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F.T.C. Files Charges of Telemarketing Fraud
Federal and state officials announced a crackdown against telemarketing scams that have bilked thousands of consumers, many of them elderly, out of tens of millions of dollars...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Government to Stop Allowing Downer Cow Exception
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced a total ban on meat plant slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
A Warning to Europe From Gazprom
The Russian export monopoly warned the European Union that it was endangering the security of its natural gas supplies by planning to break up the Continent?s energy giants...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
H.P. Offers More Detail On Increase In Revenue
The world?s largest technology company made its second-quarter earnings official, reporting revenue of $28.3 billion and a profit of $2.1 billion...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Stocks Fall Sharply as Oil Surges
Several reports suggested that the worst may not yet be over in the financial markets or in the broader economy...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Report Details Interrogation Debate
A report describes clashes between F.B.I. agents and their C.I.A. and military counterparts over tactics...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
The Lede: Rumor on Attacking Iran Bites the Dust
Who needs the morning coffee? Just read headlines like this one from The Jerusalem Post...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
City Room: Fighting Obesity by Climbing Stairs
With green signs bearing the slogan, "Burn calories, not electricity," New York City is fighting obesity and global warming by encouraging people to take the stairs...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Virginia Abortion Ban Struck Down
A federal appeals court panel ruled against a law that made it a crime to perform an abortion procedure...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Pentagon Scales Back Elite Forces? Authority
The plan would have given Special Operations Command authority to carry out secret counterterrorism missions...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Wall Street Journal Editor Named
Rupert Murdoch named Robert J. Thomson as the top editor of The Wall Street Journal, putting an experienced journalist in one of the most important roles in American news media...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Ruling on U.S. Currency and the Blind
A ruling could force the Treasury Department to redesign paper currency so the blind can distinguish the bills...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
The Caucus: Live Blogging
The Times called Kentucky for Clinton shortly after the polls closed...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
The Caucus: What to Watch for Tonight
One thing you probably will not see: Hillary Rodham Clinton pulling out of the race...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Senator Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor
Tests taken after Senator Edward M. Kennedy suffered a seizure on Saturday indicated that he has a type of cancer known as a malignant glioma...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Tumor?s Location and Size Determine Treatment
The prognosis for a patient with a glioma depends in part on details like type, size and gradation...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Iraqi Troops in Push to Regain Control of Sadr City
The operation encountered no significant resistance as Iraqi forces took up key positions in the Shia enclave...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Clinton Wins Kentucky, but Obama Nears Milestone
Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Kentucky primary, but Barack Obama is expected to capture a majority of pledged delegates on Tuesday...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Davenport is out of French Open
Former world number one Lindsay Davenport pulls out of the French Open due to personal reasons...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Fire blazes in Sao Paulo building
A skyscraper in central Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, is on fire but early reports of a plane crash are denied...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Staples Profit Edges Higher
The office products supplier posted a 1.5 percent increase in first-quarter profit, after posting declines the previous two quarters, and it reaffirmed its profit and sales forecast for the full year...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Saks Posts Higher Quarterly Profit
The upscale retailer posted first-quarter profit of $18.3 million, up from $11 million a year earlier, as promotions helped draw shoppers amid a difficult economic environment...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Medtronic Profit Beats Expectations
The medical device maker said its fourth-quarter profit was flat compared with last year, when it recorded a tax gain. The results beat estimates, sending shares up in premarket trading...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Home Depot Is Latest to Feel the Slowdown
Home Depot reported a 66 percent drop in quarterly profit as the housing slowdown hurt sales and it took a charge to close stores and cut back expansion plans...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Target Profit Drops Nearly 8%
The retailer said profit fell on higher costs and softer-than-expected sales, but the results beat Wall Street estimates...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Oil Spikes on Supply Concerns
The latest surge comes after OPEC?s president was quoted as saying his organization won?t increase its output before its next meeting in September...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Senate Panel Approves Housing Bill Compromise
The bill is aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of homeowners in danger of foreclosure by expanding the availability of government-insured mortgages...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Wholesale Inflation Slowed in April
Inflation at the wholesale level slowed last month after a huge increase in March although prices for a number of items from prescription drugs to pasta shot upward...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Merck Agrees to Settlement Over Vioxx Ads
The drugmaker has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement concerning advertising for the now-withdrawn painkiller...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Bats: Lester?s Story Keeps Getting Better
He beat cancer. He won Game 4 of the 2007 World Series. And he just pitched a no-hitter. To think that John Lester is still 24 years old...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
City Room: Hoard Those Corded Phones
The city's Office of Emergency Management is urging residents to "Hoard a Cord" -- a telephone with a wire that plugs into the wall -- for blackouts and other crises...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Obama Is Expected to Hit a Milestone in Today?s Votes
Barack Obama is poised to have a majority of pledged delegates after voting in Kentucky and Oregon, but the situation is delicate as he tries to unify his party...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Stocks Drop as Oil Tops $129 a Barrel
Investors reacted to record oil prices and a report that raised concerns about inflation?s impact on consumer spending...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Fire at Home of Berlin Philharmonic
Fire broke out at the building housing the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra sending plumes of smoke billowing skyward as fire fighters battled to save one of the city?s cultural icons...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Senate Panel Approves Housing Aid
A key Senate panel approved a homeowner rescue plan to give cheaper, government-backed mortgages to up to 500,000 strapped borrowers...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Court Says U.S. Currency Discriminates Against the Blind
The ruling, upholding a lower court?s decision, could force the redesign of the currency so the blind can distinguish bills? values...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Report Details Complaints Over Interrogations
A Justice Department report describes repeated clashes between F.B.I. agents and their C.I.A. and military counterparts over rough interrogation tactics...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Survivors Rescued 8 Days After China Quake
State media reported that 129 students and 10 teachers were rescued in an isolated Chinese village...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
With Primaries in Two States, Obama Looks to End Race
The tenor of the end game hinges on the composition of the presumed Clinton win in Kentucky and the margin of Barack Obama?s expected victory in Oregon...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Senator Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor
Doctors said that Senator Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor that was discovered after he suffered a seizure over the weekend...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Iraqi Troops Make Push to Regain Control of Sadr City
The military operation encountered no significant resistance as Iraqi forces took up positions near hospitals, police stations and the political headquarters of the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Top bankers 'leaving US for Asia'
The number of investment bankers moving from the US to Asia will increase, experts say, due to the credit crunch...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Fed loans $75bn to finance firms
The US central bank auctions $75bn in loans to finance firms to boost their access to credit...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Edward Kennedy has brain tumour
US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumour, doctors in Massachusetts say...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Divers find combined gold toothpick, earwax spoon
Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Plea deal in Alejandro Sanz blackmail case
A husband and wife who once worked for Latin music star Alejandro Sanz took a plea deal Monday just as their blackmail trial was about to start...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Katie Holmes headed to Broadway
Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Evan Longorias homer in 13th leads Rays past As
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Longorias homer leads Rays to 7-6 win in 13
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Spurs beat Hornets 91-82, advance to West finals
A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night in Game 7 of their second-round series...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama to reach delegate milestone today
Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Records shed light on candidates ancestors
They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama seeks delegate majority in Ore., Ky. primaries
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Large crowds at rallies an Obama trademark
Barack Obama is well known for his ability to draw large crowds, but 75,000 in Portland, Ore.?...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
Barack Obama is reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oil steady in Asia after record close
Oil prices held steady Tuesday in Asia after closing overnight above $127 for the first time on news that OPEC will not increase its output before its next meeting in September...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Dancing success plays 3 different ways
CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTELOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cristian de la Fuente overcame a serious injury to learn an important life lesson on "Dancing With the Stars."...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
12 die in South Africa anti-foreigner violence
Emmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared to Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Residents return home as workers clean acid spill
Thousands of residents were allowed to return to their homes Sunday night as crews continue to clean up hydrochloric acid that spilled when six train cars derailed a day earlier...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Workers clean up La. derailment, acid spill
Thousands of people remained evacuated from their homes Sunday as hazardous material workers cleaned up hydrochloric acid that spilled when six train cars derailed a day earlier...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
La. evacuees return home after acid spill cleared
Residents forced to flee a toxic chemical spill returned home, but a narrow evacuation perimeter remained around the site of a freight train derailment...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Rep. Bobby Rush recovering after tumor surgery
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush said he will continue to undergo post-operative treatments while recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Sen. Kennedy undergoes more tests at Mass. hospital
Sen. Edward Kennedy is undergoing further evaluation at a Boston hospital, two days after the 76-year-old Democrat suffered a seizure...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
President Bush among Sen. Kennedy well wishers
President Bush was among those calling Sen. Edward Kennedy on Monday as the Massachusetts Democrat underwent tests to determine the cause of a seizure that left him hospitalized...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Disaster fatigue leads to drop in giving
The numbers are almost too large to fathom, so many Americans stop trying. As bodies pile up in disaster after global disaster, even the most sympathetic souls can turn away...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
N.Y. man charged with killing 3 in northern N.J.
A man arrested in Southern California has been charged with murdering three people whose bodies were found in a northern New Jersey home last week...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Photographer speared by javelin at Utah meet
A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships _ and was speared through the leg by a javelin...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Apparent blast at San Diego building site 13 hurt
An explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 13 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 13 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 13 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 14 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 14 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
14 hurt in blast at San Diego construction site
A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Court martial not advised in midshipman rape case
A midshipman accused of raping another student at the U.S. Naval Academy should not face court martial because physical evidence of rape was lacking, a Navy investigator recommended...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Ex-LAPD officer gets 102 years in police raid case
A former Los Angeles police officer who participated in home invasion robberies staged to look like police raids was sentenced Monday to 102 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Minn. review Charter school doesnt teach Islam
The curriculum at a charter school catering to Muslims complies with federal and state law, the state Education Department said Monday but it directed other changes be made in religious areas...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
La. railroad overpass reopened after derailment
Authorities reopened a railroad overpass Monday that was closed when a train derailment spilled 10,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid and forced the evacuation of more than 3,000 residents...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Sports goes country at Snyders ACM show
Sports fans can thank Dan Snyder for making some of the Academy of Country Music Awards spectacle relevant for them...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Divers find combined gold toothpick, earwax spoon
Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Experts find combined gold toothpick, earwax spoon
Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 14 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 14 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
14 hurt in blast at San Diego construction site
A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Plea deal in Alejandro Sanz blackmail case
A husband and wife who once worked for Latin music star Alejandro Sanz took a plea deal Monday just as their blackmail trial was about to start...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Longorias homer leads Rays to 7-6 win in 13
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Katie Holmes headed to Broadway
Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Evan Longorias homer in 13th leads Rays past As
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Spurs beat Hornets 91-82, advance to West finals
A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night in Game 7 of their second-round series...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Records shed light on candidates ancestors
They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama seeks delegate majority in Ore., Ky. primaries
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama to reach delegate milestone today
Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Large crowds at rallies an Obama trademark
Barack Obama is well known for his ability to draw large crowds, but 75,000 in Portland, Ore.?...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
Barack Obama is reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oil steady in Asia after record close
Oil prices held steady Tuesday in Asia after closing overnight above $127 for the first time on news that OPEC will not increase its output before its next meeting in September...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Dancing success plays 3 different ways
CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTELOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cristian de la Fuente overcame a serious injury to learn an important life lesson on "Dancing With the Stars."...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
12 die in South Africa anti-foreigner violence
Emmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared to Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
TV show recounts teenage girls strikeout of Ruth, Gehrig
Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher facing Babe Ruth at a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Today in History - May 20
Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 141st day of 2008. There are 225 days left in the year...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Predators sign Martin Erat to 7-year, $31.5M deal
The Nashville Predators have signed forward Martin Erat to a seven-year, $31.5 million contract. Erat ranks third on the team in career scoring (253). He joined Nashville in the 2001-02 season after being selected in the 1999 draft...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
High gasoline prices spawning songs, signs, symbolic acts
Americans facing rising gasoline and diesel prices are cycling about, saddling up, singing out and, sometimes, resorting to violent symbolism...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
With 6 ACM noms, Rodney Atkins joins country elite
Rodney Atkins is still surprised when people recognize him in the grocery store nowadays. But give it time...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Perry survives wet day, shares AT&T Classic lead
Kenny Perry sloshed through the water-logged fairways, ducking under an umbrella every chance he got...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Parker leads Sparks to 99-94 victory over Mercury
Candace Parker scored 34 points, the most ever in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Bean takes 1-shot lead into final round of Regions
Andy Bean birdied the final hole to take a one-shot lead over Mike Goodes on Saturday heading into the final round of the Regions Charity Classic with two of the top Champions Tour players in close pursuit...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Chesney, Atkins up for country music awards
Kenny Chesney leads all nominees at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with 11 and can tie Garth Brooks by winning his fourth straight entertainer of the year trophy...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Lambert wins best-album ACM Sugarland wins twice
Miranda Lambert won album of the year and Sugarland took single record and song of the year honors Sunday for their mellow hit "Stay" at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Sugarland, Swift take early ACM honors
Sugarland took single record of the year honors for their mellow hit "Stay," and Taylor Swift won top new female vocalist Sunday at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Plea deal in Alejandro Sanz blackmail case
A husband and wife who once worked for Latin music star Alejandro Sanz took a plea deal Monday just as their blackmail trial was about to start...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Katie Holmes headed to Broadway
Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Pujols hits 2 homers for Cards 8-2 win over Padres
Albert Pujols hit two mighty home runs, and Cesar Izturis and Ryan Ludwick also went yard in leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 win over the punchless San Diego Padres on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Longorias homer leads Rays to 7-6 win in 13
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Evan Longorias homer in 13th leads Rays past As
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Records shed light on candidates ancestors
They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama to reach delegate milestone today
Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama seeks delegate majority in Ore., Ky. primaries
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Large crowds at rallies an Obama trademark
Barack Obama is well known for his ability to draw large crowds, but 75,000 in Portland, Ore.?...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
Barack Obama is reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oil steady in Asia after record close
Oil prices held steady Tuesday in Asia after closing overnight above $127 for the first time on news that OPEC will not increase its output before its next meeting in September...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Dancing success plays 3 different ways
CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTELOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cristian de la Fuente overcame a serious injury to learn an important life lesson on "Dancing With the Stars."...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
12 die in South Africa anti-foreigner violence
Emmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared to Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Workers clean up La. derailment, acid spill
Thousands of people remained evacuated from their homes Sunday as hazardous material workers cleaned up hydrochloric acid that spilled when six train cars derailed a day earlier...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Residents return home as workers clean acid spill
Thousands of residents were allowed to return to their homes Sunday night as crews continue to clean up hydrochloric acid that spilled when six train cars derailed a day earlier...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
La. evacuees return home after acid spill cleared
Residents forced to flee a toxic chemical spill returned home, but a narrow evacuation perimeter remained around the site of a freight train derailment...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Rep. Bobby Rush recovering after tumor surgery
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush said he will continue to undergo post-operative treatments while recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Sen. Kennedy undergoes more tests at Mass. hospital
Sen. Edward Kennedy is undergoing further evaluation at a Boston hospital, two days after the 76-year-old Democrat suffered a seizure...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
President Bush among Sen. Kennedy well wishers
President Bush was among those calling Sen. Edward Kennedy on Monday as the Massachusetts Democrat underwent tests to determine the cause of a seizure that left him hospitalized...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
N.Y. man charged with killing 3 in northern N.J.
A man arrested in Southern California has been charged with murdering three people whose bodies were found in a northern New Jersey home last week...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Disaster fatigue leads to drop in giving
The numbers are almost too large to fathom, so many Americans stop trying. As bodies pile up in disaster after global disaster, even the most sympathetic souls can turn away...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Photographer speared by javelin at Utah meet
A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships _ and was speared through the leg by a javelin...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Apparent blast at San Diego building site 13 hurt
An explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 13 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 13 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 13 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 14 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 14 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
14 hurt in blast at San Diego construction site
A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Court martial not advised in midshipman rape case
A midshipman accused of raping another student at the U.S. Naval Academy should not face court martial because physical evidence of rape was lacking, a Navy investigator recommended...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Ex-LAPD officer gets 102 years in police raid case
A former Los Angeles police officer who participated in home invasion robberies staged to look like police raids was sentenced Monday to 102 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Minn. review Charter school doesnt teach Islam
The curriculum at a charter school catering to Muslims complies with federal and state law, the state Education Department said Monday but it directed other changes be made in religious areas...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
La. railroad overpass reopened after derailment
Authorities reopened a railroad overpass Monday that was closed when a train derailment spilled 10,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid and forced the evacuation of more than 3,000 residents...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Experts find combined gold toothpick, earwax spoon
Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Divers find combined gold toothpick, earwax spoon
Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Police Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Explosion damages San Diego building site 14 hurt
An apparently accidental explosion rocked a Hilton hotel under construction Monday, injuring 14 workers, five of them critically, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
14 hurt in blast at San Diego construction site
A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Plea deal in Alejandro Sanz blackmail case
A husband and wife who once worked for Latin music star Alejandro Sanz took a plea deal Monday just as their blackmail trial was about to start...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Katie Holmes headed to Broadway
Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Pujols hits 2 homers for Cards 8-2 win over Padres
Albert Pujols hit two mighty home runs, and Cesar Izturis and Ryan Ludwick also went yard in leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 win over the punchless San Diego Padres on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Longorias homer leads Rays to 7-6 win in 13
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Evan Longorias homer in 13th leads Rays past As
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a pair of home runs by Frank Thomas to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Records shed light on candidates ancestors
They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama to reach delegate milestone today
Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Obama seeks delegate majority in Ore., Ky. primaries
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Large crowds at rallies an Obama trademark
Barack Obama is well known for his ability to draw large crowds, but 75,000 in Portland, Ore.?...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
Barack Obama is reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday _ a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Oil steady in Asia after record close
Oil prices held steady Tuesday in Asia after closing overnight above $127 for the first time on news that OPEC will not increase its output before its next meeting in September...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Dancing success plays 3 different ways
CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTELOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cristian de la Fuente overcame a serious injury to learn an important life lesson on "Dancing With the Stars."...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action _ she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
12 die in South Africa anti-foreigner violence
Emmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared to Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
TV show recounts teenage girls strikeout of Ruth, Gehrig
Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher facing Babe Ruth at a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Today in History - May 20
Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 141st day of 2008. There are 225 days left in the year...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Predators sign Martin Erat to 7-year, $31.5M deal
The Nashville Predators have signed forward Martin Erat to a seven-year, $31.5 million contract. Erat ranks third on the team in career scoring (253). He joined Nashville in the 2001-02 season after being selected in the 1999 draft...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
High gasoline prices spawning songs, signs, symbolic acts
Americans facing rising gasoline and diesel prices are cycling about, saddling up, singing out and, sometimes, resorting to violent symbolism...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
With 6 ACM noms, Rodney Atkins joins country elite
Rodney Atkins is still surprised when people recognize him in the grocery store nowadays. But give it time...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Perry survives wet day, shares AT&T Classic lead
Kenny Perry sloshed through the water-logged fairways, ducking under an umbrella every chance he got...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Bean takes 1-shot lead into final round of Regions
Andy Bean birdied the final hole to take a one-shot lead over Mike Goodes on Saturday heading into the final round of the Regions Charity Classic with two of the top Champions Tour players in close pursuit...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Parker leads Sparks to 99-94 victory over Mercury
Candace Parker scored 34 points, the most ever in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Chesney, Atkins up for country music awards
Kenny Chesney leads all nominees at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with 11 and can tie Garth Brooks by winning his fourth straight entertainer of the year trophy...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Sugarland, Swift take early ACM honors
Sugarland took single record of the year honors for their mellow hit "Stay," and Taylor Swift won top new female vocalist Sunday at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Lambert wins best-album ACM Sugarland wins twice
Miranda Lambert won album of the year and Sugarland took single record and song of the year honors Sunday for their mellow hit "Stay" at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards...
Southern Ledger - May 20, 2008
Home Depot Posts Lower Quarterly Profit
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home Depot reported a 66 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday as the U.S. housing meltdown hurt sales and it took a charge to close stores and cut back expansion plans...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Fossella Is Said to Be Ending Re-election Bid
Mired in scandal, Representative Vito J. Fossella of Staten Island has decided not to seek another term in Congress...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Iraqi Forces Enter Baghdad?s Sadr City
Iraq?s army moved to take control of Baghdad?s Sadr City, power base of Shi?ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in another step to stamp government authority over areas previously outside its control...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Myanmar Mourns Victims of Cyclone
Myanmar began three days of national mourning for cyclone victims, one day after agreeing to let its Southeast Asian neighbors help coordinate foreign relief assistance...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
South Africans Vent Rage at Migrants
The country is undergoing a spasm of xenophobia, with poor South Africans venting their rage on poor foreigners...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Outsider Is Appointed to Head Random House
After weeks of speculation, Bertelsmann chose Markus Dohle, the head of its printing unit, to run the division...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Lingerie Stores Enjoyed Heyday, but Now Simply Try to Survive
Hidden amid the hip shoe stores, stylish coffee shops and Asian markets on Orchard and Grand Streets are tiny remnants of the Lower East Side of long ago...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Obama Is Expected to Hit a Milestone in Today?s Votes
Barack Obama is poised to have a majority of pledged delegates after voting in Kentucky and Oregon, but the situation is delicate as he tries to unify his party...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Argentine farmers call off strike
Farm leaders in Argentina agree to suspend nationwide stoppages and protests over export taxes on food exports...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
Dealbook: A Gamble, but What if He Wins?
Carl Icahn, the corporate raider turned activist investor, is gambling to bring Microsoft back to the bargaining table and buy Yahoo...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Details of Microsoft Offer to Yahoo
Under its latest proposal to Yahoo, Microsoft would buy its search business and take a stake in the company, people briefed on the negotiations said Monday...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Memo Pad
News about airlines and airports...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Frequent Flier: Upset by Fumes and a Visit by the Biohazard Team
The trip looked as if it was going to be routine. And then a strange, malodorous scent started to permeate the cabin. Think dead rodent...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
2 at BAE Detained
U.S. officials briefly detained BAE Systems? chief executive and a director when they landed in Houston last week, BAE confirmed Monday...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Shares of Bell Canada Drop as a Buyout Deal Unravels
The uncertainty of the proposed $51.8 billion leveraged buyout of Bell Canada caused shares of the company to drop 5.6 percent in New York on Monday...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Gain From Godiva Lifts Campbell Profit as Soup Sales Fall
Though quarterly profits, helped by the sale of a chocolate unit, more than doubled from the period a year earlier, results at the Campbell Soup Company fell short of forecasts...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Lowe?s, Hurt by the Slump in Housing and the Economy, Reports Profit Fell 18%
Lowe?s, the second-largest home improvement chain behind Home Depot, cut its forecast for full-year profit and sales and said earnings for the current quarter would trail the year-earlier level...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Rising Food Prices Sharpen a European Debate
The Common Agricultural Policy, the European Union?s farm subsidy program, has been a contentious issue among member countries for many years...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Dell?s Finance Chief to Step Down
Dell, the computer maker, said Monday that Donald J. Carty, hired as chief financial officer a year and a half ago to help lead a turnaround, would resign in June...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Leading Bidder Emerges to Lease a Toll Road
A Spanish company and a unit of Citigroup teamed up to submit the highest bid for the right to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for the next 75 years...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Newspapers on Upswing in Developing Markets
New newspapers ? some backed by governments, others by business moguls and international conglomerates ? are springing up from Rwanda to Tajikistan, attracting readers and advertising money...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
On the Road: In Today?s Air Travel, Stress and Comfort Mix
Lauro Rizzatti?s perspective on the evolution of air travel is informed by an early bad experience in 1975, when the plane he was on skidded off the runway in Milan...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Advertising: Britain Tries to Lower the Volume on Commercials
New regulations restrict the loudness of television advertisements, but enforcing the new limits is proving to be a complex task...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Words of Caution Deflate Optimism
Stocks ended mixed Monday after weakness in the technology sector punctured some of the market?s enthusiasm over a report that suggested the economy could still be growing...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Google Offers Personal Health Records on the Web
The Internet search giant joins other companies, all hoping to capitalize on the potential of Internet tools to help consumers manage their own health care...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Netflix to Sell a Device for Instantly Watching Movies on TV Sets
Netflix, which will begin marketing the device on Tuesday, will not charge customers beyond their normal subscription fee...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Index Implies Slowdown May Prove a Short One
The index of leading economic indicators rose in April for a second month, the first back-to-back gain since October 2006, suggesting that the current slowdown will be short-lived...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Air Taxis Fly Into Financial Turbulence
The development of the air taxi business, built upon the proposal that commercial air service has become increasingly unreliable for business travel, is threatened by the credit crunch...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
News Analysis: Reaching Well Beyond the Farm
Few pieces of legislation generate the level of public scorn heaped upon the farm bill, but few pieces of major legislation get such overwhelming bipartisan support...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Economic Tide Is Rising for Repo Man
The recreational boating industry has faltered amid the housing slump, leading to a boom in repossessions...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Senate Leaders Agree on Housing Aid
Senate leaders reached a deal on housing legislation that might meet Bush administration approval...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Huntington Hartford, A. & P. Heir, Dies at 97
Mr. Hartford inherited a fortune from the A. & P. grocery business and lost most of it chasing his dreams as an entrepreneur, arts patron and man of leisure...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Red Sox Pitcher Throws No-Hitter
Jon Lester shut down Kansas City 7-0 Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
One for the Ladies ? and Their Friends
Even film executives seem a bit shocked by the rush of women toward the box office for ?Sex and the City.?...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Fossella Will Not Seek Re-election
Rep. Vito J. Fossella will not seek re-election to Congress, sources have told The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
The Supreme Court upheld the latest Congressional effort to curb the spread of child pornography on the Internet...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
A Living-Room Crusade via Blogging
A New Jersey stay-at-home mother has become an outspoken advocate for a Yemeni journalist, Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, who is facing execution for sedition...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Many Hands, Not Held by China, Aid in Quake
Thousands of Chinese have streamed into the quake region or donated record sums of money in a striking and unscripted public response...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Abroad: No Rescue, Yet, for Airport That Saved Berlin
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the historic, American-led airlift to supply a besieged capital, the mayor is planning to close the airport by year?s end...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
War Takes Toll on Baghdad Psychiatric Hospital
Once considered a jewel of the country?s medical system, Ibn Rushid hospital has only four psychiatrists left...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
As Term Wanes, Bloomberg?s Temper Boils Up
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is often a polite man in public. But recent setbacks have changed things...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
Obama Expected to Hit Milestone in Tuesday?s Votes
Barack Obama is poised to have a majority of pledged delegates after balloting in Kentucky and Oregon, but the situation is delicate as he tries to unify his party...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
McCain Finds a Thorny Path in Ethics Effort
The messy process of trying to purge John McCain?s campaign of conflicts of interest has so far focused only more attention on the backgrounds of his advisers...
New York Times - May 20, 2008
US 'violated Venezuela airspace'
Venezuela demands an explanation from Washington after a US military aircraft enters its airspace...
BBC News - May 20, 2008
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