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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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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
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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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
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Quiet reigns in Israel, Gaza as truce takes hold
Raz Elraz, for the first time, will be able to take his 14-month-old son to a playground in this rocket-scarred Israeli town. A few miles away in Gaza, Palestinian teenagers ride their bicycles, and Hamas guards play pingpong...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria
In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Chavez threatens to block oil over EU rules
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening not to sell oil to any European country that applies strict new rules for expelling illegal immigrants...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Indian monsoon floods strand 300,000
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Indian rescuers scramble to reach deluged villages
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Girl born to Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Analysis Obama chose winning over his word
Barack Obama chose winning over his word.The Democrat once made a conditional agreement to accept taxpayer money from the public financing system, and accompanying spending limits, if his Republican opponent did, too...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Uptons tiebreaking homer leads Arizona past As 2-1
Justin Upton hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Uptons homer leads Arizona past Oakland 2-1
Justin Upton hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Young, Boggs lift Rangers
Michael Young broke out of a deep slump with a game-ending RBI single, rookie Brandon Boggs hit a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers rallied twice for a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Young, rookie Boggs lift Rangers over Braves 5-4
Michael Young broke out of a deep slump with a game-ending RBI single, rookie Brandon Boggs hit a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers rallied twice for a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Bush takes no-hit bid to 8th, Brews nick Jays 8-7
Dave Bush took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning before it was broken up by the player he was traded for, and the Milwaukee Brewers barely held for an 8-7 win over Toronto on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Family friend Girl born to Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital, according to a friend of the Spears family...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack
Royal Dutch Shell says it has shut down production at a Nigerian oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after a militant attack...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Circuit City 1Q loss widens, weak forecast
Circuit City Stores Inc. said Thursday its loss widened in the first quarter because of a more than 11 percent drop in sales at established stores...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Obama team weighs Nunn, Edwards as running mates
Former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn are on a list of potential running mates for Democrat Barack Obama, according to a Michigan congresswoman...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Nunn, Edwards under consideration by Obama team
Former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn are on a list of potential running mates for Democrat Barack Obama, according to a Michigan congresswoman...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Obama bypasses public money 1st since Watergate
Barack Obama is abandoning public financing for his presidential campaign, reversing his earlier stance in bold certainty he can raise millions more on his own as the first major-party candidate to bypass the tax-checkoff system that was hurried into place after the Watergate scandal...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Obama gets AFSCME endorsement
Barack Obama secured the endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a political powerhouse union that was a strong backer of his former Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
AFL-CIO to endorse Obama within weeks
The AFL-CIO will endorse Sen. Barack Obama within weeks, union leaders said after a private meeting Wednesday with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Philippines Kidnap negotiators arrested
A Philippine mayor and his son who negotiated with al-Qaida-linked rebels for the release of an abducted TV news anchor and three other people have been arrested as suspects in the kidnappings, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
2 charged on Wall Street in mortgage meltdown
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 2008
Rembrandt Laughing is self-portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Iranian widow faces terror charges in NYC
In March 2003, Zeinab Taleb-Jedi was a middle-aged widow who found herself trapped in a cold, dusty bunker in Iraq as invading U.S. forces began blowing up buildings and inflicting casualties all around her...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
2 missing women rescued in Alaskan wilderness
When Erica Nelson and Abby Flantz lost their way during an overnight hike into Denali National Park, they decided to keep hiking...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Flooding over, but trash now problem in Iowa city
The floodwaters are gone, but in front of thousands of homes and in much of downtown a new eyesore has taken their place: trash...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Premium gas sales tank as fuel prices rise
Ernesto Evangelista prefers to pump premium gas into his seven-month-old Nissan Titan, thinking it makes the truck run better...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
2 missing women rescued from Alaska national park
Two women missing for days in Denali National Park have been found and returned to park headquarters...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Suspected Mich. serial killer gets life in prison
A suspected serial killer smiled and proclaimed his innocence Wednesday before being sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole in the violent killings of two women last year...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Prosecutors appeal dismissal of Haditha charges
Prosecutors are appealing the dismissal of charges against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Arts panel considers revisions for King Memorial
Artists working on a planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial have submitted changes to soften the likeness of the civil rights icon after concerns that a previous rendering made him look like a socialist leader...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Ky. grand jury indicts Ohio man in rock dispute
An Ohio historian could face hard time, all because of a rock...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Iranian widow faces terror charges in New York
In March 2003, Zeinab Taleb-Jedi was a middle-aged widow who found herself trapped in a cold, dusty bunker in Iraq as invading U.S. forces began blowing up buildings and inflicting casualties all around her...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
NY fund swindlers girlfriend accused in escape
The girlfriend of a hedge fund swindler whose car was found abandoned in New York is charged with helping him elude his sentence...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Man who proved true birth year of AP dies at 83
Brewster Yale Beach, who presented proof that The Associated Press originated two years earlier than the date previously accepted by historians and the news cooperative itself, has died. He was 83...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Ala. inmate dies after 18-year wait for retrial
More than a decade ago, a frustrated judge vowed there would be no more delays in the stalled retrial of death row inmate Shep Wilson Jr...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Russerts death gives some fellow boomers a scare
Like many men his age, Gregory Ameo, 53, struggles with high blood pressure and cholesterol. He hates pills, but accepts them grudgingly. He eats better than he used to and takes walks for exercise. He takes fish oil and garlic, in case they might help with the cholesterol...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Group files suit over I Believe plates in SC
A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create "I Believe" license plates...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Collapse at Houston construction site kills 1
An official says one person is dead and seven injured after a wall collapsed at a dormitory being built near Rice University in Houston...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Lookout in Wash. environmental fire gets 6 years
A woman convicted of serving as a lookout when radical environmentalists set a devastating fire at the University of Washington was sentenced Thursday to serve six years in prison and pay $6 million in restitution...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Where to find out about flooding risk
The Federal Emergency Management Agency administers the National Flood Insurance Program and has several resources for homeowners:...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
South Texas constable guilty of drug trafficking
A south Texas constable accused of selling marijuana his office seized has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Girl born to Zoey 101 star Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
3 sentenced in brawl over R.I. tribes smoke shop
The leader of the Narragansett Indian tribe was ordered Thursday to perform community service for brawling with state troopers during a police raid on a tribal smoke shop...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Vt. auditor to seek re-election during deployment
The state auditor of Vermont said Thursday he is being called to active duty in Afghanistan and plans to run for re-election while serving...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria
In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Chavez threatens to block oil over EU rules
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening not to sell oil to any European country that applies strict new rules for expelling illegal immigrants...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Quiet reigns in Israel, Gaza as truce takes hold
Raz Elraz, for the first time, will be able to take his 14-month-old son to a playground in this rocket-scarred Israeli town. A few miles away in Gaza, Palestinian teenagers ride their bicycles, and Hamas guards play pingpong...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Russerts death gives some fellow boomers a scare
Like many men his age, Gregory Ameo, 53, struggles with high blood pressure and cholesterol. He hates pills, but accepts them grudgingly. He eats better than he used to and takes walks for exercise. He takes fish oil and garlic, in case they might help with the cholesterol...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Indian monsoon floods strand 300,000
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Indian rescuers scramble to reach deluged villages
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Group files suit over I Believe plates in SC
A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create "I Believe" license plates...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 2008
Girl born to Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
NY fund swindlers girlfriend accused in escape
The girlfriend of a hedge fund swindler whose car was found abandoned in New York is charged with helping him elude his sentence...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Man who proved true birth year of AP dies at 83
Brewster Yale Beach, who presented proof that The Associated Press originated two years earlier than the date previously accepted by historians and the news cooperative itself, has died. He was 83...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Ala. inmate dies after 18-year wait for retrial
More than a decade ago, a frustrated judge vowed there would be no more delays in the stalled retrial of death row inmate Shep Wilson Jr...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Uptons tiebreaking homer leads Arizona past As 2-1
Justin Upton hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Uptons homer leads Arizona past Oakland 2-1
Justin Upton hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Young, Boggs lift Rangers
Michael Young broke out of a deep slump with a game-ending RBI single, rookie Brandon Boggs hit a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers rallied twice for a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Young, rookie Boggs lift Rangers over Braves 5-4
Michael Young broke out of a deep slump with a game-ending RBI single, rookie Brandon Boggs hit a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers rallied twice for a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Bush takes no-hit bid to 8th, Brews nick Jays 8-7
Dave Bush took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning before it was broken up by the player he was traded for, and the Milwaukee Brewers barely held for an 8-7 win over Toronto on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Family friend Girl born to Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital, according to a friend of the Spears family...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Circuit City 1Q loss widens, weak forecast
Circuit City Stores Inc. said Thursday its loss widened in the first quarter because of a more than 11 percent drop in sales at established stores...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Obama team weighs Nunn, Edwards as running mates
Former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn are on a list of potential running mates for Democrat Barack Obama, according to a Michigan congresswoman...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Nunn, Edwards under consideration by Obama team
Former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn are on a list of potential running mates for Democrat Barack Obama, according to a Michigan congresswoman...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Obama bypasses public money 1st since Watergate
Barack Obama is abandoning public financing for his presidential campaign, reversing his earlier stance in bold certainty he can raise millions more on his own as the first major-party candidate to bypass the tax-checkoff system that was hurried into place after the Watergate scandal...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Obama gets AFSCME endorsement
Barack Obama secured the endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a political powerhouse union that was a strong backer of his former Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 2008
AFL-CIO to endorse Obama within weeks
The AFL-CIO will endorse Sen. Barack Obama within weeks, union leaders said after a private meeting Wednesday with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Philippines Kidnap negotiators arrested
A Philippine mayor and his son who negotiated with al-Qaida-linked rebels for the release of an abducted TV news anchor and three other people have been arrested as suspects in the kidnappings, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
2 charged on Wall Street in mortgage meltdown
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack
Royal Dutch Shell says it has shut down production at a Nigerian oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after a militant attack...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 2008
Rembrandt Laughing is self-portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Sara Evans has married former Alabama quarterback
Country star Sara Evans has married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Knee surgery for Woods creates a headache for others
Tiger Woods was must-see TV at the U.S. Open, making birdie on the final hole to force a playoff, another clutch birdie the next day to extend the playoff and winning his 14th major on what amounted to one good leg...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Analysis Obama chose winning over his word
Barack Obama chose winning over his word.The Democrat once made a conditional agreement to accept taxpayer money from the public financing system, and accompanying spending limits, if his Republican opponent did, too...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
It's the economy
Can John McCain turn this key issue to his advantage?...
BBC News - June 19, 2008
UN classifies rape a 'war tactic'
The UN Security Council votes unanimously in favour of a resolution classifying rape as a tactic in war...
BBC News - June 19, 2008
Bush visits Midwest flood areas
President Bush tours the areas of the US Midwest affected by recent severe flooding, which has killed more than 20 people...
BBC News - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Indian monsoon floods strand 300,000
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Indian rescuers scramble to reach deluged villages
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
25 getting Hollywood Walk of Fame stars next year
Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The Village People and Tinkerbell...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Newseum exhibit features Unabomber cabin
The tiny Montana cabin where Unabomber Ted Kaczynski hid now stands a few blocks from the Washington headquarters of the FBI, which spent 17 years searching for him...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Marlins hit pair of homers in 8-3 win
Dan Uggla and Mike Jacobs hit long two-run homers for Florida and the top home run hitting team in the majors added to its league-leading total in the Marlins 8-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Haren allows 1 run, knocks in 3 to lead Dbacks
Dominating his former team, Dan Haren allowed one run and drove in three as the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Haren dominates as Arizona defeats As 11-1
Dominating his former team, Dan Haren allowed one run and drove in three as the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Girl born to Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Girl born to Zoey 101 star Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
In weak economy, forgoing $4 lattes for home brews
The "latte effect" of the go-go years had consumers spending $4 a day on coffee. Now the downturn is forcing them to rethink the wisdom of such habits...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Cindy McCain in Vietnam on cleft palates mission
Cindy McCain ranged far afield from the U.S. presidential campaign trail Thursday to showcase her charity work helping Vietnamese kids born with facial deformities...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Cindy McCain visits Vietnam
Cindy McCain ranged far afield from the U.S. presidential campaign trail Thursday to showcase her charity work helping Vietnamese kids born with facial deformities...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
AFL-CIO to endorse Obama within weeks
The AFL-CIO will endorse Sen. Barack Obama within weeks, union leaders said after a private meeting Wednesday with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Easley gets Manuel first win as Mets manager
Jerry Manuel got his first win managing the Mets when New York rallied in the ninth inning and Damion Easley homered in the 10th to beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack
Royal Dutch Shell says it has shut down production at a Nigerian oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after a militant attack...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Circuit City 1Q loss widens, weak forecast
Circuit City Stores Inc. said Thursday its loss widened in the first quarter because of a more than 11 percent drop in sales at established stores...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Charges at Bear Stearns linked to subprime debacle
Two former Bear Stearns managers were arrested Thursday on charges linked to the collapse of a hedge fund that bet heavily on subprime mortgages before the market collapsed, federal authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Rembrandt Laughing is self-portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Philippines Kidnap negotiators arrested
A Philippine mayor and his son who negotiated with al-Qaida-linked rebels for the release of an abducted TV news anchor and three other people have been arrested as suspects in the kidnappings, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
2 missing women rescued in Alaskan wilderness
When Erica Nelson and Abby Flantz lost their way during an overnight hike into Denali National Park, they decided to keep hiking...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Flooding over, but trash now problem in Iowa city
The floodwaters are gone, but in front of thousands of homes and in much of downtown a new eyesore has taken their place: trash...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Premium gas sales tank as fuel prices rise
Ernesto Evangelista prefers to pump premium gas into his seven-month-old Nissan Titan, thinking it makes the truck run better...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
2 missing women rescued from Alaska national park
Two women missing for days in Denali National Park have been found and returned to park headquarters...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Suspected Mich. serial killer gets life in prison
A suspected serial killer smiled and proclaimed his innocence Wednesday before being sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole in the violent killings of two women last year...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Panel to review revised design for King Memorial
The latest design revisions for a planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall are being reviewed by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
5-year-old boy killed by pit bull in Texas
A pit bull fatally mauled a 5-year-old boy staying at a southern Texas home with relatives, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Ky. grand jury indicts Ohio man in rock dispute
An Ohio historian could face hard time, all because of a rock...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Iranian widow faces terror charges in New York
In March 2003, Zeinab Taleb-Jedi was a middle-aged widow who found herself trapped in a cold, dusty bunker in Iraq as invading U.S. forces began blowing up buildings and inflicting casualties all around her...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Iranian widow faces terror charges in NYC
In March 2003, Zeinab Taleb-Jedi was a middle-aged widow who found herself trapped in a cold, dusty bunker in Iraq as invading U.S. forces began blowing up buildings and inflicting casualties all around her...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Fort Dix suspect seeks to dump al-Qaida language
One of the men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix asked a federal judge Thursday to drop references to al-Qaida and other "inflammatory" language from an indictment and dismiss a number of the charges...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Prosecutors appeal dismissal of Haditha charges
Prosecutors are appealing the dismissal of charges against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Arts panel considers revisions for King Memorial
Artists working on a planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial have submitted changes to soften the likeness of the civil rights icon after concerns that a previous rendering made him look like a socialist leader...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Train details in western Pa. no injuries reported
A train has derailed into a building in the western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Feds begin demolishing arsenal in Talladega, Ala.
Teams of law enforcement officers are destroying a stockpile of weapons seized in a probe of a ragtag Alabama militia...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Too little rain in forecast to put out NC wildfire
Officials battling a massive wildfire in eastern North Carolina say it could be months before they get the major rainfall needed to extingish the blaze...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Yahoo addresses e-mail concerns with new domains
Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Top Sadrist official arrested in Amarah
Iraqi troops on Thursday arrested the top official in Amarah, a Muqtada al-Sadr loyalist, officials said, drawing swift condemnations from followers of the anti-U.S. cleric and raising tensions as a military operation against Shiite militias got under way...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria
In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Iranian widow faces terror charges in New York
In March 2003, Zeinab Taleb-Jedi was a middle-aged widow who found herself trapped in a cold, dusty bunker in Iraq as invading U.S. forces began blowing up buildings and inflicting casualties all around her...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Indian monsoon floods strand 300,000
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Indian rescuers scramble to reach deluged villages
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Premium gas sales tank as fuel prices rise
Ernesto Evangelista prefers to pump premium gas into his seven-month-old Nissan Titan, thinking it makes the truck run better...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Newseum exhibit features Unabomber cabin
The tiny Montana cabin where Unabomber Ted Kaczynski hid now stands a few blocks from the Washington headquarters of the FBI, which spent 17 years searching for him...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Ky. grand jury indicts Ohio man in rock dispute
An Ohio historian could face hard time, all because of a rock...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Haren dominates as Arizona defeats As 11-1
Dominating his former team, Dan Haren allowed one run and drove in three as the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Girl born to Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Girl born to Zoey 101 star Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
25 getting Hollywood Walk of Fame stars next year
Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The Village People and Tinkerbell...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Cindy McCain in Vietnam on cleft palates mission
Cindy McCain ranged far afield from the U.S. presidential campaign trail Thursday to showcase her charity work helping Vietnamese kids born with facial deformities...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Cindy McCain visits Vietnam
Cindy McCain ranged far afield from the U.S. presidential campaign trail Thursday to showcase her charity work helping Vietnamese kids born with facial deformities...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Marlins hit pair of homers in 8-3 win
Dan Uggla and Mike Jacobs hit long two-run homers for Florida and the top home run hitting team in the majors added to its league-leading total in the Marlins 8-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Haren allows 1 run, knocks in 3 to lead Dbacks
Dominating his former team, Dan Haren allowed one run and drove in three as the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack
Royal Dutch Shell says it has shut down production at a Nigerian oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after a militant attack...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Circuit City 1Q loss widens, weak forecast
Circuit City Stores Inc. said Thursday its loss widened in the first quarter because of a more than 11 percent drop in sales at established stores...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Charges at Bear Stearns linked to subprime debacle
Two former Bear Stearns managers were arrested Thursday on charges linked to the collapse of a hedge fund that bet heavily on subprime mortgages before the market collapsed, federal authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
In weak economy, forgoing $4 lattes for home brews
The "latte effect" of the go-go years had consumers spending $4 a day on coffee. Now the downturn is forcing them to rethink the wisdom of such habits...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Rembrandt Laughing is self-portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Philippines Kidnap negotiators arrested
A Philippine mayor and his son who negotiated with al-Qaida-linked rebels for the release of an abducted TV news anchor and three other people have been arrested as suspects in the kidnappings, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
AFL-CIO to endorse Obama within weeks
The AFL-CIO will endorse Sen. Barack Obama within weeks, union leaders said after a private meeting Wednesday with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Easley gets Manuel first win as Mets manager
Jerry Manuel got his first win managing the Mets when New York rallied in the ninth inning and Damion Easley homered in the 10th to beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 2008
Sara Evans has married former Alabama quarterback
Country star Sara Evans has married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker...
Southern Ledger - June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2008
Bear Stearns ex-managers arrested
Two ex-managers at Bear Stearns investment bank are held over the collapse of the bank's hedge fund last year...
BBC News - June 19, 2008
Global Obamania may not win votes
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, says the global love affair with Barack Obama may not win him votes in the US...
BBC News - June 19, 2008
Why the US election excites Britain
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, travels to the UK, where excitement about the US election is widespread...
BBC News - June 19, 2008
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