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Ousted AOL chief Miller could guide Yahoo strategy
Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming AOL into an advertising company, giving him expertise in a field Yahoo must master...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert August showdown
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert shareholder fight
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Angry Serb nationalists protest Karadzic arrest
Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Angry nationalists protest Karadzic arrest
Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sri Lankan artists address anti-Tamil riots
Anoma Rajakaruna has warm memories of her childhood in the diverse suburb of Panadura, where she went to the market and the pharmacy with her mother and chatted with neighbors in a mixture of English, Sinhalese and Tamil...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia seeks UN intervention in Thai dispute
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple, saying the standoff had created "an imminent state of war."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama says hell work for Mideast peace
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
British say Taliban leader gives up, another slain
A senior Taliban leader has surrendered to Pakistani authorities and another insurgent commander was killed by a British airstrike in southern Afghanistan, British officials announced Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
A-Rod signs with William Morris agency
Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Omarosa Wendy Williams is a fake and a phony
Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Gossip Girl will launch new racy promos (OMG)
"Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Analysis Obama pledges engagement in Mideast
Is there anything new a presidential candidate can say about the absence of peace in the fragile Middle East?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama begins Mideast visit, vows to work for peace
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Paulson says financial stability is top priority
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spent another day stumping for the U.S. banking system, declaring Tuesday that his top priority was ensuring "stability and confidence in our markets and financial institutions."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks higher as crude drops $4 a barrel
Wall Street traded modestly higher Tuesday as investors were encouraged by another sharp drop in oil prices and snapped up shares of undervalued financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks open lower as Wachovia, others disappoint
Wall Street is down in early trading after disappointing quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips rattled investors worried about the impact of the ongoing credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend
Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday it lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly
Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly on Monday, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane later this week and make landfall...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fugitive mother charged with escaping Mich. prison
A prosecutor has decided to charge a California mother with escaping a Detroit-area prison 32 years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods
Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pool company president charged in boys drowning
A swimming pool company president was charged Monday with manslaughter in connection with the drowning of a 6-year-old boy whose arm was trapped by the suction of a powerful drain pump...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas county debates use of needle-exchanges
Bill Day is a familiar face out under the San Antonio viaducts, where skinny addicts shoot drugs into their bruised arms...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Crash of B-52 bomber off Guam kills at least 3
Military officials say at least three crew members are dead after the crash of an Air Force B-52 bomber off Guam...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Crash of B-52 bomber off Guam kills at least 2
The Air Force says at least two crew members are dead after the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
St. Louis-area firefighter dies in apparent ambush
Firefighters became victims of what appeared to be an ambush Monday when they were fired upon from a house as they worked to put out a vehicle fire across the street, police said. One young firefighter was killed, two police officers were wounded and the house where the shots were fired later burned to the ground...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Prosecutor Missing Fla. girl may have been killed
Prosecutors in Florida say the case of a missing 2-year-old Orlando girl is beginning to look like a homicide...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Officials fear Dolly could break Rio Grande levees
Coastal officials worried Tuesday that Tropical Storm Dolly may bring so much rain that flooding could break through the levees holding back the Rio Grande...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly heads for Mexico, Texas
Texas mobilized National Guard troops and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Mexican border were buying plywood, flashlights and gasoline as Tropical Storm Dolly gained strength early Tuesday on its way to becoming a hurricane before it hits land...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Romanian pleads guilty in Conn. over phishing scam
One of 38 people charged in a global crime ring that allegedly stole personal information from unsuspecting Internet users pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal fraud charge...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Dolly now a hurricane, set to hit Texas coast
Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Dolly upgraded to a category 1 hurricane
Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane and is heading toward southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday afternoon and some strengthening is forecast before landfall Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Forecasters Dolly becomes a Category 1 hurricane
Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane and is heading toward southern Texas and northeastern Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Investigators find possible remains at Mo. house
Authorities have recovered what are believed to be charred remains from the rubble of a burned suburban St. Louis house that was the site of an ambush on emergency workers...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Reagan Information Agency chief Charles Wick dies
Charles Z. Wick, who as director of the U.S. Information Agency under Ronald Reagan expanded American broadcasts to Cuba and Russia but whose agency was accused of blacklisting liberals from a government program, has died. He was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
FEMA seeks immunity from suits over trailer fumes
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requesting immunity from lawsuits filed on behalf of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to dangerous fumes while living in government-issued trailers...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Former USIA chief Charles Wick dies at 90 in LA
Former U.S. Information Agency director Charles Z. Wick has died. He was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Detroit mayor accused of texting additional women
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now charged with exchanging romantic text messages with additional women in the scandal that has him fighting allegations that he lied under oath about an intimate relationship with his former chief of staff...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
US officials to return seized artifacts to Ecuador
U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities have seized four pre-Columbian artifacts originally from Ecuador and returned them to the government of the South American nation...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Workers dive into lake as bridge slips at casino
An enclosed walkway being attached to a floating casino on Lake Michigan slipped Tuesday as it was being attached, sending seven construction workers into the water, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
A-Rod signs with William Morris talent agency
Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Giuliani takes McCain out to the ballgame
With Democrat Barack Obama on the other side of the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain stayed closer to home Sunday, visiting Yankee Stadium with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas oilman Clear path for wind power
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens asked Congress on Tuesday to "clear the path" for his plan to boost use of wind and natural gas for U.S. energy needs...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
NY priest pleads guilty to raping 3 teenage boys
A Franciscan priest from New York has pleaded guilty to charges of raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Ousted AOL chief Miller could guide Yahoo strategy
Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming AOL into an advertising company, giving him expertise in a field Yahoo must master...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert August showdown
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert shareholder fight
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama says hell work for Mideast peace
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Angry Serb nationalists protest Karadzic arrest
Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Angry nationalists protest Karadzic arrest
Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
British say Taliban leader gives up, another slain
A senior Taliban leader has surrendered to Pakistani authorities and another insurgent commander was killed by a British airstrike in southern Afghanistan, British officials announced Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sri Lankan artists address anti-Tamil riots
Anoma Rajakaruna has warm memories of her childhood in the diverse suburb of Panadura, where she went to the market and the pharmacy with her mother and chatted with neighbors in a mixture of English, Sinhalese and Tamil...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia seeks UN intervention in Thai dispute
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple, saying the standoff had created "an imminent state of war."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Gossip Girl will launch new racy promos (OMG)
"Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Dolly now a hurricane, set to hit Texas coast
Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Forecasters Dolly becomes a Category 1 hurricane
Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane and is heading toward southern Texas and northeastern Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Dolly upgraded to a category 1 hurricane
Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane and is heading toward southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday afternoon and some strengthening is forecast before landfall Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Investigators find possible remains at Mo. house
Authorities have recovered what are believed to be charred remains from the rubble of a burned suburban St. Louis house that was the site of an ambush on emergency workers...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
A-Rod signs with William Morris agency
Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Omarosa Wendy Williams is a fake and a phony
Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks higher as crude drops $4 a barrel
Wall Street traded modestly higher Tuesday as investors were encouraged by another sharp drop in oil prices and snapped up shares of undervalued financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Analysis Obama pledges engagement in Mideast
Is there anything new a presidential candidate can say about the absence of peace in the fragile Middle East?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama begins Mideast visit, vows to work for peace
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend
Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday it lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Paulson says financial stability is top priority
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spent another day stumping for the U.S. banking system, declaring Tuesday that his top priority was ensuring "stability and confidence in our markets and financial institutions."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks open lower as Wachovia, others disappoint
Wall Street is down in early trading after disappointing quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips rattled investors worried about the impact of the ongoing credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Bulls top pick Rose pleads guilty to speeding
The Chicago Bulls No. 1 draft choice Derrick Rose pleaded guilty Monday to driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit on an Illinois highway back in April...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Jaguars Porter has hamstring surgery
Jaguars wide receiver Jerry Porter had surgery Friday to repair a torn hamstring tendon and will miss all the preseason...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wireless microphones flap causing static
Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
VWs choice eases Chattanoogas past auto snubs
When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors destination forgot years of frustrating rejections by automakers...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Scott Dixon on schedule for another title
Everything is right on schedule for Scott Dixon _ for now...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Disappointing results from Yahoo
Yahoo reports an 18% fall in three month profits in a period when it was fighting off a bid from Microsoft...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Chavez calls for Russia alliance
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez calls for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect Venezuela from the US...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Texas and Mexico brace for storm
Dolly grows into a Category One hurricane as it churns across the Gulf of Mexico, US forecasters say...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Police arrest 9 Basque separatists in Spain
The alleged leader of a Basque separatist cell believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks in Spain was arrested Tuesday along with eight other cell members, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Barack Obama to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, campaign aides accompanying him on his Mideast trip said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pack your bags for Baghdad? Iraq looks to tourism
Someone had fun tinkering with the airline board at the old, disused terminal at Baghdad International Airport. It advertises a "special flight" on Japan Airlines from Basra to Sydney, Australia, while a flight from Baghdad to Mexico City is "delayed."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants UN to resolve military standoff
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene in resolving a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple, stepping up its rhetoric against Thailand...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
A-Rod signs with William Morris agency
Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Batman accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Batman accused of assaulting mom, sister
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Actor Bale accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP Exclusive Robert Downey Jr. postpones memoir
The "Iron Man" will not be wielding a pen: Robert Downey Jr. has postponed plans to write a memoir and has returned his advance to publisher HarperCollins, a spokeswoman for the actor told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama plans to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit Sderot, a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Wednesday as part of his Mideast trip, campaign aides said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks mixed as investors weigh Wachovia, oil drop
Wall Street traded mixed Tuesday after another dive in oil prices blunted the impact of discouraging quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chip names...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend
Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday it lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks open lower as Wachovia, others disappoint
Wall Street is down in early trading after disappointing quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips rattled investors worried about the impact of the ongoing credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Grandma says mom knows who has missing Fla. girl
ORLANDO, Fla. _ The grandmother of a missing 2-year-old central Florida girl said Monday her daughter knows who has the toddler...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
On U.S.-Canadian border, smuggling seen down
Summer is usually a busy time for both the Border Patrol and smugglers who try to enter the U.S. illegally via Lake Champlain, but authorities says organized smuggling in the area is way down this season...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sister Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister says...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Father struggles to carry on slain familys legacy
A year ago, Dr. William Petit had a thriving medical practice. He lived in a comfortable colonial house adorned with flower gardens in an upscale Connecticut suburb with his wife and two daughters admired for their charitable works...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fugitive mother charged with escaping Mich. prison
A prosecutor has decided to charge a California mother with escaping a Detroit-area prison 32 years ago...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods
Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pool company president charged in boys drowning
A swimming pool company president was charged Monday with manslaughter in connection with the drowning of a 6-year-old boy whose arm was trapped by the suction of a powerful drain pump...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
911 call released in killings of 2 Okla. girls
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation hopes a 911 call will lead to help in solving the mysterious killings of two girls last month in eastern Oklahoma...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Firefighter killed in St. Louis-area standoff
A suburban St. Louis firefighter was shot to death Monday and two other emergency workers were injured in a standoff with a gunman...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Hurricane watch issued for parts of Texas, Mexico
A hurricane watch has been issued for parts of the Texas and Mexico coasts as Tropical Storm Dolly enters the Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas county debates use of needle-exchanges
Bill Day is a familiar face out under the San Antonio viaducts, where skinny addicts shoot drugs into their bruised arms...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Crash of B-52 bomber off Guam kills at least 3
Military officials say at least three crew members are dead after the crash of an Air Force B-52 bomber off Guam...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Crash of B-52 bomber off Guam kills at least 2
The Air Force says at least two crew members are dead after the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
St. Louis-area firefighter dies in apparent ambush
Firefighters became victims of what appeared to be an ambush Monday when they were fired upon from a house as they worked to put out a vehicle fire across the street, police said. One young firefighter was killed, two police officers were wounded and the house where the shots were fired later burned to the ground...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly
Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly on Monday, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane later this week and make landfall...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rice set to meet North Korean envoy in Singapore
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says North Korea will hear from her and others this week that it must prove it is telling the truth about its nuclear programs if it is to earn new benefits...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly heads for Mexico, Texas
Texas mobilized National Guard troops and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Mexican border were buying plywood, flashlights and gasoline as Tropical Storm Dolly gained strength early Tuesday on its way to becoming a hurricane before it hits land...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Prosecutors want to commit man, 78, in cop deaths
Prosecutors dropped murder charges Tuesday but said they want a 78-year-old man committed to a mental hospital after he was found incompetent to stand trial for killing two South Carolina law officers...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Man rescued from narrow gas well shaft in Texas
Emergency personnel rescued a man about three hours after he fell 40 feet into a narrow gas well shaft outside Cresson, Texas...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wind scatters mans cash, good Samaritans rush in
A dozen bystanders rushed in to help a 70-year-old man after he stumbled leaving a Southern California bank, causing thousands of dollars to scatter in the wind...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Man trapped in narrow gas well shaft in Texas
Emergency personnel say they are trying to rescue a man who fell 40 feet into a narrow gas well shaft outside Cresson, Texas...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Bridge collapse hurts workers at Indiana casino
Officials say several construction workers fell into Lake Michigan when a bridge at a floating casino collapsed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Correction Mad Cow-Testing story
In the headline for a July 20 story about a patient with a degenerative brain illness, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the patient was being tested for mad cow disease. The patient was tested for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has a variant attributed to mad cow disease, as explained in the story...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Ousted AOL chief Miller could guide Yahoo strategy
Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming AOL into an advertising company, giving him expertise in a field Yahoo must master...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert August showdown
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert shareholder fight
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Barack Obama to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, campaign aides accompanying him on his Mideast trip said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pack your bags for Baghdad? Iraq looks to tourism
Someone had fun tinkering with the airline board at the old, disused terminal at Baghdad International Airport. It advertises a "special flight" on Japan Airlines from Basra to Sydney, Australia, while a flight from Baghdad to Mexico City is "delayed."...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Police arrest 9 Basque separatists in Spain
The alleged leader of a Basque separatist cell believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks in Spain was arrested Tuesday along with eight other cell members, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Texas county debates use of needle-exchanges
Bill Day is a familiar face out under the San Antonio viaducts, where skinny addicts shoot drugs into their bruised arms...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants UN to resolve military standoff
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene in resolving a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple, stepping up its rhetoric against Thailand...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Batman accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Batman accused of assaulting mom, sister
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Actor Bale accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Tropical Storm Dolly heads for Mexico, Texas
Texas mobilized National Guard troops and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Mexican border were buying plywood, flashlights and gasoline as Tropical Storm Dolly gained strength early Tuesday on its way to becoming a hurricane before it hits land...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP Exclusive Robert Downey Jr. postpones memoir
The "Iron Man" will not be wielding a pen: Robert Downey Jr. has postponed plans to write a memoir and has returned his advance to publisher HarperCollins, a spokeswoman for the actor told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
A-Rod signs with William Morris agency
Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama plans to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit Sderot, a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Wednesday as part of his Mideast trip, campaign aides said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks mixed as investors weigh Wachovia, oil drop
Wall Street traded mixed Tuesday after another dive in oil prices blunted the impact of discouraging quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chip names...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend
Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday it lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Stocks open lower as Wachovia, others disappoint
Wall Street is down in early trading after disappointing quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips rattled investors worried about the impact of the ongoing credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Jaguars Porter has hamstring surgery
Jaguars wide receiver Jerry Porter had surgery Friday to repair a torn hamstring tendon and will miss all the preseason...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
GM cutting back on NASCAR spending
Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Former Tenn. state senator convicted in corruption
A federal jury has convicted a former Tennessee state senator for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Senate...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Songwriter Hank Cochran recovering from surgery
Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Purdue panel finds misconduct by fusion scientist
A Purdue University panel has found two instances of misconduct by a researcher who claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Wireless microphones flap causing static
Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
VWs choice eases Chattanoogas past auto snubs
When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors destination forgot years of frustrating rejections by automakers...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Bulls top pick Rose pleads guilty to speeding
The Chicago Bulls No. 1 draft choice Derrick Rose pleaded guilty Monday to driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit on an Illinois highway back in April...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Search continues for missing Fort Bliss soldier
A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Scott Dixon on schedule for another title
Everything is right on schedule for Scott Dixon _ for now...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Turbulence ahead
The troubled saga of Argentina's national airline...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Cash crop
Canada's middle class takes up cannabis growing...
BBC News - July 22, 2008
Spanish police arrest 8 suspected rebels
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a unit from the Basque separatist group ETA believed responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Ousted AOL chief Miller could guide Yahoo strategy
Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming AOL into an advertising company, giving him expertise in a field Yahoo must master...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert August showdown
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI ended his visit to Australia Monday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse inflicted by Roman Catholic clergy _ an issue that has scandalized the church at a time when the Vatican concedes it is struggling to draw people to its fold...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pope meets with clergy abuse victims in Australia
Pope Benedict XVI met privately on Monday with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests, in a gesture of contrition and concern over a scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Lawmakers move to curb Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac pay
Democrats and Republicans queasy about a federal rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are coalescing around the idea of letting the government slap limits on the multimillion-dollar pay packages of their executives...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants UN to resolve military standoff
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene in resolving a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple, stepping up its rhetoric against Thailand...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Cambodia wants Security Council meeting
Stepping up its diplomatic offensive, Cambodia has asked the U.N. Security Council and its Southeast Asian neighbors to help resolve a military standoff over disputed border territory around an ancient temple...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Actor Bale accused of assaulting mom, sis
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Report Christian Bale accused of assaulting mom
Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
TV host Williams Omarosa delusional, pathetic
Reality TV villain Omarosa sparred with talk show host Wendy Williams on Monday in a spat that at one point turned physical...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Radio host angers parents of autistic children
Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to "boldly awaken" parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obama plans to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit Sderot, a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Wednesday as part of his Mideast trip, campaign aides said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
McCain adviser lobbied for Stephen Payne
A top foreign policy adviser to John McCain has lobbied the National Security Council, Congress and the State Department on behalf of Stephen Payne, the Texas businessman and longtime Republican fundraiser caught up in a controversy over whether he sought to sell access to the Bush White House...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Kazmir, Lester give stellar pitching performances
Scott Kazmir gave the Tampa Bay Rays an All-Star performance. Jon Lester provided Boston with a much-needed lift on the road in Seattle...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in 5 runs in Dodgers win over Rockies
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
American Express shares tumble as 2Q profit falls
In a sign that even wealthier consumers are feeling the pinch of the credit crisis, American Express Co. said its second-quarter profit tumbled as it set aside more money to cover souring loans across all its portfolios...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Obamamania in full flight ahead of tour of Europe
Europe is about to give Barack Obama one of the grandest of stages for statesmanship...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Barack Obama to visit oft-targeted Israeli town
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, campaign aides accompanying him on his Mideast trip said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Hollywood studios, SAG at impasse after meeting
Hollywood producers and the Screen Actors Guild failed to reach a contract agreement Wednesday after meeting privately for two hours. The sides have no further meetings planned...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sri Lankan rebels declare short truce
The Tamil Tiger rebels announced Tuesday they would observe a unilateral 10-day cease-fire as a goodwill gesture during a regional summit to be held in Sri Lanka later this month...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Thailand, Cambodia begin peace talks
Cambodian and Thai military leaders began talks Monday aimed at resolving a lingering dispute over territory near a World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
AP IMPACT Big Oil profits steered to investors
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Loney drives in five runs in Dodgers 16-10 win
James Loney drove in five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth, and Matt Kemp had two doubles as part of an eight-run opening inning, propelling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 16-10 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Senior al-Qaida leader gives interview
A senior al-Qaida leader has urged Pakistanis to help Afghans fight U.S.-led coalition forces and condemned President Pervez Musharraf for arresting Arab and Afghan fighters and handing them over to Washington...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Fish pedicures Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
On U.S.-Canadian border, smuggling seen down
Summer is usually a busy time for both the Border Patrol and smugglers who try to enter the U.S. illegally via Lake Champlain, but authorities says organized smuggling in the area is way down this season...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Family Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Sister Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive
A Fort Bliss soldier considered missing and endangered has been found hurt but alive, her sister says...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Father struggles to carry on slain familys legacy
A year ago, Dr. William Petit had a thriving medical practice. He lived in a comfortable colonial house adorned with flower gardens in an upscale Connecticut suburb with his wife and two daughters admired for their charitable works...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Unfathomable end for victim of womb-slash slay
Authorities say a slain pregnant woman may have been alive and was possibly drugged when a baby was ripped from her womb, allegedly by a woman who tried to pass the infant off as her own...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods
Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
Pool company president charged in boys drowning
A swimming pool company president was charged Monday with manslaughter in connection with the drowning of a 6-year-old boy whose arm was trapped by the suction of a powerful drain pump...
Southern Ledger - July 22, 2008
911 call released in killings of 2 Okla. girls
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation hopes a 911 call will lead to help in solving the mysterious killings of two girls last month in eastern Oklahoma...
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