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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 January 2006:
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Qaeda No.2: Bush must admit defeat
An Arabic language news network airs a video of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, in which he calls on U.S. President George W. Bush to admit defeat in Iraq...
CNN - January 6, 2006
Miner shows some improvement
The only survivor of a West Virginia mine explosion is showing several signs of improvement, but the damage to his brain and left lung remains a major concern, a doctor said...
CNN - January 6, 2006
Jets Free Edwards, Paving Way for Him to Join Chiefs
Herman Edwards had remained in limbo before the announcement: He was not yet the coach of the Chiefs and was not certain to return to the Jets...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Lou Rawls, Suave Singer and Actor, Is Dead at 72
His unmistakable, mentholated baritone, as in "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," appealed to a wide audience...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Lone Survivor of Mining Accident Still in a Coma
Randal McCloy Jr. remained in a medically induced coma today while doctors continued to try to judge his brain injury...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Report Questions Legal Basis for Bush's Spying Program
A Congressional analysis cast doubt on the legality of a program to eavesdrop on American citizens without warrants...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
U.S. Gains 108,000 More Jobs, but Pace of Growth Slows
The latest snapshot of the nation's jobs climate underscored the sometimes choppy path traveled by job seekers...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
G.M.'s Chief Expects to Reduce Huge Losses in U.S.
Rick Wagoner said he hoped the automaker's struggling North American operations would begin to improve this quarter...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
TV host attacked for Sharon slur
The White House rebukes Bush ally Pat Robertson for suggesting Ariel Sharon's stroke is divine punishment...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Bush shrugs off weak jobs data
President Bush shrugs off weak US jobs data as he trumpets the US economy's strong performance during 2005...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Doomed miners' last notes found
Messages to loved ones are discovered by the bodies of 11 victims of the West Virginia mine disaster...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
My Lai massacre hero dies at 62
Hugh Thompson, who helped stop the killing of villagers by US troops in the Vietnam war, dies of cancer...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
US terror suspect's plea delayed
A US court delays terror suspect Jose Padilla's plea on murder and kidnapping charges until 12 January...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Bush trumpets economy's strength
President Bush shrugged off a report showing weaker-than-expected job growth on Friday and declared that "the American economy heads into 2006 with a full head of steam."...
CNN - January 6, 2006
Sharon stable after 3rd brain op
Bleeding in Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's brain is stopped and scans show improvement after a third round of surgery to treat a major stroke, a hospital official says...
CNN - January 6, 2006
Hold the Mustard, Maybe Forever
The Second Avenue Deli seems to have met its match in that implacable beast, the real estate market...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
While Lone Survivor Lies in Coma, Many Speak of 'Miracle'
A doctor said Friday morning that it could be several days before the state of Randal McCloy Jr.'s brain functioning became clear...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Motorola adds Google to mobiles
Motorola plans to let users of its mobile phones access Google's web search engine at the touch of a single button...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Tennis: Williams in injury setback
Serena Williams plays down fears she will not defend her Australian Open title as her sister Venus loses in Hong Kong...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Soul singer Rawls dies of cancer
Grammy award-winning soul, R&B and pop singer Lou Rawls dies of cancer in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 72...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
IBM to freeze US pension scheme
The computer firm IBM is to close its US final-salary pension scheme to existing members...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Iraq violence kills 11 US troops
Eleven US troops were killed in a series of attacks throughout Iraq on Thursday, the US military says...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Schwarzenegger in works plan
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes a huge programme of public works for the state...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Padilla appears in civilian court
US terror suspect Jose Padilla appears in a civilian court after three years in custody as an "enemy combatant"...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Miner's note: 'I'll see them on the other side'
Martin Toler Jr., deep inside the Sago Mine, knew that death was approaching. The 51-year-old miner took an insurance form and wrote a farewell note on the back of it. "It wasn't bad just went to sleep," he scribbled in the darkness, apparently to let his loved ones know that he did not suffer. "Tell all I'll see them on the other side."...
CNN - January 6, 2006
Gravely ill Sharon back in surgery
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a medically induced coma after suffering a severe stroke and a brain hemorrhage, was taken back into surgery Friday for fluid to be drained from his skull...
CNN - January 6, 2006
San Cristóbal Journal: A Masked Marxist on the Stump
Subcommander Marcos is at the forefront of the oddest political campaign to emerge in Mexico in many a year...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Frank Cary, Past Chairman of I.B.M., Is Dead at 85
Frank T. Cary was the chairman and chief executive of International Business Machines during the tumultuous 1970's...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Morales takes to the world stage
Bolivia's Evo Morales has made a highly significant choice of countries to visit, the BBC's James Painter says...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Delphi gains time for revamp plan
Struggling US car-parts firm Delphi is granted an extra six months in which to file its re-organisation plan...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
U.S. Is Hoping Israelis Keep Sharon's Plan a Top Priority
The White House faces difficult choices on how to make sure that an Israel after Ariel Sharon follows his policies...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Lobbyist's Downfall Leads to Charities' Windfall
Thousands of dollars in donations from Jack Abramoff are being returned or redirected to charities with Native American ties...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Coal Miners' Notes of Goodbye, and Questions on a Blast's Cause
Martin Toler Jr.'s note and similar missives from other miners offered a coda to the emotional maelstrom of the past four days...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Market Is Buzzing. Will Young Cash In?
After leading Texas to the national title, quarterback Vince Young has a decision to make: stay for his senior year or turn pro...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Frank Cary, Past Chairman of I.B.M, Is Dead at 85
Frank T. Cary, was the chairman and chief executive of International Business Machines during the tumultuous 1970s...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Rose Bowl Gets Top TV Rating
The 41-38 victory by Texas over Southern California in the Rose Bowl on ABC produced a 21.7 Nielsen rating, with 35.6 million viewers, the best for a national championship game. It exceeded the 1995 Orange Bowl game between Nebraska and Miami that posted an 18.9 rating with 30 million viewers...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Street Scene: The Churn
Deal Makers...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Guidant Bidder Expects a Deal Within a Week
BOSTON, Jan. 5 (AP) - The Boston Scientific Corporation said on Thursday that it hoped to reach a definitive agreement to buy the Guidant Corporation by the end of next week - ahead of a meeting scheduled on Jan. 31, when Guidant's shareholders are scheduled to vote on a smaller, competing offer from Johnson & Johnson...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Shuffle at Daily News
Marc Z. Kramer has been appointed chief executive of The Daily News in New York...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Job Cuts at McGraw-Hill
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Yet Another Victim of Katrina
The federal flood insurance program has been run deeply into the red even as it has failed to help most victims of the Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Advertising: Wendy's Returns 99¢ to Its Place on the Price Pedestal
Already, 2006 is a banner year for so-called value menus, with items typically priced at 99 cents or a dollar...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
[TS] Should Fed Worry About 99-Year Cycle?
The stock market over the last nine years resembles the market in the years beginning in 1898...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Take-Two Profit Declines Sharply
The video game maker announced that its fourth-quarter profit fell 80 percent and it projected a loss for the quarter...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Big Holder Steps Up Fight With Sovereign Bancorp
Sovereign Bancorp's biggest shareholder, Relational Investors, asked a court yesterday to prevent the bank from delaying its annual meeting...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
DirecTV to Get Early View of Fox Shows
Subscribers of DirecTV will be able to pay to download some Fox programs to their digital video recorders up to two days before they appear on television...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Cendant Jury to Continue Work
After 12 days of deliberations, the jury in the second fraud trial of Walter A. Forbes has not reached a verdict...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Insurance Settlement
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Sports Media and Business: Four-Hour Rose Bowl Never Lost Its Bloom
Old granddad in the Eastern or Central time zone probably did not endure the finish of the granddaddy of all bowls...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Quarterly Profit Up 12% at Big Wine Maker
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Slight Gains as the Rally of '06 Stalls
Disappointing sales at Wal-Mart Stores weighed on retailers and falling oil and natural gas prices hurt energy producers...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
U.S. Farmers to Begin Testing Chickens for Flu
The National Chicken Council said that by Jan. 16, participating poultry-processing companies will start testing about 1.6 million birds a year...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Rising Competition in Cellphone Music
Verizon Wireless devices will allow users to download songs over the airwaves...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Microsoft Shuts Blog's Site After Complaints by Beijing
The decision is the latest example of an American company cooperating with Chinese authorities to censor Web sites...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Norway Fund Cuts Seven Companies
Norway's pension fund has sold the securities it held in seven companies because of their presumed involvement in the production of nuclear weapons...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Early Payday for Howard Stern: $219 Million in Sirius Stock
Sirius Satellite Radio said Thursday that Howard Stern had attracted enough subscribers to qualify for the payment under his contract...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Service Sector Grows Sharply
The nation's service sector grew more rapidly in December and the number of workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in five years...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
I.B.M. to Freeze Pension Plans to Trim Costs
I.B.M. said the shift to 401(k) plans starting in 2008 would save the company as much as $3 billion through the next few years...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Retailers Find Little to Cheer
If there is any lesson for retailers in the results, it is this: the early bird did not catch the worm...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Ford's Debt Is Lowered Two More Steps
Standard & Poor's put Ford's debt rating two notches further into junk on Thursday...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Biotech Plan in Missouri Suffers Setback
A California-based company specializing in plant-made pharmaceuticals has pulled out of an agreement to move its operations to northwest Missouri...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Google and Yahoo Aim at Another Screen
The most popular services for searching and organizing the vast information on the World Wide Web want to perform the same function for television...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
Street Scene: A Good Year, for the Record
It is plausible that Wall Street will have yet another record year in 2006...
New York Times - January 6, 2006
US governor orders DNA guilt test
The governor of the US state of Virginia orders DNA tests to prove if a man executed in 1992 was guilty of murder...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
Vital hours for US mine survivor
The sole survivor of a mine accident in West Virginia faces a vital 12 hours in his fight for life, doctors say...
BBC News - January 6, 2006
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