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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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Cambodian ruling party heads to election victory
Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by a tense border dispute with neighboring Thailand that has fueled national sentiment, strengthening longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
India detains 30 in bombings that killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Spains Sastre wins doping-scarred Tour de France
From the very start to the very finish, doping was along for the ride on the Tour de France...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bombs strike Istanbul neighborhood, killing 13
Two bombs exploded minutes apart in an Istanbul square packed with people Sunday night, killing 13 and injuring about 70 in what the city governor said was a terror attack...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bombs strike Istanbul neighborhood, killing 15
Two bombs exploded minutes apart in a packed Istanbul square Sunday night, killing 15 and injuring more than 150 in what the city governor said was a terror attack...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Myanmar farmers back at work, but outlook is bleak
Ko Nyi Thaut lost six of his children and all his possessions when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar three months ago. But the 53-year-old farmer still has his rice fields. The surprise, say aid workers, is how quickly he and others have gone back to work...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Experts study whether oxygen tank exploded on jet
Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
In e-mail, Islamic group claims India blasts
An obscure Islamic group claimed responsibility for a series of synchronized explosions that killed at least 45 people in western India, warning of "the terror of Death" in an e-mail sent to several television stations minutes before the blasts...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dark Knight grosses $300M, shattering record
"The Dark Knight" continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dark Knight sets new record for reaching $300M
"The Dark Knight" continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Johnson pitches Diamondbacks past the Giants, 7-1
Randy Johnson won his fourth straight and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed their first sweep in San Francisco in seven years, beating the Giants 7-1 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Phillies hit 5 homers in 12-10 win over Braves
Pat Burrell hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the fifth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies again rallied past the Atlanta Braves 12-10 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dodgers beat Nats 2-0 with Kershaws 1st win
Clayton Kershaw outpitched Jason Bergmann for his first major league victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
LaBeouf booked for DUI after late-night wreck
Shia LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after an early morning wreck in which the "Indiana Jones" star injured his hand and knee, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Shia LaBeouf injured in wreck, arrested for DUI
Shia LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after an early morning wreck in which the "Indiana Jones" star injured his hand and knee, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Indiana Jones star injured, arrested for DUI
"Indiana Jones" star Shia LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after an early morning car accident in which he was injured, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama says hes becoming competitive in red states
With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama says he creates a race in some red states
With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
McCain calls Obamas stance on Iraq war political
Republican presidential contender John McCain said that his challenger, Barack Obama, decided on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq based on political expediency...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama shifts focus from foreign policy to economy
Presidential contender Barack Obama is pivoting from foreign policy to the economy at home...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Johnson pitches Diamondbacks past the Giants, 7-2
Randy Johnson won his fourth straight and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed their first sweep in San Francisco in seven years, beating the Giants 7-2 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill
A large fuel spill that shut down the mouth of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Authorities search for India bombers who killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Braun propels Brewers into NL Central tie
Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed a share of the NL Central lead with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Carmen Electra & Kim Kardashian dazzle comics fans
The line snaked through the Comic-Con floor. Hundreds of camera-toting fans jockeyed for position, barely able to contain their excitement...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
As costs rise, inflations next front is retailers
Coming to a store near you: Even higher prices. Most inflation this year has come from food and fuel, as retailers resisted passing along to strapped consumers the higher prices manufacturers charged them, but coming increases from companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Hasbro Inc. may leave them with no choice...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Some 52,000 Lufthansa workers plan for strike
Frankfurt and Hamburg airports will be the hardest hit on Monday when 52,000 employees of Lufthansa AG go on strike, a union official said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Readings on economy, jobs could dominate trading
Investors head into the week with a bit more resolve that U.S. companies are doing a better-than-expected job managing their way through an economy stifled by unprecedented turmoil in the housing and credit markets...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Montana town loses 4 teens, their athletic hopes
Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Rites in Lawrence, Mass., for long-missing soldier
The city of Lawrence, Mass., is showing its respect for a soldier whose body was recently recovered in Iraq, 14 months after he was captured...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Midsummer night with Drew Carey and Shakespeare
"The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bermuda leaders son, a doctor, faces sex charges
About two months ago, Dr. Kevin Antario Brown was hobnobbing with guests at a celebrity poker tournament at the Playboy Mansion, his disaster-relief medical charity the beneficiary of the lavish event...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gay bias alleged in San Diego Bay shooting death
To police, Steven Hirschfield was violent and out of control when he clambered aboard a patrol boat sent to rescue him in the San Diego Bay during a gay pride party...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Salvage teams raise sunken Russian Sub Museum
Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
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Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
NYC adds double dutch rope jumping as school sport
The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Calif. fire threatens homes near Yosemite Valley
Authorities say a wildfire is threatening several hundred homes near the main entrance road to Yosemite National Park...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gunman at Pa. radio station bipolar, ex-wife says
The ex-wife of a gunman fatally shot by police outside a central Pennsylvania radio station says the man struggled with bipolar disorder...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Prosecutors book helps parents discuss sex abuse
Prosecutor Jill Starishevsky was working on the case of a little girl who had been consistently raped by her stepfather when she got an idea of how she could help families prevent such horrific acts...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
NYC adds double dutch to school sports calendar
The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
AP IMPACT Relatives of televangelist prosper
Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Procession, Mass for long-missing US soldier
The city that hoped for the best but learned the worst showed its respect Saturday for Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, whose body was recently recovered in Iraq 14 months after he was captured...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Fire threatens thousands of homes west of Yosemite
A fast-spreading fire burning near an entrance to Yosemite National Park forced the evacuations of 170 homes and caused officials to cut power to the park...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Miamis vice? City at bottom in volunteering
Blame it on the traffic. Or the number of new immigrants. Or the allure of the beach. Whatever the reason, Miami has secured the bottom spot _ No. 50 among major U.S. cities _ in new rankings of the percentage of adults who volunteer...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
4 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters
Four swimmers drowned and three were missing Saturday in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches, authorities said. At least three more had been rescued...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
3 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters
Authorities say three swimmers drowned and three are missing in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches. At least three more have been rescued...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Fire still threatens homes west of Yosemite Park
A fast-spreading wildfire raged out of control Sunday near an entrance to Yosemite National Park after forcing residents to evacuate 170 homes and leading authorities to cut power to the park...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
1 mans protest rallies Ohio city against drugs
His eyes darted up and down the intersecting streets, watching for trouble. He shuffled his feet, making sure no one surprised him from behind. And he prayed, asking God to protect him and touch the hearts of the drug dealers glaring at him from across the street...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
300 evacuated from flooding in Ruidoso, NM, area
About 300 residents and tourists have been evacuated around the resort town of Ruidoso, N.M., because of flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
3 missing, 4 dead after weekend of riptides in NY
Divers searched the water off Coney Island on Sunday for a 10-year-old girl, one of three swimmers still missing from powerful ocean currents at New York City and Long Island beaches over the weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
300 evacuated from flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., area
About 300 people were evacuated from homes, campgrounds and a recreational vehicle park Sunday and a helicopter was sent to rescue others after flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Authorities Calif. blaze kills Wash. fire chief
Authorities say a firefighter has died while scouting a Northern California blaze...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Fire destroys 8 homes near Yosemite National Park
An out-of-control wildfire burning Sunday near an entrance to Yosemite National Park has destroyed eight homes and threatened thousands more as flames forced authorities to cut power to the park...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Southwest flight returns to BWI for cockpit smoke
A Southwest Airlines spokeswoman says smoke from a faulty cockpit fan, not a fire, prompted a flight to return to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport shortly after takeoff Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
RI police 24-year-old son killed parents with hoe
Police say the 24-year-old son of a Rhode Island couple found buried in their backyard cesspool killed his parents with a garden hoe...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gunman opens fire in Tennessee church, 1 killed
Police say one person has been killed and eight others wounded after a gunman entered a church in Knoxville, Tenn., and opened fire with a shotgun...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Carters new fight, over Ga. dams, a familiar one
President Carter has spent his golden years as a global humanitarian: a Nobel laureate pushing for peace in the Middle East, speaking out against the war in Iraq and battling to eradicate deadly diseases in Africa and Asia...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued
T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bermuda leaders son, a doctor, faces sex charges
About two months ago, Dr. Kevin Antario Brown was hobnobbing with guests at a celebrity poker tournament at the Playboy Mansion, his disaster-relief medical charity the beneficiary of the lavish event...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Halle Berry pushes back against paparazzi
Halle Berry said a paparazzi went too far to get a shot of her infant daughter, alleging that the shooter trespassed on her private property and snapped them hanging out in the backyard...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Spains Sastre wins doping-scarred Tour de France
From the very start to the very finish, doping was along for the ride on the Tour de France...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bombs strike Istanbul neighborhood, killing 13
Two bombs exploded minutes apart in an Istanbul square packed with people Sunday night, killing 13 and injuring about 70 in what the city governor said was a terror attack...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bombs strike Istanbul neighborhood, killing 15
Two bombs exploded minutes apart in a packed Istanbul square Sunday night, killing 15 and injuring more than 150 in what the city governor said was a terror attack...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Cambodian ruling party heads to election victory
Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by a tense border dispute with neighboring Thailand that has fueled national sentiment, strengthening longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
India detains 30 in bombings that killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Prosecutors book helps parents discuss sex abuse
Prosecutor Jill Starishevsky was working on the case of a little girl who had been consistently raped by her stepfather when she got an idea of how she could help families prevent such horrific acts...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Myanmar farmers back at work, but outlook is bleak
Ko Nyi Thaut lost six of his children and all his possessions when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar three months ago. But the 53-year-old farmer still has his rice fields. The surprise, say aid workers, is how quickly he and others have gone back to work...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Experts study whether oxygen tank exploded on jet
Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
In e-mail, Islamic group claims India blasts
An obscure Islamic group claimed responsibility for a series of synchronized explosions that killed at least 45 people in western India, warning of "the terror of Death" in an e-mail sent to several television stations minutes before the blasts...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Shia LaBeouf injured in wreck, arrested for DUI
Shia LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after an early morning wreck in which the "Indiana Jones" star injured his hand and knee, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Indiana Jones star injured, arrested for DUI
"Indiana Jones" star Shia LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after an early morning car accident in which he was injured, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dark Knight grosses $300M, shattering record
"The Dark Knight" continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dark Knight sets new record for reaching $300M
"The Dark Knight" continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
3 missing, 4 dead after weekend of riptides in NY
Divers searched the water off Coney Island on Sunday for a 10-year-old girl, one of three swimmers still missing from powerful ocean currents at New York City and Long Island beaches over the weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
300 evacuated from flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., area
About 300 people were evacuated from homes, campgrounds and a recreational vehicle park Sunday and a helicopter was sent to rescue others after flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Dolly...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama shifts focus from foreign policy to economy
Presidential contender Barack Obama is pivoting from foreign policy to the economy at home...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Johnson pitches Diamondbacks past the Giants, 7-2
Randy Johnson won his fourth straight and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed their first sweep in San Francisco in seven years, beating the Giants 7-2 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Johnson pitches Diamondbacks past the Giants, 7-1
Randy Johnson won his fourth straight and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed their first sweep in San Francisco in seven years, beating the Giants 7-1 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Phillies hit 5 homers in 12-10 win over Braves
Pat Burrell hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the fifth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies again rallied past the Atlanta Braves 12-10 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dodgers beat Nats 2-0 with Kershaws 1st win
Clayton Kershaw outpitched Jason Bergmann for his first major league victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
LaBeouf booked for DUI after late-night wreck
Shia LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after an early morning wreck in which the "Indiana Jones" star injured his hand and knee, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Readings on economy, jobs could dominate trading
Investors head into the week with a bit more resolve that U.S. companies are doing a better-than-expected job managing their way through an economy stifled by unprecedented turmoil in the housing and credit markets...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama says hes becoming competitive in red states
With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama says he creates a race in some red states
With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
McCain calls Obamas stance on Iraq war political
Republican presidential contender John McCain said that his challenger, Barack Obama, decided on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq based on political expediency...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill
A large fuel spill that shut down the mouth of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Authorities search for India bombers who killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Braun propels Brewers into NL Central tie
Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed a share of the NL Central lead with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Carmen Electra & Kim Kardashian dazzle comics fans
The line snaked through the Comic-Con floor. Hundreds of camera-toting fans jockeyed for position, barely able to contain their excitement...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
As costs rise, inflations next front is retailers
Coming to a store near you: Even higher prices. Most inflation this year has come from food and fuel, as retailers resisted passing along to strapped consumers the higher prices manufacturers charged them, but coming increases from companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Hasbro Inc. may leave them with no choice...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Some 52,000 Lufthansa workers plan for strike
Frankfurt and Hamburg airports will be the hardest hit on Monday when 52,000 employees of Lufthansa AG go on strike, a union official said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
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Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Miamis vice? City at bottom in volunteering
Blame it on the traffic. Or the number of new immigrants. Or the allure of the beach. Whatever the reason, Miami has secured the bottom spot _ No. 50 among major U.S. cities _ in new rankings of the percentage of adults who volunteer...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
2 eagles named by Miley, Billy Ray to be set free
Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
AP IMPACT Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Another courtroom victory for religious colleges
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Math study finds girls are just as good as boys
Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that, at math, they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in math in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Minimum wage going up, but so does inflation
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Indians acquire RHP Reyes from Cardinals
Anthony Reyes, who won Game 1 of the 2006 World Series for St. Louis, was traded by the Cardinals on Saturday to the Cleveland Indians for minor league pitcher Luis Perdomo...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Williams Jr. to continue Monday Night Football
Hank Williams Jr., who has sung the opening theme for "Monday Night Football" since 1989, will continue the tradition this season...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Deadly gun rampage in US church
A gunman opens fire in a church in the American state of Tennessee, killing one person and wounding eight others...
BBC News - July 27, 2008
India detains 30 in bombings that killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Experts study whether oxygen tank exploded on jet
Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
In e-mail, Islamic group claims India blasts
An obscure Islamic group claimed responsibility for a series of synchronized explosions that killed at least 45 people in western India, warning of "the terror of Death" in an e-mail sent to several television stations minutes before the blasts...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Cambodian ruling party heads to election victory
Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by a tense border dispute with neighboring Thailand that has fueled national sentiment, strengthening longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications
When federal regulators catch a drug company peddling prescription medications for an unapproved use, it takes them an average of seven months to issue a warning, according to a draft report by congressional investigators...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Myanmar farmers back at work, but outlook is bleak
Ko Nyi Thaut lost six of his children and all his possessions when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar three months ago. But the 53-year-old farmer still has his rice fields. The surprise, say aid workers, is how quickly he and others have gone back to work...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Yankees beat Red Sox 8-0 since All-Star break
Robinson Cano homered and drove in three runs, Andy Pettitte gave the Yankees another strong start and New York beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Saturday for its season-best eighth straight win...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Johnson wins Brickyard pole Martin optimistic
Mark Martin picked Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the spot he plans to end his 97-race winless streak. Then he announced it to all of NASCAR, an uncharacteristic burst of boldness that literally raised eyebrows...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Pujols 2-run homer in 14th lifts Cards past Mets
Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the 14th inning for his fifth hit of the night, Skip Schumaker did him one better with a career-best six hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 10-8 Saturday to snap a season-worst five-game losing streak...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dark Knight sets new record for reaching $300M
"The Dark Knight" continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
McCain calls Obamas stance on Iraq war political
Republican presidential contender John McCain said that his challenger, Barack Obama, decided on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq based on political expediency...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama shifts focus from foreign policy to economy
Presidential contender Barack Obama is pivoting from foreign policy to the economy at home...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
McCain calls Obamas stance on Iraq political
Presidential contender John McCain says that his challenger Barack Obama decided on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq based on political expediency...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dixon wins IndyCar race in Edmonton
Scott Dixon took another big step toward a second IndyCar championship Saturday, holding off Helio Castroneves, his closest pursuer, for a victory in the Rexall Edmonton Indy...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Carmen Electra & Kim Kardashian dazzle comics fans
The line snaked through the Comic-Con floor. Hundreds of camera-toting fans jockeyed for position, barely able to contain their excitement...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Cambodian ruling party heads to poll win
Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by a tense border dispute with neighboring Thailand that has fueled national sentiment, strengthening longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
As costs rise, inflations next front is retailers
Coming to a store near you: Even higher prices. Most inflation this year has come from food and fuel, as retailers resisted passing along to strapped consumers the higher prices manufacturers charged them, but coming increases from companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Hasbro Inc. may leave them with no choice...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
No angry lines of customers after bank takeover
Customers of two banks closed by federal regulators were assured that every penny of their money was protected, preventing lines of angry accountholders from forming Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill
A large fuel spill that shut down the mouth of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Authorities search for India bombers who killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Braun propels Brewers into NL Central tie
Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed a share of the NL Central lead with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Salvage teams raise sunken Russian Sub Museum
Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Spam King lured family with promises of gifts
A 16-year-old who survived when her escaped-convict father fatally shot his wife and a younger daughter told investigators the man lured his family into a sport utility vehicle with promises of a gift and a final goodbye, according to a document released Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Parents of slain pregnant woman forgive suspect
The parents of a slain pregnant woman said Friday they have forgiven the suspect charged with killing their daughter and cutting her baby out of the womb...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
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Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
AP IMPACT Relatives of televangelist prosper
Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Procession, Mass for long-missing US soldier
The city that hoped for the best but learned the worst showed its respect Saturday for Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, whose body was recently recovered in Iraq 14 months after he was captured...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Montana town loses 4 teens, their athletic hopes
Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Rites in Lawrence, Mass., for long-missing soldier
The city of Lawrence, Mass., is showing its respect for a soldier whose body was recently recovered in Iraq, 14 months after he was captured...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Midsummer night with Drew Carey and Shakespeare
"The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bermuda leaders son, a doctor, faces sex charges
About two months ago, Dr. Kevin Antario Brown was hobnobbing with guests at a celebrity poker tournament at the Playboy Mansion, his disaster-relief medical charity the beneficiary of the lavish event...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gay bias alleged in San Diego Bay shooting death
To police, Steven Hirschfield was violent and out of control when he clambered aboard a patrol boat sent to rescue him in the San Diego Bay during a gay pride party...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
4 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters
Four swimmers drowned and three were missing Saturday in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches, authorities said. At least three more had been rescued...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
3 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters
Authorities say three swimmers drowned and three are missing in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches. At least three more have been rescued...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
NYC adds double dutch rope jumping as school sport
The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Calif. fire threatens homes near Yosemite Valley
Authorities say a wildfire is threatening several hundred homes near the main entrance road to Yosemite National Park...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gunman at Pa. radio station bipolar, ex-wife says
The ex-wife of a gunman fatally shot by police outside a central Pennsylvania radio station says the man struggled with bipolar disorder...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Prosecutors book helps parents discuss sex abuse
Prosecutor Jill Starishevsky was working on the case of a little girl who had been consistently raped by her stepfather when she got an idea of how she could help families prevent such horrific acts...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
NYC adds double dutch to school sports calendar
The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Bodies of missing R.I. couple found in septic tank
Police have found the bodies of a missing Rhode Island couple in the septic tank in their yard...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Fire threatens thousands of homes west of Yosemite
A fast-spreading fire burning near an entrance to Yosemite National Park forced the evacuations of 170 homes and caused officials to cut power to the park...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Miamis vice? City at bottom in volunteering
Blame it on the traffic. Or the number of new immigrants. Or the allure of the beach. Whatever the reason, Miami has secured the bottom spot _ No. 50 among major U.S. cities _ in new rankings of the percentage of adults who volunteer...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Black soldiers get apology for WWII convictions
The Army formally apologized Saturday for the wrongful conviction of 28 black soldiers accused of rioting and lynching an Italian prisoner of war in Seattle more than six decades ago...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Hurricane Dolly remnants bring downpour to El Paso
Heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Dolly is closing streets and flooding homes in El Paso, and is blamed for causing the death of one person in New Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Iowans to congressmen Stop immigration raids
An immigration raid that arrested nearly 400 people in northeastern Iowa scarred a small town and tore families apart, residents said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Navajo tribe approves ban on commercial tobacco
The Navajo Nation Council has approved a ban on commercial tobacco in public places on its vast reservation _ including such outdoor venues as rodeos and fairs...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Navajo tribe bans commercial tobacco use
The Navajo Nation Council has banned commercial tobacco in public places on the reservation _ including such outdoor venues as rodeos and fairs...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gunman opens fire in Tennessee church, 7 injured
A gunman has opened fire during a church service in Knoxville, Tenn., and seven people have been taken to a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gunman opens fire in Tenn. church, several injured
A suspected gunman has opened fire during a church service in Knoxville, Tenn., and several people are injured...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
India detains 30 in bombings that killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Soap opera shakes customs of Arab married life
Every evening for the past four months, a tall young man with soulful blue eyes has been stealing hearts across the Middle East, from the refugee camps of the Gaza Strip to the gated mansions of Riyadh...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Myanmar farmers back at work, but outlook is bleak
Ko Nyi Thaut lost six of his children and all his possessions when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar three months ago. But the 53-year-old farmer still has his rice fields. The surprise, say aid workers, is how quickly he and others have gone back to work...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Experts study whether oxygen tank exploded on jet
Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
In e-mail, Islamic group claims India blasts
An obscure Islamic group claimed responsibility for a series of synchronized explosions that killed at least 45 people in western India, warning of "the terror of Death" in an e-mail sent to several television stations minutes before the blasts...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Cambodian ruling party heads to election victory
Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by a tense border dispute with neighboring Thailand that has fueled national sentiment, strengthening longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications
When federal regulators catch a drug company peddling prescription medications for an unapproved use, it takes them an average of seven months to issue a warning, according to a draft report by congressional investigators...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Fire threatens thousands of homes west of Yosemite
A fast-spreading fire burning near an entrance to Yosemite National Park forced the evacuations of 170 homes and caused officials to cut power to the park...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dixon wins IndyCar race in Edmonton
Scott Dixon took another big step toward a second IndyCar championship Saturday, holding off Helio Castroneves, his closest pursuer, for a victory in the Rexall Edmonton Indy...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Yankees beat Red Sox 8-0 since All-Star break
Robinson Cano homered and drove in three runs, Andy Pettitte gave the Yankees another strong start and New York beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Saturday for its season-best eighth straight win...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Johnson wins Brickyard pole Martin optimistic
Mark Martin picked Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the spot he plans to end his 97-race winless streak. Then he announced it to all of NASCAR, an uncharacteristic burst of boldness that literally raised eyebrows...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Pujols 2-run homer in 14th lifts Cards past Mets
Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the 14th inning for his fifth hit of the night, Skip Schumaker did him one better with a career-best six hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 10-8 Saturday to snap a season-worst five-game losing streak...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dark Knight sets new record for reaching $300M
"The Dark Knight" continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
No angry lines of customers after bank takeover
Customers of two banks closed by federal regulators were assured that every penny of their money was protected, preventing lines of angry accountholders from forming Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
McCain calls Obamas stance on Iraq war political
Republican presidential contender John McCain said that his challenger, Barack Obama, decided on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq based on political expediency...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama shifts focus from foreign policy to economy
Presidential contender Barack Obama is pivoting from foreign policy to the economy at home...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
McCain calls Obamas stance on Iraq political
Presidential contender John McCain says that his challenger Barack Obama decided on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq based on political expediency...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Authorities search for India bombers who killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Braun propels Brewers into NL Central tie
Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed a share of the NL Central lead with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Carmen Electra & Kim Kardashian dazzle comics fans
The line snaked through the Comic-Con floor. Hundreds of camera-toting fans jockeyed for position, barely able to contain their excitement...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Cambodian ruling party heads to poll win
Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by a tense border dispute with neighboring Thailand that has fueled national sentiment, strengthening longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
As costs rise, inflations next front is retailers
Coming to a store near you: Even higher prices. Most inflation this year has come from food and fuel, as retailers resisted passing along to strapped consumers the higher prices manufacturers charged them, but coming increases from companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Hasbro Inc. may leave them with no choice...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Miamis vice? City at bottom in volunteering
Blame it on the traffic. Or the number of new immigrants. Or the allure of the beach. Whatever the reason, Miami has secured the bottom spot _ No. 50 among major U.S. cities _ in new rankings of the percentage of adults who volunteer...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill
A large fuel spill that shut down the mouth of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
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Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
AP IMPACT Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Another courtroom victory for religious colleges
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Math study finds girls are just as good as boys
Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that, at math, they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in math in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Minimum wage going up, but so does inflation
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
2 eagles named by Miley, Billy Ray to be set free
Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Indians acquire RHP Reyes from Cardinals
Anthony Reyes, who won Game 1 of the 2006 World Series for St. Louis, was traded by the Cardinals on Saturday to the Cleveland Indians for minor league pitcher Luis Perdomo...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Williams Jr. to continue Monday Night Football
Hank Williams Jr., who has sung the opening theme for "Monday Night Football" since 1989, will continue the tradition this season...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
'Fastest sax player' Griffin dies
Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played with stars such as Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, dies aged 80...
BBC News - July 27, 2008
Experts say no bomb on Qantas jet
Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Authorities search for India bombers who killed 39
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. A little-known group claimed responsibility for the attack...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Authorities search for India bombers
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. A little-known group claimed responsibility for the attack...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Gaza tense after deadly explosion, Hamas crackdown
Hamas security forces fanned out across a tense Gaza Strip on Sunday, following a mysterious weekend car bombing that killed six people and sparked the toughest Hamas crackdown against its Fatah rivals in months...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Cambodian ruling party heads to election victory
Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by a tense border dispute with neighboring Thailand that has fueled national sentiment, strengthening longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
India detains 30 in bombings that killed 45
Authorities scoured a western Indian city Sunday for those behind a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people, reportedly rounding up more than two dozen residents. It was the second series of blasts in India in two days...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Qantas investigators focus on oxygen cylinder
Australian investigators on focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications
When federal regulators catch a drug company peddling prescription medications for an unapproved use, it takes them an average of seven months to issue a warning, according to a draft report by congressional investigators...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Obama defends tour, says McCain shifting on war
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen. John McCain were moving his way on the key issues of Iraq and Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Dixon wins IndyCar race in Edmonton
Scott Dixon took another big step toward a second IndyCar championship Saturday, holding off Helio Castroneves, his closest pursuer, for a victory in the Rexall Edmonton Indy...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Braun propels Brewers into NL Central tie
Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed a share of the NL Central lead with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Yankees beat Red Sox 8-0 since All-Star break
Robinson Cano homered and drove in three runs, Andy Pettitte gave the Yankees another strong start and New York beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Saturday for its season-best eighth straight win...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
Johnson wins Brickyard pole Martin optimistic
Mark Martin picked Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the spot he plans to end his 97-race winless streak. Then he announced it to all of NASCAR, an uncharacteristic burst of boldness that literally raised eyebrows...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
FDIC takes over 2 failed banks operating in West
Two banks operating in Nevada, Arizona and California _ 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank N.A. _ were closed Friday by federal regulators...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
California bans restaurants from using trans fats
California is joining the health crusade against artery-clogging trans fats...
Southern Ledger - July 27, 2008
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