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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Space shuttle Endeavour provided an orbital lift to the attached international space station on Friday as the astronauts encountered more problems with a new water recycling system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Britney Spears is making another cameo in the midst of her comeback _ this time at a Los Angeles courtroom...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heads to Washington this week for his final meeting with President George W. Bush, two lame-duck leaders looking to leave a blueprint for fulfilling their ambitious _ but unrealized _ Mideast agendas...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
She knew she risked arrest, and yet she made the trip. Sure enough, police picked her up at the airport...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least five militants in northwestern Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Add Kanye West to the list of artists previewing their new CDs on MySpace Music...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Trail Blazers easily beat Kings
Steve Blake made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away in the third quarter Friday night for a 117-94 victory over the struggling Sacramento Kings...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Harangody leads Irish past Loyola Marymount
Luke Harangody had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and No. 8 Notre Dame staggered to a 65-54 victory over winless Loyola Marymount on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hornets thump Thunder in return to Oklahoma City
David West scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 17 in the city where his NBA career began and the New Orleans Hornets had a triumphant return to Oklahoma City on Friday night with a 105-80 victory over the Thunder...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
The Screen Actors Guild says contract talks with Hollywood studios has failed despite the help of a federal mediator and it will now ask its members to authorize a strike...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
On Capitol Hill, campaign rivals take orientation
After the typical congressional campaign, the winner goes to Washington and the loser goes home...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Minnesota recount under way in US Senate showdown
City and county workers across Minnesota began a laborious recount Wednesday of more than 2.9 million ballots in the tight U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nuggets no match for Lakers
Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 29 points in the third quarter before sitting out the fourth, Andrew Bynum had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 104-90 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Dow up 494 as Obama prepares to name treasury boss
Wall Street put a stop to a terrifying decline and stormed higher Friday as President-elect Barack Obama appeared ready to tap the chief of the New York Federal Reserve as the next treasury secretary and hand him the herculean task of righting the U.S. financial system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Pressure on Citigroup builds, shares fall below $4
Pressure intensified on Citigroup to sell part or all of itself as its stock fell below $4 a share on Friday and fears escalated about future loan losses...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Minn. Senate campaigns reconsidering challenges
On second thought, some of those Minnesota Senate ballots may be un-challenged...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
USDA report details more involvement for Vick
Michael Vick put family pets in rings with pit bulls and thought it was funny watching the trained killers injure or kill the helpless dogs, a witness told federal investigators during the dogfighting investigation that brought Vick down...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
KGs 1st game in Target Center is a rout
Make no mistake: Kevin Garnett still owns Target Center...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Fans flock to Twilight premiere in Los Angeles
Hundreds of shrieking fans _ mostly teenage girls _ lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of "Twilight." Some enthusiasts of the popular vampire literary series-turned-movie camped out overnight, while many arrived at dawn to secure a place in line...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Calif. trains collide no serious injuries
A Metrolink commuter train sideswiped a freight train Thursday, causing no serious injuries but bringing back still-vivid memories of a deadly train wreck in the region just two months ago...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash
Punk musician Travis Barker has sued over the South Carolina plane crash that injured him and killed two friends...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Lawyers attack prosecutor who had Cheney indicted
Lawyers seeking to halt the indictments brought against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others are accusing the prosecutor of trying to end his tenure with a bang and even scores with political enemies...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter
When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go _ somewhere else, that is...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Neb. lawmakers OK age limit for safe-haven law
Nebraska lawmakers have approved adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that resulted in 35 children _ including teenagers as old as 17 _ being abandoned at state hospitals...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
2nd Mass. politician charged with taking bribe
FBI agents arrested a Boston city council member Friday after he was allegedly videotaped taking a $1,000 bribe from an undercover agent in an expanding investigation into corruption at City Hall and the Massachusetts Statehouse...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Renovated American history museum reopens
The National Museum of American History has reopened after a two-year, $85 million renovation...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday during a routine hearing...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Man denies hitting brain-injured stepdaughter
A Massachusetts man accused of beating his stepdaughter so severely that she suffered a permanent brain injury _ triggering a right-to-die case before she recovered _ says he never hit the girl and believed she was injuring herself...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Chefs dream up White house dinners for Obama
While President-elect Barack Obama fills his Cabinet, many foodies are wondering who will fill the ones in his kitchen...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Rock threat danger closes part of Yosemite lodging
Officials with the National Park Service say they will close part of a popular lodging complex at Yosemite National Park because an unstable cliff has created the potential for deadly rockfall...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Neb. governor signs safe-haven age limit bill
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that adds a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children, including some teenagers as old as 17...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Financial crisis drives up interest in economics
Stocks are down, down, down. But student interest in economics appears to be trending upward...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Bug-sized spies US develops tiny flying robots
If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons?...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Judge in Internet hoax case eyes dismissal motion
A federal judge is considering a defense request to dismiss the case against a Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hoax witness Neighbor hoped to mess with Megan
A friend of the Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to teenage neighbor Megan Meier, who later committed suicide, testified Friday that the defendant told her she had concocted a false online identity "to mess with Megan."...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Albuquerque student helps bring books to Ethiopia
When Yohannes Gebregeorgis talks about books, it becomes clear that what he values is their power to convey new ideas to readers, who he hopes one day will bring about social change in his native country of Ethiopia...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair
Astronauts up on the international space station faced the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday, a seven-hour-plus excursion to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
NYC bouncer convicted of a third murder
A bouncer already sentenced to lengthy prison terms for two New York City murders has been convicted of shooting another man dead and wounding three others outside a Manhattan nightclub...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556
As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 556 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Prosecutors seek to alter charges against boy, 8
An Arizona prosecutor is seeking to dismiss one of two murder charges against an 8-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his father and another man...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
New York elementary school is renamed for Obama
At the behest of its students, an elementary school near New York City has been renamed after President-elect Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Kentucky executes first inmate in 9 years
Kentucky has executed a confessed child-killer who resisted all appeals...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Sex-crimes prosecutor accused of raping colleague
A sex-crimes prosecutor in California has pleaded not guilty to tying up and raping a colleague while threatening her with an ice pick and a handgun...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
NTSB Train ran red signal in this weeks crash
A federal investigator says a commuter train that sideswiped a freight train this week in Southern California had run a red signal...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Obama moves quickly to fill Cabinet positions
President-elect Barack Obama has moved with unusual speed to select officials for his administration, and senior Democratic officials say he intends to name Timothy Geithner as his treasury secretary as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
NY, Fla. art dealer accused of selling forgeries
A prominent New York and Miami art dealer was arrested Friday on charges of selling forged paintings bearing the names of famous artists including Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Tom Wesselmann...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Obama outlines rebuilding plans to create jobs
President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday outlined his plan to create 2.5 million jobs in coming years to rebuild roads and bridges and modernize schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Obama low key but active in auto rescue talks
Even while publicly sidelining himself, President-elect Barack Obama was active behind the scenes during congressional debate this past week over an auto industry bailout...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Gates would like to add US forces in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year, and that grim depictions of backsliding in the seven-year-old war are "far too pessimistic."...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Bush urges countries to avoid protectionism
President George W. Bush, faced with a dwindling number of days in office, was using his final world summit to try to keep a virulent economic crisis from triggering a retreat into protectionism...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Madonna and Guy Ritchie have been granted a preliminary decree of divorce...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Space shuttle Endeavour provided an orbital lift to the attached international space station on Friday as the astronauts encountered more problems with a new water recycling system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Britney Spears is making another cameo in the midst of her comeback _ this time at a Los Angeles courtroom...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
She knew she risked arrest, and yet she made the trip. Sure enough, police picked her up at the airport...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heads to Washington this week for his final meeting with President George W. Bush, two lame-duck leaders looking to leave a blueprint for fulfilling their ambitious _ but unrealized _ Mideast agendas...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least five militants in northwestern Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Albuquerque student helps bring books to Ethiopia
When Yohannes Gebregeorgis talks about books, it becomes clear that what he values is their power to convey new ideas to readers, who he hopes one day will bring about social change in his native country of Ethiopia...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair
Astronauts up on the international space station faced the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday, a seven-hour-plus excursion to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Add Kanye West to the list of artists previewing their new CDs on MySpace Music...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
The Screen Actors Guild says contract talks with Hollywood studios has failed despite the help of a federal mediator and it will now ask its members to authorize a strike...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nuggets no match for Lakers
Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 29 points in the third quarter before sitting out the fourth, Andrew Bynum had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 104-90 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Trail Blazers easily beat Kings
Steve Blake made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away in the third quarter Friday night for a 117-94 victory over the struggling Sacramento Kings...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Harangody leads Irish past Loyola Marymount
Luke Harangody had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and No. 8 Notre Dame staggered to a 65-54 victory over winless Loyola Marymount on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hornets thump Thunder in return to Oklahoma City
David West scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 17 in the city where his NBA career began and the New Orleans Hornets had a triumphant return to Oklahoma City on Friday night with a 105-80 victory over the Thunder...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
On Capitol Hill, campaign rivals take orientation
After the typical congressional campaign, the winner goes to Washington and the loser goes home...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Minnesota recount under way in US Senate showdown
City and county workers across Minnesota began a laborious recount Wednesday of more than 2.9 million ballots in the tight U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Pressure on Citigroup builds, shares fall below $4
Pressure intensified on Citigroup to sell part or all of itself as its stock fell below $4 a share on Friday and fears escalated about future loan losses...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Minn. Senate campaigns reconsidering challenges
On second thought, some of those Minnesota Senate ballots may be un-challenged...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Dow up 494 as Obama prepares to name treasury boss
Wall Street put a stop to a terrifying decline and stormed higher Friday as President-elect Barack Obama appeared ready to tap the chief of the New York Federal Reserve as the next treasury secretary and hand him the herculean task of righting the U.S. financial system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
USDA report details more involvement for Vick
Michael Vick put family pets in rings with pit bulls and thought it was funny watching the trained killers injure or kill the helpless dogs, a witness told federal investigators during the dogfighting investigation that brought Vick down...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hoax witness Neighbor hoped to mess with Megan
A friend of the Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to teenage neighbor Megan Meier, who later committed suicide, testified Friday that the defendant told her she had concocted a false online identity "to mess with Megan."...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
KGs 1st game in Target Center is a rout
Make no mistake: Kevin Garnett still owns Target Center...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Calif. trains collide no serious injuries
A Metrolink commuter train sideswiped a freight train Thursday, causing no serious injuries but bringing back still-vivid memories of a deadly train wreck in the region just two months ago...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash
Punk musician Travis Barker has sued over the South Carolina plane crash that injured him and killed two friends...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter
When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go _ somewhere else, that is...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Fans flock to Twilight premiere in Los Angeles
Hundreds of shrieking fans _ mostly teenage girls _ lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of "Twilight." Some enthusiasts of the popular vampire literary series-turned-movie camped out overnight, while many arrived at dawn to secure a place in line...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
AP Blog Texas names Muschamp as Browns successor
The NCAA football season is in high gear 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 - November 22, 2008
Gay scores 22 as Grizzlies shoot past Kings
Rudy Gay scored 22 points and Memphis shot a season-high 54 percent to help the Grizzlies snap a four-game losing streak with a 109-94 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Curry-Griffin matchup lives up to its billing
The ninth day of the 2008-09 college basketball season provided an individual matchup that could be hard to top the rest of the way...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special
The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
No. 2 Oklahoma avoids upset bug with 85-65 win
Ashley Paris scored 21 points, Amanda Thompson added 20, and No. 2 Oklahoma got acclimated to its highest ranking in school history with an 85-65 win against Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
No. 2 Oklahoma avoids upset bug with 85-64 win
Ashley Paris scored 21 points, Amanda Thompson added 20, and No. 2 Oklahoma got acclimated to its highest ranking in school history with an 85-64 win against Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Pacman reinstated, but cant return until Dec. 7
The NFL is giving Adam "Pacman" Jones another chance...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
AP Blog Its been an interesting year for RBs
The NCAA football season is in high gear 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 - November 22, 2008
Lions have shot to make dubious history at 0-16
The winless Detroit Lions have plenty at stake this season...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Former Sen. Fred Thompson plans return to acting
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Duke, Michigan to meet in 2K Sports Classic final
John Beilein gave his players one night to celebrate...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nowitzki, Kidd send Mavs to first home victory
Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Jason Kidd contributed 18 points and 13 boards, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Memphis Grizzlies 91-76 on Friday night for their first home victory of the season...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Thinking local
Chavez pulls out all the stops for Venezuela elections...
BBC News - November 22, 2008
Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Space shuttle Endeavour provided an orbital lift to the attached international space station on Friday as the astronauts encountered more problems with a new water recycling system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
U.S. first lady Laura Bush is touring a region of Peru struck by an earthquake last year...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday, as authorities rushed to prepare stricken areas for the coming winter...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
A blast killed at least eight mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said. At least 28 others were wounded...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Britney Spears is making another cameo in the midst of her comeback _ this time at a Los Angeles courtroom...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
Spider-Man has another baby on the way.Kelly Bush, publicist for "Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire, says the 33-year-old actor and his wife, Jennifer Meyer, are expecting their second child in the spring...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
While President-elect Barack Obama publicly sidelined himself during congressional debate over an auto industry bailout this week, he and his top aides quietly prodded congressional leaders to find a solution to rescue struggling automakers...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Harangody leads Irish past Loyola Marymount
Luke Harangody had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and No. 8 Notre Dame staggered to a 65-54 victory over winless Loyola Marymount on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hornets thump Thunder in return to Oklahoma City
David West scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 17 in the city where his NBA career began and the New Orleans Hornets had a triumphant return to Oklahoma City on Friday night with a 105-80 victory over the Thunder...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Add Kanye West to the list of artists previewing their new CDs on MySpace Music...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Minnesota recount under way in US Senate showdown
City and county workers across Minnesota began a laborious recount Wednesday of more than 2.9 million ballots in the tight U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Alaska Sen. Stevens concedes in re-election race
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens conceded defeat Wednesday in a re-election bid shadowed by his federal felony conviction, a bitter end to a four-decade career in which he held a commanding place in state politics and on some of the most influential congressional committees in Washington...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Trail Blazers easily beat Kings
Steve Blake made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away in the third quarter Friday night for a 117-94 victory over the struggling Sacramento Kings...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Pressure on Citigroup builds, shares fall below $4
Pressure intensified on Citigroup to sell part or all of itself as its stock fell below $4 a share on Friday and fears escalated about future loan losses...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
On Capitol Hill, campaign rivals take orientation
After the typical congressional campaign, the winner goes to Washington and the loser goes home...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash
Punk musician Travis Barker has sued over the South Carolina plane crash that injured him and killed two friends...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Dow up 494 as Obama prepares to name treasury boss
Wall Street put a stop to a terrifying decline and stormed higher Friday as President-elect Barack Obama appeared ready to tap the chief of the New York Federal Reserve as the next treasury secretary and hand him the herculean task of righting the U.S. financial system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Fans flock to Twilight premiere in Los Angeles
Hundreds of shrieking fans _ mostly teenage girls _ lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of "Twilight." Some enthusiasts of the popular vampire literary series-turned-movie camped out overnight, while many arrived at dawn to secure a place in line...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nuggets no match for Lakers
Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 29 points in the third quarter before sitting out the fourth, Andrew Bynum had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 104-90 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Astronauts end 2nd spacewalk at space station
Astronauts have ended the second spacewalk of their mission at the international space station...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter
When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go _ somewhere else, that is...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
KGs 1st game in Target Center is a rout
Make no mistake: Kevin Garnett still owns Target Center...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case
Upon hearing about the suicide of a 13-year-old neighbor, a Missouri woman ordered her business assistant and daughter to delete the Internet account they are accused of using to harass the girl, the assistant testified Thursday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Calif. trains collide no serious injuries
A Metrolink commuter train sideswiped a freight train Thursday, causing no serious injuries but bringing back still-vivid memories of a deadly train wreck in the region just two months ago...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
3 US airports open new runways amid economic woes
Planes began taking off from new multimillion-dollar runways at three U.S. airports on Thursday with aviation officials heralding the increased capacity as crucial to reducing delays, even in the face of a slumping economy and a projected decline in domestic flights this winter...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Texas executes man who killed ex-girlfriend
Texas executed a killer Thursday who was on parole when authorities say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage after beating down the door to her Dallas-area apartment nearly a decade ago...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Lawyers attack prosecutor who had Cheney indicted
Lawyers seeking to halt the indictments brought against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others are accusing the prosecutor of trying to end his tenure with a bang and even scores with political enemies...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Americans still giving, despite economic meltdown
As more Americans turn to charity amid worsening economic gloom, operators of food banks and other aid groups are relying on the surprisingly resilient generosity of their neighbors and finding that even when times are tough, people still give...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Neb. lawmakers OK age limit for safe-haven law
Nebraska lawmakers have approved adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that resulted in 35 children _ including teenagers as old as 17 _ being abandoned at state hospitals...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
2nd Mass. politician charged with taking bribe
FBI agents arrested a Boston city council member Friday after he was allegedly videotaped taking a $1,000 bribe from an undercover agent in an expanding investigation into corruption at City Hall and the Massachusetts Statehouse...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Renovated American history museum reopens
The National Museum of American History has reopened after a two-year, $85 million renovation...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Man denies hitting brain-injured stepdaughter
A Massachusetts man accused of beating his stepdaughter so severely that she suffered a permanent brain injury _ triggering a right-to-die case before she recovered _ says he never hit the girl and believed she was injuring herself...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Chefs dream up White house dinners for Obama
While President-elect Barack Obama fills his Cabinet, many foodies are wondering who will fill the ones in his kitchen...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Rock threat danger closes part of Yosemite lodging
Officials with the National Park Service say they will close part of a popular lodging complex at Yosemite National Park because an unstable cliff has created the potential for deadly rockfall...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Financial crisis drives up interest in economics
Stocks are down, down, down. But student interest in economics appears to be trending upward...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Bug-sized spies US develops tiny flying robots
If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons?...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday during a routine hearing...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hawaii dam break leads to 7 manslaughter counts
A Hawaii homeowner has been indicted on seven counts of manslaughter in connection with a dam failure in 2006...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Judge in Internet hoax case eyes dismissal motion
A federal judge is considering a defense request to dismiss the case against a Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hoax witness Neighbor hoped to mess with Megan
A friend of the Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to teenage neighbor Megan Meier, who later committed suicide, testified Friday that the defendant told her she had concocted a false online identity "to mess with Megan."...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Neb. governor signs safe-haven age limit bill
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that adds a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children, including some teenagers as old as 17...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Prosecutors seek to alter charges against boy, 8
An Arizona prosecutor is seeking to dismiss one of two murder charges against an 8-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his father and another man...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
New York elementary school is renamed for Obama
At the behest of its students, an elementary school near New York City has been renamed after President-elect Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Year later, baby ordered back to adoptive parents
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a year-old boy back into the home of an adoptive couple who had to give him up months ago after not telling the biological family the woman was pregnant...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
NTSB Train ran red signal in this weeks crash
A federal investigator says a commuter train that sideswiped a freight train this week in Southern California had run a red signal...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
NYC bouncer convicted of a third murder
A bouncer already sentenced to lengthy prison terms for two New York City murders has been convicted of shooting another man dead and wounding three others outside a Manhattan nightclub...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556
As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 556 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Kentucky executes first inmate in 9 years
Kentucky has executed a confessed child-killer who resisted all appeals...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Sex-crimes prosecutor accused of raping colleague
A sex-crimes prosecutor in California has pleaded not guilty to tying up and raping a colleague while threatening her with an ice pick and a handgun...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Gates would like to add US forces in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year, and that grim depictions of backsliding in the seven-year-old war are "far too pessimistic."...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Obamas choose private Sidwell Friends School
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen Sidwell Friends School for their two daughters, opting for a private institution that another White House child, Chelsea Clinton, attended a decade ago...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Madonna and Guy Ritchie have been granted a preliminary decree of divorce...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Space shuttle Endeavour provided an orbital lift to the attached international space station on Friday as the astronauts encountered more problems with a new water recycling system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
U.S. first lady Laura Bush is touring a region of Peru struck by an earthquake last year...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday, as authorities rushed to prepare stricken areas for the coming winter...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
A blast killed at least eight mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said. At least 28 others were wounded...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hoax witness Neighbor hoped to mess with Megan
A friend of the Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to teenage neighbor Megan Meier, who later committed suicide, testified Friday that the defendant told her she had concocted a false online identity "to mess with Megan."...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
Spider-Man has another baby on the way.Kelly Bush, publicist for "Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire, says the 33-year-old actor and his wife, Jennifer Meyer, are expecting their second child in the spring...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
While President-elect Barack Obama publicly sidelined himself during congressional debate over an auto industry bailout this week, he and his top aides quietly prodded congressional leaders to find a solution to rescue struggling automakers...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Judge in Internet hoax case eyes dismissal motion
A federal judge is considering a defense request to dismiss the case against a Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Add Kanye West to the list of artists previewing their new CDs on MySpace Music...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Britney Spears is making another cameo in the midst of her comeback _ this time at a Los Angeles courtroom...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Trail Blazers easily beat Kings
Steve Blake made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away in the third quarter Friday night for a 117-94 victory over the struggling Sacramento Kings...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Harangody leads Irish past Loyola Marymount
Luke Harangody had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and No. 8 Notre Dame staggered to a 65-54 victory over winless Loyola Marymount on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hornets thump Thunder in return to Oklahoma City
David West scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 17 in the city where his NBA career began and the New Orleans Hornets had a triumphant return to Oklahoma City on Friday night with a 105-80 victory over the Thunder...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Minnesota recount under way in US Senate showdown
City and county workers across Minnesota began a laborious recount Wednesday of more than 2.9 million ballots in the tight U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Alaska Sen. Stevens concedes in re-election race
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens conceded defeat Wednesday in a re-election bid shadowed by his federal felony conviction, a bitter end to a four-decade career in which he held a commanding place in state politics and on some of the most influential congressional committees in Washington...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
On Capitol Hill, campaign rivals take orientation
After the typical congressional campaign, the winner goes to Washington and the loser goes home...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Pressure on Citigroup builds, shares fall below $4
Pressure intensified on Citigroup to sell part or all of itself as its stock fell below $4 a share on Friday and fears escalated about future loan losses...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Calif. trains collide no serious injuries
A Metrolink commuter train sideswiped a freight train Thursday, causing no serious injuries but bringing back still-vivid memories of a deadly train wreck in the region just two months ago...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Dow up 494 as Obama prepares to name treasury boss
Wall Street put a stop to a terrifying decline and stormed higher Friday as President-elect Barack Obama appeared ready to tap the chief of the New York Federal Reserve as the next treasury secretary and hand him the herculean task of righting the U.S. financial system...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nuggets no match for Lakers
Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 29 points in the third quarter before sitting out the fourth, Andrew Bynum had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 104-90 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash
Punk musician Travis Barker has sued over the South Carolina plane crash that injured him and killed two friends...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
KGs 1st game in Target Center is a rout
Make no mistake: Kevin Garnett still owns Target Center...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Fans flock to Twilight premiere in Los Angeles
Hundreds of shrieking fans _ mostly teenage girls _ lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of "Twilight." Some enthusiasts of the popular vampire literary series-turned-movie camped out overnight, while many arrived at dawn to secure a place in line...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter
When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go _ somewhere else, that is...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
AP Blog Texas names Muschamp as Browns successor
The NCAA football season is in high gear 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 - November 22, 2008
Gay scores 22 as Grizzlies shoot past Kings
Rudy Gay scored 22 points and Memphis shot a season-high 54 percent to help the Grizzlies snap a four-game losing streak with a 109-94 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Curry-Griffin matchup lives up to its billing
The ninth day of the 2008-09 college basketball season provided an individual matchup that could be hard to top the rest of the way...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
No. 2 Oklahoma avoids upset bug with 85-64 win
Ashley Paris scored 21 points, Amanda Thompson added 20, and No. 2 Oklahoma got acclimated to its highest ranking in school history with an 85-64 win against Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Pacman reinstated, but cant return until Dec. 7
The NFL is giving Adam "Pacman" Jones another chance...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special
The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
No. 2 Oklahoma avoids upset bug with 85-65 win
Ashley Paris scored 21 points, Amanda Thompson added 20, and No. 2 Oklahoma got acclimated to its highest ranking in school history with an 85-65 win against Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
AP Blog Its been an interesting year for RBs
The NCAA football season is in high gear 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 - November 22, 2008
Lions have shot to make dubious history at 0-16
The winless Detroit Lions have plenty at stake this season...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Former Sen. Fred Thompson plans return to acting
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Duke, Michigan to meet in 2K Sports Classic final
John Beilein gave his players one night to celebrate...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
Nowitzki, Kidd send Mavs to first home victory
Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Jason Kidd contributed 18 points and 13 boards, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Memphis Grizzlies 91-76 on Friday night for their first home victory of the season...
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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