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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 June 2006:
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Boy, 12, Remains in Coma After Baseball Injury
The boy, Steven Domalewski, was hit by a line drive ball that he had pitched to an opposing team's batter. When the ball hit Steven on the chest, his heart stopped...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Germany Opens World Cup With a Victory
Germany opened the World Cup today with a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica, built on two goals by forward Miroslav Klose on his 28th birthday and achieved without the injured captain Michael Ballack...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Liberal Bloggers Gather in Las Vegas
The YearlyKos convention unites the liberal blogosphere with political figures who have begun to see the bloggers' clout...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Delphi reaches deal with workers
Delphi, the bankrupt car-parts supplier, reaches a deal with workers that may put off strike action...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Germany 4-2 Costa Rica
A Miroslav Klose brace and great strikes from Philip Lahm and Torsten Frings help Germany win their World Cup opener...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
ING bank faces charges in the US
US regulators accuse ING of failing disclose fees it earned running the New Hampshire state retirement fund...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Bush: U.S. uncertain when Iraqis can control security
President Bush said Friday that it's not clear that Iraqi forces will be able to take control of their country's security within 18 months as the new leader there has said...
CNN - June 9, 2006
Curfew ordered after al-Zarqawi killed
Iraqi police impose a curfew in Baghdad and in the Diyala province, where bombs from U.S. warplanes killed the most-wanted man in Iraq, an Interior Ministry official says...
CNN - June 9, 2006
China Bans 'Code' After Warning From Catholics
Small protests were cited as evidence that the film was becoming a political risk...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Zarqawi Built Global Jihadist Network on Internet
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Web propaganda helped secure the Internet as a center of terrorist recruitment and instruction, according to experts...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
U.S. Trade Deficit Widened in April
Even so, stocks rose in early trading on Wall Street, buoyed by rebounds in Asian and European markets...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
G8 ministers voice oil price fear
G8 finance ministers are set to highlight the threat of rising oil prices to the global economy at a meeting in St Petersburg...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
US trade deficit reaches $63.5bn
The US trade deficit reaches a monthly total of $63.5bn, putting it on track for a record annual figure...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Curfew ordered in Baghdad
Twelve people have been killed and 28 others wounded in a roadside bombing at a crowded market in southeastern Baghdad's Jadida neighborhood, according to an official with Baghdad police...
CNN - June 9, 2006
Costa Rica face Germany in opener
Team news ahead of Friday's opening World Cup match...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Atheltics: Veteran Ottey wins
Merlene Ottey, 46, wins a 100m race in Spain as she makes her first competitive appearance in two years...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
DeLay hits out in farewell speech
Former US Republican leader Tom DeLay leaves the House of Representatives with a defiant defence of his record...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Republicans fail to end death tax
Republican senators fail to secure enough votes to back a bill that would have repealed estate taxes in the US...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
US gets cervical cancer vaccine
The US approves the first vaccine against cervical cancer, which kills 290,000 women worldwide each year...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Art Review: 'Unknown Weegee,' on Photographer Who Made the Night Noir
Weegee was the first American photographer to make night an existential condition, as seen at the International Center of Photography show...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Germans' Main Objective Is a Good Time for All
The host Germans have reserved hopes for their team in the World Cup, but they plan a grand party...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
The Road Back: 100-Ton Symbols of a Recovery Still Suspended
Nine months after Hurricane Katrina, shrimp vessels in Alabama list in trees, many yards from the bayou...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
DeLay Bids the House a Torrid Goodbye
Tom DeLay, who is under indictment in Texas and under a cloud in Washington, says he did a good job...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
King Archives Will Be Sold at Auction
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers will be auctioned after years of efforts to sell them to a library or university...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
New Filing in Duke Case Aims to Refute Allegations
A stripper has contradicted statements by another dancer who says she was raped at the party, defense lawyers said...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Sectarianism: Hatred He Bred Is Sure to Survive Terrorist's Death
While Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death could erode his group's ability to carry out attacks, the insurgency he helped ignite will go on without him, according to officials...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Lived a Brief, Shadowy Life Replete With Contradictions
Mr. Zarqawi was always something of a phantom, to the American military, to the Iraqi and even to the men and women who grew up with him in Jordan...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
U.S. Approves Use of Vaccine for Cervical Cancer
Federal experts are widely expected to recommend that all 11- to 12-year-old girls get the vaccine, called Gardasil...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Smithfield’s Profit Declines Sharply
RICHMOND, Va., June 8 (AP) — Smithfield Foods, the largest pork processor in the world, reported on Thursday that its profit fell sharply in its fourth quarter as oversuppliedmeat inventories in the United States hurt prices...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Lucent, Alcatel Deal Gets U.S. Approval
WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) — Federal antitrust authorities have approved the acquisition of Lucent Technologies by the French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel, Lucent said in a regulatory filing Thursday...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Cisco's Chief to Add Title of Chairman
John T. Chambers will ake on the added title of chairman, succeeding John P. Morgridge...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Cablevision to Halt Video Recorder Test
The test is suspended pending the result of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by several entertainment companies, Cablevision said...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
G.M. Names an Outside Lawyer as Chief Counsel
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Halliburton Expects Earnings Doubling in Coming Years
By Reuters...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
A Ratings Service Downgrades Ford Debt
Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term debt of Ford and its financing arm further into junk status...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Enrollment of Children in Drug Study Is Halted
The manufacturer of Ketek, an antibiotic, denied that the action was related to a report that it could be deadly...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Settlement by Game Maker
Take-Two Interactive Software has agreed to settle accusations that it failed to disclose that animated sex scenes were hidden on a game's discs...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Delaware Justices Uphold Ruling on Disney Severance
The decision exonerated the Walt Disney Company's board and two former executives of charges that they neglected their duties and wasted company assets...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Caleb D. Hammond, 90, Who Led Family's Map-Making Business Into Digital Age, Dies
Caleb D. Hammond Jr. was president of C. S. Hammond & Company, the map makers, from 1948 to 1974...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
News Media: Leading the Pack at 2 A.M.
ABC News scored a beat on its competitors yesterday when it was the first to broadcast new of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Owner of the Lagerfeld Brand Will End His Newest Line
Karl Lagerfeld's latest collection, introduced at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman this spring, will be discontinued after the fall season...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Inventories at Wholesalers Rose More Than Expected in April
WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) — Inventories at wholesalers rose a larger-than-expected 0.9 percent in April as automotive stocks increased the most in 10 months and inventories of machinery and metals rose sharply, a government report showed on Thursday...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Logging-Rights Auction in Oregon Will Proceed
Environmental groups opposed logging in two roadless tracts of a national forest ravaged by fire four years ago...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
White House Raises '06 Growth Estimate
WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) — The White House increased its estimate of economic growth in 2006 but offered a more pessimistic view of inflation in new forecasts released on Thursday...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Airbus and China Select Assembly Plant Site
Airbus and the Chinese government announced that they had selected Tianjin, a port near Beijing, as the site for an assembly plant...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
A.F.L.-C.I.O. Files a Trade Complaint Against China's Labor Practices
The complaint asked President Bush to penalize China, asserting that it violates workers' rights...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Insider: Sliced Lamb in Formaldehyde and Other Market Indicators
Widespread global wealth creation has fueled record-setting auction seasons with jaw-dropping sales...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Merrill Bankers to Be Released in Enron Case
A judge ordered Daniel H. Bayly and Robert S. Furst set free on bail until a decision is reached on their appeal...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
[TS] What Happens if Inflation Is Overstated?
You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to conclude that in the last decade, an important part of the Consumer Price Index has been understated...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
I Saw a Deadhead Sticker on a Bentley
Thousands of hedge fund managers and the bankers and lawyers who love them gathered for their own alternative festival, called Hedgestock...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Advertising: N.B.A. Wants Women to Talk Basketball
The new campaign plays off the league's belief that women prefer stories about the players to their scoring averages...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
European Bank Raises Rate but Doesn't Signal Future Moves
The European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate Thursday by a quarter-point, to 2.75 percent...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
A Familiar American Name Lobbies on European Steel
Former United States attorney general John Ashcroft characterized the fight for Arcelor as an issue that is important to everyone...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
House Backs Telecom Bill Favoring Phone Companies
The House of Representatives approved the most extensive telecommunications legislation in a decade on Thursday by a lopsided vote of 321 to 101...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Shares Fall Sharply Early, but Finish With Some Gains
Braking a steep slide in global equity markets, American stocks retraced their losses yesterday, recovering to finish roughly where they began...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
News Corp. Trims TV Stake in Hong Kong
China Mobile said Thursday that it had acquired a 19.9 percent stake in Phoenix Satellite Television of Hong Kong from the News Corporation...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Deal Stirrings Help to Lift Tribune Stock
The Tribune Company says it is sticking to a stock buyback plan, but investors Thursday reacted as if the company might be in play...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Decision Time in Detroit
For G.M. and Ford buyouts provide a way to reorganize in a more efficient way than if they stuck to the letter of their union contracts...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Questions Raised on Another Chief's Stock Options
Accusations of corporate stock option abuse were leveled against Cyberonics, a medical device maker that is no stranger to controversy...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
G.O.P. Fails in Attempt to Repeal Estate Tax
A 57-41 vote fell short of advancing the bill that shrinks taxes on inherited wealth during this election year...
New York Times - June 9, 2006
Ford's credit rating cut further
Struggling US car giant Ford has its credit rating cut further into junk territory, a fresh blow for its turnaround efforts...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
Brazil graft report urges charges
A Brazilian report says 79 people, including politicians and businessmen, should face criminal corruption charges...
BBC News - June 9, 2006
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