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US Navy 30 tons of drugs seized in Gulf
Coalition warships seized 30 tons of narcotics over the past five months on Gulf patrols, cutting off possible funds for insurgents in Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy said in a statement Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Bermuda launches cleanup as storm heads to sea
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Lawyer British airline plot was just a stunt
The alleged ringleader of a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners in mid-air is guilty only of planning a childish stunt to make a political point, his lawyer said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
For Israel, prisoner swap evokes raw memories
Moshe Sasson felt the gun pressed against his head, a Lebanese assailant poised to shoot, when the lights in the hall of his apartment building suddenly went out, allowing him to escape and take cover under a car...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Young Catholics gather for opening Mass in Sydney
Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims from around the world crammed into an area along Sydney Harbor Tuesday, waving flags of their home countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
Bertha becomes longest lived July storm
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
A-Rods wife seeks evidence of star spying on her
The wife of Alex Rodriguez wants to know if the New York Yankees star hired private detectives or installed wiretaps installed to spy on her...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama, McCain clash on what to do about Iraq war
The two major presidential rivals sharpened their long-standing dispute over the Iraq War on Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama calling it a costly distraction that must end while Republican Sen. John McCain insisted it is a conflict the United States has to win...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
McCain assailed for opposing gay adoption
Advocates for gay and lesbian families are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Downturn gains steam as inflation roars ahead
The U.S. economic downturn gained steam Tuesday, with a report of the highest inflation since the early 1980s, more bad news for banks and automakers and a suggestion by the Federal Reserve chief that worse days are ahead...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
P&Gs chief marketer retires
The marketing chief who directed about $8 billion a year advertising products such as Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste and Gillette shavers is stepping down, the Procter & Gamble Co. said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
McCain assailed for opposing adoptions by gays
Advocates for gay and lesbian parents are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
NC State coach Lowes son pleads guilty in robbery
The son of North Carolina State basketball coach Sidney Lowe pleaded guilty on Monday to dozens of charges connected to a March 2007 armed robbery...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Dem Party chief to head South this week for votes
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to the Democrats...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead hoops announcer
Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Committee says fuzzy memories hurt Tillman probe
A "striking lack of recollection" by White House and military officials prevented congressional investigators from determining who was responsible for misinformation spread after the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, a House committee said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Calif. blazes called states largest fire event
Officials say the recent California wildfires have burned more area than a devastating series of blazes in October 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Former fugitive asks Mich. court to toss sentence
A housewife arrested at her upscale home near San Diego 32 years after escaping a Detroit-area prison is asking a judge to set aside her sentence for selling heroin...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
California firefighters get help from NASA drone
Fire crews battling nearly 300 blazes burning across California are getting help from a pilotless plane that transmits real-time images of hot spots and flare-ups to commanders in the field...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
2 Marines charged in nurses slaying due in court
Authorities in North Carolina say a Marine charged with murder in the death of his wife, an Army nurse, is scheduled to face a first-appearance hearing in court Tuesday along with a fellow serviceman...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Alaska volcano spews huge ash plume for 3rd day
Lonnie Kennedy was taking everything in stride after he and his family were rescued from their cattle ranch near an erupting volcano. The mountain, on the other hand, remained agitated, spewing out a huge plume of ash more than 6 miles high...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Fire moves away from Big Sur, but caution doesnt
A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced residents of another community to stay away from their homes for a third day...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Mass. Senate votes to let out-of-state gays marry
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in the state...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Wildfires bring demand for private firefighters
Seated behind the wheel of a fire engine, Dave Breglia follows a map dotted with expensive homes threatened by wildfires. His job: protect high-end real estate and save an insurance company millions of dollars...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Dying Manson follower considered for release
California parole officials are considering compassionate release for a follower of Charles Manson who is dying of brain cancer...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Marines charged in nurses slaying appear in court
A Marine combat engineer charged with killing his wife has made his first court appearance, along with a fellow Marine charged with helping him commit the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Ind. teen I never would have carried out attack
A 16-year-old who pleaded guilty last month to planning a Columbine-style attack at a northern Indiana high school told a judge Tuesday that he never intended to carry out the plot...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Fires, foreclosures raise West Nile risk in Calif.
Two plagues in California, fires and foreclosures, may be increasing the risk of another: West Nile virus...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Accident in California sends 6 people into canal
The California Highway Patrol says six people have plunged into an irrigation canal after a van of farm laborers and another vehicle collided in rural Stanislaus County...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Denver archdiocese hit with another sex abuse suit
A man sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver on Tuesday over sexual abuse after seeing documents released as part of a big settlement last month that name the same priest he says molested him as a teenager...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Ex-mob boss expected to leave prison by January
A former New England mob boss has been sentenced in a plea deal that should have him out of the locker by January...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Release denied for dying Manson follower
The state parole board on Tuesday denied a request for compassionate release to Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago and is dying of brain cancer...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Garbage washes up on Lake Michigan beaches
Hundreds of pounds of household garbage has washed onto Lake Michigan shores in the past couple of days, leading to an investigation by the Coast Guard and the temporary closure of a public beach...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
US moves to revoke citizenship of suspected Nazi
The Justice Department has asked a federal court to revoke the citizenship of an 86-year-old Washington state man it says served in a Nazi unit...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
SC tourism employee resigns after gay ad flap
A South Carolina tourism employee has resigned after an outcry over an ad campaign to attract gay tourists...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
VA to advertise its suicide hot line program
The Veterans Affairs Department announced a new advertising campaign on Tuesday that targets veterans at risk for suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Somber Bush sees difficult time for Americans
This is hardly the way he wanted to go out.President Bush found few encouraging things to say Tuesday as he assessed a grinding list of problems for his final six months in the White House, from soaring gas prices, falling home values and anxieties about bank safety to un-won wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, genocide in Sudan and friction with Moscow and Beijing...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
For Israel, prisoner swap evokes raw memories
Moshe Sasson felt the gun pressed against his head, a Lebanese assailant poised to shoot, when the lights in the hall of his apartment building suddenly went out, allowing him to escape and take cover under a car...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
Bertha becomes longest lived July storm
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
US Navy 30 tons of drugs seized in Gulf
Coalition warships seized 30 tons of narcotics over the past five months on Gulf patrols, cutting off possible funds for insurgents in Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy said in a statement Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Bermuda launches cleanup as storm heads to sea
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Lawyer British airline plot was just a stunt
The alleged ringleader of a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners in mid-air is guilty only of planning a childish stunt to make a political point, his lawyer said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Young Catholics gather for opening Mass in Sydney
Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims from around the world crammed into an area along Sydney Harbor Tuesday, waving flags of their home countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Release denied for dying Manson follower
The state parole board on Tuesday denied a request for compassionate release to Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago and is dying of brain cancer...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
A-Rods wife seeks evidence of star spying on her
The wife of Alex Rodriguez wants to know if the New York Yankees star hired private detectives or installed wiretaps installed to spy on her...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
P&Gs chief marketer retires
The marketing chief who directed about $8 billion a year advertising products such as Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste and Gillette shavers is stepping down, the Procter & Gamble Co. said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
McCain assailed for opposing adoptions by gays
Advocates for gay and lesbian parents are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama, McCain clash on what to do about Iraq war
The two major presidential rivals sharpened their long-standing dispute over the Iraq War on Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama calling it a costly distraction that must end while Republican Sen. John McCain insisted it is a conflict the United States has to win...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
McCain assailed for opposing gay adoption
Advocates for gay and lesbian families are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
NC State coach Lowes son pleads guilty in robbery
The son of North Carolina State basketball coach Sidney Lowe pleaded guilty on Monday to dozens of charges connected to a March 2007 armed robbery...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Dem Party chief to head South this week for votes
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to the Democrats...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
GM makes historic cuts in struggle to survive
General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Downturn gains steam as inflation roars ahead
The U.S. economic downturn gained steam Tuesday, with a report of the highest inflation since the early 1980s, more bad news for banks and automakers and a suggestion by the Federal Reserve chief that worse days are ahead...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead hoops announcer
Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Bulls top pick Rose pleads guilty to speeding
The Chicago Bulls No. 1 draft choice Derrick Rose pleaded guilty Monday to driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit on an Illinois highway back in April...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Bush's legacy
The war in Iraq has led to shift in region's balance...
BBC News - July 15, 2008
VW chooses Tennessee for US plant
Volkswagen is to locate its new US plant in Tennessee, in a move that could pump $1bn into the local economy...
BBC News - July 15, 2008
Rival demos in Argentine farm row
Buenos Aires sees rival protests on the eve of a crucial vote over tax increases on Argentine agricultural exports...
BBC News - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
19 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Seven insurgents were killed in a military operation near where militants this week breached a U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Gitmo video offers glimpse of interrogations
A 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay sobs during his questioning, holding up his wounded arms and begging for help in a video released Tuesday that provided the first glimpse of interrogations at the U.S. military prison...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Young Catholics gather for opening Mass in Sydney
Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims from around the world crammed into an area along Sydney Harbor Tuesday, waving flags of their home countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Fed Chief Bernanke to brief Congress on economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is briefing Congress on the economy, which has been walloped by high energy prices and fallout from the housing slump and credit crunch...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Czar leads vote for greatest Russian
Ninety years after he was executed, Czar Nicholas II is leading a tight race to be named the greatest Russian in history...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Oil prices tumble more than $10 per barrel
Oil prices are tumbling as traders dump the commodity amid concerns about the economy that are also driving the stock market sharply...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama says Afghanistan a war that we have to win
Contending that the U.S. is not pursuing a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday that fighting al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan would be his top priority after ending the war in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama says US strategy in Iraq is unsound
Democrat Barack Obama is calling U.S. policy in Iraq single-minded and open-ended, and not a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Bush calls on Congress to pass housing, energy
President Bush is calling on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to help prop up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead hoops announcer
Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Dem Party chief to head South this week for votes
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to the Democrats...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Bulls top pick Rose pleads guilty to speeding
The Chicago Bulls No. 1 draft choice Derrick Rose pleaded guilty Monday to driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit on an Illinois highway back in April...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Fire moves away from Big Sur, but caution doesnt
A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced residents of another community to stay away from their homes for a third day...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Committee says fuzzy memories hurt Tillman probe
A "striking lack of recollection" by White House and military officials prevented congressional investigators from determining who was responsible for misinformation spread after the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, a House committee said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Calif. blazes called states largest fire event
Officials say the recent California wildfires have burned more area than a devastating series of blazes in October 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Mudslides hit Calif. town near Sequoia forest
A mudslide near an area scarred by fire poured into this small town near the southern end of the Sequoia National Forest, shortly after officials urged people to evacuate low-lying areas...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
California firefighters get help from NASA drone
Fire crews battling nearly 300 blazes burning across California are getting help from a pilotless plane that transmits real-time images of hot spots and flare-ups to commanders in the field...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
2 Marines charged in nurses slaying due in court
Authorities in North Carolina say a Marine charged with murder in the death of his wife, an Army nurse, is scheduled to face a first-appearance hearing in court Tuesday along with a fellow serviceman...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Alaska volcano spews huge ash plume for 3rd day
Lonnie Kennedy was taking everything in stride after he and his family were rescued from their cattle ranch near an erupting volcano. The mountain, on the other hand, remained agitated, spewing out a huge plume of ash more than 6 miles high...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Former fugitive asks Mich. court to toss sentence
A housewife arrested at her upscale home near San Diego 32 years after escaping a Detroit-area prison is asking a judge to set aside her sentence for selling heroin...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Mass. lawmakers weigh gay marriage expansion
Gay couples from across the country may soon be welcome to be married in Massachusetts...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Customers furious in Day 2 of fed takeover IndyMac
Police have been called in to tame an angry throng of IndyMac Bank customers trying to pull money out of the Encino branch on Day 2 of a federal bank takeover...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Garbage washing up on Lake Michigan shore
Hundreds of pounds of garbage have washed onto a 10-mile stretch of Lake Michigan beaches in Michigan...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Honor system fails as free life jackets vanish
The honor system is barely staying afloat at a lake in this Tacoma suburb...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Atlanta shootout kills suspect, wounds 2 officers
Atlanta police say a burglary suspect is dead and two police officers are wounded after a shootout...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
Paulson sees mortgage assistance as backup
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says that the administration had no immediate plans to extend emergency loans to mortgage giants Freddie Mae and Freddie Mac or to purchase the stock of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Gitmo video offers glimpse of interrogations
A 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay sobs during his questioning, holding up his wounded arms and begging for help in a video released Tuesday that provided the first glimpse of interrogations at the U.S. military prison...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
Young Catholics gather for opening Mass in Sydney
Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims from around the world crammed into an area along Sydney Harbor Tuesday, waving flags of their home countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
19 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Seven insurgents were killed in a military operation near where militants this week breached a U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Alaska volcano spews huge ash plume for 3rd day
Lonnie Kennedy was taking everything in stride after he and his family were rescued from their cattle ranch near an erupting volcano. The mountain, on the other hand, remained agitated, spewing out a huge plume of ash more than 6 miles high...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Fed Chief Bernanke to brief Congress on economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is briefing Congress on the economy, which has been walloped by high energy prices and fallout from the housing slump and credit crunch...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
California firefighters get help from NASA drone
Fire crews battling nearly 300 blazes burning across California are getting help from a pilotless plane that transmits real-time images of hot spots and flare-ups to commanders in the field...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
2 Marines charged in nurses slaying due in court
Authorities in North Carolina say a Marine charged with murder in the death of his wife, an Army nurse, is scheduled to face a first-appearance hearing in court Tuesday along with a fellow serviceman...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Czar leads vote for greatest Russian
Ninety years after he was executed, Czar Nicholas II is leading a tight race to be named the greatest Russian in history...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Bush calls on Congress to pass housing, energy
President Bush is calling on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to help prop up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Oil prices tumble more than $10 per barrel
Oil prices are tumbling as traders dump the commodity amid concerns about the economy that are also driving the stock market sharply...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama says Afghanistan a war that we have to win
Contending that the U.S. is not pursuing a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday that fighting al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan would be his top priority after ending the war in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama says US strategy in Iraq is unsound
Democrat Barack Obama is calling U.S. policy in Iraq single-minded and open-ended, and not a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead hoops announcer
Billy Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 2008
Dem Party chief to head South this week for votes
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to the Democrats...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Bulls top pick Rose pleads guilty to speeding
The Chicago Bulls No. 1 draft choice Derrick Rose pleaded guilty Monday to driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit on an Illinois highway back in April...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Brazil sees rise in bulletproof cars
Sales of bulletproof are rocketing as fear of crime prompts more Brazilians to seek protection while behind the wheel...
BBC News - July 15, 2008
Drought diary
Colorado River trip sees effects of years of US drought...
BBC News - July 15, 2008
GM unveils job and cost cut plans
US carmaker General Motors says it will cut salaried employment costs by 20% as it seeks to counteract falling sales...
BBC News - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Malaysia arrest warrant issued for Anwar
Malaysian police issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in connection with a sodomy accusation by a former male aide, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Young Catholics gather for opening Mass in Sydney
Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims from around the world crammed into an area along Sydney Harbor Tuesday, waving flags of their home countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
New animated show Cleveland goes multiethnic
A "Family Guy" spinoff show featuring the character of Cleveland Brown is mixing up its voice cast, ethnically speaking...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Fed Chief Bernanke to brief Congress on economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is briefing Congress on the economy, which has been walloped by high energy prices and fallout from the housing slump and credit crunch...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Oil holds above $145 a barrel in Asia
Oil held above $145 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a series of threats to supply in a finely balanced market continues to keep a floor under prices...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Arkansas cotton growers hope for good weather
Arkansas cotton growers, who had to wait to plant this year because of a cool and rainy spring, are watching the weather and keeping an eye out for pests as they hope the crop will mature enough for a good harvest...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama says US strategy in Iraq is unsound
Democrat Barack Obama is calling U.S. policy in Iraq single-minded and open-ended, and not a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Obama sets stage for trip with major Iraq speech
Barack Obama is setting the stage for his upcoming visit to Iraq with a high-profile explanation of his opposition to the war there and his pledge to complete a U.S. troop pullout within 16 months of becoming president...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Dem Party chief to head South this week for votes
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to the Democrats...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Study As gas prices go up, auto deaths drop
High gas prices could turn out to be a lifesaver for some drivers. The authors of a new study say gas prices are causing driving declines that could result in a third fewer auto deaths annually, with the most dramatic drop likely to be among teen drivers...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Attack on US base in Afghanistan kills 9 US troops
A multi-pronged assault by more than 100 militants on a remote U.S. base close to the Pakistan border killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Bulls top pick Rose pleads guilty to speeding
The Chicago Bulls No. 1 draft choice Derrick Rose pleaded guilty Monday to driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit on an Illinois highway back in April...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Asia, Europe stocks drop on credit woes
Asian and European stock markets fell sharply Tuesday as investor confidence in the U.S. financial system eroded even further despite a government-backed plan to help beleaguered mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Asian stocks tumble on US financial woes
Asian stock markets fell sharply Tuesday as investor confidence in the U.S. financial system eroded even further despite a government-backed plan to help beleaguered mortgage financiers Fannie May and Freddie Mac...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Anheuser-Busch agrees to InBev sale
Belgian brewer InBev has announced it will buy Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Fire moves away from Big Sur, but caution doesnt
A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced residents of another community to stay away from their homes for a third day...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Committee says fuzzy memories hurt Tillman probe
A "striking lack of recollection" by White House and military officials prevented congressional investigators from determining who was responsible for misinformation spread after the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, a House committee said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
Calif. blazes called states largest fire event
Officials say the recent California wildfires have burned more area than a devastating series of blazes in October 2003...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2008
Lesser charges recommended against Marine
A Marine sniper charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two Syrians should face lesser charges, the investigating officer has recommended...
Southern Ledger - July 15, 2008
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