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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Leonardo DiCaprio has a Red Mango yogurt machine in his office. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have been photographed clutching Pinkberry yogurt cups while ducking the paparazzi...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup
Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
HP posts 3Q profit jump faces stiff competition
Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge _ stiffer personal-computer competition _ that threatens to slow its steady growth...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
153 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears
Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio suffers aneurysm
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland has suffered an aneurysm and is in a hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
2 Chinese protesters ordered to year in labor camp
Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday, as more foreign activists were detained...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
China refuses to let Gary Glitter into Hong Kong
A British diplomatic official says China has refused to allow convicted pedophile Gary Glitter entry into Hong Kong...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain reports spending $32 million in July
Republican presidential candidate John McCain reports raising more than $26 million and spending $32 million in July...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Twins send slumping As to 11 series losses in row
Mike Redmond drove in two runs for the Minnesota Twins, who survived some wildness by Francisco Liriano and beat Oakland 3-1 on Wednesday to send the Athletics to their 11th straight series defeat...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage
A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain chides a newly feisty Obama as testy
Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain chides a newly feisty Obama
Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Obama may unveil veep choice Saturday in Illinois
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his clearest signal yet that he has settled on a running mate when he announced Tuesday he would appear Saturday in this city where he launched his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Bush says New Orleans is on its way back
President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the Gulf Coast region over three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Businesses steps to save on energy turn permanent
As the cost of gasoline soared over the past year, many small businesses took steps to mitigate the damage to their cash flow and profits. Now, even though gas has fallen from the record levels it hit in mid-July, companies are making those money-saving strategies permanent...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing _ even in death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay hits Florida, but doesnt become hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had feared...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
States throw out costly electronic voting machines
The demise of touch-screen voting has produced a graveyard of expensive corpses: Warehouses stacked with thousands of carefully wrapped voting machines that have been shelved because of doubts about vanishing votes and vulnerability to hackers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Funeral homes facing problem of abandoned ashes
The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, tucked neatly on wooden shelves and tables and in an unused dumbwaiter...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay hits Florida, strengthens as it moves inland
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in Florida Tuesday short of hurricane strength, but mysteriously gained speed as it headed over land, bringing heavy rain and high wind but no major damage...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Girl from polygamist group ordered into state care
A Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to be placed in foster care...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Searchers say all missing in Grand Canyon located
Authorities say they have accounted for a handful of hikers who were missing after flooding struck a remote part of the Grand Canyon...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay gains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay strengthens over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Researcher Bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ were slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Situation still fragile in Grand Canyon village
Crews were waiting for floodwaters to recede so they can begin restoring washed-out trails and footbridges to a remote village near the Grand Canyon hit by flooding, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay stays on Floridas coast
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay may strengthen and hit Florida again
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday reaching the coast and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida _ possibly as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fla. town backs ex-principal in gay student case
When a high school senior told her principal that students were taunting her for being a lesbian, he told her homosexuality is wrong, outed her to her parents and ordered her to stay away from children...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay floods hundreds of Fla. homes
A county spokesman says heavy rain from Tropical Storm Fay has flooded hundreds of homes in central Florida...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Killer of train passengers gets 11 life sentences
A judge has sentenced a man convicted of causing a deadly commuter rail crash to 11 consecutive life sentences, denouncing him as a remorseless killer...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay hugs Floridas Atlantic coast
Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Doctor Tortured Idaho boy didnt have to die
A 9-year-old boy who was tortured and killed by a convicted pedophile in front of his younger sister might have been able to survive a shot to the abdomen had he been taken to a hospital, a doctor told a jury that will decide whether the man gets the death penalty...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Records show more Texas sect members wed minors
Five men from a polygamist sect raided by Texas authorities in April stand accused of sexually assaulting children, but they may not be the only ones...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Amish population nearly doubles in 16 years
The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Man dies when bluff collapses at San Diego beach
San Diego authorities say a man has died after a stretch of rugged oceanside bluff collapsed on him at Torrey Pines State Beach...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Coroner Denver cyanide victim took his own life
The Denver coroner says an Ottawa man who died from cyanide poisoning in a hotel room committed suicide...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Correction Mummified remains story
In an Aug. 17 story about decades-old remains being identified through DNA, The Associated Press misidentified an institution. It is the National Maritime Center of Martinsburg, W.Va., not the National Marine Center...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
$500,000 bail posted for mom of missing Fla. girl
Jail officials says a bondsman has posted bail for the mother of a missing Florida toddler...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Judge libeled by Boston Herald agrees to step down
A judge who won a $2 million libel award from the Boston Herald, then sent threatening letters to its publisher, will step down from the bench, a court said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Judges support Tenn. schools Confederate flag ban
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday in favor of a Tennessee school system that banned the Confederate battle flag because of concerns the symbol could inflame racial tensions at a high school...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Leonardo DiCaprio has a Red Mango yogurt machine in his office. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have been photographed clutching Pinkberry yogurt cups while ducking the paparazzi...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Mariah, Miley, Beyonce join voices to fight cancer
What would it sound like if 15 of the hottest female singers joined voices? The answer will be revealed Sept. 2...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
HP posts 3Q profit jump faces stiff competition
Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge _ stiffer personal-computer competition _ that threatens to slow its steady growth...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
153 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears
Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
2 Chinese protesters ordered to year in labor camp
Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday, as more foreign activists were detained...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio suffers aneurysm
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland has suffered an aneurysm and is in a hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
China refuses to let Gary Glitter into Hong Kong
A British diplomatic official says China has refused to allow convicted pedophile Gary Glitter entry into Hong Kong...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Records show more Texas sect members wed minors
Five men from a polygamist sect raided by Texas authorities in April stand accused of sexually assaulting children, but they may not be the only ones...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Twins send slumping As to 11 series losses in row
Mike Redmond drove in two runs for the Minnesota Twins, who survived some wildness by Francisco Liriano and beat Oakland 3-1 on Wednesday to send the Athletics to their 11th straight series defeat...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain chides a newly feisty Obama as testy
Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain chides a newly feisty Obama
Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
McCain reports spending $32 million in July
Republican presidential candidate John McCain reports raising more than $26 million and spending $32 million in July...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Businesses steps to save on energy turn permanent
As the cost of gasoline soared over the past year, many small businesses took steps to mitigate the damage to their cash flow and profits. Now, even though gas has fallen from the record levels it hit in mid-July, companies are making those money-saving strategies permanent...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage
A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Obama may unveil veep choice Saturday in Illinois
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his clearest signal yet that he has settled on a running mate when he announced Tuesday he would appear Saturday in this city where he launched his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Bush says New Orleans is on its way back
President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the Gulf Coast region over three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing _ even in death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Bulldogs! Georgia is No. 1 in preseason AP poll
By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 _ to start the 2008 college football season...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Titans beat Raiders with last-second field goal
The Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders have talented young quarterbacks in Vince Young and JaMarcus Russell...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Carl Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
5 children among 7 killed in Memphis house fire
The Memphis Fire Department says five children, a teenager and an adult have been killed in a house fire...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Friends, family pay tribute to soul singer Hayes
Friends and family plan to pay tribute to soul singer Isaac Hayes at a memorial service filled with speeches, musical performances, photos and video clips...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Toby Keith praises Obama
Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay hits Florida, strengthens as it moves inland
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in Florida Tuesday short of hurricane strength, but mysteriously gained speed as it headed over land, bringing heavy rain and high wind but no major damage...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup
Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay gains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay strengthens over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Blue Mountain returns with new album Midnight
For seminal alt-country band Blue Mountain _ torn apart by divorce _ breaking up was hard to do. Getting back together, it turned out, was pretty easy...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Staggering
Usain Bolt makes the impossible real...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Life terms for US rail-crash man
A man who caused a huge train crash by leaving his car on the tracks is given 11 life sentences by a Los Angeles court...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Tropical storm hugs Florida coast
Tropical storm Fay continues to blow north over Florida towards Georgia, bringing heavy downpours...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
HP posts 3Q profit jump faces stiff competition
Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge _ stiffer personal-computer competition _ that threatens to slow its steady growth...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Campaigning UK journalist dies of cancer at age 27
Adrian Sudbury, a young British journalist who blogged about his fight with cancer and campaigned for more bone marrow donations, died in his sleep Wednesday, his family said. He was 27...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nearly 150 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish emergency rescue official says only 26 people survived the crash of an airliner taking off from Madrid airport with 173 people aboard...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio suffers aneurysm
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland has suffered an aneurysm and is in a hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
British glam rocker Gary Glitter freed in Vietnam
British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Vietnam frees glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison
Vietnam freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Dunns first Arizona homer takes down Padres 7-6
Adam Dunn hit his National League-leading 33rd home run in his Arizona home debut, powering the Diamondbacks to a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Glitter held at Thai airport after prison release
British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, refused to board airplanes out of Thailand on Wednesday after being denied entry into the country, a senior immigration official said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tampa Bay wins matchup of ALs best records
The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Stewart has 5 RBIs, leading Rockies past Dodgers
Rookie Ian Stewart homered and drove in a career-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 n Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nolasco uses arm, bat to help Marlins past Giants
Ricky Nolasco pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout and drove in two runs with his first double, leading the Florida Marlins past the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain
As mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac struggle with continuing credit losses, their ability to raise needed capital is uncertain and, analysts say, is complicated by the possibility of a government bailout of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Sen. Joe Lieberman to speak at GOP convention
A Republican official tells The Associated Press that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Kerry returns to stump 4 years after nomination
The week before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, John Kerry drafted his presidential nomination speech and then set off on a cross-country trip that brought him home to thousands of delegates waiting in Boston...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Obama may unveil veep choice Saturday in Illinois
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his clearest signal yet that he has settled on a running mate when he announced Tuesday he would appear Saturday in this city where he launched his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing _ even in death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
To college freshmen, GPS has always been there
Students entering college this fall have lived their whole lives in a digital world _ where GPS has always been available, phones have always had caller ID and tax returns could always be filed online...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Slain Arkansas party chairman honored at funeral
The funeral for slain Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Bill Gwatney was marked by humor as former President Clinton and others remembered the man who had touched their lives...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay rolls across Florida as storm, not hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but failing to become a minimal hurricane as was a possibility...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay comes ashore in Florida as storm, no hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but failing to reach the minimal hurricane status that had been predicted...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Funeral homes facing problem of abandoned ashes
The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, tucked neatly on wooden shelves and tables and in an unused dumbwaiter...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay hits Florida, strengthens as it moves inland
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in Florida Tuesday short of hurricane strength, but mysteriously gained speed as it headed over land, bringing heavy rain and high wind but no major damage...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Girl from polygamist group ordered into state care
A Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to be placed in foster care...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Searchers say all missing in Grand Canyon located
Authorities say they have accounted for a handful of hikers who were missing after flooding struck a remote part of the Grand Canyon...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay hits Florida, but doesnt become hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had feared...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Researcher Bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ were slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
States throw out costly electronic voting machines
The demise of touch-screen voting has produced a graveyard of expensive corpses: Warehouses stacked with thousands of carefully wrapped voting machines that have been shelved because of doubts about vanishing votes and vulnerability to hackers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay may strengthen and hit Florida again
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday reaching the coast and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida _ possibly as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay gains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay strengthens over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Wildfire prompts evacuation order in Wash. state
Rain overnight came to the aid of firefighters at a wildfire in Washington state that prompted an evacuation order for dozens of homes...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay hugs Floridas Atlantic coast
Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Situation still fragile in Grand Canyon village
Crews were waiting for floodwaters to recede so they can begin restoring washed-out trails and footbridges to a remote village near the Grand Canyon hit by flooding, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay stays on Floridas coast
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ohio college athlete killed in Pa. van crash
Authorities say an Ohio college athlete was killed when a van carrying her cross-county team crashed in Pennsylvania...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Judge Company must give experimental drug to teen
A federal judge has ordered a research company to supply an experimental drug to a 16-year-old Minnesota boy who is terminally ill with muscular dystrophy...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Search suspended for plane with Alaska official
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a small plane carrying an Alaska state official and his son...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Appalachian Trail to get its 1st highway underpass
The Appalachian Trail is getting something new along its 2,175-mile route from Georgia to Maine _ a highway underpass...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tentative $10M settlement in KC church abuse cases
The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City and St. Joseph says a tentative $10 million deal has been reached to settle 47 sexual abuse claims against a dozen clergy or former clergy...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Dinnertime Bandit convicted of burglary in Conn.
A Connecticut jury has convicted the man dubbed the "dinnertime bandit" for robbing wealthy homes in the evening while residents were eating dinner...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
NY kids make it out of war-torn Georgia safely
Three New York youngsters are on their way home from visiting relatives in war-torn Georgia after missing a bombing by just hours...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fla. man pleads not guilty to Bush, Obama threat
A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty Wednesday to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Australian PM urges more US climate change action
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the United States on Tuesday to take more action on climate change and become more involved in the global debate on the issue...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
HP posts 3Q profit jump faces stiff competition
Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge _ stiffer personal-computer competition _ that threatens to slow its steady growth...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Campaigning UK journalist dies of cancer at age 27
Adrian Sudbury, a young British journalist who blogged about his fight with cancer and campaigned for more bone marrow donations, died in his sleep Wednesday, his family said. He was 27...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nearly 150 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport
A Spanish emergency rescue official says only 26 people survived the crash of an airliner taking off from Madrid airport with 173 people aboard...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay hugs Floridas Atlantic coast
Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Situation still fragile in Grand Canyon village
Crews were waiting for floodwaters to recede so they can begin restoring washed-out trails and footbridges to a remote village near the Grand Canyon hit by flooding, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay stays on Floridas coast
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
British glam rocker Gary Glitter freed in Vietnam
British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Vietnam frees glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison
Vietnam freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio suffers aneurysm
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland has suffered an aneurysm and is in a hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Nolasco uses arm, bat to help Marlins past Giants
Ricky Nolasco pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout and drove in two runs with his first double, leading the Florida Marlins past the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Dunns first Arizona homer takes down Padres 7-6
Adam Dunn hit his National League-leading 33rd home run in his Arizona home debut, powering the Diamondbacks to a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Glitter held at Thai airport after prison release
British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, refused to board airplanes out of Thailand on Wednesday after being denied entry into the country, a senior immigration official said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Tampa Bay wins matchup of ALs best records
The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Stewart has 5 RBIs, leading Rockies past Dodgers
Rookie Ian Stewart homered and drove in a career-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 n Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Sen. Joe Lieberman to speak at GOP convention
A Republican official tells The Associated Press that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Kerry returns to stump 4 years after nomination
The week before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, John Kerry drafted his presidential nomination speech and then set off on a cross-country trip that brought him home to thousands of delegates waiting in Boston...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fannie, Freddie capital raising options uncertain
As mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac struggle with continuing credit losses, their ability to raise needed capital is uncertain and, analysts say, is complicated by the possibility of a government bailout of the two companies...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Obama may unveil veep choice Saturday in Illinois
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his clearest signal yet that he has settled on a running mate when he announced Tuesday he would appear Saturday in this city where he launched his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing _ even in death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Titans beat Raiders with last-second field goal
The Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders have talented young quarterbacks in Vince Young and JaMarcus Russell...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
5 children among 7 killed in Memphis house fire
The Memphis Fire Department says five children, a teenager and an adult have been killed in a house fire...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Bulldogs! Georgia is No. 1 in preseason AP poll
By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 _ to start the 2008 college football season...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Carl Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup
Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Friends, family pay tribute to soul singer Hayes
Friends and family plan to pay tribute to soul singer Isaac Hayes at a memorial service filled with speeches, musical performances, photos and video clips...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Blue Mountain returns with new album Midnight
For seminal alt-country band Blue Mountain _ torn apart by divorce _ breaking up was hard to do. Getting back together, it turned out, was pretty easy...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Toby Keith praises Obama
Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Fay hits Florida, strengthens as it moves inland
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in Florida Tuesday short of hurricane strength, but mysteriously gained speed as it headed over land, bringing heavy rain and high wind but no major damage...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay maintains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay gains strength over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Boomerang Fay strengthens over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening _ once again _ to become a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Bush sees post-Katrina progress
President Bush heads to New Orleans, saying much remains to be done but there are signs of progress three years on from Katrina...
BBC News - August 20, 2008
US, Poland sign missile defense deal
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski have signed a deal that will put an American missile defense base in Poland...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
HP posts 3Q profit jump faces stiff competition
Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge _ stiffer personal-computer competition _ that threatens to slow its steady growth...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, allowing schools and businesses to reopen...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
NKorea vows to boost war deterrent
North Korea stepped up criticism of ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercises, warning Wednesday that it would boost its "war deterrent" _ a euphemism for its nuclear programs...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Landslides caused by typhoon kill 4 in Philippines
Landslides killed three young brothers and an elderly woman in the northern Philippines as a powerful typhoon battered the region Wednesday, prompting authorities to cancel classes and raise storm alerts...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
The beleaguered Philippine peace process was thrown into disarray Wednesday, with the government saying a proposed deal with Muslim rebels must be renegotiated after the guerrillas shot or hacked 37 people to death...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Glitter held at Thai airport after prison release
British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, refused to board airplanes out of Thailand on Wednesday after being denied entry into the country, a senior immigration official said...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
British glam rocker Gary Glitter freed in Vietnam
British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
Vietnam frees glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison
Vietnam freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement...
Southern Ledger - August 20, 2008
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