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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 2007:
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The Lede Blog: The Lede: Chávez Curses His Way Up YouTube
A video rises on the strength of a world leader's use of expletive...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
City Room: How Would You Run These Subways?
Readers are invited to offer suggestions to the new general managers of the No. 7 and L subway lines. Management of the subway system is being decentralized in an attempt to improve performance...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Congress Drops Measure on Hate Crimes
Citing objections from Republicans and President Bush, Democratic leaders agreed to strip out the hate crimes provision to clear the way for approval of the Pentagon policy measure...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Grammy Nominations Include Six for Winehouse
The British soul singer was nominated in all four of the most prestigious categories; Kanye West got eight nominations...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Task Force on N.Y. Flight Delays Issues Report
The report lists proposals for how to unlock congestion at the airports and allow them to handle more traffic...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Baseball Suspends 2 Over Banned Substances
Major League Baseball announced today that it has suspended two players linked to shipments of banned substances...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Bush Writes to North Korean Leader
It was Mr. Bush?s first direct communication with Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean dictator...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Details of Omaha Shooting Emerge
Officials today gave a more detailed chronology of what took place in an Omaha mall in the few minutes it took Robert Hawkins to kill eight people...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes of Interrogations
The C.I.A. destroyed the tapes in 2005 amid scrutiny about its secret detention program, according to government officials, raising questions about whether C.I.A. officials withheld information from the courts and the Sept. 11 commission...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Romney Seeks to Defuse Concerns Over Mormon Faith
Mitt Romney promised in a heavily anticipated address today that he would not be beholden to the authorities of his church...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
High & Low Finance: When a Public Offering Goes Bad Down Under
A failed I.P.O. in the Australian mortgage industry may offer some lessons for the American market...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Late-Night Hosts Calculate Their Losses
With some of the hosts paying the salaries of non-writing staff members, the strike has become a financial drain...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Dow Jones Chief Executive to Depart After Sale
Richard Zannino will depart after Dow Jones is sold to Rupert Murdoch?s News Corp., the company announced today...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Britain Cuts Rates; European Bank Stands Pat
The European Central Bank, caught between fears of rising inflation and subsiding economic growth, left interest rates unchanged. But the Bank of England cut its key rate by a quarter-point...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Stocks Rally Again on Mortgage Plan
Investors bet that companies hurt by the housing crisis will benefit from a government plan to help homeowners with their mortgages and another possible interest rate cut...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Bill to Curb Alternative Tax Stalls in Senate
The setback for the bill, which would protect millions of middle-class taxpayers from being hit by the tax, created confusion as filing season approaches...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Medicare to Cut Payment for Two Promising Cancer Drugs
New Medicare rules for a small but promising class of cancer drugs may cause thousands of lymphoma patients to lose access to the treatment, which in some cases is the only therapy available to them...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Some Airlines to Offer In-Flight Internet Service
On Tuesday, JetBlue will begin offering a free e-mail and instant messaging service on one of its aircraft, and American, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines plan to broaden Web access...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
House Boosts Fuel Economy Standards
Brushing aside a veto threat from the White House, the House today passed a package of energy measures that includes a 40 percent increase in fuel economy standards...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Former UnitedHealth Chief to Forfeit Over $400 Million
William McGuire will forfeit more than $400 million worth of stock options and retirement benefits under a settlement after a probe into the health insurer?s options practices, the company said...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Bush Announces Mortgage Agreement
The agreement would freeze interest rates for up to five years for some of the two million homeowners who bought houses recently with subprime loans...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Bin Laden driver witness called
A US major who arrested Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver testifies at a hearing at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Pogue's Posts Blog: Pogue?s Posts: Seussical-Sounding Web Site Names
Could it possibly be true? Has all wit and cleverness already dried up in the naming of Web sites, less than 15 years after the Internet was opened to the public? In the beginning, Web sites announced their own names. You pretty much know what you're going to find at Sears.com, Staples.com, McDonalds.com and Microsoft.com. If you [...]...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
City Room: City Room: Stumptown Coffee in New York?
A Stumptown Coffee all the way from the Pacific Northwest may soon be coming to the new Ace Hotel on 29th Street and Broadway...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Late Night Hosts Calculate Their Losses
As the strike drags on, television?s favorite late-night hosts spend their days talking to their financial advisors to determine how much the strike is costing them...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: Ex-Dead Man?s Son Expresses Shock
In the words of the sons of a man whose death was greatly exaggerated...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
NASA Delays Shuttle Launch
NASA officials delayed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for at least 24 hours today following problems with a pair of fuel sensors...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Grammy Nominations Announced
Kanye West, Amy Winehouse and the Foo Fighters were among the leading Grammy contenders announced Thursday...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Troubled Past Seen for Omaha Mall Gunman
Robert A. Hawkins, the 19-year old shooter who killed eight people, had previous run-ins with the law but had not been associated with violence...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Romney?s Speech on Faith
Mitt Romney said he would "serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause."...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
RBS Reports $2.6 Billion Write-Down
The bank?s shares jumped almost 8 percent after it reported a smaller-than-expected write-down related to the subprime crisis and said it would beat expectations for full-year profits...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
City Room: Doctoroff Is Leaving Bloomberg Administration
Daniel L. Doctoroff, one of the mayor?s closest advisers since 2002, will leave his post at the end of this year to become the president of Bloomberg L.P...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Toll Brothers Posts First Loss in 20 Years
The luxury homebuilder reported a loss of $81.8 million for the fourth quarter as the housing downturn continued to weigh on results...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Stocks Up on Growing Hopes for Rate Cut
Stocks rose modestly as investors remained hopeful that companies hurt by the housing crisis will benefit from another interest rate cut and a government plan to keep mortgage rates from spiking...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
China Cracks Down on Food Safety Violators
China said today that it had demolished the facilities of more than 2,800 rural food makers...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
China Resisting Pressure on Product Safety
After pressing China for a new effort to police the safety of its exports, the White House is meeting resistance...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
European Bank Holds Steady; Britain Cuts Rate
The European Central Bank held its benchmark rate unchanged at 4 percent, despite surging inflation and a stronger euro, while Britain cut its key rate by a quarter-point...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Coke Names an Insider as Its New Chief
Muhtar Kent, Coke?s president and chief operating officer, will take over as chief executive on July 1, the company said today. He will succeed E. Neville Isdell, who will remain chairman...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Retailers Post Gains, but They May Be Brief
Big chain stores this morning reported strong sales for November, led by department stores, which have struggled throughout the fall. But signs of trouble remain...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Canada signs Inuit autonomy plan
An agreement-in-principle which will allow limited autonomy to a mainly Inuit region of Quebec is signed by officials...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Panama schools to teach Chinese
Panama's National Assembly gives initial approval to moves to make the teaching of Mandarin Chinese obligatory...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Bolivia head set for vote gamble
Bolivian President Evo Morales proposes a referendum on his leadership to tackle the deepening political crisis...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Nasa delays space shuttle launch
Nasa officals delay the launch of Atlantis by at least 24 hours, as engineers report faults on two fuel gauges...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Reading Room: A Visit with the Master
During my two decades as a Washington journalist, I often mused that the orgy of scandal and tainted money that made the capital such a feast for investigative reporters and spoofers (think "Thank You for Smoking") had to rival that of the Gilded Age, which provided Adams so much rich material. I think there is [...]...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since ?91
The teenage birth rate in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, the first increase since 1991, fueling a debate about whether the Bush administration?s abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
US eyes 'balanced' China growth
China's economic growth is in the world's interest, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is quoted as saying...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
OECD fears economic slowdown
The OECD says economic growth in the world's richest countries will slow as a result of the credit crunch...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Bin Laden driver in witness move
Lawyers for Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver prepare to call witnesses as they try to prove he was not an al-Qaeda member...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Bush 'has sent letter to N Korea'
US President George Bush has sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, according to official media...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Chavez belittles opposition win
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez decries the opposition's referendum win and vows to pursue reforms...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
The Lede Blog: Did Filmmaker Find Bin Laden?
The sum of its parts: Did Morgan Spurlock Find Osama bin Laden?...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Management of Subways to Be Split
Under an overhaul, subway lines would compete against one another and be rated on cleanliness, on-time performance and other measures...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Huckabee on Rapist, Murderer
The Republican candidate will find it hard to shake off the criminal doings of a rapist paroled under his watch...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Justices to Answer Detainee Rights Question
A majority of the Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to agree that detainees were entitled to invoke some measure of constitutional protection...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since ?91
The teenage birth rate in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, the first increase since 1991, fueling a debate about whether the Bush administration?s abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Tax Stalemate Threatens Chaos as Filing Nears
The inability of lawmakers to agree on exactly how to limit the alternative minimum tax is threatening to throw filing season into chaos...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Gunman at an Omaha Mall Kills 8 and Himself
A gunman in camouflage and wielding a rifle opened fire in a mall crowded with holiday shoppers...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
The Long Run: Pulpit Was the Springboard for Huckabee?s Rise
Mike Huckabee?s 2008 campaign has been shaped by his two decades as an evangelical pastor and broadcaster...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
U.S. Says Military Notes Led to Shift on Iran
American intelligence agencies obtained notes last summer from the deliberations of Iranian military officials involved in the weapons development program...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
A.M.D. Delays Energy-Efficient Chip Again
Advanced Micro Devices confirmed that a technical irregularity has delayed widespread availability of its Barcelona chip for servers until early next year...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Robert O. Anderson, Oil Executive, Dies at 90
Mr. Anderson?s accomplishments included discovering oil in Alaska, becoming America?s largest rancher and giving generously to environmental causes...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Citing Greater Risk, Moody?s May Lower Rating of MBIA
The financial health of the country?s biggest bond insurer, MBIA Inc., has been under greater threat from bad mortgage debt than it was thought to be weeks ago...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Post Office Drawback Cited in Dark Forecast for Netflix
A research note issued by Citigroup on Tuesday said 70 percent of Netflix?s return mailers must be sorted by hand...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
State of the Art: How Much Photo Quality for $300?
For the holidays, a summary of digital cameras, all priced below $300...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Pessimism Is Growing in Executive Suites
Just 9 percent of chief financial officers said they were more optimistic about the economy in December than they had been three months earlier, a record low...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
New Venture in Canada?s Oil Sands
The British oil company BP and Husky Energy said they would form a joint venture linking a BP Ohio refinery with Husky?s Sunrise oil sands project in Alberta...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Mississippi Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case
A lawyer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a judge and is assisting federal prosecutors in a case involving one of the nation?s wealthiest trial lawyers...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rally on Surprisingly Strong Jobs Data
A promising employment report lifted stocks Wednesday, with the main indexes erasing two days of declines on renewed optimism about the outlook for the economy...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Ethanol Lobbyists Begin Drive to Use Richer Blend
Ethanol advocates began a push Wednesday to allow ordinary cars to run on blends of 20 or 30 percent ethanol, compared with 10 percent currently...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Conviction in Backdating Case
Stephanie Jensen, the former personnel director of Brocade Communications Systems, was found guilty in a case stemming from options-backdating investigations...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Advisory Panel Rejects New Use for Cancer Drug
A federal advisory committee voted Wednesday that Genentech?s drug Avastin should not be approved as a treatment for breast cancer...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Advertising: Straight A?s, With a Burger as a Prize
The McDonald?s restaurants in Seminole County, Fla., and the county school board have agreed to reward good grades and attendance with Happy Meals...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Reactor Shutdown Causing Medical Isotope Shortage
Medical treatments are being delayed or deferred at hospitals worldwide because of the extended shutdown of a Canadian isotope reactor...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
A Movie and Protesters Single Out Henry Kravis
The reaction against the wealth created by private equity funds has become part of a populist movement...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Small Business: Turning Kitchens Into Laboratories to Find Treats for the Allergy-Prone
Many entrepreneurs have started businesses selling candy, cookies and other sweets that are free of potential allergens...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia
A study concluded that dyslexics were more likely than nondyslexics to excel in oral communication and problem solving and to own two or more businesses...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Apologetic, Facebook Changes Ad Program
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of the social networking site Facebook, apologized to the site?s users about the way it introduced a controversial new advertising feature last month...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Bristol-Myers to Eliminate 4,800 Jobs
Besides layoffs, the company said it would sell or close half its 27 manufacturing plants worldwide, farm out some manufacturing and winnow its portfolio of products...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
House Panel Finds Conflicts in Executive Pay Consulting
Conflicts of interest are pervasive among executive compensation consultants, according to a Congressional investigation...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
News Analysis: OPEC Finds Price Range to Live With
After a one-day meeting in Abu Dhabi, OPEC cemented the impression that it wanted to keep oil prices at levels that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, leaving its output goal unchanged...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Meat Processors Look for Ways to Keep Ground Beef Safe
Even as the beef industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to keep harmful pathogens out of the meat it sells to the public, it appears to be losing ground...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Lenders Agree to Freeze Rates on Some Loans
Democratic lawmakers and presidential contenders quickly criticized the White House plan to freeze interest rates for some distressed borrowers as too timid...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Wary of Risk, Bankers Sold Shaky Mortgage Debt
At the same time they were selling mortgage-related securities, many companies protected themselves from losses from a meltdown in the housing market...
New York Times - December 6, 2007
Boxing: Hatton steps up heat
Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather are pulled apart in a post-press conference melee in Las Vegas...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
24 star begins drink-driving term
Actor Kiefer Sutherland begins a 48-day jail term in California after pleading no contest to drink-driving charges...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
Brazilian bishop in hunger strike
A Brazilian bishop is continuing a second hunger strike over a planned river diversion...
BBC News - December 6, 2007
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