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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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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio suffers aneurysm
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland has suffered an aneurysm and is in a hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
China refuses to let Gary Glitter into Hong Kong
A British diplomatic official says China has refused to allow convicted pedophile Gary Glitter entry into Hong Kong...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Records show more Texas sect members wed minors
Five men from a polygamist sect raided by Texas authorities in April stand accused of sexually assaulting children, but they may not be the only ones...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Twins send slumping As to 11 series losses in row
Mike Redmond drove in two runs for the Minnesota Twins, who survived some wildness by Francisco Liriano and beat Oakland 3-1 on Wednesday to send the Athletics to their 11th straight series defeat...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain chides a newly feisty Obama as testy
Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain chides a newly feisty Obama
Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain reports spending $32 million in July
Republican presidential candidate John McCain reports raising more than $26 million and spending $32 million in July...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Bush says New Orleans is on its way back
President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the Gulf Coast region over three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Businesses steps to save on energy turn permanent
As the cost of gasoline soared over the past year, many small businesses took steps to mitigate the damage to their cash flow and profits. Now, even though gas has fallen from the record levels it hit in mid-July, companies are making those money-saving strategies permanent...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage
A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
Russian government help slow to come, refugees say
Since she clutched her two children by the hands and fled the war in Georgia, Frosia Besayeva has found shelter, food and comfort in the house of a Russian family. But she said the Russian government was slow to help...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Russians dig in as pullback drags on in Georgia
Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a cease-fire signed by both countries...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Campaigning UK journalist dies of cancer at age 27
Adrian Sudbury, a young British journalist who blogged about his fight with cancer and campaigned for more bone marrow donations, died in his sleep Wednesday, his family said. He was 27...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Iraq official US, Iraq finish draft security deal
An Iraqi official says U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see all American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30. He says the deal is awaiting final government approval...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nearly 150 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish emergency rescue official says only 26 people survived the crash of an airliner taking off from Madrid airport with 173 people aboard...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Russia warns of response to US missile shield
Russia says its response to the further development of a U.S. missile shield in Poland will go beyond diplomacy...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
2 Chinese protesters ordered to year in labor camp
Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday, as more foreign activists were detained...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow
The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia _ a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Officials say US, Iraq finish draft security deal
Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
153 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears
Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
At UN, Russia circulates Georgia resolution
Russia is countering a French push for immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia by circulating a competing U.N. Security Council resolution...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Retired UK lawmaker Leo Abse dies at 91
Leo Abse, a colorful Welsh politician who took a leading role in liberalizing laws on homosexuality and divorce, has died at age 91...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Some of the deadliest plane crashes on takeoff
Some of the deadliest plane crashes that have occurred during takeoff:...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Publisher withdraws book after Muslim protests
A Serbian publisher says it has withdrawn a controversial book by American writer Sherry Jones because of protests from the local Islamic community...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Canada says 1 dead, 16 ill in listeriosis outbreak
An outbreak of listeriosis has killed one person and sickened at least 16 others, Canadian public health officials said Wednesday as a food company suspended production at a Toronto plant and expanded a recall of nearly two dozens types of packaged meats...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Black holes 'dodge middle ground'
For black holes, there appears to be very little room for mediocrity, astronomers have found...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Labour will win election - Brown
The prime minister, travelling to the Beijing Olympics, says his party will win the next general election...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Russia tables own UN Georgia text
Russia introduces its own draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, a day after rejecting a rival French document...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slump
Shares in US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plunge again amid new talk of a government bail-out...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Woman dies during arts practice
A 30-year-old woman is killed during a practice for an event planned as part of a County Donegal arts festival...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
End of life care 'inconsistent'
Care for terminally-ill patients varies significantly across Scotland, according to an independent investigation...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Zimbabwe confirm Twenty20 absence
Zimbabwe formally withdraw from next year's World Twenty20 tournament in England - and Scotland will replace them...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Wednesday's football as it happened
England draw with the Czech Republic, while Scotland are held by N Ireland and Georgia beat Wales...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Arsenal sign Man Utd's Silvestre
Arsenal sign Man Utd defender Mikael Silvestre for an undisclosed fee...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
More teens surviving with cancer
Cancer survival rates for teenagers and young adults in Britain are rising, figures show...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Barwick to leave post as FA chief
The Football Association confirms chief executive Brian Barwick is to leave his post at the end of the year...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Obama closing in on running-mate
Speculation is mounting about Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's choice of running mate...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Russia condemns US missile deal
Russia says a US-Polish missile defence deal creates a new arms race, warning it will react beyond "diplomatic demarches"...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Man charged with teenager's death
A 30-year-old man is charged the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death in south London...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Glitter refused Hong Kong entry
Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter is refused entry to Hong Kong after being deported from Thailand...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
BAE in £2bn MoD ammunition deal
BAE Systems signs a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence to supply ammunition for UK armed forces...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio suffers aneurysm
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland has suffered an aneurysm and is in a hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay hugs Floridas Atlantic coast
Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Situation still fragile in Grand Canyon village
Crews were waiting for floodwaters to recede so they can begin restoring washed-out trails and footbridges to a remote village near the Grand Canyon hit by flooding, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay stays on Floridas coast
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Glitter held at Thai airport after prison release
British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, refused to board airplanes out of Thailand on Wednesday after being denied entry into the country, a senior immigration official said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
British glam rocker Gary Glitter freed in Vietnam
British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Vietnam frees glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison
Vietnam freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Stewart has 5 RBIs, leading Rockies past Dodgers
Rookie Ian Stewart homered and drove in a career-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 n Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nolasco uses arm, bat to help Marlins past Giants
Ricky Nolasco pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout and drove in two runs with his first double, leading the Florida Marlins past the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Dunns first Arizona homer takes down Padres 7-6
Adam Dunn hit his National League-leading 33rd home run in his Arizona home debut, powering the Diamondbacks to a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tampa Bay wins matchup of ALs best records
The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain
As mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac struggle with continuing credit losses, their ability to raise needed capital is uncertain and, analysts say, is complicated by the possibility of a government bailout of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Sen. Joe Lieberman to speak at GOP convention
A Republican official tells The Associated Press that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Kerry returns to stump 4 years after nomination
The week before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, John Kerry drafted his presidential nomination speech and then set off on a cross-country trip that brought him home to thousands of delegates waiting in Boston...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
Prospects grim for abandoned baby whale in Sydney
A hungry and abandoned humpback whale calf that has been trying to suckle from boats in the waters off north Sydney rebuffed fresh attempts by wildlife workers to return it to the open ocean Wednesday and appeared to be weakening...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Landslides caused by typhoon kill 4 in Philippines
Landslides killed three young brothers and an elderly woman in the northern Philippines as a powerful typhoon battered the region Wednesday, prompting authorities to cancel classes and raise storm alerts...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
NKorea vows to boost war deterrent
North Korea stepped up criticism of ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercises, warning Wednesday that it would boost its "war deterrent" _ a euphemism for its nuclear programs...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US, Poland sign missile defense deal
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski have signed a deal that will put an American missile defense base in Poland...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Russians dig in as pullback drags on in Georgia
Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a cease-fire signed by both countries...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Campaigning UK journalist dies of cancer at age 27
Adrian Sudbury, a young British journalist who blogged about his fight with cancer and campaigned for more bone marrow donations, died in his sleep Wednesday, his family said. He was 27...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nearly 150 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish emergency rescue official says only 26 people survived the crash of an airliner taking off from Madrid airport with 173 people aboard...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Russian government help slow to come, refugees say
Since she clutched her two children by the hands and fled the war in Georgia, Frosia Besayeva has found shelter, food and comfort in the house of a Russian family. But she said the Russian government was slow to help...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Reports plane swerved off Madrid airport runway
Spanish media say an airliner has swerved off the runway at Madrid airport...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
NATO general says Pakistan chaos emboldens Taliban
Drawing strength from the chaos in neighboring Pakistan, Afghan insurgents are using their growing control of the border area to plot increasingly brazen attacks against international forces, the NATO commander in Afghanistan said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Missile strike reported in northwest Pakistan
Pakistani officials say missiles have struck a suspected militant hideout near the Afghan border...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Iraq official US, Iraq finish draft security deal
An Iraqi official says U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see all American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30. He says the deal is awaiting final government approval...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Countdown search for 'new Carol'
Channel 4 launches a search to find a new maths expert to replace Carol Vorderman on Countdown later this year...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Sarkozy renews Afghan commitment
French President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to Afghanistan to support his troops, after a deadly attack by Taleban fighters...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Lebanon PM visits Iraq for talks
Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora arrives in Baghdad, in the first visit by a Lebanese leader since the fall of Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Mao's successor Hua Guofeng dies
Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong for a short period in 1976, has died in Beijing aged 87, report state media...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Russia scales down Georgia toll
Russia says it has evidence of 133 civilians killed in the conflict over South Ossetia - far lower than its initial estimate of 1,600...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Review after death of two mothers
A health service is criticised in a review of maternity services following the deaths of two mothers...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Air crash victims names released
Police release the names of five people who died when two planes collided in mid-air near Coventry Airport...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Prison for eBay hair tong thief
A hairdresser who made £63,000 selling stolen hair straighteners on eBay is given a prison sentence...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Assaulted mother is allowed home
A woman who had to have an emergency Caesarean section after she was beaten by intruders leaves hospital with her daughter...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
The colour purple
From violet to mauve in your pictures of Africa...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Chain reaction
Cycle to work faster using tips from Olympic heroes...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Buffalo Soldier
Was Bob Marley's hit inspired by the Banana Splits?...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Pakistani views
Musharraf - was he a national hero or a failure?...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Combat losses
Troop deaths feed French doubts over Afghan mission...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Man who bought fossilised aphid on eBay finds unknown species
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay finds that it belongs to a new species...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Baby beater jailed for six months
A man who was caught on camera repeatedly punching a friend's sleeping baby has been jailed for six months...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Fans face agony over gig tickets
Major gigs and music festival promoters speak out after a ticket agency left many fans facing disappointment...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Glitter catches Hong Kong flight
Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter flies to Hong Kong from Bangkok after refusing to return to the UK...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Bolt claims 200m gold with record
Jamaica's Usain Bolt adds the 200m crown to his Olympic 100m title in an incredible new world record time of 19.30 seconds...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Many dead in Madrid plane crash
At least 100 people are killed and many others are injured as a Spanair passenger plane swerves off a runway during take-off at Madrid's Barajas airport, regional officials tell the BBC...
BBC News - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Vietnam frees glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison
Vietnam freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Situation still fragile in Grand Canyon village
Crews were waiting for floodwaters to recede so they can begin restoring washed-out trails and footbridges to a remote village near the Grand Canyon hit by flooding, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay stays on Floridas coast
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay may strengthen and hit Florida again
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday reaching the coast and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida _ possibly as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nolasco uses arm, bat to help Marlins past Giants
Ricky Nolasco pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout and drove in two runs with his first double, leading the Florida Marlins past the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Dunns first Arizona homer takes down Padres 7-6
Adam Dunn hit his National League-leading 33rd home run in his Arizona home debut, powering the Diamondbacks to a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Glitter held at Thai airport after prison release
British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, refused to board airplanes out of Thailand on Wednesday after being denied entry into the country, a senior immigration official said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
British glam rocker Gary Glitter freed in Vietnam
British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Obama faces new criticism on abortion
Painted during the Democratic primary as weak on abortion rights, Barack Obama is now being portrayed as an extremist who literally supports killing babies...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tampa Bay wins matchup of ALs best records
The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Stewart has 5 RBIs, leading Rockies past Dodgers
Rookie Ian Stewart homered and drove in a career-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 n Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain
As mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac struggle with continuing credit losses, their ability to raise needed capital is uncertain and, analysts say, is complicated by the possibility of a government bailout of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Group says climate resolutions increase
Support for climate-change proposals may be growing among investors in big U.S. companies...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Obama, VP choice to campaign together Saturday
Barack Obama and his newly named running mate will campaign together Saturday at the place where the Democratic presidential hopeful formally launched his White House bid...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain, Obama to silence critical ads on Sept. 11
Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Snell lifts Pirates with only 2nd win in 11 starts
Ian Snell threw seven scoreless inning to outpitch Braden Looper and lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 victory on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Prospects grim for abandoned baby whale in Sydney
A hungry and abandoned humpback whale calf that has been trying to suckle from boats in the waters off north Sydney rebuffed fresh attempts by wildlife workers to return it to the open ocean Wednesday and appeared to be weakening...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Rice to sign missile defense deal with Poland
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans Wednesday to sign a deal to build a U.S. missile defense base on Polish soil, an agreement that has already prompted an infuriated Russia to threaten its former Soviet satellite...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Bomber kills 43 at Algerian police academy
A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a line of applicants at an Algerian police academy Tuesday, killing at least 43 people in the deadliest terror attack to jolt this energy-rich U.S. ally since the 1990s...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
Landslides caused by typhoon kill 4 in Philippines
Landslides killed three young brothers and an elderly woman in the northern Philippines as a powerful typhoon battered the region Wednesday, prompting authorities to cancel classes and raise storm alerts...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Indian airport workers strike, flights delayed
International and domestic flights were disrupted across India on Wednesday as thousands of airport employees went on strike to protest plans to privatize airports, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Report Twin Algeria car bombings kill 11, hurt 31
Algerian state radio says twin car bombings at a hotel and military headquarters southeast of Algiers have killed 11 people wounded 31 others...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
NKorea vows to boost war deterrent
North Korea stepped up criticism of ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercises, warning Wednesday that it would boost its "war deterrent" _ a euphemism for its nuclear programs...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US, Poland sign missile defense deal
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski have signed a deal that will put an American missile defense base in Poland...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US offers aid to Pakistanis displaced by clashes
The U.S. on Wednesday offered to help Pakistanis displaced by an army operation against Islamic militants in a northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Several missing after flooding in eastern Nepal
A river swollen by monsoon rains spilled from its banks and flooded villages in eastern Nepal on Wednesday. Initial reports said several people were missing after being swept away in the water...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
25 wounded as Hindus protest in Indian Kashmir
Police using tear gas and batons clashed with Hindu protesters defying a fresh curfew in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, injuring at least 25 people, medics and witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Decline in number of childminders
The number of childminders in England has fallen in the face of increasing regulation...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Birds 'off the pace' with warming
French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, a study suggests...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Goody back home for cancer tests
Reality TV star Jade Goody is back in the UK for tests and treatment after being told she has cervical cancer...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Intel details new core chip line
Details have emerged of the processor family that Intel will be using in servers, desktops and laptops from 2009...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Mortgage lending slump continues
The slump in mortgage lending continued in July, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
US ex-marine faces Iraq charges
The civil trial opens of an ex-US marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees in Falluja, in the first case of its kind...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
China Games 'a broadcast record'
The Beijing Games looks set to become the most widely broadcast event in Olympic history, according to the IOC...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Italian 'mafia boss' extradited
An alleged high-ranking mafia boss, believed to be a key player in drugs trafficking, is extradited to Italy from Canada...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
UK accused of Musharraf exit deal
One of Pakistan's most prominent pro-democracy leaders accuses a senior UK diplomat of undermining his country's rule of law...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Watchdog slams council's service
'Numerous and severe failings' have been found in a council's housing benefit service after complaints were made...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Man questioned over police attack
A man is arrested in the Republic of Ireland by detectives investigating an attack on police officers in County Fermanagh...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Deadly bombings hit Algerian town
Two bombs hit a hotel and a military barracks east of Algeria's capital, killing at least 11...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
McCain and Obama aides in tax row
Barack Obama's senior economic adviser accuses John McCain of proposing huge tax cuts for rich people and large firms...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
PM's tribute to cancer campaigner
Gordon Brown leads tributes to a campaigning newspaper journalist who has died of leukaemia at the age of 27...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
BAA 'should sell' Scottish airport
The Competition Commission says BAA should sell one of Scotland's busiest airports, as well as two in the London area...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Q and A
What happens to Britons who commit sex crimes abroad?...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Head to head
Should children's books have age ratings?...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Consistency is key, says Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton says he and McLaren have to cut out mistakes if he is to win the Formula One drivers' title this year...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Swell time
Bournemouth tries to catch wave power...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Downing Street denies wasting money on Clarkson video 'joke'
Downing Street says a jokey video response to calls for Jeremy Clarkson to be PM is not a waste of taxpayers' money...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Khyra couple in court over murder
The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death appear in court charged with her murder...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Gay rights champion Leo Abse dies
The former Labour MP Leo Abse, who championed gay rights, has died at the age of 91...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
BAA 'should sell three airports'
The Competition Commission says BAA may have to sell three of its seven UK airports - two in London and one in Scotland...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
US and Poland seal missile deal
The US and Poland sign a deal to locate part of a controversial US missile defence shield on Polish territory, angering Russia...
BBC News - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Richard earns 1st MLB win as ChiSox blank Mariners
Clayton Richard pitched six innings for his first major league win, Nick Swisher and Jim Thome homered, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
British glam rocker Gary Glitter freed in Vietnam
British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Vietnam frees glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison
Vietnam freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
NY hosts 9 bicycle racks designed by David Byrne
Musician, artist and bicycling enthusiast David Byrne has designed nine unusual bike racks that have been installed around New York City...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies
A publicist for the Dave Matthews Band says saxophone player LeRoi Moore has died of injuries suffered in an all-terrain-vehicle accident in June...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Dunns fist Arizona homer powers Diamondbacks
Adam Dunn hit his National League-leading 33rd home run in his Arizona home debut, powering the Diamondbacks to a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nolasco pitches, bats the Marlins to win.
Ricky Nolasco pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout and drove in two runs with his first double, leading the Florida Marlins past the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Blums tiebreaking homer helps Astros top Brewers
Geoff Blum hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning to help the Houston Astros beat Ben Sheets and the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
California home sales surged in July, prices fell
Housing data show home sales in California surged more than 12 percent in July from a year ago _ the biggest sales jump in four years...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
McCain, Obama to silence critical ads on Sept. 11
Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Obama faces new criticism on abortion
Painted during the Democratic primary as weak on abortion rights, Barack Obama is now being portrayed as an extremist who literally supports killing babies...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 2008
Small SUVs improve in crash tests
Four small sport utility vehicles received top scores in crash tests to be released Wednesday by the insurance industry, a sign of improvement compared with SUVs built earlier in the decade...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Snell lifts Pirates with only 2nd win in 11 starts
Ian Snell threw seven scoreless inning to outpitch Braden Looper and lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 victory on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Pakistani President Musharraf decides to resign
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent nation. An emotional Musharraf said he wanted to spare Pakistan from a dangerous powe | | | | |
