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Family wants Ohio police to re-examine 1985 death
The grandson of a 76-year-old woman who is being investigated in the deaths of four of her five husbands wants Ohio police to take another look at the apparent suicide of his stepfather: her first-born son...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Tests show no drugs in Texas tainted cookies
A teenager jailed on accusations of delivering drug-laced cookies to a dozen police stations was told he would go free Thursday after tests showed no drugs in goodies taken to two departments...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Firefighters strain to spare more homes in Calif.
Firefighters worked to keep flames from reaching more homes after a lightning-sparked wildfire advanced Thursday in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Bush strikes out 13 in Brewers win over Rockies.
Dave Bush had a career-high 13 strikeouts, Corey Hart tried to secure the final spot on the NL All-Star team with his 15th homer and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 11-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June, netting $22M
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June, $22M
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June
Campaign officials say Republican John McCain raised more than $22 million in June for his presidential bid...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Howard goes deep twice, Phillies top Cards 4-1
Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in three runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Browns homer beats Mariners in 11 innings
Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki hit solo homers in the ninth inning, and Emil Brown hit another solo shot in the 11th to help the Oakland Athletics rally for a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Stocks higher despite worries about financials
Stocks moved higher in choppy trading Thursday as a deal for Dow Chemical Co. to acquire rival Rohm and Haas Co. boosted investor confidence but could not fully offset continued worries about the health of financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Turkish minister 4 held in US Consulate attack
Authorities detained four suspects Thursday in connection with the attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul that ignited a firefight leaving three policemen and three assailants dead...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dutch court rules in Srebrenica civil suit
A Dutch court ruled Thursday that it has no jurisdiction in a civil suit against the United Nations by survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, affirming U.N. immunity from prosecution, even when genocide is involved...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lawyers criticize Zardari in Pakistan
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Al-Qaida link sought in US consulate attack
Turkish investigators are trying to determine whether of one of the gunmen in a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul was linked to al-Qaida terrorists, an official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
China crackdown targets critics ahead of Olympics
Lu Jun, a campaigner for the rights of millions of Chinese with hepatitis B, seems an unlikely threat to the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Tips on mass Bosnia war graves traded for cash
For a few hundred dollars, Hasan Nuhanovic learned that his mother managed to fatally slice open her veins moments before six armed men burst into her jail cell near the end of the Bosnian war...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Pakistani lawyers denounce leader of ruling party
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Sarkozy defends decision to attend Olympic games
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday defended his decision to attend the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing, saying it would be wrong to "humiliate" China with a boycott...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
PKK German hostages in good condition
Kurdish rebels refused Thursday to release three Germans hostages kidnapped this week until Berlin renounces a crackdown on the guerrilla group...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Expert Iran doctored photo of missile launches
An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range, a defense analyst said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Fugitive attacker reported captured in Turkey
Turkish authorities captured a gunman Thursday wanted in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate after rounding up suspects who had communicated with three other assailants killed by police, local media reports said...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack
A news agency says police have caught a fugitive gunman wanted in connection with the attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
British police arrest 5th person in stabbings
Police in London arrested a 23-year-old man Thursday over the brutal stabbing murders of two French students, shortly after releasing his picture and warning the public he was dangerous...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Gaza reporter alleges was mistreated by Israel
A Gaza journalist and the Israeli government offered sharply conflicting versions Thursday of what happened to him at an Israeli border crossing two weeks earlier...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Peacekeepers in Sudan consider next steps
The U.N.-African Union force in Sudan was grappling Thursday with what steps to take after an ambush by heavily armed fighters that killed seven peacekeepers and wounded 19 others on patrol in Darfur...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Mexico launches battle for Tulum beach
The soldiers seemed out of place in paradise.They stood guard at the sandy entrances to the exclusive, beachside hotels, holding their guns while inspectors took careful measurements and studied documents...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Russian jets over restive region anger Georgia
Georgian officials on Thursday denounced a flight by Russian fighter jets over a separatist region of this former Soviet republic and charged the mission was meant to disrupt a visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Tbilisi...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
3 face preliminary charges in attack on French Jew
French authorities have filed preliminary charges against three suspects over the beating of a Jewish teenager in Paris...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
'Alarming' plight of coral reefs
A third of the world's reef-building coral species are facing extinction, the first global assessment shows...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Crunch hits savings and kids cash
People are using savings to pay rising bills and cutting children's pocket money, surveys suggest...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Embryology bill delay criticised
Anti-abortion MPs claim debate on a controversial bill has been delayed to avoid uproar before the Glasgow East by-election...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Georgia recalls Moscow ambassador
Tbilisi says it is recalling its ambassador from Moscow after Russian fighter jets flew over a breakaway region...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Indian PM seeks confidence vote
Indian PM Manmohan Singh opts to face a vote of confidence in his government after the withdrawal of communist allies...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Soldier killer could be released
A Belfast soldier who murdered three of his Irish army colleagues could be released next year, the court rules...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Bush approves surveillance bill
US President George W Bush approves a bill to shield telephone firms who helped the White House wiretaps scheme...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Send a precis
Read Midnight's Children? Sum it up in 67 words...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Record breaker?
Ten records at risk in the Haltemprice by-election...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
The carnivorous "ghost slug" haunting gardens in Wales
A new species of carnivorous slug named the ghost slug because of its all-white appearance is discovered in south Wales...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Pietersen ton puts England on top
Kevin Pietersen strikes a superb unbeaten 104 as England recover to 309-3 after day one of the first Test with South Africa at Lord's...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Yorkshire thrown out of Twenty20
Yorkshire are expelled from this season's Twenty20 Cup for fielding an ineligible player...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
UK spying chief emerges from coma
Alex Allan, the man who briefs the PM on the work of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, has emerged from a 10-day coma, officials say...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Voting ends in Haltemprice poll
Polls close in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, sparked by David Davis's surprise resignation...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Nine injured by 'friendly fire'
Nine British troops are injured in a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
New spy claim hits Russia-UK ties
Russian security officials accuse a British diplomat based in Moscow of spying, Russian news agencies report...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Fresh arrest over student deaths
A man is arrested in connection with the killings of two French students found stabbed and burnt in London...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Atlanta courthouse shooting trial begins
The man accused of a courthouse shooting rampage that left four people dead pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as his trial began Thursday, more than three years after prosecutors say Brian Nichols confessed in the killings...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force California residents to flee again
A wildfire raging in the Sierra Nevada foothills turned residents into refugees as firefighters hoped to keep the blaze from crossing a river and igniting a nearby town...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Crow, Groban to perform at All-Star game
The All-Stars of music are coming to Yankee Stadium, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Celebrity neighbors Begley, Nye carry eco-grudge
On a tree-lined corner of Studio City filled with modest homes, flower gardens and neighbors who chat across back fences, two wiry celebrities are engaged in a green grudge match...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Red Sox, Yankees closing in on first-place Rays
A semblance of order and familiarity has been restored to the AL East. For the second straight day, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees posted victories and picked up ground on the Tampa Bay Rays...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners past As 6-4
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners to win
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe, Dodgers beat Braves 2-1
Derek Lowe took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Braves 2-1 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Fed chief Empower financial regulators
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Thursday that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
FEC names new Republican chairman
Republican election lawyer Donald McGahn was named chairman of a newly seated Federal Election Commission Thursday, taking the helm of the regulatory agency on his first day on the job...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama briefly forgets to urge help for Clinton
It was all part of a careful arrangement: Democrat Barack Obama would get fundraising help from his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in exchange for his help retiring about $10 million of her campaign debt...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe leads Dodgers to win Zambrano also rolls
Derek Lowe flirted with perfection before settling for a stingy start, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers climb into a first-place tie with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Thousands of canceled flights may vex travelers
As Roger and Pat Bate hustled to catch a plane home to Houston, they got the dreaded call that many will receive from their airline this year...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Fed chief Govt needs more power when firms fail
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Thursday that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Stocks mixed amid concerns about financials
Stocks fluctuated Thursday as a deal for Dow Chemical Co. to acquire rival Rohm and Haas Co. boosted investor confidence, but could not fully offset continued worries about the health of financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dow Chemical paying $15.3B for rival Rohm and Haas
Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to buy rival Rohm and Haas Co. for more than $15 billion in cash in a deal that Dow hopes will fuel its growth in a more lucrative wing of the chemical-making business...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Spain 7 hurt in Pamplona bull running
A pack of fighting bulls gored a Spaniard, knocked an American unconscious and injured five other people Thursday in a dash through the streets of Pamplona to the city bullring, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lawyers criticize Zardari in Pakistan
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Al-Qaida link sought in US consulate attack
Turkish investigators are trying to determine whether of one of the gunmen in a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul was linked to al-Qaida terrorists, an official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
France no EU enlargement without treaty
French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Thursday that the European Union will not be able to take in new members without the treaty that Irish voters rejected last month...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Pakistani lawyers denounce leader of ruling party
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Sarkozy defends decision to attend Olympic games
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday defended his decision to attend the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing, saying it would be wrong to "humiliate" China with a boycott...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Turkish minister 4 held in US Consulate attack
Authorities detained four suspects Thursday in connection with the attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul that ignited a firefight leaving three policemen and three assailants dead...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dutch court rules in Srebrenica civil suit
A Dutch court ruled Thursday that it has no jurisdiction in a civil suit against the United Nations by survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, affirming U.N. immunity from prosecution, even when genocide is involved...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Ukraine to probe whether 1932 famine was genocide
Ukraine plans to open a formal investigation into a Soviet-era famine that killed millions of people to see if it can prove the famine was an act of genocide...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
3 die as fire causes explosions at Uzbek ammo depot
A fire at a Soviet-era military base in Uzbekistan spread to an ammunitions depot Thursday, igniting a series of powerful explosions that the Uzbek government said killed three people and injured 21 others...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Tips on mass Bosnia war graves traded for cash
For a few hundred dollars, Hasan Nuhanovic learned that his mother managed to fatally slice open her veins moments before six armed men burst into her jail cell near the end of the Bosnian war...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kurdish rebels in Turkey wont release hostages
Kurdish rebels refused Thursday to release three German hostages until Berlin renounces a crackdown on the guerrilla group...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kenyan robbers slash faces of missionaries
Police say Kenyan robbers armed with clubs and machetes have attacked a missionary couple from Canada and the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Heroes to air near to US premiere
The third series of sci-fi hit Heroes will air on BBC Two "within a week" of its debut on US TV, the broadcaster announces...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Ministers delay embryology debate
The government postpones a debate on the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill for three months...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Exams chief faces Sats grilling
MPs have called in the head of England's exams watchdog to explain the Sats marking "shambles"...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Mum's police check for school run
A mother is told that she must be police checked before travelling with her epileptic son to a special school...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Trust confirms second MRSA death
A man in his 60s being treated at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry dies after contracting MRSA...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Kenyan wins landmark HIV ruling
A HIV-positive Kenyan woman wins $35,000 from her employer for unfair dismissal, in the first such ruling in Kenya...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
UN criticises West Bank barrier
The West Bank barrier Israel is building will be devastating for Palestinians if completed along its current route, the UN says...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Pimp my ride
The land of jewel encrusted limos but no women drivers...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Political circus
Glasgow by-election voters wielding power...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Carer killed man for inheritance
A care worker and two men are found guilty of murdering a disabled man to take thousands of pounds of his inheritance...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Landslide closes road 'for weeks'
A landslide closes a main road in southern Scotland for weeks as heavy rains sweep across the country...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Romantic hero
Which Wuthering Heights character are you?...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
French cheese?
Carla Bruni's attempt to become the first lady of pop...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Rate dilemma
Bank of England is stuck between a rock and hard place...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Villa complete Sidwell transfer
Aston Villa make their first signing of the summer as Chelsea's Steve Sidwell finalises his £5m move and signs a three-year deal...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks
Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition hold their first talks since Robert Mugabe's disputed election victory...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Registrar wins same-sex tribunal
A marriage registrar wins her case of religious discrimination for refusing to conduct same-sex ceremonies...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Road tax increase 'will hit 9.4m'
More than nine million motorists will pay more road tax under reforms aimed at punishing "gas-guzzlers", the government admits...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Police appeal over student deaths
Police investigating the murders of two French students appeal for information about a man considered to be dangerous...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Israel 'ready to act' over Iran
Israel's defence minister hints at his country's readiness to strike Iran, amid rising tensions over Iran's missile tests...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
England rugby players guilty of misconduct
England players Mike Brown and Topsy Ojo are found guilty of misconduct and fined following the recent tour to New Zealand...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Iraqis to get £3m in MoD damages
The Ministry of Defence agrees to pay almost £3m to Iraqis abused by UK troops in Basra in 2003, the Iraqis' lawyers say...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
JonBenet investigators must try to find DNA match
Armed with a few invisible skin cells, prosecutors are now certain they have the DNA profile of the man who killed 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Crow, Groban to perform at All-Star game
The All-Stars of music are coming to Yankee Stadium, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Brinkley hints at settlement talk in divorce trial
Christie Brinkley pressed her palms together when asked during a break in her bruising divorce trial whether a settlement was in the works...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
AP, TV organizations pull questioned video
The Associated Press and video services operated by CBS and NBC have pulled video allegedly taken of a tornado in Nebraska last weekend after questions were raised about its authenticity...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Wildfire strategy fighting fire with fire
As a wildfire bore down on a mountain community north of Phoenix late last month, the town was protected in part by fires intentionally set in previous years...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Hurricane Bertha could strengthen in next 24 hours
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become slightly stronger over the next 24 hours as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners to win
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe, Dodgers beat Braves 2-1
Derek Lowe took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Braves 2-1 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
White Sox rally for 2nd straight win over Royals
Carlos Quentin hit a pair of two-run homers and the Chicago White Sox fought back from a five-run deficit to score the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning balk in a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Rangers stun Angels as Hamilton homers off K-Rod
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Texas Rangers over the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dollar rises against the euro
The dollar was higher against the euro Thursday, a day after the president of the European Central Bank warned that an inflation price spiral was evident in the euro zone...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Japanese shares rise on bargain-hunting
Japanese shares rose Thursday on bargain-hunting in the financial sector, but buying sentiment fizzled amid continued uncertainty over oil prices and lingering fears over a slump in the global economy...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama briefly forgets to urge help for Clinton
It was all part of a careful arrangement: Democrat Barack Obama would get fundraising help from his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in exchange for his help retiring about $10 million of her campaign debt...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Jackson apologizes for comment about Obama
The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday to Barack Obama for making a "regretfully crude" comment about the Democratic presidential hopeful during what he thought was a private conversation three days ago...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Bush Significant progress on climate change
President Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a global climate-change strategy, claiming "significant progress."...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
8 dead, 5 missing in canoe dam accident
Divers pulled six bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five other people still missing after two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Iraq reports drop in violence, but attacks kill 21
Bombs and bullets took a bloody toll Wednesday, killing 20 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, even as military officials reported a sharp fall in attacks over the past year _ a decline reflected in a steep decrease in violent deaths tallied by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Iran missile test sends message to US, Israel
Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday, including ones capable of hitting Israel, making a dramatic show of its readiness to strike back if the United States or Israel attacks it over its nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Iraq reports drop in attacks, but bombs kill 14
Bombs took a bloody toll Wednesday, killing 13 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, but military officials reported a sharp fall off in attacks over the past year _ a decline reflected in a steep decrease in violent deaths tallied by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Doctors strike shuts hospitals in Nepal
Striking doctors in Nepal shut down all the hospitals and clinics in the Himalayan nation Thursday, demanding better government protection against attacks by angry relatives of patients who have died...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Thousands protest economic policy in Peru
Tens of thousands of union workers took to the streets across Peru on Wednesday to protest rising food and fuel prices they blame on the free market policies of President Alan Garcia...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
7 peacekeepers killed in ambush in Darfur
About 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs launched a brazen attack on international peacekeepers in Darfur, killing seven in the deadliest strike against the under-equipped and understaffed mission since it deployed, the U.N. said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf
State television says Iran has test-fired medium- and long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf for a second day...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Frances Total Too risky to invest in Iran
French energy giant Total SA said Thursday it is too risky to invest in Iran for now, raising questions about the future of western involvement in developing Iranian gas reserves...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
France no EU enlargement without treaty
French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Thursday that the European Union will not be able to take in new members without the treaty that Irish voters rejected last month...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Spain 7 hurt in Pamplona bull running
A pack of fighting bulls gored a Spaniard, knocked an American unconscious and injured five other people Thursday in a dash through the streets of Pamplona to the city bullring, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Man tied to 2 French deaths in London
A 33-year-old unemployed man appeared in a London court Thursday, charged with the brutal stabbing murders of two French students...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
15 Africans die on boat heading to Spain
Fifteen African migrants died of hunger, thirst or exposure as they drifted on a small, overcrowded boat bound for Spain, most of them small children, the government and the Red Cross said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Swiss widen probe into BAE arms deal
Swiss authorities have widened a corruption investigation linked to arms deals by the British aerospace company BAE Systems PLC, prosecutors said...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Uranium spill at Japan plant, no injury
A small amount of uranium powder escaped from a machine at a Japanese nuclear fuel plant near Tokyo, slightly exposing a worker to radiation, the plant operator said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Net address fix foxes web users
The fix for a serious flaw in the net's addressing system cuts some users off the web...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Madonna 'committed' to Ritchie
Madonna's brother reveals in his memoirs that the star is "passionately committed" to her marriage with Guy Ritchie...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Sarkozy warns EU on treaty debate
France's President Sarkozy warns the European Parliament that the EU must not waste time on more treaty negotiations...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
UK house prices 'fell 2% in June'
The UK's biggest mortgage lender, Halifax, says that house prices fell by 2% in June compared with May...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Brown urges Zimbabwe 'isolation'
Gordon Brown urges the UN to use the "full weight of the international community" against Zimbabwe...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Zimbabwe sanctions call 'racist'
Zimbabwe denounces calls for UN sanctions as a "racist campaign" as South African leaders hold talks...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Turkish PM in landmark Iraq visit
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Baghdad for talks, only the second regional leader to visit since 2003...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Key N Korea nuclear talks begin
Diplomats meet in Beijing for long-delayed talks on how to verify North Korea's account of its nuclear programme...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Woman arrested over fatal crash
A woman is expected to appear in court in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Paisley earlier this week...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Patients' 'second class NHS' fear
Welsh patients feel like second-class citizens when they need health care across the border, a report finds...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Delays continue at Dublin airport
There is further disruption to flights at Dublin International Airport following a problem with a radar system...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
B&B uncovered
Readers' questions answered on the troubled bank...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Sixth arrest over Shakilus murder
A sixth teenager is held over the murder of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend, who was beaten and stabbed in south London...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Is it a monsoon?
The papers are using the 'M' word - but are they right?...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
In pictures
Prince William on a Royal Navy exercise in the Caribbean...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Live - England v South Africa
England reach 33-0 after the first hour having been put in by South Africa in the first Test at Lord's...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Blatter would back Ronaldo move
Fifa chief Sepp Blatter believes Cristiano Ronaldo should be allowed to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid - if he wants to...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Tension rises
Building sense of crisis over Iran's nuclear programme...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Rushdie wins Best of Booker prize
Salman Rushdie novel Midnight's Children wins the Best of the Booker prize to mark the literary award's 40th anniversary...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Anne Robinson banned from driving
Television presenter Anne Robinson is banned from driving for six months after admitting a speeding offence...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Dutch tabby cat becomes surrogate mother - to a red panda
A red panda cub abandoned by its mother is adopted by a tabby cat, at a zoo in the Netherlands...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
US warns Iran on missile threat
The US warns Iran it will not hesitate to defend its allies' interests, as Iran launches a fresh array of missile tests...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Man remanded over student murders
A man accused of murdering two French students appears in court as police question two other suspects...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Six dead as lorry and car crash
Six people are killed in a crash between a car and a lorry in Leicestershire in the early hours of the morning...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Bank holds interest rates at 5%
UK interest rates are held at 5% by the Bank of England, as inflation worries outweigh concerns over slowing growth...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Flames force California residents to flee - again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become nearly routine. For the second time in just over two weeks, they were forced to evacuate their home after fire officials ordered 10,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills to flee ahead of a wind-whipped blaze, one of about 40 lightning-sparked wildfires that have charred more than 76 square miles in Butte County...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Police Warren Jeffs released from Vegas hospital
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has been released from a Las Vegas hospital, one day after he was found weak and feverish in his Arizona jail cell...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force Calif. residents to flee - again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become nearly routine. For the second time in just over two weeks, they were forced to evacuate their home after fire officials ordered 10,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills to flee ahead of a wind-whipped blaze, one of about 40 lightning-sparked wildfires that have charred more than 76 square miles in Butte County...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate for vote
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with brain cancer, returned to the Capitol to vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. It was a surprise move designed to ease the bill past Republican stalling tactics...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe, Dodgers beat Braves 2-1
Derek Lowe took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Braves 2-1 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella infects over 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is warning certain people to avoid types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Wachovia confirms Steel to lead bank
Wachovia Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. bank, named Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel chief executive on Wednesday, ending a nearly six-week search for a new leader...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Bearish Murdoch sees another year of stock trouble
Rupert Murdoch expects the capital markets to lurch through the next 12 months as Wall Street banks sift through mountains of bad debt related to the mortgage crisis, the News Corp. chairman said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Jackson apologizes for comment about Obama
The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday to Barack Obama for making a "regretfully crude" comment about the Democratic presidential hopeful during what he thought was a private conversation three days ago...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Rangers stun Angels as Hamilton homers off K-Rod
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Texas Rangers over the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners to win
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
AP, TV organizations pull questioned video
The Associated Press and video services operated by CBS and NBC have pulled video allegedly taken of a tornado in Nebraska last weekend after questions were raised about its authenticity...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
White Sox rally for 2nd straight win over Royals
Carlos Quentin hit a pair of two-run homers and the Chicago White Sox fought back from a five-run deficit to score the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning balk in a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama briefly forgets to urge help for Clinton
It was all part of a careful arrangement: Democrat Barack Obama would get fundraising help from his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in exchange for his help retiring about $10 million of her campaign debt...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Turkey suspects al-Qaida in attack on US consulate
Suspected al-Qaida militants armed with pistols and shotguns attacked a police guard post outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left three attackers and three officers dead...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Envoy Bomber aimed to destroy embassy in Kabul
The suicide bomber who detonated his vehicle at the gates of the Indian Embassy in Kabul intended to destroy the embassy itself, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
NATO sees jump in Pakistan attacks
Mortar and rocket attacks by militants in Pakistan across the border into Afghanistan have spiked in the last month and U.S. and NATO forces have been returning fire, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
China claims to bust radical Muslim gang
Chinese police shot dead five members of a radical Islamic separatist group in western China, state media reported Wednesday, as officials called for an all-out security push ahead of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
A mixed performance for Medvedev in G-8 debut
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came to his grandest global meeting yet with a mixed mandate: Start mending ties with the West, but stand fast on policies set by his predecessor and patron, Vladimir Putin...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Eiffel Tower getting a makeover to improve visits
The Eiffel Tower, host to nearly 7 million visitors per year, is about to get a makeover, the goal to make their experience a happier one...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Bombs kill 13 in Iraq but number of attacks falls
Bombs killed 13 people, including four Iraqi policemen, in Iraq on Wednesday as military officials released data showing attacks have dropped sharply over the past year...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Iraq reports drop in violence, but attacks kill 21
Bombs and bullets took a bloody toll Wednesday, killing 20 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, even as military officials reported a sharp fall in attacks over the past year _ a decline reflected in a steep decrease in violent deaths tallied by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Iran missile test sends message to US, Israel
Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday, including ones capable of hitting Israel, making a dramatic show of its readiness to strike back if the United States or Israel attacks it over its nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Iraq reports drop in attacks, but bombs kill 14
Bombs took a bloody toll Wednesday, killing 13 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, but military officials reported a sharp fall off in attacks over the past year _ a decline reflected in a steep decrease in violent deaths tallied by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
French leader to attend Olympics opener
French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to snub China but then backed down with barely a whimper...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Israels separation barrier unchanged
Israel has failed to move sections of its West Bank separation barrier despite several Supreme Court rulings ordering they be shifted because they create problems for local residents, a human rights group charged Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,116
As of Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at least 4,116 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US has released thousands of detainees in Iraq
The United States has released more detainees in Iraq so far this year than in all of 2007, the U.S. military said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Thousands protest economic policy in Peru
Tens of thousands of union workers took to the streets across Peru on Wednesday to protest rising food and fuel prices they blame on the free market policies of President Alan Garcia...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
7 peacekeepers killed in ambush in Darfur
About 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs launched a brazen attack on international peacekeepers in Darfur, killing seven in the deadliest strike against the under-equipped and understaffed mission since it deployed, the U.N. said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Massacre charges haunt former Haiti PM
A former Haitian prime minister is pressing the government to comply with an international court ruling and resolve allegations that he masterminded the killings of political opponents...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Massacre charges haunt former Haiti prime minister
A former Haitian prime minister is pressing the government to comply with an international court ruling and resolve allegations that he masterminded the killings of political opponents...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Pakistan Peace deal reached in Khyber
Tribal elders and Pakistani authorities struck a deal Wednesday aimed at bringing peace to a militant-infested northwest region where a paramilitary offensive has tried to flush out insurgents, representatives said...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
911 suspect to defend self at Guantanamo trial
A Guantanamo prisoner accused in the Sept. 11 attacks complained Wednesday that his confinement and obstructions by the U.S. military are complicating his court-approved effort to serve as his own lawyer...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Warning over universities' future
Universities could close or merge as they struggle to compete amid falling student numbers in coming years, vice-chancellors warn...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
India gives nuclear plans to IAEA
India submits its plans for safeguarding its civilian nuclear facilities to the world regulatory body, the IAEA...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Tourism 'needs pre-Olympic boost'
The government must do more to promote Britain as a tourist destination ahead of the 2012 Olympics, MPs say...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Sight-drug battle in High Court
Three patients are taking their NHS trust to the High Court to try to force it to pay for a "sight-saving" drug...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Anti-government protests hit Peru
Thousands of Peruvians march and go on strike in protest to call for a redistribution of wealth from an economic boom...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
French firm 'quits Iran gas deal'
French energy firm Total will not invest in Iran because it is too risky, the company's boss says in a newspaper interview...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Envoys set for North Korea talks
Senior diplomats are set for talks in Beijing on how to verify North Korea's account of its nuclear programme...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Visa plea to keep family together
A South African woman who will be split from her family if she is deported is to meet immigration officials...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Serving hope
The military charity taking inspiration from Jamie Oliver...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Price clarity
New EU law bans 'too good to be true' airline adverts...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Max Mosley's fight
Motorsport boss's battles of past and present...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Wuthering looks - Gordon Brown sees resemblance with Heathcliff
Gordon Brown says it is "absolutely correct" to compare him to Heathcliff - the anti-hero of Wuthering Heights...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
William takes part in navy rescue exercise
Prince William has taken part in a week-long navy exercise on the Caribbean island of Montserrat...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Watchdog urges maternity action
Some NHS trusts in England must do more to improve safety, and offer women more choice, says a watchdog's report...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Haltemprice voting set to begin
People in Haltemprice and Howden are preparing to vote in the by-election prompted by David Davis's resignation...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Meals take-up rises in primaries
Take up of school lunches at primary schools in England rises for the first time since the drive to make meals healthier began...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Road tax increase 'will hit 9m'
Almost nine million motorists will have to pay more road tax under reforms aimed at punishing "gas-guzzlers", the government admits...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Half of UK forces 'ready to quit'
Almost half of UK military personnel regularly think about leaving the forces, a Ministry of Defence survey suggests...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Bank expected to keep rates at 5%
The Bank of England is expected to announce it is keeping interest rates at 5%, amid growing signs the economy is weakening...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Student murders accused in court
A man accused of murdering two French students is due in court as police question two other suspects arrested on Wednesday...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
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