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Mars lander probes first microscope sample
The Phoenix lander sent back the most detailed view of the Martian soil to date, showing clumps of fine grains mixed with possible minerals, scientists said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
NASA engineers inspect floating object, protrusion
NASA engineers were trying to identify an object that floated away from Discovery and were analyzing a protrusion found on its rudder Friday, a day before the space shuttle was scheduled to land...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Astronauts to review shuttles systems for landing
On its expected last full day in orbit, the crew of space shuttle Discovery on Friday was set to check out its flight control systems and steering jets in preparation for landing the next day...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush treated to warm greeting at Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens on Friday, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Pope gives Bush rare tour of contemplative site
Pope Benedict XVI gave President Bush a rare peek on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed to stroll...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush at Vatican meeting with pope
Pope Benedict XVI is giving President Bush a rare peak on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Scientists 115-year-olds brain worked perfectly
A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end, joking that pickled herring was the secret to her longevity...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Zimbabwe leader warns of violence if he loses vote
President Robert Mugabe said Friday that his supporters are ready to fight if the opposition wins an upcoming presidential runoff election, hardening the rhetoric of a campaign that already has seen widespread violence against government opponents...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Taiwan, China agree to increase air links, tourism
Taiwan and China agreed Friday to a landmark deal to expand charter flights and tourism, ending a 59-year break in transport links between the political rivals...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Convoy pours into Pakistani capital to back judges
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Pakistan poured into the capital Friday to press the new government to restore judges ousted under President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Taiwan, China sign formal agreement on tourism
Taiwan and China agreed Friday to expand charter flights and tourism, a step toward ending a 59-year break in transport links and a likely harbinger of further progress in ties between the long-estranged rivals...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush says one thing, meant another
Civil War. Cold War.Perhaps weary of travel, President Bush said one thing but meant the other Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush says West must stand with Afghanistan
President Bush says Europe and the United States must ensure that Afghanistan is never again a safe haven for terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Judge holds hastily-called hearing in Spears custody case
An unscheduled hearing in the Britney Spears custody case Friday yielded no change in the arrangement between the pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Witherspoon-Phillippe divorce clears final hurdle
Reese Witherspoon has sealed another deal: her divorce from fellow actor Ryan Phillippe...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hicks leads US Open as favorites struggle
The players in the glamour group were ranked 1, 2 and 3...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Judge holds hastily-called hearing in Spears case
An unscheduled hearing in the Britney Spears custody case Friday yielded no change in the arrangement between the pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Jon Voight to play the villain on Foxs 24 next season
Jon Voight has been cast as the villain on the upcoming season of the Fox drama "24."...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Voight to play villain on Foxs 24 next season
Jon Voight has been cast as the villain on the upcoming season of the Fox drama "24." The seventh season kicks off in January, though Voight will make his first appearance during a two-hour "prequel" episode to air in November, Chris Alexander, a spokesman for the show, said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Economic woes loom large for McCain, Obama
Reports of rising inflation and weak gains in wages kept the paycheck struggles of Americans at the center of the presidential campaign Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hard week, soft landing for Obamas wife
It has been a rough 10 days for Michelle Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama Payroll tax on salaries above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama said Friday he would apply the Social Security payroll tax to annual incomes above $250,000, which would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama wants payroll tax on incomes above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama said Friday he would apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes above $250,000, which would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Another 3-putt costs Woods a stroke at U.S. Open
Tiger Woods opened the second round Friday the same way he closed the first the day before _ with an ugly three-putt that sent him in wrong direction on the U.S. Open scoreboard. Not many people were getting too far ahead of Woods, though...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Lawyers mount anti-Musharraf protests in Pakistan
Lawyers rallied against President Pervez Musharraf across Pakistan on Monday, burning him in effigy, calling for his ouster and demanding the reinstatement of judges in the kick-off of a campaign that could strain the shaky coalition government...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Ron Paul says campaign to shift gears
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday night he is ending his campaign but will keep spreading his message by working to help elect libertarian-leaning Republicans to public office around the country...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Apple to introduce faster new iPhone
Apple Inc. has unveiled an upgraded iPhone with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
N. Calif. wildfires forces hundreds to flee homes
Firefighters struggled to gain control of a series of wind-driven wildfires burning across Northern California, including a raging forest fire that forced hundreds to flee their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bud fans weigh possible Belgian takeover
More than any other beer, Budweiser is an American icon: Its Clydesdale horses are fixtures of Super Bowl ads, and even the label is red, white and blue, with an eagle swooping through the "A" for Anheuser-Busch...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil closes below $135 after OPEC questions prices
Oil prices pulled back Friday after OPEC questioned whether crude can remain so high and the dollar gained against the euro...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil settles below $135 after OPEC questions prices
Oil prices pulled back Friday after OPEC questioned whether crude can remain so high and the dollar gained against the euro. Meanwhile, U.S. filling station operators pushed average gas prices deeper into record territory...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Flood evacuations ordered along Iowas Cedar River
Residents were ordered to evacuate low-lying sections of towns along the overflowing Cedar River on Wednesday, and communities along the Mississippi River were warned that new rainfall would boost their expected flood crests...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Cedar Rapids struggles to endure historic flood
The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Calif. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations
Firefighters on Thursday battled a series of fast-growing wildfires burning across Northern California, including a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed at least 10 homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Calif judge wants panel to probe his porn postings
The criminal prosecution of a hard-core pornographer has turned into a personal trial for the presiding judge...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Families, troops mourn 4 Scouts killed in tornado
First came the shock, then the grief.As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations, floods roads
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Southern Baptists remain wary of McCain
Four years ago, the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign hosted a reception for Southern Baptist pastors at a hotel across the street from their annual meeting...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations, floods roads
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Rising water forces evacuation of Iowa hospital
Rising water from the raging Cedar River that has swamped Cedar Rapids has now forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Schools experiment with paying kids
Friday is payday at KIPP DC: KEY Academy, and some sixth-grade girls gather at the makeshift school store trying to decide how to spend their hard-earned money...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
UN chief giving EU bigger role in Kosovo
The United Nations chief said he plans to give more authority to the European Union over police, courts and other official duties in Kosovo...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Sketch released in case of 2 Okla. girls shot
Authorities released a sketch Friday of a "person of interest" investigators want to interview about the slayings of two girls along an eastern Oklahoma country road...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Md. killers treatment raises security concerns
Kevin G. Johns Jr. was in prison for murdering his uncle when he killed a fellow inmate and then, a year later, strangled another...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Voluntary evacuations ordered for Des Moines
Officials on Friday issued a voluntary evacuation order for much of downtown Des Moines and other areas bordering the river...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Spain extradites suspected arms trafficker to NY
A wealthy international arms dealer was extradited to the United States on Friday to face charges he supplied millions of dollars in weapons to Colombian rebels to attack American forces there...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Police 2 dead in NC bottling plant shooting
Two women were shot and killed Friday at a soda bottling plant 25 miles north of Charlotte, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
NC couple face murder in death of son tied to tree
A couple accused of tying their 13-year-old son to a tree for two nights to punish him for disobedience has been charged with murder in his death, authorities said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Floods swamp Iowa town Drinking water near gone
Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Sketch released in case of 2 Okla. girls slain
Authorities released a sketch Friday of a "person of interest" investigators want to interview about the slayings of two girls along an eastern Oklahoma country road...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Scouts had nowhere to go when tornado hit
With a tornado barreling toward them, Boy Scouts at a western Iowa camp sought shelter in the one place they thought they were safest: a cinderblock building where they normally gathered to socialize...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Floodwaters swamp Iowa town drinking water all but gone
Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario
A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well-preserved in the cold, deep water, explorers announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Floods could reduce corn supplies, raise prices
Floods that have inundated the Midwest could reduce world corn supplies and drive food prices higher at a time when Americans are already stretching their grocery budgets and people in poor countries have rioted over rising food costs...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
3 in Ohio guilty of plot against US troops in Iraq
Three Ohio men were convicted Friday of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq, a case put together with help from a former soldier who posed as a radical bent on violence...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Judge declares mistrial in LA obscenity case
A federal judge under scrutiny for posting sexually explicit material on his own Web site declared a mistrial Friday in an obscenity trial over which he was presiding...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Packaging co. settles for $25M in nightclub fire
A packaging company sued after a Rhode Island nightclub burned down five years ago has agreed to pay $25 million to survivors and relatives of the 100 people killed, according to court papers filed Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Insulation co. settles for $25M in nightclub fire
A company that made insulation used in a Rhode Island nightclub that burned down five years ago has agreed to pay $25 million to survivors of the fire and relatives of the 100 people killed...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
FDA Florida, Mexico suspects in tomato outbreak
Parts of Florida and Mexico were supplying "the vast majority" of tomatoes sold when the salmonella outbreak began in April and thus remain leading suspects, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
No contest plea in case of woman stuck to toilet
A western Kansas man has pleaded no contest to mistreating his girlfriend, who became stuck to a toilet after refusing to leave the bathroom for two years...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Flooding from a weather rut of clashing air masses
Hot sticky air hovers on the East Coast. Cool air is parked in the West. And when they repeatedly collide, it storms over an already saturated Iowa...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
NASA engineers inspect floating object, protrusion
NASA engineers were trying to identify an object that floated away from Discovery and were analyzing a protrusion found on its rudder Friday, a day before the space shuttle was scheduled to land...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Astronauts to review shuttles systems for landing
On its expected last full day in orbit, the crew of space shuttle Discovery on Friday was set to check out its flight control systems and steering jets in preparation for landing the next day...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Zimbabwe leader warns of violence if he loses vote
President Robert Mugabe said Friday that his supporters are ready to fight if the opposition wins an upcoming presidential runoff election, hardening the rhetoric of a campaign that already has seen widespread violence against government opponents...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Mars lander probes first microscope sample
The Phoenix lander sent back the most detailed view of the Martian soil to date, showing clumps of fine grains mixed with possible minerals, scientists said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Taiwan, China sign formal agreement on tourism
Taiwan and China agreed Friday to expand charter flights and tourism, a step toward ending a 59-year break in transport links and a likely harbinger of further progress in ties between the long-estranged rivals...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush says one thing, meant another
Civil War. Cold War.Perhaps weary of travel, President Bush said one thing but meant the other Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush says West must stand with Afghanistan
President Bush says Europe and the United States must ensure that Afghanistan is never again a safe haven for terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush treated to warm greeting at Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens on Friday, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Pope gives Bush rare tour of contemplative site
Pope Benedict XVI gave President Bush a rare peek on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed to stroll...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush at Vatican meeting with pope
Pope Benedict XVI is giving President Bush a rare peak on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Scientists 115-year-olds brain worked perfectly
A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end, joking that pickled herring was the secret to her longevity...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Scouts had nowhere to go when tornado hit
With a tornado barreling toward them, Boy Scouts at a western Iowa camp sought shelter in the one place they thought they were safest: a cinderblock building where they normally gathered to socialize...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario
A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well-preserved in the cold, deep water, explorers announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Floodwaters swamp Iowa town drinking water all but gone
Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Taiwan, China agree to increase air links, tourism
Taiwan and China agreed Friday to a landmark deal to expand charter flights and tourism, ending a 59-year break in transport links between the political rivals...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Convoy pours into Pakistani capital to back judges
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Pakistan poured into the capital Friday to press the new government to restore judges ousted under President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Judge holds hastily-called hearing in Spears case
An unscheduled hearing in the Britney Spears custody case Friday yielded no change in the arrangement between the pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Jon Voight to play the villain on Foxs 24 next season
Jon Voight has been cast as the villain on the upcoming season of the Fox drama "24."...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Voight to play villain on Foxs 24 next season
Jon Voight has been cast as the villain on the upcoming season of the Fox drama "24." The seventh season kicks off in January, though Voight will make his first appearance during a two-hour "prequel" episode to air in November, Chris Alexander, a spokesman for the show, said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Judge holds hastily-called hearing in Spears custody case
An unscheduled hearing in the Britney Spears custody case Friday yielded no change in the arrangement between the pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Witherspoon-Phillippe divorce clears final hurdle
Reese Witherspoon has sealed another deal: her divorce from fellow actor Ryan Phillippe...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Floods swamp Iowa town Drinking water near gone
Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Sketch released in case of 2 Okla. girls slain
Authorities released a sketch Friday of a "person of interest" investigators want to interview about the slayings of two girls along an eastern Oklahoma country road...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama Payroll tax on salaries above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama said Friday he would apply the Social Security payroll tax to annual incomes above $250,000, which would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama wants payroll tax on incomes above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama said Friday he would apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes above $250,000, which would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Another 3-putt costs Woods a stroke at U.S. Open
Tiger Woods opened the second round Friday the same way he closed the first the day before _ with an ugly three-putt that sent him in wrong direction on the U.S. Open scoreboard. Not many people were getting too far ahead of Woods, though...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hicks leads US Open as favorites struggle
The players in the glamour group were ranked 1, 2 and 3...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil closes below $135 after OPEC questions prices
Oil prices pulled back Friday after OPEC questioned whether crude can remain so high and the dollar gained against the euro...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil settles below $135 after OPEC questions prices
Oil prices pulled back Friday after OPEC questioned whether crude can remain so high and the dollar gained against the euro. Meanwhile, U.S. filling station operators pushed average gas prices deeper into record territory...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Economic woes loom large for McCain, Obama
Reports of rising inflation and weak gains in wages kept the paycheck struggles of Americans at the center of the presidential campaign Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Calif. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations
Firefighters on Thursday battled a series of fast-growing wildfires burning across Northern California, including a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed at least 10 homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Lawyers mount anti-Musharraf protests in Pakistan
Lawyers rallied against President Pervez Musharraf across Pakistan on Monday, burning him in effigy, calling for his ouster and demanding the reinstatement of judges in the kick-off of a campaign that could strain the shaky coalition government...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Ron Paul says campaign to shift gears
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday night he is ending his campaign but will keep spreading his message by working to help elect libertarian-leaning Republicans to public office around the country...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Apple to introduce faster new iPhone
Apple Inc. has unveiled an upgraded iPhone with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
N. Calif. wildfires forces hundreds to flee homes
Firefighters struggled to gain control of a series of wind-driven wildfires burning across Northern California, including a raging forest fire that forced hundreds to flee their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bud fans weigh possible Belgian takeover
More than any other beer, Budweiser is an American icon: Its Clydesdale horses are fixtures of Super Bowl ads, and even the label is red, white and blue, with an eagle swooping through the "A" for Anheuser-Busch...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Southern Baptists remain wary of McCain
Four years ago, the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign hosted a reception for Southern Baptist pastors at a hotel across the street from their annual meeting...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Flood evacuations ordered along Iowas Cedar River
Residents were ordered to evacuate low-lying sections of towns along the overflowing Cedar River on Wednesday, and communities along the Mississippi River were warned that new rainfall would boost their expected flood crests...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Cedar Rapids struggles to endure historic flood
The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Voluntary evacuations ordered for Des Moines
Officials on Friday issued a voluntary evacuation order for much of downtown Des Moines and other areas bordering the river...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Time to go Red Wings G Dominik Hasek retires from NHL
The passion that made Dominik Hasek great is gone...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Gatlin files suit in effort to compete at trials
Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin filed a lawsuit Monday in a last-ditch effort to compete at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in less than three weeks...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Justin Gatlin files lawsuit in effort to compete at trials
Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin filed a lawsuit Monday in a last-ditch effort to compete at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in less than three weeks...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Red Wings goalie Hasek retires after Cup triumph
Dominik Hasek, the goaltender known as the Dominator, retired Monday because he said he lacked the motivation for a 17th season...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
FBI Violent and property crime dropped in 2007
Both violent and property crimes declined in 2007 from the previous year, the FBI reported Monday. But one expert warned the figures could mask rising murder rates among young black men...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations, floods roads
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Dix cruises to 100 finals, Texas A&Ms Lucas falters
Walter Dix cruised into the finals Wednesday night in his bid for a third and final NCAA 100-meter title...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Pujols out at least 3 weeks with strained calf
Albert Pujols is expected to miss at least three weeks with a strained left calf, a major setback to a St. Louis Cardinals team already thinned by injuries...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oswalt solid, Berkman has 5 RBIs to lead Astros
Lance Berkman homered and hit a three-run triple, and Roy Oswalt pitched seven solid innings for his first win in almost a month to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare
Federal officials hunted for the source of a 16-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and dishes grew...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Same Torrey, a far different course
Ben Crane has played at the Buick Invitational four times, enough to know his way around. So when he drove up to Torrey Pines for the U.S. Open, he was surprised when a guard stopped him from going into the parking lot...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
4 victims of deadly Iowa tornado were model youth
The four boys killed when a tornado hit rural western Iowa on Wednesday were among the elite of the Boy Scouts of America, hand-picked by their scoutmasters to attend the high-adventure camp...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Continental cutbacks to hit Cleveland and Houston
Travelers in Cleveland and Houston will be hit hardest when Continental Airlines starts cutting flights later this year in its fight against record fuel costs...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Experts New Bird flu vaccine looks promising
The first experimental bird flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs shows promise in blocking the highly lethal virus, scientists report...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Krauss, Plant lead Americana Awards finalists
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant were nominated Wednesday night for top album, No. 1 song and best duo in the seventh annual Americana Honors and Awards...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bonnaroo opens with Metallica, Chris Rock
The smorgasbord of Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with a packed slate highlighted by the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hard week, soft landing for Obamas wife
It has been a rough 10 days for Michelle Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Top US TV journalist Russert dies
NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert dies of a heart attack at the age of 58...
BBC News - June 13, 2008
Investors doubt Yahoo deal merits
Shares in Yahoo fall up to 7.5% as investors doubt the benefits of an agreement with Google...
BBC News - June 13, 2008
Astronauts to review shuttles systems for landing
On its expected last full day in orbit, the crew of space shuttle Discovery on Friday was set to check out its flight control systems and steering jets in preparation for landing the next day...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
NASA engineers inspect floating object, protrusion
NASA engineers were trying to identify an object that floated away from Discovery and were analyzing a protrusion found on its rudder Friday, a day before the space shuttle was scheduled to land...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush at Vatican meeting with pope
Pope Benedict XVI is giving President Bush a rare peak on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Convoy pours into Pakistani capital to back judges
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Pakistan poured into the capital Friday to press the new government to restore judges ousted under President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Taiwan, China sign formal agreement on tourism
Taiwan and China agreed Friday to expand charter flights and tourism, a step toward ending a 59-year break in transport links and a likely harbinger of further progress in ties between the long-estranged rivals...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Protesters in Pakistan back ousted judges
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Pakistan were driving toward the capital Friday to press the new government to restore judges ousted under President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush says West must stand with Afghanistan
President Bush says Europe and the United States must ensure that Afghanistan is never again a safe haven for terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush treated to warm greeting at Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens on Friday, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Pope gives Bush rare tour of contemplative site
Pope Benedict XVI gave President Bush a rare peek on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed to stroll...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Siegfried and Roy welcome new tiger cubs to Vegas habitat
Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hicks, Streelman lead US Open as favorites struggle
The players in the glamour group were ranked 1, 2 and 3...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Pettitte leads Yanks to win Red Sox keep rolling
Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees, on occasion, still look very much like contenders...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Beatty receives AFIs lifetime achievement award
Bill Clinton was among those saluting Warren Beatty as the Oscar-winning actor-director received a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Huckabee joining Fox News as political commentator
Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Siegfried and Roy welcome tiger cubs to habitat
Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while. The famed illusionists welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was critically injured when he was mauled by a 380-pound white Bengal tiger onstage in 2003...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama wants payroll tax on incomes above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama said Friday he would apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes above $250,000, which would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama Payroll tax on incomes above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama would apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes above $250,000, which he says would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hicks leads US Open as favorites struggle
The players in the glamour group were ranked 1, 2 and 3...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Celtics roar back, beat Lakers 97-91 in Game 4
When the final horn sounded, after his team had pulled together and staged perhaps the greatest comeback in its famed history, Paul Pierce doubled over in exhaustion...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Matsuis slam helps Pettitte beat As 4-1
Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam on his 34th birthday to help Andy Pettitte move into a tie for fourth place on the New York Yankees career wins list with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil slips to $135 after OPEC questions high price
Oil prices slipped Friday after OPEC questioned whether prices can remain high through the rest of the year. Meanwhile, U.S. filling station operators pushed average gas prices deeper into record territory...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Inflation rate jumps by biggest amount in 6 months
The inflation rate shot up in May at the fastest pace in six months, pushed higher by soaring costs for gasoline and other types of energy...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil slips below $136 though supply concern ongoing
Oil prices slipped Friday in volatile markets, with traders anticipating prices will rise on demand concerns...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Japans Nikkei gains 0.6 percent
Japanese stocks rose Friday as investors scooped up bank and export-linked shares that had been beaten down much of the week...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Ron Paul says campaign to shift gears
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday night he is ending his campaign but will keep spreading his message by working to help elect libertarian-leaning Republicans to public office around the country...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Apple to introduce faster new iPhone
Apple Inc. has unveiled an upgraded iPhone with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Judge wants panel to investigate his porn postings
A federal judge who reportedly posted pornographic images on his personal Web site is calling for an investigation of his own conduct...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Cedar Rapids struggles to endure historic flood
The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations, floods roads
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Southern Baptists remain wary of McCain
Four years ago, the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign hosted a reception for Southern Baptist pastors at a hotel across the street from their annual meeting...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Flood evacuations ordered along Iowas Cedar River
Residents were ordered to evacuate low-lying sections of towns along the overflowing Cedar River on Wednesday, and communities along the Mississippi River were warned that new rainfall would boost their expected flood crests...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Plea in escort service case involving Spitzer
The operator of a high-priced escort service that counted a former New York governor among its clients pleaded guilty Thursday after a criminal probe put the company out of business and Eliot Spitzer out of office...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Plea in escort service case involving ex-NY gov
The operator of a high-priced escort service that counted a former New York governor among its clients pleaded guilty Thursday after a criminal probe put the company out of business and Eliot Spitzer out of office...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Boy Scouts praised as heroes after twister kills 4
When the howling winds finally died down, the Boy Scouts _ true to their motto, "Be Prepared" _ sprang into action...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Ringleader of body parts scheme apologizes
The mastermind behind a multimillion-dollar scheme to loot hundreds of corpses and sell their body parts apologized Thursday to families of the victims and thousands of tissue recipients...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
4 victims of deadly Iowa tornado were model youth
The four boys killed when a tornado hit rural western Iowa on Wednesday were among the elite of the Boy Scouts of America, hand-picked by their scoutmasters to attend the high-adventure camp...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Calif judge wants panel to probe his porn postings
The criminal prosecution of a hard-core pornographer has turned into a personal trial for the presiding judge...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Families, troops mourn 4 Scouts killed in tornado
First came the shock, then the grief.As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Woman arrested in cold case has other dead spouses
For two decades, Al Gentry begged investigators to take another look at the mystery of who killed his brother, Harold, and left his gunshot-ridden body sprawled on the floor of the home he shared with his wife...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Calif. wildfires destroy homes, force evacuations
Firefighters on Thursday battled a series of fast-growing wildfires burning across Northern California, including a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed at least 10 homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Calif. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations
Firefighters on Thursday battled a series of fast-growing wildfires burning across Northern California, including a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed at least 10 homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations, floods roads
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Rising water forces evacuation of Iowa hospital
Rising water from the raging Cedar River that has swamped Cedar Rapids has now forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Schools experiment with paying kids
Friday is payday at KIPP DC: KEY Academy, and some sixth-grade girls gather at the makeshift school store trying to decide how to spend their hard-earned money...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
UN chief giving EU bigger role in Kosovo
The United Nations chief said he plans to give more authority to the European Union over police, courts and other official duties in Kosovo...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Police 2 dead in NC bottling plant shooting
Two women were shot and killed Friday at a soda bottling plant 25 miles north of Charlotte, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Police 2 dead in bottling plant shooting
Police say two people are dead in a shooting at a soda bottling plant near Charlotte, N.C. The shooter remains at large...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Mom who severed babys arms seeks hospital release
A mother who killed her 10-month-old daughter in 2004 by cutting off her arms has told a judge she is ready to leave a state mental hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Police 2 shot at NC soda bottling plant
Police say two people have been shot at a soda bottling plant near Charlotte, N.C., and the shooter remains at large...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Voluntary evacuations ordered for Des Moines
Officials on Friday issued a voluntary evacuation order for much of downtown Des Moines and other areas bordering the river...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Serial killer pleads guilty to 1979 slaying in Pa.
A confessed serial killer has pleaded guilty to the 1979 rape and murder of a nurse in southeast Pennsylvania...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Voluntary evacuations ordered for downtown Des Moines
Officials on Friday issued a voluntary evacuation order for much of downtown Des Moines and other areas bordering the river...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Texas death row appeal alleges affair between DA and judge
Lawyers for a convicted killer whose execution is scheduled for next week claim in a new appeal that his punishment should be stopped because a prosecutor at his trial and the presiding judge shared a secret romantic relationship...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Painter gets 2 12 years in prison for Sept. 11 fraud
A judge has sentenced a World Trade Center painter to 2 1/2 years in prison for cheating a Sept. 11 compensation fund of more than $1 million...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Spain extradites suspected arms trafficker to NY
A wealthy international arms dealer was extradited to the United States on Friday to face charges he supplied millions of dollars in weapons to Colombian rebels to attack American forces there...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
NASA engineers inspect floating object, protrusion
NASA engineers were trying to identify an object that floated away from Discovery and were analyzing a protrusion found on its rudder Friday, a day before the space shuttle was scheduled to land...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Astronauts to review shuttles systems for landing
On its expected last full day in orbit, the crew of space shuttle Discovery on Friday was set to check out its flight control systems and steering jets in preparation for landing the next day...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush says West must stand with Afghanistan
President Bush says Europe and the United States must ensure that Afghanistan is never again a safe haven for terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush treated to warm greeting at Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens on Friday, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Pope gives Bush rare tour of contemplative site
Pope Benedict XVI gave President Bush a rare peek on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed to stroll...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Bush at Vatican meeting with pope
Pope Benedict XVI is giving President Bush a rare peak on Friday of the Vatican Gardens, a spot where popes pray privately and only special guests are allowed...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations, floods roads
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Convoy pours into Pakistani capital to back judges
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Pakistan poured into the capital Friday to press the new government to restore judges ousted under President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Taiwan, China sign formal agreement on tourism
Taiwan and China agreed Friday to expand charter flights and tourism, a step toward ending a 59-year break in transport links and a likely harbinger of further progress in ties between the long-estranged rivals...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Protesters in Pakistan back ousted judges
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Pakistan were driving toward the capital Friday to press the new government to restore judges ousted under President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Beatty receives AFIs lifetime achievement award
Bill Clinton was among those saluting Warren Beatty as the Oscar-winning actor-director received a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Huckabee joining Fox News as political commentator
Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Siegfried and Roy welcome tiger cubs to habitat
Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while. The famed illusionists welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was critically injured when he was mauled by a 380-pound white Bengal tiger onstage in 2003...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Siegfried and Roy welcome new tiger cubs to Vegas habitat
Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Voluntary evacuations ordered for Des Moines
Officials on Friday issued a voluntary evacuation order for much of downtown Des Moines and other areas bordering the river...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
UN chief giving EU bigger role in Kosovo
The United Nations chief said he plans to give more authority to the European Union over police, courts and other official duties in Kosovo...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hicks leads US Open as favorites struggle
The players in the glamour group were ranked 1, 2 and 3...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Celtics roar back, beat Lakers 97-91 in Game 4
When the final horn sounded, after his team had pulled together and staged perhaps the greatest comeback in its famed history, Paul Pierce doubled over in exhaustion...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Hicks, Streelman lead US Open as favorites struggle
The players in the glamour group were ranked 1, 2 and 3...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Pettitte leads Yanks to win Red Sox keep rolling
Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees, on occasion, still look very much like contenders...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil slips below $136 though supply concern ongoing
Oil prices slipped Friday in volatile markets, with traders anticipating prices will rise on demand concerns...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Japans Nikkei gains 0.6 percent
Japanese stocks rose Friday as investors scooped up bank and export-linked shares that had been beaten down much of the week...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama wants payroll tax on incomes above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama said Friday he would apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes above $250,000, which would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Obama Payroll tax on incomes above $250,000
Democrat Barack Obama would apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes above $250,000, which he says would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Apple to introduce faster new iPhone
Apple Inc. has unveiled an upgraded iPhone with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Calif. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations
Firefighters on Thursday battled a series of fast-growing wildfires burning across Northern California, including a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed at least 10 homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Matsuis slam helps Pettitte beat As 4-1
Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam on his 34th birthday to help Andy Pettitte move into a tie for fourth place on the New York Yankees career wins list with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Oil slips to $135 after OPEC questions high price
Oil prices slipped Friday after OPEC questioned whether prices can remain high through the rest of the year. Meanwhile, U.S. filling station operators pushed average gas prices deeper into record territory...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Inflation rate jumps by biggest amount in 6 months
The inflation rate shot up in May at the fastest pace in six months, pushed higher by soaring costs for gasoline and other types of energy...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Southern Baptists remain wary of McCain
Four years ago, the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign hosted a reception for Southern Baptist pastors at a hotel across the street from their annual meeting...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Flood evacuations ordered along Iowas Cedar River
Residents were ordered to evacuate low-lying sections of towns along the overflowing Cedar River on Wednesday, and communities along the Mississippi River were warned that new rainfall would boost their expected flood crests...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Cedar Rapids struggles to endure historic flood
The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Ron Paul says campaign to shift gears
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday night he is ending his campaign but will keep spreading his message by working to help elect libertarian-leaning Republicans to public office around the country...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
FBI Violent and property crime dropped in 2007
Both violent and property crimes declined in 2007 from the previous year, the FBI reported Monday. But one expert warned the figures could mask rising murder rates among young black men...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Kahne wins at Pocono for 3rd victory in 4 weeks
Kasey Kahne promised a month ago to use momentum to turn his slumping season around. Boy, has he delivered...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Keselowski takes Nashville for 1st Nationwide win
Brad Keselowski raced to his first Nationwide Series victory Saturday night, passing Clint Bowyer with six laps to go and easily holding off his closest rivals at Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Keselowski wins in Nashville
Brad Keselowski raced to his first Nationwide Series victory Saturday night, passing Clint Bowyer with six laps to go and easily holding off his closest rivals at Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations, floods roads
Rising water from the Cedar River forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital Friday after residents of more than 3,000 homes fled for higher ground. A railroad bridge collapsed, and 400 city blocks were under water...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare
Federal officials hunted for the source of a 16-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and dishes grew...
Southern Ledger - June 13, 2008
Same Torrey, a far different course
Ben Crane has played at the Buick Invitational four times, enough to know his way around. So when he drove up to Torrey Pines for the U.S. Open, he was surprised when a guard stopped him from going into the parking lot...
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