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Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Lawn chair balloonist reaches destination in Idaho
A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
California wildfires strain states resources
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rivera, Yankees hold off Bosox in 9th for 2-1 win
Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Ankiel caps rally in 9th to lift Cards past Cubs
Rick Ankiel slapped a two-run, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Ankiel singles in two to lift Cards to 5-4
Rick Ankiel slapped a two-run, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a three-run rally and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pernice takes a one-shot lead at AT&T National
On a wild day for everyone around him, Tom Pernice Jr. kept it steady and simple Saturday for a 1-under 69 in the AT&T National that gave him a one-shot lead and a chance to win for the first time in seven years...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama Response to Iraq remarks overblown
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Muslim, Hindu protests in Indian Kashmir
Authorities reversed a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Muslim majority Indian-held Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim and Hindu protesters held massive rallies across the region assailing the state government for its handling of the politically sensitive issue...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Video shows hostages rejoicing at moment of rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
Colombian military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a media crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
10 Taliban killed while planting bomb
Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
148 illegal immigrants reach Spain
A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Royal servants letters auctioned
Collectors paid thousands of pounds (dollars) Saturday for letters from British royalty to a trusted servant, including a note from the late Queen Mother Elizabeth requesting the aide pack bottles of gin and Dubonnet for an outing, "in case it is needed."...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Dissident Vietnamese monk dies in Vietnam
Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died Saturday after months of ailing health. He was 87...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Officials Blast kills 5 in Yemen
Local officials in a northern Yemeni town say an explosion at the main post office building has killed at least five people...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Moderate earthquake jolts Japan
A moderately strong earthquake shook Tokyo and its environs on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Freed hostages Colombian fiancee travels to Texas
The Colombian fiancee of freed U.S. hostage Keith Stansell has traveled to meet him in Texas along with their 5-year-old twin boys, who will see their father for the first time...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Nigerias first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment
Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Arrest made in London murders
British police arrested a suspect Saturday in the brutal murders of two French students who were tied up and stabbed scores of times before their bodies were set alight...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Donor children 'emotionally well'
Children from assisted conception do as well emotionally as those conceived naturally, research suggests...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Betancourt 'delight' at health tests
Ingrid Betancourt says she is delighted by the results of initial medical tests after her years as a hostage of Colombian rebels...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Argentine MPs approve farm taxes
Argentina's lower house of Congress approves taxes on agricultural exports, which farmers have vowed to resist...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Race loss could cost county £40m
Moving the British Grand Prix from Silverstone could put in jeopardy the £40m it brings to the local area...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Piper Alpha anniversary honoured
The 20th anniversary of 167 workers losing their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster is marked with ceremonies...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Small but...
Love your local bookshop? Tell us why and send a pic...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Everton footballer's brother kidnapped
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap the brother of star Nigerian and Everton football player Joseph Yobo, police say...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Government accused over bonuses
The government is criticised by the Tories after it was revealed civil servants banked more than £128m in bonuses...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Mbeki holds Harare crisis talks
South Africa's Thabo Mbeki holds talks in Zimbabwe with President Mugabe and leaders of a breakaway opposition faction...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man claims assault by Eminem in 2006 in Detroit
A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho
Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus beats Serena for her 5th Wimbledon title
Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus wins 5th Wimbledon, defeating sister Serena
Venus Williams won her fifth Wimbledon singles title Saturday, beating younger sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 in the final...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus beats Serena for Wimbledon title
Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday to win her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus wins Wimbledon, defeating sister Serena
Venus Williams wins Wimbledon, beating sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis McCain struggles to regain footing
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha is still churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Muslim, Hindu protests in Indian Kashmir
Authorities reversed a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Muslim majority Indian-held Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim and Hindu protesters held massive rallies across the region assailing the state government for its handling of the politically sensitive issue...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
7th victim of helicopter crash dies in hospital
Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Joy in video of Colombia hostage rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying tears of joy after they are aloft and realize they are free...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
8 dead, 5 missing in canoe dam accident
Divers pulled six bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five other people still missing after two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
Colombian military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a media crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
10 Taliban killed while planting bomb
Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Video shows hostages rejoicing at moment of rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Royal servants letters auctioned
Collectors paid thousands of pounds (dollars) Saturday for letters from British royalty to a trusted servant, including a note from the late Queen Mother Elizabeth requesting the aide pack bottles of gin and Dubonnet for an outing, "in case it is needed."...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Arrest in London murders of 2 Frenchmen
British police arrested a suspect early Saturday over the brutal stabbing murders of two French students...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia
Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
148 illegal immigrants reach Spain
A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Arrest made in London murders
British police arrested a suspect Saturday in the brutal murders of two French students who were tied up and stabbed scores of times before their bodies were set alight...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Dissident Vietnamese monk dies in Vietnam
Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died Saturday after months of ailing health. He was 87...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Officials Blast kills 5 in Yemen
Local officials in a northern Yemeni town say an explosion at the main post office building has killed at least five people...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Moderate earthquake jolts Japan
A moderately strong earthquake shook Tokyo and its environs on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Top Gear pay 'row' is played down
The agent of Top Gear host James May denies the star is seeking the same salary as Jeremy Clarkson...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Betancourt undergoes health tests
Ingrid Betancourt, the former hostage freed in Colombia this week, checks into a French hospital for medical checks...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Mongolia lifts emergency rule
Mongolian officials lift a state of emergency imposed after last week's deadly riots over alleged electoral fraud...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Arrests made over death of baby
A man and a woman are arrested over the death of a 10-week old baby boy at a house in Dorset...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Hero foils postman kidnap bid
A 'have-a-go hero' twarts an attempt by two men to kidnap a postman in the Gressham Street area of Belfast city centre...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
In pictures
Colourful costumes at the UK's biggest gay pride parade...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Fans go wild
The music festival that lives alongside a wildlife park...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Briton Laura Robson wins girls' title
Laura Robson becomes the first Briton since 1984 to win the Wimbledon girls' singles title...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Kovalainen on pole for British Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton only qualifies fourth fastest for the British GP as his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen grabs pole position...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Flip-flop guide
How Barack Obama and John McCain have changed tack...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Stabbed boy's parents thank helper
The parents of Shakilus Townsend, London's latest teenage knife death victim, thank a woman who tried to save him...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Queen Mother's note: 'pack the gin' is sold for record price
A note in which the Queen Mother asked her aide to pack gin and Dubonnet has sold for £16,000 in an unique auction of royal memorablia...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Couple say 'aisle do' in the supermarket where they work
A couple tie the knot in the seasonal goods aisle at the supermarket in Dundee where they first met and both work...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Venus triumphs in Wimbledon final
Venus Williams captures her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Turkish women attack clothing law
A group of Turkish women protest after a woman is convicted of exhibitionism for wearing "improper clothing"...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Sentamu rebukes Williams critics
The Archbishop of York accuses an Anglican traditionalist movement of "ungracious" behaviour...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks
South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe to meet President Robert Mugabe and dissident opposition members...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Labour MSP joins by-election race
Labour MSP Margaret Curran says she will stand as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the frontrunner drops out...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man claims assault by Eminem in 2006 in Detroit
A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures
After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend 4th of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas shifts to center give GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Baek leads San Diego to 5-1 victory
Cha Seung Baek threw six shutout innings, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Friday night to drop the NL West leaders below .500...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Weaver pitches gem, Angels beat Blue Jays 8-2
Howie Kendrick drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels got homers from Torii Hunter and Garret Anderson in an 8-2 victory over of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final
The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bertha is still churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rockies overcome 9-run deficit to beat Marlins
The blasts returned to Coors Field on Friday night _ long before the fireworks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Belarus bomb explosion wounds more than 50
A homemade bomb exploded at an outdoor concert in the capital of Belarus early Friday and wounded at least 50 people, government officials said, blaming hooligans...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
DC native finds calling in Fourth of July history
Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, canons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur
Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Joy in video of Colombia hostage rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying tears of joy after they are aloft and realize they are free...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
8 dead, 5 missing in canoe dam accident
Divers pulled six bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five other people still missing after two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Autopsy Drowning cause of Chinese girls death
A third autopsy on a teenage girl whose death sparked a riot last weekend in southwest China confirmed she died of drowning, while two more top local officials have been fired, state media reported Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Betancourt greets France with tears, joy
"I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Video shows hostages rejoicing at moment of rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Lawmaker killed in southern Afghanistan
An Afghan official says gunmen in southern Afghanistan have assassinated a lawmaker...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal area
Pakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
G-8 protests in Japan police arrest 4
More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
Colombian military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a media crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
10 Taliban killed while planting bomb
Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia
Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Arrest made in London murders of 2 French students
British police arrested a suspect early Saturday in connection with the recent brutal stabbing murders of two French students...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Argentine congress debates export tax
The Argentine Congress is debating on live television a proposal to increase grain-export taxes that has sparked farm strikes and food shortages across the country...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Moderate earthquake jolts Japan
A moderately strong earthquake shook Tokyo and its environs on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Arrest in London murders of 2 Frenchmen
British police arrested a suspect early Saturday over the brutal stabbing murders of two French students...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Fans await final Doctor Who show
Fans await the end of the current series of Doctor Who, after a major cliffhanger in the penultimate episode...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Gunmen kill Afghan MP in Kandahar
Afghan member of parliament Habibullah Jan is shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kandahar province, officials say...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Iran nuclear position 'unchanged'
Tehran says the position on its nuclear programme remains unchanged, a day after formally responding to an EU offer...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Sarkozy: Poles won't block Lisbon
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that the Polish president has reassured him he will not block the Lisbon treaty...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Residents moved after chapel fire
A blaze damages a disused Victorian chapel and leads to nearby homes being evacuated...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Man in court over Shiels murder
An 18-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering Emmett Shiels in Londonderry last month...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Piper survivor
The boy who lost his father to the North Sea...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Prevention is cure
How the NHS could do more to stop people getting ill...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Alex James on...
What Africa can teach gardeners in Chipping Sodbury...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Boy dies in mini-motorbike crash
A 12-year-old boy dies after his mini-motorcycle collided with a car in the Clackmannanshire area on Friday...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Abba quartet at Mamma Mia showing
The four members of Abba reunite in public for the first time in three years at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Alonso fastest in final practice
Renault's Fernando Alonso sets the pace in final practice at the British Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton again behind McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Tories under fire after Lewis quits
The Conservatives are in "disarray" after the resignation of London deputy mayor Ray Lewis, Labour says...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin
A man is arrested after tearing the head off an Adolf Hitler figure, as a new Madame Tussauds branch opens in Berlin...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
McGuinness in Iraq peace mission
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is in Baghdad to launch a new peace initiative between opposing Iraqi factions...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Man arrested over student murders
A man is arrested in connection with the murder of two French students who were stabbed and burned in a flat in London...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Labour by-election contender pulls out
Labour postpones selecting a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the man tipped to win fails to attend a meeting...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
US marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry
Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades and hot-dog-eating hijinks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Croc Dundee to tax authorities Come and get me
"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Amy Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of win in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Man claims assault by Eminem in 2006 in Detroit
A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Jesse Helms Polarizer, not a compromiser
"Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas shifts to center give GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Weaver pitches gem, Angels beat Blue Jays 8-2
Howie Kendrick drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels got homers from Torii Hunter and Garret Anderson in an 8-2 victory over of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
9 convicted in Austria fraud case
Nine people were convicted Friday of criminal charges in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the collapse of U.S.-based commodities brokerage Refco Inc...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Analysis Obamas centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Obama and family spend 4th of July in Montana
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama celebrated the Fourth of July with his family in Montana...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Rockies overcome 9-run deficit to beat Marlins
The blasts returned to Coors Field on Friday night _ long before the fireworks...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Orioles score 8 off Padilla, beat Rangers 10-4
Freddie Bynum tied a career high with three RBIs, and the Baltimore Orioles roughed up 10-game winner Vicente Padilla in a 10-4 win over Texas Rangers on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Brewers downplay Sabathia trade rumors
If the Brewers are considered a front-runner in the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes, manager Ned Yost wanted nothing to do with it on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Direct flights between China-Taiwan begin
Hundreds of mainland Chinese tourists _ some in matching pink shirts _ arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flights in nearly six decades, a historic move aimed at further easing tensions between the old foes...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur
Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Police torture videos cause uproar in Mexico
Videos showing Leon police practicing torture techniques on a fellow officer and dragging another through vomit at the instruction of a U.S. adviser created an uproar Tuesday in Mexico, which has struggled to eliminate torture in law enforcement...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Baek leads San Diego to 5-1 victory
Cha Seung Baek threw six shutout innings, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Friday night to drop the NL West leaders below .500...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Russian billionaire Abramovich leaves governor job
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has resigned as governor of a remote Arctic region, a position he has held for almost eight years and long wanted to leave...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
US says airstrikes hit Afghan insurgents
The U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents Friday in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan officials said civilians were traveling in the vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
8 die, 5 missing in canoe accident in Slovenia
Divers pulled seven bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five other people still missing after two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
DC native finds calling in Fourth of July history
Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, canons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Belarus bomb explosion wounds more than 50
A homemade bomb exploded at an outdoor concert in the capital of Belarus early Friday and wounded at least 50 people, government officials said, blaming hooligans...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Jerusalem attacker had Jewish girlfriend
The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
US Embassy returns to historic Berlin address
The U.S. Embassy in Germany returned to the site it occupied before World War II, marking the occasion Friday with a ribbon cutting by former President Bush and Ambassador William Timken...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Joy in video of Colombia hostage rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying tears of joy after they are aloft and realize they are free...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
8 dead, 5 missing in canoe dam accident
Divers pulled six bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five other people still missing after two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Autopsy Drowning cause of Chinese girls death
A third autopsy on a teenage girl whose death sparked a riot last weekend in southwest China confirmed she died of drowning, while two more top local officials have been fired, state media reported Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Betancourt greets France with tears, joy
"I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Burglary link to murder of 2 French students
The brutal murder of two French students in South London may be linked to the theft of two PlayStation game consoles, police said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Serb fled because he doesnt to face US charges
A college basketball player from Serbia accused of severely beating a schoolmate in the United States fled the country because he does not trust the U.S. justice system, his lawyer said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Video shows hostages rejoicing at moment of rescue
Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Lawmaker killed in southern Afghanistan
An Afghan official says gunmen in southern Afghanistan have assassinated a lawmaker...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
New Zealand trucks snarl cities in tax protest
Morning rush-hour traffic slowed to a crawl in most New Zealand cities Friday as truckers snarled highways and streets with thousands of vehicles to protest higher road taxes...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Trial of former Suriname dictator begins
The long-awaited trial of a former South American dictator accused of a 1982 massacre began Friday with testimony from a member of the firing squad...
Southern Ledger - July 5, 2008
Protests ahead of Japan G8 summit
Protests begin on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of Monday's summit of the G8 nations...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Police hunt missing child abuser
A prolific sex offender who abused young girls from across Scotland is missing after being released from prison on licence...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Mike Baker
The options for reforming "easier" A-levels...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Enough safety?
Chancellor Darling looks to protect depositors...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Gender 'impacts on transplants'
Women who get a replacement kidney from a male donor are more likely to reject the new organ, scientists suggest...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Collectors prepare to bid for Backstairs Billy's royal memorabilia
A unique collection of royal letters, photographs and artefacts is to go up for auction...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Pensioners 'see higher cost rise'
The cost of living for pensioners has outstripped inflation over the past 10 years, research suggests...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Synod set to debate women bishops
A senior cleric urges the Church of England Synod to resolve its dispute over ordaining women bishops...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
UK shops 'misleading customers'
High street shop staff are fobbing off customers and giving misleading advice about rights, Which? says...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Companies win £91m ship contracts
Seven UK firms are awarded contracts totalling £91.5m to provide parts for the Navy's new aircraft carriers...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Mayor Johnson 'misled' by deputy
London Mayor Boris Johnson says he was "misled" by his deputy, who has resigned amid allegations of financial irregularities...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
Film of Zimbabwe 'vote-rigging'
New evidence of vote-rigging in Zimbabwe's presidential election emerges in a secret film by a prison guard...
BBC News - July 5, 2008
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