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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Former detainee blames trauma on US captors
Four years after his release from Abu Ghraib, Ali al-Qaisi has nightmares and insomnia he blames on injuries _ physical and psychological _ suffered at the hands of his American captors...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians battle a day before truce
Palestinian militants launched at least 50 rockets and mortars from Gaza and Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday, just a day before a truce was set to take effect, illustrating how fragile the arrangement between Israel and Hamas would be...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rockets, airstrikes come hours before Gaza truce
Palestinian militants fired 50 rockets and mortars toward Israel on Wednesday, and Israel responded with airstrikes in Gaza just hours before a truce was to take effect, illustrating how fragile the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas would be...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Sprint sets price for new smart phone $129.99
Sprint Nextel Corp. will be taking on the iPhone with a lower price for its own touch-screen smart phone, the Samsung Instinct...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 23 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 23 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thais rally over Cambodia border dispute
Thousands of demonstrators accused the Thai government Wednesday of yielding a disputed border region with an ancient temple to Cambodia, the latest trouble for the embattled prime minister who has been facing daily protests calling for his resignation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bipartisan accord reached on war funding bill
House leaders in both parties have announced a deal on a long-overdue war funding bill. They say President Bush will sign it...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Baby Love born to quake victim in China
The rosy-cheeked infant swaddled in a pink floral blanket snuggled tenderly next to her mother in their hospital bed, hours after her birth Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 36 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 36 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Drew has 4 hits and 4 RBIs to lead Red Sox over Phillies
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rascal Flatts to join Boston Pops on July 4
Rascal Flatts will play with the Boston Pops on the banks of the Charles River during a July 4 concert to be broadcast on CBS...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Seinfelds lawyers see humor, not defamation
Jerry Seinfeld claims a cookbook author is cooking up some fancy semantics by calling him an actor rather than a comedian to minimize the humor in statements she says defamed her...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Harry Potter devotees put wizard tales to music
Jen Leffler first escaped into the world of Harry Potter as an adolescent in suburban Chicago. A decade later, the love affair continues. Only now, it means taking road trips to concerts across the country...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Analysis McCain challenges Obama on terrorism
Republican John McCain paints Democratic rival Barack Obama as naive on foreign policy, weak on national security and, now, soft on terrorism...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Muslim woman Scarf kept her from seat near Obama
A young Muslim woman said she and another woman were refused seats directly behind Barack Obama _ and in front of TV cameras _ at a Detroit rally because they wear head scarfs...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Michelle Obama says she was touched by first lady
Michelle Obama said she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for saying last February that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Polancos big game helps lead Tigers past Giants
Placido Polanco had four hits, drove in two runs and scored three as the Detroit Tigers knocked struggling San Francisco starter Barry Zito out after only two innings and took the rubber game from the Giants 7-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Drew ignores boos, powers Red Sox past Phillies
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
J.D. Drew powers Red Sox past the Phillies 7-4
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Wall Streets credit crisis heads into second year
There are new signs that the worst of the global credit crisis is yet to come, and that banks and brokerages caught up in the market turmoil may lose $1 trillion by the time it has passed...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bush to Congress Embrace energy exploration now
With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Dow industrials fall below 12,000 as oil rises
The Dow Jones industrial average has fallen below the 12,000 mark for the first time since March...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Home buying practices adjust to high gas prices
In his hunt for a new home, Demetrius Stroud crunched the numbers to find out that, with gas prices climbing, moving near an Amtrak station is the best thing for his wallet...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors
Sen. John McCain is calling for construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledging $2 billion a year in federal funds to make clean coal a reality. He says the measures will reduce American dependence on foreign oil...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Feds 26 levees could overflow if sandbags fail
A map obtained by The Associated Press shows the federal government predicting that 26 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River in the next week if the weather forecast is on the mark and a massive sandbagging effort fails to raise the level of the levees...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas halts inmates execution for double slaying
Texas has halted the scheduled execution of a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas death row inmate granted reprieve
A former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago won a reprieve Tuesday just over an hour before he could have been put to death, while Oklahoma executed its first death row inmate since last August...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Attorneys to decide bridge victims compensation
Susan Holden built her legal career trying to get everything she could for people hurt in car accidents or by defective products...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mississippi River breaks through Illinois levee
The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved south into Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Collapsed bridges successor may be done by Sept.
Two halves of a sparkling new Interstate 35W freeway bridge stretch toward each other over the Mississippi River, separated by a gap of about 200 feet that shrinks with each day as workers toil around the clock...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Raid signals more trouble for Baltimore mayor
Sheila Dixon has reduced violent crime and gracefully handled a variety of crises since taking over as mayor in January 2007, but a two-year state investigation of her financial dealings as City Council president threatens to overshadow her successes...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Egyptian student pleads guilty to terrorist aid
An Egyptian college student who videotaped himself showing how to turn a remote-controlled car into a bomb detonator has pleaded guilty in Florida to supporting terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breaches force small towns evacuation
Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breach forces small towns evacuation
A levee breach in western Illinois has forced the evacuation of the town of Meyer and threatens farmland...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Floodwaters threaten river towns in Ill., Mo.
Floodwaters that bedeviled Iowans for the past week have flowed out of the state and are now threatening Mississippi Rivers towns in Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Pigs who swam through floodwaters killed on levee
Luck ran out for about a dozen pigs who escaped their flooded farm, swam through raging floodwaters and scrambled atop a sandbag levee in southeastern Iowa...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Missing Denali hiker calls mom Crews searching
One of two backpackers missing nearly a week in Denali National Park and Preserve called her mother and said they were safe Wednesday, but helicopters sent out after authorities tracked the signal did not immediately find them. The park dispatched two helicopters to pick up Erica Nelson and Abby Flantz, but three hours later they had not been located...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Missing Denali park hiker calls her mother
One of two backpackers missing nearly a week in Denali National Park and Preserve called her mother and said they were safe Wednesday, but helicopters sent out after authorities tracked the signal did not immediately find them...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Denali backpackers missing for days found alive
Two women missing in Denali National Park and Preserve were located alive and well Wednesday. Backpackers Abby Flantz, 25, of Gaylord, Minn., and Erica Nelson, 23, of Las Vegas were located in the Dry Creek drainage in the eastern portion of the search area, National Park Service spokeswoman Kris Fister said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
1 of 2 Denali hikers missing for days makes call
One of two backpackers missing nearly a week in Denali National Park and Preserve called her mother and said they were safe Wednesday, but helicopters sent out after authorities tracked the signal did not immediately find them...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Man who took parts from corpses gets 9 to 27 years
A man convicted of secretly cutting up corpses _ including that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke _ has received a sentence of nine to 27 years in prison for his role in a ghoulish multimillion-dollar body parts scheme...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Teen from faith-healing family dies at Ore. home
A 16-year-old boy whose parents rely on prayer instead of medical care has died after an illness marked by stomach pains and shortness of breath. Gladstone police say relatives and church members told them Tuesday that the teenager refused treatment for the illness, as he was entitled to do under Oregon law...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Police Gunman arrested after entering NYC school
Officials say a Brooklyn elementary school was evacuated after a man with a gun was reported in the building. No students or teachers were injured, and police have arrested the man...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Navy attorney in USS Liberty investigation dies
Ward Boston, a former Navy attorney who helped investigate the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 crewmen and years later said President Lyndon Johnson ordered that the assault be ruled an accident, has died. He was 84...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Prison time for man who swiped parts from corpses
A man convicted of secretly cutting up corpses as part of a multimillion-dollar body parts scheme has been sentenced to a term of nine to 27 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Both sides in marriage fight aim for mainstream
When gay and lesbian couples started getting married in California this week, one set of voices was quiet among the choruses of "Here Come the Brides" _ those of the conservative activists who put a same-sex marriage ban on the November ballot...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
ACLU seeks to clear 2 charities in Holy Land case
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion in federal court Wednesday seeking to clear two groups named as unindicted coconspirators in a terrorism-financing case...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Central California wildfire burns several homes
A stubborn central California wildfire that has burned more than 65 square miles of wilderness has destroyed several homes and led to evacuation warnings for dozens of residents...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Louisiana congressmans sister pleads guilty
The sister of a Louisiana congressman has pleaded guilty to helping conceal a crime...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Sprint sets price for new smart phone $129.99
Sprint Nextel Corp. will be taking on the iPhone with a lower price for its own touch-screen smart phone, the Samsung Instinct...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Spears paparazzo blamed for having foot run over
A paparazzo who pressed charges against Britney Spears after her car allegedly ran over his foot was himself to blame for any injury it may have caused, prosecutors said in refusing to pursue the case...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Blame for Spears pap hit-run on the other foot
A paparazzo who pressed charges against Britney Spears after her car ran over his foot was himself to blame for any injury, prosecutors said in refusing to pursue the case...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Former detainee blames trauma on US captors
Four years after his release from Abu Ghraib, Ali al-Qaisi has nightmares and insomnia he blames on injuries _ physical and psychological _ suffered at the hands of his American captors...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians battle a day before truce
Palestinian militants launched at least 50 rockets and mortars from Gaza and Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday, just a day before a truce was set to take effect, illustrating how fragile the arrangement between Israel and Hamas would be...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rockets, airstrikes come hours before Gaza truce
Palestinian militants fired 50 rockets and mortars toward Israel on Wednesday, and Israel responded with airstrikes in Gaza just hours before a truce was to take effect, illustrating how fragile the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas would be...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 23 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 23 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thais rally over Cambodia border dispute
Thousands of demonstrators accused the Thai government Wednesday of yielding a disputed border region with an ancient temple to Cambodia, the latest trouble for the embattled prime minister who has been facing daily protests calling for his resignation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bipartisan accord reached on war funding bill
House leaders in both parties have announced a deal on a long-overdue war funding bill. They say President Bush will sign it...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Missing Denali hiker calls mom Crews searching
One of two backpackers missing nearly a week in Denali National Park and Preserve called her mother and said they were safe Wednesday, but helicopters sent out after authorities tracked the signal did not immediately find them. The park dispatched two helicopters to pick up Erica Nelson and Abby Flantz, but three hours later they had not been located...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Pigs who swam through floodwaters killed on levee
Luck ran out for about a dozen pigs who escaped their flooded farm, swam through raging floodwaters and scrambled atop a sandbag levee in southeastern Iowa...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Baby Love born to quake victim in China
The rosy-cheeked infant swaddled in a pink floral blanket snuggled tenderly next to her mother in their hospital bed, hours after her birth Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 36 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 36 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Drew has 4 hits and 4 RBIs to lead Red Sox over Phillies
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rascal Flatts to join Boston Pops on July 4
Rascal Flatts will play with the Boston Pops on the banks of the Charles River during a July 4 concert to be broadcast on CBS...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Seinfelds lawyers see humor, not defamation
Jerry Seinfeld claims a cookbook author is cooking up some fancy semantics by calling him an actor rather than a comedian to minimize the humor in statements she says defamed her...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Harry Potter devotees put wizard tales to music
Jen Leffler first escaped into the world of Harry Potter as an adolescent in suburban Chicago. A decade later, the love affair continues. Only now, it means taking road trips to concerts across the country...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Both sides in marriage fight aim for mainstream
When gay and lesbian couples started getting married in California this week, one set of voices was quiet among the choruses of "Here Come the Brides" _ those of the conservative activists who put a same-sex marriage ban on the November ballot...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Analysis McCain challenges Obama on terrorism
Republican John McCain paints Democratic rival Barack Obama as naive on foreign policy, weak on national security and, now, soft on terrorism...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Muslim woman Scarf kept her from seat near Obama
A young Muslim woman said she and another woman were refused seats directly behind Barack Obama _ and in front of TV cameras _ at a Detroit rally because they wear head scarfs...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Michelle Obama says she was touched by first lady
Michelle Obama said she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for saying last February that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Polancos big game helps lead Tigers past Giants
Placido Polanco had four hits, drove in two runs and scored three as the Detroit Tigers knocked struggling San Francisco starter Barry Zito out after only two innings and took the rubber game from the Giants 7-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Drew ignores boos, powers Red Sox past Phillies
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
J.D. Drew powers Red Sox past the Phillies 7-4
J.D. Drew tied a career-high with four hits and fell a triple short of the cycle, Justin Masterson pitched five effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Wall Streets credit crisis heads into second year
There are new signs that the worst of the global credit crisis is yet to come, and that banks and brokerages caught up in the market turmoil may lose $1 trillion by the time it has passed...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bush to Congress Embrace energy exploration now
With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Home buying practices adjust to high gas prices
In his hunt for a new home, Demetrius Stroud crunched the numbers to find out that, with gas prices climbing, moving near an Amtrak station is the best thing for his wallet...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors
Sen. John McCain is calling for construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledging $2 billion a year in federal funds to make clean coal a reality. He says the measures will reduce American dependence on foreign oil...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Feds 26 levees could overflow if sandbags fail
A map obtained by The Associated Press shows the federal government predicting that 26 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River in the next week if the weather forecast is on the mark and a massive sandbagging effort fails to raise the level of the levees...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
B.B. King given key to the city at Bonnaroo
B.B. King was awarded the key to the city Saturday at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Sara Evans has married former Alabama quarterback
Country star Sara Evans has married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Pearl Jam wows Bonnaroo with 3-hour performance
Pearl Jam wowed the Bonnaroo crowd with a three-hour performance late Saturday night, returning the band to the grand stage of a music festival...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rising star Logano wins Natinwides Meijer 300
Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Gay couples rush to get married in California
Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples had appointments to secure marriage licenses and exchange vows Tuesday, the first full day same-sex nuptials will be legal throughout California...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Dozens of gay couples wed in Calif. after ruling
Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a landmark ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Same-sex couples in California get married
Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a landmark ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Dozens of gay couples get married in California
Dozens of gay couples were married Monday after a historic ruling making California the second state to allow same-sex nuptials went into effect. At least five county clerks around the state extended their hours to issue marriage licenses, and many same-sex couples got married on the spot...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Predators tie up another young defenseman
The Nashville Predators signed defenseman Ryan Suter to a four-year, $14 million contract on Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Tiger won US Open with torn ligament, 2 fractures
Tiger Woods walked tenderly out of Torrey Pines with a U.S. Open trophy he was destined to win on a left leg worse than anyone imagined. A group of children called out to him and Woods looked over and waved. It turned out to be a most symbolic gesture. So long, Tiger. See you next year...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cards RB Arrington arrested after nightclub fight
Arizona Cardinals running back J.J. Arrington was among five people arrested after a fight at a nightclub in North Carolina...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Kansas guard Mario Chalmers to stay in NBA draft
Guard Mario Chalmers, the most outstanding player of the 2008 Final Four, has decided to skip his senior year at Kansas and stay in the NBA draft...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Dow industrials fall below 12,000 as oil rises
The Dow Jones industrial average has fallen below the 12,000 mark for the first time since March...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Calif. man claims singer Eddy Arnold was father
A California man has filed a petition asking a Nashville court to order DNA testing he believes will prove the late singer Eddy Arnold was his father...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Season-ending knee surgery for Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods walked tenderly out of Torrey Pines with a U.S. Open trophy he was destined to win on a left leg worse than anyone imagined. A group of children called out to him and Woods looked over and waved...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Guns and gunmen
The role of US guns and hitmen in Mexico's drugs war...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
More levees yield to Mississippi
The Mississippi River spills over two more levees in the US Midwest, adding to the region's flood misery...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
US-held terror suspects 'abused'
Examinations of 11 former detainees at US military jails show evidence of torture, a human rights group says...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'
After a cold winter, Arctic sea ice has melted quickly, suggesting that summers could be ice-free within five to 10 years...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
'Dirty money' sent back to Mexico
Swiss authorities are to return $74m from frozen accounts of a former Mexican president's brother to Mexico...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Taser ban threat to Canada police
Canadian police should be banned from using stun guns if current levels of use are not curbed, the force's watchdog says...
BBC News - June 18, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 36 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 36 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 23 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 23 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thais rally over Cambodia border dispute
Thousands of demonstrators accused the Thai government Wednesday of yielding a disputed border region with an ancient temple to Cambodia, the latest trouble for the embattled prime minister who has been facing daily protests calling for his resignation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
J.Lo performs at elementary school graduation
Students at a Staten Island, New York, elementary school for autistic children sure like the way Jennifer Lopez moves...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Study Puttering about on golf carts has its risks
Beware: Puttering around on golf carts can be hazardous to your health...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thames, Renteria record milestones in Tigers win
Kenny Rogers pitched seven strong innings and Marcus Thames homered in his fifth straight game to help the Detroit Tigers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
George Carlin to receive Mark Twain humor prize
George Carlin will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Obama meets with national security advisory group
Barack Obama is answering a question he faced often on the campaign trail. With limited foreign policy experience of his own, who would he turn to for advice before making those decisions?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Japan, China reach deal on undersea gas exploration
Japan and China have agreed to jointly develop part of the gas deposits in the East China Sea, a major breakthrough in a long-standing dispute between the two countries, the Japanese government announced Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Morgan Stanley 2Q profit falls 61 percent
Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit plunged 61 percent as the credit crisis continued to take its toll on trading and investment banking...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Oil eases further below $134 a barrel
Oil prices extended their decline Wednesday despite expectations that a U.S. government report to be released later in the day will show a drop in crude oil inventories...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Michelle Obama says she was touched by first lady
Michelle Obama said she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for saying last February that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bush to Congress Embrace energy exploration now
With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Flooding interrupts bridge travel between Iowa, Illinois
The rising Mississippi River forced the closure of one bridge and partial shutdown of another between Iowa and Illinois as residents of the two states and other parts of the Midwest stacked sandbags to prepare for the possibility of more flooding...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rising Mississippi disrupts bridge travel
The rising Mississippi River interrupted travel on two bridges between Iowa and Illinois and threatened thousands of acres of farmland Tuesday. People stacked millions of sandbags near 27 levees the federal government said were in danger of overflowing...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Brain fitness market booming with aging Boomers
Chester Santos has been training his brain for seven years...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Military judge dismisses charges in Haditha killings
A military judge dismissed charges Tuesday against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Helicopter saves sandbaggers from Midwest flooding
The rising Mississippi River interrupted travel on two bridges between Iowa and Illinois and forced the helicopter rescue of more than a dozen people sandbagging a levee before it broke near the western Illinois village of Gulfport...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Flooding stalls bridge travel between Iowa, Ill.
The rising Mississippi River forced the closure of one bridge between Iowa and Illinois and the partial shutdown of another Tuesday as residents of the two states and other parts of the Midwest stacked sandbags to prepare for more flooding...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Flooding closes bridge between Iowa and Illinois
The rising Mississippi River forced the closure of one bridge between Iowa and Illinois and the partial shutdown of another Tuesday as residents of the two states and other parts of the Midwest stacked sandbags to prepare for more flooding...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Attorneys to decide bridge victims compensation
Susan Holden built her legal career trying to get everything she could for people hurt in car accidents or by defective products...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mississippi River breaks through Illinois levee
The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved south into Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Judge dismisses charges in Haditha killings case
A military judge dismissed charges Tuesday against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breach forces small towns evacuation
A levee breach in western Illinois has forced the evacuation of the town of Meyer and threatens farmland...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Floodwaters threaten river towns in Ill., Mo.
Floodwaters that bedeviled Iowans for the past week have flowed out of the state and are now threatening Mississippi Rivers towns in Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas halts inmates execution for double slaying
Texas has halted the scheduled execution of a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas death row inmate granted reprieve
A former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago won a reprieve Tuesday just over an hour before he could have been put to death, while Oklahoma executed its first death row inmate since last August...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
New rule restores rights to 115,000 Fla. ex-felons
More than 115,000 former felons who completed their sentences have had their civil rights restored since a new state rule went into effect 14 months ago, Gov. Charlie Crist said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
States eye uniform graduation rate reporting
Comparing graduation rates from state to state, or even school to school, can be difficult because all kinds of methods are used to determine them...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
2 teens charged in killings of Minn. mother, son
Two teenagers were charged Tuesday in the killings of a woman who was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and her 10-year-old son, who had a television smashed over his head, prosecutors said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
DNA sample identifies attacker from 1985 rape case
A DNA sample that freed a wrongly convicted man who spent nearly 23 years behind bars implicated another man already in prison who has confessed to the crime, Dallas County prosecutors said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breaches force small towns evacuation
Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
NC state trooper fatally shot during traffic stop
Authorities charged a Florida man with murder Wednesday in the shooting of a North Carolina trooper during a traffic stop the night before...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Egyptian student pleads guilty to terrorist aid
An Egyptian college student who videotaped himself showing how to turn a remote-controlled car into a bomb detonator has pleaded guilty in Florida to supporting terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
1 charged, 3 others sought in Fla. mall shooting
Police say one man is behind bars in connection with a shooting at a Florida shopping mall...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Copernicus book sells for more than $2.2M in NYC
A first edition of the Nicolaus Copernicus book that puts forth the theory that the sun _ not the earth _ is at the center of the universe has fetched more than $2.2 million at an auction, nearly double the expected price...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Blame for Spears pap hit-run on the other foot
A paparazzo who pressed charges against Britney Spears after her car ran over his foot was himself to blame for any injury, prosecutors said in refusing to pursue the case...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Report Former detainees still suffer from trauma
Former detainees from American military jails in Iraq and Guantanamo are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and lingering physical injuries and scars that can be traced to their imprisonment, according to a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Report Exams prove abuse, torture in Iraq, Gitmo
Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Spears paparazzo blamed for having foot run over
A paparazzo who pressed charges against Britney Spears after her car allegedly ran over his foot was himself to blame for any injury it may have caused, prosecutors said in refusing to pursue the case...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Floodwaters threaten river towns in Ill., Mo.
Floodwaters that bedeviled Iowans for the past week have flowed out of the state and are now threatening Mississippi Rivers towns in Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 36 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 36 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Afghan, NATO troops kill 23 Taliban near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian forces moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday to root out Taliban militants, killing at least 23 insurgents, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thais rally over Cambodia border dispute
Thousands of demonstrators accused the Thai government Wednesday of yielding a disputed border region with an ancient temple to Cambodia, the latest trouble for the embattled prime minister who has been facing daily protests calling for his resignation...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
J.Lo performs at elementary school graduation
Students at a Staten Island, New York, elementary school for autistic children sure like the way Jennifer Lopez moves...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Study Puttering about on golf carts has its risks
Beware: Puttering around on golf carts can be hazardous to your health...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breaches force small towns evacuation
Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Ill. levee breach forces small towns evacuation
A levee breach in western Illinois has forced the evacuation of the town of Meyer and threatens farmland...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Thames, Renteria record milestones in Tigers win
Kenny Rogers pitched seven strong innings and Marcus Thames homered in his fifth straight game to help the Detroit Tigers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
George Carlin to receive Mark Twain humor prize
George Carlin will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Oil eases further below $134 a barrel
Oil prices extended their decline Wednesday despite expectations that a U.S. government report to be released later in the day will show a drop in crude oil inventories...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Michelle Obama says she was touched by first lady
Michelle Obama said she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for saying last February that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Obama meets with national security advisory group
Barack Obama is answering a question he faced often on the campaign trail. With limited foreign policy experience of his own, who would he turn to for advice before making those decisions?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Bush to Congress Embrace energy exploration now
With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Japan, China reach deal on undersea gas exploration
Japan and China have agreed to jointly develop part of the gas deposits in the East China Sea, a major breakthrough in a long-standing dispute between the two countries, the Japanese government announced Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Morgan Stanley 2Q profit falls 61 percent
Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit plunged 61 percent as the credit crisis continued to take its toll on trading and investment banking...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Texas court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court has ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant for a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Democrat Pentagon sought abusive interrogations
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Star Trek star George Takei to marry partner
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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 18, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
A top Senate Democrat says military officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations helped Pentagon lawyers devise abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Pearl Jam wows Bonnaroo with 3-hour performance
Pearl Jam wowed the Bonnaroo crowd with a three-hour performance late Saturday night, returning the band to the grand stage of a music festival...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
Rising star Logano wins Natinwides Meijer 300
Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 2008
B.B. King given key to the city at Bonnaroo
B.B. King was awarded the key to the city Saturday at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival...
Southern Ledger - June 18, 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 18, 2008
Predators tie up another young defenseman
The Nashville Predators signed defenseman Ryan | | | | |
