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US News Archive for June 2008:
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Marked-up birds become sexier, exude testosterone
A little strategically placed makeup quickly turns the wimpiest of male barn swallows into chick magnets, amping up their testosterone and even trimming their weight, new research shows...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Astronauts anchor giant lab to space station
A team of astronauts working inside and out anchored a giant billion-dollar Japanese lab to the international space station Tuesday, making it the biggest room there...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Astronauts anchor lab to space station
A team of astronauts working inside and out anchored a giant billion-dollar Japanese lab to the international space station on Tuesday, making it the biggest room there...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Spacewalking astronauts work on new Japanese lab
A pair of spacewalking astronauts prepped a giant billion-dollar Japanese lab Tuesday for its long-awaited anchoring to the international space station...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 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 3, 2008
Report Palestinian textbooks portray Jews badly
Authors of Palestinian school textbooks took small steps toward softening their portrayal Israel under the rule of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas _ but progress was quickly reversed after the militant Islamic Hamas took over, according to a report released on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
China blocks quake school protesters
Angry parents whose children were killed in an earthquake-stricken school shouted "Oh, my child!" and "Tell us something!" when police forcefully removed them Tuesday from a protest outside a courthouse...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Alton Kelley, creator of psychedelic posters, dies
Alton Kelley, an artist who helped created the psychedelic style of posters and other art associated with the 1960s San Francisco rock scene, has died. He was 67...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Survivor winner Hatch appeals to Supreme Court
"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch has appealed his tax evasion conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court, his attorney said Tuesday. Hatch was convicted two years ago of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the debut season of the hit CBS reality series. The Newport man was sentenced to more than four years in prison...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Nadal, Djokovic to meet in French Open semis
Five rounds into the French Open, king of clay Rafael Nadal still awaits a serious challenge...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Obama clinches nomination, plans celebration
Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Analysis McCain, Obama polar opposites
Heartily sick of the status quo, Americans will choose between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama this fall, two men who campaign as bipartisan reformers yet are polar opposites on virtually everything else, from ideology and biography to appearance and experience...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
GM plant towns struggle with losses
The General Motors Corp. plant in this Dayton suburb is a forest of smokestacks that form the nerve center of this industrial community built along the banks of the Great Miami River...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
GM to close 4 truck, SUV plants, focus on getting smaller
General Motors Corp. officially blew up its old business model Tuesday, closing four pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories, announcing a new small car that could get 45 miles per gallon and shedding 10,000 jobs in the process...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 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 3, 2008
Inflation moves up on Bernankes list of worries
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has moved inflation up on his list of worries, suggesting more pointedly than ever that the time for cutting interest rates is over in view of soaring oil and commodity prices and a weakened dollar...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Universal studios fire may cost tens of millions
Universal Studios tried Tuesday to put a good face on the accidental weekend fire that ripped through its back lot...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Homebuilders offer bleak outlook Toll Bros. posts 2Q loss
Homebuilder D.R. Horton said Tuesday the industry could face tough times until 2010, and underscoring that point, Toll Bros. reported its third straight quarterly loss...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 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 3, 2008
Car plows into bike race in Mexico, 1 dead
A car has plowed into a bike race along a highway near the US-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Economic cost drives Senate climate debate
The possible economic cost of confronting global warming _ from higher electricity bills to more expensive gasoline _ is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Officer shot in weekend Ariz. shooting spree dies
A police officer who was shot in the head during a crosstown chase and shooting spree died Monday, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Officials Universal Studios fire accidental
Tourists got a view of real-life disaster in the make-believe world of Hollywood on Monday as the Universal Studios theme park reopened after a huge fire swept through back lot sets and buildings. Fire officials said studio workers accidentally set the blaze...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Obama clinches nomination, plans celebration
Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
GM to close 4 truck, SUV plants, focus on getting smaller
General Motors Corp. officially blew up its old business model Tuesday, closing four pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories, announcing a new small car that could get 45 miles per gallon and shedding 10,000 jobs in the process...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Parking-rules suspension throws NYC into a tizzy
In this densely populated city, residents compete for jobs, apartments, subway seats, taxicabs, even treadmills in the gym...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Papers Man to plead guilty in alleged terror plot
An Ohio man accused of plotting terrorist bombings against Americans overseas could have faced life in prison. Instead, a plea agreement offered Christopher Paul allows for a 20-year sentence...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Next up for Sen. Kennedy Chemo, radiation treatments
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was recovering Tuesday at Duke University Medical Center, a day after undergoing risky surgery that experts said was designed to reduce his brain tumor and give chemotherapy and radiation treatments a chance to work...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Officials Roofers started Universal Studios fire
Workers using a blowtorch on the roof of a movie set building facade at Universal Studios accidentally set a huge fire that swept through the back lot, fire officials said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Japan searches for soldiers remains on Aleutian island
The searchers dug for days, ignoring blisters and sore muscles to look for remains of Japanese soldiers buried in mass graves on the Aleutian island of Attu following one of the bloodiest battles of World War II...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
NJ Muslim leader talks of torture in Israel
A Muslim cleric graphically described the torture to which he claims he was subjected to in Israeli custody as he fought to block U.S. efforts to deport him on grounds he lied on his residency application...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
1,000 people forced to flee wildfire in Texas
A wildfire is burning in Killeen, Texas, and authorities have evacuated an elementary school and about 100 homes...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Kennedy walking hospital halls as recovery begins
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy emerged from the most precarious period following surgery to treat a brain tumor without any complications, spending Tuesday walking hospital hallways, spending time with his family and "keeping up with the news of the day," his office said...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Art museum celebrates tattoos
For one night, at least, tattoos _ and the living canvases that carry them _ took their place alongside Rembrandt, Matisse and Picasso...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Ohio man pleads guilty to plotting terror attacks
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to a charge of plotting terrorist bombings against Americans overseas...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Priest who mocked Clinton told to take a break
Cardinal Francis George asked a Chicago priest on Tuesday to temporarily step down from his post to "reflect on his recent statements" regarding Sen. Hillary Clinton and her bid for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Ohio man pleads guilty in alleged terror plot
A man accused of joining al-Qaida in the early 1990s and helping teach fellow Muslim extremists how to bomb U.S. and European targets pleaded guilty Tuesday to planning terrorist attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Chicago cardinal asks Rev. Pfleger to step down
Cardinal Francis George asked a Chicago priest on Tuesday to temporarily step down from his post to "reflect on his recent statements" regarding Sen. Hillary Clinton and her bid for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
More sect children reunited with happy parents
Families from a polygamist sect began trickling back to the Yearning For Zion Ranch on Tuesday _ exactly two months after child welfare authorities and law enforcement first arrived at its battered metal gate looking for a caller to a domestic abuse hot line...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Probation for snitch in Western radical arsons
A radical environmentalist who helped federal officials round up a militant cell of arsonists called "the Family" has been sentenced in Eugene, Ore., to five years on probation...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Judge cancels convictions of 3 Islamic leaders
A federal judge has reversed some of the convictions of three former Islamic charity leaders in Massachusetts who were accused of duping the government to hide pro-jihad activities...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Ex-CEO Scrushy asks court to throw out conviction
Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy has asked a federal appeals court to overturn his conviction in a government corruption case, saying in part that jurors violated court rules by communicating with each other by e-mail...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Fire at Indiana warehouse forces evacuations
A fire sent flames high into the nighttime sky, destroyed a warehouse and forced the evacuation of about 20 nearby homes...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Priest who mocked Clinton told to take a leave
Cardinal Francis George asked a Chicago priest on Tuesday to temporarily step down from his post to "reflect on his recent statements" regarding Sen. Hillary Clinton and her bid for the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Woman pleads guilty in ex-NY gov call girl scandal
A woman accused of helping run the prostitution ring patronized by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to launder money and conspiring to violate federal prostitution laws...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Chicago cardinal asks Rev. Pfleger to step down temporarily
Cardinal Francis George has asked a Chicago priest to temporarily step down from his post to "reflect on his recent statements" regarding Sen. Hillary Clinton...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Suit aims to stop NY recognition of gay marriages
A Christian legal organization says it has sued to stop New York from recognizing same-sex marriages legally performed in other states...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Coroner Teen killed by tiger had pot in system
The San Francisco Medical Examiner says a teenager who was killed by an escaped zoo tiger six months ago had marijuana and alcohol in his system...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
Fight over feeding tube reminiscent of Schiavo case
A Florida woman put on a feeding tube after she had a stroke is at the center of a court case that is similar to the lengthy legal dispute over the fate of Terri Schiavo...
Southern Ledger - June 3, 2008
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