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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
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US News Archive for June 2008:
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Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Widespread intimidation seen in Zimbabwe vote
Roaming bands of government supporters heckled, harassed or threatened people into voting in a runoff election Friday in which President Robert Mugabe was the only candidate, ensuring he will remain in power despite international condemnation of the balloting as a sham...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Mexico cheers US aid against drug war
Victor de la Paz was riding back from school on a January evening with a friend, just three blocks from home, when uniformed men emerged from the darkness and motioned for them to stop...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Kashmiri Muslims protest over Hindu shrine plans
Thousands of Muslims angry over plans to expand a Hindu shrine clashed with police in Kashmir on Friday in some of the largest protests in two decades against Indian rule...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Crowd watches Pakistan militants kill 2 Afghans
A gang of Pakistani militants executed two Afghan prisoners in front of thousands of cheering supporters Friday, beheading one man and shooting the other after accusing them of aiding a U.S. missile strike...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Tens of thousands burn flags to protest in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators filled the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, burning flags and effigies of Indian leaders on the fifth day of protests against the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Vatican paper Pope Benedict XVI doesnt wear Prada
The devil may wear Prada _ but the pope does not...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Bush gets bill to end blocks to Mandela
Congress sent President Bush a bill on Friday that once signed into law will allow Nelson Mandela to visit the United States without the secretary of state having to certify that he is not a terrorist...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Hanoi Hilton jailer says hed vote for McCain
John McCain has an unusual endorsement _ from the Vietnamese jailer who says he held him captive for about five years as a POW and now considers him a friend...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Voice of WALL-E Robot sounds toddler-inspired
Sci-fi animation moviemaking in aisle four!Ben Burtt, the two-time Oscar-winning sound engineer who designed the voices of R2-D2, ET and now the main character in "WALL-E," says his out-of-this-world audio often comes from the most mundane, Earth-bound activities _ like a trip to the grocery store...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Verne Troyer sues over sex tape
Verne Troyer has sued TMZ and a pornography distributor, seeking the return of a sex tape he says was stolen and more than $20 million in damages...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
The teen sister act known as Aly & AJ continued with plans to hold a concert Friday as a man accused of stalking and threatening them appeared in court...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Analysis Obama, Clinton begin unity campaign
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton stood side by side in this tiny New England outpost to provide the image many Democrats needed to see after their long, bruising primary battle...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton appeal for Democratic unity in N.H.
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a display of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
McCain talks trade, innovation with auto workers
Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce the electric cars of the future...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton appeal together for Dem unity
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a show of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton appeal together for party unity
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a show of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Carpentier wins 1st Cup pole
Rookie Patrick Carpentier grabbed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Swishers grand slam lifts White Sox to 10-3 win
Nick Swisher helped the White Sox get some payback against the Cubs...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Smithsonian Folklife Festival opens on Mall
Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stimulus payments send after-tax incomes soaring
Millions of economic stimulus payments sent after-tax incomes surging in May by the largest amount since a similar recession-fighting effort by Gerald Ford 33 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Who are those oil speculators, anyway? Maybe you
All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days _ just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Wall Street pares losses in volatile trading
Wall Street pared its losses late Friday as the approaching end of the quarter had investors picking up stocks to close out their portfolios _ the practice widely known as window dressing...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Wall Street extends losses on oil, credit worries
Wall Street pared its losses late Friday as the approaching end of the quarter had investors picking up stocks to close out their portfolios _ the practice widely known as window dressing...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks mostly lower again after big drop
Stocks slid again Friday after their sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record and dubious that personal income and spending will remain resilient...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Police Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
Authorities have arrested a southeast Ohio man accused of stalking and threatening teen actress-singers Aly and AJ...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
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 27, 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 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Officers test laser speed guns to bolster cases
Police officers took aim this week at vehicles zipping down a runway in tests meant to convince judges that laser speed guns _ increasingly popular among law enforcement _ are as accurate as their radar cousins...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
N.Y. millionaire gets prison for enslaving workers
A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Navy approves plan for sonar training off Hawaii
The Navy has adopted a new plan for training in Hawaii waters that it says will allow it to accelerate some exercises and hold them more frequently while continuing to limit the effects of its sonar on marine mammals...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Tropical depression forms in Pacific Ocean
A tropical depression has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, but the National Hurricane Center said there is currently no threat to land...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Md. mom uses sons Iraq death to help change law
U.S. Army Spc. Kendell Frederick lost his life while trying to become a citizen of the country he was fighting for...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
US officials try faux speed bumps to slow drivers
Cathy Campbell did a double-take and tapped the brakes when she spotted what appeared to a pointy-edged box lying in the road just ahead...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Drunken driver gets 43 years for killing mom, kids
An Ohio judge has sentenced a man to 43 years in prison for killing a Maryland mother and four children by driving the wrong way on an interstate...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Flood threatens 100 homes in Mo. after levee loss
The levee was lost Friday at this eastern Missouri town, but emergency workers still hoped to save about 100 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Calif. firefighters dig in to protect Big Sur
With temperatures rising, firefighters dug in Friday for a long battle against flames creeping toward this storied tourist town...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Officials hope sandbags will save eastern Mo. town
The levee was lost Friday at this eastern Missouri town, but emergency workers still hoped to save about 100 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
N.O. levees squeezed by Congress demand for cash
The goal to raise levees and build large-scale flood defenses around this flood-torn city could be delayed indefinitely because of congressional demands that Louisiana chip in $1.8 billion to the effort over three years...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Police 4 teens arrested in Brooklyn hate crime
Police say four teenagers have been arrested on hate crime charges for throwing rocks at a school bus full of Jewish toddlers...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
NY policeman charged after woman body-slammed
A police officer who body-slammed an unarmed woman and broke her jaw during a medical call to a suburban restaurant last year was arrested Friday and charged with civil rights violations...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri
A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday _ undone by a burrowing muskrat...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Frantic sandbagging effort aims to save Mo. town
A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday _ undone by a burrowing muskrat...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
2nd NY millionaire gets prison in slavery case
A millionaire convicted along with his wife of virtually enslaving two Indonesian housekeepers has been sentenced to more than three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
3 hurt, 1 critically, in AZ medical chopper crash
A medical helicopter crashed early Friday in northern Arizona as it was landing to pick up a patient, hurting three crew members aboard, one critically, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
New York bar brawl sparks international conflict
Congressional members from New York are asking Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to pressure Serbia into returning a 20-year-old basketball player who fled the U.S. after being charged with a violent assault on a college classmate...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
NRA sues to overturn S.F. gun ban in city housing
The National Rifle Association is suing the city of San Francisco to overturn its handgun ban in public housing...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Va. judge church secession law is constitutional
Eleven conservative Episcopal churches won a legal victory Friday when a circuit court judge upheld a Virginia law allowing congregations to vote to secede from their parent denominations...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Court overturns injunction on S.D. abortion law
A federal appeals court ruled that South Dakota can begin enforcing a law requiring doctors to tell women seeking abortions that the procedure ends a human life...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Storm interrupts Olympic swim practice in Omaha
A severe storm with strong winds swept through Omaha on Friday afternoon, forcing swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials to evacuate pools, canceling an outdoor concert and knocking out power to large parts of the city...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Widespread intimidation seen in Zimbabwe vote
Roaming bands of government supporters heckled, harassed or threatened people into voting in a runoff election Friday in which President Robert Mugabe was the only candidate, ensuring he will remain in power despite international condemnation of the balloting as a sham...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Mexico cheers US aid against drug war
Victor de la Paz was riding back from school on a January evening with a friend, just three blocks from home, when uniformed men emerged from the darkness and motioned for them to stop...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Crowd watches Pakistan militants kill 2 Afghans
A gang of Pakistani militants executed two Afghan prisoners in front of thousands of cheering supporters Friday, beheading one man and shooting the other after accusing them of aiding a U.S. missile strike...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Tens of thousands burn flags to protest in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators filled the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, burning flags and effigies of Indian leaders on the fifth day of protests against the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Vatican paper Pope Benedict XVI doesnt wear Prada
The devil may wear Prada _ but the pope does not...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Bush gets bill to end blocks to Mandela
Congress sent President Bush a bill on Friday that once signed into law will allow Nelson Mandela to visit the United States without the secretary of state having to certify that he is not a terrorist...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
NY policeman charged after woman body-slammed
A police officer who body-slammed an unarmed woman and broke her jaw during a medical call to a suburban restaurant last year was arrested Friday and charged with civil rights violations...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri
A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday _ undone by a burrowing muskrat...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Frantic sandbagging effort aims to save Mo. town
A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday _ undone by a burrowing muskrat...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Hanoi Hilton jailer says hed vote for McCain
John McCain has an unusual endorsement _ from the Vietnamese jailer who says he held him captive for about five years as a POW and now considers him a friend...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Kashmiri Muslims protest over Hindu shrine plans
Thousands of Muslims angry over plans to expand a Hindu shrine clashed with police in Kashmir on Friday in some of the largest protests in two decades against Indian rule...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Voice of WALL-E Robot sounds toddler-inspired
Sci-fi animation moviemaking in aisle four!Ben Burtt, the two-time Oscar-winning sound engineer who designed the voices of R2-D2, ET and now the main character in "WALL-E," says his out-of-this-world audio often comes from the most mundane, Earth-bound activities _ like a trip to the grocery store...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Verne Troyer sues over sex tape
Verne Troyer has sued TMZ and a pornography distributor, seeking the return of a sex tape he says was stolen and more than $20 million in damages...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
The teen sister act known as Aly & AJ continued with plans to hold a concert Friday as a man accused of stalking and threatening them appeared in court...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Analysis Obama, Clinton begin unity campaign
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton stood side by side in this tiny New England outpost to provide the image many Democrats needed to see after their long, bruising primary battle...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton appeal for Democratic unity in N.H.
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a display of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
McCain talks trade, innovation with auto workers
Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce the electric cars of the future...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton appeal together for Dem unity
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a show of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton appeal together for party unity
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a show of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Carpentier wins 1st Cup pole
Rookie Patrick Carpentier grabbed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Swishers grand slam lifts White Sox to 10-3 win
Nick Swisher helped the White Sox get some payback against the Cubs...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Smithsonian Folklife Festival opens on Mall
Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stimulus payments send after-tax incomes soaring
Millions of economic stimulus payments sent after-tax incomes surging in May by the largest amount since a similar recession-fighting effort by Gerald Ford 33 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Who are those oil speculators, anyway? Maybe you
All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days _ just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Wall Street pares losses in volatile trading
Wall Street pared its losses late Friday as the approaching end of the quarter had investors picking up stocks to close out their portfolios _ the practice widely known as window dressing...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Wall Street extends losses on oil, credit worries
Wall Street pared its losses late Friday as the approaching end of the quarter had investors picking up stocks to close out their portfolios _ the practice widely known as window dressing...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks mostly lower again after big drop
Stocks slid again Friday after their sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record and dubious that personal income and spending will remain resilient...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Police Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
Authorities have arrested a southeast Ohio man accused of stalking and threatening teen actress-singers Aly and AJ...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
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 27, 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 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Heat take Kansas States Beasley with No. 2 pick
Michael Beasley left his workout with the Miami Heat last week, telling confidants that he wanted to begin his NBA career learning from Pat Riley...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Bulls select Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Bulls take Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Mindy McCready charged with violating probation
Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Oil price still near record $142
Crude oil retreats slightly after breaking through $142 a barrel, on concerns that supply will not meet demand...
BBC News - June 27, 2008
US consumer spending rises in May
US personal spending climbs in May as the government's economic stimulus plan boosts incomes...
BBC News - June 27, 2008
The Fed's fight to stop contagion
The US Federal Reserve reveals its strategy to tackle to credit crunch...
BBC News - June 27, 2008
Testing times
Why Hugo Chavez is under pressure in Venezuela...
BBC News - June 27, 2008
United front
Democratic rivals hold joint rally in town of Unity...
BBC News - June 27, 2008
Huge US payout over anthrax case
The US justice department agrees a multimillion-dollar settlement with a man named in the 2001 anthrax attack probe...
BBC News - June 27, 2008
UN conference wont ban toxic waste exports
Delegates at a U.N. conference decided against banning toxic waste exports, instead encouraging countries Friday to take their own action to address the steady stream of dangerous chemicals and old electronics that litter the landfills of poor nations...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Vatican paper Pope Benedict XVI doesnt wear Prada
The devil may wear Prada _ but the pope does not...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Crowd sees Pakistan militants kill 2 alleged spies
A gang of Pakistani militants executed two alleged U.S. spies in front of thousands of cheering supporters Friday as a top U.N. official expressed fears that Pakistani government peace deals with the gunmen were sparking a wave of human rights abuses...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Indonesian air force plane crashes with 18 onboard
Rescuers spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian military plane that crashed into a jungle-clad mountain with 18 people on board, including three foreigners, but were unable to reach the site Friday, the deputy chief of the air force said...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Tens of thousands burn flags to protest in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators filled the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, burning flags and effigies of Indian leaders on the fifth day of protests against the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Paris Hilton donates to LAs Childrens Hospital
Paris Hilton is making good on her promise to become a better person...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton to campaign together today
Hillary Rodham Clinton has already loaned Barack Obama her top fundraisers. Now the former rivals are going to see if she can do the same with voters. When the two Democrats step onstage Friday in New Hampshire, it will be their first joint campaign appearance and their first public display of rapprochement, as they seek to set aside differences and unify the party while helping each other...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton take first public step toward unity
When Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton step onstage in their first joint campaign appearance in New Hampshire, it will be the first public display of a rapprochement between former rivals hoping to set aside differences and unify the party while helping each other...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Federer cruises into 4th round, will face Hewitt
Roger Federer continued his march toward a sixth straight Wimbledon title by beating Marc Gicquel in straight sets Friday, setting up a fourth-round matchup with the last man to win the championship before him...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Federer tops Gicquel in straight sets at Wimbledon
Roger Federer continued his march toward a sixth straight Wimbledon title by beating Marc Gicquel in straight sets Friday, setting up a possible fourth-round matchup with the last man to win the championship before him...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Federer cruises into 4th round at Wimbledon
Five-time champion Roger Federer has advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon with a straight-set win over Marc Gicquel of France...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks mostly lower again after big drop
Stocks slid again Friday after their sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record and dubious that personal income and spending will remain resilient...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Scruggs gets 5 years in prison in bribery scheme
Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the attorney who built his career by taking on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for conspiring to bribe a judge...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks decline again after Thursdays big drop
Stocks slumped again Friday after a sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record and dubious that personal income and spending will remain resilient...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks waver after Thursdays big drop
Stocks fluctuated Friday after a sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record but relieved about increases in personal incomes and spending...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Global stocks slip after Wall Street Plunge
European stock markets slipped Friday in the wake of steep falls on Asian and U.S. exchanges as oil prices hit a record $142 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton make show of unity in Unity, N.H.
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are making their first public appearance together since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Ex-rivals Obama, Clinton appear in unity display
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a show of unity in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Smithsonian Folklife Festival opens on Mall
Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Police Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
Authorities have arrested a southeast Ohio man accused of stalking and threatening teen actress-singers Aly and AJ...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2008
Md. mom uses sons Iraq death to help change law
U.S. Army Spc. Kendell Frederick lost his life while trying to become a citizen of the country he was fighting for...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Officers test laser speed guns to bolster cases
Police officers took aim this week at vehicles zipping down a runway in tests meant to convince judges that laser speed guns _ increasingly popular among law enforcement _ are as accurate as their radar cousins...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
N.Y. millionaire gets prison for enslaving workers
A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Flood threatens 100 homes in Mo. after levee loss
The levee was lost Friday at this eastern Missouri town, but emergency workers still hoped to save about 100 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Calif. firefighters dig in to protect Big Sur
With temperatures rising, firefighters dug in Friday for a long battle against flames creeping toward this storied tourist town...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Officials hope sandbags will save eastern Mo. town
The levee was lost Friday at this eastern Missouri town, but emergency workers still hoped to save about 100 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Navy approves plan for sonar training off Hawaii
The Navy has adopted a new plan for training in Hawaii waters that it says will allow it to accelerate some exercises and hold them more frequently while continuing to limit the effects of its sonar on marine mammals...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Tropical depression forms in Pacific Ocean
A tropical depression has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, but the National Hurricane Center said there is currently no threat to land...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
French man faces US charge in theft of paintings
A French man allegedly involved in the theft of paintings by Claude Monet and two other artists has been charged in the U.S. with attempting to broker the sale of the stolen art to undercover FBI agents, federal prosecutors said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
NY appeals court upholds death penalty verdict
A federal appeals court in Manhattan has upheld the death sentence for Donald Fell, who killed a Vermont supermarket worker as she prayed for her life...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
ICE attorney arrested for alleged immigrant bribes
An attorney for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and his wife were arrested on suspicion of accepting thousands of dollars from both legal and illegal immigrants in exchange for immigration benefits, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Inmate escapes Ark. jail, but leaves flower behind
Crawford County authorities say an inmate escaped the county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Head of Texas agency in polygamist raid retiring
The head of the Texas agency that removed more than 400 children in the raid of a polygamist group is retiring...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Ringleader of body parts scheme sentenced in NYC
The mastermind behind a ghoulish scheme that involved stealing hundreds of corpses and selling the parts for millions of dollars will spend 18 to 54 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Vatican paper Pope Benedict XVI doesnt wear Prada
The devil may wear Prada _ but the pope does not...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Crowd sees Pakistan militants kill 2 alleged spies
A gang of Pakistani militants executed two alleged U.S. spies in front of thousands of cheering supporters Friday as a top U.N. official expressed fears that Pakistani government peace deals with the gunmen were sparking a wave of human rights abuses...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Indonesian air force plane crashes with 18 onboard
Rescuers spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian military plane that crashed into a jungle-clad mountain with 18 people on board, including three foreigners, but were unable to reach the site Friday, the deputy chief of the air force said...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Tens of thousands burn flags to protest in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators filled the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, burning flags and effigies of Indian leaders on the fifth day of protests against the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
UN conference wont ban toxic waste exports
Delegates at a U.N. conference decided against banning toxic waste exports, instead encouraging countries Friday to take their own action to address the steady stream of dangerous chemicals and old electronics that litter the landfills of poor nations...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Paris Hilton donates to LAs Childrens Hospital
Paris Hilton is making good on her promise to become a better person...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Flood threatens 100 homes in Mo. after levee loss
The levee was lost Friday at this eastern Missouri town, but emergency workers still hoped to save about 100 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Calif. firefighters dig in to protect Big Sur
With temperatures rising, firefighters dug in Friday for a long battle against flames creeping toward this storied tourist town...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Officials hope sandbags will save eastern Mo. town
The levee was lost Friday at this eastern Missouri town, but emergency workers still hoped to save about 100 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Navy approves plan for sonar training off Hawaii
The Navy has adopted a new plan for training in Hawaii waters that it says will allow it to accelerate some exercises and hold them more frequently while continuing to limit the effects of its sonar on marine mammals...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Federer tops Gicquel in straight sets at Wimbledon
Roger Federer continued his march toward a sixth straight Wimbledon title by beating Marc Gicquel in straight sets Friday, setting up a possible fourth-round matchup with the last man to win the championship before him...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Federer cruises into 4th round at Wimbledon
Five-time champion Roger Federer has advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon with a straight-set win over Marc Gicquel of France...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton make show of unity in Unity, N.H.
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are making their first public appearance together since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Ex-rivals Obama, Clinton appear in unity display
Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a show of unity in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton to campaign together today
Hillary Rodham Clinton has already loaned Barack Obama her top fundraisers. Now the former rivals are going to see if she can do the same with voters. When the two Democrats step onstage Friday in New Hampshire, it will be their first joint campaign appearance and their first public display of rapprochement, as they seek to set aside differences and unify the party while helping each other...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Obama, Clinton take first public step toward unity
When Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton step onstage in their first joint campaign appearance in New Hampshire, it will be the first public display of a rapprochement between former rivals hoping to set aside differences and unify the party while helping each other...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Federer cruises into 4th round, will face Hewitt
Roger Federer continued his march toward a sixth straight Wimbledon title by beating Marc Gicquel in straight sets Friday, setting up a fourth-round matchup with the last man to win the championship before him...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Smithsonian Folklife Festival opens on Mall
Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks mostly lower again after big drop
Stocks slid again Friday after their sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record and dubious that personal income and spending will remain resilient...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Scruggs gets 5 years in prison in bribery scheme
Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the attorney who built his career by taking on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for conspiring to bribe a judge...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks decline again after Thursdays big drop
Stocks slumped again Friday after a sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record and dubious that personal income and spending will remain resilient...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Stocks waver after Thursdays big drop
Stocks fluctuated Friday after a sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record but relieved about increases in personal incomes and spending...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Global stocks slip after Wall Street Plunge
European stock markets slipped Friday in the wake of steep falls on Asian and U.S. exchanges as oil prices hit a record $142 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
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 27, 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 27, 2008
Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic structures and hundreds of homes...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 2008
Police Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
Authorities have arrested a southeast Ohio man accused of stalking and threatening teen actress-singers Aly and AJ...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2008
Heat take Kansas States Beasley with No. 2 pick
Michael Beasley left his workout with the Miami Heat last week, telling confidants that he wanted to begin his NBA career learning from Pat Riley...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Bulls select Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Bulls take Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Mindy McCready charged with violating probation
Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Vatican paper Pope Benedict XVI doesnt wear Prada
The devil may wear Prada _ but the pope does not...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2008
Israel closes Gaza, Palestinians fire mortars
Israel refused on Friday to fully open crossings with the Gaza Strip and Palestinian militants attacked Israel with mortars, further testing an already fragile truce...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
North Korea destroys nuclear reactor tower
North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
North Korea destroys reactor tower
North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Sri Lankan battles kill 51 combatants
A series of battles between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels killed 49 insurgents and two soldiers in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
India, Pakistan meet on peace process
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held talks Friday on the ongoing peace process between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, including their dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Rodriguez leads Astros over Rangers 7-2
Wandy Rodriguez pitched eight solid innings and tied a career high with nine strikeouts, leading lead the Houston Astros to a 7-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Paris Hilton donates to LAs Childrens Hospital
Paris Hilton is making good on her promise to become a better person...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Contenders 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 27, 2008
Lee strikes out 11 in Indians 4-1 win over Giants
Cliff Lee struck out a career-high 11 over eight innings, and the Cleveland Indians avoided a three-game sweep by San Francisco Giants with a 4-1 win Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - June 27, 2008
Rodriguez gets 9 Ks, leads Astros over Rangers 7-2
Wandy Rodriguez pitched eight solid innings and tied a career high with nine strikeouts, leading the Houston Astros to a 7-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night...
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