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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Winehouse taken to hospital after fainting spell
A spokesman for Amy Winehouse says the 24-year-old singer has been taken to a London hospital after a fainting spell...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Judges named to head Kozinski inquiry
A panel of federal judges on the East Coast will handle the ethics investigation into the conduct of Judge Alex Kozinski, under scrutiny for posting sexually explicit material on his Web site...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Checkpoints stoke frustration among flood victims
Police twice caught a man in his flood-damaged home before the property had been cleared by city inspectors. But Rick Blazek vowed to return _ even if he had to sneak behind bushes...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Tiger wins US Open playoff, his 14th major title
With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Woods outlasts Mediate to win US Open, 14th major
With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Tiger Woods wins US Open on 19th hole
Tiger Woods has won the U.S. Open after making birdie on the last hole of an 18-hole playoff to force sudden death and then beating Rocco Mediate on the first hole...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Blame for Spears pap hit-run on the other foot
A paparazzo who pressed charges against Britney Spears after her car ran over his foot was himself to blame for any injury, prosecutors said in refusing to pursue the case...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Stan Winston dies of cancer at 62
Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special-effects maestro responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of "Jurrasic Park" and other iconic movie creatures to life, has died. He was 62...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Miami stays alive in CWS, eliminating Florida St.
Jemile Weeks hit his second home run of the College World Series, closer Carlos Gutierrez worked out of a bases-loaded situation in the ninth inning and Miami held off Florida State 7-5 in a Bracket 1 elimination game on Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Woods outlasts Mediate for third Open, 14th major
With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Hes Big Bird Caroll Spinney loves every feather
On the street, Caroll Spinney is a 74-year-old of modest proportions. On the job, transformed into Big Bird, he stands 8 feet 2 inches tall and is 6 years old...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Gore endorses Obama and promises to help him
Al Gore is endorsing Barack Obama and promising to help the Democrat achieve what eluded him _ the presidency. In a letter to be e-mailed to Obama supporters, the former vice president and Nobel Prize winner wrote, "From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected president of the United States."...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Gore endorses Obama
Al Gore says he is backing Barack Obama and will do whatever he can to help him get to the White House...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Mars lander probes first microscope sample
The Phoenix lander sent back the most detailed view of the Martian soil to date, showing clumps of fine grains mixed with possible minerals, scientists said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire
Crude oil futures hit a record close to $140 a barrel Monday as the dollar weakened against the euro. Retail gas prices rose to a record $4.08 a gallon...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Calif. same-sex weddings will affect other states
After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Cardinals catcher removed in neck brace
St. Louis Cardinals backup catcher Jason LaRue watched from the dugout as Yadier Molina, his back to the play after an off-line throw, got flattened by a pinch runner...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Southern China flooding kills 57, more rain ahead
Massive flooding across a broad stretch of southern China killed almost 60 people and forced 1.3 million others from their homes, state media reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
France says it will cut 54,000 defense jobs
France says it plans to cut 54,000 defense jobs and boost intelligence efforts...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Rice in Beirut to meet with new Lebanon leaders
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put a U.S. stamp of approval Monday on a fragile new government in Lebanon that increased the power of Hezbollah militants...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Forecast for lower flood crest at Iowa City
Displaced residents trickled back into the hardest-hit areas of Cedar Rapids on Sunday for their first up-close look at flood devastation, while a forecast of an earlier and lower flood crest at Iowa River sparked hope that the university city would escape a similar fate...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Mugabe warns he will not cede power in Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe, campaigning for re-election in a presidential runoff June 27, reiterated that he will not cede power to Western-backed opponents, state media reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
More than 1M homeless from flooding in China
Weeks of rain pushed rivers over their banks in southern China, displacing more than 1.27 million people and forcing some to huddle on rooftops Monday as the region braced for more downpours...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
EU ready to issue stronger sanctions against Iran
An EU spokeswoman says the 27-nation bloc is ready to issue stronger financial sanctions against Iran...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Another body found Japan quake toll rises to 10
Soldiers pulled the body of a 58-year-old man Monday from a hot spring inn knocked down by a landslide in northern Japan, bringing the death toll in a weekend earthquake to 10...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Paraguay drops same-sex wedding charges
A couple jailed on suspicion of having a same-sex wedding was freed Monday after a doctor determined that the groom is a hermaphrodite...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
France A new defense plan for new threats
France announced a vision Monday for its 21st-century military _ a leaner, smarter and more high-tech force capable of detecting threats like terrorism early and deploying quickly to battlefields abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Iraqi violence down and govt confidence rising
Signs are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point. Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Iraqi violence down wars root causes unresolved
Signs are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point. Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Mexican police rescue 154 illegal migrants
Police say they have found 154 illegal migrants inside a semitrailer. Federal police official Arturo Herrera says many of the migrants were suffering from severe dehydration after spending nearly a week cramped inside the semitrailer...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
UN criticizes Sudan over war crimes suspects
The U.N. Security Council called Monday on Sudan to arrest and hand over two Darfur war crimes suspects for prosecution by the International Criminal Court...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
New Zealand cafe serves dishwashing liquid
The owner of a New Zealand cafe that mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as mulled wine has been fined for causing emotional harm to two women, court officials said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Brazil soldiers accused in gang killings
Eleven Brazilian soldiers were arrested after allegedly turning over three shantytown residents to a drug gang that executed them and left their bodies in a garbage dump, police said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Quadriplegic woman sailing solo around Britain
A quadriplegic sailor set off on a journey around the British Isles Monday in a boat she controls with her breath...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Official 3 killed, 5 wounded in Chechnya attack
A group of militants opened fire on a convoy of security officers in Chechnya on Monday, killing three and injuring five, a local interior ministry official said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
3 police officers killed in gunbattle in Mexico
A border-state state governor says three police officers were killed in a running battle with dozens of gunmen that lasted several hours in northern Mexico...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
First farmers made 'lucky beads'
Some of the first farmers in the Near East probably used green beads as amulets to protect themselves and their crops, a study suggests...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Woman and baby die in collision
A woman in her 20s and a three-month-old are killed in a road accident in Letterkenny, County Donegal...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
UN envoy set for Zimbabwe talks
A top UN official arrives in Zimbabwe amid continuing political violence ahead of this month's presidential run-off...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Plan for 'minimum priced' alcohol
Scottish ministers could impose a minimum price for alcohol based on its strength, BBC Scotland understands...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Fire crews damp down cinema blaze
Part of Wrexham town centre is sealed off after a fire broke out at the old Hippodrome Cinema in the town...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Afghan mission
Caroline Wyatt assesses the role of extra UK troops...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Austria 0-1 Germany
Germany beat co-hosts Austria 1-0 to book a Euro 2008 quarter-final against Portugal...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
No walkabout
George Bush's trip to Belfast is kept under tight control...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Woods seals dramatic US Open win
Tiger Woods wins his 14th major by beating outsider Rocco Mediate at the first sudden-death hole in a thrilling play-off...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Father poisoned children in car
Two children and their father found dead in a car at a north Wales beauty spot died from carbon monoxide poisoning...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
EU vows to pursue Lisbon treaty
EU foreign ministers agree to keep the Lisbon reform treaty alive despite its rejection by voters in Ireland...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Killed reporters' memorial opens
A memorial to journalists killed while carrying out their work is unveiled in London by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Study Americans use Net to look beyond sound bite
Americans dissatisfied with political sound bites are turning to the Internet for a more complete picture, a new study finds...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Shuttle Discovery crew glad to be back on ground
The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Bush says one thing, meant another
Civil War. Cold War.Perhaps weary of travel, President Bush said one thing but meant the other Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Marvel Hulks out with $54.5M opening weekend
"The Incredible Hulk" was a box-office bruiser, yanking in $54.5 million over opening weekend and laying to rest the stigma of his unappreciated big-screen adventure five years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Police in NC may have been warned before killing
North Carolina authorities say they are are investigating whether police were warned that a woman with five dead spouses was trying to hire a hit man to kill one of her husbands...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
NC couple accused of tying son to tree charged
A couple accused of killing their 13-year-old son by tying him to a tree for two nights have appeared in a North Carolina courtroom to face charges...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Woods forces playoff with Mediate at US Open
Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate will compete in an 18-hole playoff today for the U.S. Open championship. Down to his last stroke yesterdayWoods rapped a 12-foot birdie putt that bumped along toward the hole and swirled into the back corner of the cup without an inch to spare...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Saunders, Angels blank Braves 2-0 to avoid sweep
Casey Kotchman homered, Joe Saunders pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a sweep with a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Tony Awards make a nod to the past and future
Broadway looked to the future _ and to its past _ at the 2008 Tony Awards with "In the Heights," the best musical winner, and "August: Osage County," the best play, sharing the spotlight with a nearly 60-year-old "South Pacific."...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Memorable quotes from Tony winners and presenters
Quotes from Tony Award winners and presenters at the 62nd annual Tonys Sunday at Radio City Music Hall...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Its Woods vs. Mediate in US Open playoff
Superman vs. Everyman. Tiger Woods vs. Rocco Mediate...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Hes Big Bird Caroll Spinney loves every feather
On the street, Caroll Spinney is a 74-year-old of modest proportions. On the job, transformed into Big Bird, he stands 8 feet 2 inches tall and is 6 years old...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Argentine farmers return to barricades
Thousands of Argentine farmers protesting grain export tax hikes returned to road blockades and suspended exports on Sunday, angry over a police crackdown at a barricade the day before...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Obama to visit Iraq, Afghanistan before election
Barack Obama says he is going to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the November election...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Calif. same-sex weddings will affect other states
After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Cardinals catcher removed in neck brace
St. Louis Cardinals backup catcher Jason LaRue watched from the dugout as Yadier Molina, his back to the play after an off-line throw, got flattened by a pinch runner...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Mars lander probes first microscope sample
The Phoenix lander sent back the most detailed view of the Martian soil to date, showing clumps of fine grains mixed with possible minerals, scientists said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire
Crude oil futures hit a record close to $140 a barrel Monday as the dollar weakened against the euro. Retail gas prices rose to a record $4.08 a gallon...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Forecast for lower flood crest at Iowa City
Displaced residents trickled back into the hardest-hit areas of Cedar Rapids on Sunday for their first up-close look at flood devastation, while a forecast of an earlier and lower flood crest at Iowa River sparked hope that the university city would escape a similar fate...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Reports Floods in China kill 57 1 million flee
At least 57 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 10
Soldiers digging through the wreckage of a hot spring resort buried in a landslide discovered the body of one of the missing Monday, bringing the death toll in the weekend quake to 10, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Southern China flooding kills 57, more rain ahead
Massive flooding across a broad stretch of southern China killed almost 60 people and forced 1.3 million others from their homes, state media reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Report Japan quake toll rises to 10
Soldiers digging through the wreckage of a hot spring resort buried in a landslide discovered the body of one of the missing Monday, bringing the death toll in the weekend quake to 10, news reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
France says it will cut 54,000 defense jobs
France says it plans to cut 54,000 defense jobs and boost intelligence efforts...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Rice in Beirut to meet with new Lebanon leaders
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put a U.S. stamp of approval Monday on a fragile new government in Lebanon that increased the power of Hezbollah militants...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Taiwan ships enter Japan waters
Nine Taiwanese coast guard vessels entered Japanese waters Monday near disputed islands in the East China Sea to accompany a ship of protesters angry over the sinking nearby of a Taiwanese fishing boat, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Another body found Japan quake toll rises to 10
Soldiers pulled the body of a 58-year-old man Monday from a hot spring inn knocked down by a landslide in northern Japan, bringing the death toll in a weekend earthquake to 10...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Mugabe warns he will not cede power in Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe, campaigning for re-election in a presidential runoff June 27, reiterated that he will not cede power to Western-backed opponents, state media reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
EU ready to issue stronger sanctions against Iran
An EU spokeswoman says the 27-nation bloc is ready to issue stronger financial sanctions against Iran...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Bomb kills 4 outside Pakistan mosque, injures 5
A bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding five others, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Bomb explodes outside Shiite mosque in Pakistan
Police say a bomb has exploded outside a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least four people and wounding five...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Serbia starts extradition procedure for suspect
Serbia has launched extradition proceedings to deliver a detained Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect to the U.N. court in the Netherlands, a tribunal spokeswoman said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Historians seek World War II eviction survivors
The Warsaw Uprising museum said Monday that it is trying to track down former residents of the Polish capital removed from their homes by the Nazis during the 1944 revolt...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Media Iranian students protest sexual harassment
Hundreds of university students protested demanding the removal of an administrator they accuse of sexually harassing a female student in a northwest Iranian city, media reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Amy Winehouse taken to hospital
Soul singer Amy Winehouse is taken to hospital for tests after fainting at her home in London, her spokesman says...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Green agenda still key - Cameron
David Cameron insists the Tories will not be diverted from green issues by the economic downturn...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Estate agents 'need regulating'
Estate agents and others who deal with residential property should be regulated formally, a report says...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Dutch court hears Srebrenica case
A Dutch court hears a civil action against the state brought by relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Israel-Syria talks 'constructive'
Officials on both sides hail progress in indirect peace talks between Syrian and Israeli envoys in Turkey...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Progress in NI 'an inspiration'
Political progress made in Northern Ireland over the past 10 years has been unimaginable, the US president says...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Scrum-half dies after neck injury
A rugby player who suffered a spinal injury dies in hospital almost two months later...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
More drivers join tanker strike
Tanker drivers from other companies begin protest action outside Grangemouth's fuel depot...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Tributes to children found dead
Tributes are paid to a brother and sister, aged three and seven, found dead with their father in a car at a beauty spot...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Olympic mascots
Can a garish sponge character represent Britain?...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Media doctor
Profile of Dr Raj Persaud, who has admitted plagiarism...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Live - US Open play-off
Tiger Woods leads Rocco Mediate by one shot after six holes in their head-to-head 18-hole play-off for the US Open title at Torrey Pines...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Prince William is made a Knight of the Garter
Prince William is to be made a Royal Knight of the Garter by the Queen at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
EU prepares to do a U-turn on wonky fruit and veg
The European Commission says it wants shops to sell knobbly or misshapen fruit and vegetables alongside "class one" produce...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Ginkgo 'does not treat dementia'
Herbal extract ginkgo biloba is not an effective treatment for dementia, UK researchers warn...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Accused 'seen outside Dando home'
A neighbour tells jurors she saw the man accused of Jill Dando's murder outside the presenter's house hours before she died...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Pilot ejects from Harrier crash
A pilot manages to safely eject as an RAF Harrier jet crashes near a village in the East Midlands...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Tanker pay talks end without deal
Talks aimed at ending a pay dispute between fuel tanker drivers and their employers are adjourned until Tuesday...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Father poisoned children in car
Two children and their father found dead in a car at a north Wales beauty spot died from carbon monoxide poisoning...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Media doctor admits to plagiarism
Psychiatrist and broadcaster Dr Raj Persaud admits charges of plagiarism at a General Medical Council hearing...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Extra UK troops for Afghanistan
British troop numbers in Afghanistan will increase to more than 8,000 by next spring, Des Browne tells MPs...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Bush says one thing, meant another
Civil War. Cold War.Perhaps weary of travel, President Bush said one thing but meant the other Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Marvel Hulks out with $54.5M opening weekend
"The Incredible Hulk" was a box-office bruiser, yanking in $54.5 million over opening weekend and laying to rest the stigma of his unappreciated big-screen adventure five years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Saunders, Angels blank Braves 2-0 to avoid sweep
Casey Kotchman homered, Joe Saunders pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a sweep with a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Saunders, Angels shut down Braves in 2-0 win
Casey Kotchman homered, Joe Saunders pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a sweep with a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Tony Awards make a nod to the past and future
Broadway looked to the future _ and to its past _ at the 2008 Tony Awards with "In the Heights," the best musical winner, and "August: Osage County," the best play, sharing the spotlight with a nearly 60-year-old "South Pacific."...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Memorable quotes from Tony winners and presenters
Quotes from Tony Award winners and presenters at the 62nd annual Tonys Sunday at Radio City Music Hall...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
McCain cancels fundraiser with controversial Texan
Questions from the media prompted Republican John McCain to cancel a fundraiser at the home of a Texas oilman who once joked that women should give in while being raped...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Woods forces playoff with Mediate at US Open
Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate will compete in an 18-hole playoff today for the U.S. Open championship. Down to his last stroke yesterdayWoods rapped a 12-foot birdie putt that bumped along toward the hole and swirled into the back corner of the cup without an inch to spare...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Rising star Logano wins Natinwides Meijer 300
Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Argentine farmers return to barricades
Thousands of Argentine farmers protesting grain export tax hikes returned to road blockades and suspended exports on Sunday, angry over a police crackdown at a barricade the day before...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Icahn lambastes corporate culture, CEOs
Billionaire financier Carl Icahn said he no longer has to watch "Saturday Night Live" if he wants a good laugh _ he just has to go to a company board meeting...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Mars lander probes first microscope sample
The Phoenix lander sent back the most detailed view of the Martian soil to date, showing clumps of fine grains mixed with possible minerals, scientists said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Calif. same-sex weddings will affect other states
After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Karzai Ill send troops after Pakistan insurgents
Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Karzai threatens to send forces into Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Forecast for lower flood crest at Iowa City
Displaced residents trickled back into the hardest-hit areas of Cedar Rapids on Sunday for their first up-close look at flood devastation, while a forecast of an earlier and lower flood crest at Iowa River sparked hope that the university city would escape a similar fate...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Japan earthquake death toll climbs to 9
Rescue teams digging their way through a ravine buried in mud Sunday pulled three bodies from a hot springs inn, bringing the death toll to nine after a powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Japan quake death toll climbs to 9
Soldiers fighting through a torrent of mud and rocks dug three bodies from a hot spring resort Sunday, bringing the death toll from a magnitude 7.2-earthquake in northern Japan to at least nine, with more than 200 injured...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Flooding in China kills 55 1 million flee
At least 55 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Reports Floods in China kill 57 1 million flee
At least 57 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Anti-US cleric shifts strategy for Iraq elections
Followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will run candidates on other party tickets in upcoming Iraqi provincial elections, a top aide said Sunday, in an apparent bid to sidestep what they believe is a government campaign against their movement...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Taiwan ships enter Japan waters
Nine Taiwanese coast guard vessels entered Japanese waters Monday near disputed islands in the East China Sea to accompany a ship of protesters angry over the sinking nearby of a Taiwanese fishing boat, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 10
Soldiers digging through the wreckage of a hot spring resort buried in a landslide discovered the body of one of the missing Monday, bringing the death toll in the weekend quake to 10, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Southern China flooding kills 57, more rain ahead
Massive flooding across a broad stretch of southern China killed almost 60 people and forced 1.3 million others from their homes, state media reported Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Report Japan quake toll rises to 10
Soldiers digging through the wreckage of a hot spring resort buried in a landslide discovered the body of one of the missing Monday, bringing the death toll in the weekend quake to 10, news reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
UN plans Myanmar anti-dengue operation
The United Nations plans to launch a massive anti-dengue campaign this week in cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar where mosquitoes that carry the disease have become a major concern, an official said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Authorities Israel kills 3 Gaza militants
Israeli strikes in southern Gaza killed three Palestinian gunmen Monday and injured three others, militants said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
UK raises terror alert level in UAE
The British government has raised its terror warning to the highest level for its citizens living in the United Arab Emirates, an embassy spokesman said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Iraqi president flies to US for medical check
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is on his way to the United States for medical treatment...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
UK Zimbabwe should accept monitors
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says international monitors should be sent to Zimbabwe to ensure the presidential election is free and fair...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Phoenix takes close look at Mars soil
UK scientist Dr Tom Pike describes the moment the Phoenix lander obtained its first scoop of Martian soil for analysis...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Incredible Hulk powers to the top
The remake of The Incredible Hulk powers its way to the top of the US box office, figures show...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
UK hacker's case before Law Lords
A man fighting US extradition for allegedly carrying out a "military computer hack" takes his case to the House of Lords...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Barclays considers new share sale
Banking group Barclays says it is "actively considering" selling shares to investors to raise cash...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
EU must give Ireland time - Brown
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says EU leaders should give Ireland "time to reflect" on their EU treaty vote...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Lib Dems would replace some tests
Some national tests would be scrapped and the curriculum slimmed down by a Lib Dem government...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Bush and Brown's warning to Iran
Gordon Brown and George Bush warn Iran to accept their "offers of partnership" or face international isolation...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
'Three dead' in fresh Gaza clash
Israel's military says it has killed three Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip as they were trying to plant a bomb near the border...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
South Korea-US beef talks back on
In a last-ditch move, South Korea and the US resume talks aimed at modifying a controversial beef agreement...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Nato reviews Ukraine entry hopes
A top Nato delegation starts a two-day tour of Ukraine to discuss the country's membership bid...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Pakistan protests to Afghan envoy
Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan is summoned after Kabul threatens to send troops across the border...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Muslim community looks for home
Muslims in Wrexham, who are having to pray in an old portable building, say they would like to find a new site...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Bush ready to touch down in NI
US President George W Bush is set to arrive in Northern Ireland as part of his farewell tour of Europe before leaving office...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
UN envoy due for Zimbabwe talks
A top UN official is due in Zimbabwe amid continuing political violence ahead of this month's presidential run-off...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
People's palace
Former king's home becomes a museum in Nepal...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Man in court over girl's shooting
A man appears in court charged in connection with the shooting of a 16-year-old girl in Manchester...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Feelings spared
Little naming and shaming in new Africa report...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Man Utd open up against Newcastle
Premier League champions Man Utd begin their title defence against Newcastle on the opening weekend of the new season...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Mediate & Woods set for play-off
Veteran Rocco Mediate will go head-to-head with Tiger Woods in an 18-hole play-off for the US Open title at 1600 BST...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Uefa Cup violence 'started early'
An official report into the Uefa Cup Final finds evidence of anti-social behaviour eight hours before kick-off...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
'No quick fix' to Irish No vote
The Irish foreign minister says it is too early to seek a solution to the Irish rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty, ahead of talks...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Death charge footballer in court
A footballer appears in court accused of causing the deaths of two children by dangerous driving...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Father and children found dead
Inquiries continue into the deaths of two children and a man, believed to be their father, found in a car in a beauty spot...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
'Hostage stand-off' in Dutch city
An unknown number of people are taken hostage in the city hall in Almelo, the Netherlands, says news agency ANP...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
UK says UAE terror risk is 'high'
British nationals in the United Arab Emirates have been warned there is now a high risk of a terror attack there...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
UK set to increase Afghan troops
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says UK troop numbers in Afghanistan are to be increased to their highest level yet...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Talks over tanker pay row resume
Fresh talks to try to resolve the Shell fuel tanker drivers' dispute are taking place, as petrol supplies are affected...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Paraguays Lugo names Cabinet chief
President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when he takes office on Aug. 15...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Bush says one thing, meant another
Civil War. Cold War.Perhaps weary of travel, President Bush said one thing but meant the other Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Bush says West must stand with Afghanistan
President Bush says Europe and the United States must ensure that Afghanistan is never again a safe haven for terrorists...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Forecast for lower flood crest at Iowa City
Displaced residents trickled back into the hardest-hit areas of Cedar Rapids on Sunday for their first up-close look at flood devastation, while a forecast of an earlier and lower flood crest at Iowa River sparked hope that the university city would escape a similar fate...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Revival of South Pacific takes 5 Tonys
The lavish revival of "South Pacific" took five prizes, including director of a musical, and "Boeing-Boeing, a 1960s sex farce filled with slamming doors and eager stewardesses, was named best-revival play, as the 2008 Tony Awards got under way Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Saunders, Angels blank Braves 2-0 to avoid sweep
Casey Kotchman homered, Joe Saunders pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a sweep with a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Saunders, Angels shut down Braves in 2-0 win
Casey Kotchman homered, Joe Saunders pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a sweep with a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Lakers lead Celtics 55-52 at halftime of Game 5
Kobe Bryant scored 15 points in the first quarter, but Paul Pierce had 16 in the second, and the Los Angeles Lakers, trying to avoid elimination, led the Boston Celtics 55-52 on Sunday night in Game 5 of the NBA finals...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Memorable quotes from Tony winners and presenters
Quotes from Tony Award winners and presenters at the 62nd annual Tonys Sunday at Radio City Music Hall...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Icahn lambastes corporate culture, CEOs
Billionaire financier Carl Icahn said he no longer has to watch "Saturday Night Live" if he wants a good laugh _ he just has to go to a company board meeting...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
McCain cancels fundraiser with controversial Texan
Questions from the media prompted Republican John McCain to cancel a fundraiser at the home of a Texas oilman who once joked that women should give in while being raped...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Obama says he would cut taxes for middle class
Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Rising star Logano wins Natinwides Meijer 300
Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
At least 4 dead, 7 missing in Japans 7.2 quake
A magnitude-7.2 earthquake ripped across mountains and rice fields in northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least four people as it sheared off hillsides, jolted buildings and shook nuclear power plants. At least 10 people were missing...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Lohse helps Cards rebound, beat Phillies 3-2
Kyle Lohse pitched a season-high eight innings of four-hit ball and Adam Kennedy hit a two-run home run, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rebound from their worst loss at 3-year-old Busch Stadium with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Argentine farmers return to barricades
Thousands of Argentine farmers protesting grain export tax hikes returned to road blockades and suspended exports on Sunday, angry over a police crackdown at a barricade the day before...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Apple to introduce faster new iPhone
Apple Inc. has unveiled an upgraded iPhone with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Receding Cedar Rapids flood reveals wide damage
Receding water revealed widespread damage Sunday caused by a record flood crest, while other Iowa cities faced rivers that were still rising...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Karzai Ill send troops to Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a warning to militants in Pakistan, saying he will send Afghan troops across the border to combat Taliban insurgents...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Japan quake rescuers fight aftershocks
Soldiers fought their way through a torrent of mud and rocks at a hot spring Sunday, where several people were believed buried after a magnitude 7.2-earthquake hit the mountains of northern Japan, killing at least seven and injuring more than 200...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
15 killed in hunt for escaped inmates
U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents during a hunt for inmates who fled prison after a sophisticated Taliban attack that set hundreds free, while Afghan forces recaptured 20 prisoners, officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Forecast for lower flood crest at Iowa City
Displaced residents trickled back into the hardest-hit areas of Cedar Rapids on Sunday for their first up-close look at flood devastation, while a forecast of an earlier and lower flood crest at Iowa River sparked hope that the university city would escape a similar fate...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Japan quake death toll climbs to 9
Soldiers fighting through a torrent of mud and rocks dug three bodies from a hot spring resort Sunday, bringing the death toll from a magnitude 7.2-earthquake in northern Japan to at least nine, with more than 200 injured...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Flooding in China kills 55 1 million flee
At least 55 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Karzai Ill send troops after Pakistan insurgents
Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Karzai threatens to send forces into Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
France sees 3 Fs as economic challenge
Crises involving finance, food and fuel _ the three Fs _ are buffeting Asia and Europe, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Anti-US cleric shifts strategy for Iraq elections
Followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will run candidates on other party tickets in upcoming Iraqi provincial elections, a top aide said Sunday, in an apparent bid to sidestep what they believe is a government campaign against their movement...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Japan earthquake death toll climbs to 9
Rescue teams digging their way through a ravine buried in mud Sunday pulled three bodies from a hot springs inn, bringing the death toll to nine after a powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony
The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Reports Floods in China kill 57 1 million flee
At least 57 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
News reports Japan, China agree on gas deal
Japan and China have agreed on a gas exploration deal in the East China Sea, striking a compromise in the long dispute, news reports said Monday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Court OKs retrial for Australian terror suspect
An Australian terrorism suspect on Monday lost his bid to avoid a retrial on charges that he received money from al-Qaida...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Officials Talks between Israel, Syria resume
Israeli officials said Sunday that indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria have resumed, with Turkish mediation...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Finnish man kills 2 adult daughters, wife, self
An 88-year-old man on Sunday killed his two disabled adult daughters and shot his bedridden wife before turning the gun on himself in northern Finland, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Chemical Ali on trial denies killing civilians
A cousin and top deputy of Saddam Hussein on Sunday denied opening fire on Iraqi civilians during a Shiite uprising in 1991 but acknowledged executing an Iranian national accused of sabotage...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Israel to decide on prisoner swap with Lebanon
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has concluded that Israel should swap the perpetrator of a notorious guerrilla attack for two Israeli soldiers held in Lebanon since 2006, a senior government official confirmed on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 12 police
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a police building Monday in northern Sri Lanka, killing 12 police officers and wounding 23 other people, the military said...
Southern Ledger - June 16, 2008
Fears over insolvencies
The number of UK firms becoming insolvent in the next two years may be worse than expected, a report says...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
'Hunger hormone' depression link
High levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin have an antidepressant effect, US researchers claim...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
No deal at S Korea-US beef talks
Talks between South Korea and the US aimed at renegotiating a controversial beef deal end without agreement...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Jazz champion Svensson dies at 44
The Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson dies in a scuba diving accident at the age of 44...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Pakistan rebuffs Karzai warning
Pakistan warns it will not tolerate border violations after Hamid Karzai says he is ready to send troops after militants...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Violence 'spreads to Harare area'
Political violence in the campaign for Zimbabwe's presidential run-off spreads near Harare, reports say...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
In pictures
Shards of shattered lives at Chinese quake museum...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Woods takes US Open to play-off
Tiger Woods birdies the last to force an 18-hole US Open play-off against fellow American Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines on Monday...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Clouds remain
Problems linger as Kosovo constitution comes into force...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Staying afloat
The human cost of the Yorkshire floods revealed...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
On the front line
Jeremy Bowen on how war reporters deal with danger...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Scots 'twice as likely to kill'
New research suggests alcohol and drug misuse means Scots are more likely to take their own lives...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Rescued baby birds taught to sing - with CDs of the dawn chorus
Baby birds cared for in RSPCA centres are being taught to sing by listening to CD recordings of the dawn chorus...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Italian TV condom prankster faces jail unless he behaves
Prolific Italian TV prankster and condom advocate Gabriele Paolini faces a prison sentence unless he behaves...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Youth justice chief calls for less custody
The new head of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales urges courts to make more use of community penalties...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
EU meeting on Irish No aftermath
EU foreign ministers gather for talks on how to respond to the Irish rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Killed reporters' memorial to be unveiled
A memorial to journalists killed while on assignment is to be inaugurated by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Brown and Bush in talks at No 10
Gordon Brown and George W Bush hold formal talks on the second day of the US president's two-day visit to the UK...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
CBI cuts UK growth forecast again
UK economic growth will slow to its lowest level since 1992 next year, employers' organisation the CBI warns...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
Talks to resume in Shell dispute
Fresh talks to try to resolve the Shell fuel tanker drivers' dispute are to take place, as supplies at more petrol stations run out...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
NHS trusts 'failing on hygiene'
A quarter of NHS trusts in England are failing to meet key standards in hygiene, a watchdog has revealed...
BBC News - June 16, 2008
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