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Will Smith voted 2008s top moneymaking movie star
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Intel will miss its already-lowered 4Q targets
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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LG shows off Dick Tracy wristwatch phone
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US News Archive for April 2005:
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Accused Olympic Park bomber to plead guilty
Accused serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph will avoid a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to a string of attacks in Alabama and Georgia, including a deadly blast at the 1996 Olympics, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday...
CNN - April 8, 2005
For Poles, Some Unfinished Business: Sainthood for the Pope
A ragtag crowd of Poles replaced the rows of silent priests at the front end of St. Peter's Basilica, where they lobbied loudly and exuberantly for their man...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Below the Spiritual Plane, an Election Is Being Shaped
The focus now shifts to the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope John Paul II...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Britain Offers $75 Million in Aid to Suppliers of Failing MG Rover
Britain's last major car producer, MG Rover, started bankruptcy proceedings today after the collapse of takeover negotiations with a Chinese auto maker...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Cricket: Lara scores 27th century
Brian Lara beats Sir Garry Sobers as West Indies' most prolific century maker as he takes the fight to South Africa...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
GM stops advertising in LA Times
General Motors stops advertising in the Los Angeles Times in a row over its editorial coverage...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
Paraguay tribe faces bleak future
Paraguay's congress refuses to protect a forest which is home to one of the region's last uncontacted Indian tribes...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
Iraqi cameraman for CBS held
A cameraman carrying credentials for the US network CBS is held on suspicion of insurgent activity in Iraq...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
U.S. mourners view pope's funeral
Mourners streamed into churches across the United States early Friday to watch Pope John Paul II's funeral, paying their last respects to a man who endeared himself to Americans during his 26-year papacy...
CNN - April 8, 2005
Pope John Paul II buried
Pope John Paul II was buried today in a crypt under St. Peter's Basilica after a funeral Mass attended by presidents, prime ministers and kings and watched by millions on television. A bell tolled as the pope's simple cypress casket was carried to its final resting place...
CNN - April 8, 2005
Pope buried in Vatican crypt
Pope John Paul II is buried in a crypt under St. Peter's Basilica after a funeral Mass seen by millions of people around the world...
CNN - April 8, 2005
After Funeral, Cardinals Prepare to Elect Pope's Successor
Over the next nine days, the cardinals will begin to conduct quiet research on who they think would make the best leader of the universal church...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
MG Rover, British Carmaker, Begins Bankruptcy Proceedings
Britain's last major car producer, MG Rover, started bankruptcy procedures today after the collapse of takeover negotiations with a Chinese auto maker...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Jackson prosecutors to press on
The prosecution in Michael Jackson's trial is set to wrap up a week of testimonies about past allegations...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
Live - The Masters
All the latest action from day two of the Masters at Augusta National in Georgia...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
Pope's casket taken for burial
Thousands applauded today and a single bell tolled as the casket containing the body of Pope John Paul II was carried into St. Peter's Basilica to its final resting place beneath the church...
CNN - April 8, 2005
Millions at pope's funeral
Spontaneous applause breaks out as the simple cypress coffin of Pope John Paul II is brought before tens of thousands gathered for his funeral Mass in St. Peter's Square...
CNN - April 8, 2005
DaimlerChrysler wins fraud trial
A US court rules against a billionaire who had sued DaimlerChrysler and claimed $1.2bn for fraud over its 1998 merger...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
Cricket: Windies back to strength
Shivnarine Chanderpaul says West Indies can go 1-0 up against South Africa with Brian Lara back...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
US offers to ease Ecuador crisis
The US offers to mediate in Ecuador, amid deadlock over a government bid to overhaul the Supreme Court...
BBC News - April 8, 2005
Vatican ready for pope's funeral
Heads of state and pilgrims from all over the world are gathering at the Vatican amid tight security to pay their final respects at the funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II. In a service combining old and new rituals, he will be laid to rest in a crypt once occupied by the body of Pope John XXIII...
CNN - April 8, 2005
Coach shot at Texas high school
The father of a high school football player in Canton, Texas, shot and critically wounded the athletic director at his son's high school Thursday morning, then fled, only to be captured in the afternoon, police said...
CNN - April 8, 2005
Pilgrims Pay Last Respects Before Papal Funeral
Vatican officials expect a million pilgrims to attend the funeral in St. Peter's Square, most of them spilling out into surrounding streets...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Cardinal Law, Ousted in U.S. Scandal, Is Given a Major Role in Rites for the Pope
Cardinal Bernard Law was named by the Vatican as one of nine prelates who will have the honor of presiding over funeral Masses for Pope John Paul II...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
German Cardinal Will Have Major Voice at the Funeral
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who will say the funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II, has become perhaps the leading force in the Roman Catholic Church...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
France Urged to Skip Official Papal Honors
While the death of Pope John Paul II has brought widespread mourning, there has also been pressure on the secular French Republic not to honor him officially...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
The Cellphone as Church Chronicle, Creating Digital Relics
This week, the heavy air around the pope's bier has not been filled with prayer so much as with tiny popping flashes and clicking shutters of cellphone cameras...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
U.S. Limits on Internet Gambling Are Backed
The World Trade Organization ruled that the U.S. can maintain many of its restrictions on Internet gambling, largely reversing an earlier ruling...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Lawyers Set to Bring More Suits
The government's decision to force Pfizer to withdraw the pain drug Bextra and add warnings to the label of a similar drug, Celebrex, has galvanized the informal network of lawyers pursuing death and injury suits aimed at the two drugs and their chemical relative, Vioxx...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
F.D.A. Announces Strong Warnings for Painkillers
Federal regulators warned about the heart risks of many painkillers, and persuaded Pfizer to withdraw its pain pill Bextra...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Sales at Wholesalers Fell in February
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Alcoa Earnings Lift Market as Oil Prices Decline Again
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Why Hasn't a Weak Dollar Slowed Imports?
The everyday needs and desires of Americans have kept imports rising despite a weaker dollar...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
European Tax Opinion Could Mean Huge Refunds
An opinion from Europe's highest court could lead to billions of euros in tax refunds to companies at a time when many European governments can least afford them...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
TV Commercials Adjust to a Shorter Attention Span
Three decades after the 30-second spot became the standard way to sell products, marketers are increasingly willing to buy commercials in different lengths...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
'60 Minutes II' Wins a Peabody Award, Raising Eyebrows
The Peabody Awards cited a program that was later accused of basing a report on fake documents, "60 Minutes II," and a fake news program, "The Daily Show."...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Corporate Rules in Europe Have Been Flexible, but Change Is Coming
As American companies comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, some cast an envious look across the ocean, where European companies face a gentler set of rules...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Maybe Less Use of the Prescription Pen
Concerns about prescribing pain relievers deepened yesterday, doctors said, after the announcements that Pfizer would withdraw its embattled painkiller Bextra from the market...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
G.M. to Halt Ads in The Los Angeles Times
A G.M. spokeswoman characterized the decision as the culmination of a long-running dispute over how G.M. is portrayed in the newspaper...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
New York Stock Exchange Chooses a Chairman
The New York Stock Exchange yesterday named Marshall N. Carter, a former chief executive of the State Street Corporation, an institutional investment firm, as its new chairman...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
A.I.G. Documents Said to Be Altered
Documents for a transaction that is at the center of a wide-ranging insurance investigation were doctored two months after the deal was struck...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Kerkorian Loses His Suit Against DaimlerChrysler
A judge ruled against the billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian in his lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler, picking apart his fraud claims...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
No New Offer as MCI Talks With Qwest
Bankers for Qwest Communications and MCI were in contact on Thursday, leaving open the possibility that Qwest might renew its takeover bid...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Europe's Economy Hit Hard by Rapid Rise in Oil Prices
With oil trading above $50 a barrel, the European Central Bank said that the high price was "very unwelcome," pulling down Europe's growth and pushing up inflation...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
March Retail Sales Mostly Miss Estimates
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
MG Rover Near Bankruptcy After Takeover Talks Fail
Britain's last major volume car producer, MG Rover, is nearing bankruptcy after the collapse of takeover negotiations with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation of China...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Wal-Mart Is Going Upscale. Well, at Least a Little.
Attempting to keep its competition at bay, Wal-Mart is upgrading a lot of its merchandise while trying to maintain the loyalty of its core customer...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
Pfizer Loses One Remedy for Its Slump
After Pfizer told investors that the painkiller Bextra would help the company, the F.D.A. forced it to stop selling the drug...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
2 Rivals Make Tentative Deal for Adelphia
Time Warner and its bidding partner, Comcast, have reached a tentative deal to acquire Adelphia Communications for nearly $18 billion in cash and stock...
New York Times - April 8, 2005
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