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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 January 2006:
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Journalist abducted in Iraq
A freelance writer on assignment for The Christian Science Monitor has been kidnapped in western Baghdad and her Iraqi interpreter killed, the newspaper says...
CNN - January 9, 2006
Alito: Only obligation is 'the rule of law'
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito said Monday that a judge's only obligation "is to the rule of law," as the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings. "A judge can't have any agenda. A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case," Alito said. Questioning of the nominee begins Tuesday...
CNN - January 9, 2006
2 Are Sentenced to Prison for Ferry Crash
The assistant captain of the Staten Island ferry that crashed in 2003 was sentenced to 18 months in prison today, and his supervisor was given a year and a day...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Alito Tells Senators That 'Rule of Law' Is Paramount
The nominee's statement sought to reassure those who fear that he would tilt the Supreme Court too far to the right...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Dow Closes Above 11,000 for the First Time Since June 2001
Wall Street was encouraged by indications that the Federal Reserve might be nearing an end to its campaign to raise interest rates...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
NFL: Edwards goes to Kansas
New York Jets head coach Herman Edwards is named as Dick Vermeil's replacement at Kansas City...
BBC News - January 9, 2006
US paper names seized reporter
A US journalist kidnapped in Baghdad is named as Jill Carroll, writing for the Christian Science Monitor...
BBC News - January 9, 2006
Miner improving; doctors encouraged
The brain stem of the lone survivor of last week's mine disaster is normal, his liver has recovered most of its function and he moves his arm to ward off painful stimuli, doctors reported Monday morning...
CNN - January 9, 2006
Sharon 'moves arm, leg in tests'
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon slightly moves his right arm and right leg during pain stimuli tests, his doctors say. Sharon remains in "serious condition" and has not opened his eyes, said hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef...
CNN - January 9, 2006
Alito to face questions on abortion, executive power
Senators promised to question Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito sharply about his views on abortion and executive power as confirmation hearings for the 55-year-old federal judge began Monday...
CNN - January 9, 2006
Mine Survivor Is Still in Critical Condition
Randal McCloy Jr.'s medically induced coma lightened and he is breathing on his own, doctors said...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Duke Energy Reaches Deal to Sell Unit to LS Power Group
The sale includes plants in the Northeast and West that have about 6,200 megawatts of generating capacity fueled by natural gas...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Texas Instruments Agrees to Sell Unit for $3 Billion
The division, which has $1 billion in annual revenue and 5,400 employees, is not closely tied to the company's main business...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Sharon breathing on his own
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was breathing on his own Monday after doctors began bringing him out of a medically induced coma, a hospital director says...
CNN - January 9, 2006
Officer's New Video Stirs More Ire in San Francisco
The police officer whose amateur video raised concerns about racism and homophobia is hoping to undo the damage, but critics suggest he is making it worse...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Cheney Hospitalized, Expected to Return Home Today
Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized early this morning after suffering from shortness of breath, but doctors ruled out any recurrence of his long-standing heart problems...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Rwandan guilty of tourist murders
An ex-Rwandan soldier is found guilty of the 1999 murder of eight "gorilla tourists" and a game warden in Uganda...
BBC News - January 9, 2006
Mine survivor breathing on his own
Randy McCloy Jr., the sole survivor of last week's West Virginia mine disaster, began breathing on his own Sunday after sedatives were withdrawn, doctors said. But McCloy remained attached to a ventilator in case he should need it, the hospital said...
CNN - January 9, 2006
Two seek majority leader post
Two top Republicans announced Sunday they would seek the No. 2 position in the House, a day after Rep. Tom DeLay said he will not try to reclaim the majority leader post...
CNN - January 9, 2006
Lobbyist's Firm Escapes Fallout From a Scandal
Greenberg Traurig, the politically well-connected law firm, has distanced itself from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
The Hearings: Issues and (Possible) Answers: A Primer on the Alito Hearings
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. will have a fresh road map from the Roberts hearings as his own confirmation process begins Monday...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Delery Street: A Commitment to Marriage, and to New Orleans
A wedding provided an emotional catharsis, with resolutions to use Hurricane Katrina as a catalyst for positive change...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Diabetes and Its Awful Toll Quietly Emerge as a Crisis
More than one in every eight New Yorkers now have diabetes, and city health officials describe the problem as an epidemic...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Link by Link: Waking Up to Recurring ID Nightmares
Raymond Lorenzo, a victim of identity theft, still does not have his life back after 15 years...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Harry Magdoff, Economist, Dies at 92
Harry Magdoff fell in love with Marxist thought at 15 and became an influential socialist economist, author, editor and commentator - and, some said, a Soviet spy...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Neil Strawser, CBS News Veteran, Is Dead at 78
Neil Strawser was the anchor for the CBS News radio coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
ABC News Remembers Peter Jennings as It Moves On Without Him
The debut last week of news broadcasts led by Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff was just the latest development in an improbable 13-month odyssey...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
David Carr: To Reach the Heights, First Be Male
For women in the media business, what comes after the glass ceiling? More hard-to-see obstacles...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
On Left, Navigate. On Right, Watch a Film.
LAS VEGAS - Though Sharp Electronics gave prominent display to its networked and 65-inch liquid-crystal display televisions at the International Consumer Electronics Show last week, a two-way TV stole the attention of visitors...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
TV Watch: Debut at ABC News: 2 Anchors, No Hitches
Change on any network newscast can be unsettling and over-scrutinized. But so far, ABC's bold decision doesn't seem very earthshaking...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Game Buyers Could Influence New Direction in DVD Format
It may be the relatively low-priced video game consoles that tip the balance toward one format — or prolong the stalemate for several more years...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Drilling Down: We're Spending More Time Watching TV
Even with increased competition from video games, the Internet, DVD's and portable devices, the average television viewing time has risen four minutes a day so far this season over the same period last season...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Flash Dazzles, but Hard Drive Still Has a Role
Flash memory, which allows for the thin design of the Apple iPod Nano, was one of the stars of the International Consumer Electronics Show last week...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Newsday Employees Vote to Accept New Contract
The new contract would eliminate the 3 percent raise for this year that the union had negotiated as part of its current contract...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Scripture, Meet the Web: Placing Limits on 24/7
The trend of around-the-clock pampering is being bucked by some electronic retailers with religiously observant owners who leave their sites up and running on their Sabbath, but do not do anything to help customers...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
5 Million Paperback Copies of 'The Da Vinci Code' Planned
The decision signals that the book's publisher is confident that a huge audience remains for a book that has been near the top of the hardcover best-seller lists for almost three years...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Pickups and S.U.V.'s Do Poorly in Whiplash Tests
A study shows that four of every five new sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks do not adequately protect occupants from whiplash in low-speed rear-end collisions...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
A Revered Man, a Long-Awaited Book and Two Rivals
Newsweek's Jan. 9 article on a new book about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ran on the same day as Time's cover article on the same subject...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Lobbyist's Work for Publishers of Magazines Under Scrutiny
Jack Abramoff represented the Magazine Publishers Association, and some of the association's money may have been funneled to his political allies...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Advertising: Fake Products and the Movies That Loved Them
Before product placement became such a lucrative business, movie studios tended to place imaginary products on the screen...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Viacom's Ex-Finance Chief Joining Private Equity Firm
Richard J. Bressler, the former chief financial officer of Viacom, said that he planned to join Thomas H. Lee Partners, the Boston-based private equity firm...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Public Radio Listeners Want Their Money Back
When the public radio station in Detroit canceled some local music shows and replaced them with talk and news programs, listeners filed suit for the return of money donated during a pledge drive...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
New Bid for Guidant Sets Up a Showdown
A $25 billion bid by Boston Scientific to buy the heart device maker Guidant seemed certain to set up a showdown with Johnson & Johnson, which had offered $21.4 billion...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Buying Music From Anywhere and Selling It for Play on the Internet
A company called the Orchard is seeking to make money by purchasing music from small independent and foreign labels, and then distributing it to digital music services...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
News Analysis: Was Wal-Mart's Anti-Union Image Used as a Shield?
An ousted Wal-Mart executive spent money on a "union" project that may not have existed...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
As His Sirius Show Begins, Radio Ponders the Stern Effect
As Howard Stern begins his first broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio, questions abound on whether his compensation will have any effect on the way on-air talent is paid...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
Duke Energy Said to Be Near Deal on Sale of Plants
Duke Energy is said to be near a deal to sell part of its power generation operation in North America for about $1.5 billion to LS Power Group...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement
Even strong companies with the means to operate a pension plan are deciding not to make the decades-long promises involved...
New York Times - January 9, 2006
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