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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 September 2004:
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Keys evacuation ordered
Tourists and residents were told Thursday they will have to leave the Florida Keys to avoid mighty Hurricane Ivan, even as the state still struggled with the misery left by Hurricanes Frances and Charley...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Jamaica bracing for Ivan
With almost nothing but open sea between Jamaica and Hurricane Ivan, officials expected the Catagory 5 storm to be worse than Gilbert, which hit Jamaica in 1988, killing 45 people. Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson told his fellow Jamaicans that Ivan poses an "imminent danger" and that they should prepare for "the worst-case scenario."...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Al-Zawahiri: U.S. faltering in Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, appeared in a videotape message Thursday on the Arabic-language TV news network Al-Jazeera, saying southern and eastern Afghanistan is control of the mujahedeen...
CNN - September 9, 2004
New Guard memos surface
Newly unearthed memos state that President Bush failed to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war, that he refused a direct order and that his superiors were in a state of turmoil over how to evaluate his performance after he was suspended from flying...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Defying Bush, House Votes to Block New Overtime Rules
The House moved to block the Labor Department from carrying out changes that critics argued could deprive millions of overtime pay...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Health Premiums Rose 5 Times Faster Than Income in 2004
The figures from a survey released today are likely to throw more people into the ranks of the uninsured, analysts said...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Stocks End Mixed on Job Data and Oil Prices
Rising oil prices and a disappointing wholesale inventories report offset a sharp drop in initial unemployment claims today, keeping stocks mixed...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Florida Keys evacuating ahead of Ivan
Tourists and residents were told to evacuate the Florida Keys because Hurricane Ivan could hit by Sunday. Ivan is headed for Jamaica with 160 mph winds after it killed at least 16 people while pummeling Grenada and Barbados...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Jamaica bracing, Keys evacuating ahead of Ivan
Emergency officials began the total evacuation of the Florida Keys today because Hurricane Ivan, now a Category 5 storm, could hit the island chain as early as Sunday. The storm currently is heading for Jamaica with 160 mph winds. The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in nearly a decade, it already has killed at least 16 people, damaged 90 percent of Grenada's homes and destroyed a prison that left criminals running loose, officials said...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Dozens dead in Iraq fighting
U.S. forces have launched new attacks in the towns of Falluja and Tal Afar, which they say are havens for foreign militant fighters, killing a number of Iraqis in air strikes and gun battles...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Memos on Bush's service
Newly unearthed memos provide detail about President Bush's suspension from flying during his Vietnam War-era service in the Texas Air National Guard...
CNN - September 9, 2004
When an Explosive Charge Is Not Handled With Care
Dick Cheney's latest assault on John Kerry raised a question: Is it possible for a candidate to go too far?...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
U.S. Import Prices Jump 1.7 Percent
Soaring petroleum prices pushed the cost of goods imported into the U.S. much higher than expected in August, the government said today...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Stocks Are Mixed on Job Data and Oil Prices
Rising oil prices offset a sharp drop in initial unemployment claims and bullish forecasts from Nokia and Texas Instruments on today...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
World 'wants Kerry as president'
A new poll suggests people around the world prefer US Democratic challenger John Kerry to President Bush...
BBC News - September 9, 2004
Bush military memos released
The White House releases new records relating to a row over President Bush's military service...
BBC News - September 9, 2004
Deadly car bomb rocks Jakarta
A powerful car bomb has hit Jakarta's central business district near the Australian Embassy, killing at least six people and wounding scores more. Hundreds of police are trying to manage a chaotic scene as ambulances, fire trucks, wounded people and bystanders crowd amid the debris of burnt out cars and shattered windows near the gates of the embassy...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Deadly car bomb rocks Jakarta
A powerful car bomb has hit Jakarta's central business district near the Australian Embassy, killing up to six people and wounding many more, according to media reports...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard
President Bush's Vietnam-era service came under renewed scrutiny as newfound documents emerged from his squadron commander's file...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
At Wal-Mart, the New Word Is Compromise
H. Lee Scott Jr., the chief of Wal-Mart Stores, spoke at length about the image problems that have dogged the giant retailer...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Guantanamo inmate to be freed
A tribunal rules for the first time that a prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay detention centre should be freed...
BBC News - September 9, 2004
Twins thump Baltimore
Johan Santana is the star as Minnesota Twins beat the Orioles 9-0...
BBC News - September 9, 2004
NASA recovers Genesis
The Genesis capsule which crashed in the Utah desert Wednesday has been lifted out of its impact crater and moved to a holding area, NASA reported on its Web site. Scientists were cautiously optimistic that the payload -- dozens of fragile tiles that had collected particles of the solar wind for about two years -- could still yield viable material...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Kerry goes to war
Democrat John Kerry sought to link the Iraq war to U.S. economic woes on Wednesday, calling President Bush's move against Baghdad a "catastrophic choice" that so far has drained $200 billion in needed resources at home. Democrats also raised fresh questions about Bush's Vietnam-era Air National Guard service...
CNN - September 9, 2004
Bush Now Backs Budget Powers in New Spy Post
The president wanted to give a new national intelligence chief "full budgetary authority," a sharp shift from an earlier position...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
For 1,000 Troops, There Is No Going Home
The roster of the dead in Iraq is a portrait of a military in transition, with ever-widening roles and costs for the country's part-time soldiers, women and Hispanics...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Effort to Renew Weapons Ban Falters on Hill
Despite popular support, the federal law banning the sale of 19 kinds of semiautomatic assault weapons is almost certain to expire on Monday...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Since 9/11, Rich Arabs Again Frolic in Lebanon
Lebanon, once a byword for terrorism, has turned into the destination of choice for wealthy families from the Mideast...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
After Waiting a Long Time, Davenport Keeps It Short
The weather played havoc with the U.S. Open schedule Wednesday, but it did not affect Lindsay Davenport, who rolled to a quarterfinal victory over Shinobu Asagoe...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Ex-Wall Street Banker Sentenced in Federal Obstruction Case
Frank P. Quattrone, a leading investment banker of the 1990's, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for obstruction of justice...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Fed Chief Sees More Traction in Expansion
Alan Greenspan said that the economic expansion had "regained some traction."...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Delta Aims to Cut Jobs 12%, Drop a Hub and Reduce Pay
Delta said it would cut 12 percent of its work force and that a bankruptcy filing was "a real possibility."...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
An Elder Challenges Outsourcing's Orthodoxy
Paul A. Samuelson, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, is dissenting from conventional wisdom on the benefits of globalization...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Oil Explorers Searching Ever More Remote Areas
Western oil companies are running out of likely places to look, and significant finds are becoming rarer...
New York Times - September 9, 2004
Brazil wins double trade victory
The World Trade Organisation backs Brazilian complaints against US cotton subsidies and EU support for sugar producers...
BBC News - September 9, 2004
Reid signs new Eagles deal
Andy Reid signs a new four-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles...
BBC News - September 9, 2004
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