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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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US News Archive for August 2008:
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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 13, 2008
Syria, Lebanon agree to establish diplomatic ties
Syria and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in a step toward healing tensions that have fueled decades of turmoil in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Russia defies truce with Georgia US sending aid
Defying a cease-fire agreement, a Russian military convoy rolled through a strategically important Georgia city Wednesday and Georgian officials claimed there was looting and bombing by Russians and their allies...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
UN unveils plans to step up efforts in Iraq
Five years after bombings forced the United Nations to pull out of Iraq, the world body is back. It announced plans Wednesday to help Iraq rebuild and create jobs following complaints the government has been unable or unwilling to spend its oil riches...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Officials Missiles kill 9 in Pakistan
A missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least nine suspected insurgents including foreigners, officials said Wednesday, raising suspicion that the U.S. was again targeting militants in Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Dalai Lama says world should be firm with China
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the world should be firm with China on human rights and freedoms but must also try to bring it into the "mainstream of world democracy."...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Displaced Filipinos can return to their homes soon
Muslim guerrillas have completely withdrawn from 15 predominantly Christian villages in the southern Philippines, and the tens of thousands of residents can return to their homes once they have been cleared of booby traps, the military said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kashmir protests spread to Indian cities
Riots erupted across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday as Muslims mourned 15 people killed in a day of bloody violence, as the protests spread to other parts of India...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Documents detailing early spy network released
Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Sanchez sisters recount obstacles in House
The first sisters in Congress, Loretta and Linda Sanchez of California, say they had to fend off propositions and patronizing from men to get there and to stay...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Youkilis, Red Sox win a wild one at Fenway Park
By the time Boston and Texas were through, there were 36 runs on the scoreboard and the Red Sox had rallied to win _ after blowing a 10-run lead...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cast members returning for 30th Dallas reunion
J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together for a "Dallas" reunion party...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
BET starts a weekly news program
BET starts a weekly news program on Friday described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Judge rules actors accused stalker competent
A judge says a woman accused of stalking John Cusack is competent to stand trial, but cannot represent herself...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cubs beat Braves 10-2 for 6th straight road win
The Chicago Cubs are winning on the road, too. Geovanny Soto and Jim Edmonds homered, Jason Marquis defeated his old team and the Cubs routed the Atlanta Braves 10-2 Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cubs beat Braves 10-2 for sixth straight road win
The Chicago Cubs are winning on the road, too.Geovanny Soto and Jim Edmonds homered, and the Cubs routed the Atlanta Braves 10-2 Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Another 3-run shot for Young puts Twins past Yanks
Delmon Young hit a three-run homer for the second straight day, pushing the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Young hits another 3-run homer as Twins top Yanks
Delmon Young hit a three-run homer for the second straight day, pushing the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Retail sales drop for first time in 5 months
The government says retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Report Edwards wife was in anguish after affair
Elizabeth Edwards found a return to "normalcy" when campaigning for her husband after he confessed to having an affair, while her diagnosis with a recurrence of cancer created a sense of urgency when deciding whether to leave him, her brother and a friend tell People magazine...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Home in Chicago, Obama can be regular guy, sort of
Even a guy running for president has to take his wife out on a date...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Colorado, Nevada and Conn. pick Nov. candidates
Voters in Colorado, Nevada and Connecticut have chosen candidates for the fall election, including a Republican hoping to succeed Rep. Tom Tancredo and a Democrat who will face-off against Rep. Chris Shays...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Natalie Coughlin defends Olympic 100 back title
Natalie Coughlin of the United States has won the Olympic 100-meter backstroke, becoming the first woman to ever defend her title in the event...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kempthorne defends proposed changes to species law
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is defending proposed changes to the endangered species law, saying they will ensure the statute is not used as a "back door" to regulate the gases blamed for global warming...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Golden girls no more, China beats US in gymnastics
The Chinese crashed what was supposed to be a U.S. Olympic party...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Georgian conflict shows Russia calling the shots
Russia has made clear it calls the shots in this part of the world, a message other former Soviet bloc countries cannot ignore...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a federal appeals court complaining about a museum exhibit of the tiny cabin where he plotted an 18-year bombing spree...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
ACT scores down, but more students college-ready
Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam dipped slightly for the high school class of 2008 as the number of students taking the exam jumped by 9 percent compared to last year...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a federal appeals court complaining about a museum exhibit of the tiny cabin where he plotted an 18-year bombing spree...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Dead animals found in pot, freezer in Vt. home
Responding to a report of animal cruelty, authorities found dozens of living and dead animals in a home infested with fleas, maggots and rotting carcasses. The owners _ a woman and her adult son _ were charged with animal cruelty...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Flight attendant says Victoria Osteen eyed cockpit
A flight attendant suing Victoria Osteen said the wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen was eyeing the cockpit after throwing her against a bathroom door before a 2005 flight...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Fire burns building at Apple HQ in California
Firefighters have contained a blaze that has burned for about three hours at the headquarters of computer maker Apple...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Wildlife officials seek to raise Wash. hunting age
When Pamela Almli set out for a hike on a popular trail north of Seattle, she may not have been aware that bear hunting season had begun a few days earlier...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Trial begins for man accused of killing Fla. teen
A convicted sex offender on trial in the slaying of a Tampa-area teen three years ago confessed to the killing in a jailhouse conversation with his mother, prosecutors said during opening arguments Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Ex-inmates accuse former sheriff of demanding sex
Former female inmates of the Custer County jail testified Wednesday that ex-Sheriff Mike Burgess demanded sex from them in exchange for his help in getting them into a drug court rehabilitation program...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
What a ride woman, 82, inducted into Hall of Fame
Betty Skelton Erde is 82 and lives in a retirement community where many are content to putter about in golf carts. Not Erde: she drives a blazing red Corvette to match her red hair and really means it when she says, "I like fast cars."...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Wounded suspect in Ark. shooting dies after chase
Police say a man suspected of bursting into the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters and shooting the party chairman has died...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Bigger, tougher fires bring Calif. to the brink
Faced with hundreds of big, hard-to-control blazes, California is struggling with what could be its most expensive wildfire season ever, burning through $285 million in the last six weeks alone and up to $13 million a day...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Police Ga. man held family captive in squalor
A man accused of holding his wife and four children captive in such squalor that thousands of roaches were crawling in and out of drawers, cupboards and furniture in their mobile home came close to being evicted for not paying his rent, but otherwise was polite, the park manager said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Passengers back Osteen, say they saw no assault
Three airline passengers testified Wednesday they never saw or heard any indication that the wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen assaulted a flight attendant in 2005...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman wounds Arkansas Democratic party chairman
A gunman entered the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters Wednesday and shot the party chairman, who was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Suspect in Fla. boat killings fingers co-defendant
A man accused in the slayings of four people aboard a charter fishing boat last year testified Wednesday that his co-defendant was responsible for all of the killings, and that the man threatened him at gunpoint...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
NTSB begins probe at Mass. site of plane crash
Federal investigators are examining the burned wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a parking lot, killing all three on board...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman fatally shoots Ark. Dem. Party chairman
A man barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters and opened fire Wednesday, fatally shooting the state party chairman before speeding off in his pickup. Police later shot and killed the suspect after a 30-mile chase...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman kills Arkansas Democratic Party chairman
A gunman shot and killed the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party on Wednesday before being shot and killed after a 30-mile chase. Bill Gwatney, 49, died four hours after the shooting near the state Capitol. The suspect, identified only as a 51-year-old man, was shot dead after shooting at officers near Sheridan...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman critically wounds Ark. Dem. Party chairman
A gunman barged into the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters Wednesday morning and shot the state party chairman three times, critically wounding him, authorities and party officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Police Ark. Dem. Party chair dies after shooting
Police say the 49-year-old chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party has died hours after being shot by a gunman who burst into the state party headquarters in Little Rock...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
NYC shops may have to shut doors while AC on
The New York City Council wants to slam the door on stores that blast their air conditioning to lure foot traffic from sizzling sidewalks...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
New Orleans cops cleared in bridge shooting
A judge has thrown out charges against six New Orleans police officers and a former officer accused in fatal shootings on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Remains of World War II pilot from Ky. identified
Howard "Cliff" Enoch Jr. disappeared over what would become East Germany near the end of World War II, three months before his only son was born...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Remains of World War II pilot from Kentucky identified
Howard "Cliff" Enoch Jr. disappeared over what would become East Germany near the end of World War II, three months before his only son was born...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
LA gang peace broker Darren Bo Taylor dies at 46
Darren "Bo" Taylor, a former member of the Crips who brokered a truce between warring inner-city gangs after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has died. He was 42...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Funeral director pleads guilty in body parts case
A funeral director accused of illegally harvesting body parts from corpses pleaded guilty Wednesday to 248 felonies related to the case...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Cooperative burglar gets 7 12-year prison term
A confessed burglar described by police as one of the most prolific thieves in Los Angeles history was resentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years in prison after making a police training video showing how he stole about $16 million in property, including a Degas painting...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Syria, Lebanon agree to establish diplomatic ties
Syria and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in a step toward healing tensions that have fueled decades of turmoil in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Russia defies truce with Georgia US sending aid
Defying a cease-fire agreement, a Russian military convoy rolled through a strategically important Georgia city Wednesday and Georgian officials claimed there was looting and bombing by Russians and their allies...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
UN unveils plans to step up efforts in Iraq
Five years after bombings forced the United Nations to pull out of Iraq, the world body is back. It announced plans Wednesday to help Iraq rebuild and create jobs following complaints the government has been unable or unwilling to spend its oil riches...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Displaced Filipinos can return to their homes soon
Muslim guerrillas have completely withdrawn from 15 predominantly Christian villages in the southern Philippines, and the tens of thousands of residents can return to their homes once they have been cleared of booby traps, the military said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kashmir protests spread to Indian cities
Riots erupted across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday as Muslims mourned 15 people killed in a day of bloody violence, as the protests spread to other parts of India...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Officials Missiles kill 9 in Pakistan
A missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least nine suspected insurgents including foreigners, officials said Wednesday, raising suspicion that the U.S. was again targeting militants in Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Dalai Lama says world should be firm with China
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the world should be firm with China on human rights and freedoms but must also try to bring it into the "mainstream of world democracy."...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman fatally shoots Ark. Dem. Party chairman
A man barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters and opened fire Wednesday, fatally shooting the state party chairman before speeding off in his pickup. Police later shot and killed the suspect after a 30-mile chase...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman kills Arkansas Democratic Party chairman
A gunman shot and killed the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party on Wednesday before being shot and killed after a 30-mile chase. Bill Gwatney, 49, died four hours after the shooting near the state Capitol. The suspect, identified only as a 51-year-old man, was shot dead after shooting at officers near Sheridan...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman critically wounds Ark. Dem. Party chairman
A gunman barged into the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters Wednesday morning and shot the state party chairman three times, critically wounding him, authorities and party officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Documents detailing early spy network released
Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Sanchez sisters recount obstacles in House
The first sisters in Congress, Loretta and Linda Sanchez of California, say they had to fend off propositions and patronizing from men to get there and to stay...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Youkilis, Red Sox win a wild one at Fenway Park
By the time Boston and Texas were through, there were 36 runs on the scoreboard and the Red Sox had rallied to win _ after blowing a 10-run lead...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cast members returning for 30th Dallas reunion
J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together for a "Dallas" reunion party...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
BET starts a weekly news program
BET starts a weekly news program on Friday described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Judge rules actors accused stalker competent
A judge says a woman accused of stalking John Cusack is competent to stand trial, but cannot represent herself...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cubs beat Braves 10-2 for 6th straight road win
The Chicago Cubs are winning on the road, too. Geovanny Soto and Jim Edmonds homered, Jason Marquis defeated his old team and the Cubs routed the Atlanta Braves 10-2 Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cubs beat Braves 10-2 for sixth straight road win
The Chicago Cubs are winning on the road, too.Geovanny Soto and Jim Edmonds homered, and the Cubs routed the Atlanta Braves 10-2 Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Another 3-run shot for Young puts Twins past Yanks
Delmon Young hit a three-run homer for the second straight day, pushing the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Young hits another 3-run homer as Twins top Yanks
Delmon Young hit a three-run homer for the second straight day, pushing the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Retail sales drop for first time in 5 months
The government says retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Report Edwards wife was in anguish after affair
Elizabeth Edwards found a return to "normalcy" when campaigning for her husband after he confessed to having an affair, while her diagnosis with a recurrence of cancer created a sense of urgency when deciding whether to leave him, her brother and a friend tell People magazine...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Home in Chicago, Obama can be regular guy, sort of
Even a guy running for president has to take his wife out on a date...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Colorado, Nevada and Conn. pick Nov. candidates
Voters in Colorado, Nevada and Connecticut have chosen candidates for the fall election, including a Republican hoping to succeed Rep. Tom Tancredo and a Democrat who will face-off against Rep. Chris Shays...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Gunman wounds Arkansas Democratic party chairman
A gunman entered the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters Wednesday and shot the party chairman, who was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Natalie Coughlin defends Olympic 100 back title
Natalie Coughlin of the United States has won the Olympic 100-meter backstroke, becoming the first woman to ever defend her title in the event...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kempthorne defends proposed changes to species law
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is defending proposed changes to the endangered species law, saying they will ensure the statute is not used as a "back door" to regulate the gases blamed for global warming...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a federal appeals court complaining about a museum exhibit of the tiny cabin where he plotted an 18-year bombing spree...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Golden girls no more, China beats US in gymnastics
The Chinese crashed what was supposed to be a U.S. Olympic party...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Georgian conflict shows Russia calling the shots
Russia has made clear it calls the shots in this part of the world, a message other former Soviet bloc countries cannot ignore...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Rule No. 1 of preseason Dont get anybody hurt!
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Sheriffs department Hayes likely died of stroke
Authorities in Memphis say Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Genentech turns down Roche offer
US firm Genentech rejects an offer from Swiss partner Roche to buy all outstanding stock in the firm for $43.7bn...
BBC News - August 13, 2008
Wal-Mart to invest $1bn in Brazil
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, aims to invest some $1bn in Brazil, as part of expansion plans in the region...
BBC News - August 13, 2008
Canada to expel US army deserter
Canada is to deport a United States soldier who fled to the country to avoid deployment in Iraq...
BBC News - August 13, 2008
Katrina shooting case collapses
A US judge throws out charges against seven New Orleans policemen involved in a fatal shooting after Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Russian troops roll into key Georgian city
Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
EU wants to step up involvement in Georgia
European Union foreign ministers agreed to consider sending a mission to monitor a fragile peace deal between Russia and Georgia _ but were divided Wednesday over whether to punish Moscow for taking military action against its ex-Soviet neighbor...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Israel clears troops in death of journalist
The Israeli army has closed an investigation into the death of a Reuters cameraman in the Gaza Strip last April, clearing the tank crew that killed the young journalist of any wrongdoing and saying the soldiers will not face disciplinary action...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Displaced Filipinos can return to their homes soon
Muslim guerrillas have completely withdrawn from 15 predominantly Christian villages in the southern Philippines, and the tens of thousands of residents can return to their homes once they have been cleared of booby traps, the military said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kashmir protests spread to Indian cities
Riots erupted across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday as Muslims mourned 15 people killed in a day of bloody violence, as the protests spread to other parts of India...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Dalai Lama says world should be firm with China
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the world should be firm with China on human rights and freedoms but must also try to bring it into the "mainstream of world democracy."...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
8 activists detained after Olympics protest
A British journalist, apparently mistaken by police for a protester, was wrestled to the ground and briefly detained Wednesday while trying to film a pro-Tibet demonstration by eight activists arrested near the main Olympics venue...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Condition improves of American attacked in China
An American woman severely injured in a knife attack that killed her husband in China the day the Olympics began has recovered enough to speak with relatives, an official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Youkilis, Red Sox win a wild one at Fenway Park
By the time Boston and Texas were through, there were 36 runs on the scoreboard and the Red Sox had rallied to win _ after blowing a 10-run lead...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Ethiers hit gives Dodgers win over Phillies
Andre Ethier singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Crosby hits 2-run homer in As 2-1 win over Rays
Bobby Crosby hit a two-run home run and Gio Gonzalez got his first major league win, helping the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
George Furth, Sondheim collaborator, dies
George Furth, an actor and playwright who wrote the book for the innovative Stephen Sondheim musical "Company," died Monday. He was 75...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Hagel as Obama veep draws concern from both sides
Talk of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as a potential running mate for Democratic candidate Barack Obama tends to confound partisans in both parties...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Retail sales drop for first time in 5 months
The government says retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kempthorne defends proposed changes to species law
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is defending proposed changes to the endangered species law, saying they will ensure the statute is not used as a "back door" to regulate the gases blamed for global warming...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Georgian conflict shows Russia calling the shots
Russia has made clear it calls the shots in this part of the world, a message other former Soviet bloc countries cannot ignore...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a federal appeals court complaining about a museum exhibit of the tiny cabin where he plotted an 18-year bombing spree...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Golden girls no more, China beats US in gymnastics
The Chinese crashed what was supposed to be a U.S. Olympic party...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Dead animals found in pot, freezer in Vt. home
Responding to a report of animal cruelty, authorities found dozens of living and dead animals in a home infested with fleas, maggots and rotting carcasses. The owners _ a woman and her adult son _ were charged with animal cruelty...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cooperative burglar gets 7 12-year prison term
A confessed burglar described by police as one of the most prolific thieves in Los Angeles history was resentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years in prison after making a police training video showing how he stole about $16 million in property, including a Degas painting...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
More than 360 animals found at filthy Mo. property
More than 360 domestic and farm animals, many of them emaciated, injured and suffering from mange and parasites, were rescued Tuesday from a filthy southwest Missouri property where they were hoarded and bred, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Dozens of dead animals found in infested Vt. home
Responding to a report of animal cruelty, authorities found dozens of living and dead animals in a home infested with fleas, maggots and rotting carcasses. The owners _ a woman and her adult son _ were charged with animal cruelty...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
ACT scores down, but more students college-ready
Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam dipped slightly for the high school class of 2008 as the number of students taking the exam jumped by 9 percent compared to last year...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a federal appeals court complaining about a museum exhibit of the tiny cabin where he plotted an 18-year bombing spree...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Fire burns building at Apple HQ in California
Firefighters have contained a blaze that has burned for about three hours at the headquarters of computer maker Apple...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Wildlife officials seek to raise Wash. hunting age
When Pamela Almli set out for a hike on a popular trail north of Seattle, she may not have been aware that bear hunting season had begun a few days earlier...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Trial begins for man accused of killing Fla. teen
A convicted sex offender on trial in the slaying of a Tampa-area teen three years ago confessed to the killing in a jailhouse conversation with his mother, prosecutors said during opening arguments Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Ex-inmates accuse former sheriff of demanding sex
Former female inmates of the Custer County jail testified Wednesday that ex-Sheriff Mike Burgess demanded sex from them in exchange for his help in getting them into a drug court rehabilitation program...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
What a ride woman, 82, inducted into Hall of Fame
Betty Skelton Erde is 82 and lives in a retirement community where many are content to putter about in golf carts. Not Erde: she drives a blazing red Corvette to match her red hair and really means it when she says, "I like fast cars."...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Flight attendant says Victoria Osteen eyed cockpit
A flight attendant suing Victoria Osteen said the wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen was eyeing the cockpit after throwing her against a bathroom door before a 2005 flight...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Border Patrol agent wounds man near Mexican border
Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man throwing rocks at agents near the U.S.-Mexico border in the San Diego area...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cancer patient, 55, mauled by dogs in Wash. home
A 55-year-old man with cancer was mauled by hungry dogs in his home while his daughter was away and he was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unarmed missile tested in launch from Calif. base
An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully tested early Wednesday, the Air Force said...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Child killers death penalty hearing set to begin
As a federal jury hears prosecutors explain why he should be put to death for killing four members of a family and kidnapping a fifth, a convicted pedophile may offer no substantial counter-argument for why he should live...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
NY nuke plant to miss target date on sirens
Another deadline will pass Thursday without a new emergency siren system going into service around the Indian Point nuclear power plant, just 35 miles north of midtown Manhattan...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
National Zoo Panda wont give birth this year
The National Zoo says panda mother Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) will not give birth to a cub this year afterall...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Maine toddler uninjured after three-story fall
A Maine toddler has walked away sore but otherwise unscathed after falling three stories from a window...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Bond revoked, young Michigan killer back in jail
A man convicted of murder at age 11 has been sent to a Michigan jail for allegedly violating bond in a drug case...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Cooperative burglar gets 7 12-year prison term
A confessed burglar described by police as one of the most prolific thieves in Los Angeles history was resentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years in prison after making a police training video showing how he stole about $16 million in property, including a Degas painting...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
EU wants to step up involvement in Georgia
European Union foreign ministers agreed to consider sending a mission to monitor a fragile peace deal between Russia and Georgia _ but were divided Wednesday over whether to punish Moscow for taking military action against its ex-Soviet neighbor...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Israel clears troops in death of journalist
The Israeli army has closed an investigation into the death of a Reuters cameraman in the Gaza Strip last April, clearing the tank crew that killed the young journalist of any wrongdoing and saying the soldiers will not face disciplinary action...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Russian troops roll into key Georgian city
Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
8 activists detained after Olympics protest
A British journalist, apparently mistaken by police for a protester, was wrestled to the ground and briefly detained Wednesday while trying to film a pro-Tibet demonstration by eight activists arrested near the main Olympics venue...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Condition improves of American attacked in China
An American woman severely injured in a knife attack that killed her husband in China the day the Olympics began has recovered enough to speak with relatives, an official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Displaced Filipinos can return to their homes soon
Muslim guerrillas have completely withdrawn from 15 predominantly Christian villages in the southern Philippines, and the tens of thousands of residents can return to their homes once they have been cleared of booby traps, the military said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kashmir protests spread to Indian cities
Riots erupted across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday as Muslims mourned 15 people killed in a day of bloody violence, as the protests spread to other parts of India...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
What a ride woman, 82, inducted into Hall of Fame
Betty Skelton Erde is 82 and lives in a retirement community where many are content to putter about in golf carts. Not Erde: she drives a blazing red Corvette to match her red hair and really means it when she says, "I like fast cars."...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Dalai Lama says world should be firm with China
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the world should be firm with China on human rights and freedoms but must also try to bring it into the "mainstream of world democracy."...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Ex-inmates accuse former sheriff of demanding sex
Former female inmates of the Custer County jail testified Wednesday that ex-Sheriff Mike Burgess demanded sex from them in exchange for his help in getting them into a drug court rehabilitation program...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Trial begins for man accused of killing Fla. teen
A convicted sex offender on trial in the slaying of a Tampa-area teen three years ago confessed to the killing in a jailhouse conversation with his mother, prosecutors said during opening arguments Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Crosby hits 2-run homer in As 2-1 win over Rays
Bobby Crosby hit a two-run home run and Gio Gonzalez got his first major league win, helping the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
George Furth, Sondheim collaborator, dies
George Furth, an actor and playwright who wrote the book for the innovative Stephen Sondheim musical "Company," died Monday. He was 75...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Youkilis, Red Sox win a wild one at Fenway Park
By the time Boston and Texas were through, there were 36 runs on the scoreboard and the Red Sox had rallied to win _ after blowing a 10-run lead...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Ethiers hit gives Dodgers win over Phillies
Andre Ethier singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Hagel as Obama veep draws concern from both sides
Talk of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as a potential running mate for Democratic candidate Barack Obama tends to confound partisans in both parties...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Retail sales drop for first time in 5 months
The government says retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Kempthorne defends proposed changes to species law
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is defending proposed changes to the endangered species law, saying they will ensure the statute is not used as a "back door" to regulate the gases blamed for global warming...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a federal appeals court complaining about a museum exhibit of the tiny cabin where he plotted an 18-year bombing spree...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Golden girls no more, China beats US in gymnastics
The Chinese crashed what was supposed to be a U.S. Olympic party...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Report Iraq contracts have cost billions
The United States has spent $85 billion on military contracts in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Georgian conflict shows Russia calling the shots
Russia has made clear it calls the shots in this part of the world, a message other former Soviet bloc countries cannot ignore...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wrote a letter to a federal appeals court complaining about a museum exhibit of the tiny cabin where he plotted an 18-year bombing spree...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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 13, 2008
Sheriffs department Hayes likely died of stroke
Authorities in Memphis say Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
Rule No. 1 of preseason Dont get anybody hurt!
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 13, 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 13, 2008
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