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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Tongan king crowned in elaborate ceremony
George Tupou V was crowned as the 23rd King of Tonga on Friday in an elaborate ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Police question Olmert again in corruption probe
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the fourth time in a corruption investigation that has brought about his political downfall...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Whale stranded off English coast euthanized
Marine veterinarians euthanized a sick, 26-foot-long whale Friday after it became stranded on a mudflat off the coast of southern England. British wildlife experts and the coast guard had tried all day to save the northern bottlenose whale, which beached off Langstone Harbor, 75 miles southwest of London...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pakistan vows to weed out pro-Taliban agents
A Pakistani spokeswoman conceded Friday that the government needs to root out Taliban sympathizers from its main intelligence agency, but officials rejected allegations that the spies helped plan a bloody bombing at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
IAEA approves deal for Indias nuclear inspection
India and the U.S. moved a decisive step closer to implementing a landmark nuclear deal Friday following approval of an inspections plan by the International Atomic Energy Agency...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Chinese officials assess Olympics terrorist threat
BEIJING _ A Chinese army officer warned Friday that Islamic separatists are the biggest threat to the Olympics, but a regional official played down the danger...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
5 NATO troops killed groups warn about Afghan aid
Roadside bombs killed five NATO soldiers and a civilian in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, while a coalition of aid groups warned that violence is spreading to once-stable regions and forcing them to scale back humanitarian work...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Ivins had mild persona, but some saw dark side
Bruce E. Ivins was a juggler, a gardener, a church musician, a Red Cross volunteer _ and a suspected multiple murderer, according to federal authorities...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics
Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand was crushed
Lawyers for Shia LaBeouf say his hand was "crushed" in the wreck that flipped his truck last weekend, and he still runs the risk of infection and other complications...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Verne Troyer sues ex-girlfriend seen in sex tape
The battle over a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer has reignited after that actor sued his ex-girlfriend for $20 million, claiming she allowed snippets of the tape to be released...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Analysis Race remains the political wild card
By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Said back on track in Canada
Ron Fellows has known Boris Said long enough to know that Marcos Ambrose should be careful Saturday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices
Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Canada bus passenger stabs, decapitates seat mate
A traveler aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated his seat mate, pausing during the savage attack in central Canada to display the head to passengers who had fled in horror, witnesses said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Massachusetts lets out-of-state gay couples marry
Joy Spring and Carla Barbano spent the day before their wedding the way many brides do: relaxing and primping at a spa...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
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Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
EPA approves air permit for Navajo power plant
Both environmentalists who have been fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation and supporters of the project expected it: an air permit for the plant...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn. 8 killed include execs
A small jet crashed Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing eight people, including casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Texas executes man who killed, robbed acquaintance
Texas executed condemned inmate Larry Donnell Davis on Thursday for orchestrating and taking part in the robbery and fatal stabbing and beating of a man in Amarillo 13 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minnesota 8 killed
A small jet crashed Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing eight people, including casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
NTSB Minn. crash cockpit recorder in good shape
The cockpit voice recorder from a business jet crash that killed eight people was recovered in good condition, federal investigators said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Graffiti vandals turn violent in LA
One man got stabbed. Another got shot in the chest. A 6-year-old boy was temporarily blinded when he was spray-painted in the face...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Ask AP Iraqis in the US, printing less money
If you print more money, each dollar is worth less, right? Does that mean a country can fight inflation by simply easing back on the cash printing presses?...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Minn., victims still struggling after bridge fall
It was just past 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, when the Interstate 35W bridge buckled and fell into the Mississippi River. Thirteen people died...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
NTSB investigates Minn. plane crash that killed 8
Federal investigators planned to spend Friday sifting through the wreckage of a small plane, looking for clues that might explain why it crashed near a regional airport a day earlier, killing all eight people on board...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Starved, disabled girl was failed at every turn
For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room _ made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave _ the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Minnesotans ponder bridge collapse a year later
Buddhist monks chanted, American Indians pounded drums, and Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders offered prayers and scripture Friday, reflecting the religious backgrounds of those who died a year ago when the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed during the evening rush hour...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Man arrested in river ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a river. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Hundreds gather year after Minn. bridge collapse
Hundreds of mourners, from victims to top state officials, have gathered on the first anniversary of the deadly Minnesota bridge collapse...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pa. is 3rd state to charge truck driver in attacks
Authorities say DNA found on a pair of discarded gloves helped implicate a North Carolina trucker in two separate attacks _ one fatal _ on Pennsylvania women in their homes...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Girlfriend held in flight of Mass. murder suspect
A mother who was initially labeled a kidnapping victim was arrested Friday in New York on a warrant charging her with helping her boyfriend flee after a fatal stabbing...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Calif. counties lose bid to overturn marijuana law
Federal law does not pre-empt state law in a court battle over the licensing of medical marijuana, an appeals court has ruled...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Anthrax survivors relieved case appears closed
Survivors of the anthrax attacks and relatives of the victims expressed relief Friday that the long-running case appears finally to be closed, but they wondered about questions that may never be answered because of the suicide of suspect Bruce E. Ivins...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Woman sentenced to prison for aiding Chinese spy
A woman who helped a spy transmit U.S. military secrets to the Chinese government was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Friday, a reduced term that a judge said was warranted because the woman was controlled by the man she assisted...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Airport boss Runway where jet crashed is adequate
The manager of a regional airport where eight people died in the crash of a business jet said Friday that the 5,500-foot runway is adequate, noting that similar aircraft land there routinely...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Police W.Va. social worker slain at home visit
State police say two West Virginia residents have been charged with killing a social worker making an official visit to their home in Huntington...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
NYC girl survives 180-foot fall down chimney
A 12-year-old girl is relatively unscathed after falling 180 feet down a New York City chimney...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Police Copper seeker burned by high-voltage wire
A man who climbed to the top of a utility pole Friday in an effort to steal copper was jolted by a high-voltage wire and burned over 50 percent of his body, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Judge Fort Dix trial wont start with al-Qaida
The men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix lost a string of pretrial motions on Friday, but they did win a key concession from a judge who said he would not mention al-Qaida at the start of the trial...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Once common on skin, anthrax is deadly in lungs
Seven years ago Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across the country...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Toyota has developed a motorized stand-up-and-ride Segway lookalike designed to help people scoot around at malls and airports...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Siberian Russians marvel at solar eclipse
An enormous swath of western Siberia was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Hundreds gather year after Minn. bridge collapse
Hundreds of mourners, from victims to top state officials, have gathered on the first anniversary of the deadly Minnesota bridge collapse...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Tongan king crowned in elaborate ceremony
George Tupou V was crowned as the 23rd King of Tonga on Friday in an elaborate ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Police question Olmert again in corruption probe
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the fourth time in a corruption investigation that has brought about his political downfall...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Whale stranded off English coast euthanized
Marine veterinarians euthanized a sick, 26-foot-long whale Friday after it became stranded on a mudflat off the coast of southern England. British wildlife experts and the coast guard had tried all day to save the northern bottlenose whale, which beached off Langstone Harbor, 75 miles southwest of London...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Minnesotans ponder bridge collapse a year later
Buddhist monks chanted, American Indians pounded drums, and Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders offered prayers and scripture Friday, reflecting the religious backgrounds of those who died a year ago when the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed during the evening rush hour...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics
Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pakistan vows to weed out pro-Taliban agents
A Pakistani spokeswoman conceded Friday that the government needs to root out Taliban sympathizers from its main intelligence agency, but officials rejected allegations that the spies helped plan a bloody bombing at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
IAEA approves deal for Indias nuclear inspection
India and the U.S. moved a decisive step closer to implementing a landmark nuclear deal Friday following approval of an inspections plan by the International Atomic Energy Agency...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Chinese officials assess Olympics terrorist threat
BEIJING _ A Chinese army officer warned Friday that Islamic separatists are the biggest threat to the Olympics, but a regional official played down the danger...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
5 NATO troops killed groups warn about Afghan aid
Roadside bombs killed five NATO soldiers and a civilian in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, while a coalition of aid groups warned that violence is spreading to once-stable regions and forcing them to scale back humanitarian work...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Verne Troyer sues ex-girlfriend seen in sex tape
The battle over a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer has reignited after that actor sued his ex-girlfriend for $20 million, claiming she allowed snippets of the tape to be released...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Airport boss Runway where jet crashed is adequate
The manager of a regional airport where eight people died in the crash of a business jet said Friday that the 5,500-foot runway is adequate, noting that similar aircraft land there routinely...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Starved, disabled girl was failed at every turn
For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room _ made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave _ the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Ivins had mild persona, but some saw dark side
Bruce E. Ivins was a juggler, a gardener, a church musician, a Red Cross volunteer _ and a suspected multiple murderer, according to federal authorities...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Said back on track in Canada
Ron Fellows has known Boris Said long enough to know that Marcos Ambrose should be careful Saturday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand was crushed
Lawyers for Shia LaBeouf say his hand was "crushed" in the wreck that flipped his truck last weekend, and he still runs the risk of infection and other complications...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Texas executes man who killed, robbed acquaintance
Texas executed condemned inmate Larry Donnell Davis on Thursday for orchestrating and taking part in the robbery and fatal stabbing and beating of a man in Amarillo 13 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Read More...
Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices
Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Canada bus passenger stabs, decapitates seat mate
A traveler aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated his seat mate, pausing during the savage attack in central Canada to display the head to passengers who had fled in horror, witnesses said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pujols, Looper carry Cards to 12-3 rout of Braves
Albert Pujols drove in three runs, Braden Looper won for the first time in six starts and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the injury-riddled Atlanta Braves 12-3 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pacman Jones still on the field with Cowboys
On the field, he is still "Pacman" _ and embracing the nickname he seemed to be wanting to shed not so long ago. That is what his new Dallas Cowboys teammates and coaches call Adam Jones at training camp...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
6-legged deer gets new home after dog attack
A six-legged deer found in north Georgia after being attacked by a dog has a new home. An Athens woman with a permit to keep unique animals in captivity has agreed to take the unusual deer. The animal was found July 18 near Armuchee and underwent surgery to repair its minor injuries...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Tenn. church shooting victims improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
People wounded in Tenn. church shooting improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pistons agree to deal with former No. 1 pick Brown
Kwame Brown and the Detroit Pistons agreed to terms on a deal potentially worth $8 million over two seasons, team president of basketball operations Joe Dumars told The Associated Press on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama and McCain trade old-school political jabs
Barack Obama and John McCain traded old-school political jabs Thursday, with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama and McCain go old-school in political jabs
Barack Obama and John McCain traded old-school political jabs Thursday, with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Luol Deng, Bulls agree to new deal 6-year deal
Restricted free agent forward Luol Deng and the Chicago Bulls have agreed to six-year contract that could be worth as much as $80 million. The Bulls e-mailed a news release Wednesday afternoon announcing the "contract signing of Luol Deng."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Analysis Race remains the political wild card
By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths
The homeless woman was nauseated, dizzy, drenched with sweat, dehydrated and sobbing with fear. She had heat exhaustion and was on the verge of heat stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Yahoo board wins investor vote
Yahoo executives win re-election at its annual shareholders meeting after defending their handling of negotiations with Microsoft...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
Bus beheading suspect in court
The man accused of the savage attack on a fellow passenger on a Canadian bus has been charged with second degree murder...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
UN headquarters in New York turns up heat for cool effect
The UN cuts the air-conditioning at its New York headquarters, in an effort to save money and encourage a more relaxed dress code...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
'Pressure' killed anthrax suspect
A US scientist suspected of anthrax attacks in 2001 killed himself as a result of "accusation and innuendo", his lawyer says...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
Arctic park faces melting crisis
A national park in Canada's Arctic has been partly closed after record high temperatures caused flash flooding...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
Phoenix lander confirms ice in Martian soil
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
17 students dead in Turkey girls dorm collapse
A three-story girls dormitory collapsed in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students and setting off a search for a half dozen people believed to be under the rubble, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Defense rests at 1st Guantanamo war crimes trail
The defense team at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial rested its case Friday after submitting written testimony from two senior terror suspects as their final evidence...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Toyota has developed a motorized stand-up-and-ride Segway lookalike designed to help people scoot around at malls and airports...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Siberian Russians marvel at solar eclipse
An enormous swath of western Siberia was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Phoenix lander discovers ice in Martian soil
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Official 16 students dead in Turkey dorm collapse
A three-story dormitory housing female students collapsed in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 16 students, injuring at least 27 and setting off a search for a half dozen students believed to be under the rubble, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Tongan king crowned in elaborate ceremony
George Tupou V was crowned as the 23rd King of Tonga on Friday in an elaborate ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
At least 32 dead after train catches fire in India
A government press statement says at least 32 people have died after several coaches of a train caught fire in southern India...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Lawyer Tags on Snoop Dog pot-bust bus were good
A lawyer says a bus carrying hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg did not have expired tags in a stop that led to two people on board charged with marijuana possession...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Snoop Dogg tour bus pulled over 2 arrested
A tour bus carrying Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Taylor hospitalized, but expected to return home
Elizabeth Taylor was hospitalized for an undisclosed reason but was expected to return home soon, representatives for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday. A statement released by Dick Guttman, her Los Angeles-based publicist, did not say where Taylor was staying, nor did it specify what might have been ailing the 76-year-old actress...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices
Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
McCain expresses pride in campaign ad about Obama
Republican presidential candidate John McCain expressed pride Thursday in a new campaign ad that compares Barack Obama to a pair of Hollywood celebrities, but defended his Democratic opponent after a voter said Obama "terrifies me."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Webb pitches Diamondbacks past Dodgers 2-1
Brandon Webb scattered six hits in eight innings to win his big league-leading 15th game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 2-1 Thursday night to extend their lead over the Dodgers to two games in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Sanchez returns to rotation, Marlins beat Rockies
Anibal Sanchez won his first start in 15 months, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu hit home runs and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 12-2 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
FDA rejects Schering drug to reverse anesthesia
Government regulators dealt a major setback to Schering-Plough Corp., rejecting a highly anticipated drug designed to help patients recover from anesthesia...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama proposes $1,000 energy rebates for consumers
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for a $1,000 "emergency" rebate to consumers to offset soaring energy costs...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama risks voter ire by opposing new oil drilling
Barack Obama is once against betting that his eloquence can persuade price-weary consumers _ read that as voters _ to take the long view and not jump at a short-term fix when it comes to soaring energy prices...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Canada bus passenger stabs, decapitates seat mate
A traveler aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated his seat mate, pausing during the savage attack in central Canada to display the head to passengers who had fled in horror, witnesses said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
At least 20 dead after train catches fire in India
Police say at least 20 people have died after a train caught fire in southern India...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Read More...
Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Schwarzenegger orders cuts amid fiscal crisis
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order that eliminates 22,000 government jobs and ordered that 200,000 state workers receive the federal minimum wage until a state budget is approved...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Bond denied for Ala. man in body-in-freezer case
A judge denied bond for a small-time south Alabama evangelist charged with killing his wife and mother of eight whose body had been in a home freezer for at least three years...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Fat N.J. cats origins uncovered He was abandoned
A 44-pound cat found lumbering around New Jersey was abandoned by a woman who said her home was foreclosed, an animal shelter official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
More delays Thursday at JFK after software glitch
A software glitch that snarled air traffic and caused baggage pileups at John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into Thursday, with more flight cancellations expected...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
9 charged in death of disabled Philly teen
Four social workers were among nine people charged Thursday in the death of a disabled 14-year-old girl who authorities say wasted away from neglect before dying at 42 pounds...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minnesota, killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths
The homeless woman was nauseated, dizzy, drenched with sweat, dehydrated and sobbing with fear. She had heat exhaustion and was on the verge of heat stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minnesota at least 8 killed
Authorities say the death toll has risen to eight in a business jet crash in southern Minnesota...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
In SF City Hall front yard, a bounty of produce
For generations, the lawn at Civic Center Plaza was a lush, quarter-acre welcome mat outside City Hall, and a frequent staging ground for demonstrations...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn. 8 killed include execs
A small jet crashed Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing eight people, including casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Texas executes man who killed, robbed acquaintance
Texas executed condemned inmate Larry Donnell Davis on Thursday for orchestrating and taking part in the robbery and fatal stabbing and beating of a man in Amarillo 13 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minnesota 8 killed
A small jet crashed Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing eight people, including casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Massachusetts lets out-of-state gay couples marry
Joy Spring and Carla Barbano spent the day before their wedding the way many brides do: relaxing and primping at a spa...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Businessman charged in plot to kill IRS agent
Federal authorities say a central Florida construction company owner tried to hire a hit man to kill an IRS agent to avoid paying $300,000 in taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Ask AP Iraqis in the US, printing less money
If you print more money, each dollar is worth less, right? Does that mean a country can fight inflation by simply easing back on the cash printing presses?...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Minn., victims still struggling after bridge fall
It was just past 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, when the Interstate 35W bridge buckled and fell into the Mississippi River. Thirteen people died...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
NTSB investigates Minn. plane crash that killed 8
Federal investigators planned to spend Friday sifting through the wreckage of a small plane, looking for clues that might explain why it crashed near a regional airport a day earlier, killing all eight people on board...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
EPA approves air permit for Navajo power plant
Both environmentalists who have been fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation and supporters of the project expected it: an air permit for the plant...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Judge removed from cases against Jena Six teens
The judge tasked with hearing the cases against the remaining Jena Six defendants has been recused...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Suspected gunman captured in shooting deaths
Authorities in Wisconsin have made an arrest in the shooting of three young swimmers...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
65 percent solution school plan comes to Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Conservatives and libertarians nationwide tout the "65 percent solution," an enticing, simple _ and some say deceptive _ school budgeting concept, as a way to increase classroom spending without raising taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Chinese national sentenced for aiding spy
A woman who helped a Chinese spy obtain U.S. military secrets has been sentenced in Virginia to a year and a half in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Gunman opens fire on swimmers in Wisconsin 3 dead
A man wearing camouflage clothing and carrying an assault rifle walked out of the woods and shot four young people who had gathered at a river to go swimming, killing three of them and wounding one...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Phoenix lander discovers ice in Martian soil
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Phoenix lander confirms ice in Martian soil
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Graffiti vandals turn violent in LA
One man got stabbed. Another got shot in the chest. A 6-year-old boy was temporarily blinded when he was spray-painted in the face...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
17 students dead in Turkey girls dorm collapse
A three-story girls dormitory collapsed in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students and setting off a search for a half dozen people believed to be under the rubble, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Defense rests at 1st Guantanamo war crimes trail
The defense team at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial rested its case Friday after submitting written testimony from two senior terror suspects as their final evidence...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Toyota has developed a motorized stand-up-and-ride Segway lookalike designed to help people scoot around at malls and airports...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Siberian Russians marvel at solar eclipse
An enormous swath of western Siberia was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
At least 32 dead after train catches fire in India
A government press statement says at least 32 people have died after several coaches of a train caught fire in southern India...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Official 16 students dead in Turkey dorm collapse
A three-story dormitory housing female students collapsed in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 16 students, injuring at least 27 and setting off a search for a half dozen students believed to be under the rubble, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Tongan king crowned in elaborate ceremony
George Tupou V was crowned as the 23rd King of Tonga on Friday in an elaborate ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices
Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Ask AP Iraqis in the US, printing less money
If you print more money, each dollar is worth less, right? Does that mean a country can fight inflation by simply easing back on the cash printing presses?...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Sanchez returns to rotation, Marlins beat Rockies
Anibal Sanchez won his first start in 15 months, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu hit home runs and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 12-2 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Lawyer Tags on Snoop Dog pot-bust bus were good
A lawyer says a bus carrying hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg did not have expired tags in a stop that led to two people on board charged with marijuana possession...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Snoop Dogg tour bus pulled over 2 arrested
A tour bus carrying Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Taylor hospitalized, but expected to return home
Elizabeth Taylor was hospitalized for an undisclosed reason but was expected to return home soon, representatives for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday. A statement released by Dick Guttman, her Los Angeles-based publicist, did not say where Taylor was staying, nor did it specify what might have been ailing the 76-year-old actress...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
McCain expresses pride in campaign ad about Obama
Republican presidential candidate John McCain expressed pride Thursday in a new campaign ad that compares Barack Obama to a pair of Hollywood celebrities, but defended his Democratic opponent after a voter said Obama "terrifies me."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Webb pitches Diamondbacks past Dodgers 2-1
Brandon Webb scattered six hits in eight innings to win his big league-leading 15th game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 2-1 Thursday night to extend their lead over the Dodgers to two games in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
FDA rejects Schering drug to reverse anesthesia
Government regulators dealt a major setback to Schering-Plough Corp., rejecting a highly anticipated drug designed to help patients recover from anesthesia...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama proposes $1,000 energy rebates for consumers
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for a $1,000 "emergency" rebate to consumers to offset soaring energy costs...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama risks voter ire by opposing new oil drilling
Barack Obama is once against betting that his eloquence can persuade price-weary consumers _ read that as voters _ to take the long view and not jump at a short-term fix when it comes to soaring energy prices...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Canada bus passenger stabs, decapitates seat mate
A traveler aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated his seat mate, pausing during the savage attack in central Canada to display the head to passengers who had fled in horror, witnesses said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
At least 20 dead after train catches fire in India
Police say at least 20 people have died after a train caught fire in southern India...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
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Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Texas executes man who killed, robbed acquaintance
Texas executed condemned inmate Larry Donnell Davis on Thursday for orchestrating and taking part in the robbery and fatal stabbing and beating of a man in Amarillo 13 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pujols, Looper carry Cards to 12-3 rout of Braves
Albert Pujols drove in three runs, Braden Looper won for the first time in six starts and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the injury-riddled Atlanta Braves 12-3 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pacman Jones still on the field with Cowboys
On the field, he is still "Pacman" _ and embracing the nickname he seemed to be wanting to shed not so long ago. That is what his new Dallas Cowboys teammates and coaches call Adam Jones at training camp...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
6-legged deer gets new home after dog attack
A six-legged deer found in north Georgia after being attacked by a dog has a new home. An Athens woman with a permit to keep unique animals in captivity has agreed to take the unusual deer. The animal was found July 18 near Armuchee and underwent surgery to repair its minor injuries...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Man charged in Tenn. church shooting that killed 2
A man suspected of opening fire on a roomful of people during a church youth performance was in custody Monday after being tackled by witnesses...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Witnesses Canada bus passenger beheads seat mate
Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil turns biggest US quarterly profit
Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway _ from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Tenn. church shooting victims improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
People wounded in Tenn. church shooting improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Pistons agree to deal with former No. 1 pick Brown
Kwame Brown and the Detroit Pistons agreed to terms on a deal potentially worth $8 million over two seasons, team president of basketball operations Joe Dumars told The Associated Press on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama and McCain trade old-school political jabs
Barack Obama and John McCain traded old-school political jabs Thursday, with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Obama and McCain go old-school in political jabs
Barack Obama and John McCain traded old-school political jabs Thursday, with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Luol Deng, Bulls agree to new deal 6-year deal
Restricted free agent forward Luol Deng and the Chicago Bulls have agreed to six-year contract that could be worth as much as $80 million. The Bulls e-mailed a news release Wednesday afternoon announcing the "contract signing of Luol Deng."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths
The homeless woman was nauseated, dizzy, drenched with sweat, dehydrated and sobbing with fear. She had heat exhaustion and was on the verge of heat stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
More oil firms report big profits
Chevron and Total are the latest major oil companies to report strong results thanks to high oil prices...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
Citigroup faces securities probe
Citigroup reveals it is the subject of an investigation by the financial regulator into whether it broke securities law...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
UN approves India-US nuclear deal
The International Atomic Energy Agency ratifies a controversial nuclear deal between India and the US...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
Lowest US monthly deaths in Iraq
The death of a US soldier in northern Iraq brings the toll for July to 12, the lowest monthly toll since the 2003 invasion...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
Carmaker GM loses another $15.5bn
General Motors reports a three month loss of $15.5bn (£7.8bn) as sales plunge in its home market...
BBC News - August 1, 2008
Phoenix lander discovers ice in Martian soil
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
At least 20 dead after train catches fire in India
Police say at least 20 people have died after a train caught fire in southern India...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Tongan king crowned in elaborate ceremony
George Tupou V was crowned as the 23rd King of Tonga on Friday in an elaborate ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Speed a gutsy tactic in Stevens corruption case
Under indictment and watching some Republican colleagues tiptoe away from him, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is counting on speed to keep corruption allegations from lingering until Election Day and ending his storied political career...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Official 16 students dead in Turkey dorm collapse
A three-story dormitory housing female students collapsed in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 16 students, injuring at least 27 and setting off a search for a half dozen students believed to be under the rubble, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Official 14 students dead in Turkey dorm collapse
A three-story dormitory housing female students collapsed in central Turkey on Friday, killing 14 students, injuring at least 27 and setting off a search for a half dozen students believed to be under the rubble, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Japanese prime minister reshuffling Cabinet
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was reshuffling his Cabinet on Friday, a move widely seen as an attempt to restore confidence in his leadership following scandals over missing pension records and alleged bribery...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Snoop Dogg tour bus pulled over 2 arrested
A tour bus carrying Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Taylor hospitalized, but expected to return home
Elizabeth Taylor was hospitalized for an undisclosed reason but was expected to return home soon, representatives for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday. A statement released by Dick Guttman, her Los Angeles-based publicist, did not say where Taylor was staying, nor did it specify what might have been ailing the 76-year-old actress...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Durning gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
From World War II hero to dancer and award-winning actor, Charles Durning has lived a storied life. The 85-year-old added to that resume Thursday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to one for his idol, James Cagney...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Elizabeth Taylor visits hospital, to return home
Representatives for Elizabeth Taylor say she is in a hospital but is doing fine and expects to return home shortly...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
McCain expresses pride in campaign ad about Obama
Republican presidential candidate John McCain expressed pride Thursday in a new campaign ad that compares Barack Obama to a pair of Hollywood celebrities, but defended his Democratic opponent after a voter said Obama "terrifies me."...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Webb pitches Diamondbacks past Dodgers 2-1
Brandon Webb scattered six hits in eight innings to win his big league-leading 15th game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 2-1 Thursday night to extend their lead over the Dodgers to two games in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Sanchez returns to rotation, Marlins beat Rockies
Anibal Sanchez won his first start in 15 months, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu hit home runs and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 12-2 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Sanchez back in rotation, Marlins ript Rockies 12-2
Anibal Sanchez won his first start in 15 months, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu hit home runs and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 12-2 on Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 1, 2008
Mariners, Dickey beat Rangers 8-5
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