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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife alleges infedelity in divorce papers
The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for a divorce in a Miami court...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife files for divorce in Miami
The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for divorce in a Miami court...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
EU nations back Frances tougher immigration plan
European Union nations gave their backing Monday to a French-drafted pact calling for tightening immigration and asylum rules across the 27-nation bloc...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
2 die as cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A rose-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, local authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 37 in Karachi, Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 37 people Monday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, rattling the country a day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Standoff continues on global warming, other issues
President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 25 in Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern port city of Karachi, rattling Pakistan the day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife Divorce over extramarital affairs
A tumultuous week for Alex Rodriguez, played out in tabloid headlines and carried on the whispers of a connection to Madonna, came to a head Monday when his wife filed for divorce...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit
Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Soprano Joan Sutherland hospitalized after fall
Opera legend Joan Sutherland is recovering well after breaking both legs during a fall at her Swiss home, her agent said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Benny and Bjorn no ABBA reunion
Despite the astonishing success of the stage musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA has ruled out any reunion tour...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obamas plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance
The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis Monday after a maintenance issue arose en route from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM may try to shed brands, but market is tough
General Motors Corp. is reviewing its brands and may try to jettison some to raise money as it burns through cash at an alarming rate...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama to accept nomination at football stadium
Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium home to the Denver Broncos, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Americans unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
IndyMac stops new loans, to cut work force by half
Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc., struggling to raise capital to stay in business, said Monday it has stopped accepting new loan submissions in its main mortgage lending divisions and plans to slash 3,800 jobs, or more than half of its work force...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Washington Post taps Marcus Brauchli as new editor
Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of The Washington Post on Monday, three months after resigning under pressure from the top newsroom job at The Wall Street Journal...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Stocks fall on economic worries, earnings jitters
Stocks turned lower Monday as investors reacted to cautious remarks about the economy by a Federal Reserve official and braced for the arrival of dismal second-quarter corporate earnings...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Focus on elk as disease persists near Yellowstone
Federal officials are considering a tentative proposal that calls for capturing or killing infected elk in Yellowstone National Park to eliminate a serious livestock disease carried by animals in the area...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
NYPD now has own scholar to help review threats
He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Weather helps crews battling Califs biggest fire
Cooler weather on Sunday gave a boost to crews battling the enormous wildfire that was threatening nearly 2,700 homes in Santa Barbara County...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Special court for vets addresses more than crime
The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Weather helps crews battling California wildfires
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity overnight to make progress containing a blaze burning through the mountains in Santa Barbara County before hotter, drier conditions return...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Noise inescapable in some flagship national parks
A few times a year, Bryson Garbett loads up his family and heads to a national park, often one in southern Utah...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bird watchers as far as Britain flock to Alaska
British birder Annie Andreae bristles at being called a "twitcher" _ friendly slang in England for someone who will drop everything at the drop of a hat to get a glimpse at a must-see bird...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Cooler weather helps crews battle Calif wildfire
Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire before the expected return of hotter, drier conditions...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Fresh crews, cool weather aid Calif. fire battle
Fresh firefighting crews were brought in Monday to help battle the huge wildfire charging through the coastal mountains of Santa Barbara County, one of more than 300 active blazes across California...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Mourners bid farewell to Helms at N.C. church
Mourners have gathered at a North Carolina church to view the body of former Sen. Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Mourners bid final farewell to Helms at NC church
Mourners have gathered at a North Carolina church to view the body of former Sen. Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Drinking games prove deadly to college students
On the morning after the house party on Johnson Street, Jenna Foellmi and several other twentysomethings lay sprawled on the beds and couches. When a friend reached out to wake her, Foellmi was cold to the touch...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Boy abducted in Calif. safe in Mexico father dead
A desperate five-day search for a 9-year-old boy allegedly abducted by his father in Southern California ended in Mexico, where the man died in a car crash and the boy was found safe in a church, authorities said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bertha becomes 1st hurricane of Atlantic season
Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
1st Atlantic season hurricane becomes Category 3
Hurricane Bertha has strengthened to a Category 3 storm...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Missing boy found safe, fugitive dad killed by bus
A desperate five-day search for a 9-year-old boy abducted by his father in Southern California ended in Mexico, where the man died after being hit by a bus and the boy was found safe across town, authorities said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Grand jury adds charges in slaying of UNC student
A grand jury has added charges against two men accused of killing the student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
NOAA report US coral reefs in severe decline
Almost half the coral reef ecosystems in United States territory are in poor or fair condition, mostly because of rising ocean temperatures, according to a government report released Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Appeal Sex offender law criminalizes homelessness
A strict new Georgia law is designed to keep sex offenders away from children by monitoring how close they live to schools, parks and other spots where kids gather _ and threatens them with strict penalties if they fail to register...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Vt. girls ex-stepdad faces child porn charges
Federal authorities in Alabama have filed child pornography charges against the ex-stepfather of a Vermont girl who was found dead last week...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
African smuggling rings possible US terror threat
The intercepted e-mail was alarmingly matter-of-fact for anyone worried about a new terror attack: "getting into U.S is no problem at all. thats what i do best."...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Official Forest Service may try to ban Rainbows
A U.S. Forest Service official says the agency must consider banning the Rainbow Family from its land after a confrontation led to the arrest of at least eight people in Wyoming...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Judge rejects suit over Sept. 11 landfill remains
A judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought by several families of Sept. 11 terrorism victims that sought to move World Trade Center debris, which may contain human remains, from a landfill to a plot of land that could be made into a cemetery...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Mount McKinley climber dies, buried at summit
Officials at Denali National Park say a climber has collapsed and died on the summit of Mount McKinley...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife alleges infedelity in divorce papers
The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for a divorce in a Miami court...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife files for divorce in Miami
The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for divorce in a Miami court...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
EU nations back Frances tougher immigration plan
European Union nations gave their backing Monday to a French-drafted pact calling for tightening immigration and asylum rules across the 27-nation bloc...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
2 die as cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A rose-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, local authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 37 in Karachi, Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 37 people Monday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, rattling the country a day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Standoff continues on global warming, other issues
President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 25 in Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern port city of Karachi, rattling Pakistan the day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
1st Atlantic season hurricane becomes Category 3
Hurricane Bertha has strengthened to a Category 3 storm...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife Divorce over extramarital affairs
A tumultuous week for Alex Rodriguez, played out in tabloid headlines and carried on the whispers of a connection to Madonna, came to a head Monday when his wife filed for divorce...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit
Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Soprano Joan Sutherland hospitalized after fall
Opera legend Joan Sutherland is recovering well after breaking both legs during a fall at her Swiss home, her agent said Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Benny and Bjorn no ABBA reunion
Despite the astonishing success of the stage musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA has ruled out any reunion tour...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama to accept nomination at football stadium
Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium home to the Denver Broncos, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obamas plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance
The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis Monday after a maintenance issue arose en route from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Washington Post taps Marcus Brauchli as new editor
Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of The Washington Post on Monday, three months after resigning under pressure from the top newsroom job at The Wall Street Journal...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM may try to shed brands, but market is tough
General Motors Corp. is reviewing its brands and may try to jettison some to raise money as it burns through cash at an alarming rate...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Americans unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
IndyMac stops new loans, to cut work force by half
Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc., struggling to raise capital to stay in business, said Monday it has stopped accepting new loan submissions in its main mortgage lending divisions and plans to slash 3,800 jobs, or more than half of its work force...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Stocks fall on economic worries, earnings jitters
Stocks turned lower Monday as investors reacted to cautious remarks about the economy by a Federal Reserve official and braced for the arrival of dismal second-quarter corporate earnings...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell to 8-year deal
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday at the start of the open market season, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features young star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
American-Indian group walks the US to press causes
With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Group sues over crop subsidies on US forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has subsidized corn and soybean farming on its lands for years _ and rankled environmentalists are now suing the agency for what they say is an illegal dole...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
AP IMPACT Go-arounds are possible safety hazard
A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Torn ACLs, other big injuries hit little athletes
A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Dixons mistake helps Hunter-Reay to victory
Ryan Hunter-Reay figured the luck had to go his way eventually...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Cardinals set Mulder for 1st start since September
Four outs in two relief outings was enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to put Mark Mulder back in the rotation. The left-hander will make his first start since September on Wednesday at Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Aging swimmer shows theres hope for rest of us
Dara Torres jokes that she had trouble reading the scoreboard after winning the first of two events at the Olympic swimming trials...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
US candidates spar over economy
US presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama attack one another over their economic plans...
BBC News - July 7, 2008
Police show cars owned by Saddams son
Car lovers in Iraq, tired of an endless parade of sand-colored Humvees, got a bit of a treat Monday when police discovered five fancy cars _ each a tad dusty _ once owned by a notorious son of former dictator Saddam Hussein...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 25 in Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern port city of Karachi, rattling Pakistan the day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
SUMMIT NOTEBOOK Foggy fireworks at G-8
The first day of the Group of Eight summit on Monday ended with fireworks in the fog...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Standoff continues on global warming, other issues
President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras hit in 17th inning gives Braves win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Christie Brinkley recalls NY breakup nightmare
Christie Brinkley says it was a "nightmare" to put on a brave face and throw a birthday party with 30 kids amid revelations that her husband had an affair with a teenager...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife alleges infedelity in divorce papers
The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for a divorce in a Miami court...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obamas plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance
The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis Monday after a maintenance issue arose en route from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama plane makes unplanned stop in St. Louis
The airplane carrying Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis because of a maintenance issue...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers
Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Costly gas crimps surfers style, roils industry
For years, Chris Mauro took a 10-mile detour on his way to work each morning to check out the swells at his favorite surf break and plot the best location for his afterwork wave-riding...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM said to consider more cuts as market shrinks
General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM may drop some brands and add small cars
General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama to accept nomination at football stadium
Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium home to the Denver Broncos, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Lawn chair balloonist reaches destination in Idaho
A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
California wildfires strain states resources
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha approaches warmer waters
Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Americans unhappy birthday Too much wrong
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Focus on elk as disease persists near Yellowstone
Federal officials are considering a tentative proposal that calls for capturing or killing infected elk in Yellowstone National Park to eliminate a serious livestock disease carried by animals in the area...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
NYPD now has own scholar to help review threats
He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Weather helps crews battling Califs biggest fire
Cooler weather on Sunday gave a boost to crews battling the enormous wildfire that was threatening nearly 2,700 homes in Santa Barbara County...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Special court for vets addresses more than crime
The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes from a huge wildfire with their energy and resources taxed by more than 300 blazes still burning around the state...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Weather helps crews battling California wildfires
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity overnight to make progress containing a blaze burning through the mountains in Santa Barbara County before hotter, drier conditions return...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Noise inescapable in some flagship national parks
A few times a year, Bryson Garbett loads up his family and heads to a national park, often one in southern Utah...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bird watchers as far as Britain flock to Alaska
British birder Annie Andreae bristles at being called a "twitcher" _ friendly slang in England for someone who will drop everything at the drop of a hat to get a glimpse at a must-see bird...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Cooler weather helps crews battle Calif wildfire
Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire before the expected return of hotter, drier conditions...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bertha becomes first hurricane of Atlantic season
Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Rail car leak prompts warning in South Dakota
Officials in a southeastern South Dakota city have asked residents near a leaking rail car to keep their windows closed and stay indoors...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bertha becomes 1st hurricane of Atlantic season
Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Agent shoots at suspects near Canadian line in Vt.
The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent shot at three suspects after being assaulted near the Canadian border in Derby Line, Vermont...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Kennedys wife says hes handling treatment well
Sen. Edward Kennedy, midway through six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatments for brain cancer, is doing well aside from some fatigue, his wife says...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Parade pokes fun at Gloucester teen pregnancies
The Horribles Parade in an affluent area north of Boston is supposed to poke fun and feature all things politically incorrect. But a float that spoofed the spike in teen pregnancies in a nearby city was too much for three parade judges...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tornado hits Iowa park, damaging only trees
A tornado hit a park near Sioux City, but only minor damage to some trees is reported...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Train derailment dumps coal into Yellowstone River
Authorities in Montana say high water eroded part of the ground beneath railroad tracks and caused a train derailment near the town of Forsyth...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs debate
Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Police show cars owned by Saddams son
Car lovers in Iraq, tired of an endless parade of sand-colored Humvees, got a bit of a treat Monday when police discovered five fancy cars _ each a tad dusty _ once owned by a notorious son of former dictator Saddam Hussein...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Weather helps crews battling California wildfires
Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity overnight to make progress containing a blaze burning through the mountains in Santa Barbara County before hotter, drier conditions return...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Standoff continues on global warming, other issues
President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
6 explosions wound 25 in Pakistan
A string of small explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern port city of Karachi, rattling Pakistan the day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
SUMMIT NOTEBOOK Foggy fireworks at G-8
The first day of the Group of Eight summit on Monday ended with fireworks in the fog...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
A-Rods wife alleges infedelity in divorce papers
The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for a divorce in a Miami court...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bertha becomes 1st hurricane of Atlantic season
Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Noise inescapable in some flagship national parks
A few times a year, Bryson Garbett loads up his family and heads to a national park, often one in southern Utah...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras hit in 17th inning gives Braves win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Christie Brinkley recalls NY breakup nightmare
Christie Brinkley says it was a "nightmare" to put on a brave face and throw a birthday party with 30 kids amid revelations that her husband had an affair with a teenager...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama to accept nomination at football stadium
Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium home to the Denver Broncos, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obamas plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance
The airplane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis Monday after a maintenance issue arose en route from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama plane makes unplanned stop in St. Louis
The airplane carrying Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama made a safe, unscheduled landing in St. Louis because of a maintenance issue...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers
Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Costly gas crimps surfers style, roils industry
For years, Chris Mauro took a 10-mile detour on his way to work each morning to check out the swells at his favorite surf break and plot the best location for his afterwork wave-riding...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM said to consider more cuts as market shrinks
General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
GM may drop some brands and add small cars
General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell to 8-year deal
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday at the start of the open market season, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features young star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
American-Indian group walks the US to press causes
With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Group sues over crop subsidies on US forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has subsidized corn and soybean farming on its lands for years _ and rankled environmentalists are now suing the agency for what they say is an illegal dole...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open at 19-under, shot ahead of 2
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
AP IMPACT Go-arounds are possible safety hazard
A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Dixons mistake helps Hunter-Reay to victory
Ryan Hunter-Reay figured the luck had to go his way eventually...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Cardinals set Mulder for 1st start since September
Four outs in two relief outings was enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to put Mark Mulder back in the rotation. The left-hander will make his first start since September on Wednesday at Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
France EU needs stronger defense capabilities
France says Europe needs stronger defense capabilities, with more helicopters, transport aircraft and space-based surveillance...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
On sale now in Jerusalem Priestly garments
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
9 hurt in 1st day of Spains running of the bulls
Daredevils kicked off the running of the bulls Monday with a long, messy and particularly dangerous dash through the streets of Pamplona, with nine people suffering bumps and bruises but none gored, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bikes, Chinas icon, thrive despite car invasion
For a vivid insight into the clash of old and new in China, follow the bicycle...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Tourism links Chinese, Taiwanese
The Chinese visitors to arrive in Taiwan on newly inaugurated direct flights are receiving generally favorable reviews _ despite fears their alleged lack of manners would offend local sensibilities...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Indian Kashmirs top official quits
The top elected official in Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday after weeks of violent protests over the transfer of government land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Koppel series shows changes in China
The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls are hired to "entertain" male customers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras RBI single in 17th lifts Braves to win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardner leads Yankees over Red Sox 5-4
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Teixeiras hit in 17th inning gives Braves win
Mark Teixeira singled off the wall in left-center with the bases loaded in the 17th inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday in the longest game in Turner Field history...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves
Investors battered by surging energy prices, disappointing economic data and the ongoing credit crisis will have something else to worry about this week _ second-quarter corporate results...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
The buck doesnt stop here it just keeps falling
Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro?...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
South Korea to limit public servants vehicle use
South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers
Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Obama takes day off campaign trail in Chicago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a day off the campaign trail Sunday in Chicago, attending a neighborhood barbecue with his family...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
McCain goes to church, visits VA hospital
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain attended church Sunday and later visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Bush Russias new president is smart guy
President Bush and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stood united Monday on issues like Iran and North Korea. But for all their handshakes and smiles, it is clear that thorny issues like missile defense are in a holding pattern until a new U.S. president takes office...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Beekeepers coming to West Virginia for conference
The buzz around Marshall University this week will be about the importance of honeybees...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide...
Southern Ledger - July 7, 2008
Gardners RBI in 10th lifts Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday night for a four-game split...
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