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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Global News Archive for August 2008:
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Qwest, unions agree on new contracts
Qwest Communications International Inc. and negotiators for its largest union have tentatively agreed on a contract about a day after the previous one expired, both sides said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Airlines push for homegrown jet fuel
With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Australian PM urges more US climate change action
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the United States on Tuesday to take more action on climate change and become more involved in the global debate on the issue...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Researcher Bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ were slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Vader love triangle? New chemistry in Clone Wars
Darth Vader: Sith lord, murderous imperialist, deadbeat dad ... dirty old man?...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup
Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Boomerang Fay gains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Boomerang Fay strengthens over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield helps lifts Tigers with 493rd career HR
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 493, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield, Granderson help Tigers rally for win
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 492, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sabathia 9-0 with Brewers after 5th complete game
CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Toby Keith praises Obama
Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Blue Mountain returns with new album Midnight
For seminal alt-country band Blue Mountain _ torn apart by divorce _ breaking up was hard to do. Getting back together, it turned out, was pretty easy...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama may unveil veep choice Saturday in Illinois
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his clearest signal yet that he has settled on a running mate when he announced Tuesday he would appear Saturday in this city where he launched his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama McCain should stop questioning character
Democrat Barack Obama challenged his Republican opponent John McCain on Tuesday to stop questioning his "character and patriotism."...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
McCain touts drilling agenda from oil platform
Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited this oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday to call for increased offshore drilling that he claims would lower the cost of food and heating homes...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sabathia pitches another complete game for Brewers
Pitch nine innings, knock in two runs, rack up another win. CC Sabathia has been the complete package for the Milwaukee Brewers...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
US womens soccer surges into final against Brazil
Angela Hucles scored a goal in each half to lead the United States to a 4-2 soccer win over Japan and another Olympic final against Brazil...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Wholesale prices rising at fastest pace since 1981
The government says wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Leonardo DiCaprio has a Red Mango yogurt machine in his office. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have been photographed clutching Pinkberry yogurt cups while ducking the paparazzi...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
GM offers employee discount to all on 2008 models
General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will extend employee discounts to everyone on almost all of its 2008 and some of its 2009 models as it seeks to clear its remaining inventory of 2008 vehicles...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Clintons join in mourning for Ark. party leader
Former President Clinton and others remembered the slain chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party on Monday for his strength of character and the unity he brought to Democrats in the past two political seasons...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing _ even in death...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Donnie Wahlberg and wife file for divorce
Donnie Wahlberg and his wife are calling it quits after nearly nine years of marriage...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Pa. teens ordered to trial in immigrants death
Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Small Russian convoy leaves key Georgian city
A small column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles has left the strategically key Georgian city of Gori and an officer says they are headed back to Russia...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Afghan president says he will run for office again
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he would like to run for re-election next year...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
10 French soldiers die in Afghan battle
Insurgents ambushed a group of French parachutists outside Kabul, sparking a battle that killed 10 of the soldiers in the biggest loss of life for international forces in combat in Afghanistan in more than three years, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
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Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russian soldiers take prisoners in Georgia port
Russian soldiers took 20 Georgian troops prisoner at a key port in western Georgia on Tuesday and commandeered American Humvees awaiting shipment back to the United States after taking part in earlier U.S.-Georgian military exercises...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Ambush of French paratroopers near Kabul kills 10
About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French parachutists, killing 10 soldiers in an area outside the capital known as a militant stronghold. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Stats show perils of living in east Congo
Imagine living with a 50 percent chance of being enslaved or threatened with death by an armed group. One-in-three odds of being tortured or wounded. A 12 percent chance of being sexually assaulted multiple times...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Taliban kill 10 French paratroopers, raid US base
About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 soldiers in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack Tuesday, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
NATO pulls its punches on penalty against Russia
NATO pulled its punches against Russia on Tuesday, suspending formal contacts as punishment for the Georgia invasion but bucking U.S. pressure for more severe penalties...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Taliban kill 10 French troops, raid American base
Insurgents ambushed a group of elite French soldiers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 troops in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Chinas Olympic ceremony features sacrifices
Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor _ other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Afghan militants hit US base, kill 10 French
Heavily armed insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russia moves toward pullback but shows strength
Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Taliban kill 10 French troops, raid US base
Insurgents ambushed a group of elite French soldiers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 troops in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Taliban kill 10 troops, raid US base near Kabul
Insurgents ambushed a group of elite French soldiers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 troops in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Mexico church assailed for maligning miniskirt
Miniskirts are making some Mexicans ruddy with indignation...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Argentine priest on trial for sexual abuse
An Argentine priest went on trial Tuesday, charged with 17 counts of sexual abuse and corruption of three young boys...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
China detains 6 US pro-Tibet activists in Beijing
Police detained five American activists Tuesday after they unfurled a "free Tibet" banner near a key Olympics venue in Beijing, according to a pro-Tibet group...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Afghan militants kill 10 French, strike at US base
Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Afghan militants hit US base, kill French soldiers
Heavily armed insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Woman attacks Toronto bus driver with hammer
Police say a woman brandishing a hammer has attacked a bus driver in Toronto, setting off a melee that injured three people...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
UN Security Council consults on Russia, Georgia
The U.N. Security Council is holding emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia. France has been trying to resolve the crisis with a six-point plan for ending hostilities...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Recent attacks on NATO, US forces in Afghanistan
Some of the deadliest attacks on NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan this year:...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
US, allies urge swift UN action on Georgia crisis
Backed by the United States and European powers, Georgia pleaded Tuesday for the U.N. Security Council to demand that Russia immediately withdraw its troops from its small neighbor...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Lawyer Canadian suspect unaware of UK bomb plot
A Canadian man accused of involvement in a plot to bomb British targets wanted to fight alongside insurgents in Afghanistan but never intended to bomb civilians in Britain, his lawyer said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Stellar result in MoD challenge
The Ministry of Defence has concluded a contest to identify robots best suited to battlefield conditions...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Magpies can 'recognise reflection'
Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, scientists have found...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Pair charged with kidnap, hijack
Two men are charged with a number of offences after a cross-border police chase on Monday night...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Who started it?
How did the violence in South Ossetia erupt?...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Holiday's over
PM facing pressure on several fronts as he returns to work...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
'Heart attack' halts Glitter trip
Paedophile Gary Glitter's return to the UK is delayed as he said he was having a heart attack at Bangkok airport...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Call to tackle UK business waste
The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Russia hits back at Nato warning
Russia accuses Nato of bias after the alliance warns Moscow that normal relations are impossible while its troops remain in Georgia...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Karadzic wants UN judge replaced
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asks the UN war crimes tribunal to replace a judge in his genocide case, claiming bias...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Australian PM urges more US climate change action
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the United States on Tuesday to take more action on climate change and become more involved in the global debate on the issue...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Fay rolls across Florida as storm, not hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but failing to become a minimal hurricane as was a possibility...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Mariah, Miley, Beyonce join voices to fight cancer
What would it sound like if 15 of the hottest female singers joined voices? The answer will be revealed Sept. 2...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Girl from polygamist group ordered into state care
A Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to be placed in foster care...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Searchers say all missing in Grand Canyon located
Authorities say they have accounted for a handful of hikers who were missing after flooding struck a remote part of the Grand Canyon...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Slain Arkansas party chairman honored at funeral
The funeral for slain Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Bill Gwatney was marked by humor as former President Clinton and others remembered the man who had touched their lives...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Fay hits Florida, but doesnt become hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had feared...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sabathia 9-0 with Brewers after 5th complete game
CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Applegate calls double mastectomy a tough choice
Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer _ the really long view...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama takes McCain to task on withdrawal timetable
Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq "is finally in sight." So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sabathia pitches another complete game for Brewers
Pitch nine innings, knock in two runs, rack up another win. CC Sabathia has been the complete package for the Milwaukee Brewers...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield helps lifts Tigers with 493rd career HR
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 493, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Saks reports wider 2Q loss, shares tumble
Luxury goods retailer Saks Inc. reported a wider-than-expected loss for the second quarter on Tuesday and delivered a downbeat forecast for the year as its affluent customers cut back on apparel amid a slowing economy...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Housing starts dip to lowest level since March 91
Construction of homes and apartments fell in July to the lowest level in more than 17 years, the government reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Targets 2Q profit declines 7.6 percent
Target Corp. is reporting a 7.6 percent decline in second-quarter profit but beat Wall Street expectations despite continued weak sales in a challenging economy...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama hits back at McCain over Iraq war
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is criticizing Republican rival John McCain for questioning his patriotism and his judgment on national security matters...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama expected to name a running mate this week
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama planned a typical day of campaigning Tuesday while speculation flared over when he would announce his choice of running mate...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
McCain Iraq victory in sight
Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq "is finally in sight." So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield, Granderson help Tigers rally for win
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 492, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama veep announcement expected in coming days
Barack Obama will publicly disclose his vice presidential choice in the coming days, though the Democrat is keeping most aides who are preparing for the announcement in the dark and is giving away nothing to voters as he campaigns...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
GM offers employee discount to all on 2008 models
General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will extend employee discounts to everyone on almost all of its 2008 and some of its 2009 models as it seeks to clear its remaining inventory of 2008 vehicles...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Donnie Wahlberg and wife file for divorce
Donnie Wahlberg and his wife are calling it quits after nearly nine years of marriage...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Clintons join in mourning for Ark. party leader
Former President Clinton and others remembered the slain chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party on Monday for his strength of character and the unity he brought to Democrats in the past two political seasons...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Pa. teens ordered to trial in immigrants death
Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
NATO ministers to review ties with Russia
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to push NATO allies Tuesday to curtail high-level meetings and military cooperation with Russia unless Moscow sticks to its cease-fire pledge to withdraw troops from Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
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Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing _ even in death...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sudans president attends Africa summit in Turkey
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attended a summit of African leaders in Turkey on Tuesday in his first trip abroad since an international court indicted him on genocide charges last month...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Georgia, Russia exchange war prisoners
Russia and Georgia on Tuesday exchanged prisoners captured during their brief war, a move that may reduce tensions and, Georgia hopes, hasten the promised withdrawal of Russian troops...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Pakistan army head in Kabul after Musharraf goes
Afghan officials say Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani rushed to Kabul for unscheduled meetings the day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
10 French soldiers killed in battle near Kabul
Afghan officials say 10 French soldiers have been killed in a battle outside Kabul, including four soldiers who were kidnapped by insurgents...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Suicide bombers attack US base in Afghanistan
A team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base near Afghanistan-Pakistan border in a daring attack on a major American installation, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
NATO mulls closer ties with Georgia
The United States urged NATO allies Tuesday to step up political and military ties with Georgia and to consider scaling back high-level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if its military does not abandon positions across Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
10 French soldiers die in Afghan battle
Insurgents ambushed a group of French parachutists outside Kabul, sparking a battle that killed 10 of the soldiers in the biggest loss of life for international forces in combat in Afghanistan in more than three years, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
US military Aid flows to Georgia, food need grows
The need for food in Georgia is growing, a U.S. general said Tuesday as C-130 transport planes ferried in tons of supplies and the American military said it would aid Georgians displaced by the war with Russia for as long as they need help...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russian soldiers take prisoners in Georgia port
Russian soldiers took 20 Georgian troops prisoner at a key port in western Georgia on Tuesday and commandeered American Humvees awaiting shipment back to the United States after taking part in earlier U.S.-Georgian military exercises...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Ambush of French paratroopers near Kabul kills 10
About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French parachutists, killing 10 soldiers in an area outside the capital known as a militant stronghold. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Small Russian convoy leaves key Georgian city
A small column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles has left the strategically key Georgian city of Gori and an officer says they are headed back to Russia...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Afghan president says he will run for office again
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he would like to run for re-election next year...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Stats show perils of living in east Congo
Imagine living with a 50 percent chance of being enslaved or threatened with death by an armed group. One-in-three odds of being tortured or wounded. A 12 percent chance of being sexually assaulted multiple times...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Taliban kill 10 French paratroopers, raid US base
About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 soldiers in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack Tuesday, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
China detains US artist preparing Tibet protest
An American artist who planned to use laser beams to flash "free Tibet" on buildings in downtown Beijing was detained Tuesday, according to a colleague and a pro-Tibet group...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Indian teenager arrested in deadly iPod dispute
A 14-year-old school boy in eastern India has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a younger student who refused to hand over her iPod, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Most Russians support invasion of Georgia
While Western officials are mulling how to punish Russia for invading neighboring Georgia, most Russians view Georgia as the aggressor _ aided and abetted by a hostile West...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Man uses Semtex in attack on N. Ireland police
A man used Semtex in a rocket-propelled grenade attack against Northern Ireland police officers _ the first attack using the deadly explosive since paramilitary groups agreed to hand in their weapons, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Mexican army frees 25 kidnapped migrants
Mexican officials say soldiers have rescued 25 Central Americans kidnapped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Mexican army frees 25 migrants from smugglers
Mexican officials say soldiers have rescued 25 Central Americans kidnapped by smugglers in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Festival pulled over Doherty ban
Moonfest Festival in Wiltshire is cancelled after a court refuses to allow Babyshambles to play...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Warning from Alliance & Leicester
Alliance & Leicester warns of "significant external risks" if Banco Santander's takeover is rejected by shareholders...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Magpie can 'recognise reflection'
Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror - the only non-mammal known to do so - say German scientists...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Cathedral service for newlyweds
A honeymoon couple who were shot on holiday in Antigua are to be remembered at a cathedral service...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Inquiry into city underpass flood
A special inquiry is to examine how a city centre underpass became flooded below 20 feet of water...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Zambia's president dies in France
Zambia's leader Levy Mwanawasa dies in a Paris hospital two months after suffering a stroke...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Homebuilding in US at 17-year low
The number of US homes and apartments being built falls to the lowest level in more than 17 years, government figures show...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Goody's career
The tabloid life of Big Brother's biggest star...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Velodrome honour for golden Hoy
Scotland's Commonwealth Games velodrome is to be named after triple Olympic cycling gold-medalist Chris Hoy...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Hidden crime
Why do people violently attack the disabled?...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
In pictures
Another record haul in Beijing...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Terry appointed England captain
Fabio Capello appoints Chelsea defender John Terry as permanent England captain...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Show of strength
Killing of French troops shows more brazen Taleban...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Tube strike called off by talks
A planned 72-hour Tube strike is called off following talks between rail unions and management...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Wild dolphin 'is teaching others to tail-walk'
In what is thought to be a world first, a wild dolphin is apparently teaching others to tail-walk...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Gary Glitter flown out of Vietnam
Ex-pop star Gary Glitter is deported from Vietnam after spending almost three years in jail for sexually abusing two girls...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Pushy parents can act as agents
Parents can now act as agents to handle their children's university applications - and then turn up for the interviews too...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Sprinter heads golden day for GB
Christine Ohuruogu takes Britain's gold medal tally to 16, their best Olympic haul for a century...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Nato cools relations with Russia
Nato says there will be "no business as usual" with Russia, demanding Moscow withdraw troops from Georgia immediately...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Christina Applegate Im 100 percent cancer free
Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Search to resume for missing Grand Canyon tourists
A handful of hikers remained unaccounted for after flooding struck a tiny village near the Grand Canyon rim, a community so remote it is the only one in America where the mail is delivered by mule...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Hearing to resume in new polygamist sect case
A mother accused of abuse for allegedly allowing her then-12-year-old daughter to marry polygamist leader Warren Jeffs plans to call in her defense a stepdaughter who returned voluntarily to the polygamist community...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
At inner-city LA high, nearly 6 in 10 drop out
Amid the verdant lawn and leafy trees of the tidy Jefferson Senior High School campus, a police officer patrols the grounds and a sign warns that guns are illegal...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
No critical sneak peeks for 90210, network says
The drama has already begun with "90210," which is giving TV critics the brushoff...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sabathia pitches another complete game for Brewers
Pitch nine innings, knock in two runs, rack up another win. CC Sabathia has been the complete package for the Milwaukee Brewers...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield helps lifts Tigers with 493rd career HR
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 493, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Oil drops below $112 as storm threat eases
Oil prices dropped below $112 a barrel Tuesday in Asia, extending an overnight decline as Tropical Storm Fay avoided oil-producing infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
McCain Iraq victory in sight
Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq "is finally in sight." So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama takes McCain to task on withdrawal timetable
Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq "is finally in sight." So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama veep announcement expected in coming days
Barack Obama will publicly disclose his vice presidential choice in the coming days, though the Democrat is keeping most aides who are preparing for the announcement in the dark and is giving away nothing to voters as he campaigns...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Pa. teens ordered to trial in immigrants death
Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event
John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser clouded by confusion over the role of a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield, Granderson help Tigers rally for win
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 492, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sabathia 9-0 with Brewers after 5th complete game
CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Clintons join in mourning for Ark. party leader
Former President Clinton and others remembered the slain chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party on Monday for his strength of character and the unity he brought to Democrats in the past two political seasons...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Donnie Wahlberg and wife file for divorce
Donnie Wahlberg and his wife are calling it quits after nearly nine years of marriage...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
US trainers say Georgian troops werent ready
U.S. military trainers _ the only American boots on the ground _ say the Georgian soldiers they knew who were sent to battle the Russians had fighting spirit but were not ready for war...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
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Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Suicide bombers attack US base in Afghanstan
Officials say a team of suicide bombers have tried to storm a U.S. military base near the border with Pakistan. Six suicide bombers detonated their vests after being surrounded outside the base...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Vietnam releases Gary Glitter from prison
Vietnamese authorities have released British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison, where he served nearly three years after being convicted of child molestation...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Militants try to storm US base in Afghanistan
An Afghan governor says militants wearing vests packed with explosives tried to storm a main U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
NATO ministers to review ties with Russia
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to push NATO allies Tuesday to curtail high-level meetings and military cooperation with Russia unless Moscow sticks to its cease-fire pledge to withdraw troops from Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Thai protesters want ex-PM back from UK for trial
Several thousand protesters gathered outside the British Embassy on Tuesday to demand that London extradite former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to face criminal charges at home...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Thailand and Cambodia begin border talks
Thailand expressed hope its dispute with Cambodia over border territory near an ancient temple would end with a peaceful resolution as formal talks began Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sudans president attends Africa summit in Turkey
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attended a summit of African leaders in Turkey on Tuesday in his first trip abroad since an international court indicted him on genocide charges last month...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Georgia, Russia exchange war prisoners
Russia and Georgia on Tuesday exchanged prisoners captured during their brief war, a move that may reduce tensions and, Georgia hopes, hasten the promised withdrawal of Russian troops...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Pakistan army head in Kabul after Musharraf goes
Afghan officials say Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani rushed to Kabul for unscheduled meetings the day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
10 French soldiers killed in battle near Kabul
Afghan officials say 10 French soldiers have been killed in a battle outside Kabul, including four soldiers who were kidnapped by insurgents...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Suicide bombers attack US base in Afghanistan
A team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base near Afghanistan-Pakistan border in a daring attack on a major American installation, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
NATO mulls closer ties with Georgia
The United States urged NATO allies Tuesday to step up political and military ties with Georgia and to consider scaling back high-level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if its military does not abandon positions across Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
NATO ministers review ties with Russia
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts reviewed their relations with Moscow Tuesday and were expected to curtail high-level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if its troops do not pull back in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
French soldiers in large battle near Kabul
Officials say French soldiers are involved in a large battle 30 miles outside of the capital, Kabul, and that casualties are feared...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
10 French soldiers die in Afghan battle
Insurgents ambushed a group of French parachutists outside Kabul, sparking a battle that killed 10 of the soldiers in the biggest loss of life for international forces in combat in Afghanistan in more than three years, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
US military Aid flows to Georgia, food need grows
The need for food in Georgia is growing, a U.S. general said Tuesday as C-130 transport planes ferried in tons of supplies and the American military said it would aid Georgians displaced by the war with Russia for as long as they need help...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Algeria suicide attack targets police academy
A security official says a suicide car bombing targeting an Algerian police academy has killed at least 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Police Iraqi troops raid Diyala governors office
Police say Iraqi troops backed by U.S. helicopters have raided the office of the Diyala provincial governor...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
US, Liberia sign agreement for Peace Corps return
U.S. Peace Corps volunteers will return to Liberia for the first time since civil war broke out in this West African nation nearly two decades ago, U.S. and Liberian officials said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
43 dead in attack against Algerian police academy
The Algerian Interior Ministry says a suicide car bombing targeting a police academy has killed at least 43 people and injured 38...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Condition of Zambian president worsens
The condition of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, hospitalized in France since suffering a stroke in June, has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, state media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Coal's toxic legacy to the Arctic
Data from a Greenland ice core indicates that coal burning is the prime source of heavy metal pollution in the Arctic...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Concern over age bands for books
A plan to label children's books with film-style age bands causes a stir in the literary world...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
No extra money for 2012 - Jowell
Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell tells the BBC there will be no more money beyond the £9.3bn allocated to the 2012 games...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
China jumps Olympics air hurdle
Despite fears in the run-up to the Olympic Games, the skies above Beijing have met clean-air standards, officials say...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Sudan's Bashir in visit to Turkey
Sudan's president makes his first foreign trip since being accused of war crimes by the international court...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Bombing kills dozens in Algeria
A bomb attack on a police college east of Algiers kills 43 people and injures 38, according to Algeria's interior ministry...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
US lesbian wins fertility battle
California's highest court rules that doctors in the US state cannot discriminate against gay patients on the basis of religious belief...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Iraq governor's office attacked
The governor of the Iraqi province of Diyala says his secretary was killed in an attack by a unit of the security forces on his office in Baquba...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Former BBC sports presenter dies
Ex-BBC Wales sports presenter Bob Humphrys dies aged 56, two months after confirming he had cancer...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Meeting to discuss flood response
The Regional Development Committee will hold an emergency meeting later to discuss the recent flooding...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
'Water wars'
Severe drought heightens Spain's environmental fears...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Moving question
The tax advantages of letting rather than selling...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Cameron's cue?
Tory leader not the first to talk of 'broken society'...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Murdered Chinese pair had lodger
Police hunting the killers of a murdered Chinese couple try to trace a lodger who rented a room from them...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Dead certain
Can your risk of dying really be as high as 114%?...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Policy headache
President Bush's successor will face Pakistan problem...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Polish blight
Property claims dating back years haunt Poland...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Ferdinand tipped to lead England
Fabio Capello will name his England captain on Tuesday, with Rio Ferdinand set to pip John Terry to the post...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
England discuss Champions Trophy
The England and Wales Cricket Board will decide England's participation in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan at a meeting in London on Tuesday...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Inquiry after fatal coach crash
Crash investigators are at the scene where a coach crashed down an embankment, killing one man and injuring 70 other people...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Passengers test new face scanners
Facial recognition scanners are introduced at Manchester Airport in a bid to improve security and reduce passenger congestion...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Nato holds Georgia crisis talks
Nato foreign ministers are meeting to discuss how to respond to Russia's military action in Georgia...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Bomb attack on Pakistan hospital
At least 25 people are killed in a suicide attack on a hospital in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, officials say...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Attack on Afghan Nato base foiled
At least six suicide bombers are killed when they try to attack a Nato military base in south-eastern Afghanistan, officials say...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Hoy clinches historic third gold
Cyclist Chris Hoy becomes the first Briton to claim three gold medals at one Olympics for 100 years...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Afghan ambush kills French troops
Ten French soldiers die in fighting east of Kabul in the heaviest loss suffered by France since deploying to Afghanistan...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Big Brother star Goody has cancer
Reality TV star Jade Goody leaves an Indian version of Big Brother after being diagnosed with cervical cancer...
BBC News - August 19, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Potter, Leno, Favre are constants for Class of 12
Students entering college this fall have lived their whole lives in a digital world _ where GPS has always been available, phones have always had caller ID and tax returns could always be filed online...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Hundreds flee village in Ariz. canyon hit by flood
More than 250 residents and tourists have been evacuated from an American Indian village in a remote, scenic offshoot of the Grand Canyon after weekend flooding that wrecked trails and nearly washed away some river rafters in the rugged gorge...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Saarloos steps in to help lead As past Twins 3-2
Kirk Saarloos pitched 3 2-3 shutout innings after Justin Duchscherer left with a hip injury and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
White Sox hit 4 homers to rough up Mariners 13-5
Nick Swisher hit a two-run home run and Orlando Cabrera started a six-run fifth inning with another two-run shot to help the Chicago White Sox beat the dismal Seattle Mariners 13-5 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Christina Applegate Im 100 percent cancer free
Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
The modern political convention exists to be seen
Modern political conventions are like a Super Bowl minus the game...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
McCain Obama tried to legislate Iraqi failure
John McCain told fellow veterans on Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield helps lifts Tigers with 493rd career HR
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 493, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sheffield, Granderson help Tigers rally for win
Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 492, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Sabathia 9-0 with Brewers after 5th complete game
CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Washington offers no relief for savers
Two giant mortgage companies get into hot water over risky investments. The government steps in to throw them a lifeline should they need it...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Obama veep announcement expected in coming days
Barack Obama will publicly disclose his vice presidential choice in the coming days, though the Democrat is keeping most aides who are preparing for the announcement in the dark and is giving away nothing to voters as he campaigns...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event
John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser clouded by confusion over the role of a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Many think Gods intervention can revive the dying
When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans...
Southern Ledger - August 19, 2008
Donnie Wahlberg and wife file for divorce
Donnie Wahlberg and his wife are calling it quits after nearly nine years of marriage...
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