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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
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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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Archaeologists New evidence for Herods tomb site
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake
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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Malkovich to film documentary about migrants
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
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US News Archive for August 2008:
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Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Need Antarctic data Send in the seals
Bitter cold and floating sea ice long frustrated scientists seeking to study the ocean around Antarctica in winter. The solution: Send in the seals...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Givenchy to help dress Madonna for her world tour
The upscale French fashion house Givenchy will help dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, a spokeswoman for the label said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Heavy damage in Tskhinvali, mostly at govt center
Gutted and shrapnel-scarred buildings testify to fierce street battles and heavy rocket and bomb attacks in the separatist capital of South Ossetia. But there is little evidence civilians were specifically targeted by Georgian troops, as Russia claims...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Relief supplies arrive for Georgian, other victims
Relief agencies rushed aid Tuesday to thousands of refugees fleeing the violence in South Ossetia for neighboring Russia or other parts of Georgia, while those left behind cowered in rat-infested cellars or wandered nearly empty cities and villages...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Georgian village bombed as fighting neared an end
Living near a conflict zone has taught 70-year-old Vakhtang Chkhekvadze to sense danger...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Gates marks anniversary of Microsoft research arm
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that the dramatic growth of the Internet would eventually spark a software-writing revolution...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Nature group says humpback whales recovering
The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Security forces kill 13 Kashmir protesters
Government forces fired at Muslim protesters for a second day Tuesday as demonstrators defied a curfew in Indian Kashmir, killing 13, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Dalai Lama visits Buddhist institute, pagoda
The Dalai Lama skirted controversy over Tibet at the start of his 12-day trip to France on Tuesday, blessing a Buddhist institute and a temple, and offering a message of goodwill to China as the host of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Russian soldier recounts Georgian ambush
Nikolai Badry, one of the first Russian soldiers to invade the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali last week, said he watched fellow soldiers fall to their deaths when Georgian artillery bombarded his convoy...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Taliban Open war in Pakistan as bomb kills 14
The Pakistani Taliban declared "open war" Tuesday in response to military offensives in the northwest, saying it staged a bombing that destroyed an air force truck and killed up to 14 people, including a child...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
India security forces kill 13 Kashmiri protesters
Indian forces shot and killed at least 13 Muslim protesters on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people defied a blanket curfew in Indian Kashmir, the bloodiest day in nearly two months of unrest that has rocked this long-troubled Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Baby boy born to Mexican actors Luna, Sodi
Mexican actors Diego Luna and Camila Sodi are first-time parents to a baby boy...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Blobtown Movie memories revitalize a community
There is a man. He carries a can, and inside it is a weird, blood-red hunk of goo the size and consistency of a generous bowl of lumpy raspberry Jell-O...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Fabian to be honored by Jimmy Stewart museum
Fabian Forte will be honored by the museum dedicated to actor Jimmy Stewart...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Sheriffs department Hayes likely died of stroke
Authorities in Memphis say Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Out of left field Manny goes missing, Dodgers win
The ninth inning was about to start and left field was empty. Manny Ramirez was missing...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Blake, Ramirez lead Dodgers over Phillies
Casey Blake hit a two-run homer and Manny Ramirez doubled home two more during a six-run third inning that carried Derek Lowe and the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Beckett outpitches Danks as Red Sox beat White Sox
Josh Beckett pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Monday night even though John Danks took a no-hitter into the seventh...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
USDA raises corn estimates on ideal weather
Farmers are on pace to produce the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in history, which may lead to lower prices for the key grains, the government said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
TJXs 2Q profits triple as shoppers seek bargains
TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
June trade deficit shrinks as exports climb
The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly fell in June as exports advanced to an all-time high, offsetting another big surge in oil imports...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Recession? Eat, drink, smoke and be merry
As a global recession looms, what better way to cope than to eat, drink and be merry?...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Pelosi, Michelle Obama to kick off Dem Convention
Michelle Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be the featured first-night speakers at the Democratic National Convention, which also will include a videotaped message from Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Denver wants delegates to see the old and the new
This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention _ just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
McCains celebrity taunts are bugging Obama
In a presidential campaign freighted with war, recession and energy woes, a jibe featuring Paris Hilton, of all things, seems to have struck a nerve in Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Oil falls below $114 in Asia on stronger dollar
Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Michael Phelps wins his 2nd gold of 2008 Olympics
Michael Phelps has his second gold of the Beijing games. It came in the 400-meter freestyle relay and he got the gold because of the performance of teammate Jason Lezak, who swam the anchor leg of the race. When Lezak dove into the pool for the last lap he was second to world-record holder Alain Bernard of France. He was still trailing with about 20 meters to go but from there the American turned on the afterburner. He made up the distance and finished 0.08 seconds ahead of Bernard...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
AGs office says Detroit mayor violated bond
A judge who has already sent Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail overnight is set to decide whether the embattled mayor has violated his bond a second time...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Gay marriage ruling secures chief justices legacy
California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Russia opens new front, drives deeper into Georgia
Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged air raids that sent people screaming and fleeing for cover in some towns...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Detroit mayor returns to court on 2nd bond issue
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returned to court Tuesday for a hearing to decide if he has violated his bail a second time...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Top Calif. judge faces backlash over gay marriage
California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Marines borrow hunting skills in combat training
The enemy hides among civilians on the urban battlefield, walking the same dusty streets and in the same crowded markets where Cpl. Derrick Terrell found himself during a yearlong deployment in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Big-game hunters, police teach Marines to hunt
The enemy hides among civilians on the urban battlefield, walking the same dusty streets and in the same crowded markets where Cpl. Derrick Terrell found himself during a yearlong deployment in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Marines learn to hunt
The enemy hides among civilians on the urban battlefield, walking the same dusty streets and in the same crowded markets where Cpl. Derrick Terrell found himself during a yearlong deployment in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Boston man remembers Calif. couple who vanished
Blaming a faulty memory, the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller has repeatedly denied allegations of an alias-filled past and any link to a Southern California couple who disappeared 23 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
No bail for Md. mom accused in starving death
A Baltimore judge has denied bail for a 21-year-old woman accused of starving her toddler to death while a member of a cult...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Imprisoned ex-Ohio congressman to be released
A prison Web site says former Ohio congressman Bob Ney is scheduled for release from a halfway house after serving his time in connection with a corruption scandal...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Flight attendant claims pastors wife attacked her
A flight attendant suing the wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen told a jury Tuesday she was simply doing her job when she was attacked without provocation...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
3 die as flight carrying patient crashes in Mass.
A small plane carrying a patient to Boston for medical treatment crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Father, 8-year-old son hurt in Tenn. bear attack
An 8-year-old Florida boy and his father were treated and released from a hospital after battling a black bear in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Man convicted of murder in boys starvation death
A jury has convicted a Denver man of murder and fatal child abuse in the starvation death of a 7-year-old boy in his care...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Georgians in America watch the violence back home
Khatuna Baghaturia has spent countless hours in the last week on the phone with relatives in her native country and watching the bloodshed on TV. The sight of Russian troops laying waste to Georgia was all the more horrifying because her three children are there now _ on vacation...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Fatal crash 3rd in 3 months for volunteer pilots
A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said. It was the third fatal crash in as many months for a network of charities that ferry patients to medical treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Attendant Osteens wife eyed cockpit after attack
A flight attendant suing the wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen for 10 percent of her net worth told jurors Tuesday the woman attacked her without provocation...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
3 dead after plane crash in Mass. parking lot
A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said. It was the third fatal crash in as many months of a charity flight carrying a patient to medical treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Deputy alleges groping in Okla. sheriffs sex case
A former sheriff groped a deputy and grabbed her buttocks several times while she was employed at his office, the deputy testified Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Kids baseball teams going farther, get younger
One inning at a time, Brady Kemp is getting closer to his dream of playing for the Atlanta Braves. He has endured numbing road trips to no-name ballparks and crashed in small-town motels after late games...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Feds charge man with driving SUV in which 9 died
Federal authorities have charged a 33-year-old man with driving a vehicle packed with suspected illegal immigrants that crashed near Phoenix last week, killing nine people...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Trial begins over $30M Cezanne stolen in 1978
At first, nothing seemed out of place when Michael Bakwin returned to his home in the Berkshires after he and his family went away for Memorial Day weekend in 1978...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Drag racer to take plea deal in 6 deaths in Tenn.
A professional drag racer charged with killing six spectators when he lost control of his car during a show has agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges as part of a deal that will spare him jail time, his attorney and a prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Possible cyanide poisoning victim from Ottawa
Authorities say a man who died of possible cyanide poisoning at a Denver hotel was a 29-year-old from Ottawa...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Official More cases likely against Texas sect
Texas Rangers are investigating roughly 20 alleged abuse cases and 50 alleged bigamy cases involving members of a polygamist sect, a Department of Public Safety spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Recalls
The following recall has been announced:_Hop Lee Trading Co. Inc. is recalling 12-ounce plastic packages of Chinese-made Flower brand dried sweet potato because they contain sulfites that are not listed on the label. This could be a problem for people with sulfite sensitivity, such as some asthmatics. No incidents have been reported. The sweet potato was distributed to stores around the country in July and August. Details: by phone at 718-821-2315...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Givenchy to help dress Madonna for her world tour
The upscale French fashion house Givenchy will help dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, a spokeswoman for the label said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Givenchy to dress Madonna in haute couture
French fashion house Givenchy says it is to dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky and Sweet" world tour...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
440 years for former Ill. cop convicted of 4 rapes
A former police sergeant convicted of raping four women was sentenced to 440 years in prison Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Police Ga. man held wife, kids captive 3 years
A northeast Georgia man has been charged with holding his wife and four children captive for three years inside their mobile home...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Georgian village bombed as fighting neared an end
Living near a conflict zone has taught 70-year-old Vakhtang Chkhekvadze to sense danger...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Gates marks anniversary of Microsoft research arm
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that the dramatic growth of the Internet would eventually spark a software-writing revolution...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Nature group says humpback whales recovering
The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Need Antarctic data Send in the seals
Bitter cold and floating sea ice long frustrated scientists seeking to study the ocean around Antarctica in winter. The solution: Send in the seals...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Dalai Lama visits Buddhist institute, pagoda
The Dalai Lama skirted controversy over Tibet at the start of his 12-day trip to France on Tuesday, blessing a Buddhist institute and a temple, and offering a message of goodwill to China as the host of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Russian soldier recounts Georgian ambush
Nikolai Badry, one of the first Russian soldiers to invade the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali last week, said he watched fellow soldiers fall to their deaths when Georgian artillery bombarded his convoy...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Heavy damage in Tskhinvali, mostly at govt center
Gutted and shrapnel-scarred buildings testify to fierce street battles and heavy rocket and bomb attacks in the separatist capital of South Ossetia. But there is little evidence civilians were specifically targeted by Georgian troops, as Russia claims...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Relief supplies arrive for Georgian, other victims
Relief agencies rushed aid Tuesday to thousands of refugees fleeing the violence in South Ossetia for neighboring Russia or other parts of Georgia, while those left behind cowered in rat-infested cellars or wandered nearly empty cities and villages...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Taliban Open war in Pakistan as bomb kills 14
The Pakistani Taliban declared "open war" Tuesday in response to military offensives in the northwest, saying it staged a bombing that destroyed an air force truck and killed up to 14 people, including a child...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
India security forces kill 13 Kashmiri protesters
Indian forces shot and killed at least 13 Muslim protesters on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people defied a blanket curfew in Indian Kashmir, the bloodiest day in nearly two months of unrest that has rocked this long-troubled Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Security forces kill 13 Kashmir protesters
Government forces fired at Muslim protesters for a second day Tuesday as demonstrators defied a curfew in Indian Kashmir, killing 13, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Fabian to be honored by Jimmy Stewart museum
Fabian Forte will be honored by the museum dedicated to actor Jimmy Stewart...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Georgians in America watch the violence back home
Khatuna Baghaturia has spent countless hours in the last week on the phone with relatives in her native country and watching the bloodshed on TV. The sight of Russian troops laying waste to Georgia was all the more horrifying because her three children are there now _ on vacation...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Fatal crash 3rd in 3 months for volunteer pilots
A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said. It was the third fatal crash in as many months for a network of charities that ferry patients to medical treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
3 dead after plane crash in Mass. parking lot
A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said. It was the third fatal crash in as many months of a charity flight carrying a patient to medical treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Attendant Osteens wife eyed cockpit after attack
A flight attendant suing the wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen for 10 percent of her net worth told jurors Tuesday the woman attacked her without provocation...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Blake, Ramirez lead Dodgers over Phillies
Casey Blake hit a two-run homer and Manny Ramirez doubled home two more during a six-run third inning that carried Derek Lowe and the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Beckett outpitches Danks as Red Sox beat White Sox
Josh Beckett pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Monday night even though John Danks took a no-hitter into the seventh...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Baby boy born to Mexican actors Luna, Sodi
Mexican actors Diego Luna and Camila Sodi are first-time parents to a baby boy...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Blobtown Movie memories revitalize a community
There is a man. He carries a can, and inside it is a weird, blood-red hunk of goo the size and consistency of a generous bowl of lumpy raspberry Jell-O...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Pelosi, Michelle Obama to kick off Dem Convention
Michelle Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be the featured first-night speakers at the Democratic National Convention, which also will include a videotaped message from Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Denver wants delegates to see the old and the new
This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention _ just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Out of left field Manny goes missing, Dodgers win
The ninth inning was about to start and left field was empty. Manny Ramirez was missing...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Oil falls below $114 in Asia on stronger dollar
Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
USDA raises corn estimates on ideal weather
Farmers are on pace to produce the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in history, which may lead to lower prices for the key grains, the government said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
TJXs 2Q profits triple as shoppers seek bargains
TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
June trade deficit shrinks as exports climb
The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly fell in June as exports advanced to an all-time high, offsetting another big surge in oil imports...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Recession? Eat, drink, smoke and be merry
As a global recession looms, what better way to cope than to eat, drink and be merry?...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Michael Phelps wins his 2nd gold of 2008 Olympics
Michael Phelps has his second gold of the Beijing games. It came in the 400-meter freestyle relay and he got the gold because of the performance of teammate Jason Lezak, who swam the anchor leg of the race. When Lezak dove into the pool for the last lap he was second to world-record holder Alain Bernard of France. He was still trailing with about 20 meters to go but from there the American turned on the afterburner. He made up the distance and finished 0.08 seconds ahead of Bernard...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
McCains celebrity taunts are bugging Obama
In a presidential campaign freighted with war, recession and energy woes, a jibe featuring Paris Hilton, of all things, seems to have struck a nerve in Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Russia opens new front, drives deeper into Georgia
Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged air raids that sent people screaming and fleeing for cover in some towns...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Witness Freeman said woman in crash is a friend
The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital
Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Hayes, Shaft singer and disco presage, dies
Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Sheriffs department Hayes likely died of stroke
Authorities in Memphis say Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Father, 8-year-old son hurt in Tenn. bear attack
An 8-year-old Florida boy and his father were treated and released from a hospital after battling a black bear in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Dalai Lama visits Buddhist institute, pagoda
The Dalai Lama skirted controversy over Tibet at the start of his 12-day trip to France on Tuesday, blessing a Buddhist institute and a temple, and offering a message of goodwill to China as the host of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Dalai Lama visits French Buddhist site, pagoda
The Dalai Lama, trying to skirt controversy over Tibet during a 12-day trip to France, opened his visit with blessings at a Buddhist institute Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Philippine rebels begin to leave occupied villages
Muslim guerrillas began withdrawing from several occupied southern Philippine villages Tuesday following fierce fighting with government troops that has displaced nearly 160,000 civilians during harvest time, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Taliban Open war in Pakistan as bomb kills 14
The Pakistani Taliban declared "open war" Tuesday in response to military offensives in the northwest, saying it staged a bombing that destroyed an air force truck and killed up to 14 people, including a child...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
India security forces kill 13 Kashmiri protesters
Indian forces shot and killed at least 13 Muslim protesters on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people defied a blanket curfew in Indian Kashmir, the bloodiest day in nearly two months of unrest that has rocked this long-troubled Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Security forces kill 13 Kashmir protesters
Government forces fired at Muslim protesters for a second day Tuesday as demonstrators defied a curfew in Indian Kashmir, killing 13, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Givenchy to help dress Madonna for her world tour
The upscale French fashion house Givenchy will help dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, a spokeswoman for the label said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Givenchy to dress Madonna in haute couture
French fashion house Givenchy says it is to dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky and Sweet" world tour...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Blake, Ramirez lead Dodgers over Phillies
Casey Blake hit a two-run homer and Manny Ramirez doubled home two more during a six-run third inning that carried Derek Lowe and the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Beckett outpitches Danks as Red Sox beat White Sox
Josh Beckett pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Monday night even though John Danks took a no-hitter into the seventh...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Oil falls to $113 in Asia on stronger dollar
Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
McCains celebrity taunts are bugging Obama
In a presidential campaign freighted with war, recession and energy woes, a jibe featuring Paris Hilton, of all things, seems to have struck a nerve in Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Oil falls below $114 in Asia on stronger dollar
Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
TJXs 2Q profits triple as shoppers seek bargains
TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Recession? Eat, drink, smoke and be merry
As a global recession looms, what better way to cope than to eat, drink and be merry?...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Michael Phelps wins his 2nd gold of 2008 Olympics
Michael Phelps has his second gold of the Beijing games. It came in the 400-meter freestyle relay and he got the gold because of the performance of teammate Jason Lezak, who swam the anchor leg of the race. When Lezak dove into the pool for the last lap he was second to world-record holder Alain Bernard of France. He was still trailing with about 20 meters to go but from there the American turned on the afterburner. He made up the distance and finished 0.08 seconds ahead of Bernard...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Md. woman sues state for right to massage horses
Mercedes Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massaging horses...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Russia opens new front, drives deeper into Georgia
Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged air raids that sent people screaming and fleeing for cover in some towns...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Laptop with traveler info likely stolen, returned
A laptop computer containing personal information from 33,000 travelers who applied to a program for bypassing airport security lines was probably stolen and returned, not just misplaced, investigators said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
No clear winner in ex-NJ Gov. McGreevey divorce
Dina Matos took a calculated risk and lost.Offered a settlement said to top $300,000 early in divorce talks with her gay ex-husband, former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey, Matos turned it down. The epic, four-year drama that ensued cost each a half-million dollars and further drained the well in the court of public favor...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Lawmakers aide pleads guilty in Pa. corruption
An aide to an indicted Pennsylvania state senator pleaded guilty Monday and admitted that he conspired with the longtime power broker to destroy e-mails and other evidence during an FBI extortion probe...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Slaughterhouse case fuels kosher justice movement
Very little goes unexamined in the kosher world...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Authorities Tire failure may be behind Nev. crash
Tire failure may have caused a casino worker shuttle bus crash that injured 29 people, a Nevada Highway Patrol officer said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
AGs office says Detroit mayor violated bond
A judge who has already sent Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail overnight is set to decide whether the embattled mayor has violated his bond a second time...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Gay marriage ruling secures chief justices legacy
California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Feds say Stevens trial shouldnt move to Alaska
Two Alaska politicians facing federal indictments for their ties to a defunct oil field services company were subjects of court proceedings nearly 3,500 miles apart Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Detroit mayor returns to court on 2nd bond issue
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returned to court Tuesday for a hearing to decide if he has violated his bail a second time...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Top Calif. judge faces backlash over gay marriage
California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Marines borrow hunting skills in combat training
The enemy hides among civilians on the urban battlefield, walking the same dusty streets and in the same crowded markets where Cpl. Derrick Terrell found himself during a yearlong deployment in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Big-game hunters, police teach Marines to hunt
The enemy hides among civilians on the urban battlefield, walking the same dusty streets and in the same crowded markets where Cpl. Derrick Terrell found himself during a yearlong deployment in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Marines learn to hunt
The enemy hides among civilians on the urban battlefield, walking the same dusty streets and in the same crowded markets where Cpl. Derrick Terrell found himself during a yearlong deployment in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Boston man remembers Calif. couple who vanished
Blaming a faulty memory, the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller has repeatedly denied allegations of an alias-filled past and any link to a Southern California couple who disappeared 23 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Father, 8-year-old son hurt in Tenn. bear attack
An 8-year-old Florida boy and his father were treated and released from a hospital after battling a black bear in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Fla. police officer who beat suspect on tape quits
A dashboard camera caught it all. Now, a West Palm Beach police officer seen punching and kicking a handcuffed man on the video has resigned and two other officers are on administrative leave...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
3 die as flight carrying patient crashes in Mass.
A small plane carrying a patient to Boston for medical treatment crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Man pleads guilty in NC university car attack
A former student accused of plowing his sport utility vehicle into a campus crowd, hitting nine people, in a self-professed bid to avenge Muslim deaths overseas pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree attempted murder...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Small plane hits car on Calif. freeway, 1 killed
Authorities say a small, homebuilt plane has crashed on a California interstate, hitting a car and killing one person in the plane...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Arrest made in 2006 rape, killing of Fla. girl
Authorities say they have made an arrest in the rape and slaying of a 6-year-old southwest Florida girl nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
UNC student pleads guilty to attempted murder
A student accused of driving through a gathering spot on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and hitting nine people has pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Nature group says humpback whales recovering
The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Need Antarctic data Send in the seals
Bitter cold and floating sea ice long frustrated scientists seeking to study the ocean around Antarctica in winter. The solution: Send in the seals...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Dalai Lama visits French Buddhist site, pagoda
The Dalai Lama, trying to skirt controversy over Tibet during a 12-day trip to France, opened his visit with blessings at a Buddhist institute Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Philippine rebels begin to leave occupied villages
Muslim guerrillas began withdrawing from several occupied southern Philippine villages Tuesday following fierce fighting with government troops that has displaced nearly 160,000 civilians during harvest time, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Top Calif. judge faces backlash over gay marriage
California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Taliban Open war in Pakistan as bomb kills 14
The Pakistani Taliban declared "open war" Tuesday in response to military offensives in the northwest, saying it staged a bombing that destroyed an air force truck and killed up to 14 people, including a child...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
India security forces kill 13 Kashmiri protesters
Indian forces shot and killed at least 13 Muslim protesters on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people defied a blanket curfew in Indian Kashmir, the bloodiest day in nearly two months of unrest that has rocked this long-troubled Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Security forces kill 13 Kashmir protesters
Government forces fired at Muslim protesters for a second day Tuesday as demonstrators defied a curfew in Indian Kashmir, killing 13, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Dalai Lama visits Buddhist institute, pagoda
The Dalai Lama skirted controversy over Tibet at the start of his 12-day trip to France on Tuesday, blessing a Buddhist institute and a temple, and offering a message of goodwill to China as the host of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
3 die as flight carrying patient crashes in Mass.
A small plane carrying a patient to Boston for medical treatment crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Detroit mayor returns to court on 2nd bond issue
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returned to court Tuesday for a hearing to decide if he has violated his bail a second time...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Marines borrow hunting skills in combat training
The enemy hides among civilians on the urban battlefield, walking the same dusty streets and in the same crowded markets where Cpl. Derrick Terrell found himself during a yearlong deployment in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Blake, Ramirez lead Dodgers over Phillies
Casey Blake hit a two-run homer and Manny Ramirez doubled home two more during a six-run third inning that carried Derek Lowe and the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Beckett outpitches Danks as Red Sox beat White Sox
Josh Beckett pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Monday night even though John Danks took a no-hitter into the seventh...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Givenchy to help dress Madonna for her world tour
The upscale French fashion house Givenchy will help dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, a spokeswoman for the label said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Givenchy to dress Madonna in haute couture
French fashion house Givenchy says it is to dress Madonna for her upcoming "Sticky and Sweet" world tour...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Recession? Eat, drink, smoke and be merry
As a global recession looms, what better way to cope than to eat, drink and be merry?...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Oil falls to $113 in Asia on stronger dollar
Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
McCains celebrity taunts are bugging Obama
In a presidential campaign freighted with war, recession and energy woes, a jibe featuring Paris Hilton, of all things, seems to have struck a nerve in Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Oil falls below $114 in Asia on stronger dollar
Oil prices fell Tuesday in Asia to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
TJXs 2Q profits triple as shoppers seek bargains
TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Michael Phelps wins his 2nd gold of 2008 Olympics
Michael Phelps has his second gold of the Beijing games. It came in the 400-meter freestyle relay and he got the gold because of the performance of teammate Jason Lezak, who swam the anchor leg of the race. When Lezak dove into the pool for the last lap he was second to world-record holder Alain Bernard of France. He was still trailing with about 20 meters to go but from there the American turned on the afterburner. He made up the distance and finished 0.08 seconds ahead of Bernard...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Texans backup RB Chris Brown returns to practice
Houston Texans running back Chris Brown returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a sore back...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Pistons sign free agent center Kwame Brown
The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. The team announced the signing on Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Russia opens new front, drives deeper into Georgia
Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged air raids that sent people screaming and fleeing for cover in some towns...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Service honors Skip Caray, voice of Braves club
Skip Caray, the voice of the Braves for more than three decades, was remembered Monday for simple contributions like cracking jokes to players in the clubhouse and his cries of "Braves win!" during the 1995 World Series...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Witness Freeman said woman in crash is a friend
The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital
Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Hayes, Shaft singer and disco presage, dies
Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Can the LA paparazzi be tamed?
A look at proposed new laws which could curb the recent excesses of the Hollywood paparazzi...
BBC News - August 12, 2008
US trade deficit shrank in June
The weaker dollar boosted US exports in June and helped to shrink the US trade deficit, official figures show...
BBC News - August 12, 2008
Running 'can slow ageing process'
A jog round the park on a regular basis can slow the effects of ageing, research shows...
BBC News - August 12, 2008
Venezuela choice
Opt out or embrace Hugo Chavez's revolution?...
BBC News - August 12, 2008
Protesters gather at Stiller film
Ben Stiller's new film Tropic Thunder upsets groups representing the disabled for including "derogatory words"...
BBC News - August 12, 2008
Morales offers dialogue to rivals
Bolivian President Evo Morales offers talks with his political rivals after a referendum confirms both sides in office...
BBC News - August 12, 2008
Russian president halts military action in Georgia
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia Tuesday, saying it had punished Georgia and brought security for civilians and Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway South Ossetia region...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Nature group says humpback whales recovering
The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Need Antarctic data Send in the seals
Bitter cold and floating sea ice long frustrated scientists seeking to study the ocean around Antarctica in winter. The solution: Send in the seals...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Dalai Lama visits French Buddhist site, pagoda
The Dalai Lama, trying to skirt controversy over Tibet during a 12-day trip to France, opened his visit with blessings at a Buddhist institute Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Philippine rebels begin to leave occupied villages
Muslim guerrillas began withdrawing from several occupied southern Philippine villages Tuesday following fierce fighting with government troops that has displaced nearly 160,000 civilians during harvest time, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Filipino rebels vow to leave occupied villages
Muslim rebels said they were pulling back from a dozen of occupied southern Philippine villages Tuesday after government forces began retaking them amid fierce fighting that has forced nearly 160,000 civilians from their homes...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
4 killed in Kashmir Muslim protest over roadblock
Security forces fired bullets and tear gas Monday trying to stop marches by Kashmir Muslims protesting a road blockade by Hindus, leaving four people dead, including the leader of an alliance of nonviolent separatist groups...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Bomb hits Pakistan military truck, up to 14 dead
A roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force truck in a northwestern city Tuesday, killing as many as 14 people including a 5-year-old girl, as the military pounded insurgent positions in a nearby tribal region...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Bomb hits Pakistan air force vehicle, 14 dead
A roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force truck in a northwestern city Tuesday, killing 14 people as the military pounded insurgent positions in a nearby tribal region...
Southern Ledger - August 12, 2008
Mental disability groups protest Tropic Thunder
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