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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 August 2006:
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Lebanon's plan to end violence
Israeli strikes shake Beirut at daybreak and nightfall, while Lebanon proposes changes to a draft U.N. resolution aimed at halting the Israel-Hezbollah conflict that has left about 800 people dead...
CNN - August 7, 2006
10 killed in Beirut srike
An Israeli strike hit a south Beirut street on the edge of the city's mostly Christian eastern district Monday evening, killing 10 people and wounding 65, security sources said...
CNN - August 7, 2006
Cuban Officials Unite for Message of Stability
Two officials said that Fidel Castro was rapidly recovering, while another said that a succession plan was in place...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
G.I. Tells Why He Testified in Rape-Murder Inquiry
Pfc. Justin Watt described today how he became the whistleblower in the case and how he feared for his life...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Team Looks at Seafloor as Gas Trap
Researchers proposed what they say is a limitless, low-risk repository for carbon dioxide...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Cycling: Landis - 'error to explain'
Floyd Landis admits he made a mistake in trying to explain his failed drugs test at the Tour de France...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
Nine 'migrants' die on US border
Nine suspected illegal immigrants die after their car swerved to avoid a US border patrol road spike in Arizona...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
South still sizzling
The heat wave that snapped last week for much of the nation is still cooking parts of the South and Southeast and heat advisories were issued Monday for Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi...
CNN - August 7, 2006
Lebanon PM: I got death toll wrong
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Houla, not 40 as he had earlier reported. Media reports 65 survivors have been pulled from the rubble...
CNN - August 7, 2006
Israel warns Lebanese to stay indoors
As the Israeli military continued airstrikes and commando raids in Lebanon Monday, it warned residents south of Lebanon's Litani River to stay off roads after 10 p.m., Israeli military sources said...
CNN - August 7, 2006
Bush: Mideast violence must stop
President Bush said Monday he recognizes that Israel and Hezbollah are objecting to parts of a Mideast cease-fire resolution but said "we all recognize that the violence must stop."...
CNN - August 7, 2006
As Evidence Mounts, Landis Stands Firm
Floyd Landis’s continuing denials came after tests on two separate urine samples detected the presence of synthetic testosterone in his body...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Massive Manatee Is Spotted in Hudson River
Added to the chronicles of great beasts that have descended upon New York City in the year 2006 is one that is arguably the greatest of them all. A beast, upwards of 1,000 pounds and a cousin to the elephant, which dwarfs the coyote, the deer and the dolphin that preceded it. A beast that, at hundreds of miles north of its natural habitat, has most likely made the longest and most arduous journey among them. A beast, with a pudgy-nosed face and a sweet-potato-shaped body, that could even be considered cute: a manatee...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Ohio Congressman Will Not Seek Re-Election
Representative Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican, is entangled in a corruption scandal involving Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Iraq Incident Was Fueled by Whiskey, G.I. Says
The testimony came from a soldier accused in the rape of an Iraqi girl and and murder of the girl and her family...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Hyundai Profits Fall 37 Percent in Second Quarter
Labor unrest, rising competition and shifting exchange rates squeezed the largest South Korean automaker's margins...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
As India Widens Ban, Coke and Pepsi Defend Pesticide Levels
Pepsi and Coca Cola today ratcheted up a long-running campaign in India to prove their soft drinks are safe...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Oil Field in Alaska Shuts Down, and Prices Shoot Up
Domestic oil production will be reduced considerably after BP discovered severe corrosion in pipeline walls...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Martha Stewart Settles Civil Insider-Trading Case
Martha Stewart agreed to pay $195,000 and Peter Bacanovic, her broker, agreed to pay $75,000...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
World Bank in corruption amnesty
The World Bank offers an amnesty to people and firms guilty of past corruption if they clean up their act...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
US to reassess trade benefit deal
Up to 13 countries may lose long-term trading benefits with the US under a review of the deals...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
Key Republican quits amid scandal
Bob Ney, a leading US Republican lawmaker linked to a disgraced lobbyist, says he will stand down in November...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
No letup in Mideast violence
An Israeli airstrike kills at least seven civilians near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanese officials say, one day after Hezbollah rocket attacks killed 15 Israelis. Lebanon meanwhile says it rejects a U.S.- and French-backed plan for ending the nearly month-old conflict...
CNN - August 7, 2006
No letup in Middle East violence
An Israeli airstrike has killed at least seven civilians near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanese officials say, one day after Hezbollah rocket attacks killed 15 Israelis...
CNN - August 7, 2006
Motorsport: Villeneuve quits BMW
Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve leaves BMW Sauber with immediate effect...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
Castro 'will be back in weeks'
Cuban President Fidel Castro is doing well after last week's surgery and will be back at work soon, a top official says...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
Civilians pay cost of war
Hezbollah militants Sunday fire more than 180 rockets into Israel, killing three civilians in Haifa and 12 reservists who had just been called up to fight in Lebanon, according to Israeli officials. The Israeli military bombed Beirut's southern suburbs and other parts of Lebanon, killing at least eight civilians, according to reports...
CNN - August 7, 2006
Lonely nation
In bleak nursing homes and vibrant college dorms, in crowded cities and spread-out suburbs, Americans confront an ailment with no single cause or cure. Some call it social isolation or disconnectedness. Often, it's just plain loneliness...
CNN - August 7, 2006
Sorting Out Life as Muslims and Marines
The passage home from Iraq has been difficult for veterans, but especially fraught for Muslim Americans...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Lieberman Explains His Stance on Iraq
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman made a last-ditch attempt to win back doubting voters in Connecticut before Tuesday's primary...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense
New laws allow crime victims to use deadly force in situations that might formerly have subjected them to murder charges...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Gain in Income Is Offset by Rise in Property Tax
Property taxes grew two to three times faster than incomes from 2000 to 2004 in New York's suburbs...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Addenda: Accounts, People
Accounts...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Treasury Bills Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
German Paper’s Satirical Jab Touches Political Nerve in Poland
A German satire aimed at the twins who lead Poland has moved the country to demand apologies and even threaten defamation charges against its author...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Drilling Down: Video-on-Demand Viewers Still Buy DVD’s
Movie studios do not want video-on-demand services to dent DVD sales, but a recent study suggests that they hardly do so...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Looking Ahead
DO WE HEAR A PAUSE? The central economic news of the week will emerge from the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, which will decide whether to raise the benchmark short-term interest rate — now at 5.25 percent — yet another time. On the one hand, many economists predict that the Fed will leave things unchanged, which would be welcome news for investors, but then again, who knows? The dearth of one-handed economists is legendary. (Tuesday.)...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
An Established Reporting Team Moves to Vanity Fair
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, the longtime, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporting team, are joining Vanity Fair...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Richard L. Fisher, 65, Developer and Far-Ranging Philanthropist, Dies
Richard L. Fisher supported causes ranging from law enforcement to animal welfare to helping the families of American soldiers...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Europe’s Papers Join the Cry of ‘Read All About It, Free’
As upstart free papers continue their rapid growth in Europe, publishers of existing papers, hoping to retain readers, are increasingly turning to giveaways...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Cable and Satellite TV Set Their Sights on Airwaves
The biggest names in cable and satellite television are poised to get into mobile phone and wireless data services...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
A College Paper Joins Gannett
It seemed to be the first time that a college paper had been bought by a major chain, but it might not be the last, analysts said...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Stymied on the Castro Beat: Few See Behind the Curtain
Many news organizations in the United States are scrambling to cover the situation in Cuba, which bars most American reporters...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place
About 400 attended the second annual Wikimania conference, an event that showed far more professional trappings than the first...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Advertising: Venerable Maker of Pens Turns to Young Designers
Montblanc is paying up-and-coming designers to stamp their names, and their clothing, on a new crop of advertisements...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Salesmanship Comes to the Online Stores, but Please Call It a Chat
Internet retailers, using a tactic of longtime live-chat Web sites, are actively offering to chat with visitors who seem as if they need a nudge to buy an item...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
For Investors, Money Is on a Fed Pause
After a string of 17 consecutive interest rate increases, the Federal Reserve may pause this week in its long campaign of monetary tightening...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
More Than Ever, Hollywood Studios Are Relying on the Foreign Box Office
Worldwide movie attendance is predicted to increase over the next five years, with Asia and Central and Eastern Europe the fastest-growing regions...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Rear-End Impact Is the Automotive Achilles’ Heel
Despite improved protection in frontal and side crashes, new tests show that many vehicles remain vulnerable in rear-end accidents...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Picture Tubes Are Fading Into the Past
The picture tube, the standard television technology for more than 60 years, is heading for obsolescence faster than anyone expected...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
David Carr: Investors, Including Bono, Buy a Piece of Forbes
Heirs of Malcolm Forbes have sold a big minority stake to investors who include Bono, the lead singer of U2...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
Google Joins Viacom in Web Test of Video Ads
Google will allow Web site owners to put Viacom video clips on their pages, accompanied by advertising. Viacom, Google and the site owners will divide the ad revenue...
New York Times - August 7, 2006
High alert for Uribe inauguration
Security is stepped up in Colombia ahead of President Uribe's inauguration for a second term in office...
BBC News - August 7, 2006
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