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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 August 2004:
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Trump Hotels planning bankruptcy
The flagship company of businessman Donald Trump is to apply for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Pupils bear spam e-mail overload
Most of the e-mails sent to London school children are spam, many of them offering drugs...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Euroscepticism 'fuels xenophobia'
Europe Minister Denis MacShane says the Eurosceptic press is fuelling xenophobia...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Footballer crash victim may sue
A man badly injured in the crash for which footballer Lee Hughes was jailed for six years may sue for compensation...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Police probe suspicous death
A man is arrested in connection with the discovery of a man's body at a house in County Antrim...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
National crackdown on fake goods
A crackdown on counterfeiting and piracy is planned under government moves to protect intellectual property...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Store discounting cuts inflation
Cheaper furniture prices help to cut UK consumer price inflation to 1.4% in July from 1.6% the previous month...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Revenge probe in double murder
Detectives investigating a couple's murder probe any link with a murder committed by their son...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Howard outlines anti-crime plans
Tory leader Michael Howard will pledge on Tuesday to free police from bureaucracy and political correctness...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Blue Jays edge out Yankees
Gabe Gross's first major league home run helps the Toronto Blue Jays beat the NY Yankees - plus a round-up...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Pupils taught to speak 'properly'
Schools in England are to be sent guidance on how to teach "standard" speaking skills...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Oil prices surge to record highs
The price of crude oil continues its surge to record levels after output was halted in Iraq's southern oilfields amid the threat of sabotage...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Report slams 'worst performing' prison
Parc Prison in Bridgend is rated the worst performing private jail in the whole of Wales and England...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Missing backpacker's body found
The body of missing British backpacker Sean Kennedy is found in Sydney...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Concerns over policing 'ability'
A police watchdog warns the PSNI may not be able to cope if the part-time reserve is not increased...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Football: FA set for major review
The Football Association will begin a structural review on Tuesday following the fall-out from the Sven-Goran Eriksson affair...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Baghdad blast 'targets' US convoy
A roadside bomb aparently targeting a US convoy explodes in central Baghdad with no casualties...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
UK troops on high alert in Basra
UK troops remain on high alert in Basra after clashes with militiamen kill a British soldier and injure others...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Venezuela gives oil reassurances
Venezuela says it will guarantee oil exports regardless of who wins the vote on President Chavez...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Highers pass rate is on the up
Figures show that the percentage of pupils passing Higher English has risen by 5%...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Young 'more susceptible to CJD'
Scientists find more evidence to suggest young people are more susceptible to vCJD...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Owen linked with Madrid
Liverpool's Michael Owen could leave after contract talks break down, according to reports...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Probation officers fired after 'XBox killings'
Florida prison officials have fired four probation officers who they said could have prevented the gruesome killings of four men and two women in a rental home in Deltona, Florida, if they had followed proper procedure. The six victims were beaten and stabbed with kitchen knives, allegedly the bloody culmination of a dispute over an XBox games system. Four men appeared in court Monday charged with the murders...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Probation officers fired after 'XBox killings'
Florida prison officials fired four probation officers Monday who they said could have prevented the gruesome killings of four men and two women in a rental home in Deltona, Florida, if they had followed proper procedure...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Kerry stands by Iraq vote
Democratic presidential nomiee John Kerry said Monday he would not have changed his vote to authorize the war against Iraq, but said he would have handled things "very differently" from President Bush...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Martinez to quit Mariners
Seattle Mariners star Edgar Martinez will retire at the end of the season...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Graduate debts climb by a third
Students leaving universities in England and Wales this summer owe £12,000 on average, a 33% increase on last year, a study finds...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
'No jail protection for children'
New rules for children in jail including the use of physical restraint will not protect them, a charity says...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Firefighters balloted over strike
Ballot papers go out to firefighters to vote on strike action in a row over bank holiday working...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Work 'may ward off Alzheimer's'
People in mentally demanding jobs may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's, say researchers...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Xbox killing suspects denied bond
A dispute over clothes and a video game system between a young woman and a squatter in her grandparents' house apparently sparked the vicious beating and stabbing murders of six people whose bodies were found late last week in a blood-spattered home, police said...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Sotheby's enjoys surge in profits
The famous auction house reports an increase in both revenue and profits, led by its record sale of Picasso's Boy with a Pipe painting...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
U.S. Marines take control of forces in Najaf
With a radical Shiite Muslim cleric vowing to fight Americans to the death, U.S. Marines took command today of coalition operations in Najaf and neighboring Qadisiya, a multinational forces statement said. Najaf is the site of one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam, where fighters loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are holed up...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Bush, McCain to campaign
President Bush plans to campaign with Arizona Sen. John McCain on Tuesday in Florida's military-rich Panhandle...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Google offers more shares for IPO
The world's most popular internet search engine - Google - raises the amount of shares available for its forthcoming initial public offering...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Broadcaster Levin dies at age 75
Broadcaster and journalist Bernard Levin, one of the UK's most respected journalists, dies at the age of 75...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Nature 'mankind's gravest threat'
Giant tsunamis, super volcanoes and earthquakes could pose a greater threat than terrorism, scientists claim...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Howard urging return of respect
Tory leader Michael Howard is to call for tougher discipline at school and home in a keynote speech on Tuesday...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Exam results countdown for pupils
Thousands of school pupils in Scotland are set to receive their exam results on Tuesday morning...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Yukos suffers fresh court setback
Russian bailiffs seize a key asset from oil firm Yukos, despite a court order on Friday appearing to prevent such a move...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Police 'mishandled' train death
A police investigation into the death of a man hit by a train was 'badly handled', an inquiry rules...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Asylum seekers attacked for sport
A sheriff warns that asylum seekers are the victims of "recreational racism" by teenage gangs...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Football: Solskjaer injury fears
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's knee problems are likely to rule him out for the whole season...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Football: Pires denies Vieira exit
Robert Pires denies he made remarks which quoted him as saying Patrick Vieira has decided to leave Arsenal...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Biggs appeals for release
The lawyers of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, 75, begin a High Court bid to free him on compassionate grounds...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Five-in-one baby jab planned
Health officials announce plans for a new combined vaccine for babies but campaigners are concerned...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Weird weather "set to continue"
The unseasonable weather that has wreaked havoc across the UK recently will continue well into the week...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
UK soldier dies in Basra battles
A British soldier is killed and five others injured in clashes in Basra with militiamen loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Najaf leader OKs operations near shrine
The governor of Najaf has cleared the way for military operations around the Imam Ali Shrine, the most holy place in Shiite Islam, where fighters loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are holed up, said a commander for the U.S.-led multinational forces. Al-Sadr has promised a fight to the death against the American-led forces by his Mehdi Army militia...
CNN - August 9, 2004
TiVo halves prices to drive sales
US digital television recorder maker TiVo is cutting the price of its set-top boxes by half in an effort to attract more users...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
DUP 'must clarify' position
Sinn Fein challenges the DUP to clarify its position on Gerry Adams' latest remarks about the IRA...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Search after trio fall from cliff
A search and rescue operation is launched in north Cornwall after three people fall from cliffs...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Football: Newcastle in Carr deal
Newcastle agree a reported £2m fee for Spurs defender Stephen Carr...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Footballer jailed for death crash
WBA striker Lee Hughes is jailed for six years after being convicted of killing a 56-year-old man in a car crash...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Doubling back
John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, paid a makeup call with his family to Kansas supporters who had stood in the dark as Kerry-Edwards campaign train sped through town in the wee hours over the weekend...
CNN - August 9, 2004
Wakefield claims lucky win
Tim Wakefield ties a major league record as Boston beat Detroit - plus a round-up...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
New vaccine for babies: Your views
The government has announced plans on Monday for a new 5-in-1 vaccine for babies. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
At play with firm's clone kittens
A US firm offering a pet cloning service has successfully cloned two cats. The BBC's Maggie Shiels visited the copy kittens...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Welsh 'hero' of Atlantic drama
Welsh rower Peter Bray is hailed a hero by his crewmates after a dramatic escape from a sinking boat in the Atlantic...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Cricket: England to reveal team
England could announce their Test team on Tuesday for the third match against West Indies at Old Trafford...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Football: Pires says Vieira moving
Robert Pires claims Patrick Vieira has decided to quit Arsenal for Real Madrid...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Woman denies affair with officer
A woman accused of supplying a false alibi to a Soham officer denies they were intimate...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
Five-in-one baby jab plan unveiled
Health officials announce plans for a new combined vaccine for babies...
BBC News - August 9, 2004
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