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Shuttle Discovery crew glad to be back on ground
The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Abbas to discuss settlement construction with Rice
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will insist Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressure Israel to stop settlement construction when they meet this week, an aide to Abbas said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Crews search for missing in Japans 7.2 quake
Rescue squads and military helicopters raced to find 11 people missing after an earthquake in mountainous northern Japan sent hillsides crashing down Saturday, killing at least six and injuring more than 140...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
G-8 raises alarm over rising oil prices
Finance ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost output to help stabilize record-high oil and food prices, calling the situation a serious threat to global economic growth...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Chinese prostitutes imported to Afghanistan
A string of lights spells out the name of the bar in the back of the basement in capital letters, PARADISE. A dozen Chinese women in skintight miniskirts and halter tops flit around clusters of beefy Western men and flirt in broken English...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Sex trade thrives in Afghanistan
The girl was 11 when she was molested by a man with no legs...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Bonnaroo fest opens with Metallica, Chris Rock
Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Homers by Youkilis, Crisp lead Red Sox over Reds 6-4 in 10
Kevin Youkilis singled, doubled and hit a tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning Saturday, rallying the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, the team he adored as a local prep and college star and later resented when it passed him over in the draft...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Tigers score 6 in 4th, beat Dodgers 12-7, 1st Ld-Writethru
Miguel Cabrera and Marcus Thames homered and the Detroit Tigers scored nine runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-7 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Cabrera, Thames homer to power Tigers past Dodgers
Miguel Cabrera and Marcus Thames homered and the Detroit Tigers scored nine runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-7 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
McCain cancels fundraiser with controversial Texan
Questions from the media prompted Republican John McCain to cancel a fundraiser at the home of a Texas oilman who once joked that women should give in while being raped...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama says he would cut taxes for middle class
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama hits McCain, oil companies
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Youkilis homers in 10th to lift Red Sox over Reds
Kevin Youkilis did it all in his homecoming. Youkilis singled, doubled and hit a tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning Saturday, rallying the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, the team he adored as a local prep and college star and later resented when it passed him over in the draft...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Lohse, Kennedy help Cards rebound to beat Phillies
Kyle Lohse pitched a season-high eight innings of four-hit ball and Adam Kennedy hit a two-run home run, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rebound from their worst loss at 3-year-old Busch Stadium with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
The worst may be behind for Wall Street - or not
Not long ago, it seemed like the worst was over. As the first quarter wound down, the credit crisis appeared to be easing, the housing market seemed like it might get some footing and Wall Street was growing confident that it had finally found a bottom after months of volatility...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
The Weather Channel moves closer to deal with NBC
An investor group led by NBC Universal moved closer to buying The Weather Channel Friday after Time Warner Inc. dropped out of the bidding...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Wall Street ends turbulent week with sharp gains
Wall Street ended a turbulent week with a sharp gain Friday after government readings on inflation and a drop in oil prices eased worries about the effect of rising prices on consumers. The advance lifted the Dow Jones industrial average more than 165 points, and the three major indexes turned in a mixed performance for the week...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Holmes moved to tears by induction in boxing hall
With a precise, powerful left jab, Larry Holmes reigned as heavyweight champion for more than seven years, successfully defending his crown 20 times _ the second longest title run in heavyweight history...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
McCain slams Supreme Court on terrorist detainees
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Cooper skyjacking cash sells for $37K at auction
Fifteen tattered $20 bills recovered from the 1971 D.B. Cooper skyjacking have sold for more than 120 times their face value at a Dallas auction...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Iowas raging Cedar River forces 20,000 from homes
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
River slowly dropping, but Iowa town still flooded
Days after it swamped Cedar Rapids and forced thousands of people out of their homes, the Cedar River has begun falling...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Calif. firefighters still struggling with blaze
As a wildfire bore down on his home of 15 years, hopscotching between properties here, Larry Knifong decided to take his chances and stay _ that is, until the flames raced up a ridge toward this ranch-style house...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
California firefighters still struggle with blaze
Strong, erratic winds that had been complicating efforts to fight wildfires in Northern California calmed down Friday, but firefighters were still struggling to get the upper hand on one stubborn fire that scorched nearly 36 square miles and destroyed at least 50 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Ailing Manson follower asks for early release
Susan Atkins, the former Charles Manson follower who confessed to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate during a murderous rampage in 1969, has a terminal illness and has asked for compassionate release from prison in her final days, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
At least 24,000 people flee Iowa river flooding
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 24,000 people from their homes, emergency officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Trial spotlights NYC rape-torture victims resolve
Her voice never faltered as she described an attack so demonic that at one point, she begged to die...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
High winds stoke fires across Northern California
High wind on Saturday continued to stoke fires across Northern California that had destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Calif. same-sex weddings will affect other states
After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Iowas flooded Cedar River forces 20,000 to flee
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
More evacuations as Iowa towns cope with floods
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Text of Bush-Sarkozy News Conference
Here is a text of the joint news conference that President Bush had Saturday at Elysee Palace with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as provided by the White House:...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Mild weather aids Northern California firefighting
Milder-than-expected weather on Saturday gave fire crews hope that they could rein in a series of Northern California wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
107-year-old man leads high school alumni parade
C. Yardley Chittick sneaked off school grounds with Humphrey Bogart and other schoolmates, but Phillips Academy on Saturday let its oldest living graduate off the hook...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Shuttle returns to Earth after 14-day mission
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Shuttle Discovery streaks toward Earth
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven streaked toward Earth on Saturday to cap a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Weather looks good for Saturday shuttle landing
The weather looked favorable for space shuttle Discovery to return to Earth on Saturday after a two-week mission in which it delivered a new Japanese lab to the international space station...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Weather favorable for shuttle Discoverys return
The weather continued looking favorable for space shuttle Discovery to return to Earth Saturday after a two-week mission in which it delivered a new Japanese lab to the international space station...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Strong quake shakes northern Japan, killing 3
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge, fire and disaster management officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Strong quake shakes northern Japan, at least 3 dead
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge, fire and disaster management officials said. At least 64 were injured...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Abbas to discuss settlement construction with Rice
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will insist Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressure Israel to stop settlement construction when they meet this week, an aide to Abbas said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Shuttle Discovery crew glad to be back on ground
The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
G-8 raises alarm over rising oil prices
Finance ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost output to help stabilize record-high oil and food prices, calling the situation a serious threat to global economic growth...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Chinese prostitutes imported to Afghanistan
A string of lights spells out the name of the bar in the back of the basement in capital letters, PARADISE. A dozen Chinese women in skintight miniskirts and halter tops flit around clusters of beefy Western men and flirt in broken English...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Sex trade thrives in Afghanistan
The girl was 11 when she was molested by a man with no legs...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Trial spotlights NYC rape-torture victims resolve
Her voice never faltered as she described an attack so demonic that at one point, she begged to die...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
At least 24,000 people flee Iowa river flooding
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 24,000 people from their homes, emergency officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
High winds stoke fires across Northern California
High wind on Saturday continued to stoke fires across Northern California that had destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Crews search for missing in Japans 7.2 quake
Rescue squads and military helicopters raced to find 11 people missing after an earthquake in mountainous northern Japan sent hillsides crashing down Saturday, killing at least six and injuring more than 140...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Cabrera, Thames homer to power Tigers past Dodgers
Miguel Cabrera and Marcus Thames homered and the Detroit Tigers scored nine runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-7 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Mild weather aids Northern California firefighting
Milder-than-expected weather on Saturday gave fire crews hope that they could rein in a series of Northern California wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama hits McCain, oil companies
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Youkilis homers in 10th to lift Red Sox over Reds
Kevin Youkilis did it all in his homecoming. Youkilis singled, doubled and hit a tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning Saturday, rallying the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, the team he adored as a local prep and college star and later resented when it passed him over in the draft...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Lohse, Kennedy help Cards rebound to beat Phillies
Kyle Lohse pitched a season-high eight innings of four-hit ball and Adam Kennedy hit a two-run home run, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rebound from their worst loss at 3-year-old Busch Stadium with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Homers by Youkilis, Crisp lead Red Sox over Reds 6-4 in 10
Kevin Youkilis singled, doubled and hit a tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning Saturday, rallying the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, the team he adored as a local prep and college star and later resented when it passed him over in the draft...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Tigers score 6 in 4th, beat Dodgers 12-7, 1st Ld-Writethru
Miguel Cabrera and Marcus Thames homered and the Detroit Tigers scored nine runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-7 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
The worst may be behind for Wall Street - or not
Not long ago, it seemed like the worst was over. As the first quarter wound down, the credit crisis appeared to be easing, the housing market seemed like it might get some footing and Wall Street was growing confident that it had finally found a bottom after months of volatility...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
The Weather Channel moves closer to deal with NBC
An investor group led by NBC Universal moved closer to buying The Weather Channel Friday after Time Warner Inc. dropped out of the bidding...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Wall Street ends turbulent week with sharp gains
Wall Street ended a turbulent week with a sharp gain Friday after government readings on inflation and a drop in oil prices eased worries about the effect of rising prices on consumers. The advance lifted the Dow Jones industrial average more than 165 points, and the three major indexes turned in a mixed performance for the week...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
McCain cancels fundraiser with controversial Texan
Questions from the media prompted Republican John McCain to cancel a fundraiser at the home of a Texas oilman who once joked that women should give in while being raped...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama says he would cut taxes for middle class
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
California firefighters still struggle with blaze
Strong, erratic winds that had been complicating efforts to fight wildfires in Northern California calmed down Friday, but firefighters were still struggling to get the upper hand on one stubborn fire that scorched nearly 36 square miles and destroyed at least 50 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Holmes moved to tears by induction in boxing hall
With a precise, powerful left jab, Larry Holmes reigned as heavyweight champion for more than seven years, successfully defending his crown 20 times _ the second longest title run in heavyweight history...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
McCain slams Supreme Court on terrorist detainees
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Rainout gives Kyle Busch pole at Michigan
Kyle Busch will start from the pole Sunday in the Lifelock 400, thanks to rain that washed away qualifying at Michigan International Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Rainout gives Kyle Busch pole
Kyle Busch will start from the pole Sunday in the Lifelock 400, thanks to rain that washed away qualifying at Michigan International Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Hard week, soft landing for Obamas wife
It has been a rough 10 days for Michelle Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
NASCAR officials accused of exposing themselves
Two officials suspended by NASCAR are accused in a $225 million lawsuit of exposing themselves to a former co-worker, the Associated Press has learned...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
2 suspended NASCAR officials accused of harassment
Two officials suspended by NASCAR are accused in a $225 million lawsuit of exposing themselves to a former co-worker, the Associated Press has learned...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Suspended NASCAR officials accused of harassment
Two officials suspended by NASCAR are accused in a $225 million lawsuit of exposing themselves to a former co-worker, the Associated Press has learned...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Bonnaroo fest opens with Metallica, Chris Rock
Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Brazilian samba legend dies at 95
Brazilian samba singer Jose Bispo Clementino dos Santos, better known as Jamelao, dies at the age of 95...
BBC News - June 14, 2008
Shuttle returns to Earth after 14-day mission
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Chinese prostitutes imported to Afghanistan
A string of lights spells out the name of the bar in the back of the basement in capital letters, PARADISE. A dozen Chinese women in skintight miniskirts and halter tops flit around clusters of beefy Western men and flirt in broken English...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Sex trade thrives in Afghanistan
The girl was 11 when she was molested by a man with no legs...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
4 Marines die in Afghanistan 870 inmates escape
About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, Afghan officials said Saturday. And in western Afghanistan on Saturday, a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle, killing four Americans in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in the country this year, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Afghan official 870 inmates escaped from prison
About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, Afghan officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Bonnaroo fest opens with Metallica, Chris Rock
Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
McCain slams Supreme Court on terrorist detainees
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Sizemore hits 2 homers in Indians 9-5 win
Grady Sizemore hit two home runs more than five hours apart and the Cleveland Indians waited out a long rain delay, then rallied to beat the San Diego Padres 9-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Nationals hold off Mariners for 7-6 win
Jesus Flores and Ronnie Belliard had two-run hits during a six-run second inning and the Washington Nationals held on for a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
The worst may be behind for Wall Street - or not
Not long ago, it seemed like the worst was over. As the first quarter wound down, the credit crisis appeared to be easing, the housing market seemed like it might get some footing and Wall Street was growing confident that it had finally found a bottom after months of volatility...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
The Weather Channel moves closer to deal with NBC
An investor group led by NBC Universal moved closer to buying The Weather Channel Friday after Time Warner Inc. dropped out of the bidding...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Wall Street ends turbulent week with sharp gains
Wall Street ended a turbulent week with a sharp gain Friday after government readings on inflation and a drop in oil prices eased worries about the effect of rising prices on consumers. The advance lifted the Dow Jones industrial average more than 165 points, and the three major indexes turned in a mixed performance for the week...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama says he would cut taxes for middle class
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama hits McCain, oil companies
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Afghan official 870 inmates escaped
An Afghan police chief says almost 900 prisoners have escaped in a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
McCain slams Supreme Court on terrorist detainees
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Calif. firefighters still struggling with blaze
As a wildfire bore down on his home of 15 years, hopscotching between properties here, Larry Knifong decided to take his chances and stay _ that is, until the flames raced up a ridge toward this ranch-style house...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
California firefighters still struggle with blaze
Strong, erratic winds that had been complicating efforts to fight wildfires in Northern California calmed down Friday, but firefighters were still struggling to get the upper hand on one stubborn fire that scorched nearly 36 square miles and destroyed at least 50 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Ailing Manson follower asks for early release
Susan Atkins, the former Charles Manson follower who confessed to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate during a murderous rampage in 1969, has a terminal illness and has asked for compassionate release from prison in her final days, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Cooper skyjacking cash sells for $37K at auction
Fifteen tattered $20 bills recovered from the 1971 D.B. Cooper skyjacking have sold for more than 120 times their face value at a Dallas auction...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Arbitrator orders cleared NY border agent reinstated
A federal arbitrator has ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to reinstate an officer who was fired over a confrontation with a Chinese tourist even after he had been acquitted in a criminal case...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Student facing explosives charges agrees to plea deal
An attorney for an Egyptian college student facing federal explosives charges says her client will plead guilty to a charge of providing material support to terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Calif. same-sex weddings will affect other states
After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Iowas flooded Cedar River forces 20,000 to flee
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
More evacuations as Iowa towns cope with floods
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Iowas raging Cedar River forces 20,000 from homes
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
River slowly dropping, but Iowa town still flooded
Days after it swamped Cedar Rapids and forced thousands of people out of their homes, the Cedar River has begun falling...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Text of Bush-Sarkozy News Conference
Here is a text of the joint news conference that President Bush had Saturday at Elysee Palace with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as provided by the White House:...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Des Moines levee breach threatens neighborhood
A levee ruptured early Saturday allowed the Des Moines River to pour into an area near downtown, and a mandatory evacuation was ordered for 270 homes, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Tainted tomatoes spread salmonella in central Ohio
Health officials have identified three cases of salmonella poisoning in central Ohio, the first cases in the state linked to tainted tomatoes...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Student agrees to plead to terror support charge
An Egyptian college student who made a video demonstrating how to turn remote-controlled devices into bomb detonators has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of providing material support to terrorists, according to a plea agreement filed Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Strong quake shakes northern Japan, killing 3
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge, fire and disaster management officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Strong quake shakes northern Japan, at least 3 dead
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge, fire and disaster management officials said. At least 64 were injured...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Strong quake shakes northern Japan, at least 2 dead
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least two people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge. News reports said dozens of people were injured...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Hastily-called hearing held 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 14, 2008
Shuttle returns to Earth after 14-day mission
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Shuttle Discovery streaks toward Earth
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven streaked toward Earth on Saturday to cap a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Weather looks good for Saturday shuttle landing
The weather looked favorable for space shuttle Discovery to return to Earth on Saturday after a two-week mission in which it delivered a new Japanese lab to the international space station...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Weather favorable for shuttle Discoverys return
The weather continued looking favorable for space shuttle Discovery to return to Earth Saturday after a two-week mission in which it delivered a new Japanese lab to the international space station...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Weather looks good for shuttle landing
The weather continued looking favorable for space shuttle Discovery to return to Earth Saturday after a two-week mission in which it delivered a new Japanese lab to the international space station...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
River slowly dropping, but Iowa town still flooded
Days after it swamped Cedar Rapids and forced thousands of people out of their homes, the Cedar River has begun falling...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Chinese prostitutes imported to Afghanistan
A string of lights spells out the name of the bar in the back of the basement in capital letters, PARADISE. A dozen Chinese women in skintight miniskirts and halter tops flit around clusters of beefy Western men and flirt in broken English...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Sex trade thrives in Afghanistan
The girl was 11 when she was molested by a man with no legs...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
4 Marines die in Afghanistan 870 inmates escape
About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, Afghan officials said Saturday. And in western Afghanistan on Saturday, a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle, killing four Americans in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in the country this year, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Afghan official 870 inmates escaped from prison
About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, Afghan officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Calif. same-sex weddings will affect other states
After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
More evacuations as Iowa towns cope with floods
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Iowas flooded Cedar River forces 20,000 to flee
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Iowas raging Cedar River forces 20,000 from homes
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Sizemore hits 2 homers in Indians 9-5 win
Grady Sizemore hit two home runs more than five hours apart and the Cleveland Indians waited out a long rain delay, then rallied to beat the San Diego Padres 9-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Nationals hold off Mariners for 7-6 win
Jesus Flores and Ronnie Belliard had two-run hits during a six-run second inning and the Washington Nationals held on for a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Wall Street ends turbulent week with sharp gains
Wall Street ended a turbulent week with a sharp gain Friday after government readings on inflation and a drop in oil prices eased worries about the effect of rising prices on consumers. The advance lifted the Dow Jones industrial average more than 165 points, and the three major indexes turned in a mixed performance for the week...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama says he would cut taxes for middle class
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
Obama hits McCain, oil companies
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
McCain slams Supreme Court on terrorist detainees
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
California firefighters still struggle with blaze
Strong, erratic winds that had been complicating efforts to fight wildfires in Northern California calmed down Friday, but firefighters were still struggling to get the upper hand on one stubborn fire that scorched nearly 36 square miles and destroyed at least 50 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 2008
Afghan official 870 inmates escaped
An Afghan police chief says almost 900 prisoners have escaped in a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
The worst may be behind for Wall Street - or not
Not long ago, it seemed like the worst was over. As the first quarter wound down, the credit crisis appeared to be easing, the housing market seemed like it might get some footing and Wall Street was growing confident that it had finally found a bottom after months of volatility...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 2008
The Weather Channel moves closer to deal with NBC
An investor group led by NBC Universal moved closer to buying The Weather Channel Friday after Time Warner Inc. dropped out of the bidding...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Time to go Red Wings G Dominik Hasek retires from NHL
The passion that made Dominik Hasek great is gone...
Southern Ledger - June 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
McCain slams Supreme Court on terrorist detainees
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts...
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