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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 14, 2008
Pitt, Jolie joined in emotion as twins born
Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
3 plead to charges in plot that changed air travel
In a case that changed the face of air travel, three men charged with a plot to kill trans-Atlantic airline passengers with bombs in soda bottles admitted Monday they intended to cause explosions...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days
Apple Inc. said Monday it has sold 1 million iPhones in the three days following the release of the latest model on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit to Australia
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha hits Bermuda with high winds
Tropical Storm Bertha raked Bermuda with high winds Monday while kicking up choppy surf along the East Coast of the United States. U.S. forecasters warned that the system was close to regaining hurricane strength...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
SKorea says it will recall ambassador from Japan
South Korea said Monday it will recall its ambassador from Japan over rekindled claims to disputed islands between the countries, as the new Seoul government seeks to lift its sagging popularity at home with an appeal to nationalism...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Pro soccer player retires to enter priesthood
When he was playing professional soccer in Chile, Chase Hilgenbrinck would seek comfort in the churches to satisfy his spiritual needs and remind him of childhood Sundays spent at Holy Trinity in his hometown of Bloomington, Ill...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Death Row Records auctioned for $24 million
Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
FAA re-evaluates JFK runway procedures
The Federal Aviation Administration is studying whether to again change takeoff and landing procedures at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a second near-collision of aircraft in less than a week...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Sabathia homers for Brewers in 3-2 win over Reds
CC Sabathia gave the Brewers everything they could have hoped for in his first week as their new ace. The hitting was a bonus...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 9th straight win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 7-0 win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Kinslers streak hits 25 as Rangers edge 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 14, 2008
Miss USA offers humor and philosophy about fall
Miss USA has learned a simple lesson from her humiliating tumble during the Miss Universe pageant _ the second year in a row the American contestant has taken a spill...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end romance
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up, their publicists said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
McCain touts free trade agenda to Hispanic group
Republican presidential candidate John McCain in one of his strongest endorsements of free trade called himself "an unapologetic supporter of NAFTA," an agreement that many Americans feel has cost them jobs...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Black activists say Obama must speak to all races
The civil rights activists of the NAACP beg to differ with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. They think Democrat Barack Obama is doing a good job balancing his role as a black candidate with the need to speak to all races...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Laura to return to General Hospital
Genie Francis is checking back into "General Hospital."...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Fannie-Freddie lifeline puts taxpayers on the hook
Now that the federal government has thrown a lifeline to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers could be on the hook for billions more if the crisis of confidence spreads...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
InBev snags Anheuser-Busch and its marketing clout
The King of Beers, the folks who spent lavishly to bring you the Bud Bowl, the Talking Frogs, the Whassup Guys and the Clydesdales, is being swallowed by a Belgian brewer known for its frugality...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling
The White House says President Bush is planning to lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Dead Army nurses husband charged with arson in NC
The husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse whose remains were found in a brush fire three days after she went missing was being held Monday on a charge of first-degree arson over a fire in her apartment building...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Student grifter pleads guilty in Pa. ID theft case
A woman pleaded guilty Monday in a brazen identity-theft scheme that she and her boyfriend used to fund exotic vacations and a lavish lifestyle...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Dead Army nurses husband charged with arson
The husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse whose remains were found in a brush fire three days after she went missing has been charged with first-degree arson at the building she lived in...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Family Woman with 5 dead spouses obsessed by cash
Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy _ and name herself the beneficiary...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Scandal at Texas Southern University ends quietly
While most students at Texas Southern University are in need of financial aid, their former president dressed in Gucci, had a $17,800 couch and used a 25-place dinner set that cost $40,000...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Repeal would let out-of-state gays marry in Mass.
When Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in 2004, it left one big roadblock in place: Out-of-state couples need not apply...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Bermuda under hurricane watch
A hurricane watch is now in effect for the island of Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
DC to vote on gun bill prompted by court ruling
The District of Columbia Council planned to vote Tuesday on emergency legislation to allow handguns if they are used only for self-defense in the home and carry fewer than 12 rounds of ammunition...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Student grifter admits $116K fraud in Pa. ID theft
A 22-year-old woman will probably face six years in prison after admitting Monday that she and her boyfriend pulled off a brazen identity-theft scheme that funded trips, fancy dinners and expensive salon visits...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
NAACP leader vows to push Confederate flag issue
The NAACP will step up its campaign against the flying of the Confederate battle flag on state grounds in South Carolina, a leader of the organization said...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
IUPUI says sorry to janitor scolded over KKK book
A janitor whom a university official had accused of racial harassment for reading a historical book about the Ku Klux Klan on his break has gotten an apology _ months later _ from the school...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Court rules for NY Times in anthrax libel case
A federal appeals court has ruled against a former Army scientist who sued The New York Times over columns linking him to deadly 2001 anthrax attacks...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Immigration rally planned in Iowa meatpacking town
Immigration reform advocates and religious leaders hope hundreds of people will descend on a small Iowa town this month for a rally in support of workers arrested in a large raid at a meatpacking plant...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Hezbollah attack victims relatives sue 2 banks
A group of Americans, Canadians and Israelis who claim Hezbollah rocket attacks injured them and killed relatives have accused two banks of helping finance the terrorist attacks and have sued them for $650 million...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days
Apple Inc. said Monday it has sold 1 million iPhones in the three days following the release of the latest model on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Pitt, Jolie joined in emotion as twins born
Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha hits Bermuda with high winds
Tropical Storm Bertha raked Bermuda with high winds Monday while kicking up choppy surf along the East Coast of the United States. U.S. forecasters warned that the system was close to regaining hurricane strength...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
3 plead to charges in plot that changed air travel
In a case that changed the face of air travel, three men charged with a plot to kill trans-Atlantic airline passengers with bombs in soda bottles admitted Monday they intended to cause explosions...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Pro soccer player retires to enter priesthood
When he was playing professional soccer in Chile, Chase Hilgenbrinck would seek comfort in the churches to satisfy his spiritual needs and remind him of childhood Sundays spent at Holy Trinity in his hometown of Bloomington, Ill...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit to Australia
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Student grifter admits $116K fraud in Pa. ID theft
A 22-year-old woman will probably face six years in prison after admitting Monday that she and her boyfriend pulled off a brazen identity-theft scheme that funded trips, fancy dinners and expensive salon visits...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
FAA re-evaluates JFK runway procedures
The Federal Aviation Administration is studying whether to again change takeoff and landing procedures at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a second near-collision of aircraft in less than a week...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
SKorea says it will recall ambassador from Japan
South Korea said Monday it will recall its ambassador from Japan over rekindled claims to disputed islands between the countries, as the new Seoul government seeks to lift its sagging popularity at home with an appeal to nationalism...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Miss USA offers humor and philosophy about fall
Miss USA has learned a simple lesson from her humiliating tumble during the Miss Universe pageant _ the second year in a row the American contestant has taken a spill...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end romance
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up, their publicists said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Death Row Records auctioned for $24 million
Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
DC to vote on gun bill prompted by court ruling
The District of Columbia Council planned to vote Tuesday on emergency legislation to allow handguns if they are used only for self-defense in the home and carry fewer than 12 rounds of ammunition...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Black activists say Obama must speak to all races
The civil rights activists of the NAACP beg to differ with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. They think Democrat Barack Obama is doing a good job balancing his role as a black candidate with the need to speak to all races...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Sabathia homers for Brewers in 3-2 win over Reds
CC Sabathia gave the Brewers everything they could have hoped for in his first week as their new ace. The hitting was a bonus...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 9th straight win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 7-0 win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Kinslers streak hits 25 as Rangers edge 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 14, 2008
InBev snags Anheuser-Busch and its marketing clout
The King of Beers, the folks who spent lavishly to bring you the Bud Bowl, the Talking Frogs, the Whassup Guys and the Clydesdales, is being swallowed by a Belgian brewer known for its frugality...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
McCain touts free trade agenda to Hispanic group
Republican presidential candidate John McCain in one of his strongest endorsements of free trade called himself "an unapologetic supporter of NAFTA," an agreement that many Americans feel has cost them jobs...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Laura to return to General Hospital
Genie Francis is checking back into "General Hospital."...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Scandal at Texas Southern University ends quietly
While most students at Texas Southern University are in need of financial aid, their former president dressed in Gucci, had a $17,800 couch and used a 25-place dinner set that cost $40,000...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Fannie-Freddie lifeline puts taxpayers on the hook
Now that the federal government has thrown a lifeline to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers could be on the hook for billions more if the crisis of confidence spreads...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling
The White House says President Bush is planning to lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Family Woman with 5 dead spouses obsessed by cash
Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy _ and name herself the beneficiary...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Elite team renews Fossett search
A team of 10 athletes and expert mountaineers resumes the search for the body of adventurer Steve Fossett...
BBC News - July 14, 2008
Bush lifts offshore drilling ban
President George W Bush lifts an executive ban on oil drilling in most US coastal waters, and urges Congress to follow suit...
BBC News - July 14, 2008
US candidates make Latino appeals
US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain address a conference organised by La Raza, a Hispanic rights organisation...
BBC News - July 14, 2008
Israel readies to free Lebanese prisoners in swap
Israeli prison authorities moved four Lebanese captives to a new facility on Monday, placing them with a convicted Lebanese killer in preparation for a swap with the Hezbollah guerrilla group later this week...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Sudanese president charged with genocide in Darfur
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed genocide charges Monday against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days
Apple Inc. said Monday it has sold 1 million iPhones in the three days following the release of the latest model on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
9 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan
More than 100 militants firing machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars fought their way into a remote base built last week, killing nine American soldiers in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit to Australia
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes Australia visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival to be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
SKorea says it will recall ambassador from Japan
South Korea said Monday it will recall its ambassador from Japan over rekindled claims to disputed islands between the countries, as the new Seoul government seeks to lift its sagging popularity at home with an appeal to nationalism...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Kinslers streak hits 25 as Rangers edge 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Palestinians Obama to visit West Bank
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the West Bank next week as part of a swing through the Middle East, a Palestinian official said Monday, giving an important diplomatic boost to the Palestinians at a sensitive time in peace talks...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Sabathia homers for Brewers in 3-2 win over Reds
CC Sabathia gave the Brewers everything they could have hoped for in his first week as their new ace. The hitting was a bonus...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 9th straight win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 7-0 win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Republic Services to review Waste Management offer
Waste hauler Republic Services Inc. says its board of directors will review an unsolicited acquisition offer from Waste Management Inc...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Fed adopts plan to curb shady mortgage practices
The Federal Reserve has adopted rules to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis and propelled foreclosures to record highs...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Obama would send 2 more brigades to Afghanistan
Democrat Barack Obama said Monday that as president he would send at least two more combat brigades to Afghanistan, where U.S. soldiers face rising violence and endured their deadliest attack in three years on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Laura to return to General Hospital
Genie Francis is checking back into "General Hospital."...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling
The White House says President Bush is planning to lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Scandal at Texas Southern University ends quietly
While most students at Texas Southern University are in need of financial aid, their former president dressed in Gucci, had a $17,800 couch and used a 25-place dinner set that cost $40,000...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Father says NC remains in fire are missing soldier
The father of a missing Fort Bragg soldier says authorities have identified the remains of a woman found in a brush fire near Camp Lejeune as those of his missing daughter...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Elida becomes hurricane off Mexico coast
Elida has become the second hurricane of the east Pacific hurricane season as it continues to move away from the coast of western Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
E-mail public documents get erased, disappear
Laws in all but a handful of states give the public access to government e-mail. But what if that e-mail was intentionally deleted or routinely purged?...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mormon missionary calendar-maker excommunicated
The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Dead Army nurses husband charged with arson
The husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse whose remains were found in a brush fire three days after she went missing has been charged with first-degree arson at the building she lived in...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Family Woman with 5 dead spouses obsessed by cash
Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy _ and name herself the beneficiary...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Student grifter pleads guilty in Pa. ID theft case
A woman pleaded guilty Monday in a brazen identity-theft scheme that she and her boyfriend used to fund exotic vacations and a lavish lifestyle...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Lawyer NY escort worker verbally accepts deal
A lawyer for an office worker for a pricey escort service that led to the resignation of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer says his client has agreed verbally to a plea deal...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mudslide, floods in SoCal more could be ahead
More heavy rain was forecast Monday in Southern California, where crews were still clearing debris from weekend flooding and a mudslide that damaged more than 50 homes and blocked a highway...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Some text messages sealed in Detroit mayor case
A judge says he has decided not to make public a number of the text messages involved in the perjury and misconduct case against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Big Sur highway reopens, people return to Paradise
More Californians returned Monday to homes they fled when wildfires threatened and a scenic coastal highway was open to traffic again as a slight improvement in weather eased the burden on firefighters...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Israel readies to free Lebanese prisoners in swap
Israeli prison authorities moved four Lebanese captives to a new facility on Monday, placing them with a convicted Lebanese killer in preparation for a swap with the Hezbollah guerrilla group later this week...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Sudanese president charged with genocide in Darfur
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed genocide charges Monday against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days
Apple Inc. said Monday it has sold 1 million iPhones in the three days following the release of the latest model on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
9 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan
More than 100 militants firing machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars fought their way into a remote base built last week, killing nine American soldiers in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit to Australia
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes Australia visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival to be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
SKorea says it will recall ambassador from Japan
South Korea said Monday it will recall its ambassador from Japan over rekindled claims to disputed islands between the countries, as the new Seoul government seeks to lift its sagging popularity at home with an appeal to nationalism...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Kinslers streak hits 25 as Rangers edge 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Dead Army nurses husband charged with arson
The husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse whose remains were found in a brush fire three days after she went missing has been charged with first-degree arson at the building she lived in...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Palestinians Obama to visit West Bank
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the West Bank next week as part of a swing through the Middle East, a Palestinian official said Monday, giving an important diplomatic boost to the Palestinians at a sensitive time in peace talks...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Sabathia homers for Brewers in 3-2 win over Reds
CC Sabathia gave the Brewers everything they could have hoped for in his first week as their new ace. The hitting was a bonus...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 9th straight win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 7-0 win
Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer, Mike Pelfrey provided the latest dominant pitching performance and the New York Mets held down the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday night to take a nine-game winning streak into the All-Star break...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Republic Services to review Waste Management offer
Waste hauler Republic Services Inc. says its board of directors will review an unsolicited acquisition offer from Waste Management Inc...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Fed adopts plan to curb shady mortgage practices
The Federal Reserve has adopted rules to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis and propelled foreclosures to record highs...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Obama would send 2 more brigades to Afghanistan
Democrat Barack Obama said Monday that as president he would send at least two more combat brigades to Afghanistan, where U.S. soldiers face rising violence and endured their deadliest attack in three years on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Family Woman with 5 dead spouses obsessed by cash
Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy _ and name herself the beneficiary...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Scandal at Texas Southern University ends quietly
While most students at Texas Southern University are in need of financial aid, their former president dressed in Gucci, had a $17,800 couch and used a 25-place dinner set that cost $40,000...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Laura to return to General Hospital
Genie Francis is checking back into "General Hospital."...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD
The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region with practical projects that parallel efforts toward Mideast peace...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling
The White House says President Bush is planning to lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Protection for US home buyers
The US Federal Reserve backs rules to give home buyers more protection from unscupulous lenders...
BBC News - July 14, 2008
Brewing ambition
How the Stella, Becks and Brahma firm swallowed Bud...
BBC News - July 14, 2008
Mortgage makers
The importance of being Freddie and Fannie...
BBC News - July 14, 2008
Paid for parenting
Poor families in New York get cash for action...
BBC News - July 14, 2008
86 indicted on coup plot in Turkey
Prosecutors indicted 86 hardline secular Turks Monday on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in plots to topple the Islamic-rooted government, a chief prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit to Australia
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival that will be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Giant cross arrives for popes Australia visit
Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival to be led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
SKorea says it will recall ambassador from Japan
South Korea said Monday it will recall its ambassador from Japan over rekindled claims to disputed islands between the countries, as the new Seoul government seeks to lift its sagging popularity at home with an appeal to nationalism...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
9 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan
More than 100 militants firing machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars fought their way into a remote base built last week, killing nine American soldiers in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 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 14, 2008
Sabathia homers for Brewers in 3-2 win over Reds
CC Sabathia gave the Brewers everything they could have hoped for in his first week as their new ace. The hitting was a bonus...
Southern Ledger - July 14, 2008
Beltran, Delgado power Mets to 9th straight win
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