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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 2007:
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Labor still has clout in political arena
There's a good reason why Democratic candidates court the support of organized labor. Although unions aren't as influential in the workplace as they once were, "in the political arena there's a different story," said one expert. full story...
CNN - August 7, 2007
Before Running Cars, Ethanol Fuels Land Boom
While much of the nation worries about a slumping real estate market, people in Midwestern farm country are experiencing exactly the opposite...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Mine Rescue Will Take at Least 3 Days, Owner Says
The president of the company that owns the Utah mine said he was ?disappointed? with the progress of the rescue...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Economic Scene: Free Lunch On Health? Think Again Healthy, Wealthy And Wise
No one really knows whether preventive medicine will save money in the long run, let alone free up the billions of dollars to help pay for universal health insurance...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
A Top Fidelity Executive Resigns
Ellyn A. McColgan, Fidelity Investments? president for distribution and operations, said she was stepping down to pursue opportunities outside of the company...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Profits, Revenue Rise for Cisco
The company said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit climbed to $1.9 billion, or 31 cents per share, from $1.5 billion, or 25 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Ex-Brocade Chief Convicted in Backdating Case
The case of a former Brocade Communications executive was the first stock options backdating case to go to trial...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Fed Leaves Rate Steady; No Sign of Future Cut
The Federal Reserve today largely sidestepped the growing anxiety over how tightening credit standards will affect the economy...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Colombia tolls spark border demo
Motorists are blocking major routs between Colombia and Venezuela in protest at new tolls...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Testimony ends in US terror trial
Testimony ends in the trial of US citizen Jose Padilla, accused of conspiring to murder US nationals and aiding Islamic extremists...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
US interest rates left unchanged
The Federal Reserve leaves US interest rates on hold at 5.25%, as expected, at its latest meeting...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
The heat is on
Hot, humid air is blanketing wide areas of the nation this week. Highs in the 90s were expected from the western Plains to the East Coast. Some places could see triple-digit temperatures. full story...
CNN - August 7, 2007
Georgia: Russia bombed village
A pair of Russian fighter jets has violated Georgian airspace and fired a missile that has landed near a village north of the capital, Tbilisi, Georgian authorities say. full story...
CNN - August 7, 2007
Democratic candidates clash on lobbyist cash
Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton is being taken to task by her two closest rivals for accepting $400,000 in campaign contributions from Washington lobbyists. full story...
CNN - August 7, 2007
2 Charged in Connecticut Murder Appear in Court
The two men accused of the brutal murders of a Connecticut family last month appeared in court today under unusually high security...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Rescue of Miners Will Take 3 Days, Mine Owner Says
The president of the company that owns the Utah mine where six workers are trapped said he was ?disappointed? with the progress of the rescue...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Duke Energy Earnings Fall 17 Percent
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Duke Energy Corp., one of the largest electric power companies in the United States, said Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell 17 percent after it spun off its natural gas business at the beginning of the year...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Tyco Posts $3.55 Billion Loss
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. (AP) -- Tyco International Ltd. said Tuesday it fell to a fiscal third-quarter loss due to hefty charges primarily related to a legal settlement, but adjusted results managed to top Wall Street's expectations...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Warner Music Third - Quarter Loss Widens
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Warner Music Group Corp., one of the world's largest recording companies, said Tuesday its fiscal third-quarter loss widened as more people bought digital music, rather than CDs...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Harrah's Entertainment Profit Rises
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Harrah's Entertainment Inc., which is being taken private in a $17.1 billion deal, said Tuesday its second-quarter profit surged 85 percent, as visitor volume powered growth in Las Vegas and a new race track casino in Pennsylvania offset weak results in Atlantic City, N.J...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
El Paso Posts 11 Percent Gain
HOUSTON (AP) -- Pipeline operator and natural gas producer El Paso Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose nearly 11 percent from a year ago, helped by gains at its exploration and production and pipeline businesses...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Setback for Novartis in India Over Drug Patent
Drug companies can continue to make less expensive generic drugs, many of which flow to the developing world, after an Indian court Monday rejected a patent law challenge...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Bridge Collapse Revives Issue of Road Spending
The governor of Minnesota appears to have had a change of heart about a tax increase to pay for transportation...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Loss Widens at Trump Entertainment
The company today announced a second-quarter loss of $13.5 million as gambling revenue fell, for a loss of 43 cents a share...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Productivity in U.S. Up 1.8 Percent
The Labor Department reported today that worker efficiency rose at an annual rate more than double the 0.7 percent pace of the first three months of the year...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Market Turns to Bernanke
Two weeks into a volatile stretch, Wall Street is asking: ?Is it time for the Fed to hit the panic button??...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
US productivity misses forecast
The productivity of US workers picked up in the three months to June 2007, but still fell short of forecasts...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Move to digital hits Warner Music
Warner Music sees quarterly losses widen after listeners opt for digital music rather than CDs...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Heinze wants arbitration hearing
Gabriel Heinze asks an arbitration panel to settle his dispute with Man Utd over his wish to leave...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Whale fears halt US Navy sonar
The US Navy is ordered not to use sonar off the Californian coast because it might harm marine mammals...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Deadly Inheritance, Desperate Trade-Off
Some patients at high risk of pancreatic cancer opt for surgery that yields hope ? and diabetes...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Abu Ghraib whistleblower
Joe Darby, the US soldier who exposed the Iraqi prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib prison, talks about the aftermath of his decision...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Fed set to leave rates unchanged
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave US interest rates on hold at 5.25% its latest meeting...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Famous fossil Lucy starts US tour
One of the world's most famous fossils leaves Ethiopia for a controversial tour of US museums...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Microsoft MP3 fine dropped
A US court overturns a decision ordering Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.52bn for patent infringements...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Giuliani's daughter 'backs Obama'
The daughter of Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani signals support for Democrat Barack Obama...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
News Analysis: Bush Still Wields the Threat of Terrorism
A Congressional vote that authorized eavesdropping without warrants has shown that there is at least one arena in which Mr. Bush can still hold the line...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Booker Comes Under Siege After Bloodshed
After making promises to make major changes in Newark, Cory Booker finds himself at the nadir of his tenure...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Political Memo: 2 Competitors, Once Collegial, Now Seem Cool
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have barely spoken to each other for months...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Six Trapped After Collapses in a Utah Coal Mine
The miners were trapped about 1,500 feet below ground miles from the mine?s entrance, an official said...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Museums | King Center: In King?s Footsteps, Others Try to Dream
There is something so intimate about the connection of Auburn Avenue with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his movement that I feel grateful that its vantage point survives...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Judge Orders Release of Reports on ?04 Surveillance
The documents detail covert surveillance of protest groups before the Republican National Convention...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
When Horror Came to a Connecticut Family
The Petit household in Cheshire, Conn., was the site of one of the most savage crimes in the state in decades...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Tougher Rules Change Game for Lobbyists
Far-reaching ethics and lobbying rules, recently passed by Congress, have sent a ripple of fear through K Street...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Memo Pad
LAW ON STRANDED PASSENGERS Airlines operating in New York would be required to provide fresh air, toilet-waste removal, drinking water and snacks to passengers on an airplane that has left the gate and remains parked on an airport apron under a new state law signed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer last week. The legislation, originally drafted by a state assemblyman from Queens, Michael N. Gianaris, would take effect Jan. 1, although the airline industry has said it is considering a legal challenge. The Airline Passengers Bill of Rights came in response to instances of passengers being stranded for hours on parked planes, with inadequate ventilation and food and deteriorating hygienic conditions. On Feb. 14, for example, thousands of JetBlue passengers sat on parked planes during a snow and ice storm for as long as 10 hours at Kennedy International Airport...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Archstone Merger Likely to Be Delayed
The giant apartment landlord Archstone-Smith said yesterday that the closing date of its purchase by a group led by Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings could be pushed back to the fourth quarter...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Buyer Found for Boston Market
CHICAGO, Aug. 6 (AP) ? McDonald?s said Monday that it had agreed to sell its meat-and-potatoes Boston Market restaurant chain to the private equity firm Sun Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Frequent Flier: Security Crosses the Line: Confiscating Chocolate
Running a business that trains professionals who work in the oil, natural gas, power and green energy markets requires an energy reserve of one?s own...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Music Publishers to Join YouTube Suit
The National Music Publishers? Association said it would join a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google?s video-sharing site YouTube...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
American Express Accepts Penalties in Anti-Laundering Action
Federal authorities said American Express was ordered to pay the government millions of dollars in penalties for alleged violations of anti-money-laundering provisions...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Paris Journal: Japanese Find Romance and Rituals Far From Home
Japanese wedding tourists are flocking to Paris and other romantic European locations in search of cross-cultural rituals chosen from convenient online catalogs...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Doubts Aside, Sallie Mae Hopes to Complete Its Sale in October
Sallie Mae, the big student lender, said yesterday that its $25 billion deal to be acquired by a group of private equity firms and banks should be consummated in October...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Temple-Inland to Sell Land and Pass Proceeds to Investors
The forest products company said it would sell 1.55 million acres of timberland to the Campbell Group for $2.38 billion...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Delphi Signs Agreements With Four Unions
With the agreements, the company continues to make progress on its emergence from bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Sun Microsystems Announces Faster Chip
UltraSPARC T2, the new chip, is twice as fast as the previous generation and will be available this year...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Milberg Trial to Proceed
Milberg Weiss, once the biggest United States investor class-action law firm, and a former partner, Steven Schulman, must go to trial to defend against charges that they illegally paid plaintiffs in securities lawsuits...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Akzo Raises Bid for British Chemical Company
The world?s largest maker of paints and coatings raised its bid for Imperial Chemical Industries to £8 billion ($16 billion) and won access to the British company?s books...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
New AIDS Drug Is Approved
The government approved a new drug to help patients with AIDS, while acknowledging lingering questions about it long-term effects...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Financial Stocks Lead a Big Rally
A number of factors contributed to the rally, including expectations that the Federal Reserve might change its tone on short-term interest rates...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Microsoft Confirms Price Cut of Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 video game console from Microsoft will be $50 cheaper starting Wednesday, confirming leaked advertisements posted by bloggers in July...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
American Home Mortgage Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
The company said it fell victim to ?extraordinary disruptions? in the markets that support the mortgage industry...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Jack Cole, Creator of People Locator, Dead at 87
Mr. Cole was a businessman who used early computer technology to sort the world ? or at least millions of the people in it ? by street address...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Advertising: In Wireless Competition, Mockery Is the Latest Style
With growth in the wireless market slowing, Alltel is turning to a sophisticated online campaign to maintain and expand its customer base...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
On the Road: Registered Traveler Program Remains a Work in Progress
In a Congressional hearing last week, a major backer of Registered Traveler programs criticized the Transportation Security Administration...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
19-Year-Old Confesses in Killing of Editor
A 19-year-old handyman has confessed to murdering a well-known newspaper editor in downtown Oakland last week, the police said...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
$1.5 Billion Verdict Against Microsoft Is Set Aside
A federal district court judge delivered a major setback to Alcatel-Lucent by setting aside a jury?s judgment against Microsoft in a patent infringement lawsuit over digital music technology...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Guests, Running Late, Wake Up Hotels
Hotels have upgraded their beds and become more pet- and child-friendly in recent years. But their wake-up service? That is another story...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Democrats Campaign on Mortgage and Trade Issues
Two Democratic presidential candidates are moving to tap into the economic anxieties of working Americans...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
U.S. Supports Patent Ruling in a Setback for Qualcomm
The Bush administration on Monday let stand an earlier ruling that requires Qualcomm to pay licensing fees to its competitor Broadcom...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Market Place: Bear Stearns Heir Apparent Tries to Restore Some Faith
In the wake of its two collapsed hedge funds, concerns remain about the investment house?s continued access to cheap funds from its lenders...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Credit Worries, Imported From U.S., Lead German Firm to Shut Fund
Frankfurt-Trust said the withdrawals reflected jitters about the subprime lending market in the United States, even though the fund had only minor exposure to it...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Bridge Disaster Revives Question About Spending
Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota appears to have had a change of heart about raising the state?s gas tax to pay for transportation needs...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Drywall Maker in Pain as Housing Suffers
Few have felt the effects of the yearlong slump in housing and construction sales as forcefully or as suddenly as the USG Corporation, the nation?s largest maker of drywall...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Once Tainted, Nardelli Now Has Chrysler?s Keys
Robert L. Nardelli is being given the chance to try to bring off two comebacks: Chrysler?s, and his own...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Even Nonhousing Markets Feel Mortgage Fallout
The days of easy, cheap money for corporations and individuals alike have disappeared, and the ripple effect is being felt by nearly everyone...
New York Times - August 7, 2007
Bush vows 'an end to Taleban'
The US and Afghan presidents say they will put an end to the Taleban, ruling out talks on South Korean hostages...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
Obesity 'linked to birth defects'
Women who are obese are at a higher risk of conceiving a child with birth defects, a US study says...
BBC News - August 7, 2007
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