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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
When oil topped $100 a barrel earlier this year, and gasoline prices soared above $4 a gallon, Americans cried out for relief...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch a big new rover to Mars next year...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
A man was arrested Friday as a suspect in the slaying of a Swedish couple who were found hacked to death in their home in a tourist district of the normally placid southern Caribbean island of Tobago...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Worried Asian investors pray amid stock plunge
After a free fall in share prices this week, investors in Asia could do little else but pray...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Jolie says Pitt changed her mind about pregnancy
Angelina Jolie, an advocate of adoption, credits partner Brad Pitt with her decision to have biological children...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Accused John Cusack stalker accepts plea deal
A woman accused of stalking John Cusack has accepted a plea deal that will let her avoid state prison...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Paparazzo may be bad word in Reeves case
A celebrity photographer wants to make "paparazzo" a four-letter word during his upcoming civil trial against Keanu Reeves...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin says supporters want tougher attacks on Obama
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said more than one person has whispered in her ear in Ohio that John McCain needs "to take the gloves off" in his campaign against Democrat Barack Obama. Before a friendly crowd of Republican fundraisers Friday, the Alaska governor did that herself...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin says supporters want tougher attack on Obama
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said more than one person has whispered in her ear in Ohio that John McCain needs "to take the gloves off" in his campaign against Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bush raises $2 million in Florida, South Carolina
President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stroud leads Texas Open
Former Lamar University star Chris Stroud moved into position to make a big jump on the PGA Tour money list, shooting a 6-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Texas Open...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Harvick snarky after dustup with Edwards
Note passing, name calling, playground scuffles and widespread gossip. Sound like the fifth grade? Well, that, too...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US to take stake in banks, first since Depression
The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stocks end wild session mixed, Dow falls 128
Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Meltdown 101 Bankruptcy wont help borrowers much
Can filing for bankruptcy help homeowners facing foreclosure?...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Voter fraud accusations mar presidential campaign
Accusations of voter fraud have hurled a giant mud ball into an already messy presidential campaign, with Republicans alleging that Democrat Barack Obama has close ties to an activist group accused of compiling fake registration forms, including ones for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys _ submitted in Nevada...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Eileen Herlie of All My Children dies at 90
Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ohio high court inmate not too fat to be executed
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Western group petitions for species protection
A tortoise, a hare, a mouse and a half-dozen mussels are some of the creatures that a conservation group hopes to save through a "Western Ark" project aimed at petitioning the government for federal protection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Senators push for immigration raid guidelines
With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are sponsoring a bill to protect the rights of U.S. citizens and legal residents who get caught up in them...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
D.C. Uighurs wait to take in Gitmo detainees
For centuries, hospitality to weary travelers has been part of the Uighur culture. The Uighur land in what is now the far western province of China carried merchants traversing the famed Silk Road...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
A man found dead this week after a gasoline-fueled blaze at his Kentucky house shot and killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95
Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was 95...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Black colonels dream town celebrates 100 years
Sgpirals of alkaline dust swirl across the hardpan where a century ago 300 black Americans planted alfalfa and corn hoping racial tolerance would take root...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP NewsBreak AC to have 7-day smoking ban
Atlantic City casinos will go smoke-free for seven days before allowing gamblers to light up again...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ask AP Somali pirates, disabled presidents-elect
They come from a failed state whose people are desperately poor. So how have Somali pirates managed to take control of large commercial ships and hold them for days, even weeks?...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Mom of missing Fla. girl can access evidence
The mother of a missing 3-year-old Florida girl will have access to her car and forensic tests completed by authorities trying to figure out what happened to the child, a judge ruled Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Former SF supervisor pleads guilty to corruption
A former San Francisco supervisor has pleaded guilty to three felonies related to an attempted shakedown of business owners...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Judge Castroneves can race in Australia
A Miami judge has agreed to modify bail conditions on tax charges so Helio Castroneves can race later this month in Australia...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Economy is overriding issue in governors races
In his bid to become the next governor of Missouri, Rep. Kenny Hulshof survived a bitter primary that at one point saw the candidates bashing each other for supporting public funding for drugs such as Viagra...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage
A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to get married, saying legislators did not go far enough when they approved same-sex civil unions that were identical to marriages in virtually every respect except the name...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
1 dead, another injured at Mass. construction site
One construction worker is dead and another seriously injured after a hydraulic lift platform collapsed in Massachusetts...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Mo. man gets death sentence in taped sex killing
A suburban Kansas City man who videotaped the death of a woman he suffocated during sex has been sentenced to death...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suicide-prevention net under Golden Gate endorsed
A stainless steel net may soon hang underneath the Golden Gate Bridge to stop people from attempting suicide by jumping off...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Iraq contractor gets 3 years in child porn case
A federal judge rejected arguments Friday from a former civilian contractor in Iraq who said his sentence for possessing child pornography should be lighter to more closely align with what military personnel would face...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
3 BLM workers held at gunpoint at Nev. pot patch
Three federal biologists were held at gunpoint for several minutes by suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel after happening upon a large marijuana patch in a remote stretch of public land in northern Nevada, authorities said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Feds acknowledge Mich. arsonist was key informant
Federal prosecutors are seeking a major sentencing break for an activist who committed arson at Michigan State University, publicly acknowledging for the first time his wide-ranging undercover role in investigations of eco-terrorism...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
OJ Simpson seeks new robbery trial in Las Vegas
Lawyers for O.J. Simpson are citing judicial errors and insufficient evidence as they seek a new trial...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
As storm nears, west Texas braces for more floods
Officials planned to activate an emergency operations center in west Texas, where the remnants of Hurricane Norbert are expected to bring rain to already saturated areas, an official said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Atheist soldier to leave Army, drops religion suit
An atheist soldier who accused U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Defense Department of violating his religious freedom dropped the lawsuit Friday, citing his plans to leave the Army next spring...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
When oil topped $100 a barrel earlier this year, and gasoline prices soared above $4 a gallon, Americans cried out for relief...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Hilton continues online presidential campaign
Watch out world: Paris Hilton is continuing her bid for the White House...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientists win Nobel for green jellyfish protein
Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch a big new rover to Mars next year...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
A man was arrested Friday as a suspect in the slaying of a Swedish couple who were found hacked to death in their home in a tourist district of the normally placid southern Caribbean island of Tobago...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Worried Asian investors pray amid stock plunge
After a free fall in share prices this week, investors in Asia could do little else but pray...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage
A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to get married, saying legislators did not go far enough when they approved same-sex civil unions that were identical to marriages in virtually every respect except the name...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Economy is overriding issue in governors races
In his bid to become the next governor of Missouri, Rep. Kenny Hulshof survived a bitter primary that at one point saw the candidates bashing each other for supporting public funding for drugs such as Viagra...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Accused John Cusack stalker accepts plea deal
A woman accused of stalking John Cusack has accepted a plea deal that will let her avoid state prison...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Paparazzo may be bad word in Reeves case
A celebrity photographer wants to make "paparazzo" a four-letter word during his upcoming civil trial against Keanu Reeves...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Jolie says Pitt changed her mind about pregnancy
Angelina Jolie, an advocate of adoption, credits partner Brad Pitt with her decision to have biological children...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bush raises $2 million in Florida, South Carolina
President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stroud leads Texas Open
Former Lamar University star Chris Stroud moved into position to make a big jump on the PGA Tour money list, shooting a 6-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Texas Open...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Harvick snarky after dustup with Edwards
Note passing, name calling, playground scuffles and widespread gossip. Sound like the fifth grade? Well, that, too...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Voter fraud accusations mar presidential campaign
Accusations of voter fraud have hurled a giant mud ball into an already messy presidential campaign, with Republicans alleging that Democrat Barack Obama has close ties to an activist group accused of compiling fake registration forms, including ones for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys _ submitted in Nevada...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin says supporters want tougher attacks on Obama
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said more than one person has whispered in her ear in Ohio that John McCain needs "to take the gloves off" in his campaign against Democrat Barack Obama. Before a friendly crowd of Republican fundraisers Friday, the Alaska governor did that herself...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin says supporters want tougher attack on Obama
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said more than one person has whispered in her ear in Ohio that John McCain needs "to take the gloves off" in his campaign against Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stocks end wild session mixed, Dow falls 128
Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Meltdown 101 Bankruptcy wont help borrowers much
Can filing for bankruptcy help homeowners facing foreclosure?...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
A man found dead this week after a gasoline-fueled blaze at his Kentucky house shot and killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US to take stake in banks, first since Depression
The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Eileen Herlie of All My Children dies at 90
Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ohio high court inmate not too fat to be executed
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 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 10, 2008
Obama, McCain engage in second debate
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are squaring off in their second debate with the economic meltdown the top concern among voters...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 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 10, 2008
Artest scores 15 in Rockets debut
Ron Artest scored 12 of his 15 points in the first quarter of his Houston debut and the Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 96-93 in the preseason opener on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP Blog Miami-Florida State has lost some luster
The NCAA football season is in full swing 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 10, 2008
McCain in debate US should renegotiate home loans
Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Tuesday night in campaign debate to require the federal government to renegotiate the mortgages of individual homeowners and make them more affordable, a sweeping proposal to help families in the grip of a financial crisis...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin hack Tenn. Democrats son pleads not guilty
The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker charged with hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has pleaded not guilty...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Second presidential debate watched by 63.2 million
The second presidential debate drew more viewers than the first but still proved less of a draw than the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin matchup...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Customer opens fire at Tenn. mall, killing worker
A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities said. Witnesses said the gunfire sent people "stampeding" for cover...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Son of Tenn. Democrat indicted in Palin hacking
The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Man charged in Tenn. mall shooting that killed 1
A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities said. Witnesses said the gunfire sent people "stampeding" for cover...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Cowboys Adam Jones involved in fight
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillips Pacman will play despite incident
Troubled cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones is still in the lineup for the Dallas Cowboys after his latest incident involving police...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Cindy McCain claims Obama is waging dirty campaign
Cindy McCain has accused Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama of running "the dirtiest campaign in American history."...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP IMPACT GPS could save airlines time and fuel
A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than a decade...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Haywood needs wrist surgery Jamisons knee OK
Wizards center Brendan Haywood will have surgery for a torn ligament in his right wrist, but it was not clear Wednesday how much of the regular season he will miss...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dolphins help the single wing make a comeback
When the Miami Dolphins send a third running back into the game, the stands stir. Then the huddle breaks, with quarterback Chad Pennington trotting out to the flanker position, and the buzz builds. Fans find the single wing exciting even before the ball is hiked...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US and India sign nuclear accord
The US and India sign a controversial civilian nuclear co-operation accord, ending 34 years of American sanctions...
BBC News - October 10, 2008
Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientists win Nobel for green jellyfish protein
Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
France Russia only partly met Georgia obligations
Russia has only partially met its obligations in Georgia under an EU-negotiated ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner declared Friday as he toured damaged villages and spoke to displaced people in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 aid workers appeal for their freedom in Somalia
Two aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by their heavily armed captors, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 expats appeal for release in Somalia
Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Beijing to ban half its cars during high pollution
Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Worried Asian investors pray amid stock plunge
After a free fall in share prices this week, investors in Asia could do little else but pray...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stevens seeks Sen. Hatch as character witness
A list of character witnesses that Sen. Ted Stevens wants to call to the stand in his corruption trial _ a list that includes Sens. Orrin Hatch and Edward Kennedy _ must be cut in half, the judge said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Skinner leads No. 21 Wake past Clemson, 12-7
Riley Skinner threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Boldin with 5:28 left to help No. 21 Wake Forest beat Clemson 12-7 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Thursdays late-night TV wrap-up
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Betting makes Nobel literature jury suspect leak
A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature _ leading the Nobel prize jury to suspect a leak...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns
Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to a loss of just over 200, and the other major indexes fluctuated as well...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Obama accuses McCain of trying to divide Americans
Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday accused Republican John McCain of trying to divide the country, but he let fellow Democrats handle harsher attacks while he kept his message mostly upbeat...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
McCain TV ad raises Obamas links to ex-radical
Republican John McCain, trailing in polls and searching for a way to gain ground, assailed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday in a sharply worded TV ad that said: "When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied."...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Obama says McCain trying to stoke anger, division
Democrat Barack Obama says John McCain is trying to divide the country with angry remarks and TV ads...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now
Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report that, when released Friday, could prove embarrassing to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
GM shares up slightly after Thursday trouncing
General Motors Corp. shares hit their lowest price since 1949 in the opening minutes of trading Friday as financial turmoil and a weakening global auto market heightened worries that the automaker may be unable to pull out of its nosedive before it runs out of cash...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US stocks show sharp swings over credit concerns
Stock prices swung sharply on Wall Street, with investors still selling heavily but also scooping up stocks that have been decimated by more than a week of huge losses. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to an advance of more than 100 before turning lower again, and the other major indexes fluctuated sharply as well...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bush says anxiety feeding market instability
President Bush is arguing that high anxiety among both investors and the general public about the economy is making the credit crisis more severe...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 9 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suspect caught in drive-by slaying of Ill. boy, 12
Authorities arrested a suspect Thursday in the death of a 12-year-old Illinois boy who investigators said was shot in his home as he did schoolwork...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bodies of US reps brother, his girlfriend found
Authorities say two bodies pulled from the waters off the coast of Los Angeles are the missing brother of two Southern California congresswomen and his girlfriend...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ohio high court inmate not too fat to be executed
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientist warns cash woes devastating to science
Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Mall shooting suspect upset over purchase
Police say a customer in a Knoxville mall fatally shot a clothing store employee because he was upset about a previous clothing purchase...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bus packed with Amish clips semi in Mich. 14 hurt
A semitrailer clipped the back of a bus overloaded with members of an Amish church group Thursday, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 14 people to the hospital, including several children, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP IMPACT GPS could save airlines time and fuel
A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than a decade...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
States cut spending, put projects on hold
With the economy in a slide and the credit markets seized up, states are slashing budgets, eliminating jobs, putting major construction projects on hold and nervously waiting to see whether their shriveled pension funds recover...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Western group petitions for species protection
A tortoise, a hare, a mouse and a half-dozen mussels are some of the creatures that a conservation group hopes to save through a "Western Ark" project aimed at petitioning the government for federal protection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Senators push for immigration raid guidelines
With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are sponsoring a bill to protect the rights of U.S. citizens and legal residents who get caught up in them...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
D.C. Uighurs wait to take in Gitmo detainees
For centuries, hospitality to weary travelers has been part of the Uighur culture. The Uighur land in what is now the far western province of China carried merchants traversing the famed Silk Road...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
A man found dead this week after a gasoline-fueled blaze at his Kentucky house shot and killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95
Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was 95...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Black colonels dream town celebrates 100 years
Sgpirals of alkaline dust swirl across the hardpan where a century ago 300 black Americans planted alfalfa and corn hoping racial tolerance would take root...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ask AP Somali pirates, disabled presidents-elect
They come from a failed state whose people are desperately poor. So how have Somali pirates managed to take control of large commercial ships and hold them for days, even weeks?...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP NewsBreak AC to have 7-day smoking ban
Atlantic City casinos will go smoke-free for seven days before allowing gamblers to light up again...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Turbulence injures passengers on flight to Miami
Paramedics at Miami International Airport are treating several passengers who complained of bumps and bruises due to turbulence on a flight from Argentina...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientists Va. sharks pup a virgin birth
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Conn. Supreme Court ruling same-sex marriage case
The Connecticut Supreme Court is deciding Friday whether same-sex couples in the state are legally entitled to marriage...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Legislators pick Moby-Dick as Mass. epic novel
The question of whether to choose an official book for the state of Massachusetts made for a whale of a debate...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
When oil topped $100 a barrel earlier this year, and gasoline prices soared above $4 a gallon, Americans cried out for relief...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Hilton continues online presidential campaign
Watch out world: Paris Hilton is continuing her bid for the White House...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Mich. teen pleads guilty to poisoning grandma
A 16-year-old Michigan girl has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for poisoning her grandmother with morphine...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientists win Nobel for green jellyfish protein
Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 expats appeal for release in Somalia
Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
France Russia only partly met Georgia obligations
Russia has only partially met its obligations in Georgia under an EU-negotiated ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner declared Friday as he toured damaged villages and spoke to displaced people in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
2 aid workers appeal for their freedom in Somalia
Two aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by their heavily armed captors, local media reported...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Beijing to ban half its cars during high pollution
Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Worried Asian investors pray amid stock plunge
After a free fall in share prices this week, investors in Asia could do little else but pray...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ask AP Somali pirates, disabled presidents-elect
They come from a failed state whose people are desperately poor. So how have Somali pirates managed to take control of large commercial ships and hold them for days, even weeks?...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Stevens seeks Sen. Hatch as character witness
A list of character witnesses that Sen. Ted Stevens wants to call to the stand in his corruption trial _ a list that includes Sens. Orrin Hatch and Edward Kennedy _ must be cut in half, the judge said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Skinner leads No. 21 Wake past Clemson, 12-7
Riley Skinner threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Boldin with 5:28 left to help No. 21 Wake Forest beat Clemson 12-7 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Thursdays late-night TV wrap-up
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Betting makes Nobel literature jury suspect leak
A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature _ leading the Nobel prize jury to suspect a leak...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now
Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report that, when released Friday, could prove embarrassing to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Canucks Burrows has 2 goals, Luongo blanks Flames
Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to 5-4 win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Krejcis late goal lifts Bruins to win
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:36 remaining and Marc Savard added a goal and an assist, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener for both teams Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns
Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to a loss of just over 200, and the other major indexes fluctuated as well...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Obama accuses McCain of trying to divide Americans
Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday accused Republican John McCain of trying to divide the country, but he let fellow Democrats handle harsher attacks while he kept his message mostly upbeat...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
McCain TV ad raises Obamas links to ex-radical
Republican John McCain, trailing in polls and searching for a way to gain ground, assailed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday in a sharply worded TV ad that said: "When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied."...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Obama says McCain trying to stoke anger, division
Democrat Barack Obama says John McCain is trying to divide the country with angry remarks and TV ads...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan leader will undergo surgery to remove a gall stone...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
GM shares up slightly after Thursday trouncing
General Motors Corp. shares hit their lowest price since 1949 in the opening minutes of trading Friday as financial turmoil and a weakening global auto market heightened worries that the automaker may be unable to pull out of its nosedive before it runs out of cash...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
US stocks show sharp swings over credit concerns
Stock prices swung sharply on Wall Street, with investors still selling heavily but also scooping up stocks that have been decimated by more than a week of huge losses. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to an advance of more than 100 before turning lower again, and the other major indexes fluctuated sharply as well...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bush says anxiety feeding market instability
President Bush is arguing that high anxiety among both investors and the general public about the economy is making the credit crisis more severe...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Aide says Dalai Lama to undergo gallstone surgery
The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Bailout hopes rise as more no votes switch
Desperate to avoid another market-crushing defeat, House leaders won key converts Thursday to the $700 billion financial industry bailout on the eve of a make-or-break second vote...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Police Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
A man found dead this week after a gasoline-fueled blaze at his Kentucky house shot and killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Ohio high court inmate not too fat to be executed
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillies beat Dodgers 3-2 in NLCS opener
Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 9 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in US tax case
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
McCain in debate US should renegotiate home loans
Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Tuesday night in campaign debate to require the federal government to renegotiate the mortgages of individual homeowners and make them more affordable, a sweeping proposal to help families in the grip of a financial crisis...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Obama, McCain engage in second debate
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are squaring off in their second debate with the economic meltdown the top concern among voters...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 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 10, 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 10, 2008
Artest scores 15 in Rockets debut
Ron Artest scored 12 of his 15 points in the first quarter of his Houston debut and the Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 96-93 in the preseason opener on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP Blog Miami-Florida State has lost some luster
The NCAA football season is in full swing 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 10, 2008
Police Cowboys Adam Jones involved in fight
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Second presidential debate watched by 63.2 million
The second presidential debate drew more viewers than the first but still proved less of a draw than the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin matchup...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Customer opens fire at Tenn. mall, killing worker
A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities said. Witnesses said the gunfire sent people "stampeding" for cover...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Son of Tenn. Democrat indicted in Palin hacking
The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Palin hack Tenn. Democrats son pleads not guilty
The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker charged with hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has pleaded not guilty...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Cindy McCain claims Obama is waging dirty campaign
Cindy McCain has accused Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama of running "the dirtiest campaign in American history."...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
AP IMPACT GPS could save airlines time and fuel
A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than a decade...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Haywood needs wrist surgery Jamisons knee OK
Wizards center Brendan Haywood will have surgery for a torn ligament in his right wrist, but it was not clear Wednesday how much of the regular season he will miss...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Man charged in Tenn. mall shooting that killed 1
A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities said. Witnesses said the gunfire sent people "stampeding" for cover...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
Phillips Pacman will play despite incident
Troubled cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones is still in the lineup for the Dallas Cowboys after his latest incident involving police...
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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