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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 2006:
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Lost dad found dead in icy wilderness
The body of CNET editor James Kim, who had walked into the snowy Oregon wilderness to summon help for his stranded family, was found Wednesday in a steep ravine. Kim's wife and children were rescued Monday...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Britain Treating Russian Spy’s Death as Murder
At least one of two businessmen who met Alexander V. Litvinenko on the day he became ill was questioned...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
News Corp. to Buy Out Malone’s Shares
News Corp. agreed to buy out John C. Malone’s stake in the company in exchange for a stake in DirecTV...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Senate Confirms Gates as Defense Secretary
The 95-to-2 vote came a day after Robert M. Gates was endorsed by the Senate Armed Services Committee...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Mars Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Water
Pictures of Martian gullies taken years apart suggest that liquid water still flows on the planet’s surface...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Democrats Say Report Shows Bush Must Alter Iraq Policy
Democrats said President Bush must be ready to cooperate with Congress in finding a way forward, and eventually out of, Iraq...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Boeing wins Lufthansa deal
US plane maker Boeing wins a $5.5bn order from Germany's Lufthansa for its new 747 passenger jet...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
Cuba frees well-known dissident
Cuba frees Hector Palacios, a dissident charged with conspiracy during a wave of arrests in 2003...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
US defence secretary confirmed
The US Senate confirms Robert Gates as the next defence secretary, replacing Donald Rumsfeld...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
Report: Change Iraq policy now
The United States must change its military and diplomatic strategies to tackle the "grave and deteriorating" situation in Iraq, according to a report from the Iraq Study Group...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Wilderness search: 'We are so close'
Fresh search teams will join the hunt Wednesday for a James Kim, the CNET editor man who set out on foot Saturday to find help for his stranded family in Oregon's snowy coastal mountains. On Tuesday, a pair of pants were found that may have been Kim's...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Iraq Study Group: Pull combat troops by '08
The Iraq Study Group urges President Bush to move most U.S. troops out of combat roles by early 2008, according to two sources who have seen the executive summary of the group's report. The bipartisan panel, however, stops short of a timetable for withdrawal...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Bush: Report offers 'tough assessment'
U.S. President George W. Bush says the Iraq Study Group report gives a "tough assessment" of the situation in Iraq, saying the bipartisan panel's report will be taken seriously. The findings will be released to the public later Wednesday...
CNN - December 6, 2006
New York Bans Most Trans Fats in Restaurants
Some experts said the measure, which is opposed by the restaurant industry, would be a model for other cities...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Thousands of Taco Bells Toss Green Onions
The company said it may have been the source of the E. coli poisoning that has sickened 65 people...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Spitzer Visits Capitol Hill With Long List
The N.Y. governor-elect mixed serious business and razzing among the big egos in the N.Y. delegation...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
World Business Briefing: Asia, Europe, Americas and Australia
ASIA...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Addenda
President Is Selected...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rally Again Amid Prospects of Lower Fed Rates
Wall Street rallied for a second day yesterday after easing wage pressures and stronger-than-expected activity in the service sector raised prospects that the Federal Reserve might have room to lower interest rates next year...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Earnings at Kroger Increase 16%, Buoying Shares
Kroger, the largest supermarket company in the United States, said yesterday that its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 16 percent as discounts spurred sales...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Square Feet: An Urban Parking Perk: The Automated Garage
Automated garages are catching on in the New York City area as traditional surface parking lots are being gobbled up as sites for new buildings...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
No More Loan Solicitations in Free Tax-Filing Program
The I.R.S. and private tax preparers have agreed that the free tax-filing program will be offered for 2006 tax returns without solicitations for refund loans...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Barclays Reinstated as Enron Defendant
A judge in an Enron investor fraud suit is giving Enron shareholders another chance to describe the bank’s role in the company’s collapse...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Home Lender to Repay Minority Buyers
The New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, said yesterday that the Countrywide Financial Corporation, a large mortgage lender, would adopt measures to prevent discriminatory pricing for minority borrowers...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Sales Chief at Chrysler to Take Retail Post With Mercedes-Benz
Chrysler’s top sales executive, Joe Eberhardt, is leaving to take a retail position at the American operation of Mercedes-Benz...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
U.S. Giving Bank’s Papers to Lawyers in KPMG Suit
By giving the lawyers the Deutsche Bank documents, prosecutors may be hoping to entice one of the KPMG defendants to cooperate in a separate case against the bank...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
U.S. Withdraws Plan on Foreign Investment in Airlines, Disrupting Open-Skies Treaty
The plan would have given European airlines more freedom to invest in American airlines and to participate in management decisions...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
2 Hired to Overhaul Marketing Leave Their Posts at Wal-Mart
The departures coincide with slowing sales growth and several marketing stumbles at Wal-Mart, like designer-inspired fashions that have failed to sell...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
In Eastern Europe, a Switch to the Euro Comes Slowly
Across much of the region this year, target dates for euro adoption are being pushed back to 2009 or beyond with regularity...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Toll Brothers, the Home Builder, Reports a 44% Drop in Earnings
In spite of the slump, the company said it saw signs of stabilization in the housing sector and raised its forecast for first-quarter home deliveries...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Rise in Unit Labor Costs Revised Downward, Reducing Inflation Fears
The revised report helped to ease concerns that inflation has been running too high, but it also showed that workers earned far less than first estimated...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Mexico’s Newest TV Drama Is a Bid to Block a Third Broadcaster
Mexico’s decision on whether to authorize a new network could prove to be President Felipe Calderón’s first big test when it comes to taking on powerful business interests...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Insurer and Ex-Chief?s Firm Settle 18 Cases
The settlements freed the American International Group to continue building its domestic and international insurance and investment businesses...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Study Finds Wealth Inequality Is Widening Worldwide
Income inequality is near record levels in many countries, and the world’s wealth has become even more narrowly concentrated than income...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
MySpace.com Moves to Keep Sex Offenders Off of Its Site
MySpace.com, the social networking site, said Tuesday that it would begin cross-referencing its users against state databases of registered sex offenders...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Court Rejects Class Action Against Banks
The class action accused banks of manipulating the prices of initial public offerings of technology companies during the market boom of the late 1990s...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Yahoo, Aiming for Agility, Shuffles Executives
Yahoo is restructuring its operations and shuffling its management in the hopes of competing more effectively against nimbler rivals...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
S.E.C. Calls Pequot Study Thorough
The S.E.C. on Tuesday defended its investigation of Pequot Capital Management, saying it was professional, thorough and untainted by outside political influence...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Economix: What Statistics on Home Sales Aren’t Saying
No matter what the statistics say, home values across much of Florida, California and the Northeast are falling...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Australian Publisher Proposes Merger
The newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings is making an effort to become harder to swallow...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Subprime Loans Going From Boon to Housing Bane
Minority homeowners are especially being hurt as rising interest rates make subprime loans even more expensive...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Square Feet: A Slam-Dunk in Houston Real Estate
Ex-Houston Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon is becoming as celebrated in Houston’s real estate circles as he was on the basketball court...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Yes, It’s a Spoof, but It’s Also Selling Something
Advertising agencies have turned to spoofing their own industry to attract viewers long enough to deliver a new message...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself
The surge has left the antispam industry scrambling to develop new techniques to keep up...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
EU vows continuing Airbus support
The EU reiterates support for Airbus, amid reports that airline Lufthansa is mulling a major deal with rival Boeing...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
Venezuela denies 'Eta men' deal
Venezuela has said that it will not give citizenship to four Basque separatists living in the country since the 1980s...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
Spy case witness to meet police
British detectives are preparing to talk to a key witness in the investigation into the fatal poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, an associate says. Former Russian agent Andrei Lugovoi traveled to London three times in the month before Litvinenko's death and met him four times, Russian media reported -- including on the day he died...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Iraq report urges policy shift
In a highly anticipated report, the Iraq Study Group will call for a dramatic shift in war policy by urging the Bush administration to set a target of moving most U.S. troops out of their combat roles by early 2008, according to two sources...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Man in the News: Lee H. Hamilton, a Compromiser Who Operates Above the Partisan Fray
The retired House member’s willingness to find common ground is likely to be on display again with the release of the findings of the Iraq Study Group...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Yahoo shake-up to take on rivals
Yahoo announces a restructuring drive in a bid to simplify its business and take on rival Google...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
MLB: Drew to bolster Red Sox
Boston will sign injury-prone free agent outfielder JD Drew on a five-year $70m deal - if he passes a medical...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
NFL: Thomas gets four-game ban
New Orleans defensive tackle Hollis Thomas will miss the rest of the NFL regular season after violating the league's substance abuse policy...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
First flight for future fighter
The world's most expensive military project, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is due to take to the skies next week...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
Fawcett finishes cancer treatment
Actress Farrah Fawcett finishes chemotherapy treatment following her cancer diagnoses...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
Pinochet illness 'not overplayed'
Doctors reject claims that Chile's ex-leader Augusto Pinochet has exaggerated his illness to avoid prosecution...
BBC News - December 6, 2006
Scaramella: I warned poisoned spy
The Italian security consultant who met with Alexander Litvinenko the day the former Russian spy was believed to have been poisoned said he met with the ex-spy to warn his life was in danger...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Searchers may have found missing man's pants
A cell phone "ping" led authorities to Kati Kim and her two young children. Now seachers hope the pants they have found will help them find CNET's James Kim. He left the family car to seek help in the snow-covered Oregon Coast Range...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Coup leader ends government he helped form
Commodore Frank Bainimarama was widely regarded as a national hero when he brokered a resolution to Fiji's last coup in 2000 without bloodshed and restored democracy. Now, he has seized control and dismissed the prime minister...
CNN - December 6, 2006
Briefly, Slowly, the Intrepid Moves Again
A month after the first attempt failed, the old, gray ship was pulled from its berth on the West Side of Manhattan...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
A Whole New Game Ball?
N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern said Tuesday that the league made a mistake by not closely consulting with players about the new ball introduced this season...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
M.T.A. Gets Bill When Armrests Chew Up Pants
The transit agency has paid $102,009.17 to riders who have torn clothing on the armrests of commuter rail cars...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
New York Bans Most Trans Fats in Restaurants
Some experts said the measure, which is opposed by the restaurant industry, would be a model for other cities...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Storm Evacuees Remain in Grip of Uncertainty
Life is still unpredictable for many Katrina evacuees, especially those who have to depend on the government...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
World Business Briefing: Asia, Europe, Americas and Australia
ASIA...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rally Again Amid Prospects of Lower Fed Rates
Wall Street rallied for a second day yesterday after easing wage pressures and stronger-than-expected activity in the service sector raised prospects that the Federal Reserve might have room to lower interest rates next year...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Addenda
President Is Selected...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Earnings at Kroger Increase 16%, Buoying Shares
Kroger, the largest supermarket company in the United States, said yesterday that its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 16 percent as discounts spurred sales...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Home Lender to Repay Minority Buyers
The New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, said yesterday that the Countrywide Financial Corporation, a large mortgage lender, would adopt measures to prevent discriminatory pricing for minority borrowers...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
No More Loan Solicitations in Free Tax-Filing Program
The I.R.S. and private tax preparers have agreed that the free tax-filing program will be offered for 2006 tax returns without solicitations for refund loans...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Square Feet: An Urban Parking Perk: The Automated Garage
Automated garages are catching on in the New York City area as traditional surface parking lots are being gobbled up as sites for new buildings...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
U.S. Giving BankÂ’s Papers to Lawyers in KPMG Suit
By giving the lawyers the Deutsche Bank documents, prosecutors may be hoping to entice one of the KPMG defendants to cooperate in a separate case against the bank...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Barclays Reinstated as Enron Defendant
A judge in an Enron investor fraud suit is giving Enron shareholders another chance to describe the bankÂ’s role in the companyÂ’s collapse...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
2 Hired to Overhaul Marketing Leave Their Posts at Wal-Mart
The departures coincide with slowing sales growth and several marketing stumbles at Wal-Mart, like designer-inspired fashions that have failed to sell...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Sales Chief at Chrysler to Take Retail Post With Mercedes-Benz
ChryslerÂ’s top sales executive, Joe Eberhardt, is leaving to take a retail position at the American operation of Mercedes-Benz...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
U.S. Withdraws Plan on Foreign Investment in Airlines, Disrupting Open-Skies Treaty
The plan would have given European airlines more freedom to invest in American airlines and to participate in management decisions...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
In Eastern Europe, a Switch to the Euro Comes Slowly
Across much of the region this year, target dates for euro adoption are being pushed back to 2009 or beyond with regularity...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Toll Brothers, the Home Builder, Reports a 44% Drop in Earnings
In spite of the slump, the company said it saw signs of stabilization in the housing sector and raised its forecast for first-quarter home deliveries...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
MexicoÂ’s Newest TV Drama Is a Bid to Block a Third Broadcaster
Mexico’s decision on whether to authorize a new network could prove to be President Felipe Calderón’s first big test when it comes to taking on powerful business interests...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Rise in Unit Labor Costs Revised Downward, Reducing Inflation Fears
The revised report helped to ease concerns that inflation has been running too high, but it also showed that workers earned far less than first estimated...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Study Finds Wealth Inequality Is Widening Worldwide
Income inequality is near record levels in many countries, and the worldÂ’s wealth has become even more narrowly concentrated than income...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Insurer and Ex-Chief’s Firm Settle 18 Cases
The settlements freed the American International Group to continue building its domestic and international insurance and investment businesses...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Yes, ItÂ’s a Spoof, but ItÂ’s Also Selling Something
Advertising agencies have turned to spoofing their own industry to attract viewers long enough to deliver a new message...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Economix: The Hidden Truth About Home Prices
No matter what the official statistics say, home values across much of Florida, California and the Northeast are falling...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
MySpace.com Moves to Keep Sex Offenders Off of Its Site
My Space.com, the social networking site, said Tuesday that it would begin cross-referencing its users against state databases of registered sex offenders...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Square Feet: A Slam-Dunk in Houston Real Estate
Ex-Houston Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon is becoming as celebrated in HoustonÂ’s real estate circles as he was on the basketball court...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Yahoo, Aiming for Agility, Shuffles Executives
Yahoo is restructuring its operations and shuffling its management in the hopes of competing more effectively against nimbler rivals...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
S.E.C. Calls Pequot Study Thorough
The S.E.C. on Tuesday defended its investigation of Pequot Capital Management, saying it was professional, thorough and untainted by outside political influence...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Subprime Loans Going From Boon to Housing Bane
Minority homeowners are especially being hurt as rising interest rates make subprime loans even more expensive...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Court Rejects Class Action Against Banks
The class action accused banks of manipulating the prices of initial public offerings of technology companies during the market boom of the late 1990s...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself
The surge has left the antispam industry scrambling to develop new techniques to keep up...
New York Times - December 6, 2006
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