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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 September 2004:
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NASA seeks to recover Genesis capsule
The Genesis capsule crashed in the Utah desert today after its parachutes failed to open. "The capsule has suffered extensive damage. It has broken apart on the desert floor," said an official on NASA TV. Launched three years ago, the probe was bringing to Earth atoms collected from the solar wind. NASA had planned for helicopters to snag the probe after its chutes opened and before it hit the ground...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Abortion ban again found unconstitutional
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it does not include a health exception for the woman...
CNN - September 8, 2004
New details emerge on siege rebels
A group of 32 terrorists hid in a nearby forest before storming the school in southern Russia last week, according to new details released by Russia's prosecutor-general...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Kerry faults Bush on war
Democratic Sen. John Kerry, at a site where President Bush made his case that Iraq was a threat to the United States, argued on Wednesday that the president left a trail of broken promises on the path to war and has squandered money that could be put to better use for health care, education and jobs...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Space Capsule Crashes in Utah
NASA planned to catch the capsule, which collected precious atomic specimens, with the help of Hollywood stunt pilots...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Heavy Rain Disrupts Subways, Flooding Tunnels
Hundreds of thousands of Manhattan commuters were forced to overcome delays or negotiate alternative routes to work...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Kerry, Sharpening Criticism of Bush, Lists Costs of Iraq War
John Kerry said today that because of poor administration planning the war had cost taxpayers $200 billion...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Bush Backs Budget Authority for New Intelligence Post
President Bush shifted his stance today on how much power a new national intelligence director should have...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Wall St. Banker Given a Harsher-Than-Required Sentence
Frank P. Quattrone, a leading investment banker of the 1990's, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for obstruction of justice...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Fed Chief Hints at More Interest Rate Rises
Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said today that economic expansion had "regained some traction," and suggested that the central bank would stick to its plan of gradually raising interest rates...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Stocks Drop After Greenspan's Testimony
Investors were unmoved by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's improved assessment of the economy, with stocks falling narrowly today in light trading...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Post-op Clinton 'awake and alert'
Former US President Bill Clinton is talking to his family following a heart bypass operation, his office says...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Grenada reels from Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan kills at least nine people in Grenada, the Caribbean island's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell says...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
US soldier killed Iraqi 'in pity'
A US army captain charged with murdering an Iraqi militant said the man was killed out of mercy...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
$10m reward for Chechen rebels
Russia's Federal Security Bureau promises a reward of $10 million for information that helps "neutralize" Chechen rebel leaders Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov, Russian news agencies say. The reward comes as chilling video is broadcast showing the hostages seized by terrorists inside a school last week...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Genesis crashes
The Genesis solar collection space capsule crashed in the Utah desert today after the probe's parachutes failed to open. A pair of helicopter pilots had planned to snatch the craft as it floated down to protect it from a potentially damaging impact with the Earth. Genesis was launched three years ago and was returning to Earth with billions of atoms collected from the solar wind...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Bush, lawmakers confer
President Bush has met Wednesday at the White House with key lawmakers from both parties to discuss proposals to overhaul the U.S. intelligence community...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Decks and the City
Home Depot's first Manhattan store is also its first with three stories. The doorman is also a first. And the concierge. And the elevator. And the atrium...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Delta to Cut Up to 7,000 Jobs
Delta will cut up to 10 percent of its work force over the next 18 months as part of a restructuring plan that the airline said would save $5 billion a year in costs by 2006...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Greenspan Says Economy Is Regaining Some Traction
Greenspan's moderately upbeat forecast today is likely to cement expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates for a third time in two weeks...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Stocks Are Mixed Ahead of Greenspan Testimony
Stocks traded mixed today as investors awaited testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before a House budget panel...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Cheney blasts Kerry terror record
US Vice-President Dick Cheney says a vote for John Kerry would make a terror attack more likely...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Canada sex tourism law test
A man accused of sexually abusing children abroad is set to be the first to challenge Canada's child sex tourism law...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
'Bounty hunter' produces tape
Lawyers for two Americans facing charges of kidnapping in Afghanistan release a video showing them being greeted by senior officials...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
US steps up Iran nuclear pressure
Secretary of State Colin Powell demands Iran be referred to the UN Security Council for allegedly trying to make nuclear arms...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Delta plans to cut 10% of staff
Delta Air Lines is planning to cut 7,000 jobs, or about 10% of its workforce, as the US carrier fights to avoid bankruptcy...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Greenspan upbeat on US economy
US central bank chief Alan Greenspan says the economy is emerging from a summer lull despite soaring oil prices...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Footage shows drama inside school
Chilling video from inside the Russian school seized by terrorists last week shows a first-hand glimpse of the horror inside, with hundreds of people huddled in the gymnasium as masked gunmen string up explosives...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Cheney Warns of Terror Risk if Kerry Wins
Vice President Dick Cheney said that the country would be at risk of a terror attack if it made "the wrong choice" in November...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
To Speed Healing, Ossetians Cling Together
A Moscow hospital is filled with a mournful buzz and the activity of people grasping for a way to help six survivors of the three-day hostage-taking at Middle School No. 1...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Expected Call for Advance Registration of Drug Tests
The debate over the disclosure of clinical drug trials could reach a turning point this week, with editors of influential medical journals expected to call for fundamental changes...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
The Discreet Charm of the Very Bourgeois Toy Store?
F.A.O. Schwarz may be shuttered and dark, but its catalog is somersaulting back in the direction of well-heeled children and the adults who indulge them...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Church call over Salvador murder
Church leaders in El Salvador call for the 1980 murder case of Archbishop Romero to be re-opened...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
US indicts Colombia rebel for WMD
The US indicts a member of Colombia's main rebel group, Farc, in connection with a grenade attack on bars in November 2003...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Astros continue winning run
The Houston Astros win their 11th game in a row, beating the Cincinnati Reds...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Dane Andersen joins Vikings
Kicker Morten Andersen, the No 2 all-time scorer in pro-football, signs for Minnesota...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Halliburton may ditch Iraq deal
Halliburton may not rebid for contracts to support US troops in Iraq if the US army breaks up its contract, the company says...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000
The U.S. death toll in Iraq passed the 1,000 mark with the reported deaths of at least six Americans Tuesday, according to a CNN count of those killed in the nearly 18-month-old conflict. Over 700 fatalities occurred in combat, and 647 of those deaths took place after President Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq...
CNN - September 8, 2004
A grim milestone reached
The number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq passed 1,000 Monday. The lengthening casualty roster reads like an American mosaic -- from 18 to 59, from almost every state and including immigrants waiting for citizenship...
CNN - September 8, 2004
Bush Contends Kerry Adopts Antiwar Talk
President Bush accused Senator John Kerry of adopting the antiwar language of his Democratic primary rival Howard Dean...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Spurred by Illness, Indonesians Lash Out at U.S. Mining Giant
Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's biggest gold producer, has been trailed by allegations of pollution on four continents, including Indonesia...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Advocacy Groups and Campaigns: A Shaky Shuttle
The flow of people between the campaigns and advocacy groups is alarming those who fought for tighter campaign finance rules...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Capriati Wins a Controversial Quarterfinal
Jennifer Capriati outlasted Serena Williams, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, in a U.S. Open match that took their rivalry to a new level...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
2 Fund Groups to Pay $450 Million to End Inquiry
The $450 million settlement is with regulators who accused the companies of improperly allowing favored investors to rapidly trade in and out of their funds...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
A Deepening Debate on Soldiers and Their Insurers
Some life insurers and their agents say that improper meddling by senior officers is preventing young soldiers from getting supplemental insurance coverage...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
US Air Pilots’ Union Balks at Wage and Benefit Cuts
The leader of a rebel pilot group at US Airways charged that the company was demanding too much from employees...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Halliburton Weighs Options as Iraq Work Changes
Halliburton signaled that it might seek to lessen its role as the largest private contractor in Iraq...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
European Economies Slow as Consumers Stay Home
The European economy slowed significantly in the second quarter as spending lagged, official reports showed Tuesday, and economists expected growth in the region to be soft into early next year as consumers hang onto their cash...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Diet Pill Was a Driving Force in French Drug Merger
The year's big drug-industry merger may turn out to be about using marketing muscle to fight fat...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
US Airways Pilots Reject Wage and Benefit Cuts
Leaders of US Airways' pilots union rejected late last night a bid to have pilots vote on a concessions proposal from the airline...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Stocks End Higher on Falling Oil Prices
A drop in oil left stocks higher at the start of the holiday-shortened week Tuesday as investors perceived new economic strength...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Onetime Star Investment Banker Is Facing U.S. Sentencing
Frank P. Quattrone, the banker whose deal making helped fuel the 1990’s technology boom, is expected to receive a sentence of 16 months...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
An Actor Working on Madison Avenue
Rob Huebel, a New York comedian and commercial actor, hopes to find the intersection of Madison Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard...
New York Times - September 8, 2004
Rare earthquake rattles Argentina
An unusually strong earthquake shakes Argentina, and leaves one person dead...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
US Senators submit '9/11 bill'
Top senators submit a bill to implement the 9/11 Commission proposals to overhaul the US intelligence community...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
Mutombo set for Houston
Centre Dikembe Mutombo claims he has agreed a deal that will see him switch to the Houston Rockets...
BBC News - September 8, 2004
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