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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 February 2005:
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Cease-fire deal touted for Mideast summit
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will agree a cease-fire at a summit Tuesday, officials from both sides say. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State, said: "This is the most promising moment for progress... in recent years."...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Mideast cease-fire deal ready
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will announce a cease-fire at a summit Tuesday in Egypt, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Monday...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Defrocked Priest Convicted in Sex Abuse Case in Massachusetts
Paul R. Shanley, whose name figured prominently in the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Archdiocese of Boston, could be sentenced to life in prison...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Bush Unveils Budget That Favors Security Over Social Spending
Many domestic programs would be slashed under the plan, while spending on the military and homeland security would rise...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Riggs-PNC Merger Deal Collapses in Dispute Over Price
Riggs said PNC's attempts to lower the purchase price constituted an "anticipatory repudiation" of the merger, and left it free to seek other merger partners...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Halliburton Unit Wins Role on British Aircraft Carriers
Halliburton unit Kellogg Brown & Root was chosen by Britain to coordinate construction of two aircraft carriers worth $5.4 billion...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
US priest convicted of raping boy
A court convicts an ex-priest of raping a boy in the 1980s in a scandal which has shaken the Church in Boston...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
Iraq party photos shame US army
A US female soldier is demoted for indecent exposure after a raunchy party at the largest military prison in Iraq...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
Iraq police attacks kill 26
At least 26 Iraqis died and scores were injured in two suicide bomb attacks on a hospital in Mosul and a police post in Baquba, officials said...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Bush proposes $2.5 trillion budget
President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion budget plan Monday that seeks deep spending cuts across a wide swath of government from reducing subsidies paid to the nation's farmers, cutting health care payments for poor people and veterans and trimming spending on the environment and education...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Erakat: Israel, Palestinians to announce cease-fire
Israeli and Palestinian leaders will announce a cease-fire at Tuesday's summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told CNN Monday. The announcement came hours after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during a visit to the region, said leaders from both sides had agreed to meet with President Bush...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Bush: Budget sets priorities
President Bush sent Congress on Monday morning a $2.57 trillion spending plan, which predicts a declining deficit based on rise in general revenue...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Bush Proposes an Ambitious Budget Aimed at Cutting Deficit
The blueprint slashes many domestic programs while raising spending on the military and homeland security...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Secretary Rice, the New Globetrotter
As Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Mideast, it was clear that the trip was planned down to the minute by the secretary of state herself...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Bush to outline 'toughest' budget
President Bush's budget, sent to Congress on Monday, proposes cuts in domestic spending in an effort to tackle the ballooning budget deficit...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
Bush budget seeks deep cutbacks
President Bush presents his 2006 budget to Congress, seeking cuts in a bid to lower the record US deficit...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
Downloads enter US singles chart
The Billboard US singles chart includes digital sales for the first time, with Green Day its most popular download...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
Rumsfeld: U.S. military 'stressed'
The U.S. military "is clearly stressed," and recruitment of new troops is falling short of plans, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Rice, Palestinians meet
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is meeting Palestinian leaders in the West Bank as the Middle East peace process moves toward a possible ceasefire. Rice said Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet with President Bush in Washington in the spring...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Iraq police attacks kill 25
Twenty-five Iraqis died and scores were injured in attacks on a hospital in Mosul and a police post in Baquba, officials said...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Ethiopia Celebrates Bob Marley
Reggae lovers celebrated the 60th anniversary of his birth on Sunday with a daylong concert in Addis Ababa that caused mixed reactions with the local community...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Bush's Official Reading List, and a Racy Omission
President Bush has not only read Tom Wolfe's new beer- and sex-soaked novel, "I Am Charlotte Simmons," but has also enthusiastically recommended it to friends...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Pakistan rejects US claims
Pakistan dismisses reports the US is probing disgraced scientist AQ Khan for nuclear sales to Arab nations...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
Patriots win -- again
The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXIX 24-21 securing their third title in four years. In a thrilling game the Patriots surged ahead in the second half and held off a late rally by the Philadelphia Eagles. Patriots receiver Deion Branch, who caught 11 passes, was named the game's MVP...
CNN - February 7, 2005
Super Bowl ads toned down
There were plenty of tried-and-true techniques used in this year's Super Bowl ads but if last year's flatulent horses and crotch-biting dogs tested the limits of good taste, a number of this year's crop tested the limits of credulity...
CNN - February 7, 2005
The Dynasty Is Official
The New England Patriots broke a fourth-quarter tie and defeated the Philadelphia Eagles for their third championship in four seasons...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Bush Budget Raises Prescription Prices for Many Veterans
President Bush’s budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Critics Question NASA on Safety of the Shuttles
As NASA prepares to return the space shuttle to orbit, there is debate over whether the fleet is as safe as it should be...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
U.S. Redesigning Atomic Weapons
Scientists have begun designing a new generation of weapons meant to be sturdier and more reliable...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
States See Growing Campaign to Change Redistricting Laws
The politically charged methods that states use to draw Congressional districts are under attack by citizens groups, state legislators and the governor of California...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
As Piracy Battle Nears Supreme Court, the Messages Grow Manic
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a pivotal case pitting copyright holders against the makers of file-sharing software...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Hate Messages on Google Site Draw Concern
Orkut, a Web site of online communities created and run by Google, contains a small portion of dialogues that advance hatred toward certain groups...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
ABC to Bring Medical Care Into the Reality Show Realm
ABC Television, which has captured big audiences in recent years with reality programs that chronicle people's physical alterations, will apply that formula to people's health...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Smaller Than a Pushpin, More Powerful Than a PC
In a new volley in the battle for digital home entertainment, I.B.M., Sony and Toshiba are to announce details of their newest microprocessor design...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Trim Deficit? Only if Bush Uses Magic
The economy is growing. Tax revenues are climbing. But can these factors rescue President Bush from a federal deficit that seems stuck above $400 billion?...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
A New Inquiry Into Big Board Specialists
The United States attorney's office in Manhattan is investigating individual traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on suspicion of cheating customers through illegal trading practices...
New York Times - February 7, 2005
Golf: Mickelson back on form
Phil Mickelson coasts to his first victory of 2005 at the Phoenix Open in Arizona...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
Cuba brings in smoking ban
Cuba is banning smoking in many public places, but it remains to be seen how the ban will be enforced...
BBC News - February 7, 2005
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