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Businessman who dated Anne Hathaway pleads guilty
A smooth-talking Italian businessman who dated actress Anne Hathaway and claimed to have friends in high places at the Vatican has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan real estate fraud case...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Hurricane warning covers much of Texas Gulf Coast
Most of the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast is under a hurricane warning ahead of Ike and authorities ordered residents to leave the coastal city of Galveston...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Nation marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks
The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a heartfelt ceremony at ground zero and other solemn remembrances around the country...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Moment of silence marks 911 terrorist attacks
Relatives of victims killed at the World Trade Center are observing a moment of silence to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Texas evacuates parts of Gulf Coast ahead of Ike
Authorities in the Houston area and along the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast are ordering hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas 3-run HR in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Matt Damon says he fears a Palin administration
Matt Damon says the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican nominee for vice president could end up "like a really bad Disney movie" if John McCain wins the November presidential election...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Seattle Symphony music director stepping down
Gerard Schwarz, who brought the Seattle Symphony to prominence as music director since 1985, is stepping down in three years...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Politics to halt for Sept. 11 anniversary
The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Celebrity dig reflects US culture, history
When John McCain decided to cast Barack Obama as feckless upstart, an empty suit, he reached for the dirtiest word he could use: "celebrity."...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Mets poised not to repeat historic collapse
With 17 games to go last year, New York had a seven-game lead over the Phillies in the NL East. Then the bottom dropped out...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Angels clinch AL West Rays win in 14th at Fenway
Torii Hunter missed the game because of a suspension. He certainly took part in the celebration...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas homer in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Jobless claims drop slightly, trade gap surges
New applications for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, the U.S. government said Thursday, as the struggling economy continues to take a toll on workers...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Campbell Soup says 4Q profit, sales rise
The Campbell Soup Company says its profit rose 46 percent from a year ago, as it raised prices and got a lift from an extra week in the latest reporting period...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
McCain and Obama commemorate 911 anniversary
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain asked every person Thursday to "to be as good an American" as the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93. Democrat Barack Obama asked Americans to "renew that spirit of service and that sense of common purpose" that followed the Sept. 11 attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Obama calls on US to renew 911 spirit of service
On the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called on Americans to renew "that spirit of service and that sense of common purpose" that followed the terrorist assaults that killed nearly 3,000 people...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Candidates halt campaigns for Sept. 11 anniversary
The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher
A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a "pajama party" who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli groups chide limitations on Palestinians
Israeli restrictions on travel between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are tearing Palestinian families apart in violation of international law, two Israeli human rights groups said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Ramirez hits 2 homers in Dodgers win over Padres
Manny Ramirez hit two two-run homers, giving him 524 for his career, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Stocks fall sharply amid financial fears
World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as troubles at U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers fanned fears of more credit-market losses and drove down financial company shares across the region...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Rob Thomas spends more time primping than his wife
Rob Thomas says he spends more time primping than his wife, model Marisol...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Colts to waive DT Ed Johnson after drug arrest
Less than 24 hours after Indianapolis Colts starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson was arrested on a drug possession charge early Wednesday, the team said it would waive him...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Moments of silence mark 911 terrorist attacks
Relatives of victims killed at the World Trade Center are observing moments of silence to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
US marks 7th anniversary of 911 terrorist attacks
As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Sex offender who posed as child pleads guilty
A sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Raul Castro keeps out of sight as storms hit Cuba
The day after Hurricane Gustav roared through western Cuba, families were salvaging belongings from their flattened homes when state-television cameras turned up...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Police Bomb kills pro-Syria Lebanese politician
A Druse politician in Lebanon who recently helped reconcile rival factions within his minority community was killed when a bomb tore through his car, police said...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
China landslide kills 151, hopes fade for missing
A landslide that unleashed a three-story wave of mud and iron ore waste at an illegal mining operation in China has killed at least 151 people and authorities fear the death toll could climb by hundreds more, state media said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Putin harshly defends Russian war in Georgia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is harshly defending Russian war in Georgia and he insists that Russia is not trying to annex former Soviet republics...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Ex-Laos leader Nouhak Phoumsavanh dies at age 98
Nouhak Phoumsavanh, a former president of Laos and a founding member of its ruling communist party, has died, the state news agency reported Thursday. He was 98...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
India, US companies discuss nuclear sales
India has begun talks with U.S. companies on purchasing nuclear technology and equipment, although a U.S.-Indian civil nuclear cooperation accord is still awaiting approval in Congress, an Indian official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli divers find girls remains in suitcase
Israeli divers on Thursday found a red suitcase containing a small skull, bones and clothes, which police said may belong to a 4-year-old French girl whose grandfather is jailed in the slaying...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli divers find childs body in suitcase
Israeli police divers found a red suitcase on Thursday containing a small skull, bones and clothes thought to belong to a 4-year-old French girl believed to have been killed by her grandfather...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Bolivia natural gas repairs could take 15 days
A top Bolivian official says it could take 15 days to repair a damaged natural gas pipeline and fully restore gas shipments to neighboring Brazil...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Cuba seeks to buy US materials for Ike recovery
Cuba has turned down U.S. storm relief handouts, but is asking for trade restrictions to be lifted so it can buy American materials to assist in its recovery from Hurricane Ike, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
No nukes for Russian bombers in Venezuela
Russia on Thursday downplayed the two strategic long-range bombers that flew to Venezuela in the first such flight since the Cold War, saying the bombers carried no live weapons _ nuclear or otherwise _ and would return to Russia next week...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Italy may make street prostitution a crime
The Italian Cabinet approved a measure Thursday to outlaw street prostitution in an effort to dismantle prostitution rackets...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Metallica album hits shops early
Metallica's new album Death Magnetic goes on sale in the UK, ahead of the scheduled release on Friday...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Ukraine PM quizzed over poisoning
Ukraine's prime minister is questioned in the investigation into the 2004 poisoning of President Viktor Yushchenko...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Palin makes US TV interview debut
Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin gives her first TV interview since being picked by John McCain...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Burning golf tee body identified
Detectives identify a man whose badly burned body was found on a golf course at Carnoustie in Angus...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
'Killer' mother's magic wand plea
A court hears how a drunk mother asked hospital staff if they could make her dead daughter "better"...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Arrests follow kidnap and robbery
Three men are arrested and money is recovered after an alleged kidnap and robbery in the greater Belfast area...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Golden hills
Cotswold farmers strike gold with bottled rape oil...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Passenger woe
Frustration and chaos as fire halts Eurostar services...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Hamilton puts Spa saga behind him
Lewis Hamilton insists that being stripped of victory in Belgium will not affect his performance in the Italian Grand Prix...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Fuel aid package 'disappointing'
Gordon Brown's package of measures to help alleviate fuel poverty do not go far enough, campaigners say...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Bush 'approved' Pakistan attacks
President Bush approved US military raids on militants inside Pakistan without Islamabad's agrement, the BBC learns...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Zimbabwe rivals agree unity deal
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe reach a deal to share power...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Fears for package holiday firm XL
Package holiday firm XL files for administration after experiencing financial difficulties, industry reports say...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Putin defends Georgia offensive
Russia's prime minister defends Moscow's military intervention in South Ossetia, saying "an aggressor needs to punished"...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Businessman who dated Anne Hathaway pleads guilty
A smooth-talking Italian businessman who dated actress Anne Hathaway and claimed to have friends in high places at the Vatican has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan real estate fraud case...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Texas officials mull evacuations as Ike nears
With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Border Patrol than from the storm...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Moment of silence marks 911 terrorist attacks
Relatives of victims killed at the World Trade Center are observing a moment of silence to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Texas evacuates parts of Gulf Coast ahead of Ike
Authorities in the Houston area and along the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast are ordering hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Hurricane warning covers much of Texas Gulf Coast
Most of the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast is under a hurricane warning ahead of Ike and authorities ordered residents to leave the coastal city of Galveston...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Nation marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks
The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a heartfelt ceremony at ground zero and other solemn remembrances around the country...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Angels clinch AL West Rays win in 14th at Fenway
Torii Hunter missed the game because of a suspension. He certainly took part in the celebration...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Ramirez hits 2 homers in Dodgers win over Padres
Manny Ramirez hit two two-run homers, giving him 524 for his career, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas homer in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas 3-run HR in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Matt Damon says he fears a Palin administration
Matt Damon says the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican nominee for vice president could end up "like a really bad Disney movie" if John McCain wins the November presidential election...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Seattle Symphony music director stepping down
Gerard Schwarz, who brought the Seattle Symphony to prominence as music director since 1985, is stepping down in three years...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Campbell Soup says 4Q profit, sales rise
The Campbell Soup Company says its profit rose 46 percent from a year ago, as it raised prices and got a lift from an extra week in the latest reporting period...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
McCain and Obama commemorate 911 anniversary
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain asked every person Thursday to "to be as good an American" as the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93. Democrat Barack Obama asked Americans to "renew that spirit of service and that sense of common purpose" that followed the Sept. 11 attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Obama calls on US to renew 911 spirit of service
On the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called on Americans to renew "that spirit of service and that sense of common purpose" that followed the terrorist assaults that killed nearly 3,000 people...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Candidates halt campaigns for Sept. 11 anniversary
The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Politics to halt for Sept. 11 anniversary
The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Celebrity dig reflects US culture, history
When John McCain decided to cast Barack Obama as feckless upstart, an empty suit, he reached for the dirtiest word he could use: "celebrity."...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Mets poised not to repeat historic collapse
With 17 games to go last year, New York had a seven-game lead over the Phillies in the NL East. Then the bottom dropped out...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
US marks 7th anniversary of 911 terrorist attacks
As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Stocks fall sharply amid financial fears
World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as troubles at U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers fanned fears of more credit-market losses and drove down financial company shares across the region...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Jobless claims drop slightly, trade gap surges
New applications for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, the U.S. government said Thursday, as the struggling economy continues to take a toll on workers...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Rob Thomas spends more time primping than his wife
Rob Thomas says he spends more time primping than his wife, model Marisol...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Colts to waive DT Ed Johnson after drug arrest
Less than 24 hours after Indianapolis Colts starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson was arrested on a drug possession charge early Wednesday, the team said it would waive him...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Moments of silence mark 911 terrorist attacks
Relatives of victims killed at the World Trade Center are observing moments of silence to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher
A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a "pajama party" who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
At OPEC, cooling rivalries, extending a hand
The just ended OPEC meeting was about more what a barrel of oil can fetch on the open market as the global economic picture grows dim...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Sex offender who posed as child pleads guilty
A sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Raul Castro keeps out of sight as storms hit Cuba
The day after Hurricane Gustav roared through western Cuba, families were salvaging belongings from their flattened homes when state-television cameras turned up...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Police Bomb kills pro-Syria Lebanese politician
A Druse politician in Lebanon who recently helped reconcile rival factions within his minority community was killed when a bomb tore through his car, police said...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Ex-Laos leader Nouhak Phoumsavanh dies at age 98
Nouhak Phoumsavanh, a former president of Laos and a founding member of its ruling communist party, has died, the state news agency reported Thursday. He was 98...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
India, US companies discuss nuclear sales
India has begun talks with U.S. companies on purchasing nuclear technology and equipment, although a U.S.-Indian civil nuclear cooperation accord is still awaiting approval in Congress, an Indian official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli divers find girls remains in suitcase
Israeli divers on Thursday found a red suitcase containing a small skull, bones and clothes, which police said may belong to a 4-year-old French girl whose grandfather is jailed in the slaying...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli divers find childs body in suitcase
Israeli police divers found a red suitcase on Thursday containing a small skull, bones and clothes thought to belong to a 4-year-old French girl believed to have been killed by her grandfather...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
China landslide kills 151, hopes fade for missing
A landslide that unleashed a three-story wave of mud and iron ore waste at an illegal mining operation in China has killed at least 151 people and authorities fear the death toll could climb by hundreds more, state media said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
No nukes for Russian bombers in Venezuela
Russia on Thursday downplayed the two strategic long-range bombers that flew to Venezuela in the first such flight since the Cold War, saying the bombers carried no live weapons _ nuclear or otherwise _ and would return to Russia next week...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Italy may make street prostitution a crime
The Italian Cabinet approved a measure Thursday to outlaw street prostitution in an effort to dismantle prostitution rackets...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Putin harshly defends Russian war in Georgia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is harshly defending Russian war in Georgia and he insists that Russia is not trying to annex former Soviet republics...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Bolivia natural gas repairs could take 15 days
A top Bolivian official says it could take 15 days to repair a damaged natural gas pipeline and fully restore gas shipments to neighboring Brazil...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Cuba seeks to buy US materials for Ike recovery
Cuba has turned down U.S. storm relief handouts, but is asking for trade restrictions to be lifted so it can buy American materials to assist in its recovery from Hurricane Ike, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
West arrested after airport row
Rapper Kanye West is arrested after a row with a photographer at a Los Angeles airport...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Tax cuts aimed at poorest - Clegg
Nine out of ten people will benefit from Liberal Democrat proposals to cut taxes, its leader Nick Clegg says...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
NHS top-up care ban 'untenable'
Denying NHS services to patients who top up their care with private treatment is "untenable", a leading health think-tank warns...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Moves to tighten degree scrutiny
The higher education secretary reveals moves to lower the threshold at which a university standards inquiry begins...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Russia 'backs US on terror fight'
President Medvedev says Russia will co-operate with the US on terrorism, but tells it to reconsider its ties with "rotten regimes"...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Deadline for Kenyans to quit camp
Some 10,000 Kenyans displaced in electoral violence are told to leave a camp by Friday morning...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Bolivia 'error' to expel US envoy
The US State department says President Evo Morales's decision to expel the US ambassador has "seriously damaged" ties...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Teacher abuse victims speak out
Three people from the deaf community speak of the "sickening" abuse they suffered from a former teacher...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
NI water bill deferral is mooted
The first minister gives his clearest indication yet that the Executive is considering deferring water charges for another year...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Paradise flattened
Storm's destruction on Turks and Caicos Islands...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Don't shoot
Bean bags, glue guns - how can police avoid killing?...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Child porn was 'risk to relationship'
The ex-partner of Shannon Matthews' mother would not have risked his relationship by downloading indecent images of children, a court hears...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Eradicating virus
The battle against smallpox 30 years after last case...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
'Voodoo' alibi
How a woman tried to blame her fraud on a grim 'curse'...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Energy savings
Will government's fuel bill plans make a difference?...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Walcott feat a 'one-off' - Wenger
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger warns England fans not to expect a repeat of Theo Walcott's 'exceptional' hat-trick in Croatia...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
West Ham unveil Zola as new boss
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola insists his lack of managerial experience will not hamper him in his new job as he is unveiled at Upton Park...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Roberts claims 10th swimming gold
British swimmer Dave Roberts breaks the world record in his 400m freestyle final to win his 10th Paralympic title...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Women 'more prone to nightmares'
Women experience significantly more nightmares than men and have more emotional dreams, research suggests...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Why the Queen had 2,000 pints of lager delivered to her doorstep
Barrels of lager destined for a pub called The Windsor Castle were delivered to the Queen's Berkshire residence by mistake...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
PM's sympathy for fans unable to watch World Cup matches on TV
Gordon Brown says it was "unfortunate" more football fans could not watch World Cup qualifiers amid a row over TV coverage...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
No victory in Iraq, says Petraeus
The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq says he will never declare victory there, adding the US faces "a long struggle"...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Legal fees row 'could hit trials'
Major trials could be delayed because barristers are refusing to work for £91 an hour, it is warned...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Channel Tunnel closed after fire
More than 30 people are evacuated from the Channel Tunnel after a fire broke out on a freight train...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Texas officials mull evacuations as Ike nears
With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Border Patrol than from the storm...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Businessman who dated Anne Hathaway pleads guilty
A smooth-talking Italian businessman who dated actress Anne Hathaway and claimed to have friends in high places at the Vatican has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan real estate fraud case...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
O.J. Simpson jury selection enters home stretch
A judge who asked lawyers and prospective jurors to put in 10-hour days to get a jury for the O.J. Simpson kidnapping-robbery case suggested a panel to judge the former football star could be seated late Thursday or early Friday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
US marks 7th anniversary of 911 terrorist attacks
As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Ike heading toward Texas Lowell over Mexico
After a deadly and destructive trip across the Caribbean, Hurricane Ike began to move across the Gulf of Mexico, where it was expected to strengthen before plowing into Texas...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Navajo Nation seeks control of national monument
The Navajo Nation is seeking full control of the only national monument entirely on reservation land, the majestic Canyon de Chelly and its hundreds of ancient rock carvings and paintings...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Seattle Symphony music director stepping down
Gerard Schwarz, who brought the Seattle Symphony to prominence as music director since 1985, is stepping down in three years...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Mets poised not to repeat historic collapse
With 17 games to go last year, New York had a seven-game lead over the Phillies in the NL East. Then the bottom dropped out...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Angels clinch AL West Rays win in 14th at Fenway
Torii Hunter missed the game because of a suspension. He certainly took part in the celebration...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas homer in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Medical schools, journals fight industry influence
Just about every segment of the medical community is piling on the pharmaceutical industry these days, accusing drugmakers of deceiving the public, manipulating doctors and putting profits before patients...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Oil steady in Asia as Ike strengthens toward Texas
Oil prices were steady near a 5-month low Thursday in Asia as Hurricane Ike strengthened as it headed through the Gulf of Mexico toward crude drilling and refining operations on the Texas coast...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Candidates halt campaigns for Sept. 11 anniversary
The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Politics to halt for Sept. 11 anniversary
The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Celebrity dig reflects US culture, history
When John McCain decided to cast Barack Obama as feckless upstart, an empty suit, he reached for the dirtiest word he could use: "celebrity."...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Ramirez hits 2 homers in Dodgers win over Padres
Manny Ramirez hit two two-run homers, giving him 524 for his career, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas 3-run HR in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Asia stocks fall sharply amid financial fears
Asian markets fell sharply Thursday as troubles at U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers fanned fears of more credit-market losses and drove down financial company shares across the region...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Washington Mutual shares plunge to 17-year low
Washington Mutual Inc. shares plunged to their lowest point in nearly two decades Wednesday after Lehman Brothers announced plans to sell off assets, leaving Wall Street on edge that other financial firms may be forced to take extreme measures in order to survive...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Sex offender who posed as child pleads guilty
A sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Rob Thomas spends more time primping than his wife
Rob Thomas says he spends more time primping than his wife, model Marisol...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
At OPEC, cooling rivalries, extending a hand
The just ended OPEC meeting was about more what a barrel of oil can fetch on the open market as the global economic picture grows dim...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Colts to waive DT Ed Johnson after drug arrest
Less than 24 hours after Indianapolis Colts starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson was arrested on a drug possession charge early Wednesday, the team said it would waive him...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Police Bomb kills Lebanese politician
Lebanese police say a bomb explosion has killed a Druse politician from a pro-Syrian party in the hills east of Beirut...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher
A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a "pajama party" who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Koons zany sculptures go on display at Versailles
At the palace of Versailles, a marble statue of Louis XIV now shares space with some unlikely interlopers: Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles, sculpted in porcelain...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli groups chide limitations on Palestinians
Israeli restrictions on travel between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are tearing Palestinian families apart in violation of international law, two Israeli human rights groups said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela
Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chavez said, welcoming the unprecedented deployment at a time of increasing tensions between Moscow and the U.S...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Bolivia president asks US ambassador to leave
President Evo Morales said Wednesday that he is expelling the U.S. ambassador in Bolivia for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Food runs low as Haiti aid effort struggles
Food and fresh water ran dangerously low for thousands in the flood-stricken Haitian city of Gonaives and surrounding villages on Wednesday, as governments and aid groups struggled to get aid to people stranded at shelters...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Raul Castro keeps out of sight as storms hit Cuba
The day after Hurricane Gustav roared through western Cuba, families were salvaging belongings from their flattened homes when state-television cameras turned up...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Police Bomb kills pro-Syria Lebanese politician
A Druse politician in Lebanon who recently helped reconcile rival factions within his minority community was killed when a bomb tore through his car, police said...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Japan weighs military withdrawal from Iraq
Japan said Thursday it may withdraw its military airlift mission in Iraq by the end of the year in light of security improvements there and a growing focus on Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli police locate missing girls remains
Israeli police believe they have found the body of a 4-year-old French girl whose disappearance has transfixed the nation...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Police chief who dressed as bin Laden says sorry
A senior British police officer says he is sorry for attending a community festival dressed as Osama bin Laden...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Interfax S. Ossetia says it wants to join Russia
The leader of South Ossetia said Thursday that the breakaway Georgian region intends to become part of Russia, news agencies reported...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Reports No nukes for Russian bombers in Venezuela
Two long-range bombers that flew to Venezuela in the first such Western Hemisphere flight since the Cold War carried no nuclear weapons, a news agency reported Thursday citing a Russian air force official...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Classical download store launches
A new online store offering the world's largest collection of classical music for download, is launched in the UK...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
World's 'rarest tree frog' found
An extremely rare female frog has been spotted for the first time in 20 years...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Elbow album set for top 10 return
Guitar group Elbow are set to go back into the top 10 after their album The Seldom Seen Kid won the Nationwide Mercury Prize...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
UK 'on guard' over terror - Brown
Gordon Brown says the UK remains "permanently on guard" against the threat of terrorism in the UK...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Samak accepts Thai PM nomination
Thailand's Samak Sundaravej accepts his party's nomination as PM two days after he was forced to quit...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Economic gloom depresses the euro
The euro hits a fresh one-year low against the US dollar on renewed worries about the health of the European economy...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Former Bangladeshi PM is released
Former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia is released from prison after spending a year there on corruption charges...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Bargain hunters boost Morrisons
Supermarket chain Morrisons thanks bargain-hungry shoppers for a rise in half year profits, up 19% to £295m...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Doubts over Niger Delta ministry
Nigeria creates a ministry for the Niger Delta but activists are not convinced it will mean peace...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
US 'must target Pakistan havens'
The top US commander calls for a new strategy to fight Taleban militants in their safe havens inside Pakistan...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Israel 'annexes' West Bank areas
Israel has annexed thousands of hectares of West Bank land beside the barrier, an Israeli rights group says...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Flight worry after Seguro demise
Travellers stranded by the collapse of a package holiday firm are facing a shortage of available flights, a travel agent says...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Families' property scheme warning
Two families that were left homeless are warning others of the pitfalls of sale-and-rent-back agreements...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Man held over sheep farm murder
A man is arrested by police investigating the murder of Claudy farmer Patrick Devine in 2004...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Portraits quiz
Self-portrait of Rolf or his painting of someone else?...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Nuclear or petrol?
Your choice: electric socket or petrol pump?...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
'Home alone' mother is questioned
Police arrest a 33-year-old woman whose children were found home alone in Leeds...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Worthington happy with NI display
Northern Ireland boss Nigel Worthington describes his team's performance in the scoreless World Cup qualifier draw with the Czech Republic as "outstanding"...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Plaid 'gets on with the job'
Plaid Cymru's conference message is that it is "getting on with the job" of government in tough times...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Facebook imposes site facelift
Facebook is ignoring criticism from a sea of users and forcing through new design changes to the site...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Capello hails England 'courage'
England boss Fabio Capello says the secret to the 4-1 win in Croatia was that his side played with "confidence and courage"...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Burley cheered by Scots victory
Scotland manager George Burley is delighted to pick up his first win after a nervous night in Iceland...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
No let up in inflation warns King
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says inflation is set to exceed government targets once again in August...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Wet harvest may raise food prices
Wet weather affecting harvests could cause food prices to rise further, industry experts warn...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Evacuations as Ike approaches US
Residents in the US state of Texas take to the roads, as Hurricane Ike churns through the Gulf of Mexico...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
N Korea 'builds new missile site'
Reports say North Korea is close to completing a new launch site for long-range missiles close to its border with China...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British soldier is killed in an explosion in southern Helmand province in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
US marks seventh 9/11 anniversary
Memorial services are being held to mark the seventh anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Brown unveils £910m fuel measures
Gordon Brown reveals the government's long-awaited measures to help people struggling with energy bills...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Interior employees accused in sex, gift scandal
Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties partied, had sex with and accepted golf and ski outings from employees of energy companies they were dealing with, federal investigators said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Bush sends US-India nuclear deal to Congress
President Bush rushed a U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal to Congress late Wednesday with hopes that lawmakers will expedite passage of one of his top foreign policy initiatives...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas 3-run HR in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Manager Fletch author Gregory Mcdonald dies
Gregory Mcdonald, whose best-selling "Fletch" mystery books also were made into films, has died, according to his manager. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Six nominations give Cafe Tacuba great joy
Mexican alternative rock group Cafe Tacuba scored six Latin Grammy nominations Wednesday, including album of the year...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
GOP House candidate in Alabama runs 1st Palin ad
A Republican House candidate from Alabama began running a television ad Wednesday featuring vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, making it the first congressional campaign commercial to include the Alaska governor...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Lehman must convince Wall Street it can deliver
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has presented its rescue plan, now it has to convince Wall Street it can make good on its promises...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Beer drinkers challenge InBev-Anheuser-Busch deal
Ten angry beer drinkers are trying to derail the largest brewery takeover in history...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
At OPEC, cooling rivalries, extending a hand
The just ended OPEC meeting was about more what a barrel of oil can fetch on the open market as the global economic picture grows dim...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Stocks rise modestly as Street mulls Lehman plan
Wall Street is ending a temperamental session modestly higher, as investors take positions in energy and materials sectors but remain cautious about beleaguered financial stocks...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Stocks rise as energy, consumer staples gain
Stocks rose Wednesday, a day after a steep sell-off, as investors took positions in sectors such as energy, materials and consumer staples. The major indexes rose more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrials, which logged a gain of about 125 points...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Penas homer in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Ramirez hits 2 homers in Dodgers win over Padres
Manny Ramirez hit two two-run homers, giving him 524 for his career, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
N. Korea has quietly built long-range missile base
North Korea has quietly built a long-range missile base that is larger and more capable than an older and well-known launch pad for intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to independent analysts relying on new satellite images of the site and other data. Analysts provided images of the previously secret site to The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Jubilant crowd welcomes Palin home
Fairbanks is where it all began for Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Rob Thomas spends more time primping than his wife
Rob Thomas says he spends more time primping than his wife, model Marisol...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Sex offender who posed as child pleads guilty
A sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
More on celebration call that helped BYU get a win
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
China landslide kills 128, hopes fade for missing
Rescuers shoveled and hammered at debris Wednesday searching for survivors buried under sludge, mud and mining waste in northern China after a landslide that killed at least 128 people, but hopes of finding anybody alive were fading...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher
A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a "pajama party" who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Koons zany sculptures go on display at Versailles
At the palace of Versailles, a marble statue of Louis XIV now shares space with some unlikely interlopers: Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles, sculpted in porcelain...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Quake in Iran kills 7, sends tremors across Gulf
A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, sending tremors across the Persian Gulf and shaking the skyscrapers of Dubai. Iranian state television reported that seven people were killed and 40 others were injured...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Georgian officer killed near Russian post
Shots fired near a Russian checkpoint outside separatist South Ossetia killed a Georgian police officer Wednesday, and police accused Russian forces of hindering their investigation...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Israeli groups chide limitations on Palestinians
Israeli restrictions on travel between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are tearing Palestinian families apart in violation of international law, two Israeli human rights groups said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Police Bomb kills Lebanese politician
Lebanese police say a bomb explosion has killed a Druse politician from a pro-Syrian party in the hills east of Beirut...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
3 cleared of charges in Puero Rico pet massacre
A Puerto Rican judge says a contractor and two of his workers are not guilty of animal cruelty in a highly publicized massacre of dogs and cats seized from a housing project and hurled off a bridge last year...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela
Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chavez said, welcoming the unprecedented deployment at a time of increasing tensions between Moscow and the U.S...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Bolivia president asks US ambassador to leave
President Evo Morales said Wednesday that he is expelling the U.S. ambassador in Bolivia for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Food runs low as Haiti aid effort struggles
Food and fresh water ran dangerously low for thousands in the flood-stricken Haitian city of Gonaives and surrounding villages on Wednesday, as governments and aid groups struggled to get aid to people stranded at shelters...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 517
As of Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at least 517 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Venezuela to deport suspected drug smugglers
Venezuela is preparing to deport two suspected drug traffickers wanted in Colombia and the United States...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Report Japan to withdraw air force from Iraq
Kyodo News agency is reporting that Japan plans to withdraw its air defense troops from Iraq as soon as the end of the year...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
3 cleared of cruelty in Puerto Rico pet massacre
A Puerto Rican judge on Wednesday found a contractor and two of his workers not guilty of animal cruelty in a highly publicized massacre of dogs and cats seized from a housing project and hurled off a bridge last year...
Southern Ledger - September 11, 2008
Rare African okapi seen in wild
The rare okapi, under threat from the bush meat trade, has been photographed in DR Congo's Virunga National Park...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Infections linked to cot deaths
Some cases of cot death may actually be due to a bacterial infection, say researchers...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Powerful earthquakes strike Asia
Two powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia's Moluccas islands and Hokkaido in northern Japan, but there are no reports of injuries...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
US 'provoked Russia-Georgia war'
Chechen President Kadyrov accuses the US of emboldening Georgia to start a war in the Caucasus to test Russian resolve...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
US-India accord sent to Congress
US President George W Bush sends a landmark civilian nuclear deal with India to the Congress for final approval...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Russian bombers land in Venezuela
Two Russian bombers arrive in Venezuela for training flights, days after a joint naval exercise was announced...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Science milestone
Britons join in the 'Big Bang' celebrations...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
New frontline
The complex web of militants in Pakistan tribal areas...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Life blood
How umbilical cord banks are set to save many lives...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Cause to smile
England supporters celebrate a result no-one predicted...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Free cook books for 11-year-olds
All 11-year-olds in England will be able to receive a free cookbook under a programme aimed at tackling obesity...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Search is on to find Churchill wedding photos
Historians are trying to find pictures taken on Winston Churchill's wedding day...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Wet harvest may raise food prices
Wet weather affecting harvests could cause food prices to rise further, industry experts warn...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Mental health care 'still flawed'
Inspectors say community mental health care in England is improving - but there are still flaws in the service...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
US oil officials in sex scandal
US officials responsible for collecting revenue from oil companies are accused of "ethical failure"...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
Brown to unveil energy measures
The government prepares to unveil its long-awaited measures to help people struggling with gas and electricity bills...
BBC News - September 11, 2008
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