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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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US News Archive for August 2008:
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Scientists Salt in Mars soil not bad for life
Traces of a rocket fuel ingredient found in the Martian soil would not necessarily hinder potential life, mission scientists said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Crowds in Beijing cheer Olympic torch arrival
The Olympic flame approached the final destination of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Funerals begin after North India temple stampede
Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives _ including his wife and daughter _ were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple killed 145 people...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Child born to surrogate in India in legal limbo
A child born to an Indian surrogate mother and intended for a Japanese couple is in legal limbo after the pair divorced...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Bush says US firmly opposed to Chinas repression
With all eyes on Beijing, President Bush bluntly told China that America stands in "firm opposition" to the way the communist government represses its own people, a rebuke delivered from in heart of Asia on the cusp of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Musharraf to visit China despite ouster rumors
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday decided to visit the Beijing Olympic Games despite media reports that the ruling coalition has agreed on steps to remove him...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Pop culture and politics can be a tricky mix
Pop culture sure moves quickly. Just last week, Paris Hilton was so 20 minutes ago. And John McCain was drawing snickers from pop culture aficionados for choosing her and another relative has-been, Britney Spears, in his attack ad against Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Record number of US voters may cast paper ballots
Come November, more Americans might cast their ballots on paper than in any other election in U.S. history...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
McCain says hed push Congress to vote on energy
Republican candidate John McCain on Wednesday called on Congress to return from its summer recess to address immediately the U.S. energy crisis, though he missed numerous energy-related votes in the Senate last year...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Lincecum leads Giants past Braves
Tim Lincecum pitched eight innings for his first win in more than three weeks and Aaron Rowand homered and drove in three runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Lincecum, Rowand lead Giants past Braves 3-2
Tim Lincecum pitched eight innings for his first win in more than three weeks and Aaron Rowand homered and drove in three runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Guerrero leads Angels to win over Orioles
Vladimir Guerrero homered and drove in four runs, Garret Anderson had three hits and two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Guerrero homers to power Angels past Orioles 9-4
Vladimir Guerrero homered and drove in four runs, Garret Anderson had three hits and two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street pares losses as oil price declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street pares losses as oil declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Obama pokes at McCain over tide-pressure issue
Barack Obama taunted Republican presidential rival John McCain on Wednesday for first ridiculing him for advising voters to keep tires inflated and then later acknowledging that the practice saves gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Hampton wins for first time in almost 3 years
Mike Hampton earned his first victory in nearly three years and hit an RBI double, leading the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 11-4 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ludwicks 2-run homer in 11th gives Cards 6-4 win
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run home run in the 11th inning off Jason Johnson, a starter called into duty, to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Suspect in bus beheading described as hard working
A man who witnesses said stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized a fellow traveler on a Greyhound bus immigrated to Canada from China four years ago and worked for a time as a church custodian, the pastor who employed him said...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Gun-control groups fear top activist was NRA spy
A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Convicted Mexican-born killer set to die
A Mexican-born prisoner condemned for taking part in the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago waited in a cell a few steps from the Texas death chamber on Tuesday while the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether he should be spared from execution...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Edouard now a depression after drenching Texas
The National Hurricane Center says Edouard has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves inland across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Coastal tropical storm warnings were canceled after Edouard made landfall Tuesday morning east of Galveston...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Judge orders Junior Gotti held without bail
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered John A. "Junior" Gotti held without bail after the man who insisted he had retired from a life of crime was arrested on charges linking him to three killings and large-scale cocaine trafficking...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Official Teen in firearms case had Camp David map
A Maryland prosecutor says police found a Camp David map with a presidential motorcade route at the home of a teen held on firearms charges...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ladders, buoys considered for deadly border canal
The agency that is lining a border waterway with concrete agreed Tuesday to consider adding ladders and buoys to prevent migrants from drowning when they illegally cross from Mexico into Southern California...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Violent storms spawn tornadoes in Chicago area
Crews began cleaning up downed trees and restoring power across northern Illinois on Tuesday after a line of powerful storms ripped through the area, spawning at least two tornadoes...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
NY charges for woman in Afghan military shooting
A Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate has been arraigned in New York on charges that she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Illegal immigrants invited to turn themselves in
Wanted: Illegal immigrants with clean records who have ignored court orders to leave the country. Immigration officials are standing by to help you leave the country. No jail. No joke...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Jury selection begins in suit vs. Osteens wife
Some potential jurors in a lawsuit alleging the wife of nationally known pastor Joel Osteen assaulted a flight attendant admitted Wednesday to being star-struck by the couple and that their respect for them might affect their judgment in the case...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Mexican-born killer put to death in Texas
With the parents of his victims watching a few feet away, a Mexican-born condemned killer apologized before he was executed for his part in a horrific attack on two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Year after Utah mine collapse, many failures clear
The collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine one year ago was so extensive, federal officials found no other mining disaster in the last 50 years to compare to it...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Texas executes Mexican-born killer
Texas has executed Mexican-born condemned prisoner Jose Medellin for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Fraud trial begins for disputed Indian chief
For decades, the self-proclaimed chief of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was just an annoyance and a pest _ until he got the idea in 2004 of selling tribal memberships to immigrants, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wis. charges man with killing 3 along Mich. border
Wisconsin prosecutors have charged a Michigan man with homicide in the deaths of three teens shot and killed at a river that divides the two states...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Potential jurors star-struck in Osteen lawsuit
Some potential jurors in a lawsuit alleging the wife of nationally known pastor Joel Osteen assaulted a flight attendant admitted Wednesday to being star-struck by the couple and that their respect for them might affect their judgment in the case...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Border agents unevenly spread on boundary
Despite efforts to add Border Patrol agents to areas where immigrant traffic is high and drug violence is flaring, officers assigned to the 2,000-mile boundary with Mexico are bunched up near the California coast. And some critics see politics at play...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
9 presumed dead in wildfire helicopter crash
Eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Pa. charges trucker with murder in East attacks
Police in Pennsylvania have filed a murder charge against a North Carolina trucker accused of attacking women along the East Coast last summer...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Police Girls Gone Wild worker faces NY sex charge
A man identified as an employee of the company that makes the "Girls Gone Wild" video series has been arrested on charges he sexually attacked a woman aboard a bus outside a New York bar...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Cops again search home of missing Orlando tot
Investigators have removed four bags of evidence from the home where a missing Orlando 2-year-old lived...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Gas utility could face fines in Texas explosion
State regulators have proposed fining a natural gas utility and one of its subcontractors after finding violations connected to a deadly gas-related explosion in a Dallas suburb...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ky. weapons depot reports second mustard gas leak
Officials at a chemical weapons stockpile in Kentucky suspect rising summer temperatures are partly responsible for the second mustard gas leak in less than two weeks after the storage site went three years without one...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
US Ivins solely responsible for anthrax attacks
Bruce Ivins, a brilliant yet deeply troubled Army scientist, was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks that killed five and rattled the nation in 2001, the government declared Wednesday, alleging he had custody of the lethal spores involved and access to the distinctive envelopes used to mail them...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,134
As of Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, at least 4,134 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Jury chosen in lawsuit against Joel Osteens wife
A jury was seated Wednesday in a lawsuit alleging the wife of nationally known pastor Joel Osteen assaulted a flight attendant...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
List of deadliest US firefighting incidents
The helicopter crash that is believed to have killed eight firefighters Tuesday would rank among the deadliest incidents involving firefighters in the U.S. in the past 30 years...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Spoofed, Paris Hilton spoofs back in kind
Attention, America: Paris has spoken.Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Johansson embarrassed by hoopla over Obama e-mails
Scarlett Johansson can laugh about it now, but the actress says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ivins was anthrax killer, US says shows documents
Bruce Ivins, a brilliant yet deeply troubled Army scientist, was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks that killed five and rattled the nation in 2001, the government declared Wednesday, alleging he had custody of the lethal spores involved and access to the distinctive envelopes used to mail them...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Scientists Salt in Mars soil not bad for life
Traces of a rocket fuel ingredient found in the Martian soil would not necessarily hinder potential life, mission scientists said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Funerals begin after North India temple stampede
Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives _ including his wife and daughter _ were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple killed 145 people...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Child born to surrogate in India in legal limbo
A child born to an Indian surrogate mother and intended for a Japanese couple is in legal limbo after the pair divorced...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Bush says US firmly opposed to Chinas repression
With all eyes on Beijing, President Bush bluntly told China that America stands in "firm opposition" to the way the communist government represses its own people, a rebuke delivered from in heart of Asia on the cusp of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Musharraf to visit China despite ouster rumors
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday decided to visit the Beijing Olympic Games despite media reports that the ruling coalition has agreed on steps to remove him...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Crowds in Beijing cheer Olympic torch arrival
The Olympic flame approached the final destination of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Potential jurors star-struck in Osteen lawsuit
Some potential jurors in a lawsuit alleging the wife of nationally known pastor Joel Osteen assaulted a flight attendant admitted Wednesday to being star-struck by the couple and that their respect for them might affect their judgment in the case...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Border agents unevenly spread on boundary
Despite efforts to add Border Patrol agents to areas where immigrant traffic is high and drug violence is flaring, officers assigned to the 2,000-mile boundary with Mexico are bunched up near the California coast. And some critics see politics at play...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Guerrero leads Angels to win over Orioles
Vladimir Guerrero homered and drove in four runs, Garret Anderson had three hits and two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Guerrero homers to power Angels past Orioles 9-4
Vladimir Guerrero homered and drove in four runs, Garret Anderson had three hits and two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Pop culture and politics can be a tricky mix
Pop culture sure moves quickly. Just last week, Paris Hilton was so 20 minutes ago. And John McCain was drawing snickers from pop culture aficionados for choosing her and another relative has-been, Britney Spears, in his attack ad against Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Record number of US voters may cast paper ballots
Come November, more Americans might cast their ballots on paper than in any other election in U.S. history...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
McCain says hed push Congress to vote on energy
Republican candidate John McCain on Wednesday called on Congress to return from its summer recess to address immediately the U.S. energy crisis, though he missed numerous energy-related votes in the Senate last year...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Lincecum leads Giants past Braves
Tim Lincecum pitched eight innings for his first win in more than three weeks and Aaron Rowand homered and drove in three runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Lincecum, Rowand lead Giants past Braves 3-2
Tim Lincecum pitched eight innings for his first win in more than three weeks and Aaron Rowand homered and drove in three runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street pares losses as oil price declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street pares losses as oil declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Obama pokes at McCain over tide-pressure issue
Barack Obama taunted Republican presidential rival John McCain on Wednesday for first ridiculing him for advising voters to keep tires inflated and then later acknowledging that the practice saves gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Year after Utah mine collapse, many failures clear
The collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine one year ago was so extensive, federal officials found no other mining disaster in the last 50 years to compare to it...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Hampton wins for first time in almost 3 years
Mike Hampton earned his first victory in nearly three years and hit an RBI double, leading the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 11-4 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ludwicks 2-run homer in 11th gives Cards 6-4 win
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run home run in the 11th inning off Jason Johnson, a starter called into duty, to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Oil prices close below $119 after inventory report
Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday _ $30 below their record high _ after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are eating into demand...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Suspect in bus beheading described as hard working
A man who witnesses said stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized a fellow traveler on a Greyhound bus immigrated to Canada from China four years ago and worked for a time as a church custodian, the pastor who employed him said...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Texans backup RB Chris Brown returns to practice
Houston Texans running back Chris Brown returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a sore back...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Pistons sign free agent center Kwame Brown
The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. The team announced the signing on Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Coach Pat Summitt makes $600K gift to Tennessee
Coach Pat Summitt is donating $600,000 to the University of Tennessee to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Morgan Freeman injured in car accident in Miss.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Actor Morgan Freeman is injured in car accident
Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a Memphis hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Witness Freeman said woman in crash is a friend
The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Time Warner set for AOL shake-up
Time Warner prepares the ground for a major shake-up of its struggling internet business AOL as subscriber numbers fall...
BBC News - August 6, 2008
Crowds in Beijing cheer Olympic torch arrival
The Olympic flame approached the final destination of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Lawyer Court urged to stop sale of Bhutto book
A lawyer for an alleged al-Qaida-linked militant said Wednesday that he asked a court to halt the sale of a book by slain ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto that he claims defames his client...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Bush says US firmly opposed to Chinas repression
With all eyes on Beijing, President Bush bluntly told China that America stands in "firm opposition" to the way the communist government represses its own people, a rebuke delivered from in heart of Asia on the cusp of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Musharraf to visit China despite ouster rumors
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday decided to visit the Beijing Olympic Games despite media reports that the ruling coalition has agreed on steps to remove him...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Swisher sends White Sox to win
Nick Swisher hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 14th inning Tuesday night as the Chicago White Sox rallied for four runs off Joel Zumaya and beat the Detroit Tigers 10-8...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Johansson embarrassed by hoopla over Obama e-mails
Scarlett Johansson can laugh about it now, but the actress says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Judge rules Snipes must reimburse government
Actor Wesley Snipes must reimburse the government in prosecution costs for his tax conviction...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Newly discovered Beatles tape sells for $23,000
A newly discovered tape of The Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000, an auction house reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Newly discovered Beatles sells for $23,000
A newly discovered tape of The Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000, an auction house reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Obama pokes at McCain over tire-pressure issue
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday taunted Republican candidate John McCain for agreeing on the importance of keeping tires inflated as an energy-conservation measure after having joined the GOP in mocking the idea...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Obama campaigns with possible veep contender
Democrat Barack Obama campaigned on Wednesday with a man considered by many to be on his short list of running mates, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh. Obama called him "one of the finest U.S. senators that we have," but he gave no indication that he was nearing a vice presidential decision...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Mariners rally for wild 8-7 win over Twins
Raul Ibanez drove in five more runs and the Mariners rallied in the bottom of the eighth off Twins closer Joe Nathan for an 8-7 win Tuesday night, dropping Minnesota out of first in the AL Central...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Spoofed, Paris Hilton spoofs back in kind
Attention, America: Paris has spoken.Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street pares losses on as oil declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices help corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street declines on Freddie Mac loss
Stocks declined Wednesday, a day after a big rally, as troubled mortgage financier Freddie Mac reported a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss and touched off fresh concerns about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
11 charged in connection with credit card fraud
The Department of Justice says 11 people allegedly involved in the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card number have been charged...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street opens lower on Freddie Mac loss
Stocks are down in early trading after troubled mortgage financier Freddie Mac reported a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street poised for mixed open on Freddie loss
Wall Street headed for a mixed open Wednesday after troubled mortgage financier Freddie Mac reported a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ludwicks 2-run homer in 11th gives Cards 6-4 win
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run home run in the 11th inning off Jason Johnson, a starter called into duty, to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Hampton wins for first time in almost 3 years
Mike Hampton earned his first victory in nearly three years and hit an RBI double, leading the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 11-4 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Suspect in bus beheading described as hard working
A man who witnesses said stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized a fellow traveler on a Greyhound bus immigrated to Canada from China four years ago and worked for a time as a church custodian, the pastor who employed him said...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Rockefellers attorney denies Calif. slaying link
An attorney for the father accused of snatching his 7-year-old daughter from a Boston street said Tuesday the man did not kidnap his own child, nor does he have any link to a California slaying...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Jet evacuated after emergency landing at LAX
Passengers are being evacuated by inflatable chutes from an American Airlines jetliner after an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Convicted Mexican-born killer set to die
A Mexican-born prisoner condemned for taking part in the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago waited in a cell a few steps from the Texas death chamber on Tuesday while the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether he should be spared from execution...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Edouard now a depression after drenching Texas
The National Hurricane Center says Edouard has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves inland across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Coastal tropical storm warnings were canceled after Edouard made landfall Tuesday morning east of Galveston...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Judge orders Junior Gotti held without bail
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered John A. "Junior" Gotti held without bail after the man who insisted he had retired from a life of crime was arrested on charges linking him to three killings and large-scale cocaine trafficking...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Indictment links Junior Gotti to 3 NY killings
John A. "Junior" Gotti has been indicted on conspiracy charges in Florida, linking him to large-scale cocaine trafficking and the slayings of three New York men in the late 1980s and early 1990s, federal officials said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Violent storms spawn tornadoes in Chicago area
Crews began cleaning up downed trees and restoring power across northern Illinois on Tuesday after a line of powerful storms ripped through the area, spawning at least two tornadoes...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
NY charges for woman in Afghan military shooting
A Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate has been arraigned in New York on charges that she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Illegal immigrants invited to turn themselves in
Wanted: Illegal immigrants with clean records who have ignored court orders to leave the country. Immigration officials are standing by to help you leave the country. No jail. No joke...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Gun-control groups fear top activist was NRA spy
A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Mexican-born killer put to death in Texas
With the parents of his victims watching a few feet away, a Mexican-born condemned killer apologized before he was executed for his part in a horrific attack on two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Year after Utah mine collapse, many failures clear
The collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine one year ago was so extensive, federal officials found no other mining disaster in the last 50 years to compare to it...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Texas executes Mexican-born killer
Texas has executed Mexican-born condemned prisoner Jose Medellin for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Fraud trial begins for disputed Indian chief
For decades, the self-proclaimed chief of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was just an annoyance and a pest _ until he got the idea in 2004 of selling tribal memberships to immigrants, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ladders, buoys considered for deadly border canal
The agency that is lining a border waterway with concrete agreed Tuesday to consider adding ladders and buoys to prevent migrants from drowning when they illegally cross from Mexico into Southern California...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Georgia woman dies after 911 address mistake
Authorities say a suburban Atlanta woman died while waiting for an ambulance that a 911 operator sent to the wrong address...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Weather sparks new Calif. wildfire worries
A wildfire threatening rural homes in northern California more than doubled in size as flames were driven by unpredictable wind, forcing firefighters to briefly retreat...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Clinton honors 43 schools for anti-obesity efforts
Former President Clinton is honoring 43 schools for their anti-obesity efforts, including one that banished candy from its building and another that offers a student fitness club...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Feds finalize habitat for endangered bighorn sheep
The federal government is designating more than 625 square miles of wildlands in a California mountain range as protected habitat for an endangered mountain sheep...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Man suspected in 8 slayings pleads not guilty in 1
A man suspected of a June killing spree that left eight people dead in Illinois and Missouri has pleaded not guilty to one of the Illinois slayings...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Fla. authorities search for federal agents killer
Investigators are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a federal agent outside a busy South Florida post office...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wash. state diploma mill figure gets prison time
A man described as the chief financial operator of a diploma mill in Washington state has been sentenced to three years in prison...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ky. army depot Second mustard gas leak in 2 weeks
Officials at a Kentucky Army depot have confirmed the second mustard gas leak at the site in less than two weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Funerals begin after North India temple stampede
Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives _ including his wife and daughter _ were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple killed 145 people...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Israel to release more Palestinian prisoners
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged in a summit meeting Wednesday to free more than 150 Palestinian prisoners by the end of August as a "goodwill gesture" to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Lawyer Court urged to stop sale of Bhutto book
A lawyer for an alleged al-Qaida-linked militant said Wednesday that he asked a court to halt the sale of a book by slain ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto that he claims defames his client...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Year after Utah mine collapse, many failures clear
The collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine one year ago was so extensive, federal officials found no other mining disaster in the last 50 years to compare to it...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Bush says US firmly opposed to Chinas repression
With all eyes on Beijing, President Bush bluntly told China that America stands in "firm opposition" to the way the communist government represses its own people, a rebuke delivered from in heart of Asia on the cusp of the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Musharraf to visit China despite ouster rumors
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday decided to visit the Beijing Olympic Games despite media reports that the ruling coalition has agreed on steps to remove him...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Crowds in Beijing cheer Olympic torch arrival
The Olympic flame approached the final destination of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Johansson embarrassed by hoopla over Obama e-mails
Scarlett Johansson can laugh about it now, but the actress says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Judge rules Snipes must reimburse government
Actor Wesley Snipes must reimburse the government in prosecution costs for his tax conviction...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Newly discovered Beatles tape sells for $23,000
A newly discovered tape of The Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000, an auction house reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Newly discovered Beatles sells for $23,000
A newly discovered tape of The Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000, an auction house reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Mexican-born killer put to death in Texas
With the parents of his victims watching a few feet away, a Mexican-born condemned killer apologized before he was executed for his part in a horrific attack on two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Mariners rally for wild 8-7 win over Twins
Raul Ibanez drove in five more runs and the Mariners rallied in the bottom of the eighth off Twins closer Joe Nathan for an 8-7 win Tuesday night, dropping Minnesota out of first in the AL Central...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Swisher sends White Sox to win
Nick Swisher hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 14th inning Tuesday night as the Chicago White Sox rallied for four runs off Joel Zumaya and beat the Detroit Tigers 10-8...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street opens lower on Freddie Mac loss
Stocks are down in early trading after troubled mortgage financier Freddie Mac reported a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street poised for mixed open on Freddie loss
Wall Street headed for a mixed open Wednesday after troubled mortgage financier Freddie Mac reported a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Obama pokes at McCain over tire-pressure issue
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday taunted Republican candidate John McCain for agreeing on the importance of keeping tires inflated as an energy-conservation measure after having joined the GOP in mocking the idea...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Obama campaigns with possible veep contender
Democrat Barack Obama campaigned on Wednesday with a man considered by many to be on his short list of running mates, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh. Obama called him "one of the finest U.S. senators that we have," but he gave no indication that he was nearing a vice presidential decision...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Texas executes Mexican-born killer
Texas has executed Mexican-born condemned prisoner Jose Medellin for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Spoofed, Paris Hilton spoofs back in kind
Attention, America: Paris has spoken.Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street pares losses on as oil declines
Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices help corral fresh worries about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Wall Street declines on Freddie Mac loss
Stocks declined Wednesday, a day after a big rally, as troubled mortgage financier Freddie Mac reported a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss and touched off fresh concerns about the financial sector...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
11 charged in connection with credit card fraud
The Department of Justice says 11 people allegedly involved in the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card number have been charged...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Ludwicks 2-run homer in 11th gives Cards 6-4 win
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run home run in the 11th inning off Jason Johnson, a starter called into duty, to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Hampton wins for first time in almost 3 years
Mike Hampton earned his first victory in nearly three years and hit an RBI double, leading the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 11-4 on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Suspect in bus beheading described as hard working
A man who witnesses said stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized a fellow traveler on a Greyhound bus immigrated to Canada from China four years ago and worked for a time as a church custodian, the pastor who employed him said...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2008
Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad
Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2008
Coach Pat Summitt makes $600K gift to Tennessee
Coach Pat Summitt is donating $600,000 to the University of Tennessee to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Morgan Freeman injured in car accident in Miss.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Actor Morgan Freeman is injured in car accident
Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a Memphis hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Texans backup RB Chris Brown returns to practice
Houston Texans running back Chris Brown returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a sore back...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Pistons sign free agent center Kwame Brown
The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. The team announced the signing on Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 6, 2008
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