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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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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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Archaeologists New evidence for Herods tomb site
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake
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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Malkovich to film documentary about migrants
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
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119 illegal African clawed frogs seized in Nevada
State wildlife officials raided three residences in the Reno area where they seized more than 100 African clawed frogs, which they say are prohibited because they can pose a serious danger to native frogs and entire ecosystems...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters rounded up by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were rounded up and taken to a police station, amid ramped up efforts Thursday by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500
The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
PETA ad compares bus beheading to animal abuse
The animal rights group PETA has tried unsuccessfully to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading and cannibalizing of a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada last week to the treatment of animals by the meat industry...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Chinese Islamic group issues new Olympic threat
A Chinese Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid being on planes, trains and buses with Chinese at the games, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
American protester paints Beijing hotel rooms
An American pastor checked into upscale hotels in the Olympics host city this week, filmed himself painting two of his rooms with slogans like "Beijing 2008 Our world Our nightmare" and then disappeared. Without paying...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regains consciousness
Acid-tongued fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regained consciousness in a hospital Thursday as he battled a serious infection, his publicist said...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mac in stable condition, expects release in weeks
A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mac in stable condition, expects rleease in weeks
A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama
A man is being held in Florida by federal authorities on charges of threatening to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Milledge hits 2 homers, Nationals beat Rockies
Lastings Milledge homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs, and Jason Bergmann earned his first win in nearly three months to help the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kershaw, Ramirez lead Dodgers past Cardinals 4-1
Clayton Kershaw worked seven dominant innings and Manny Ramirez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals and 13-game winner Kyle Lohse 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kershaw dominates Cards, Ramirez homers in LA win
Clayton Kershaw worked seven dominant innings and Manny Ramirez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals and 13-game winner Kyle Lohse 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Volstad leads Marlins past 1st-place Phillies 3-0
Chris Volstad tossed six sharp innings and combined with four relievers on a four-hitter, leading the Florida Marlins to a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wrights 9th-inning homer lifts Mets over Padres
David Wright hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning after the Mets bullpen blew another late lead for Johan Santana, lifting New York to a 5-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
When the soybean champ speaks, thousands listen
In the soybean world, Kip Cullers is the equivalent of a rock star...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Toyota 1Q profit falls on US weakness, strong yen
Toyota said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit plummeted 28 percent and stuck to its forecast that full-year profit with fall for the first time in seven years as it faces more problems from the weakening U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Citigroup returning billions to investors
Citigroup Inc. will buy back more than $7 billion in auction-rate securities and pay $100 million in fines as part of settlements with federal and state regulators announced Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
McCain calls for probe of company he once aided
Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a merger in 2003 that led to its current plans...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Scientists say Mars soil similar to Chile desert
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Trial to begin in suit against Joel Osteens wife
As one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen is known for her Christianity. But a flight attendant is accusing Victoria Osteen of committing some very unchristian-like behavior...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Up to 9 feared dead in wildfire helicopter crash
As many as 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 7, 2008
Witness Tribe aimed to create immigrant haven
Leaders of an American Indian tribe considered creating a reservation that could protect illegal immigrants from deportation, a tribal official testified Wednesday at the trial of a group leader accused of telling immigrants that buying memberships would make them instant citizens...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wis. charges say gunman had nothing to lose
Prosecutors say a man suspected of killing three teens at a Wisconsin river hatched the ambush because he feared being charged with sexual assault and had "nothing to lose."...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Feds investigate if Rockefeller was German student
A Connecticut man says he is convinced the mysterious man accused of kidnapping his daughter in Boston and wanted for questioning in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple was a German student who lived with his family decades ago...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Few tour anti-Bush bus during Crawford stop
An anti-President Bush museum rolled into his adopted hometown but found few willing to enter the biodiesel bus devoted to casting his legacy as a failure...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Seized library computers may hold Ivins clues
Computers recently seized from a Frederick, Md., library may hold clues about the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people, the FBI said in an affidavit Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Flight attendant Osteens wife pushed co-worker
The wife of renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen got physical when her demands that a small spill on her seat be cleaned up were not immediately met, a flight attendant testified Thursday at a civil trial over the incident...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Flight attendant says Osteens wife acted like a diva
The wife of renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen acted like a combative diva when a small spill on her airline seat was not immediately cleaned up, a flight attendant who was also on the plane testified Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Flight attendant co-worker Osteen acted like diva
The wife of renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen acted like a combative diva when a small spill on her airline seat was not immediately cleaned up, a flight attendant who was also on the plane testified Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Remote-control warriors suffer war stress
The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching deadly missile attacks from the safety of Southern California 7,000 miles away, are suffering some of the same psychological stresses as their comrades on the battlefield...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Special delivery FedEx to deliver 2 Fla. turtles
Two green sea turtles are leaving the Florida Keys for their new home at a Connecticut aquarium via FedEx...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
At least 9 die in SUV rollover on rural Ariz. road
A sport utility vehicle packed with suspected illegal immigrants flipped over on a rural highway southwest of Phoenix, killing at least nine people Thursday, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Probes of Ga. woman with dead spouses stay open
Investigators in Ohio and Florida are still looking into the deaths of men with ties to a Georgia grandmother who has had five dead husbands, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Court clears way for another immigrants execution
For the second time this week, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal from an illegal immigrant facing execution in Texas...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ex-Olympics sprinter gets 21 years in NY rape case
A former Olympic sprinter has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a woman in a New York park...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
32 research monkeys overheat, die at Nevada lab
A drug research company says a roomful of research monkeys quarantined at its lab in Sparks, Nev., were accidentally killed in May due to overheating...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Katrina survivors caretaker charged in abduction
A woman was arrested and charged with kidnapping Thursday after authorities say she was on the run for a month with five children she took in after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
2 La. businessmen sentenced in Iran export plot
Two Louisiana businessmen who plotted to defy a U.S. trade embargo by exporting engineering software to Iran avoided prison Thursday when a federal judge ordered them to serve several months in a halfway house...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Clarification Gay Marriage-Activism story
In an Aug. 4 story, The Associated Press reported that gay couples in California are using their weddings to wage a ballot fight. The story identified a source in the story, Pamela Yager, as a wedding planner. It should have specified that Yager plans pre-wedding parties, rather than wedding ceremonies or receptions...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
3 plead guilty in online gambling case
Three men who helped promote the online gambling firm BetOnSports have pleaded guilty to federal charges...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters rounded up by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were rounded up and taken to a police station, amid ramped up efforts Thursday by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Road rage was motive in Fla. federal agents death
A man charged with killing a federal agent was late for an appointment and driving erratically when the confrontation erupted, police said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
119 illegal African clawed frogs seized in Nevada
State wildlife officials raided three residences in the Reno area where they seized more than 100 African clawed frogs, which they say are prohibited because they can pose a serious danger to native frogs and entire ecosystems...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500
The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
PETA ad compares bus beheading to animal abuse
The animal rights group PETA has tried unsuccessfully to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading and cannibalizing of a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada last week to the treatment of animals by the meat industry...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
American protester paints Beijing hotel rooms
An American pastor checked into upscale hotels in the Olympics host city this week, filmed himself painting two of his rooms with slogans like "Beijing 2008 Our world Our nightmare" and then disappeared. Without paying...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Seized library computers may hold Ivins clues
Computers recently seized from a Frederick, Md., library may hold clues about the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people, the FBI said in an affidavit Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Probes of Ga. woman with dead spouses stay open
Investigators in Ohio and Florida are still looking into the deaths of men with ties to a Georgia grandmother who has had five dead husbands, authorities said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Chinese Islamic group issues new Olympic threat
A Chinese Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid being on planes, trains and buses with Chinese at the games, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kershaw dominates Cards, Ramirez homers in LA win
Clayton Kershaw worked seven dominant innings and Manny Ramirez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals and 13-game winner Kyle Lohse 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Volstad leads Marlins past 1st-place Phillies 3-0
Chris Volstad tossed six sharp innings and combined with four relievers on a four-hitter, leading the Florida Marlins to a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wrights 9th-inning homer lifts Mets over Padres
David Wright hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning after the Mets bullpen blew another late lead for Johan Santana, lifting New York to a 5-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regains consciousness
Acid-tongued fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regained consciousness in a hospital Thursday as he battled a serious infection, his publicist said...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mac in stable condition, expects release in weeks
A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Mac in stable condition, expects rleease in weeks
A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
McCain calls for probe of company he once aided
Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a merger in 2003 that led to its current plans...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama
A man is being held in Florida by federal authorities on charges of threatening to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Milledge hits 2 homers, Nationals beat Rockies
Lastings Milledge homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs, and Jason Bergmann earned his first win in nearly three months to help the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Kershaw, Ramirez lead Dodgers past Cardinals 4-1
Clayton Kershaw worked seven dominant innings and Manny Ramirez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals and 13-game winner Kyle Lohse 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
When the soybean champ speaks, thousands listen
In the soybean world, Kip Cullers is the equivalent of a rock star...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Toyota 1Q profit falls on US weakness, strong yen
Toyota said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit plummeted 28 percent and stuck to its forecast that full-year profit with fall for the first time in seven years as it faces more problems from the weakening U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Citigroup returning billions to investors
Citigroup Inc. will buy back more than $7 billion in auction-rate securities and pay $100 million in fines as part of settlements with federal and state regulators announced Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Scientists say Mars soil similar to Chile desert
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital
Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
'Anthrax killer'
How strong is the case against Dr Bruce Ivins?...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Detroit mayor jailed for bail breach
Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, is jailed for visiting Canada in a violation of the terms of his bail in a perjury case...
BBC News - August 7, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
US nuclear submarine leaked radiation over 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
US tells Japan sub leaked radiation over 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years and may have affected three Japanese ports where it stopped more extensively than initially thought, Japanese officials said Thursday, releasing a U.S. report...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Tibet exiles protest against China in Nepal, India
Thousands of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in Nepal and India on Thursday, a day before the Olympics open in Beijing, demanding religious rights and saying China should not be allowed to host the games while its harsh rule over their homeland continues...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Ludwick homers again, Cards beat Dodgers
Ryan Ludwick homered for the fifth straight game to tie a franchise record, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Dixie Chick Emily Robison, husband divorce
Dixie Chick Emily Robison and her husband, singer Charlie Robison, have divorced...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Federal investigators drop Ledger drug inquiry
Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Obama doubts Clinton backers will cause trouble
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions that the nominating convention could be marred by tensions between his supporters and the die-hard backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Play of the Day Obama and pancakes on the go
Pancakes to go?Barack Obama shook hands, chatted and posed for pictures as he greeted breakfast diners at The Copper Dome restaurant in St. Paul before returning home to Chicago for a day of strategy sessions and to prepare for a weeklong vacation in Hawaii...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
PGA a perfect fit for first-time major winners
Fifteen times in the last 25 years, someone has made the PGA Championship their first major victory...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
119 illegal African clawed frogs seized in Nevada
State wildlife officials raided three residences in the Reno area where they seized more than 100 African clawed frogs, which they say are prohibited because they can pose a serious danger to native frogs and entire ecosystems...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Toyota 1Q profit falls on US weakness, strong yen
Toyota said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit plummeted 28 percent and stuck to its forecast that full-year profit with fall for the first time in seven years as it faces more problems from the weakening U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
ECB, BoE leave interest rates unchanged
The European Central Bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent even as the 15 countries that use the euro face continued high inflation and fears of slowing growth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Stocks fall on weak jobs report, Wal-Mart sales
Wall Street tumbled Thursday after weekly unemployment claims jumped to a six-year high and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other retailers reported disappointing sales, touching off renewed fears that a pullback in consumer spending will damage the economy. The Dow Jones industrials were down more than 100 points...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Scientists say Mars soil similar to Chile desert
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Trial to begin in suit against Joel Osteens wife
As one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen is known for her Christianity. But a flight attendant is accusing Victoria Osteen of committing some very unchristian-like behavior...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Up to 9 feared dead in wildfire helicopter crash
As many as 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 7, 2008
Witness Tribe aimed to create immigrant haven
Leaders of an American Indian tribe considered creating a reservation that could protect illegal immigrants from deportation, a tribal official testified Wednesday at the trial of a group leader accused of telling immigrants that buying memberships would make them instant citizens...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Wis. charges say gunman had nothing to lose
Prosecutors say a man suspected of killing three teens at a Wisconsin river hatched the ambush because he feared being charged with sexual assault and had "nothing to lose."...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Detroit mayor waives prelim, will stand trial
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday and will stand trial on perjury and other charges that could land him in prison for up to 15 years...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Few tour anti-Bush bus during Crawford stop
An anti-President Bush museum rolled into his adopted hometown but found few willing to enter the biodiesel bus devoted to casting his legacy as a failure...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Surprises in first adoption survey to include men
The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings:...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fla. man charged in agents death is hospitalized
Police say the man arrested in the killing of a federal agent outside a Florida post office is in a hospital for personal medical reasons...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Protesters rounded up by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were rounded up and taken to a police station, amid ramped up efforts Thursday by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Trial to begin in suit against Joel Osteens wife
As one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen is known for her Christianity. But a flight attendant is accusing Victoria Osteen of committing some very unchristian-like behavior...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
US nuclear submarine leaked radiation over 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
US tells Japan sub leaked radiation over 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years and may have affected three Japanese ports where it stopped more extensively than initially thought, Japanese officials said Thursday, releasing a U.S. report...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Tibet exiles protest against China in Nepal, India
Thousands of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in Nepal and India on Thursday, a day before the Olympics open in Beijing, demanding religious rights and saying China should not be allowed to host the games while its harsh rule over their homeland continues...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Federal investigators drop Ledger drug inquiry
Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Few tour anti-Bush bus during Crawford stop
An anti-President Bush museum rolled into his adopted hometown but found few willing to enter the biodiesel bus devoted to casting his legacy as a failure...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Ludwick homers again, Cards beat Dodgers
Ryan Ludwick homered for the fifth straight game to tie a franchise record, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Dixie Chick Emily Robison, husband divorce
Dixie Chick Emily Robison and her husband, singer Charlie Robison, have divorced...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Stocks fall on weak jobs report, Wal-Mart sales
Wall Street tumbled Thursday after weekly unemployment claims jumped to a six-year high and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other retailers reported disappointing sales, touching off renewed fears that a pullback in consumer spending will damage the economy. The Dow Jones industrials were down more than 100 points...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Obama doubts Clinton backers will cause trouble
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions that the nominating convention could be marred by tensions between his supporters and the die-hard backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Play of the Day Obama and pancakes on the go
Pancakes to go?Barack Obama shook hands, chatted and posed for pictures as he greeted breakfast diners at The Copper Dome restaurant in St. Paul before returning home to Chicago for a day of strategy sessions and to prepare for a weeklong vacation in Hawaii...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
PGA a perfect fit for first-time major winners
Fifteen times in the last 25 years, someone has made the PGA Championship their first major victory...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
119 illegal African clawed frogs seized in Nevada
State wildlife officials raided three residences in the Reno area where they seized more than 100 African clawed frogs, which they say are prohibited because they can pose a serious danger to native frogs and entire ecosystems...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Toyota 1Q profit falls on US weakness, strong yen
Toyota said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit plummeted 28 percent and stuck to its forecast that full-year profit with fall for the first time in seven years as it faces more problems from the weakening U.S. market...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
ECB, BoE leave interest rates unchanged
The European Central Bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent even as the 15 countries that use the euro face continued high inflation and fears of slowing growth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Scientists say Mars soil similar to Chile desert
Scientists operating the Phoenix spacecraft say the Martian soil near the north pole landing site is similar to what can be found in the Chile desert on Earth...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Olympic official I didnt know about Web reversal
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Fox Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 2008
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 7, 2008
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