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Lost scenes shown from sci-fi classic Metropolis
Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Hamilton wins rainy British GP
Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix for the first time, leading his rain-soaked home race from the fourth lap to take the lead in the Formula One drivers championship...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Republican Party ad assails Obama on energy
TITLE: "Balance."LENGTH: 30 seconds.AIRING: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise, whomever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
The buck doesnt stop here it just keeps falling
Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
French victims parents make appeal to British
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Car bomb kills 6, injures 14 in Baghdad
Iraqi police and medical officials say a car bomb in northern Baghdad has killed six people and injured 14 others, including three policemen...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
14 dead after heavy rains in north India
Flooding, house collapses and lightning strikes caused by heavy rains killed at least 14 people in northern India, taking the reported death toll in the annual monsoon season to 79, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Germanys Merkel urges G-8 action on food
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Group of Eight summit to agree on a "comprehensive package of measures" to tackle the fallout from soaring food prices, according to commentary published Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
French victims parents make UK appeal
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Afghan officials US missiles killed 27 civilians
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Karzai orders chopper attack probe
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Sri Lanka says jets bomb rebel position
Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel position in their northern stronghold Sunday, a day after 19 rebels and a soldier were killed in a new round of ground fighting, the military said...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
8 die in Pakistan building collapse
Police say a two-story apartment building has collapsed in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, killing eight people, including a toddler...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
UK lawmakers to launch new rendition probe
Lawmakers pledged Sunday to study the movements of planes and ships traveling to the remote British outpost Diego Garcia amid persistent suspicion it is used by U.S. authorities to detain or transfer terrorism suspects...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
16 trapped, 1 killed in China coal mine
A state news agency says one person has been killed and another 16 are trapped after an accident at a coal mine in northern China...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Sewage glut another ugly result of Gazas wars
When a toilet is flushed in Gaza City, the waste sloshes straight into the Mediterranean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Germanys Merkel urges G8 action on food
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Group of Eight summit to agree on a "comprehensive package of measures" to tackle the fallout from soaring food prices, according to commentary published Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
21 dead in China coal mine accident
An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Report United Arab Emirates cancels Iraqi debt
The United Arab Emirates is canceling all the debt Iraq owes to the tiny oil-rich Gulf state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
BMA urges tougher tobacco rules
The British Medical Association's annual conference hears calls for a range of tough measures to rid the UK of smoking...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Two arrests in Turkey 'coup plot'
Two retired generals are remanded in custody in Turkey over a suspected plot to overthrow the government...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
G8 urged to act over oil prices
Japan and the US vow to call for "swift action" on oil and food prices at next week's G8 summit...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Mugabe crisis 'infecting' Africa
David Miliband says the situation in Zimbabwe is now a "crisis infecting the whole of southern Africa"...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Betancourt plans play on ordeal
Ingrid Betancourt says she will write a play about spending six years as a hostage of Colombian rebels...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
UAE waives billions of Iraqi debt
The UAE says it is cancelling the entire debt owed to it by Iraq, a sum of almost $7bn (£3.5bn) including interest...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Toddler 'ordered out of wedding'
Church leaders investigate complaints a bride and groom's young son was ordered from their wedding service for being noisy...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Man on guesthouse killing charge
A teenager is due in court on Monday charged with the murder of County Down guesthouse owner Billy Spence...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Lock down
Police replace tourists for G8 on Japanese island...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Poppy trap
The Afghan farmers caught in a struggle for survival...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Chelsea make 'massive' Kaka offer
AC Milan reveal that Chelsea have made an "astronomical" offer for their Brazilian midfielder Kaka...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Male biological clock 'ticks too'
Scientists say they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
A tornado forms over Lancashire - but doesn't touch the ground
Stormy weather across Lancashire and Merseyside has resulted in a funnel cloud forming in the sky...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Live - Federer v Nadal
Defending champion Roger Federer is in danger of losing his title, trailing Rafael Nadal by two sets...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Afghan strike 'hit wedding party'
At least 20 people, said by locals to be a wedding party, die in a missile strike by coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Jesus 'would feel Anglican pain'
The Archbishop of Canterbury says Jesus would feel the pain on both sides of the current divide in the Church of England...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Student murder police issue e-fit
Police release an e-fit of a man seen near the scene of the double murder of two French students in south London...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Suicide bomb hits Pakistan police
At least eight policemen are killed by a suicide bomb in Pakistan's capital, a year on from the bloody ending of a mosque siege...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Hamilton surges to British GP win
Briton Lewis Hamilton brilliantly handles the wet conditions at Silverstone to win his first British Grand Prix...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Five held over teenager's death
Five people are arrested in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend in south London...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter daughter gets own doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha approaches warmer waters
Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells and Rios help Blue Jays beat Angels 7-5
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
TVs The Bachelor weds in California
"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more.Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, the couple told Usmagazine.com in a statement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise, whomever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Rockies overcome 9-run deficit to beat Marlins
The blasts returned to Coors Field on Friday night _ long before the fireworks...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US checks Mexico for source of salmonella outbreak
Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Freed hostages Colombian fiancee travels to Texas
The Colombian fiancee of freed U.S. hostage Keith Stansell has traveled to meet him in Texas along with their 5-year-old twin boys, who will see their father for the first time...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
14 dead after heavy rains in north India
Flooding, house collapses and lightning strikes caused by heavy rains killed at least 14 people in northern India, taking the reported death toll in the annual monsoon season to 79, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Colombias Uribe rides high after rescue
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Uribe riding high in Colombia after hostage rescue
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Uribe rides high in Colombia
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Germanys Merkel urges G-8 action on food
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Group of Eight summit to agree on a "comprehensive package of measures" to tackle the fallout from soaring food prices, according to commentary published Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
French victims parents make UK appeal
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
French victims parents make appeal to British
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Car bomb kills 6, injures 14 in Baghdad
Iraqi police and medical officials say a car bomb in northern Baghdad has killed six people and injured 14 others, including three policemen...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
UK lawmakers to launch new rendition probe
Lawmakers pledged Sunday to study the movements of planes and ships traveling to the remote British outpost Diego Garcia amid persistent suspicion it is used by U.S. authorities to detain or transfer terrorism suspects...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
16 trapped, 1 killed in China coal mine
A state news agency says one person has been killed and another 16 are trapped after an accident at a coal mine in northern China...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US soldier dies in Iraq
The U.S. military says an American soldier in Iraq has died of a noncombat cause...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US checks Mexico for salmonella
Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113
As of Saturday, July 5, 2008, at least 4,113 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 - July 6, 2008
8 die in Pakistan building collapse
Police say a two-story apartment building has collapsed in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, killing eight people, including a toddler...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Abba will 'never' perform again
Two members of Swedish pop group Abba say there is "no motivation" to make a return to the stage...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Call for inheritance law change
More money should be allowed to parents with dependent children if their spouse dies without a will, say legal experts...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
BMA chief against private drugs
The head of the British Medical Association says top-up care should continue to be banned...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
'Many killed' in Syrian jail riot
Violent clashes between guards and inmates at a Syrian jail have resulted in many deaths, human rights group say...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
S Korea sets fuel-saving measures
South Korea restricts the use of government cars and air conditioning in a bid to tackle rising fuel costs...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
'Fancy dress' assault on girl, 13
Police seek a man dressed in a red dressing gown in connection with an alleged sex attack on a 13-year-old at a fancy dress event...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Arsonists target elderly couple
An elderly couple are left badly shaken after arsonists launch an attack on their home in north Belfast...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Mugabe rule 'not legitimate' - UK
Foreign Secretary David Miliband says it is "imperative" there is a new government in Zimbabwe...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Man charged over stabbing murder
A man is charged with the murder of a woman who was found dead from stab wounds in a house on Tyneside...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Changing rich
What can the Tudors teach us about wealth?...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Live - British Grand Prix
Heikki Kovalainen starts from pole position at the British GP at Silverstone ahead of Mark Webber, with Lewis Hamilton fourth...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Polyclinics 'not a threat' to GPs
GP surgeries will not be forced to close when polyclinics open, the health minister has said...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Osborne denies breaking fee rules
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has dismissed a story that he broke his own party's rules by accepting up to £10,000 for speaking at a conference...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Labour by-election 'lost weekend'
Labour opponents in the Glasgow East by-election pour scorn on the party's "lost weekend" after it failed to select a candidate...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Doctor Who lives to fight again as millions watch series finale
The climax to the latest series of Doctor Who in which David Tennant does not regenerate gains an audience of 9.4m...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Bush 'concern' at N Korea issues
US leader George Bush says there is still concern over North Korea's alleged uranium enrichment, as G8 leaders gather in Japan...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Four held over teenager's death
Four people are arrested in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend in south London...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Tories propose fuel duty changes
The Conservatives announce new plans which they say would help motorists struggling with rising fuel costs...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Americans unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
TVs The Bachelor weds in California
"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more.Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, the couple told Usmagazine.com in a statement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter daughter gets own doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells and Rios help Blue Jays beat Angels 7-5
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Busch beats Edwards under caution at Daytona
Kyle Busch survived a drag race with Carl Edwards, and won a wreck-filled race at Daytona International Speedway under caution Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Royal servants letters auctioned
Collectors paid thousands of pounds (dollars) Saturday for letters from British royalty to a trusted servant, including a note from the late Queen Mother Elizabeth requesting the aide pack bottles of gin and Dubonnet for an outing, "in case it is needed."...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment
Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
148 illegal immigrants reach Spain
A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US checks Mexico for source of salmonella outbreak
Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Freed hostages Colombian fiancee travels to Texas
The Colombian fiancee of freed U.S. hostage Keith Stansell has traveled to meet him in Texas along with their 5-year-old twin boys, who will see their father for the first time...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Arrest made in London murders
British police arrested a suspect Saturday in the brutal murders of two French students who were tied up and stabbed scores of times before their bodies were set alight...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Colombias Uribe rides high after rescue
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Uribe riding high in Colombia after hostage rescue
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Uribe rides high in Colombia
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
16 trapped, 1 killed in China coal mine
A state news agency says one person has been killed and another 16 are trapped after an accident at a coal mine in northern China...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US soldier dies in Iraq
The U.S. military says an American soldier in Iraq has died of a noncombat cause...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US checks Mexico for salmonella
Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113
As of Saturday, July 5, 2008, at least 4,113 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 - July 6, 2008
Son charged over bin bag body
A man is charged with murdering his father whose body was found wrapped in bin bags in an East Yorkshire field...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Twenty years on
The 167 victims of Piper Alpha are remembered...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Pull up a chair
Seat designed to aid breastfeeding in public...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Federer & Nadal face final clash
Roger Federer will try to win a sixth consecutive Wimbledon title when he plays Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Venus revels in 'monumental' win
Venus Williams eyes Martina Navratilova's all-time record after beating sister Serena to win a fifth Wimbledon title...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Church tourism plan put to Synod
A proposal to open parish churches to tourists is to be put to the Church of England's governing body...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Woman in India gives birth to twins 'at 70'
A woman said to be aged 70 years of age gives birth to twins after undergoing IVF treatment...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
G8 leaders face series of crises
Rising food and oil prices, global warming and Zimbabwe face heads of the G8 group gathering for a summit in Japan...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid
The UN's envoy to Afghanistan is to set out a new plan on aid spending, amid concern millions have been wasted...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Inquiry urged into UK territory
MPs call for an inquiry into the administration of British overseas territory the Turks and Caicos Islands...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Student's family appeal to killer
The parents of a French student stabbed to death and burned in a London flat say his killer "cannot hide forever"...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
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