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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 July 2005:
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Olympics Drop Baseball and Softball
Olympic leaders reversed the expansion instincts that have gripped the movement for more than 50 years...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Cuba and Florida Keys Gird for Pummeling by Hurricane
Hurricane Dennis's projected path could put it in the United States's southern Gulf Coast shore by midday Sunday...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Wall Street Encouraged by Job Growth in June
The U.S. economy added 146,000 jobs in June, slightly less than expected, while the unemployment rate fell to 5 percent, a level last seen in September 2001...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
US jobs data shows steady growth
The US economy creates 146,000 new jobs in June, taking the jobless rate down to a four-year low of 5.0%...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
At 15, Wie Tests Men on P.G.A. Tour
Michelle Wie fired a one-under-par 70 at the John Deere Classic, giving her a shot at becoming the first woman in 60 years to make a cut on the PGA Tour...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Out of Practice, Senate Crams for Battle Over Court Nominee
A majority of the 100 senators, including the majority leader, have never participated in a Supreme Court confirmation...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
June Job Creation Lags Behind Expectations
The number of jobs added in June was slightly less than expected. The unemployment rate dipped to 5.0 percent, the lowest in four years...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Killer's 'remorse' for BTK deaths
An ex-church leader who confessed to the BTK serial murders in Kansas expresses remorse at the deaths...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
Rice heads for Asia nuclear talks
The US secretary of state is due in east Asia for a four-nation trip aimed at coaxing North Korea back to nuclear talks...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
Hollywood star Gabor has stroke
Film actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has surgery after suffering a stroke, her husband
announces...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
NHL dispute 'resolution' denied
The NHL and players' union deny a report that a deal to finally end their labour row has been agreed in principle...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
Blair's Rising Star Runs Into a Treacherous Future
The past 24 hours for Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain have been a roller-coaster ride from triumph to tragedy...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Bombings Rewrite G-8 Agenda
The bombings abruptly shifted the focus of Group of 8 leaders away from African poverty and global warming to terrorism...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Security on U.S. Transit Systems Is Stepped Up
Concerned about a "copycat attack," federal officials elevated the alert for the nation's rail, subway and bus systems across the country...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
In Americans, Lurking Fears Rise to Surface
The morning rush in New York seemed almost to shiver in the aftershock of a terrorist attack on commuters in London...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
New Flavors Help Lift Earnings and Forecast for Pepsi Bottling
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Abdul-Majid Shoman, Banker in Jordan, Dies
AMMAN, Jordan, July 7 (AP) - Abdul-Majid Shoman, the chairman of the Arab Bank, Jordan's largest and oldest financial institution and a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, died on Tuesday, his bank announced. He was in his early 90's...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
London Exchange Continues With Trading
The London Stock Exchange proved resilient Thursday, remaining open after terrorist attacks hit London, though the market closed lower after setting a trading volume record...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
The Churn
Deal Makers...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Alcoa Profit Rises 14%, Beating Estimates
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Hi. We're A.M.D. Please Listen.
Hector Ruiz would like you to understand exactly why his company, Advanced Micro Devices, is suing Intel. He'd also like to make sure that you've at least heard of A.M.D...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Maker of Heart Drug Intended for Blacks Bases Price on Patients' Wealth
The company could now be entering new territory with a controversial pricing system for the medicine...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Moody's May Cut G.M. Debt
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
One Family's Tale of Tax Shelter Gone Awry
A property investor in the United States Virgin Islands says that a top KPMG tax partner sold him what turned out to be a sham tax shelter...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Jobless Claims Rise Slightly on Layoffs
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose by 7,000 last week, with a significant portion of the rise related to temporary layoffs in the auto and school sectors, the government said on Thursday...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
CardSystems Sets Plan to Comply With Security Standards
CardSystems Solutions, the credit card payment processor at the center of a data breach, hopes to comply with the industry's security standards by the end of August...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Business Group Renews Challenge to S.E.C. Rule
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Dow Jones/AP) - The United States Chamber of Commerce is once again challenging a Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring that three-quarters of a mutual fund's directors, including the chairman, be independent of the mutual fund company...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
S.E.C. Wants Day in Court With Scrushy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 7 - Last week, Richard M. Scrushy, the former chief executive of HealthSouth, walked out of a federal courthouse in Birmingham with an acquittal, but his business in the building is not done yet. Mr. Scrushy still faces civil lawsuits, including a securities fraud suit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Omnicare Buys NeighborCare, a Rival, for $1.55 Billion
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Honing Its Image as a Little Investment Bank That Can
For Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, which lost nearly a third of its employees in the Sept. 11 attacks, a return to the deal-making spotlight has been gratifying...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Case Isn't Closed as Spitzer's Office Plans to Retry Broker on 4 Counts
A former Bank of America broker who was acquitted last month on 29 of 33 criminal charges tied to improper trading of mutual funds, faces a retrial on the four counts on which jurors could not agree, lawyers in the case said yesterday...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Sprint Offers High-Speed Wireless Service
The Sprint Corporation has begun selling high-speed wireless services, betting that the fast-growing market for mobile data will offset falling prices for phone calls...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Who Cares About Inflation?
Inflation is coming. Politicians, while they may not actually want it, prefer it to the alternatives in both Europe and the United States...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Pension Fund Managers Come Knocking, in Vain
THE money managers overseeing the state pension funds in Washington and Oregon have been making the rounds in Silicon Valley in recent months, hoping to find some venture capitalists willing to take their money. So, too, have their counterparts from Ohio, New Mexico and other states...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Schwab Says It Doesn't Want to Be Taken Over
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
With Eye to China, Malaysians Ponder Revaluation
The architect of Malaysia's currency peg, which fixes the value of the Malaysian ringgit against the dollar, says that revaluation is not out of the question...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Eastern Europe Considers More Trade With Russia
When the Soviet Union collapsed, so did trade between Russia and Eastern European countries, but now those countries are rediscovering their former trading partner...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Initial Panic Selling Followed by a Numbing Business as Usual
Markets across Europe were thrown into turmoil after the deadly rush-hour explosions in London, but they recouped much of their losses by day's end...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Bombings Could Have Deep Impact on Airline Industry
Although London's airports remained open throughout the attacks, they could have a deeper impact on the airline industry than last year's train bombings in Madrid did...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
The Reward for Leaving: $113 Million
Morgan Stanley has awarded Philip J. Purcell, who retired as chief executive after a struggle for control of the firm, an exit package worth an estimated $113.7 million...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
Retail Sales Increased Last Month
Americans went on a shopping spree in June, with stores ranging from Wal-Mart to Saks Fifth Avenue showing sales increases. The strong numbers were a surprise to analysts...
New York Times - July 8, 2005
US crime novelist Ed McBain dies
Evan Hunter, who found fame as the police thriller writer Ed McBain, has died of cancer, aged 78...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
Mexico man 'not drug cartel head'
Mexican authorities say a man they arrested this weekend is not the Juarez drug cartel chief, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
Brazil to decide on Aids patent
Brazil's government is to announce if it will carry out a threat to break the patents on a leading HIV drug...
BBC News - July 8, 2005
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