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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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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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Archaeologists New evidence for Herods tomb site
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake
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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Malkovich to film documentary about migrants
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
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Telecom rollouts raise ire over utility boxes
The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy _ and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Internet providers usage cap raises questions
Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated its policies to say it would limit his Internet activity each month...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Iraq suicide bomber kills 25 west of Baghdad
Iraqi police and hospital officials say at least 25 people have been killed and 29 wounded in a suicide bombing on the western outskirts of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Taliban turns lethal 101 US deaths in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents once derided as a ragtag rabble unable to match U.S. troops have transformed into a fighting force _ one advanced enough to mount massive conventional attacks and claim American lives at a record pace...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Indian Kashmir troops fire on protesters, 1 dead
Paramilitary soldiers opened fire on a group of Muslim protesters in Indian Kashmir after they allegedly defied curfew late Sunday and tried to storm into a police camp, an official said. One person was killed and another seriously injured...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US disappointed Olympics didnt open China more
The United States said Sunday it was disappointed the Olympics had not brought more "openness and tolerance" in China and pressed for the immediate release of eight American protesters...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashes
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US-led coalition troops kill 10 Taliban fighters
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Thunder reigns again with $16.1 million weekend
The action comedy "Tropic Thunder" weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff
Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Lowries homer in 11th lifts Red Sox over Toronto
Jed Lowrie hit a solo homer in the 11th inning, Dustin Pedroia had a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
K-Rod gets 50th save, Angels beat Twins
Francisco Rodriguez earned his 50th save, and the Los Angeles Angels got RBI triples from Vladimir Guerrero and Gary Matthews Jr. in the eighth inning to rally past the Minnesota Twins 5-3 Sunday for a split of the four-game series between AL division leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Vijay Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff
Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Lone accountant takes on IRS and wins
It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people dream about, but few succeed at: He beat the IRS in a tax dispute...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays
Across the country, from grain elevator to grain elevator, golden wheat and corn are piled in towering mounds, waiting for a rail car to haul them to market...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event
Do Washington policymakers listen too much to Wall Street? A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns, seems to send a loud signal to financial companies that the government will clean up their messes...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Biden got Obama call during wifes root canal
Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Boeing weighs exiting $35B tanker competition
Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of the politically-charged bidding for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it does not receive an additional four months by the Pentagon to put together a competitive offer...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Pass rusher will be next defensive Heisman winner
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Madonna kicks off Sticky and Sweet tour in UK
The queen of pop kicked off her world tour Saturday night, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Typo fixers get probation for damaging rare sign
When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Small plane crash near Moab, Utah, kills 10
A small plane crashed and burned shortly after takeoff, killing everyone on board, including the pilot and nine people who had spent the day working at a skin cancer clinic in remote community...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
BACK TO SCHOOL Schools separate ninth-graders
Ninth grade, often the first year of high school, is a critical time when many students sink or swim while coping with new academic responsibilities and learning the oh-so-important social hierarchy...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
NJ congressman helps kids stranded in Georgia
When Russian troops invaded the Republic of Georgia this month, two little girls from New Jersey visiting their grandparents there were stranded behind a series of checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Forecasters downgrade Fay to a tropical depression
Tropical Storm Fay was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday night, but cities along the Gulf Coast were still bracing for heavy rain...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay now a tropical depression
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has been downgraded to a tropical depression...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New chief seeks DC schools fix where others failed
She has shuttered 23 schools, fired more than 30 principals and given notice to hundreds of teachers and administrative workers...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bush names 4 Fla. counties disaster areas from Fay
President Bush has declared that a major disaster area exists in Florida and has ordered federal aid in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Kidnap suspect says days with daughter glorious
The mystery man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is suspected of kidnapping his daughter in Boston is still not talking about his life before 1993...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fays leftovers soak Southern states
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay are soaking parts of the Southeast and emergency officials were watching out for potential flooding...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Plane crash in Utah kills pilot, 9 clinic workers
It had already been a long day when Dr. Lansing Ellsworth and his team of dermatology specialists climbed aboard a twin-engine plane in southeastern Utah, ready to return home to their families 200 miles away...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fla. homes evacuated as waters rise in wake of Fay
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay lingered Sunday, forcing residents in several parts of northern Florida to leave their homes as floodwaters rose...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US turns over Mexican man accused in 1998 massacre
A Mexican national wanted in connection with the 1998 drug-related massacre of 19 people in the Baja California resort town of Ensenada has been captured and turned over to Mexican authorities, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fla. residents evacuated from homes as waters rise
Rescue teams are evacuating people from 180 homes in a Florida town about 25 miles north of Orlando due to flooding from what was Tropical Storm Fay...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Engine trouble forces jetliner back to SF airport
A Chicago-bound United Airlines flight was forced to return to San Francisco International Airport early Saturday after running into engine trouble...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Steel cross installed near Flight 93 site in Pa.
As hundreds of firefighters bowed their heads in prayer, a cross made out of steel from the World Trade Center was dedicated Sunday near where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into the ground on Sept. 11...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Investigators examine Utah plane crash wreckage
Investigators had little more than ash and blackened shards of metal to sift through on Sunday as they tried to figure out what caused a twin-engine plane to crash shortly after taking off, killing all 10 people on board...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bio US Rep. Chris Smith
NAME: Christopher H. SmithAGE: 55, born March 4, 1953, in Rahway...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Man who supplied strippers to NY teen bash is shot
The owner of a stripper business that made headlines after an infamous high school party in upscale Westchester County has been shot as he escorted strippers to a bachelor bash...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
World Trade Center steel placed near Pa. 911 site
Steel from the World Trade Center has been transformed into a cross and placed near where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, in Pennsylvania...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Telecom rollouts raise ire over utility boxes
The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy _ and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Internet providers usage cap raises questions
Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated its policies to say it would limit his Internet activity each month...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Iraq suicide bomber kills 25 west of Baghdad
Iraqi police and hospital officials say at least 25 people have been killed and 29 wounded in a suicide bombing on the western outskirts of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Indian Kashmir troops fire on protesters, 1 dead
Paramilitary soldiers opened fire on a group of Muslim protesters in Indian Kashmir after they allegedly defied curfew late Sunday and tried to storm into a police camp, an official said. One person was killed and another seriously injured...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US disappointed Olympics didnt open China more
The United States said Sunday it was disappointed the Olympics had not brought more "openness and tolerance" in China and pressed for the immediate release of eight American protesters...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashes
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US-led coalition troops kill 10 Taliban fighters
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Steel cross installed near Flight 93 site in Pa.
As hundreds of firefighters bowed their heads in prayer, a cross made out of steel from the World Trade Center was dedicated Sunday near where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into the ground on Sept. 11...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Investigators examine Utah plane crash wreckage
Investigators had little more than ash and blackened shards of metal to sift through on Sunday as they tried to figure out what caused a twin-engine plane to crash shortly after taking off, killing all 10 people on board...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US turns over Mexican man accused in 1998 massacre
A Mexican national wanted in connection with the 1998 drug-related massacre of 19 people in the Baja California resort town of Ensenada has been captured and turned over to Mexican authorities, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Taliban turns lethal 101 US deaths in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents once derided as a ragtag rabble unable to match U.S. troops have transformed into a fighting force _ one advanced enough to mount massive conventional attacks and claim American lives at a record pace...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Thunder reigns again with $16.1 million weekend
The action comedy "Tropic Thunder" weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Lowries homer in 11th lifts Red Sox over Toronto
Jed Lowrie hit a solo homer in the 11th inning, Dustin Pedroia had a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
K-Rod gets 50th save, Angels beat Twins
Francisco Rodriguez earned his 50th save, and the Los Angeles Angels got RBI triples from Vladimir Guerrero and Gary Matthews Jr. in the eighth inning to rally past the Minnesota Twins 5-3 Sunday for a split of the four-game series between AL division leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Lone accountant takes on IRS and wins
It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people dream about, but few succeed at: He beat the IRS in a tax dispute...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays
Across the country, from grain elevator to grain elevator, golden wheat and corn are piled in towering mounds, waiting for a rail car to haul them to market...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event
Do Washington policymakers listen too much to Wall Street? A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns, seems to send a loud signal to financial companies that the government will clean up their messes...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay now a tropical depression
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has been downgraded to a tropical depression...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Biden got Obama call during wifes root canal
Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Boeing weighs exiting $35B tanker competition
Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of the politically-charged bidding for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it does not receive an additional four months by the Pentagon to put together a competitive offer...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Madonna kicks off Sticky and Sweet tour in UK
The queen of pop kicked off her world tour Saturday night, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Typo fixers get probation for damaging rare sign
When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 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 24, 2008
ACC to struggle for respect, Big East recovering
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2008
Some parents struggling with back-to-school buys
Charles Lane-Bey combed through racks of blue jeans at a Salvation Army thrift store and held up a pair with potential to his 8-year-old son, Edward, who swung them over his shoulder with a smile...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Mahan shoots 62 to take lead in The Barclays
With two perfect shots, Hunter Mahan put a terrible week at the PGA Championship behind him at The Barclays...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Former Raider great, NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies
Gene Upshaw, a towering lineman on the football field who went on to win untold millions of dollars for NFL players as their union leader, has died at age 63...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Ridgewood strikes back in The Barclays
Steve Stricker lost a ball and a big lead Saturday at sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club, leaving Kevin Streelman atop the leaderboard and more than two dozen players in The Barclays title chase...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Stricker takes lead in Barclays title defense
Steve Stricker is right at home at Ridgewood Country Club _ and the top of The Barclays leaderboard...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fays leftovers soak Southern states
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay are soaking parts of the Southeast and emergency officials were watching out for potential flooding...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Pass rusher will be next defensive Heisman winner
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Vijay Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff
Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff
Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fla. homes evacuated as waters rise in wake of Fay
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay lingered Sunday, forcing residents in several parts of northern Florida to leave their homes as floodwaters rose...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fla. residents evacuated from homes as waters rise
Rescue teams are evacuating people from 180 homes in a Florida town about 25 miles north of Orlando due to flooding from what was Tropical Storm Fay...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
War frays a patchwork of Georgians, Ossetians
Say hello in Georgian in this Ossetian hamlet these days, and the reply may be a scolding...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Uprooted civilians beg Pakistan, militants to talk
PESHAWAR, Pakistan _ Some of the women were eating lunch, while others were busy making bread...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US disappointed Olympics didnt open China more
The United States said Sunday it was disappointed the Olympics had not brought more "openness and tolerance" in China and pressed for the immediate release of eight American protesters...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashes
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US-led coalition troops kill 10 Taliban fighters
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Producer ready for Denvers Super Bowl of politics
Producer Ricky Kirshner knows how to put on a big show. After handling the Super Bowl, NATO summit and four national political conventions, he was ready for the Democratic gathering in Denver...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Da Brat sentenced to 3 years for assault
Da Brat was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Eveland makes smooth return to As
Dana Eveland made a smooth return to the majors, pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning and helping the Oakland Athletics defeat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Indians rally to win 6th straight, beat Texas 8-7
Pinch-hitter Jamey Carroll singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied from a six-run deficit to win their sixth straight game, beating the Texas Rangers 8-7 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Thunder reigns again with $16.1 million weekend
The action comedy "Tropic Thunder" weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bernanke Financial crisis taking toll on economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the financial crisis that has pounded the country _ coupled with higher inflation _ is taking a toll on the economy and poses a major challenge to Fed policymakers as they try to restore stability...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
VP pick behind him, Obama returning to campaigning
His running mate selection sealed, Barack Obama resumed pre-convention campaigning with a scheduled stop in Wisconsin on Sunday in the run-up to accepting the Democratic nomination for president...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event
Do Washington policymakers listen too much to Wall Street? A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns, seems to send a loud signal to financial companies that the government will clean up their messes...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Madonna kicks off Sticky and Sweet tour in UK
The queen of pop kicked off her world tour Saturday night, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Typo fixers get probation for damaging rare sign
When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Biden got Obama call during wifes root canal
Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Boeing weighs exiting $35B tanker competition
Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of the politically-charged bidding for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it does not receive an additional four months by the Pentagon to put together a competitive offer...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Pass rusher will be next defensive Heisman winner
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Man gets 3 to 16 years for Vegas casino shootings
A Nevada man was sentenced Friday to three to 16 years in state prison for shooting two people at a Las Vegas Strip casino last year after a scuffle...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Train catches fire after derailment in Oklahoma
A train derailment in central Oklahoma on Friday sent fireballs into the sky but caused no injuries...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fays 4th Florida landfall is one for record books
Tropical Storm Fay crossed into the Florida Panhandle on Saturday, becoming the first storm of its kind in recorded history to hit the state four different times...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
BACK TO SCHOOL Schools separate ninth-graders
Ninth grade, often the first year of high school, is a critical time when many students sink or swim while coping with new academic responsibilities and learning the oh-so-important social hierarchy...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Forecasters downgrade Fay to a tropical depression
Tropical Storm Fay was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday night, but cities along the Gulf Coast were still bracing for heavy rain...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay now a tropical depression
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has been downgraded to a tropical depression...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Small plane crash near Moab, Utah, kills 10
A small plane crashed and burned shortly after takeoff, killing everyone on board, including the pilot and nine people who had spent the day working at a skin cancer clinic in remote community...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Kidnap suspect says days with daughter glorious
The mystery man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is suspected of kidnapping his daughter in Boston is still not talking about his life before 1993...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fays leftovers soak Southern states
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay are soaking parts of the Southeast and emergency officials were watching out for potential flooding...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Plane crash in Utah kills pilot, 9 clinic workers
It had already been a long day when Dr. Lansing Ellsworth and his team of dermatology specialists climbed aboard a twin-engine plane in southeastern Utah, ready to return home to their families 200 miles away...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
NJ congressman helps kids stranded in Georgia
When Russian troops invaded the Republic of Georgia this month, two little girls from New Jersey visiting their grandparents there were stranded behind a series of checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Engine trouble forces jetliner back to SF airport
A Chicago-bound United Airlines flight was forced to return to San Francisco International Airport early Saturday after running into engine trouble...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bikers escort WTC steel from NYC to Pa. memorial
The roar of 1,000 motorcycles accompanied a steel beam from the World Trade Center on Saturday as it traveled to Pennsylvania, where it will be part of a memorial to those who died there in a Sept. 11 airliner crash...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bush names 4 Fla. counties disaster areas from Fay
President Bush has declared that a major disaster area exists in Florida and has ordered federal aid in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bio US Rep. Chris Smith
NAME: Christopher H. SmithAGE: 55, born March 4, 1953, in Rahway...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Man who supplied strippers to NY teen bash is shot
The owner of a stripper business that made headlines after an infamous high school party in upscale Westchester County has been shot as he escorted strippers to a bachelor bash...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
World Trade Center steel placed near Pa. 911 site
Steel from the World Trade Center has been transformed into a cross and placed near where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, in Pennsylvania...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
War frays a patchwork of Georgians, Ossetians
Say hello in Georgian in this Ossetian hamlet these days, and the reply may be a scolding...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Telecom rollouts raise ire over utility boxes
The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy _ and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Internet providers usage cap raises questions
Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated its policies to say it would limit his Internet activity each month...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Uprooted civilians beg Pakistan, militants to talk
PESHAWAR, Pakistan _ Some of the women were eating lunch, while others were busy making bread...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US disappointed Olympics didnt open China more
The United States said Sunday it was disappointed the Olympics had not brought more "openness and tolerance" in China and pressed for the immediate release of eight American protesters...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashes
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
US-led coalition troops kill 10 Taliban fighters
U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with a group of Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six militants, while four militants were killed in a battle in the south, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bush names 4 Fla. counties disaster areas from Fay
President Bush has declared that a major disaster area exists in Florida and has ordered federal aid in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Kidnap suspect says days with daughter glorious
The mystery man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is suspected of kidnapping his daughter in Boston is still not talking about his life before 1993...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Plane crash in Utah kills pilot, 9 clinic workers
It had already been a long day when Dr. Lansing Ellsworth and his team of dermatology specialists climbed aboard a twin-engine plane in southeastern Utah, ready to return home to their families 200 miles away...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Thunder reigns again with $16.1 million weekend
The action comedy "Tropic Thunder" weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Producer ready for Denvers Super Bowl of politics
Producer Ricky Kirshner knows how to put on a big show. After handling the Super Bowl, NATO summit and four national political conventions, he was ready for the Democratic gathering in Denver...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Da Brat sentenced to 3 years for assault
Da Brat was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Eveland makes smooth return to As
Dana Eveland made a smooth return to the majors, pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning and helping the Oakland Athletics defeat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Indians rally to win 6th straight, beat Texas 8-7
Pinch-hitter Jamey Carroll singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied from a six-run deficit to win their sixth straight game, beating the Texas Rangers 8-7 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
VP pick behind him, Obama returning to campaigning
His running mate selection sealed, Barack Obama resumed pre-convention campaigning with a scheduled stop in Wisconsin on Sunday in the run-up to accepting the Democratic nomination for president...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bernanke Financial crisis taking toll on economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the financial crisis that has pounded the country _ coupled with higher inflation _ is taking a toll on the economy and poses a major challenge to Fed policymakers as they try to restore stability...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Typo fixers get probation for damaging rare sign
When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Biden got Obama call during wifes root canal
Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event
Do Washington policymakers listen too much to Wall Street? A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns, seems to send a loud signal to financial companies that the government will clean up their messes...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay now a tropical depression
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has been downgraded to a tropical depression...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Boeing weighs exiting $35B tanker competition
Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of the politically-charged bidding for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it does not receive an additional four months by the Pentagon to put together a competitive offer...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Madonna kicks off Sticky and Sweet tour in UK
The queen of pop kicked off her world tour Saturday night, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 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 24, 2008
Toby Keith praises Obama
Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2008
Some parents struggling with back-to-school buys
Charles Lane-Bey combed through racks of blue jeans at a Salvation Army thrift store and held up a pair with potential to his 8-year-old son, Edward, who swung them over his shoulder with a smile...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Mahan shoots 62 to take lead in The Barclays
With two perfect shots, Hunter Mahan put a terrible week at the PGA Championship behind him at The Barclays...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Former Raider great, NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies
Gene Upshaw, a towering lineman on the football field who went on to win untold millions of dollars for NFL players as their union leader, has died at age 63...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
ACC to struggle for respect, Big East recovering
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Ridgewood strikes back in The Barclays
Steve Stricker lost a ball and a big lead Saturday at sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club, leaving Kevin Streelman atop the leaderboard and more than two dozen players in The Barclays title chase...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Stricker takes lead in Barclays title defense
Steve Stricker is right at home at Ridgewood Country Club _ and the top of The Barclays leaderboard...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fays leftovers soak Southern states
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay are soaking parts of the Southeast and emergency officials were watching out for potential flooding...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Pass rusher will be next defensive Heisman winner
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
United States win volleyball gold
The United States upset defending champions Brazil to win volleyball gold in a thrilling men's final in Beijing...
BBC News - August 24, 2008
Digital doubles
How graphics are 'replacing' big screen stars...
BBC News - August 24, 2008
Missing Canadian reporter named
An Australian journalist and his Canadian colleague are missing, feared kidnapped, in Somalia, along with their interpreter...
BBC News - August 24, 2008
Canada links bacteria outbreak to tainted meat
Public health officials in Canada said Saturday they have linked a deadly bacterial outbreak that killed four people to recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Uprooted civilians beg Pakistan, militants to talk
PESHAWAR, Pakistan _ Some of the women were eating lunch, while others were busy making bread...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Rights group 78 Afghans killed US to investigate
Scores of Afghan civilians who had gathered in a small village for the memorial ceremony of a militia commander were killed when U.S. and Afghan soldiers launched an attack in the middle of the night, officials and villagers said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Group says 78 Afghans killed US to investigate
An Afghan human rights group said Saturday that at least 78 people were killed in a joint Afghan-U.S. coalition military operation in western Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Da Brat sentenced to 3 years for assault
Da Brat was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Producer ready for Denvers Super Bowl of politics
Producer Ricky Kirshner knows how to put on a big show. After handling the Super Bowl, NATO summit and four national political conventions, he was ready for the Democratic gathering in Denver...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Obama introduces Biden as VP choice
Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on Saturday as "a leader ready to step in and be president," and the newly named running mate quickly converted his debut on the Democratic ticket into a slashing attack on Republican John McCain...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Eveland makes smooth return to As
Dana Eveland made a smooth return to the majors, pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning and helping the Oakland Athletics defeat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Indians rally to win 6th straight, beat Texas 8-7
Pinch-hitter Jamey Carroll singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied from a six-run deficit to win their sixth straight game, beating the Texas Rangers 8-7 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event
Do Washington policymakers listen too much to Wall Street? A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns, seems to send a loud signal to financial companies that the government will clean up their messes...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bernanke Financial crisis taking toll on economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the financial crisis that has pounded the country _ coupled with higher inflation _ is taking a toll on the economy and poses a major challenge to Fed policymakers as they try to restore stability...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Madonna kicks off Sticky and Sweet tour in UK
The queen of pop kicked off her world tour Saturday night, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Biden got Obama call during wifes root canal
Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Boeing weighs exiting $35B tanker competition
Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of the politically-charged bidding for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it does not receive an additional four months by the Pentagon to put together a competitive offer...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Pass rusher will be next defensive Heisman winner
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Typo fixers get probation for damaging rare sign
When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Teens tough act may have had role in shooting
Tough-talking Ryan McDonald grew up in a rough blue-collar neighborhood, teased as "Mr. Clean" since childhood after an ailment left him permanently bald...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Detroit mayor rejects plea deal in assault case
Prosecutors made a "limited-time offer" Friday to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Resign by Sept. 3 in exchange for the dismissal of one of two assault charges against him. Kilpatrick rejected the deal, which a mayoral spokesman dismissed as grandstanding...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Man gets 3 to 16 years for Vegas casino shootings
A Nevada man was sentenced Friday to three to 16 years in state prison for shooting two people at a Las Vegas Strip casino last year after a scuffle...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Train catches fire after derailment in Oklahoma
A train derailment in central Oklahoma on Friday sent fireballs into the sky but caused no injuries...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Fays 4th Florida landfall is one for record books
Tropical Storm Fay crossed into the Florida Panhandle on Saturday, becoming the first storm of its kind in recorded history to hit the state four different times...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
BACK TO SCHOOL Schools separate ninth-graders
Ninth grade, often the first year of high school, is a critical time when many students sink or swim while coping with new academic responsibilities and learning the oh-so-important social hierarchy...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
NJ congressman helps kids stranded in Georgia
When Russian troops invaded the Republic of Georgia this month, two little girls from New Jersey visiting their grandparents there were stranded behind a series of checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Forecasters downgrade Fay to a tropical depression
Tropical Storm Fay was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday night, but cities along the Gulf Coast were still bracing for heavy rain...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay now a tropical depression
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has been downgraded to a tropical depression...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Small plane crash near Moab, Utah, kills 10
A small plane crashed and burned shortly after takeoff, killing everyone on board, including the pilot and nine people who had spent the day working at a skin cancer clinic in remote community...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Engine trouble forces jetliner back to SF airport
A Chicago-bound United Airlines flight was forced to return to San Francisco International Airport early Saturday after running into engine trouble...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bikers escort WTC steel from NYC to Pa. memorial
The roar of 1,000 motorcycles accompanied a steel beam from the World Trade Center on Saturday as it traveled to Pennsylvania, where it will be part of a memorial to those who died there in a Sept. 11 airliner crash...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Plane crash in Utah kills pilot, 9 clinic workers
It had already been a long day when Dr. Lansing Ellsworth and his team of dermatology specialists climbed aboard a twin-engine plane in southeastern Utah, ready to return home to their families 200 miles away...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bio US Rep. Chris Smith
NAME: Christopher H. SmithAGE: 55, born March 4, 1953, in Rahway...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Man who supplied strippers to NY teen bash is shot
The owner of a stripper business that made headlines after an infamous high school party in upscale Westchester County has been shot as he escorted strippers to a bachelor bash...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
World Trade Center steel placed near Pa. 911 site
Steel from the World Trade Center has been transformed into a cross and placed near where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, in Pennsylvania...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Canada links bacteria outbreak to tainted meat
Public health officials in Canada said Saturday they have linked a deadly bacterial outbreak that killed four people to recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Telecom rollouts raise ire over utility boxes
The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy _ and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Internet providers usage cap raises questions
Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated its policies to say it would limit his Internet activity each month...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Uprooted civilians beg Pakistan, militants to talk
PESHAWAR, Pakistan _ Some of the women were eating lunch, while others were busy making bread...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Rights group 78 Afghans killed US to investigate
Scores of Afghan civilians who had gathered in a small village for the memorial ceremony of a militia commander were killed when U.S. and Afghan soldiers launched an attack in the middle of the night, officials and villagers said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Group says 78 Afghans killed US to investigate
An Afghan human rights group said Saturday that at least 78 people were killed in a joint Afghan-U.S. coalition military operation in western Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
New Orleans repeating deadly levee blunders
Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
NJ congressman helps kids stranded in Georgia
When Russian troops invaded the Republic of Georgia this month, two little girls from New Jersey visiting their grandparents there were stranded behind a series of checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Forecasters downgrade Fay to a tropical depression
Tropical Storm Fay was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday night, but cities along the Gulf Coast were still bracing for heavy rain...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Producer ready for Denvers Super Bowl of politics
Producer Ricky Kirshner knows how to put on a big show. After handling the Super Bowl, NATO summit and four national political conventions, he was ready for the Democratic gathering in Denver...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Da Brat sentenced to 3 years for assault
Da Brat was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Plane crash in Utah kills pilot, 9 clinic workers
It had already been a long day when Dr. Lansing Ellsworth and his team of dermatology specialists climbed aboard a twin-engine plane in southeastern Utah, ready to return home to their families 200 miles away...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Eveland makes smooth return to As
Dana Eveland made a smooth return to the majors, pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning and helping the Oakland Athletics defeat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Indians rally to win 6th straight, beat Texas 8-7
Pinch-hitter Jamey Carroll singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied from a six-run deficit to win their sixth straight game, beating the Texas Rangers 8-7 Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Bernanke Financial crisis taking toll on economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the financial crisis that has pounded the country _ coupled with higher inflation _ is taking a toll on the economy and poses a major challenge to Fed policymakers as they try to restore stability...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Obama introduces Biden as VP choice
Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on Saturday as "a leader ready to step in and be president," and the newly named running mate quickly converted his debut on the Democratic ticket into a slashing attack on Republican John McCain...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event
Do Washington policymakers listen too much to Wall Street? A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns, seems to send a loud signal to financial companies that the government will clean up their messes...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Typo fixers get probation for damaging rare sign
When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay now a tropical depression
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has been downgraded to a tropical depression...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Madonna kicks off Sticky and Sweet tour in UK
The queen of pop kicked off her world tour Saturday night, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet...
Southern Ledger - August 24, 2008
Biden got Obama call during wifes root canal
Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal... | | | | |
