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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 March 2005:
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Accuser's brother: Jackson shared explicit images
Michael Jackson showed his accuser and the boy's brother sexually explicit images on the Internet, supplied them with wine and appeared nude before them, the brother testified in the singer's molestation trial. The younger boy was testifying about their first overnight stay at Jackson's Neverland Ranch...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Bolton picked for U.N. post
President Bush has nominated John Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Monday. Bolton, 56, has been undersecretary of state for arms control and international security since May 2001...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Hans Bethe, Father of Nuclear Astrophysics, Dies at 98
Hans Bethe, who discovered the violent force behind sunlight, helped devise the atom bomb and eventually cried out against the military excesses of the cold war...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Martha Stewart Returns and Tries to Brush Up Her Image
Martha Stewart, wearing a brown suit and no ankle monitor, appeared before a group of her employees this afternoon and told them that their mission going forward was not just to explain the nuts and bolts of crafts, cooking and housekeeping, but also why those things are important...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Capital One Plans to Buy Hibernia
Capital One Financial, one of the nation's biggest credit card companies, said that it would buy Hibernia, a regional banking company that is based in New Orleans, for about $5.35 billion...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Guantanamo Frenchmen go home
The last three Frenchmen held at the US jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are sent back to France and detained...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Levis ordered to pay damages
A Mexican court orders Levi Strauss jeans to pay $45m in damages to a local firm wrongly targeted in a raid...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Tennis: Agassi future uncertain
US Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe is unsure whether Andre Agassi will be in the team in September...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
NFL: Johnson agrees $6.3m deal
Running back Rudi Johnson agrees to a new contract with the Cincinnati Bengals...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Bush names hardline UN envoy
President Bush nominates Undersecretary of State John Bolton as US ambassador to the UN...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
CU president resigns
University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman announced Monday that she is resigning amid a football recruiting scandal and a national controversy over an activist professor who had compared victims of the September 11 attacks to a Nazi...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Syria, Lebanon agree to troop pullback
Syria and Lebanon today announced the pullback of Syrian troops to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley by the end of March. Neither a start date nor the number of troops involved was disclosed. A joint commission will work out a date for the next phase of the withdrawal. The announcement comes after weeks of international pressure to withdraw...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Hagel: Raise retirement age
Chuck Hagel, a Republican from Nebraska, will submit a Social Security bill in the Senate that proposes raising the Social Security retirement age from 67 to 68. Democrats are likely to oppose the plan, which contains private investment accounts...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Syria, Lebanon agree to troop pullback
Syrian President Bashar Assad and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud announce the pullback of Syrian troops to eastern Lebanon by the end of March. But they did not say when it would begin or how many troops would be involved...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Boeing Board Ousts Chief, Citing Relationship With Executive
Boeing said a "consensual" relationship between Harry Stonecipher and a female executive was in violation of company rules...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Actor tells Leno's Jackson gags
US TV host Jay Leno hires an actor to tell his Michael Jackson jokes as a gagging order prevents him making them himself...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
US considers 1,500 Iraq dead
The BBC's Adam Brookes looks at the political and military impact of the US death toll in Iraq...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Ecuador tribes take on oil giants
Tribes living atop oil reserves in Ecuadorean rainforest are fighting to keep the oil companies out...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Jackson trial enters second week
Michael Jackson's child abuse trial enters its second week, with his accuser's sister set to take the stand again...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
US demands 'action' from Syrians
The White House insists that Syria pull its troops out of Lebanon, saying promises are not enough...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
British visit to Cuba marks thaw
British Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell is the first European minister to visit Cuba since a diplomatic freeze imposed by the EU in 2003...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Boeing boss flies into sex storm
US aerospace giant Boeing sacks its chief executive over a relationship with a female executive...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Attacks on US in Afghanistan fall
Attacks by the Taleban and other militants on US forces in Afghanistan "drop significantly"...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
NFL: Warner 'poised for' Cardinals
Former NFL MVP Kurt Warner is set to move to Arizona, say the franchise...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Tennis: Croatia shock US
Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic battles past world number three Andy Roddick to knock the US out of the Davis Cup...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Bush 'to name hardliner for UN'
President Bush will nominate Undersecretary of State John Bolton as US ambassador to the UN, officials say...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Dominican prison fire 'kills 140'
At least 140 inmates die in a fire following a prison riot in the Dominican Republic, officials say...
BBC News - March 7, 2005
Italy honors slain agent
Italy is holding a full state funeral to honor Nicola Calipari, an Italian secret service agent killed by U.S. troops after helping to free an Italian journalist held hostage in Iraq. U.S. officials call the shooting a horrible accident, but freed journalist Giuliana Sgrena disputes the American account of the incident...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Battle heats up
The White House is appealing for bipartisan cooperation to overhaul Social Security, while Democrats are vowing to fight unless the president is willing to change his plan to cut guaranteed benefits...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Baquba violence leaves 11 dead
Clashes between the Iraqi army and insurgents, along with a car bomb attack on an Iraqi police convoy, kill 11 people and wound 20 others in Baquba, hospital officials and witnesses say...
CNN - March 7, 2005
U.S. Checkpoints Raise Ire in Iraq
Many Iraqis have been injured or killed by the same U.S. security efforts that left an Italian agent dead and wounded a newly freed hostage...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Bolivia's president offers to quit
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa says he will submit his resignation to the country's Congress after a week of widespread protests he said were "blocking the country."...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Small cars fare poorly in side-impact crash tests
The Dodge Neon, Ford Focus and Volkswagen New Beetle are among the small cars that got the lowest safety rating in new side-impact crash tests performed by the insurance industry, according to newly released results...
CNN - March 7, 2005
Close Doesn't Always Count in Winning Games
Social scientists say that decentralized groups (like the Yankees) are more resilient than tighter-knit ones (like the Red Sox)...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
U.S. Killing of Italian Officer Stokes Anger Against War
The political repercussions of the shooting are uncertain, with much depending, analysts and politicians say, on how the U.S. responds...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
A Killing in Belfast Is Turning Backers Against a Defiant I.R.A.
A brutal murder has resulted in a surge of broad and vocal dissent among the I.R.A.'s supporters...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
On EBay, E-Mail Phishers Find a Well-Stocked Pond
EBay’s domination of the online auction business and its heavy dependence on e-mail communication make its users particularly vulnerable to online scams...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Cult of Stewart Bounces Back in the Magazine
If there was any question that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has been eagerly awaiting the return of its founder and namesake, the coming issue of the magazine Martha Stewart Living lays it to rest...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
At a Suit's Core: Are Bloggers Reporters, Too?
A lawsuit filed in California by Apple Computer is drawing the courts into that question: who should be considered a journalist?...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Shakeup at Sony Puts Westerner in Leader's Role
In a rare move for a Japanese company, Sony has named Sir Howard Stringer, a Welshman, its chairman and chief executive...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
Pfizer Stirs Concern With Plans to Sell Heart Drugs Only as Pair
A Pfizer drug seen as one of the most promising new heart treatments is generating controversy even before it is approved...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
British Military Contractor to Buy American Supplier
BAE Systems, the British military contractor, reached a deal to acquire United Defense Industries for about $4 billion...
New York Times - March 7, 2005
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