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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
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Gunman at Pa. radio station bipolar, ex-wife says
The ex-wife of a gunman fatally shot by police outside a central Pennsylvania radio station says the man struggled with bipolar disorder...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Homeowner rescue awaits President Bushs signature
Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets and bolster the sagging economy. President Bush said he would sign it promptly, despite reservations...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Prosecutors book helps parents discuss sex abuse
Prosecutor Jill Starishevsky was working on the case of a little girl who had been consistently raped by her stepfather when she got an idea of how she could help families prevent such horrific acts...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
NYC adds double dutch to school sports calendar
The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Alex Rios hits 2 homers, Blue Jays beat Mariners
Alex Rios homered twice, David Purcey earned his first major league win and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Seattle 8-3 on Saturday, handing the Mariners their seventh consecutive defeat...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Taylor Swift receives her high school diploma
While most of her peers donned caps and gowns to receive their high school diplomas, country star Taylor Swift was strumming a guitar and performing for thousands of fans...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Swift receives her high school diploma, in mail
While most of her peers donned caps and gowns to receive their high school diplomas, country star Taylor Swift was strumming a guitar and performing for thousands of fans...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Judge tosses Savages suit against Islamic group
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama defends tour, says McCain shifting on war
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen. John McCain were moving his way on the key issues of Iraq and Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama muses on need for time to think
Barack Obama endorses making time for thinking in the White House...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Josh Hamilton comes up huge again for Rangers
Josh Hamilton hit a three-run homer to increase his major league-leading RBI total to 103, and the Texas Rangers beat All-Star pitcher Justin Duchscherer and the Oakland Athletics 9-4 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 2 failed banks operating in West
Two banks operating in Nevada, Arizona and California _ 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank N.A. _ were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Beers with more alcohol, flavor gain market share
Tucked in a corner at the Deschutes Brewery, barrels that once aged fine wines and whiskeys are nurturing beverages that are challenging drinkers to think of beer more like wine...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Banks rally as CEOs hold off on issuing shares
With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Salvage teams raise sunken Russian Sub Museum
Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant
Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Wanted US woman freed in Costa Rica
A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded refugee status in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Brewers finally lose Mets keep winning
Somebody finally managed to slow down the Milwaukee Brewers...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill
A large fuel spill that shut down the mouth of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Stan Lee to make a cameo in new X-Men movie
The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
California bans restaurants from using trans fats
California is joining the health crusade against artery-clogging trans fats...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Gay bias alleged in San Diego Bay shooting death
To police, Steven Hirschfield was violent and out of control when he clambered aboard a patrol boat sent to rescue him in the San Diego Bay during a gay pride party...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches
The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Rice in diplomatic race against time
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is running a worldwide race against time, trying for diplomatic victories before the Bush administration ends in January...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Cambodians go to polls amid border row
Nationalist pride sweeping through Cambodia triggered by a border dispute with Thailand appeared to strengthen the popularity of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
City manufactures its own scenery for Olympics
Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Fatah activists detained in Gaza
Hamas security arrested dozens of supporters of the rival Fatah group, hurled grenades at the home of a Fatah leader and set up checkpoints across Gaza on Saturday after a mysterious beachside blast that killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Report Iran now has 6,000 centrifuges for uranium
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Iran now possesses 6,000 centrifuges, a significant increase in the number of uranium-enriching machines in its nuclear program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
29 killed as blasts hit western India Official
A top official says 29 people have been killed and at least 88 wounded in a series of explosions in the western Indian city of Ahmadabad...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
15 die, 100 hurt as blasts hit western India
At least 15 people were killed and another 100 wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a day after seven similar blasts struck a southern city...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
15 did, 100 hurt as blasts hit western India
A government minister says 15 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of explosions in the western Indian city of Ahmadabad...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
15 dead, 100 wounded as blasts hit western India
A government minister says 15 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of explosions in the western Indian city of Ahmadabad...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Explosions hit west Indian city 20 wounded
At least 20 people were wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a day after seven similar blasts struck another city in the south...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Beijing manufactures its own scenery for Olympics
Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Big change for welfarist Sweden School choice
Schools run by private enterprise? Free iPods and laptop computers to attract students?...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
8 foreigners abducted in Nigeria
Unidentified men in a speed boat seized eight foreign oil workers at gunpoint Saturday, a military official said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Indian army to help prevent rhino poaching
Authorities in northeastern India have asked the army to help protect endangered one-horned rhinoceroses from poachers and have made the soldiers honorary wildlife wardens, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Clashes continue in northern Lebanon, 3 die
Lebanese security officials say three people have been killed in the second day of sectarian clashes in northern Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
29 die, 88 injured as blasts hit western India
At least 29 people were killed and 88 wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a top official said, a day after seven similar blasts struck a southern city...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
29 die, 88 wounded as blasts hit western India
At least 29 people were killed and 88 wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a top official said, a day after seven similar blasts struck a southern city...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Dozens of dead sea turtles found on Mexican coast
Environmental officials in Mexico say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Colombian rebels reject asylum
A senior Colombian rebel commander is rejecting asylum in France or anywhere else for jailed guerrillas freed in any potential prisoner swap...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
US mil inmates in Iraq imposed Islamic justice
For years, extremist Iraqi detainees in U.S. custody held self-styled Islamic courts and tortured or killed inmates who refused to join them, military officials said, disclosing new details about the use of American prisons to recruit for the insurgency...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Iraq provincial elections law deadline nears
Iraqi politicians have 48 hours to offer changes to a draft provincial elections law that has left Kurdish leaders at odds with the central government and delayed local elections planned for this fall, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Karadzic trial revives Bosnian hopes for justice
Sabaheta Fejzic felt cheated when Slobodan Milosevic, on trial for Balkan atrocities, died in his cell before his judges could reach a verdict...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Drunken passengers force flight to land in Germany
Two drunken British women went on a rampage on a charter plane, hitting one flight attendant with a bottle of vodka and trying to open a cabin door as the aircraft was cruising over Austria at 10,000 meters (32,800 feet), police said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Cambodians gear up for election
Millions of Cambodians prepare to vote in a general election, amid tension with Thailand over an ongoing border dispute...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Karadzic supporters hold protests
Supporters of the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, protest over his arrest to face the war crimes tribunal...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Seized Nigeria oil workers freed
Eight foreign oil workers are freed in Nigeria, hours after being kidnapped in a raid by militants in the Niger Delta...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Middlesex win thrilling Cup final
Middlesex hold their nerve to win a scintillating Twenty20 Cup final off the final delivery against Kent at the Rose Bowl...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Chimbonda signs up for Sunderland
Sunderland boss Roy Keane strengthens his squad by signing defender Pascal Chimbonda from Spurs...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Cuba marks revolution anniversary
Cuban President Raul Castro is due to address the nation in a televised speech in which he may outline further economic reforms...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Mosley win a 'dangerous ruling'
Max Mosley's legal victory over the News of the World sets a "dangerous precedent", the former Archbishop of Canterbury says...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
William's ship in 'drugs' chase
Prince William is involved in a second drugs operation while serving on HMS Iron Duke in the Caribbean, the MoD says...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Deadly blasts strike Indian city
At least 29 people are killed in a series of explosions in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, a day after blasts hit Bangalore...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Highlands road crash kills four
A two-vehicle crash on the main Perth to Inverness road leaves three adults and a two-year-old boy dead...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Midsummer night with Drew Carey and Shakespeare
"The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Procession, Mass for long-missing US soldier
The city that hoped for the best but learned the worst showed its respect Saturday for Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, whose body was recently recovered in Iraq 14 months after he was captured...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature
Congress has passed a housing rescue bill aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure. President Bush is expected to sign the measure quickly...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Hamilton reaches 100 RBIs as Rangers rout As
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer to reach 100 RBIs for the season and the Texas Rangers overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 14-6 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Yankees beat Red Sox for seventh straight win
Joba Chamberlain and the New York Yankees picked up a big win against the Boston Red Sox and then got some help for the pennant race...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Judge tosses Savages suit against Islamic group
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Halle Berry pushes back against paparazzi
Halle Berry said a paparazzi went too far to get a shot of her infant daughter, alleging that the shooter trespassed on her private property and snapped them hanging out in the backyard...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama muses on need for time to think
Barack Obama endorses making time for thinking in the White House...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Overheard, Obama muses on need for time to think
Barack Obama endorses making time for thinking in the White House. And maybe looking out for those pesky microphones...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
In London, Obama says US must work with its allies
Presidential contender Barack Obama on Saturday defended his decision to travel to Europe and the Middle East, saying that problems encountered by Americans at home are often best dealt with by working with allies overseas...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Defending NASCAR champ Johnson wins Brickyard pole
Two-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson won the pole for Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, giving him the top starting spot in a race that has consistently vexed him...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Reavie leads Canadian Open by 3 strokes
Chez Reavie picked up a stroke before he even got to Glen Abbey for the third round of the Canadian Open...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Brewers finally lose Mets keep winning
Somebody finally managed to slow down the Milwaukee Brewers...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Beers with more alcohol, flavor gain market share
Tucked in a corner at the Deschutes Brewery, barrels that once aged fine wines and whiskeys are nurturing beverages that are challenging drinkers to think of beer more like wine...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Banks rally as CEOs hold off on issuing shares
With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 1st National Bank of Nevada
Twenty-eight branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama defends tour, says McCain shifting on war
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen. John McCain were moving his way on the key issues of Iraq and Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches
The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Gay bias alleged in San Diego Bay shooting death
To police, Steven Hirschfield was violent and out of control when he clambered aboard a patrol boat sent to rescue him in the San Diego Bay during a gay pride party...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Salvage teams raise sunken Russian Sub Museum
Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant
Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Wanted US woman freed in Costa Rica
A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded refugee status in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Stan Lee to make a cameo in new X-Men movie
The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
California bans restaurants from using trans fats
California is joining the health crusade against artery-clogging trans fats...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Cambodians go to polls amid border row
Nationalist pride sweeping through Cambodia triggered by a border dispute with Thailand appeared to strengthen the popularity of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Fatah supporters arrested in beachside blast
Hamas security arrested dozens of supporters of the rival Fatah group early Saturday, Fatah said, a day after a mysterious beachside blast killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Australian investigators examine hole in jumbo jet
Australian investigators on Saturday began examining a Qantas jumbo jet which had to make an emergency landing after a large hole opened on its fuselage, a Philippine aviation official said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Report Iran now has 6,000 centrifuges for uranium
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Iran now possesses 6,000 centrifuges, a significant increase in the number of uranium-enriching machines in its nuclear program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Rice in diplomatic race against time
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is running a worldwide race against time, trying for diplomatic victories before the Bush administration ends in January...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Beijing manufactures its own scenery for Olympics
Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
City manufactures its own scenery for Olympics
Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Fatah activists detained in Gaza
Hamas security arrested dozens of supporters of the rival Fatah group, hurled grenades at the home of a Fatah leader and set up checkpoints across Gaza on Saturday after a mysterious beachside blast that killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Sri Lanka Fighting kills 70 combatants
Heavy fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along the front lines of their civil war killed 62 rebels and eight soldiers, the military said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Heavy rains kill 7 people in SKorea
Torrential rains that lashed South Korea this week have led to the deaths of seven people and left six others missing, the government said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
15 did, 100 hurt as blasts hit western India
A government minister says 15 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of explosions in the western Indian city of Ahmadabad...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Explosions hit west Indian city 20 wounded
At least 20 people were wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a day after seven similar blasts struck another city in the south...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
15 dead, 100 wounded as blasts hit western India
A government minister says 15 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of explosions in the western Indian city of Ahmadabad...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Drunken passengers force flight to land in Germany
Two drunken British women went on a rampage on a charter plane, hitting one flight attendant with a bottle of vodka and trying to open a cabin door as the aircraft was cruising over Austria at 10,000 meters (32,800 feet), police said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Big change for welfarist Sweden School choice
Schools run by private enterprise? Free iPods and laptop computers to attract students?...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
8 foreigners abducted in Nigeria
Unidentified men in a speed boat seized eight foreign oil workers at gunpoint Saturday, a military official said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Indian army to help prevent rhino poaching
Authorities in northeastern India have asked the army to help protect endangered one-horned rhinoceroses from poachers and have made the soldiers honorary wildlife wardens, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Clashes continue in northern Lebanon, 3 die
Lebanese security officials say three people have been killed in the second day of sectarian clashes in northern Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Berry anger over baby photographs
Actress Halle Berry accuses a paparazzi photographer of trespassing onto her property to get shots of her baby...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
China dismisses bus bombs claim
Chinese officials dismiss claims by a militant Islamist group that it was responsible for recent explosions on buses...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Power crisis hits Indian states
Maharashtra becomes the latest Indian state to announce measures to deal with a power crisis...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Girl, 3, dies after wall collapse
A three-year-old girl has died after a large breeze block wall fell on her, North Wales Police say...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Paramilitary plot pair remanded
Two men are remanded after they were charged with involvement in a republican paramilitary extortion plot...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Eight foreign oil workers are kidnapped in an overnight raid by militants in the troubled Niger Delta region...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Twenty injured in bus collision
A bus and a car collide on a major road in Cumbria, leaving 20 people injured, three of them seriously...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Woman dies after 40ft mine fall
A woman has died in hospital after falling more than 40ft down disused mine workings in Ayrshire, police confirm...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Balancing act
Cubans weigh up the benefits of political reform...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Savage Henderson punishes Durham
Tyron Henderson smashes seven sixes as Middlesex book their place in the Twenty20 Cup final after an eight-wicket win over Durham...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Friedel completes move to Villa
Aston Villa clinch the signing of veteran American goalkeeper Brad Friedel from Blackburn for an undisclosed fee...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
After Karadzic
Memories of Ratko Mladic, Europe's most wanted man...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
US Senate approves housing bill
The US Senate passes a rescue bill designed to prop up America's battered housing market...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Countdown numbers didn't add up, says Vorderman
Carol Vorderman felt forced to leave Channel 4 quiz Countdown after she was told to take a 90% pay cut, her manager claims...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Ronnie Kray's paintings sell for £16,500 at auction
Paintings by the gangster Ronnie Kray go under the hammer for almost £16,500 at auction...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Dead UK army dog handler is named
The British dog handler killed under fire had stayed in Afghanistan because he was worried about the lack of cover...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Women try to open door mid-flight
A plane is forced to make an emergency landing after two British women tried to open a cabin door mid-flight...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Obama calls for strong UK links
White House hopeful Barack Obama says strong transatlantic ties are needed to deal with a range of world issues...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Deaths reported in India blasts
At least 15 people are reported dead after a series of explosions in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, a day after blasts hit Bangalore...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Four dead in crash in Highlands
Four people die and three are injured in a two-vehicle crash on the main road from Perth to Inverness...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Brown dismisses resignation calls
Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismisses calls for his resignation, as he begins his summer holiday in East Anglia...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Senate close to passing housing aid bill
Homeowners struggling to make their house payments could get government mortgage relief under a rescue plan that seeks to revive the chaotic housing market and help reverse the economic downturn...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Bermuda leaders son, a doctor, faces sex charges
About two months ago, Dr. Kevin Antario Brown was hobnobbing with guests at a celebrity poker tournament at the Playboy Mansion, his disaster-relief medical charity the beneficiary of the lavish event...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Senate close to passing housing aid
Homeowners struggling to make their house payments could get government mortgage relief under a rescue plan that seeks to revive the chaotic housing market and help reverse the economic downturn...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Jackson helps Rays end 7-game road losing streak
Edwin Jackson surpassed his victory total for last season and the Tampa Bay Rays snapped a seven-game road losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Judge tosses Savages suit against Islamic group
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Halle Berry pushes back against paparazzi
Halle Berry said a paparazzi went too far to get a shot of her infant daughter, alleging that the shooter trespassed on her private property and snapped them hanging out in the backyard...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama, in London, meets Brown, Blair
Presidential contender Barack Obama is meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the last leg of his European and Middle Eastern tour...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal
Democrat Barack Obama says Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
McCain rejects audacity of hopelessness for Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Brewers finally lose Mets keep winning
Somebody finally managed to slow down the Milwaukee Brewers...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Hamilton reaches 100 RBIs as Rangers rout As
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer to reach 100 RBIs for the season and the Texas Rangers overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 14-6 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Yankees beat Red Sox for seventh straight win
Joba Chamberlain and the New York Yankees picked up a big win against the Boston Red Sox and then got some help for the pennant race...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
D-backs come out swinging to rout Giants
Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer, Conor Jackson and Chad Tracy also connected and the Arizona Diamondbacks gave Dan Haren plenty of early offense in a 10-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Beers with more alcohol, flavor gain market share
Tucked in a corner at the Deschutes Brewery, barrels that once aged fine wines and whiskeys are nurturing beverages that are challenging drinkers to think of beer more like wine...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Banks rally as CEOs hold off on issuing shares
With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 1st National Bank of Nevada
Twenty-eight branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama defends overseas trip, says itll help US
Presidential contender Barack Obama defended his decision to travel to Europe and the Middle East on Saturday, saying that problems encountered by Americans at home are often best dealt with by working with allies overseas...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches
The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Stan Lee to make a cameo in new X-Men movie
The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant
Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Billingsley pitches Dodgers to 3-2 win over Nats
Chad Billingsley took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, Nomar Garciaparra singled home the tying and go-ahead runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Hamilton, Davis power the Rangers to win over As
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer to reach 100 RBIs for the season and the Texas Rangers overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 14-6 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Karadzic interviewed about details of his arrest
A prosecutor interviewed war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Friday about the details of his arrest, his lawyer said, amid efforts by the ex-Bosnian Serb warlord to fight his extradition to the U.N. war crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Cooperation hurts inmate at Gitmo trial
An al-Qaida driver who gave detailed, insider knowledge of the terror network with U.S. agents is seeing his words used against him at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
California bans restaurants from using trans fats
California is joining the health crusade against artery-clogging trans fats...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Wanted US woman freed in Costa Rica
A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded refugee status in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Unexplained explosions kill 5, wound 20 in Gaza
A powerful explosion ripped through a car on a busy Gaza City beach Friday night, killing a Hamas field commander and three other people, security officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Military says US troops killed Iraqi editors son
The U.S. military said Friday that bullets fired by American soldiers killed the 14-year-old son of the chief editor of a U.S.-sponsored newspaper during a gunbattle a day earlier in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Cambodians go to polls amid border row
Nationalist pride sweeping through Cambodia triggered by a border dispute with Thailand appeared to strengthen the popularity of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Fatah supporters arrested in beachside blast
Hamas security arrested dozens of supporters of the rival Fatah group early Saturday, Fatah said, a day after a mysterious beachside blast killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Australian investigators examine hole in jumbo jet
Australian investigators on Saturday began examining a Qantas jumbo jet which had to make an emergency landing after a large hole opened on its fuselage, a Philippine aviation official said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Report Iran now has 6,000 centrifuges for uranium
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Iran now possesses 6,000 centrifuges, a significant increase in the number of uranium-enriching machines in its nuclear program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Rice in diplomatic race against time
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is running a worldwide race against time, trying for diplomatic victories before the Bush administration ends in January...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Heavy rains kill 7 in South Korea
Torrential rains that lashed South Korea this week have led to the deaths of seven people and left six others missing, the government said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Officials 2 militants killed
U.S.-led coalition forces killed an insurgent northeast of the capital while hunting for a militant suspected of aiding foreign fighters, according to a statement Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
US woman gets asylum in Costa Rica
A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded asylum in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Mexican military losing drug war support
This hardscrabble Mexican border town welcomed 400 soldiers when they arrived four months ago to stop a wave of drug violence that brought daytime gunbattles to its main street...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Fatah activists detained in Gaza
Hamas security arrested dozens of supporters of the rival Fatah group, hurled grenades at the home of a Fatah leader and set up checkpoints across Gaza on Saturday after a mysterious beachside blast that killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Sri Lanka Fighting kills 70 combatants
Heavy fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along the front lines of their civil war killed 62 rebels and eight soldiers, the military said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Heavy rains kill 7 people in SKorea
Torrential rains that lashed South Korea this week have led to the deaths of seven people and left six others missing, the government said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Hamas arrests dozens after blast
Hamas security forces in Gaza arrest dozens of Fatah supporters after six people were killed in a blast...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
China probes games terror threat
China says it is examining a statement from a group threatening to attack the Olympic Games...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Men guilty after mother's tip-off
Two men are found guilty of attempted murder after a 34-year-old man was attacked in a city park...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Death row Richey arrested in city
Kenny Richey, the Scot freed from death row in America, is detained by the police after an incident in Edinburgh...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Hacker admits online shop thefts
A computer user who exploited flaws in an online shop admits stealing £20k of equipment...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Tanker stolen during oil delivery
An oil tanker lorry is stolen by a man believed to be in his 20s while making a delivery in west Belfast...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Week in pictures
Some of the most striking images in the world this week...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Mission possible
Making old films as good as new...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Harmison handed recall by England
England recall Durham fast bowler Steve Harmison for the crucial third Test against South Africa at Edgbaston next week...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Live text - Twenty20 finals day
Essex play Kent and Durham take on Middlesex for the right to play in the Twenty20 Cup final at the Rose Bowl on Saturday evening...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Labour rebels told to back down
Senior Labour figures warn MPs not to plot against Gordon Brown, after the party's shock defeat at the Glasgow East by-election...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
UK troops kill Afghan civilians
UK soldiers in Afghanistan kill four civilians and injure three others after a vehicle fails to stop at a checkpoint...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Plane hole 'not due to corrosion'
Qantas boss Geoff Dixon denies corrosion caused a hole in the body of the plane that was forced to land in Manila...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
UK tourists evacuated on Rhodes
Hundreds of holidaymakers are returning to their hotels after being evacuated as forest fires sweep through a Greek island...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Obama upbeat after London talks
White House hopeful Barack Obama says talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London were "terrific"...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Ed McMahon pitching back into his work
Ed McMahon has a job.The former "Tonight Show" sidekick is reprising his role as pitchman with several comical commercial segments during "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The first of the four spots, which were filmed Thursday evening and feature McMahon and Jimmy Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC talk show...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Salvage teams raise sunken Russian Sub Museum
Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Spam King lured family with promises of gifts
A 16-year-old who survived when her escaped-convict father fatally shot his wife and a younger daughter told investigators the man lured his family into a sport utility vehicle with promises of a gift and a final goodbye, according to a document released Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDA Avoid jalapenos from Mexico, not US
The government is narrowing its warning to hot pepper lovers, saying only Mexican-grown jalapenos now are linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak _ clearing the U.S. crop...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Parents of slain pregnant woman forgive suspect
The parents of a slain pregnant woman said Friday they have forgiven the suspect charged with killing their daughter and cutting her baby out of the womb...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Halle Berry pushes back against paparazzi
Halle Berry said a paparazzi went too far to get a shot of her infant daughter, alleging that the shooter trespassed on her private property and snapped them hanging out in the backyard...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Halle Berry pushes back against backyard paps
Halle Berry says a paparazzi photographer went too far to get a shot of the actress holding her infant daughter, trespassing onto her private property and snapping them hanging out in the backyard...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal
Democrat Barack Obama says Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
McCain rejects audacity of hopelessness for Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
D-backs come out swinging to rout Giants
Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer, Conor Jackson and Chad Tracy also connected and the Arizona Diamondbacks gave Dan Haren plenty of early offense in a 10-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Billingsley pitches Dodgers to 3-2 win over Nats
Chad Billingsley took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, Nomar Garciaparra singled home the tying and go-ahead runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Chamberlain dominates as Yankees win 7th straight
Joba Chamberlain dominated the Boston Red Sox with his best major league start and the surging New York Yankees moved two games behind their longtime rivals with a 1-0 victory Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 1st National Bank of Nevada
Twenty-eight branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Oils 2-week nosedive shows up at the pump
Whether or not any bubble has burst, Americans now live in an economy where the prospect of a gallon of gas for less than $4 is cause for relief...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant
Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches
The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
White Sox beat Tigers 6-5 on Dyes ninth inning HR
Jermaine Dye hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Stan Lee to make a cameo in new X-Men movie
The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Jackson helps Rays end road losing streak
Edwin Jackson surpassed his victory total for last season and the Tampa Bay Rays snapped a seven-game road losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Extradition appeal deadline for Karadzic closer
The deadline for Radovan Karadzic to appeal extradition to a United Nations war crimes tribunal expires Friday, a court spokeswoman said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit
An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Military Sri Lankan fighting kills 49
Sri Lankan troops fought off an attack early Friday from ethnic Tamil rebels trying to recapture lost territory, as violence in the northern battle zone killed 46 rebels and three soldiers, the military said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage
A Qantas jumbo jet carrying 345 passengers made an emergency landing Friday with a gaping hole in its fuselage after a mysterious "explosive decompression," officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Hot, impatient crowd vies for Olympics tickets
A crowd of 30,000 people, baking in the heat and waiting for up to two days, swarmed a ticketing center Friday as the final batch of Olympic tickets went on sale. Police shoved and kicked them and used metal barricades to prevent a stampede...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopins heart
Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Wanted US woman freed in Costa Rica
A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded refugee status in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Unexplained explosions kill 5, wound 20 in Gaza
A powerful explosion ripped through a car on a busy Gaza City beach Friday night, killing a Hamas field commander and three other people, security officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Military says US troops killed Iraqi editors son
The U.S. military said Friday that bullets fired by American soldiers killed the 14-year-old son of the chief editor of a U.S.-sponsored newspaper during a gunbattle a day earlier in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Karadzic interviewed about details of his arrest
A prosecutor interviewed war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Friday about the details of his arrest, his lawyer said, amid efforts by the ex-Bosnian Serb warlord to fight his extradition to the U.N. war crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Cooperation hurts inmate at Gitmo trial
An al-Qaida driver who gave detailed, insider knowledge of the terror network with U.S. agents is seeing his words used against him at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Fighting in northern Lebanon kills 6, wounds 15
Sectarian clashes broke out Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing six people, including a 10 year-old-boy and a policeman, and wounding at least 15, police officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Fires force tourists from Greek island of Rhodes
Raging forest fires sent smoke billowing into hotels on the island of Rhodes, prompting the evacuation of more than 2,000 tourists, the Fire Service and municipal officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
US woman gets asylum in Costa Rica
A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded asylum in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Mexican military losing drug war support
This hardscrabble Mexican border town welcomed 400 soldiers when they arrived four months ago to stop a wave of drug violence that brought daytime gunbattles to its main street...
Southern Ledger - July 26, 2008
Warning over blood-taking method
A UK expert has warned people who take blood not to allow patients to tightly clench their fists as it can confuse results...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Five die in Gaza City explosion
Four Hamas militants and a five-year-old girl die in an explosion targeting a car on Gaza City's beachfront, medics say...
BBC News - July 26, 2008
Concerns for battlefield heritage
Scotland's largest conservation charity says proposed legislation may not protect battlefield sites like Bannockburn...
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