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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
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
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NASA moves space shuttle Atlantis to launch pad
NASA moved shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad on Thursday for a flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope after being waylaid by a pair of tropical storms...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
Dont let them eat cake, Saudi cleric says
When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic?...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Cheney offers US backing for Georgias NATO bid
Vice President Dick Cheney insisted that Georgia will join NATO and backed its attempts to rebuild from its war with Russia on Thursday, using a trip to former Soviet republics as a show of U.S. support for their pro-Western leaders...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Afghan leader vows punishment for deadly US raid
The Afghan president said a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos has put new strain on relations with the United States and promised Thursday to punish those responsible...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack
Parliament passed resolutions Thursday condemning an American-led attack in Pakistani territory after the government summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest the unusually bold raid that officials say killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Rescuers cant get aid to starving Haitian city
The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna drowned Gonaives in muddy water three days ago...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
Duck Stamp error sends callers to sex line
People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US raid complicating Pakistanis presidential bid
A deadly American-led raid on a Pakistani village embarrassed the government and eroded support for the pro-U.S. presidential front-runner Thursday just two days before the election...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
More than 40 million people see Palin speech
More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold
A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
McCain Change is coming
John McCain says he has a bipartisan record and the scars to prove it. The Republican presidential nominee says rival Barack Obama does not...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor
Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Federer reaches 18th major semifinal in a row
Roger Federer struggled at times against 130th-ranked qualifier Gilles Muller before eventually winning 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the U.S. Open on Thursday to reach the semifinals for the 18th consecutive Grand Slam tournament...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hunter, Santana lead Angels over Tigers 7-1
Torii Hunter homered to back Ervin Santana, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1 Thursday to cut their magic number to six for clinching their fourth AL West title in five seasons...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Serena edges Venus in all-Williams US Open quarter
Serena Williams watched the final shot sail beyond the baseline, and immediately her sister called for an instant-replay challenge...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch
The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to keep one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation _ broadcast television...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Oils climb forced companies to become leaner
Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel. As oil neared $150, sending costs higher for everything from jet fuel to plastic jars, the question was how many companies would succumb...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
McCain vows to end partisan rancor in Washington
John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" plaguing the nation. "Change is coming" to Washington, he promised the Republican National Convention as he launched his fall campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
McCain vows change in Washington
John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" plaguing the nation. "Change is coming" to Washington, he promised the Republican National Convention as he launched his fall campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Republicans nominate McCain for president
Republicans have nominated Sen. John McCain for president, handing the senator the prize that eluded him eight years ago...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
LSU postpones game against Troy in wake of Gustav
LSU has postponed its football game against Troy after Hurricane Gustav rolled through Louisiana this week. The university made the decision on Wednesday after having a full day to get a handle on damage to Tiger Stadium and around the community, much of which is expected to be without power into next week...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US confirms ground assault inside Pakistan
American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line
While officials from Nassau to South Carolina were keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hanna, behind it, Hurricane Ike lumbered across the Atlantic as a powerful Category 4 storm...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Jobless claims jump is bad omen for economy
Jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, while companies responded to the slowing economy by producing more with fewer workers...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Analysis Palin more than her resume much more
Being a mayor of 9,780 is nothing like leading 305 million. Living next to Russia does not make you a foreign policy whiz. And presidential competence is rarely measured in square miles...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin revs up Republicans at convention for McCain
The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Atlantic Coast watches Hannas shifting trek
Coastal residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on a shifting track toward the U.S...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Lights off, but New Orleans residents coming home
City and state officials tried to hold them off, but New Orleans resident would have none of it. After Hurricane Gustav brushed by the city, they wanted back in, and now...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hurricane Ike strengthens to Category 4 storm
Forecasters say Hurricane Ike has strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm in the Atlantic with maximum sustained winds near 135 mph...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Once wilderness amid bustle, NYC rail becomes park
Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
LA police hunt serial killer of 11
Authorities hope a new $500,000 reward will help them catch a serial killer who has claimed the lives of at least 10 women and a man in a two-part string of violence spanning more than two decades...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
New Orleans residents returning home after Gustav
City and state officials tried to hold them off, but New Orleans resident would have none of it. After Hurricane Gustav brushed by the city, they wanted back in, and now...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Tropical Storm Hanna threatens southeastern US
Coastal residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on a shifting track toward the U.S...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Pottery feud divides NC town of Seagrove
Among the endless allegations of thievery, financial subterfuge and conspiracy, there is only this certainty: North Carolinians take their pottery seriously...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US readies for T.S. Hanna Cat. 4 Ike close behind
Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Terror claims against NJ Muslim leader rejected
An influential New Jersey Muslim leader accused by some federal officials of having terrorist ties but praised by others as being an important ally won his fight to gain permanent U.S. residency Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens
Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina all the way to Maine...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Chicago school protest ends governor OKs meeting
The state senator who led a school boycott to protest underfunded Chicago schools cut it short after two days and said Thursday he will be talking to Gov. Rod Blagojevich soon to discuss solutions...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Repairman denies killing actors former girlfriend
An air conditioning repairman pleaded not guilty Thursday to the stabbing deaths of two women, including a former girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Red Cross pleads for hurricane donations
The American Red Cross is borrowing money to cover its costs from Hurricane Gustav and will probably go deeper into debt as it prepares for three additional storms threatening the United States...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Detroit mayor pleads guilty in sex scandal, quits
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was bounced from office Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that will send him to jail and put an end to the sex scandal that embarrassed this chronically struggling city and preoccupied its government for months...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Mother of missing Fla. toddler to post bond again
The mother of a missing Florida toddler is getting out of jail again...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
FEMA may cover hotel costs for hurricane evacuees
The federal government says it will pay the hotel expenses of some of the nearly 2 million people who fled their homes ahead of Hurricane Gustav, but exactly who will be eligible for assistance and how much it will cost taxpayers was uncertain...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
NASA moves space shuttle Atlantis to launch pad
NASA moved shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad on Thursday for a flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope after being waylaid by a pair of tropical storms...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
Dont let them eat cake, Saudi cleric says
When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic?...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Cheney offers US backing for Georgias NATO bid
Vice President Dick Cheney insisted that Georgia will join NATO and backed its attempts to rebuild from its war with Russia on Thursday, using a trip to former Soviet republics as a show of U.S. support for their pro-Western leaders...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
Afghan leader vows punishment for deadly US raid
The Afghan president said a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos has put new strain on relations with the United States and promised Thursday to punish those responsible...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack
Parliament passed resolutions Thursday condemning an American-led attack in Pakistani territory after the government summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest the unusually bold raid that officials say killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Rescuers cant get aid to starving Haitian city
The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna drowned Gonaives in muddy water three days ago...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US raid complicating Pakistanis presidential bid
A deadly American-led raid on a Pakistani village embarrassed the government and eroded support for the pro-U.S. presidential front-runner Thursday just two days before the election...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Detroit mayor pleads guilty in sex scandal, quits
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was bounced from office Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that will send him to jail and put an end to the sex scandal that embarrassed this chronically struggling city and preoccupied its government for months...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Duck Stamp error sends callers to sex line
People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hunter, Santana lead Angels over Tigers 7-1
Torii Hunter homered to back Ervin Santana, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1 Thursday to cut their magic number to six for clinching their fourth AL West title in five seasons...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Serena edges Venus in all-Williams US Open quarter
Serena Williams watched the final shot sail beyond the baseline, and immediately her sister called for an instant-replay challenge...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
More than 40 million people see Palin speech
More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor
Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Federer reaches 18th major semifinal in a row
Roger Federer struggled at times against 130th-ranked qualifier Gilles Muller before eventually winning 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the U.S. Open on Thursday to reach the semifinals for the 18th consecutive Grand Slam tournament...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Oils climb forced companies to become leaner
Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel. As oil neared $150, sending costs higher for everything from jet fuel to plastic jars, the question was how many companies would succumb...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
McCain vows to end partisan rancor in Washington
John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" plaguing the nation. "Change is coming" to Washington, he promised the Republican National Convention as he launched his fall campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
McCain vows change in Washington
John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" plaguing the nation. "Change is coming" to Washington, he promised the Republican National Convention as he launched his fall campaign for the White House...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
McCain Change is coming
John McCain says he has a bipartisan record and the scars to prove it. The Republican presidential nominee says rival Barack Obama does not...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US confirms ground assault inside Pakistan
American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line
While officials from Nassau to South Carolina were keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hanna, behind it, Hurricane Ike lumbered across the Atlantic as a powerful Category 4 storm...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Jobless claims jump is bad omen for economy
Jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, while companies responded to the slowing economy by producing more with fewer workers...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch
The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to keep one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation _ broadcast television...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Once wilderness amid bustle, NYC rail becomes park
Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Republicans nominate McCain for president
Republicans have nominated Sen. John McCain for president, handing the senator the prize that eluded him eight years ago...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
LSU postpones game against Troy in wake of Gustav
LSU has postponed its football game against Troy after Hurricane Gustav rolled through Louisiana this week. The university made the decision on Wednesday after having a full day to get a handle on damage to Tiger Stadium and around the community, much of which is expected to be without power into next week...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US readies for T.S. Hanna Cat. 4 Ike close behind
Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin revs up Republicans at convention for McCain
The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Analysis Palin more than her resume much more
Being a mayor of 9,780 is nothing like leading 305 million. Living next to Russia does not make you a foreign policy whiz. And presidential competence is rarely measured in square miles...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
USCs tough scheduling is a big plus in polling
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
At convention, it was all love for Palin
The mounting scrutiny that Sarah Palin has felt since entering the world of presidential politics less than a week ago was not on the floor of the Republican National Convention. For the delegates, its all about love for the Alaska governor...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
McCains hero aura inoculates him against critics
How dare you say that about John McCain, war hero?...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold
A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Helping Haiti
Aid workers battle to reach Haiti flood sufferers...
BBC News - September 4, 2008
US lobbyist jailed for corruption
Former US political lobbyist Jack Abramoff is jailed for four years in a corruption case that shook Washington...
BBC News - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
Talks resume on US-India nuclear technology deal
A senior U.S. official says he sees "steady progress" in talks under way in Vienna on a deal that would let the United States sell peaceful nuclear technology to India...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Afghan leader vows punishment for deadly US raid
The Afghan president said a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos has put new strain on relations with the United States and promised Thursday to punish those responsible...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack
Parliament passed resolutions Thursday condemning an American-led attack in Pakistani territory after the government summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest the unusually bold raid that officials say killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US was told N. Korea would restore nuke operation
Before workers began moving mothballed equipment back into place, North Korea informed U.S. personnel at its Yongbyon nuclear plant it would start reassembling its nuclear facilities, a South Korean official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Oscar for Capras Prelude to War given to Army
The Army, with a hand from Hollywood, has received a long-lost Oscar back into its ranks...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons sued over IndyCar deal
A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Repentant Abramoff faces judge in corruption case
From the time Jack Abramoff began cooperating with the FBI, the once powerful lobbyist knew the day would come when he would have to answer for a lifestyle of trading expensive gifts for political favors...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Abramoff arrives in court to face sentencing
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was at federal court Thursday for sentencing in a public corruption case that upended Washington politics and contributed to the 2004 Republican loss of Congress...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Cry Wolf! Cubs lose season-high fifth straight
The Houston Astros have won eight straight games for the second time in less than a month. The Chicago Cubs have lost five in a row for the first time this season...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
DeWitt, Berroa homer to spark Dodgers past Padres
Blake DeWitt and Angel Berroa hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning to put Los Angeles ahead for good, and the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Wednesday night to complete a sweep of the three-game series...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Cubs lose season-high fifth straight
The Houston Astros have won eight straight games for the second time in less than a month...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Biden to vigorously challenge Palin on issues
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Thursday that he will vigorously challenge Republican Sarah Palin on the issues, but will refrain from personal attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Biden says Palin family is off limits to critics
Republican presidential nominee John McCain began his final drive for the White House on Thursday with a boost from running mate Sarah Palin while Democratic opponent Joe Biden declared her family "off limits" and suggested that some news media coverage of her had been sexist...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Serena edges Venus in all-Williams US Open quarter
Serena Williams watched the final shot sail beyond the baseline, and immediately her sister called for an instant-replay challenge...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Republicans nominate McCain for president
Republicans have nominated Sen. John McCain for president, handing the senator the prize that eluded him eight years ago...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin revs up Republicans at convention for McCain
The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Oil edges up ahead of US inventory report
Oil prices edged up to almost $110 a barrel Thursday as the dollar weakened slightly and investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report for evidence that slowing economic growth has cut demand...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Boeing pact extended despite strike vote
A last-minute move to avert a potentially bruising strike that could cost more than 27,000 workers weeks of pay would usually be met with unalloyed relief...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
ECB, BoE expected to leave interest rates steady
The European Central Bank and Bank of England will likely leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday as they face mounting inflation and slowing growth...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US confirms ground assault inside Pakistan
American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line
While officials from Nassau to South Carolina were keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hanna, behind it, Hurricane Ike lumbered across the Atlantic as a powerful Category 4 storm...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin revs up Republicans at convention for McCain
The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
More retailers recall Simplicity bassinets
Eleven more retailers have recalled Simplicity bassinets, bringing the total to 17 that have decided to recall the infant beds, which are linked to the deaths of two babies...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
$350 million high school finally opens in LA
A decade behind schedule, a $350 million downtown high school finally opened on Wednesday after years of environmental, seismic and legal troubles...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
New Orleans residents returning home after Gustav
City and state officials tried to hold them off, but New Orleans resident would have none of it. After Hurricane Gustav brushed by the city, they wanted back in, and now...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Atlantic Coast watches Hannas shifting trek
Coastal residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on a shifting track toward the U.S...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Lights off, but New Orleans residents coming home
City and state officials tried to hold them off, but New Orleans resident would have none of it. After Hurricane Gustav brushed by the city, they wanted back in, and now...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hurricane Ike strengthens to Category 4 storm
Forecasters say Hurricane Ike has strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm in the Atlantic with maximum sustained winds near 135 mph...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Pottery feud divides NC town of Seagrove
Among the endless allegations of thievery, financial subterfuge and conspiracy, there is only this certainty: North Carolinians take their pottery seriously...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Once wilderness amid bustle, NYC rail becomes park
Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
LA police hunt serial killer of 11
Authorities hope a new $500,000 reward will help them catch a serial killer who has claimed the lives of at least 10 women and a man in a two-part string of violence spanning more than two decades...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US readies for T.S. Hanna Cat. 4 Ike close behind
Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Tropical Storm Hanna threatens southeastern US
Coastal residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on a shifting track toward the U.S...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Back to school for Chicago public school students
Public school students who skipped classes to protest unequal education funding were urged to return to their desks Thursday after the boycott was prematurely called off...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Colo. school bus, truck collide injuries reported
The Colorado State Patrol says a school bus has hit with a tractor-trailer rig outside Yuma, injuring some of the 12 students on board and the bus driver...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized for stomach pains
The Reverend Jesse Jackson is being treated at a Chicago hospital after experiencing severe stomach pains...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Proposal Outlaw sex between officials, employees
Maryland state elected officials who have sexual relationships with employees under their supervision would be violating state ethics law, if a county commissioner gets his way...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Heavy trucks barred from using Big Dig bridge
Federal highway officials have asked the state to restrict heavily laden trucks from using a Big Dig bridge after inspectors found a crack on a concrete support...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
NY construction worker falls to his death
A construction worker fell about 40 stories to his death Thursday at a Manhattan skyscraper being built by the developer of the World Trade Center, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
Talks resume on US-India nuclear technology deal
A senior U.S. official says he sees "steady progress" in talks under way in Vienna on a deal that would let the United States sell peaceful nuclear technology to India...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
Afghan leader vows punishment for deadly US raid
The Afghan president said a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos has put new strain on relations with the United States and promised Thursday to punish those responsible...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack
Parliament passed resolutions Thursday condemning an American-led attack in Pakistani territory after the government summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest the unusually bold raid that officials say killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US was told N. Korea would restore nuke operation
Before workers began moving mothballed equipment back into place, North Korea informed U.S. personnel at its Yongbyon nuclear plant it would start reassembling its nuclear facilities, a South Korean official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Repentant Abramoff faces judge in corruption case
From the time Jack Abramoff began cooperating with the FBI, the once powerful lobbyist knew the day would come when he would have to answer for a lifestyle of trading expensive gifts for political favors...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Abramoff arrives in court to face sentencing
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was at federal court Thursday for sentencing in a public corruption case that upended Washington politics and contributed to the 2004 Republican loss of Congress...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Cubs lose season-high fifth straight
The Houston Astros have won eight straight games for the second time in less than a month...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Oscar for Capras Prelude to War given to Army
The Army, with a hand from Hollywood, has received a long-lost Oscar back into its ranks...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons sued over IndyCar deal
A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Serena edges Venus in all-Williams US Open quarter
Serena Williams watched the final shot sail beyond the baseline, and immediately her sister called for an instant-replay challenge...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Cry Wolf! Cubs lose season-high fifth straight
The Houston Astros have won eight straight games for the second time in less than a month. The Chicago Cubs have lost five in a row for the first time this season...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
DeWitt, Berroa homer to spark Dodgers past Padres
Blake DeWitt and Angel Berroa hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning to put Los Angeles ahead for good, and the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Wednesday night to complete a sweep of the three-game series...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
ECB, BoE expected to leave interest rates steady
The European Central Bank and Bank of England will likely leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday as they face mounting inflation and slowing growth...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Biden to vigorously challenge Palin on issues
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Thursday that he will vigorously challenge Republican Sarah Palin on the issues, but will refrain from personal attacks...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Biden says Palin family is off limits to critics
Republican presidential nominee John McCain began his final drive for the White House on Thursday with a boost from running mate Sarah Palin while Democratic opponent Joe Biden declared her family "off limits" and suggested that some news media coverage of her had been sexist...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin revs up Republicans at convention for McCain
The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Oil edges up ahead of US inventory report
Oil prices edged up to almost $110 a barrel Thursday as the dollar weakened slightly and investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report for evidence that slowing economic growth has cut demand...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Boeing pact extended despite strike vote
A last-minute move to avert a potentially bruising strike that could cost more than 27,000 workers weeks of pay would usually be met with unalloyed relief...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Once wilderness amid bustle, NYC rail becomes park
Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US confirms ground assault inside Pakistan
American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line
While officials from Nassau to South Carolina were keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hanna, behind it, Hurricane Ike lumbered across the Atlantic as a powerful Category 4 storm...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Republicans nominate McCain for president
Republicans have nominated Sen. John McCain for president, handing the senator the prize that eluded him eight years ago...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin revs up Republicans at convention for McCain
The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US readies for T.S. Hanna Cat. 4 Ike close behind
Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
Palin delivers star-turning performance for GOP
Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
USCs tough scheduling is a big plus in polling
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
At convention, it was all love for Palin
The mounting scrutiny that Sarah Palin has felt since entering the world of presidential politics less than a week ago was not on the floor of the Republican National Convention. For the delegates, its all about love for the Alaska governor...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Argentina buys back flag carrier
Aerolineas Argentinas is back in state hands 18 years after the troubled airline was sold to the private sector...
BBC News - September 4, 2008
Toronto dreams
Cinema's biggest names get set for 'people's festival'...
BBC News - September 4, 2008
India pushes for US nuclear deal
Nuclear exporters hold more talks on whether to lift a global ban on the sale of civilian nuclear materials to India...
BBC News - September 4, 2008
Shamed Detroit mayor to step down
Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick pleads guilty to charges of obstructing justice and will resign from office...
BBC News - September 4, 2008
Economy stronger than expected in US
Downbeat US employment ad retail data adds to economic jitters despite more positive figures from the service sector...
BBC News - September 4, 2008
TV official US military arrests cameraman in Iraq
The U.S. military arrested an Iraqi cameraman and three of his family members Thursday during a raid on their home in Baghdad, an official with Baghdad TV said...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Syria makes peace proposals to Israel
Syrian President Bashar Assad has disclosed that his country has handed proposals for peace with Israel to Turkish mediators...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2008
US was told N. Korea would restore nuke operation
Before workers began moving mothballed equipment back into place, North Korea informed U.S. personnel at its Yongbyon nuclear plant it would start reassembling its nuclear facilities, a South Korean official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US forces confirm ground assault in Pakistan
American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
US military confirms ground assault in Pakistan
American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Gene Simmons sued over Indycar deal
A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
Peanuts animator Bill Melendez dies at 91
Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 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 4, 2008
Cry Wolf! Cubs lose season-high fifth straight
The Houston Astros have won eight straight games for the second time in less than a month. The Chicago Cubs have lost five in a row for the first time this season...
Southern Ledger - September 4, 2008
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