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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 April 2006:
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Judge blasts government secrecy
The judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial has ruled that families of September 11 attack victims are entitled to the same unclassified aviation security documents the government turned over to the al Qaeda conspirator's defense team...
CNN - April 7, 2006
Heartworms, Poison and Stress of Captivity Cited in Coyote's Death
Hal, the 1-year old coyote who died in custody after leading the authorities on a gripping chase through Central Park last month, was already seriously ill...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Campbell Tackles Wind to Take Masters Lead
Chad Campbell shot a second-round, five-under-par 67 in difficult conditions at Augusta National Golf Club to take the early lead today...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
First Over-Counter Diet Drug Passes Hurdle
The company was optimistic that the product could be in drugstores later this year after more talks with the F.D.A...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
White House Tries to Quell Anger Over Leak Claim
President Bush's spokesman insisted today that any release of information was "in the public interest."...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
N.Y. Post Cooperating With Gossip Writer Inquiry
A suspended freelancer, Jared Paul Stern, is accused of trying to extort money from a billionaire fund-raiser...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Effort to Pass Immigration Bill Collapses in Senate
Less than a day after senators celebrated a breakthrough, a partisan meltdown threatened to derail the issue for the year...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
BAE in Talks to Sell Airbus Stake to EADS
BAE Systems, a British defense company, plans to focus all its attention on the lucrative United States defense market instead...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
U.S. Economy Added Jobs at a Strong Clip in March
The gains were dispersed broadly across the economy, except the manufacturing sector...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
US consumer borrowing slows
Consumers borrow less money than expected in February after January's huge credit-based shopping spree, says a Federal Reserve report...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Court win for Chile's ex-leader
A court in Chile drops two charges against former military ruler Gen Pinochet relating to offshore bank accounts...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
US envoy in Venezuela protest
A convoy carrying the US ambassador to Venezuela is pelted with tomatoes and eggs...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
74 killed in Baghdad mosque attack
Suicide bombers struck a Shiite mosque affiliated with a major political party in Baghdad, killing at least 74 people and wounding 136 others, Iraqi police said...
CNN - April 7, 2006
Senate sidetracks immigration deal
The Senate sidetracked sweeping immigration legislation Friday, leaving in doubt prospects for passing a bill offering the hope of citizenship to millions of men, women and children living in the United States illegally...
CNN - April 7, 2006
N.Y. Post Freelancer Is Subject of Extortion Inquiry
A contributor to the Page Six gossip column in The New York Post is being investigated by the F.B.I. and federal prosecutors on suspicion that he tried to extort money from a billionaire Democratic fund-raiser, The Post reported on its Web site last night...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Judge Clears 'Da Vinci Code' Author
A London judge ruled today that Dan Brown did not steal the idea for his stratospherically successful thriller...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Immigration Compromise Stalls in Senate
After supporters claimed a big majority, the bill received only 38 of the 60 votes necessary to bar amendments...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Employers Added 211,000 Jobs in March
The unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent last month from 4.8 percent in February, with the gains dispersed broadly across the economy except the manufacturing sector...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Inside world of Laura Bush
A new, authorised biography of Laura Bush opens the private world one of the most popular First Ladies in US history...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Panama Canal set for revamp
The explosion in Asian trade means Panama is considering a plan to widen its canal to can handle bigger cargo vessels...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Swimming: US, Australia on top
The United States and Australia dominate Friday's action at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in China...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
US economy keeps creating jobs
The US economy creates 211,000 jobs in March as unemployment drops to 4.7%, the Labor Department says...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Three held over Venezuela deaths
Venezuelan authorities hold three people in connection with the kidnapping and killing of three brothers...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Guatemala MP is shot dead
A Guatemalan lawmaker is killed by gunmen outside his party's HQ in the capital, Guatemala City...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Pressure on Bush in leak row
The US president faces pressure to say whether he was behind the leaking of classified information on Iraq...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Verdict due on 'Da Vinci' book
A British judge is expected to deliver his verdict today on whether U.S. author Dan Brown plagiarized the work of two historians in his best selling novel "The Da Vinci Code." The losing side in the court-room battle faces nearly $2 million dollars in legal costs...
CNN - April 7, 2006
Nepal: Scores arrested in strike
Police have arrested at least 75 party officials in the second day of protests called by political parties opposed to King Gyanendra's rule, government officials said...
CNN - April 7, 2006
Bickering stalls immigration bill breakthrough
A Senate breakthrough on an immigration bill praised by leaders in both parties appears endangered by partisan bickering over amendments from opponents...
CNN - April 7, 2006
Fresh Protests Erupt in Nepal
KATMANDU, April 7 --- Flouting a government ban on political demonstrations, hundreds of Nepalis took to the streets of the capital today demanding a restoration of democracy, pummeling police with stones and inviting arrest on the second of a four-day nationwide strike...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Sutherland Journal: In South Africa, Star Telescope Could Stir Young Scholars
The Southern African Large Telescope should be able to see the equivalent of a candle's flicker on the moon...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Anti-depressant stillbirth link
Use of a type of anti-depressant during pregnancy may increase the risk of a stillbirth, research suggests...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Spielberg to make TV talent show
Steven Spielberg is to co-produce a new US television programme to find the next big film director...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Golf: Mixed bag for Woods
World number one Tiger Woods cards an eventful 72, his best opening round at Augusta since 2002...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Final rallies ahead of Peru poll
Peru's presidential candidates make their last pleas for votes before Sunday's election...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Rebel attacks, protests hit Nepal
Soldiers scoured southwestern Nepal on Friday for communist rebels who attacked security bases, killing 13 people and taking 28 hostage, while troops patrolled the capital to thwart planned anti-government protests...
CNN - April 7, 2006
9/11 victims share heartache with jury
Jim Smith recalled for the jury meeting his wife, Moira, a fellow police officer and Brooklynite, at a midtown bar frequented by New York's finest. They hit it off, despite differences that may have hopelessly embittered some New Yorkers...
CNN - April 7, 2006
Document Is Genuine, but Is Its Story True?
The real debate over the Gospel of Judas will be whether it says anything historically legitimate about Jesus...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
2 Ex-Detectives Guilty in Killings
A jury linked two highly decorated former New York City detectives to eight mob murders...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Gonzales Suggests Legal Basis for Domestic Eavesdropping
The attorney general said that the president might be able to order warrantless wiretapping inside the United States...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Senate Deal on Immigration Falters
A compromise that would put most illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship faces uncertain prospects for passage...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Cheney's Aide Says President Approved Leak
I. Lewis Libby Jr.'s testimony indicates that President Bush may have played a direct role in the disclosure of the intelligence report on Iraq...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Decided or Not, Giuliani Charts a Path to 2008
The former New York City mayor is building alliances with Republicans nationwide and especially with conservative leaders of the party...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
For Some Families, Notification of Army Deaths Repeats Pain
The U.S. military casualty system has failed to competently guide families through the casualty process...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
BlackBerry Maker Profit
Research in Motion reported a fourth-quarter profit that matched recently reduced estimates...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Banks Press Landlords on Repairs
As a way of shoring up poorer neighborhoods, two banks will use their leverage as lenders to pressure owners of dilapidated buildings...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Lehman Sets Stock Split
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Biomet Won't Say So, but Investors Expect a Sale
Movement of the company's stock indicates some investors think a sale could be in the offing...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
In Russia, a Warning of 'Irrational Exuberance'
Russian stocks have been soaring, but Moscow's top market regulator warns that a stock boom will not last...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
President of Ford Motor Will Retire
The duties of James J. Padilla will be assumed by the chief executive, William Clay Ford Jr., who is forming a committee to help him run the company...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Pfizer to Buy Rinat, a Biotechnology Drug Maker
Pfized said the acquisition will help the company move further into biotechnology...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
The Churn: Deal Makers and People
Deal Makers...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
News Corp. Investors Win Right to Vote on Poison Pill
the News Corporation agreed to put a proposal for an additional two-year extension of an antitakeover resolution to a vote of the shareholders in October...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
European Bank Throws a Curve on Interest Rates
The European Central Bank doused widespread expectations that it would raise interest rates next month...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Ex-Counsel at Enron, Not Skilling, Takes Stand
The former general counsel testified that Jeffrey K. Skilling was not required to sign off on sales of company assets to off-the-books partnerships...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Legal Beat: Ports Debacle Leads to Fears of Bad Case, Bad Law
Congress has begun to overhaul the obscure legal process by which the White House reviews mergers and acquisitions by foreigners of American companies...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Church Group Calls I.R.S. Unfair on Political Violations of Tax Code
Religious leaders accused the agency of ignoring complaints that two large churches in Ohio are engaging in political activities, in violation of the tax code...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Inflation a Concern for Markets, but Nasdaq Ends Higher
Inflation concerns dominated Wall Street on Thursday, with stocks mostly lower as crude prices moved toward $68 a barrel and jobless claims fell...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Cold Weather Stunted Retail Growth in March
Retailers reported the slowest monthly sales growth in more than a year as cold weather, higher gasoline prices and a late Easter limited spending...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Rap Producer Said to Be Near New Arrangement With Universal
Irving Lorenzo is on the verge of reviving his music label and re-establishing his alliance with Universal Music Group...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
N.Y.S.E. Executive Tells of Altering Documents to Hide Grasso's Full Payout
A senior human resources executive at the New York Stock Exchange has told lawyers that she altered documents, at the request of her boss, to hide the full amount of compensation earned by Richard A. Grasso, the former chief executive of the exchange, a transcript of her deposition says...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Resolving a Supply Dispute, Armenia to Buy Russian Gas
Armenia will receive natural gas supplies from Russia at prices well below European averages until 2009, and will surrender a small but crucial section of gas pipeline to Russia...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Jobless Claims Drop Again
WASHINGTON, April 6 (AP) — The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell for a third consecutive week, providing further evidence of a strong job market...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Advertising: Industry Is Told, Bluntly, How It Could Be Better
Speakers at a leading industry conference made unusually assertive and provocative remarks about the future of advertising...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Couric Says Jump, and Fans Reach for Their Remotes
CBS is betting millions of dollars that Katie Couric will have a major impact on television-watching habits in so-called battleground television markets...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Deal Maker at J. P. Morgan Is Hired by Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley hired Robert A. Kindler, a prominent deal maker who was the global head of mergers and acquisitions at J.P. Morgan Chase...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
[TS] Risky Forecast: This Time Is Different
Betting that American consumers will prove to be overextended, leaving those who lend to them in deep trouble, is extraordinarily unlikely to pay off...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Soaring Gold Touches $600; Silver Passes $12 an Ounce
The price of gold touched $600 an ounce for the first time in 25 year as investors poured money into precious metals...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Former Chief Says Merck Told All It Knew on Vioxx
Raymond V. Gilmartin testified that Merck had disclosed all its information about Vioxx to the Food and Drug Administration...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
F.D.A. Plans to Intensify Oversight of Heart Devices
The agency plans to appoint outside medical experts to help it review the safety of heart devices on the market...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Bold Goal Confronts Fine Print
The new Massachusetts health plan will have to create a viable market in affordable insurance policies...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Is Paulson Going Public?
Wall Street is wondering if Goldman Sachs Chief Henry M. Paulson Jr. will go to Washington...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Shifting Arenas, Spielberg Joins Effort to Make Reality TV Series
"On the Lot," from Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett, will be devoted to finding the "American Idol" of unknown movie directors...
New York Times - April 7, 2006
Ford's number two stepping down
Jim Padilla, Ford's second most senior executive, is to retire in July as the firm seeks to revive its fortunes...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Golf: Singh claims Augusta lead
World number two Vijay Singh cards four birdies in five holes to claim the lead at the 70th Masters...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
Workers discover 9/11 body parts
Construction workers in New York have found bone fragments from victims of the 9/11 attack, officials confirm...
BBC News - April 7, 2006
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