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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 September 2006:
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Bush: CIA used secret prisons
U.S. President George W. Bush for the first time acknowledges the use of secret CIA prisons outside U.S. borders to hold top suspects captured in the war on terrorism. Bush says alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is among 14 detainees to be transferred from CIA to Pentagon custody at Guantanamo Bay...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Bush: CIA kept terror suspects in secret prisons
President Bush on Wednesday for the first time acknowledged the use of secret CIA prisons outside U.S. borders to hold top suspects captured in the war on terrorism...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Iraq 'has months to avert collapse'
On a day when bombs claimed at least 14 lives in Iraq and dozens more bodies were found in Baghdad, a top politician warned Wednesday that the country will collapse by year's end if warring groups fail to reconcile...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Met to Broadcast Live Operas Into Movie Theaters
The broadcasts are part of a strategy by the Met’s new general manager to widen the house’s appeal...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Couric’s Debut Draws Strong Ratings
Her first night as anchor drew the largest audience in more than eight years for CBS’s evening news program...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
C.I.A. Detainees Sent to Guantánamo
President Bush said today that 14 suspected terrorists held in secret locations by the C.I.A. are being transferred to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to stand trial...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Former Illinois Governor Sentenced for Graft
A federal judge today sentenced George Ryan to 6 1/2 years in prison for racketeering and fraud...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Vivendi Agrees to Buy BMG Music Group
The German media company Bertelsmann agreed today to sell its music publishing business to a French competitor, Vivendi...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Growth Slows in Some Areas, but Inflation Persists
Nationwide, consumer spending rose slowly, the residential housing market weakened further and energy prices soared, the Federal Reserve reported today...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
GM ups warranties on 2007 models
GM has increased warranties on selected 2007 passenger vehicles in a bid to win back customers from Japanese competitors...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Bloody end to 'fresh start'
Julie Bullard and her daughter tried to put tragedy behind them when they moved from California to Maine to run a bed and breakfast. It was to be a fresh start after her daughter's husband died in a car accident. Now, both are dead, and a guest in the inn is charged with killing them and two others in Maine's biggest homicide case in more than a decade...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Face of girl held 8 years revealed
An 18-year-old woman imprisoned for 8 1/2 years in an underground cell "thought only of escape" during her entire ordeal. Natascha Kampusch, in published interviews that include the first pictures of her since she escaped on August 23, also says she once tried to jump out of her captor's car...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Mexico's next president urges unity
Defeated leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rejected a court decision awarding Mexico's presidency to Felipe Calderon, insisting he will never recognize his rival's legitimacy and vowing to create a parallel government from the streets...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Source: High-level detainees to face tribunals
A senior official says the U.S. government will be putting more than one high-level detainee in the war on terror on trial in a military tribunal...
CNN - September 6, 2006
7 British Officials Resign in Revolt Over Blair
The seven resignations today recalled the memory of Margaret Thatcher’s final days...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
GM 'set to launch warranty drive'
GM is set to reveal a wide-ranging plan to attract new buyers, potentially including extending warranties...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
BP facing US oil prices lawsuit
A US oil trader launches a civil lawsuit against BP, alleging it manipulated oil prices in the US in 2003 and 2004...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
NFL: Steelers seek to show mettle
Pittsburgh want to prove their Super Bowl win was no one-off despite starting the new season without Ben Roethlisberger...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
Killing spree shocks town
Christian Nielsen, a cook, smiled as he was led into court and charged Tuesday with shooting and dismembering the owner of a bed-and-breakfast and three other people. Police called the grisly Labor Day weekend killing spree Maine's worst homicide case in 14 years...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Calderon named winner in Mexico
Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect after two months of uncertainty, but his ability to rule effectively remained in doubt with rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowing to lead a parallel leftist government from the streets...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Africa Monitors Threatening to Quit Sudan
The African Union said it would leave the Darfur region by the end of the month if Sudan did not allow U.N. peacekeepers to take over its mission...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Appeal in I.B.M. Pension Case
Plaintiffs say they expect to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a case that exonerated the I.B.M. Corporation’s cash-balance pension plan...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
A New Chief at Atari
The video game company Atari Inc. said yesterday that it had appointed David Pierce as its president and chief executive...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Pay Plan at Dana Ruled Illegal
A judge ruled a plan to pay millions of dollars to the top officials of the Dana Corporation violates the new bankruptcy law...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Lung problems plague WTC responders
Nearly 70 percent of recovery workers who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center have suffered lung problems, and high rates of lung "abnormalities" continue, a new health study released Tuesday shows...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Japan's Princess Kiko has boy
Japan's Princess Kiko gives birth to the royal family's first male heir in four decades on Wednesday, easing a succession crisis and quelling a political debate over whether to allow women on the Chrysanthemum Throne...
CNN - September 6, 2006
Florida Republicans Choose Katherine Harris
Attorney General Charlie Crist won Florida’s Republican primary for governor, while Representative Katherine Harris easily won the party’s Senate primary...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Implantable Heart Device Receives F.D.A. Approval
The grapefruit-size device allows patients to move freely for up to two hours at a time...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Judge Hears Arguments on Federal Spying Program
The judge also said preliminary issues might keep him from ever deciding the question of whether the National Security Agency surveillance program was lawful...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
In Bellwether District, G.O.P. Runs on Immigration
Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Zoroastrians Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling
The Zoroastrians fear that they are fighting the extinction of their faith, a religion that scholars say is at least 3,000 years old...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Man in the News: Felipe Calderón: A Politician at Birth
Felipe Calderón, who was declared Mexico’s next president today, was born into a political family and has been working toward the office ever since...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Illness Persisting in 9/11 Workers, Big Study Finds
The study is expected to erase any doubts about the connection between dust from the trade center and the diseases that workers have reported suffering...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
H.P. Director May Lose Seat to News Leaks
The 20-year veteran, George A. Keyworth II, disclosed confidential information about Carleton S. Fiorina’s ouster as chief executive last year, the company said...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Judge Approves End of Delta Pilots’ Pension Plan
Judge Approves End of Delta Pilots’ Pension PlanWHITE PLAINS, Sept. 5 (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved Delta Air Lines’ request to terminate its pilots’ pension plan...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
An Offer to Buy MacDermid
An Offer to Buy MacDermid...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
TV Watch: For the New Face of CBS News, a Subdued Beginning
Katie Couric handled her first day at the anchor desk — a shinier, lighter desk — calmly and competently...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
ADVERTISING : This Web TV Is for You, Especially if You’re a Male Aged 21 to 34
The nation’s biggest brewer, is preparing to launch Bud TV, an online entertainment network with various channels including one similar to the Web site YouTube...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Thin-Film Solution Is Closer for the Lithium-Ion Battery
Major recalls of laptop batteries highlighted hazards that could give a market boost to thin-film batteries, which are less vulnerable to overheating and catching fire...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
A Third Capitol Insider Paper to Join the Crowd
Washington's two newspapers, Roll Call and The Hill, will have a new rival called The Capitol Leader, that will report exclusively on Capitol Hill...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Universal Music Reported Near Deal for BMG
The nearly $2.1 billion deal would make Universal the world’s largest music publisher, with a catalog that includes performers of the standing of Elton John and B. B. King...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
In Connecticut, an Office Hub Resurges
A more vigorous office market throughout the area is signaling Stamford’s resurgence as a major center for financial services...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Home Prices Fall in Nearly One-Fourth of Metropolitan Regions
The latest data indicates that slowing home sales and the rising number of properties for sale is forcing more sellers to reduce prices in many locations across the country...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
News of Chevron’s Oil Reserve Lifts Shares
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Phelps Dodge Merger With Inco Collapses
Phelps Dodge and Inco, the mine operators, walked away from their troubled merger agreement after being met with shareholder resistance...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
U.S. Trade Deficit Is Called a Threat to Global Growth
The managing director of International Monetary Fund said large economic imbalances caused in part by America’s trade deficit with China and others are a threat...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
FALLOUT AT PARAMOUNT: Many in Hollywood Expect Ouster of Studio Chief, Too
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 — For more than a year, Hollywood executives have speculated who among Paramount Pictures’ newly minted management team would be the first to be fired. No one predicted it would be Paramount’s boss, Tom Freston, the chief executive of Viacom who was ousted on Tuesday...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
In Africa, a More Business-Friendly Approach
African nations have made surprising strides in carrying out changes that make it easier to start and run a business, a new report says...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Producer of ‘American Idol’ Adds Fashion to His Empire
Simon Fuller, the British producer behind lucrative pop culture phenomena, said that his company would promote a struggling fashion designer, Roland Mouret...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
F.D.A. Seeks to Regulate New Types of Diagnostic Tests
The new policy would also be a step toward expanding the F.D.A.’s oversight to clinical laboratories...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Google to Offer Print-Archives Searches
The new feature will direct users to both paid and free digital content on publishers’ Web sites, but will not directly generate revenue for Google...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Silicon Valley to Receive Free Wi-Fi
Companies, including I.B.M. and Cisco Systems, announced plans for a vast network that will be the largest of a new breed of wireless networks being built across the country...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Report Estimates the Costs of a Stock Options Scandal
A new study estimates that the stock options backdating scandal may cost shareholders hundreds of millions of dollars...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
News Analysis: Sumner Redstone, a Lion at Viacom, Steps Back Into a Leading Role at the Company
In abruptly replacing Thomas E. Freston as chief executive of Viacom yesterday, Sumner M. Redstone sent another blaring signal to the media world and Wall Street that he does not intend to fade out of the picture...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Intel to Cut Work Force by 10,500
The two-year effort will reduce its work force by 10 percent and cut $5 billion in costs. Analysts see measures as essential to compete against Advanced Micro Devices...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
[TS] Pay Plan at Dana Ruled Illegal
A judge ruled a plan to pay millions of dollars to the top officials of the Dana Corporation violates the new bankruptcy law...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
MARKET PLACE: Mortgages Grow Riskier, and Investors Are Attracted
Even as analysts and officials have been ringing warning bells about exotic mortgages, investors have seen little reason to abandon the bonds backed by these home loans...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
A Location and a Technology Much in Demand
As Boston and Cambridge have become global hubs for life sciences, the demand for laboratory space has skyrocketed...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Ford Brings in Outsider to Help Run the Company
William Clay Ford Jr. took the highly unusual step, for Detroit, of turning to an executive with no auto industry experience...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Big Oil Find Is Reported Deep in Gulf
The reported find by Chevron, Devon Energy and Statoil ASA could be the largest American oil find in a generation...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Another Split at Viacom
Viacom’s chairman forced out his top executive, Tom Freston, reasserting his control over the media giant he built over decades...
New York Times - September 6, 2006
Nasa 'hopeful' of shuttle launch
US space officials are optimistic that Wednesday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis will go ahead...
BBC News - September 6, 2006
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