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Smithsonian dishes the dirt on, well, dirt
Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Bush hails spirit, compassion of former spokesman
President Bush led a poignant tribute on Thursday to his friend and former spokesman, Tony Snow, who lost his public fight with cancer but never surrendered the spirit that defined his life...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Bush hails Tony Snows record of accomplishment
President Bush led a poignant tribute on Thursday to his friend and former spokesman, Tony Snow, who lost his public fight with cancer but never surrendered the spirit that defined his life...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
30 Rock nets 7 Emmy nominations for guest stars
An appearance on "30 Rock" may be the best gig in television...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Stephen Colbert to have spider named after him
Stephen Colbert has a big decision to make: Which spider species should bear his name?...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Afraid of laundry? You will be after reading this
Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Ashcroft Not hard to reject interrogation memos
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday "it was not a hard decision" to withdraw Justice Department legal opinions that approved the use of harsh interrogation methods which critics say amount to torture...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Wind, rain, then a break in weather at Open
The day started with howling wind and soaking rain. By afternoon, the showers had stopped and the breeze tailed off...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Wind and rain wreak havoc at British Open
Forget the leaderboard. No one dominated at Royal Birkdale like the whipping wind and soaking rain...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Despite sore wrist, Harrington holding up well
Despite a sore wrist, defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington is off to a promising start in the whipping wind and soaking rain at Royal Birkdale...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Harrington holding up well as British Open begins
Despite a sore wrist, defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington is off to a promising start in the whipping wind and soaking rain at Royal Birkdale...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Ailing Harrington tees off at British Open
In one of those charming English villages near Royal Birkdale Golf Club, the lamp posts are adorned with alternating pictures of Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington. One is home. The other is hurting...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Luxury without gambling Atlantic Citys next wave
One has a salt-water spa, two celebrity chef restaurants, twice daily maid visits, 330 rooms and zero slot machines...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Single-family building dips to slowest in 17 years
A beat-the-deadline rush to file permits for apartment construction in New York City lifted housing starts to unexpectedly high levels in June, but it was no cause for rejoicing. Construction of single-family homes nationwide fell to the slowest pace in 17 years...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Stocks end higher on falling energy prices
Wall Street has had its second straight big rally as tumbling energy prices and stronger-than-expected earnings reports have given investors a burst of optimism about the economy...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
McCain eyes longer gas tax reprieve to aid drivers
John McCain said Thursday that his proposal to suspend the gas tax for three months this summer may need to be extended longer if high gas prices continue to take a toll on the economy...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Nebraska man sues Jesse James over undelivered car
A Nebraska man has sued custom car and bike-maker Jesse James, claiming the former television host failed to deliver a custom automobile despite paying more $420,000...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Bush to attend funeral for Tony Snow
President Bush is honoring his former spokesman, Tony Snow, by recounting his experiences at the White House and offering prayers and continued support for his family...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Police Video taken of Brolin, Wright during brawl
Police said Wednesday they have video of a bar brawl in which members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie _ including actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright _ were arrested...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Wambachs broken leg mars US win over Brazil
On a night when the United States woman should have been eyeing the upcoming Olympics, they were dealt a crushing blow to their gold medal hopes when Abby Wambach broke her left leg...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Hollywood studios, SAG at impasse after meeting
Hollywood producers and the Screen Actors Guild failed to reach a contract agreement Wednesday after meeting privately for two hours. The sides have no further meetings planned...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
Olmerts lawyers attempt to discredit key witness
Lawyers representing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cross-examined an American businessman Thursday, hoping to undermine his allegations that Olmert illicitly accepted cash-stuffed envelopes from him to help fund a luxurious lifestyle...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Freed Lebanese say they will keep fighting Israel
Five militants freed as part of a prisoner swap with Israel prayed Thursday at the grave of a slain Hezbollah military commander, pledging to follow in his footsteps and keep fighting Israel...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Man named as suspect wins $1.2 million libel award
A man named by police as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won an apology and 600,000 pounds ($1.2 million) in libel damages Thursday from nearly a dozen British newspapers that claimed he was involved in her abduction...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Thousands at burials of returned Israeli soldiers
Thousands of mourners turned out Thursday for the burials of two Israeli soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanese guerrillas, laying to rest the young men whose unknown fate had riveted the Jewish state for two years...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Pakistan, US at odds over border bombing
U.S. and Pakistani investigators have reached "separate" conclusions about why warplanes killed 11 Pakistani troops at an outpost near the Afghan border, the Pakistan army said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
15 insurgents killed in raid in west Afghanistan
U.S. Special Forces and Afghan troops called in airstrikes during a raid on a militant cell in western Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 15 insurgents while freeing 15 hostages, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Al-Qaida draws more foreign recruits to Afghan war
Afghanistan has been drawing a fresh influx of jihadi fighters from Turkey, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East, one more sign that al-Qaida is regrouping on what is fast becoming the most active front of the war on terror groups...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Witness in Olmert corruption probe questioned
Lawyers defending the Israeli prime minister against a web of corruption allegations launched their cross examination of a key witness Thursday by painting him as a lying, litigious businessman with an unsavory reputation and a faulty memory...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
A somber Israel buries 2 returned Israeli soldiers
Thousands of Israelis prayed and cried at funerals Thursday for two soldiers whose return from Lebanon in black coffins touched off a nationwide wave of anguish...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Freed Lebanese prisoners vow to fight Israel
Five militants freed in a prisoner swap with Israel prayed and laid wreaths at the grave of a slain Hezbollah commander Thursday, vowing to fight Israel as supporters showered them with rice...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Palestinians Peace talks set for Washington
Palestinians say peace talks with Israel are set for Washington this month...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Mandelas village spruces up for his 90th birthday
Gardeners mowed the lawn outside the tiny museum honoring local hero Nelson Mandela on Thursday, while a work crew laid new tarmac on the road outside his house and a school choir rehearsed a song they created especially for him...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Venezuela, US may renew drug cooperation
The United States and Venezuela may renew anti-drug cooperation that has been stalled for three years amid deteriorating relations, top officials from both nations said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Gadhafis son charged with beating up servants
The youngest son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was arrested and charged with beating two of his servants at a luxury hotel in Switzerland, his lawyer said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Hurricane Elida weakens off Mexico
Hurricane Elida weakened to a Category 1 storm off Mexico on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Fausto continued to gain strength...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Mexican capital to reduce harmful gases
The government of notoriously polluted Mexico City is promising to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions 12 percent by 2012...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Morocco sends moderate Muslim preachers to Europe
Morocco plans to send scores of moderate Muslim preachers to Europe during the holy month of Ramadan to help fight extremism in the Moroccan community abroad, the ministry for religious affairs said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Gunmen kidnap police commander in Mexico
Authorities say gunmen have kidnapped the head of kidnapping and organized crime investigations in the Mexican border state of Coahuila...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Grunting fish yield vocal clues
A grunting fish helps scientists to date the origins of vocal sounds to about 400 million years ago...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
EU hits Intel with fresh charges
European regulators file new charges against chip maker Intel over alleged abuse of its dominant market position...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Parties count down to by-election
Political parties have been campaigning hard in the Glasgow East by-election with just over a week to go...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Olmert lawyers quiz businessman
Lawyers for the Israeli PM question a US businessman at the centre of a corruption investigation against him...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Philippines Muslim area to expand
The Philippines government agrees a draft deal to expand an autonomous area granted to minority Muslims...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Shotgun fired by cash van robbers
A shot is fired by armed robbers who made off with up to 100,000 euro from a cash-in-transit van in Dublin...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Stab shoe pulled after knifings
Sportswear firm Nike withdraws its Air Stab retro range of trainers following a recent spate of knife deaths in London...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
'My torture'
The mother of a woman murdered while walking a dog...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Day in pictures
The most striking images from around the world...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
'It's a rough life'
Residents have scant sympathy for illegal immigrants...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Streets of Chicago
Actress Linda Robson on reducing violence...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
McDowell shares lead at Birkdale
Graeme McDowell, Rocco Mediate and Robert Allenby finish as co-leaders after a wet and windy day one of the Open at Royal Birkdale...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Gilberto says farewell to Arsenal
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto ends his six-year stay at Arsenal by signing for Greek side Panathinaikos...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
'Tight? I'm not tight.' Millionaire details his divorce payout online
A businessman silences critics who branded him "tight" by publishing details of his wife's divorce settlement...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Army chief welcomes troop support
The head of the Army, Gen Sir Richard Dannatt, welcomes moves by ministers to increase support for soldiers and their families...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Canoe wife wished husband drowned
The wife of presumed-dead canoeist John Darwin tells a jury she wished her husband really had drowned...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Gas bills 'to top £1,000 a year'
Energy bills could rise by more than 60% within the next few years, the UK's biggest domestic energy supplier warns...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Youth killed in stabbing attack
A youth dies after suffering stab wounds at a property in south-west London, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Treasury may relax fiscal rules
Officials in the Treasury are looking at ways of relaxing Gordon Brown's so called fiscal rules on government finances...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Scientists $200M loss from Great Lakes invasives
Foreign species that slipped into the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships cost the regional economy at least $200 million a year, according to a University of Notre Dame study released Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Bush attends funeral for Tony Snow
President Bush traveled Thursday to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pay respects to the family of Tony Snow, his former spokesman, and to reminisce about the late conservative commentator-turned-press secretary...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
US lawmakers probe European tax havens
European bankers and some of their U.S. clients faced grilling by senators Thursday about offshore tax abuses that investigators believe are costing American taxpayers about $100 billion a year...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Democrats try to spur more oil exploration
Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Mad Men, Damages vie for historic Emmy bids
"Mad Men" and "Damages" have a shot at Emmy nomination history...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Democrats push rule to spur oil drilling
Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Witness tells Congress how US taxes evaded abroad
A man wanted by Liechtenstein for leaking secret banking information that identified millionaire tax cheats across Europe and the United States has told congressional investigators how money was concealed...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
Wind and rain wreak havoc at British Open
Forget the leaderboard. No one dominated at Royal Birkdale like the whipping wind and soaking rain...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Despite sore wrist, Harrington holding up well
Despite a sore wrist, defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington is off to a promising start in the whipping wind and soaking rain at Royal Birkdale...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Harrington holding up well as British Open begins
Despite a sore wrist, defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington is off to a promising start in the whipping wind and soaking rain at Royal Birkdale...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Ailing Harrington tees off at British Open
In one of those charming English villages near Royal Birkdale Golf Club, the lamp posts are adorned with alternating pictures of Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington. One is home. The other is hurting...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Serena Williams holds on against 15-year-old
Serena Williams looked completely out of sync for much of the match. Against a 15-year-old qualifier no less...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Lawmakers say European banks aiding US tax cheats
European bankers and some of their U.S. clients faced grilling by senators Thursday about offshore tax abuses that investigators believe are costing American taxpayers about $100 billion a year...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Stocks trade mixed on earnings reports, rising oil
Stocks traded mixed Thursday as investors parsed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. that gave Wall Street some reassurance about the health of the economy. But a rise in oil prices appeared to erode some of the enthusiasm...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Airbus orders top Boeings at Farnborough
European plane maker Airbus emerged as the clear winner at the Farnborough International Airshow on Thursday after racking up plane orders dwarfing the deals done by U.S. rival Boeing Co...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Stocks trade higher on upbeat earnings results
Wall Street extended its rally into a second session Thursday after stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. gave investors some reassurance about the health of the economy...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Hollywood studios, SAG at impasse after meeting
Hollywood producers and the Screen Actors Guild failed to reach a contract agreement Wednesday after meeting privately for two hours. The sides have no further meetings planned...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Nebraska man sues Jesse James over undelivered car
A Nebraska man has sued custom car and bike-maker Jesse James, claiming the former television host failed to deliver a custom automobile despite paying more $420,000...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Bush to attend funeral for Tony Snow
President Bush is honoring his former spokesman, Tony Snow, by recounting his experiences at the White House and offering prayers and continued support for his family...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Wambachs broken leg mars US win over Brazil
On a night when the United States woman should have been eyeing the upcoming Olympics, they were dealt a crushing blow to their gold medal hopes when Abby Wambach broke her left leg...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
China will abide by foreign media commitments
Beijing will abide by its commitments to provide unfettered access for foreign reporters during the Olympic Games, a government spokesman said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Malaysias Anwar freed on bail
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that police arrested him for alleged sodomy because of a personal vendetta among the top brass, and insisted they have no case against him...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Official Indonesia rejects Bali bombers appeal
A court official says the final appeal by three militants convicted in the 2002 Bali bombings has been rejected, bringing their executions closer...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Generals Dubrovnik shelling conviction upheld
Appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal upheld the conviction Thursday of a Yugoslav army general for overseeing the deadly 1991 shelling of the historic coastal city of Dubrovnik...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Freed Lebanese say they will keep fighting Israel
Five militants freed as part of a prisoner swap with Israel prayed Thursday at the grave of a slain Hezbollah military commander, pledging to follow in his footsteps and keep fighting Israel...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Man named as suspect wins $1.2 million libel award
A man named by police as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won an apology and 600,000 pounds ($1.2 million) in libel damages Thursday from nearly a dozen British newspapers that claimed he was involved in her abduction...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Thousands at burials of returned Israeli soldiers
Thousands of mourners turned out Thursday for the burials of two Israeli soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanese guerrillas, laying to rest the young men whose unknown fate had riveted the Jewish state for two years...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Pakistan, US at odds over border bombing
U.S. and Pakistani investigators have reached "separate" conclusions about why warplanes killed 11 Pakistani troops at an outpost near the Afghan border, the Pakistan army said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
15 insurgents killed in raid in west Afghanistan
U.S. Special Forces and Afghan troops called in airstrikes during a raid on a militant cell in western Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 15 insurgents while freeing 15 hostages, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
India asks Bangladesh for help fighting militants
India asked neighboring Bangladesh on Thursday for help in combatting terror following several deadly attacks that New Delhi blamed on Bangladesh-based Islamic militants...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Irelands Ryanair cuts back winter flights
No-frills airline Ryanair said Thursday it will withdraw nearly a third of its aircraft from its major London base and suspend operations at seven other European airports because of sky-high fuel costs and its failure to negotiate lower airport fees...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Freed Lebanese prisoners vow to fight Israel
Five militants freed in a prisoner swap with Israel prayed and laid wreaths at the grave of a slain Hezbollah commander Thursday, vowing to fight Israel as supporters showered them with rice...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Olmerts lawyers attempt to discredit key witness
Lawyers representing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cross-examined an American businessman Thursday, hoping to undermine his allegations that Olmert illicitly accepted cash-stuffed envelopes from him to help fund a luxurious lifestyle...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
UN report says 2.5 billion lack basic sanitation
The world has significantly reduced the number of people who lack access to clean drinking water, but far more work needs to be done to help the 2.5 billion people worldwide who lack basic sanitation and suffer as a result, the U.N. said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Water 'widespread' on early Mars
Water was once widespread on Mars, data show, raising the prospect the planet could have supported life...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
'Farce' warning on degree levels
A committee of MPs warns that the lack of certainty about what a degree is worth is "descending into farce"...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Doubts over US Afghan operation
Nato says US forces killed two Taleban commanders in western Afghanistan, amid reports of heavy civilian casualties...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Woman, 21, killed in car accident
Police issue an appeal for information after a 21-year-old woman is killed in a car crash near Armagh...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Nigeria footballer's brother free
The brother of Nigerian and Everton footballer Joseph Yobo is freed after being kidnapped by gunmen...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Pair held after two-year-old dies
A man and a teenager are arrested over the death of a two-year-old girl found at a house in Salford...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Man charged with Moira's murder
A 32-year-old man appears at Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with the murder of 40-year-old Moira Jones...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Teen guilty of dog walker murder
A youth sobs in the dock as a jury convicts him of battering to death a woman out walking her dog...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Baobab tasted
It's THE new superfruit - but would you eat it?...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Tax cutter?
Why Nick Clegg changed tack on tax and spend...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Future fun
Nintendo boss talks about what's next for the Wii...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Cavendish win makes Tour history
Mark Cavendish makes history by becoming the first Briton to win three stages of the same Tour de France, with his win in Narbonne...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Alistair Cooke...
...on film as he begins his love affair with the US...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Legal ruling win for care mother
A British woman who claims she was forced to resign from her job as she has a disabled son wins a legal ruling over discrimination...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Cranford Dames join Emmy hopefuls
Dame Judi Dench and Dame Eileen Atkins are among the contenders for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards in the US...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Canoe wife 'hurt' by lies to sons
The wife of canoe fraudster John Darwin says she felt hurt for deceiving her sons and no longer loves her husband...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
IMF raises world economic targets
The IMF says the global economy has weathered the impact of the credit crunch better than first feared...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
US judge backs Guantanamo trial
A US judge rules that the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay, involving Osama Bin Laden's former driver, can go ahead...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Recorded crime figures show fall
Police-recorded crime in England and Wales fell 9% last year, but people still think it's going up, figures show...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Bush to attend funeral for Tony Snow
President Bush is honoring his former spokesman, Tony Snow, by recounting his experiences at the White House and offering prayers and continued support for his family...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Police Video taken of Brolin, Wright during brawl
Police said Wednesday they have video of a bar brawl in which members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie _ including actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright _ were arrested...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Automakers offer hybrids for NYC taxi fleet
Three major auto manufacturers are promising to reserve 300 new hybrid vehicles each month exclusively for the city as it replaces its entire fleet of yellow cabs...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Tropical Storm Fausto expected to strengthen
Tropical Storm Fausto is expected strengthen in the Pacific and forecasters say it could soon become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Harrington holding up well as British Open begins
Despite a sore wrist, defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington is off to a promising start in the whipping wind and soaking rain at Royal Birkdale...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Ailing Harrington tees off at British Open
In one of those charming English villages near Royal Birkdale Golf Club, the lamp posts are adorned with alternating pictures of Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington. One is home. The other is hurting...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Serena Williams holds on against 15-year-old
Serena Williams looked completely out of sync for much of the match. Against a 15-year-old qualifier no less...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Top-seeded Williams holds on against 15-year-old
Serena Williams looked completely out of sync for much of the match. Against a 15-year-old qualifier no less...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Mad Men, Damages vie for historic Emmy bids
"Mad Men" and "Damages" have a shot at Emmy nomination history...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
VWs choice eases Chattanoogas past auto snubs
When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors destination forgot years of frustrating rejections by automakers...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
Nebraska man sues Jesse James over undelivered car
A Nebraska man has sued custom car and bike-maker Jesse James, claiming the former television host failed to deliver a custom automobile despite paying more $420,000...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Japanese shares rise on US rally
Japanese shares rose Thursday as sentiment turned upbeat on an overnight rally on Wall Street and a drop in oil prices...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Oil steady in Asia near $134 a barrel
Oil was steady Thursday in Asia after plummeting more than $10 a barrel in the previous two sessions as evidence mounted that record prices are slowing U.S. demand...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Fannie, Freddie spent millions on lobbying
For years, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tenaciously worked to nurture, and then protect, their financial empires by invoking the political sacred cow of homeownership and fielding an army of lobbyists, power brokers and political contributors...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Oil steady in Asia near $135 a barrel
Oil was steady Thursday in Asia after plummeting more than $10 a barrel in the previous two sessions as evidence mounted that record prices are slowing U.S. demand...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
Hollywood studios, SAG at impasse after meeting
Hollywood producers and the Screen Actors Guild failed to reach a contract agreement Wednesday after meeting privately for two hours. The sides have no further meetings planned...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Brazil oil strike negotiations stall
Negotiations between striking Brazilian oil workers and state oil company Petrobras stalled late Wednesday with no immediate end of the walkout in sight...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Amnesty Venezuela neglecting battered women
Venezuela is dragging its feet in establishing a support system for battered women, Amnesty International said in a report issued Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Mexico seizes suspected drug submarine
The Mexican navy seized a homemade submarine off the Pacific coast Wednesday with a suspected drug shipment on board...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Funeral begins for Israeli soldier
Thousands are gathering for the funeral for one of the two Israeli soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Hezbollah guerrillas...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Cambodia, Thailand deploy more troops
Cambodia and Thailand escalated their troop buildup Thursday at disputed territory near a historic border temple despite moves to hold talks next week to defuse the flare-up in tensions, a Cambodian general said...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
China will abide by foreign media commitments
Beijing will abide by its commitments to provide unfettered access for foreign reporters during the Olympic Games, a government spokesman said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Malaysias Anwar freed on bail
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that police arrested him for alleged sodomy because of a personal vendetta among the top brass, and insisted they have no case against him...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Official Indonesia rejects Bali bombers appeal
A court official says the final appeal by three militants convicted in the 2002 Bali bombings has been rejected, bringing their executions closer...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Generals Dubrovnik shelling conviction upheld
Appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal upheld the conviction Thursday of a Yugoslav army general for overseeing the deadly 1991 shelling of the historic coastal city of Dubrovnik...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
AU panel head says Sudan charges could be mistake
The genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir could "lead to a lot of danger," the chairman of an African Union panel said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Madeleine suspect wins $1.2 million libel award
A man named by police as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won 600,000 pounds ($1.2 million) in libel damages Thursday from nearly a dozen British newspapers, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Veteran rockers set for windfall
Ageing rock musicians are set to be paid for their recordings for the rest of their lives under a European Union plan...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Say goodbye to the computer mouse
Gestural interfaces could spell the end for the humble computer mouse says analyst company Gartner...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Clegg pledge to make tax 'fairer'
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg outlines plans to bring down the overall level of taxation - with cuts for lower earners...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Teen drink and drug use falling
Rates of drug taking, smoking and drinking are falling in young teenagers, a national survey shows...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Russians remember murdered tsar
Thousands of Russians take part in events marking the 90th anniversary of the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his family...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Protest over Pakistan share slump
Hundreds of angry Pakistani investors hold violent protests at plunging share prices...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Zimbabwe distributes food hampers
Cheap food hampers are to be distributed in Zimbabwe to help people deal with inflation of 2,200,000%...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Israel buries returned soldiers
Israel holds military funerals for two soldiers returned from Lebanon by Hezbollah militants as part of a prisoner exchange...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Pope hits out at consumer culture
Pope Benedict XVI attacks popular culture and consumerism in an address to tens of thousands of young Catholics...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Failure 'to assess mother's risk'
A report into the killing of two young children by their mentally ill mother says health professionals failed to assess the risk...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Business confidence at decade low
Business confidence in some sectors is at its lowest rate for a decade, according to the Scottish Chambers of Commerce...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
NHS trusts lose confidential data
More than 150 separate cases of data being lost across Welsh NHS trusts left patients details at risk, it is revealed...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Three arrested in bomb inquiry
Three men are arrested by officers investigating an attempted bomb attack on a police patrol car...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Tribal fight
Remote jungle confrontation with mining giant...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Live text - Open day one
England's Ian Poulter is among the early leaders with scoring difficult amid wind and rain at Royal Birkdale...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Six whole weeks
Day after day of play - in praise of summer mischief...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
UK ratifies the EU Lisbon Treaty
The UK has officially ratified the controversial EU treaty - despite doubts over its future after the Irish "no" vote...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Target to cut MRSA virtually hit
The government has almost reached its target of halving MRSA rates, figures show...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Older employees are happier than the young with their working lives
Older workers are the happiest employees while those in their thirties are most negative, research suggests...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Japanese condoms become unlikely victim of territorial dispute
Ads for Japanese condoms are removed from Korean subway trains amid a bilateral territorial dispute...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Troop compensation to be doubled
The government is to double the level of compensation offered to the UK's most gravely wounded troops...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Arrests in card network inquiry
Three men are arrested following a BBC News investigation into one of the UK's largest illegal immigrant communities...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Four Madrid bomb convicts cleared
Spain's Supreme Court overturns the conviction of four people found guilty of involvement in the Madrid train bombings in 2004...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
UK drug girls released in Ghana
Two girls are released after serving a one year sentence for smuggling drugs...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Police-recorded crime down by 9%
Police-recorded crime in England and Wales fell 9% in the year to March, latest figures suggest...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Court 'vindicates' McCann suspect
Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat says £600,000 libel damages from UK newspapers "vindicates" him...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Canoe husband 'cheated on wife'
The wife of canoeist John Darwin says she considered leaving him after finding out he cheated on her...
BBC News - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Fox Jackson used N-word in crude off-air remarks
Fox News says the Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Nebraska man sues Jesse James over undelivered car
A Nebraska man has sued custom car and bike-maker Jesse James, claiming the former television host failed to deliver a custom automobile despite paying more $420,000...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Star Wars video game bridges gap between films
Consider it "Star Wars III and a Half" _ complete with a pivotal plot twist...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Big 3 mimic each other at E3 more, more and more
One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Jessica Alba poses with Honor on cover of OK!
One reason Jessica Alba named her baby daughter Honor was that she felt her own was pretty bland...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
W.Va. man pleads guilty in torture of woman
A fifth person has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the suspected torture of a young woman who authorities say was held captive in West Virginia last summer...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Controlled burns set to battle California blazes
Firefighters set more controlled burns Wednesday to block a wildfire that already has blackened 190 square miles and destroyed 27 homes on the central California coast...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 2008
Top-seeded Williams holds on against 15-year-old
Serena Williams looked completely out of sync for much of the match. Against a 15-year-old qualifier no less...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
Jessica King out, Comfort Fedoke in on Dance
Jessica King is out and Comfort Fedoke is getting another shot on "So You Think You can Dance," Fox TV said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Creamer shoots 60, leads Farr by 5 strokes
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Zambrano allows 1 hit in 8 innings, Cubs top Reds
Carlos Zambrano allowed one hit over eight innings _ a second-inning homer by Adam Dunn _ and retired the final 20 batters he faced Wednesday night as the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Hollywood studios, SAG at impasse after meeting
Hollywood producers and the Screen Actors Guild failed to reach a contract agreement Wednesday after meeting privately for two hours. The sides have no further meetings planned...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
Oil steady in Asia near $135 a barrel
Oil was steady Thursday in Asia after plummeting more than $10 a barrel in the previous two sessions as evidence mounted that record prices are slowing U.S. demand...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2008
UN sees humanitarian aid shortfall
The United Nations blamed the increasing price of food and fuel worldwide for a shortfall in emergency humanitarian aid of more than $3 billion for 34 nations...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
FBI Ex-driver helped try to track bin Laden
A one-time driver for Osama bin Laden helped the FBI try to track down his boss after being captured in Afghanistan, his former interrogators testified Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Italy fingerprint plan gets initial OK
An Italian parliamentary panel gave initial approval Wednesday to a plan fingerprint everyone in the country, a move that could defuse criticism over a mandatory program to fingerprint Gypsies...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
FBI Ex-driver helped them try to track bin Laden
A one-time driver for Osama bin Laden helped the FBI try to track down his boss after being captured in Afghanistan, his former interrogators testified Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Amnesty Venezuela neglecting battered women
Venezuela is dragging its feet in establishing a support system for battered women, Amnesty International said in a report issued Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Mexico seizes suspected drug submarine
The Mexican navy seized a homemade submarine off the Pacific coast Wednesday with a suspected drug shipment on board...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Brazil oil strike negotiations stall
Negotiations between striking Brazilian oil workers and state oil company Petrobras stalled late Wednesday with no immediate end of the walkout in sight...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
AI Venezuela neglecting battered women
Venezuela is dragging its feet in establishing a support system for battered women, Amnesty International said in a report issued Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Brazil oil workers, Petrobras in talks
Negotiations between striking Brazilian oil workers and state oil company Petrobras ended late Wednesday with no immediate end of the walkout in sight...
Southern Ledger - July 17, 2008
Huge gap in world cancer survival
There is a huge variation in cancer survival rates across the world, an in-depth global study shows...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Malaysia's Anwar released on bail
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is granted bail after arrest over allegations of sodomy...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Banking rally boosts US markets
Better news from the banking sector and a further sharp fall in oil prices boost US stock markets...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Mandela the man
A political crusader who's never lost the personal touch...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Iraq caveats
Iraq is key issue for presidential candidates...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
D-Day looms for sprinter Chambers
Dwain Chambers will find out on Thursday whether he has won his right to run at the Beijing Olympics...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Pope lauds apology to Aborigines
Pope Benedict XVI praises Australian government for apologising for past injustices against indigenous people...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Council workers' strike continues
Council workers stage the second day of a 48-hour strike, hitting services such as schools, libraries and rubbish collections...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
Teenager aims to be the first to conquer two Himalayan mountains
A teenager is to climb two Himalayan mountains which have never been conquered before...
BBC News - July 17, 2008
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