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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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Fashion house Valentino names 2 new designers
Italian fashion house Valentino said on Saturday it had named its in-house accessories designers as joint creative directors of the brand. Outgoing designer Alessandra Facchinetti said she learned about her dismissal from press reports...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Far-right Austria governor isolates asylum seekers
Powerful far-right politician Joerg Haider has set up a holding facility in the remote mountains of southern Austria for asylum seekers suspected as criminals, saying they need to be isolated to protect the people in the area...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nobel physics prize goes to 2 Japanese, 1 American
Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk
A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month starting Friday _ an invention that may have far-reaching benefits for the disabled and elderly...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
AMD to spin off factories in bid to save money
In a move to dramatically cut costs and better compete with Intel Corp., chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it will spin off its factories into a new joint venture with investors in the Persian Gulf state of Abu Dhabi...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of an indefinite curfew imposed in Indian Kashmir to prevent a pro-independence rally...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Justices attend Red Mass before new term
The law is a guide to an orderly society, an American cardinal said an a church service Sunday that included five Supreme Court justices ahead of the start of their new term...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Half-ton Mexican man dies after pleading for help
A 450-kilogram (990-pound), bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Kenya deports US author of anti-Obama book
The American author of a controversial book accusing Barack Obama of seething with "black rage" and of being unfit for the U.S. presidency was kicked out of Kenya on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Afghans refugees flee Pakistan war zone
Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone begged Tuesday for bus fares and flowed over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis resulting from an army offensive against Taliban militants, officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Protesters clash with police in Thailand, 1 dead
Thai protesters demanding the government resign set fire to cars and threw bottles and metal barricades at police, who used tear gas to break through their blockade around Parliament Tuesday. At least one person was killed and more 350 people were injured...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess
Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Saintly surfers praise divine waves in California
He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of a curfew imposed in Indian-controlled Kashmir to prevent a large pro-independence rally planned later in the day...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nick Nolte escapes burning home in Malibu
Nick Nolte has escaped a fire that burned a Malibu home to the ground...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Hollywoods undead Theyre just like us!
The dead used to be a world away, far beyond the realm of mortal existence. If they walked the Earth at all, they inhabited the night...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
New No. 1 Jankovic wins Porsche Grand Prix
New No. 1 Jelena Jankovic won her second title in two weeks, defeating Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 6-3 Sunday in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Venus Williams upset in 1st round at Kremlin Cup
Venus Williams was upset in the opening round at the Kremlin Cup, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to Flavia Pennetta...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to ALCS
They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
After divorce, Bill Murray looks for renewal
The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he is in real life _ whether on a golf course or shuttling people around downtown Stockholm in a golf cart, as he did last year...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Yum says 3rd-quarter earnings rise 5 percent
Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew by 5 percent, led by surging sales in its China operations that offset a decline in U.S. results...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Montana governors race features old foes
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and his Republican challenger have both called for increased energy development, lower taxes and a more open state government...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Palin stretches truth in campaign speeches
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tells audiences the election is about the "truthfulness and judgment" needed to be president. But the Alaska governor often stretches the truth herself...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Trailing Obama, McCain hopes to gain in debate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ Leading in the polls, Barack Obama hopes to cement his standing while John McCain is trying to turn his fortunes around in their second presidential debate _ with economic turmoil bordering on chaos suddenly serving as the backdrop...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Cindy Sheehan finds a bit of peace in candidacy
"Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan may finally have found some in her long-shot independent challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Fed to lend to companies in emergency move
Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall anyway and hit new five-year lows...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Fed, in emergency move, will lend to companies
Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall anyway and hit new five-year lows...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Character attacks emerge in McCain-Obama race
The two men who supposedly exemplified a different kind of politics are engaged in an increasingly bitter campaign as character attacks are emerging to compete with issues like the troubled economy...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Oil rebounds to $90 after falling to 8-month low
Oil prices rebounded to above $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low the previous day on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine demand for crude...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nobel is postscript to bitter 1980s HIV dispute
The awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday writes a postscript to a bitter scientific dispute in the 1980s over who deserved credit for discovering HIV and the resulting test to screen blood for it...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Judging from the glamorous parties and store openings in Paris this week, you would be forgiven for thinking the economy is thriving _ prompting some observers to say the fashion industry is fiddling while Rome burns...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lawsuit seeks to preserve Palin e-mails
A critic of Gov. Sarah Palin is suing to try to force preservation of any government-related e-mails that Palin sent from private accounts...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving drugs and a vaccine...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Sharpton Bell verdict protests were peaceful
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he convened civil rights leaders after the Sean Bell police-shooting acquittals to come up with a way for all New Yorkers to express their outrage...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
6 in Calif. family die in apparent murder-suicide
Los Angeles police say a father who was despondent over finances killed five family members and himself over the weekend in an upscale home...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Prosecutor Phoenix shooting suspect kept records
The man accused of leading the notorious Serial Shooter attacks two years ago watched with excitement as news reports logged his alleged killings and fear spread through neighborhoods across the Phoenix area, a prosecutor said Monday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing
Federal prosecutors have asked to delay the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko indefinitely...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
6 die in family murder-suicide in upscale LA home
An unemployed man with an advanced finance degree who was despondent over his own financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself in an upscale home in a gated community, police said Monday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Grieving son welcomes trial in yacht killings
Ryan Hawks held a memorial service after his father and stepmother vanished at sea four years ago...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
NJ Well become a world leader in wind power
New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
NYC takes calorie-counting campaign to the rails
Craving a burrito with sour cream and guacamole? What if you knew it had more than half the calories you should eat in a day?...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Mind training helps troops with combat, then PTSD
The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in Afghanistan vulnerable, and he was desperate for help...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
6 die in family murder-suicide in Los Angeles
The only hints of trouble in the big beige house on Como Lane were the newspapers in the driveway and the lack of any activity behind the front door...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Divers reach steamship that sank off Mass. in 1898
Five Massachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history, and say they saw an array of artifacts like dishes and mugs but no human remains...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Polygamous sect sues to regain control of trust
Members of a polygamous church are suing to regain control of a property trust, claiming court reforms since 2005 have stripped it of its constitutional rights...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Stepbrother charged in upstate NY girls slaying
A man was charged Tuesday in the strangling death of his 11-year-old stepsister who was starved by her parents and slept a locked room inside an upstate NY house filled with garbage and more than 100 cats, police said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Ky. killings come 3 years after fathers suicide
A mother who police said stabbed her daughters before shooting herself had raised the children as a single mother after her husband hanged himself three years ago...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Former contractor pleads guilty to Iraq fuel theft
A former Army contractor has pleaded guilty to theft after admitting he and others stole nearly $40 million in jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army base in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Museum agrees to ax Lizzie Borden name, ending row
A museum and a bed and breakfast have settled a trademark dispute over the macabre legacy of Lizzie Borden, a Sunday school teacher accused in the hatchet deaths of her father and stepmother, a museum official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Boat of congresswomens brother believed found
Divers searching outside Los Angeles harbor have found a recreational boat believed to belong to the missing brother of U.S. Reps. Loretta and Linda Sanchez...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Ill. gov to convicted fundraiser Tell the truth
Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday called on Antoin "Tony" Rezko to tell the truth, a day after federal prosecutors strongly hinted that the political fundraiser, convicted in a state corruption scandal, might be cooperating in their investigation...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Fashion house Valentino names 2 new designers
Italian fashion house Valentino said on Saturday it had named its in-house accessories designers as joint creative directors of the brand. Outgoing designer Alessandra Facchinetti said she learned about her dismissal from press reports...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
AMD to spin off factories in bid to save money
In a move to dramatically cut costs and better compete with Intel Corp., chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it will spin off its factories into a new joint venture with investors in the Persian Gulf state of Abu Dhabi...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nobel physics prize goes to 2 Japanese, 1 American
Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk
A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month starting Friday _ an invention that may have far-reaching benefits for the disabled and elderly...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Half-ton Mexican man dies after pleading for help
A 450-kilogram (990-pound), bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Kenya deports US author of anti-Obama book
The American author of a controversial book accusing Barack Obama of seething with "black rage" and of being unfit for the U.S. presidency was kicked out of Kenya on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Far-right Austria governor isolates asylum seekers
Powerful far-right politician Joerg Haider has set up a holding facility in the remote mountains of southern Austria for asylum seekers suspected as criminals, saying they need to be isolated to protect the people in the area...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Saintly surfers praise divine waves in California
He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of a curfew imposed in Indian-controlled Kashmir to prevent a large pro-independence rally planned later in the day...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of an indefinite curfew imposed in Indian Kashmir to prevent a pro-independence rally...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Justices attend Red Mass before new term
The law is a guide to an orderly society, an American cardinal said an a church service Sunday that included five Supreme Court justices ahead of the start of their new term...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Afghans refugees flee Pakistan war zone
Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone begged Tuesday for bus fares and flowed over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis resulting from an army offensive against Taliban militants, officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Protesters clash with police in Thailand, 1 dead
Thai protesters demanding the government resign set fire to cars and threw bottles and metal barricades at police, who used tear gas to break through their blockade around Parliament Tuesday. At least one person was killed and more 350 people were injured...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess
Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Museum agrees to ax Lizzie Borden name, ending row
A museum and a bed and breakfast have settled a trademark dispute over the macabre legacy of Lizzie Borden, a Sunday school teacher accused in the hatchet deaths of her father and stepmother, a museum official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
After divorce, Bill Murray looks for renewal
The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he is in real life _ whether on a golf course or shuttling people around downtown Stockholm in a golf cart, as he did last year...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nick Nolte escapes burning home in Malibu
Nick Nolte has escaped a fire that burned a Malibu home to the ground...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Hollywoods undead Theyre just like us!
The dead used to be a world away, far beyond the realm of mortal existence. If they walked the Earth at all, they inhabited the night...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
New No. 1 Jankovic wins Porsche Grand Prix
New No. 1 Jelena Jankovic won her second title in two weeks, defeating Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 6-3 Sunday in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to ALCS
They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Montana governors race features old foes
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and his Republican challenger have both called for increased energy development, lower taxes and a more open state government...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Palin stretches truth in campaign speeches
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tells audiences the election is about the "truthfulness and judgment" needed to be president. But the Alaska governor often stretches the truth herself...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Cindy Sheehan finds a bit of peace in candidacy
"Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan may finally have found some in her long-shot independent challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Fed, in emergency move, will lend to companies
Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall anyway and hit new five-year lows...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Yum says 3rd-quarter earnings rise 5 percent
Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew by 5 percent, led by surging sales in its China operations that offset a decline in U.S. results...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Oil rebounds to $90 after falling to 8-month low
Oil prices rebounded to above $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low the previous day on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine demand for crude...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Fed to lend to companies in emergency move
Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall anyway and hit new five-year lows...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Character attacks emerge in McCain-Obama race
The two men who supposedly exemplified a different kind of politics are engaged in an increasingly bitter campaign as character attacks are emerging to compete with issues like the troubled economy...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Grieving son welcomes trial in yacht killings
Ryan Hawks held a memorial service after his father and stepmother vanished at sea four years ago...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lawsuit seeks to preserve Palin e-mails
A critic of Gov. Sarah Palin is suing to try to force preservation of any government-related e-mails that Palin sent from private accounts...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Penguins edge Senators 4-3 in OT in Stockholm
Tyler Kennedy scored his second goal with 25 seconds left in overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Ottawa Senators, 4-3 in the first NHL regular-season opener in Sweden on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Onus on McCain to turn presidential race his way
One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and the Democrat has made progress toward winning the White House...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Judging from the glamorous parties and store openings in Paris this week, you would be forgiven for thinking the economy is thriving _ prompting some observers to say the fashion industry is fiddling while Rome burns...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Unbeaten Titans use late score to beat Ravens
The Tennessee Titans are still unbeaten, thanks to a late touchdown drive and a defense that outperformed the top-ranked unit in the league...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Delta museum is a tribute to bluesman B.B. King
Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi Delta...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
AP Blog QB Juice Williams becoming a legit star
The NCAA football season has kicked off and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Heatley scores 2 more as Senators shine in Sweden
Dany Heatley scored two more goals and Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson had two assists for the Senators, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to split their NHL opening weekend series in Sweden...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Heatley scores 2 more, Sens shine in Sweden
Dany Heatley scored two more goals and Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson had two assists for the Senators, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to split their NHL opening weekend series in Sweden...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Titans use late score, big defense to beat Ravens
The Tennessee Titans are still unbeaten, thanks to a late touchdown drive and a defense that outperformed the top-ranked unit in the league...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
KCs Gonzalez sets tight end yardage record
Tony Gonzalez got his record, but not much else...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Tuberville Auburn still searching for answers
No. 20 Auburn woke up Sunday morning to several harsh realities...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Heatley scores 2 more, Senators shine in Sweden
Dany Heatley scored two more goals and Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson had two assists for the Senators, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to split their NHL opening weekend series on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Stonewall Jackson, Grand Ole Opry settle lawsuit
Country singer Stonewall Jackson has settled his federal age discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Ole Opry and its management...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Venus Williams upset in 1st round at Kremlin Cup
Venus Williams was upset in the opening round at the Kremlin Cup, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to Flavia Pennetta...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Trailing Obama, McCain hopes to gain in debate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ Leading in the polls, Barack Obama hopes to cement his standing while John McCain is trying to turn his fortunes around in their second presidential debate _ with economic turmoil bordering on chaos suddenly serving as the backdrop...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Road to recovery
Cubans face huge rebuild task, month on from storms...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Bush urges joint crisis response
US President George W Bush calls for co-ordinated action by industrialised countries to tackle the worldwide credit crunch...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Guatemalan ex-leader extradited
Mexico extradites former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo to his home country to face corruption charges...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Judo black belt Putin shows off moves in DVD
Vladimir Putin is out on video as a judo master. Russian state-controlled media already have shown the powerful prime minister at the wheel of massive racing truck, shirtless on a fishing excursion, and tracking a tiger through the Siberian forest _ just a few of the he-man presentations designed to boost his public image...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk
A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month starting Friday _ an invention that may have far-reaching benefits for the disabled and elderly...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of a curfew imposed in Indian-controlled Kashmir to prevent a large pro-independence rally planned later in the day...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of an indefinite curfew imposed in Indian Kashmir to prevent a pro-independence rally...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Justices attend Red Mass before new term
The law is a guide to an orderly society, an American cardinal said an a church service Sunday that included five Supreme Court justices ahead of the start of their new term...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Protesters clash with police in Thailand, 1 dead
Thai protesters demanding the government resign set fire to cars and threw bottles and metal barricades at police, who used tear gas to break through their blockade around Parliament Tuesday. At least one person was killed and more 350 people were injured...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Maldives gears up for first democratic election
To supporters, President Mamoun Abdul Gayoom is a hero who turned a poor nation of fishermen into a tourist paradise and the economic success story of South Asia...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess
Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Thai police fire tear gas against crowd 118 hurt
Thai riot police clashed Tuesday with thousands of protesters who barricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from leaving, a bold new tactic that intensified a six-week political crisis...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Saintly surfers praise divine waves in California
He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Afghans refugees flee Pakistan war zone
Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone begged Tuesday for bus fares and flowed over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis resulting from an army offensive against Taliban militants, officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Esquire names Halle Berry sexiest woman alive
Alongside a photo spread that shows her in little more than a T-shirt, Halle Berry talks about being the sexiest woman alive, a title Esquire magazine gives her in its November issue...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Idol singer Paris Bennett gives birth to girl
Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett has given birth to a daughter named Egypt...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to ALCS
They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Vikings lead Saintse 20-17 after third-quarter
The Minnesota Vikings forced three turnovers and used two big plays by cornerback Antoine Winfield to take a 20-17 lead over the New Orleans Saints at the end of three quarters on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
New Bibles alter form not word to draw readers
Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline spilling from a pump is the quote that begins, "The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast."...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Fed move boosts European stocks
World stock markets on Tuesday recovered some of their hefty losses from the previous day, helped by a steady opening on Wall Street after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would buy massive amounts of short-term debts in an attempt to ease tight credit markets...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Stocks fluctuate after Fed corporate debt plan
Stocks fluctuated in quiet trading Tuesday as investors appeared to adopt a wait-and-see approach to the range of options the Federal Reserve has laid out to inject the sluggish credit markets with a dose of much-needed confidence. Trading remained fractious, and the major indexes alternated between gains and losses a day after the market suffered another huge drop...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Oil rebounds to $90 after falling to 8-month low
Oil prices rebounded to above $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low the previous day on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine demand for crude...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
McCain calls Obama a liar, faults his Chicago ties
Behind in the polls, Republican John McCain on Monday called Democratic rival Barack Obama a liar as he leveled his harshest criticism yet, and said the campaign boils down to one basic question: Who is Obama really?...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lawsuit seeks to preserve Palin e-mails
A critic of Gov. Sarah Palin is suing to try to force preservation of any government-related e-mails that Palin sent from private accounts...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Character attacks emerge in McCain-Obama race
The two men who supposedly exemplified a different kind of politics are engaged in an increasingly bitter campaign as character attacks are emerging to compete with issues like the troubled economy...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Bus driver in fatal California crash faces charges
Police say the driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people is in critical condition and faces charges of driving under the influence...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
AP Enterprise In bad economy, power cutoffs soar
The number of Americans whose electricity or gas has been shut off for nonpayment of their bills is up sharply in many parts of the country as people struggle to cope with higher prices and a shaky economy...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Bus driver in fatal California crash is arrested
The California Highway Patrol says it believes the driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people was driving under the influence and arrested him...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Judging from the glamorous parties and store openings in Paris this week, you would be forgiven for thinking the economy is thriving _ prompting some observers to say the fashion industry is fiddling while Rome burns...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Sharpton Bell verdict protests were peaceful
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he convened civil rights leaders after the Sean Bell police-shooting acquittals to come up with a way for all New Yorkers to express their outrage...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
6 in Calif. family die in apparent murder-suicide
Los Angeles police say a father who was despondent over finances killed five family members and himself over the weekend in an upscale home...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nobel is postscript to bitter 1980s HIV dispute
The awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday writes a postscript to a bitter scientific dispute in the 1980s over who deserved credit for discovering HIV and the resulting test to screen blood for it...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Bus driver in fatal California crash arrested
The driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, the California Highway Patrol said Monday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing
Federal prosecutors have asked to delay the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko indefinitely...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
6 die in family murder-suicide in upscale LA home
An unemployed man with an advanced finance degree who was despondent over his own financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself in an upscale home in a gated community, police said Monday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving drugs and a vaccine...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Grieving son welcomes trial in yacht killings
Ryan Hawks held a memorial service after his father and stepmother vanished at sea four years ago...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
NJ Well become a world leader in wind power
New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Prosecutor Phoenix shooting suspect kept records
The man accused of leading the notorious Serial Shooter attacks two years ago watched with excitement as news reports logged his alleged killings and fear spread through neighborhoods across the Phoenix area, a prosecutor said Monday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
NYC takes calorie-counting campaign to the rails
Craving a burrito with sour cream and guacamole? What if you knew it had more than half the calories you should eat in a day?...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Mind training helps troops with combat, then PTSD
The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in Afghanistan vulnerable, and he was desperate for help...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
6 die in family murder-suicide in Los Angeles
The only hints of trouble in the big beige house on Como Lane were the newspapers in the driveway and the lack of any activity behind the front door...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Feds 300 suspected illegals held after SC raid
Federal agents say they have detained more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants in a raid on a South Carolina chicken processing plant...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Bacon, not bomb, leads to evacuation of office
The office of an Ohio congressman who has fought against pork barrel spending was evacuated over a suspicious package that turned out to be full of bacon...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Police say Kentucky woman kills self, daughters
Police were still trying to determine Tuesday why a Louisville woman apparently stabbed her two school-age daughters to death and then shot herself...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Battle over use of Lizzie Borden name settled
Two Massachusetts businesses battling over the use of the infamous "Lizzie Borden" name have settled out of court...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Ohio woman gets 10 years for attack on 93-year-old
A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for beating her 93-year-old neighbor with a vacuum cleaner during a robbery that netted her $5...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Slain girls mom testifies at husbands trial
The mother of the girl who became known as "Precious Doe" has testified in a Missouri courtroom that she watched her then-boyfriend kick her daughter in the head and helped him dump her body...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Questioning of jurors begins in Fort Dix case
Lawyers have begun to question potential jurors in the case of five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Man pleads guilty to fraud for phony asylum claims
A man accused of coaching immigrants on how to make phony asylum claims pleaded guilty to fraud and other charges and agreed to forfeit $1.7 million...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Safety officers not on duty when bus entered US
No Texas or U.S. motor safety officers were on duty when an unsafe bus crossed the border hours before a fatal crash, says National Transportation Safety Board investigator Pete Kotowski. He said the Mexican-made bus was checked by customs and border officers when it came into the United States at a Laredo, Texas, crossing in January...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk
A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month starting Friday _ an invention that may have far-reaching benefits for the disabled and elderly...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Judo black belt Putin shows off moves in DVD
Vladimir Putin is out on video as a judo master. Russian state-controlled media already have shown the powerful prime minister at the wheel of massive racing truck, shirtless on a fishing excursion, and tracking a tiger through the Siberian forest _ just a few of the he-man presentations designed to boost his public image...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Saintly surfers praise divine waves in California
He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of a curfew imposed in Indian-controlled Kashmir to prevent a large pro-independence rally planned later in the day...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of an indefinite curfew imposed in Indian Kashmir to prevent a pro-independence rally...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Justices attend Red Mass before new term
The law is a guide to an orderly society, an American cardinal said an a church service Sunday that included five Supreme Court justices ahead of the start of their new term...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Protesters clash with police in Thailand, 1 dead
Thai protesters demanding the government resign set fire to cars and threw bottles and metal barricades at police, who used tear gas to break through their blockade around Parliament Tuesday. At least one person was killed and more 350 people were injured...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Maldives gears up for first democratic election
To supporters, President Mamoun Abdul Gayoom is a hero who turned a poor nation of fishermen into a tourist paradise and the economic success story of South Asia...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess
Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Thai police fire tear gas against crowd 118 hurt
Thai riot police clashed Tuesday with thousands of protesters who barricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from leaving, a bold new tactic that intensified a six-week political crisis...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
NYC takes calorie-counting campaign to the rails
Craving a burrito with sour cream and guacamole? What if you knew it had more than half the calories you should eat in a day?...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Afghans refugees flee Pakistan war zone
Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone begged Tuesday for bus fares and flowed over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis resulting from an army offensive against Taliban militants, officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Idol singer Paris Bennett gives birth to girl
Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett has given birth to a daughter named Egypt...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Vikings lead Saintse 20-17 after third-quarter
The Minnesota Vikings forced three turnovers and used two big plays by cornerback Antoine Winfield to take a 20-17 lead over the New Orleans Saints at the end of three quarters on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Esquire names Halle Berry sexiest woman alive
Alongside a photo spread that shows her in little more than a T-shirt, Halle Berry talks about being the sexiest woman alive, a title Esquire magazine gives her in its November issue...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to ALCS
They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Fed move boosts European stocks
World stock markets on Tuesday recovered some of their hefty losses from the previous day, helped by a steady opening on Wall Street after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would buy massive amounts of short-term debts in an attempt to ease tight credit markets...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Stocks fluctuate after Fed corporate debt plan
Stocks fluctuated in quiet trading Tuesday as investors appeared to adopt a wait-and-see approach to the range of options the Federal Reserve has laid out to inject the sluggish credit markets with a dose of much-needed confidence. Trading remained fractious, and the major indexes alternated between gains and losses a day after the market suffered another huge drop...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
New Bibles alter form not word to draw readers
Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline spilling from a pump is the quote that begins, "The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast."...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Oil rebounds to $90 after falling to 8-month low
Oil prices rebounded to above $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low the previous day on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine demand for crude...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
McCain calls Obama a liar, faults his Chicago ties
Behind in the polls, Republican John McCain on Monday called Democratic rival Barack Obama a liar as he leveled his harshest criticism yet, and said the campaign boils down to one basic question: Who is Obama really?...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Lawsuit seeks to preserve Palin e-mails
A critic of Gov. Sarah Palin is suing to try to force preservation of any government-related e-mails that Palin sent from private accounts...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Character attacks emerge in McCain-Obama race
The two men who supposedly exemplified a different kind of politics are engaged in an increasingly bitter campaign as character attacks are emerging to compete with issues like the troubled economy...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Penguins edge Senators 4-3 in OT in Stockholm
Tyler Kennedy scored his second goal with 25 seconds left in overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Ottawa Senators, 4-3 in the first NHL regular-season opener in Sweden on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Onus on McCain to turn presidential race his way
One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and the Democrat has made progress toward winning the White House...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Its wait and see after Bush signs rescue plan
After two weeks of anguishing debate, Congress has passed and President Bush signed a massive plan to save the financial industry and the economy at large from an unthinkable free fall. Now, the world holds its breath, seeing if it will work...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Judging from the glamorous parties and store openings in Paris this week, you would be forgiven for thinking the economy is thriving _ prompting some observers to say the fashion industry is fiddling while Rome burns...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Unbeaten Titans use late score to beat Ravens
The Tennessee Titans are still unbeaten, thanks to a late touchdown drive and a defense that outperformed the top-ranked unit in the league...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Delta museum is a tribute to bluesman B.B. King
Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi Delta...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
AP Blog QB Juice Williams becoming a legit star
The NCAA football season has kicked off and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Heatley scores 2 more as Senators shine in Sweden
Dany Heatley scored two more goals and Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson had two assists for the Senators, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to split their NHL opening weekend series in Sweden...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Heatley scores 2 more, Sens shine in Sweden
Dany Heatley scored two more goals and Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson had two assists for the Senators, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to split their NHL opening weekend series in Sweden...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Titans use late score, big defense to beat Ravens
The Tennessee Titans are still unbeaten, thanks to a late touchdown drive and a defense that outperformed the top-ranked unit in the league...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
KCs Gonzalez sets tight end yardage record
Tony Gonzalez got his record, but not much else...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Stonewall Jackson, Grand Ole Opry settle lawsuit
Country singer Stonewall Jackson has settled his federal age discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Ole Opry and its management...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Tuberville Auburn still searching for answers
No. 20 Auburn woke up Sunday morning to several harsh realities...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Heatley scores 2 more, Senators shine in Sweden
Dany Heatley scored two more goals and Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson had two assists for the Senators, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to split their NHL opening weekend series on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Polar opposites
Views from Alaska on protecting the polar bear...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Kenya 'will deport' Obama author
The Kenyan authorities say they will deport the US author of a highly critical book about Barack Obama...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Whisky collection 'returns home' from Brazil
The world's largest collection of whiskies arrives in Edinburgh this week, brought home from Brazil...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Oil contract scandal shakes Peru
Peru's energy minister resigns amid a scandal allegedly involving bribes in return for oil concessions...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Canada dropped from F1 calendar
The Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar, leaving North America without a round...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Iran 'forces down foreign plane'
Iran says a foreign plane was forced to land there after straying into its airspace before being released...
BBC News - October 7, 2008
Show of force Putin the judo black belt on DVD
Vladimir Putin is out on video as a judo expert...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat
Laura Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, delicately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any venus flytraps hidden underfoot...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Curfew in Indian Kashmir to prevent protest rally
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of an indefinite curfew imposed in Indian Kashmir to prevent a pro-independence rally...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Justices attend Red Mass before new term
The law is a guide to an orderly society, an American cardinal said an a church service Sunday that included five Supreme Court justices ahead of the start of their new term...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Russias Jerusalem land claim worries Israelis
The Russians are coming to downtown Jerusalem, reclaiming ownership of a landmark with the approval of the Israeli government, just as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits Moscow to try to iron out serious policy differences between the two countries...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Unwelcome Afghans quit Pakistan battle zone
Afghan refugees were flowing over the border from a Pakistani battle zone Tuesday after officials accused them of links with Taliban militants and ordered them out, police said...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Rescuers search Tibet rubble after quake kills 10
Rescuers rushed tents, food and water to villagers in Tibet on Tuesday after an earthquake and scores of aftershocks rattled the capital and surrounding areas, killing at least 10 people and collapsing hundreds of houses...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Saintly surfers praise divine waves in California
He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Kashmir police threaten to shoot curfew violators
Police warned Monday they would shoot any violators of a curfew imposed in Indian-controlled Kashmir to prevent a large pro-independence rally planned later in the day...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Thai police fire tear gas against crowd 118 hurt
Thai riot police clashed Tuesday with thousands of protesters who barricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from leaving, a bold new tactic that intensified a six-week political crisis...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Its a girl for Idol singer Paris Bennett
Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett has given birth to a daughter named Egypt...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
R. Kelly seeks $3.4 million from tour promoter
R. Kelly has won a $3.4 million award against his former tour promoter and is asking a Los Angeles judge to help him collect...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to ALCS
They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Vikings lead Saintse 20-17 after third-quarter
The Minnesota Vikings forced three turnovers and used two big plays by cornerback Antoine Winfield to take a 20-17 lead over the New Orleans Saints at the end of three quarters on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Oil rebounds to $89 after falling to 8-month low
Oil prices rebounded to around $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low Monday on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine demand for crude...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Iowa agriculture secretary discusses a trying year
Like any farmer, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey is eager to put the pains _ and the rains _ of 2008 behind him...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Asian markets mixed after Australias big rate cut
Asian markets showed signs of life Tuesday as investors cheered a big interest rate cut by the Australian central bank aimed at alleviating the unfolding global credit crisis that has battered global markets...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Dow plunges 700 points amid global sell-off
Despair about a weakening global economy is sweeping across Wall Street, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 700 points. Investors around the world have been selling off stocks as they come to realize that financial systems in the United States and other countries need more than government bailouts to fix them...
Southern Ledger - October 7, 2008
Dow finishes below 10,000 for first time since 04
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