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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Cows seem to know which way is north
Talk about animal magnetism, cows seem to have a built-in compass. No bull: Somehow, cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows around the world...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Russian parliament urges recognition of rebels
Russian lawmakers on Monday urged the Kremlin to recognize the independence of two separatist Georgian regions, heightening tensions with Georgia where the government said hundreds of Russian soldiers remained at checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 37 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian troops arrest key leaders in Kashmir
Indian authorities arrested two prominent separatist leaders in pre-dawn raids Monday while thousands of troops enforced a strict curfew to quash protests in the Himalayan region that have left at least 34 people dead...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 39 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Traffic fatalities driven down by high gas prices
Roll back the clock to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded. The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline reached 31 cents a gallon...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pakistans post-Musharraf ruling coalition splits
The ruling coalition that just a week ago drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency broke apart Monday, throwing Pakistan into political turmoil just as it faces an increasingly difficult fight against Islamic militants...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Unusual calls lead to change atop AL Central
A couple of unusual calls led to a change at the top of the AL Central standings...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Fourth Idol judge a straight-shooting hitmaker
Scooching in between Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sounds intimidating, if not a little scary...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Idol alum Ace Young to make Broadway debut
Another "American Idol" alum is heading to "Grease" on Broadway...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Dems seek peace in party as Obama convention opens
Democrats opened their national convention on Monday, seeking peace in the family as they pursue victory in the fall for Barack Obama and his historic quest for the White House...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Democrats open 2008 national convention
The Democrats have opened their 2008 presidential nominating convention...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pedro Feliz lifts Phillies to 5-2 win over Dodgers
Pedro Feliz hit a tying RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and delivered a three-run homer with two outs in the 11th to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials drag on market Dow falls more than 200
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes fell more than 1 1/2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off more than 200 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 225
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes at times fell more than 1 1/2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 225 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 2 pct
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes each fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 250 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama shows her husbands personal side
Michelle Obama is trying to reassure voters that her husband shares traditional American values like a belief in hard work, honesty and family...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Obama says he wont tell Bill Clinton what to say
Barack Obama said Monday he will not be "aiming for a lot of high rhetoric" in his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
LLWS title game set Hawaii vs. Mexico
Tanner Tokunaga doubled home two runs with the bases loaded with two outs to cap a six-run sixth that gave Hawaii a come-from-behind 7-5 win Saturday over Louisiana to advance to the Little League World Series title game...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Financials drag on market Dow falls more than 240
Stocks are ending sharply lower after worries about American International Group Inc. are stirring concerns about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Bad contractors ruin the ruined in Katrinas wake
Herreast Harrison wanted to rebuild after Katrina and thought she did everything right: She hired a contractor who seemed kind and listened to Christian music on the job. Months later, she claimed, he pocketed $57,000 and walked off with work undone, leaving a mess behind...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Dutch, US forces seize cocaine in Caribbean
The Dutch Navy and a squad of U.S. Coast Guard raiders seized 4.6 tons (4,200 kilograms) of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from Venezuela, Dutch and U.S. officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Unique investigative agency tackles NYC corruption
A little-known law enforcement agency _ the only one of its kind in the country _ has been behind some of the most sensational headlines to hit New York City over the last several years...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Border fence design blasted as causing flooding
Environmentalists say flooding caused by a new border security fence in southwestern Arizona shows the structure is being built too quickly and without regard for the environment...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Despite Fla. floods, some hoping for Fays rain
Tropical Storm Fay may be gone but the rain remains...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Fays remnants soak drought-parched South
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind from Georgia to Louisiana that many hoped would help land parched for months by drought conditions...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Tropical Storm Gustav forms in central Caribbean
The National Hurricane center says Tropical Storm Gustav has formed in the central Caribbean, and is heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Fays remnants spread rain, storms across South
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Reputed drug lord pleads not guilty in US court
A reputed drug lord who was extradited to the United States last week from Brazil has pleaded not guilty in a large cocaine smuggling scheme...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Texas students pack bookbags teachers pack heat
Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in this tiny district started school Monday wondering which teachers might be toting firearms...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Humanitarian workers among dead in Guatemala crash
A small plane that broke apart in Guatemala as the pilot attempted an emergency landing, killing 11 of the 14 people aboard, was carrying members of a Utah-based humanitarian group who were on their way to help build a school in a remote, impoverished area of the country...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Trial opens for professor accused of passing secrets
A retired University of Tennessee engineering professor went on trial Monday, accused of passing secrets from his work on a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign graduate students, one from China and the other from Iran...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
$8.7 million settlement in deadly NYC ferry crash
The widow of a victim of a deadly ferry crash has settled a wrongful-death claim against the city for $8.7 million...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Southern border tightened on drug cartel warning
Officials along the southern U.S. border say they are beeing up security after learning that warring Mexican cartels have approved sending hit men into the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
ICE raids Miss. plant seeking illegal workers
Federal immigration agents arrested some 350 suspected undocumented workers in a raid on a Mississippi electrical equipment plant Monday, authorities announced, hours after sealing all entrances amid reports their sweep had idled normal operations...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pregnant traffic agent, infant mourned at funeral
A pregnant traffic agent who gave birth to a boy as she lay dying in the hospital, hit by a runaway van, was buried Monday along with her son at a funeral attended by 1,000 mourners...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
US-Mexico border tightened on drug cartel warning
Security is being heightened along the southern U.S. border because of a threat that warring Mexican cartels may send hit men into the United States, authorities said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Suits brought by rural Alabama quilters resolved
A trio of celebrated quilters from rural Alabama on Monday resolved lawsuits against an Atlanta art dealer whom they accused of cheating them out of their rightful earnings...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Report Human error causes most Predator crashes
As the U.S. military scrambles to get more robotic warplanes like the Predator drone aloft, it is confronting an unexpected adversary: human error...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Rep Ed McMahon sells home, not to Trump
Ed McMahon is on the move.A spokesman for the former "Tonight" Show sidekick says McMahon has agreed to a deal with a private buyer for his hilltop home...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Cows seem to know which way is north
Talk about animal magnetism, cows seem to have a built-in compass. No bull: Somehow, cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows around the world...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Russian parliament urges recognition of rebels
Russian lawmakers on Monday urged the Kremlin to recognize the independence of two separatist Georgian regions, heightening tensions with Georgia where the government said hundreds of Russian soldiers remained at checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 37 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian troops arrest key leaders in Kashmir
Indian authorities arrested two prominent separatist leaders in pre-dawn raids Monday while thousands of troops enforced a strict curfew to quash protests in the Himalayan region that have left at least 34 people dead...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Pakistans post-Musharraf ruling coalition splits
The ruling coalition that just a week ago drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency broke apart Monday, throwing Pakistan into political turmoil just as it faces an increasingly difficult fight against Islamic militants...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 39 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Tropical Storm Gustav forms in central Caribbean
The National Hurricane center says Tropical Storm Gustav has formed in the central Caribbean, and is heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Fays remnants soak drought-parched South
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind from Georgia to Louisiana that many hoped would help land parched for months by drought conditions...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Traffic fatalities driven down by high gas prices
Roll back the clock to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded. The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline reached 31 cents a gallon...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Texas students pack bookbags teachers pack heat
Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in this tiny district started school Monday wondering which teachers might be toting firearms...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Humanitarian workers among dead in Guatemala crash
A small plane that broke apart in Guatemala as the pilot attempted an emergency landing, killing 11 of the 14 people aboard, was carrying members of a Utah-based humanitarian group who were on their way to help build a school in a remote, impoverished area of the country...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Unusual calls lead to change atop AL Central
A couple of unusual calls led to a change at the top of the AL Central standings...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Fourth Idol judge a straight-shooting hitmaker
Scooching in between Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sounds intimidating, if not a little scary...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Idol alum Ace Young to make Broadway debut
Another "American Idol" alum is heading to "Grease" on Broadway...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pedro Feliz lifts Phillies to 5-2 win over Dodgers
Pedro Feliz hit a tying RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and delivered a three-run homer with two outs in the 11th to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Obama says he wont tell Bill Clinton what to say
Barack Obama said Monday he will not be "aiming for a lot of high rhetoric" in his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Dems seek peace in party as Obama convention opens
Democrats opened their national convention on Monday, seeking peace in the family as they pursue victory in the fall for Barack Obama and his historic quest for the White House...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Democrats open 2008 national convention
The Democrats have opened their 2008 presidential nominating convention...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 225
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes at times fell more than 1 1/2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 225 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 2 pct
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes each fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 250 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama shows her husbands personal side
Michelle Obama is trying to reassure voters that her husband shares traditional American values like a belief in hard work, honesty and family...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Financials drag on market Dow falls more than 240
Stocks are ending sharply lower after worries about American International Group Inc. are stirring concerns about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Bad contractors ruin the ruined in Katrinas wake
Herreast Harrison wanted to rebuild after Katrina and thought she did everything right: She hired a contractor who seemed kind and listened to Christian music on the job. Months later, she claimed, he pocketed $57,000 and walked off with work undone, leaving a mess behind...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials drag on market Dow falls more than 200
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes fell more than 1 1/2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off more than 200 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
LLWS title game set Hawaii vs. Mexico
Tanner Tokunaga doubled home two runs with the bases loaded with two outs to cap a six-run sixth that gave Hawaii a come-from-behind 7-5 win Saturday over Louisiana to advance to the Little League World Series title game...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Dutch, US forces seize cocaine in Caribbean
The Dutch Navy and a squad of U.S. Coast Guard raiders seized 4.6 tons (4,200 kilograms) of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from Venezuela, Dutch and U.S. officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
McCains campaign nourished by humble pie
Republicans lugged money, fame and promise into their race for the presidential nomination. One of them carried his own bags, tooled around New Hampshire with a few volunteers, flew commercial and won...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Despite Fla. floods, some hoping for Fays rain
Tropical Storm Fay may be gone but the rain remains...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Fays remnants spread rain, storms across South
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Delegate's diary
Looking forward to the Ted Kennedy tribute...
BBC News - August 25, 2008
Mortgage giants up on debt sale
Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae rise after Freddie Mac sells $2bn of short-term debt...
BBC News - August 25, 2008
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 39 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 37 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian troops arrest key leaders in Kashmir
Indian authorities arrested two prominent separatist leaders in pre-dawn raids Monday while thousands of troops enforced a strict curfew to quash protests in the Himalayan region that have left at least 34 people dead...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
High gas prices drive down traffic fatalities
Roll back the clock to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded. The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline reached 31 cents a gallon...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
American Idol adds DioGuardi as fourth judge
Scoot over, Simon Cowell. "American Idol" is adding a fourth critic to its panel of judges...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Matthews, Crow kick off Democratic convention
Singing at the Democratic convention, Sheryl Crow dedicated her song "Strong Enough" to Barack Obama and then added a twist to the lyrics for the occasion...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Kennedy expected to appear at conventions opening
A tribute to ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy capped with a possible appearance by the liberal lion himself plus a sharp attack ad knotting Republican John McCain to President Bush were likely to raise the spirits of delegates on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Unusual calls lead to change atop AL Central
A couple of unusual calls led to a change at the top of the AL Central standings...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pedro Feliz lifts Phillies over Dodgers
Pedro Feliz hit a tying RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and delivered a game-winning, three-run homer in the 11th to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Stocks fall on drop among financials oil rises
Stocks retreated early Monday as financial stocks fell and oil prices rose. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 100 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Realtors say existing home sales rose in July
A trade group for real estate agents says sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest by the housing bust...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama checks out podium for big speech
Michelle Obama and her family have taken a look at the stage from which she will deliver a speech to help define her husband and his bid for the presidency...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pelosi admits Democrats not yet united
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged Monday that Democrats are not yet united following the bitter primary fight that divided supporters of likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pelosi brushes off idea of tension over Clinton
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is scolding journalists for fixating on conflicts between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Kennedy to appear, may speak at convention
A cancer-fighting Sen. Edward M. Kennedy prepared to attend, and possibly speak, at the opening day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday as presidential nominee-to-be Barack Obama unleashed a hard-hitting television commercial linking GOP rival John McCain with President Bush...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
LLWS title game set Hawaii vs. Mexico
Tanner Tokunaga doubled home two runs with the bases loaded with two outs to cap a six-run sixth that gave Hawaii a come-from-behind 7-5 win Saturday over Louisiana to advance to the Little League World Series title game...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 225
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes at times fell more than 1 1/2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 225 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 2 pct
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes each fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 250 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 2 percent
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes each fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 250 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Dutch, US forces seize cocaine in Caribbean
The Dutch Navy and a squad of U.S. Coast Guard raiders seized 4.6 tons (4,200 kilograms) of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from Venezuela, Dutch and U.S. officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Fays remnants spread rain, storms across South
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Unique investigative agency tackles NYC corruption
A little-known law enforcement agency _ the only one of its kind in the country _ has been behind some of the most sensational headlines to hit New York City over the last several years...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Border fence design blasted as causing flooding
Environmentalists say flooding caused by a new border security fence in southwestern Arizona shows the structure is being built too quickly and without regard for the environment...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Despite Fla. floods, some hoping for Fays rain
Tropical Storm Fay may be gone but the rain remains...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Settlement in deadly NYC Staten Island ferry crash
Lawyers say the widow of a man killed in the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash has settled a wrongful death claim against New York City for $8.7 million...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Tuskegee Airman dies in Virginia
Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, has died...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Skinhead sentenced for 1989 Philadelphia killing
A white supremacist convicted of conspiracy in the killing of a black man nearly 20 years ago has been sentenced in Philadelphia to more than a decade in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
More flooding expected in soaked South Texas
Flood watches and warnings are in effect for extreme southern Texas after more than a week of heavy rain...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
8 inmates escape from NM jail, including murderer
Authorities say eight inmates, including a convicted murderer and another man charged with murder, have escaped from a county jail in eastern New Mexico...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
7th tropical depression forms in central Caribbean
The seventh tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season has formed in the central Caribbean, and is heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
NY escort worker pleads guilty in Spitzer case
A woman accused of helping arrange trysts between pricey escorts and their customers has pleaded guilty in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as governor of New York...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Indian troops arrest key leaders in Kashmir
Indian authorities arrested two prominent separatist leaders in pre-dawn raids Monday while thousands of troops enforced a strict curfew to quash protests in the Himalayan region that have left at least 34 people dead...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 37 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Border fence design blasted as causing flooding
Environmentalists say flooding caused by a new border security fence in southwestern Arizona shows the structure is being built too quickly and without regard for the environment...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Soldiers and police fired at Muslim protesters demanding an end to Indian rule in Kashmir as authorities arrested top separatist leaders Monday in a bid to quash unrest that has left at least 39 people dead since June...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Unique investigative agency tackles NYC corruption
A little-known law enforcement agency _ the only one of its kind in the country _ has been behind some of the most sensational headlines to hit New York City over the last several years...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
High gas prices drive down traffic fatalities
Roll back the clock to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded. The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline reached 31 cents a gallon...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
American Idol adds DioGuardi as fourth judge
Scoot over, Simon Cowell. "American Idol" is adding a fourth critic to its panel of judges...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Matthews, Crow kick off Democratic convention
Singing at the Democratic convention, Sheryl Crow dedicated her song "Strong Enough" to Barack Obama and then added a twist to the lyrics for the occasion...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Kennedy expected to appear at conventions opening
A tribute to ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy capped with a possible appearance by the liberal lion himself plus a sharp attack ad knotting Republican John McCain to President Bush were likely to raise the spirits of delegates on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Unusual calls lead to change atop AL Central
A couple of unusual calls led to a change at the top of the AL Central standings...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pedro Feliz lifts Phillies over Dodgers
Pedro Feliz hit a tying RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and delivered a game-winning, three-run homer in the 11th to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Realtors say existing home sales rose in July
A trade group for real estate agents says sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest by the housing bust...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama checks out podium for big speech
Michelle Obama and her family have taken a look at the stage from which she will deliver a speech to help define her husband and his bid for the presidency...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pelosi admits Democrats not yet united
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged Monday that Democrats are not yet united following the bitter primary fight that divided supporters of likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Pelosi brushes off idea of tension over Clinton
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is scolding journalists for fixating on conflicts between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Kennedy to appear, may speak at convention
A cancer-fighting Sen. Edward M. Kennedy prepared to attend, and possibly speak, at the opening day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday as presidential nominee-to-be Barack Obama unleashed a hard-hitting television commercial linking GOP rival John McCain with President Bush...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 225
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes at times fell more than 1 1/2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 225 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 2 pct
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes each fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 250 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Financials lead market lower Dow falls 2 percent
Stocks sank in thin trading Monday as worries about the credit ratings of American International Group Inc. weighed on the financial sector. The major indexes each fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 250 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Stocks fall on drop among financials oil rises
Stocks retreated early Monday as financial stocks fell and oil prices rose. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 100 points...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
LLWS title game set Hawaii vs. Mexico
Tanner Tokunaga doubled home two runs with the bases loaded with two outs to cap a six-run sixth that gave Hawaii a come-from-behind 7-5 win Saturday over Louisiana to advance to the Little League World Series title game...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Dutch, US forces seize cocaine in Caribbean
The Dutch Navy and a squad of U.S. Coast Guard raiders seized 4.6 tons (4,200 kilograms) of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from Venezuela, Dutch and U.S. officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
McCains campaign nourished by humble pie
Republicans lugged money, fame and promise into their race for the presidential nomination. One of them carried his own bags, tooled around New Hampshire with a few volunteers, flew commercial and won...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2008
Fays remnants spread rain, storms across South
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Despite Fla. floods, some hoping for Fays rain
Tropical Storm Fay may be gone but the rain remains...
Southern Ledger - August 25, 2008
Illegal workers
Why illigal immigration is a hot US election issue...
BBC News - August 25, 2008
Tim Vickery
Brazil need to get back to tradition...
BBC News - August 25, 2008
Hari Puttar and Harry Potter: Not such a wizard idea?
Harry Potter maker Warner Bros is suing an Indian film company over the title of upcoming film Hari Puttar - A Comedy Of Terrors, reports say...
BBC News - August 25, 2008
Internet providers usage cap raises questions
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