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Colombians march against kidnappings
Well over a million Colombians, clad in white and cheering "No more kidnapping," marked their independence day on Sunday with marches and concerts demanding freedom for hostages still held by leftist rebels...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Williams Anglicans in severe crisis
The head of the Anglican Communion said Sunday that the global fellowship faces "one of the most severe challenges" in its history, and he urged bishops at their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference to do the hard work of finding solutions...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Anglican bishops open key summit in UK
Anglican bishops opened their once-a-decade summit Sunday with an elaborate worship service in the mother church of their troubled global fellowship, hearing a plea for unity despite deep rifts over the Bible and homosexuality...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope urges young to spurn materialism
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Poles who rescued Jews honored in Warsaw
Wanda Bulik was only 18 when a conductor approached her on a train during the height of World War II and asked her to take care of an abandoned 3-year-old Jewish boy found traveling alone...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope wraps up Australia trip with final Mass
Pope Benedict XVI ended his farthest pilgrimage Sunday, one intended to inspire a new generation of faithful while trying to overcome a dark chapter for his church from a clerical sex abuse scandal...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
To avoid Olympic smog, Beijing limits traffic
With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Beijing began restricting car use and limiting factory emissions on Sunday in a final drastic effort to clear its smog-choked skies...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama meets with Karzai, a leader hes criticized
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unification Church founder released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Sun Myung Moon released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Dark Knight sets weekend record with $155.34M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Al Gore
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama meets Karzai, vows steadfast Afghan aid
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Brewers complete season sweep of Giants
Ryan Braun hit a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five runs, pitcher Manny Parra had an RBI single en route to winning his eighth straight decision and the Milwaukee Brewers completed a season sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 7-4 victory Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Holliday, Baker homer as Rockies sweep Pirates
Matt Holliday and Jeff Baker homered and had three hits each, Aaron Cook won his team-leading 12th game and the Colorado Rockies completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, 11-3...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Germans double lifts Royals over White Sox, 8-7
Esteban German hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 8-7 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web
NEW YORK _ If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
InBev CEO Brito Brazil to Belgium to Bud
The man who would be King of Beers is a no-frills leader without a company car or even his own desk...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Giuliani takes McCain out to the ballgame
With Democrat Barack Obama on the other side of the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain stayed closer to home Sunday, visiting Yankee Stadium with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama has breakfast with troops to meet Karzai
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children
For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, carrying on the legacy of their parents...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
NJ beach town mayor sez Fuhgeddaboudit! to blog
To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Police Body at home of woman who claimed baby buy
Police said Friday they found the body of a woman with her hands bound in the apartment of another woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed as her own...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama has breakfast with troops to meet Karzai
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal rumbles off the Carolinas
Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas late Saturday as forecasters predicted it could dump several inches in some areas of drought-stricken North Carolina...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal forms off Southeast coast
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the depression off the Southeast coast has strengthened into Tropical Storm Cristobal...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Conn. candidates line up for public financing
Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Woman in W.Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated
A Pennsylvania medical examiner says the body of a woman linked to a mystery newborn baby had been partially eviscerated and her uterus was cut open...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal strengthens off NC coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first system to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, strengthened slightly off the North Carolina coast Sunday, and was expected to dump several inches of rain in some areas of the drought-stricken state...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Woman in Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated
Investigators hoped to confirm Sunday the identity of a woman whose body was found bound with duct tape with her uterus cut open in the apartment of another woman who falsely claimed a newborn baby was her own...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Search team finds no sign of Steve Fossett
A team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers has ended a weeklong hunt for Steve Fossett, finding no sign of the missing adventurer or his plane but eliminating miles of rugged terrain from areas that still must be searched...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall
Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in western Caribbean
Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Caribbean sea...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Mo. man kills wife, sister-in-law and self
Police in Missouri say a man has killed his wife and her sister, and has brutally beaten his brother in law, before taking his own life in a community outside St. Louis...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Teen charged in death of Ohio woman shot on porch
Cleveland authorities have charged a 17-year-old in the fatal shooting of a woman who was gunned down as she grieved the cancer death of her mother while sitting on her front porch...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal skirted the North Carolina coast Sunday, dumping heavy rain and churning up rough surf, but so far sparing the seaboard of any severe weather...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Soldier in famous photo never defeated demons
Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast, weakens
Tropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to the North Carolina coast Sunday, and forecasters predicted the weakening system was headed for the open Atlantic...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Alabama man turns 112, still spends days drawing
Bent over or sitting at a table, gripping a ballpoint pen, marker or crayon, Frank Calloway spends his days turning visions from his youth into lively murals _ and at 112 years old, the images of his childhood are a window to another time...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Arrest made in stolen N.J. horse statue
Police say a bronze horse statue stolen from a now-defunct New Jersey racetrack has been broken up and sold to a salvage yard for a fraction of its value...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Spears role as mom expands after epic meltdown
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
8 months after meltdown, Spears mom-role expands
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Spears overights with boys added, trial averted
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Poles who rescued Jews honored in Warsaw
Wanda Bulik was only 18 when a conductor approached her on a train during the height of World War II and asked her to take care of an abandoned 3-year-old Jewish boy found traveling alone...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Colombians march against kidnappings
Well over a million Colombians, clad in white and cheering "No more kidnapping," marked their independence day on Sunday with marches and concerts demanding freedom for hostages still held by leftist rebels...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Sun Myung Moon released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Williams Anglicans in severe crisis
The head of the Anglican Communion said Sunday that the global fellowship faces "one of the most severe challenges" in its history, and he urged bishops at their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference to do the hard work of finding solutions...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Anglican bishops open key summit in UK
Anglican bishops opened their once-a-decade summit Sunday with an elaborate worship service in the mother church of their troubled global fellowship, hearing a plea for unity despite deep rifts over the Bible and homosexuality...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope urges young to spurn materialism
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Soldier in famous photo never defeated demons
Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope wraps up Australia trip with final Mass
Pope Benedict XVI ended his farthest pilgrimage Sunday, one intended to inspire a new generation of faithful while trying to overcome a dark chapter for his church from a clerical sex abuse scandal...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
To avoid Olympic smog, Beijing limits traffic
With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Beijing began restricting car use and limiting factory emissions on Sunday in a final drastic effort to clear its smog-choked skies...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama meets with Karzai, a leader hes criticized
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unification Church founder released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Dark Knight sets weekend record with $155.34M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Al Gore
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal skirted the North Carolina coast Sunday, dumping heavy rain and churning up rough surf, but so far sparing the seaboard of any severe weather...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama meets Karzai, vows steadfast Afghan aid
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Brewers complete season sweep of Giants
Ryan Braun hit a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five runs, pitcher Manny Parra had an RBI single en route to winning his eighth straight decision and the Milwaukee Brewers completed a season sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 7-4 victory Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Holliday, Baker homer as Rockies sweep Pirates
Matt Holliday and Jeff Baker homered and had three hits each, Aaron Cook won his team-leading 12th game and the Colorado Rockies completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, 11-3...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Germans double lifts Royals over White Sox, 8-7
Esteban German hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 8-7 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web
NEW YORK _ If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall
Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
InBev CEO Brito Brazil to Belgium to Bud
The man who would be King of Beers is a no-frills leader without a company car or even his own desk...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Giuliani takes McCain out to the ballgame
With Democrat Barack Obama on the other side of the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain stayed closer to home Sunday, visiting Yankee Stadium with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama has breakfast with troops to meet Karzai
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
GM cutting back on NASCAR spending
Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Former Tenn. state senator convicted in corruption
A federal jury has convicted a former Tennessee state senator for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Senate...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Songwriter Hank Cochran recovering from surgery
Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Purdue panel finds misconduct by fusion scientist
A Purdue University panel has found two instances of misconduct by a researcher who claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama has breakfast with troops to meet Karzai
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2008
Jaguars Porter has hamstring surgery
Jaguars wide receiver Jerry Porter had surgery Friday to repair a torn hamstring tendon and will miss all the preseason...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
VWs choice eases Chattanoogas past auto snubs
When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors destination forgot years of frustrating rejections by automakers...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Scott Dixon on schedule for another title
Everything is right on schedule for Scott Dixon _ for now...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Spears role as mom expands after epic meltdown
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
8 months after meltdown, Spears mom-role expands
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Iraq proposes delay in key provincial vote
A provincial vote intended to satisfy Sunni Arab demands for more influence must be delayed, election officials said Sunday, proposing to hold the vote in December rather than October...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Sun Myung Moon released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Anglican bishops open key summit in UK
Anglican bishops opened their once-a-decade summit Sunday with an elaborate worship service in the mother church of their troubled global fellowship, hearing a plea for unity despite deep rifts over the Bible and homosexuality...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope urges young to spurn materialism
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope urges Australian youths to spurn materialism
Pope Benedict XVI urged young people Sunday to reject what he said was the "spiritual desert" spreading throughout the world and to embrace Christianity to build a new age free from greed and materialism...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope wraps up Australia trip with final Mass
Pope Benedict XVI ended his farthest pilgrimage Sunday, one intended to inspire a new generation of faithful while trying to overcome a dark chapter for his church from a clerical sex abuse scandal...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
To avoid Olympic smog, Beijing limits traffic
With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Beijing began restricting car use and limiting factory emissions on Sunday in a final drastic effort to clear its smog-choked skies...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama meets with Karzai, a leader hes criticized
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unification Church founder released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Al Gore
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Dark Knight sets box office record with $66.4M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Poulter, Harrington share lead at British Open
Ian Poulter sent the English crowd into a frenzy, surging to a tie for the lead with defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington on Sunday. Greg Norman was still in the mix in a bid to become the oldest major champion in golf history...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Norman clings to lead at British Open
Despite a shaky front side, Greg Norman was nine holes away from becoming the oldest major champion in golf history...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Norman clings to lead at British Open back 9
Despite a shaky front side, Greg Norman was nine holes away from becoming the oldest major champion in golf history...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Hamilton wins German GP
Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix on Sunday, solidifying his lead in the Formula One standings with two dramatic passes that made up for a strategic blunder...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Dark Knight sets weekend record with $155.34M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever
A stunning sell-off dragged oil prices to their biggest weekly drop ever and gas prices at the pump slipped by the more than they have at any point since February, giving consumers a rare breather in a year of record fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web
NEW YORK _ If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on Internet
NEW YORK _ If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama calls Afghanistan fight precarious, urgent
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" and "urgent."...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama says situation in Afghanistan is precarious
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan "precarious" and "urgent."...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama tells Karzai he plans to continue terror war
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its Western-backed leader Sunday and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if he is elected, an Afghan official said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Obama breakfasts with troops in Kabul
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Venture capital investments hold steady in 2Q
The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama has breakfast with troops to meet Karzai
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Police Body at home of woman who claimed baby buy
Police said Friday they found the body of a woman with her hands bound in the apartment of another woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed as her own...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Crews make progess against California wildfires
Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Judge restores protection for N. Rockies wolves
A federal judge in Montana has ordered that gray wolves in the northern Rockies be returned to the endangered species list...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Body found at home of Pa. mystery baby suspect
A body with its hands bound was found Friday at the apartment of a woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed was her child but later said she had obtained for $1,000, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama has breakfast with troops to meet Karzai
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Conn. candidates line up for public financing
Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Woman in W.Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated
A Pennsylvania medical examiner says the body of a woman linked to a mystery newborn baby had been partially eviscerated and her uterus was cut open...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children
For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, carrying on the legacy of their parents...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
NJ beach town mayor sez Fuhgeddaboudit! to blog
To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Search team finds no sign of Steve Fossett
A team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers has ended a weeklong hunt for Steve Fossett, finding no sign of the missing adventurer or his plane but eliminating miles of rugged terrain from areas that still must be searched...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall
Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal rumbles off the Carolinas
Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas late Saturday as forecasters predicted it could dump several inches in some areas of drought-stricken North Carolina...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal forms off Southeast coast
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the depression off the Southeast coast has strengthened into Tropical Storm Cristobal...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Most Calif. fires contained stubborn blazes left
Cooler weather has allowed fire crews to corral most of the wildfires across California, but a handful of stubborn, hard-to-reach mountain blazes Saturday were still keeping residents from their homes...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
WTC survivor staircase moves again at ground zero
A staircase people used to escape the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack has been moved for a second time on the ground zero site...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal skirted the North Carolina coast Sunday, dumping heavy rain and churning up rough surf, but so far sparing the seaboard of any severe weather...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Soldier in famous photo never defeated demons
Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal strengthens off NC coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first system to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, strengthened slightly off the North Carolina coast Sunday, and was expected to dump several inches of rain in some areas of the drought-stricken state...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Woman in Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated
Investigators hoped to confirm Sunday the identity of a woman whose body was found bound with duct tape with her uterus cut open in the apartment of another woman who falsely claimed a newborn baby was her own...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Mo. man kills wife, sister-in-law and self
Police in Missouri say a man has killed his wife and her sister, and has brutally beaten his brother in law, before taking his own life in a community outside St. Louis...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Teen charged in death of Ohio woman shot on porch
Cleveland authorities have charged a 17-year-old in the fatal shooting of a woman who was gunned down as she grieved the cancer death of her mother while sitting on her front porch...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Stunt pilot joins National Aviation Hall of Fame
Stunt pilot Sean Tucker, who has thrilled air show audiences with daredevil moves in more than 1,000 performances, said he got his start by trying to face his flying fears...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Hurricane Bertha downgraded again
Hurricane Bertha, the longest-lived July tropical storm in history, has been downgraded to a tropical storm...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Small plane crashes in northeast Texas 3 killed
A single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing all three people aboard and sparking a fire that burned two rural acres, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Inmate loses weight, escapes through jail vent
A man charged with murder escaped from jail early Saturday by climbing through an air conditioner vent, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Spears granted additional visitation with boys
An attorney for Britney Spears says an agreement has been reached that grants the singer more visits with her children...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Treasury chief Banks safe despite economic tumult
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Paulson Banking system sound, deposits protected
The treasury secretary says the list of troubled bank will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in western Caribbean
Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Caribbean sea...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Spears role as mom expands after epic meltdown
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
8 months after meltdown, Spears mom-role expands
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Spears overights with boys added, trial averted
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Spears overnights with boys added, trial averted
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Iraq proposes delay in key provincial vote
A provincial vote intended to satisfy Sunni Arab demands for more influence must be delayed, election officials said Sunday, proposing to hold the vote in December rather than October...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unification Church founder released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Sun Myung Moon released from hospital
The founder of the Unification Church was released from a South Korean hospital Sunday, a day after he and 15 others were injured when their helicopter crashed on a mountain near Seoul...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Anglican bishops open key summit in UK
Anglican bishops opened their once-a-decade summit Sunday with an elaborate worship service in the mother church of their troubled global fellowship, hearing a plea for unity despite deep rifts over the Bible and homosexuality...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope urges young to spurn materialism
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope urges Australian youths to spurn materialism
Pope Benedict XVI urged young people Sunday to reject what he said was the "spiritual desert" spreading throughout the world and to embrace Christianity to build a new age free from greed and materialism...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Soldier in famous photo never defeated demons
Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal strengthens off NC coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first system to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, strengthened slightly off the North Carolina coast Sunday, and was expected to dump several inches of rain in some areas of the drought-stricken state...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Woman in Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated
Investigators hoped to confirm Sunday the identity of a woman whose body was found bound with duct tape with her uterus cut open in the apartment of another woman who falsely claimed a newborn baby was her own...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Pope wraps up Australia trip with final Mass
Pope Benedict XVI ended his farthest pilgrimage Sunday, one intended to inspire a new generation of faithful while trying to overcome a dark chapter for his church from a clerical sex abuse scandal...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
To avoid Olympic smog, Beijing limits traffic
With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Beijing began restricting car use and limiting factory emissions on Sunday in a final drastic effort to clear its smog-choked skies...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama meets with Karzai, a leader hes criticized
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Dark Knight sets weekend record with $155.34M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Al Gore
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Dark Knight sets box office record with $66.4M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal skirted the North Carolina coast Sunday, dumping heavy rain and churning up rough surf, but so far sparing the seaboard of any severe weather...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama says situation in Afghanistan is precarious
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan "precarious" and "urgent."...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama tells Karzai he plans to continue terror war
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its Western-backed leader Sunday and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if he is elected, an Afghan official said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Poulter, Harrington share lead at British Open
Ian Poulter sent the English crowd into a frenzy, surging to a tie for the lead with defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington on Sunday. Greg Norman was still in the mix in a bid to become the oldest major champion in golf history...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Norman clings to lead at British Open
Despite a shaky front side, Greg Norman was nine holes away from becoming the oldest major champion in golf history...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Norman clings to lead at British Open back 9
Despite a shaky front side, Greg Norman was nine holes away from becoming the oldest major champion in golf history...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Hamilton wins German GP
Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix on Sunday, solidifying his lead in the Formula One standings with two dramatic passes that made up for a strategic blunder...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Venture capital investments hold steady in 2Q
The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever
A stunning sell-off dragged oil prices to their biggest weekly drop ever and gas prices at the pump slipped by the more than they have at any point since February, giving consumers a rare breather in a year of record fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web
NEW YORK _ If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on Internet
NEW YORK _ If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama calls Afghanistan fight precarious, urgent
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" and "urgent."...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall
Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Obama breakfasts with troops in Kabul
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 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 20, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 20, 2008
Obama has breakfast with troops to meet Karzai
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