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Madonna, Ritchie to begin divorce in London Friday
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck tours refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Palestinian leader appeals to Israelis in peace ad
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ethnic Turk wins political prominence in Germany
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Salvador archbishop nixes probe of killed Jesuits
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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US News Archive for February 2006:
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Four presidents honor King
President Bush and three former presidents joined the 10,000 people who mourned Coretta Scott King at her funeral Tuesday. "We knew her husband only as a young man," President Bush said. "But we knew Mrs. King in all the seasons of her life, and there was grace and beauty in every season."...
CNN - February 7, 2006
Teachers, doctors protest budget cuts
President Bush, constrained by wars, hurricanes and exploding budget deficits, has sent Congress a 2007 spending plan that is garnering howls of pain from farmers, teachers, doctors and a wide array of other groups with special interests...
CNN - February 7, 2006
Iranian paper to run 'Holocaust cartoons'
An Iranian newspaper says it is going to hold a competition for cartoons on the Holocaust to test whether the West will apply the same principles of freedom of expression to the Nazi genocide against Jews as it did to the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, The Associated Press reports...
CNN - February 7, 2006
Study Finds Low-Fat Diet Won't Stop Cancer or Heart Disease
The results should put an end to more than two decades of speculating that a low-fat diet is protective...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Four Presidents Join Mourners at Funeral of Coretta Scott King
Mrs. King was praised for carrying on her husband's struggle rather than giving in to grief and fear...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Europe 'stopped GM food imports'
The EU illegally blocked imports of GM foods from the US, the World Trade Organization says...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
US man admits role in fire deaths
An ex-rock band manager admits involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 100 in a US nightclub fire...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
Hamza gets 7-year jail term
Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty on 11 terror-related charges, including inciting murder and fomenting racial hatred...
CNN - February 7, 2006
McCain launches harsh broadside at Obama
Sen. John McCain unleashed an unusually biting and blunt broadside Monday against one of his Democratic colleagues, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, accusing the freshman senator of backtracking on a previous commitment to help develop a bipartisan proposal for lobbying and ethics reform...
CNN - February 7, 2006
4 dead in Afghan clashes
Afghan police are reported to have killed four protesters in the latest violence to erupt over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked a deepening crisis between Europe and the Muslim world...
CNN - February 7, 2006
4 More Fires Reported at Churches in Alabama
Three more fires were reported at churches in rural Alabama today, after five were destroyed last week...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Bronx Zoo Plans to End Elephant Exhibit
The only zoo left in the city that keeps elephants will shut down its exhibit after the death of two of the three animals, or even one...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
British Jury Finds Muslim Cleric Guilty of Inciting Murder
The U.S. tied the Egyptian cleric to a reported Al Qaeda training camp in the Pacific Northwest...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
General Motors Cuts Dividend and Trims Executive Pay
The latest efforts to reverse billions of dollars in losses did not include two big steps that have been widely anticipated...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Marketing costs knock Coca Cola
Coca Cola sees profits fall 28% in the last three months of 2005 after higher marketing costs and a big tax bill...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
Costa Rica faces election recount
Costa Rica's election result could be delayed by two weeks, with the outcome hanging on a manual recount...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
US awaits WTO's GM ruling
The World Trade Organization is poised to rule on a long-running row over Europe's policies on GM foods...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
Argentina protest turns violent
Protesters in southern Argentina attack a police station, killing an officer and injuring 14 others...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
Gunmen storm Mexico newspaper
A Mexican journalist is seriously injured in an attack on a newspaper office near the US border...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
General Motors slashes dividends
The boss of General Motors, Rick Wagoner, agrees to halve his salary to help the ailing carmaker's financial position...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
U.N. staff flee cartoon rioting
The United Nations evacuates staff from a regional office in Afghanistan as rioters clash with police and NATO peacekeepers during protests against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, officials said. At least one person is dead and NATO rushes British reinforcements to the area...
CNN - February 7, 2006
Afghan suicide bombing kills 13
Thirteen people were killed and 13 others wounded when a suicide bomber set off explosives outside police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say...
CNN - February 7, 2006
Presidents to honor King
President Bush will be among those attending today's funeral for Coretta Scott King at a suburban Atlanta church. Also attending the service will be former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton...
CNN - February 7, 2006
Figure in JT Leroy Case Says Partner Is Culprit
The books published under the name JT Leroy were actually written by a San Francisco woman named Laura Albert...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Toyota's Earnings Move It Closer to G.M.
Japan's largest automaker moved within striking distance of overtaking General Motors this year for the title of world's largest automaker...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Last post for the telegram?
The age of e-mail, instant messaging and internet telephony has ended the 150-year-old era of the American telegram...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
Black flags block US sign in Cuba
Cuba unveils a monument that blocks the view of illuminated messages displayed by US diplomats...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
Coretta Scott King honored as 'the queen'
Mourners filed past the casket of Coretta Scott King on Monday, paying their respects to the "first lady of the civil rights movement" at the historic church where her husband shared his dream for racial equality in the 1960s...
CNN - February 7, 2006
Canada to Shield 5 Million Forest Acres
Provincial officials, Native Canadians, loggers and environmentalists in British Columbia are to announce a plan to protect the largest temperate coastal rain forest...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
News Analysis: Holding Fast to a Policy of Tax Cutting
The president's budget shows the limits of his promise that Americans do not have to choose tax cuts or social programs...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
The Legal Arguments: 2 Laws and Their Interpretation in Limelight at Wiretap Hearing
The attorney general argued that two potentially contradictory Congressional actions together allow domestic surveillance...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Catholic Group Says of 'Da Vinci Code' Film: It's Just Fiction
Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization with powerful members and a reputation for secrecy, is trying to change its public image...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Memo Pad: The Top Travel Worries
THE TOP TRAVEL WORRIES In a survey, more business travelers cited theft (37 percent) than terrorism (27 percent) as the biggest potential risk on the road. The survey of 1,717 business travelers was commissioned by the travel management company Ultramar Travel Bureau. Of those surveyed, 56 percent said their company had an emergency preparedness plan for corporate travelers...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Frequent Flier: Remedy for a Jet-Age Ailment: Traveler's Knee
I COME from a family of inventors. My late father, Lee, and my younger brother, Michael, both designed toys. I went to law school and never thought about following in the family business — until I became a business traveler...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Reuven Frank, Producer Who Pioneered TV News Coverage at NBC, Is Dead at 85
Reuven Frank has been described as a founding father of broadcast journalism and is also credited with helping imprint on the DNA of the earliest television journalists...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Jo Foxworth, Who Created D'Agostino Jingle, Dies at 87
Jo Foxworth, a doyenne of New York advertising, wrote the words intended to lure shoppers to D'Agostino supermarkets...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Dismissed Salesman Faces Fraud Charge
By Reuters...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Market Place: Hoping a Small Sample May Signal a Cure
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is expected to announce that when its hepatitis C drug was added to therapy, the virus became undetectable in the blood after four weeks...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Dow Rises a Bit, but Apple Helps Pull Nasdaq Down
Blue-chip stocks edged higher on Monday, while the Nasdaq composite index slipped as Apple Computer shares extended their recent slide...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Talbots Will Acquire Struggling J. Jill Group for $517 Million
BOSTON, Feb. 6 (AP) — Talbots said Monday that it had agreed to acquire the women's apparel retailer J. Jill Group for about $517 million, topping an earlier unsolicited offer from Liz Claiborne, which said it was not inclined to raise its bid...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
In Europe, Banks Look at More Deals Over Borders
A bid by BNP Paribas for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro of Italy appears to be the latest sign that European lenders are taking advantage of changes in the regulatory climate...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Blowing the Horn for Other People's Blogs
A number of blogs and Web sites devoted to travel issues carve out niches that simply do not exist in print or broadcast travel journalism...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Profit Drops at Yum Brands After Expensing for Options
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 6 (AP) — Yum Brands Inc., owner of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, said on Monday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 4 percent, despite an increase in revenue...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Royal Caribbean Orders $1.24 Billion Cruise Ship
MIAMI, Feb. 6 (AP) — Royal Caribbean International said on Monday that it had ordered the world's largest and most expensive cruise ship, a $1.24 billion vessel that will hold up to 6,400 passengers...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Medicare Plans Lift Earnings at Humana
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Ex-Chief of American Airlines Takes Post at Virgin America
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Google Imposes a Ban on BMW Web Site
Google said that the German Web site of BMW was redirecting users from requested information to another page selling luxury cars...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
New Google Service to Blend the Gmail and Chat Features
Joining the instant-messaging service with the Gmail program is the latest indication that Google has sights on the broader communications industry...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Toshiba Buying British Maker of Reactors
Making a big bet on the future of nuclear power, Toshiba of Japan agreed on Monday to buy Westinghouse Electric for $5.4 billion...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Toys 'R' Us Said to Name a New Chief
Toys...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Hasbro's Profit Gets a Lift From Sale of 'Star Wars' Toys
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Disney Plans a Radio Merger, and Reports a Rise in Income
The Walt Disney Company reported a 7 percent increase in first-quarter profit and said it will merge its ABC Radio stations with the Citadel Broadcasting Corporation...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
French Cement Giant Offers to Buy Rest of U.S.-Based Unit
Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, said that it planned a $3 billion cash offer to buy the 46.8 percent of Lafarge North America it does not own...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Time Warner Agrees to Sell Book Unit to French Company
Time Warner Inc. agreed to sell its Time Warner Book Group, the country's fifth-largest publisher of general-interest books, for $537.5 million to Lagardère...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Itineraries: Hotel Reviews Online: In Bed With Hope, Half-Truths and Hype
As Web sites that publish guest hotel reviews become more influential, some hotels are going to greater lengths to ensure that their properties are rated highly...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Advertising: Can You TiVo to See Just the Ads?
Madison Avenue is busy figuring out the Web-active afterlife of the more than 50 commercials that appeared during Super Bowl XL on Sunday...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Primping for the Cameras in the Name of Research
L'Oréal is battling for advantage in a competitive market for cosmetics by spending heavily on research of the world's primping styles...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Australian Company Intends to Sell a Flu Vaccine in U.S.
The manufacturer's plans could increase supply and reduce the risk of shortages like the one that occurred in 2004...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Witness in Enron Trial Struggles With Emotions
HOUSTON, Feb. 6 — After nearly three days of calmly answering prosecutors' questions, the first witness in the Enron trial of Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay nearly broke down on the stand under questioning by a defense lawyer...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Record Sales of Sleeping Pills Are Causing Worries
Advertising promises safe slumber with minimal side effects, but some experts believe the drugs are being overprescribed...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
A Detective to the Stars Is Accused of Wiretaps
Prosecutors said that private eye Anthony Pellicano masterminded a wiretapping ring that helped his clients gain an advantage in disputes...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
G.M. Adds Blunt Critic to Board
Jerome B. York, who has urged more cuts at G.M., is an adviser to the company's biggest individual investor, Kirk Kerkorian...
New York Times - February 7, 2006
Colombian police killed in ambush
Seven police officers are killed in a suspected rebel attack over coca eradication efforts in Colombia...
BBC News - February 7, 2006
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