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Jolie gives birth to twins, a girl and a boy
Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pitt, Jolie joined in emotion as twins born
Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Tensions escalating in battle for Yahoos board
After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Little yellow submarine studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Yellow submarine Unmanned sub studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope faces calls for apology over Australia abuse
Pope Benedict XVI has raised expectations he will apologize directly to victims of past clergy sexual abuse while he is in Australia this week for a Roman Catholic gathering of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, climate on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, warming on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving tropical storm nears Bermuda
Bertha weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday but could still deal a glancing blow to this British territory in the Atlantic, forecasters said...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Officials 9 US troops killed in Afghanistan
A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
AP IMPACT Pakistan militants focus on Afghanistan
In early June, about 300 fighters from jihadist groups came together for a secret gathering here, in the same city that serves as headquarters to the Pakistani army...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Agencies seek to protect Myanmar cyclone orphans
Now, 12-year-old Twe Zin Win must try to play the role of mother. Every night, she lulls her little twin sisters to sleep with a soothing lullaby their mother once sang them _ before the storm swept away her parents forever...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier
Thousands of Japanese rallied against the permanent basing of a nuclear-powered U.S. warship near Tokyo, saying a recent onboard fire made it unsafe...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Hellboy II catches fire with $35.9 million debut
Superheroes battling inner demons often rule the box office. This time, the superhero was a demon as "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" pulled in $35.9 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend film...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Fed poised to curb shady home-lending practices
Confronted by record foreclosures, the Federal Reserve is ready to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Surging Perry wins John Deere Classic in playoff
Kenny Perry beat Brad Adamonis and Jay Williamson in a playoff to win the John Deere Classic and escape with his third victory in five starts after bogeying the 18th hole on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Billingsley fans 13 as Dodgers rout Marlins 9-1
Chad Billingsley struck out a career-high 13 without walking a batter and the Los Angeles Dodgers used a six-run first inning to beat the Florida Marlins 9-1 on Sunday, avoiding a four-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Campillo, McCann key Braves 12-3 rout of Padres
All-Star catcher Brian McCann homered and drove in three runs to help the Atlanta Braves rout the San Diego Padres 12-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game series...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
All-Star 2B Kinsler paces Rangers over White Sox
All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler extended his majors-best hitting streak to 25 games with three hits and drove in three runs for the Texas Rangers, who held on for a wild 12-11 victory over the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Creamer hangs on to win Jamie Farr by 2 strokes
Paula Creamer shot a 2-over 73 Sunday and did just enough to make a big lead stand, going wire-to-wire to win the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic by two strokes...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
McCain quips about presidential bids by Arizonans
John McCain says he intends to reverse a trend that other politicians from Arizona have faced in running for president...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Obama taps Hagel and Reed for overseas trip
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expects to be accompanied on his battlefront tours of Iraq and Afghanistan by two fellow senators who are military veterans and often mentioned as potential running mates...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving hurricane hovers near Bermuda
Slow-moving Bertha barely clung to its hurricane status as it hovered near Bermuda late Saturday, but forecasters said it could pick up speed and still deal a glancing blow to the island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Ad campaign presses candidates on education
An education-advocacy group will begin airing ads this week seeking to nudge Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on ways to improve the standing of U.S. schools compared with other industrialized nations...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
US spells out Fannie-Freddie backstop plan
The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury announced steps Sunday to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whose shares have plunged as losses from their mortgage holdings threatened their financial survival...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
US spells out Freddie-Fannie backstop plan
The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve are announcing steps to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Miss Universe rivals leave politics out
Behind all the hugs and smiles, the 80 Miss Universe contestants are engaged in a fierce competition. But two contestants with perhaps the greatest reason for hostilities have become fast friends...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Busch passes Johnson late to take Lifelock.com 400
Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Brazils Beatriz 1st woman to win Indy Lights race
Ana Beatriz of Brazil became the first woman to win on the Firestone Indy Lights Series, taking the rain-delayed Sunbelt Rentals 100 on Saturday at the Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Official 9 US troops killed in Afghanistan
A Western official says that nine U.S. soldiers have been killed in a multi-pronged insurgent attack on a remote American base in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Bernie Mac makes off-color joke at Obama event
Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke during a surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Former Bush spokesman Tony Snow dies of cancer
Fox News is reporting that conservative commentator and former White House press secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Calif. aquafarmers cash in on demand for abalone
Carlsbad Aquafarm is growing a multimillion-dollar investment in abalone in a row of tanks alongside a tidal lagoon just outside San Diego...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Overseas crews coming to battle Calif. wildfires
As hundreds of blazes continue to char California, additional National Guard troops and overseas crews are being called in to assist exhausted firefighters, and President Bush has scheduled a visit to the state...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pioneering heart doctor Michael DeBakey dead at 99
Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Olmert says Mideast peace deal closer than ever
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel and the Palestinians have "never been as close" to a peace deal as today...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Yellow submarine Unmanned sub studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Rescued Colombia hostages head home to Florida
Three Americans freed after being held more than five years by rebels in Colombia gave thanks Saturday and urged people to not forget other hostages who were left behind...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Crews turn the corner against 1 Calif. wildfire
Firefighters "turned the corner" Saturday on a wildfire that destroyed part of a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, one of the hundreds of blazes that continue to char huge swaths of California...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Crews stamp out flames in Paradise, Calif. blaze
Many firefighters and homeowners were able to take a collective breath Sunday morning as another town appeared to have been spared from yet another wildfire in the unprecedented California fire season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Bill Clinton warns of growing polarization
Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
President Clinton warns of growing polarization
Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
2-legged dog becomes symbol of trapping flap
Andre the two-legged dog was rescued last winter when a woman noticed the animal trailing blood across a country road...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Police impersonators flash a badge, fool a victim
A man forces his way into an apartment to rape the woman who lives there. A guy on a bicycle handcuffs and robs pedestrians, and another gropes random women on the side of the road...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
World War II dog tag, ring returned to GIs family
The family of a missing World War II veteran finally has a bit of closure...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Search for adventurer Fossett resumes in Nevada
The search for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who vanished in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, is set to resume Monday in rugged mountains on the California-Nevada line where he may have crashed...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Religion throws wrinkle into Iowa flood recovery
Tayeeb Foods Inc. always enjoyed a modest profit, but Nazar Osman said running his six-year-old Sudanese grocery was never about the money...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving topical storm nears Bermuda
Bertha weakened Sunday into a tropical storm as it hovered near Bermuda, but forecasters say it might still deal a glancing blow to the Atlantic island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Volcano erupts, fishing boat rescues 10 people
A fishing vessel rescued 10 people after a volcano erupted, sending rocks and ash down on a cattle ranch on a remote island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
NYC mayor to offer poverty gauge in NAACP speech
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the formula the federal government uses to determine who lives below the poverty line is outdated and should be replaced...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
JonBenet Ramsey case will get 3rd DA in 12 years
When district attorney candidate Stan Garnett checked his cell phone after a long flight last week, he had dozens of messages asking his opinion about the latest DNA tests in the JonBenet Ramsey case...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Governors talk of moving beyond corn-based ethanol
From the coal fields of West Virginia to the corn fields of Iowa, governors are talking at their summer meeting about moving beyond ethanol produced just from food sources...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
NYC mayor says federal poverty gauge outdated
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the formula the federal government uses to determine who lives below the poverty line is outdated and should be replaced...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Calif. mudslide damages more than 50 homes
A huge mudslide has significantly damaged more than 50 homes and forced the evacuation of those living in them in the California town of Independence on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Thunderstorm spawns huge slide in eastern Calif.
A huge mudslide has forced the evacuation of more than 50 homes in the California town of Independence on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Jolie gives birth to twins, a girl and a boy
Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pitt, Jolie joined in emotion as twins born
Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Tensions escalating in battle for Yahoos board
After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Little yellow submarine studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Yellow submarine Unmanned sub studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope faces calls for apology over Australia abuse
Pope Benedict XVI has raised expectations he will apologize directly to victims of past clergy sexual abuse while he is in Australia this week for a Roman Catholic gathering of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, climate on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, warming on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving tropical storm nears Bermuda
Bertha weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday but could still deal a glancing blow to this British territory in the Atlantic, forecasters said...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Officials 9 US troops killed in Afghanistan
A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
AP IMPACT Pakistan militants focus on Afghanistan
In early June, about 300 fighters from jihadist groups came together for a secret gathering here, in the same city that serves as headquarters to the Pakistani army...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Agencies seek to protect Myanmar cyclone orphans
Now, 12-year-old Twe Zin Win must try to play the role of mother. Every night, she lulls her little twin sisters to sleep with a soothing lullaby their mother once sang them _ before the storm swept away her parents forever...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier
Thousands of Japanese rallied against the permanent basing of a nuclear-powered U.S. warship near Tokyo, saying a recent onboard fire made it unsafe...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Fed poised to curb shady home-lending practices
Confronted by record foreclosures, the Federal Reserve is ready to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
World War II dog tag, ring returned to GIs family
The family of a missing World War II veteran finally has a bit of closure...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Search for adventurer Fossett resumes in Nevada
The search for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who vanished in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, is set to resume Monday in rugged mountains on the California-Nevada line where he may have crashed...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving topical storm nears Bermuda
Bertha weakened Sunday into a tropical storm as it hovered near Bermuda, but forecasters say it might still deal a glancing blow to the Atlantic island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
All-Star 2B Kinsler paces Rangers over White Sox
All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler extended his majors-best hitting streak to 25 games with three hits and drove in three runs for the Texas Rangers, who held on for a wild 12-11 victory over the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Creamer hangs on to win Jamie Farr by 2 strokes
Paula Creamer shot a 2-over 73 Sunday and did just enough to make a big lead stand, going wire-to-wire to win the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic by two strokes...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Hellboy II catches fire with $35.9 million debut
Superheroes battling inner demons often rule the box office. This time, the superhero was a demon as "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" pulled in $35.9 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend film...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Obama taps Hagel and Reed for overseas trip
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expects to be accompanied on his battlefront tours of Iraq and Afghanistan by two fellow senators who are military veterans and often mentioned as potential running mates...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Billingsley fans 13 as Dodgers rout Marlins 9-1
Chad Billingsley struck out a career-high 13 without walking a batter and the Los Angeles Dodgers used a six-run first inning to beat the Florida Marlins 9-1 on Sunday, avoiding a four-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Campillo, McCann key Braves 12-3 rout of Padres
All-Star catcher Brian McCann homered and drove in three runs to help the Atlanta Braves rout the San Diego Padres 12-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game series...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
US spells out Freddie-Fannie backstop plan
The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve are announcing steps to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
McCain quips about presidential bids by Arizonans
John McCain says he intends to reverse a trend that other politicians from Arizona have faced in running for president...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Bernie Mac makes off-color joke at Obama event
Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke during a surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving hurricane hovers near Bermuda
Slow-moving Bertha barely clung to its hurricane status as it hovered near Bermuda late Saturday, but forecasters said it could pick up speed and still deal a glancing blow to the island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Ad campaign presses candidates on education
An education-advocacy group will begin airing ads this week seeking to nudge Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on ways to improve the standing of U.S. schools compared with other industrialized nations...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
US spells out Fannie-Freddie backstop plan
The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury announced steps Sunday to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whose shares have plunged as losses from their mortgage holdings threatened their financial survival...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Yellow submarine Unmanned sub studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Miss Universe rivals leave politics out
Behind all the hugs and smiles, the 80 Miss Universe contestants are engaged in a fierce competition. But two contestants with perhaps the greatest reason for hostilities have become fast friends...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Busch passes Johnson late to take Lifelock.com 400
Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Official 9 US troops killed in Afghanistan
A Western official says that nine U.S. soldiers have been killed in a multi-pronged insurgent attack on a remote American base in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
AP Source 76ers to send Carney, pick to Twolves
The 76ers are close to trading forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
AP Sources 76ers send Carney, top pick to Wolves
The 76ers have agreed to trade forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, two people in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Round 1 to Beasley His Heat top Roses Bulls
Michael Beasley stood in the doorway to the gym an hour before gametime, iPod in his left hand, head bobbing slightly as he chatted with new Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Olmert says Mideast peace deal closer than ever
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel and the Palestinians have "never been as close" to a peace deal as today...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells
Corrections officials across the country are trying to get cell phones out of prison cells...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Census New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Twolves get Carney, Booth, 1st rounder from 76ers
The Minnesota Timberwolves completed a trade with Philadelphia on Wednesday that gave the Wolves another first-round draft pick and paved the way for the 76ers to sign star power forward Elton Brand...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Kidman birth adds to Nashvilles image as oasis
Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Perry sets up 3-way tie at John Deere Classic
Kenny Perry finished with a flourish to move into a three-way tie for the lead through three rounds at the John Deere Classic on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Say what? NYC mayor often mangles his words
When Mayor Michael Bloomberg called in to his weekly radio show Friday from a media conference out West, he could hardly contain his excitement as he described the beautiful mountains and weather out in "Salt Lake City, Idaho."...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Creamer shoots 60, leads LPGAs Farr by 5 strokes
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well. Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 on the par-71 Highland Meadows layout Thursday. She held a five-stroke lead after the opening round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Creamer shoots 60, leads Farr by 5 strokes
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Howard goes deep twice, Phillies top Cards 4-1
Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in three runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Surging Perry wins John Deere Classic in playoff
Kenny Perry beat Brad Adamonis and Jay Williamson in a playoff to win the John Deere Classic and escape with his third victory in five starts after bogeying the 18th hole on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Rain allows Dixon to win 3rd straight at Nashville
Scott Dixon grabbed the lead on lap 149 and had enough fuel to stay there until rain ended the Firestone Indy 200 with 29 laps left, giving him his third consecutive victory at the Nashville Superspeedway and his fourth this season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Brazils Beatriz 1st woman to win Indy Lights race
Ana Beatriz of Brazil became the first woman to win on the Firestone Indy Lights Series, taking the rain-delayed Sunbelt Rentals 100 on Saturday at the Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pakistan plans no release of militant suspect
The government will not release a prominent militant suspect despite threats against its security forces by the top commander of the Pakistani Taliban, the Interior Ministry chief declared Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Its a girl and a boy for Brangelina
The Brangelina twins are here: Angelina Jolie has given birth to a girl and a boy, and dad Brad Pitt took the whole thing in stride...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Police say 24 killed in Afghan suicide blast
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 24 people, including 19 civilians, a provincial police chief said...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Thai PM vows to fight
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose government faces streets protests and a barrage of corruption allegations, vowed Sunday to amend the post-coup constitution, despite strong political opposition...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope faces calls for apology over Australia abuse
Pope Benedict XVI has raised expectations he will apologize directly to victims of past clergy sexual abuse while he is in Australia this week for a Roman Catholic gathering of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, climate on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, warming on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope Benedict arrives in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier
Thousands of Japanese rallied against the permanent basing of a nuclear-powered U.S. warship near Tokyo, saying a recent onboard fire made it unsafe...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Thai prime minister vows to fight
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose government faces streets protests and a barrage of corruption allegations, vowed Sunday to amend the post-coup constitution, despite strong political opposition...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Santana pitches Angels to victory
Ervin Santana allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, Howie Kendrick had two hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Beatles producer Martin honored in Los Angeles
Sir George Martin, the classically trained producer who helmed the Beatles recordings from their mop-top phase through their late musical masterworks, was honored Saturday night in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
The Who honored in Los Angeles
The Who was celebrated at a special concert by a few bands outside of their generation...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Busch goes past Johnson late
Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season by taking the Lifelock.com 400...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Ugglas RBI double helps Marlins win in 11
Dan Uggla doubled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, Jorge Cantu homered and the Florida Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Santana maintains mastery of As to lift Angels
Ervin Santana allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, Howie Kendrick had two hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Airbus CEO Insider-trading probe a show trial
Airbus CEO Thomas Enders dismissed a French insider trading investigation as a "show trial" and said a probe into his sale of shares in parent company EADS have not affected the way he runs the European planemaker...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Investors set for another tough earnings season
Investors already disheartened about the growing problems of the financial sector and the soaring price of oil are facing more depressing news with the release of second-quarter earnings reports...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Administration rejects regulating greenhouse gases
The Bush administration has rejected regulating greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, saying it would cause too many job losses at a time when the economy is in trouble...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Brazils Beatriz 1st woman to win Indy Lights race
Ana Beatriz of Brazil became the first woman to win on the Firestone Indy Lights Series, taking the rain-delayed Sunbelt Rentals 100 on Saturday at the Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Ad campaign presses candidates on education
An education-advocacy group will begin airing ads this week seeking to nudge Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on ways to improve the standing of U.S. schools compared with other industrialized nations...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving hurricane hovers near Bermuda
Slow-moving Bertha barely clung to its hurricane status as it hovered near Bermuda late Saturday, but forecasters said it could pick up speed and still deal a glancing blow to the island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Olmert says Mideast peace deal closer than ever
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel and the Palestinians have "never been as close" to a peace deal as today...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Yellow submarine Unmanned sub studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Miss Universe rivals leave politics out
Behind all the hugs and smiles, the 80 Miss Universe contestants are engaged in a fierce competition. But two contestants with perhaps the greatest reason for hostilities have become fast friends...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Busch passes Johnson late to take Lifelock.com 400
Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Former Bush spokesman Tony Snow dies of cancer
Fox News is reporting that conservative commentator and former White House press secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Calif. aquafarmers cash in on demand for abalone
Carlsbad Aquafarm is growing a multimillion-dollar investment in abalone in a row of tanks alongside a tidal lagoon just outside San Diego...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Overseas crews coming to battle Calif. wildfires
As hundreds of blazes continue to char California, additional National Guard troops and overseas crews are being called in to assist exhausted firefighters, and President Bush has scheduled a visit to the state...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pioneering heart doctor Michael DeBakey dead at 99
Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Famous cardiovascular surgeon DeBakey dead at 99
Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99
Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Rescued Colombia hostages head home to Florida
Three Americans freed after being held more than five years by rebels in Colombia gave thanks Saturday and urged people to not forget other hostages who were left behind...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Crews turn the corner against 1 Calif. wildfire
Firefighters "turned the corner" Saturday on a wildfire that destroyed part of a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, one of the hundreds of blazes that continue to char huge swaths of California...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving topical storm nears Bermuda
Bertha weakened Sunday into a tropical storm as it hovered near Bermuda, but forecasters say it might still deal a glancing blow to the Atlantic island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Crews stamp out flames in Paradise, Calif. blaze
Many firefighters and homeowners were able to take a collective breath Sunday morning as another town appeared to have been spared from yet another wildfire in the unprecedented California fire season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Bill Clinton warns of growing polarization
Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
President Clinton warns of growing polarization
Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
2-legged dog becomes symbol of trapping flap
Andre the two-legged dog was rescued last winter when a woman noticed the animal trailing blood across a country road...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Childs body recovered from Md.s Baltimore Harbor
Authorities have recovered the body of a child from the Baltimore Harbor and say it may belong to a 3-year-old whose father confessed to throwing the boy off the Francis Scott Key Bridge...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Rescued hostages head for Florida
Three Americans freed after being held more than five years by rebels in Colombia are giving thanks and urging people to not forget other hostages who were left behind...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Kan. town sets pair of penny world records
Hundreds of volunteers have proven pennies really can go a long way. Miles, in fact...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Kan. town sets pair of world records
Hundreds of volunteers have proven pennies really can go a long way. Miles, in fact...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Religion throws wrinkle into Iowa flood recovery
Tayeeb Foods Inc. always enjoyed a modest profit, but Nazar Osman said running his six-year-old Sudanese grocery was never about the money...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Bertha weakens to tropical storm in Atlantic
Forecasters say Bertha has weakened to a tropical storm from a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ash
A volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic rock...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Alaska volcano erupts, flings ash 30,000 feet high
A volcano has erupted with little warning on an island in Alaska, sending an ash cloud at least 30,000 feet high...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Faulty fan caused day care fire that killed child
Police in Florida say a faulty exhaust fan caused a fire that killed a 4-year-old girl at a Tallahassee day care center...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pakistan plans no release of militant suspect
The government will not release a prominent militant suspect despite threats against its security forces by the top commander of the Pakistani Taliban, the Interior Ministry chief declared Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Its a girl and a boy for Brangelina
The Brangelina twins are here: Angelina Jolie has given birth to a girl and a boy, and dad Brad Pitt took the whole thing in stride...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Newfound Iraqi confidence pleases, worries US
Wajih Hameed is an Iraqi general with an attitude...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Little yellow submarine studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Yellow submarine Unmanned sub studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Police say 24 killed in Afghan suicide blast
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 24 people, including 19 civilians, a provincial police chief said...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Thai PM vows to fight
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose government faces streets protests and a barrage of corruption allegations, vowed Sunday to amend the post-coup constitution, despite strong political opposition...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope faces calls for apology over Australia abuse
Pope Benedict XVI has raised expectations he will apologize directly to victims of past clergy sexual abuse while he is in Australia this week for a Roman Catholic gathering of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, climate on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, warming on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope Benedict arrives in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving topical storm nears Bermuda
Bertha weakened Sunday into a tropical storm as it hovered near Bermuda, but forecasters say it might still deal a glancing blow to the Atlantic island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Crews stamp out flames in Paradise, Calif. blaze
Many firefighters and homeowners were able to take a collective breath Sunday morning as another town appeared to have been spared from yet another wildfire in the unprecedented California fire season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier
Thousands of Japanese rallied against the permanent basing of a nuclear-powered U.S. warship near Tokyo, saying a recent onboard fire made it unsafe...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Thai prime minister vows to fight
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose government faces streets protests and a barrage of corruption allegations, vowed Sunday to amend the post-coup constitution, despite strong political opposition...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Santana pitches Angels to victory
Ervin Santana allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, Howie Kendrick had two hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Beatles producer Martin honored in Los Angeles
Sir George Martin, the classically trained producer who helmed the Beatles recordings from their mop-top phase through their late musical masterworks, was honored Saturday night in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
The Who honored in Los Angeles
The Who was celebrated at a special concert by a few bands outside of their generation...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Religion throws wrinkle into Iowa flood recovery
Tayeeb Foods Inc. always enjoyed a modest profit, but Nazar Osman said running his six-year-old Sudanese grocery was never about the money...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Busch goes past Johnson late
Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season by taking the Lifelock.com 400...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Ugglas RBI double helps Marlins win in 11
Dan Uggla doubled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, Jorge Cantu homered and the Florida Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Santana maintains mastery of As to lift Angels
Ervin Santana allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, Howie Kendrick had two hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Airbus CEO Insider-trading probe a show trial
Airbus CEO Thomas Enders dismissed a French insider trading investigation as a "show trial" and said a probe into his sale of shares in parent company EADS have not affected the way he runs the European planemaker...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Investors set for another tough earnings season
Investors already disheartened about the growing problems of the financial sector and the soaring price of oil are facing more depressing news with the release of second-quarter earnings reports...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Administration rejects regulating greenhouse gases
The Bush administration has rejected regulating greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, saying it would cause too many job losses at a time when the economy is in trouble...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Ad campaign presses candidates on education
An education-advocacy group will begin airing ads this week seeking to nudge Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on ways to improve the standing of U.S. schools compared with other industrialized nations...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Slow-moving hurricane hovers near Bermuda
Slow-moving Bertha barely clung to its hurricane status as it hovered near Bermuda late Saturday, but forecasters said it could pick up speed and still deal a glancing blow to the island...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Bill Clinton warns of growing polarization
Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Yellow submarine Unmanned sub studies ocean
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Miss Universe rivals leave politics out
Behind all the hugs and smiles, the 80 Miss Universe contestants are engaged in a fierce competition. But two contestants with perhaps the greatest reason for hostilities have become fast friends...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Busch passes Johnson late to take Lifelock.com 400
Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Round 1 to Beasley His Heat top Roses Bulls
Michael Beasley stood in the doorway to the gym an hour before gametime, iPod in his left hand, head bobbing slightly as he chatted with new Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Olmert says Mideast peace deal closer than ever
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel and the Palestinians have "never been as close" to a peace deal as today...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells
Corrections officials across the country are trying to get cell phones out of prison cells...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Census New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Twolves get Carney, Booth, 1st rounder from 76ers
The Minnesota Timberwolves completed a trade with Philadelphia on Wednesday that gave the Wolves another first-round draft pick and paved the way for the 76ers to sign star power forward Elton Brand...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Kidman birth adds to Nashvilles image as oasis
Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
AP Source 76ers to send Carney, pick to Twolves
The 76ers are close to trading forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
AP Sources 76ers send Carney, top pick to Wolves
The 76ers have agreed to trade forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, two people in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Creamer shoots 60, leads LPGAs Farr by 5 strokes
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well. Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 on the par-71 Highland Meadows layout Thursday. She held a five-stroke lead after the opening round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Creamer shoots 60, leads Farr by 5 strokes
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Howard goes deep twice, Phillies top Cards 4-1
Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in three runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Rain allows Dixon to win 3rd straight at Nashville
Scott Dixon grabbed the lead on lap 149 and had enough fuel to stay there until rain ended the Firestone Indy 200 with 29 laps left, giving him his third consecutive victory at the Nashville Superspeedway and his fourth this season...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Brazils Beatriz 1st woman to win Indy Lights race
Ana Beatriz of Brazil became the first woman to win on the Firestone Indy Lights Series, taking the rain-delayed Sunbelt Rentals 100 on Saturday at the Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Perry sets up 3-way tie at John Deere Classic
Kenny Perry finished with a flourish to move into a three-way tie for the lead through three rounds at the John Deere Classic on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Say what? NYC mayor often mangles his words
When Mayor Michael Bloomberg called in to his weekly radio show Friday from a media conference out West, he could hardly contain his excitement as he described the beautiful mountains and weather out in "Salt Lake City, Idaho."...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope in Australia will highlight climate change
Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage in Australia Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and to address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Officials from 43 nations gather for Med union
Forty-three nations home to 800 million people were set Sunday to join in a Union for the Mediterranean, a vast though vague body its boosters hope can nudge this disparate and conflicted swath of the world toward peace and stability...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Israeli leader Olmert hopes for direct Syria talks
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel hopes to have direct contacts with Syria soon...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Olmert says Mideast peace deal closer than ever
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel and the Palestinians have "never been as close" to a peace deal as today...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Thai PM vows to fight
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose government faces streets protests and a barrage of corruption allegations, vowed Sunday to amend the post-coup constitution, despite strong political opposition...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Police say 18 killed in Afghan suicide blast
A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 18 people, including 13 civilians, a provincial police chief said...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, climate on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Clergy abuse, warming on Popes Australian agenda
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Pope Benedict arrives in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse...
Southern Ledger - July 13, 2008
Thai prime minister vows to fight
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose government faces streets protests and a barrage of corruption allegations, vowed Sunday to amend the post-coup constitution, despite st | | | | |
