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Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Hungary 4 dead, 26 injured in train collision
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Iraqi lawmaker urges resolution of minority issue
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Supreme Court to open new term with heavy workload
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
Southern Ledger - October 6, 2008
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Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host
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148 illegal immigrants reach Spain
A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Freed hostages Colombian fiancee travels to Texas
The Colombian fiancee of freed U.S. hostage Keith Stansell has traveled to meet him in Texas along with their 5-year-old twin boys, who will see their father for the first time...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rivera, Yankees hold off Bosox in 9th for 2-1 win
Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Ankiel caps rally in 9th to lift Cards past Cubs
Rick Ankiel slapped a two-run, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Ankiel singles in two to lift Cards to 5-4
Rick Ankiel slapped a two-run, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pernice takes a one-shot lead at AT&T National
On a wild day for everyone around him, Tom Pernice Jr. kept it steady and simple Saturday for a 1-under 69 in the AT&T National that gave him a one-shot lead and a chance to win for the first time in seven years...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Muslim, Hindu protests in Indian Kashmir
Authorities reversed a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Muslim majority Indian-held Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim and Hindu protesters held massive rallies across the region assailing the state government for its handling of the politically sensitive issue...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
From his early days as television commentator and on through a three-decade career in Congress, former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms never left any doubt about his beliefs...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho
Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures
After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Americans mark unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Poe Cottage in NYC park to undergo renovation
It was many and many a year ago in a cottage in the Bronx where Edgar Allan Poe lived his last years and wrote some of his classic pieces...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Questions raised about capital case 24 years later
Three months after four bodies were found shot execution-style in an airplane hangar on the B&B Ranch north of Dallas in 1984, chemical salesman Lester Leroy Bower Jr. was charged with capital murder...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Town fireworks display accident in Iowa injures 34
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street and into a crowd of spectators, injuring 34 people, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Lawn chair balloonist reaches destination in Idaho
A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
California wildfires strain states resources
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
ACLU plans to investigate Rainbow Family treatment
The American Civil Liberties Union said Saturday that it plans to investigate the actions of federal law enforcers who arrested five Rainbow Family members in western Wyoming during their annual gathering...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Last of flood-closed Mississippi locks reopen
The last of the Mississippi River navigational locks that were closed to barges because of flooding are back in business...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
2 Mississippi River locks reopen as waters recede
The Army Corps of Engineers says two navigational locks along the Mississippi River have reopened after being closed because of flooding...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place
FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Accident at Iowa towns fireworks display hurts 37
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
New York beach evacuated after fireworks wash up
A popular Long Island beach has been evacuated on a holiday weekend because unexploded fireworks washed up on shore...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
148 illegal immigrants reach Spain
A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Freed hostages Colombian fiancee travels to Texas
The Colombian fiancee of freed U.S. hostage Keith Stansell has traveled to meet him in Texas along with their 5-year-old twin boys, who will see their father for the first time...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Lawn chair balloonist reaches destination in Idaho
A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
California wildfires strain states resources
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Ankiel caps rally in 9th to lift Cards past Cubs
Rick Ankiel slapped a two-run, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Ankiel singles in two to lift Cards to 5-4
Rick Ankiel slapped a two-run, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pernice takes a one-shot lead at AT&T National
On a wild day for everyone around him, Tom Pernice Jr. kept it steady and simple Saturday for a 1-under 69 in the AT&T National that gave him a one-shot lead and a chance to win for the first time in seven years...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rivera, Yankees hold off Bosox in 9th for 2-1 win
Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Muslim, Hindu protests in Indian Kashmir
Authorities reversed a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Muslim majority Indian-held Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim and Hindu protesters held massive rallies across the region assailing the state government for its handling of the politically sensitive issue...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place
FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Group sues over crop subsidies on US forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has subsidized corn and soybean farming on its lands for years _ and rankled environmentalists are now suing the agency for what they say is an illegal dole...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open at 19-under, shot ahead of 2
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Statler Brothers Country Hall of Fame honor tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Statler Brothers Hall honor is tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
AP IMPACT Go-arounds are possible safety hazard
A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell to 8-year deal
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday at the start of the open market season, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features young star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
American-Indian group walks the US to press causes
With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Athletics: Fall costs Gay 200m place
World champion Tyson Gay falls in the US 200m trials to end his hopes of winning an Olympic sprint double...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Progress in California fire fight
Crews trying to contain wildfires in California make progress and shift their focus to protecting Santa Barbara, officials say...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
148 illegal immigrants reach Spain
A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man claims assault by Eminem in 2006 in Detroit
A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus beats Serena for Wimbledon title
Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday to win her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus wins Wimbledon, defeating sister Serena
Venus Williams wins Wimbledon, beating sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus beats Serena for her 5th Wimbledon title
Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus wins 5th Wimbledon, defeating sister Serena
Venus Williams won her fifth Wimbledon singles title Saturday, beating younger sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 in the final...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Muslim, Hindu protests in Indian Kashmir
Authorities reversed a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Muslim majority Indian-held Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim and Hindu protesters held massive rallies across the region assailing the state government for its handling of the politically sensitive issue...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha is still churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Guerrilla gardeners dig in to beautify Los Angeles
More than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
US marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry
Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades and hot-dog-eating hijinks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
US marks July 4 with fireworks, revelry
Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades and hot-dog-eating hijinks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Croc Dundee to tax authorities Come and get me
"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
From his early days as television commentator and on through a three-decade career in Congress, former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms never left any doubt about his beliefs...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho
Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures
After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
History of Old Point Comfort and Va.s Fort Monroe
Highlights of the history of Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe:...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Town fireworks display accident in Iowa injures 12
An accident during a municipal Fourth of July fireworks display injured at least a dozen people, local fire officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Huge trove of 78 rpm records donated to Syracuse U
A vast collection of 78 rpm records _ valued at $1 million, weighing 50 tons and representing more than a half-century of American music history _ is being donated to Syracuse University by the estate of a prominent New York City record shop owner...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Fireworks display accident in Iowa injures 12
Fire officials in northern Iowa say at least a dozen people were injured during a municipal Fourth of July fireworks display...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Fireworks accidents in Ohio and NY injure 4
Police say a man lost part of his leg when fireworks went off inside his SUV in western Ohio...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Challenges abound for Bush at last economic summit
The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
History of Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe
Highlights of the history of Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe:...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Toledo apartment complex fire leaves 100 homeless
Authorities in Toledo, Ohio, say a fast-moving fire at an apartment complex has destroyed eight buildings and left more than 100 people homeless...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
148 illegal immigrants reach Spain
A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man claims assault by Eminem in 2006 in Detroit
A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho
Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus beats Serena for her 5th Wimbledon title
Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus wins 5th Wimbledon, defeating sister Serena
Venus Williams won her fifth Wimbledon singles title Saturday, beating younger sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 in the final...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus beats Serena for Wimbledon title
Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday to win her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus wins Wimbledon, defeating sister Serena
Venus Williams wins Wimbledon, beating sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha is still churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Muslim, Hindu protests in Indian Kashmir
Authorities reversed a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Muslim majority Indian-held Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim and Hindu protesters held massive rallies across the region assailing the state government for its handling of the politically sensitive issue...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Statler Brothers Country Hall of Fame honor tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Statler Brothers Hall honor is tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell to 8-year deal
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday at the start of the open market season, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features young star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
American-Indian group walks the US to press causes
With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Group sues over crop subsidies on US forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has subsidized corn and soybean farming on its lands for years _ and rankled environmentalists are now suing the agency for what they say is an illegal dole...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open at 19-under, shot ahead of 2
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
AP IMPACT Go-arounds are possible safety hazard
A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Kidnap ordeal
Colombia's pain over those still held hostage...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Wimbledon day 12 as it happened
Venus beats sister Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final while Britain's Laura Robson wins the girls' final...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Betancourt's medical 'reassuring'
Initial results of medical tests on Ingrid Betancourt following her six years as a hostage of Colombian rebels are "reassuring," her sister says...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Betancourt greets France with tears, joy
"I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
10 Taliban killed while planting bomb
Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man claims assault by Eminem in 2006 in Detroit
A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Weaver pitches gem, Angels beat Blue Jays 8-2
Howie Kendrick drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels got homers from Torii Hunter and Garret Anderson in an 8-2 victory over of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend 4th of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas shifts to center give GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Baek leads San Diego to 5-1 victory
Cha Seung Baek threw six shutout innings, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Friday night to drop the NL West leaders below .500...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rockies overcome 9-run deficit to beat Marlins
The blasts returned to Coors Field on Friday night _ long before the fireworks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha is still churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tension builds over Coney Island rebuilding plan
The Fourth of July weekend has always been one of the most exciting times of the year for Coney Island: Crowds line the boardwalk to watch the hot-dog eating contest, visitors take terrifying roller coaster rides, and beachgoers frolic in the sand and surf...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
DC native finds calling in Fourth of July history
Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, canons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur
Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
US marks July 4 with fireworks, revelry
Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades and hot-dog-eating hijinks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Croc Dundee to tax authorities Come and get me
"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Guerrilla gardeners dig in to beautify Los Angeles
More than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at age 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms has died at age 86, Jesse Helms research center says...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
From his early days as television commentator and on through a three-decade career in Congress, former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms never left any doubt about his beliefs...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
US marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry
Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades and hot-dog-eating hijinks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures
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