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Study N. Pacific humpback whale population rises
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Authorities appeal court ruling in polygamist case
Texas child-welfare authorities on Friday appealed a court ruling that rejected their right to seize more than 440 children from a polygamist sect, and they asked to keep the children in foster care while the case is reviewed...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Chicago considering boarding schools for homeless
She began high school in a shelter, doing homework on the floor of the bathroom. It was the only place with lights after 9 p.m. Her senior year was spent raising her little brother when her mother disappeared on cocaine binges...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
NY cop went hunting for homeless man, DA says
A suburban policeman hunted down a homeless, frequently arrested illegal immigrant, hit him hard and left him to die last year, a prosecutor told jurors in opening statements of his manslaughter trial Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Colorado officials tour damage from huge tornado
Natural gas leaks and the threat of explosions kept hundreds of anxious residents from assessing the damage to their homes on Friday, a day after a large tornado tore through a 35-mile stretch of northern Colorado, killing one person and injuring dozens...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Madonna auctions off lip gloss at AIDS benefit
The Material Girl parted with a few personal possessions _ a custom-made white guitar and the contents of her handbag _ at a benefit to raise money for AIDS research...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Morton, Watson share screen time in Synecdoche
Samantha Morton says people sometimes confuse her with fellow British actress Emily Watson. Fans will be even more confused after seeing their first film together...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Hip-hop pioneer Slick Rick pardoned by N.Y. gov
New York Gov. David Paterson is granting a full and unconditional pardon to rapper Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters for the attempted murders of two men in 1991...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Haas 69 gives him Senior PGA Championship lead
Jay Haas withstood wet, bone-chilling and eventually windy conditions by shooting the only sub-par round Thursday to take the lead at the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Pistons beat Celtics to steal home-court advantage
The Big Three has a big problem: The Detroit Pistons now own the home-court advantage that has meant everything to the Boston Celtics so far in the playoffs...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Erica Blasberg survives cold, leads LPGA Corning
Nothing slowed Erica Blasberg, not even all the layers she was wearing at the start of the LPGA Corning Classic. Blasberg shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday, a raw day more like early March than late May, to take a two-shot lead over Na On Min of South Korea and Karine Icher of France after the first round...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
McCain gets frequent checkups after melanoma scare
John McCain, seeking to become the oldest elected first-term president, gets an in-depth skin cancer check every few months because of a medical history his own dermatologist calls "remarkable" for its number of dangerous melanomas...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Obama courts Cuban-American voters in Florida
Sen. Barack Obama, who once said he would meet Cuban leader Raul Castro without preconditions, added Friday he would do so "only when we have an opportunity to advance the interests of the United States and to advance the cause of freedom for the Cuban people."...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Clinton apologies for Kennedy remark
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Clinton regrets RFK assassination remark
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in defending her decision to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Clinton regrets Kennedy assassination remark
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Gas roars higher, pressuring holiday travelers
As consumers began hitting the road Friday for the Memorial Day weekend, they faced the sobering reality that it now costs $87 to fill a Ford Explorer SUV, up $14 from last year, and $72 to fill a mid-sized Honda Accord, up $12...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Euro rises against dollar as oil prices level
The euro rose against the dollar Friday as oil prices leveled out somewhat from record prices...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Jobless claims drop to lowest level in 4 weeks
The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest level in a month...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Vallejo, Calif. files for bankruptcy protection
The city of Vallejo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday to deal with a ballooning budget deficit caused by soaring employee costs and declining tax revenue...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Existing home sales drop in April by 1 percent
Existing home sales fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, a string of weakness expected to continue as the housing industry, mired in its worst slump in decades, battles falling home prices, tight lending conditions and a weak economy...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices pass $133 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Garner, Affleck sign up for W.Va. fundraiser
Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck have signed up to help funds for an athletic complex at her hometown university in West Virginia...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Tornado kills 1, injures dozens in northern Colo.
Residents awoke Friday to find debris-strewn neighborhoods, houses torn to pieces and trees stripped bare of their spring leaves after a tornado swept through northern Colorado, killing one person and injuring dozens...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Professor calls Caladesi Island USs best beach
Kaylee Sturm sat in the low surf, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico lapping around her...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
South Africa allows military to help stop attacks
President Thabo Mbeki gave the go-ahead Wednesday for military troops to step in and quell a surge of anti-immigrant violence that has left 42 dead and driven tens of thousands from their homes...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices pass $133 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN says it is ready to step up Myanmar aid
Aid agencies say they are ready to step up relief to cyclone victims in Myanmar following the announcement of new openness by the country...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
British eatery bombing suspect has home searched
British police and intelligence officials searched a house in southwest England on Friday to try to determine what drove a young Muslim convert with a history of mental illness to walk into a busy restaurant with two bombs...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
World Court gives lighthouse island to Singapore
The International Court of Justice on Friday awarded Singapore sovereignty over a disputed island at the eastern entrance of the Singapore Straits...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
5 Palestinian militants killed in strike
Clashes on Friday between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left five militants dead, further undermining efforts to bring a brief truce to the violence-wracked area...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN chief says Myanmar will take relief aid by ship
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar will allow delivery of aid to its cyclone victims by civilian ships and boats...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
China, Russia criticize US missile defense plan
China and Russia jointly condemned a U.S. plan for a global missile defense system on Friday at the start of a highly symbolic visit by new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Police question Olmert again in corruption case
Police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for a second time in a corruption case that threatens his political survival and Israeli efforts to advance fragile peace moves with Syria and the Palestinians...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Basra shooting strains truce between govt, militia
Iraqi soldiers fired in the air over supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to prevent them from gathering for Muslim prayers Friday in the southern city of Basra, enraging the worshippers and straining a fragile truce with the government...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Space station crew honored at Russias Star City
Russian space officials on Friday honored international space station crew members who suffered through a botched landing in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz capsule last month...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Chinese officials child virus outbreak eases
The spread of a virus that has sickened more than 24,000 people and killed dozens across China is slowing in the province where the outbreak was first reported, a state-run news agency said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Clashes in Turkeys southeast kills 4
Three Kurdish rebels and one government-paid village guard were killed in two clashes in southeast Turkey, according to authorities and news reports Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Some of the worlds deadliest natural disasters
A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
100,000 displaced Kenyans return home
About 100,000 people displaced by postelection violence in Kenya have returned home this month despite threats of attacks, an official said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Woman jailed for using kids to smuggle drugs
A Mexican housewife was sentenced to more than nine years in jail after she pleaded guilty to using two children to smuggle cocaine into Britain, the customs agency said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Brown faces leadership concerns
Gordon Brown says he can steer Britain through "difficult" times amid backbench disquiet over his leadership...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Cancer vaccine target pinpointed
Scientists may be one step closer to producing a specific targeted vaccine for killing cancer cells...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Have school standards 'stalled'?
Mike Baker asks whether standards have stalled or politicians have been changing the targets...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Clinton 'sorry' for RFK reference
Hillary Clinton apologises for evoking Robert Kennedy's shooting while stating case for staying in election race...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
ANC call to 'retake the streets'
The secretary general of South Africa's ruling ANC calls for local groups to combat attacks on foreigners...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Spring in the step
Why a brisk stroll could be just what the doctor ordered...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Activist's death
Zimbabwean opposition leader pays for his beliefs...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Publican murdered fiancee boss
A pub manager is jailed for 19 years for murdering his fiancee and storing her body while he drank at other pubs...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Leicester & Holloway part company
Relegated Leicester City confirm that manager Ian Holloway has left the club by mutual consent...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
The Royal seat that can be found in a kebab shop
A kebab shop chair sat in by the Queen during a state visit to Turkey becomes a local tourist attraction...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
A Canadian research expedition finds dramatic new evidence of the break-up of the Arctic polar ice-cap...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
MoD insists Nimrod 'safe to fly'
The defence secretary says RAF Nimrod aircraft are safe despite a coroner's call for the fleet to be grounded...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Sect parents cheer court ruling, await next step
Members of a polygamist sect whose children were placed into foster care said Friday they were thrilled by an appellate court decision that upended the custody case and eagerly waiting to find out if and when their children will return home...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Study Humpback whale population rises
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Law & Order CI is returning for 8th season
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" will remain on the case for another season on USA Network...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
British star Hall lands role as Allens Vicky
With her biggest film break yet, a lead role in a Woody Allen flick, Rebecca Hall landed on one of the most-glamorous spots on Earth: the star-packed red carpet at a Cannes Film Festival premiere...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Madonna auctions off lip gloss at AIDS benefit
The Material Girl parted with a few personal possessions _ a custom-made white guitar and the contents of her handbag _ at a benefit to raise money for AIDS research...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Pistons end Celtics home streak, tie East finals
The Detroit Pistons proved that a visiting team can win in Boston. Now they can reach the NBA finals without having to do it again...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Lidge earns save as Phillies beat Astros 7-5
Brad Lidge returned to Houston on Thursday night and looked like his old, overpowering self. Only this time, he was pitching for the visiting team...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Haas 69 gives him Senior PGA Championship lead
Jay Haas withstood wet, bone-chilling and eventually windy conditions by shooting the only sub-par round Thursday to take the lead at the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Pistons beat Celtics to steal home-court advantage
The Big Three has a big problem: The Detroit Pistons now own the home-court advantage that has meant everything to the Boston Celtics so far in the playoffs...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
McCain spends months on standby Democrats rev up
Republican John McCain has been slow to take advantage of his potential head start for the presidency against Democrats, who are better organized and generate more excitement among voters...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
APNewsBreak McCain appears cancer-free, healthy
Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
AP McCain appears cancer-free, healthy
Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Euro rises against dollar as oil prices level
The euro rose against the dollar Friday as oil prices leveled out somewhat from record prices...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Home price index posts largest drop in history
A home-price index considered to be the most comprehensive reading of the U.S. market posted the sharpest decline in its 17-year history, and analysts say housing has yet to bottom out...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Jobless claims drop to lowest level in 4 weeks
The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest level in a month...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Tornado kills 1, injures dozens in northern Colo.
Residents awoke Friday to find debris-strewn neighborhoods, houses torn to pieces and trees stripped bare of their spring leaves after a tornado swept through northern Colorado, killing one person and injuring dozens...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices pass $133 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Tornadoes rip through Colorado, Wyoming 1 killed
Tornadoes touched down in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming on Thursday, damaging buildings, flipping vehicles and killing at least one person...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
South Africa allows military to help stop attacks
President Thabo Mbeki gave the go-ahead Wednesday for military troops to step in and quell a surge of anti-immigrant violence that has left 42 dead and driven tens of thousands from their homes...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Professor calls Caladesi Island USs best beach
Kaylee Sturm sat in the low surf, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico lapping around her...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices pass $133 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Japan earmarks $54 million in food grants
Japan allocated $54 million in emergency grants on Friday to the United Nations to help Afghanistan, Africa and Palestinian refugees cope with the ongoing food crisis...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Official Suicide bomb kills 5 Afghans
A suicide bomber blew himself up as an Afghan army convoy slowed to pass a pothole-riddled section of road Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing four soldiers and a child, a defense official said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli strike
Palestinian medical officials say three militants have been killed in an Israeli airstrike...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
China monitors flood threat from blocked rivers
Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the disaster rose Friday to more than 55,000...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN chief meets Myanmar junta leader
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a mission to open Myanmar to international disaster assistance, said the ruling junta agreed Friday to allow "all aid workers" into the country to help cyclone survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Singapore wins world court battle over island
The International Court of Justice has awarded to Singapore the disputed island of Pedra Branca...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Israeli police question PM Olmert again
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday was interrogated by police for a second time about corruption allegations that threaten his political survival and Israeli efforts for peace with Syria and the Palestinians...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Israel police question Prime Minister Olmert again
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday was interrogated by police for a second time about corruption allegations that threaten his political survival and Israeli efforts for peace with Syria and the Palestinians...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
British eatery bombing suspect has home searched
British police and intelligence officials searched a house in southwest England on Friday to try to determine what drove a young Muslim convert with a history of mental illness to walk into a busy restaurant with two bombs...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN says it is ready to step up Myanmar aid
Aid agencies say they are ready to step up relief to cyclone victims in Myanmar following the announcement of new openness by the country...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
World Court gives lighthouse island to Singapore
The International Court of Justice on Friday awarded Singapore sovereignty over a disputed island at the eastern entrance of the Singapore Straits...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
5 Palestinian militants killed in strike
Clashes on Friday between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left five militants dead, further undermining efforts to bring a brief truce to the violence-wracked area...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN chief says Myanmar will take relief aid by ship
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar will allow delivery of aid to its cyclone victims by civilian ships and boats...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
China, Russia criticize US missile defense plan
China and Russia jointly condemned a U.S. plan for a global missile defense system on Friday at the start of a highly symbolic visit by new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Police question Olmert again in corruption case
Police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for a second time in a corruption case that threatens his political survival and Israeli efforts to advance fragile peace moves with Syria and the Palestinians...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Australian police Charges likely over photos
Police said Friday they expect to file charges over photographs showing naked 12- and 13-year-old children that were supposed to be exhibited at a Sydney art gallery...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Official Somali pirates release UAE-owned ship
A maritime official says Somali pirates have released UAE-owned ship captured a week ago...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN Ready to step up Myanmar aid
Aid agencies say they are ready to step up relief to cyclone victims in Myanmar following the announcement of new openness by the country...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN peacekeepers ambushed in Darfur
Dozens of men on horseback armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades ambushed Nigerian peacekeepers serving with the joint U.N.-African Union force in Darfur, though no casualties were reported, the U.N. said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
China, Russia condemn US missile defense
The presidents of China and Russia have condemned a U.S. plan for a global missile defense system...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Spaniard dies after attempt on Himalayan peak
A veteran Spanish mountaineer died during an attempt to climb the Himalayan peak of Annapurna, expedition organizers said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Managers fined over German high-speed train crash
Two train track managers were convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter and fined in connection with a 2006 high-speed train crash that killed 23 people...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Methane rise points to wetlands
Rising levels of the greenhouse gas methane could be caused by changes in wetlands, largely around the Arctic...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Rapper sued over jazz samples
Kanye West is being sued by a woman who claims he sampled her late father's jazz music without permission...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Web worlds 'useful' for children
Virtual worlds can be good places for children to learn many useful social skills, reveals research...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
SocGen trader 'may have had help'
The rogue trader at the heart of a scandal at Societe Generale may have had help, a report says...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Brown holds talks with Dalai Lama
The prime minister discusses relations between China and the people of Tibet at a meeting with the Dalai Lama...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Teachers warn of strike option
After last month's teachers' pay strike, union leaders say they will be considering another ballot next term...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Georgia opposition vows boycott
Georgia's main opposition bloc says it will boycott the new parliament, alleging the general poll was rigged...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
'I want to be PM of all the UK'
The Tory leader tells his party's Scottish conference he wants to be prime minister for the whole UK...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Man jailed over car crash deaths
A 23-year-old man is jailed for seven years for causing a car crash which killed four of his friends...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Measles ordeal
An adult's misery at having a 'childhood disease'...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Stonehenge CCTV images released
Police release CCTV images of two men wanted in connection with a vandal attack at Stonehenge...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Murray to face wildcard in Paris
Andy Murray will meet French wildcard Jonathan Eysseric in the first round of the French Open, which begins on Sunday...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Troubled times
What can Brown do to address the economic unease?...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Wind of change?
Burmese survivors' anger at the junta's stalling on aid...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Stolen masterpiece back on show - complete with stain
Edvard Munch's The Scream, damaged by armed robbers who took the masterpiece in 2004, goes back on display in Norway...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Taylor knock keeps England at bay
Ross Taylor hits an unbeaten 67 as New Zealand make 202-4 on a shortened first day of the second Test at Old Trafford...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Capello lays down law on call-ups
Coach Fabio Capello will have the final say whether Manchester United and Chelsea players will travel with England for the Trinidad & Tobago game...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Council begins girl death probe
Birmingham City Council promises to do all it can to find out how a seven-year-old girl apparently starved to death...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Rain and delays set for weekend
Busy roads and rail delays are expected over the Bank Holiday, as forecasters predict a weather divide for the north and south...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Growth removed from prince's face
Prince Charles has had a non-cancerous growth removed from his face in a routine procedure, Clarence House says...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Nimrod fleet 'should be grounded'
The entire RAF Nimrod fleet should be grounded, a coroner says, concluding an inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Cameron hails 'end of New Labour'
David Cameron says the Tory win in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election is "the start of something bigger"...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Two quizzed after restaurant blast
Armed police detain two men in an operation linked to an explosion in a restaurant in Exeter city centre...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Blair was chased over unpaid bill
An unpaid water bill received by Cherie and Tony Blair is among expenses documents released by the Commons...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
McCain bid to reassure on health
Senator John McCain releases medical records to help counter concerns he is too old to be US president...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Yahoo postpones annual meeting, battle with Icahn
Yahoo Inc. on Thursday postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense _ or negotiate a sale to Microsoft Corp. that would cause activist investor Carl Icahn to call off the mutiny...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Study Humpback whale population rises
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Tornado kills 1, injures 13 in northern Colorado
Residents of a devastated neighborhood grabbed what they could from their debris-strewn homes before police imposed an overnight curfew after a tornado swept through northern Colorado, killing one person and injuring 13...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Former cops manslaughter trial starting in NY
Rene Perez was a drunkard and vagrant, an irritant to the police who had arrested him dozens of times in the neighboring towns of Mount Kisco and Bedford...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Wildfire in central California prompts evacuations
Hundreds of people evacuated from their homes are anxiously waiting to be let back into their neighborhoods while frustrated firefighters battle a fast-moving wildfire burning in a central California mountain range...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Former backup singer implicates R. Kelly at trial
A former backup singer for R. Kelly cried at his child pornography trial Thursday as she described introducing the R&B star to her relative, the alleged victim in the sex tape, at a Chicago music studio when the girl was 12 or 13...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
British star Hall lands role as Allens Vicky
With her biggest film break yet, a lead role in a Woody Allen flick, Rebecca Hall landed on one of the most-glamorous spots on Earth: the star-packed red carpet at a Cannes Film Festival premiere...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Pistons end Celtics home streak, tie East finals
The Detroit Pistons proved that a visiting team can win in Boston. Now they can reach the NBA finals without having to do it again...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Haas 69 gives him Senior PGA Championship lead
Jay Haas withstood wet, bone-chilling and eventually windy conditions by shooting the only sub-par round Thursday to take the lead at the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Lidge earns save as Phillies beat Astros 7-5
Brad Lidge returned to Houston on Thursday night and looked like his old, overpowering self. Only this time, he was pitching for the visiting team...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Pistons beat Celtics to steal home-court advantage
The Big Three has a big problem: The Detroit Pistons now own the home-court advantage that has meant everything to the Boston Celtics so far in the playoffs...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Obama and McCain on the hunt for veeps
Barack Obama and John McCain have begun taking quiet but purposeful steps toward choosing their running mates, fresh signs that the Democratic nomination fight is over and the presidential race is rapidly moving toward the Obama-McCain general election matchup...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
AP McCain appears cancer-free, healthy
Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
McCain spends months on standby Democrats rev up
Republican John McCain has been slow to take advantage of his potential head start for the presidency against Democrats, who are better organized and generate more excitement among voters...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Dollar slips against yen in Asia
The dollar slipped against the yen Friday in Asia but held firm as investors cheered a decline in oil prices...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Euro rises against dollar as oil prices level
The euro rose against the dollar Friday as oil prices leveled out somewhat from record prices...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Home price index posts largest drop in history
A home-price index considered to be the most comprehensive reading of the U.S. market posted the sharpest decline in its 17-year history, and analysts say housing has yet to bottom out...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UK police Bombing suspect injured in blast
Police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with a bombing Thursday at a restaurant in southwestern England that left the suspect injured, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices pass $134 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices pass $133 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices near $133 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Professor calls Caladesi Island USs best beach
Kaylee Sturm sat in the low surf, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico lapping around her...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Tornadoes rip through Colorado, Wyoming 1 killed
Tornadoes touched down in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming on Thursday, damaging buildings, flipping vehicles and killing at least one person...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Oil prices pass $133 after report of supply drop
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car _ and paying for just about everything else _ a growing burden for Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Sri Lanka 22 rebels, 2 soldiers killed
Government troops and ethnic Tamil separatists fought gunbattles that killed 22 rebels and two soldiers in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka, the military said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN chief meets junta leader
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a mission to open Myanmar to international disaster assistance, said the ruling junta agreed Friday to allow "all aid workers" into the country to help cyclone survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Japan earmarks $54 million in food grants
Japan allocated $54 million in emergency grants on Friday to the United Nations to help Afghanistan, Africa and Palestinian refugees cope with the ongoing food crisis...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Official Suicide bomb kills 5 Afghans
A suicide bomber blew himself up as an Afghan army convoy slowed to pass a pothole-riddled section of road Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing four soldiers and a child, a defense official said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli strike
Palestinian medical officials say three militants have been killed in an Israeli airstrike...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
China monitors flood threat from blocked rivers
Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the disaster rose Friday to more than 55,000...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN chief meets Myanmar junta leader
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a mission to open Myanmar to international disaster assistance, said the ruling junta agreed Friday to allow "all aid workers" into the country to help cyclone survivors...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Singapore wins world court battle over island
The International Court of Justice has awarded to Singapore the disputed island of Pedra Branca...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Israeli police question PM Olmert again
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday was interrogated by police for a second time about corruption allegations that threaten his political survival and Israeli efforts for peace with Syria and the Palestinians...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Israel police question Prime Minister Olmert again
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday was interrogated by police for a second time about corruption allegations that threaten his political survival and Israeli efforts for peace with Syria and the Palestinians...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN says it is ready to step up Myanmar aid
Aid agencies say they are ready to step up relief to cyclone victims in Myanmar following the announcement of new openness by the country...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
British eatery bombing suspect has home searched
British police and intelligence officials searched a house in southwest England on Friday to try to determine what drove a young Muslim convert with a history of mental illness to walk into a busy restaurant with two bombs...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
5 Palestinian militants killed in strike
Clashes on Friday between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left five militants dead, further undermining efforts to bring a brief truce to the violence-wracked area...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Official Pakistan frees 96 Indian fishermen
A prison official says 96 Indian fishermen are one their way home after being freed from a Pakistani jail...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
World Court gives lighthouse island to Singapore
The International Court of Justice on Friday awarded Singapore sovereignty over a disputed island at the eastern entrance of the Singapore Straits...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Taiwan treats baby from rival China
A Taiwan hospital said Friday it successfully treated a 5-month-old baby girl from rival China with a deformed windpipe...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Ukraine mine coal burst kills 4, 7 missing
Ukrainian officials say four coal miners are dead and seven missing after an explosion at a mine in in the Donetsk region...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Bus carrying Moroccans crashes in France, kills 7
A bus carrying Moroccan workers crashed into a pillar under a highway overpass southwest of Paris early Friday, killing seven and injuring 25, regional authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Official Somali pirates release UAE-owned ship
A maritime official says Somali pirates have released UAE-owned ship captured a week ago...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
UN Ready to step up Myanmar aid
Aid agencies say they are ready to step up relief to cyclone victims in Myanmar following the announcement of new openness by the country...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Australian police Charges likely over photos
Police said Friday they expect to file charges over photographs showing naked 12- and 13-year-old children that were supposed to be exhibited at a Sydney art gallery...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Paint chemicals 'may harm sperm'
Men regularly exposed to chemicals found in paint are more likely to have potential fertility problems, research suggests...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Barlow backs Take That stage show
Gary Barlow gives a cautious blessing to the Take That musical, which has opened in the West End...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Fight for Yahoo board postponed
Yahoo postpones its annual meeting after investor Carl Icahn threatened to launch a battle to oust the board...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Taiwan says China talks to resume
Taiwan and China are to resume direct talks next month after over a decade, says officials...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Georgian poll landslide confirmed
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's party takes a huge majority in parliament after a landslide poll win...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Suicide bomb kills Afghan troops
A suicide bomber blows himself up in eastern Afghanistan, killing four Afghan soldiers and a child...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Oil cools after vaulting to $135
Oil prices are well off their $135 peak after investors cash-in following five days of hefty price rises...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Brown pledges 'clear direction'
Gordon Brown says he can steer the economy through "difficult times" after Labour's by-election defeat...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
High speed crash head wins appeal
A former head teacher wins an appeal against a teaching ban imposed on him after a high-speed crash...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Stone bomb to go off 'in minutes'
A security guard tells the Michael Stone trial the defendant said a bomb he had would "go off in two minutes"...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
SA violence spreads to Cape Town
Attacks against foreigners in South Africa spread to the second-largest city, Cape Town, as mines are affected...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
McCain drops backer over sermon
US White House hopeful John McCain rejects support from a preacher who said Hitler carried out "God's plan"...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Olmert questioned on 'corruption'
Police in Israel question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a second time in an ongoing corruption investigation...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Street racers
How Polish city has made them legal...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
A life in plants
Send pics of what your garden says about you...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Child team meet over girl's death
A children's panel is to meet in Birmingham to discuss the death of a seven-year-old girl who is believed to have starved to death...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Cameron to rally Scottish Tories
David Cameron will tell the Scottish Tory conference that the party can build support north of the Border...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Celtic success delights Strachan
Celtic manager Gordon Strachan delights in the club's third consecutive SPL title victory...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Bathing beauties?
The cleanest - and dirtiest - beaches in the UK...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Seven days
Harrison Ford has had his manly chest waxed - why?...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Migration trends
How best to track a changing UK population?...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
US dealer says buy a car, get a gun for free
A US car dealership's promise of a free handgun or a $250 gas card with every car or truck sold is proving a popular deal...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Want to walk along the tops of the trees? Now you can
A walkway 18m (59ft) above ground is unveiled at London's Kew Gardens, enabling visitors to explore treetops...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
New Zealand win the toss and make a steady start to the second Test against England...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Burma 'to let in all aid workers'
Burma's top leader agrees to let in all foreign aid workers to help in cyclone-hit areas, the UN secretary general says...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Holiday drivers face price hike
Bank holiday drivers face a 29% rise in diesel prices and a 17% rise in petrol compared to last year, a report says...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
RAF Nimrod was 'never airworthy'
The RAF's entire Nimrod fleet has "never been airworthy", a coroner says at the inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Redknapp police raid was unlawful
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is awarded damages after judges rule a police raid on his home was unlawful...
BBC News - May 23, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Fireworks mark Brooklyn Bridges 125th birthday
It was so singular a marvel, so ambitious a feat, that its opening drew the president and a crowd of thousands. A leading national magazine said it stood poised to become "our most durable monument."...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
3 arrested in shooting deaths of 2 LSU students
Three young men, including two who had been working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, have been arrested in the killing of two Louisiana State University graduate students late last year, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Tornadoes rip through Colorado, Kansas 1 killed
A large tornado skipped through several northern Colorado towns on Thursday, destroying dozens of homes, flipping tractor-trailers and freight rail cars, and killing at least one person...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Obama to stand in for Sen. Kennedy at Wesleyan
Barack Obama has agreed to deliver the commencement address at Wesleyan University in place of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who pulled out Thursday after finding out he had brain cancer...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Judge vacates rapper lawsuit award
A judge has vacated a $1.5 million judgment awarded to a woman who filed a defamation suit against rapper DMX after he alleged that she raped him...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Wesley Snipes to remain free pending 3 tax convictions
Wesley Snipes will be allowed to remain free on bail as he appeals three federal tax convictions...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
White Sox beat Indians for 8th straight win
Carlos Quentin hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 Thursday night for their eighth straight victory...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Pistons end Celtics home streak, tie East finals
The Detroit Pistons proved that a visiting team can win in Boston. Now they can reach the NBA finals without having to do it again...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Haas 69 gives him Senior PGA Championship lead
Jay Haas withstood wet, bone-chilling and eventually windy conditions by shooting the only sub-par round Thursday to take the lead at the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Obama and McCain on the hunt for veeps
Barack Obama and John McCain have begun taking quiet but purposeful steps toward choosing their running mates, fresh signs that the Democratic nomination fight is over and the presidential race is rapidly moving toward the Obama-McCain general election matchup...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Stocks advance after 2-day plunge oil declines
Wall Street steadied itself Thursday after two sessions of steep declines, rebounding moderately as oil prices stepped back from their frenetic upward run...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Gap boosts 1Q profit on tight cost management
Gap says it boosted its first-quarter profit 40 percent by tightly managing costs and inventory, beating analyst estimates...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
American Axle local approves contract, ends strike
Workers from the largest union local at American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. have approved a new contract, ending a nearly three-month-old strike...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Report Toyota building green-car battery plants
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to build two plants in Japan to produce batteries for environmentally friendly gas-electric hybrid vehicles, a news report said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Lidge earns save as Phillies beat Astros 7-5
Brad Lidge returned to Houston on Thursday night and looked like his old, overpowering self. Only this time, he was pitching for the visiting team...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Researchers say smokers tend to quit in groups
The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Ford will cut back on 2008 N. American production
Ford Motor Co. says it is cutting North American production for the rest of the year as high gas prices and the weak economy continue to hurt sales...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Tornadoes rip through Colorado, Wyoming 1 killed
Tornadoes touched down in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming on Thursday, damaging buildings, flipping vehicles and killing at least one person...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California
Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition leader to head home
Zimbabwean opposition leader said Thursday he will return home this weekend despite fears of a possible assassination attempt...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Dozens sickened in Japan after suicide
A Japanese farmer who committed suicide by drinking pesticide vomited the poison at a hospital before he died, releasing toxic fumes that sickened more than 50 people, the hospital said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - May 23, 2008
Iraqi official says US strike kills 8 civilians
A U.S. helicopter strike north of Baghdad killed eight civilians, including several children, an Iraqi police official said Thursday. The U.S. military said the assault targeted al-Qaida fighters but acknowledged that children died...
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