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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
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Minor leaguer traded for 10 bats seeks redemption
An umpire teasingly calls him "Bat Man." His teammates consider it an embarrassment and a "slap in the face." His former ballclub sees it as a bit of harmless fun...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
12 set for finals at National Spelling Bee
Matthew Evans heard the bell, slumped his shoulders, lowered his head and slowly walked offstage. He stayed in the comfort room for more than a half-hour, and his eyes were still red when he emerged, his hopes of winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee dashed before he could even reach the finals...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Texas, polygamists reach tentative deal on kids
Texas authorities and a polygamist sect have reached a tentative agreement to begin returning children taken by the state starting Monday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Report Angelina Jolies twins born in France
"Entertainment Tonight" is reporting that Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins in France...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton faces adjustment upon return to Senate
Hillary Rodham Clinton, who ran for the presidency with the aura of inevitability, faces the reality of being one of 100...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Webb, Sorenstam show off Hall of Fame play
Karrie Webb continued to show off her Hall of Fame style Friday at the Ginn Tribute _ and just in time, Annika Sorenstam did, too...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Goggin, Perry reach the top different ways
The first sign of hope at the Memorial came from the scoreboard, which showed Mathew Goggin coming back to the pack after a blazing start. The second sign came from the gray skies that promised some relief from a brutal test of golf...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Edmonds, DeRosa help Cubs rally, beat Rockies 10-9
Jim Edmonds and Mark DeRosa delivered key hits and the Chicago Cubs overcame an eight-run deficit, rallying past the Colorado Rockies 10-9 Friday for their fifth straight victory...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Amelie Mauresmo advances at French Open
Amelie Mauresmo held her nerve and her serve when it counted Tuesday, reaching the second round of the French Open by beating Olga Savchuk 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in a match disrupted by rain...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Biffle takes pole at Dover
Greg Biffle took the pole. Kyle Busch took the heat...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Incomes and spending both slow in April
Consumer spending barely budged in April while growth in personal income slowed sharply, even though the government started sending out billions of dollars in economic stimulus payments...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Begone to the nomination race that wouldnt quit
After what feels like forever, the end of the presidential primaries is in sight. Really...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton expects superdelegates to decide next week
Hillary Rodham Clinton says she expects her marathon Democratic race against Barack Obama to be resolved next week...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iceland shaken by magnitude 6.2 earthquake
A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, injuring at least 15 people as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton touts electability in South Dakota
Hillary Rodham Clinton touted her electability before separate audiences Wednesday, saying her wins in swing states and strong vote margins among certain voting blocs give her the best chance of defeating Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Ford to build Fiesta subcompact near Mexico City
Ford Motor Co. plans to build its new Fiesta subcompact at a factory near Mexico City for sale in the U.S., the company said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Giants cap title celebration with presentation of rings
After four months of celebrations, parades, dinners and a tour of the White House, the New York Giants got their final reward on Thursday night for winning the Super Bowl: the bling...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton backers to protest outside rules meeting
The Democratic presidential race is heading into a fractious end game as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton mobilize for a protest Saturday to demand that the party count two outlawed primaries that favored her...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Lieberman to speak at conference hosted by Hagee
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Wednesday he will address a conference hosted by the Rev. John Hagee, who was spurned by Republican John McCain for his claim that God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
111 nations adopt cluster bomb treaty
Diplomats from 111 nations have formally adopted a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Vatican excommunication for female priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Condoleezza Rice meets rock band Kiss
The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
State Gay marriage to begin June 17 in California
California officials are telling county clerks that they can start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17. The state Office of Vital Records says it chose June 17 because the state Supreme Court has until the end of business on June 16 to decide whether to grant a stay of its ruling legalizing gay marriage...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iraqis say Marine handed out Christian coins
A U.S. Marine handed out coins promoting Christianity to Muslims in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, outraged Sunni officials said Friday. The U.S. military responded quickly, removing a trooper from duty pending an investigation...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Remnants of tropical storm Alma hit Honduras
The remnants of Tropical Storm Alma swept across Honduras on Friday, dumping rain and leaving roofless homes and flooded streets in its wake...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US presses Vietnam over jailed journalists
The U.S. has expressed concern about the case of two Vietnamese journalists arrested because of their aggressive reporting on a major government corruption case, a State Department official said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Passenger jet overshoots runway in Honduras
A Grupo TACA airplane overshot a runway and slammed to a stop on a city street Friday in the Honduran capital, leaving at least one passenger dead and injuring several others...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
NATO general sees long fight in Afghanistan
The outgoing American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said the insurgency there will last for years unless Pakistan shuts down safe havens where militants train and recruit...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Alma weakens to tropical depression
The remnants of Tropical Storm Alma dumped rain on Honduras and Guatemala on Friday, as officials in Nicaragua and Costa Rica cleared trees from roads and repaired roofless homes...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Opposition mounts to US-Iraq security deal
Tens of thousands rallied in several cities Friday against a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, raising doubts that negotiators can meet a July target to finalize a pact to keep U.S. troops in Iraq after the current U.N. mandate expires...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
UN delegates agree to biodiversity measures
Delegates to a U.N. conference on biological diversity agreed Friday to develop measures to counter bio-piracy and protect marine wildlife and rainforests...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Indonesian police reports outline terror links
After months on the run, two alleged leaders in a Southeast Asian militant group were holed up in a cheap Malaysian hotel, ready to fly to the Middle East to link up with other Islamic extremists, possibly in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US donates military trucks to Cambodia
The United States will deliver 31 used trucks to Cambodia, its first direct supply of military hardware there since Washington lifted an embargo three years ago...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Chinese lawyers unable to renew licenses
Mainland Chinese lawyers known for defending rights have been unable to get their licenses renewed ahead of an annual deadline, a Hong Kong group said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
111 nations, but not US, adopt cluster bomb treaty
Chief negotiators of a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs predicted Friday that the United States will never again use the weapons, a critical component of American air and artillery power...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Government says 25 killed in Ethiopia flooding
A government spokesman says 25 people have died in flash floods in eastern Ethiopia...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Some Iraqi insurgents agree to reconcile
School teacher Raad Mohammed Mahdi used to take on another role after classes: foot soldier in the Sunni insurgency north of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Airplane overshot runway in Honduras
A Grupo TACA airplane overshot a runway and slammed to a stop on a city street Friday in the Honduran capital, injuring some onboard...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Brown's first year school report
Mike Baker asks how much Gordon Brown has altered the course of Labour's education policy...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Skynet military launch postponed
The third Skynet military satellite - part of Britain's single biggest space project - is held on the pad because of a fault on its rocket...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
US imposes sanctions on PKK
President Bush uses a US drug trafficking law to impose financial sanctions on a Kurdish rebel group...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Al-Qaeda talks 'question of time'
Talking to al-Qaeda to end its campaign of violence should not be ruled out, the head of the PSNI says...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Challenger blasts Mugabe's rule
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says his country is an "unmitigated embarrassment" to Africa...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Meet the geeks
In need of tech support at home? Look no further...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Tributes for helicopter victims
Two Army pilots who died after their helicopter crashed on a training exercise are named...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Toxicology tests on dead toddler
Police say further tests will be carried out on a boy of two who collapsed at his home and died in hospital...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Hungry continent
Are GM crops the solution to Africa's food crisis?...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Czech Republic 3-1 Scotland
Libor Sionko's double gives Euro 2008-bound Czech Republic a deserved win over depleted Scotland...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
UK Guantanamo man on terror charge
The last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay is to be charged with terrorism, BBC's Newsnight learns...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
DUP bids farewell to Ian Paisley
First Minister Ian Paisley marks the end of his political career with a speech at the King's Hall in Belfast...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Three men killed in M5 collision
Three men die when a van crashes into a car after going through the central reservation on the M5 in Gloucestershire...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Fire destroys landmark seafood business in Boston
Fire destroyed a landmark seafood business on the waterfront early Friday, snarling rush hour traffic. There were no reports of injuries...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Putter powers Goggin to Memorial lead
Around here they call it "Muirfield weather" _ because rain always falls during the Memorial Tournament...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Report Angelina Jolies twins born in France
"Entertainment Tonight" is reporting that Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins in France...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Home at center of 50 Cent lawsuit destroyed by fire
Authorities say six people are hospitalized after a "suspicious" fire burned down a multimillion-dollar Long Island home owned by Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Comic powerhouse Harvey Korman dies at 81
Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
1 of Hanson brothers becomes a father
The drummer for the rock group Hanson is now a first-time father...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Condoleezza Rice enlists in Kiss Army fan club
The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Texas officials take DNA from sect leader
Texas authorities have collected DNA swabs from jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs for an ongoing criminal investigation...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Obama used party rules to foil Clinton
Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Serena Williams loses at French Open
For Serena Williams, missed chances came in a flurry Friday at the French Open...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Serea Williams upset in third round
For Serena Williams, missed chances came in a flurry Friday at the French Open...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Srebotnik upsets Serena Williams at French Open
For Serena Williams, missed chances came in a flurry Friday at the French Open. She shanked overheads, hit wild volleys and squandered seven break points. The net result: a stunning third-round loss to Katarina Srebotnik, 6-4, 6-4...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Serena Williams upset by Srebotnik at French Open
Serena Williams is out of the French Open.The fifth-seeded American shanked overheads, hit wild volleys and squandered seven break points Thursday in a stunning 6-4, 6-3 third-round loss to Katarina Srebotnik...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Democrats push for quick end to nomination battle
A top Democrat says that party leaders intend to push for a quick end to the grueling presidential nomination battle, as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton planned a rally in Washington in a last-minute effort to save her faltering candidacy...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Records shed light on career of McCains father
As John S. McCain Jr. started down the road toward four-star admiral, he hit a bump...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Incomes and spending both slow in April
Consumer spending barely budged in April while growth in personal income slowed sharply, even though the government started sending out billions of dollars in economic stimulus payments...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iceland shaken by magnitude 6.2 earthquake
A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, injuring at least 15 people as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton backers to protest outside rules meeting
The Democratic presidential race is heading into a fractious end game as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton mobilize for a protest Saturday to demand that the party count two outlawed primaries that favored her...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton touts electability in South Dakota
Hillary Rodham Clinton touted her electability before separate audiences Wednesday, saying her wins in swing states and strong vote margins among certain voting blocs give her the best chance of defeating Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Giants cap title celebration with presentation of rings
After four months of celebrations, parades, dinners and a tour of the White House, the New York Giants got their final reward on Thursday night for winning the Super Bowl: the bling...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Israeli poll finds Netanyahu would win elections
An Israeli poll shows that hardline Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu would win national elections if a corruption probe topples Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
State Gay marriage to begin June 17 in California
California officials are telling county clerks that they can start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17. The state Office of Vital Records says it chose June 17 because the state Supreme Court has until the end of business on June 16 to decide whether to grant a stay of its ruling legalizing gay marriage...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Lieberman to speak at conference hosted by Hagee
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Wednesday he will address a conference hosted by the Rev. John Hagee, who was spurned by Republican John McCain for his claim that God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US concerned about jailed Vietnamese journalists
The U.S. has expressed concern about the case of two Vietnamese journalists arrested because of their aggressive reporting on a major government corruption case, a state department official said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Official China evacuation order just a drill
An earthquake official says a Chinese state media report that 1.3 million people in Sichuan Province were ordered to evacuate was wrong and that a mass evacuation has not been ordered...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iraqis say Marines handed out Christian coins
The U.S. military says an American service member has been removed from duty in Iraq after receiving complaints that Marines were handing out coins promoting Christianity...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
China to ban free plastic bags in shops
China will become the latest country to ban free plastic bags this weekend, part of a government-led campaign to cut down on waste and help the environment...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
China warns evacuation possible with flood threat
More than 1 million people may have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province valley if an earthquake-spawned lake threatens to burst and flood the region, an emergency official warned Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
China warns mass evacuation possible with flood threat
More than 1 million people may have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province valley if an earthquake-spawned lake threatens to burst and flood the region, an emergency official warned Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
111 nations adopt cluster bomb treaty
Diplomats from 111 nations have formally adopted a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Vatican excommunication for female priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iraqis say Marine handed out Christian coins
A U.S. Marine handed out coins promoting Christianity to Muslims in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, outraged Sunni officials said Friday. The U.S. military responded quickly, removing a trooper from duty pending an investigation...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Remnants of tropical storm Alma hit Honduras
The remnants of Tropical Storm Alma swept across Honduras on Friday, dumping rain and leaving roofless homes and flooded streets in its wake...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US presses Vietnam over jailed journalists
The U.S. has expressed concern about the case of two Vietnamese journalists arrested because of their aggressive reporting on a major government corruption case, a State Department official said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Pakistani scientist disavows confession
Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan says he was forced to confess to passing nuclear secrets to North Korea, Libya and Iran, a British newspaper reported Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Palestinians Israeli fire wounds 7 demonstrators
Palestinian doctors say Israel troops opened fire and wounded seven Palestinians in a demonstration at a crossing into Israel...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Shiites in Iraq protest long-term US security deal
Tens of thousands of Shiites have taken to the streets in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
NATO general sees long fight in Afghanistan
The outgoing American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said the insurgency there will last for years unless Pakistan shuts down safe havens where militants train and recruit...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Indonesian police reports outline terror links
After months on the run, two alleged leaders in a Southeast Asian militant group were holed up in a cheap Malaysian hotel, ready to fly to the Middle East to link up with other Islamic extremists, possibly in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US donates military trucks to Cambodia
The United States will deliver 31 used trucks to Cambodia, its first direct supply of military hardware there since Washington lifted an embargo three years ago...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Chinese lawyers unable to renew licenses
Mainland Chinese lawyers known for defending rights have been unable to get their licenses renewed ahead of an annual deadline, a Hong Kong group said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Airplane overshot runway in Honduras
A Grupo TACA airplane overshot a runway and slammed to a stop on a city street Friday in the Honduran capital, injuring some onboard...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
EU calls for net address upgrade
Time is running out for Europe to embrace the net's new addressing system, Brussels warns...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
UN condemns Burma 'camp closures'
A senior UN official says any coercion of Burmese cyclone victims to return home is completely unacceptable...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Croatia jails war crimes general
A Croatian court for the first time convicts a Croatian general for war crimes against Serbs...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Exiled Burundi rebel head returns
The leader of Burundi's last active rebel group, the FNL, returns from exile in Tanzania four days after a ceasefire...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
US marine removed over coin claim
A US marine is removed from duty over claims he distributed coins with biblical verses to citizens in Iraq...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Martha's week
Labour MPs have a bee in their bonnet about Brown...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Man jailed for killing baby son
A father is jailed for killing his three-week-old baby by banging his head when he refused to take his bottle...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Woman killed in 'brutal' attack
Police say the woman whose body was found in a Glasgow park was subjected to a "brutal and violent" attack...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Living in fear
Quake survivors head to the hills to escape flood threat...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
First glimpse
Pictures give clues to way of life of uncontacted tribe...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Spirited Murray falls to Almagro
Andy Murray shows flashes of brilliance before losing to clay-court specialist Nicolas Almagro in round three of the French Open...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
DUP farewell to founder Paisley
The DUP leader Ian Paisley hands over leadership of the party to Peter Robinson at the weekend...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Clean-up continues after floods
People in south Somerset begin clearing up the wreckage caused by flash flooding...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Ovary baby survives against odds
A woman in Australia has given birth to a healthy girl after a rare full-term ectopic pregnancy...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Bassey leaves hospital after op
Dame Shirley Bassey is discharged from hospital where she was recovering from surgery on her stomach...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Chaos as crane collapses in NYC
At least one person is killed and two seriously injured as a crane collapses in New York's Upper East Side district...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Violent sons turned in by mother
A mother says she has no regrets about reporting her sons to the police after learning they were behind a violent attack...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Silverjet calls in administrators
Business airline Silverjet calls in administrators after financial problems forced it to suspend all of its flights...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Dell shares get boost from strong earnings report
Growth in Asia and strong sales of notebook computers helped Dell Inc. beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter sales and profit...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Sect members waiting for children to be returned
Now, the waiting begins. A Texas Supreme Court ruling paves the way for members of a polygamist sect to get their children out of foster care, but it remains unclear when that might happen or what kind of restrictions might be imposed...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Ask AP Jet pollution, fraction-of-a-cent coins
It can be a manufacturing plant, a spice grinder or a place where rumors get started. But did you know a "mill" can also be one-tenth of a cent _ a unit of currency that showed up on state-issued tokens in the 1930s?...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
LI resort proposal features indoor ski mountain
The 35-story indoor ski mountain would soar over bucolic pine barrens and farms at the twin forks of Long Island...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Ailing Kennedy fading as top target for right wing
Republicans have raised many millions of dollars over the past three decades just invoking the name of Ted Kennedy...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Putter powers Goggin to Memorial lead
Around here they call it "Muirfield weather" _ because rain always falls during the Memorial Tournament...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Goggin leads Kelly, Perry by 1 shot at Memorial
Jack Nicklaus always envisioned the Memorial as a northern version of the Masters, from the superb course conditions to super slick greens, from caddies wearing white coveralls to grounds so immaculate that nary a cigarette butt is to be found...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Obama used party rules to foil Clinton
Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Serea Williams upset in third round
For Serena Williams, missed chances came in a flurry Friday at the French Open...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Srebotnik upsets Serena Williams at French Open
For Serena Williams, missed chances came in a flurry Friday at the French Open. She shanked overheads, hit wild volleys and squandered seven break points. The net result: a stunning third-round loss to Katarina Srebotnik, 6-4, 6-4...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Serena Williams upset by Srebotnik at French Open
Serena Williams is out of the French Open.The fifth-seeded American shanked overheads, hit wild volleys and squandered seven break points Thursday in a stunning 6-4, 6-3 third-round loss to Katarina Srebotnik...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
AP IMPACT US freight rail congestion a concern
Railway executive Matthew Rose stood before fellow industry leaders, pointing to a map meant to tell the future of the U.S. rail freight network. It was drenched in red _ east to west, north to south...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Records shed light on career of McCains father
As John S. McCain Jr. started down the road toward four-star admiral, he hit a bump...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton backers to protest outside rules meeting
The Democratic presidential race is heading into a fractious end game as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton mobilize for a protest Saturday to demand that the party count two outlawed primaries that favored her...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Review Lost ends season with answers, mystery
Like the island where so much of the action takes place, "Lost" giveth and it taketh away. Flashes of illumination for its viewers are routinely undone the next moment by bewilderment...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iceland shaken by magnitude 6.2 earthquake
A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, injuring at least 15 people as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Japan shares rise as oil, yen weaken
Japanese shares extended gains on Friday as oil prices dropped and a softer yen spurred the buying of export-linked stocks...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Giants cap title celebration with presentation of rings
After four months of celebrations, parades, dinners and a tour of the White House, the New York Giants got their final reward on Thursday night for winning the Super Bowl: the bling...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Oil climbs to record above $135
Oil prices hit a record above $135 a barrel before falling back in Asia Thursday, with supply worries, rising global demand and a slumping dollar keeping crude futures on an upward track...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Lieberman to speak at conference hosted by Hagee
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Wednesday he will address a conference hosted by the Rev. John Hagee, who was spurned by Republican John McCain for his claim that God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Africa, Japan pledge to tackle food crisis
African leaders, Japan and development organizations agreed Friday that there is an urgent need to boost agricultural productivity in Africa and pledged to tackle the widespread impact of soaring food prices...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
State Gay marriage to begin June 17 in California
California officials are telling county clerks that they can start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17. The state Office of Vital Records says it chose June 17 because the state Supreme Court has until the end of business on June 16 to decide whether to grant a stay of its ruling legalizing gay marriage...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Britain looked to Israel for military deception
When British military leaders set up a special task force in 1969 to study how best to use deception to achieve their battlefield aims, they turned their attention to the tactics used by the Israelis _ not the Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Britain looked to Israel when studying military deception
When British military leaders set up a special task force in 1969 to study how best to use deception to achieve their battlefield aims, they turned their attention to the tactics used by the Israelis _ not the Americans...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Rain-induced landslide kills 2 in Italy
A landslide killed two people Thursday in an Alpine valley in northwestern Italy as heavy rains battered the area. Two other people, including a child, were missing...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Afghanistan seeks to revive farming sector addicted to opium
Afghanistan will ask international donors next month for $4 billion to revive its agricultural sector, but it could be a hard sell with another massive crop of opium expected this year...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Israeli poll finds Netanyahu would win elections
An Israeli poll shows that hardline Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu would win national elections if a corruption probe topples Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Pakistans Musharraf denies resignation rumors
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dismissed mounting speculation he is preparing to resign while his political opponents and media on Friday clamored for his departure...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Afghanistan seeks to revive farming sector
Afghanistan will ask international donors next month for $4 billion to revive its agricultural sector, but it could be a hard sell with another massive crop of opium expected this year...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US concerned about jailed Vietnamese journalists
The U.S. has expressed concern about the case of two Vietnamese journalists arrested because of their aggressive reporting on a major government corruption case, a state department official said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Official China evacuation order just a drill
An earthquake official says a Chinese state media report that 1.3 million people in Sichuan Province were ordered to evacuate was wrong and that a mass evacuation has not been ordered...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iraqis say Marines handed out Christian coins
The U.S. military says an American service member has been removed from duty in Iraq after receiving complaints that Marines were handing out coins promoting Christianity...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
China to ban free plastic bags in shops
China will become the latest country to ban free plastic bags this weekend, part of a government-led campaign to cut down on waste and help the environment...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
2 killed in landslide in Italy
A landslide killed two people Thursday in an Alpine valley in northwestern Italy as heavy rains battered the area. Two other people, including a child, were missing...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Chavez recalls Colombian rebel leader
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that no one should be celebrating the death of Colombian rebel leader Manuel Marulanda...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
China warns evacuation possible with flood threat
More than 1 million people may have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province valley if an earthquake-spawned lake threatens to burst and flood the region, an emergency official warned Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
China warns mass evacuation possible with flood threat
More than 1 million people may have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province valley if an earthquake-spawned lake threatens to burst and flood the region, an emergency official warned Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Sri Lanka soldiers capture rebel base
Government troops have captured a Tamil Tiger rebel base in northern Sri Lanka after three days of fighting that killed seven rebels and one soldier, the military said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Vatican excommunication for women priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
General calls on Pakistan to help with insurgents
The American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says insurgents will pose a challenge for years if safe havens continue to exist across the border in Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
UK university opens in Australia
University College London is to open an Adelaide campus - the first UK university to open such a base in Australia...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Actor Murray's wife seeks divorce
The wife of Ghostbusters actor Bill Murray files for divorce, alleging he is addicted to drink and drugs...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Turkish gay group will fight ban
A leading Turkish gay rights group says it will fight its court-ordered ban for "violating morality"...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Nepal king officially told to go
Nepal's government formally tells the deposed monarch to vacate the royal palace within the next two weeks...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Supermarket food shop 'costlier'
The cost of a supermarket shop has increased 5.8% this year, a study finds, with branded goods rising fastest...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Health workers reject pay offer
Thousands of health workers overwhelmingly reject a three-year pay deal, the GMB union says...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Inquiry into death of boy, aged 2
A police investigation is under way after a two-year-old boy collapsed and later died in hospital...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Appeal over sheep farmer murder
The unsolved murder of a sheep farmer from County Londonderry is to feature on the BBC's Crimewatch...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Apartheid 'not root of SA riots'
South Africa's ex-leader FW De Klerk says the heritage of apartheid cannot be blamed for the xenophobic attacks...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Al-Qaeda in retreat - CIA chief
The head of the CIA says al-Qaeda is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and on the defensive elsewhere...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Festival fever
Do fans really want so many music festivals?...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Boys held over school rape claims
Two boys, aged 14 and 15, are arrested and bailed over claims a 15-year-old girl was raped at school...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Cadet probe sheriff to see boat
An inquiry into the death of a teenage Army cadet who drowned is expected to see the boat involved...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Click, clack, bing!
Why typewriters are king in the age of the computer...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Blair insights
Great stories from the Prescott, Cherie and Levy memoirs...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
7 days quiz
Pop royalty, all turning 50. Who is the youngest?...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Super Scots
The world of US comics has a strong Glasgow connection...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Macmillan ignored smoking warning
In the 1950s the Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold Macmillan put the financial benefits of cigarettes over the nation's health, records show...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
What is the formula for the 'perfect voice' ?
Researchers say they have worked out a mathematical formula to find the perfect human voice...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
'Hello, Gordon here...' Why the PM has been phoning voters at home
Gordon Brown rings voters at home to talk about Labour policy, Downing Street has confirmed...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Fifa backs Blatter on quota plan
Fifa endorses president Sepp Blatter's idea of 'six-plus-five', but he faces an ongoing struggle to make it a reality...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Football: Southampton appoint Dutchman
Southampton appoint Jan Poortvliet as a replacement for manager Nigel Pearson...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Third arrest over Jersey inquiry
A third person is arrested in connection with an investigation into a former care home in Jersey...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Flood crews' 'busiest night ever'
Fire crews tackling flood emergencies in Somerset say it was their "busiest night in living history"...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
House prices slowdown confirmed
The slowdown of house prices in England and Wales is confirmed by figures from the Land Registry...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Fuel poverty action plan unveiled
Data on people with low incomes could be shared with energy companies under plans to tackle fuel poverty...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Europe fuel protests spread wider
Fuel protests triggered by rising oil prices spread to more countries across Europe, with strikes by fishermen...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Troubled Silverjet stops flights
British business airline Silverjet suspends all flights after failing to secure essential funds, as fuel prices soar...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Chemical fire, rain hamper China quake recovery
Heavy rain and a chemical fire hampered urgent recovery efforts Thursday in an earthquake-shattered town threatened by a rising lake...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Signals, cell phone focuses of Boston train crash
Federal investigators at the site of a fatal commuter train crash checked trackside signals Thursday, as well as reports that the trolley driver who was killed may have been on a cell phone...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Coroner Singer Sean Levert died of natural causes
The R&B singer Sean Levert, who died at age 39 after falling ill in jail, suffered from a variety of ailments and died of natural causes, the county coroner ruled Thursday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Court Sect children should be returned to parents
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that hundreds of children from taken from a polygamist sect should be returned to their parents...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Review Lost ends season with answers, mystery
Like the island where so much of the action takes place, "Lost" giveth and it taketh away. Flashes of illumination for its viewers are routinely undone the next moment by bewilderment...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
45 advance to final day of National Spelling Bee
No one has mastered the look of spelling bee despair better than 10-year-old Veronica Penny...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Twins beat KC 5-1, Royals lose 11th in a row
Kevin Slowey pitched a six-hitter and Carlos Gomez had four hits and two RBIs, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 5-1 victory Thursday night over the punchless Kansas City Royals, who lost their 11th in a row...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Bryant leads Lakers past Spurs and into NBA finals
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the defending champions, and are headed to the NBA finals for the first time in four years...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Bryants 39 points lead Lakers past Spurs 100-92
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the defending champions, and are headed to the NBA finals for the first time in four years...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US rail network facing congestion calamity
Railway executive Matthew Rose stood before fellow industry leaders, pointing to a map meant to tell the future of the U.S. rail freight network. It was drenched in red _ east to west, north to south...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
NJ, Texas courts scrap awards from Vioxx cases
Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas have scrapped verdicts against drugmaker Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
GM may reassign workers from trucks to cars
General Motors Corp. will furlough entire shifts of workers at some truck factories and may move them to nearby car plants as it restructures to adjust to a rapidly changing U.S. market brought on by $4 per gallon gasoline...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Gas tops $3.83 as early holiday travelers hit road
Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight, reaching a national average above $3.83 a gallon. Some analysts predict gas will break past $4 as early as next week...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Oil hits $135 a barrel on new supply concerns
Oil prices rose above $135 a barrel for the first time Thursday, with supply worries, global demand and an ever weakening U.S dollar driving crude futures up...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Clinton backers to protest outside rules meeting
The Democratic presidential race is heading into a fractious end game as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton mobilize for a protest Saturday to demand that the party count two outlawed primaries that favored her...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Oil climbs to record above $135 on supply, dollar
Oil prices hit a record above $135 a barrel and fell back slightly in Asia on Thursday, with supply worries, rising global demand and a slumping dollar keeping crude futures on an upward track...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Oil climbs to record above $135
Oil prices hit a record above $135 a barrel before falling back in Asia Thursday, with supply worries, rising global demand and a slumping dollar keeping crude futures on an upward track...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Giants cap title celebration with presentation of rings
After four months of celebrations, parades, dinners and a tour of the White House, the New York Giants got their final reward on Thursday night for winning the Super Bowl: the bling...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Lieberman to speak at conference hosted by Hagee
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Wednesday he will address a conference hosted by the Rev. John Hagee, who was spurned by Republican John McCain for his claim that God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Little action on Iraq debt relief at conference
A U.N. conference on Iraq ended Thursday with a declaration encouraging debt forgiveness but without commitments from its biggest creditors...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
State Gay marriage to begin June 17 in California
California officials are telling county clerks that they can start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17. The state Office of Vital Records says it chose June 17 because the state Supreme Court has until the end of business on June 16 to decide whether to grant a stay of its ruling legalizing gay marriage...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Tropical storm lashes Central America
Tropical Storm Alma lashed the coast of Central America with heavy rains and high winds on Thursday after becoming the first such storm of the eastern Pacific season...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 16 in northwestern Iraq
A suicide bomber detonated explosives among a group of men seeking police jobs Thursday, killing 16 people crowded around a recruiting station in northwestern Iraq despite warnings of an attack...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Tropical storm reaches Central America
Tropical Storm Alma is hitting land along Nicaragua northwest corner, near the city of Leon. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm reached land at midday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Pressure increases on Israeli prime minister
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suffered another blow Thursday when a key rival for power in his political party suggested the embattled leader should be replaced because of a widening corruption investigation...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Richardson urges US on aid package for Mexico
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson urged U.S. lawmakers Thursday to resolve their differences over an aid package to help Mexico fight drugs, saying it would be "disastrous" for security on both sides of the border if the Merida Initiative fell through...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Security chiefs meet in Jerusalem
U.S. Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said Thursday that progress is being made in the war on terror but it is being sabotaged by critics of American foreign policy in the West...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
UN peacekeeping chief More for missions
The head of U.N. peacekeeping pleaded with the international community Thursday to address gaps in support for peacekeeping missions, pointing especially to the shortfall in Darfur...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Iceland shaken by magnitude 6.2 earthquake
A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, injuring at least 15 people as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US Report increases Iran concerns
The chief U.S. delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency said evidence described by the nuclear watchdog Thursday increased concerns that Iran had tried to make nuclear weapons...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
US military charges 3 Gitmo detainees
U.S. military prosecutors filed identical charges Thursday against three Guantanamo Bay detainees, including a U.S.-educated Saudi engineer...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
British Cabinet had warning of cancer-smoking link
The British Cabinet discussed the early warnings about a link between smoking and lung cancer more than 50 years ago, but viewed the threat as minor and did little for fear of losing tax revenue, according to documents released Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Gitmo judge removed from Canadians case
A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay who once acknowledged facing Pentagon criticism over one of his rulings was dismissed Thursday from the case of a Canadian detainee, a defense lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
Chavez recalls Colombian rebel leader
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that no one should be celebrating the death of Colombian rebel leader Manuel Marulanda...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
2 killed in landslide in Italy
A landslide killed two people Thursday in an Alpine valley in northwestern Italy as heavy rains battered the area. Two other people, including a child, were missing...
Southern Ledger - May 30, 2008
MPs 'should launch own inquiries'
Parliament should be able to launch inquiries into issues of public concern such as the Iraq war, MPs say...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Obama criticises mocking sermon
US Democratic hopeful Barack Obama condemns the rhetoric in a supporter's sermon mocking Hillary Clinton...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Japan shelves military aid flight
Tokyo shelves a military flight carrying quake aid to Sichuan amid Chinese fears of an anti-Japan backlash...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Crime & showbiz
Are Hollywood movies affecting verdicts?...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Fatal Army aircraft crash probed
An investigation is under way after two people died when an Army training helicopter crashed...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Financial crisis
WTO boss blames lax regulation for financial mess...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Ancient bones
Was Stonehenge a cemetery for a ruling dynasty?...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
In pictures
Aerial shots of uncontacted Brazilian tribe...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Women in blue
Archives reveal RAF debate on arming servicewomen...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Forget the gym - if you're stressed and tired get down to the farm
Spending time on a farm could alleviate stress and tiredness, a study suggests...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Fashion students design 'compost clothing' you can wear and then throw away
A range of biodegradable outfits designed by fashion students goes on display at a gardening exhibition...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Britain 'could talk to al-Qaeda'
The UK should not rule out talking to al-Qaeda in order to end its campaign of violence, according to a senior policeman...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Rock to take on more debt staff
Northern Rock is to more than double the number of people handling debt management the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Church turns to UN over Zimbabwe
Anglican leaders are asking the UN to intervene in Zimbabwe to protect fellow Church members...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Ministers plan help for fuel poor
Measures to help elderly and vulnerable people pay their fuel bills are due to be announced...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Mars lander flexes its robot arm
Nasa's Mars lander Phoenix has flexed its robotic arm - one of the key tools in its mission to test the planet's soil...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
Week of food crisis talks begins
Envoys from 26 Latin American and Caribbean nations are set to meet for food crisis talks ahead of a UN summit in Rome...
BBC News - May 30, 2008
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