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Global News Archive for July 2008:
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Police Man kills woman, self in Missouri mall
A man shot and killed a woman in a shopping mall outside St. Louis on Wednesday and then killed himself, police said. The pair were cousins, according to a man who said he was a relative...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Birmingham votes to rename airport for King aide
Directors voted Wednesday to rename the airport in this once-strictly segregated city for a civil rights leader who staged demonstrations alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
DeBakey remembered as medical pioneer, good friend
Pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey was remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as not only a brilliant physician and medical innovator but also a friend and humanitarian...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Kimmel, ABC get laughs out of Lenos future gig
Jimmy Kimmel can joke about how his late-night job might be affected when Jay Leno becomes a free agent _ at least when his ABC boss and hundreds of reporters are around...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Biopsy for kidney removed from James Levine
A biopsy will be performed on the kidney that was removed this week from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Orchestra music director James Levine, his brother said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
6th body pulled from Calif. canal after crash
A sixth body was pulled from a rural, central California canal Wednesday after a collision between a septic truck and a sport utility vehicle carrying farm workers from a peach orchard. A seventh victim remained missing and is presumed dead...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Obama warns against fighting the last war
Democrat Barack Obama warned Wednesday about the danger of "fighting the last war" as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Inflation watch Consumer prices jump in June
Prices for a quart of milk, a plane ticket and a host of other products rose in June at nearly the fastest pace in a generation _ yet another economic shock wave that alarmed analysts and took a bite out of the buying power of Americans...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
FBI investigates possible loan fraud at IndyMac
The Associated Press has learned that now-defunct IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is under investigation for possible fraud in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Boy band promoter ordered to repay victims $300M
Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
As economy dominates, Obama, McCain seek answers
The economy is deteriorating so quickly and dramatically that it threatens to overtake many proposals the presidential candidates have been offering for months...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain tells NAACP hell back school vouchers
John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Student grifter admits $116K fraud in Pa. ID theft
A 22-year-old woman will probably face six years in prison after admitting Monday that she and her boyfriend pulled off a brazen identity-theft scheme that funded trips, fancy dinners and expensive salon visits...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bodies of 8 sought in Calif. canal after crash
Divers are looking for the bodies of eight people who plunged into a California irrigation canal after a traffic accident...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US unveils new rule on airplane fuel tanks
Federal transportation officials announced a new rule Wednesday aimed at preventing fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 almost exactly 12 years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysia opposition leader arrested in sodomy case
Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday on suspicion that he sodomized a male aide, pre-empting his voluntary appearance at the police headquarters to answer the allegation...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Lebanese militant released in Israel prisoner swap
Israel freed a notorious Lebanese attacker and four others Wednesday after Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of Israel soldiers, a dramatic prisoner swap that closes a painful chapter from the 2006 war in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Militant Samir Kantar enters Lebanon in swap
Lebanese militant Samir Kantar and four other prisoners have crossed into a buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel Bodies turned over are Israeli soldiers
Israeli defense officials say forensics experts have positively identified the remains of two soldiers released by Hezbollah guerrillas...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Freed Lebanese prisoners welcomed in Beirut
Five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel have flown into Beirut airport for an official welcome by the president and his government...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cambodia says it will meet Thais on border dispute
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to avert a clash over a disputed temple site, a Cambodian minister said Wednesday, as hundreds of soldiers from both countries faced off in "disputed border territory."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US hands over control of province to Iraqis
American-led forces handed over control of a province south of Baghdad to the Iraqi government on Wednesday, reflecting the improvement in security across the country...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US abandons Afghan outpost where 9 troops died
U.S. troops abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine of their comrades this week, officials said Wednesday, in another sign of the struggle facing foreign and Afghan security forces strung out along the mountainous border...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
New sport combines boxing and chess
Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent with a blow to the chin in the second round. But he had to take the queen to win the match...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Colombia Red Cross symbol wrongly used in rescue
A member of the military mission that tricked Colombian rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the International Red Cross during the operation, President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday. His government apologized to the Red Cross for the incident, which Uribe called an unauthorized error by a nervous soldier...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Car bomb in Iraq kills 18, including children
A car bomb killed at least seven children and 11 other people in a northern city, providing a reminder that militants still can cause casualties despite security improvements that led U.S. troops to return a southern province to Iraqi control Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
A look at papal travel
POPE BENEDICT XVI:Pope Benedict XVI has made nine foreign pilgrimages since assuming the papacy in 2005, the same number as his predecessor John Paul II during the first three years of his papacy...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
A look at Israeli-Lebanese prisoner swaps
A look at Israeli-Lebanese prisoner swaps:_ July 16, 2008: Israel frees five militants and begins returning 199 bodies of dead Lebanese and Palestinian fighters in return for remains of two Israeli soldiers held by Hezbollah...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Freed Lebanese prisoners at a glance
A look at five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel on Wednesday as part of an exchange deal with Hezbollah:...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Another peacekeeper shot and killed in Darfur
U.N. officials say another peacekeeper with the United Nations-African Union force has been shot and killed...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Sea die-out blamed on volcanoes
Undersea volcanic activity has been blamed for a mass extinction in the seas 93 million years ago...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Equitable's regulators denounced
Ministers are told to set up a compensation fund for Equitable Life policyholders and apologise for past regulatory failures...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
'Wide variations' in Ritalin use
Prescribing rates for the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug Ritalin vary widely across England, figures show...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Mother's mental health petition
A woman whose son was among a series of apparent suicides in Bridgend county petitions for improved services...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Clean is mean
Engine makers meet calls for more fuel efficient planes...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Man due in court over Moira death
A 32-year-old man is returned to Scotland from Slovakia in connection with the murder of Moira Jones...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Life as an illegal
A hidden community revealed by secret cameras...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Acting responsibly
How has Cameron's call to black fathers been received?...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Plans to legalise prostitution for S Africa World Cup condemned
Religious groups in South Africa condemn proposals to legalise prostitution ahead of the 2010 World Cup...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Birkdale braced for Open battle
The Open starts at Royal Birkdale on Thursday with the 156-man field chasing the Claret Jug in the absence of Tiger Woods...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Witness anonymity bill is passed
Emergency legislation to allow witnesses in sensitive criminal trials to give evidence anonymously clears Parliament...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Crime safety advice issued to men
Crime safety charity the Suzy Lamplugh Trust has issued advice to men for the first time...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Beirut welcomes freed prisoners
Hezbollah's leader gives a personal welcome in Beirut to militants released by Israel in return for two soldiers' remains...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Migrant criminal network exposed
A network of criminality in one of the UK's largest illegal immigrant communities is exposed by a BBC News investigation...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges
The singer and guitarist for the band Barenaked Ladies has been arrested on drug charges in upstate New York...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Release denied for dying Charles Manson follower
Nearly 40 years ago, Susan Atkins was a leading character in one of the most horrific chapters in California history...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Boy band promoter ordered to repay victims $300M
Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bernanke Fannie, Freddie in no danger of failing
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in "no danger of failing."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Stocks jump on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
Wall Street turned higher Wednesday as another drop in oil prices helped offset concerns about a jump in inflation last month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 100 points...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain at NAACP pledges more education options
John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Potential veeps joining Obama for security talk
Barack Obama is meeting with two potential running mates amid a push to outline his vision for Iraq and U.S. foreign policy elsewhere...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain pledging to NAACP more education options
John McCain is telling the NAACP that he will expand education opportunities for children in failing schools...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Penn. mayor fights to keep immigration issue alive
Mayor Lou Barletta, whose bid to unseat a 12-term congressman is based largely on his reputation as an anti-illegal immigration crusader, is trying to keep his signature issue alive even as voters turn their attention to the troubled economy and sky-high gas prices...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Delta, AMR swing to loss, beat Wall Street view
Delta Air Lines Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a hefty loss in the second quarter despite a strong increase in sales, pushing its red ink to more than $7 billion since the start of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Stocks rise on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
Wall Street turned higher Wednesday as another drop in oil prices helped offset concerns about a jump in inflation last month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 100 points...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bodies of 8 sought in Calif. canal after crash
Divers are looking for the bodies of eight people who plunged into a California irrigation canal after a traffic accident...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Student grifter admits $116K fraud in Pa. ID theft
A 22-year-old woman will probably face six years in prison after admitting Monday that she and her boyfriend pulled off a brazen identity-theft scheme that funded trips, fancy dinners and expensive salon visits...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel moves prisoners, bodies ahead of swap
Israel moved five Lebanese prisoners to a military base near the Lebanese border before dawn Wednesday, preparing to trade them for two Israeli soldiers captured by Lebanese guerrillas two years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
100,000 Catholics gather for youth event in Sydney
More than 100,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims from around the world swarmed Sydney Harbor on Tuesday, waving the flags of their countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Rallies split Argentina before tax vote
Tens of thousands of Argentine farmers and government supporters staged dueling protests Tuesday ahead of a Senate vote on a package of grain-export taxes that generated months of bitter farm strikes...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bertha becomes longest lived July storm
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Hezbollah gives coffins to Israel tests under way
Lebanese guerrillas on Wednesday handed over two black coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers whose capture started a war, as a prisoner exchange with Israel got under way...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel tries to identify dead soldiers in swap
The Israeli army says forensics teams have begun tests to identify two bodies turned over by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Hezbollah hands over coffins in prisoner swap
Lebanese guerrillas on Wednesday turned over to the Red Cross two black coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers captured two years ago, as a prisoner exchange with Israel got under way...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Olmerts woes raise questions of ties to US Jews
A New York fundraiser and a Las Vegas gambling czar have become major headaches for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, raising new questions about the relationship between Jewish Americans and the Jewish state...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack
Afghan police say U.S. troops have pulled out of a remote base where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysia opposition leader arrested in sodomy case
Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday on suspicion that he sodomized a male aide, pre-empting his voluntary appearance at the police headquarters to answer the allegation...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Lebanese militant released in Israel prisoner swap
Israel freed a notorious Lebanese attacker and four others Wednesday after Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of Israel soldiers, a dramatic prisoner swap that closes a painful chapter from the 2006 war in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Militant Samir Kantar enters Lebanon in swap
Lebanese militant Samir Kantar and four other prisoners have crossed into a buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel Bodies turned over are Israeli soldiers
Israeli defense officials say forensics experts have positively identified the remains of two soldiers released by Hezbollah guerrillas...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Pirates raid Norwegian ship in Nigerian waters
Armed pirates hijacked a Norwegian ship off southern Nigeria on Wednesday, roughing up the crew but releasing them after two hours, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Freed Lebanese prisoners welcomed in Beirut
Five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel have flown into Beirut airport for an official welcome by the president and his government...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cambodia says it will meet Thais on border dispute
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to avert a clash over a disputed temple site, a Cambodian minister said Wednesday, as hundreds of soldiers from both countries faced off in "disputed border territory."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US hands over control of province to Iraqis
American-led forces handed over control of a province south of Baghdad to the Iraqi government on Wednesday, reflecting the improvement in security across the country...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Roman holidays go snack-free at monuments
Cappuccino by the Trevi Fountain? Gelato on the Spanish Steps? Such small delights have run afoul of the guardians of Rome...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Sri Lankan military Soldiers capture rebel base
Sri Lankan soldiers captured a key naval base used by the Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern part of the country, the military said Wednesday, a day after fighting in the region reportedly killed 51 rebels and a soldier...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
India scales down briefing on nuclear monitoring
India has scaled down and moved a briefing with the International Atomic Energy Agency on monitoring of its nuclear sites, diplomats said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Indian police say at least 20 die in rebel attack
At least 20 special commando police officers were killed Wednesday when their vehicle struck a land mine planted by communist rebels in eastern India, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Brand apologises for prank call
Comedian Russell Brand apologises for making a hoax call to the police during a show on stage in Northampton...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
MPs vote to review expenses rules
MPs take a step towards reforming their controversial system of expenses for second homes...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Irish wary of 'second vote' idea
Irish ministers look askance at the French president's remark that the Republic of Ireland should vote again on the Lisbon Treaty...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Death driver's sentence increase
The Court of Appeal increases the sentence of a teenage drunk driver who killed two men in County Down...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Thousands flee Nigerian militants
Thousands of people have fled the Niger Delta town of Bonny after militants threaten to "behead" residents...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Court seeks to stay US executions
The US is advised not to execute five Mexican nationals on death row by the International Court of Justice in the Hague...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Saudi king appeals for tolerance
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia calls on all faiths to turn from extremism at the opening of an interfaith conference in Madrid...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Lambeth diary
Can the Anglicans avoid the awkward issue of sexuality?...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Pair guilty in river murder case
Two 18-year-old men are found guilty of murdering a teenager who was beaten and thrown into a Bedfordshire river...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Police hunt flat fire arsonists
Officers are investigating a flat fire in which 13 residents were evacuated in the middle of the night...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Weather quiz
When was the last month with zero hours of sunshine?...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Olympic Map
Explore Beijing's key venues...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
New-look English Twenty20 agreed
English cricket is to be given a major overhaul with a new Twenty20 English Premier League to start in 2010...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Test pupils were marked 'absent'
Test papers are being returned to schools unmarked - with pupils wrongly recorded as having been absent...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Ronnie Wood is admitted to rehab
Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood is admitted to rehab, a spokeswoman for the star confirms...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Anger over beauty queen who was pretty, but not from Runcorn
A beauty queen who won a pageant in a town almost 100 miles a way, sparks a row with the locals...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Soham inquiry changes 'not made'
The government is criticised for failing to implement more than a third of the recommendations made after the Soham murders...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Betancourt rescuer wore Red Cross
Colombia's president says a Red Cross symbol was worn by one of the military team that freed 15 hostages from Farc rebels...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Brown defends fuel duty decision
The planned 2p fuel duty rise is postponed - but Gordon Brown denies the move is linked to next week's by-election...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Israel swaps prisoners for bodies
Hezbollah hands over the bodies of two captured Israeli soldiers, in return for five Lebanese prisoners and other militants' bodies...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Bo Derek appointed to Calif. horse racing board
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named Bo Derek to a state commission overseeing horse racing...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Release denied for dying Charles Manson follower
Nearly 40 years ago, Susan Atkins was a leading character in one of the most horrific chapters in California history...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 11
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and Aaron Cook wriggled out of two jams to keep the All-Star game tied at 3 on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges
The singer and guitarist for the band Barenaked Ladies has been arrested on drug charges in upstate New York...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
William Petersens CSI life of crime to end
William Petersen is leaving "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
New Ark. effort connecting farmers, tourists
Arkansas wants to give tourists a taste of the farm experience, and is encouraging more of its farmers to start selling it...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain pledging to NAACP more education options
John McCain is telling the NAACP that he will expand education opportunities for children in failing schools...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Penn. mayor fights to keep immigration issue alive
Mayor Lou Barletta, whose bid to unseat a 12-term congressman is based largely on his reputation as an anti-illegal immigration crusader, is trying to keep his signature issue alive even as voters turn their attention to the troubled economy and sky-high gas prices...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Inflation numbers due Stocks, oil hold steady
Investors get another reading on inflation today, this time for consumers, and the Federal Reserve reports on industrial production. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies for a second day before Congress amid a backdrop of fading confidence in the U.S. economy. Stocks are headed for a moderately lower open, and oil prices are steady this morning...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Chesapeake watermen fear blue crab not coming back
Chesapeake Bay crabber Paul Kellam has advice for the teenage boys who help tend his traps every summer: You better have a backup plan...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bodies of 8 sought in Calif. canal after crash
Divers are looking for the bodies of eight people who plunged into a California irrigation canal after a traffic accident...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Oil steady after plunging more than $6
Oil prices were steady Wednesday in Asia after plummeting more than $6 a barrel in the previous session on expectations a weakening U.S. economy will undermine crude demand...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
UN body lets China import African ivory
A U.N. panel granted China permission Tuesday to import elephant ivory from African government stockpiles despite opposition from some countries and environmental groups...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Feeding Africa Key is better farms, not food aid
Hussein Ibrahim walked solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US Navy 30 tons of drugs seized in Gulf
Coalition warships seized 30 tons of narcotics over the past five months on Gulf patrols, cutting off possible funds for insurgents in Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy said in a statement Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Lawyer British airline plot was just a stunt
The alleged ringleader of a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners in mid-air is guilty only of planning a childish stunt to make a political point, his lawyer said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bermuda launches cleanup as storm heads to sea
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
For Israel, prisoner swap evokes raw memories
Moshe Sasson felt the gun pressed against his head, a Lebanese assailant poised to shoot, when the lights in the hall of his apartment building suddenly went out, allowing him to escape and take cover under a car...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
For Israel, prisoner swap evokes tough memories
Moshe Sasson felt the gun pressed against his head, a Lebanese assailant poised to shoot, when the lights in the hall of his apartment building suddenly went out, allowing him to escape and take cover under a car...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
28 killed in twin suicide attacks in Iraqi city
Scattered sandals and overturned bicycles were all that remained hours after suicide bombers struck the Saad military camp...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack
Afghan police say U.S. troops have pulled out of a remote base where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel moves prisoners, bodies ahead of swap
Israel moved five Lebanese prisoners to a military base near the Lebanese border before dawn Wednesday, preparing to trade them for two Israeli soldiers captured by Lebanese guerrillas two years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
100,000 Catholics gather for youth event in Sydney
More than 100,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims from around the world swarmed Sydney Harbor on Tuesday, waving the flags of their countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Rallies split Argentina before tax vote
Tens of thousands of Argentine farmers and government supporters staged dueling protests Tuesday ahead of a Senate vote on a package of grain-export taxes that generated months of bitter farm strikes...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bertha becomes longest lived July storm
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Hezbollah gives coffins to Israel tests under way
Lebanese guerrillas on Wednesday handed over two black coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers whose capture started a war, as a prisoner exchange with Israel got under way...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel tries to identify dead soldiers in swap
The Israeli army says forensics teams have begun tests to identify two bodies turned over by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Hezbollah hands over coffins in prisoner swap
Lebanese guerrillas on Wednesday turned over to the Red Cross two black coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers captured two years ago, as a prisoner exchange with Israel got under way...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Olmerts woes raise questions of ties to US Jews
A New York fundraiser and a Las Vegas gambling czar have become major headaches for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, raising new questions about the relationship between Jewish Americans and the Jewish state...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
New Zealand teen saved from hunting dogs
A motorist saved a teenager being savaged by snarling pack of pig hunting dogs in New Zealand by pulling him into the safety of her car, police said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Russias Khodorkovsky asks for parole in Russia
The lawyers for jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky say they have asked for his parole...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Khodorkovsky asks for parole in Russia
The lawyers for jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky say they have asked for his parole...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Germanys Schroeder to attend Olympic opening
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plans to attend the opening of the Beijing Olympics next month, his office said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Saudi-backed interfaith meeting starts
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was kicking off an interfaith conference in Madrid on Wednesday _ an effort to bring Muslims, Christians and Jews closer together amid a world that often puts the three faiths at odds...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Japanese bus hijacked, passengers safe
An intercity bus was hijacked Wednesday by a knife-wielding teenager, but all passengers were freed soon afterward unharmed, police and local media said...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
10th Iraqi province handed over
Coalition forces have handed the Iraqi government control of a province south of Baghdad, reflecting security improvements across the country...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
A look at previous Israeli-Lebanese prisoner swaps
A look at previous Israeli-Lebanese prisoner swaps:...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Police warning after Brand 'hoax'
Police urge people not to make hoax phone calls after an on-stage prank in Northampton by comedian Russell Brand...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Bank accounts 'not working well'
Personal current accounts are not working well for consumers, a study by the Office of Fair Trading finds...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
LIVE: Prime minister's questions
The key points, expert reaction and your comments as Gordon Brown faces his last PM's questions before the summer...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Balls: 'Exam delays unacceptable'
Schools Secretary Ed Balls tells MPs lessons must be learned from problems with this year's marking of Sats tests...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim arrested
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is arrested over allegations of sodomy, in a move that elevates political tensions...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Irish unfazed over 'second vote'
The Irish government reacts coolly to the French president's remark that the Republic of Ireland should vote again on the Lisbon Treaty...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
US troops abandon Afghan outpost
American troops abandon a remote village in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine US soldiers on Sunday...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
13 people rescued from flat fire
Police are investigating a flat fire which led to 13 residents having to be evacuated in the middle of the night...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Man's family gets body site 'map'
The family of a Crossmaglen man missing for 29 years are given a map showing where his body might be...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Washington diary
Matt Frei on why Obama needs some jokes of his own...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Anglican voices
Six Anglicans discuss issues facing the Church...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Male nurse 'abused' 23 patients
Poor management allowed a male nurse to manipulate 23 women patients into sexual relationships, an inquiry concludes...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Son admits father's 'bin murder'
A 29-year-old son admits murdering his 70-year-old father and dumping his body in a bin in Aberdeenshire...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Prematurely aged
Stewart's body suffers from his hard partying...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Blade tip
Would taking points off kitchen knives stop stab deaths?...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Injury hits Harrington's Open bid
Padraig Harrington's hopes of defending his Open title are in the balance after he quits his practice round after just two shots because of a wrist injury...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Hleb set to seal Barcelona switch
Arsenal's Alexander Hleb undergoes a medical ahead of a move to Barcelona...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
UK jobless level increases again
Unemployment in the UK rises by 12,000 to 1.62 million from March to May the Office for National Statistics says...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
TA soldiers wear uniforms to work
Territorial Army soldiers from across the UK attend their day jobs in their military uniforms to mark the TA's centenary...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Nine to Five musical bound for Broadway
Country star Dolly Parton writes songs for a Broadway musical based on the 1980 film Nine to Five...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Canoe man 'begged to come home'
A man who faked his own death cried and begged his wife to let him come home, a court hears...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
£6bn to target M-way congestion
The government says it plans to invest £6bn to tackle motorway congestion across England...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Co-op in £1.57bn Somerfield deal
Manchester-based Co-op, the UK's fifth largest supermarket chain, agrees to buy smaller rival Somerfield for £1.57bn...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Fuel duty increase is postponed
The planned 2p rise in fuel duty set for October is to be postponed because of soaring oil prices, the chancellor says...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Mid-East prisoner swap under way
Israel and Hezbollah begin a prisoner swap after Lebanese militants hand over what they say are two Israeli bodies...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
8 feared dead in Calif. canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into a swift canal where divers spent much of the day searching for their bodies...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
DC approves new gun laws prompted by court ruling
The District of Columbia Council approved new firearms legislation Tuesday that will allow residents to begin applying for handgun permits this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Woman gets nearly 11 years for NY adoption fraud
A woman who lied to adopt 11 disabled children whom authorities say she abused while she raked in more than $1 million in subsidies was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Longorias double sends All-Star game to extras
Evan Longoria hit an RBI double off Billy Wagner with two outs in the eighth inning, pulling the American League into a 3-all tie with the NL and sending the All-Star game into extra innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bo Derek appointed to Calif. horse racing board
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named Bo Derek to a state commission overseeing horse racing...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Al Reynolds still very much loves Star Jones
Al Reynolds continues to have a soft spot for Star Jones, despite their impending divorce...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
7 feared dead in Calif. canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into an irrigation canal where seven people were feared dead...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain assailed for opposing adoptions by gays
Advocates for gay and lesbian parents are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cook escapes jam to send All-Star game to the 11th
Aaron Cook escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the 10th inning, keeping the All-Star game tied at 3 on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Tampa Bay rookie Evan Longoria hit an RBI double off Billy Wagner with two outs in the eighth, pulling the American League into a 3-all tie...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
VA to advertise its suicide hot line program
The Veterans Affairs Department announced a new advertising campaign on Tuesday that targets veterans at risk for suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Downturn gains steam as inflation roars ahead
The U.S. economic downturn gained steam Tuesday, with a report of the highest inflation since the early 1980s, more bad news for banks and automakers and a suggestion by the Federal Reserve chief that worse days are ahead...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Obama, McCain Sharpen their dispute over Iraq war
The two major presidential rivals sharpened their long-standing dispute over the Iraq War on Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama calling it a costly distraction that must end while Republican Sen. John McCain insisted it is a conflict the United States has to win...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 11
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and Aaron Cook wriggled out of two jams to keep the All-Star game tied at 3 on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Oil steady after plunging more than $6
Oil prices were steady Wednesday in Asia after plummeting more than $6 a barrel in the previous session on expectations a weakening U.S. economy will undermine crude demand...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
A-Rods wife seeks evidence of star spying on her
The wife of Alex Rodriguez wants to know if the New York Yankees star hired private detectives or installed wiretaps installed to spy on her...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Damon, Matsui could be out longer than expected
Injured Yankees outfielders Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon could be sidelined longer than first expected...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
19 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Seven insurgents were killed in a military operation near where militants this week breached a U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Gitmo video offers glimpse of interrogations
A 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay sobs during his questioning, holding up his wounded arms and begging for help in a video released Tuesday that provided the first glimpse of interrogations at the U.S. military prison...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysia arrest warrant issued for Anwar
Malaysian police issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in connection with a sodomy accusation by a former male aide, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
For Israel, prisoner swap evokes tough memories
Moshe Sasson felt the gun pressed against his head, a Lebanese assailant poised to shoot, when the lights in the hall of his apartment building suddenly went out, allowing him to escape and take cover under a car...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
28 killed in twin suicide attacks in Iraqi city
Scattered sandals and overturned bicycles were all that remained hours after suicide bombers struck the Saad military camp...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
UN body lets China import African ivory
A U.N. panel granted China permission Tuesday to import elephant ivory from African government stockpiles despite opposition from some countries and environmental groups...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Feeding Africa Key is better farms, not food aid
Hussein Ibrahim walked solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Rallies split Argentina before tax vote
Tens of thousands of Argentine farmers and government supporters staged dueling protests Tuesday ahead of a Senate vote on a package of grain-export taxes that generated months of bitter farm strikes...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bertha becomes longest lived July storm
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US Navy 30 tons of drugs seized in Gulf
Coalition warships seized 30 tons of narcotics over the past five months on Gulf patrols, cutting off possible funds for insurgents in Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy said in a statement Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Lawyer British airline plot was just a stunt
The alleged ringleader of a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners in mid-air is guilty only of planning a childish stunt to make a political point, his lawyer said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bermuda launches cleanup as storm heads to sea
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
For Israel, prisoner swap evokes raw memories
Moshe Sasson felt the gun pressed against his head, a Lebanese assailant poised to shoot, when the lights in the hall of his apartment building suddenly went out, allowing him to escape and take cover under a car...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Canada deports US soldier who fled Iraq war duty
A U.S. Army deserter who fled to Canada three years ago was deported Tuesday to America, marking the first time a resister to the U.S war effort in Iraq has been removed by Canadian authorities...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
100,000 Catholics gather for youth event in Sydney
More than 100,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims from around the world swarmed Sydney Harbor on Tuesday, waving the flags of their countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Myanmar invites UN envoy
Myanmar is inviting a United Nations special envoy to visit in mid-August, for talks that are expected to focus on international efforts to bring political reforms to the Southeast Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Mexico sends 1,260 troops Sinaloa state
Mexico has deployed 1,260 more federal police to a gang-plagued northern state where shooting sprees have killed at least 19 people in the past week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Report Student sought in US to play in Serbia
A Serbian student wanted in the United States on assault charges signed a contract on Tuesday with a Serbian basketball team, a news agency said...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,120
As of Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at least 4,120 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 16, 2008
Boxes of Sats 'remained unmarked'
Despite promises that delayed Sats tests were now all marked, boxes of papers were left uncollected in a primary school...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Nintendo shows off new Wii add-on
Nintendo unveils a highly-sensitive motion controller add-on for its Wii system at the E3 conference in Los Angeles...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Parties to unveil expenses plans
Labour and the Conservatives will both unveil plans in the Commons to abolish so-called John Lewis list expenses...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Samsung boss guilty of tax fraud
The chairman of South Korean firm Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, is found guilty of tax evasion in Seoul...
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