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Will Smith voted 2008s top moneymaking movie star
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Intel will miss its already-lowered 4Q targets
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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LG shows off Dick Tracy wristwatch phone
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
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Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
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Sarkozy reaches out to Syria on peace prospects
French President Nicolas Sarkozy encouraged Syria to pursue face-to-face peace talks with Israel during his first trip Wednesday to the Arab nation _ a visit also aimed at undercutting Iranian influence in Damascus...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
UN chief Next US president must lead on climate
The next U.S. president must show greater leadership than previous administrations in tackling climate change, the head of the United Nations said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Betancourt meeting pope a dream come true
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday was able at last to thank Pope Benedict XVI, the man whose voice she said reached deep into the Colombian jungle "like a light" to comfort her during captivity...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Pope, former hostage Betancourt meet near Rome
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt met with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at a papal summer residence near Rome...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Sri Lankas Tamils live in fear of security forces
People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Zambian leaders wife says he died unappreciated
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was buried Wednesday on what would have been his 60th birthday amid accolades from fellow African leaders, but his widow said he died a sad, unappreciated man...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Hanna flooding strands hungry Haitians on rooftops
Entering a flooded city on inflatable boats, U.N. peacekeepers found hundreds of hungry people stranded for two days on rooftops and upper floors Wednesday as the fetid carcasses of drowned farm animals bobbed on floodwaters that continued to rise...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Thai protest leader wants to reduce voters power
Sondhi Limthongkul says he is fighting to save Thai democracy from the corrupt politicians who have abused it to remain in power...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Some flooded Indian villagers refuse evacuation
Spotting a family stranded on the roof of a partly submerged house, two Indian navy commandos swept in over the muddy floodwaters in a black rubber dinghy to save them Wednesday _ only to be shooed away...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
General US forces to up Afghan winter offensives
American troops in Afghanistan will step up offensive operations this winter because insurgents are increasingly staying in the country to prepare for spring attacks, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Authorities lift curfew in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Kashmiris thronged shopping areas Tuesday as authorities lifted a nine-day-old curfew in Muslim-majority areas in troubled Indian Kashmir, coinciding with the start of the Islamic fasting month...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Akon plans on trial in New York fan-toss case
Akon is headed to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan offstage at an upstate concert last summer...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Mackenzie Phillips charged with drug possession
Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has been charged with felony possession of drugs after she was allegedly found carrying narcotics at Los Angeles International Airport...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Diamondbacks defeat Cardinals 4-3
Adam Dunn doubled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Fill-in Nippert pitches Rangers past Mariners 1-0
Texas fill-in starter Dustin Nippert allowed seven hits in seven innings, Milton Bradley hit a sacrifice fly and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 Wednesday. Making his third start in place of injured Vicente Padilla, Nippert (2-4) struck out four and walked none...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Churchs slam helps Mets win 9-2, sweep Brewers
Ryan Church hit a grand slam and Brian Schneider added a homer in a six-run first inning that provided all the offense the Mets needed to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2 and complete a three-game sweep Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Safina wins, awaits winner of Williams showdown
Sixth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia overpowered No. 16 Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in the U.S. Open quarterfinals Wednesday, earning the right to play one of the Williams sisters next...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Judge refuses to dismiss case against Spears
A judge has refused to dismiss a misdemeanor driving-without-a-valid-license case against Britney Spears...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Network TVs anchor trio join the cancer fight
Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams have something in common besides their jobs: Each has lost loved ones to cancer _ which gives them something in common with nearly everybody...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin jabs at Obama McCain claims nomination
Thrust abruptly onto the national stage, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin described herself Wednesday night as a small town mayor turned governor, a political outsider ready to help John McCain change Washington...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin casts herself as Washington outsider
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is casting herself as a Washington outsider and taking a slap at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in her prepared remarks for the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin to cast herself as D.C. outsider in speech
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is casting herself as a Washington outsider and taking a slap at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in her prepared remarks for the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Police hope to avoid more GOP convention violence
And on the third day, there was quiet.After an anti-war march Monday that drew abut 10,000 people and an anti-poverty march Tuesday with about 2,000 people at it height, and nearly 300 arrests since the weekend, the scene Wednesday outside the Republican National Convention was much quieter...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Dunns double in 9th lifts Dbacks past Cards 4-3
Adam Dunn doubled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Israeli Mossad let Nazi Mengele get away
Israeli agents who kidnapped Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960 found the notorious death camp doctor Josef Mengele but let him get away, one of the operatives said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
August auto sales fall some say worst may be over
Nearly every major automaker saw its U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Oil prices slightly lower on stronger dollar
Oil prices inched lower Wednesday as a stronger dollar and slowing demand for crude overshadowed an almost total shutdown of energy output in the Gulf of Mexico after the passage of Hurricane Gustav...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
August auto sales fall but some say worst is over
Nearly every major automaker saw their U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
USC gets its reward Trojans are No. 1 in Top 25
By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Big effort from bullpen leads Mets past Brewers
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Endy Chavez drove in the decisive run in the 10th inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 Tuesday night thanks to a stellar effort from their much-maligned bullpen...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ramirez, Ethier lead Dodgers over Padres, 8-4
Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs and the resurgent Los Angeles Dodgers closed in on Arizona in the NL West with an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
New Orleans residents to return to no power
Enter at your own risk, New Orleans. That was the message from Mayor Ray Nagin, who gave residents the go-ahead to return to the Crescent City on Wednesday night at midnight, but with several warnings _ many homes were without electricity or working toilets and a dusk-to-dawn curfew would still be in effect...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Man faces charges for allegedly shooting near UCLA
A man has been charged with two felonies after police found him near the University of California at Los Angeles campus with five loaded semiautomatic pistols and thousands of rounds of ammunition...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Josephine forms as newest tropical storm
A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Atlantic to make a total of four named storms currently at large...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Man accused of killing 6 in Wash. recently jailed
A man recently released from jail on drug charges and whose mother calls him "desperately mentally ill" is accused of a shooting spree that left six people dead and two others injured in northwest Washington...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Search continues for remains of missing adventurer
Friends and admirers leading a 28-member search team for the remains of famed aviator-adventurer Steve Fossett say they are still hopeful despite finding little more than bullet-riddled metal scrap so far...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ex-Tenn. professor guilty of passing military data
A federal jury convicted a retired University of Tennessee professor Wednesday of passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign research assistants from China and Iran...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Judge pleads not guilty to sex crime charges
A federal judge in Houston has pleaded not guilty to charges he fondled a former case manager and tried to force her into a sexual act...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Traffic builds as Gustav evacuees return home
Cars, campers and sports utility vehicles jammed the roads back to the Louisiana coastline Wednesday, as the 2 million evacuees chased away by the threat of Hurricane Gustav tried to make their way home...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Governors hearing to remove Detroit mayor begins
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has opened an extraordinary public hearing in Detroit to determine whether Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct and should be removed from office...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Removal hearing set to begin for Detroit mayor
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has failed to stop Gov. Jennifer Granholm from moving ahead with an extraordinary public hearing that could cost him his job in a scandal over steamy text messages and millions of tax dollars...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
New Orleans reluctantly lets residents return home
As a stream of traffic queued up on the highways leading back to New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin decided Wednesday to let residents who fled Hurricane Gustav back after all _ with a stern warning the city was still vulnerable...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Immigration issues resurface on some state ballots
In a high school classroom, Xavier Chavez is trying to teach a group of restless teenagers about Manifest Destiny _ the 19th century belief that the United States was divinely fated to stretch from sea to shining sea...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Nagin opens doors to New Orleans as traffic builds
As a stream of traffic queued up on the highways leading back to New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin decided Wednesday to let residents who fled Hurricane Gustav back after all _ with a stern warning the city was still vulnerable...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Its Atlantic Coasts turn as Hanna eyes Southeast
With Gustav gone from the Gulf Coast, residents elsewhere in the Southeast got their turn Wednesday to decide whether to stay or go ahead of Tropical Storm Hanna, expected to regain hurricane strength by the weekend...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Plea deal expected in Detroit mayor perjury case
Prosecutors say Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is near a plea agreement in his perjury case...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
New Orleans reluctantly opens doors after Gustav
Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced the city to reluctantly open its doors Thursday, while President Bush returned to the site of one of the biggest failures of his presidency to show that the government had turned a corner since its bungled response to Katrina...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Investigators puzzled by trail of Wash. killings
Authorities on Wednesday were trying to determine what set off a shooting and stabbing rampage that left six people dead and four wounded, attacks they blame on a drug offender who was released from jail less than a month ago...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ike becomes 5th hurricane of Atlantic season
Forecasters say Ike has become the fifth hurricane in the Atlantic this season...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
$8M settlement in case of girl hurt by pool drain
A golf club has reached an $8 million settlement with the family of a 6-year-old girl who was fatally injured by the suction of a swimming pool drain, the club president said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
ACLU sues to halt RI governors immigration order
A civil rights group filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block Gov. Don Carcieri from enforcing an executive order requiring private employers to electronically check the immigration status of new hires...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Tennessee fires trooper accused of snooping
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper accused of conducting unauthorized background checks on nearly 200 people, including two journalists and a country music figure, was fired Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
La. gov and New Orleans mayor are praised
If Hurricane Katrina was one big lesson in government bungling, Gustav has been an open-book test of whether the politicians learned anything from the disaster...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Man sentenced for painting swastikas in NYC
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to 11 months in jail for spray-painting swastikas on several Brooklyn buildings...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Jury selection begins in Phoenix shooting spree
Jury selection began Wednesday in the murder trial of a man who is accused along with two accomplices of terrorizing the Phoenix area with a series of shootings that preyed on people, dogs and horses as he fired from his Toyota Camry...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Pa. mom, free after killings I am not a monster
A woman found not guilty of killing her two young sons by reason of insanity, and now free to go on with her life four years after the deaths, said Wednesday that she is "not a monster" and expects to spend the rest of her life dealing with the guilt...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Probe sought into No. 2 Texas pols finances
A campaign watchdog group in Texas is urging prosecutors to launch a criminal investigation of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst over his failure to disclose his vast wealth...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Sarkozy reaches out to Syria on peace prospects
French President Nicolas Sarkozy encouraged Syria to pursue face-to-face peace talks with Israel during his first trip Wednesday to the Arab nation _ a visit also aimed at undercutting Iranian influence in Damascus...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
UN chief Next US president must lead on climate
The next U.S. president must show greater leadership than previous administrations in tackling climate change, the head of the United Nations said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Sri Lankas Tamils live in fear of security forces
People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Zambian leaders wife says he died unappreciated
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was buried Wednesday on what would have been his 60th birthday amid accolades from fellow African leaders, but his widow said he died a sad, unappreciated man...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Hanna flooding strands hungry Haitians on rooftops
Entering a flooded city on inflatable boats, U.N. peacekeepers found hundreds of hungry people stranded for two days on rooftops and upper floors Wednesday as the fetid carcasses of drowned farm animals bobbed on floodwaters that continued to rise...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Authorities lift curfew in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Kashmiris thronged shopping areas Tuesday as authorities lifted a nine-day-old curfew in Muslim-majority areas in troubled Indian Kashmir, coinciding with the start of the Islamic fasting month...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Betancourt meeting pope a dream come true
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday was able at last to thank Pope Benedict XVI, the man whose voice she said reached deep into the Colombian jungle "like a light" to comfort her during captivity...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Pope, former hostage Betancourt meet near Rome
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt met with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at a papal summer residence near Rome...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Thai protest leader wants to reduce voters power
Sondhi Limthongkul says he is fighting to save Thai democracy from the corrupt politicians who have abused it to remain in power...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Some flooded Indian villagers refuse evacuation
Spotting a family stranded on the roof of a partly submerged house, two Indian navy commandos swept in over the muddy floodwaters in a black rubber dinghy to save them Wednesday _ only to be shooed away...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
General US forces to up Afghan winter offensives
American troops in Afghanistan will step up offensive operations this winter because insurgents are increasingly staying in the country to prepare for spring attacks, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
La. gov and New Orleans mayor are praised
If Hurricane Katrina was one big lesson in government bungling, Gustav has been an open-book test of whether the politicians learned anything from the disaster...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
New Orleans reluctantly opens doors after Gustav
Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced the city to reluctantly open its doors Thursday, while President Bush returned to the site of one of the biggest failures of his presidency to show that the government had turned a corner since its bungled response to Katrina...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Plea deal expected in Detroit mayor perjury case
Prosecutors say Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is near a plea agreement in his perjury case...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Judge refuses to dismiss case against Spears
A judge has refused to dismiss a misdemeanor driving-without-a-valid-license case against Britney Spears...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Network TVs anchor trio join the cancer fight
Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams have something in common besides their jobs: Each has lost loved ones to cancer _ which gives them something in common with nearly everybody...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Akon plans on trial in New York fan-toss case
Akon is headed to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan offstage at an upstate concert last summer...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Mackenzie Phillips charged with drug possession
Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has been charged with felony possession of drugs after she was allegedly found carrying narcotics at Los Angeles International Airport...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Dunns double in 9th lifts Dbacks past Cards 4-3
Adam Dunn doubled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Diamondbacks defeat Cardinals 4-3
Adam Dunn doubled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Fill-in Nippert pitches Rangers past Mariners 1-0
Texas fill-in starter Dustin Nippert allowed seven hits in seven innings, Milton Bradley hit a sacrifice fly and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 Wednesday. Making his third start in place of injured Vicente Padilla, Nippert (2-4) struck out four and walked none...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Churchs slam helps Mets win 9-2, sweep Brewers
Ryan Church hit a grand slam and Brian Schneider added a homer in a six-run first inning that provided all the offense the Mets needed to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2 and complete a three-game sweep Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Safina wins, awaits winner of Williams showdown
Sixth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia overpowered No. 16 Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in the U.S. Open quarterfinals Wednesday, earning the right to play one of the Williams sisters next...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin jabs at Obama McCain claims nomination
Thrust abruptly onto the national stage, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin described herself Wednesday night as a small town mayor turned governor, a political outsider ready to help John McCain change Washington...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin casts herself as Washington outsider
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is casting herself as a Washington outsider and taking a slap at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in her prepared remarks for the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin to cast herself as D.C. outsider in speech
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is casting herself as a Washington outsider and taking a slap at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in her prepared remarks for the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Police hope to avoid more GOP convention violence
And on the third day, there was quiet.After an anti-war march Monday that drew abut 10,000 people and an anti-poverty march Tuesday with about 2,000 people at it height, and nearly 300 arrests since the weekend, the scene Wednesday outside the Republican National Convention was much quieter...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
August auto sales fall some say worst may be over
Nearly every major automaker saw its U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Oil prices slightly lower on stronger dollar
Oil prices inched lower Wednesday as a stronger dollar and slowing demand for crude overshadowed an almost total shutdown of energy output in the Gulf of Mexico after the passage of Hurricane Gustav...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
August auto sales fall but some say worst is over
Nearly every major automaker saw their U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ramirez, Ethier lead Dodgers over Padres, 8-4
Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs and the resurgent Los Angeles Dodgers closed in on Arizona in the NL West with an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Israeli Mossad let Nazi Mengele get away
Israeli agents who kidnapped Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960 found the notorious death camp doctor Josef Mengele but let him get away, one of the operatives said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Josephine forms as newest tropical storm
A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Atlantic to make a total of four named storms currently at large...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Big effort from bullpen leads Mets past Brewers
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Endy Chavez drove in the decisive run in the 10th inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 Tuesday night thanks to a stellar effort from their much-maligned bullpen...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
USC gets its reward Trojans are No. 1 in Top 25
By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush praises McCain, party defends Palin
President Bush hailed John McCain Tuesday night as a man "ready to lead this nation" and a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to support an unpopular Iraq war. Republicans defended vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush praises McCain, Republicans defend Palin
President Bush, relegated to a minor role at the Republican National Convention, praised John McCain Tuesday night as "ready to lead this nation," a courageous candidate who supported the war in Iraq despite risks to his campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush praises McCain, Thompson defends Palin
President Bush, relegated to a minor role at the Republican National Convention, praised John McCain Tuesday night as "ready to lead this nation," a courageous candidate who supported the war in Iraq despite risks to his campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail McCain, assail Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail McCain, party defends Palin
President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for John McCain Tuesday night, hailing him as a "ready to lead this nation" and a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to support an unpopular Iraq war. Republicans rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush hails McCains leadership as GOP backs Palin
President Bush hailed John McCain Tuesday night as a man "ready to lead this nation" and a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to support an unpopular Iraq war. Republicans defended vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin to take center stage as questions swirl
After two days of silence, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will step to center stage at the Republican National Convention to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite distracting questions about her family life and qualifications...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin takes center stage as questions swirl
After two days of silence, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin steps to center stage at the Republican National Convention to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite distracting questions about her family life and qualifications...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assails Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ex-Tenn. professor guilty of passing military data
A federal jury convicted a retired University of Tennessee professor Wednesday of passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign research assistants from China and Iran...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin prepares to introduce herself to the nation
Buffeted by revelations both political and personal, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin prepared Wednesday to speak to GOP delegates and other Americans wanting to know more about the person John McCain picked for his running mate...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Also-rans go to bat for McCain
Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, three men John McCain beat for the Republican presidential nomination, urged voters on Wednesday to send him to the White House, for the "safety and security of your family," as Giuliani put it...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Convention diary
Waiting to see Sarah Palin - and her policies...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
New Orleans set for mass return
New Orleans residents who fled the city because of Hurricane Gustav can return on Thursday, the mayor says...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
US bankers facing fraud charges
Two ex-Credit Suisse bankers are charged with fraud for allegedly deceiving clients over debt tied to sub-prime mortgages...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
Colombia court seeks Uribe arrest
A Colombian court orders the detention of President Uribe over wage policy, but the ruling is unlikely to be upheld...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
Crime 'damages' Mexico economy
Mexico's finance minister says that violence and crime is affecting the economy, cutting growth by 1%...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
US diplomat defends Pakistan role
US envoy to UN defends himself against claims of unauthorised contact with Pakistan's presidential frontrunner...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
UN chief Next US president must lead on climate
The next U.S. president must show greater leadership than previous administrations in tackling climate change, the head of the United Nations said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Sri Lankas Tamils live in fear of security forces
People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
US sends flagship to Georgia, plans $1B in aid
A U.S. Navy flagship loaded with aid steamed through the Dardanelles on Wednesday en route to Georgia, as the Bush administration prepared to roll out a $1 billion economic aid package for the former Soviet republic...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
UN peacekeeper killed by mine in south Lebanon
A United Nations peacekeeper in south Lebanon was killed in a land mine explosion Wednesday while clearing unexploded ordnance, a U.N. official said...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Authorities lift curfew in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Kashmiris thronged shopping areas Tuesday as authorities lifted a nine-day-old curfew in Muslim-majority areas in troubled Indian Kashmir, coinciding with the start of the Islamic fasting month...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Betancourt meeting pope a dream come true
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday was able at last to thank Pope Benedict XVI, the man whose voice she said reached deep into the Colombian jungle "like a light" to comfort her during captivity...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Pope, former hostage Betancourt meet near Rome
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt met with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at a papal summer residence near Rome...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Spilborghs singles in game-winner for Rockies
Ryan Spilborghs singled home Omar Quintanilla with one out in the bottom of the 12th and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Oprah Winfrey hosts Olympians in Chicago
Thousands of spectators cheered Olympic medalists Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and Kobe Bryant on Wednesday as the city of Chicago got a high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Akon will go to trial in New York fan-toss case
Akon will go to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan offstage at a concert last summer...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Toronto film fest includes Spike Lee, Coens movies
Sundance is about new talent and small, personal films. Cannes is about highbrow cinema and celebrity-watching...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Charges filed in McConaughey surf battle
Two surfers have been charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly throwing a photographer into the water as he tried to shoot pictures of Matthew McConaughey surfing, prosecutors said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
GOP convention protest arrests tally nearly 300
Police arrests tally nearly 300 following sometimes violent confrontations this week, and more protests were planned for Wednesday and Thursday, the final two days of the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Little dynamo Pedroia cleans up for Red Sox
Dustin Pedroia is doing it all for the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ford sales drop 26.5 percent as slump continues
Ford Motor Co. says its August sales dropped more than 26 percent as U.S. economic woes and high gas prices continued to batter the auto industry...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Natural personal care items grow in popularity
One whiff of a "bath bomb" and Latoya Bembry was hooked...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Factory orders see wide gains led by aircraft
The government says orders to U.S. factories rose by a larger-than-expected amount in July as demand for commercial aircraft, heavy machinery and iron and steel all posted solid gains...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Hanna expected to move over the Bahamas
A day after sending Haitian families scrambling onto rooftops to avoid flooding, Tropical Storm Hanna was expected to begin moving over the Bahamas on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
McCain hugs Palin upon his arrival in Twin Cities
Sen. John McCain arrived in the Twin Cities on Wednesday as delegates to the Republican National Convention prepared to nominate him for president...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Josephine forms as newest tropical storm
A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Atlantic to make a total of four named storms currently at large...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ramirez, Ethier lead Dodgers over Padres, 8-4
Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs and the resurgent Los Angeles Dodgers closed in on Arizona in the NL West with an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Israeli Mossad let Nazi Mengele get away
Israeli agents who kidnapped Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960 found the notorious death camp doctor Josef Mengele but let him get away, one of the operatives said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Big effort from bullpen leads Mets past Brewers
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Endy Chavez drove in the decisive run in the 10th inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 Tuesday night thanks to a stellar effort from their much-maligned bullpen...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
USC gets its reward Trojans are No. 1 in Top 25
By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Evacuees kept at bay by checkpoints in New Orleans
Anxious evacuees across the country clamored to come home Tuesday after Hurricane Gustav largely spared New Orleans and southern Louisiana, but were cautioned to wait for the restoration of power and other critical services knocked out by the storm...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Police Man with many weapons arrested near UCLA
A man accused of shooting at a traffic light was arrested near the University of California at Los Angeles with five loaded semiautomatic pistols and thousands of rounds of ammunition in his possession, police said...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Southern US coast watches Tropical Storm Hanna
Nervous residents rushed to buy plywood and generators while emergency officials in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas weighed possible evacuations Tuesday as Tropical Storm Hanna was expected to shift toward a tough-to-predict landfall along the southern Atlantic coast by the end of the week...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
New Orleans residents to return to no power
Enter at your own risk, New Orleans. That was the message from Mayor Ray Nagin, who gave residents the go-ahead to return to the Crescent City on Wednesday night at midnight, but with several warnings _ many homes were without electricity or working toilets and a dusk-to-dawn curfew would still be in effect...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Man faces charges for allegedly shooting near UCLA
A man has been charged with two felonies after police found him near the University of California at Los Angeles campus with five loaded semiautomatic pistols and thousands of rounds of ammunition...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
6 dead, 2 wounded in Wash. state shooting spree
The Washington State Patrol says six people are dead and two are wounded after a shooting rampage...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Removal hearing set to begin for Detroit mayor
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has failed to stop Gov. Jennifer Granholm from moving ahead with an extraordinary public hearing that could cost him his job in a scandal over steamy text messages and millions of tax dollars...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Man accused of killing 6 in Wash. recently jailed
A man recently released from jail on drug charges and whose mother calls him "desperately mentally ill" is accused of a shooting spree that left six people dead and two others injured in northwest Washington...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Search continues for remains of missing adventurer
Friends and admirers leading a 28-member search team for the remains of famed aviator-adventurer Steve Fossett say they are still hopeful despite finding little more than bullet-riddled metal scrap so far...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Sick baby dies in Texas after family fled Gustav
A couple who fled the New Orleans area in advance of Hurricane Gustav will have to return home without their 7-month-old daughter, who died of a rare genetic disorder after becoming stricken at an amusement park...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ex-Tenn. professor guilty of passing military data
A federal jury convicted a retired University of Tennessee professor Wednesday of passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign research assistants from China and Iran...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Judge pleads not guilty to sex crime charges
A federal judge in Houston has pleaded not guilty to charges he fondled a former case manager and tried to force her into a sexual act...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Traffic builds as Gustav evacuees return home
Cars, campers and sports utility vehicles jammed the roads back to the Louisiana coastline Wednesday, as the 2 million evacuees chased away by the threat of Hurricane Gustav tried to make their way home...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Governors hearing to remove Detroit mayor begins
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has opened an extraordinary public hearing in Detroit to determine whether Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct and should be removed from office...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
FBI doubles reward for mob boss Whitey Bulger
The FBI is observing the 79th birthday of fugitive mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger by doubling the reward for information leading to his capture to $2 million...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Calif Utility violations led to deadly Oct. fires
Improperly maintained utility lines were to blame for three wildfires that swept through San Diego County last fall, killing two people and destroying 1,347 homes, state regulators said...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Federal judge to appear in court on sex charges
U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent, usually in charge of dispensing justice, is to find himself on the other side of the bench as a defendant...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Police Fewest summer homicides in LA since 1967
Los Angeles Police say there were 84 homicides in the city from June through August _ the fewest summer slayings since the summer of 1967, when there were 79 killings...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Its Atlantic Coasts turn as Hanna eyes Southeast
With Gustav gone from the Gulf Coast, residents elsewhere in the Southeast got their turn Wednesday to decide whether to stay or go ahead of Tropical Storm Hanna, expected to regain hurricane strength by the weekend...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Tenn. professor guilty of passing military secrets
A federal jury has convicted a retired University of Tennessee professor of passing secrets from a U.S. Air Force contract to two research assistants from China and Iran...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
CSX cites some damage to tracks from Gustav
Railroad operator CSX says it is rerouting some traffic due to damage to some of its tracks from Hurricane Gustav...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
UN chief Next US president must lead on climate
The next U.S. president must show greater leadership than previous administrations in tackling climate change, the head of the United Nations said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Pope, former hostage Betancourt meet near Rome
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt met with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at a papal summer residence near Rome...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Sri Lankas Tamils live in fear of security forces
People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
US sends flagship to Georgia, plans $1B in aid
A U.S. Navy flagship loaded with aid steamed through the Dardanelles on Wednesday en route to Georgia, as the Bush administration prepared to roll out a $1 billion economic aid package for the former Soviet republic...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
UN peacekeeper killed by mine in south Lebanon
A United Nations peacekeeper in south Lebanon was killed in a land mine explosion Wednesday while clearing unexploded ordnance, a U.N. official said...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Authorities lift curfew in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Kashmiris thronged shopping areas Tuesday as authorities lifted a nine-day-old curfew in Muslim-majority areas in troubled Indian Kashmir, coinciding with the start of the Islamic fasting month...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Betancourt meeting pope a dream come true
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday was able at last to thank Pope Benedict XVI, the man whose voice she said reached deep into the Colombian jungle "like a light" to comfort her during captivity...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Removal hearing set to begin for Detroit mayor
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has failed to stop Gov. Jennifer Granholm from moving ahead with an extraordinary public hearing that could cost him his job in a scandal over steamy text messages and millions of tax dollars...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Toronto film fest includes Spike Lee, Coens movies
Sundance is about new talent and small, personal films. Cannes is about highbrow cinema and celebrity-watching...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Charges filed in McConaughey surf battle
Two surfers have been charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly throwing a photographer into the water as he tried to shoot pictures of Matthew McConaughey surfing, prosecutors said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Judge pleads not guilty to sex crime charges
A federal judge in Houston has pleaded not guilty to charges he fondled a former case manager and tried to force her into a sexual act...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Traffic builds as Gustav evacuees return home
Cars, campers and sports utility vehicles jammed the roads back to the Louisiana coastline Wednesday, as the 2 million evacuees chased away by the threat of Hurricane Gustav tried to make their way home...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Governors hearing to remove Detroit mayor begins
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has opened an extraordinary public hearing in Detroit to determine whether Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct and should be removed from office...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Spilborghs singles in game-winner for Rockies
Ryan Spilborghs singled home Omar Quintanilla with one out in the bottom of the 12th and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Oprah Winfrey hosts Olympians in Chicago
Thousands of spectators cheered Olympic medalists Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and Kobe Bryant on Wednesday as the city of Chicago got a high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Akon will go to trial in New York fan-toss case
Akon will go to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan offstage at a concert last summer...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Little dynamo Pedroia cleans up for Red Sox
Dustin Pedroia is doing it all for the Boston Red Sox...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Factory orders see wide gains led by aircraft
The government says orders to U.S. factories rose by a larger-than-expected amount in July as demand for commercial aircraft, heavy machinery and iron and steel all posted solid gains...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Hanna expected to move over the Bahamas
A day after sending Haitian families scrambling onto rooftops to avoid flooding, Tropical Storm Hanna was expected to begin moving over the Bahamas on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
McCain hugs Palin upon his arrival in Twin Cities
Sen. John McCain arrived in the Twin Cities on Wednesday as delegates to the Republican National Convention prepared to nominate him for president...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
GOP convention protest arrests tally nearly 300
Police arrests tally nearly 300 following sometimes violent confrontations this week, and more protests were planned for Wednesday and Thursday, the final two days of the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Israeli Mossad let Nazi Mengele get away
Israeli agents who kidnapped Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960 found the notorious death camp doctor Josef Mengele but let him get away, one of the operatives said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ford sales drop 26.5 percent as slump continues
Ford Motor Co. says its August sales dropped more than 26 percent as U.S. economic woes and high gas prices continued to batter the auto industry...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Natural personal care items grow in popularity
One whiff of a "bath bomb" and Latoya Bembry was hooked...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Josephine forms as newest tropical storm
A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Atlantic to make a total of four named storms currently at large...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ramirez, Ethier lead Dodgers over Padres, 8-4
Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs and the resurgent Los Angeles Dodgers closed in on Arizona in the NL West with an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Big effort from bullpen leads Mets past Brewers
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Endy Chavez drove in the decisive run in the 10th inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 Tuesday night thanks to a stellar effort from their much-maligned bullpen...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
USC gets its reward Trojans are No. 1 in Top 25
By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush praises McCain, Republicans defend Palin
President Bush, relegated to a minor role at the Republican National Convention, praised John McCain Tuesday night as "ready to lead this nation," a courageous candidate who supported the war in Iraq despite risks to his campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush praises McCain, Thompson defends Palin
President Bush, relegated to a minor role at the Republican National Convention, praised John McCain Tuesday night as "ready to lead this nation," a courageous candidate who supported the war in Iraq despite risks to his campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail McCain, assail Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail McCain, party defends Palin
President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for John McCain Tuesday night, hailing him as a "ready to lead this nation" and a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to support an unpopular Iraq war. Republicans rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush hails McCains leadership as GOP backs Palin
President Bush hailed John McCain Tuesday night as a man "ready to lead this nation" and a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to support an unpopular Iraq war. Republicans defended vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Bush praises McCain, party defends Palin
President Bush hailed John McCain Tuesday night as a man "ready to lead this nation" and a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to support an unpopular Iraq war. Republicans defended vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin to take center stage as questions swirl
After two days of silence, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will step to center stage at the Republican National Convention to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite distracting questions about her family life and qualifications...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin takes center stage as questions swirl
After two days of silence, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin steps to center stage at the Republican National Convention to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite distracting questions about her family life and qualifications...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Republicans hail John McCain, assails Barack Obama
Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night as President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain. Delegates rallied behind vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Ex-Tenn. professor guilty of passing military data
A federal jury convicted a retired University of Tennessee professor Wednesday of passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign research assistants from China and Iran...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Palin prepares to introduce herself to the nation
Buffeted by revelations both political and personal, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin prepared Wednesday to speak to GOP delegates and other Americans wanting to know more about the person John McCain picked for his running mate...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Film trailer voice-over king dies
Don LaFontaine, who voiced more than 5,000 movie trailers in a 33-year career, dies in Los Angeles aged 68...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
Deadly Hanna threatening Bahamas
Emergency warnings are issued in the Bahamas as Tropical Storm Hanna approaches, having already left at least 21 people dead in Haiti...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
Paraguay backed amid plot fears
Latin American leaders rally behind Paraguay's new president, Fernando Lugo, after he warned of a possible coup plot against him...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
Cheney in ex-Soviet energy call
US Vice-President Dick Cheney presses for more energy export routes from ex-Soviet allies, as he tours the region...
BBC News - September 3, 2008
Haitians stranded on roofs in flooded city
Haitian families scrambled onto rooftops and sreamed for help Tuesday in a city flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, as U.N. peacekeepers and rescue convoys tried in vain to reach them...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
Hanna kills 14 in islands, threatens US East Coast
Families clutched mattresses, chairs and other belongings and slogged through waist-high floodwaters Tuesday as Tropical Storm Hanna killed at least 13 people in northern Haiti. The slow-moving storm threatened to hit the southeastern U.S. coast as a hurricane within days...
Southern Ledger - September 3, 2008
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