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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 June 2006:
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Iraq frees hundreds of prisoners
Iraq releases 592 detainees under an initiative by the country's prime minister to foster national reconciliation amid an upsurge in sectarian violence...
CNN - June 7, 2006
U.S. Citizen Is Indicted in Terror Conspiracy
The man was indicted today on charges of conspiring to send money and military gear to al Qaeda associates who lived in Pakistan...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Wounded Journalist Lands in U.S.
Kimberly Dozier faces rehabilitation for serious head and leg injuries from a blast in Iraq...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Inquiry Ties European Nations to C.I.A. Prisons
A report from the Council of Europe also said two nations probably harbored facilities: Romania and Poland...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
2 Homeless Men Blamed for Warehouse Fire
One of the men, Leszek Kuczera, 59, was arrested earlier today and charged with arson, the police said...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Gay Marriage Ban Fails in Senate Vote
The Senate dismissed arguments by social conservatives that federal intervention is needed to preserve the traditional tie between a man and woman...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Pitcher Used Human Growth Hormone, Document Says
A pitcher also said clubhouses had coffee labeled "leaded" to indicate that it was laced with amphetamines...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Democrats Blast Administration Over Data Theft
Senators seized on news that identity theft affected 2.2 million active troops, not just 50,000...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Hacker Said to Resell Internet Phone Service
The case raises fresh questions about the security of phone traffic over largely unregulated networks...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Stocks Fall for 3rd Day on Worries About Rates
Stocks slipped for a third straight day today even as oil prices retreated, a sign that investors are still anxious about the likelihood of another interest rate increase...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Arcelor Agrees to Meet With Mittal Steel
Facing increasing pressure from shareholders, Arcelor, the world's second-largest steelmaker, agreed to meet with Mittal Steel, the largest, which is trying to acquire it...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Harvard begins embryo cloning
Harvard University scientists begin efforts to clone human embryos, defying hopes by President Bush for a ban...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
UN comments trigger row with US
The US ambassador to the UN rejects criticism by the deputy secretary-general on US policy towards the organisation...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
2.2 million active-duty personnel in VA data theft
Nearly all active-duty military, Guard and Reserve members -- about 2.2 million total -- may be at risk for identity theft because their personal information was among the data stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last month...
CNN - June 7, 2006
U.S. same-sex marriage ban blocked
The Senate rejects a bid to amend the U.S. Constitution to essentially ban same-sex marriage. Republicans pushed the plan even though supporters conceded the measure did not have enough votes to pass. Opponents called the measure an election-year ploy that wasted precious time on the legislative calendar...
CNN - June 7, 2006
Iraq releasing hundreds of inmates
Iraq is releasing 592 detainees under an initiative by Iraq's prime minister to foster national reconciliation. They were the first group of 2,500 detainees to be released. The program is designed to placate Sunni factions and counter sectarian strife...
CNN - June 7, 2006
Senate blocks same-sex marriage amendment
The Senate Wednesday voted 49-48 on a controversial constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, 11 votes short of the 60 votes needed to move the amendment forward. Backers of the ban, however, view the vote as a moral victory...
CNN - June 7, 2006
Size of Identity Theft Grows to Affect Millions
Personal data on more than 2.2 million active-duty military personnel, not just 50,000, were stolen...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Nearly 600 Iraqi Prisoners Are Released
Nearly 600 Iraqi Prisoners Are ReleasedPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki moved quickly on a pledge intended to ease feuding between Sunnis and Shiites...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
In Europe, Closer Ties Don't Extend to Doping Cases
Cases that crop up in an international sport like bicycle racing are pursued piecemeal, if at all...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Republican Wins House Race in Calif.
A former G.O.P. congressman narrowly won the right to fill the House seat once held by imprisoned Randy ''Duke'' Cunningham...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
US court finds 'militant' guilty
A US jury convicts a man of plotting to help a militant Islamic group fight Indian rule in Kashmir...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Canadian 'planned to behead PM'
One of 17 terror suspects held in Canada last week is reportedly accused of planning to behead the PM...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Injured TV journalist flown to US
Journalist Kimberly Dozier, who was badly wounded in Iraq, is flown back to the US after treatment in Germany...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Fifteen kidnapped Iraqis found
Fifteen of the 50 people abducted in Baghdad earlier this week have been found, police officials and an Interior Ministry source said. Victims told authorities they were freed by the kidnappers, who had blindfolded, beat and tortured them...
CNN - June 7, 2006
Italy troops pullout by year end
Italy's foreign minister said Wednesday that all Italian troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year...
CNN - June 7, 2006
Sex offender held in slaying
A registered sex offender wanted in the death of a Clemson University student who was strangled with her bikini top was captured late Tuesday in Tennessee, officials said. Jerry Buck Inman was arrested on warrants for murder, rape and kidnapping in the death of Clemson junior Tiffany Marie Souers...
CNN - June 7, 2006
GOP wins closely watched California race
A former Republican congressman narrowly beat his Democratic rival early today for the right to fill the House seat once held by imprisoned Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a race closely watched as a possible early barometer of next fall's vote. In the California race, Republican Brian Bilbray won with 49.5 percent of the vote to Democrat Francine Busby's 45 percent...
CNN - June 7, 2006
Ronaldinho pleads for protection
Brazil's Ronaldinho asks referees to protect him and his team-mates at the World Cup...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Keyboard hero Billy Preston dies
US musician Billy Preston, who worked with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as well as enjoying solo success, dies...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
Republicans win California seat
The Republicans win a special House of Representatives race in California, seen as an early indicator of November's mid-term elections...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
'Beheading' in Canada terror plan
Prosecutors allege that one of the terrorism suspects arrested in Canada last week wanted "to behead the prime minister," a defense lawyer has said...
CNN - June 7, 2006
PM vows Baghdad security crackdown
Iraq's prime minister on vows to impose a strict new law-and-order plan to stem rising violence in Baghdad. Prime Minister Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki also reportedly plans to release 2,500 Iraqi detainees to further "reconciliation and national dialogue."...
CNN - June 7, 2006
Bush: 'We're making progress' on immigration
With lawmakers preparing for the contentious work of negotiating a compromise on immigration reform legislation, President Bush tried to stress areas of agreement during a visit to New Mexico Tuesday...
CNN - June 7, 2006
In Minors, Clemens Remains Major Event
Roger Clemens played a game with his son Koby and got the full minor league treatment, including a milking contest with a ceramic cow, in the first step of his latest comeback in Lexington, Ky...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Voters cast primary ballots in eight states
Alabama voters on Tuesday backed a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and chose Republican Gov. Bob Riley over former Chief Justice Roy Moore. But the night's biggest race was in Southern California, where voters were picking a replacement for former GOP Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham...
CNN - June 7, 2006
New Campaign Shows Progress for Homeless
An accelerating national movement has reduced chronic homelessness by offering apartments, no strings attached...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Racial Component Is Found in Lethal Breast Cancer
Young black women are more prone to develop a type of tumor that is especially deadly and hard to treat...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
His Support Waning, Weld Quits New York Governor's Race
Republicans deserted William F. Weld as their best hope against Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in the November election...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Senate Emphasis on Ideology Has Some in G.O.P. Anxious
Some Republicans say voters care more about the economy, health care and immigration than same-sex marriage or flag burning...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
In Alabama, Governor Defeats Former Justice in Primary
Bob Riley, the current governor of Alabama, held off Roy Moore, who is known for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Senate Contender in Florida Presses On
Representative Katherine Harris, best known for the 2000 election recount, is undaunted by horrific poll numbers...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Congressman Accuses Fannie Mae's Ex-Chief of Lying in Testimony
WASHINGTON, June 6 (AP) — Lawmakers and a federal regulator criticized the ousted former chief executive of Fannie Mae, Franklin D. Raines, on Tuesday as a House panel aired government accusations of a six-year accounting fraud at the mortgage giant...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Nortel Loss Widens as Expenses Rise
The Nortel Networks Corporation reported a wider first-quarter loss Tuesday, but said it still expected revenue to grow this year...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Hewlett Profit Restated to Show an Increase
Hewlett-Packard restated its second-quarter profit to show a $443 million increase on Tuesday...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
S.E.C. May Act on Options
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Lawyer to Join Goldman
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Newton Journal: With Loss of Maytag, Town Faces the Loss of Its Identity
The economy and the identity of Newton, Iowa, are so tied to the former Maytag Company that a history museum's display cases are full of washing machines...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Shacks in South Africa Can Garner Fancy Prices
South Africa's real estate boom is spreading to townships, the slums erected during apartheid for black citizens...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Addenda: After Hiatus, Buying for TV Season Begins
After Delay, Buying...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Magazine Revisits Claim of 'Da Vinci' Borrowing
A Vanity Fair article details the claims of Lewis Perdue, who believes that Dan Brown copied large portions of "Daughter of God" for "The Da Vinci Code."...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
British Airport Operator Accepts a Takeover Bid
BAA said that it had accepted a takeover offer from the Spanish construction group Ferrovial, ending a nearly four-month fight to remain independent...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Gabelli Settles Federal Suit Accusing Him of Deceit on Wireless Licenses
Several reports Tuesday said that Mario J. Gabelli was expected to pay the government more than $100 million to settle a civil-fraud-claims lawsuit...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
A Boon for the Richest in an Estate Tax Repeal
Repealing the estate tax, which applies to large fortunes after death, would save a lot of money for a very few people — about one in 6,000, whose estates would each save an average of more than $800,000...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Square Feet: Along a Viaduct, a Restaurant Row Emerges
When Pete Skyllas first approached the abandoned freight house at 12th Avenue and 135th Street in West Harlem in search of the owner, all he remembers was the stink...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Top-Shelf Treatment for Celebrities at World Cup
Elton John, Prince Albert of Monaco, Boris Becker and Sir Howard Stringer of the Sony Corporation — all are zealous soccer fans, and all are expected to make the trip to Germany for the World Cup...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Fed Official Says Rate Rises Remain a Work in Progress
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Gazprom Pipes Could Be Opened to Use by Others, Russian Says
Russia's finance minister said the government was considering opening the pipelinesto competition and would encourage greater investment...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Fall for 2nd Day as Investors Ponder Fed
The Dow lost more than 110 points in midday trading before narrowing its loss later in the session...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Pfizer Receives $14 Billion in Bids for Consumer Unit
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer received bids worth more than $14 billion for its consumer products unit, which includes household names like Listerine and Sudafed, people involved in the auction said yesterday...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Advertising: The Hard Sell in Frankfurt
With the kickoff of the World Cup just days away, even this most buttoned-down of German cities is cutting loose...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
What Netflix Could Teach Hollywood
Five million families now have a Netflix account, making it one of the most impressive companies around. So why do so many people think it's doomed?...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Square Feet: Historic Auto Plant Returns From Ruin
A landmark former Ford assembly plant that was designed by the renowned architect Albert Kahn is welcoming its first tenant since the late 1980's...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
I.B.M. Will Triple Investment in India in Next 3 Years
The $6 billion investment underlies the country's growing importance as a market for technology products and a source of high-technology workers...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Market Place: Dell to Upgrade Its Line of Server Computers
The upgraded systems represent a new approach for Dell, which focused on simplifying the task of installing and managing servers, not just selling them...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Northwest Flight Attendants Reject Contract Cutting Pay
Flight attendants at Northwest Airlines rejected a contract on Tuesday that would have cut their pay by $195 million a year...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Gap to Return to TV Ads, Emphasizing Back to Basics
After straying from its casual roots, Gap is trying to reclaim the four clothing areas it once dominated: denim, T-shirts, hooded sweaters and basic pants...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Chirac Lukewarm on NYSE Group's Deal for Euronext
The struggle for control over stock exchanges took a political turn as President Jacques Chirac of France said that he preferred an all-European deal...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Papers Show Guidant Considered Warning Doctors of Hazards
Newly released company records show that Guidant drafted a letter to doctors last year that disclosed significant defects in its heart device but never sent it...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Estate Tax Showdown Is Splitting the G.O.P.
Senate Republicans, pushing once again to abolish the estate tax on inherited wealth, are split about whether to push for a full repeal or seek a compromise...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
In Switch, G.M. Shareholders Ask Board for Stronger Say in Elections
For G.M. the votes were another reflection of the company's diminished fortunes and dissatisfaction among many investors...
New York Times - June 7, 2006
Brazil landless storm parliament
Landless Brazilian farm workers invade a Congress building in Brasilia, smashing furniture and windows...
BBC News - June 7, 2006
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