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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
South Ossetia fighting risks wider war
Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Outspoken Mexican general loses his Tijuana post
An outspoken general who urged residents to call the Army when they witnessed a murder or drug deal in this crime-stricken border city was ousted Friday after repeatedly chastising police for being corrupt...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Beijing residents told to stay home as games open
Giant screens were set up in parks so Beijing residents could share in the glory of their city hosting the lavish Olympics opening ceremony Friday. But in at least one park, security guards shut the gates and shooed people away...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Tibetans exiles in India protest Beijing Olympics
More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding freedom for Tibet hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Star Trek Online is ready to beam up
"Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits having affair, says hes ashamed
John Edwards says he made a serious error in judgment when he had an affair and is ashamed of his conduct. In a statement, the former Democratic presidential candidate also said he informed his wife about his affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter in 2006 and has asked her forgiveness...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Blancos single in 11th lifts Cubs past Cards 3-2
Henry Blanco singled home the winning run with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Friday to keep up their domination this season at Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Johnsons goal third Cup title and a road win
After a slow start in his quest to win a third straight Sprint Cup title, Jimmie Johnson is coming up to speed as the Chase for the championship looms. Now, if he could only master a road course...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Blancos hit gives Cubs win
Henry Blanco singled home the winning run with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Friday to keep up their domination this season at Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Holmes closes out 68 to take clubhouse lead at PGA
J.B. Holmes hung on to shoot a 2-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead into the clubhouse midway through the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits he had affair after heated denials
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits having affair says hes ashamed
John Edwards says he made a serious error in judgment when he had an affair and is ashamed of his conduct. In a statement, the former Democratic presidential candidate also said he informed his wife about his affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter in 2006 and has asked her forgiveness...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference
Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus _ and so did she...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Reports Bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, authorities said. Reports said as many as 13 were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oregon hamlet mourns NoCal chopper crash victims
A southern Oregon community long involved in battling wildfires was plunged into mourning with word that seven of the nine people killed in a Northern California helicopter crash were employees of a local company that has mustered contract firefighting crews since 1979...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Detroit mayors lawyers seek to free him from jail
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent the night in a one-man jail cell with no TV and a phone only for collect calls, the consequence of violating his bond in a criminal case that has dogged him for months...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Detroit mayor to be released, faces new charges
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is getting out of jail but now faces assault charges for allegedly interfering with a detective trying to deliver a subpoena to his friend...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
German authorities join in Rockefeller probe
The investigation into the identity of a mysterious man accused of kidnapping his daughter in Boston and wanted for questioning in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple has gone international...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, killing at least 13 and sending at least 24 people to hospitals...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Mercury in the Great Salt Lake is studied
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Joel Osteen denies wife assaulted flight attendant
Renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen told jurors Friday that his wife never assaulted a flight attendant over a small spill on her airplane seat. Osteen was called as a witness Friday in the civil trial of a lawsuit filed by Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown, who has accused Victoria Osteen of assaulting her before the start of a 2005 flight to Vail, Colo...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
German man says Rockefeller long-lost brother
A German man has identified the mysterious "Clark Rockefeller" as a long-lost brother who left home as a teen and severed contact with his family 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
A charter bus carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group to an annual pilgrimage slammed onto its side and then skidded off a freeway early Friday, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Judge NJs ex-governor owes wife no alimony
Former Gov. James E. McGreevey will not have to pay alimony to his ex-wife, a judge ruled Friday in granting the couple a divorce after a tumultuous eight-year marriage that crumbled publicly when McGreevey acknowledged he was a "gay American."...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 14
A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and plunged onto a roadway below early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Group promotes New Orleans anthem
Kevin Molony was listening to a version of the old spiritual "I Shall Not Be Moved," when it struck him as the perfect anthem for New Orleans residents still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 14 on a pilgrimage
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to an open-air religious festival blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Rockefeller saga a tale of multiple identities
Clark Rockefeller may not be a real decendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Osteens wife denies assaulting flight attendant
The wife of evangelist Joel Osteen has testified that she did not assault a flight attendant over a spill on her first-class seat...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Rich town in the Hamptons is crying poverty
The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers and gala benefits in the Hamptons, the summer playground for the millionaire Learjet Set. But down at Town Hall, the local government could use a handout...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
US groups ask for release of Cuban who sewed lips
Cuban-American groups in South Florida and journalism watchdog organizations are seeking the release of 22 Cuban political prisoners, including an independent journalist who apparently sewed his lips shut to protest his treatment...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Man slashes throat after hearing guilty verdict
A Massachusetts man is recovering after slashing his own throat upon hearing his conviction of assaulting a child...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Retired Notre Dame president to donate kidney
A former University of Notre Dame president plans to donate a kidney to a woman Monday in a four-patient transplant procedure involving his nephew as a recipient...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Bus crash north of Dallas kills 14
One more person is confirmed dead in a charter bus wreck in Texas, bringing the death toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Al-Arian trial postponed as judge questions case
The trial of a former Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist was postponed Friday after a judge raised new doubts about whether prosecutors have been overzealous...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Police clear name of Md. mayor after drug raid
A small-town mayor whose dogs were killed in a drug raid was cleared of any wrongdoing after police had been reluctant to rule out his involvement in drug smuggling or apologize for the violent incident...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Police clear Md. mayor after drug raid, killing his dogs
Police in Maryland have cleared a small-town mayor and his wife of any wrongdoing in a drug raid on their home in which two of their dogs were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
South Ossetia fighting risks wider war
Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Outspoken Mexican general loses his Tijuana post
An outspoken general who urged residents to call the Army when they witnessed a murder or drug deal in this crime-stricken border city was ousted Friday after repeatedly chastising police for being corrupt...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Tibetans exiles in India protest Beijing Olympics
More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding freedom for Tibet hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 14 on a pilgrimage
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to an open-air religious festival blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Rockefeller saga a tale of multiple identities
Clark Rockefeller may not be a real decendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Osteens wife denies assaulting flight attendant
The wife of evangelist Joel Osteen has testified that she did not assault a flight attendant over a spill on her first-class seat...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Beijing residents told to stay home as games open
Giant screens were set up in parks so Beijing residents could share in the glory of their city hosting the lavish Olympics opening ceremony Friday. But in at least one park, security guards shut the gates and shooed people away...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Holmes closes out 68 to take clubhouse lead at PGA
J.B. Holmes hung on to shoot a 2-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead into the clubhouse midway through the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Star Trek Online is ready to beam up
"Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits he had affair after heated denials
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits having affair says hes ashamed
John Edwards says he made a serious error in judgment when he had an affair and is ashamed of his conduct. In a statement, the former Democratic presidential candidate also said he informed his wife about his affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter in 2006 and has asked her forgiveness...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits having affair, says hes ashamed
John Edwards says he made a serious error in judgment when he had an affair and is ashamed of his conduct. In a statement, the former Democratic presidential candidate also said he informed his wife about his affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter in 2006 and has asked her forgiveness...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Blancos single in 11th lifts Cubs past Cards 3-2
Henry Blanco singled home the winning run with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Friday to keep up their domination this season at Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Johnsons goal third Cup title and a road win
After a slow start in his quest to win a third straight Sprint Cup title, Jimmie Johnson is coming up to speed as the Chase for the championship looms. Now, if he could only master a road course...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Blancos hit gives Cubs win
Henry Blanco singled home the winning run with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Friday to keep up their domination this season at Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference
Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus _ and so did she...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Reports Bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, authorities said. Reports said as many as 13 were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 14 pilgrims
At least 14 people are killed in the US state of Texas after a bus carrying Vietnamese Catholics crashes off a bridge...
BBC News - August 8, 2008
Marine faces trial for Iraq death
A US marine is to face a court martial over the 2004 killing of an unarmed detainee during fighting in the Iraqi city of Falluja...
BBC News - August 8, 2008
Ex-senator Edwards admits affair
Ex-Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards admits he lied when he denied an extra-marital affair...
BBC News - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Americans convicted in Montenegro claim innocence
Two U.S. citizens convicted in Montenegro of plotting an ethnic Albanian rebellion in the country said in an interview Friday that they are innocent, and they accused the authorities of torture...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin
An anti-China protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and demonstrators raised the Tibetan flag Friday in defiance in London in protests worldwide timed to coincide with the start of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Tibetans exiles in India protest Beijing Olympics
More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding freedom for Tibet hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Ex-Bush aide claims Swing Vote stolen from him
A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie "Swing Vote" were stolen from him...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Lawsuit Blige stole tunes, including iPod ad
Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including one used on an iPod commercial...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Pilots complain airlines restrict fuel to cut cost
Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Kotsay, Morton power Braves past Diamondbacks
Mark Kotsay homered and Charlie Morton threw seven shutout innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Chiefs Johnson, Croyle sharp in win over Bears
Larry Johnson showed glimpses of his old self and Brodie Croyle hinted at what might be...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Sugarland founder files $1.5M lawsuit against band
A founder of the country band Sugarland is suing the two current members of the popular group for $1.5 million...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Officials say Bill Clinton to address Democrats
Former President Clinton will have a role at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference
Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus _ and so did she...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Doctor pleads not guilty to abusing patients in LA
A physician whose father is the leader of Bermuda pleaded not guilty Thursday to sexually abusing patients...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Flight attendant Osteens wife threw tantrum
The wife of evangelical pastor Joel Osteen shoved a flight attendant during an in-flight tantrum over a stained seat, a fellow crew member testified Thursday at a civil trial over the incident...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Texas executes immigrant after winning court fight
An illegal immigrant who claimed his treaty rights were violated when he was arrested for a robbery and murder has been executed in Texas...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
German authorities join in Rockefeller probe
The investigation into the identity of a mysterious man accused of kidnapping his daughter in Boston and wanted for questioning in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple has gone international...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, killing at least 13 and sending at least 24 people to hospitals...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Reports Bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, authorities said. Reports said as many as 13 were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oregon hamlet mourns NoCal chopper crash victims
A southern Oregon community long involved in battling wildfires was plunged into mourning with word that seven of the nine people killed in a Northern California helicopter crash were employees of a local company that has mustered contract firefighting crews since 1979...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Detroit mayors lawyers seek to free him from jail
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent the night in a one-man jail cell with no TV and a phone only for collect calls, the consequence of violating his bond in a criminal case that has dogged him for months...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Calif. boy pleads not guilty in gay teens slaying
A 14-year-old Southern California boy has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his gay classmate...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 14
A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and plunged onto a roadway below early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Detroit mayor to be released, faces new charges
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is getting out of jail but now faces assault charges for allegedly interfering with a detective trying to deliver a subpoena to his friend...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
N.H. girl killed in flash flood as car swept away
Authorities say flash flooding swept a car 100 yards downstream at a New Hampshire campground, killing a 7-year-old girl trapped inside the vehicle...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Plane makes emergency landing at Calif. airport
A Continental Airlines jet made an emergency landing at John Wayne Airport shortly after its departure when a pilot smelled smoke, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 12
A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, killing 12 people early Friday, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Report Bus crash north of Dallas kills 12
A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas early Friday and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, authorities said. A newspaper reported 12 were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Marine ordered to stand trial in Fallujah killings
A Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant has been ordered to stand trial on charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the killing of an unarmed detainee in Fallujah, Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Americans convicted in Montenegro claim innocence
Two U.S. citizens convicted in Montenegro of plotting an ethnic Albanian rebellion in the country said in an interview Friday that they are innocent, and they accused the authorities of torture...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin
An anti-China protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and demonstrators raised the Tibetan flag Friday in defiance in London in protests worldwide timed to coincide with the start of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Tibetans exiles in India protest Beijing Olympics
More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding freedom for Tibet hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Lawsuit Blige stole tunes, including iPod ad
Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including one used on an iPod commercial...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Pilots complain airlines restrict fuel to cut cost
Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 14
A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and plunged onto a roadway below early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Detroit mayor to be released, faces new charges
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is getting out of jail but now faces assault charges for allegedly interfering with a detective trying to deliver a subpoena to his friend...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Kotsay, Morton power Braves past Diamondbacks
Mark Kotsay homered and Charlie Morton threw seven shutout innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Chiefs Johnson, Croyle sharp in win over Bears
Larry Johnson showed glimpses of his old self and Brodie Croyle hinted at what might be...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Sugarland founder files $1.5M lawsuit against band
A founder of the country band Sugarland is suing the two current members of the popular group for $1.5 million...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Ex-Bush aide claims Swing Vote stolen from him
A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie "Swing Vote" were stolen from him...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Officials say Bill Clinton to address Democrats
Former President Clinton will have a role at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference
Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus _ and so did she...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
Oil prices dropped to near $119 a barrel Friday in Asia as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over Turkish pipeline sabotage that was claimed by Kurdish rebels...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Hurricane forms off Mexican coast
Tropical Storm Hernan is upgraded to a hurricane after reaching wind speeds of up to 120km/h off Mexico...
BBC News - August 8, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 13 pilgrims
At least 13 people are killed in the US state of Texas after a bus carrying Vietnamese Catholics crashes off a bridge...
BBC News - August 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2008
Former bin Laden driver gets light sentence
A prisonerconvicted at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial will be eligible for release in less than five months after receiving a surprisingly light sentence repudiating Pentagon prosecutors...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Kotsay, Morton power Braves past Diamondbacks
Mark Kotsay homered and Charlie Morton threw seven shutout innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 Thursday night...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Chiefs Johnson, Croyle sharp in win over Bears
Larry Johnson showed glimpses of his old self and Brodie Croyle hinted at what might be...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Ex-Bush aide claims Swing Vote stolen from him
A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie "Swing Vote" were stolen from him...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Lawsuit Blige stole tunes, including iPod ad
Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including one used on an iPod commercial...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Director sued over death of movie propmaster
The parents of an assistant propmaster killed in an accident during the filming of "The Kingdom" have sued director Peter Berg, seeking reimbursement of funeral expenses and other damages...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Officials say Bill Clinton to address Democrats
Former President Clinton will have a role at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 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 8, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 8, 2008
Oil dips to near $119 on stronger dollar
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