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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
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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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Muslim guerrillas have completely withdrawn from 15 predominantly Christian villages in the southern Philippines, and the tens of thousands of residents can return to their homes once they have been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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Russia Georgia can forget regaining provinces
The foreign minister of Russia said Thursday that Georgia could "forget about" getting back its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet republic remained on edge as Russia sent tank columns to search out and destroy Georgian military equipment...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Bombs target Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, kills 17
A woman suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding scores of others after the government announced new measures to protect worshippers ahead of a major religious festival...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Musharraf rival opposes immunity for president
As speculation mounted that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would resign instead of face impeachment, a leader of the new ruling coalition said Thursday that the embattled former army chief should not be granted legal immunity...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
IOC tells China not to obstruct reporters
The International Olympic Committee urged China Thursday to allow foreign reporters at the Beijing Games to report freely after a British journalist trying to cover a protest was allegedly roughed up by police...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Bomb in Philippines hurts would-be attacker
A homemade bomb hurt a would-be attacker in the Philippines on Thursday while another device was defused at a southern bus terminal in what the military suggested was retaliation from Muslim rebels for a recent government offensive...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Thousands demand independence in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Muslims poured into the streets of Kashmir on Thursday, demanding independence from India hours after archival Pakistan called on the United Nations to stop what it characterized as gross human rights violations in the divided Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
4 straight homers lead White Sox over Royals 9-2
Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning Thursday to tie a major league record and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Thursday to complete a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
An awkward love triangle Kate, Leo and Sam Mendes
It was more than a little awkward for Kate Winslet to film sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio in front of husband Sam Mendes, who directed the stars in the upcoming drama "Revolutionary Road."...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
UK officials Christian Bale will not face charges
British prosecutors say Batman star Christian Bale will not face charges relating to an alleged assault on his mother and sister at the Dorchester Hotel on July 21...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Haren pitches Diamondbacks past Rockies
Chris Snyder and Chris Burke hit consecutive homers in a five-run fifth inning, leading Dan Haren and the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Colorado Rockies 6-2 Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Astros drop Giants 7-4, sweep to 8th-straight win
Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to help lift the Houston Astros to their eighth straight win with a 7-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Wal-Mart says 2Q profit up 17 pct, raises outlook
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted a 17 percent increase in second-quarter profit Thursday and raised its full-year earnings forecast, helped by cost cuts and a renewed focus on low prices that is attracting financially squeezed shoppers around the world...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Consumer prices rise at double the expected rate
The government says consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Obama campaign issues rebuttal to books claims
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hit back Thursday with a 40-page rebuttal to the best-selling book "The Obama Nation," arguing the author is a fringe bigot pedaling rehashed lies...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Obama hits back at critical author
Barack Obama is hitting back at the author of "The Obama Nation," the book that argues he is a dangerous, radical candidate for president...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Garciaparras homer in ninth gives Dodgers 7-6 win
Nomar Garciaparra hit a one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday night, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Philadelphia Phillies...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Consumer prices surge, job market remains strained
Inflation is running at the fastest pace in 17 years, the job market is under further strain and foreclosure filings are surging...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Film reveals inventors fight over wiper design
For two decades, Robert Kearns waged an obsessive crusade against the auto industry, which he accused of stealing his invention. It destroyed his marriage, brought on a mental breakdown and may have cost him millions...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Oil down as weak demand outweighs Georgia conflict
Oil prices pulled back slightly Thursday, a day after surging almost $3 a barrel, as waning U.S. demand for energy outweighed supply threats from the conflict in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
The Jonas Brothers invade NYC, and fans go crazy
Quiet time is a rarity for the Jonas Brothers these days...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
NBC sees new media habits form with Olympic games
About half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time, NBC said on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Ex-sheriff to stand trial for sexual misconduct
A former sheriff was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on felony charges that accuse him of demanding sex from female inmates in exchange for his help in getting them into a drug court rehabilitation program...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Gwatney was tough, but politically astute
The seriousness Bill Gwatney brought to his political maneuvering was absent as he advertised his three car dealerships. He sometimes hoisted a giant inflatable dragon atop a showroom and dubbed it "Gwatzilla."...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Even a guy running for president has to take his wife out on a date...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
As Chicago cop sits in Iowa cell, officials fume
No one disputes that Michael Mette punched Jake Gothard, fracturing his nose, cheek and jaw, during a drunken altercation in Dubuque two years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Michigan Joker sentenced to 1 day in jail
A man accused of trying to steal a large Batman movie poster from a cinema lobby while dressed as the Joker has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of malicious destruction of property...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Attorney seeks at least $405,000 in Osteen lawsuit
An attorney for a Continental Airlines flight attendant wants a jury to award his client at least $405,000 for physical and mental pain suffered in an alleged attack by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Jury set to get case in suit against Osteens wife
Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown says she was assaulted by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen in an attack so traumatic that it left her unable to work for five days and damaged her religious beliefs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Denver Western wear maker Jack Weil dies at 107
Jack A. Weil, founder of the Rockmount Ranch Wear company whose snap-buttoned Western shirts became popular with movie stars and rock icons, has died. He was 107...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Everybody in the pool Torres inspires older women
Beth Walsh is swimming laps again at age 57. Stasi Turrell has returned to walking, 13 weeks after giving birth to her fourth child. And Geralin Thomas is lifting hand weights and skipping rope at 47...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
New judge orders Detroit mayors tether back on
A judge has ordered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to again wear an electronic tether, hours after another judge said he could take it off...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Texas jury rejects lawsuit against Osteens wife
A jury has rejected a flight attendants claim that the wife of televangelist Joel Osteen assaulted her before takeoff aboard a December 2005 flight...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Jury says Osteen did not assault flight attendant
A jury ruled that the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen did not assault a flight attendant...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Detroit mayors tether ordered off, then back on
Hours after being told to remove his electronic tether by one judge Thursday, embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was ordered by another judge to put it back on, a game of legal pingpong between his two separate criminal cases...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Crane collapses in Mass. shipyard, 1 dead
A mayoral official in Quincy, Mass., says one person was killed in the collapse of a crane that was dismantling another giant crane at the Fore River Shipyard...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Greek tragedies offer modern lessons on wars pain
The screams of agony from the soldier echoed through the ballroom-turned-theater, forcing a hushed whisper among those witnessing his sudden break with reality...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Theater of War offer lessons for the ages
The screams of agony from the soldier echoed through the ballroom-turned-theater, forcing a hushed whisper among those witnessing his sudden break with reality...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Remains of cemetery found in Sahara Desert
A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Big mob case brings guilty pleas, light sentences
Even for an infamous gang of mobsters already weakened by federal prosecutions spanning decades, Feb. 7, 2008, was an unusually bad day for the Gambino organized crime family...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Investigation dogs Alaska governor
Gov. Sarah Palin, a rising young GOP star mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain, could see her clean-hands reputation damaged by a growing furor over whether she tried to get her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Netflix shipping centers slammed by problems
Netflix has been slammed by three days of big technical problems that have severely limited the number of DVDs it has been sending out...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
NASA delays robotic moon mission until 2009
NASA has delayed the launch of an unmanned spacecraft to the moon to scout for potential landing sites for astronauts...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Remains of cemetery found in Sahara
A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
Russia Georgia can forget regaining provinces
The foreign minister of Russia said Thursday that Georgia could "forget about" getting back its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet republic remained on edge as Russia sent tank columns to search out and destroy Georgian military equipment...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Bombs target Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, kills 17
A woman suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding scores of others after the government announced new measures to protect worshippers ahead of a major religious festival...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Iran, Turkey fail to reach deal on new pipeline
Iran and Turkey signed several cooperation agreements Thursday but failed to complete a deal for building a new natural gas pipeline _ a project the United States has opposed...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Syria, Lebanon to negotiate demarcation of border
Syria agreed Thursday to begin negotiations with Lebanon on demarcating their border, making its second concession in two days to longtime demands from the Lebanese as they seek to normalize relations with their dominant larger neighbor...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Thousands demand independence in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Muslims poured into the streets of Kashmir on Thursday, demanding independence from India hours after archival Pakistan called on the United Nations to stop what it characterized as gross human rights violations in the divided Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Texas jury rejects lawsuit against Osteens wife
A jury has rejected a flight attendants claim that the wife of televangelist Joel Osteen assaulted her before takeoff aboard a December 2005 flight...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Musharraf rival opposes immunity for president
As speculation mounted that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would resign instead of face impeachment, a leader of the new ruling coalition said Thursday that the embattled former army chief should not be granted legal immunity...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
IOC tells China not to obstruct reporters
The International Olympic Committee urged China Thursday to allow foreign reporters at the Beijing Games to report freely after a British journalist trying to cover a protest was allegedly roughed up by police...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Bomb in Philippines hurts would-be attacker
A homemade bomb hurt a would-be attacker in the Philippines on Thursday while another device was defused at a southern bus terminal in what the military suggested was retaliation from Muslim rebels for a recent government offensive...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
UK officials Christian Bale will not face charges
British prosecutors say Batman star Christian Bale will not face charges relating to an alleged assault on his mother and sister at the Dorchester Hotel on July 21...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Astros drop Giants 7-4, sweep to 8th-straight win
Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to help lift the Houston Astros to their eighth straight win with a 7-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
4 straight homers lead White Sox over Royals 9-2
Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning Thursday to tie a major league record and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Thursday to complete a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
An awkward love triangle Kate, Leo and Sam Mendes
It was more than a little awkward for Kate Winslet to film sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio in front of husband Sam Mendes, who directed the stars in the upcoming drama "Revolutionary Road."...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Haren pitches Diamondbacks past Rockies
Chris Snyder and Chris Burke hit consecutive homers in a five-run fifth inning, leading Dan Haren and the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Colorado Rockies 6-2 Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Wal-Mart says 2Q profit up 17 pct, raises outlook
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted a 17 percent increase in second-quarter profit Thursday and raised its full-year earnings forecast, helped by cost cuts and a renewed focus on low prices that is attracting financially squeezed shoppers around the world...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Consumer prices rise at double the expected rate
The government says consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Obama campaign issues rebuttal to books claims
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hit back Thursday with a 40-page rebuttal to the best-selling book "The Obama Nation," arguing the author is a fringe bigot pedaling rehashed lies...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Obama hits back at critical author
Barack Obama is hitting back at the author of "The Obama Nation," the book that argues he is a dangerous, radical candidate for president...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Garciaparras homer in ninth gives Dodgers 7-6 win
Nomar Garciaparra hit a one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday night, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Philadelphia Phillies...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Consumer prices surge, job market remains strained
Inflation is running at the fastest pace in 17 years, the job market is under further strain and foreclosure filings are surging...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Film reveals inventors fight over wiper design
For two decades, Robert Kearns waged an obsessive crusade against the auto industry, which he accused of stealing his invention. It destroyed his marriage, brought on a mental breakdown and may have cost him millions...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Oil down as weak demand outweighs Georgia conflict
Oil prices pulled back slightly Thursday, a day after surging almost $3 a barrel, as waning U.S. demand for energy outweighed supply threats from the conflict in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Attorney seeks at least $405,000 in Osteen lawsuit
An attorney for a Continental Airlines flight attendant wants a jury to award his client at least $405,000 for physical and mental pain suffered in an alleged attack by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Jury set to get case in suit against Osteens wife
Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown says she was assaulted by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen in an attack so traumatic that it left her unable to work for five days and damaged her religious beliefs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
The Jonas Brothers invade NYC, and fans go crazy
Quiet time is a rarity for the Jonas Brothers these days...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Even a guy running for president has to take his wife out on a date...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
NBC sees new media habits form with Olympic games
About half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time, NBC said on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Sheriffs department Hayes likely died of stroke
Authorities in Memphis say Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Shuttle bus mess makes getting to the game tougher
Sports fans around the country are facing costlier or longer rides to the game because of a recent federal regulation that restricts the use of public shuttles that people take from train stations or offsite parking to the stadium...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Tenn. teen battles schools Confederate flag ban
Tommy DeFoe wore his Southern pride on his Confederate flag belt buckle Wednesday as he argued in federal court that a school dress code banning such items violated his free speech rights...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Denver Western wear maker Jack Weil dies at 107
Jack A. Weil, founder of the Rockmount Ranch Wear company whose snap-buttoned Western shirts became popular with movie stars and rock icons, has died. He was 107...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Titans LB Fowler considers steroids matter closed
Tennessee linebacker Ryan Fowler considers his steroids case with the NFL closed...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
US airline 'broke safety rules'
American Airlines committed safety breaches including flying planes known to need repairing, US aviation officials allege...
BBC News - August 14, 2008
Judge removes Guantanamo adviser
A military judge bars a "bullying" US general from advising at the second war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - August 14, 2008
Remains of cemetery found in Sahara Desert
A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
New PCs can wake up when they get phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up when they get phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
Syria, Lebanon to negotiate border demarcation
Syria agreed Thursday to a longtime Lebanese demand to negotiate the demarcation of their border a day after the countries said they would establish full diplomatic relations for the first time...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Libya, US settle all terror-related lawsuits
Libya and the United States have signed a deal settling all outstanding terror-related lawsuits between the two nations, clearing the way for the restoration of full diplomatic relations...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
IOC tells China not to obstruct reporters
The International Olympic Committee urged China Thursday to allow foreign reporters at the Beijing Games to report freely after a British journalist trying to cover a protest was allegedly roughed up by police...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Bomb in Philippines hurts would-be attacker
A homemade bomb hurt a would-be attacker in the Philippines on Thursday while another device was defused at a southern bus terminal in what the military suggested was retaliation from Muslim rebels for a recent government offensive...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Thousands demand independence in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Muslims poured into the streets of Kashmir on Thursday, demanding independence from India hours after archival Pakistan called on the United Nations to stop what it characterized as gross human rights violations in the divided Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
The Jonas Brothers invade NYC, and fans go crazy
Quiet time is a rarity for the Jonas Brothers these days...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Rays keep winning despite pressure
The Tampa Bay Rays seem to be letting the pressure of a pennant race roll right off them, and Carlos Pena thinks he knows why...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Balentiens homer in 12th gives Ms 10-7 win
Wladimir Balentien hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 12th inning after striking out four times, and the Seattle Mariners pulled out a gritty 10-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Hinkses 3 hits, home run lead Rays over Athletics
Eric Hinske had three hits, including a home run, and Ben Zobrist doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Sabathia wins again to lift Brewers over Padres
CC Sabathia pitched seven solid innings to remain perfect with the Milwaukee Brewers, who extended their winning streak to eight games with a 7-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
UK officials Christian Bale will not face charges
British prosecutors say Batman star Christian Bale will not face charges relating to an alleged assault on his mother and sister at the Dorchester Hotel on July 21...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
EU Euro economy shrinks in second quarter
EU statistics show the euro-zone economy braking sharply in the second quarter as growth shrank in major economies Germany, France and Italy shrank...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
NRA to Montana Obama a threat to gun owners
The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate "a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement."...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Documents Julia Child part of WWII-era spy ring
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. They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Film reveals inventors fight over wiper design
For two decades, Robert Kearns waged an obsessive crusade against the auto industry, which he accused of stealing his invention. It destroyed his marriage, brought on a mental breakdown and may have cost him millions...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Wal-Mart says 2Q profit up 17 pct, raises outlook
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted a 17 percent increase in second-quarter profit Thursday and raised its full-year earnings forecast, helped by cost cuts and a renewed focus on low prices that is attracting financially squeezed shoppers around the world...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Consumer prices rise at double the expected rate
The government says consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
Garciaparras homer in ninth gives Dodgers 7-6 win
Nomar Garciaparra hit a one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday night, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Philadelphia Phillies...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
2 people die from crash near Olympic rowing venue
Two people involved in a crash near the Olympic rowing venue have died, the Beijing Olympic organizing committee said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
NBC sees new media habits form with Olympic games
About half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time, NBC said on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
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Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
DNA tests under way on bones in Rockefeller case
Investigators are conducting DNA tests on an unearthed skeleton and examining remnants of a blood stain that may be related to the case of a missing California couple in which a Massachusetts kidnapping suspect has been named a "person of interest."...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Idaho jury hears horrid detail of family murders
A jury that will decide whether a convicted pedophile should be executed listened Wednesday as a prosecutor graphically described how the man killed members of an Idaho family, abducted two children and abused the youngsters at a campsite before murdering one of them...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Ex-sheriff to stand trial for sexual misconduct
A former sheriff was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on felony charges that accuse him of demanding sex from female inmates in exchange for his help in getting them into a drug court rehabilitation program...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Gwatney was tough, but politically astute
The seriousness Bill Gwatney brought to his political maneuvering was absent as he advertised his three car dealerships. He sometimes hoisted a giant inflatable dragon atop a showroom and dubbed it "Gwatzilla."...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Border Patrol agent shoots man at US-Mexico line
A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man as agents clashed with a group of rock-throwing assailants, marking the latest confrontation along a violent stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Man fatally shoots Ark. Dem. chairman at party HQ
A man barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters Wednesday and fatally shot 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 14, 2008
As Chicago cop sits in Iowa cell, officials fume
No one disputes that Michael Mette punched Jake Gothard, fracturing his nose, cheek and jaw, during a drunken altercation in Dubuque two years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Michigan Joker sentenced to 1 day in jail
A man accused of trying to steal a large Batman movie poster from a cinema lobby while dressed as the Joker has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of malicious destruction of property...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Attorney seeks at least $405,000 in Osteen lawsuit
An attorney for a Continental Airlines flight attendant wants a jury to award his client at least $405,000 for physical and mental pain suffered in an alleged attack by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Jury set to get case in suit against Osteens wife
Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown says she was assaulted by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen in an attack so traumatic that it left her unable to work for five days and damaged her religious beliefs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Judge lets Detroit mayor travel to Dem convention
A judge says Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick can travel to the Democratic National Convention in Denver and go without an electronic tether that had been ordered in his perjury case...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Police 2 people killed in Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines police say two people have been killed near a home where a man has taken his three children hostage...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Search on for 15 people in Gila forest in NM
Search teams in southwestern New Mexico are looking for 14 children and an adult reported missing during a school trip in the Gila National Forest...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Court Saudi Arabia not liable in Sept. 11 attacks
A federal appeals court has ruled that Saudi Arabia and four of its princes cannot be held liable in the Sept. 11 attacks...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Judge lets Detroit mayor go to Democrat convention
A judge ruled Thursday that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick can travel to the Democratic National Convention in Denver and can get rid of an electronic tether that had been ordered as part of his bond in his perjury case...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Fire at apartment complex routs hundreds in Pa.
Firefighters doused hot spots Thursday after a towering fire ripped through a luxury apartment complex built on the once blighted riverfront and left 375 people without homes...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Search find 15 people missing in Gila forest in NM
Searchers have found an adult and 14 children some 19 hours after they were reported missing during a school outing in the Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Man arrested in Vegas slaying of former Olympian
Authorities say a Las Vegas man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of former Olympic boxer Rhoshii Wells...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up when they get phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
NBC sees new media habits form with Olympic games
About half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time, NBC said on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Remains of cemetery found in Sahara Desert
A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
New PCs can wake up when they get phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Syria, Lebanon to negotiate border demarcation
Syria agreed Thursday to a longtime Lebanese demand to negotiate the demarcation of their border a day after the countries said they would establish full diplomatic relations for the first time...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Libya, US settle all terror-related lawsuits
Libya and the United States have signed a deal settling all outstanding terror-related lawsuits between the two nations, clearing the way for the restoration of full diplomatic relations...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Thousands demand independence in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of Muslims poured into the streets of Kashmir on Thursday, demanding independence from India hours after archival Pakistan called on the United Nations to stop what it characterized as gross human rights violations in the divided Himalayan region...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Attorney seeks at least $405,000 in Osteen lawsuit
An attorney for a Continental Airlines flight attendant wants a jury to award his client at least $405,000 for physical and mental pain suffered in an alleged attack by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
IOC tells China not to obstruct reporters
The International Olympic Committee urged China Thursday to allow foreign reporters at the Beijing Games to report freely after a British journalist trying to cover a protest was allegedly roughed up by police...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Bomb in Philippines hurts would-be attacker
A homemade bomb hurt a would-be attacker in the Philippines on Thursday while another device was defused at a southern bus terminal in what the military suggested was retaliation from Muslim rebels for a recent government offensive...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Sabathia wins again to lift Brewers over Padres
CC Sabathia pitched seven solid innings to remain perfect with the Milwaukee Brewers, who extended their winning streak to eight games with a 7-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
UK officials Christian Bale will not face charges
British prosecutors say Batman star Christian Bale will not face charges relating to an alleged assault on his mother and sister at the Dorchester Hotel on July 21...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
The Jonas Brothers invade NYC, and fans go crazy
Quiet time is a rarity for the Jonas Brothers these days...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Rays keep winning despite pressure
The Tampa Bay Rays seem to be letting the pressure of a pennant race roll right off them, and Carlos Pena thinks he knows why...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Balentiens homer in 12th gives Ms 10-7 win
Wladimir Balentien hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 12th inning after striking out four times, and the Seattle Mariners pulled out a gritty 10-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Hinkses 3 hits, home run lead Rays over Athletics
Eric Hinske had three hits, including a home run, and Ben Zobrist doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
NRA to Montana Obama a threat to gun owners
The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate "a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement."...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Wal-Mart says 2Q profit up 17 pct, raises outlook
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted a 17 percent increase in second-quarter profit Thursday and raised its full-year earnings forecast, helped by cost cuts and a renewed focus on low prices that is attracting financially squeezed shoppers around the world...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Consumer prices rise at double the expected rate
The government says consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
EU Euro economy shrinks in second quarter
EU statistics show the euro-zone economy braking sharply in the second quarter as growth shrank in major economies Germany, France and Italy shrank...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
2 people die from crash near Olympic rowing venue
Two people involved in a crash near the Olympic rowing venue have died, the Beijing Olympic organizing committee said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
India yearns for Pakistans Musharraf amid turmoil
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, India misses you...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Documents Julia Child part of WWII-era spy ring
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. They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Film reveals inventors fight over wiper design
For two decades, Robert Kearns waged an obsessive crusade against the auto industry, which he accused of stealing his invention. It destroyed his marriage, brought on a mental breakdown and may have cost him millions...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Jury set to get case in suit against Osteens wife
Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown says she was assaulted by the wife of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen in an attack so traumatic that it left her unable to work for five days and damaged her religious beliefs...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
Garciaparras homer in ninth gives Dodgers 7-6 win
Nomar Garciaparra hit a one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday night, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Philadelphia Phillies...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
NBC sees new media habits form with Olympic games
About half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time, NBC said on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
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Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2008
Sheriffs department Hayes likely died of stroke
Authorities in Memphis say Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 2008
Titans LB Fowler considers steroids matter closed
Tennessee linebacker Ryan Fowler considers his steroids case with the NFL closed...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Shuttle bus mess makes getting to the game tougher
Sports fans around the country are facing costlier or longer rides to the game because of a recent federal regulation that restricts the use of public shuttles that people take from train stations or offsite parking to the stadium...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Tenn. teen battles schools Confederate flag ban
Tommy DeFoe wore his Southern pride on his Confederate flag belt buckle Wednesday as he argued in federal court that a school dress code banning such items violated his free speech rights...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Budget shoppers boosting Wal-Mart
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, sees profits increase as US consumers looks for bargain deals...
BBC News - August 14, 2008
Riding the trains
Migrants' trek across Mexico in sound and images...
BBC News - August 14, 2008
US inflation fastest since 1991
US prices rose by 5.6% in the year to July, the fastest inflation rate for more than 17 years, figures show...
BBC News - August 14, 2008
US warns Russia of long-term impact
US defence chief Robert Gates says he sees no prospect of US military action in Georgia but says ties with Russia are damaged...
BBC News - August 14, 2008
Georgia Russians move into Gori, explosions heard
At least five explosions have been heard near Gori as a Russian withdrawal from the key Georgian city appears to have broken down...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Georgia says Russian troops moving into Gori
The Georgian Foreign Ministry says more Russian troops have moved into the city of Gori after a withdrawal had appeared to be under way earlier in the day...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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...
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