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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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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
A gauge indicating that overheated air was entering a Spanair jetliner forced pilots to abandon a takeoff about an hour before the plane crashed in flames, but airline officials refused to speculate Thursday on the cause of the accident that killed 153 people...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, six years into the increasingly unpopular war, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday after meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
In northern Greenland, a part of the Arctic that had seemed immune from global warming, new satellite images show a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a major glacier, scientists said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Powerful acoustic devices used by oil companies searching for new sources of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico have had no discernible effect on endangered sperm whales living in those waters, according to a federally funded study released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from this former Soviet republic...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
A French patrol marches up a rocky and dusty Afghan mountain pass. Suddenly, Taliban insurgents open fire from front and back, setting off an hours-long gunfight _ the deadliest for allied forces in Afghanistan in more than three years...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
30 militants die in Afghan battle near ambush site
The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Feds Fire took down building next to twin towers
Federal investigators said Thursday they have solved a mystery of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running conspiracy theories...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Foreign missionaries defy ban during Olympics
Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on foreign missionaries are calling their underground evangelizing during the Olympic Games a success...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Zambrano homers, gets 13th win as Cubs edge Reds
Carlos Zambrano earned his 13th victory on the fourth try and also homered Thursday to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rihanna, Pink, T.I. added as performers at VMAs
Rihanna is back for another performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, along with Pink, Paramore and T.I., who will be making his first appearance at a major awards show since his arrest right before an awards ceremony last year...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Crow aims to upload voters with free download
Sheryl Crow wants your vote _ and figures she can get it for a song...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Obama raps McCain for ignorance of his own houses
John McCain may have created his own housing crisis...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Giants beat Marlins on wild pitch in 9th inning
Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Giants beat Marlins 4-3 on wild pitch in 9th
Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Lowe pitches Dodgers past Rockies 3-1
Derek Lowe cooled off Colorado by allowing one run in 6 1-3 innings, James Loney homered and had two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Rockies 3-1 Thursday to salvage the finale of a three-game series...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Zambrano finally gets 13th win, Cubs nip Reds 3-2
Carlos Zambrano earned his 13th victory on the fourth try and also homered Thursday to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Relatives abroad offer food lifeline to Haiti poor
Nadia Renaud began shipping bags of rice, beans and other foodstuffs last spring to struggling relatives in Haiti, helping her brother ease the worries of providing for a sick mother who needs constant care...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Officials Threat, powder sent to McCain office
Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial. A hazardous materials team was trying to determine if it is harmful...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Lawmakers demand study data on Vytorin cancer risk
A congressional committee is demanding that the makers of controversial cholesterol drug Vytorin, Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp., produce extensive data related to a clinical study indicating the drug might increase the risk of cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Heinz gains, Hormel hurts on high costs in quarter
Rising commodity costs kept weighing on food makers H.J. Heinz Co. and Hormel Foods Corp. in the most recent quarter, even as consumers continued to swallow price increases for their favorite foods...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
John McCain raises $27 million in July
John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Chicagos black politicians building own dynasties
In a city where the mayor holds the same job his father once did, politics can seem little different from the years of the legendary Democratic Machine. But the faces of political privilege _ long dominated by white ethnic groups _ have changed as powerful black politicians use their clout to build new dynasties...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
China hopes to attract more US college students
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP _ China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Work release for crew boss in fatal Wash. fire
A fire crew supervisor who admitted lying to investigators about the deaths of four wildland firefighters during a central Washington blaze in 2001 was sentenced to three months of work release Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Trial to begin for ex-Marine in Fallujah case
For more than year, Jose Luis Nazario Jr. has waited for his day in federal court to face allegations he killed unarmed detainees in Iraq _ the first time such charges have been brought under a federal law that allows the prosecution of former military service members for war crimes...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
FDNY Radio training needed after deadly WTC fire
Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department official said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
NYC mayor spins back his turbine idea for city
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing off his suggestion to put windmills on city bridges and rooftops after newspapers mocked the idea with photo illustrations of turbines on the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Canyon flood damaged most beautiful place
It may be four weeks until tourists can return to stare as towering waterfalls cascade into blue-green pools near an American Indian village in a canyon miles west of Grand Canyon National Park headquarters...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay forces more evacuations in Fla.
Torrential rains from a slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay triggered a new round of flooding Thursday, submerging roads and forcing dozens of people to flee the rising water in their homes...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Mom of missing Fla. girl released on $500,000 bail
The mother of a missing Florida girl has been released from jail on $500,000 bail...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Pa. police make arrest in 1985 slaying of boy, 13
Police arrested a man Thursday in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found months after he left home on a bicycle...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
2 NJ children reunited with dad in Georgia
Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Go Away Fay Storm hits Fla. for 4th day
For a fourth weary day, Tropical Storm Fay continued its soggy march through Florida Thursday, forcing dozens more residents to flee floodwaters and even driving alligators and snakes out of their habitats and into streets...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
2 NJ girls trapped in Georgia now safe with Dad
Two little girls from New Jersey were reunited with their father Thursday and will be returning home soon after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Student killed in shooting at Tenn. school
A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, and a suspect was taken into custody moments later on a nearby street, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Judge delays execution of condemned Texas inmate
A federal judge delayed the planned execution of an inmate Thursday pending an evaluation to determine if the inmate is able to understand why he is to be put to death...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Mass. businesses battle over Lizzie Borden legacy
Two Massachusetts businesses are battling over the macabre legacy of a former Sunday school teacher who was accused in the hatchet deaths of her wealthy father and stepmother more than 110 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Go Away Fay Storm soaks Florida for a 4th day
For a fourth weary day, Tropical Storm Fay continued its soggy march through Florida Thursday, forcing dozens more residents to flee floodwaters and even driving alligators and snakes out of their habitats and into streets...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Jurors in Idaho murder case cry at graphic videos
Jurors cringed, cried and some desperately looked away as they were shown a series of deeply disturbing and graphic videos taken by a convicted child killer as he tortured, sexually abused and nearly killed a 9-year-old boy...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Former La. police officer arraigned in Taser death
A former police officer accused of repeatedly jolting a handcuffed man with a Taser before he died pleaded not guilty Thursday to a manslaughter charge...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Texas man convicted for role in child sex club
A Texas jury has found a man guilty of grooming children as young as 5 to perform sex shows at a swingers club...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Report details fire in NYC tower rife with hazards
They had no water, hardly any air and no way out...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Grand jury issues 3 indictments in polygamist case
A Texas grand jury has issued three new indictments against members of a polygamist sect whose ranch was raided in April...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Texas man gets life for child sex club conviction
A Texas jury has sentenced a 41-year-old auto body shop worker to life in prison after convicting him of grooming children as young as 5 to perform in sex shows at a small-town swingers club...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Sex offender found guilty of killing Fla. teen
A jury in Florida has convicted a sex offender of second-degree murder in the death of a teenage girl in 2005...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Collapsed snow cave traps 2 teens in Wash. state
Search and rescue crews are trying to dig out two teenagers trapped in a collapsed snow cave near a mountain summit east of Seattle...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
In northern Greenland, a part of the Arctic that had seemed immune from global warming, new satellite images show a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a major glacier, scientists said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Powerful acoustic devices used by oil companies searching for new sources of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico have had no discernible effect on endangered sperm whales living in those waters, according to a federally funded study released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
A French patrol marches up a rocky and dusty Afghan mountain pass. Suddenly, Taliban insurgents open fire from front and back, setting off an hours-long gunfight _ the deadliest for allied forces in Afghanistan in more than three years...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
A gauge indicating that overheated air was entering a Spanair jetliner forced pilots to abandon a takeoff about an hour before the plane crashed in flames, but airline officials refused to speculate Thursday on the cause of the accident that killed 153 people...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, six years into the increasingly unpopular war, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday after meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from this former Soviet republic...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
30 militants die in Afghan battle near ambush site
The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
Mass. businesses battle over Lizzie Borden legacy
Two Massachusetts businesses are battling over the macabre legacy of a former Sunday school teacher who was accused in the hatchet deaths of her wealthy father and stepmother more than 110 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Foreign missionaries defy ban during Olympics
Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on foreign missionaries are calling their underground evangelizing during the Olympic Games a success...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Judge delays execution of condemned Texas inmate
A federal judge delayed the planned execution of an inmate Thursday pending an evaluation to determine if the inmate is able to understand why he is to be put to death...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Report details fire in NYC tower rife with hazards
They had no water, hardly any air and no way out...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Feds Fire took down building next to twin towers
Federal investigators said Thursday they have solved a mystery of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running conspiracy theories...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rihanna, Pink, T.I. added as performers at VMAs
Rihanna is back for another performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, along with Pink, Paramore and T.I., who will be making his first appearance at a major awards show since his arrest right before an awards ceremony last year...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Crow aims to upload voters with free download
Sheryl Crow wants your vote _ and figures she can get it for a song...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Giants beat Marlins on wild pitch in 9th inning
Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Giants beat Marlins 4-3 on wild pitch in 9th
Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Lowe pitches Dodgers past Rockies 3-1
Derek Lowe cooled off Colorado by allowing one run in 6 1-3 innings, James Loney homered and had two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Rockies 3-1 Thursday to salvage the finale of a three-game series...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Zambrano finally gets 13th win, Cubs nip Reds 3-2
Carlos Zambrano earned his 13th victory on the fourth try and also homered Thursday to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Zambrano homers, gets 13th win as Cubs edge Reds
Carlos Zambrano earned his 13th victory on the fourth try and also homered Thursday to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Obama raps McCain for ignorance of his own houses
John McCain may have created his own housing crisis...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Relatives abroad offer food lifeline to Haiti poor
Nadia Renaud began shipping bags of rice, beans and other foodstuffs last spring to struggling relatives in Haiti, helping her brother ease the worries of providing for a sick mother who needs constant care...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Officials Threat, powder sent to McCain office
Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial. A hazardous materials team was trying to determine if it is harmful...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Lawmakers demand study data on Vytorin cancer risk
A congressional committee is demanding that the makers of controversial cholesterol drug Vytorin, Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp., produce extensive data related to a clinical study indicating the drug might increase the risk of cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Heinz gains, Hormel hurts on high costs in quarter
Rising commodity costs kept weighing on food makers H.J. Heinz Co. and Hormel Foods Corp. in the most recent quarter, even as consumers continued to swallow price increases for their favorite foods...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
John McCain raises $27 million in July
John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Toby Keith praises Obama
Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Student killed in shooting at Tenn. school
A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, and a suspect was taken into custody moments later on a nearby street, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Cost cuts help lift Gap's profits
Clothing retailer Gap reports a profit rise even thought its sales fell on a year previously...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
A good bet?
The US election proves a winner for bookmakers...
BBC News - August 21, 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 21, 2008
Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows _ and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be 50...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Some 240 displaced Georgians are crammed into a former office building and drinking water is scarce, but people are making do, one woman told U.S. officials at a makeshift shelter Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
The jetliner that crashed in Madrid abandoned a first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating, but experts said it was unlikely the gauge was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
30 militants die in Afghan battle near ambush site
The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippine peace process in tatters
A Muslim rebel organization rejected demands by the Philippine government Thursday for the surrender of two renegade commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people, setting the stage for a possible escalation in fighting...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Crow offers free music to voters
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Hong Kong denies entry to Glitter back in Bangkok
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Garret Anderson helps Angels beat Rays 5-4
Garret Anderson swung, and that made all the difference...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rockies beat error-prone Dodgers 4-3
Brad Hawpe had three RBIs, including singles that drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, and the Colorado Rockies capitalized on four errors by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Jobless claims fall for second straight week
The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a six-year high...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Burger King 4Q profit rises 42 pct, tops estimates
Burger King Holdings says its profit surged 42 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by improved sales and marketing. The results are above Wall Street expectations...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
John McCain raises $27 million in July
John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
China hopes to attract more US college students
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP _ China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Work release for crew boss in fatal Wash. fire
A fire crew supervisor who admitted lying to investigators about the deaths of four wildland firefighters during a central Washington blaze in 2001 was sentenced to three months of work release Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
NYC mayor spins back his turbine idea for city
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing off his suggestion to put windmills on city bridges and rooftops after newspapers mocked the idea with photo illustrations of turbines on the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Canyon flood damaged most beautiful place
It may be four weeks until tourists can return to stare as towering waterfalls cascade into blue-green pools near an American Indian village in a canyon miles west of Grand Canyon National Park headquarters...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Chicagos black politicians building own dynasties
In a city where the mayor holds the same job his father once did, politics can seem little different from the years of the legendary Democratic Machine. But the faces of political privilege _ long dominated by white ethnic groups _ have changed as powerful black politicians use their clout to build new dynasties...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Student killed in shooting at Tenn. school
A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, and a suspect was taken into custody moments later on a nearby street, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay forces more evacuations in Fla.
Torrential rains from a slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay triggered a new round of flooding Thursday, submerging roads and forcing dozens of people to flee the rising water in their homes...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Mom of missing Fla. girl released on $500,000 bail
The mother of a missing Florida girl has been released from jail on $500,000 bail...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
2 NJ children reunited with dad in Georgia
Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Trial to begin for ex-Marine in Fallujah case
For more than year, Jose Luis Nazario Jr. has waited for his day in federal court to face allegations he killed unarmed detainees in Iraq _ the first time such charges have been brought under a federal law that allows the prosecution of former military service members for war crimes...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
FDNY Radio training needed after deadly WTC fire
Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department official said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Pa. police make arrest in 1985 slaying of boy, 13
Police arrested a man Thursday in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found months after he left home on a bicycle...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Suspect holds authorities at bay in Md. motel
A burglary suspect wanted in four states was holed up in a western Maryland hotel Thursday with a woman believed to be his pregnant girlfriend, and had threatened to kill her and any officers who approached him, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Woman leaps from Ohio hospital 5th-floor window
A hospital in Toledo says one of its patients leaped through a 5th-floor window, landing on an emergency room roof four stories below...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
FDNY report lists many problems at fatal WTC fire
The Fire Department of New York has issued a report that details a litany of problems at a toxic ground zero skyscraper that caught fire one year ago and killed two firefighters...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Widow of slain Demo chairman to attend convention
The widow of slain state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney will fill his spot at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next week, the governor said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Grand jury meets again in polygamist case
A West Texas grand jury is meeting again to consider possible charges against members of a polygamist group...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Deputy 16-year-old dies in Tenn. school shooting
A law enforcement official says a 16-year-old student has died after a shooting in a Knoxville, Tenn. high school cafeteria...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
US, Iraq have draft to pull US troops out
Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, six years into the increasingly unpopular war, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday after meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Soldier to plead guilty to lower desertion charge
A lawyer for a Fort Carson soldier who fled to Canada after his learning his unit was heading to Iraq plans to plead guilty to a reduced charge of desertion...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows _ and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be 50...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Some 240 displaced Georgians are crammed into a former office building and drinking water is scarce, but people are making do, one woman told U.S. officials at a makeshift shelter Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
The jetliner that crashed in Madrid abandoned a first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating, but experts said it was unlikely the gauge was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
30 militants die in Afghan battle near ambush site
The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Philippine peace process in tatters
A Muslim rebel organization rejected demands by the Philippine government Thursday for the surrender of two renegade commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people, setting the stage for a possible escalation in fighting...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay forces more evacuations in Fla.
Torrential rains from a slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay triggered a new round of flooding Thursday, submerging roads and forcing dozens of people to flee the rising water in their homes...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Mom of missing Fla. girl released on $500,000 bail
The mother of a missing Florida girl has been released from jail on $500,000 bail...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
2 NJ children reunited with dad in Georgia
Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Hong Kong denies entry to Glitter back in Bangkok
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rockies beat error-prone Dodgers 4-3
Brad Hawpe had three RBIs, including singles that drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, and the Colorado Rockies capitalized on four errors by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Crow offers free music to voters
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Garret Anderson helps Angels beat Rays 5-4
Garret Anderson swung, and that made all the difference...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Burger King 4Q profit rises 42 pct, tops estimates
Burger King Holdings says its profit surged 42 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by improved sales and marketing. The results are above Wall Street expectations...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Jobless claims fall for second straight week
The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a six-year high...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
John McCain raises $27 million in July
John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Toby Keith praises Obama
Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Student killed in shooting at Tenn. school
A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, and a suspect was taken into custody moments later on a nearby street, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 2008
Mexico holds crime crisis talks
Mexico's president convenes a high-level meeting to discuss ways of tackling rising kidnap and murder rates...
BBC News - August 21, 2008
Web browser to get 'privacy mode'
Hiding what users do online might get easier as Microsoft plans a "privacy mode" for the next release of Internet Explorer...
BBC News - August 21, 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 21, 2008
Australian officials to euthanize baby whale
An Australian environmental official says an abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows _ and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be 50...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2008
Mugabe Zimbabwean parliament to convene next week
President Robert Mugabe plans to open parliament next week for the first time since members were elected four months ago, but the opposition said Thursday such a step would undermine power-sharing talks...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Rice discusses troop withdrawals with Iraqis
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials, hoping to iron out remaining differences in a U.S.-Iraq security deal that envisions the withdrawal of American troops...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
UN urges South Korea to offer food aid to North
The U.N. food agency has asked South Korea to provide emergency aid to North Korea to help it avert a food crisis, an official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
Typhoon moves away from Philippines after 7 dead
Rains from Typhoon Nuri triggered a series of landslides and floods in the northern Philippines, killing seven people before the storm moved on Thursday toward Hong Kong...
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