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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Sewage glut another ugly result of Gazas wars
When a toilet is flushed in Gaza City, the waste sloshes straight into the Mediterranean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Karzai orders chopper attack probe
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Sri Lanka says jets bomb rebel position
Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel position in their northern stronghold Sunday, a day after 19 rebels and a soldier were killed in a new round of ground fighting, the military said...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda
Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Afghan officials US missiles killed 27 civilians
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Lost scenes shown from sci-fi classic Metropolis
Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
TVs The Bachelor weds in California
"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more.Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, the couple told Usmagazine.com in a statement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter daughter gets own doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Republican Party ad assails Obama on energy
TITLE: "Balance."LENGTH: 30 seconds.AIRING: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise, whomever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Hamilton wins rainy British GP
Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix for the first time, leading his rain-soaked home race from the fourth lap to take the lead in the Formula One drivers championship...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
The buck doesnt stop here it just keeps falling
Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures
After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho
Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
California wildfires strain states resources
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Americans mark unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Poe Cottage in NYC park to undergo renovation
It was many and many a year ago in a cottage in the Bronx where Edgar Allan Poe lived his last years and wrote some of his classic pieces...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Questions raised about capital case 24 years later
Three months after four bodies were found shot execution-style in an airplane hangar on the B&B Ranch north of Dallas in 1984, chemical salesman Lester Leroy Bower Jr. was charged with capital murder...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Americans unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Lawn chair balloonist reaches destination in Idaho
A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Stabbing suspect caught fleeing in wheelchair
El Paso police arrested a man on a charge of attempted murder Saturday after he was caught fleeing the scene of a stabbing in his motorized wheelchair...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
91-year-old woman gets stuck under car for 2 days
A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
New York beach evacuated after fireworks wash up
A popular Long Island beach has been evacuated on a holiday weekend because unexploded fireworks washed up on shore...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
ACLU plans to investigate Rainbow Family treatment
The American Civil Liberties Union said Saturday that it plans to investigate the actions of federal law enforcers who arrested five Rainbow Family members in western Wyoming during their annual gathering...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Last of flood-closed Mississippi locks reopen
The last of the Mississippi River navigational locks that were closed to barges because of flooding are back in business...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha approaches warmer waters
Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Special court for vets addresses more than crime
The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obituaries in the news
Eric LieberLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show "Love Connection," died Wednesday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Jones Beach evacuated after fireworks wash up
A popular beach on Long Island was evacuated at the height of a holiday weekend after stray, unexploded fireworks washed ashore the day after a July Fourth show, state parks officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Sri Lanka says jets bomb rebel position
Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel position in their northern stronghold Sunday, a day after 19 rebels and a soldier were killed in a new round of ground fighting, the military said...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Sewage glut another ugly result of Gazas wars
When a toilet is flushed in Gaza City, the waste sloshes straight into the Mediterranean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha approaches warmer waters
Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Afghan officials US missiles killed 27 civilians
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Karzai orders chopper attack probe
Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
TVs The Bachelor weds in California
"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more.Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, the couple told Usmagazine.com in a statement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter daughter gets own doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda
Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Hamilton wins rainy British GP
Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix for the first time, leading his rain-soaked home race from the fourth lap to take the lead in the Formula One drivers championship...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Lost scenes shown from sci-fi classic Metropolis
Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Republican Party ad assails Obama on energy
TITLE: "Balance."LENGTH: 30 seconds.AIRING: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise, whomever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
The buck doesnt stop here it just keeps falling
Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place
FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Judge urges Eli Lilly to settle Zyprexa lawsuit
A federal judge in New York is urging Eli Lilly and Co. to settle a multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by insurance companies, unions and others who claim the pharmaceutical giant overpriced its top-selling drug Zyprexa and exaggerated its usefulness...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell to 8-year deal
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday at the start of the open market season, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features young star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
American-Indian group walks the US to press causes
With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Group sues over crop subsidies on US forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has subsidized corn and soybean farming on its lands for years _ and rankled environmentalists are now suing the agency for what they say is an illegal dole...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open at 19-under, shot ahead of 2
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
AP IMPACT Go-arounds are possible safety hazard
A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
De Niro speaks out against strike
Film star Robert De Niro warns Hollywood actors against taking industrial action as their wrangle with producers continues...
BBC News - July 6, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells and Rios help Blue Jays beat Angels 7-5
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
TVs The Bachelor weds in California
"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more.Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, the couple told Usmagazine.com in a statement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter daughter gets own doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise, whomever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Rockies overcome 9-run deficit to beat Marlins
The blasts returned to Coors Field on Friday night _ long before the fireworks...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho
Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures
After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Americans mark unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Poe Cottage in NYC park to undergo renovation
It was many and many a year ago in a cottage in the Bronx where Edgar Allan Poe lived his last years and wrote some of his classic pieces...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Questions raised about capital case 24 years later
Three months after four bodies were found shot execution-style in an airplane hangar on the B&B Ranch north of Dallas in 1984, chemical salesman Lester Leroy Bower Jr. was charged with capital murder...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Americans unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Lawn chair balloonist reaches destination in Idaho
A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
California wildfires strain states resources
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
ACLU plans to investigate Rainbow Family treatment
The American Civil Liberties Union said Saturday that it plans to investigate the actions of federal law enforcers who arrested five Rainbow Family members in western Wyoming during their annual gathering...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Last of flood-closed Mississippi locks reopen
The last of the Mississippi River navigational locks that were closed to barges because of flooding are back in business...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
2 Mississippi River locks reopen as waters recede
The Army Corps of Engineers says two navigational locks along the Mississippi River have reopened after being closed because of flooding...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha approaches warmer waters
Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obituaries in the news
Eric LieberLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show "Love Connection," died Wednesday. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Jones Beach evacuated after fireworks wash up
A popular beach on Long Island was evacuated at the height of a holiday weekend after stray, unexploded fireworks washed ashore the day after a July Fourth show, state parks officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Stabbing suspect caught fleeing in wheelchair
El Paso police arrested a man on a charge of attempted murder Saturday after he was caught fleeing the scene of a stabbing in his motorized wheelchair...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
91-year-old woman gets stuck under car for 2 days
A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
New York beach evacuated after fireworks wash up
A popular Long Island beach has been evacuated on a holiday weekend because unexploded fireworks washed up on shore...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Bush Affront to Chinese to skip Olympics start
President Bush says he is going to the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics because skipping it would be an "affront" to the Chinese people...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter daughter gets own doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha approaches warmer waters
Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells and Rios help Blue Jays beat Angels 7-5
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
TVs The Bachelor weds in California
"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more.Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, the couple told Usmagazine.com in a statement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise, whomever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Rockies overcome 9-run deficit to beat Marlins
The blasts returned to Coors Field on Friday night _ long before the fireworks...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place
FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Judge urges Eli Lilly to settle Zyprexa lawsuit
A federal judge in New York is urging Eli Lilly and Co. to settle a multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by insurance companies, unions and others who claim the pharmaceutical giant overpriced its top-selling drug Zyprexa and exaggerated its usefulness...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
American-Indian group walks the US to press causes
With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Group sues over crop subsidies on US forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has subsidized corn and soybean farming on its lands for years _ and rankled environmentalists are now suing the agency for what they say is an illegal dole...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open at 19-under, shot ahead of 2
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
AP IMPACT Go-arounds are possible safety hazard
A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell to 8-year deal
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday at the start of the open market season, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features young star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Uribe rides high in Colombia
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Uribe riding high in Colombia after hostage rescue
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Colombias Uribe rides high after rescue
President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
US checks Mexico for source of salmonella outbreak
Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells bat, Rios legs lead Blue Jays past Angels
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Wells and Rios help Blue Jays beat Angels 7-5
Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three stolen bases, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the error-plagued Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
TVs The Bachelor weds in California
"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more.Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, the couple told Usmagazine.com in a statement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter daughter gets own doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Clements 2 homers give Seattle 3-2 win
Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Busch beats Edwards under caution at Daytona
Kyle Busch survived a drag race with Carl Edwards, and won a wreck-filled race at Daytona International Speedway under caution Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 6, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the | | | | |
