
Productivity rose at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, far more quickly than earlier predicted...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Battle for public opinion on Iraq
Both the US and the insurgents in Iraq are locked in a battle for public opinion, the BBC's John Simpson says...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
AK-47: The Colombian guerrilla
The AK-47 is one of the world's iconic weapons. The BBC talked to those whose lives have been affected by the weapon...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
NYSE 'will become tradeable firm'
The New York Stock Exchange is expected to approve a deal that will turn it into a publicly-traded company...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Aircraft lift US factory orders
New orders at US factories rise 2.2%, with high demand for aircraft offsetting a fall for carmakers...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
US court hears recruitment row
The US Supreme Court hears a gay rights-related dispute over military recruitment on college campuses...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Ecuador abandons reform vote
Ecuador gives up attempts to hold a referendum on reforming the constitution to make the country more stable...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Iraqi video of 'US captive' aired
Al-Jazeera broadcasts a video purporting to show a US security consultant said to have been kidnapped in Iraq...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Saddam witness tells of abuse
A woman whose identity was being kept secret tells the trial of Saddam Hussein that she was abused and beaten by his agents...
CNN - December 6, 2005
Military plane crashes in Tehran
An Iranian military transport plane with more than 90 people on board has crashed into a residential area south of Tehran, state-run television reports...
CNN - December 6, 2005
Gay Britons Signing Up as Unions Become Legal
Gay and lesbian couples began registering for the first ceremonies later this month legally recognizing same-sex unions in Britain...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Oil giant Exxon returns to Libya
ExxonMobil, the world's largest energy firm, signs its first exploration deal in Libya for nearly 25 years...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
American football: Seattle victory
Seattle Seahawks defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 42-0 to equal their longest NFL winning streak...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
US boosts focus on Iraq bombings
A US four-star general is appointed to lead efforts to stop homemade bomb attacks on troops in Iraq...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
New charges for Chile's Pinochet
Chile's former military ruler, Gen Augusto Pinochet, faces fresh charges over the disappearance of dissidents...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
Evidence to resume in Saddam trial
The trial of Saddam Hussein resumes in Baghdad on Tuesday, with the court planning more testimony from eyewitnesses giving evidence on the deaths and torture of citizens in the mostly Shiite town of Dujail in 1982...
CNN - December 6, 2005
Judge upholds one DeLay charge
A judge dismissed the conspiracy charge Monday against Rep. Tom DeLay but refused to throw out the money-laundering count, dashing the Texas congressman's hopes for now of reclaiming his post as House majority leader...
CNN - December 6, 2005
India Accelerating: On India's Roads, Cargo and a Deadly Passenger
India's upgraded highway system acts as a conduit for AIDS, passed by prostitutes and truckers to unsuspecting wives...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Showboarding: The Flying Tomato McTwists His Way to the Top
Shaun White, a 19-year-old with floppy red hair, has emerged as a mainstream celebrity from the burgeoning sport of snowboarding. His next stage may be the Winter Olympics...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Texas Judge Lets Stand 2 of 3 Charges Against DeLay
The judge dropped conspiracy from Tom DeLay's indictment, but let stand the more serious accusation of money-laundering...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Addenda: Tesco Leaving Lowe for New Agency
Tesco Leaving Lowe...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Memo Pad: Mileage Rate Retreats
MILEAGE RATE RETREATS For travelers who drive their own cars on business trips, the Internal Revenue Service has just published the mileage deduction rate for 2006. It's 44.5 cents a mile. That's down from 48.5 cents a mile for the last four months of 2005, which reflected a special adjustment for rising gasoline prices; during the first eight months of 2005, the rate was set at 40.5 cents. "The 2006 mileage rates reflect that gas prices have dropped," Mark W. Everson, the agency's commissioner, said in a statement...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Peter Haas, 86, Executive During Levi Strauss Heyday, Dies
Peter Edgar Haas Sr., who with his brother Walter engineered the explosive growth of the family business, Levi Strauss, into the world's biggest maker of brand-name jeans, died Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 86...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Virtual Stars Compete for Real Money
A crop of young men and teenagers are living the adolescent dream of making money by playing video games...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
G.M.A.C. Sells Auto Loans to Unit of Canadian Bank
General Motors agreed to sell as much as $20 billion in auto loans over five years to the corporate and investment banking unit of the Bank of Nova Scotia...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
On the Road: Get Ready, Frequent Fliers, for the 'Random' Pat-Down
THERE'S good news for flying seamstresses, electricians and plumbers. In a policy change, the Transportation Security Administration said Friday that as of Dec. 22, scissors with blades up to four inches long are O.K. in carry-on bags, as are screwdrivers, wrenches and pliers up to seven inches long...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
The Hand Turning the Spigot
Shunning its traditional role of the swing producer, Saudi Arabia is now aiming for precision, not surplus, in meeting global oil needs...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
A Rallying Market Sputters as Oil Moves Above $60
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
New Set of Servers Announced by Sun
Sun Microsystems announced a set of new computer servers that use less energy and cost far less than their predecessors...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Developer of Apartment Projects Acquires Equinox Fitness Chain
The Related Companies, a national real estate development firm that specializes in luxury condo and rental residential buildings, has acquired Equinox Holdings Inc., which operates high-end fitness centers, it was announced yesterday...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Bush Expected to Postpone Tax Overhaul Until 2007
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 - President Bush is likely to postpone an all-out push to overhaul the tax code until 2007, administration officials said Monday, in another sign that the president's ambitious economic agenda for his second term has become bogged down...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Service Sector Grew Last Month but Didn't Match October Pace
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
ABC News Anchor Choices Reflect a Strategist's Deft Touch
For David Westin, the last four days provided one more twist in a very long road toward the future of ABC News...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Judge Backs Big Board
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Calpine Delisted by New York Exchange
By Reuters...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase to Expand Indian Operations
The two companies will outsource significant operations to India, an indication that more complex high-value work is moving there...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Editor in Chief to Step Down at The Voice
The editor in chief of The Village Voice resigned less than two months after the newspaper's parent company, Village Voice Media, was acquired by New Times Media...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
New Suitor Makes Higher Bid for Troubled Heart Device Maker
Boston Scientific made a surprise $25 billion bid for the heart product maker Guidant, exceeding an offer by Johnson & Johnson...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
J. Jill Says It Will Consider Buyout Offers
By Reuters...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Under Pressure, Ford Will Cut Its Ads in Gay Publications
After a threatened boycott from a conservative religious organization, the Ford Motor Company has said it will cut back on advertising in gay-oriented publications...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Liberty Media Acquisition
The Liberty Media Corporation agreed to buy Provide Commerce for $477 million to add flowers and meat to the goods it sells online...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Payment Concern to Acquire Rival
Pay by Touch said yesterday that it expected to announce today the acquisition of its chief rival, BioPay, for $82 million in cash and stock. The move ends a yearlong legal dispute in the nascent payment-by-fingerprint industry...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Advertising: New Caution on Spending This Year; Web Spared
Forecasters of advertising spending have turned cautious in their predictions for most media, except - not surprisingly - the Internet...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Airbus Jet Deal May Put an Assembly Line in China
Airbus and China announced an order worth $9 billion for 150 single-aisle A320 jets, and said they would consider building an assembly line for the aircraft in China...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Yen at 32-Month Low as Japan's Small Investors Look Abroad
The Japanese yen continued an almost yearlong slide that helps Japanese exporters, but raises pressure on American producers...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Sounding Off: A Necessity Airlines Shouldn't Take for Granted
Unbelievable as it may sound, flying many aircraft with nonworking lavatories is completely legal...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Itineraries: Constant Travelers Wear Their All-Nighters as a Badge of Pride
Some hardy business travelers not only welcome insomnia, they nurture it and say they thrive on it...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
At Impasse With Network Star, ABC Picks 2 Youthful Anchors
The selection of Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff came after the network failed to reach an agreement with Charles Gibson...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
AOL Deal May Omit Stake Sale
Time Warner's negotiations with Microsoft and Google mostly do not involve either company's buying a stake in AOL...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
White House Tries to Trim Military Cost
For the first time since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Pentagon is feeling pressure from the White House to rein in spending...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Verizon to Halt Pension Outlay for Managers
Verizon will stop contributing to the pension plan covering 50,000 of its managers and instead offer them 401(k) plans...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Market Place: A Guidant Bid That Wins Even if It Appears to Lose
Analysts saw logic as well as genius in Boston Scientific's attempt to crash Johnson & Johnson's merger party with Guidant...
New York Times - December 6, 2005
Venezuelans 'lost faith in polls'
The US calls for reform in Venezuela after supporters of Hugo Chavez sweep parliamentary elections...
BBC News - December 6, 2005
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