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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 February 2008:
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Vitamins Popular With Cancer Patients
Many cancer survivors gobble down vitamins, but research shows that sometimes supplements can do more harm than good...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
The Loneliness of AOL
Time Warner hopes that separating the Internet access business will make it easier to sell, spin out, or form partnerships with the rest of AOL. But it may have to go it alone...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Debating a Science Debate
A longtime combatant in political science wars says a presidential debate on science is a bad idea...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
The House Loses on the Super Bowl
More bragging rights for New York: The house always wins, except when it comes to the Giants...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Clinton Lent Campaign $5 Million, Considers More
Confirming that Hillary Rodham Clinton made a loan in late January, her advisers said that money is tight now...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Romney Prepared to Keep Going
Despite the odds, Mitt Romney is committed to barreling ahead in his bid for the nomination, said his son Tagg...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Obama and Clinton Settle In for the Long Run
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama began fortifying for a drawn-out and expensive campaign...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
G.O.P. Senators Block Democrats? Stimulus Plan
Republicans blocked an expansive and expensive economic stimulus package championed by Senate Democrats...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Analyzing a New Generation of Digital Picture Frames
A new line of digital picture frames features lower prices, more pixels and the inevitable glitches...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Competition Gaining on Running Gear Stores
Specialty running stores have managed to survive ? even thrive ? despite competition from the big chains and online and mail order outlets...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Keep Stimulus Plan Focused, Paulson Urges
The Treasury secretary said that he was concerned that special interest groups were lining up for handouts in the stimulus bill and urged senators to keep it focused on simple tax rebates...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Macy?s to Cut About 2,300 Management Jobs
The company said the cuts are part of a move to consolidate three regional divisions and decentralize buying in an effort to reduce costs and lift sales...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Rio Tinto Rejects Latest Offer
The mine?s board said BHP Billiton?s improved takeover offer of about $147 billion still undervalues the company significantly...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Cisco Profit Up, but Shares Fall on Cautious Outlook
The network equipment maker reported that its quarterly net income grew 7.2 percent amid growing concern that economic weakness could affect technology spending this year...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Time Warner Plans to Split Off AOL?s Dial-Up Service
Seeking to cut costs and streamline operations, Time Warner will separate AOL?s Internet access business from its Web site and online advertising business and cut 100 jobs at its corporate unit...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Companies Indicted Over Tainted Pet Food
Two Chinese businesses and a U.S. company were indicted in the tainted pet food incidents that killed dozens of animals last year...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Stocks Extend Tuesday's Drop
Stocks pulled back as many investors cashed in earlier gains after a Fed official suggested rising inflation could prevent the central bank from making further rate cuts...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Italy Sets April Date for Election
President Giorgio Napolitano took the action after political factions failed to agree on a plan to revise the country?s flawed electoral law...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Support Divided, Democrats Trade Victories
Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Rodham Clinton could secure an edge to the Democratic nomination...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Two Parties, Two Distinct Paths to the Nomination
The Democrats are facing a long nomination battle; Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
McCain Surges; Huckabee Strong in the South
Senator John McCain was successful in the delegate-rich states, while Mike Huckabee racked up Southern victories...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Heath Ledger?s Death Is Ruled an Accident
The New York City chief medical examiner?s office blamed the ?abuse of prescription medications? in the actor?s death...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
At Least 48 Dead in Storms Across 4 States
Authorities were searching for victims after a wide swath of thunderstorms packing tornadoes, high winds and hail swept through the South...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Rice Tries to Convince Europe on Afghanistan
The secretary of state called for European governments to convince their skeptical populations of the importance of sending troops to Afghanistan...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Profit Up at Polo Ralph Lauren
Polo?s lower tax rate helped it offset the negative effects of accounting for recent acquisitions, investments in expansion and higher costs...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Sara Lee Posts Profit
The company posted a second-quarter profit of $182 million, helped by strong international beverage and bakery sales...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
McClatchy Swings to Profit but Will Take Charge
The publisher reported preliminary net income of $30.1 million for the quarter, but said it would take a charge to reflect a sharp decline in its stock price...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
ITT Corp Profit Up on Stronger Sales
The company, which makes night-vision systems, military radios and sewage treatment equipment among other products, reported quarterly net income of $158.3 million...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Warner Music Group Falls to Loss
The recording company reported a first-quarter loss of $16 million, hurt by higher expenses and an impairment charge...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Tyco Electronics Earnings Up Sharply
The company posted first-quarter net income of $949 million, fueled by strong demand from telecommunications customers and a tax benefit...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Cigna Profit Up on Medicare Growth
The health insurer said its fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent on higher premiums and fees from specialty insurance and Medicare Part D...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Biogen Idec?s Profit Surges 84%
The biotechnology company reported fourth-quarter net income of $201.2 million on strong sales of its two leading drugs, Rituxan and Avonex...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
IAC Posts Loss, Sending Shares Lower
The comapny reported a quarterly loss of $369.9 million, citing taxes, difficulty in its mortgage referral unit and costs for proposed spinoffs that would make five companies out of one...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Dow Plunges on Survey of Business
Stocks plummeted after a business survey provided another strong signal that the United States might be in the early stages of a recession...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Rio Tinto Rejects Sweetened Bid from Rival
BHP increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake in Rio Tinto last week...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Productivity Slowed in 4th Quarter
Productivity increased at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the quarter, down from a 6 percent rate in the July-September period, while wage pressures increased, the government reported...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Time Warner Will Split AOL
Jeff Bewkes, the new chief of Time Warner, said he planned to separate AOL?s online access and advertising businesses and possibly spin off the rest of the company?s cable division...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Stocks Up Again on Disney, Productivity
Many investors, though still uneasy about the economy, decided to buy back into a market battered a day earlier by recession worries...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Time Warner profits slide in 2007
Time Warner posts 40% fall in profits as AOL continues to struggle but cable and film businesses do well, helped by Will Smith's I am Legend...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
US oil prices fall on stocks data
Oil prices fall sharply after a US government report shows a steep build up in oil and petrol supplies...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Q&A: What happens next?
Key questions answered about what comes next after Super Tuesday, in the race to succeed George W Bush...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Delegate overview
How close the Republican would-be US presidential candidates are to securing their party's nomination...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
US 'may' use waterboarding again
The US may use the criticised interrogation technique of waterboarding again in the future, the White House says...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Thousands hit by Bolivian floods
Bolivian officials say 48 people have died and thousands have been left homeless after weeks of flooding...
BBC News - February 6, 2008
Eight Die in Israeli Strikes in Gaza
Israel killed eight Hamas militants, firing missiles into the sandy courtyard of a Hamas police station as the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for a strike in Israel...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Japan Resumes Whale Hunt
Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the country?s fleet, a Japanese official said...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Italy?s President Dissolves Parliament
Italy?s president has cleared the way for early elections this spring, two years after the last parliamentary vote...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Asia Stocks Follow Dow?s Decline; Europe Is Steady
The Nikkei and Hang Seng indexes were down sharply amid fears about shrinking consumption in the U.S...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Tornadoes Rip Through South, Killing at Least 31
Tornadoes across four states destroyed homes and ripped the roof off a shopping mall...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
A Sizzle Among the Young (at Least Some)
Barack Obama is the Pied Piper of the race, walking off with more young voters than any other recent presidential candidate...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Huckabee Revived With Strong Showing in South
Senator John McCain scored impressive victories in big states, while Mike Huckabee was strong in the South...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Support Divided, Top Democrats Trade Victories
Despite winning several states each, neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Rodham Clinton could decisively lay claim ? or even secure an edge ? to the nomination...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Ernesto Illy, Chairman of Coffee Company, Is Dead at 82
Mr. Illy, who as chairman of Illycaffè, maker of an expensive brand of coffee, was renowned as a scientific perfectionist of coffee and as an evangelist of espresso...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
The Lede: A Tuesday Left Behind, Pancake Day
Unlike Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday, this particular holiday is positively under siege...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Court Reviews on Detainees
The two cases concern the rights of the Guantánamo detainees and the question of judicial review of the enemy-combatant designation...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Hamas Claims Responsibility for Blast
The claim of responsibility in a lethal attack at a shopping center signaled a possible end to a self-imposed moratorium on such attacks in Israel by the Islamic group...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Clemens Is Questioned by Congressional Staff
Roger Clemens arrived on Capitol Hill to give a sworn deposition that he hopes will help restore his reputation as the most decorated pitcher in baseball history...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Spiritual Leader, Dies
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced transcendental meditation to the West and gained fame in the 1960s as the spiritual guru to the Beatles...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Tornadoes Rip Through South, Killing 15
Tornadoes across four Southern states destroyed homes and ripped the roof off a shopping mall...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S.
The director of national intelligence said Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan and is enhancing its ability to recruit operatives...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Loud Cheers and Jumps for Joy
The corner of Broadway and Wall Street turned into party central for legions of Giants fans...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
A Sizzle Among Some Youth
Mr. Obama has become the Pied Piper of the Democratic race, walking off with a larger chunk of young voters than any other recent presidential candidate...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Burned by Bad Polls, Networks Try Restraint
On the biggest day of nominating contests ever, in the most exciting and closely watched election in years, television had to hold back...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Voting Goes Smoothly in Most Places
Isolated problems were already cropping up as polls opened, and election officials were bracing for a long, exhausting night...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Live Blogging the Republican Races
?We still have a ways to go,? said John McCain, ?but we?re much closer to the victory we hope to achieve.?...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Huckabee Revived With Strong Showing in South
Senator John McCain of Arizona captured the California primary and its windfall of delegates on Tuesday night, capping an evening of impressive victories...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Diverging Paths for Two Parties
The Democrats are facing a long nomination, while Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Clinton and McCain Win in California; Obama Stays Close as G.O.P. Rivals Lag
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won primaries in New York and New Jersey and captured the biggest prize of all, California, while Senator Barack Obama strung together nearly a dozen victories...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Live Blogging the Democratic Races
?Our movement is real and change is coming to America,? said Obama in his speech...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
The Art of Giving a Bear Hug
In a letter outlining Microsoft?s hopes to Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang, Microsoft C.E.O. Steven Ballmer followed a storied tradition on Wall Street: the bear hug letter...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Senate Democrats to Push Expanded Stimulus Plan
Congressional Democrats said they would not bow to pressure and simply make modest changes to the less expensive stimulus plan that was approved by the House last week...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Airline Ordered to Pay French First Couple Over Ad
A French court ordered Ryanair to pay damages to President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new wife for using a photograph of them in an advertisement...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Whirlpool Profit Jumps 72%, Lifted by Overseas Sales
The Whirlpool Corporation said its fourth-quarter profit climbed 72 percent, helped by its acquisition of Maytag, an improved product mix and the weak dollar...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
GMAC Posts $724 Million Loss
Hurt by the housing slump, the home mortgage lender said it lost $724 million in the fourth quarter...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Tyco?s Earnings Fall, but Beat Expectations
The diversified manufacturer said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 54 percent from a year earlier, when it still owned its health care and electronics businesses...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Ukraine Joins the W.T.O.
Ukraine joined the World Trade Organization on Tuesday after 14 years of negotiations, a milestone for the former Soviet republic...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Earnings Triple at NYSE, but the Share Price Plunges
The company said its net income rose to $156 million, or 59 cents a share, from $45 million, or 29 cents a share in the period a year earlier...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Hedge Fund Settles Late-Trading Case
Ritchie Capital will pay $40 million to settle investigations into its trading practices from 2001 to 2003, regulators and the company said...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
A Plan to Open a 1980 Gehry Mall Design to the Air
Frank Gehry?s problematic Santa Monica, Calif., shopping mall won?t be razed, but it?s losing its roof...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
A Quarter of U.S. Flights Failed to Arrive on Time in 2007
Excluding cancellations, 2007 was the worst on record for flight delays, with 24.2 percent of flights arriving late, compared with 23.9 percent in 2000...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
BP Misses Estimates and Plans More Job Cuts
The British oil giant said it would cut an additional 5,000 jobs by the middle of next year in an effort to slim management and make the company more efficient...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Disney Is Upbeat Despite Economy?s Troubles
Disney posted a quarterly profit far ahead of Wall Street targets on strong results at its theme park, media and consumer products groups, sending shares up 5 percent...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Toyota?s Profit Rises on Shift in Strategy
Toyota said its profit rose 7.5 percent in the October-to-December quarter as its strategy of shifting its focus to emerging markets appears to be paying off...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
S.E.C. Fines 4 for Trades Involving Dow Jones
A former Dow Jones & Company director and three associates will pay more than $24 million to settle charges that they traded illegally on inside knowledge of the News Corporation?s takeover of Dow Jones...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Vanity Fair Cancels Its Oscars Party
The editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter, said canceling its annual affair was the right thing to do, whether or not there was a breakthrough in the writers? strike...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
An Ad With Talking Pandas, Maybe, but Not With Chinese Accents
The company that produced a commercial featuring two animated pandas speaking with what were intended as Chinese accents is withdrawing the ads after complaints...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
BHP Billiton Launches Hostile Bid for Rio Tinto
The battle over Rio Tinto intensified after BHP Billiton increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake last week...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
In CBS Test, Mobile Ads Find Users
CBS plans to announce on Wednesday that it is trying one of the first serious experiments with cellphone advertising that is customized for a person?s location...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
French Trader Says He Won?t Be Made a Scapegoat
In brief remarks to photographers, Jérôme Kerviel said that while he took responsibility for booking billions of euros in fictitious trades, he was ?singled out? by Société Générale...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Papers Show Wachovia Knew of Thefts
Documents show that the bank had knowledge of fraud allegations and continued to do business with companies it knew had been accused of telemarketing crimes...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Microsoft Adversary Rises Instinctively at Yahoo Bid
Whatever the outcome of Microsoft?s bid for Yahoo, the move and Google?s countermoves mark an escalation in the confrontation between the two companies...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Bottom Line for (Red)
The ?Red? campaign launched a year ago by rock star Bono has generated more than $22 million to fight H.I.V. and AIDS in Rwanda, but critics say not enough money is getting to clinics...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
Asian Markets Follow Dow?s Decline
Asian markets plunged after a new signal of American recession prompted steep declines on Wall Street...
New York Times - February 6, 2008
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