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Brazil creates 3 new Amazon reserves
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva created three nature reserves in the Amazon on Thursday, while warning foreigners they lack the "moral authority" to tell Brazilians how to preserve the rain forest...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Mars lander poised to bake soil, then test it
The Phoenix lander is getting ready to sniff the Martian soil for signs of life-friendly elements after scooping up a handful of dirt near the north pole, researchers said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Endangered bird in Australia making comeback
Australian officials say they are having success with a captive breeding program aimed at saving an endangered native bird, the regent honeyeater...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Tamils suspected in deadly bus bombings in Sri Lanka
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up two passenger buses in Sri Lanka on Friday, killing 23 people and raising the specter of an escalating cycle of attacks on civilian targets...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Pakistani police say they foiled major terror plot
Pakistan seized three bomb-laden vehicles and arrested three suspected suicide attackers, uncovering a terror plot just days after an assault on the Danish Embassy, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
RIAA honors Jewel for 18 million in US album sales
Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Uncertain life for earthquake lake evacuees
For some evacuees, it was their fifth move since the earthquake. After relocating yet again, the weary survivors had little to do Friday but wait for an earthquake-formed lake to drain so they could begin rebuilding their lives...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Busch begins manic 3-race historic swing
Hiding behind his sunglasses on a cloudy day, Kyle Busch appeared totally relaxed as he prepared to make NASCAR history...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Federer vs. Nadal in French Open final for 3rd time
As the points piled up and the light faded, it was tough to decide which scenario had seemed less likely at the outset of the French Open semifinals Friday:...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Carell jokes about on-screen kiss with The Rock
Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as "The Rock."...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Wong Kar-wai to head Shanghai film festival jury
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai will head the jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival, which will be held June 14-22...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding fundraising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Fact Check Obama and the status of Jerusalem
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to please a pro-Israel crowd this week by saying that Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel and that the holy city should not be divided...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Hamilton back with confidence, points lead and fast car
Lewis Hamilton could hardly wait to get back on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve track at the Canadian Grand Prix...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Oils biggest day yet drags down stocks
Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday _ clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
WVU president Resignation only way to end debate
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison could have taken the heat. He says the school he loves could not...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Oil rises jump more than $10 to new record high
Oil prices have shot up more than $10 to a new record above $138 a barrel after a Morgan Stanley analyst predicted prices could hit $150 by the Fourth of July. Traders were also rattled by rising tensions in the Middle East...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McCain deploys staff to battleground states
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters face military tribunal
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama vows staunch support for Israel
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama assured Jewish leaders Wednesday that he will be a steadfast ally of Israel and will not negotiate with terrorist groups, a response to attacks leveled against him recently by Republicans...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Accused 911 plotters due in Guantanamo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama says Iraq war makes US, Israel less secure
The war in Iraq has made Iran stronger and the United States and Israel less secure, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday in a speech to Jewish political activists...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rays, Red Sox get testy in fight for first
Fighting for first-place in the AL East, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox have quickly developed a testy rivalry...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Disney creates Google Earth map of Disney World
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Calif. clerks may issue same-sex licenses sooner
California officials say counties may begin issuing gender-neutral marriage licenses the minute after a state Supreme Court order legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Artists spur gentrification of once-blighted Bronx
For decades, the Bronx had a bad reputation.Howard Cosell intoned, "Ladies and gentleman, the Bronx is burning," in 1977. Ten years later, Tom Wolfe chose the borough as the site of the hit-and-run accident that led to the downfall of rich, white bond trader Sherman McCoy in "The Bonfire of the Vanities."...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Japans space lab about to get bigger
The newest space station addition, a giant Japanese science lab, is about to get bigger...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Indictment Broadcom ex-CEO built drug warehouse
Federal prosecutors may have charged Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III in one of the largest stock-option backdating cases in U.S. history, but it was allegations that the billionaire drugged his business cohorts, hired prostitutes and maintained a drug warehouse that grabbed headlines...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rain, twisters hit Plains, causing some damage
Torrential rain, yes. Tornadoes, yes. And stifling heat was on its way...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
NYPD guards NY Times building after 2 men climb facade
A cordon of police officers and private security stood guard Friday in front of The New York Times building after two daredevils scaled the skyscraper in midtown Manhattan within hours of each other...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Ask AP Oil shale, the importance of a recession
Is the country in a recession? If not, is it going to be? And for how long?...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Blackwater opens San Diego training center
A new counterterrorism training facility operated by military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide echoed with the grunts of Navy sailors, a day after a federal judge ordered the city to let classes begin...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Senior NYC crane inspector accused of corruption
A veteran New York City crane inspector has been arrested on charges of taking thousands in dollars of bribes and falsifying reports...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Texas town still shadowed by dragging death
Ten years after James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death down a three-mile stretch of country road simply because he was black, some things have changed in Jasper...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Immigrants fear ID checks aboard ferry
Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care _ not for anything...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Colleges hope new GI bill will lure veterans to campus
When Walter Hendricks returned home from France in 1946 to start a college on his Vermont farm, 35 of the first 50 students were fellow GIs _ young men experienced beyond their years, eager to learn, and grateful for a peaceful place to do so...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Tornado tears through swath of Minnesota
The National Weather Service in northwestern Minnesota says a tornado has torn a half-mile-wide "path of destruction" near the town of Park Rapids...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Southern California wildfire threatens 50 homes
A wildfire charred nearly a square mile of steep brush and grassland on Friday, threatening about 50 homes in Southern California...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Storms bring new round of destruction to Midwest
Strong storms smashed houses, deluged neighborhoods, toppled trees and left thousands without power across the Midwest on Friday in the latest round of fierce weather. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Conn. police release 911 calls in hit-and-run
City police on Friday released audio tapes of two 911 calls made shortly after a 78-year-old man was struck by a car and then left alone in the street by passing motorists and pedestrians...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Prosecutor British man fatally shot wife, kid
A British man despondent over his sex life and his mounting debt shot his wife and baby daughter to death as they lay in bed together, covered them with a comforter, then bought a one-way ticket home to England, a prosecutor told a jury Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Confessed killer transferred to face Fla. charge
The confessed killer of a Georgia hiker was turned over to Florida officials Friday to face a murder charge in the killing and decapitation of a nurse in that state...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Police standoff shuts down Maryland highway
Maryland State Police are trying to resolve a standoff with a man who called police and told them he shot and killed his wife...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Peterson faces trial again in wrongful death suit
Convicted killer Scott Peterson will be heading to trial again over the death of his pregnant wife, this time in civil court. The parents of Laci Peterson have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him, seeking a multimillion-dollar judgment...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Scott Peterson heading to trial again in wrongful death suit
Convicted killer Scott Peterson will be heading to trial again over the death of his pregnant wife, this time in civil court...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Court orders new sentence for al-Qaida member
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction Friday of a Virginia man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush, but said that he must be resentenced...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
SC man who killed 3 social workers executed
A South Carolina man convicted of killing three social workers more than a decade ago has been executed after he asked to drop his appeals...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Endangered bird in Australia making comeback
Australian officials say they are having success with a captive breeding program aimed at saving an endangered native bird, the regent honeyeater...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Phila. newspapers run ads about fake airline Derrie-Air
Derrie-Air has been exposed.Readers of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News opened their papers Friday to see ads for a new airline called Derrie-Air, which purportedly charges passengers by the pound...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Ed McMahon talks about possible home foreclosure
Ed McMahon blames the possible foreclosure of his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills house on a set of problems all too familiar to many Americans: a foundering economy, health problems and poor planning...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McMahon talks to Larry King about home foreclosure
Ed McMahon blames the possible foreclosure of his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills house on a set of problems all too familiar to many Americans: a foundering economy, health problems and poor planning...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Brazil creates 3 new Amazon reserves
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva created three nature reserves in the Amazon on Thursday, while warning foreigners they lack the "moral authority" to tell Brazilians how to preserve the rain forest...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Mars lander poised to bake soil, then test it
The Phoenix lander is getting ready to sniff the Martian soil for signs of life-friendly elements after scooping up a handful of dirt near the north pole, researchers said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Tamils suspected in deadly bus bombings in Sri Lanka
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up two passenger buses in Sri Lanka on Friday, killing 23 people and raising the specter of an escalating cycle of attacks on civilian targets...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Pakistani police say they foiled major terror plot
Pakistan seized three bomb-laden vehicles and arrested three suspected suicide attackers, uncovering a terror plot just days after an assault on the Danish Embassy, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Immigrants fear ID checks aboard ferry
Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care _ not for anything...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Conn. police release 911 calls in hit-and-run
City police on Friday released audio tapes of two 911 calls made shortly after a 78-year-old man was struck by a car and then left alone in the street by passing motorists and pedestrians...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Prosecutor British man fatally shot wife, kid
A British man despondent over his sex life and his mounting debt shot his wife and baby daughter to death as they lay in bed together, covered them with a comforter, then bought a one-way ticket home to England, a prosecutor told a jury Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Uncertain life for earthquake lake evacuees
For some evacuees, it was their fifth move since the earthquake. After relocating yet again, the weary survivors had little to do Friday but wait for an earthquake-formed lake to drain so they could begin rebuilding their lives...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Wong Kar-wai to head Shanghai film festival jury
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai will head the jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival, which will be held June 14-22...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
RIAA honors Jewel for 18 million in US album sales
Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Southern California wildfire threatens 50 homes
A wildfire charred nearly a square mile of steep brush and grassland on Friday, threatening about 50 homes in Southern California...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Storms bring new round of destruction to Midwest
Strong storms smashed houses, deluged neighborhoods, toppled trees and left thousands without power across the Midwest on Friday in the latest round of fierce weather. No injuries were reported...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Hamilton back with confidence, points lead and fast car
Lewis Hamilton could hardly wait to get back on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve track at the Canadian Grand Prix...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Federer vs. Nadal in French Open final for 3rd time
As the points piled up and the light faded, it was tough to decide which scenario had seemed less likely at the outset of the French Open semifinals Friday:...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Carell jokes about on-screen kiss with The Rock
Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as "The Rock."...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McCain deploys staff to battleground states
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding fundraising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Fact Check Obama and the status of Jerusalem
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to please a pro-Israel crowd this week by saying that Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel and that the holy city should not be divided...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama says Iraq war makes US, Israel less secure
The war in Iraq has made Iran stronger and the United States and Israel less secure, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday in a speech to Jewish political activists...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Oils biggest day yet drags down stocks
Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday _ clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
WVU president Resignation only way to end debate
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison could have taken the heat. He says the school he loves could not...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Oil rises jump more than $10 to new record high
Oil prices have shot up more than $10 to a new record above $138 a barrel after a Morgan Stanley analyst predicted prices could hit $150 by the Fourth of July. Traders were also rattled by rising tensions in the Middle East...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters face military tribunal
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama vows staunch support for Israel
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama assured Jewish leaders Wednesday that he will be a steadfast ally of Israel and will not negotiate with terrorist groups, a response to attacks leveled against him recently by Republicans...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Accused 911 plotters due in Guantanamo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rays, Red Sox get testy in fight for first
Fighting for first-place in the AL East, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox have quickly developed a testy rivalry...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Disney creates Google Earth map of Disney World
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded in Tennessee
Authorities were searching Thursday for a man accused of shooting a deputy to death and wounding another law enforcement officer, a prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded in eastern Tenn.
Authorities were searching Thursday morning for a man accused of shooting two law enforcement officers, killing one, a local prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rascal Flatts to appear in Hannah Montana movie
The country group Rascal Flatts will appear and perform in the upcoming Hannah Montana movie...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama revels in new status as presumed nominee
Barack Obama reveled Thursday in his newfound status as the likely Democratic nominee and signaled that Republicans face a fierce fight over Virginia this fall, a state long-held by the GOP...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
All-out manhunt on for suspected killer in Tenn.
A deputy just two weeks out of law enforcement training was shot to death and another officer was wounded Thursday as they tried take a suspect into custody on a probation violation warrant. The suspect was still at large...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded serving warrant in Tenn.
A deputy just two weeks out of law enforcement training was shot to death and another officer was wounded Thursday as they tried take a suspect into custody on a probation violation warrant...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama signals Republicans face fierce fight in Va.
Barack Obama reveled Thursday in his newfound status as the likely Democratic nominee and signaled that Republicans face a fierce fight over Virginia this fall, a state long-held by the GOP...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Suspected killer in Tenn. caught after manhunt
Authorities say a man suspected of killing a deputy and wounding another in Tennessee was caught after he survived shooting himself in the head...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekend scouting trip helps Weekley
Boo Weekley made the most of his time after missing the cut in the Memorial, with his work around the greens at TPC Southwind paying off Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekley shoots 5-under 65, leads at St. Jude
Boo Weekley made the most of his time after missing the cut in the Memorial, with his work around the greens at TPC Southwind paying off Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Busch begins manic 3-race historic swing
Hiding behind his sunglasses on a cloudy day, Kyle Busch appeared totally relaxed as he prepared to make NASCAR history...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Texas town still shadowed by dragging death
Ten years after James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death down a three-mile stretch of country road simply because he was black, some things have changed in Jasper...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekly leads by stroke heading into 2nd round
Boo Weekley will be taking a month off after the U.S. Open for a very important personal reason...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Political dance
How will Obama handle Clinton now that he has won?...
BBC News - June 6, 2008
Phila. newspapers run ads about fake airline Derrie-Air
Derrie-Air has been exposed.Readers of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News opened their papers Friday to see ads for a new airline called Derrie-Air, which purportedly charges passengers by the pound...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Eagle wounded by poacher gets new beak, new look
More than three years after a poacher shot off her upper beak, a bald eagle named Beauty can finally live up to her name _ with the help of volunteers...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
New play explores what search reveals about us
They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Study $45 trillion needed to combat warming
The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Accused 911 mastermind welcomes martyrdom
The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks said he welcomed martyrdom at U.S. hands, as he and four codefendants faced trial for war crimes without the benefit of lawyers...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
US to probe why Guantanamo detainees talked
U.S. military officers responsible for defending Guantanamo detainees said they will investigate why five men accused in the Sept. 11 attacks were allowed to talk among themselves at their arraignment, allegedly pressuring one of the defendants to reject his lawyers...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Sri Lanka bus blasts kill at least 23
Bombs ripped through two buses in separate attacks in Sri Lanka on Friday, including an attack during morning rush-hour traffic near the capital that killed 21 people and wounded 47, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Vote on climate bill is blocked in Senate
Republicans have blocked efforts to bring a global warming bill up for a final Senate vote after a bitter debate over its economic costs and whether it would push gasoline prices higher...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Pakistani police say they foiled major terror plot
Pakistan seized three bomb-laden vehicles and arrested three suspected suicide attackers, uncovering a terror plot just days after an assault on the Danish Embassy, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
RIAA honors Jewel for 18 million in US album sales
Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Ed McMahon talks about possible home foreclosure
Ed McMahon blames the possible foreclosure of his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills house on a set of problems all too familiar to many Americans: a foundering economy, health problems and poor planning...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McMahon talks to Larry King about home foreclosure
Ed McMahon blames the possible foreclosure of his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills house on a set of problems all too familiar to many Americans: a foundering economy, health problems and poor planning...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Publisher sues Victoria Gotti over book advance
A book publisher has sued Victoria Gotti for the return of an advance she was paid to write a memoir she never delivered...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Schumer says Clinton would accept VP offer
Barack Obama met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely vice presidential candidate, as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting sought to unite his fractured party against Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Nadal to face Federer in French Open final
Twice Roger Federer took an awkward spill Friday, leaving the regal champion sprawled on the clay...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekly leads by stroke heading into 2nd round
Boo Weekley will be taking a month off after the U.S. Open for a very important personal reason...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Kane sees the light, shares the lead at LPGA
Happiness seems to be permanently plastered on the face of Lorie Kane, perhaps from those years as a synchronized swimmer in Canada when she emerged from the water with a full smile...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton to end campaign Saturday at noon
Hillary Rodham Clinton will end her presidential campaign Saturday at an event in Washington...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton, Obama talks held without aides present
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton met rival Barack Obama face-to-face with no one else present, hours before her campaign formally announced she would endorse him Saturday at an event in Washington...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Democrats Obama, Clinton meet privately
Barack Obama met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely vice presidential candidate, as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting sought to unite his fractured party against Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama meets privately with Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely vice presidential candidate, as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting sought to unite his fractured party against Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Benches clear at Rays-Sox game after hit batsman
Boston center fielder Coco Crisp was hit on the right hip by Tampa Bay right-hander James Shields, prompting a benches-clearing brawl in the second inning of their game Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama says Iraq war makes US, Israel less secure
The war in Iraq has made Iran stronger and the United States and Israel less secure, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday in a speech to Jewish political activists...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama vows staunch support for Israel
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama assured Jewish leaders Wednesday that he will be a steadfast ally of Israel and will not negotiate with terrorist groups, a response to attacks leveled against him recently by Republicans...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Disney creates Google Earth map of Disney World
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rays, Red Sox get testy in fight for first
Fighting for first-place in the AL East, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox have quickly developed a testy rivalry...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded serving warrant in Tenn.
A deputy just two weeks out of law enforcement training was shot to death and another officer was wounded Thursday as they tried take a suspect into custody on a probation violation warrant...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Air Force Sensor moisture caused 1st B-2 crash
The Air Force says the first crash of a B-2 stealth bomber was caused by moisture in sensors...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
2 men scale 52-story NYT building within hours
A midtown Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
NY skyscraper hosts 2 daredevil stunts in 1 day
A midtown Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
All-out manhunt on for suspected killer in Tenn.
A deputy just two weeks out of law enforcement training was shot to death and another officer was wounded Thursday as they tried take a suspect into custody on a probation violation warrant. The suspect was still at large...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Lesbian kiss at Seattle ballpark stirs debate
Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Calif. clerks may issue same-sex licenses sooner
California officials say counties may begin issuing gender-neutral marriage licenses the minute after a state Supreme Court order legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Suspected killer in Tenn. caught after manhunt
Authorities say a man suspected of killing a deputy and wounding another in Tennessee was caught after he survived shooting himself in the head...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Texas governor suggests sect may want to move on
Gov. Rick Perry hinted Thursday that members of a polygamist sect whose children were recently returned amid a botched sex-abuse investigation should pack their bags, a newspaper reported...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Blackwater opens San Diego training center
A new counterterrorism training facility operated by military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide echoed with the grunts of Navy sailors, a day after a federal judge ordered the city to let classes begin...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Artists spur gentrification of once-blighted Bronx
For decades, the Bronx had a bad reputation.Howard Cosell intoned, "Ladies and gentleman, the Bronx is burning," in 1977. Ten years later, Tom Wolfe chose the borough as the site of the hit-and-run accident that led to the downfall of rich, white bond trader Sherman McCoy in "The Bonfire of the Vanities."...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Japans space lab about to get bigger
The newest space station addition, a giant Japanese science lab, is about to get bigger...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Indictment Broadcom ex-CEO built drug warehouse
Federal prosecutors may have charged Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III in one of the largest stock-option backdating cases in U.S. history, but it was allegations that the billionaire drugged his business cohorts, hired prostitutes and maintained a drug warehouse that grabbed headlines...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
NYPD guards NY Times building after 2 men climb facade
A cordon of police officers and private security stood guard Friday in front of The New York Times building after two daredevils scaled the skyscraper in midtown Manhattan within hours of each other...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Ask AP Oil shale, the importance of a recession
Is the country in a recession? If not, is it going to be? And for how long?...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rain, twisters hit Plains, causing some damage
Torrential rain, yes. Tornadoes, yes. And stifling heat was on its way...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Tornado tears through swath of Minnesota
The National Weather Service in northwestern Minnesota says a tornado has torn a half-mile-wide "path of destruction" near the town of Park Rapids...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Appeals court upholds conviction of Va. al-Qaida member
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Virginia man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush. But the court says he must be resentenced...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Marine charged with voluntary manslaughter in Iraqi deaths
A Marine sniper has been charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter in the shootings deaths of two civilians in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Suspect indicted in 75 murder of Tenn. Girl Scout
A suspect in the 1975 slaying of a 9-year-old Girl Scout, who disappeared while delivering Girl Scout cookies, has been indicted by a grand jury, prosecutors announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Man indicted in 75 slaying of Tenn. Girl Scout
After years of investigation, authorities are indicting a man in the 1975 slaying of a 9-year-old Girl Scout who disappeared while delivering cookies...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
New play explores what search reveals about us
They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Study $45 trillion needed to combat warming
The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Court orders new sentence for al-Qaida member
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction Friday of a Virginia man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush, but said that he must be resentenced...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
US to probe why Guantanamo detainees talked
U.S. military officers responsible for defending Guantanamo detainees said they will investigate why five men accused in the Sept. 11 attacks were allowed to talk among themselves at their arraignment, allegedly pressuring one of the defendants to reject his lawyers...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Phila. newspapers run ads about fake airline Derrie-Air
Derrie-Air has been exposed.Readers of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News opened their papers Friday to see ads for a new airline called Derrie-Air, which purportedly charges passengers by the pound...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Eagle wounded by poacher gets new beak, new look
More than three years after a poacher shot off her upper beak, a bald eagle named Beauty can finally live up to her name _ with the help of volunteers...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Accused 911 mastermind welcomes martyrdom
The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks said he welcomed martyrdom at U.S. hands, as he and four codefendants faced trial for war crimes without the benefit of lawyers...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Sri Lanka bus blasts kill at least 23
Bombs ripped through two buses in separate attacks in Sri Lanka on Friday, including an attack during morning rush-hour traffic near the capital that killed 21 people and wounded 47, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Vote on climate bill is blocked in Senate
Republicans have blocked efforts to bring a global warming bill up for a final Senate vote after a bitter debate over its economic costs and whether it would push gasoline prices higher...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Pakistani police say they foiled major terror plot
Pakistan seized three bomb-laden vehicles and arrested three suspected suicide attackers, uncovering a terror plot just days after an assault on the Danish Embassy, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
McMahon talks to Larry King about home foreclosure
Ed McMahon blames the possible foreclosure of his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills house on a set of problems all too familiar to many Americans: a foundering economy, health problems and poor planning...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Publisher sues Victoria Gotti over book advance
A book publisher has sued Victoria Gotti for the return of an advance she was paid to write a memoir she never delivered...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rain, twisters hit Plains, causing some damage
Torrential rain, yes. Tornadoes, yes. And stifling heat was on its way...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
NYPD guards NY Times building after 2 men climb facade
A cordon of police officers and private security stood guard Friday in front of The New York Times building after two daredevils scaled the skyscraper in midtown Manhattan within hours of each other...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Kane sees the light, shares the lead at LPGA
Happiness seems to be permanently plastered on the face of Lorie Kane, perhaps from those years as a synchronized swimmer in Canada when she emerged from the water with a full smile...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
RIAA honors Jewel for 18 million in US album sales
Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the U.S...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Ed McMahon talks about possible home foreclosure
Ed McMahon blames the possible foreclosure of his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills house on a set of problems all too familiar to many Americans: a foundering economy, health problems and poor planning...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Democrats Obama, Clinton meet privately
Barack Obama met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely vice presidential candidate, as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting sought to unite his fractured party against Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama meets privately with Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely vice presidential candidate, as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting sought to unite his fractured party against Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Schumer says Clinton would accept VP offer
Barack Obama met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely vice presidential candidate, as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting sought to unite his fractured party against Republican John McCain in November...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Nadal to face Federer in French Open final
Twice Roger Federer took an awkward spill Friday, leaving the regal champion sprawled on the clay...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton to end campaign Saturday at noon
Hillary Rodham Clinton will end her presidential campaign Saturday at an event in Washington...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton, Obama talks held without aides present
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton met rival Barack Obama face-to-face with no one else present, hours before her campaign formally announced she would endorse him Saturday at an event in Washington...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama says Iraq war makes US, Israel less secure
The war in Iraq has made Iran stronger and the United States and Israel less secure, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday in a speech to Jewish political activists...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama vows staunch support for Israel
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama assured Jewish leaders Wednesday that he will be a steadfast ally of Israel and will not negotiate with terrorist groups, a response to attacks leveled against him recently by Republicans...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Lesbian kiss at Seattle ballpark stirs debate
Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Disney creates Google Earth map of Disney World
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Benches clear at Rays-Sox game after hit batsman
Boston center fielder Coco Crisp was hit on the right hip by Tampa Bay right-hander James Shields, prompting a benches-clearing brawl in the second inning of their game Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rays, Red Sox get testy in fight for first
Fighting for first-place in the AL East, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox have quickly developed a testy rivalry...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Rascal Flatts to appear in Hannah Montana movie
The country group Rascal Flatts will appear and perform in the upcoming Hannah Montana movie...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Michelle Obama to be a guest host on The View
Michelle Obama will be a guest host on "The View" on June 18...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama signals Republicans face fierce fight in Va.
Barack Obama reveled Thursday in his newfound status as the likely Democratic nominee and signaled that Republicans face a fierce fight over Virginia this fall, a state long-held by the GOP...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded in Tennessee
Authorities were searching Thursday for a man accused of shooting a deputy to death and wounding another law enforcement officer, a prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded in eastern Tenn.
Authorities were searching Thursday morning for a man accused of shooting two law enforcement officers, killing one, a local prosecutor said...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Obama revels in new status as presumed nominee
Barack Obama reveled Thursday in his newfound status as the likely Democratic nominee and signaled that Republicans face a fierce fight over Virginia this fall, a state long-held by the GOP...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
All-out manhunt on for suspected killer in Tenn.
A deputy just two weeks out of law enforcement training was shot to death and another officer was wounded Thursday as they tried take a suspect into custody on a probation violation warrant. The suspect was still at large...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
1 officer killed, another wounded serving warrant in Tenn.
A deputy just two weeks out of law enforcement training was shot to death and another officer was wounded Thursday as they tried take a suspect into custody on a probation violation warrant...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Suspected killer in Tenn. caught after manhunt
Authorities say a man suspected of killing a deputy and wounding another in Tennessee was caught after he survived shooting himself in the head...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekend scouting trip helps Weekley
Boo Weekley made the most of his time after missing the cut in the Memorial, with his work around the greens at TPC Southwind paying off Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekley shoots 5-under 65, leads at St. Jude
Boo Weekley made the most of his time after missing the cut in the Memorial, with his work around the greens at TPC Southwind paying off Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekly leads by stroke heading into 2nd round
Boo Weekley will be taking a month off after the U.S. Open for a very important personal reason...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Gatlin drugs ban appeal rejected
Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin fails in his appeal to have his four-year drugs ban halved...
BBC News - June 6, 2008
US climate change bill is blocked
A US law that would have introduced a cap on carbon emissions is blocked by senators...
BBC News - June 6, 2008
Clinton to hold 'thank you' party
Hillary Clinton is to hold an emotional party to thank campaign staff as she ends her bid for the US presidency...
BBC News - June 6, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Leaders at UN summit pledge to ease food crisis
World leaders at a U.N. summit have pledged to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat a food crisis that is spreading hunger and unrest across the world...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
South Korea faces pressure over beef import deal
A contrite President Lee Myung-bak vowed Friday to take a "humble attitude" and senior presidential aides offered to quit, as South Koreans used a long weekend to pressure the government over a widely unpopular U.S. beef import deal...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Weekly leads by stroke heading into 2nd round
Boo Weekley will be taking a month off after the U.S. Open for a very important personal reason...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Kane sees the light, shares the lead at LPGA
Happiness seems to be permanently plastered on the face of Lorie Kane, perhaps from those years as a synchronized swimmer in Canada when she emerged from the water with a full smile...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Ivanovic moves into French Open final vs. Safina
Ana Ivanovic let out a girlish squeal and covered her face, delighted with what she had just achieved...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Benches clear after plunking and Red Sox top Rays
Manny Ramirez homered, drove in five runs and got into a shouting match with a teammate as Boston beat Tampa Bay 7-1 Thursday night in a game that included a bench-clearing brawl between the Red Sox and Rays...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Publisher sues Victoria Gotti over book advance
A book publisher has sued Victoria Gotti for the return of an advance she was paid to write a memoir she never delivered...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
De la Fuente recovering from Dancing injury
Third-place "Dancing With the Stars" finisher Cristian de la Fuente is back in the swing of things...
Southern Ledger - June 6, 2008
Japan stocks rise on weaker yen
Japanese stocks rose to a five-month high Friday as investors snatched up exporter shares on a weaker yen and oil issues on rising crude prices...
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