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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 Octomber 2006:
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Student fires assault rifle in Missouri school
A 13-year-old boy in a trench coat and mask carried an assault rifle into his school, pointed it at students and fired a shot into a ceiling before the weapon jammed, authorities said. No one was hurt. The boy had a fascination with the Columbine High shooting, an official said...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Sanctions proposed for N. Korea
U.S. pushes for sanctions against North Korea at U.N.N. Korea's U.N. ambassador: Test "very, very successful"Test causes 3.6-magnitude "artificial earthquake"...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Poll: Foley scandal should cost Hastert his job
Most Americans believe House Speaker Dennis Hastert should step down amid the scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage pages, according to a CNN poll. Hastert, however, has said he plans to pursue the post again after the November elections...
CNN - October 9, 2006
U.N. examines NK sanctions
Diplomats at the United Nations are discussing U.S.-proposed sanctions Monday in the aftermath of North Korea's announcement that it tested a nuclear weapon...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Roadside Bomb Kills Afghan District Officials
Five people, including three officials who comprised the entire leadership of a district in eastern Afghanistan, were killed in a roadside bomb explosion today...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Irish Protestant and Catholic Leaders in Talks
The timing of the meeting, which was the first between the two groups in Northern Ireland, was significant...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
South Korean’s Rise to U.N. Chief Is Overshadowed
Ban Ki-moon said the decision was an honor for him and his country, but it came with a “very heavy heart.”...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Foley Scandal Is Hurting G.O.P.’s Image, Poll Finds
Americans say Republicans in Congress put politics ahead of protecting teenage pages, according to the latest Times/CBS News poll...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
C.E.O. Resigns in Latest Upheaval at Airbus
Christian Streiff had clashed with Airbus’s parent company over how much autonomy he had to overhaul the European planemaker...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Columbia Professor Wins Nobel in Economics
Edmund S. Phelps’s work contributed to an understanding of the relationship between inflation and unemployment...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Google to Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion
With the deal to buy the popular video-sharing Web site, Google has once again proved that it is the Internet’s dominant player...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
US parents try to 'unadopt' son
A couple in the US attempt to dissolve the adoption of their son after discovering his troubled past...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Bush: 'Nuke test' threatens peace
U.S. president: World "will respond" to claimed testN. Korea's U.N. ambassador: Test "very, very successful"Test causes 3.6-magnitude "artificial earthquake"...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Student fires AK-47 in Missouri school
A student fired a gun inside a Missouri middle school just before the start of classes Monday but didn't hit anyone, and a school employee was able to talk the shooter into leaving, police and school officials said...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Bush: Reported N. Korea nuclear test 'unacceptable'
President Bush said Monday that a reported North Korean nuclear test poses a threat to global peace and security, denouncing it as "unacceptable." He said the action deserves "an immediate response by the United Nations Security Council."...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Hundreds of Iraqi Policemen Sickened by Meal
The government was investigating whether it was a deliberate poisoning, an Iraqi spokesman said today...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Bush anger over Korea 'nuclear test'
The US president joins condemnation of N Korea's 'test' as the UN Security Council debates next moves...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
US scoops Nobel economics prize
US professor Edmund Phelps wins the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on unemployment and inflation...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Corruption 'huge' issue for firms
Corruption continues to be a "huge international issue" for companies, a report by security firm Control Risks shows...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
North Korea claims nuclear test
North Korea on Monday claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test, according to that country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a report that triggered worldwide condemnation...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Foley fallout continues
Republicans rallied Sunday behind House Speaker Dennis Hastert, trying to present a united front to deal with the Mark Foley congressional page sex scandal that's rocked the GOP a month before midterm elections...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Campaign Spotlight: Virgin Hopes ‘Disembarkaphobia’ Is Contagious
Defined as “the desire to stay onboard a Virgin Atlantic flight,” the imaginary malady is the centerpiece of a new Virgin Atlantic online ad campaign...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Gaming firm on hold after US ban
World Gaming puts its shares on hold as a US ban on internet gambling threatens to dry up its revenue source...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
St Louis oust Padres in play-offs
St Louis Cardinals book their place in the National League championship series with a 6-2 win over the San Diego Padres...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
NFL: Eagles beat Dallas
The Eagles beat Dallas as Terrell Owens flops on his return to Philadelphia...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
Foley e-mails 'known of in 2000'
A colleague confronted ex-lawmaker Mark Foley about his e-mails with teenagers in 2000, a report says...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
TV encounter for Brazil hopefuls
The two remaining candidates for the Brazilian presidency take part in their first TV debate ahead of the run-offs...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
North Korea claims nuclear test
North Korea on Monday claimed it performed a successful nuclear test, according to that country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...
CNN - October 9, 2006
Harsh Words From Steinbrenner, but No Word Yet on His Manager
The question now dominating the Yankees is whether George Steinbrenner’s impulse to replace Joe Torre with Lou Piniella will prevail after careful consideration...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Evangelicals Blame Foley, Not Republican Party
Evangelical Christians interviewed in Virginia insisted the Mark Foley episode would have little impact on their intentions to vote...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Operas for $20? New Audiences Hear Siren Song
The discounts are an effort to compete with an increasing array of multimedia offerings and reach a younger population...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Advertising: Letting Consumers Control Marketing: Priceless
Marketers are experimenting with ways to engage a new breed of consumers who want more control over the ways products are peddled to them...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Genealogy for the Living, the Dead, the Far Away
In keeping with the social networking trend, some genealogy sites are trying to connect people with living relatives as well as long-dead ancestors...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Treasury Bills Set for This Week
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week included an auction of new three- and six-month bills on Thursday and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
E. Coli Worry Spreads to Lettuce; California Grower Issues Recall
The popular brand of lettuce does not appear to have caused any illnesses, said the president of the grower, the Nunes Company...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
In the Race for Governor of Michigan, the Struggling Economy Is Topic A
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, a Democrat, faces a serious challenge from Dick DeVos, who has tried to blame her for the state’s economic struggles...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Addenda
Accounts...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Looking Ahead
TOP HONORS Many people would be hard pressed to name a famous economist, but the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will do so — or at least name an economist (or two) who will instantly become famous — when it awards the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science (Monday). It will also award this week the Nobel Prize in Literature (Thursday) and the Peace Prize (Friday)...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Underage Cover Girl? Farewell, Liquor Ads
Liquor companies will not advertise in magazines if the face on the cover, like Brooke Hogan,18, on FHM’s November issue, cannot legally drink...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Standard Chartered Sells Stake
An investment company owned by Dubai’s ruling Maktoum family has acquired a $1 billion stake in the London bank Standard Chartered...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Campaign Spotlight: Virgin Hopes ‘Disembarkaphobia’ Is Contagious
Defined as “the desire to stay onboard a Virgin Atlantic flight,” the imaginary malady is the centerpiece of a new Virgin Atlantic online ad campaign...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Secret Iraq Meeting Included Journalists
Meetings like the one on Nov. 29, 2001, convened to compile a report on Afghanistan and the Middle East for the president, do not normally include journalists...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Airline of Emirates Names Chief Executive
Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, appointed James Hogan as its chief executive on Sunday...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Drilling Down: MySpace, Refuge of the Young, Ages a Bit
A report says that the proportion of visitors to MySpace.com who are 12 to 17 years old has shrunk by nearly half since last year...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
In Memoirs, Two Executives Are Upset by Leaks to Press
Carleton S. Fiorina, former head of HP, and Sanford I. Weill, former head of Citigroup, were both vexed by boardroom leaks. Their books hit bookstores this week...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Their Crime: Playing iTunes on Devices Not Named iPod
A protest in Paris reflects a growing concern that laws intended to prevent digital piracy place unacceptable limits on the use of legally purchased songs and videos...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Tellme and Cingular Plan Broader Directory Service
The enhanced 411 service will use voice recognition technology to offer some Internet-style searches in addition to telephone directory information...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
At Reuters, a New Book and a Lost Job
Joe Maguire no longer has a job at Reuters after showing his book on Ann Coulter, which the company had said he could write, to his bosses...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
The Media Equation: Lowdown: A Farewell to Gossip
Gossip columnist Lloyd Grove, hired in 2003 by the Daily News to countervail the dominance of the New York Post’s Page Six, has been let go...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Apple’s Options Disclosures Fail to Resolve Questions
Apple Computer tried last week to answer questions about its problems with stock options, but in the end it left plenty unanswered...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Link by Link: A Slippery Slope of Censorship at YouTube
In removing some questionable political graffiti from its servers, YouTube raised the contentious question of how it decides what is offensive enough to censor...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
After Big Flops, Warner Hopes for ‘Sleeper’ Hit in Smaller Films
After a summer of expensive duds, Warner Brothers must rely on a cadre of smaller, riskier films to help pull the studio out of its No. 6 spot for the year so far...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
A Challenge for Exterminators
The 5-year redesign of Microsoft Windows and Office has come down to a final scramble to get the programs to users by the end of the year...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
In TV Land This Season, a Few Happy Surprises but No Breakthrough Hits
The networks have already dropped several new shows, and many new series are losing the huge audiences delivered by hit shows that precede them...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Dolan Family Offers $19 Billion in Bid to Take Cablevision Private
The Dolans’ bid comes amid a sweeping trend of the nation’s biggest family-controlled companies taking themselves private...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Airbus Chief May Resign Over Issues of Autonomy
The upheaval centers on how much control Airbus executives will have to carry out a major overhaul that was announced last week...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
As Price Slips, OPEC Moves Toward Production Cuts
A consensus began to form among OPEC members over the weekend that the group should cut oil production to help stem recent declines in the price of oil...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights
For years, U.S. judges have used the separation of church and state to shield religious employers of all faiths from labor laws and most employee lawsuits...
New York Times - October 9, 2006
Colts beat Titans to maintain run
Peyton Manning leads the Indianapolis Colts to a 14-13 win over the Tennessee Titans...
BBC News - October 9, 2006
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