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Review Facebook Scrabble flashy, but not better
A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
Colombia Red Cross symbol wrongly used in rescue
A member of the military mission that tricked Colombian rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the International Red Cross during the operation, President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday. His government apologized to the Red Cross for the incident, which Uribe called an unauthorized error by a nervous soldier...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cambodia says it will meet Thais on border dispute
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to avert a clash over a disputed temple site, a Cambodian minister said Wednesday, as hundreds of soldiers from both countries faced off in "disputed border territory."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysia opposition leader arrested in sodomy case
Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday on suspicion that he sodomized a male aide, pre-empting his voluntary appearance at the police headquarters to answer the allegation...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US abandons Afghan outpost where 9 troops died
U.S. troops abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine of their comrades this week, officials said Wednesday, in another sign of the struggle facing foreign and Afghan security forces strung out along the mountainous border...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Kimmel, ABC get laughs out of Lenos future gig
Jimmy Kimmel can joke about how his late-night job might be affected when Jay Leno becomes a free agent _ at least when his ABC boss and hundreds of reporters are around...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Biopsy for kidney removed from James Levine
A biopsy will be performed on the kidney that was removed this week from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Orchestra music director James Levine, his brother said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
As economy dominates, Obama, McCain seek answers
The economy is deteriorating so quickly and dramatically that it threatens to overtake many proposals the presidential candidates have been offering for months...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain tells NAACP hell back school vouchers
John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Obama warns against fighting the last war
Democrat Barack Obama warned Wednesday about the danger of "fighting the last war" as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
Inflation watch Consumer prices jump in June
Prices for a quart of milk, a plane ticket and a host of other products rose in June at nearly the fastest pace in a generation _ yet another economic shock wave that alarmed analysts and took a bite out of the buying power of Americans...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
FBI investigates possible loan fraud at IndyMac
The Associated Press has learned that now-defunct IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is under investigation for possible fraud in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Boy band promoter ordered to repay victims $300M
Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US unveils new rule on airplane fuel tanks
Federal transportation officials announced a new rule Wednesday aimed at preventing fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 almost exactly 12 years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
7 feared dead in Calif. canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into an irrigation canal where seven people were feared dead...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
8 feared dead in Calif. canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into a swift canal where divers spent much of the day searching for their bodies...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
DC approves new gun laws prompted by court ruling
The District of Columbia Council approved new firearms legislation Tuesday that will allow residents to begin applying for handgun permits this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Woman gets nearly 11 years for NY adoption fraud
A woman who lied to adopt 11 disabled children whom authorities say she abused while she raked in more than $1 million in subsidies was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bodies of 8 sought in Calif. canal after crash
Divers are looking for the bodies of eight people who plunged into a California irrigation canal after a traffic accident...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
Release denied for dying Charles Manson follower
Nearly 40 years ago, Susan Atkins was a leading character in one of the most horrific chapters in California history...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
5 dead in California canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into an irrigation canal and killing at least five people...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
6th body pulled from Calif. canal after crash
A sixth body was pulled from a rural, central California canal Wednesday after a collision between a septic truck and a sport utility vehicle carrying farm workers from a peach orchard. A seventh victim remained missing and is presumed dead...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Police Man kills woman, self in Missouri mall
A man shot and killed a woman in a shopping mall outside St. Louis on Wednesday and then killed himself, police said. The pair were cousins, according to a man who said he was a relative...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
DeBakey remembered as medical pioneer, good friend
Pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey was remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as not only a brilliant physician and medical innovator but also a friend and humanitarian...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Birmingham votes to rename airport for King aide
Directors voted Wednesday to rename the airport in this once-strictly segregated city for a civil rights leader who staged demonstrations alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Police Man killed woman, self in Missouri mall
Police say a man shot and killed a woman inside a suburban St. Louis mall before killing himself...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cemeteries have new problem metal theft
Grave robbers, a curse of burial grounds for centuries, are back for new valuables: metal ornaments that can be melted down for quick cash as copper and other metal prices climb...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Millions to improve Texas colonias go unspent
During a recent afternoon storm, brothers Angel and Salvador Badillo sat under a tin roof with a couple of friends, sipping beers as the open drainage ditch in front of their clapboard house filled like a moat...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Brother of man suspected in 8 slayings is charged
The brother of a man suspected of killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri has been indicted on charges of concealing a homicidal death and obstruction of justice...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Jury finds Ky. man guilty of killing police chief
A jury has convicted a Kentucky man of fatally shooting the small-town police chief who was taking him to jail in his squad car...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Prosecutor Accused leader of DC fraud shared cash
Harriette Walters was generous with her friends...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Calif. court passes on suit over gay-marriage vote
The California Supreme Court has refused to hear a case seeking to keep an initiative that would ban gay marriage off the November ballot...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Wayward N.J. dolphins move to different river
Some of the dolphins that have been entertaining spectators in a river at the New Jersey shore appear to have moved into another waterway instead of returning to the ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
Calif. court rejects gay-marriage-initiative case
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear a challenge to a ballot initiative that seeks to ban same-sex marriages...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems
Money problems will likely force NASA to abandon its ambitious internal goal of having a new moon spaceship ready by 2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Review Facebook Scrabble flashy, but not better
A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Colombia Red Cross symbol wrongly used in rescue
A member of the military mission that tricked Colombian rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the International Red Cross during the operation, President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday. His government apologized to the Red Cross for the incident, which Uribe called an unauthorized error by a nervous soldier...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cambodia says it will meet Thais on border dispute
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to avert a clash over a disputed temple site, a Cambodian minister said Wednesday, as hundreds of soldiers from both countries faced off in "disputed border territory."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysia opposition leader arrested in sodomy case
Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday on suspicion that he sodomized a male aide, pre-empting his voluntary appearance at the police headquarters to answer the allegation...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
6th body pulled from Calif. canal after crash
A sixth body was pulled from a rural, central California canal Wednesday after a collision between a septic truck and a sport utility vehicle carrying farm workers from a peach orchard. A seventh victim remained missing and is presumed dead...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Police Man kills woman, self in Missouri mall
A man shot and killed a woman in a shopping mall outside St. Louis on Wednesday and then killed himself, police said. The pair were cousins, according to a man who said he was a relative...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Birmingham votes to rename airport for King aide
Directors voted Wednesday to rename the airport in this once-strictly segregated city for a civil rights leader who staged demonstrations alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
DeBakey remembered as medical pioneer, good friend
Pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey was remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as not only a brilliant physician and medical innovator but also a friend and humanitarian...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US abandons Afghan outpost where 9 troops died
U.S. troops abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine of their comrades this week, officials said Wednesday, in another sign of the struggle facing foreign and Afghan security forces strung out along the mountainous border...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Kimmel, ABC get laughs out of Lenos future gig
Jimmy Kimmel can joke about how his late-night job might be affected when Jay Leno becomes a free agent _ at least when his ABC boss and hundreds of reporters are around...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Biopsy for kidney removed from James Levine
A biopsy will be performed on the kidney that was removed this week from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Orchestra music director James Levine, his brother said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain tells NAACP hell back school vouchers
John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Obama warns against fighting the last war
Democrat Barack Obama warned Wednesday about the danger of "fighting the last war" as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Inflation watch Consumer prices jump in June
Prices for a quart of milk, a plane ticket and a host of other products rose in June at nearly the fastest pace in a generation _ yet another economic shock wave that alarmed analysts and took a bite out of the buying power of Americans...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
FBI investigates possible loan fraud at IndyMac
The Associated Press has learned that now-defunct IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is under investigation for possible fraud in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Boy band promoter ordered to repay victims $300M
Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
As economy dominates, Obama, McCain seek answers
The economy is deteriorating so quickly and dramatically that it threatens to overtake many proposals the presidential candidates have been offering for months...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Bodies of 8 sought in Calif. canal after crash
Divers are looking for the bodies of eight people who plunged into a California irrigation canal after a traffic accident...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US unveils new rule on airplane fuel tanks
Federal transportation officials announced a new rule Wednesday aimed at preventing fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 almost exactly 12 years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Wireless microphones flap causing static
Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Obama vows to end US Iraq role
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he will end the Iraq war, saying it distracts the US from other threats...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
US inflation rate at 17-year high
US inflation rises at its fastest annual rate in 17 years in June, figures show, driven by rising energy prices...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Tax row reaches Argentine Senate
Senators in Argentina are due to vote on tax increases on farm exports that have provoked weeks of protests...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
McCain in black education pledge
Republican US presidential hopeful John McCain calls for improvements to the schools in black districts...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Freed Lebanese prisoners welcomed in Beirut
Five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel have flown into Beirut airport for an official welcome by the president and his government...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cambodia says it will meet Thais on border dispute
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to avert a clash over a disputed temple site, a Cambodian minister said Wednesday, as hundreds of soldiers from both countries faced off in "disputed border territory."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysia opposition leader arrested in sodomy case
Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday on suspicion that he sodomized a male aide, pre-empting his voluntary appearance at the police headquarters to answer the allegation...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack
Afghan police say U.S. troops have pulled out of a remote base where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges
The singer and guitarist for the band Barenaked Ladies has been arrested on drug charges in upstate New York...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Stocks rise on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
Wall Street turned higher Wednesday as another drop in oil prices helped offset concerns about a jump in inflation last month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 100 points...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Boy band promoter ordered to repay victims $300M
Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bernanke Fannie, Freddie in no danger of failing
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in "no danger of failing."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Stocks jump on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
Wall Street turned higher Wednesday as another drop in oil prices helped offset concerns about a jump in inflation last month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 100 points...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain at NAACP pledges more education options
John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Potential veeps joining Obama for security talk
Barack Obama is meeting with two potential running mates amid a push to outline his vision for Iraq and U.S. foreign policy elsewhere...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain pledging to NAACP more education options
John McCain is telling the NAACP that he will expand education opportunities for children in failing schools...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
Penn. mayor fights to keep immigration issue alive
Mayor Lou Barletta, whose bid to unseat a 12-term congressman is based largely on his reputation as an anti-illegal immigration crusader, is trying to keep his signature issue alive even as voters turn their attention to the troubled economy and sky-high gas prices...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
Delta, AMR swing to loss, beat Wall Street view
Delta Air Lines Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a hefty loss in the second quarter despite a strong increase in sales, pushing its red ink to more than $7 billion since the start of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Woman gets nearly 11 years for NY adoption fraud
A woman who lied to adopt 11 disabled children whom authorities say she abused while she raked in more than $1 million in subsidies was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bodies of 8 sought in Calif. canal after crash
Divers are looking for the bodies of eight people who plunged into a California irrigation canal after a traffic accident...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Release denied for dying Charles Manson follower
Nearly 40 years ago, Susan Atkins was a leading character in one of the most horrific chapters in California history...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
5 dead in California canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into an irrigation canal and killing at least five people...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
7 feared dead in Calif. canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into an irrigation canal where seven people were feared dead...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
8 feared dead in Calif. canal after collision
A septic truck collided with a sport-utility vehicle carrying farm workers in central California on Tuesday, sweeping both vehicles into a swift canal where divers spent much of the day searching for their bodies...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
DC approves new gun laws prompted by court ruling
The District of Columbia Council approved new firearms legislation Tuesday that will allow residents to begin applying for handgun permits this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
New tropical depression forms in Pacific
A new tropical depression formed in the Pacific early Wednesday, while in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Bertha turned eastward...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Restitution hearing set for boy band creator
A restitution hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Florida to determine how many investors were bilked _ and of how much money _ by convicted boy band architect Lou Pearlman...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
California mountain towns clean up mud flows
Bulldozers worked Tuesday to reopen roads and clear tons of mud left by flash floods after thunderstorms unleashed downpours on mountain slopes burned bare by California wildfires...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Videos provide glimpse of Ky. plant shooting
Newly released surveillance videos provide a glimpse of a shooting at a western Kentucky plastics plant that left five people and the gunman dead last month...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cockpit smoke forces Rochester emergency landing
A Rhode Island-bound flight with about 70 people on board has made an emergency landing in Rochester, N.Y., because of smoke in the cockpit...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Wis. Supreme Court rules against men in abuse case
A lawsuit brought against two Roman Catholic dioceses by five men sexually abused by a Catholic school teacher was dismissed Wednesday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
16 stingrays found dead at Illinois zoo
An apparent malfunction in the heating and cooling system of a pool killed 16 stingrays at a suburban Chicago zoo, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
New Dish Network satellite launched successfully
Sea Launch Co. has launched a new satellite for Dish Network Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Freed Lebanese prisoners welcomed in Beirut
Five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel have flown into Beirut airport for an official welcome by the president and his government...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysia opposition leader arrested in sodomy case
Malaysian police arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday on suspicion that he sodomized a male aide, pre-empting his voluntary appearance at the police headquarters to answer the allegation...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack
Afghan police say U.S. troops have pulled out of a remote base where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Release denied for dying Charles Manson follower
Nearly 40 years ago, Susan Atkins was a leading character in one of the most horrific chapters in California history...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Cambodia says it will meet Thais on border dispute
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to avert a clash over a disputed temple site, a Cambodian minister said Wednesday, as hundreds of soldiers from both countries faced off in "disputed border territory."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges
The singer and guitarist for the band Barenaked Ladies has been arrested on drug charges in upstate New York...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain pledging to NAACP more education options
John McCain is telling the NAACP that he will expand education opportunities for children in failing schools...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Delta, AMR swing to loss, beat Wall Street view
Delta Air Lines Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a hefty loss in the second quarter despite a strong increase in sales, pushing its red ink to more than $7 billion since the start of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Stocks rise on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
Wall Street turned higher Wednesday as another drop in oil prices helped offset concerns about a jump in inflation last month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 100 points...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Boy band promoter ordered to repay victims $300M
Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bernanke Fannie, Freddie in no danger of failing
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in "no danger of failing."...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Stocks jump on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
Wall Street turned higher Wednesday as another drop in oil prices helped offset concerns about a jump in inflation last month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 100 points...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain at NAACP pledges more education options
John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Potential veeps joining Obama for security talk
Barack Obama is meeting with two potential running mates amid a push to outline his vision for Iraq and U.S. foreign policy elsewhere...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Penn. mayor fights to keep immigration issue alive
Mayor Lou Barletta, whose bid to unseat a 12-term congressman is based largely on his reputation as an anti-illegal immigration crusader, is trying to keep his signature issue alive even as voters turn their attention to the troubled economy and sky-high gas prices...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
Bodies of 8 sought in Calif. canal after crash
Divers are looking for the bodies of eight people who plunged into a California irrigation canal after a traffic accident...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2008
US mortgage firms safe, says Fed
US mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not at risk of collapse, Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke insists...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Critical moment
Signs of a possible opening in US-Iran diplomacy...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Six die as Bolivian boats collide
At least six people die as a boat sinks in Lake Titicaca after colliding with another vessel, Bolivian police say...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Canada deports US army deserter
A soldier who deserted from the US army and fled to Canada is deported to the United States...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
US inflation rate at 26-year high
US inflation rises at the fastest rate in 26 years in June, fuelled higher by rising energy prices, figures show...
BBC News - July 16, 2008
Hezbollah gives coffins to Israel tests under way
Lebanese guerrillas on Wednesday handed over two black coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers whose capture started a war, as a prisoner exchange with Israel got under way...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Hezbollah hands over coffins in prisoner swap
Lebanese guerrillas on Wednesday turned over to the Red Cross two black coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers captured two years ago, as a prisoner exchange with Israel got under way...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel tries to identify dead soldiers in swap
The Israeli army says forensics teams have begun tests to identify two bodies turned over by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
100,000 Catholics gather for youth event in Sydney
More than 100,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims from around the world swarmed Sydney Harbor on Tuesday, waving the flags of their countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Malaysias Anwar arrested
Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack
Afghan police say U.S. troops have pulled out of a remote base where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges
The singer and guitarist for the band Barenaked Ladies has been arrested on drug charges in upstate New York...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Natalie Cole says she has hepatitis C
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
William Petersens CSI life of crime to end
William Petersen is leaving "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Bo Derek appointed to Calif. horse racing board
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named Bo Derek to a state commission overseeing horse racing...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 13
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 13 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 11
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning, and Aaron Cook wriggled out of two jams to keep the All-Star game tied at 3 on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McCain pledging to NAACP more education options
John McCain is telling the NAACP that he will expand education opportunities for children in failing schools...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Penn. mayor fights to keep immigration issue alive
Mayor Lou Barletta, whose bid to unseat a 12-term congressman is based largely on his reputation as an anti-illegal immigration crusader, is trying to keep his signature issue alive even as voters turn their attention to the troubled economy and sky-high gas prices...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
McLouths throw keeps All-Star game tied after 14
Center fielder Nate McLouth threw out a runner at the plate in the 11th inning, and National League pitcher Aaron Cook wriggled out of three jams to help keep the All-Star game tied 3-all after 14 innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Inflation numbers due Stocks, oil hold steady
Investors get another reading on inflation today, this time for consumers, and the Federal Reserve reports on industrial production. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies for a second day before Congress amid a backdrop of fading confidence in the U.S. economy. Stocks are headed for a moderately lower open, and oil prices are steady this morning...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Chesapeake watermen fear blue crab not coming back
Chesapeake Bay crabber Paul Kellam has advice for the teenage boys who help tend his traps every summer: You better have a backup plan...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
New Ark. effort connecting farmers, tourists
Arkansas wants to give tourists a taste of the farm experience, and is encouraging more of its farmers to start selling it...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
South Korean court convicts ex-Samsung boss
A South Korean court has convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on charges of financial wrongdoing, but he will not face prison time...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Oil steady after plunging more than $6
Oil prices were steady Wednesday in Asia after plummeting more than $6 a barrel in the previous session on expectations a weakening U.S. economy will undermine crude demand...
Southern Ledger - July 16, 2008
Israel moves prisoners, bodies ahead of swap
Israel moved five Lebanese prisoners to a military base near the Lebanese border before dawn Wednesday, preparing to trade them for two Israeli soldiers captured by Lebanese guerrillas two years ago...
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