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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
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Israelis, Palestinians welcome 2nd day of truce
Israelis and Palestinians skeptically welcomed a second peaceful day of a cease-fire Friday, soaking up the sun at beaches and markets while warily predicting that their newfound quiet would be brief...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
EU endorses new border security rules
European Union leaders want their nations to fingerprint all foreign visitors and take other new steps to keep out illegal immigrants as part of a sweeping security overhaul proposed Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Afghan villagers return to grim aftermath of fight
Corpses lay stinking in the shade of mulberry trees and in the ruins of a collapsed storehouse. Villagers rushed home to see if their livestock had died in the heat. Afghan soldiers placed red signs warning of bombs planted alongside the road...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Joba fans 9, Yanks top Padres for 7th straight win
Joba Chamberlain struck out a career-high nine, Alex Rodriguez delivered another key hit and the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 Thursday for their seventh straight victory...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Citibank sues Ed McMahon for outstanding debts
Citibank is suing Ed McMahon, seeking to recoup nearly $200,000 lent to the financially strapped Hollywood icon, court records show...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hollywood prepares for Daytime Emmys
The Daytime Emmys are aspiring to get a party started...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Morgan Pressel leads Wegmans LPGA
Morgan Pressel, intensifying her practice routines as she moves beyond her teens, shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen midway through the Wegmans LPGA...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Cink leads Travelers Championship
Stewart Cink moved to the top of the Travelers Championship leaderboard Friday, making two long eagle putts in a 6-under 64 that left him a stroke ahead of defending champion Hunter Mahan and two others...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ramirez homers in 9th as Cubs edge White Sox 4-3
The Cubs struck first in a spirited showdown of first-place teams who share the same city. Aramis Ramirez led off the bottom of the ninth with his second homer of the game to send the Cubs to a 4-3 victory Friday over the White Sox at raucous Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford cuts sales view, delays new pickup 2 months
Faced with a continuing plunge in pickup truck and sport utility vehicle sales, Ford Motor Co. on Friday tried to deal with the mess by delaying production of the new F-150 pickup truck and announcing further factory cuts...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford delays new pickup 2 months, cuts sales view
Ford Motor Co. will delay introduction of its new F-150 pickup truck by two months and further cut production because of the declining market for pickups and sport utility vehicles, the automaker announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Winnebago profit skids 73 pct in 3Q
Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive motor homes sales lower industrywide...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Michelle Obama discusses experience as working mom
Michelle Obama on Friday drew from her experience as a working mother to emphasize the importance of fairness in the workplace and her support for family friendly policies...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Alaska hikers recount their measures for survival
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Agents search for NY swindler who faked suicide
If Samuel Israel III had reported to prison like he was supposed to, he would probably be washing dishes, mopping floors or serving meals to fellow inmates today. And he might be getting up at 4:30 a.m. to do it...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Reports Teen girls made pact to get pregnant
A pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School, school officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Man, 19, to stand trial in LA athlete murder case
A suspected gang member has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a Los Angeles high school football star...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Officials suspend Calif. aerial spraying program
Officials on Thursday abruptly canceled a state program to spray chemicals to combat crop-eating moth in urban areas after months of public uproar over its unclear effects on the environment and human health...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Suspected gunman arrested in Indy teller shooting
A man was arrested early Friday as the suspected triggerman in the shooting of a pregnant bank teller who later lost the twin girls she was carrying...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Flooding strands 100-plus barges on Mississippi
The flooding in the Midwest has brought freight traffic on the upper Mississippi to a standstill, stranding more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement, scrap metal, fertilizer and other products while shippers wait for the water to drop on the Big Muddy...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
New Orleans streetcar reopens as transit struggles
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the 1920s-era St. Charles Avenue streetcar will clack along its entire 13-mile route Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Fla. man charged in weapons contracting case
A 22-year-old Miami Beach man who had a contract with the U.S. military has been charged with providing prohibited Chinese-made ammunition and saying it came from Albania...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Fla. to sue Army Corps of Engineers over water
Florida said it intends to sue the Army Corps of Engineers for violating the Endangered Species Act, a move which could further complicate already strained regional relations over shared water resources...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
At least 12 hurt as cars plow into 2 NYC crowds
At least a dozen people are hurt after vehicles veered onto sidewalks in two accidents in bustling Manhattan neighborhoods...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Agreement gives more 911 workers health benefits
Gov. David Paterson said Friday that he has reached an agreement with New York state legislative leaders to extend health benefits to hundreds of workers who toiled at the World Trade Center site after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
N.H. woman who killed 2 boyfriends sane, jury says
A woman who claimed she was an angel sent from God to punish pedophiles was convicted Friday of murdering two boyfriends by a jury that rejected her insanity defense...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians welcome 2nd day of truce
Israelis and Palestinians skeptically welcomed a second peaceful day of a cease-fire Friday, soaking up the sun at beaches and markets while warily predicting that their newfound quiet would be brief...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
EU endorses new border security rules
European Union leaders want their nations to fingerprint all foreign visitors and take other new steps to keep out illegal immigrants as part of a sweeping security overhaul proposed Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Study Moving virus research could be costly
An outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations the White House is considering for a new high-security research laboratory would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than from the isolated island laboratory where such research is now conducted, says a new report published Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ocean-monitoring satellite blasts off from Calif.
A rocket carrying a U.S.-French ocean-monitoring satellite lifted off early Friday from the central California coast...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Afghan villagers return to grim aftermath of fight
Corpses lay stinking in the shade of mulberry trees and in the ruins of a collapsed storehouse. Villagers rushed home to see if their livestock had died in the heat. Afghan soldiers placed red signs warning of bombs planted alongside the road...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Citibank sues Ed McMahon for outstanding debts
Citibank is suing Ed McMahon, seeking to recoup nearly $200,000 lent to the financially strapped Hollywood icon, court records show...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hollywood prepares for Daytime Emmys
The Daytime Emmys are aspiring to get a party started...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Morgan Pressel leads Wegmans LPGA
Morgan Pressel, intensifying her practice routines as she moves beyond her teens, shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen midway through the Wegmans LPGA...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Cink leads Travelers Championship
Stewart Cink moved to the top of the Travelers Championship leaderboard Friday, making two long eagle putts in a 6-under 64 that left him a stroke ahead of defending champion Hunter Mahan and two others...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ramirez homers in 9th as Cubs edge White Sox 4-3
The Cubs struck first in a spirited showdown of first-place teams who share the same city. Aramis Ramirez led off the bottom of the ninth with his second homer of the game to send the Cubs to a 4-3 victory Friday over the White Sox at raucous Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Joba fans 9, Yanks top Padres for 7th straight win
Joba Chamberlain struck out a career-high nine, Alex Rodriguez delivered another key hit and the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 Thursday for their seventh straight victory...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford delays new pickup 2 months, cuts sales view
Ford Motor Co. will delay introduction of its new F-150 pickup truck by two months and further cut production because of the declining market for pickups and sport utility vehicles, the automaker announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Winnebago profit skids 73 pct in 3Q
Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive motor homes sales lower industrywide...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Michelle Obama discusses experience as working mom
Michelle Obama on Friday drew from her experience as a working mother to emphasize the importance of fairness in the workplace and her support for family friendly policies...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford cuts sales view, delays new pickup 2 months
Faced with a continuing plunge in pickup truck and sport utility vehicle sales, Ford Motor Co. on Friday tried to deal with the mess by delaying production of the new F-150 pickup truck and announcing further factory cuts...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Flooding strands 100-plus barges on Mississippi
The flooding in the Midwest has brought freight traffic on the upper Mississippi to a standstill, stranding more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement, scrap metal, fertilizer and other products while shippers wait for the water to drop on the Big Muddy...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Agents search for NY swindler who faked suicide
If Samuel Israel III had reported to prison like he was supposed to, he would probably be washing dishes, mopping floors or serving meals to fellow inmates today. And he might be getting up at 4:30 a.m. to do it...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Knee surgery for Woods creates 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Chinese steel imports 'injure' US
A $1.4bn industry has been 'injured' by imports of subsidised Chinese steel pipe, a US commission says...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
UK accused 'thought of suicide'
A Briton accused of murdering his wife and daughter wanted to kill himself after he discovered their bodies, a US court hears...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Ocean-monitoring satellite blasts off from Calif.
A rocket carrying a U.S.-French ocean-monitoring satellite lifted off early Friday from the central California coast...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Hundreds of Shiites protest US-Iraqi security deal
Hundreds of followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets after Friday prayers in Shiite areas to protest plans for a longterm security pact between Iraq and the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Japan quake death toll rises to 12
Police say rescue workers have recovered another body from a landslide triggered by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Campbell pleads guilty to Heathrow police assault
Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting two police officers during an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. She has not been sentenced yet...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Carell hosts charity screening of Get Smart
Steve Carell stepped out of "The Office" to join the fight against cancer at a benefit that featured a screening of his new movie, "Get Smart."...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lowery, 3 others shoot 64s at PGAs Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Naomi Campbell gets 200 hours for air rage
Temperamental model Naomi Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service Friday after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers after an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Naomi Campbell pleads guilty in air rage case
Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting two police officers during an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. She has not been sentenced yet...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bloomberg defends Obama before Jewish audience
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging Jewish voters to denounce the online whisper campaign that for months has pushed the false rumor that Democrat Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
With money, Obama to try to widen the battleground
Barack Obama faced two critical questions: where to play and how to pay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa
Sen. John McCain toured flood-damaged southeastern Iowa on Thursday, walking past half-submerged buildings, washed-out roads and thousands of sandbags filled hurriedly in a vain attempt to hold back the waters...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
4 players shoot 64s in Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hats and heels take the day at Ascots Ladies Day
This was no time for sensible shoes. Or sensible anything, for that matter...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Ford delays new pickup 2 months, cuts sales view
Ford Motor Co. will delay introduction of its new F-150 pickup truck by two months and further cut production because of the declining market for pickups and sport utility vehicles, the automaker announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Winnebago profit skids 73 pct in 3Q
Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive motor homes sales lower industrywide...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices rise above $132 in Asia
Oil prices rose Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Southern California blisters in record heat wave
Southern California roasted Thursday in a record-breaking, end-of-spring heat wave that sent temperatures soaring past 100 degrees in many areas, posing hazards for anyone who ventured outside...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Man, 19, to stand trial in LA athlete murder case
A suspected gang member has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a Los Angeles high school football star...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Officials suspend Calif. aerial spraying program
Officials on Thursday abruptly canceled a state program to spray chemicals to combat crop-eating moth in urban areas after months of public uproar over its unclear effects on the environment and human health...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Alaska hikers recount their measures for survival
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Police wake man at 3 a.m. to warn of unlocked door
A Lakeville man says he feels violated after two police officers woke him up at 3 a.m. to tell him his door was unlocked...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ship burning south of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
The Coast Guard is responding to a fire aboard a container ship 700 miles south of Dutch Harbor, Alaska...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Floodwaters ruin Iowa grocers retirement plans
The marquee out front says it all: "God Bless You Neighbors and Good Luck."...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Agents search for NY swindler who faked suicide
If Samuel Israel III had reported to prison like he was supposed to, he would probably be washing dishes, mopping floors or serving meals to fellow inmates today. And he might be getting up at 4:30 a.m. to do it...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Arrest in shooting of pregnant Ind. bank teller
A man was arrested early Friday on charges of attempted murder and feticide for allegedly shooting a pregnant bank teller during a robbery, causing her to lose her twins...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Fla. to sue Army Corps of Engineers in water dispute
Florida is planning to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers because of a multistate water dispute...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors set wedding date
Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross are getting married, just in time for the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ship fire out south of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
The Coast Guard says a fire has been extinguished aboard a container ship traveling in the North Pacific...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Hundreds of Shiites protest US-Iraqi security deal
Hundreds of followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets after Friday prayers in Shiite areas to protest plans for a longterm security pact between Iraq and the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ocean-monitoring satellite blasts off from Calif.
A rocket carrying a U.S.-French ocean-monitoring satellite lifted off early Friday from the central California coast...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Japan quake death toll rises to 12
Police say rescue workers have recovered another body from a landslide triggered by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Campbell pleads guilty to Heathrow police assault
Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting two police officers during an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. She has not been sentenced yet...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Carell hosts charity screening of Get Smart
Steve Carell stepped out of "The Office" to join the fight against cancer at a benefit that featured a screening of his new movie, "Get Smart."...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
4 players shoot 64s in Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lowery, 3 others shoot 64s at PGAs Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Naomi Campbell gets 200 hours for air rage
Temperamental model Naomi Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service Friday after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers after an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Naomi Campbell pleads guilty in air rage case
Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting two police officers during an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. She has not been sentenced yet...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices rise above $132 in Asia
Oil prices rose Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bloomberg defends Obama before Jewish audience
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging Jewish voters to denounce the online whisper campaign that for months has pushed the false rumor that Democrat Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
With money, Obama to try to widen the battleground
Barack Obama faced two critical questions: where to play and how to pay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa
Sen. John McCain toured flood-damaged southeastern Iowa on Thursday, walking past half-submerged buildings, washed-out roads and thousands of sandbags filled hurriedly in a vain attempt to hold back the waters...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Hats and heels take the day at Ascots Ladies Day
This was no time for sensible shoes. Or sensible anything, for that matter...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Ford delays new pickup 2 months, cuts sales view
Ford Motor Co. will delay introduction of its new F-150 pickup truck by two months and further cut production because of the declining market for pickups and sport utility vehicles, the automaker announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Winnebago profit skids 73 pct in 3Q
Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive motor homes sales lower industrywide...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Agents search for NY swindler who faked suicide
If Samuel Israel III had reported to prison like he was supposed to, he would probably be washing dishes, mopping floors or serving meals to fellow inmates today. And he might be getting up at 4:30 a.m. to do it...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Knee surgery for Woods creates 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 20, 2008
Born again?
John McCain woos uneasy evangelical Christians...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Bush aides 'may have broken law'
An ex-White House press secretary says he does not know if officials broke laws when they leaked a CIA agent's identity...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Latin America outraged at EU plan
Latin American leaders react angrily to a new EU law that could jail illegal immigrants for up 18 months before deportation...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Ocean-monitoring satellite blasts off from Calif.
A rocket carrying a U.S.-French ocean-monitoring satellite lifted off early Friday from the central California coast...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Settler fires rocket at Palestinians
Israeli security officials say students from a far-right Jewish theological seminary on a West Bank settlement built a crude rocket and fired it at a nearby Palestinian village, although it failed to reach its target...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Suicide bomber ambushes military convoy, killing 6
A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy as it drove through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lawmakers fail to gag celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay
A Senate panel rejected calls Thursday to ban certain swear words on Australian TV following an inquiry prompted by a popular series on restaurant kitchens with foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Rockers Poison sue label over royalties
Members of the rock band Poison claim their recording label has consistently underpaid royalties to the group throughout their career, according to a lawsuit...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Poison sues label over royalties
Members of Poison say their record label has consistently underpaid them royalties throughout their career, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
4 players shoot 64s in Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lowery, 3 others shoot 64s at PGAs Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Carell hosts charity screening of Get Smart
Steve Carell stepped out of "The Office" to join the fight against cancer at a benefit that featured a screening of his new movie, "Get Smart."...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
With money, Obama to try to widen the battleground
Barack Obama faced two critical questions: where to play and how to pay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa
Sen. John McCain toured flood-damaged southeastern Iowa on Thursday, walking past half-submerged buildings, washed-out roads and thousands of sandbags filled hurriedly in a vain attempt to hold back the waters...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain meets with Hispanic leaders
Republican presidential John McCain assured Hispanic leaders he would push through Congress legislation to overhaul federal immigration laws if elected, several people who attended a private meeting with the candidate said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bush tours flooded Iowa cities, says hes listening
Carrying the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said on a tour of Midwest flooding on Thursday that he is listening to small-town concerns and understands the exhaustion of rescuers...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices rise above $132 in Asia
Oil prices rose Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices steady in Asia above $132
Oil prices steadied Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Hats and heels take the day at Ascots Ladies Day
This was no time for sensible shoes. Or sensible anything, for that matter...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
2 former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged
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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 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 20, 2008
Southern California blisters in record heat wave
Southern California roasted Thursday in a record-breaking, end-of-spring heat wave that sent temperatures soaring past 100 degrees i | | | | |
