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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 November 2005:
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67 dead as blasts hit three hotels
Three nearly simultaneous explosions inside hotels frequented by westerners in downtown Amman, Jordan, have killed at least 67 people and wounded more than 100 others, the deputy prime minister of Jordan has told CNN. There have been no claims of responsibility, Karim Kawar, the Jordanian ambassador to the United States, tells CNN...
CNN - November 9, 2005
White House to 'hit back'
Top White House officials say they're developing a "campaign-style" strategy in response to increasing Democratic allegations that the Bush administration twisted intelligence to make its case for war...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Bombings kill 67 at hotels
Three apparent suicide attackers detonated nearly simultaneous explosions Wednesday night inside hotels in downtown Amman, killing at least 67 people and wounding 150 others, the deputy prime minister of Jordan told CNN...
CNN - November 9, 2005
New York Times reporter Judith Miller retires
New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who went to jail for refusing to reveal her source during an investigation into the 2003 outing of a CIA operative, has retired from "the old gray lady," the newspaper announced Wednesday...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Times and Reporter Reach Agreement on Her Departure
The deal ended Judith Miller's 28-year career at The Times and capped more than two weeks of negotiations...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Interpublic Group Reports Another Quarterly Loss
The loss for the third quarter was smaller than the one posted a year earlier, but it was still larger than Wall Street had expected...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Amtrak's President Is Fired by Its Board
David Gunn opposed the Bush plan to turn over the Northeast Corridor to a federal-state consortium...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Oil Executives Defend Profits Before a Critical Congress
Prices were being driven by larger forces often out of their control, executives said, but some senators appeared unconvinced...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
A.I.G. Restates Results Again, Raising Profits by $500 Million
Today's announcement was the third restatement made by A.I.G. this year as the isurance giant continues to struggle to restore investor trust after an accounting scandal...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Cisco Systems posts lower profits
Cisco Systems, the world's biggest maker of internet equipment, posts a slightly lower quarterly profit...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
CIA leak probe reporter resigns
New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who was jailed over the CIA leak case inquiry, has resigned...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Blair loses key terror bill vote
British Prime Minister Tony Blair loses a crucial parliamentary vote on sweeping anti-terror legislation, the first major defeat of his premiership and a serious blow to his authority...
CNN - November 9, 2005
$1bn sought in world bird flu fight
The World Bank says up to $1 billion will be needed over the next three years to fund a global strategy to tackle the spread of H5N1 bird flu...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Prosecutor: New trial for Yates
Andrea Yates, the Texas woman convicted of drowning her children in a bathtub, will receive a new trial on capital murder charges after an appeals court refused to reinstate her murder convictions...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Schwarzenegger Is Dealt a Stinging Rebuke by Voters
After the costliest ballot campaign in state history it was clear that the once highly popular movie-star-turned-governor had been politically humbled...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
News Analysis: A Mayor Unleashed, Poised to Offer an Even Broader Agenda
Mayoral aides were already talking about spending the next four years taking a firmer hold of ground zero, housing and schools...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Classified Report Warned on C.I.A.'s Tactics in Interrogation
The report warned that rules approved by the C.I.A. after 9/11 might violate the international Convention Against Torture...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Cities: Detroit's Mayor Fends Off Strong Challenge
Kwame M. Kilpatrick bounced back from the brink of defeat and survived reelection as other incumbents won easily in Atlanta, Boston and Houston...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
US bidder for Drax power station
Europe's biggest coal-fired power station receives a firm takeover bid from US electricity giant Constellation Energy...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Arts auction sets post-war record
Paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon and Mark Rothko help set a post-war art sale record...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Japan requests access to Fujimori
Japanese officials request access to Peru's former President, Alberto Fujimori, who is being held in Chile...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Life term for US hunters' killer
An immigrant in the US gets life in jail for the murder of six deerhunters in a trespassing dispute...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
French rioters defy curfew
Violence flares in parts of France for a 13th night, but the rioting seems to have tapered off from previous nights -- a possible sign that emergency measures are helping restore calm...
CNN - November 9, 2005
$1b global bird flu fund sought
Health and veterinary officials from across the world hope to clinch a global plan for tackling bird flu before it mutates into a form that could sweep the globe and kill millions of people...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Good day for Democrats
Democrats kept their grip on the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey in Tuesday's elections, while New York City's Republican mayor, Michael Bloomberg, easily won a second term in the Democratic-dominated Big Apple. In California, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger came up short on all four ballot initiatives he had supported...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Referendums: In a Rebuke of Governor, Calif. Voters Reject Spending Cap
Voters rejected the centerpiece of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to change the balance of power in Sacramento...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Grokster quits file-sharing fight
File-sharing group Grokster shuts its service as part of a landmark settlement with the entertainment industry...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Tech guru O'Reilly on Web 2.0
Technology guru Tim O'Reilly explains to Bill Thompson how web turning into a collaborative mash-up...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Boeing attempts record jet flight
Aerospace giant Boeing is attempting to break the world record for the longest non-stop passenger airline flight...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Student held over school shooting
A US student is in custody after the assistant principal at his school in Tennessee is shot dead...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
CIA prisons leak 'to be probed'
The CIA moves toward a criminal inquiry into leaked reports that it runs secret jails abroad, officials say...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Protest over 'censored' gay kiss
Hundreds of gay rights activists stage a mass kiss after a soap opera fails to broadcast Brazil's first televised gay kiss...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Dems win governorships
Democrats kept their grip on the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey in Tuesday's off-year elections, while New York City's Republican mayor easily secured a second term in the Democratic-dominated Big Apple. CNN projects Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine will win the Virginia governor's race while Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine will take the New Jersey governorship...
CNN - November 9, 2005
U.S. ups trade pressure on China
U.S. President George W. Bush is ratcheting up pressure on China on to do more to allow the yuan to appreciate and said the trade imbalance between the two countries was "bothersome." The comments by the American president are part of a greater U.S. effort to urge China to move to a more market-based currency regime...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Good day to be a Democrat
CNN projects that Democrat Tim Kaine will win the closely watched gubernatorial race in Virginia, while Democrat Jon Corzine is projected to beat Republican Doug Forrester in the New Jersey race for the governorship. The Associated Press also projects that Republican Michael Bloomberg will win a second term as New York City mayor...
CNN - November 9, 2005
France on guard
France is spending an uneasy first night under a government-declared state of emergency that allows curfews in cities and towns after 12 days of the worst civil unrest the nation has seen in decades...
CNN - November 9, 2005
Mayoral Race: Democrats Are Locked Out of City Hall for 4 Straight Terms
Michael R. Bloomberg's victory appeared to set a Republican record by exceeding Rudolph W. Giuliani's 17-point win in 1997...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
New Jersey: Corzine Prevails in a Nasty Governor's Race in New Jersey
Jon S. Corzine defeated a Republican and fellow multimillionaire, Douglas R. Forrester, in the costliest race in state history...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Virginia: Democrat Wins Race for Governor in Virginia
Timothy M. Kaine, a Democrat, narrowly won the race for governor in Virginia on Tuesday night, scoring a major political victory for his mentor, Gov. Mark Warner...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Cities: Many Incumbent Mayors Easily Win Re-election
Incumbents won easily in Atlanta, Boston and Houston. But in St. Paul, Randy Kelly became the city's first mayor in more than 30 years to lose a re-election campaign...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Political Memo: Defeats for G.O.P. Come at a Sensitive Time
The Republicans badly needed some good news in Tuesday's elections for governor. What they got instead was a clear-cut loss in a red state...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Square Feet: Down and In in Los Angeles
The garment center of Los Angeles has been undergoing a transformation into a fashion district...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Filling in a Blank on the New York Skyline
In 1967, the musical...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Visteon Records Larger-Than-Expected Loss
DETROIT, Nov. 8 (AP) - The auto parts maker Visteon Corporation, which recently reached an agreement on a bailout plan with its former parent, Ford Motor, reported a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss Tuesday as a result of production cuts at Ford and the high cost of raw materials...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Cablevision Reports a Loss as Sales Gain
The Cablevision Systems Corporation reported a $62.9 million loss for the third quarter, even though revenue rose 11 percent...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Furnishings Retailer Agrees to Go Private
By Reuters...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Charity Named in a Home-Selling Tax Suit
Federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit yesterday against a nonprofit group accused of encouraging home sellers to make ostensibly tax-deductible gifts that the charity in turn gave to buyers so they could put a down payment on a seller's home...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Softer Real Estate Outlook Sends Markets Into Retreat
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Swiss Biotech Company May Seek a Buyer
Serono said that it had hired Goldman Sachs to explore strategic alternatives for the company...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Credit Suisse Queried on Refco
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Carriers Adopt Content Rating for Cellphones
Major cellular phone carriers adopted a content rating system, a move that could pave the way for them to begin selling sex-oriented content on mobile devices...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Blockbuster Loses $491 Million in Quarter
DALLAS, Nov. 8 (AP) - Blockbuster, the large movie-rental chain, posted a $491.4 million third-quarter loss Tuesday as the elimination of most late fees hurt revenue and the growth of the company's online service stalled...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Tax Proposal by G.O.P. Would Cut $70 Billion
The Senate's top Republican tax writer unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would provide $70 billion in tax cuts, including $7 billion for the Gulf Coast areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Advertising: Pitching a New Cellphone as a Reason to Live
Upstart cellphone companies are using wireless Internet access, video clips and MP3's to lure a small but lucrative audience: technologically astute young adults...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Guidant Panel to Assess Product Pipeline
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
A Return to Quotas
The trade agreement that the U.S. and China announced Tuesday limits China's clothing exports and may push the country toward making upscale goods...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Profit Rises 29% at Sanofi
Sanofi-Aventis said that its third-quarter profit rose 29 percent before unspecified costs related to Sanofi-Synthélabo's 2004 acquisition of Aventis...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Motion Against Big Board
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Supreme Court Backs Workers in Pay Dispute
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that companies must pay workers for the time it takes to change into protective clothing and safety gear and walk to their workstations...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Change at Charles Schwab
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Pixar Profit Climbs as Video Sales Rise
The company also sounded a hopeful note about reaching a new distribution agreement with its longtime partner, the Walt Disney Company, by year-end...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Advisory Commission Urges Congress to Get Tough on China Trade
A bipartisan advisory group plans to deliver a report to Congress today that is sharply critical of China's trade practices and endorses sanctions including a tariff on imports unless Beijing takes forceful steps to allow its currency to move in line with market forces...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Internet Services Crucial, Microsoft Memos Say
Microsoft must alter its business or face being at a competitive disadvantage to a growing array of companies, according to memorandums written by company executives...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Freddie Mac Errs in Results
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Reuters) - The mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Tuesday that it would revise its results for the first half of 2005 to lower its profit by about $220 million, citing computer-related accounting errors...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Crucial Antibiotic Rescues Biotech Maker's Finances
A drug made by ViroPharma that treats a deadly bacterial illness has turned out to be a financial lifesaver for the company...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Bank Settles U.S. Inquiry Into Money Laundering
The Bank of New York agreed to pay $38 million to settle a money laundering case in which funds were transferred from Russia to banks around the world...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Mountains of Corn and a Sea of Farm Subsidies
This season's bumper crop of corn is too much of a good thing, underscoring the paradox at the heart of the government farm subsidy program...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Market Place: Dollar Hits 2-Year High Against Euro
The dollar's move was propelled by rising interest rates in the United States and rising pessimism about Europe...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Big Builder Sees Slower Home Sales
The nation's largest maker of luxury homes said that soaring home prices appeared to have ended, the latest sign that many real estate markets are slowing down...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
When C.E.O.'s Are Entangled in Their Own Web of Words
More than ever, investors are holding chief executives accountable for their ability to articulate a clear and compelling vision...
New York Times - November 9, 2005
Royal couple return from US trip
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall bid farewell to the US after an eight-day official tour...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
Baseball: Colon wins award
Los Angeles Angels right-hander Bartolo Colon wins the American League's 2005 Cy Young Award for the best pitcher...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
NFL: Owens wants second chance
Terrell Owens apologises to his Philadelphia Eagles team-mates and the team's fans for the comments that led to his suspension...
BBC News - November 9, 2005
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