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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 December 2006:
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Bush: It's bad in Iraq
After talks with his top Iraq war ally President Bush on Thursday indicated that Iran and Syria might be included in regional talks about Iraq, if they meet certain conditions. Speaking a day after a bipartisan report called on the White House to change course in its war strategy, Bush acknowledged during a news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair that, "It's bad in Iraq."...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Police: Evidence points to one man as 'Baseline Killer'
Police said Thursday they have evidence linking sexual assault suspect Mark Goudeau with all nine killings attributed to the "Baseline Killer," a serial predator who for months terrorized the Phoenix, Arizona, area...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Bush, Blair discuss war
After talks with his top Iraq war ally President Bush on Thursday indicated that Iran and Syria might be included in regional talks about Iraq, if they meet certain conditions...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Football Officials Dispute Thomas's Drug Defense
Two football officials say asthma medications were not responsible for New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Hollis Thomas's positive drug test...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Ebola Threatens to Kill Off Gorillas in Africa
The continued spread of the Ebola virus could wipe out the species, researchers are reporting today...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Blige Leads Grammy Nominations With 8
Mary J. Blige, the resilient R&B star, led the contenders for the annual awards from the recording academy...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
F.D.A. Nominee Moves Toward Confirmation
A vote on Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach, who is serving as interim commissioner, is expected today or tomorrow...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Hewlett to Pay $14.5 Million in Deal on Spying Case
At issue was the company’s use of private detectives to obtain phone records of board members and journalists...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Mastercard wins World Cup suit
Mastercard wins a US lawsuit against Fifa which wanted to end its World Cup sponsorship deal in favour of rival Visa...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Borat makers appear in LA court
The makers of the hit film Borat appear in court being sued by two youths who say they were duped into appearing in the film...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Spy contact's condition 'critical'
An associate of poisoned Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is in a critical condition in hospital after showing signs of radiation sickness, Russian media reports say...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Lost man's fatal trek called 'superhuman'
CNET editor James Kim, who walked into the snowy Oregon wilderness seeking help for his stranded family, was found dead Wednesday in a narrow, steep ravine. Kim's wife and children were rescued Monday...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Bush: Self-governing Iraq a 'noble goal'
The top allied leaders of the war in Iraq, President Bush and British Prime Minster Tony Blair, held White House talks Thursday and later Bush told reporters that "an Iraq that can govern itself is a noble goal."...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Russia Opens Inquiry Into Murder of Ex-Spy
The announcement came a day after Scotland Yard announced that it had classified the death as a murder...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Heads of Iraq Group Seek Support of Congress
The co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group called on Congress to endorse the group’s bipartisan call for a sharp change in course in the Iraq war...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Hong Kong firm sucks up Hoover
Home appliance firm Whirlpool agrees to sell the Hoover vacuum cleaner business to Techtronic Industries for $107m...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
US move sparks terror denial
Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay deny terrorists operate in the area where their borders meet, after a US anti-terror move...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Call to lift US Kyrgyz immunity
US troops in Kyrgyzstan should be stripped of immunity from prosecution says President Bakiyev after a US soldier kills a local man...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
A Big Deal, Even in Manhattan: A Tower Goes for $1.8 Billion
The Kushners, a New Jersey real estate family, are paying three times what the seller paid for the building six years ago...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Lone Star's Korean deal 'illegal'
US private equity firm Lone Star's 2003 purchase of Korea Exchange Bank was illegal, prosecutors have said...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Cheney gay daughter pregnant
Conservative groups express dismay at news that the US vice-president's lesbian daughter is expecting a baby...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Tragic end to US man's rescue bid
Rescuers find the body of a US man who set off on foot to find help for his family, trapped in a snowbound car...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Bolton refuses UN exit comment
US ambassador to the UN John Bolton refuses to discuss his departure, amid speculation about his successor...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Bush considers 'new way forward'
U.S. President George W. Bush may be able to "announce a new way forward" in Iraq by the end of the year, his chief spokesman tells CNN. The news comes on the heels of a report urging Bush to radically alter his approach in Iraq...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Iraq plays down key U.S. report
The deputy prime minister said Wednesday that the high-level U.S. report urging change in Iraq agreed that the Iraqis must take the lead in their own security. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said the recommendations were in line with the government's goals but added "there may be some details on which we differ."...
CNN - December 7, 2006
Cheney Pregnancy Stirs Debate on Gay Rights
The announcement of Mary Cheney’s pregnancy prompted new debate over the Bush administration’s opposition to gay marriage...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Conservative Jews Allow Gay Rabbis and Unions
The decision was denounced by traditionalists but celebrated by others as a move toward full equality...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Magical Moments, Tantrums or a $250 Lullaby
With Broadway premium tickets costing up to $250, taking tots to a show is a gamble for parents...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Green Onions Identified as Source of E. Coli Cases
The outbreak continued to spread, with the total number of cases across in three Northeastern states swelling to 99...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Strongest Proof Yet of Water Flow on Mars
Pictures of Martian gullies taken years apart suggest that water still flows on the surface of the planet...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Case of the Dwindling Docket Mystifies the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has taken about 40 percent fewer cases so far this term than last...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
House Proud: Like the Latches? Made ’em Myself
He couldn’t find the right hardware, so he built another company...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Critical Shopper: Now You See It ...
Pop-up stores, outlets that rise out of nowhere and teasingly stay open for a few weeks, allow retailers to build a buzz...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Sitcom’s Precarious Premise: Being Muslim Over Here
“Little Mosque on the Prairie,” a new Canadian comedy series, explores the funny side of an often misunderstood life...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Sports Business: Want to Watch Track, Fencing or Sepaktakraw? You’re in Luck.
The World Championship Sports Network's business is to make many of the more obscure Olympic events available in streaming video to broadband users...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Manhattan Skyscraper to Be Sold for $1.8 Billion
Tishman Speyer Properties has agreed to sell the 41-story skyscraper at 666 Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street for $1.8 billion to a New Jersey real estate family, the Kushners...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
World Business Briefing: Europe, Asia and the Americas
EUROPE...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Ex-Cendant Executive Ordered Confined at Home
E. Kirk Shelton is to be confined at home while he appeals his convictions in a $3 billion accounting scandal at the travel and real estate company...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Novell Shares Fall as Sales Disappoint
Sales declined 15 percent from a year earlier, to $244.9 million in the period ended Oct. 31, according to the company...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Regulators Propose Property-Loan Limits
Federal regulators proposed guidelines Wednesday on the amount of commercial real estate loans that banks can hold without drawing further oversight...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Ex-Software Executive Sentenced in Fraud
A former executive of CA Inc. was sentenced to 10 months of home confinement for conspiring to buy the silence of two people as part of a $2.2 billion fraud scheme...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Home Depot Backdated Many Options
Home Depot, the home improvement retailer, said yesterday that an internal investigation found that for 19 years the company “routinely” backdated option grants to benefit employees and had unrecorded expenses of about $200 million related to its grant practices...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Merck Sees Slightly Higher 2007 Earnings
The drug maker Merck & Company forecast flat earnings for 2006 and slightly higher 2007 results as it grapples with generic competition...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Panel Told That Anemia-Drug Payment Method Is Flawed
Specialists told Congress that the way Medicare pays for the drug, used to treat dialysis patients, encourages overuse and raises the risk of heart complications...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Rally Stalls as Investors Wait for Jobs Data and the Fed
Wall Street’s two-day rally ended yesterday as investors awaited the government’s jobs report and registered their disapproval of Yahoo’s biggest management shake-up in more than five years...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Hershey Lowers Profit Forecast, Blaming a Recall
The Hershey Company lowered its profit forecast for 2006 Wednesday because of a recall of Canadian candy last month and lower-than-expected sales...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Pacaraima Journal: Gas Smugglers Dodge the Law in Brazil and Venezuela
The price disparity for gas between Brazil and Venezuela has generated a booming contraband trade that is spurring fuel traffickers to use ingenious efforts at evasion...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Swedish Truck Maker Vows to Resist Suitor
The Swedish truck maker Scania remained defiant on Wednesday against a hostile bid from a rival, MAN of Germany...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Market Place: S.E.C. Changes Its Tune on Letting Foreign Securities Leave
The S.E.C. plans to make it easier for foreign companies to withdraw their securities from U.S. markets, so long as those securities primarily trade overseas...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Economic Scene: Lean Left? Lean Right? News Media May Take Their Cues From Customers
Research on the economics of the media industry suggests that papers slant their coverage to their readers tastes, not based on an internal agenda...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Small Business: The Tricky Etiquette of Business Gifts
As the year comes to a close, business owners across the country are faced with a similar choice: to give or not give, and if so, to whom?...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
No Stock-Class Shift, Times Co. Chief Says
Only the family trust that controls the Times Company can change its stock structure, and the company has said repeatedly that the family has no intention of doing so...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Porsche Planning Still Larger Role in Volkswagen
German financial markets are rife with speculation that Porsche intends to take over Volkswagen, and Porsche is acting as if it already calls the shots...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Industry Insiders Praise Yahoo Choice for Key Post
Susan L. Decker, the new head of Yahoo’s advertiser and publisher group, has been charged with reducing Google’s lead in Internet advertising...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Basics: Vista Is Ready. Are You?
Why it might be a better idea to wait until you need a new PC to get the latest version of Windows...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
State of the Art: More Camera, More Style, Modest Price
How much digital camera can you get for $300? A lot more than last year...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Advertising: Testing Yourself Online and, Maybe, on the Set
Advertisers like Chipotle, Converse, G.M. and MasterCard have been gaining attention by inviting consumers to use digital video technologies to create commercials...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Murdoch and Malone Find a Way to Make Up
News Corp. agreed to buy out John C. Malone’s stake in the company in exchange for a stake in DirecTV...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Far From Extinct
At age 36, technological advances and global trade have put the latest revision of the giant Boeing 747 back in demand...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Report Says Oil Royalties Go Unpaid
A government inquiry found pervasive problems in the monitoring of royalties for oil drilling...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
Fannie Mae to Restate Results by $6.3 Billion Because of Accounting
The restatement is one of the biggest for an American company, although it falls short of the $11 billion charge taken by WorldCom in 2002...
New York Times - December 7, 2006
GM cuts petrol-hungry SUV output
US carmaker General Motors says it plans to cut back on production of some large, sport utility vehicles...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
US charges ex-Liberia leader son
The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor is charged in the US over alleged torture in Liberia...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
Canada rendition case resignation
Canada's national police force chief quits over the case of a Canadian deported to Syria over alleged terror links...
BBC News - December 7, 2006
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