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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 May 2005:
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Giacomo runs to a surprising Derby victory
Giacomo outraced the favorite to a suprising win of the 131st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday. The 3-year-old colt had a come-from-behind victory over a field of 20 runners. Bellamy Road, owned by New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, had been favored to win the two-minute race...
CNN - May 7, 2005
Manhunt for officer accused of killing wife
Once a respected police officer in Charleston, Daniel William Hiers is now the focus of an international manhunt -- accused of child molestation and murder...
CNN - May 7, 2005
Filibuster Fight Nears Showdown
With the Senate clock ticking toward a big procedural clash over judicial nominees, both sides are readying a final push...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Drug Makers Reap Benefits of Tax Break
A new law is allowing drug companies to return as much as $75 billion in foreign profits to the U.S. at lower tax rates...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Teaching Wal-Mart New Tricks
After decades of refusing to deal with pesky analysts and reporters, Wal-Mart has decided to open up and let a little sun in...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
A Blog Revolution? Get a Grip
Nick Denton, publisher of Gawker Media and its growing list of popular Web logs, is one of the most watched entrepreneurs in the business...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Whoops! We Seem to Have Misplaced Your Identity
Why was the Time Warner data that was stolen from a van not sent via a secure online connection instead?...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Forty die as Peru bus falls 300m
A Peruvian bus falls 300m off a mountainous road in a remote area of the Andes mountains, killing at least 40...
BBC News - May 7, 2005
Bush denounces Soviet domination
Mr Bush calls the Soviet domination of eastern Europe one of history's 'greatest wrongs', but Russia hits back...
BBC News - May 7, 2005
Car bomb kills 22 in Baghdad
A car bomb targeting a convoy of SUVs exploded at a busy intersection in central Baghdad, killing at least 22 people including two U.S. contractors, Iraqi police and witnesses said today. Meanwhile the U.S. military announced the capture of a top associate of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi late last month in western Iraq...
CNN - May 7, 2005
Car bomb kills 22 in Baghdad
A suicide car bomb targeting an SUV convoy explodes at a busy intersection in central Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, according to a U.S. spokesman...
CNN - May 7, 2005
In Latvia, Bush Lectures Putin on the Joys of Democracy
President Bush, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat today, cautioned the Russian president against exploiting old rivalries in the former Soviet republics...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Second Homes Are Remaking the West's Resorts
The multibillion-dollar second-home industry has increasingly dominated - some critics say swallowed - the economic and social life of Vail and other resorts...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
U.S. to Spend Billions More to Alter Security Systems
After spending more than $4.5 billion on screening devices, the federal government has concluded that much of the equipment is ineffective, unreliable or too expensive to operate...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Iraqis Will Nominate Sunni Arabs for Top Posts
Also today, a late morning bombing in Baghdad killed at least 22 people, including two people the Iraqi police identified as Americans, and wounded dozens...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Bracing for the Filibuster Fight and Preparing for Its Fallout
With the Senate clock ticking toward a momentous procedural clash over judicial nominees, both sides are readying a final push...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Bolivia Approves Hikes on Oil and Gas Companies
But the law, ostensibly aimed at placating a restive populace that contends multinational companies are plundering Bolivia’s resources, satisfies almost no one...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
NBA: Wizards set for Miami
Washington Wizards won their first NBA play-off series since 1982 by beating Chicago 94-91 in the sixth match...
BBC News - May 7, 2005
Bush hails Latvian freedom
President Bush praised Latvia's young democracy during his visit to the ex-Soviet republic today. "It's such a joy to come to the country that loves and values freedom," Bush said after Latvia presented him with the country's highest honor, the "Three Star Order."...
CNN - May 7, 2005
Car bomb kills 17 in Baghdad
A car bomb targeting a convoy of SUVs has exploded at a busy intersection in central Baghdad, killing 17 people including four Westerners, Iraqi police and witnesses at the scene said...
CNN - May 7, 2005
Sex assault rise in US military
The US military says it received 1,700 reports of sexual assault last year but play down the sharp rise in figures...
BBC News - May 7, 2005
Rumsfeld: Base closings may be reduced
The Pentagon now foresees a much smaller round of base closings and consolidations, saying it has only half as much surplus space as previously estimated, according to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld...
CNN - May 7, 2005
Suicide bombers kill 23 in Iraq
Insurgents in Iraq continue a wave of bombings, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens more, Iraqi police say. Police also discover the bodies of 14 men who had been shot to death on wasteland near an industrial area of Baghdad...
CNN - May 7, 2005
A Dour Scot on Blair's Team, Eager for Him to Go
The question for Gordon Brown, Britain's chancellor, is when will Prime Minister Tony Blair finally step aside for him?...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Yankees' Present Is Collapsing Under Heavy Weight of the Past
Joe Torre's aura and regard exceed any manager's during George Steinbrenner's reign. But the expectations are suffocating...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Virginia Governor Orders Review of 150 DNA Cases by Crime Lab
A sharply critical independent audit found that Virginia's nationally recognized central crime laboratory had botched DNA tests in a leading capital murder case...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Vatican Is Said to Force Jesuit Off Magazine
The Vatican ordered the editor of the Catholic magazine America to resign because of articles critical of the church...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Russia's Billionaires Club Now Totals 27 Members
The rich in Russia are getting richer, as record high prices for oil and metals helped to move Russia up in the billionaire tally last year...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
A Mixed Day, but Major Indexes Have a Winning Week
By Reuters...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Feeling Shortchanged, Genteelly
A cautionary tale for America's coming ownership society lies in the anger of museum workers at snags in their employer's pension contributions...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Insurers Protest Military's Plan on Policy Sales
ARLINGTON, Va., May 6 - Representatives of several insurance companies that are active in the military marketplace complained on Friday that proposed Pentagon rules governing on-base insurance sales are unfair to them and favor on-base banks and credit unions...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Kodak Accountant Charged With Fraud
ROCHESTER, May 6 (AP) - A corporate tax accountant at the Eastman Kodak Company has been accused in federal court of channeling more than $4 million in kickbacks into a personal business over the last six years...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
G.E. to Restate Income (Higher, Not Lower)
The General Electric Company said yesterday that it would restate its income for the last three years because of technical violations of rules for accounting for gains and losses in contracts for derivatives. The restatement will result in an earnings increase of $381 million, about 0.6 percent of the $65 billion that G.E. made during that period...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Blue Chips Reel After a Week of Painful News
It was a week in which the greatest names of American capitalism seemed to vie with one another to see which company could have the most depressing news...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Lender's Shutdown Upheld
A New York State appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that closed a high-cost-loan operation marketing to military families near Fort Drum in upstate New York...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Creation of Jobs Surged in April, and Income Rose
Overriding evidence of a slowing economy, job creation and income growth appear to be holding up their end of the recovery...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Antipiracy Rule for Broadcasts Is Struck Down
The rule required computer and television makers to use new technology to limit copies and distribution of digital programs...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
China Braces for a More Valuable Yuan
Investors and executives are preparing for what a more valuable yuan will mean for companies, from manufacturers of wooden hangers to furniture makers...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
An Executive at Berkshire Faces Charge From S.E.C.
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to file a complaint against an executive at the General Re Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway insurance unit...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
She's Winning Her Drug War
A Genentech executive's attention to data has paid off - the company has reported remarkable success recently in three drug trials...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Internet Phone Company Raises $200 Million in Venture Capital
Vonage's deal constitutes one of the largest single rounds of venture capital financing in the last decade...
New York Times - May 7, 2005
Golf: Garcia in the lead
Sergio Garcia retains his two-shot lead after the second round of the Wachovia Championship...
BBC News - May 7, 2005
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