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US News Archive for June 2008:
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Study Global newspaper circulation is rising
Global newspaper circulation is rising, buoyed by demand in Asia and South America _ belying predictions of the demise of print journalism, officials said Monday at the start of an international newspaper conference...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
China Unicom buying China Netcom for nearly $24B
China pressed ahead with a restructuring of its telecommunications market Monday as mobile phone company China Unicom Ltd. announced plans to take over a fixed-line provider and sell off a mobile network...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Blu-ray DVD format may not dominate for years
Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Brazil officials alarmed by abduction
A state security chief said Monday it is possible rogue police were involved in the kidnapping of two journalists, who say they were tortured by a paramilitary militia that included police...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Syria to allow UN probe of alleged nuclear site
Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that a remote building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike was a nuclear reactor built secretly with North Korean help, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Suicide car bomber kills 9 in northern Iraqi city
A suicide car bomber targeted the provincial police headquarters in Mosul on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack underscored fears that Sunni insurgents are regrouping despite a U.S.-Iraqi offensive in the northern city...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
South Korea to delay renewed US beef imports
The South Korean government said Monday it was delaying the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, after a request from the ruling party and large weekend street protests...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
South Korea to delay resumption of US beef imports
South Korea says it will delay the resumption of U.S. beef imports...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Vatican excommunication for female priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
6 die in bomb outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan
A car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad on Monday, killing six people and wounding dozens weeks after al-Qaida issued threats against Denmark over the reprinting of a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Despite damage, many schools reopen in Myanmar
As students filed into Middle School No. 1 on Monday for the first day of classes since the cyclone hit Myanmar a month ago, all eyes stared skyward _ at the gaping hole in the roof...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Spokesman Kelsey Grammer had mild heart attack
A spokesman for Kelsey Grammer says the "Frasier" star is recovering in a Hawaii hospital after a mild heart attack this weekend. Stan Rosenfield says Grammer is "resting comfortably" in an undisclosed hospital after being stricken Saturday. Rosenfield says the 53-year-old actor will be released early this week...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Amy Winehouse supports jailed husband in court
Amy Winehouse gave her jailed husband loving glances when he appeared in an east London court on charges of assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
McCain to try to claim mantel of change
With voters sour on the status quo, Republican John McCain plans to spend the next five months arguing that he has a history of fighting to reform government and that Democrat Barack Obama talks of change with nothing to show for it...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Obama nears win amid signs Clinton may admit loss
Barack Obama crept close to victory in the marathon Democratic presidential race Monday on the eve of the final primaries amid signs that Hillary Rodham Clinton was preparing to acknowledge defeat once he gained the final delegates needed...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Obama says hell meet with Clinton when race ends
Barack Obama says he has asked Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for a meeting on her terms "when the dust settles" from their race. "The sooner we can bring the party together the better, so we can focus on John McCain and taking back the White House," he told reporters...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Sharapova beaten by Safina at French Open
One point from the quarterfinals, Maria Sharapova again came up short at the French Open...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
McCain to try to claim mantle of change
With voters sour on the status quo, Republican John McCain plans to spend the next five months arguing that he has a history of fighting to reform government and that Democrat Barack Obama talks of change with nothing to show for it...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
McCain criticizes Obama on Iran, Iraq
Republican John McCain warned Monday that a nuclear-armed Iran would threaten Israel and cautioned that withdrawing troops from Iraq would weaken the entire Middle East as he courted Jewish voters wary of Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Obama He and Clinton to work together in fall
Barack Obama said Monday he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be "working together in November" despite fears by some that the Democratic Party will be divided after the long and bitter primary campaign...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Transformers takes best movie at MTV Movie Awards
"Transformers" is the winner of best movie at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Franco MTV gave us the bag of fake weed
Like the stoners they play in the upcoming "Pineapple Express," Seth Rogen and James Franco stumbled unkowingly into trouble Sunday at the MTV Movie Awards...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Sharapova loses to Safina at French Open
One point from the quarterfinals, a shrieking Maria Sharapova again came up short at the French Open...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Universal Studios reopens after damaging fire
Fire-damaged Universal Studios reopened Monday as investigators examined the ruins of some of the most famous sets in Hollywood to find the cause of the spectacular weekend blaze...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
NY judge gives probation to Uma Thurmans stalker
A Manhattan judge has sentenced a former mental patient to three years of probation for stalking and harassing actress Uma Thurman...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Judge signs order to return polygamists kids
A Texas judge has signed an order returning custody of children in a polygamist group to their parents...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Ex-basketball star running for Calif. mayor race
Known as a scrappy, hard-nosed fighter on the basketball court, three-time NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson is finding out that politics is every bit as rough...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
The pants-wearing legacy of Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent changed the way women dress more than they know...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Shuttle Discovery docks at space station with lab
Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip and then docked at the international space station on Monday, delivering a mammoth lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
UN chief plans urgent appeal on food prices
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to urge world leaders Tuesday to immediately suspend or eliminate many price controls and other agricultural trade restriction in an urgent appeal to bring down soaring food prices...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Shuttle Discovery docks at space station
Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip and then docked at the international space station Monday, delivering a mammoth lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Kids adopted from China raise cash for quake
A small body frozen in a moment, surrounded by rubble. A terrified, bleeding young girl carried on a stretcher. Sobbing mothers clutching photos of children lost to the earthquake in China...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Court papers man to plead guilty to terror aid
Court documents say an Ohio man will plead guilty in an alleged plot to bomb overseas U.S. military facilities and European resorts...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Reputed Klansman appeals conviction in 1964 deaths
A reputed Ku Klux Klan member serving three life sentences for his role in the 1964 abduction and killings of two black Mississippi teenagers should not have been convicted because the statute of limitations had expired, his lawyer argued Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Universal Studios fire investigated tours resume
Tourists got a mix of reality with their make-believe as the Universal Studios theme park reopened on Monday while investigators searched for the cause of a huge fire that destroyed back-lot sets and buildings...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
MIT student gets community service in bomb scare
An MIT student who caused an airport bomb scare by wearing a blinking circuit board on her shirt was ordered Monday to perform 50 hours of community service and write a letter of apology...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Jets broken window leads to emergency landing
An American Airlines jetliner made an emergency landing after a pane from a cabin window shattered during a flight and the shards of glass disabled an engine...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Florida gets tougher physical education standards
Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill requiring Florida elementary schools to provide 30 minutes of continuous exercise daily for their students...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Kennedy, surgeon statements on surgery
Statement of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy:I am deeply grateful to the people of Massachusetts and to my friends, colleagues and so many others across the country and around the world who have expressed their support and good wishes as I tackle this new and unexpected health challenge...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Farmer pleads guilty to animal cruelty in cow case
A western Maryland dairy farmer whose investment in cloned cattle led to financial ruin has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for underfeeding his cows, including two that starved to death...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
General says he was not influenced in Haditha case
A four-star general testified Monday that an investigator did not influence his decision to charge a Marine officer with failing to probe the killings of 24 Iraqi men, women and children...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Sect elder says church to forbid underage marriage
An elder in a Texas polygamist group says church policy going forward will to be to forbid any girl to marry who is not old enough to legally consent in the state where she lives...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Souring economy puts the bite on pet owners
Diana Bardsley wiped tears from her eyes as she recalled taking food off her plate to feed her beloved spaniel Hunter and two Siamese cats...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Guilty plea in ID theft that fueled lavish life
A man accused of a large identity theft scheme that paid for a lavish life with his girlfriend has pleaded guilty in federal court in Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Report Utah mine collapse likely lasted seconds
A coal mine collapse that registered as a 3.9 magnitude earthquake and killed six miners occurred so quickly that it probably eliminated any chance for the men to escape, according to a report released Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Yves Saint Laurent, celebrating the legacy
Some quotes on the legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who died Sunday:...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
S.D. farm county votes on huge new oil refinery
A proposal to build the first new U.S. oil refinery in more than 30 years in this mostly agricultural corner of the Midwest is facing a make-or-break decision at the ballot box...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71
A longtime friend and associate of Yves Saint Laurent says the famed couturier has died at his Paris home at the age of 71...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
UN nuclear agency report puts Iran on defensive
Growing pressure on Iran to explain what could be secret nuclear weapons work has left Tehran increasingly defensive _ and the U.S. and its allies hopeful they can exploit the situation to wrest concessions from Tehran...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Lawyer Spears not yet fit to take part in case
Britney Spears is not yet fit to participate in court proceedings in her conservatorship case, her lawyer has told a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Fire official Universal Studios fire an accident
A Los Angeles County fire official says the fire that ripped through sets and attractions at Universal Studios has been ruled an accident...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
China Unicom buying China Netcom for nearly $24B
China pressed ahead with a restructuring of its telecommunications market Monday as mobile phone company China Unicom Ltd. announced plans to take over a fixed-line provider and sell off a mobile network...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Blu-ray DVD format may not dominate for years
Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
The pants-wearing legacy of Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent changed the way women dress more than they know...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Suicide car bomber kills 9 in northern Iraqi city
A suicide car bomber targeted the provincial police headquarters in Mosul on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack underscored fears that Sunni insurgents are regrouping despite a U.S.-Iraqi offensive in the northern city...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Study Global newspaper circulation is rising
Global newspaper circulation is rising, buoyed by demand in Asia and South America _ belying predictions of the demise of print journalism, officials said Monday at the start of an international newspaper conference...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Vatican excommunication for female priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Brazil officials alarmed by abduction
A state security chief said Monday it is possible rogue police were involved in the kidnapping of two journalists, who say they were tortured by a paramilitary militia that included police...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Syria to allow UN probe of alleged nuclear site
Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that a remote building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike was a nuclear reactor built secretly with North Korean help, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
6 die in bomb outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan
A car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad on Monday, killing six people and wounding dozens weeks after al-Qaida issued threats against Denmark over the reprinting of a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Despite damage, many schools reopen in Myanmar
As students filed into Middle School No. 1 on Monday for the first day of classes since the cyclone hit Myanmar a month ago, all eyes stared skyward _ at the gaping hole in the roof...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
South Korea to delay renewed US beef imports
The South Korean government said Monday it was delaying the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, after a request from the ruling party and large weekend street protests...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
South Korea to delay resumption of US beef imports
South Korea says it will delay the resumption of U.S. beef imports...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Amy Winehouse supports jailed husband in court
Amy Winehouse gave her jailed husband loving glances when he appeared in an east London court on charges of assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
General says he was not influenced in Haditha case
A four-star general testified Monday that an investigator did not influence his decision to charge a Marine officer with failing to probe the killings of 24 Iraqi men, women and children...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Sect elder says church to forbid underage marriage
An elder in a Texas polygamist group says church policy going forward will to be to forbid any girl to marry who is not old enough to legally consent in the state where she lives...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Reputed Klansman appeals conviction in 1964 deaths
A reputed Ku Klux Klan member serving three life sentences for his role in the 1964 abduction and killings of two black Mississippi teenagers should not have been convicted because the statute of limitations had expired, his lawyer argued Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Shuttle Discovery docks at space station with lab
Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip and then docked at the international space station on Monday, delivering a mammoth lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Sharapova beaten by Safina at French Open
One point from the quarterfinals, Maria Sharapova again came up short at the French Open...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Spokesman Kelsey Grammer had mild heart attack
A spokesman for Kelsey Grammer says the "Frasier" star is recovering in a Hawaii hospital after a mild heart attack this weekend. Stan Rosenfield says Grammer is "resting comfortably" in an undisclosed hospital after being stricken Saturday. Rosenfield says the 53-year-old actor will be released early this week...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
McCain to try to claim mantel of change
With voters sour on the status quo, Republican John McCain plans to spend the next five months arguing that he has a history of fighting to reform government and that Democrat Barack Obama talks of change with nothing to show for it...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Obama nears win amid signs Clinton may admit loss
Barack Obama crept close to victory in the marathon Democratic presidential race Monday on the eve of the final primaries amid signs that Hillary Rodham Clinton was preparing to acknowledge defeat once he gained the final delegates needed...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Obama says hell meet with Clinton when race ends
Barack Obama says he has asked Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for a meeting on her terms "when the dust settles" from their race. "The sooner we can bring the party together the better, so we can focus on John McCain and taking back the White House," he told reporters...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Obama He and Clinton to work together in fall
Barack Obama said Monday he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be "working together in November" despite fears by some that the Democratic Party will be divided after the long and bitter primary campaign...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Judge signs order to return polygamists kids
A Texas judge has signed an order returning custody of children in a polygamist group to their parents...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Transformers takes best movie at MTV Movie Awards
"Transformers" is the winner of best movie at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Franco MTV gave us the bag of fake weed
Like the stoners they play in the upcoming "Pineapple Express," Seth Rogen and James Franco stumbled unkowingly into trouble Sunday at the MTV Movie Awards...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Sharapova loses to Safina at French Open
One point from the quarterfinals, a shrieking Maria Sharapova again came up short at the French Open...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
UPS plans air deal with DHL
DHL, the struggling U.S.-based express shipping unit of German postal service Deutsche Post AG, wants UPS to carry some of its air packages. The collaboration between rivals with past legal battles would give UPS a hefty new revenue stream and help DHL cut costs...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Chris Cagle, girlfriend jailed for domestic assault
Country music singer Chris Cagle has been arrested for domestic assault in Nashville after police said he and his girlfriend got into a drunken fight...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Loss doesnt dull Red Wings confidence
The Detroit Red Wings are talking and acting like a team with a hammerlock 3-0 grip of a lead in the Stanley Cup finals against Pittsburgh, rather than the more precarious 2-1 advantage they own going into Game 4...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Tenn. woman who spent life in iron lung dies at 61
A woman who spent nearly 60 years of her life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Tenn. woman, 61, dies in iron lung after outage
A woman who spent nearly 60 years of her life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Begone to the nomination race that wouldnt quit
After what feels like forever, the end of the presidential primaries is in sight. Really...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
States grapple with fuel costs for school buses
The reality of rising fuel costs students in a Tennessee school district their bus ride to school this week on the last day of the year...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Pacman can join Cowboys for workouts
Adam "Pacman" Jones has been given permission by the NFL to join the Dallas Cowboys for workouts, training camps and exhibition games...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
A timely victory for Perry
Kenny Perry sat in a group with the rest of his U.S. teammates at the Presidents Cup three years ago, pouring out their hearts to captain Jack Nicklaus on how much he meant to them and how badly they wanted to win...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Perry wins Memorial for third time
Kenny Perry joined Tiger Woods as the only three-time winner of the Memorial on Sunday, taking a big step toward joining the No. 1 player in the world on the Ryder Cup team this fall...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
McCain to try to claim mantle of change
With voters sour on the status quo, Republican John McCain plans to spend the next five months arguing that he has a history of fighting to reform government and that Democrat Barack Obama talks of change with nothing to show for it...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
McCain criticizes Obama on Iran, Iraq
Republican John McCain warned Monday that a nuclear-armed Iran would threaten Israel and cautioned that withdrawing troops from Iraq would weaken the entire Middle East as he courted Jewish voters wary of Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Pacman given permission to join Cowboys workouts
Adam "Pacman" Jones has been given permission by the NFL to join the Dallas Cowboys for workouts, training camps and exhibition games...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
Broncos release RB Henry, question his commitment
The Denver Broncos released running back Travis Henry on Monday, saying his commitment to the team was in question...
Southern Ledger - June 2, 2008
US loses in cotton dispute at WTO
The US could face sanctions for failing to scrap subsidies to its cotton growers after losing a final WTO appeal...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Ford completes £1.7bn Jaguar deal
Ford officially completes the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian conglomerate Tata for £1.7bn...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
US Iraq deaths 'at four-year low'
US military deaths in Iraq are reported to have fallen to their lowest monthly level for four years...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Bolivian regions 'back autonomy'
Two more Bolivian provinces have voted overwhelmingly for further autonomy from the centre, exit polls suggest...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Gaza Fulbright grants reinstated
The State Department reinstates Fulbright scholarships for seven Palestinians in Gaza to study in the US...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Sex spells success at US cinemas
Sarah Jessica Parker and her Sex and the City co-stars land the number one film in the US and Canada...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Canada hears of native abuse
Canada's truth and reconciliation commission hears from indigenous people who were victims of abuse...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Media see hollow Clinton victory
Pundits and editorial writers see another strong finish for Hillary Clinton in Puerto Rico, but say it is not enough...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Cricket: Windies struggle in Test
Brett Lee takes advantage of poor umpiring to take 5-5 in 18 balls as Australia take charge against the West Indies in the second Test...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Trinidad & Tobago 0-3 England
Gareth Barry and Jermain Defoe get the goals as England are comfortable winners in their friendly at Trinidad & Tobago...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Puerto Rico victory buoys Clinton
Hillary Clinton says her fight for the Democratic ticket will go on, after a largely symbolic win in Puerto Rico...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Fire-hit Universal Studios opens
A theme park at the world-famous Universal Studios in Los Angeles re-opens after a fire on the site...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Briton's US murder trial begins
Neil Entwistle is appearing in court in the US at the start of his trial for the murder of his wife and baby...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Mars lander uncovers signs of ice
Nasa's Mars lander Phoenix may be resting on a large patch of ice, scientists believe...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
Space shuttle brings lab to ISS
The space shuttle Discovery brings a $1bn laboratory - and a toilet pump - to the International Space Station...
BBC News - June 2, 2008
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