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Dolly now a hurricane, set to hit Texas coast
Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Forecasters Dolly becomes a Category 1 hurricane
Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane and is heading toward southern Texas and northeastern Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Dolly upgraded to a category 1 hurricane
Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane and is heading toward southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday afternoon and some strengthening is forecast before landfall Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Investigators find possible remains at Mo. house
Authorities have recovered what are believed to be charred remains from the rubble of a burned suburban St. Louis house that was the site of an ambush on emergency workers...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
A-Rod signs with William Morris agency
Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Omarosa Wendy Williams is a fake and a phony
Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Gossip Girl will launch new racy promos (OMG)
"Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Analysis Obama pledges engagement in Mideast
Is there anything new a presidential candidate can say about the absence of peace in the fragile Middle East?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama begins Mideast visit, vows to work for peace
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Paulson says financial stability is top priority
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spent another day stumping for the U.S. banking system, declaring Tuesday that his top priority was ensuring "stability and confidence in our markets and financial institutions."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks higher as crude drops $4 a barrel
Wall Street traded modestly higher Tuesday as investors were encouraged by another sharp drop in oil prices and snapped up shares of undervalued financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks open lower as Wachovia, others disappoint
Wall Street is down in early trading after disappointing quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips rattled investors worried about the impact of the ongoing credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend
Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday it lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Palestinian in construction truck rams cars
A Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesday, injuring four people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sri Lankan artists address anti-Tamil riots
Anoma Rajakaruna has warm memories of her childhood in the diverse suburb of Panadura, where she went to the market and the pharmacy with her mother and chatted with neighbors in a mixture of English, Sinhalese and Tamil...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
US seeks to link bin Laden driver to 911 attacks
A former driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on Sept. 11, a prosecutor said Tuesday as he sought to undercut defense arguments that the Guantanamo prisoner was a low-level employee of the terrorist leader...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pack your bags for Baghdad? Iraq looks to tourism
Someone had fun tinkering with the airline board at the old, disused terminal at Baghdad International Airport. It advertises a "special flight" on Japan Airlines from Basra to Sydney, Australia, while a flight from Baghdad to Mexico City is "delayed."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Police arrest 9 Basque separatists in Spain
The alleged leader of a Basque separatist cell believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks in Spain was arrested Tuesday along with eight other cell members, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama says hell work for Mideast peace
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia seeks UN intervention in Thai dispute
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple, saying the standoff had created "an imminent state of war."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Venezuelas Chavez calls for alliance with Russia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, visiting Moscow to pursue weapons and energy deals, on Tuesday called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect his country from the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Angry Serb nationalists protest Karadzic arrest
Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Angry nationalists protest Karadzic arrest
Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
British say Taliban leader gives up, another slain
A senior Taliban leader has surrendered to Pakistani authorities and another insurgent commander was killed by a British airstrike in southern Afghanistan, British officials announced Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama meets Obamamania in Europe eager for change
Barack Obama comes face to face this week with a constituency truly eager for change after eight years of George W. Bush: Europeans...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kurdish journalist slain in northern Iraq
Gunmen killed a Kurdish journalist near the northern city of Kirkuk, a police official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Karadzic arrest puts spotlight on new tribunals
The former president of Liberia is on trial. A vice president of Congo is in custody. The former leaders of Cambodia are in the dock. And a key figure in the Bosnia war is now in custody...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Officials say 5 South Koreans kidnapped in Mexico
Five South Koreans were kidnapped while driving in a Mexican border city, police and embassy officials said Tuesday, and their captors reportedly are demanding a $30,000 ransom...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Gunmen kill Kurdish journalist in northern Iraq
Gunmen killed a Kurdish journalist near the northern city of Kirkuk, a police official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
France lifts water ban from spill at nuclear site
Authorities in southern France have lifted a ban on water sports and fishing in two rivers that was imposed after a leak at a nearby nuclear site...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Schools adopt vocational courses
More vocational qualifications are being taken by school-age children, a report claims...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Manned spaceship design unveiled
The first official image of a proposed joint Russian and European manned spacecraft is unveiled...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Golden Girls star Getty dies, 84
Actress Estelle Getty, best known as Sicilian grandmother Sophia Petrillo in US sitcom The Golden Girls, dies aged 84...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Ministers set for N Korea talks
Foreign ministers from six nations involved in talks to disarm North Korea are to hold a rare meeting in Singapore, officials say...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Italian MPs approve immunity law
Italy's MPs gives their final backing to a controversial immunity bill put forward by Silvio Berlusconi's government...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Family of INLA murder man misled
The family of one of the disappeared say they are being misled in the search for his body in France...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Food crisis looms in East Africa
More than 14m people in the Horn of Africa are in need of food aid because of drought and rocketing food and fuel prices, the United Nations warns...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Terror police detain disabled boy
A police officer is transferred from duties after a disabled child and his parents are detained under the Terrorism Act...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Families evacuated in blast fear
Fears that gas cylinders could explode in a fire-damaged garage force the evacuation of up to 60 families...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Leigh rage over Super League snub
Leigh chief executive Allan Rowley criticises the RFL's decision to award a Super League place to the Celtic Crusaders...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Clubbing together
Small bookstores are trying to match the big boys...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Lesbos locals lose attempt to ban use of the term "lesbian"
Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos lose an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Sticky situation averted as man tries to glue himself to the PM
A campaigner against Heathrow's third runway attempts to stick himself to Gordon Brown at a Downing Street reception...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Mortgage advisers 'are failing'
Most mortgage advisers are doing a poor job when giving advice, according to research by the consumers association Which?...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
'Spying' requests exceed 500,000
More than 500,000 official "spying" requests for private communications data were made last year, a report says...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Dogs prompted McCanns police move
Portuguese police declared Kate and Gerry McCann as formal suspects in their daughter's disappearance on the reactions of sniffer dogs, a report reveals...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Eco-towns plan 'may be unlawful'
The government's approach to delivering up to 10 eco-towns could be "unlawful", councils warn...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Barack Obama to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, campaign aides accompanying him on his Mideast trip said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Actor Bale accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly heads for Mexico, Texas
Texas mobilized National Guard troops and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Mexican border were buying plywood, flashlights and gasoline as Tropical Storm Dolly gained strength early Tuesday on its way to becoming a hurricane before it hits land...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas county debates use of needle-exchanges
Bill Day is a familiar face out under the San Antonio viaducts, where skinny addicts shoot drugs into their bruised arms...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP Exclusive Robert Downey Jr. postpones memoir
The "Iron Man" will not be wielding a pen: Robert Downey Jr. has postponed plans to write a memoir and has returned his advance to publisher HarperCollins, a spokeswoman for the actor told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
A-Rod signs with William Morris agency
Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Batman accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Batman accused of assaulting mom, sister
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama plans to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit Sderot, a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Wednesday as part of his Mideast trip, campaign aides said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks mixed as investors weigh Wachovia, oil drop
Wall Street traded mixed Tuesday after another dive in oil prices blunted the impact of discouraging quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chip names...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend
Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday it lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks open lower as Wachovia, others disappoint
Wall Street is down in early trading after disappointing quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips rattled investors worried about the impact of the ongoing credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sri Lankan rebels declare short truce
The Tamil Tiger rebels announced Tuesday they would observe a unilateral 10-day cease-fire as a goodwill gesture during a regional summit to be held in Sri Lanka later this month...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants Security Council meeting
Stepping up its diplomatic offensive, Cambodia has asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to help resolve a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Thai-Cambodia in military standoff
Cambodia is seeking regional intervention in its territorial dispute with Thailand after talks between the two neighbors failed to end a military standoff around an ancient cliff-side temple, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Spanish police arrest 8 suspected rebels
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a unit from the Basque separatist group ETA believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Senior al-Qaida leader gives interview
A senior al-Qaida leader has urged Pakistanis to help Afghans fight U.S.-led coalition forces and condemned President Pervez Musharraf for arresting Arab and Afghan fighters and handing them over to Washington...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants UN to resolve military standoff
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene in resolving a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple, stepping up its rhetoric against Thailand...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Palestinian in construction truck rams cars
A Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesday, injuring four people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Officials say 5 S. Koreans are abducted in Mexico
Five South Koreans were abducted in a Mexican border city, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pack your bags for Baghdad? Iraq looks to tourism
Someone had fun tinkering with the airline board at the old, disused terminal at Baghdad International Airport. It advertises a "special flight" on Japan Airlines from Basra to Sydney, Australia, while a flight from Baghdad to Mexico City is "delayed."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Police arrest 9 Basque separatists in Spain
The alleged leader of a Basque separatist cell believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks in Spain was arrested Tuesday along with eight other cell members, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
4 US soldiers charged in detainee deaths in Iraq
Four soldiers have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of detainees in Iraq in 2007, a U.S. military spokesman said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Polish newborn dies after being thrown from window
A newborn baby girl died after being thrown from a third-story window in the Polish capital, apparently by a drunken relative, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
UN officials say Congo prisoners dying of hunger
At least 26 prisoners have died of hunger in a prison in Congo since the beginning of the year, U.N. officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
UN says 14 million in Africas Horn need food aid
Dahir Abdi Salah used to feed his children three meals a day _ pancakes for breakfast, spaghetti for lunch and beans for dinner...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Gunmen kill Kurdish journalist in northern Iraq
Gunmen killed a Kurdish journalist near the northern city of Kirkuk, a police official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Venezuelas Chavez calls for alliance with Russia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, visiting Moscow to pursue weapons and energy deals, on Tuesday called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect his country from the United States...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rowling's Harry Potter 'regret'
Harry Potter author JK Rowling speaks of her regret that she never told her mother about her world-famous creation...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Tiscali accuses BT of defamation
Tiscali has issued legal proceedings against BT after it sent letters to its customers...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Indian government survives vote
India's government wins a parliamentary vote of confidence over a civilian nuclear deal with the US...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Brown 'in charge' over the summer
Gordon Brown will be in charge of the government this summer - even while he is away on holiday, his spokesman says...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Obama urges political fix in Iraq
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says security in Iraq is better but political and diplomatic solutions are needed...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Iran urged to free HIV pioneers
A human rights group calls on Iran to release or charge two renowned HIV/Aids doctors arrested last month...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
BP says 60 staff leaving Russia
BP says the remaining 60 of its staff seconded to joint venture TNK-BP are being recalled from Russia...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Pair convicted of hammer murder
A man and a woman are found guilty of beating a man to death with a hammer in Glasgow...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
100 homes evacuated in blast fear
Fears that gas cylinders could explode in a fire-damaged garage force the evacuation of 100 homes...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Shot priest talks of court ordeal
Two South African men are convicted of the attempted murder of Belfast priest Father Kieran Creagh...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
S African police evict migrants
South African riot police remove hundreds of immigrants from a temporary shelter...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Ford focus
Luxury and fuel efficiency will boost sales, firm says...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
'Bitter hope'
Zimbabweans wonder if deal can end violence...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Boy found hanging from rope swing
A 12-year-old boy is found hanging from a rope swing in woodland in Lancashire...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Mystery maestro
How did this man's song become the 'UK's most played'?...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Mercury shortlist
Biographies and video clips of this year's nominees...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
You're fed: Brown reveals country home guests
The list of people Gordon Brown has entertained at Chequers since becoming prime minister has been released...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Fancy a night at the opera? Then pick up a tabloid...
Tickets for the opening night of the new Royal Opera House season will only be available to readers of the Sun newspaper, it is announced...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Calzaghe postpones Jones Jr fight
A hand injury forces Joe Calzaghe to postpone his September super-fight with Roy Jones Jr...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Sky launches net music service
The satellite TV firm teams up with Universal Music to offer downloads for a monthly fee...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Israelis hit by new digger attack
At least 10 people are injured in Jerusalem, as the driver of a construction vehicle rams cars before he is shot dead...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
'Mission change' for UK in Iraq
Gordon Brown says he expects a "fundamental change of mission" for British troops in Iraq early next year...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Jury sent out in canoe wife trial
The jury in the £250,000 fraud trial of canoeist wife Anne Darwin is sent out to consider its verdicts...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Schools still wait for Sats marks
There are fears from primary schools that test results that have still not been returned might have been lost...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Batman star bailed over 'assault'
Batman star Christian Bale leaves a London police station after being questioned over claims he assaulted his mother and sister...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pope meets with clergy abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI met privately on Monday with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests, in a gesture of contrition and concern over a scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Lawmakers move to curb Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac pay
Democrats and Republicans queasy about a federal rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are coalescing around the idea of letting the government slap limits on the multimillion-dollar pay packages of their executives...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Christian Bale accused of assaulting mom
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
TV host Williams Omarosa delusional, pathetic
Reality TV villain Omarosa sparred with talk show host Wendy Williams on Monday in a spat that at one point turned physical...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Radio host angers parents of autistic children
Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to "boldly awaken" parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas county debates use of needle-exchanges
Bill Day is a familiar face out under the San Antonio viaducts, where skinny addicts shoot drugs into their bruised arms...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama plans to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit Sderot, a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Wednesday as part of his Mideast trip, campaign aides said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
McCain adviser lobbied for Stephen Payne
A top foreign policy adviser to John McCain has lobbied the National Security Council, Congress and the State Department on behalf of Stephen Payne, the Texas businessman and longtime Republican fundraiser caught up in a controversy over whether he sought to sell access to the Bush White House...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Actor Bale accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
American Express shares tumble as 2Q profit falls
In a sign that even wealthier consumers are feeling the pinch of the credit crisis, American Express Co. said its second-quarter profit tumbled as it set aside more money to cover souring loans across all its portfolios...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obamamania in full flight ahead of tour of Europe
Europe is about to give Barack Obama one of the grandest of stages for statesmanship...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Barack Obama to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, campaign aides accompanying him on his Mideast trip said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Hollywood studios, SAG at impasse after meeting
Hollywood producers and the Screen Actors Guild failed to reach a contract agreement Wednesday after meeting privately for two hours. The sides have no further meetings planned...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods
Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Thailand, Cambodia begin peace talks
Cambodian and Thai military leaders began talks Monday aimed at resolving a lingering dispute over territory near a World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Worse may come for epic lines at Tijuana crossing
It looks like any Southern California traffic jam _ except you can buy a cappuccino and a 4-foot statue of Jesus from your car while watching dogs sniff vehicles for drugs...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in five runs in Dodgers 16-10 win
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Karadzic Genocide suspect had long evaded justice
He was accused of masterminding massacres that the U.N. war crimes tribunal described as "scenes from hell, written on the darkest pages of human history."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Top war crimes suspect Karadzic arrested in Serbia
The office of Serbian president says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, a top war crimes suspect, has been arrested in Serbia...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
China pulls troops from quake zone
China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from rescue and toward reconstruction work...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Beijing has first workday under car restrictions
Traffic flowed a little smoother. Busy avenues had fewer cars. By nightfall, even the hazy sky had mostly cleared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants Security Council meeting
Stepping up its diplomatic offensive, Cambodia has asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to help resolve a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Thai-Cambodia in military standoff
Cambodia is seeking regional intervention in its territorial dispute with Thailand after talks between the two neighbors failed to end a military standoff around an ancient cliff-side temple, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Haitians recycle to survive
Haitians facing widespread unemployment or a minimum wage of less than US$2 a day are turning to the junk that litters the streets for survival...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Senior al-Qaida leader gives interview
A senior al-Qaida leader has urged Pakistanis to help Afghans fight U.S.-led coalition forces and condemned President Pervez Musharraf for arresting Arab and Afghan fighters and handing them over to Washington...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants UN to resolve military standoff
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene in resolving a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple, stepping up its rhetoric against Thailand...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sri Lankan rebels declare short truce
The Tamil Tiger rebels announced Tuesday they would observe a unilateral 10-day cease-fire as a goodwill gesture during a regional summit to be held in Sri Lanka later this month...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report 30 trapped in south China mine
Twenty miners have escaped or been rescued from a flooded coal mine in southern China but six have died and 30 remain trapped, a state-run news agency said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
SKorean gets jail term for faking degree
A South Korean court on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling sentencing a former university professor to 18 months in jail for faking a Yale doctorate and embezzling museum funds...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Iraqi prime minister visiting Germany
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday for talks aimed at strengthening economic ties between the two countries...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Spanish police arrest 8 in Basque group crackdown
Spanish police say they have arrested eight people in an operation against a unit of the group ETA believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Spanish police arrest 8 suspected rebels
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a unit from the Basque separatist group ETA believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
2 wounded in new Jerusalem tractor rampage
Israeli rescue services say a tractor driver has been shot dead after going on a rampage in Jerusalem...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Syria urged to probe prison riot deaths
An international human rights watchdog is urging Syria to order an independent investigation into the shooting of inmates during a prison riot earlier this month...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Syria urged to investigate prison riot deaths
An international human rights watchdog is urging Syria to order an independent investigation into the shooting of inmates during a prison riot earlier this month...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Palestinian makes Obama bagel for candidate visit
Palestinian baker Nasir Abdul Hadi is so grateful Barack Obama is making time to visit the West Bank that he has named a bagel after him...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
25 Taliban die, wounded in Afghanistan
U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with and called in airstrikes on Taliban militants in western Afghanistan, killing and wounding more than 25 insurgents, an Afghan official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Conviction of would-be Allawi assassins appealed
Three Iraqis who plotted to kill then-Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi during a 2004 visit to Germany are appealing their convictions...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
'A fifth of teens' carry a weapon
One in five teenage pupils carry a weapon, but only one in 20 take it to school, a study says...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Walliams' stalker admits campaign
A woman admits to a four-year-long campaign of harassment aimed at Little Britain star David Walliams...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Fuel sellers start cutting prices
UK drivers are set to benefit after a number retailers including Asda, Morrisons and BP said that they would cut petrol prices...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Salt intake 'is starting to fall'
Campaigners say a cut in average daily salt consumption in the UK could help save lives - but people still eat too much...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Hamas member killed in explosion
Hamas says one of its members is killed in an explosion at a house near Gaza City while handling explosives...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
UN help sought over temple row
Cambodia asks the UN Security Council for emergency talks to resolve a stand-off with Thailand around an ancient temple...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Spain arrests eight Eta suspects
Members of one of the most active Eta cells, suspected of carrying out recent bombings, are arrested in northern Spain...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Family's plea over killer drivers
A petition begun by a bereaved family calling for tougher jail sentences for dangerous drivers is presented to Parliament...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Man targeted in house gun attack
A man escapes injury after being targeted in a gun attack at a house in Newry, County Down, according to police...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Congo prisoners 'starve to death'
At least 26 prisoners have starved to death in a DR Congo prison this year, the UN says...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Living in fear
Tanzania's albinos are still targeted by witch doctors...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Baby photo helps jail fraudster
A man who photographed his son surrounded by cash is jailed for a card cloning scam that could have netted £1m...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Bankable band?
Why an indie group was up for sale on Dragon's Den...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
'Chilly, isn't it'
What's the best way to start talking to a stranger?...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Against the odds
Hungarian with Olympic judo hopes battles tragedy...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Rock drummers 'need the stamina of top athletes'
Playing the drums for a rock band requires the stamina of a Premiership footballer, research suggests...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Crusaders & Salford win licences
Celtic Crusaders and Salford City Reds will play in Super League next season but Widnes miss out on a licence...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Selection was confused - Vaughan
Michael Vaughan concedes England's selection looked "confused" after their 10-wicket second Test loss to South Africa...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Inmates 'sleeping in toilet area'
Some prisoners are living and sleeping in toilets because of increased overcrowding in jails, a report says...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Zimbabweans hail 'historic' deal
Zimbabweans hail a deal between the president and opposition leader over talks on the country's political crisis...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Two young men dead in reservoir
Two young men die after disappearing below the water in a reservoir in Greater Manchester...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Karadzic 'worked in Serb clinic'
Captured Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic practised alternative medicine under false ID and lived in the Serb capital, Belgrade, prosecutors say...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Drinks industry facing tough laws
Ministers have told the drinks industry to act more responsibly or face new laws governing alcohol sales...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
New vehicle attack in Jerusalem
A man driving a tractor rams a bus and two cars in Jerusalem and has been shot dead, Israeli police say...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Mercury hat-trick for Monkey man
Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner scores his third Mercury Prize nomination in three years with The Last Shadow Puppets...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Cambodia sees little hope for Thai talks
Cambodia and Thailand will begin talks Monday aimed at resolving a lingering dispute over territory near an World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pope meets with clergy abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI met privately on Monday with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests, in a gesture of contrition and concern over a scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Thailand, Cambodia begin peace talks
Cambodian and Thai military leaders began talks Monday aimed at resolving a lingering dispute over territory near a World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Crash of B-52 bomber off Guam kills at least 3
Military officials say at least three crew members are dead after the crash of an Air Force B-52 bomber off Guam...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Inside-the-park homer helps Pirates end skid at 5
Freddy Sanchez hit a three-run, inside-the-park homer to cap a seven-run ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five-game skid with a 9-3 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Radio host angers parents of autistic children
Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to "boldly awaken" parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sanchez hits inside-the-park homer for Pirates
Freddy Sanchez hit a three-run, inside-the-park homer to cap a seven-run ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five-game skid with a 9-3 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
American Express 2Q profit tumbles 38 percent
American Express Co. says second-quarter profit tumbled 38 percent as the credit card lender set aside an additional $374 million in reserves...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Big fight, little fallout after Icahn battles
Billionaire Carl Icahn may use the three board seats at Yahoo Inc. that he added to his collection on Monday to do ... not much...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Olympics ads pushing global, unified themes
Some ads preach unity and togetherness. Some celebrate the spirit of athleticism...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
McCain adviser lobbied for Stephen Payne
A top foreign policy adviser to John McCain has lobbied the National Security Council, Congress and the State Department on behalf of Stephen Payne, the Texas businessman and longtime Republican fundraiser caught up in a controversy over whether he sought to sell access to the Bush White House...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
New York Times defends not running McCain op-ed
The New York Times defended its decision not to publish an op-ed article as submitted by Republican John McCain about the Iraq war on grounds it customarily reviews such pieces with the author...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Hamilton homers to lead Rangers past White Sox 6-1
Josh Hamilton hit a three-run home run and Hank Blalock added a two-run shot to power the Texas Rangers to a 6-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods
Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
St. Louis-area firefighter dies in apparent ambush
Firefighters became victims of what appeared to be an ambush Monday when they were fired upon from a house as they worked to put out a vehicle fire across the street, police said. One young firefighter was killed, two police officers were wounded and the house where the shots were fired later burned to the ground...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Merck and Schering delay 2Q reports to afternoon
Drug makers Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck & Co. delayed their second-quarter results until after the closing bell Monday so investigators can present data from a study of their cholesterol drug Vytorin...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fannie-Freddie lifeline puts taxpayers on the hook
Now that the federal government has thrown a lifeline to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers could be on the hook for billions more if the crisis of confidence spreads...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in five runs in Dodgers 16-10 win
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Israeli soldier filmed shooting near Palestinian
A human rights group has released a video that shows an Israeli soldier firing a rubber-coated bullet from close range toward the feet of a bound, blindfolded Palestinian man...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
US troops train Georgians amid tension
President Mikhail Saakashvili praised a joint military training program involving more than 1,000 U.S. Marines and soldiers at a former Soviet base Monday, amid heightened tensions with Moscow...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Explorer aims to educate youth on the environment
After traveling around the Arctic Circle alone, walking across South America, venturing through African war zones and hiking deep into the Amazon, Borneo and Sumatra jungles, Mike Horn is ready to embark on his most ambitious project yet...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
China pulls troops from quake zone
China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from rescue and toward reconstruction work...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Beijing has first workday under car restrictions
Traffic flowed a little smoother. Busy avenues had fewer cars. By nightfall, even the hazy sky had mostly cleared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Worse may come for epic lines at Tijuana crossing
It looks like any Southern California traffic jam _ except you can buy a cappuccino and a 4-foot statue of Jesus from your car while watching dogs sniff vehicles for drugs...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Haitians recycle to survive
Haitians facing widespread unemployment or a minimum wage of less than US$2 a day are turning to the junk that litters the streets for survival...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Karadzic Genocide suspect had long evaded justice
He was accused of masterminding massacres that the U.N. war crimes tribunal described as "scenes from hell, written on the darkest pages of human history."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Top war crimes suspect Karadzic arrested in Serbia
The office of Serbian president says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, a top war crimes suspect, has been arrested in Serbia...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Key dates in Radovan Karadzics life
Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, arrested Monday on U.N. genocide charges:...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Key dates in Karadzics life
Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, arrested Monday on U.N. genocide charges:...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Thai-Cambodia in military standoff
Cambodia is seeking regional intervention in its territorial dispute with Thailand after talks between the two neighbors failed to end a military standoff around an ancient cliff-side temple, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Lonely Galapagos tortoise may sire young
Lonesome George, the long-living Galapagos Islands giant tortoise thought to be the last of his kind, might soon be a father...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Quotes on Radovan Karadzics arrest
Reaction to the arrest of war crimes suspect former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic:...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Coerced evidence barred at Gitmo trial
The judge at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial has barred evidence obtained by interrogators under "highly coercive" conditions in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Glance the UN International Criminal Tribunal
A look at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, established in 1993 by the U.N. Security Council...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Tobacco 'could help treat cancer'
The tobacco plant - a cause of cancer - may offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study suggests...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Mercury shortlist to be announced
The 12 British and Irish acts which feature on this year's Mercury Prize shortlist will be announced later...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
India MPs to hold confidence vote
The Indian parliament will hold a vote of confidence in the government that could decide the fate of a US nuclear deal...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
'Take cash and leave' says lender
A former sub-prime mortgage lender offers an 8% discount to borrowers if they redeem their home loans...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Arrest of Karadzic is 'justice'
The arrest of war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic is a "piece of justice", says Balkans expert Paddy Ashdown...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Report rules out fishing fuel aid
A House of Lords report on the Common Fisheries Policy rules out helping fishermen with high fuel costs...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Saying sorry
Diary from the Anglican Church's conference...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Finding Madeleine
How Portugal handled case of missing British child...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Defence spending 'masked' by MoD
The Ministry of Defence is accused of masking the true costs of military spending in a report...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Clean deadline call on coal power
The government should set a deadline for coal power stations to "clean up" or close, a parliamentary committee says...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
MPs call for coastal path rethink
The government is urged to think again about its plan to create a long-distance path around England's coast...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
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