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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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Concerns in Europe despite Obamas warm welcome
The warm welcome that washed over Barack Obama during his Berlin appearance Thursday made it abundantly clear that Europeans have a strong desire to heal the trans-Atlantic rift and the Democratic president candidate is a good choice for the job...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
China marshals Olympic spirit to rebuild
The streets here are alive with the sounds _ rumbling backhoes, roaring jackhammers, clanging pickaxes _ of a town being brought back from the dead...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Rapper DMX pleads not guilty to felony charges
DMX rapped for reporters outside a Phoenix courtroom after pleading not guilty to felony charges of theft and identity theft...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
A suspected Islamic militant threw a hand grenade at a group of migrant laborers in Indian Kashmir, killing a woman and her four children Thursday in one of two attacks that claimed a total of nine lives in the disputed Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Halladay completes Blue Jays sweep of Orioles
Roy Halladay scattered seven hits over seven innings, leading Toronto over the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Thursday after the Blue Jays won a game suspended one night earlier...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Delgado lifts Mets over Phillies 3-1, into first
Carlos Delgado hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning and Oliver Perez stifled the Philadelphia Phillies again, helping the New York Mets earn a 3-1 win Thursday that gave them sole possession of first place in the NL East...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Delgados hit lifts Mets to win over Phillies
Carlos Delgado hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning and Oliver Perez stifled the Philadelphia Phillies again, helping the New York Mets earn a 3-1 win Thursday that gave them sole possession of first place in the NL East...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Russell Brand to host the MTV Video Music Awards
MTV is staking its brand on a lesser-known one: Russell Brand...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Wallace & Gromit to become episodic video game
"Wallace & Gromit" are going on a new adventure...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
McCain visits German restaurant in Ohio
Republican John McCain chose to go to a German restaurant as rival Barack Obama toured Berlin...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror
Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Cain, Roberts help Giants nick Nats 1-0 for sweep
Matt Cain pitched a four-hitter, Dave Roberts singled home a run in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants earned their first three-game home sweep of the season Thursday with a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Cain is on and Roberts single lifts Giants
Matt Cain pitched a four-hitter, Dave Roberts singled home a run in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants earned their first three-game home sweep of the season Thursday with a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Bleeding cash, Ford looks to Europe for help
Bleeding cash and with its very survival uncertain, Ford Motor Co., an icon of American automaking, will try to import some of its success from across the Atlantic...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ford, Daimler, Hyundai profits fall Renault up
Ford Motor Co. posted its worst quarterly loss ever Thursday in a roiling global auto market that also saw profits fall at Daimler AG, Hyundai Motor Co. and AutoNation Inc. Renault SA reported a profit increase in the first half of the year but still plans to cut jobs and scale back production...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Jobless claims jump as housing market gets weaker
Two cornerstones of the economy _ jobs and housing _ sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama buys expensive ads for Olympics
Barack Obama is going for the gold.The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. The ads will appear on network and cable channels...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
AP Source Goodell monitoring Favre situation
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Levees hold but waters rise in Dollys rains
Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Feds charge shipping company in SF Bay oil spill
The Hong Kong-based operator of a container ship that struck a bridge support in the San Francisco Bay last year has been indicted for allegedly doctoring paperwork in an attempt to thwart the investigation...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Dolly downgraded to tropical storm in south Texas
Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical storm...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Church surrenders lot near ground zero for $20M
Leaders of a church destroyed on Sept. 11 have surrendered land needed to rebuild the World Trade Center site in a $20 million deal with the government...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
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A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan
A senior Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that top military leaders are expected soon to recommend to Defense Secretary Robert Gates which additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan over the next month or so...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
South Texas starts cleanup after Hurricane Dolly
Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas at dawn Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Reports of wire taps emerge in Drew Peterson case
Two friends of former police officer Drew Peterson told a newspaper he made incriminating statements during secretly taped conversations following the disappearance of his fourth wife _ claims that Peterson denies...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
State highway patrols struggle with big gas bills
In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dollys rains
Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Western governors offer greenhouse emissions plan
Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Giulianis son sues Duke over golf team dismissal
The son of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is suing Duke University, claiming his golf coach manufactured accusations against him to justify kicking him off the team to whittle the squad...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Okla. crane fall kills man watching construction
Firefighters say a crane fell while putting a steeple on an Oklahoma City church, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old man who was watching the construction...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
New disability regs prompt chorus of concern
Thousands of gallons of water pulse through cascading waterfalls and rapids at Adventure Mini Golf in Lake Worth, Fla. The course, which covers about an acre, features different elevations with two sets of stairs connecting them...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
South Texas gets first look at Dollys damage
Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Feds Collapsed Utah mine operator courted danger
Federal regulators say the operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Grizzly bear attacks tourist in Alaska near lodge
A 21-year-old woman was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards from an Alaskan lodge...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Dolly weakens to depression over Texas
Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph winds as it moves north over Texas. Dolly was expected to break up by Friday, and was centered about 35 miles south of Eagle Pass at 5 p.m. EDT...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Feds say Utah mine operator courted danger
The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ohio man gets 8 years in $8M armored-car co. heist
A man received eight years in prison Thursday for masterminding an $8 million armored-car heist, a crime he said was born of financial desperation...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Another courtroom victory for religious colleges
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ark. man accused in 4 boat deaths pleads guilty
One of two men accused of killing four people aboard a fishing charter last year pleaded guilty Thursday in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Judge Idaho child-killer is mentally competent
A federal judge in Boise says convicted child-killer Joseph Edward Duncan III is mentally competent to face a death penalty hearing...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
1 dead in N.H. storms that leveled several homes
Violent storms in a 25-mile-long swath of central New Hampshire on Thursday destroyed several homes, damaged dozens of others and left at least one person dead, authorities said as police and firefighters went door-to-door searching for more possible victims...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly weakens to depression
Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph winds as it moves north over Texas...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Grizzly bear attacks woman in Alaska near lodge
A 21-year-old woman was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards from an Alaskan lodge...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ex-con gets life in prison for NY student torture
An ex-convict has been sentenced to life in prison for the sadistic, 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Concerns in Europe despite Obamas warm welcome
The warm welcome that washed over Barack Obama during his Berlin appearance Thursday made it abundantly clear that Europeans have a strong desire to heal the trans-Atlantic rift and the Democratic president candidate is a good choice for the job...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Judge opens some conserved land to grazing, haying
A judge allowed hay production and cattle grazing on certain lands designated for conservation Thursday, helping farmers and ranchers struggling with high grain prices...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ark. man accused in 4 boat deaths pleads guilty
One of two men accused of killing four people aboard a fishing charter last year pleaded guilty Thursday in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
A suspected Islamic militant threw a hand grenade at a group of migrant laborers in Indian Kashmir, killing a woman and her four children Thursday in one of two attacks that claimed a total of nine lives in the disputed Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
China marshals Olympic spirit to rebuild
The streets here are alive with the sounds _ rumbling backhoes, roaring jackhammers, clanging pickaxes _ of a town being brought back from the dead...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Wallace & Gromit to become episodic video game
"Wallace & Gromit" are going on a new adventure...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Rapper DMX pleads not guilty to felony charges
DMX rapped for reporters outside a Phoenix courtroom after pleading not guilty to felony charges of theft and identity theft...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Dolly weakens to depression over Texas
Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph winds as it moves north over Texas. Dolly was expected to break up by Friday, and was centered about 35 miles south of Eagle Pass at 5 p.m. EDT...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Feds say Utah mine operator courted danger
The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ohio man gets 8 years in $8M armored-car co. heist
A man received eight years in prison Thursday for masterminding an $8 million armored-car heist, a crime he said was born of financial desperation...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Cain is on and Roberts single lifts Giants
Matt Cain pitched a four-hitter, Dave Roberts singled home a run in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants earned their first three-game home sweep of the season Thursday with a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Halladay completes Blue Jays sweep of Orioles
Roy Halladay scattered seven hits over seven innings, leading Toronto over the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Thursday after the Blue Jays won a game suspended one night earlier...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Delgado lifts Mets over Phillies 3-1, into first
Carlos Delgado hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning and Oliver Perez stifled the Philadelphia Phillies again, helping the New York Mets earn a 3-1 win Thursday that gave them sole possession of first place in the NL East...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Delgados hit lifts Mets to win over Phillies
Carlos Delgado hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning and Oliver Perez stifled the Philadelphia Phillies again, helping the New York Mets earn a 3-1 win Thursday that gave them sole possession of first place in the NL East...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Russell Brand to host the MTV Video Music Awards
MTV is staking its brand on a lesser-known one: Russell Brand...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Jobless claims jump as housing market gets weaker
Two cornerstones of the economy _ jobs and housing _ sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
McCain visits German restaurant in Ohio
Republican John McCain chose to go to a German restaurant as rival Barack Obama toured Berlin...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror
Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Cain, Roberts help Giants nick Nats 1-0 for sweep
Matt Cain pitched a four-hitter, Dave Roberts singled home a run in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants earned their first three-game home sweep of the season Thursday with a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Okla. crane fall kills man watching construction
Firefighters say a crane fell while putting a steeple on an Oklahoma City church, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old man who was watching the construction...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Bleeding cash, Ford looks to Europe for help
Bleeding cash and with its very survival uncertain, Ford Motor Co., an icon of American automaking, will try to import some of its success from across the Atlantic...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ford, Daimler, Hyundai profits fall Renault up
Ford Motor Co. posted its worst quarterly loss ever Thursday in a roiling global auto market that also saw profits fall at Daimler AG, Hyundai Motor Co. and AutoNation Inc. Renault SA reported a profit increase in the first half of the year but still plans to cut jobs and scale back production...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan
A senior Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that top military leaders are expected soon to recommend to Defense Secretary Robert Gates which additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan over the next month or so...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama buys expensive ads for Olympics
Barack Obama is going for the gold.The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. The ads will appear on network and cable channels...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
AP Source Goodell monitoring Favre situation
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Scott Dixon on schedule for another title
Everything is right on schedule for Scott Dixon _ for now...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
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A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
2 eagles named by Miley, Billy Ray to be set free
Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
AP IMPACT Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Another courtroom victory for religious colleges
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Minimum wage going up, but so does inflation
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Reunion 'hard' on Guatemala baby
The mother of a Guatemalan baby girl stolen for adoption tells the BBC of the joy and pain of being reunited with her daughter...
BBC News - July 24, 2008
Pakistan warns of new nuclear arms race with India
Pakistan has warned a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race between the rivals, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Sudans president vows to work for Darfur peace
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, charged with genocide and war crimes in Darfur, vowed Thursday to work for peace in the war-wracked desert region and the return of hundreds of thousands of people forced by attacks to flee their homes...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Thailand, Cambodia to meet over disputed land
Cambodia has agreed to meet Monday with Thailand to discuss a stretch of disputed land near a historic temple, rather than take the matter to the U.N. officials from both countries said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama pays visit to Jerusalem holy site
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Lucy Liu joins Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai
Lucy Liu is set to embrace her inner warrior.The 39-year-old actress will lend her voice to "Afro Samurai: Resurrection," a two-hour sequel to the animated series starring Samuel L. Jackson, Spike TV announced Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Sabathias 3-hitter leads Brewers past Cardinals
CC Sabathia threw a three-hitter, his third straight complete game for his new team, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Little to believe in with new X-Files movie
The makers of the new "X-Files" movie have done themselves a disservice in coming up with the elongated title, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe." Really, it just invites a whole bunch of bad jokes which, unfortunately, are justified...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pamela Anderson starring in new reality show
Pamela Anderson is shacking up with Tommy Lee again _ but not like that...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Bale asks for privacy in assault allegations
"Dark Knight" star Christian Bale has asked for privacy following allegations he assaulted his mother and sister in a London hotel...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
In Germany, Obama urges joint fight against terror
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it."...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama in Europe aims to raise European profile
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin on Thursday, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Johnsons grand slam helps Cubs win series finale
Reed Johnson had three hits, including a grand slam in the eighth, and the Chicago Cubs routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Aurilias big hit lifts Giants
Rich Aurilia lined a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
The slump persists Home sales tumble across US
Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Oil tries to advance after Wednesdays big drop
Oil market investors tried but failed to start a rally in crude Thursday, leaving prices hovering below $125 a barrel after an earlier move higher. At the gas pump, prices continued their retreat...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Existing home sales fall 2.6 percent in June
Realtors group says sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
National City posts $1.8B loss for 2nd quarter
Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a huge loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
AP Source Goodell monitoring Favre situation
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama buys expensive ads for Olympics
Barack Obama is going for the gold.The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. The ads will appear on network and cable channels...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Hurricane Dolly weakens inland at South Texas
Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Calif. woman attacked by bear expected to recover
A woman mauled by a bear in rural Kern County underwent 10 hours of surgery and was expected to recover, her neighbor said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Hurricane Dolly slams South Texas, but levees hold
Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Hurricane Dolly slams South Texas before weakening
Hurricane Dolly slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, peeling off roofs and knocking out power to thousands before weakening over land...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
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A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan
A senior Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that top military leaders are expected soon to recommend to Defense Secretary Robert Gates which additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan over the next month or so...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Farm labor contractor fined in workers death
The employer of a pregnant teenager who died of heat stroke after pruning grapevines for nine hours in hot weather was hit Wednesday with the highest fine ever issued to a California farming operation...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
McKusick, pioneer in medical genetics, dies at 86
Dr. Victor A. McKusick, a key architect of the Human Genome Project and a winner of the National Medal of Science, has died. He was 86...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Calif. woman mauled by bear recovers after surgery
A woman mauled by a bear in rural Kern County was recovering Wednesday in a Los Angeles hospital as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Convicted killers in Texas, Miss., put to death
Texas executed a man Wednesday who was convicted of killing a woman and her child, while Mississippi put to death a man who took part in the fatal beating of another man...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Hurricane Dolly weakens, fears turn to flooding
Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Anti-gay Okla. lawmaker caught with gun at Capitol
A state lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an anti-homosexual rant was stopped from entering the state Capitol Wednesday when she was found to have a loaded handgun in her purse, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Western governors offer greenhouse emissions plan
Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Levees hold but waters rise in Dollys rains
Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Feds charge shipping company in SF Bay oil spill
The Hong Kong-based operator of a container ship that struck a bridge support in the San Francisco Bay last year has been indicted for allegedly doctoring paperwork in an attempt to thwart the investigation...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Dolly downgraded to tropical storm in south Texas
Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical storm...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Church surrenders lot near ground zero for $20M
Leaders of a church destroyed on Sept. 11 have surrendered land needed to rebuild the World Trade Center site in a $20 million deal with the government...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
New disability regs prompt chorus of concern
Thousands of gallons of water pulse through cascading waterfalls and rapids at Adventure Mini Golf in Lake Worth, Fla. The course, which covers about an acre, features different elevations with two sets of stairs connecting them...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
South Texas gets first look at Dollys damage
Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
South Texas starts cleanup after Hurricane Dolly
Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas at dawn Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Reports of wire taps emerge in Drew Peterson case
Two friends of former police officer Drew Peterson told a newspaper he made incriminating statements during secretly taped conversations following the disappearance of his fourth wife _ claims that Peterson denies...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
State highway patrols struggle with big gas bills
In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dollys rains
Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Crews clean oil from shut stretch of Mississippi
Crews are cleaning more than 400,000 gallons of oil from a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Feds to release report on Utah mine disaster
Even before the release of a federal report into what went wrong at a deadly Utah mine cave-in last summer, critics were already finding fault...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Mass. House initially approves gender-neutral law
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has given its initial approval to a bill that would require all future legislation be written in language that is gender neutral...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Dismissal of federal Internet suicide case sought
An attorney for a Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide filed motions Wednesday to dismiss the federal case...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Prosecutor More people say LA doctor abused them
A doctor charged with molesting eight patients was ordered held on $4 million bail Wednesday as a prosecutor said accusations from seven more patients had surfaced...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Forbes Vince Vaughn is best value for the money
Vince Vaughn is the best star for the buck, says Forbes magazine...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Giulianis son sues Duke over golf team dismissal
The son of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is suing Duke University, claiming his golf coach manufactured accusations against him to justify kicking him off the team to whittle the squad...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Okla. crane fall kills man watching construction
Firefighters say a crane fell while putting a steeple on an Oklahoma City church, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old man who was watching the construction...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
NY commission charges 4 ex-Spitzer aides
A New York commission has charged four former state officials with misusing state police to discredit a political foe of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
A cost breakdown of the new disability regulations
A look at some projected total costs to various types of facilities of complying with the proposed ADA regulations:...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute
Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. say they have agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a series of legal battles that has spanned several continents...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Review TextBuyIt fun, easy to use, but limited
TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool _ perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pakistan warns of new nuclear arms race with India
Pakistan has warned a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race between the rivals, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Sudans president vows to work for Darfur peace
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, charged with genocide and war crimes in Darfur, vowed Thursday to work for peace in the war-wracked desert region and the return of hundreds of thousands of people forced by attacks to flee their homes...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Thailand, Cambodia to meet over disputed land
Cambodia has agreed to meet Monday with Thailand to discuss a stretch of disputed land near a historic temple, rather than take the matter to the U.N. officials from both countries said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama pays visit to Jerusalem holy site
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
South Texas gets first look at Dollys damage
Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
South Texas starts cleanup after Hurricane Dolly
Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas at dawn Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Reports of wire taps emerge in Drew Peterson case
Two friends of former police officer Drew Peterson told a newspaper he made incriminating statements during secretly taped conversations following the disappearance of his fourth wife _ claims that Peterson denies...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
State highway patrols struggle with big gas bills
In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Little to believe in with new X-Files movie
The makers of the new "X-Files" movie have done themselves a disservice in coming up with the elongated title, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe." Really, it just invites a whole bunch of bad jokes which, unfortunately, are justified...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pamela Anderson starring in new reality show
Pamela Anderson is shacking up with Tommy Lee again _ but not like that...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Bale asks for privacy in assault allegations
"Dark Knight" star Christian Bale has asked for privacy following allegations he assaulted his mother and sister in a London hotel...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Lucy Liu joins Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai
Lucy Liu is set to embrace her inner warrior.The 39-year-old actress will lend her voice to "Afro Samurai: Resurrection," a two-hour sequel to the animated series starring Samuel L. Jackson, Spike TV announced Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
New disability regs prompt chorus of concern
Thousands of gallons of water pulse through cascading waterfalls and rapids at Adventure Mini Golf in Lake Worth, Fla. The course, which covers about an acre, features different elevations with two sets of stairs connecting them...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama in Europe aims to raise European profile
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin on Thursday, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Johnsons grand slam helps Cubs win series finale
Reed Johnson had three hits, including a grand slam in the eighth, and the Chicago Cubs routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Aurilias big hit lifts Giants
Rich Aurilia lined a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Sabathias 3-hitter leads Brewers past Cardinals
CC Sabathia threw a three-hitter, his third straight complete game for his new team, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Oil tries to advance after Wednesdays big drop
Oil market investors tried but failed to start a rally in crude Thursday, leaving prices hovering below $125 a barrel after an earlier move higher. At the gas pump, prices continued their retreat...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Existing home sales fall 2.6 percent in June
Realtors group says sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
National City posts $1.8B loss for 2nd quarter
Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a huge loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
In Germany, Obama urges joint fight against terror
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it."...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama buys expensive ads for Olympics
Barack Obama is going for the gold.The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. The ads will appear on network and cable channels...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
The slump persists Home sales tumble across US
Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Wireless microphones flap causing static
Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
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A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan
A senior Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that top military leaders are expected soon to recommend to Defense Secretary Robert Gates which additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan over the next month or so...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
AP Source Goodell monitoring Favre situation
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Scott Dixon on schedule for another title
Everything is right on schedule for Scott Dixon _ for now...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
AP IMPACT Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Minimum wage going up, but so does inflation
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
2 eagles named by Miley, Billy Ray to be set free
Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
US home sales still on the slide
The downturn in the US housing market continued in June, with sales 15.5% lower than a year earlier, industry data shows...
BBC News - July 24, 2008
Athletics: Injured Tyson Gay out of London meeting
World 100m champion Tyson Gay pulls out of Friday's London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace because of a hamstring injury...
BBC News - July 24, 2008
Washington snubs Syria delegation
The US State Department turns down a request by a Syrian delegation to meet a top US official despite initially saying it would happen...
BBC News - July 24, 2008
Ford posts $8.7bn loss as truck sales slump
Three of the world's top carmakers unveil plans to help them survive as the industry faces slumping demand...
BBC News - July 24, 2008
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute
Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. say they have agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a series of legal battles that has spanned several continents...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Thailand, Cambodia to meet over disputed land
Cambodia has agreed to meet Monday with Thailand to discuss a stretch of disputed land near a historic temple, rather than take the matter to the U.N. officials from both countries said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Aftershocks kill 1, injure 10 in China
Three aftershocks jolted parts of China on Thursday, the official Xinhua News Agency said, killing one person and injuring more than 10...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama pays visit to Jerusalem holy site
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Bale attends Dark Knight premiere in Spain
Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight," appearing calm as he greeted fans a day after reports surfaced that his mother and sister had accused him of assault...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Sabathias 3-hitter leads Brewers past Cardinals
CC Sabathia threw a three-hitter, his third straight complete game for his new team, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
50 Cent sues Taco Bell over ad campaign
50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album
It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Hey Porter."...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
50 Cent sues Taco Bell in NY over ad campaign
50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ferrell and Reilly step down with Brothers
The title is "Step Brothers." You know, because there are two of them...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama in Europe in effort to burnish foreign cache
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin Thursday, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama to address US-European relations in speech
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has arrived in Berlin, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama arrives in Germany
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has arrived in Berlin, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Johnsons grand slam helps Cubs win series finale
Reed Johnson had three hits, including a grand slam in the eighth, and the Chicago Cubs routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pakistan warns of new nuclear arms race with India
Pakistan has warned a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race between the rivals, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Japanese shares rise on Wall Street gains, oil
Japanese shares rose for the third straight session Thursday, lifted by further gains on Wall Street and a continuing slide in oil prices...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Japanese shares rise on US gains, oil
Japanese shares rose for the third straight session Thursday, lifted by further gains on Wall Street and a continuing slide in oil prices...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Canon reports 13 percent drop in profit
Canon Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 13 percent from a year ago as a stronger yen chipped away at the value of booming overseas sales of color copiers...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Obama in Europe aims to raise European profile
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin on Thursday, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Aurilias big hit lifts Giants
Rich Aurilia lined a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan
A senior Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that top military leaders are expected soon to recommend to Defense Secretary Robert Gates which additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan over the next month or so...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
AP Source Goodell monitoring Favre situation
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Hurricane Dolly downgraded to Category 1 storm
Forecasters say Hurricane Dolly has weakened to Category 1 storm with 95 mph winds as it moves inland over Texas...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
Hurricane Dolly slams into Texas with 100 mph winds
Hurricane Dolly gathered strength and slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, damaging an apartment complex and knocking out power to thousands...
Southern Ledger - July 24, 2008
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