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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 March 2007:
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Iraq: Militant leader arrested
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq, was arrested Friday in western Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said...
CNN - March 9, 2007
Anna Nicole Smith's computer to be examined
The Broward County medical examiner wants to examine a computer that belonged to Anna Nicole Smith before announcing her cause of death, a spokesman for the county state attorney's office said...
CNN - March 9, 2007
Gingrich confession: Clearing the way for a run?
Former House speaker and potential presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has confessed, telling conservative Christian leader James Dobson that he was cheating on his wife at around the same time the House was impeaching President Clinton over his White House affair with Monica Lewinsky...
CNN - March 9, 2007
Bush lauds biofuels pact with Brazil
President Bush sees the United States' new agreement with Brazil on ethanol as a way to boost alternative fuels production in the Americas and get more cars running on something other than gasoline...
CNN - March 9, 2007
F.D.A. Orders Warnings on Anemia Drugs
The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
N.H.L. Suspends Islanders? Simon Indefinitely
Chris Simon hit Rangers forward Ryan Hollweg with his stick Thursday night in retaliation for a clean check...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Bloomberg Meets With Relatives of Fire Victims
Mayor Bloomberg had been criticized for going on a scheduled trip to Florida yesterday, hours after the blaze...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Justice Department Says F.B.I. Misused Patriot Act
The F.B.I. improperly obtained thousands of records without prior judicial approval, a report issued today said...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Appeals Court Says Gun Ban Violates 2nd Amendment
The decision today was the first from a federal appeals court to hold that the Constitution gives individuals, not just state militias, the right to bear arms...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Chrysler Is Recalling 489,000 Vehicles
The Jeep Liberty, Dodge Durango and Dodge Avenger are included in the recall. Chrysler cited the risk of overheating...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
China to Open Fund to Invest Currency Reserves
The new agency could become one of the world?s biggest investment funds...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Bush Signs Ethanol Deal in Brazil
The White House hopes the deal will diminish the influence of Venezuela?s president, Hugo Chávez, who plans a rally against President Bush today...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
US equity targets UK chemist
US private equity group KKR is the group behind a potential takeover approach for Alliance Boots, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Chrysler knocked by huge recall
US carmaker Chrysler is to recall almost half a million vehicles, its second recall in two weeks...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Brief awakening for coma woman
A Colorado woman in a coma-like state for over six years astonishes doctors by waking up for three days...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Fifth Baseball Player Dies Days After Bus Crash
The death brings the toll to seven in all, including the bus driver and his wife as well as four other players...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
China to Open Fund to Invest Currency Reserves
Analysts say that the agency is set to begin life as one of the world?s biggest investment funds...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Unemployment Rate Declined in February
The U.S. economy added 97,000 jobs, 39,000 of which were in government. The trade deficit narrowed...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Diary: Libby, the movie
BBC Washington correspondent Matt Frei takes a look at the heroes and villains in the trial of White House aide Scooter Libby...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Cricket: Lara to play beyond 40
West Indies captain Brian Lara announces he intends to extend his Test career into his 40s...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Chavez attacks Bush 'domination'
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez lambastes President Bush as the pair continue rival Latin American tours...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Cubans land during US coast drill
Cuban migrants sneak ashore in Florida during a training exercise designed to deal with a possible mass exodus from Cuba...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
FBI obtained records 'illegally'
The FBI illegally or improperly obtained information on the US public, a new justice department report says...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
U.N. Hopes Ex-Rebels Will Buy Into Kosovo Peace Deal
The U.N. deal gives the Albanian population considerable independence, though with a dose of international supervision...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
U.S. Report to Fault F.B.I. on Subpoenas
The report, due out today, criticizes how the F.B.I. uses special subpoenas to obtain thousands of records without prior judicial approval...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Vonage loses phone patent dispute
Internet phone company Vonage loses a patent case that could threaten its business...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
US crackdown on market spammers
US market regulators suspend trading in 35 firms that allegedly benefited from spam e-mail campaigns hyping up their stock...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
US duo secure Liverpool control
American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks secure unconditional control of Liverpool...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Guantanamo to hold key hearings
Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and 13 other key Guantanamo inmates face hearings...
BBC News - March 9, 2007
Art Review | 'Barcelona and Modernity': A Seaport Abuzz With Cultural Ferment
This fascinating but not perfectly satisfying show at the Metropolitan Museum features the art of Barcelona from the turn of the 20th century...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Study Uncovers Memory Aid: A Scent During Sleep
A familiar scent can help a slumbering brain better remember things that it learned the evening before...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
The Cause: Basic Oversights Linked to Bronx Fire
A combination of basic human oversights and seemingly innocuous events made the fire stronger and deadlier...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
In War Over Teaching Reading, a U.S.-Local Clash
A federal program to teach reading pressured schools to adopt a specific approach in order to receive financing...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Violent Crime in Cities Shows Sharp Surge
Violent crime rose by double-digit percentages over the last two years, reversing the declines of the 1990s...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Veterans Face Vast Inequities Over Disability
Compensation is determined by such factors as where soldiers live and whether they were on active duty or were members of the National Guard or the Reserve...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
U.S. Report to Fault F.B.I. Over Special Subpoenas
The F.B.I. uses the administrative subpoena to obtain thousands of records without prior judicial approval...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
John F. Baugh, 91, Founder of Sysco, Dies
John F. Baugh was the founder of the Sysco Corporation, a food and service supplier based in Houston...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Retailer?s Profit Up 3.3%. Last Year
Carrefour, the European retailer, posted a 3.3 percent rise in profit for 2006, with a weaker performance in its home market in France dampening robust growth elsewhere. The company said net profit was 1.86 billion euros ($2.44 billion), compared with 1.8 billion euros in 2005. Sales, which Carrefour reported in January, rose 3.4 percent, to 3.26 billion euros. The earnings report came the day after the chairman of Carrefour?s supervisory board, Luc Vandevelde, resigned in a shake-up...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Microsoft in First Technology License Deal
Microsoft said it had signed its first agreement to license its technology, almost three years after European Union antitrust regulators ordered the software company to share data to increase competition. Microsoft said the deal, with Quest Software of California, was meant to comply with an antitrust order issued in March 2004 that demanded licensing of software that helps desktop computers communicate with servers. But the deal was met with skepticism from adversaries, who questioned how a company with a longstanding relationship with Microsoft could be considered a rival. The European Commission threatened Microsoft last week with fines as high as 3 million euros ($3.9 million) a day for failing to comply with the order...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Key Indicator Improved in January
Japan?s machinery orders rose in January, the most in five months, signaling that capital spending will keep fueling the economy. Nongovernment machinery orders, excluding shipping and utilities, rose a seasonally adjusted 3.9 percent, to 1.09 trillion yen ($9.4 billion), from December, when they fell 0.7 percent, according to a Cabinet Office report...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: BMW Earnings Rise 28%
BMW, the German automaker, said its profit rose 28 percent in 2006, helped by strong car sales and a one-time gain from the sale of a stake in Rolls-Royce, the British aircraft engine manufacturer. The company, which is based in Berlin, said it was seeking approval from its board to buy back up to 10 percent of its stock and said it would increase dividends. Net profit climbed to 2.87 billion euros ($3.77 billion) from 2.24 billion euros the previous year...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: G.E. Lending Unit Scaling Back
The General Electric Company?s Japanese consumer lending unit said it would close 60 percent of its branches and cut 15 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan. The GE Consumer Finance Company, a Tokyo-based lender, will shut 73 of its 115 branches and 200 of its 1,342 unmanned outlets, the firm said. The company said it would also cut as many as 400 employees out of 2,600 by the end of June...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Costco Profit Slipped 16% in 2nd Quarter
Second-quarter profit dropped 16 percent, hurt in part by costs associated with revamping its consumer electronics return policy...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Ex-Gateway Officers Found Liable in Trial
Two former executives at Gateway were found liable on claims that they manipulated financial results to meet Wall Street expectations in 2000...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Hovnanian Reports Loss as Housing Market Cools
The home builder reported that it swung to a loss in the first quarter, continuing a trend of bad news in the housing market...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Real Estate Promoter Is Indicted
Gene A. O?Neal was charged with stealing millions from investors in a Ponzi scheme and using the money to pay for jewelry, luxury automobiles, and credit card and tax bills...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Court Rules for Dell in a Patent Suit
A federal court has ruled that Dell Inc. personal organizer products did not infringe a patent held by Alcatel-Lucent...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Investors? Confidence Continues to Rise
Wall Street extended its recovery after several stable sessions helped buttress investor sentiment and allay some concerns about the economy...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Ford to Give Bonuses to All
Ford said that all of its employees would receive a ?modest? bonus...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Jobless Benefit Claims Fall
Workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits fell 10,000 last week, to a seasonally adjusted 328,000, slightly lower than Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Marketing Company Is Being Acquired
The Catalina Marketing Corporation agreed to be acquired by ValueAct Capital, in a deal that values the company at nearly $1.6 billion...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
With Housing in a Slump, Mortgages Rose Anyway
Homeowners increased their mortgage borrowing by almost $600 billion in the last quarter of 2006, an annual pace of 6.4 percent...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
A Lawyer Finds He Can Go Home Again
Harvey Miller, who made Weil, Gotshal a bankruptcy powerhouse, returns after a detour into banking...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
With Exceptions, Retailers Post Weak Results for February
Retailers reported weak February sales, saying the month?s cold temperatures and stormy weather hampered results...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching
Metaweb Technologies is setting out to create a vast public database, paving the way for a more automated Internet...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
European Bank Raises Key Rate and Hints at More Increases
The bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 3.75 percent, and made clear that it was willing to tighten credit further...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Lender Stops Accepting Mortgage Applications
New Century Financial stopped accepting new loan applications as it tried to negotiate terms with banks that had cut off its access to billions in funds...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Court Orders Vonage to Pay $58 Million in Patent Case
A jury ruled that Vonage violated three Verizon patents, dealing a blow to a company already showing signs of stress...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Award Honorees Describe How They Hope to Improve the World
Former President Bill Clinton and two other winners of the annual TED Prize, the centerpiece of the annual TED conference, have made public their projects...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
CVS Again Increases Its Offer for Caremark
CVS delivered what it hoped would be a knockout punch in the fight to acquire Caremark, raising its offer to $26 billion...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
S.E.C. Moves Against Spam That Pushes Hot Stocks
The S.E.C. suspended trading in 35 stocks promoted in recent spam campaigns and said further investigation could lead to arrests...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Palm Responds to the iPhone
The maker of hand-held computers has hired a top software designer to respond to the challenge posed by Apple?s new iPhone...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Advertising: Saturn Goes Back to Warm and Fuzzy
Hoping to revive the warmth the brand once evoked, Saturn is lending owners of its Aura model a Car of the Year trophy...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
The Man Who May Become the Richest Rothschild
Nathaniel Rothschild has parlayed his family?s name and private equity investments into a fortune that is approaching $1 billion...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
CBS Producer Goes Around, Comes Around
Rick Kaplan, who was hired by CBS to turn around the ratings slide of its evening newscast with Katie Couric, has an opportunity to stage a comeback of his own...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Output Falling in Oil-Rich Mexico, and Politics Gets the Blame
Pemex, Mexico?s oil monopoly, is struggling, with falling production and reserves and no money to reverse the slide...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
Insider: Winners Amid Gloom and Doom
The meltdown of the subprime mortgage market is producing a who?s who of winners and losers among hedge funds...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
I.R.S. Letting Tax Lawyers Write Rules
The project has prompted criticism from those who worry that lawyers could skew new rules in favor of their clients...
New York Times - March 9, 2007
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