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Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights cutting girls
In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Abbas denies asylum to supporters from Gaza
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday refused to grant West Bank asylum to forces who fled weekend faction fighting in Hamas-ruled Gaza, despite fears for their safety...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Once common on skin, anthrax is deadly in lungs
Seven years ago Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across the country...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Toyota has developed a motorized stand-up-and-ride Segway lookalike designed to help people scoot around at malls and airports...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Siberian Russians marvel at solar eclipse
An enormous swath of western Siberia was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
New Paraguay leaders first challenge land reform
Just outside the rickety wire fence that guards the rich, red soil of this vast hacienda, dozens of peasants have camped for weeks under a patchwork of thatched shelters and tarpaulin-covered tents...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pope sends greetings to China before Olympics
Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example of coexistence among people from different countries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Lightning hits 91 spectators at racetrack
A lightning bolt struck 91 auto racing fans at a racetrack in Norway Sunday, and 45 people were taken to hospital with minor burns, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Seoul probes civilian massacres by US
South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Korean War pilot Were not lily-white
As young pilots they plunged into the smoke and fury of the Korean War in slow, unarmed observer planes, pinpointing targets for the big boys with the bombs. Today, old men, they share their misgivings...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 145 at remote Hindu temple in India
Police say the death toll in the deadly stampede at a Hindu temple in northern India has risen to 145...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Chinese grumble about the Olympics, but quietly
From the desktop computer at the foot of his bed, Zhang Heng dares to complain about the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Anglican leader seeks moratorium on gay bishops
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, struggling to hold together the troubled world Anglican family, urged church leaders gathered Sunday in England not to consecrate another gay bishop, saying the fellowship will be in "grave peril" without a moratorium...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand crushed in wreck
Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Reports Christina Applegate has breast cancer
Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
McLarens Heikki Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen won his first Formula One race Sunday after an engine problem forced Felipe Massa out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Vijay Singh captures 1st World Golf Championship
Vijay Singh nearly threw away the Bridgestone Invitational by missing three putts inside 8 feet on the back nine at Firestone. He won his first World Golf Championship by making the last one, which was all that mattered...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Christina Applegate treated for breast cancer
Christina Applegate is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but the disease was caught early and the actress is expected to fully recover, her publicist said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cusack calls Shanghai unique opportunity
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Campaigns spar over drilling as leadership issue
The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference
Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus _ and so did she...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Man accused of Wis. river killings in court soon
Wisconsin authorities say a man accused of killing three teens swimming in a river and wounding a fourth person is expected in court Monday or Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul begins in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT PART I The long haul begins
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
NY girl falls 14 stories, saved by sooty landing
A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tug repeatedly warned before Miss. River collision
Newly released radio transmissions during a collision on the Mississippi River indicate a tug boat involved in the wreck was repeatedly warned a massive tanker was headed toward it but did not respond...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Mo. Republicans battle in gubernatorial primary
Sarah Steelman had just announced her re-election bid as state treasurer when she learned indirectly of news that abruptly changed her political plans. The news also made U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof change course, but he had the advantage of hearing it directly from the source...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Fire crews close to containing fire near Yosemite
Firefighters said Saturday they were getting closer to containing a 53-square-mile wildfire that had destroyed more than 20 homes in the mountains outside Yosemite National Park...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul starts in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Maryland Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tug warned repeatedly before Miss. River collision
The pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the smaller boat responds, according to radio transmissions released Saturday by the Coast Guard...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Wisconsin shooting suspect was regular at hangout
Scott J. Johnson was a regular at the swimming hangout where he is accused of ambushing a group of young revelers, even showing up a few days before the killings to help people off a rope swing over the Menominee River, teens who knew him said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Teens Wis. shooting suspect stared at swimmers
Scott J. Johnson was a regular at the swimming hangout where he is accused of ambushing a group of young revelers, even showing up a few days before the killings to help people off a rope swing over the Menominee River, teens who knew him said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Some see red over proposed green resort in Maine
On paper, the development here in eastern Maine sounds like a dream for people looking to get away from it all...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Part II Welcome to Iraq, and a long separation
The phone call surprised Katie Kriesel, so soon after her husband, John, shipped out...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
3 bodies recovered after house fire in Colorado
Three bodies have been recovered from a house in suburban Denver after a fire erupted during a party...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
2 children drown in hole at SC construction site
Two young boys drowned in a water-filled hole at the construction site of a new home, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Bikers down to bare basics for eco demonstration
Fewer clothes and lots of skin have made a political point in a public park in St. Louis...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
3 missing after house fire in Colo. city
Authorities in Littleton, Colo., say three people are missing following an early morning fire that erupted during a party and destroyed a house...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Verizon, unions continue contract negotiations
Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing some 65,000 of its workers have agreed to "stop the clock" on contracts that were set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Rich begin feeling the pain in down economy
The rich are sharing your financial pain _ and contributing to it...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Gitmo interrogators shift focus to prison activity
Interrogators at Guantanamo Bay are asking detainees primarily about activity inside the U.S. military prison, the mission commander said, revealing a shift in focus from the wider fight against terrorism...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tropical storm warning issued for La. coast
Forecasters say a tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of the Louisiana coast as a tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Scientist DNA led probers to anthrax suspect
A government scientist tells The Associated Press that DNA from the bodies of people killed in the anthrax attacks helped lead investigators to the suspect...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
FBI investigates new attacks on Calif. scientists
The FBI is investigating two bombings that targeted university scientists, the latest in a rash of attacks against biomedical researchers who experiment on animals, authorities say...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tropical storm warning issued for Louisiana coast
A tropical storm warning was issued Sunday for parts of the Louisiana coast as a tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Madonna back in Michigan to show her documentary
Madonna arrived in this resort town Saturday as one of the headliners of a film festival founded by fellow Michigan native Michael Moore...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Obama accuses McCain camp of cynicism, not racism
Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain was attempting to distract voters from real issues with a campaign strategy that was cynical, not racist...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights cutting girls
In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Abbas denies asylum to supporters from Gaza
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday refused to grant West Bank asylum to forces who fled weekend faction fighting in Hamas-ruled Gaza, despite fears for their safety...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Once common on skin, anthrax is deadly in lungs
Seven years ago Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across the country...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Toyota has developed a motorized stand-up-and-ride Segway lookalike designed to help people scoot around at malls and airports...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Siberian Russians marvel at solar eclipse
An enormous swath of western Siberia was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
New Paraguay leaders first challenge land reform
Just outside the rickety wire fence that guards the rich, red soil of this vast hacienda, dozens of peasants have camped for weeks under a patchwork of thatched shelters and tarpaulin-covered tents...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pope sends greetings to China before Olympics
Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example of coexistence among people from different countries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Lightning hits 91 spectators at racetrack
A lightning bolt struck 91 auto racing fans at a racetrack in Norway Sunday, and 45 people were taken to hospital with minor burns, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Seoul probes civilian massacres by US
South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Korean War pilot Were not lily-white
As young pilots they plunged into the smoke and fury of the Korean War in slow, unarmed observer planes, pinpointing targets for the big boys with the bombs. Today, old men, they share their misgivings...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 145 at remote Hindu temple in India
Police say the death toll in the deadly stampede at a Hindu temple in northern India has risen to 145...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Chinese grumble about the Olympics, but quietly
From the desktop computer at the foot of his bed, Zhang Heng dares to complain about the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Anglican leader seeks moratorium on gay bishops
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, struggling to hold together the troubled world Anglican family, urged church leaders gathered Sunday in England not to consecrate another gay bishop, saying the fellowship will be in "grave peril" without a moratorium...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Rich begin feeling the pain in down economy
The rich are sharing your financial pain _ and contributing to it...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Teens Wis. shooting suspect stared at swimmers
Scott J. Johnson was a regular at the swimming hangout where he is accused of ambushing a group of young revelers, even showing up a few days before the killings to help people off a rope swing over the Menominee River, teens who knew him said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Wisconsin shooting suspect was regular at hangout
Scott J. Johnson was a regular at the swimming hangout where he is accused of ambushing a group of young revelers, even showing up a few days before the killings to help people off a rope swing over the Menominee River, teens who knew him said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Vijay Singh captures 1st World Golf Championship
Vijay Singh nearly threw away the Bridgestone Invitational by missing three putts inside 8 feet on the back nine at Firestone. He won his first World Golf Championship by making the last one, which was all that mattered...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Christina Applegate treated for breast cancer
Christina Applegate is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but the disease was caught early and the actress is expected to fully recover, her publicist said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cusack calls Shanghai unique opportunity
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand crushed in wreck
Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Reports Christina Applegate has breast cancer
Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Campaigns spar over drilling as leadership issue
The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
McLarens Heikki Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen won his first Formula One race Sunday after an engine problem forced Felipe Massa out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
6-legged deer gets new home after dog attack
A six-legged deer found in north Georgia after being attacked by a dog has a new home. An Athens woman with a permit to keep unique animals in captivity has agreed to take the unusual deer. The animal was found July 18 near Armuchee and underwent surgery to repair its minor injuries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference
Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus _ and so did she...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tenn. church shooting victims improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
People wounded in Tenn. church shooting improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pistons agree to deal with former No. 1 pick Brown
Kwame Brown and the Detroit Pistons agreed to terms on a deal potentially worth $8 million over two seasons, team president of basketball operations Joe Dumars told The Associated Press on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pujols, Looper carry Cards to 12-3 rout of Braves
Albert Pujols drove in three runs, Braden Looper won for the first time in six starts and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the injury-riddled Atlanta Braves 12-3 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pacman Jones still on the field with Cowboys
On the field, he is still "Pacman" _ and embracing the nickname he seemed to be wanting to shed not so long ago. That is what his new Dallas Cowboys teammates and coaches call Adam Jones at training camp...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Obama and McCain go old-school in political jabs
Barack Obama and John McCain traded old-school political jabs Thursday, with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Luol Deng, Bulls agree to new deal 6-year deal
Restricted free agent forward Luol Deng and the Chicago Bulls have agreed to six-year contract that could be worth as much as $80 million. The Bulls e-mailed a news release Wednesday afternoon announcing the "contract signing of Luol Deng."...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths
The homeless woman was nauseated, dizzy, drenched with sweat, dehydrated and sobbing with fear. She had heat exhaustion and was on the verge of heat stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Obama and McCain trade old-school political jabs
Barack Obama and John McCain traded old-school political jabs Thursday, with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Plans to send elephant to Mexico stirs debate
Jenny the elephant lazily poked her trunk into a bucket of fruit as her keepers at the Dallas Zoo hosed her during her morning bath, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she could soon be shipped far from her home of 22 years...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Analysis Race remains the political wild card
By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Baseball: Ramirez stars for Dodgers
Manny Ramirez stars for the Los Angeles Dodgers after joining them from Boston before the trade deadline...
BBC News - August 3, 2008
Once common on skin, anthrax is deadly in lungs
Seven years ago Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across the country...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Toyota has developed a motorized stand-up-and-ride Segway lookalike designed to help people scoot around at malls and airports...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Siberian Russians marvel at solar eclipse
An enormous swath of western Siberia was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Holocaust survivor, rescuer live like sisters
They are two silver-haired ladies with a special bond forged in the Holocaust. One is the daughter of Jews who perished under the Nazis, the other her Roman Catholic rescuer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Chinese grumble about the Olympics, but quietly
From the desktop computer at the foot of his bed, Zhang Heng dares to complain about the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Afghan mothers keep their kids with them in prison
Three-year-old Wahid nervously clutched a dirty blue stuffed bunny, as the other children in the prison huddled around...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pope sends greetings to China before Olympics
Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example of coexistence among people from different countries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 68 at remote Hindu temple in India
Pilgrims stampeded at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India on Sunday, and 68 people _ all of them women and children _ were killed in the crush that sent worshippers plummeting to their deaths over a broken railing...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cambodia, Thailand in standoff over second temple
Cambodia said Sunday that Thai soldiers are occupying a second temple site along on their border, an escalation of an ongoing armed standoff that nearly led to clashes between the neighbors last month...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Seoul probes civilian massacres by US
South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Korean War pilot Were not lily-white
As young pilots they plunged into the smoke and fury of the Korean War in slow, unarmed observer planes, pinpointing targets for the big boys with the bombs. Today, old men, they share their misgivings...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ramirez, Blake HR for Dodgers in 4-2 win
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers and Hiroki Kuroda pitched well into the eighth inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cusack calls Shanghai unique opportunity
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand crushed in wreck
Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Madonna back in Michigan to show her documentary
Madonna arrived in this resort town Saturday as one of the headliners of a film festival founded by fellow Michigan native Michael Moore...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Annie Lennox urges women to invigorate AIDS fight
Annie Lennox says complacency threatens to slow the fight against AIDS...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Campaigns spar over drilling as leadership issue
The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
GOP convention attracting array of demonstrators
A 73-year-old retired surgeon marching in silence with a tombstone picturing a soldier killed in Iraq. A philosophy professor calling for a new investigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A long-haul trucker from Texas protesting the price of oil...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Fellows wins in the rain in Montreal
Canadian road-racer Ron Fellows splashed his way to victory Saturday in the first NASCAR points event run on grooved rain tires, winning when heavy rain and poor visibility forced officials to end the race 26 laps early...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
McLarens Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen has won his first Formula One race after Felipe Massa pulled out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Zito outpitches Peavy in Giants 2-0 victory
Barry Zito gave up three hits in a season-high eight innings to outpitch Jake Peavy and lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
2 new whale calves thriving at SeaWorld in Texas
Two beluga whale calves are doing well after being born four days apart at SeaWorld San Antonio...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
19 firefighters injured in NYC apartment blaze
Nearly 20 New York City firefighters are recovering from injuries suffered in a blaze that consumed the top floor of an apartment building...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT PART I The long haul begins
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Plans to send elephant to Mexico stirs debate
Jenny the elephant lazily poked her trunk into a bucket of fruit as her keepers at the Dallas Zoo hosed her during her morning bath, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she could soon be shipped far from her home of 22 years...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Theater villain charged in real-life whodunit
In the small-town dinner-theater mystery, Bruce Hummel had no trouble admitting he was the killer: "I got my revenge," he told the audience. "Tell that to the sheriff." Now he faces a murder charge in real life...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Wis. manhunt nabs suspect in deadly river ambush
A gunman suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Minnesotans observe anniversary of bridge collapse
It was another perfect summer day _ so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Mo. Republicans battle in gubernatorial primary
Sarah Steelman had just announced her re-election bid as state treasurer when she learned indirectly of news that abruptly changed her political plans. The news also made U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof change course, but he had the advantage of hearing it directly from the source...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Fire crews close to containing fire near Yosemite
Firefighters said Saturday they were getting closer to containing a 53-square-mile wildfire that had destroyed more than 20 homes in the mountains outside Yosemite National Park...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Man accused of Wis. river killings in court soon
Wisconsin authorities say a man accused of killing three teens swimming in a river and wounding a fourth person is expected in court Monday or Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul begins in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tug warned repeatedly before Miss. River collision
The pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the smaller boat responds, according to radio transmissions released Saturday by the Coast Guard...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
NY girl falls 14 stories, saved by sooty landing
A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tug repeatedly warned before Miss. River collision
Newly released radio transmissions during a collision on the Mississippi River indicate a tug boat involved in the wreck was repeatedly warned a massive tanker was headed toward it but did not respond...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cops Drunk driver hurts 4 at Wis. sausage parade
A drunken driver led deputies on a high-speed chase Saturday before barging through a parade route and injuring a total of four people, none seriously, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad accused of kidnapping daughter arrested in Md.
An FBI spokesman says a man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston is now in custody in Baltimore...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Amateur videos capture controversial NYPD actions
In one week, three videos surfaced showing New York City police officers whacking men with batons or, in one case, violently knocking a protester off his bicycle in Times Square...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ex-SEAL trainee seeks freedom in womans slaying
For 13 years, Dustin Turner has sat in prison claiming his fellow Navy SEAL trainee strangled a vacationing college student by himself, and for the past five years, the other suspect has admitted as much...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul starts in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Maryland Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Verizon, unions continue contract negotiations
Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing some 65,000 of its workers have agreed to "stop the clock" on contracts that were set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tape excerpts of Ivins restraining order request
Excerpts of a tape from Maryland District Court in Frederick, Md., in which therapist Jean Duley successfully obtained a restraining order against Bruce E. Ivins. The New York Times obtained the 10-minute recording of the July 24 hearing and posted it on its Web site Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Arizona boy, 12, charged with moms fatal shooting
Police say a 12-year-old Arizona boy shot and killed his mother with a handgun after an argument...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Men win suit against scandal-scarred Texas college
Three former Texas Southern University students credited with helping expose a spending scandal that led to indictments of top administrators won a retaliation lawsuit against school officials...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Obama accuses McCain camp of cynicism, not racism
Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain was attempting to distract voters from real issues with a campaign strategy that was cynical, not racist...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Once common on skin, anthrax is deadly in lungs
Seven years ago Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across the country...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Toyota has developed a motorized stand-up-and-ride Segway lookalike designed to help people scoot around at malls and airports...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Siberian Russians marvel at solar eclipse
An enormous swath of western Siberia was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pope sends greetings to China before Olympics
Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example of coexistence among people from different countries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Stampede kills 68 at remote Hindu temple in India
Pilgrims stampeded at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India on Sunday, and 68 people _ all of them women and children _ were killed in the crush that sent worshippers plummeting to their deaths over a broken railing...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cambodia, Thailand in standoff over second temple
Cambodia said Sunday that Thai soldiers are occupying a second temple site along on their border, an escalation of an ongoing armed standoff that nearly led to clashes between the neighbors last month...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Holocaust survivor, rescuer live like sisters
They are two silver-haired ladies with a special bond forged in the Holocaust. One is the daughter of Jews who perished under the Nazis, the other her Roman Catholic rescuer...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Seoul probes civilian massacres by US
South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Korean War pilot Were not lily-white
As young pilots they plunged into the smoke and fury of the Korean War in slow, unarmed observer planes, pinpointing targets for the big boys with the bombs. Today, old men, they share their misgivings...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Chinese grumble about the Olympics, but quietly
From the desktop computer at the foot of his bed, Zhang Heng dares to complain about the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Afghan mothers keep their kids with them in prison
Three-year-old Wahid nervously clutched a dirty blue stuffed bunny, as the other children in the prison huddled around...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Madonna back in Michigan to show her documentary
Madonna arrived in this resort town Saturday as one of the headliners of a film festival founded by fellow Michigan native Michael Moore...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Annie Lennox urges women to invigorate AIDS fight
Annie Lennox says complacency threatens to slow the fight against AIDS...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul starts in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Maryland Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tug warned repeatedly before Miss. River collision
The pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the smaller boat responds, according to radio transmissions released Saturday by the Coast Guard...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Fellows wins in the rain in Montreal
Canadian road-racer Ron Fellows splashed his way to victory Saturday in the first NASCAR points event run on grooved rain tires, winning when heavy rain and poor visibility forced officials to end the race 26 laps early...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
McLarens Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen has won his first Formula One race after Felipe Massa pulled out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ramirez, Blake HR for Dodgers in 4-2 win
Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake hit their first home runs as National Leaguers and Hiroki Kuroda pitched well into the eighth inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Cusack calls Shanghai unique opportunity
Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie "Shanghai" is a rare middle ground between the two genres...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand crushed in wreck
Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Campaigns spar over drilling as leadership issue
The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
GOP convention attracting array of demonstrators
A 73-year-old retired surgeon marching in silence with a tombstone picturing a soldier killed in Iraq. A philosophy professor calling for a new investigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A long-haul trucker from Texas protesting the price of oil...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Zito outpitches Peavy in Giants 2-0 victory
Barry Zito gave up three hits in a season-high eight innings to outpitch Jake Peavy and lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Small jet crashes in Minn., killing at least 8
A small jet crashed in strong thunderstorms Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing at least eight people, including several casino and construction executives...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Induction ceremony at Hall of Fame goes Hog wild
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Border towns grieve together after river shootings
Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pistons agree to deal with former No. 1 pick Brown
Kwame Brown and the Detroit Pistons agreed to terms on a deal potentially worth $8 million over two seasons, team president of basketball operations Joe Dumars told The Associated Press on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pujols, Looper carry Cards to 12-3 rout of Braves
Albert Pujols drove in three runs, Braden Looper won for the first time in six starts and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the injury-riddled Atlanta Braves 12-3 Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Pacman Jones still on the field with Cowboys
On the field, he is still "Pacman" _ and embracing the nickname he seemed to be wanting to shed not so long ago. That is what his new Dallas Cowboys teammates and coaches call Adam Jones at training camp...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
6-legged deer gets new home after dog attack
A six-legged deer found in north Georgia after being attacked by a dog has a new home. An Athens woman with a permit to keep unique animals in captivity has agreed to take the unusual deer. The animal was found July 18 near Armuchee and underwent surgery to repair its minor injuries...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Two towns united in sorrow Saturday after a massacre that took place at the body of water that has always divided them...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
Tenn. church shooting victims improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
People wounded in Tenn. church shooting improving
Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition Tuesday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others attempting to "make sense of the senseless."...
Southern Ledger - August 3, 2008
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