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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 August 2007:
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Sheriff: Victims entombed in tons of debris
Investigators need to begin removing debris from the Mississippi River to further the investigation of the I-35W bridge collapse and search for missing motorists, Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek said. Seven people still are missing. full story...
CNN - August 6, 2007
Afghan president mocks Taliban 'cowardice'
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the Taliban still endanger innocent people, but they pose no significant threat either to his government or to its institutions. full story...
CNN - August 6, 2007
2 G.O.P. Contenders Duel Over Religion
Republican candidates Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee have been trading charges of religious bigotry...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Is Giuliani?s Daughter an Obama Supporter?
On her profile on an online social networking site, Caroline Giuliani, 17, noted her membership in a group called ?Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack).?...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
6 Workers Trapped in Utah Coal Mine Cave-In
Eight hours after the underground cave-in was reported, rescuers had not had any contact with the miners...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bridge Replacement on Fast Track as Recovery Efforts Go On
State officials have an ambitious schedule to award contracts to replace the bridge next month, even as search crews remained stymied in their efforts to recover missing victims from the depths of the Mississippi River...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Fortis Shareholders Back ABN Amro Bid
More than 90 percent of Fortis?s shareholders backed the company?s participation in a consortium that is trying to undertake what would be the world?s largest banking takeover...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
In Volatile Day, Stocks Reverse Friday?s Losses
Most of the gains came in the last two hours of trading, as investors bid up financial stocks a day before a Federal Reserve meeting...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Economic woes send oil $3 lower
The price of oil falls more than three dollars a barrel on Monday, extending last week's decline...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
UN worker on visa fraud charge
A Russian employee at the UN headquarters in New York is arrested on suspicion of visa fraud...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
'JFK plot' extraditions approved
A judge in Trinidad sends three men to the US over an alleged plot to attack JFK airport in New York...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Commuters find new routes as search goes on
Minneapolis commuters were offered free bus rides Monday as authorities tried to find ways to facilitate traffic flow after last week's collapse of a bridge on Interstate 35W. full story...
CNN - August 6, 2007
Monsoon recedes, death toll rises
The sun broke out and floodwaters across South Asia began to recede Monday as torrential monsoon rains eased, allowing doctors to treat scores of people suffering from waterborne diseases and deliver medicine to prevent the outbreak of epidemics. full story...
CNN - August 6, 2007
Karzai vows to root out extremists with Pakistan
President Bush said Monday he is confident that with the right intelligence U.S. and Pakistan governments can take out al-Qaeda leaders, and he declined to rule out consulting first with Pakistan before ordering U.S. forces to act. full story...
CNN - August 6, 2007
6 Miners Trapped After Utah Earthquake
Rescue workers have arrived on the scene of a coal mine that collapsed after a minor earthquake, authorities said...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bush Talks With Karzai Focus on Security
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Bush said Monday that with the right intelligence U.S. and Pakistan governments can take out al-Qaida leaders, and wouldn't say whether he would consult first with Pakistan before ordering U.S. forces to act on their own...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
A Neighborhood Balks at a Chain Restaurant
Johnny?s Pizza, a fixture for decades in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is about to get a new neighbor next door: a Papa John?s Pizza franchise...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
American Home Mortgage Files Chapter 11
After a week of turmoil for the 10th-biggest U.S. home lender, American Home Mortgage asked a court on Monday for bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Indian Court Rejects Patent Challenge
Drug companies can continue to make less expensive generic drugs, much of which flow to the developing world, after an Indian court Monday rejected a patent law challenge...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Fortis Shareholders Back ABN Amro Bid
Shareholders of Fortis, which is part of a group bidding for ABN Amro, voted on Monday in the first of two meetings to support what would be the world?s largest banking takeover...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Ex-Home Depot Chief Taking Reins at Chrysler
Cerberus Capital Management has chosen Robert L. Nardelli to lead the troubled automaker...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Venezuela's mule libraries
James Ingham meets the people and mules taking books to the mountain villages of Venezuela...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
US lender on brink of bankruptcy
US lender American Home Mortgage files for bankruptcy, after laying off most of its staff last week...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Economic woes send oil $2 lower
The price of oil falls more than two dollars a barrel on Monday, extending last week's decline...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Shuttle set for Wednesday launch
Nasa has started the countdown clock ticking for the launch of its space shuttle Endeavour...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Singer songwriter Hazlewood dies
Lee Hazlewood, who wrote Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Were Made For Walkin', dies of cancer aged 78...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Bush signs expanded wiretap law
President Bush signs a law expanding government power to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign terror suspects...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Lula tour pushes Brazil biofuels
Brazil's President Lula is in Mexico at the start of a five-nation tour to promote ethanol...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Shooting of 4 College Friends Baffles Newark
The authorities struggled to explain one of Newark?s most chilling slaughters in recent memory after three young friends were lined up and shot dead Saturday...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
European Shares Open Lower
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Jitters about a global credit squeeze hit Asian stock markets again on Monday with financial shares such as Macquarie Bank bearing the brunt of the selloff, while fresh fears about the U.S. economy hit the dollar...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Ex-Home Depot Chief to Take Reins at Chrysler
Robert L. Nardelli, ousted from Home Depot amid shareholder discontent, has been picked to lead Chrysler by its new owner, Cerberus Capital Management...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bear Stearns president steps down
A top executive at investment bank Bear Stearns quits amid problems brought on by the US sub-prime lending market...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Ailing Chrysler appoints new boss
US car firm Chrysler chooses Bob Nardelli - the former head of DIY store Home Depot - as its new chief executive...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Mexico's Lorena Ochoa cruises to British Open win
Mexico's Lorena Ochoa strolls to victory in the Women's British Open after leading throughout at St Andrews...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
US economic woes hit oil prices
Oil prices fall in Asian trade extending a decline that began the previous week on the back of poor US economic data...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
US civil rights lawyer Hill dies
Lawyer Oliver Hill who was a key figure in the struggle to end racial segregation in US schools dies aged 100...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Karzai and Bush in Taleban talks
Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and US President Bush discuss how to tackle the continuing Taleban insurgency...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Brazil deports Cuban boxers
Fidel Castro says two Cuban boxers sent back by Brazil will not face arrest for deserting their team in Rio...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Chavez seeks end to term limits
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez confirms he wants to change the law to remain in power indefinitely...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
Churchgoers remember bridge victims
Across the Twin Cities, in Spanish, Greek and English, the prayers rose up Sunday. Prayers of peace for grieving families. Prayers of strength for those still searching the Mississippi River. And prayers of gratitude from those who were spared. full story...
CNN - August 6, 2007
Immigration Is at Center of New Laws Around U.S.
State legislatures enacted 170 immigration measures this year, an unprecedented surge in state-level lawmaking on the issue...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Shooting of 4 Friends Baffles Newark
Authorities struggled to explain one of Newark?s most chilling slaughters in recent memory after three friends were lined up and shot dead...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Mets 8, Cubs 3: Mets? Glavine Reaches Milestone After a Week of Anxious Moments
Tom Glavine became the 23rd pitcher to win 300 major league games, and the first to reach the mark while wearing a Mets uniform, on Sunday...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bush Signs Law Widening Reach for Wiretapping
People familiar with the law said that it provided a legal framework for much of the surveillance without warrants that was being conducted in secret...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
As Franchise Moves in, a Block?s Loyalties Lie With the Local Guy
John Miniaci Jr., whose father, John Sr., founded a neighborhood pizzeria in 1968, considers the arrival of Papa John?s Pizza next door an insult to his own papa John...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Treasury Bill Auctions for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Third in ?Bourne? Series Tops Weekend Box Office
The thriller ?The Bourne Ultimatum? sold a strong $70.2 million in tickets, giving Universal Pictures one of the strongest openings in its history...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Drilling Down: Paying More, but Reaching Fewer Ears
Radio ads have become roughly twice as expensive over the last decade, while radio ratings have dropped by 6.6 percent...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Editor Interviews Self on Murdoch
At a recent conference, Paul E. Steiger, editor at large of The Wall Street Journal, conducted a question-and-answer session with himself about Rupert Murdoch?s takeover of Dow Jones...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Objection to Speakers Was Based on Mistake
Accusations that three journalists from NBC and PBS were on a health insurance industry speaking list turn out to have stemmed from an error at a speaking agency...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bridge Disaster Revives a Quiet Web Site, Making It a Source for Original Reporting
When the I-35W bridge collapsed last week in Minneapolis, staff members at nearby Internet Broadcasting revived a nearly defunct Web site to publish their coverage...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
The Highs and the Lows of Rankings on Amazon
Some authors compulsively check their sales rank on Amazon.com while others try to game the system, which offers a quick way to keep tabs on book sales...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bidder for Barneys Goes Higher
Fast Retailing of Japan has increased its bid to acquire Barneys New York to $950 million after its earlier bid of $900 million was matched by Istithmar of Dubai...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Link By Link: Politically Neutral, in a Blurry Sense
Wikipedia devotees meet in Taiwan, while the Web site continues to be blocked in mainland China...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Burned Once, but Starting Up Again
Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair columnist and author of ?Burn Rate,? is helping launch an online news aggregation service...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
I.B.M. Near Supercomputer Contract
The National Science Foundation is planning to award I.B.M. a $200 million contract to build the world?s fastest supercomputer in Illinois...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Fortis Vote Could Decide Fate of Bid for ABN Amro
Shareholders of Fortis, a Dutch-Belgian banking group that is part of group bidding for ABN Amro, will vote on Monday on whether to support the bid...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Nothing to Watch on TV? Streaming Video Appeals to Niche Audiences
The potential of new streaming video services is unleashing a torrent of programming aimed at narrowly defined audiences...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Old Issues of Playboy and Rolling Stone Will Be Available on DVDs
Bondi Digital Publishing is planning to offer separate DVD-ROM editions with page-by-page reproductions of the Playboy and Rolling Stone archives...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Advertising: It?s an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World
Hoping to deliver personalized messages to consumers, advertising giant Publicis is pursuing an ambitious global digital ad strategy...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Career Women in Japan Find a Blocked Path
Despite a law promising equal opportunity, women in Japan have had trouble reaching positions of authority...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Mortgage Maze May Increase Foreclosures
The complex design of mortgage securities is confounding homeowners struggling to avoid defaulting on their loans...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Ex-Home Depot Chief Taking Reins at Chrysler
Robert L. Nardelli, recently ousted amid shareholder discontent as C.E.O. of Home Depot, has been picked to lead Chrysler by its new owners, Cerberus Capital Management...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Bid to Root Out Lead Trinkets Falters in U.S.
Despite federal efforts to eliminate the threat of lead in children?s jewelry, hundreds of thousands of tainted items are still on the market...
New York Times - August 6, 2007
Tennis: Roddick's Washington win
Top seed Andy Roddick beats John Isner in the final of the Legg Mason Classic in Washington...
BBC News - August 6, 2007
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