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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
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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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Crow offers free music to voters
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Hong Kong denies entry to Glitter back in Bangkok
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Garret Anderson helps Angels beat Rays 5-4
Garret Anderson swung, and that made all the difference...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rockies beat error-prone Dodgers 4-3
Brad Hawpe had three RBIs, including singles that drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, and the Colorado Rockies capitalized on four errors by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Jobless claims fall for second straight week
The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a six-year high...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Burger King 4Q profit rises 42 pct, tops estimates
Burger King Holdings says its profit surged 42 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by improved sales and marketing. The results are above Wall Street expectations...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
John McCain raises $27 million in July
John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing _ even in death...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Typhoon moves away from Philippines after 7 dead
Rains from Typhoon Nuri triggered a series of landslides and floods in the northern Philippines, killing seven people before the storm moved on Thursday toward Hong Kong...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain
As mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac struggle with continuing credit losses, their ability to raise needed capital is uncertain and, analysts say, is complicated by the possibility of a government bailout of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
UN urges South Korea to offer food aid to North
The U.N. food agency has asked South Korea to provide emergency aid to North Korea to help it avert a food crisis, an official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rice discusses troop withdrawals with Iraqis
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials, hoping to iron out remaining differences in a U.S.-Iraq security deal that envisions the withdrawal of American troops...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rice arrives in Baghdad US troop levels on agenda
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Baghdad for discussions with Iraqi leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Police detain more foreign activists in Beijing
Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists who tried to unfurl a Tibetan flag outside the main Olympics venue on Thursday, squelching the latest attempt to demonstrate during the Beijing Games...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippines peace process in tatters
A Muslim rebel organization rejected demands by the Philippine government Thursday for the surrender of two renegade commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people, setting the stage for a possible escalation in fighting...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Spanish plane that crashed had overheated valve
The plane that crashed in Madrid reported an air intake valve overheating before a first attempt at takeoff but it was not immediately clear whether that was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people, owner Spanair said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rice visits Baghdad to press for security deal
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Iraqi leaders Thursday to agree quickly to a U.S.-Iraq security deal that outlines the withdrawal of American troops...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Mugabe Zimbabwean parliament to convene next week
President Robert Mugabe plans to open parliament next week for the first time since members were elected four months ago, but the opposition said Thursday such a step would undermine power-sharing talks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Australian officials to euthanize baby whale
An Australian environmental official says an abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Lieberman wants Russia tossed out of G-8
Russia should be temporarily kicked out of the Group of Eight and denied entry into the World Trade Organization as punishment for its actions in Georgia, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippine peace process in tatters
A Muslim rebel organization rejected demands by the Philippine government Thursday for the surrender of two renegade commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people, setting the stage for a possible escalation in fighting...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
30 militants die in Afghan battle near ambush site
The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Third ship hijacked in a day off Somalia
An official says pirates have seized a German ship off the coast of Somalia, the third hijacking in a day...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Some 240 displaced Georgians are crammed into a former office building and drinking water is scarce, but people are making do, one woman told U.S. officials at a makeshift shelter Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
The jetliner that crashed in Madrid abandoned a first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating, but experts said it was unlikely the gauge was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
NATO Russia halts military cooperation
Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Russian court delays Khodorkovsky parole decision
Jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky told a Siberian court at the start of his parole hearing Thursday that he does not plan to return to the oil industry, where he made his fortune...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Nuclear exporters mull lifting India trade ban
A group of nations that export nuclear material on Thursday debated whether to give India access to nuclear fuel and technology _ a decision crucial to finalizing a landmark U.S.-India deal lifting a ban on such sales...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
State media 5.9-magnitude quake kills 1 in China
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted southern China near the border with Myanmar Thursday, killing a woman _ one day after another quake damaged homes in the same area, state media reported...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Delegates told to speed up talks on climate change
Africa already is suffering from "climate shocks," the president of Ghana told a 160-nation climate conference Thursday, joining a chorus of calls to speed up the pace of talks on a new agreement to rein in carbon emissions...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz interviews Radovan Karadzic
U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Thursday he plans to call former Bosnian Serb political leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic as a witness in a related case at the U.N. Yugoslav Tribunal...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Pirates seize 3 ships off Somalia in 1 day
Armed pirates hijacked three ships off the coast of Somalia in a series of attacks Thursday, an international maritime body said, as it urged the U.N. to restore law and order to the notorious African waters...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Strasbourg unfit for EU session
Brussels will host the European Parliament while Strasbourg is repaired, reigniting a row about where it should be based...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Three die in fresh Afghan attack
Three soldiers die in Afghanistan in the latest attack in a deadly week for Nato, as UK PM Gordon Brown arrives for a visit...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Lion death S African is released
The South African man who fed one of his ex-workers to the lions is released on parole, to the outrage of trade unions and rights groups...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Deal on US troops in Iraq 'close'
Iraq says a deal on the future of US forces is "very close" after talks with the US secretary of state in Baghdad...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Gaddafi son retires from politics
The son of Libya's leader, Sayf al-Islam Gaddafi, says he is retiring from political life though he is seen as a likely successor...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Patients 'too fat to fit' scanner
Scans are cancelled at a Cornish hospital because of fears overweight patients may get stuck in the machine...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Community help rebuild arson home
A couple, whose son burned down their home, are helped to rebuild their house by their local community...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
First use of Taser stun gun in NI
A Taser stun gun is used for the first time in Northern Ireland by police in Londonderry to subdue a man...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Gulp!
Could you eat a steak the size of a phone directory?...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Ticket agony
How to avoid being stung when buying gig tickets online...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Local heroes
Clickable map of where our Olympic GB stars hail from...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Strange skies
Bizarre cloud above Hertfordshire. How did they form?...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Flying visit
PM leaves troubles behind to meet the troops...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Swazis protest after royal wives charter plane for shopping trip
Swazi women march in protest about an overseas shopping trip taken by nine of the king's wives...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Man given message in a bottle he threw into the sea 23 years ago
A man is reunited with the bottle and message he threw into the sea as a child almost a quarter of a century ago...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Capello defends England tactics
Coach Fabio Capello defends his use of Steven Gerrard in England's 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Unwell Brady rushed to hospital
Republic of Ireland assistant football manager Liam Brady is taken to hospital after falling ill...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Russians halt Nato co-operation
Russia tells Nato it is halting military co-operation over the continuing crisis in Georgia, the alliance says...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Ex-Kitten Katona is made bankrupt
Former Atomic Kitten pop star Kerry Katona is declared bankrupt at the High Court after failing to meet a tax bill...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
GCSE girl dies in lorry collision
A 16-year-old girl, thought to be on her way to collect her GCSE results, has died after a collision with a refuse lorry...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Two energy firms to raise prices
Energy firms E.On and Scottish and Southern Energy are to raise gas and electricity prices by up to 29%, blaming wholesale costs...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Gary Glitter 'will fly to London'
Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter has agreed to fly to London, Thai police have said...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Spain grieves for Madrid victims
Spain mourns 153 people killed in a plane crash at Madrid airport, as investigators look into the causes of the tragedy...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
2 NJ children reunited with dad in Georgia
Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Trial to begin for ex-Marine in Fallujah case
For more than year, Jose Luis Nazario Jr. has waited for his day in federal court to face allegations he killed unarmed detainees in Iraq _ the first time such charges have been brought under a federal law that allows the prosecution of former military service members for war crimes...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
FDNY Radio training needed after deadly WTC fire
Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department official said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Chicagos black politicians building own dynasties
In a city where the mayor holds the same job his father once did, politics can seem little different from the years of the legendary Democratic Machine. But the faces of political privilege _ long dominated by white ethnic groups _ have changed as powerful black politicians use their clout to build new dynasties...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Hong Kong denies entry to Glitter back in Bangkok
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
AP Exclusive Crow offers free music to voters
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Garret Anderson helps Angels beat Rays 5-4
Garret Anderson swung, and that made all the difference...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage
A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Obama outspends McCain in July by 5-3 ratio
After tightening his expenditures in June, Barack Obama spent far more freely in July, cutting into his cash reserves while mounting an advertising campaign against Republican presidential rival John McCain...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rockies beat error-prone Dodgers 4-3
Brad Hawpe had three RBIs, including singles that drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, and the Colorado Rockies capitalized on four errors by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
John McCain raises $27 million in July
John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain
As mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac struggle with continuing credit losses, their ability to raise needed capital is uncertain and, analysts say, is complicated by the possibility of a government bailout of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears
Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow
The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia _ a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Officials say US, Iraq finish draft security deal
Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
4 more foreign activists detained in China
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
153 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rice discusses troop withdrawals with Iraqis
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials, hoping to iron out remaining differences in a U.S.-Iraq security deal that envisions the withdrawal of American troops...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rice arrives in Baghdad US troop levels on agenda
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Baghdad for discussions with Iraqi leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Typhoon moves away from Philippines after 7 dead
Rains from Typhoon Nuri triggered a series of landslides and floods in the northern Philippines, killing seven people before the storm moved on Thursday toward Hong Kong...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Police detain more foreign activists in Beijing
Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists who tried to unfurl a Tibetan flag outside the main Olympics venue on Thursday, squelching the latest attempt to demonstrate during the Beijing Games...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippines peace process in tatters
A Muslim rebel organization rejected demands by the Philippine government Thursday for the surrender of two renegade commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people, setting the stage for a possible escalation in fighting...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
UN urges South Korea to offer food aid to North
The U.N. food agency has asked South Korea to provide emergency aid to North Korea to help it avert a food crisis, an official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Red Cross gets radio threats in Mexico border city
Red Cross workers stopped treating gunshot victims for several hours in a violent city across the border from Texas after receiving death threats over their radio frequencies, officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Nuclear exporters to discuss India trade ban
A group of nations that export nuclear material meets here Thursday to discuss whether to grant India access to nuclear fuel and technology, a decision crucial to finalizing a landmark U.S.-India deal lifting a ban on such sales...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Mugabe Zimbabwean parliament to convene next week
President Robert Mugabe plans to open parliament next week for the first time since members were elected four months ago, but the opposition said Thursday such a step would undermine power-sharing talks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Australian officials to euthanize baby whale
An Australian environmental official says an abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Police Attacks at Pakistan arms factory kill 15
Police say two suicide bombers have killed at least 15 people and wounded another 50 at a government arms factory near the Pakistani capital...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Blasts outside Pakistan arms factory kill several
Two explosions at a government-run arms factory near the Pakistani capital on Thursday left several people dead and wounded many more, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Al-Qaida in Iraq says it killed US-allied Sunni
An al-Qaida in Iraq front organization is claiming responsibility for a suicide attack that killed a U.S.-allied Sunni leader in northern Baghdad on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Pirates seize Japanese, Iranian ships off Somalia
An international maritime body says armed pirates have hijacked a Japanese-operated tanker and an Iranian bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Iraq, China to ink Ahdab oil deal next week
Iraq and China will sign a deal next week to develop the Ahdab oil field, restoring an agreement that was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, an Iraqi spokesman said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
61-year-old woman gives birth in Japan
A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Shetty: India wishes Goody well
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty wishes TV star Jade Goody well after being diagnosed with cervical cancer...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Intel unites the internet with TV
Chip giant Intel signs a deal with Yahoo to make the TV set much more web aware...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Surprise gain in UK retail sales
Retail sales defy grim forecasts to rise 0.8% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
More long-term migrants to UK
The number of migrants coming to the UK for a year or more has risen to a record level, figures show...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Rice in surprise visit to Baghdad
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Baghdad to discuss the future of American forces deployed in Iraq...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Philippine autonomy deal scrapped
The Philippine government pulls out of a controversial autonomy deal with Muslim separatist rebels, following days of fighting...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Rebels push to sever Georgia ties
Separatists in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia hold independence rallies...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Pakistan bombers hit arms factory
At least 40 people are killed in twin suicide bombings outside a munitions factory in the Pakistani town of Wah, police say...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Board settles disabled girl case
An education board admits causing a disabled girl upset and distress by denying her access to a school...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Lion death S African to be freed
The South African man who fed one of his ex-workers to the lions is to be released on parole...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Fraud halts US refugee programme
Washington suspends a scheme to reunite African refugees with relatives in the US after uncovering widespread fraud...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
London's burning
Fifty years on from the riots which led to carnival...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Walking stick death pair jailed
A 46-year-old man convicted of murdering a grandfather by forcing a walking stick down his throat receives a life sentence...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Unknown man found dead in street
Detectives try to identify a man who was found lying dead in a street on the south side of Glasgow...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
GCSE girl dies in truck collision
A 16-year-old girl, thought to be on her way to collect her GCSE results, has died after a collision with a refuse truck...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Walk on water
Think bridges are built just to cross water? Think again...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
We go way back
Meet Manfred, who claims to have the ultimate family tree...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Fact and fiction
Uncovering human rights abuses in the Georgia conflict...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Keane hoping to sign more players
Sunderland boss Roy Keane is hoping to sign more players in addition to Djibril Cisse before 1 September...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Washington diary
Does the choice of US vice-president really matter?...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Dentists 'extracting more teeth'
Dentists working under a new contract are more likely to pull teeth out or fit false ones than before, NHS figures show...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Teenager in death fall from flats
A 16-year-old boy who died when he fell from a block of flats in east London may have been chased, police say...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
New baby daughter for film star Matt Damon
Matt Damon becomes a father for the second time after his wife gives birth to a baby girl, Gia Zavala...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
UK Guantanamo inmate wins ruling
A UK resident detained by the US wins a High Court ruling that the UK government should disclose material which he says backs his torture claims...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Energy firm E.On to raise prices
Energy firm E.On is to raise gas prices by 26% and electricity prices by 16% on 22 August, blaming higher wholesale costs...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Big jump in top GCSE exam grades
Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are hearing how they did in their GCSE exams...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Drink-drive mother sent to jail
A woman whose child was seen shouting "stop mummy driving" is jailed for drink-driving after crashing into a wall...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Brown visits UK troops in Helmand
Gordon Brown tells British troops they are "the heroes of our country", on a surprise trip to Afghanistan...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
$500,000 bail posted for mom of missing Fla. girl
Jail officials says a bondsman has posted bail for the mother of a missing Florida toddler...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Man dies when bluff collapses at San Diego beach
San Diego authorities say a man has died after a stretch of rugged oceanside bluff collapsed on him at Torrey Pines State Beach...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Work release for crew boss in fatal Wash. fire
A fire crew supervisor who admitted lying to investigators about the deaths of four wildland firefighters during a central Washington blaze in 2001 was sentenced to three months of work release Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rockies beat error-prone Dodgers 4-3
Brad Hawpe had three RBIs, including singles that drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, and the Colorado Rockies capitalized on four errors by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Dunn homers, Diamondbacks outslug Padres 8-6
Adam Dunn hit his National League-leading 34th home run, his second in as many games, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 8-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Dunns 34th homer helps Dbacks outslug Padres 8-6
Adam Dunn hit his National League-leading 34th home run, his second in as many games, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 8-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Obama spends $55 million in July, highest yet
Barack Obama reports spending $55 million in July, his highest figure in a single month...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage
A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
McCain chides a newly feisty Obama as testy
Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Edwards closes in on Busch with win at Michigan
Carl Edwards looked in his mirrors and saw the guy he had to beat...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Bush says New Orleans is on its way back
President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the Gulf Coast region over three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Businesses steps to save on energy turn permanent
As the cost of gasoline soared over the past year, many small businesses took steps to mitigate the damage to their cash flow and profits. Now, even though gas has fallen from the record levels it hit in mid-July, companies are making those money-saving strategies permanent...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows _ and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be 50...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Media incorrectly reported congresswomans death
Several major news organizations, including The Associated Press, prematurely reported the death Wednesday of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, who had suffered a brain hemorrhage while driving in suburban Cleveland...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Oil drops to near $112 as storm threat eases
Oil prices fell to near $112 a barrel Tuesday in Asia, extending an overnight decline as Tropical Storm Fay avoided oil-producing infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain
As mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac struggle with continuing credit losses, their ability to raise needed capital is uncertain and, analysts say, is complicated by the possibility of a government bailout of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Nearly 150 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish emergency rescue official says only 26 people survived the crash of an airliner taking off from Madrid airport with 173 people aboard...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Russian government help slow to come, refugees say
Since she clutched her two children by the hands and fled the war in Georgia, Frosia Besayeva has found shelter, food and comfort in the house of a Russian family. But she said the Russian government was slow to help...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
2 Chinese protesters ordered to year in labor camp
Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday, as more foreign activists were detained...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Campaigning UK journalist dies of cancer at age 27
Adrian Sudbury, a young British journalist who blogged about his fight with cancer and campaigned for more bone marrow donations, died in his sleep Wednesday, his family said. He was 27...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Iraq official US, Iraq finish draft security deal
An Iraqi official says U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see all American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30. He says the deal is awaiting final government approval...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Mexico starts campaign to save endangered porpoise
Mexico is investing 163 million pesos (US$16 million) to save a highly endangered type of porpoise from fishing nets in the upper Gulf of California...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Russia warns of response to US missile shield
Russia says its response to the further development of a U.S. missile shield in Poland will go beyond diplomacy...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears
Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow
The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia _ a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Officials say US, Iraq finish draft security deal
Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
4 more foreign activists detained in China
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
153 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Close ally of Colombias president freed from jail
A former senator close to President Alvaro Uribe was freed from prison on Wednesday, four months after his arrest on charges of colluding with far-right death squads...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Typhoon moves away from Philippines after 7 dead
Rains from Typhoon Nuri triggered a series of landslides and floods in the northern Philippines, killing seven people before the storm moved on Thursday toward Hong Kong...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
3 NATO soldiers killed in central Afghanistan
NATO says three of its soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
At least 74 killed in storms in northern India
Police say at least 74 people have been killed as heavy monsoon rains lash northern India...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,145
As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at least 4,145 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Puerto Rico governor denies fraud, other charges
The governor of Puerto Rico denied new charges of alleged campaign finance violations on Wednesday, accusing federal authorities of political sabotage...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
At least 74 killed in flooding in India
Monsoon rains pummeled northern India, bringing dozens of buildings crashing down and killing 74 people, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US coalition 30 militants die in Afghan battle
U.S.-led coalition troops battled a group of militants in eastern Afghanistan, killing over 30 insurgents, while three NATO soldiers were killed in a roadside blast elsewhere, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US coalition says 30 militants die in battle
The U.S.-led coalition says over 30 militants were killed in a battle with its troops in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Lib Dems urge energy autonomy
The UK could be "energy independent" by 2050 without building any new coal or nuclear power stations, the Lib Dems say...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Machine 'sniffs out skin cancer'
A common form of skin cancer could be diagnosed by the distinctive chemical "scent" it gives off, say US experts...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Nigeria military chiefs dismissed
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua announces the surprise sacking of the country's top three military chiefs...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
'Fraud' halts US refugee scheme
America suspends a programme to reunite African refugees with family in the US after uncovering evidence of widespread fraud...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Cold front?
Polish missile deal heightens Russia and US tensions...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Hopes dashed
How one Czech journalist reported '68 Soviet invasion...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Ethical goldmine?
Mayans challenge Goldcorp over open mine in Guatemala...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Colony of Italian snails turns up at Bucks mansion
A snail species from the Mediterranean is found in the UK at historic Cliveden House...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Census 'should be scrapped now'
The national census is out of date, costly and should be scrapped immediately, a report says...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Gary Glitter returns to Thailand
Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter has returned to Thailand after failing to enter Hong Kong...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
GCSE candidates awaiting results
Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will hear how they did in their GCSE exams...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Search for clues in Madrid crash
Accident investigators are to scour the wreckage of the plane that crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport, leaving 153 dead...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
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