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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 June 2006:
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10,000 flee Indonesia volcano
After surviving a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people, more than 10,000 residents near Indonesia's Mount Merapi are being evacuated because of the volcano's increased activity, officials say...
CNN - June 6, 2006
Suspect arraigned in baby-snatching case
A newborn taken from her parents' home less than a week after birth was back in her mother's arms Tuesday morning, and a 33-year-old woman was in custody...
CNN - June 6, 2006
Young Black Women Prone to Deadly Cancer
A study was the first to sort different genetic subtypes of breast tumors in American women...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Bush Takes Immigration Law Campaign to New Mexico
At a Border Patrol post, the president said that tough border security is an important part of the "comprehensive" changes that he seeks...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Documents Shed Light on C.I.A.'s Use of Ex-Nazis
The documents showed that the C.I.A. took no action after learning the whereabouts of Adolf Eichmann in 1958...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Airport Operator Accepts $19 Billion Spanish Bid
BAA, the operator of some of the world's busiest airports, said today that it had accepted a new takeover offer from the Spanish construction group Ferrovial...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Struggle Over Continental Stock Exchanges Takes Political Turn
President Jacques Chirac of France said that he preferred an all-European alliance of exchanges over a proposed acquisition of Euronext by the New York Stock Exchange...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
G.M. Shareholders Push Board to Change Voting Rules
The votes marked the first time that G.M. shareholders have voted to approve a resolution over the objections of the company's management...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Stocks Slide Further After Monday's Sell-Off
Investors continued to react to the Fed chief's hints that more interest-rate hikes were in store...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Cricket: Windies hold on to draw
West Indies bat bravely to clinch a draw in the first Test against India...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Keyboards star Billy Preston dies
Billy Preston, a US singer and musician best known for his work with The Beatles, dies aged 59...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Garcia seeks thaw with Chavez
Peru's president-elect, Alan Garcia, calls for good relations with Venezuela, after angry election-time exchanges...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Baghdad targeted civilian killings soar in May
Nearly 1,400 Iraqi civilians died in a wave of targeted killings in Baghdad last month, according to a high-ranking Iraqi Health Ministry official...
CNN - June 6, 2006
California vote could be midterm bellwether
The much hyped Democratic political wave could show its first sign of forming today in California's primary election, as San Diego voters choose a replacement for former GOP Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham...
CNN - June 6, 2006
On 6/6/6, the Possibilities Are Endless
Today's date is either portentous or meaningless, depending on who's counting...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
N.Y. Grid Could Stand to Lose Reactors, Panel Says
A panel's report also cited difficult and expensive obstacles to replacing Indian Point's output...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Weld Drops Out of N.Y. Governor's Race
The former governor of Massachusetts faced an uphill battle after John Faso won the G.O.P.'s blessing...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Stocks Continue to Slide After Monday's Sell-Off
Investors continued to react to the Federal Reserve chairman's remarks as Asian and European stock markets traded off sharply...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Peru still wary of Garcia's past
Alan Garcia's first term as president of Peru is used by ardent free-marketeers as a textbook example of how to ruin a country's economy...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Black Hawk maker faces $283m bill
Manufacturer United Technologies will pay the US Department of Defense $283m after a probe into contracts...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Brazil to pave Amazon road
Brazil gives the go-ahead for a controversial road through the heart of the Amazon rainforest to be paved...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Jakarta warns US on terror stand
The US defence secretary holds talks with Indonesian leaders, who warn the US over its anti-terror policies...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Ronaldo fit for Brazil Cup opener
Ronaldo is passed fit for Brazil's opening game against Croatia, despite blisters on his feet...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Putin upbeat on Russian-US ties
Russia's President Putin plays down differences with the US, praising co-operation over Iran...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Troops start Mexico border duty
The US deploys a first batch of National Guard troops along its border with Mexico to help curb illegal migration...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Mexico set for TV election debate
The main contenders are due to take part in a final TV debate ahead of Mexico's presidential election next month...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Missing baby found
An ailing 5-day-old girl, snatched from her mother by a woman who had posed as a hospital worker, has been found and is being evaluated at the University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, police and hospital officials said. "This little baby is in remarkably good shape," said Lt. Roy Bassett, a Lubbock Police Department spokesman...
CNN - June 6, 2006
Iran: 'Positives' in nuke plan
Iran's top nuclear negotiator says a proposal by the world's biggest powers to curtail Tehran's uranium enrichment program contains "positive steps" but also "ambiguities." Ali Larijani says the package of incentives and penalties "is a framework for cooperation" and will be studied "clause by clause."...
CNN - June 6, 2006
Debate Over Wind Power Creates Environmental Rift
Activists who oppose wind turbines are finding themselves increasingly out of step with the broader environmental movement...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Conservatives Watching Senate Debate on Gay Marriage
A constitutional amendment being debated in the Senate may be a conservative litmus test in the fall elections...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Batumi Journal: So Tourists Can Come to Spend, Refugees Are Paid to Go
Batumi, Georgia, a former resort town, is resettling refugees from a conflict in nearby Abkhazia so it can once again woo tourists...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
World Business Briefing: Europe,
EUROPE...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
U.S. Bias Inquiry at FedEx
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Bernard Loomis, 82, Dies; Made Toys TV Stars
Bernard Loomis had no toys as a child but became a toy industry legend by using children's television to turn Star Wars dolls, Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears into stupendous successes...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Sol Cantor, 95, Early Promoter of Discount and Specialty Stores, Dies
Sol W. Cantor helped transform Interstate Department Stores, a conventional department store chain in the Northeast, into what was one of the country's fastest-growing discount chains...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Frequent Flier: The Comfort of Clean Sheets
As a war correspondent, my first question in the morning isn't, "where am I?" It is: "safe or not safe?" And the answer lies in my bedding...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Memo Pad
From Jan. 1 through April 30, 21.08 percent of domestic flights arrived late, the highest delay rate since the same period in 2000, when 21.22 percent were late...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Paper Maker to Sell Unit
By Reuters...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Questions on Biotech Crops With No Clear Answers
As the E.U. opens its doors wider to genetically modified crops, there is a lack of policies to deal with the problems that will almost certainly arise...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Austrian Bank to Pay Millions in Refco Case
Bawag PSK Bank of Austria will pay at least $675 million after admitting its role in the collapse of the commodities brokerage firm Refco...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Growth Slows in Services
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Baseball Adopts a Candy, Whatever It's Named For
For 85 years, Babe Ruth, the slugger, and Baby Ruth, the candy bar, have lived parallel lives in which it has been widely assumed that the latter was named for the former...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Protest lessons for Chile students
High school students in Chile are keeping up their demands for education reform with a series of sit-ins, marches and strikes...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
US firms raise charity donations
US companies increase charitable donations by 14% in 2005, though giving as a proportion of profits fell slightly...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Biggest cruise ship begins work
The massive cruise ship Freedom of the Seas sets sail from Miami on its first paying-passenger cruise...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Angola lose out to McBride goal
The United States beat tournament debutants Angola in a pre-World Cup practice match in Hamburg...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Golf: Wie fails in US Open bid
Michelle Wie misses out on a place in the US Open after a poor second round in the qualifying tournament in New Jersey...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Former Paraguay president jailed
Former Paraguay President Luis Gonzalez Macchi is jailed for six years over illegal bank transfers...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
Missing baby found
A missing 5-day-old baby was found Monday evening, more than 24 hours after her mother said she was abducted by a woman who had posed as a nurse in medical scrubs. Greg Bruce, spokesman for University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas, said the baby had been found and was being brought to the hospital. There was no immediate word on the baby's condition...
CNN - June 6, 2006
AIDS: Asia-Pac the next frontier
When HIV first escalated in Africa and the Caribbean, Asia remained virtually untouched and unaware. But the world's most populous continent is catching up...
CNN - June 6, 2006
Abbas presses statehood referendum
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he will call a referendum on Palestinian statehood that would implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist...
CNN - June 6, 2006
House at Stake, Midterm Election Gets Early Start
Intense Congressional campaigns reflect a consensus that Republicans could lose the House and perhaps the Senate...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Supreme Court Roundup: Court to Weigh Race as Factor in School Rolls
The Supreme Court will rule on what measures, if any, public schools may use to maintain racial balance...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
U.S. Assails Albany's Efforts on Medicaid Fraud
A scathing report said New York made inadequate efforts to find health care providers who abuse the system...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Clamoring to Come Home to New Orleans Projects
Residents of public housing fear that officials who say the projects are not ready are really trying to redevelop them...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Diary of North Vietnam Doctor Killed in U.S. Attack Makes War Real
The writer, Dang Thuy Tram, was killed in 1970 in an American assault after serving in a war-zone clinic for more than three years...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Skilled Traveler? Good Coach
Life on the road was getting to Rosalyn Haley, so she hired a "life acceleration coach" to get help her manage her travel...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Verizon Settles Charges
By Dow Jones/AP...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Japan Arrests Corporate Raider on Securities Charges
Yoshiaki Murakami, arrested after admitting to insider trading, struck fear into boardrooms by demanding U.S.-style shareholder rights...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Bernanke Speaks, and Shares Tumble
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Real Estate Trust Is Sold for $4.8 Billion
Brookfield, one of Manhattan's biggest office landlords, will manage and operate properties in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Houston...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Advertising: Online Newspaper Ads Gaining Ground on Print
In the matchup between the print and online versions of newspapers, signs of the Internet's ascendancy are growing stronger...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Cathay Pacific Deal Is Seen to Gain Control of Dragonair
Cathay Pacific Airways is on the verge of taking full control of Dragonair to become the main foreign carrier serving China...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Annual Meeting Today to Test G.M. Theory of Relativity
General Motors, relatively speaking, was better off at its shareholders' meeting last year than it is expected to be this year...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
A.C.L.U. Raises Surveillance as Issue in Big Phone Merger
The A.C.L.U. asked the F.C.C. to review allegations that AT&Tand BellSouth gave customer records to the government without warrants before approving their merger...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Market Place: As China Makes Strides, Russia Stumbles Out of the Stock Offering Gate
Experts suggest that Russian companies could be going public too early or for the wrong reasons, or valuing their shares too high...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
M.S. Drug Can Return, With Limits
Regulators agreed to let the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri return to the market, despite its risk of causing a fatal brain disease...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
New Frontiers in Takeout
Family-style restaurants now offer curbside dining, where customers have meals brought to their cars as they sit idling outside...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Google Takes Aim at Excel
Google plans to release a Web-based spreadsheet program on Tuesday that will make it easy to edit and share lists and data online...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
On the Road: A Quick Run to Kiev, and Delta Gets It Right
Delta Air Lines has added 11 trans-Atlantic routes since March, and new seats, an excellent entertainment system and great food make the service a winner...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
For Law Firm, Serial Plaintiff Had Golden Touch
A long-running arrangement allegedly helped one law firm reap hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees on securities lawsuits...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Bernanke Talks Tough on Inflation
Ben S. Bernanke avoided repeating an earlier suggestion of a pause in the Fed's two-year program of interest-rate increases...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
Biotech Food Tears Rifts in Europe
Though the E.U. said biotech food must be allowed in, five countries have imposed bans, and others use Europe's Council of Ministers to block the crops from entering...
New York Times - June 6, 2006
NY Mafia policemen 'to get life'
A US judge tells two ex-police convicted of committing murders for the mafia that they face life in jail...
BBC News - June 6, 2006
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