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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Astronauts step out for longest, hardest spacewalk
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Zimbabwe rejects Carter, Annan, Machel
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Romes chaos and crime meets its would-be Giuliani
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Jetliner plot suspect believed killed in Pakistan
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Economy, not rights, rules the new China-US world
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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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 23, 2008
Gunman in Iraq kills 2 American soldiers, wounds 4
A disgruntled local official opened fire Monday on U.S. soldiers attending a municipal council meeting southeast of Baghdad, killing two of them and wounding four other Americans, U.S. and Iraqi officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Freed of militias, Basra has new problems
Men and women can openly study and party together for the first time in years at Basra University, free from the threat of Shiite gunmen enforcing extreme Islamic views...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Divers will try to enter capsized ship off Philippines
Two teams of rescuers prepared Monday to dive into typhoon-roiled waters off the Philippines to find a way inside a capsized ferry in a desperate effort to locate some 800 people believed to be aboard...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Comedian George Carlin dies at age 71
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer, Serena Williams off to winning starts at Wimbledon
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer wins to open bid for sixth straight Wimbledon title
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Don Imus once again brings race to airwaves
Don Imus has once again injected race into his radio show...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Vidal Sassoon works on Habitat project in New Orleans
The idea of dozens of hairstylists swinging hammers and driving nails may be outrageous to some, but to Vidal Sassoon, it makes perfect sense...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Big box on The Sopranos
A a 30-disc box set with every episode of the HBO series "The Sopranos" weighs in at nearly 10 pounds...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Political Play Obama carries lucky charms
Presidential campaigns use all sorts of sophisticated operations against their opponents, but Barack Obama is also relying on some good, old-fashioned lucky charms...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
McCain disavows aides comment about terrorism
John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on the United States in this election year would benefit the Republican presidential candidate...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cindy McCain to headline fundraiser in London
Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, was hosting a campaign fundraiser in London on Thursday after she completes a humanitarian visit to southeast Asia...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer, Serena Williams win openers at Wimbledon
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Wheldon takes Iowa 250 for 2nd win of season
Most people think of their 30th birthday as a milestone to forget. Dan Wheldon spent his in victory lane...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mortgage crisis spooking high-end developments
With the developer forced into bankruptcy, Hugh Smith worries about the $1 million he and a partner sunk into bare lots at Promontory, a half-built, sprawling residence club in a post-Olympic town saturated with second homes for wealthy Boomers...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Fed is expected to hold interest rates steady
Straddling risky economic crosscurrents, the Federal Reserve is expected to stand still this week on interest rates...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash
Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing
Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Wildfire burns homes along N. California coast
A fast-moving fire erupted Friday along the Northern California coast, burning homes, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and backing up traffic for miles on a scenic highway...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Relief in sight from California heat wave
Californians exhausted by a nearly weeklong heat wave looked for relief Sunday from the triple-digit temperatures that have strained air conditioners and power companies...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Mississippi crests at hard-hit Mo., Ill. towns
The upper Mississippi River has largely reached its high point after rising for weeks and flooding towns in Missouri and Illinois...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Protected natl park bay in NYC is boat graveyard
Jamaica Bay is located within the only national park in New York City, a place where herring gulls pirouette overhead, Canada geese sail in naval formation in quiet coves and harbor seals frolic on the shoreline...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Wildfires were scattered around Northern California on Sunday in the heart of wine country and in remote forests, the latest in what has become an unusually destructive year...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84
Revius Ortique Jr., the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 84...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Midwest worshippers hear good news River cresting
The faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hard-hit by flooding along the Mississippi River, and many found comfort in word that the swollen waterway had apparently started to hit its high point...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
California firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern California, the latest batch of destructive blazes in the bone-dry state...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Wildfires were scattered around Northern California on Sunday in the heart of wine country and in remote forests, the latest in what has become an unusually destructive year...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
U of California president talks about his new job
Mark Yudof took office last week as president of the 10-campus University of California system, perhaps the highest-profile job in all of public higher education...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker
For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Forecaster End is near to Mississippi River rise
The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Comedian George Carlin dead at age 71
A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Dad of 2 slain Texas children charged with murder
A man who led police to the charred remains of his two children has been charged with capital murder...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Charges filed in shooting of pregnant bank teller
A man accused of shooting a pregnant teller during a bank robbery and causing her to lose the twins she was carrying was charged Monday with two counts of killing a fetus, among other charges...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Defense claims murder-suicide in Britons trial
A defense attorney for a British man accused of killing his wife and 9-month-old daughter told a jury Monday that his wife shot the baby and committed suicide, and that he covered up her actions to "protect her honor."...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi River
With three days to go before the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Flood victims say FEMA is doing a heckuva job
When floodwaters knocked out the water treatment plant in Mason City, Iowa, FEMA rolled into town and promptly set up an account with a Pepsi bottler to supply bottled water. Then FEMA officials moved into a vacant store and began handing out the stuff...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
L.A. seeing more people living out of their cars
Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile who are four wheels away from homelessness...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Man gets 22 years for plotting Calif. attacks
One of four men accused of plotting from behind bars to attack military sites, synagogues and other targets in California was sentenced Monday to 22 years in federal prison...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Court upholds conviction in terrorism-related case
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man who lied to a federal grand jury about his training with a U.S.-based Pakistani militant group...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Train derails in La. after crash with log truck
Several Kansas City Southern train cars have derailed and three are on fire after colliding with a log truck in northern Louisiana...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
2 killed, 13 injured in van rollover in Texas
A van loaded with vacationers on their way to Mexico rolled over on a highway southwest of San Antonio, killing two people and injuring 13 others, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Bush visits Vermont Laura Bush, that is
This may be as close as Vermont gets to having President Bush make an appearance _ his wife has stopped by for a visit...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Trial in East Texas sex club case postponed
A judge has postponed the trial of a man accused of helping run an East Texas swingers club where children allegedly performed sex shows for adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
South Carolina lottery numbers
Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the South Carolina state lottery:...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Jet makes emergency landing at LA airport
Authorities say an American Airlines jet carrying hazardous material has made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport after the pilot reported smoke and the smell of fuel in the cockpit...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Legal help too slow in Texas arrest, high court says
A man whose life was turned upside-down by a wrongful arrest and weeks in jail should have been given access to a lawyer sooner so he could have shown the arrest was erroneous, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Freed of militias, Basra has new problems
Men and women can openly study and party together for the first time in years at Basra University, free from the threat of Shiite gunmen enforcing extreme Islamic views...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
N.M. school tries to reach students via podcast
Students at a rural New Mexico school made a unique pledge last winter: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zunes...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mexico recovers 929 pre-Columbian pieces
Mexico recovered more than 900 pre-Columbian artifacts seized from smugglers in the U.S. and Canada, including 800-year-old fiber sandals, spears and hunting bows looted from nomadic caves, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2008
Gunman in Iraq kills 2 American soldiers, wounds 4
A disgruntled local official opened fire Monday on U.S. soldiers attending a municipal council meeting southeast of Baghdad, killing two of them and wounding four other Americans, U.S. and Iraqi officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi River
With three days to go before the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Divers will try to enter capsized ship off Philippines
Two teams of rescuers prepared Monday to dive into typhoon-roiled waters off the Philippines to find a way inside a capsized ferry in a desperate effort to locate some 800 people believed to be aboard...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Big box on The Sopranos
A a 30-disc box set with every episode of the HBO series "The Sopranos" weighs in at nearly 10 pounds...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Comedian George Carlin dies at age 71
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Dad of 2 slain Texas children charged with murder
A man who led police to the charred remains of his two children has been charged with capital murder...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Charges filed in shooting of pregnant bank teller
A man accused of shooting a pregnant teller during a bank robbery and causing her to lose the twins she was carrying was charged Monday with two counts of killing a fetus, among other charges...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Defense claims murder-suicide in Britons trial
A defense attorney for a British man accused of killing his wife and 9-month-old daughter told a jury Monday that his wife shot the baby and committed suicide, and that he covered up her actions to "protect her honor."...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer, Serena Williams win openers at Wimbledon
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer, Serena Williams off to winning starts at Wimbledon
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer wins to open bid for sixth straight Wimbledon title
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Don Imus once again brings race to airwaves
Don Imus has once again injected race into his radio show...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Vidal Sassoon works on Habitat project in New Orleans
The idea of dozens of hairstylists swinging hammers and driving nails may be outrageous to some, but to Vidal Sassoon, it makes perfect sense...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Political Play Obama carries lucky charms
Presidential campaigns use all sorts of sophisticated operations against their opponents, but Barack Obama is also relying on some good, old-fashioned lucky charms...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
McCain disavows aides comment about terrorism
John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on the United States in this election year would benefit the Republican presidential candidate...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cindy McCain to headline fundraiser in London
Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, was hosting a campaign fundraiser in London on Thursday after she completes a humanitarian visit to southeast Asia...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Wheldon takes Iowa 250 for 2nd win of season
Most people think of their 30th birthday as a milestone to forget. Dan Wheldon spent his in victory lane...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mortgage crisis spooking high-end developments
With the developer forced into bankruptcy, Hugh Smith worries about the $1 million he and a partner sunk into bare lots at Promontory, a half-built, sprawling residence club in a post-Olympic town saturated with second homes for wealthy Boomers...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Fed is expected to hold interest rates steady
Straddling risky economic crosscurrents, the Federal Reserve is expected to stand still this week on interest rates...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash
Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing
Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Wildfire burns homes along N. California coast
A fast-moving fire erupted Friday along the Northern California coast, burning homes, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and backing up traffic for miles on a scenic highway...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Relief in sight from California heat wave
Californians exhausted by a nearly weeklong heat wave looked for relief Sunday from the triple-digit temperatures that have strained air conditioners and power companies...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Wildfires were scattered around Northern California on Sunday in the heart of wine country and in remote forests, the latest in what has become an unusually destructive year...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2008
Obama raps McCain on flood prevention programs
With communities in the Midwest still under water, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday criticized Republican John McCain for opposing federal spending on flood prevention programs and opened a new debate in the White House race...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Obama, McCain spar on levees
With communities in the Midwest still under water, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday criticized Republican John McCain for opposing federal spending on flood prevention programs and opened a new debate in the White House race...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Land lost, Ky., Tenn. families fight for heritage
First, they lost their land. Now the people whose families were evicted in the 1960s to create a vast nature preserve in western Kentucky and Tennessee are wrangling with the U.S. Forest Service over how to present their history to visitors...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Stamkos, Doughty, Bogosian go 1-2-3 in NHL draft
Steven Stamkos was selected with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night. The Lightning made no secret how much they liked the speedy, offensive-minded 18-year-old forward from suburban Toronto and chose him just minutes after they went onto the draft clock...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Home of Pacman Jones up for foreclosure sale
A foreclosure sale has been published involving the home of former Tennessee Titan Adam "Pacman" Jones...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cink finally closes 1 out, wins Travelers Championship
Stewart Cink won the Travelers Championship by one shot Sunday after weathering a thunderstorm, an early bogey and late charges from defending champion Hunter Mahan and Tommy Armour III...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cink extends lead at Travelers
Stewart Cink birdied the final two holes Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cink extends lead at Travelers, 1st Ld-Writethru
Stewart Cink birdied the final two holes Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cink takes 2-stroke lead into Travelers finale
Stewart Cink birdied the final two holes Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Troy Dumais is 1st to earn Olympic diving berth
Troy Dumais has become the first diver to make the U.S. Olympic team. Dumais completed a dominating performance in 3-meter springboard Saturday at the trials in Indianapolis. The Californian will be making his third trip to the Olympics. He was sixth on springboard at Sydney and Athens...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Canadian 'bomb plotter' on trial
A Canadian software developer was part of a plan to detonate a 600kg bomb, prosecutors claim...
BBC News - June 23, 2008
McCain aide regrets terror remark
An aide to US presidential hopeful John McCain regrets saying that a terror attack on the US would be an advantage for his campaign...
BBC News - June 23, 2008
'No pregnancy pact' says US mayor
There is no evidence that 17 Massachusetts schoolgirls became pregnant because of a "pregnancy pact", the town's mayor says...
BBC News - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Ferry survivors drifted at sea for 24 hours
Roiling seas stalled efforts Monday to get inside a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon while survivors recalled drifting at sea for more than 24 hours, first in a raft and then in life jackets...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
55 militants killed in Afghan battle
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has killed 55 militants in the east of the country...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Philippines rescuers may bore hole in ferry
Rescuers in the Philippines may bore a hole in a ferry capsized by a deady typhoon in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
George Carlin mourned as counterculture hero
Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Some People Are Stupid. Stuff. People I Can Do Without...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
George Carlin mourned as a counterculture hero
Acerbic standup comedian and satirist George Carlin, whose staunch defense of free speech in his most famous routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Counterculture comedian Carlin dies at 71
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Carlin, counterculture comedians dean, dies at 71
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer wins to open bid for sixth straight Wimbledon title
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Spain takes step to lose underachiever tag
Spain took a big step toward shedding its underachiever reputation _ against World Cup champion Italy, no less...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Teixeira hits 3 homers to lead Braves
Mark Teixeira waited two years for his second career three-homer game. Cito Gaston waited much longer for another win managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Teixeira connected from both sides of the plate, leading the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. It was the first three-homer game for an Atlanta player at Turner Field...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mandela in London for birthday bash
Nelson Mandela is in London for a week of events to celebrate his 90th birthday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Obama, Hillary Clinton to campaign together on Fri.
Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are planning their first joint general election appearance Friday in Unity, N.H...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas at $4 brings promises, pandering
Like two rival filling-station owners across the highway in long-begone price wars, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain keep putting up flashy signs and offering new incentives in hopes of attracting customers battered by $4 gas prices...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Wildfire burns homes along N. California coast
A fast-moving fire erupted Friday along the Northern California coast, burning homes, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and backing up traffic for miles on a scenic highway...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Loukas earns frist trip to Olympics in womens springboard
Christina Loukas has become the second member of the U.S. diving team for the Beijing Games, winning the 3-meter springboard at the Olympic trials...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash
Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing
Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Wildfires were scattered around Northern California on Sunday in the heart of wine country and in remote forests, the latest in what has become an unusually destructive year...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Relief in sight as California continues to swelter
A blistering heat wave persisted across much of California on Saturday and kept energy demand high, while forecasters gave hope that the misery might let up soon...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Blistering heat wave continues in California
A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no signs of letting up Saturday as temperatures headed back toward triple digits...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gay couples across California trade weekend vows
Same-sex couples across California exchanged vows and wedding bands on the first weekend since the state began allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters wrestle with dozens of blazes
Thunderstorms sparked as many as 75 wildfires in a wilderness area in far Northern California on Saturday as officials farther south got close to containing a blaze that destroyed several homes and forced thousands to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Protected natl park bay in NYC is boat graveyard
Jamaica Bay is located within the only national park in New York City, a place where herring gulls pirouette overhead, Canada geese sail in naval formation in quiet coves and harbor seals frolic on the shoreline...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Fuel, feed costs crippling US catfish industry
Rick Moyer gazes at the sun-charred bottom of the pond next to his 600-acre catfish farm and shakes his head _ another farmer scrambling to stay solvent has drained the pond and will till it for row crops...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Md. plantation attic holds 400 years of documents
For four centuries, they were the ultimate pack rats...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mississippi River level rises beyond forecasts
Amid the battle to hold back the swollen Mississippi River, some towns in northeastern Missouri and Illinois got an unwelcome surprise Saturday as river levels rose higher than projected...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Relief in sight from California heat wave
Californians exhausted by a nearly weeklong heat wave looked for relief Sunday from the triple-digit temperatures that have strained air conditioners and power companies...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters wrestle with hundreds of blazes
Lightning sparked as many as 400 fires that burned around Northern California on Sunday, as officials farther south were close to containing a blaze that had destroyed more than a dozen homes and forced thousands to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84
Revius Ortique Jr., the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 84...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Midwest worshippers hear good news River cresting
The faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hard-hit by flooding along the Mississippi River, and many found comfort in word that the swollen waterway had apparently started to hit its high point...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
California firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern California, the latest batch of destructive blazes in the bone-dry state...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Wildfires were scattered around Northern California on Sunday in the heart of wine country and in remote forests, the latest in what has become an unusually destructive year...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mississippi crests at hard-hit Mo., Ill. towns
The upper Mississippi River has largely reached its high point after rising for weeks and flooding towns in Missouri and Illinois...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Former national skydiving champ killed in accident
A former national champion skydiver has died after his parachute failed to open during a weekend accident at Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, Calif...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Seals island is dumping ground for marine debris
Huge, whiskered male fur seals called "beach masters" are back on St. Paul Island after swimming a gantlet of lost or discarded fishing gear floating in the Bering Sea...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker
For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Forecaster End is near to Mississippi River rise
The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Comedian George Carlin dead at age 71
A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Crews gain ground on wildfires in California
Cooler weather Monday helped firefighters gain ground on hundreds of wildfires that have charred bone-dry terrain in both wine country and remote forests in Northern California...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gloucester, Mass. officials discuss teen pregnancy
The Gloucester, Mass. principal who claimed that some of the 17 pregnant girls in his school had made a pact to become pregnant is not attending a meeting of city leaders on the subject...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Magnitude-4.0 quake shakes city east of L.A.
A magnitude-4.0 earthquake has hit east of Los Angeles, but authorities say there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gloucester officials to discuss teen pregnancy
The Gloucester, Mass. principal who claimed that some of the 17 pregnant girls in his school had made a pact to become pregnant will not attend a meeting of city leaders on the subject...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Suspect in officer shooting is killed in Anaheim
Police in Anaheim, Calif. shot and killed a suspect on a crowded freeway, and a motorist was wounded in the gunbattle...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
6 killed in central La. mobile home fire
Six people are dead after a fire gutted a mobile home near Pollock in central Louisiana...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
N.M. school tries to reach students via podcast
Students at a rural New Mexico school made a unique pledge last winter: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zunes...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mexico recovers 929 pre-Columbian pieces
Mexico recovered more than 900 pre-Columbian artifacts seized from smugglers in the U.S. and Canada, including 800-year-old fiber sandals, spears and hunting bows looted from nomadic caves, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition leader seeks refuge with Dutch
The Dutch Foreign Ministry says Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has sought refuge in the Dutch Embassy in Harare...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Faction fighting continues in northern Lebanon
Heavy fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli raged for a second day Monday and officials said four more people died overnight...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Ferry survivors drifted at sea for 24 hours
Roiling seas stalled efforts Monday to get inside a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon while survivors recalled drifting at sea for more than 24 hours, first in a raft and then in life jackets...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
55 militants killed in Afghan battle
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has killed 55 militants in the east of the country...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Philippines rescuers may bore hole in ferry
Rescuers in the Philippines may bore a hole in a ferry capsized by a deady typhoon in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Carlin, counterculture comedians dean, dies at 71
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker
For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Forecaster End is near to Mississippi River rise
The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Comedian George Carlin dead at age 71
A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Spain takes step to lose underachiever tag
Spain took a big step toward shedding its underachiever reputation _ against World Cup champion Italy, no less...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Teixeira hits 3 homers to lead Braves
Mark Teixeira waited two years for his second career three-homer game. Cito Gaston waited much longer for another win managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Teixeira connected from both sides of the plate, leading the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. It was the first three-homer game for an Atlanta player at Turner Field...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Mandela in London for birthday bash
Nelson Mandela is in London for a week of events to celebrate his 90th birthday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
George Carlin mourned as counterculture hero
Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Some People Are Stupid. Stuff. People I Can Do Without...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
George Carlin mourned as a counterculture hero
Acerbic standup comedian and satirist George Carlin, whose staunch defense of free speech in his most famous routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Counterculture comedian Carlin dies at 71
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Federer wins to open bid for sixth straight Wimbledon title
Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Obama, Hillary Clinton to campaign together on Fri.
Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are planning their first joint general election appearance Friday in Unity, N.H...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas at $4 brings promises, pandering
Like two rival filling-station owners across the highway in long-begone price wars, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain keep putting up flashy signs and offering new incentives in hopes of attracting customers battered by $4 gas prices...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing
Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Relief in sight from California heat wave
Californians exhausted by a nearly weeklong heat wave looked for relief Sunday from the triple-digit temperatures that have strained air conditioners and power companies...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Wildfire burns homes along N. California coast
A fast-moving fire erupted Friday along the Northern California coast, burning homes, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and backing up traffic for miles on a scenic highway...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Loukas earns frist trip to Olympics in womens springboard
Christina Loukas has become the second member of the U.S. diving team for the Beijing Games, winning the 3-meter springboard at the Olympic trials...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash
Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Gas prices rises 10 cents a gallon over 2 weeks
A national survey shows consumers across the nation are paying an average of 10 cents a gallon more for gasoline than they were two weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Calif. firefighters battle hundreds of blazes
Wildfires were scattered around Northern California on Sunday in the heart of wine country and in remote forests, the latest in what has become an unusually destructive year...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
In the windowless front rooms of a former day care center in a tiny Texas community, children as young as 5 were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for a crowd of adults...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2008
Land lost, Ky., Tenn. families fight for heritage
First, they lost their land. Now the people whose families were evicted in the 1960s to create a vast nature preserve in western Kentucky and Tennessee are wrangling with the U.S. Forest Service over how to present their history to visitors...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Stamkos, Doughty, Bogosian go 1-2-3 in NHL draft
Steven Stamkos was selected with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night. The Lightning made no secret how much they liked the speedy, offensive-minded 18-year-old forward from suburban Toronto and chose him just minutes after they went onto the draft clock...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Home of Pacman Jones up for foreclosure sale
A foreclosure sale has been published involving the home of former Tennessee Titan Adam "Pacman" Jones...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2008
Cink extends lead at Travelers
Stewart Cink birdied the final two holes Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cink extends lead at Travelers, 1st Ld-Writethru
Stewart Cink birdied the final two holes Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cink takes 2-stroke lead into Travelers finale
Stewart Cink birdied the final two holes Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Troy Dumais is 1st to earn Olympic diving berth
Troy Dumais has become the first diver to make the U.S. Olympic team. Dumais completed a dominating performance in 3-meter springboard Saturday at the trials in Indianapolis. The Californian will be making his third trip to the Olympics. He was sixth on springboard at Sydney and Athens...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Obama raps McCain on flood prevention programs
With communities in the Midwest still under water, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday criticized Republican John McCain for opposing federal spending on flood prevention programs and opened a new debate in the White House race...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Obama, McCain spar on levees
With communities in the Midwest still under water, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday criticized Republican John McCain for opposing federal spending on flood prevention programs and opened a new debate in the White House race...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Cink finally closes 1 out, wins Travelers Championship
Stewart Cink won the Travelers Championship by one shot Sunday after weathering a thunderstorm, an early bogey and late charges from defending champion Hunter Mahan and Tommy Armour III...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Me and McCain
Vietnam jailer recalls chats with presidential hopeful...
BBC News - June 23, 2008
US food giants in $4.4bn tie-up
Two of the oldest US agricultural firms are set to join forces in a deal worth $4.4bn (£2.2bn) amid rising commodity prices...
BBC News - June 23, 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 23, 2008
Philippines rescuers may bore hole in ferry
Rescuers in the Philippines may bore a hole in a ferry capsized by a deady typhoon in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Indonesian parents facing poverty give up children
Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
55 militants killed in Afghan battle
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has killed 55 militants in the east of the country...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
Wheldon takes Iowa 250 for 2nd win of season
Most people think of their 30th birthday as a milestone to forget. Dan Wheldon spent his in victory lane...
Southern Ledger - June 23, 2008
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