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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 July 2005:
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New York Times Reporter Jailed for Keeping Source Secret
Judith Miller refused to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the disclosure of a C.I.A. operative's identity...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
L. Patrick Gray III, 88, F.B.I. Chief During Watergate, Dies
Just last month, he ended 32 years of silence about his Watergate role, saying that he made the "the gravest mistake of my 88 years," in going to work for Nixon...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
UnitedHealth to Buy PacifiCare for $7 Billion
The deal would make UnitedHealth the nation's largest manager of Medicare plans and bolster the company's presence in California...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Oil Climbs Above $61 a Barrel After a Storm Curbs Output
The hurricane season is again rocking global oil markets at a time of tight supplies...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Screenwriter Ernest Lehman dies
Ernest Lehman, writer of two Hitchcock movies and many classic musicals, has died at the age of 89...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Lula reshuffles troubled cabinet
Brazil's president replaces three ministers in his ruling coalition as a bribes-for-votes scandal rumbles on...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Bush Urges Civility in Debate Over Supreme Court Vacancy
President Bush pledged that he would not screen out candidates solely on where they stand on divisive social issues...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Football: Baptista rejects Sevilla
Arsenal target Julio Baptista turns down the offer of a new contract at Sevilla...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
GM sees record car sales in China
General Motors reports record sales in China, moving the US giant closer to German rival Volkswagen in the world's third-biggest car market...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Bush defends US policies in Iraq
President Bush defends his decisions in Iraq during a brief visit to Denmark ahead of the G8 summit...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Olympics: NY rues stadium fiasco
Problems finding an Olympic stadium dashed New York's hopes of hosting the 2012 Games, says the bid's architect...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Tennis: Zabaleta beats Moya
Defending champion Mariano Zabaleta beats Carlos Moya at the Swedish Open...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Golf Mickelson prepared for Open
American star Phil Mickelson is in confident mood ahead of next week's Open...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Brazil politicians face grilling
Brazilian federal police are to question senior ruling party members amid corruption allegations...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
US reporters 'should face jail'
A prosecutor urges a judge to jail two reporters for refusing to disclose sources to a leak probe involving a CIA agent...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Church faces record payout
A record $120m settlement between the US Catholic Church and abuse victims in Kentucky is approved in court...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Rural US hit by meth problem
Methamphetamine now tops cocaine as the biggest drug problem in US small towns and rural areas, a survey says...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Paris or London Will Host 2012 Olympics; New York Voted Out
New York's Olympic bid capsized today, knocked from the five-city race in the second round of voting. Moscow and Madrid were also eliminated...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Meth is 'biggest' US drug problem
Methamphetamine now tops cocaine as the biggest US drug problem, fuelling crime nationwide, a survey says...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
Florida's Zeal Against Castro Is Losing Heat
The monolithic stridency that once defined the exile community has faded as Cuban-Americans grow more diverse...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
G.O.P. Asks Conservative Allies to Cool Rhetoric Over the Court
The White House and Senate Republicans are urging conservatives to stop attacking Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and to tone down talk of a culture war...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
For Lobbyist, a Seat of Power Came With a Plate
Jack Abramoff mixed business with business at Signatures, the upscale restaurant he opened in Washington three years ago...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Costly Race for Olympic Bid Reaches Its Frenzied Finish
With just hours to go before the final vote, New York's Olympic bid organizers unveiled their vision in Singapore today...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Home Sweet Office Tower
Developers are turning to uglier candidates for condo makeovers: moribund office towers...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
ABN Amro Buys Rehabilitation Chain
The Dutch bank ABN Amro made an unusual jump out of finance when it purchased the Priory Group of Britain, a chain of rehabilitation centers and health clinics...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Aircraft Sales Lead the Way, as Manufacturing Picks Up
Factory orders rose 2.9 percent in May to $394.1 billion, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, largely driven by sales of aircraft and other highly expensive items...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
European Parliament Fails to Agree on Computer Patents
European parliamentarians are expected to reject legislation on the patenting of computer-related inventions, ending a testy four-year debate without resolution...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
A Wall to Enlighten, Not Obstruct
When Robert Marc first toured the raw space in Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district that he was considering for an office, he certainly didn't need sunglasses. The 6,000 square feet in the artsy Milk Studios building resembled an industrial cave...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Senators Ask Drug Giant to Explain Grants to Doctors
The Senate Finance Committee began an inquiry into whether Johnson & Johnson used educational grants to promote the pediatric use of Propulsid...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
British Medical Group to Pay Medtronic
Smiths Medical of London agreed to pay for the use of Medtronic's insulin-pump technology...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
S.E.C. Set to Press Civil Case Against Scrushy
WASHINGTON, July 5 (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to press its civil fraud case seeking nearly $800 million from Richard M. Scrushy, the founder of HealthSouth, despite his acquittal on criminal charges that he orchestrated a $2.7 billion accounting fraud at the company...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
When F.D.A. Says Yes, but Insurers Say No
The work that medical device makers put into winning approval for new products does not necessarily persuade insurers to pay for them once they hit the market...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Big British Grocery Chain to Cut 1,400 Jobs
Asda, the second-biggest grocery chain in Britain, plans to eliminate 1,400 jobs and use the savings to reduce prices...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Rally on Wal-Mart Outlook Even as Oil Climbs Again
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Generic Diabetes Drug Cleared for Sale
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Judge Will Not Delay Vioxx Trial in Texas
WHARTON, Tex., July 5 (AP) - A state judge on Tuesday declined to postpone jury selection in the nation's first state trial related to the painkiller Vioxx because he said he would not assume potential jurors were biased by pretrial publicity...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Concerto to Acquire Aspect for $1 Billion
Concerto Software, a maker of software to manage customer-support call centers, will buy the Aspect Communications Corporation to broaden its line of products and services...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Oracle Acquires Software Maker
The Oracle Corporation, the software maker, agreed on Tuesday to buy the closely held ProfitLogic Inc., its second acquisition this year...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Saks Creditors Agree to Grant More Time
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Gulf Storm Worries Market; Oil Revisits $60 and Backs Off
WASHINGTON, July 5 (AP) - Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, briefly exceeding $60 a barrel - a level economists describe as worrisome for global growth. Energy traders said a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico was the leading factor behind the rally...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Rival Names Qualcomm in Antitrust Suit
The Broadcom Corporation, which makes microchips for consumer electronics, filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Qualcomm of stifling competition and inflating prices...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Sanyo Electric to Eliminate 14,000 Jobs
Sanyo Electric, the ailing Japanese electronics maker, said Tuesday that it would cut 15 percent of its global work force, in a three-year overhaul effort...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
A.I.G. Role for Ex-Chief of S.E.C.
A.I.G. hired Arthur Levitt, a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as a consultant in an effort to quell dissent from institutional investors...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Live Surgical Webcasts Play to Potential Patients
Medical advertisers are offering live Webcasts from hospital operating rooms to show potential patients what to expect...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Ford, Too, Is Offering Employees' Price to All
General Motors is selling vehicles for the same price that its employees pay, and Ford Motor says that it will also offer the reduced employee rate...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Iowa Cuts Added Costs in Title Insurance Policies
DES MOINES - When Rae Ann Dankovic bought a sprawling town house in the Des Moines suburb of Ankeny early in June, she paid $624 for Iowa's equivalent of title insurance...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Mechanics at Northwest Seek to Break Off Talks Over Pay Cuts
MINNEAPOLIS, July 5 (AP) - Mechanics at Northwest Airlines said on Tuesday that they had asked to be released from negotiations after the airline rejected their offer for pay cuts. Release from the talks would start a 30-day clock running toward a strike...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
The Big Tug of War Over Unocal
As the lobbying heats up in Washington over Unocal, the battle lines in the takeover contest are now drawn clearly, if oddly, by its suitors...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Where 25 Million Is Merely Average
As Morgan Stanley's chief executive, John J. Mack will be paid at least as much as the average of his high-paid peers...
New York Times - July 6, 2005
Kennewick Man finally studied
Nine years after an ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man was discovered, scientists study the remains...
BBC News - July 6, 2005
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