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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 February 2006:
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Hostage reporter in new video
Abducted American journalist Jill Carroll has appeared in a video broadcast on Kuwaiti television urging the U.S. government to meet her kidnappers' demands...
CNN - February 9, 2006
White House, senators reach deal on Patriot Act
A band of Senate Republican holdouts reached agreement with the White House Thursday on minor changes in the Patriot Act, hoping to clear the way for passage of anti-terror legislation that has been stalled in a dispute over protection of civil liberties...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Abducted journalist makes new plea
In a video shown on Kuwaiti television Thursday, abducted American journalist Jill Carroll urged the U.S. government to meet her kidnappers' demands. "Please, just do whatever they want. Give them whatever they want as quickly as possible. There is very short time," she says...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Putin Considers Inviting Hamas Leaders to Moscow
President Putin rejected claims that Russia should join Europe and the United States in declaring Hamas a terrorist organization...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Deal Could Break Deadlock in Senate on Patriot Act
Several senators have reached a compromise with the White House that could lead to an extension of the antiterrorism law...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
NASA Aide Who Resigned Over Warming Offers Defense
George C. Deutsch today defended his efforts to keep the agency's top climate scientist from speaking publicly about global warming...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
F.C.C. Supports ā la Carte Cable Option
Consumers would save as much as 13 percent on their cable bills if they could buy only the channels they want...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
A.I.G. to Pay $1.64 Billion to Settle Charges of Fraud
Under the settlement, A.I.G. said it had deceived its policyholders, shareholders and regulators extending back to 1985...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Oprah Signs Deal With XM Satellite Radio
Oprah Winfrey has signed a three-year, $55 million agreement with XM Satellite Radio Holdings to establish a new radio channel in September...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
30-Year Treasury Bond Returns and Demand Is Strong
The first auction of 30-year Treasury bonds in more than four years attracted strong demand, allowing the government to borrow $14 billion...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Blackberry plan to beat shutdown
Blackberry says it has developed software to maintain its US service in the face of a possible shutdown...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Aid workers seized in Colombia
Gunmen in Colombia are holding two staff members of the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, the agency says...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Bush: L.A. attack foiled in 2002
President George W. Bush says the U.S. thwarted plans by al Qaeda in 2002 to use shoe bombers to hijack a commercial airplane and fly it into Los Angeles' tallest building...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Violence mars Ashura festival
The observance of the Shiite Muslim festival of Ashura is marred by a suicide bomb attack that killed 22 people in Pakistan and clashes in neighboring Afghanistan...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Briton charged in Boston-area killings
Police have arrested and charged Neil Entwistle with the murder of his wife and baby in Massachusetts, officials said. Entwistle was detained in England, where he is believed to have been since about the time of the shootings last month...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Bush: U.S. thwarted al Qaeda attack in L.A.
Shortly after 9/11, al Qaeda began planning to use shoe bombers to hijack a commercial airplane and fly it into the tallest building in Los Angeles, President Bush said Thursday...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Bush Offers Details of 2002 Plot in Defense of Terror Strategy
A multinational cooperation foiled plans to fly a airliner into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast, the president said...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Europe Defends Stance on Genetically Altered Foods
The European Commission defended its current practices on screening genetically altered foods in the wake of a report from the W.T.O...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Toyota Vies for One of Detroit's Last Strongholds
Toyota has been selling pickup trucks in the United States since 1964. But none have been more important than the one it unveiled here today...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
A.I.G. to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Fraud and Other Charges
The deal announced today by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office also requires the company to ensure proper accounting procedures in the future...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Insurer AIG in $1.6bn settlement
Insurance giant AIG agrees to pay more than $1.6bn to settle state and federal changes of accounting abuses...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Tennis: Roddick splits with coach
Andy Roddick parts company with coach Dean Goldfine to work with his older brother John...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
US searches for Yemeni fugitives
US Navy ships are patrolling Yemen's coast to try to recapture 23 convicts who broke out of jail on Friday...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Brazilian Indians free hostages
Members of an indigenous tribe in Brazil free four mine workers they took hostage in a protest over health care...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Argentine 'dirty war' suspect held
An Argentine ex-police officer wanted for alleged human rights abuses is arrested in Spain...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Massive cartoon protest in Beirut
About half a million Muslims turned a Beirut religious ceremony into a peaceful protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, as Iran and Syria rejected U.S. accusations they were inciting anger over the caricatures...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Bomb mars Ashura: 15 dead
The observance of Ashura in Muslim countries was marred Thursday when 15 people died and more were wounded in a suicide attack during a Shiite Muslim holiday procession in the city of Hangu in northwest Pakistan, officials said...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Letter From China: Despite Web Crackdown, Prevailing Winds Are Free
While China is closing publications and jailing reporters, rapid change is afoot here, and more and more is escaping the government's control...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Large and Small Businesses Part Ways on Asbestos Bill
Some large companies back the bill, but smaller ones say the formula for determining how much each company will have to contribute may drive them into bankruptcy...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Europe Defends Stance on Genetically Altered Foods
The European Commission defended its current practices on screening genetically altered foods in the wake of a report from the W.T.O...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
In pictures: King funeral
In pictures - the funeral of Coretta Scott King...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Brazil Indians seize mine workers
Members of an indigenous tribe in Brazil take four mine workers hostage to protest at poor standards of healthcare...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
US evangelicals launch green plan
A group of senior US evangelicals urges action on global warming, putting them at odds with the White House...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Hotel closure after Mexico-US row
Local authorities in Mexico City say they will close a US-owned hotel at the centre of a row over Cuba...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Syria, Rice face off over prophet cartoon
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran and Syria of using the controversy over a series of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed "to inflame sentiments" and she says, "the world ought to call them on it."...
CNN - February 9, 2006
Governor: All 9 church fires appear linked
Alabama's governor says the nine church fires in his state during the past week appear linked. Meanwhile, investigators checked out reports that two men were seen near a number of the fires...
CNN - February 9, 2006
U2 Overshadows Mariah Carey's Comeback Story at the Grammys
U2 dominated the Grammys with wins in five categories, while Mariah Carey picked up three awards, including best R&B album...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Panel Explores Standard Tests for Colleges
The panel is examining whether the tests would prove that students are learning and allow easier comparisons on quality...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Storm Victims Face Big Delay to Get Trailers
Thousands of Gulf Coast residents remain without trailers promised by the federal government for use as temporary shelter...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
A Makeover of a Romance
After a heart-wrenching, two-year separation, Barbie and Ken are patching things up, but can Mattel?...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Advertising: For the Olympics, Commercials for Screens of All Sizes
A billion dollars in advertising will soon begin inundating you on screens on cellphones, computers, televisions and movie theaters...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Small Business: Corporate Boards Call on the Expertise of Retired Executives
A career as a professional corporate director at small or medium-size companies is an increasingly popular move for retired executives...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
2 Executives Are Named Co-Presidents at Morgan
The appointment of Zoe Cruz and Robert Scully was a move aimed at clarifying what had been a murky operating environment at the investment bank...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
DirecTV Reports a Profit
Subscriber growth, while lower than expected, lifted revenue at the nation's largest direct broadcast satellite provider...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
New S.E.C. Division Chief
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Reuters) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday named a securities lawyer, John W. White, as director of the agency's division of corporation finance...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
PepsiCo Earnings Up 12%
Strong sales of snacks and noncarbonated beverages offset higher costs for energy, packaging and ingredients...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
U. S. Proposes Energy Leasing in Eastern Gulf
The proposal, opposed by Florida officials, would open a large area of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas leasing...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Settlement by Broker
Morgan Keegan & Company agreed to pay $559,000 to settle regulatory charges that it improperly processed trades for a hedge fund client...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Solar Energy Is Gaining Powerful Friends
The list of leading solar supporters now includes President Bush, a former oil man living in a partly solar-powered White House...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
IAC/InteractiveCorp Rebounds to a Profit
By Reuters...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Rosier Technology Outlook Fuels Broad Market Gains
Stocks gained yesterday after a sales forecast from Cisco Systems suggested that the profit outlook for technology companies might be improving...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Asset Sale Lifts Profit at News Corp.
The News Corporation, the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, reported a sharply higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Fed Plans 2-Day Meeting
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Univision Confirms It May Be for Sale
The largest Spanish-language network in the United States confirmed Wednesday that it was considering options that include a possible sale of the company...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Nortel Offers $2.4 Billion to Settle Lawsuits
Nortel Networks offered about $2.4 billion in cash and stock Wednesday to settle two class-action lawsuits over an accounting debacle two years ago...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
I.B.M. Unveils Server Line That Uses Game Chips
I.B.M. is betting on videogame technology to bring supercomputer-caliber visualization tools to its mainstream corporate market...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Federal Judge Holds Off Approval of KPMG Tax Shelter Deal
The decision gave the two sides time to renegotiate the $195-million settlement between the accounting firm KPMG and tax shelter investors...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Market Place: Spoils of War Add Up to 56% Profit Gain for Lazard
This is the second consecutive quarter that the investment bank has exceeded Wall Street's estimates...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Some Assembly Needed: China as Asia Factory
Often these days, "made in China" is mostly made elsewhere, by multinational companies in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the U.S...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Vonage Plans Sale of Stock
This would be the first public stock offering for an Internet telephone provider, marking a new level of prominence for the technology...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Benefits Go the Way of Pensions
Companies are moving to unburden themselves of as much of the cost of supporting their retired work force as they can...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
Analyst Is Fined in Conflict-of-Interest Case
The fines, $220,000 for the analyst and $350,000 for his firm, are the largest yet imposed for violating NASD conflict-of-interest rules...
New York Times - February 9, 2006
NHL to probe alleged betting ring
New Jersey investigators and National Hockey League chiefs are to quiz a coach over alleged betting links...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Chavez rejects 'attack' by Blair
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez chides Tony Blair for saying Venezuela should abide by international norms...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
Congress in Wikipedia probe
Online reference site Wikipedia says US Congress staff made partisan changes to a number of political biographies...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
All-clear after US Capitol alert
Police give the all-clear after a Senate building is evacuated amid fears of the discovery of a nerve agent...
BBC News - February 9, 2006
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