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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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Anglican leader seeks moratorium on gay bishops
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, struggling to hold together the troubled world Anglican family, urged church leaders gathered Sunday in England not to consecrate another gay bishop, saying the fellowship will be in "grave peril" without a moratorium...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Rich begin feeling the pain in down economy
The rich are sharing your financial pain _ and contributing to it...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Teens Wis. shooting suspect stared at swimmers
Scott J. Johnson was a regular at the swimming hangout where he is accused of ambushing a group of young revelers, even showing up a few days before the killings to help people off a rope swing over the Menominee River, teens who knew him said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Wisconsin shooting suspect was regular at hangout
Scott J. Johnson was a regular at the swimming hangout where he is accused of ambushing a group of young revelers, even showing up a few days before the killings to help people off a rope swing over the Menominee River, teens who knew him said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Vijay Singh captures 1st World Golf Championship
Vijay Singh nearly threw away the Bridgestone Invitational by missing three putts inside 8 feet on the back nine at Firestone. He won his first World Golf Championship by making the last one, which was all that mattered...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Christina Applegate treated for breast cancer
Christina Applegate is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but the disease was caught early and the actress is expected to fully recover, her publicist said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cusack calls Shanghai unique opportunity
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand crushed in wreck
Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Reports Christina Applegate has breast cancer
Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Campaigns spar over drilling as leadership issue
The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
McLarens Heikki Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen won his first Formula One race Sunday after an engine problem forced Felipe Massa out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference
Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus _ and so did she...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Israel to return Gazans who fled internal fighting
Most of the 180 Fatah supporters who fled into Israel from a deadly Hamas crackdown over the weekend will be sent back into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pope sends greetings to China before Olympics
Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example of coexistence among people from different countries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Flag-waving earthquake victims cheer Olympic torch
Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Truck bombing kills 12 on busy Baghdad street
A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
South Ossetia sends busloads of children to Russia
The breakaway republic of South Ossetia began sending hundreds of children across the border to its Russian ally on Sunday amid increasing violence between the republic and Georgian government forces...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 68 at remote Hindu temple in India
Pilgrims stampeded at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India on Sunday, and 68 people _ all of them women and children _ were killed in the crush that sent worshippers plummeting to their deaths over a broken railing...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Seoul probes civilian massacres by US
South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Chinese grumble about the Olympics, but quietly
From the desktop computer at the foot of his bed, Zhang Heng dares to complain about the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Afghan mothers keep their kids with them in prison
Three-year-old Wahid nervously clutched a dirty blue stuffed bunny, as the other children in the prison huddled around...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Lightning hits 91 spectators at racetrack
A lightning bolt struck 91 auto racing fans at a racetrack in Norway Sunday, and 45 people were taken to hospital with minor burns, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Abbas denies asylum to supporters from Gaza
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday refused to grant West Bank asylum to forces who fled weekend faction fighting in Hamas-ruled Gaza, despite fears for their safety...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
No deal on election bill, bomb kills 12 in Baghdad
Despite intense U.S. pressure, Iraqi leaders failed Sunday to resolve differences over how to govern the oil-rich city of Kirkuk _ a dispute that is blocking provincial elections and stoking tension in the volatile north...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights cutting girls
In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 145 at remote Hindu temple in India
Police say the death toll in the deadly stampede at a Hindu temple in northern India has risen to 145...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Korean War pilot Were not lily-white
As young pilots they plunged into the smoke and fury of the Korean War in slow, unarmed observer planes, pinpointing targets for the big boys with the bombs. Today, old men, they share their misgivings...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
UK hospital says newlywed shot in Antigua has died
A newlywed shot on the last day of his Caribbean honeymoon has died, a British hospital said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kenyan police US embassy bomber escaped raid
A man accused of masterminding the bombings of two American embassies in East Africa 10 years ago escaped a police raid early Sunday, a senior Kenyan policeman said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
New Paraguay leaders first challenge land reform
Just outside the rickety wire fence that guards the rich, red soil of this vast hacienda, dozens of peasants have camped for weeks under a patchwork of thatched shelters and tarpaulin-covered tents...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Report Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89
Russian news agencies say author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize-winning chronicler of the horrors of the Soviet gulag system, has died of heart failure. He was 89...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Al-Qaida Explosives expert wanted by US killed
Al-Qaida confirmed Sunday the death of a top commander accused of training the suicide bombers who killed 17 American sailors on the USS Cole eight years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Austria Plutonium leak at IAEA contained
The International Atomic Energy Agency said plutonium had leaked in one of its laboratories Sunday but no radiation escaped the building and no one was hurt...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Man beheads girlfriend, is caught after chase
A 40-year-old man killed his girlfriend on the Greek island of Santorini, beheaded her, then tried to flee in a patrol car, a local official said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Plutonium leaks at Austrian plant
Plutonium leaks at a lab run by the UN's nuclear watchdog near Vienna but Austrian officials insist no-one is at risk...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Mother killed in 'arson' attack
A woman dies and her 17-month-old son is critically injured in a suspected arson attack at a flat in south-east London...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Superb Murray wins Masters title
Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic in Cincinnati to win his first Masters Series tournament...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
On the rocks
The impact on the North East one year on...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
'Kidnap' girl rejoins her mother
Seven-year-old Reigh Storrow Boss is reunited with her mother after six days...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Abba strike Gold with UK's oldest chart-topper
Swedish pop group Abba's greatest hits compilation Gold becomes the oldest record ever to top the UK album chart...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Eleven climbers feared dead on K2
Eleven climbers have died in north Pakistan trying to scale the world's second-highest peak, K2, reports say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Gruesome crime shocks Greek isle
Police on the Greek holiday isle of Santorini arrest a man who decapitated his girlfriend and walked the streets with her head...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Gulag chronicler Solzhenitsyn dies
Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who exposed Stalin's prison system, dies at the age of 89 near Moscow...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Boy dies as sand tunnel collapses
A 15-year-old boy dies as a sand tunnel at a beach collapses around him...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Holocaust survivor, rescuer live like sisters
They are two silver-haired ladies with a special bond forged in the Holocaust. One is the daughter of Jews who perished under the Nazis, the other her Roman Catholic rescuer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Madonna back in Michigan to show her documentary
Madonna arrived in this resort town Saturday as one of the headliners of a film festival founded by fellow Michigan native Michael Moore...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Annie Lennox urges women to invigorate AIDS fight
Annie Lennox says complacency threatens to slow the fight against AIDS...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul starts in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Maryland Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tug warned repeatedly before Miss. River collision
The pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the smaller boat responds, according to radio transmissions released Saturday by the Coast Guard...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Fellows wins in the rain in Montreal
Canadian road-racer Ron Fellows splashed his way to victory Saturday in the first NASCAR points event run on grooved rain tires, winning when heavy rain and poor visibility forced officials to end the race 26 laps early...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
McLarens Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen has won his first Formula One race after Felipe Massa pulled out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ramirez, Blake HR for Dodgers in 4-2 win
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers and Hiroki Kuroda pitched well into the eighth inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cusack calls Shanghai unique opportunity
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand crushed in wreck
Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Campaigns spar over drilling as leadership issue
The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
GOP convention attracting array of demonstrators
A 73-year-old retired surgeon marching in silence with a tombstone picturing a soldier killed in Iraq. A philosophy professor calling for a new investigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A long-haul trucker from Texas protesting the price of oil...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Zito outpitches Peavy in Giants 2-0 victory
Barry Zito gave up three hits in a season-high eight innings to outpitch Jake Peavy and lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cambodia, Thailand in standoff over second temple
Cambodia said Sunday that Thai soldiers are occupying a second temple site along on their border, an escalation of an ongoing armed standoff that nearly led to clashes between the neighbors last month...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
1 US-led coalition member killed in bomb attack
The U.S.-led coalition says a roadside bomb killed one of its service members on the outskirts of the Afghan capital...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Fleeing Hamas, Fatah men enter Israel
More than 180 Fatah supporters who fled into Israel from the Gaza Strip were in Israeli custody Sunday, after a dramatic escape from a Hamas crackdown that left nine people dead in fierce fighting...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Israel to return Gazans who fled internal fighting
Most of the 180 Fatah supporters who fled into Israel from a deadly Hamas crackdown over the weekend will be sent back into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pope sends greetings to China before Olympics
Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example of coexistence among people from different countries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Flag-waving earthquake victims cheer Olympic torch
Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
North Korea to expel SKoreans from tourist resort
North Korea said Sunday it will expel South Koreans from a mountain resort in the communist country, a further sign of fraying ties between the divided Koreas...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Earthquake-ravaged Sichuan cheers Olympic torch
Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Truck bombing kills 12 in Baghdad
A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Afghan mothers keep their kids with them in prison
Three-year-old Wahid nervously clutched a dirty blue stuffed bunny, as the other children in the prison huddled around...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Truck bombing kills 12 on busy Baghdad street
A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 68 at remote Hindu temple in India
Pilgrims stampeded at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India on Sunday, and 68 people _ all of them women and children _ were killed in the crush that sent worshippers plummeting to their deaths over a broken railing...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Korean War pilot Were not lily-white
As young pilots they plunged into the smoke and fury of the Korean War in slow, unarmed observer planes, pinpointing targets for the big boys with the bombs. Today, old men, they share their misgivings...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Seoul probes civilian massacres by US
South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Chinese grumble about the Olympics, but quietly
From the desktop computer at the foot of his bed, Zhang Heng dares to complain about the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 145 at remote Hindu temple in India
Police say the death toll in the deadly stampede at a Hindu temple in northern India has risen to 145...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Al-Qaida announces deaths of 4 commanders
Al-Qaida confirmed in a Web statement Sunday the death of a senior commander known as a top explosives and poisons expert, who is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan last week...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
South Ossetia sends busloads of children to Russia
The breakaway republic of South Ossetia began sending hundreds of children across the border to its Russian ally on Sunday amid increasing violence between the republic and Georgian government forces...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kenyan police US embassy bomber escaped raid
A man accused of masterminding the bombings of two American embassies in East Africa 10 years ago escaped a police raid early Sunday, a senior Kenyan policeman said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
TB hampers HIV treatment - study
Some patients being treated for tuberculosis may not get the full benefits from HIV therapy, researchers say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
SpaceX launch fails a third time
Engineers investigate why the Falcon 1 rocket, built by private space firm SpaceX, fails to reach orbit for a third time...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Watchdog 'to probe PCSO series'
A fly-on-the-wall documentary about police community support officers faces an Ofcom investigation, it is reported...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Al-Qaeda confirms fighter's death
A message said to be from al-Qaeda confirms the death of top chemical weapons expert, Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
BA close to American alliance
British Airways says it is close to agreeing a tie-up with its largest US rival American Airlines...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Somalia bombing 'kills 20 people'
A roadside bombing kills at least 20 people in Mogadishu, most of them women working to clean the street, reports say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Gaza fugitives 'being sent back'
Palestinians let into Israel amid fighting between Hamas and Fatah factions are being returned to Gaza, Israel says...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Police detain plane crew member
A member of cabin crew is arrested on a BMI flight about to depart from Aberdeen Airport, it is confirmed...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Body recovered from city marina
A man's body is recovered by a fire and rescue crew from a city marina on Sunday morning...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Helicopter search for missing man
Coastguard units and locals take part in a search for an elderly Belfast man, missing in the Dingle area of County Kerry...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Qat spat
Why chewing leaves could harm Yemen's economy...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Father and son in fatal M62 crash
A father and son die following a crash on the M62 which involved a car seen moments earlier driven at "high speeds", police say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Limits to change
Investigating China's pledge of Olympics openness...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
World's smallest snake discovered, 'thin as spaghetti'
World's smallest snake discovered, 'thin as spaghetti'...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Kovalainen claims maiden victory
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen wins his first Grand Prix after race leader Felipe Massa retires with three laps to go...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Murray to face Djokovic in final
British number one Andy Murray will play Novak Djokovic in his first Masters Series final in Cincinnati...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Iran 'is open to nuclear talks'
Iran's president says he is open to nuclear talks - one day after he said he would not retreat "one iota" on the issue...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
FBI arrest 'child snatch father'
Clark Rockefeller, who is accused of snatching his UK-based daughter during a supervised visit to the US, is now in custody...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Honeymoon groom dies in hospital
A man who was shot in Antigua while on his honeymoon has died of his injuries, a hospital in Swansea confirms...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Vaughan quits as England captain
A tearful Michael Vaughan resigns as England cricket captain, following the side's series defeat by South Africa...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Labour ex-ministers' policy move
Former Labour ministers say they will set out a series of new ideas intended to fill what they see as a "policy vacuum" in government...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Nine climbers feared dead on K2
At least nine climbers are feared to have died on K2, the world's second-highest peak, expedition organisers say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
India temple stampede 'kills 140'
At least 140 worshippers are reported killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Madonna back in Michigan to show her documentary
Madonna arrived in this resort town Saturday as one of the headliners of a film festival founded by fellow Michigan native Michael Moore...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Annie Lennox urges women to invigorate AIDS fight
Annie Lennox says complacency threatens to slow the fight against AIDS...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul starts in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Maryland Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tug warned repeatedly before Miss. River collision
The pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the smaller boat responds, according to radio transmissions released Saturday by the Coast Guard...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Blue Jays rally to turn away Rangers, 6-4
Rod Barajas and Scott Rolen each had two-run doubles in the sixth inning, helping the Toronto Blue Jays rally to a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Berkman scores winning run in Astros victory
Lance Berkman raced home when Darin Erstad lined out to left in the 10th inning and the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 5-4 Saturday night after tying it on a memorable play in the ninth inning...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cusack calls Shanghai unique opportunity
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand crushed in wreck
Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Obama accuses McCain camp of cynicism, not racism
Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain was attempting to distract voters from real issues with a campaign strategy that was cynical, not racist...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ramirez, Blake HR for Dodgers in 4-2 win
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers and Hiroki Kuroda pitched well into the eighth inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Zito outpitches Peavy in Giants 2-0 victory
Barry Zito gave up three hits in a season-high eight innings to outpitch Jake Peavy and lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Hundreds protest Kurdish demands over Kirkuk
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen rallied Saturday against Kurdish demands to incorporate the oil-rich area around Kirkuk into their autonomous region, on the eve of a special session of parliament aimed at defusing the crisis...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Holocaust survivor, rescuer live like sisters
They are two silver-haired ladies with a special bond forged in the Holocaust. One is the daughter of Jews who perished under the Nazis, the other her Roman Catholic rescuer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Lawyer Brazilian confessed to killing teen
The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 4 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least four dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Fleeing Hamas, Fatah men enter Israel
More than 180 Fatah supporters who fled into Israel from the Gaza Strip were in Israeli custody Sunday, after a dramatic escape from a Hamas crackdown that left nine people dead in fierce fighting...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Olympic torch reaches earthquake-ravaged Sichuan
Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
NKorea to expel SKoreans from tourist resort
North Korea says it will eject South Koreans from a mountain resort in the communist country, a further sign of fraying ties between the divided countries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Argentine pres holds 1st news conference in 8 mos
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Saturday denied opposition claims that her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, runs her presidency...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Flag-waving earthquake victims cheer Olympic torch
Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
North Korea to expel SKoreans from tourist resort
North Korea said Sunday it will expel South Koreans from a mountain resort in the communist country, a further sign of fraying ties between the divided Koreas...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Earthquake-ravaged Sichuan cheers Olympic torch
Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Truck bombing kills 12 in Baghdad
A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cambodia, Thailand in standoff over second temple
Cambodia said Sunday that Thai soldiers are occupying a second temple site along on their border, an escalation of an ongoing armed standoff that nearly led to clashes between the neighbors last month...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
1 US-led coalition member killed in bomb attack
The U.S.-led coalition says a roadside bomb killed one of its service members on the outskirts of the Afghan capital...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Iraqi troops capture suspected Shiite militiamen
The U.S. military says a Shiite militiaman believed to have recently returned from Iran has been detained with four other suspects south of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Police 68 killed in India temple stampede
Police say at least 68 pilgrims _ including 30 children _ have been killed in a stampede at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pope sends greetings to China ahead of Olympics
Pope Benedict XVI has sent his greetings to China ahead of the Olympics, expressing hope that the games would offer an example of coexistence between people from different places...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Anglican bishops wrap up global meeting
Over the last three weeks, Anglican bishops attending their once-a-decade global assembly wrestled with how they could keep their fellowship from breaking apart...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Report At least 5 dead in Indian temple stampede
Police and media outlets say at least five religious pilgrims have been killed during a stampede at a Hindu temple in northern India...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Olympic protesters required to apply first
Foreign and local protesters who want to speak out against the Beijing Olympics are required to apply five days in advance, and not harm "national interests," the security chief for the Olympic organizing committee said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Police say 68 killed in India temple stampede
At least 68 people, including 30 children were killed Sunday when pilgrims stampeded at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
US Soldier dies in vehicle accident in Iraq
One American soldier died and another was injured in a vehicle accident southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
N Korea steps up row with South
North Korea says it will expel South Korean workers from a mountain resort, as a row over a tourist's death escalates...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Body believed to be missing man
A body found in a river in Melbourne, Australia, is believed to be missing County Armagh man, Stephen King...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Somalia bombing 'kills 15 women'
A roadside bombing kills at least 15 people in Mogadishu, most of them women working cleaning the street, reports say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Baghdad truck bombing kills 12
At least 12 people are killed and more than a dozen injured by a suspected minivan bomb in northern Baghdad, police say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Climate campers in protest march
Hundreds of protesters are to march to Kingsnorth power station on the first day of a week-long "climate camp" in Kent...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Prayers said for honeymoon couple
Prayers are said at church services in the home town of a couple shot on honeymoon in Antigua...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Radcliffe 'on course' for Beijing
British Athletics believes Paula Radcliffe is making "good progress" in her race to be fit for the Beijing Olympics...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Vaughan may step down as captain
England call a 1300 BST news conference amid speculation surrounding Michael Vaughan's position as captain...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Live text - Hungarian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton starts on pole as he chases a third straight race victory at the Hungaroring...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Qantas faces special safety probe
Australian aviation authorities announce a special review of airline Qantas, after three safety scares in eight days...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Man and boy killed in crash on M62
A man and a boy die in a motorway crash involving a car seen moments earlier driving at "high speeds", police say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Girl who fell 14 floors down a chimney is saved by a pile of soot
A 12-year-old girl who fell 14 floors down a chimney is saved by a pile of soot at the bottom...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Edinburgh's colourful cavalcade kicks off festival season
Edinburgh gears up for the world's biggest arts festival...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Gaza fugitives 'to be sent back'
A group of Palestinians let into Israel amid fighting between Hamas and Fatah are to be returned to Gaza, Israel says...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Seven feared dead in K2 avalanche
At least seven climbers are feared dead in an avalanche on K2, the world's second-highest peak, tour organisers say...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
'Scores killed' in India stampede
At least 68 worshippers are reported killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
NY girl falls 14 stories, saved by sooty landing
A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Blue Jays rally to turn away Rangers, 6-4
Rod Barajas and Scott Rolen each had two-run doubles in the sixth inning, helping the Toronto Blue Jays rally to a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Berkman scores winning run in Astros victory
Lance Berkman raced home when Darin Erstad lined out to left in the 10th inning and the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 5-4 Saturday night after tying it on a memorable play in the ninth inning...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Madonna back in Michigan to show her documentary
Madonna arrived in this resort town Saturday as one of the headliners of a film festival founded by fellow Michigan native Michael Moore...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Annie Lennox urges women to invigorate AIDS fight
Annie Lennox says complacency threatens to slow the fight against AIDS...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Salman Rushdie threatens to sue ex-guard over book
Author Salman Rushdie is threatening to sue a publisher over a book by a former bodyguard that he says portrays him as cheap, nasty and arrogant and depicts his police guards as drinking on duty...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Obama accuses McCain camp of cynicism, not racism
Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain was attempting to distract voters from real issues with a campaign strategy that was cynical, not racist...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Zito outpitches Peavy in Giants 2-0 victory
Barry Zito gave up three hits in a season-high eight innings to outpitch Jake Peavy and lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Said back on track in Canada
Ron Fellows has known Boris Said long enough to know that Marcos Ambrose should be careful Saturday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Mexico criticizes US salmonella findings
Mexican agriculture officials said Thursday that U.S. colleagues hunting for the source of a salmonella outbreak are rushing to a conclusion about finding the strain at a Mexican pepper farm...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ramirez, Blake HR for Dodgers in 4-2 win
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers and Hiroki Kuroda pitched well into the eighth inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
17 die as explosion destroys girls dorm in Turkey
An explosion destroyed a three-story girls dormitory in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students, injuring 27 and setting off a frantic search for others trapped in the rubble...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Japans new Cabinet begins work after shake-up
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda renewed his promise to tackle reforms and address consumer concerns about rising prices Saturday as his new Cabinet held its first meeting after a shake-up intended to regain voter support...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen staged a demonstration Saturday to protest calls by Kurds to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to their autonomous region as Iraqi officials met in Baghdad to defuse tension over the disputed city...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Mine hits bus with Afghan wedding party 10 die
Police say a bus carrying a wedding party in southern Afghanistan has struck a mine, killing 10 people including the bride and groom...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Obsolete coins cause chaos at Zimbabwe tills
Zimbabweans dug out coins squirreled away years ago in jars and cupboards and headed for the shops, where lines built up as overburdened tellers more accustomed to counting mounds of hyper-inflated dollar notes instead were juggling silver...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Basque separatist freed from prison after 21 years
A notorious and unrepentant Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people _ including a dozen policemen in a Madrid car bombing _ walked out of a Spanish prison a free man Saturday after spending 21 years behind bars...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
UK police fly to Antigua to help with murder hunt
A British man critically injured in a Caribbean honeymoon attack that killed his wife returned to Britain on Saturday as Scotland Yard detectives flew to Antigua to help with the investigation...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Rescue effort stopped in Turkey dormitory collapse
Rescue workers called off the search for survivors in the debris of a girls dormitory that collapsed in central Turkey after pulling out the body of the 18th victim, an official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Hundreds protest Kurdish demands over Kirkuk
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen rallied Saturday against Kurdish demands to incorporate the oil-rich area around Kirkuk into their autonomous region, on the eve of a special session of parliament aimed at defusing the crisis...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Holocaust survivor, rescuer live like sisters
They are two silver-haired ladies with a special bond forged in the Holocaust. One is the daughter of Jews who perished under the Nazis, the other her Roman Catholic rescuer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
For Jerusalem Palestinians, home not always home
Like her father before her, Zeina Ashrawi was born in Jerusalem. Her mother represented the city in the Palestinian parliament for 10 years...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Argentine pres holds 1st news conference in 8 mos
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Saturday denied opposition claims that her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, runs her presidency...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Lawyer Brazilian confessed to killing teen
The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 4 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least four dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Island says starfish arent toys for dogs to fetch
Tourism officials on the Caribbean island of Grenada say they are concerned about dog owners snatching starfish out of the sea and throwing them like flying discs for their dogs to catch...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Boy born aboard flight dies at hospital in Jamaica
A baby who was born on an American Airlines flight en route to Miami died Saturday at a hospital in Jamaica, a Peruvian consulate official said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Afghanistan says 3 Taliban killed in east
The Interior Ministry says three Taliban militants were killed when a bomb they were planting in eastern Afghanistan exploded prematurely...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Police Brazil suspect brags he put teen in bag
A Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase bragged to his brother in a text message that she was "in the bag," state police said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Indonesian man dies of bird flu, official says
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