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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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Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift
Germany marked the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift on Thursday, celebrating an unprecedented undertaking that likely saved the city from falling to the Soviets and helped mend German-American wounds from World War II...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bombings kill dozens, 3 US Marines in Iraq attacks
A suicide bomber attacked a meeting of pro-government Sunni sheiks west of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including three U.S. Marines. At least 18 more people died in a car bombing in the northern city of Mosul...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Study Global warming chases plants uphill
Faced with global warming, plants are heading for the hills. A study of 171 forest species in Western Europe shows that most of them are shifting their favored locations to higher, cooler spots...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Thousands protest in Indian-held Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Anti-India protests paralyze Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Greenland denied humpback whaling permit
The International Whaling Commission voted down Thursday a request by indigenous Greenland fishermen to kill 10 humpback whales a year...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Paris menswear challenges style codes
The Paris menswear collections kicked off Thursday with a focus on individual style, reflecting a downturn in the global economy which has taken the shine off status dressing...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vatican paper Pope Benedict XVI doesnt wear Prada
The devil may wear Prada _ but the pope does not...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Afghan attack kills 3 US coalition members
Militants attacked troops from the U.S.-led coalition patrolling south of the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing three of them and an Afghan interpreter...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Mr. Big out, Goldblum in for Criminal Intent
Mr. Big is out, and Mr. Goldblum is in.Jeff Goldblum will be joining "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" while Chris Noth _ Mr. Big in the "Sex and the City" TV show and movie _ is leaving after three seasons, a series spokeswoman said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Mindy McCready charged with violating probation
Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dark Knight credits pay tribute to Ledger
Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on "The Dark Knight."...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bill Murrays divorce is finalized in SC
Bill Murray and his wife of nearly 11 years are divorced...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Plan requiring drilling on current leases blocked
House Republicans blocked Democrats on Thursday from requiring oil and gas companies to drill on the millions of acres of government land and water on which they already own federal leases...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Twins win 9th straight behind Morneau, Baker
The Minnesota Twins probably wish interleague play would last a little longer...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sharapova, Roddick upset at Wimbledon
Moments after Maria Sharapova walked off the court in defeat, her father stomped away from the stadium down a Wimbledon walkway, spitting out words in Russian as he gestured to a companion...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Danks and Chisox bullpen beat Dodgers 2-0
John Danks pitched six sharp innings and combined with four relievers for a five-hitter, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Danks, bullpen lead White Sox past Dodgers 2-0
John Danks pitched six sharp innings and combined with four relievers for a five-hitter, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Harden strikes out 11 in As win
Rich Harden struck out a career-high 11, allowing two hits in eight innings to lead the Oakland Athletics over the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Wesley Snipes petitions court to leave country
Lawyers for Wesley Snipes are asking a Florida judge to let the 45-year-old actor leave the country while they appeal his three federal tax convictions...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dow industrials drop 300 to lowest level of year
Stocks plunged Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 300 points and dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dow industrials drop 270 to lowest level of year
Stock prices plunged Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 270 points and dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Clinton lauds Obama for his grit and grace
Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded Barack Obama for "his grit and his grace" as she resumed campaigning Thursday to support the candidate who dashed her hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Clinton returns to campaign trail for Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded Barack Obama for "his grit and his grace" as she resumed campaigning Thursday to support the candidate who dashed her hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
N. Korea reactions reflect candidates ages, views
Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain reacted cautiously Thursday after President Bush announced easing economic sanctions against North Korea, a world troublespot one of them will inherit after the next presidential inauguration in January...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Jurors ready to consider Air Force rape case
By all accounts Col. Samuel Lofton III was a star in the Air Force _ a professional, demanding officer who in less than three years led his 82nd Training Group to be the best of the four such groups at Sheppard Air Force Base...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sony to start US movie service for PS3
Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rose, Beasley set to lead fab freshmen into NBA
Michael Beasley strolled into a hotel ballroom Wednesday, spotted the swarm of cameras surrounding his table, and jokingly asked Brandon Rush if he wanted to switch spots...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Attorney who took on big tobacco faces sentencing
From Navy fighter pilot to prominent attorney, Richard "Dickie" Scruggs parlayed his Southern charm and legal savvy into a career that earned him hundreds of millions of dollars taking on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
ConAgra profit up 5 pct on trading unit results
ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings grew almost 5 percent, helped by contributions from the commodity trading unit that the company just sold...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Hundreds of homes in the scenic community of Big Sur were threatened by a wildfire that already had burned 16 residences and was just 3 percent contained Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Maria Sharapova is ousted in 2nd round at Wimbledon
Former champion Maria Sharapova has been ousted in the second round at Wimbledon by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Argument spurs Kentucky worker to kill 5, himself
It was swift and chaotic, witnesses said, as the plastics plant worker with a determined look opened fire, killing five co-workers then himself in rural western Kentucky...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
No-fishing zones studied for ecosystem protection
Reeling in a 45-pound grouper used to be just an average day on the water in the Florida Keys...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Oregon doctor agrees to extradition to Australia
An Oregon doctor charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at an Australian hospital plans to agree to extradition to stand trial...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
British man gets life in deaths of wife, baby
A British man who fled the United States after his wife and baby daughter were found dead has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the chance for parole...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Man gets life, no parole, in deaths of wife, baby
A British man who fled the United States after his wife and baby daughter were found dead has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the chance for parole...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Groups want import ban on polar bear hides lifted
Environmental and animal rights groups are lining up to oppose a lawsuit that seeks to let American sport hunters again import hides of polar bears shot legally in Canada...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rain threatens fragile Mississippi River towns
Severe thunderstorms rattled northern Missouri early Thursday, threatening to add even more rain to the swollen Mississippi River and complicate efforts to keep the river from engulfing this community...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Wildfire threatens 500 homes in Big Sur, Calif.
A lightning-sparked wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest that already burned 16 homes was moving closer Thursday to the scenic community of Big Sur, where it threatened 500 houses...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Malt liquor mural ads draw fire in Philadelphia
Graffiti-style malt liquor ads are drawing fire from parents and anti-blight advocates in a city known for its colorful murals...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Air Force officer acquitted of rape at Texas base
As the verdicts were read, a woman who had accused Col. Samuel Lofton of rape darted from the courtroom...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Notebook shows 2 sides of Briton who killed family
On one side of his notebook, a British man convicted of murdering his wife and baby professed love for his "Orange Rose" and "my Lilly." On the other side, he drafted letters to editors, looking to sell the story of their deaths to the highest bidder...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Air Force colonel gets prison time, discharge
An Air Force colonel in Texas has been sentenced to nine years in prison and kicked out of the military for assault, misusing his government travel card and other crimes...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
NY millionaire gets prison for enslaving workers
A judge has given an 11-year prison sentence to a millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Man guilty of 11 murders in SoCal rail disaster
A Los Angeles jury has convicted a man of 11 counts of first-degree murder for causing a 2005 commuter train derailment...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Midwestern downpours keep residents out of homes
Strong Midwestern downpours may force residents to wait even longer to return to homes they evacuated due to fears of flooding, emergency management officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
California forest fire moving closer to Big Sur
Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to protect the scenic community of Big Sur from a lightning-sparked wildfire that inched closer to historic structures after burning 16 homes and threatening another 500 houses...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Admitted swindlers victims testify
Victims of a former economist who admitted swindling hundreds of investors testified through tears Thursday that he ruined their lives, including one who said his mother died after learning her savings were gone...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Experts lies jeopardize murder convictions
Saami Shaibani often testified for the prosecution in big murder cases, taking the stand as an expert in what he called "injury mechanism analysis" _ a combination of physics, trauma medicine and engineering that he used to determine whether, say, a woman fell down the stairs or was beaten...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Principal in pregnancy pact story defends comments
A principal is standing by his story that girls in his Massachusetts high school formed a plan to get pregnant...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Man found guilty of murders in Calif. rail crash
A man who claimed he was attempting suicide when he triggered a 2005 rail disaster was convicted Thursday of 11 counts of first-degree murder and could face the death penalty...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Pioneering member of Tuskegee Airman dies at 87
Lt. Col. Charles "Chuck" Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 87...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Texas teen charged in babys school bathroom death
A 14-year-old girl who secretly gave birth in a school bathroom was charged with capital murder Thursday by police, who said she killed the newborn by choking and flushing him in the toilet...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
2 Minn. hikers die after being swept downriver
Two members of a church group died after they went too deep into a river and were washed away by swift currents and swept over waterfalls, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Jailed prof in terror case faces contempt charges
A former professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group was charged Thursday with refusing to testify before a grand jury in a related investigation...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Teen charged with murder in babys bathroom death
Police near Houston say they have charged a 14-year-old girl with murdering her baby in a school bathroom after secretly giving birth...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Swindler sentenced to more than 24 years
A former South Carolina economist who admitted swindling hundreds of investors has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Assault, larceny sentence near in Air Force trial
An Air Force colonel who was convicted of indecent assault and who pleaded guilty to larceny should be imprisoned, discharged and fined $14,000, a military prosecutor told jurors during his court-martial Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Study Global warming chases plants uphill
Faced with global warming, plants are heading for the hills. A study of 171 forest species in Western Europe shows that most of them are shifting their favored locations to higher, cooler spots...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sony pledges return to glamour and profit
Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs and pushing services and software, not just hardware...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Thousands protest in Indian-held Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Anti-India protests paralyze Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Greenland denied humpback whaling permit
The International Whaling Commission voted down Thursday a request by indigenous Greenland fishermen to kill 10 humpback whales a year...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Paris menswear challenges style codes
The Paris menswear collections kicked off Thursday with a focus on individual style, reflecting a downturn in the global economy which has taken the shine off status dressing...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift
Germany marked the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift on Thursday, celebrating an unprecedented undertaking that likely saved the city from falling to the Soviets and helped mend German-American wounds from World War II...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bombings kill dozens, 3 US Marines in Iraq attacks
A suicide bomber attacked a meeting of pro-government Sunni sheiks west of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including three U.S. Marines. At least 18 more people died in a car bombing in the northern city of Mosul...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Afghan attack kills 3 US coalition members
Militants attacked troops from the U.S.-led coalition patrolling south of the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing three of them and an Afghan interpreter...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vatican paper Pope Benedict XVI doesnt wear Prada
The devil may wear Prada _ but the pope does not...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Plan requiring drilling on current leases blocked
House Republicans blocked Democrats on Thursday from requiring oil and gas companies to drill on the millions of acres of government land and water on which they already own federal leases...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Principal in pregnancy pact story defends comments
A principal is standing by his story that girls in his Massachusetts high school formed a plan to get pregnant...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Man found guilty of murders in Calif. rail crash
A man who claimed he was attempting suicide when he triggered a 2005 rail disaster was convicted Thursday of 11 counts of first-degree murder and could face the death penalty...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Danks, bullpen lead White Sox past Dodgers 2-0
John Danks pitched six sharp innings and combined with four relievers for a five-hitter, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Harden strikes out 11 in As win
Rich Harden struck out a career-high 11, allowing two hits in eight innings to lead the Oakland Athletics over the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Wesley Snipes petitions court to leave country
Lawyers for Wesley Snipes are asking a Florida judge to let the 45-year-old actor leave the country while they appeal his three federal tax convictions...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Mr. Big out, Goldblum in for Criminal Intent
Mr. Big is out, and Mr. Goldblum is in.Jeff Goldblum will be joining "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" while Chris Noth _ Mr. Big in the "Sex and the City" TV show and movie _ is leaving after three seasons, a series spokeswoman said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dark Knight credits pay tribute to Ledger
Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on "The Dark Knight."...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bill Murrays divorce is finalized in SC
Bill Murray and his wife of nearly 11 years are divorced...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Clinton returns to campaign trail for Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded Barack Obama for "his grit and his grace" as she resumed campaigning Thursday to support the candidate who dashed her hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
N. Korea reactions reflect candidates ages, views
Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain reacted cautiously Thursday after President Bush announced easing economic sanctions against North Korea, a world troublespot one of them will inherit after the next presidential inauguration in January...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Twins win 9th straight behind Morneau, Baker
The Minnesota Twins probably wish interleague play would last a little longer...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sharapova, Roddick upset at Wimbledon
Moments after Maria Sharapova walked off the court in defeat, her father stomped away from the stadium down a Wimbledon walkway, spitting out words in Russian as he gestured to a companion...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Danks and Chisox bullpen beat Dodgers 2-0
John Danks pitched six sharp innings and combined with four relievers for a five-hitter, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Attorney who took on big tobacco faces sentencing
From Navy fighter pilot to prominent attorney, Richard "Dickie" Scruggs parlayed his Southern charm and legal savvy into a career that earned him hundreds of millions of dollars taking on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
ConAgra profit up 5 pct on trading unit results
ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings grew almost 5 percent, helped by contributions from the commodity trading unit that the company just sold...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dow industrials drop 300 to lowest level of year
Stocks plunged Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 300 points and dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dow industrials drop 270 to lowest level of year
Stock prices plunged Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 270 points and dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Clinton lauds Obama for his grit and grace
Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded Barack Obama for "his grit and his grace" as she resumed campaigning Thursday to support the candidate who dashed her hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Maria Sharapova is ousted in 2nd round at Wimbledon
Former champion Maria Sharapova has been ousted in the second round at Wimbledon by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Jurors ready to consider Air Force rape case
By all accounts Col. Samuel Lofton III was a star in the Air Force _ a professional, demanding officer who in less than three years led his 82nd Training Group to be the best of the four such groups at Sheppard Air Force Base...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sony to start US movie service for PS3
Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Hundreds of homes in the scenic community of Big Sur were threatened by a wildfire that already had burned 16 residences and was just 3 percent contained Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
NY millionaire gets prison for enslaving workers
A judge has given an 11-year prison sentence to a millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 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 26, 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 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Strained states to make cuts felt by everyone
With a new fiscal year beginning in most states next week, budget cuts are about to bite...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 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 26, 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 26, 2008
Cher harassed at Nashville club, man is arrested
A Nashville man has been charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after he repeatedly harassed Cher at the famed honky-tonk Tootsies Orchid Lounge...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Fresno States big outburst forces Game 3 in CWS
Fresno State kept its amazing postseason run alive Tuesday night thanks to an offensive performance that was nothing short of, well, amazing...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Cardinals tag Rogers for 5 runs to beat Tigers 8-4
Brian Barton, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each drove in two runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Braden Looper (9-5) gave up four runs on three homers in six-plus innings...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Candace Parker wins college athlete of year award
Candace Parker threw down a dunk on one coast and picked up an honor on the other...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Imus faces new questions over on-air race remarks
Don Imus is finding himself in a familiar position on his morning radio broadcast: facing questions over what he meant by on-air remarks about race...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Johnson, Braves avoid 3-game sweep against Brewers
Kelly Johnson drove in three runs to back Jorge Campillo, and the banged-up Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Wednesday and avoid getting swept in the three-game series...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rose, Beasley set to lead fab freshmen into NBA
Michael Beasley strolled into a hotel ballroom Wednesday, spotted the swarm of cameras surrounding his table, and jokingly asked Brandon Rush if he wanted to switch spots...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Mindy McCready charged with violating probation
Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Gatlin fails in new Olympic bid
Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin fails in his bid to compete at this weekend's US Olympic trials...
BBC News - June 26, 2008
Killer Briton sentenced to life
Briton Neil Entwistle is jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his American wife and baby daughter...
BBC News - June 26, 2008
Oracle throws wet blanket on strong 4Q results
Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Stars hit the red carpet for Obama, Democrats
The campaign trail is taking a detour down the red carpet...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
French winemakers protest to demand government aid
Winemakers in southern France have burned two police cars and vandalized supermarkets during protests to demand government aid...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sony pledges return to glamour and profit
Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs and pushing services and software, not just hardware...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sony to start US movie service for PS3
Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Anti-India protests paralyze Indian Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, their anger inflamed over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Anti-India protests paralyze Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Afghan blast kills 3 US coalition members
The U.S.-led coalition says an attack in Afghanistan has killed three servicemembers...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bomb hits US-led patrol near Afghan capital
A bomb hit troops from the U.S.-led coalition patrolling south of the Afghan capital Thursday, causing an unspecified number of casualties, the coalition said...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Thousands protest in Indian-held Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Venus Williams advances to 3rd round at Wimbledon
Defending champion Venus Williams has overcome a rash of errors and trouble with her serve to beat British player Anne Keothavong and advance to the third round at Wimbledon...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Settlement in NY lawsuit over NBCs Predator
NBC Universal has settled a $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed a televised sex sting by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator" drove her brother to kill himself...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bush raises GOP cash in Michigan
Campaigning for fellow Republican John McCain in a crucial swing state, President Bush accused Democrats Wednesday of "running on empty" on energy policy, "acting like teenagers with a new credit card" on federal spending and heeding warnings from anti-war activists more than those from Osama bin Laden...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Obama record shows a liberal open to compromise
As an Illinois legislator, Barack Obama fought to expand aid to the poor _ and backed legislation to withhold welfare from parents abusing drugs...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Maria Sharapova upset in 2nd round
Former champion Maria Sharapova was knocked out of Wimbledon in a stunning upset Thursday by a 154th-ranked Russian, marking her earliest exit from a Grand Slam tournament since her first full season on tour in 2003...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Maria Sharapova is ousted in 2nd round at Wimbledon
Former champion Maria Sharapova has been ousted in the second round at Wimbledon by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rose, Beasley set to lead fab freshmen into NBA
Michael Beasley strolled into a hotel ballroom Wednesday, spotted the swarm of cameras surrounding his table, and jokingly asked Brandon Rush if he wanted to switch spots...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
ConAgra profit up 5 pct on trading op results
ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings grew almost 5 percent, helped by contributions from the commodity trading unit that the company just sold...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dow industrials drop 200 to lowest level of year
Stocks tumbled Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 200 points and dropped to its lowest level of the year...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Witnesses describe chaotic scene at Ky. plant
It was swift and chaotic, witnesses said, as the plastics plant worker with a determined look opened fire, killing five co-workers then himself in rural western Kentucky...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Ky. plant where gunman killed 5 and himself has reopened
Work has resumed at a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee shot five people dead and killed himself...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
US economy logs better but still subpar growth
The economy turned in a better _ but still subpar _ performance in the first three months of this year, mostly spurred by stronger sales of U.S. products overseas...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Faithful in pews might not be voters in November
If Christian conservatives stay on the sidelines during the fall campaign, presidential hopeful John McCain probably stays in the Senate...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Jurors ready to consider Air Force rape case
By all accounts Col. Samuel Lofton III was a star in the Air Force _ a professional, demanding officer who in less than three years led his 82nd Training Group to be the best of the four such groups at Sheppard Air Force Base...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Court bans death penalty for child rape
The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that executions are too severe a punishment for child rape, despite the "years of long anguish" for victims, in a ruling that restricts the death penalty to murder and crimes against the state...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Obama tells women he supports equal pay
Democrat Barack Obama, determined to win over female voters, talked Monday about the women who helped shape his life in arguing that he would be a better proponent of equal pay than Republican John McCain...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Hundreds of homes in the scenic community of Big Sur were threatened by a wildfire that already had burned 16 residences and was just 3 percent contained Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Former tough-guy actor sets sights on US Senate
Sonny Landham carved out a tough-guy reputation in a series of big-screen roles, from roughing up Sylvester Stallone to getting tossed out a window by Carl Weathers. He pulls no punches in his newest role: Libertarian challenger to a man known for political toughness, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Air Force colonel acquitted of rape at Texas base
An Air Force colonel has been acquitted of rape but convicted of two counts of indecent assault involving two other women at Sheppard Air Force Base...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
New slides and sandboils confound flood fighters
Crews laboring to strengthen fortifications along the swollen Mississippi tackled new dirt slides and seepages on a fragile earthen levee Wednesday as forecasters said more heavy rain could cause a second round of big crests...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
NASA beefs up next-generation moon rocket
NASA unveiled a beefed-up redesign of a proposed moon rocket Wednesday, saying the Ares V spacecraft that is to carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 12 years will be around 38 stories tall and carry a heftier load than originally planned...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Briton convicted of murdering wife, baby in Mass.
A British man who fled the U.S. after his wife and baby daughter were shot to death in their home has been convicted of murdering them...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Leonid Hurwicz, oldest Nobel winner, dies at 90
Leonid Hurwicz, who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains, has died at age 90, a spokesman said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
FDNY Cable caused smoke at historic post office
A New York City fire official says insulation on an electrical cable caught fire, leading to the evacuation of a historic post office in midtown Manhattan...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
No-fishing zones studied for ecosystem protection
Reeling in a 45-pound grouper used to be just an average day on the water in the Florida Keys...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Oregon doctor agrees to extradition to Australia
An Oregon doctor charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at an Australian hospital plans to agree to extradition to stand trial...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Smoke-shrouded Calif. scrambles to fight wildfires
Hundreds of homes in the scenic community of Big Sur were threatened by a wildfire that already had burned 16 residences and was just 3 percent contained Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Family 5-time widows 1st husband was killed
Relatives of the first husband of a five-time widow said he was shot to death at work more than 50 years ago and the culprit was never found...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
3 LA women plead not guilty to boys torture
Three Los Angeles women have pleaded not guilty to burning, starving and beating the 5-year-old son of one of the women...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Groups want import ban on polar bear hides lifted
Environmental and animal rights groups are lining up to oppose a lawsuit that seeks to let American sport hunters again import hides of polar bears shot legally in Canada...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rain threatens fragile Mississippi River towns
Severe thunderstorms rattled northern Missouri early Thursday, threatening to add even more rain to the swollen Mississippi River and complicate efforts to keep the river from engulfing this community...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Wildfire threatens 500 homes in Big Sur, Calif.
A lightning-sparked wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest that already burned 16 homes was moving closer Thursday to the scenic community of Big Sur, where it threatened 500 houses...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Malt liquor mural ads draw fire in Philadelphia
Graffiti-style malt liquor ads are drawing fire from parents and anti-blight advocates in a city known for its colorful murals...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Air Force officer acquitted of rape at Texas base
As the verdicts were read, a woman who had accused Col. Samuel Lofton of rape darted from the courtroom...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Argument spurs Kentucky worker to kill 5, himself
It was swift and chaotic, witnesses said, as the plastics plant worker with a determined look opened fire, killing five co-workers then himself in rural western Kentucky...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Texas man charged in NY with holding immigrants hostage
New York prosecutors have filed federal charges against a Texas man accused of holding illegal immigrants hostage in an attic...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
LAPD wont ask about immigration status
A California judge blocked a lawsuit that sought to enlist Los Angeles police officers in weeding out illegal immigrants...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
British man gets life in deaths of wife, baby
A British man who fled the United States after his wife and baby daughter were found dead has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the chance for parole...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Man gets life, no parole, in deaths of wife, baby
A British man who fled the United States after his wife and baby daughter were found dead has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the chance for parole...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Father convicted in disabled girls scalding death
The father of a disabled girl who died after she was scalded in a bathtub was convicted of murder for failing to seek medical help for her for more than a week...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Judge voids conviction for Iranian in goggles case
A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale has thrown out the conviction and sentence for an Iranian woman accused in a scheme to illegally obtain night vision goggles for Iran...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Updated AP Stylebook includes 200 new entries
The Associated Press on Thursday released the 2008 edition of its Stylebook, an A-to-Z update that reflects one of the most comprehensive revisions in its 55-year history, with more than 200 new entries ranging from iPhone to WMD...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Midwestern downpours keep residents out of homes
Strong Midwestern downpours may force residents to wait even longer to return to homes they evacuated due to fears of flooding, emergency management officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
California forest fire moving closer to Big Sur
Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to protect the scenic community of Big Sur from a lightning-sparked wildfire that inched closer to historic structures after burning 16 homes and threatening another 500 houses...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Mormons distance themselves from polygamist groups
As authorities have investigated a polygamist sect in Texas, Mormon church leaders in Salt Lake City have largely stayed on the sidelines, weighing a response...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sony pledges return to glamour and profit
Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs and pushing services and software, not just hardware...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Sony to start US movie service for PS3
Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Oracle throws wet blanket on strong 4Q results
Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Anti-India protests paralyze Indian Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, their anger inflamed over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
French winemakers protest to demand government aid
Winemakers in southern France have burned two police cars and vandalized supermarkets during protests to demand government aid...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bomb hits US-led patrol near Afghan capital
A bomb hit troops from the U.S.-led coalition patrolling south of the Afghan capital Thursday, causing an unspecified number of casualties, the coalition said...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Thousands protest in Indian-held Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Anti-India protests paralyze Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Afghan blast kills 3 US coalition members
The U.S.-led coalition says an attack in Afghanistan has killed three servicemembers...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Man gets life, no parole, in deaths of wife, baby
A British man who fled the United States after his wife and baby daughter were found dead has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the chance for parole...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Settlement in NY lawsuit over NBCs Predator
NBC Universal has settled a $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed a televised sex sting by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator" drove her brother to kill himself...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
British man gets life in deaths of wife, baby
A British man who fled the United States after his wife and baby daughter were found dead has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the chance for parole...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Obama record shows a liberal open to compromise
As an Illinois legislator, Barack Obama fought to expand aid to the poor _ and backed legislation to withhold welfare from parents abusing drugs...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Maria Sharapova upset in 2nd round
Former champion Maria Sharapova was knocked out of Wimbledon in a stunning upset Thursday by a 154th-ranked Russian, marking her earliest exit from a Grand Slam tournament since her first full season on tour in 2003...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Maria Sharapova is ousted in 2nd round at Wimbledon
Former champion Maria Sharapova has been ousted in the second round at Wimbledon by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Venus Williams advances to 3rd round at Wimbledon
Defending champion Venus Williams has overcome a rash of errors and trouble with her serve to beat British player Anne Keothavong and advance to the third round at Wimbledon...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
US economy logs better but still subpar growth
The economy turned in a better _ but still subpar _ performance in the first three months of this year, mostly spurred by stronger sales of U.S. products overseas...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Faithful in pews might not be voters in November
If Christian conservatives stay on the sidelines during the fall campaign, presidential hopeful John McCain probably stays in the Senate...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Bush raises GOP cash in Michigan
Campaigning for fellow Republican John McCain in a crucial swing state, President Bush accused Democrats Wednesday of "running on empty" on energy policy, "acting like teenagers with a new credit card" on federal spending and heeding warnings from anti-war activists more than those from Osama bin Laden...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Obama tells women he supports equal pay
Democrat Barack Obama, determined to win over female voters, talked Monday about the women who helped shape his life in arguing that he would be a better proponent of equal pay than Republican John McCain...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
ConAgra profit up 5 pct on trading op results
ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings grew almost 5 percent, helped by contributions from the commodity trading unit that the company just sold...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Dow industrials drop 200 to lowest level of year
Stocks tumbled Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 200 points and dropped to its lowest level of the year...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Witnesses describe chaotic scene at Ky. plant
It was swift and chaotic, witnesses said, as the plastics plant worker with a determined look opened fire, killing five co-workers then himself in rural western Kentucky...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Ky. plant where gunman killed 5 and himself has reopened
Work has resumed at a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee shot five people dead and killed himself...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Jurors ready to consider Air Force rape case
By all accounts Col. Samuel Lofton III was a star in the Air Force _ a professional, demanding officer who in less than three years led his 82nd Training Group to be the best of the four such groups at Sheppard Air Force Base...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Court bans death penalty for child rape
The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that executions are too severe a punishment for child rape, despite the "years of long anguish" for victims, in a ruling that restricts the death penalty to murder and crimes against the state...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Hundreds of homes in the scenic community of Big Sur were threatened by a wildfire that already had burned 16 residences and was just 3 percent contained Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza shake truce
Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Vegas police make arrest in Javon Walker robbery
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 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 26, 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 26, 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 26, 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 26, 2008
Strained states to make cuts felt by everyone
With a new fiscal year beginning in most states next week, budget cuts are about to bite...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 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 26, 2008
Cher harassed at Nashville club, man is arrested
A Nashville man has been charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after he repeatedly harassed Cher at the famed honky-tonk Tootsies Orchid Lounge...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Fresno States big outburst forces Game 3 in CWS
Fresno State kept its amazing postseason run alive Tuesday night thanks to an offensive performance that was nothing short of, well, amazing...
Southern Ledger - June 26, 2008
Cardinals tag Rogers for 5 runs to beat Tigers 8-4
Brian Barton, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each drove in two runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Braden Looper (9-5) gave up four runs on three homers in six-plus innings...
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