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Madonna, Ritchie to begin divorce in London Friday
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck tours refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Palestinian leader appeals to Israelis in peace ad
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ethnic Turk wins political prominence in Germany
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Salvador archbishop nixes probe of killed Jesuits
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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US News Archive for September 2005:
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Authorities tighten grip on city
Authorities tighten their grip on New Orleans where thousands of people are still stranded in squalid conditions...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Leaders agree to Katrina hearings
House and Senate Republican leaders have agreed in principle to hold joint hearings into the response by federal, state and local officials to Hurricane Katrina, a House Republican aide said Wednesday...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Bush Asks for $51.8 Billion in Relief Aid
President Bush asked Congress today to approve an additional $51.8 billion to help the Gulf Coast region recover from the catastrophic hurricane and floods, the White House said...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Missouri Sues Web Site Purporting to Raise Funds
The Missouri attorney general, Jay Nixon, announced plans this afternoon to file a lawsuit against InternetDonations.org...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
United Seeks to Revive Itself, While Delta Cuts Back Further
United offered a plan that it hoped would lead it out of bankruptcy, while Delta took steps that could precede its own bankruptcy filing...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
New Orleans zoo survives Katrina
Nearly all animals in New Orleans' zoo have survived Hurricane Katrina, zoo officials say...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Tennis: Pierce into semi-finals
Mary Pierce sweeps aside fellow Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo to reach the last four of the US Open...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Tributes paid as Rehnquist buried
George Bush is among those to pay tribute at the funeral of US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Holdouts face forcible removal
New Orleans' mayor orders law enforcement agencies to remove everyone from the city who is not involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to go or not...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Talabani: Saddam deserves death
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says ousted leader Saddam Hussein deserves to be executed "20 times a day" for his crimes against humanity. Talabani told state-funded broadcaster al-Iraqiya that Saddam had confessed he gave orders to execute thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s...
CNN - September 7, 2005
DeLay points to local officials
The House majority leader late Tuesday tried to deflect criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina by saying "the emergency response system was set up to work from the bottom up," then announced a short time later that House hearings examining that response had been canceled...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Authorities Increase Pressure on Holdouts in New Orleans
The mayor of New Orleans said he wanted to ratchet up pressure on the estimated 5,000 to 10,000 remaining citizens to leave...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
In Nursing Home, a Fight Lost to Rising Waters
In a scene officials fear may have been repeated across the region, 32 dead residents have been found at St. Rita's nursing home near New Orleans...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
In Baton Rouge, a Tinge of Evacuee Backlash
In Baton Rouge, La., there is an undercurrent of fear about crime and the effect of the evacuees from New Orleans...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Budget Office Says Storm Could Cost Economy 400,000 Jobs
Hurricane Katrina is already jeopardizing President Bush's agenda for cutting taxes and reducing the deficit...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Heating Oil Prices Likely to Rise 31% This Winter
Heating oil will probably cost 31 percent more this winter than the already high prices Americans paid last year, the government said today...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
US airline 'back from the brink'
US carrier United Airlines hopes to emerge from bankruptcy protection after filing its reorganisation plan...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Caribbean leaders sign oil pact
Caribbean leaders have signed up to Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan oil initiative aimed at offering cheap crude...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
US civil contractor freed in Iraq
US contractor Roy Hallums, who was seized in Iraq last November, is freed by US-led forces, the US military says...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Holdouts ordered out
New Orleans' mayor has ordered law enforcement agencies to remove everyone from the city who is not involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to go or not...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Mayor orders holdouts removed
New Orleans' mayor orders law enforcement agencies to remove everyone from the city who is not involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to go or not. Meanwhile a poll shows a majority of American believe the city will never completely recover...
CNN - September 7, 2005
How New Orleans will be drained
How New Orleans will be drained...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Grim journey to find survivors
The BBC's Gavin Hewitt joins rescue efforts in flooded city of New Orleans...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Tennis: Agassi to face Blake
American duo Andre Agassi and James Blake go head-to-head in the US Open quarter-finals...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
NFL: Herrion died 'of heart attack'
Autopsy results say San Francisco 49ers lineman Thomas Herrion died of a heart attack...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Gilligan actor Bob Denver dies
US actor Bob Denver, the star of Gilligan's Island, dies following treatment for cancer...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Indian oil search in Cuban waters
The Indian state oil company reaches agreement with the Cuba to begin exploring for oil in the Gulf of Mexico...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Guatemala gang clash injures 12
At least 12 people are wounded in violence between rival gangs at a youth detention centre in Guatemala, police say...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Life 'worse for world's poorest'
Many of the world's poorest countries are doing worse today than 15 years ago, a major UN report says...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Dominica 'Iron Lady' dies aged 86
Dominica's former PM Eugenia Charles, one of the Caribbean's foremost politicians, dies aged 86...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
New Orleans will force evacuations
New Orleans' mayor has issued an order authorizing the forced removal of people refusing to leave the flood-ravaged city. Mayor Ray Nagin instructed all public safety officers "to compel the evacuation of all persons ... regardless of whether such persons are on private property or do not desire to leave," according to a written statement from his office...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Forced evacuations
New Orleans' mayor Ray Nagin issued an order Tuesday night authorizing the forced removal of people refusing to leave the flood-ravaged city...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Talabani: Saddam confesses
Saddam Hussein has confessed that he gave orders to execute thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s, according to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. In an interview with an Iraqi TV station, the president also denied allegations that the government was exerting political pressure to expedite the trial...
CNN - September 7, 2005
Flooding Recedes in New Orleans; U.S. Inquiry Is Set
The mayor of New Orleans said he wanted to ratchet up pressure on the estimated 5,000 to 10,000 remaining citizens to leave...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Putting Down New Roots on More Solid Ground
If even a fraction of the evacuees now settling in new cities decide not to return to New Orleans, it could be devastating to the area...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
The Perils of Casinos That Float
Hurricane Katrina's extensive damage to Mississippi's floating casinos has set off a debate over whether casino owners should be allowed to rebuild on land...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Going Modern While Looking Colonial
CHESTER, N.J. - This borough of 1,600 people in western Morris County is about 45 miles from Manhattan and a world away. It has Colonial roots and a rural small-town character, and it wants to stay that way...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Tiptoeing Across the Border
American retailers have been entering the Canadian market in increasing numbers in recent years, but Canada's malls have retained a home-grown flavor...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Microsoft Eyes a Business Niche
Microsoft plans to announce a new strategy for selling software to medium-size business, including a revamped collection of programs that would handle specific jobs...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Firm Sues to Block Mutual Fund Fee Inquiry
J.& W. Seligman & Company, a New York investment firm, sued the state's attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, yesterday, asserting that he had overstepped his authority in his investigation of improper trading in Seligman's mutual funds...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Some Senators on Panel Ask Angry Questions About Gasoline Pricing and Profits
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 - Opening a series of Congressional hearings on rising fuel prices, the Senate energy committee vented bipartisan wrath Tuesday over accusations of energy-company profiteering after the Gulf Coast was struck by a hurricane...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
PNC Financial to Buy a Mergers Adviser
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Pain Now, but Gain May Lie Ahead for Gulf Utility
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 6 - The oft-noted gap between Wall Street and Main Street - or in this case, Canal Street - was on vivid display Tuesday...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Panel Recommends Drug
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended approval on Tuesday for a new drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Rivals End Dispute Over Radio Tag Patents
Symbol Technologies and Intermec Technologies said that they would settle a patent dispute over radio frequency identification technology...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
With Sales Slumping, VW Switches Agencies
Troubled carmaker Volkswagen of America dismissed its creative agency of more than a decade, Arnold Worldwide, and shifted the assignment to Crispin Porter & Bogusky...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Shares Up Sharply, Aided by Oil Price and Services Data
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Toyota Hopes to Push Its Hybrids Beyond the Niche
Toyota has a new strategy to expand hybrids from a niche in the marketplace to mainstream, and with gas prices surging its timing may be just right...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
President of NBC News Announces His Resignation
Neal Shapiro, who led NBC News through the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the conflict in Iraq, announced that he was resigning as president of the news division...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Morgan Director Resigns, a Sign That a Reorganization Is Likely
Michael A. Miles, a Morgan Stanley director with close ties to the former chief executive, Philip J. Purcell, has resigned from the board, the bank said yesterday...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Services Grew in August
By Reuters...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
The Squeezing of Lawyer-Client Privilege
In its agreement with the government that headed off an indictment, the accounting firm KPMG promised not to try to use "any claim of privilege" to keep information from prosecutors...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Google Official Says Frustration Drove Him From Microsoft
A former Microsoft executive whose defection to Google set off a legal battle testified that a tirade from Bill Gates was a low point before he decided to leave...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Retailers Say Europe Gave Incentives to Win China Deal
Leading European retailers accused the European Union of granting some textile-producing nations special incentives to win their backing in negotiations with China...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
In Asia, Low Fuel Prices and Subsidies Lose Ground
Governments across Asia are overhauling energy policies in response to high world prices for gasoline and diesel, cutting subsidies and raising local prices...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
U.S. to Widen Inquiry of KPMG Tax Shelters
Federal prosecutors plan to name as many as a dozen new defendants in their investigation of questionable tax shelters sold by the accounting firm KPMG...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Gas Prices at Pumps Show Signs of Easing
Gasoline prices inched lower on Tuesday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, suggesting that fuel costs are leveling off...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Ad-Libbing Many Routes, Ships Return to Mississippi
It may be in fits and starts, but shipping in the gulf region is coming back to life...
New York Times - September 7, 2005
Tennis: Venus defeated
Kim Clijsters battles to a scrappy win over Venus Williams to reach the US Open semi-finals...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Tennis: Sharapova wins epic duel
Top seed Maria Sharapova wins an epic encounter with Nadia Petrova to reach the semi-finals of the US Open...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
Marchers decry Brazil corruption
Thousands of Brazilians register their disgust at the corruption scandal shaking the country's parliament...
BBC News - September 7, 2005
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