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Iraq reports drop in violence, but attacks kill 21
Bombs and bullets took a bloody toll Wednesday, killing 20 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, even as military officials reported a sharp fall in attacks over the past year _ a decline reflected in a steep decrease in violent deaths tallied by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Iran missile test sends message to US, Israel
Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday, including ones capable of hitting Israel, making a dramatic show of its readiness to strike back if the United States or Israel attacks it over its nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Envoy Bomber aimed to destroy embassy in Kabul
The suicide bomber who detonated his vehicle at the gates of the Indian Embassy in Kabul intended to destroy the embassy itself, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
NATO sees jump in Pakistan attacks
Mortar and rocket attacks by militants in Pakistan across the border into Afghanistan have spiked in the last month and U.S. and NATO forces have been returning fire, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Ailing Kennedy returns to Senate for key vote
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause and into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
A mixed performance for Medvedev in G-8 debut
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came to his grandest global meeting yet with a mixed mandate: Start mending ties with the West, but stand fast on policies set by his predecessor and patron, Vladimir Putin...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
China claims to bust radical Muslim gang
Chinese police shot dead five members of a radical Islamic separatist group in western China, state media reported Wednesday, as officials called for an all-out security push ahead of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Abreus 10th-inning double lifts Yankees over Rays
Bobby Abreu hit a game-winning double off Grant Balfour in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees cooled off the Tampa Bay Rays with a 2-1 victory Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Triple play that wasnt turns into 7-run inning
Dustin Pedroia hit a three-run double as the Boston Red Sox followed an overturned triple-play call with seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 18-5 on Wednesday and complete a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Abreu leads Yankees over Rays 2-1 in 10 innings
Bobby Abreu hit a game-winning double off Grant Balfour in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees cooled off the Tampa Bay Rays with a 2-1 victory Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Kidman birth adds to Nashvilles image as oasis
Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Obama, Clinton fly to NY with veep vetter
Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, flew to New York on Wednesday along with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Obama, Clinton head to NY with veep vetter
Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, are heading to New York with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Olsen throws 8 strong innings, Marlins beat Padres
Scott Olsen pitched eight strong innings, and Mike Jacobs and Hanley Ramirez homered to lead the Florida Marlins past the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Overturned triple play spurs BoSox past Twins 18-5
Dustin Pedroia hit a three-run double as the Boston Red Sox followed an overturned triple-play call with seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 18-5 on Wednesday and complete a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Salmonella infects over 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is warning certain people to avoid types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wachovia confirms Steel to lead bank
Wachovia Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. bank, named Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel chief executive on Wednesday, ending a nearly six-week search for a new leader...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Bearish Murdoch sees another year of stock trouble
Rupert Murdoch expects the capital markets to lurch through the next 12 months as Wall Street banks sift through mountains of bad debt related to the mortgage crisis, the News Corp. chairman said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2nd man held in Javon Walker case in Las Vegas
A second man was arrested on charges of abducting, beating and robbing Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker in Las Vegas last month...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2 die as cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A rose-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, local authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wildfires push some from homes some allowed back
Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of another town to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain to talk pocketbook education issues
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he goes before the NAACP convention next week...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Family, friends of killing spree suspect baffled
Marcia Frey laid down the law when her daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Nicholas Sheley, moved into her trailer after losing their apartment last month: No alcohol. No drugs...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wildfire near Sacramento burns dozens of homes
A wind-stoked wildfire northeast of Sacramento burned dozens of homes Tuesday and has forced thousands of fire-weary residents to flee, state officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
As some flee fires anew, others return for a time
Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of other towns to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Police ID remains as software programmers wife
Police have confirmed that a body software programmer Hans Reiser led them to is that of the estranged wife he is convicted of killing...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Thousands evacuate as flames near Paradise, Calif.
Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated by flames just weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Thousands evacuate as flames threaten Paradise, CA
Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated by flames just weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
For some, waterfront NYC living means a houseboat
Gloria Weiss was living in a small SoHo apartment in the 1980s when one of her young students told her that he lived on a boat...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wayward dolphins following food inland, not to sea
Wayward dolphins that have been treating a New Jersey river as their private fishing hole appear to be heading farther inland instead of back toward the ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Erratic winds prompt new evacuations in California
Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines, the latest setback for already strained fire crews...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Hurricane Bertha could strengthen in coming days
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become slightly stronger in the next couple of days as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Hurricane Bertha strengthens to Cat. 2
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has strengthened back to a Category 2 as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Female inmates doing time on Calif. fire lines
Tracey Johnson wields a chain saw, tosses branches and rakes brush under the punishing sun and a heavy pack as smoke from a raging wildfire looms over the mountains nearby...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate for vote
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with brain cancer, returned to the Capitol to vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. It was a surprise move designed to ease the bill past Republican stalling tactics...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Court Wisconsin law bans sex with dead bodies
Wisconsin law bans sex with dead bodies, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in reinstating charges against three men accused of digging up a corpse so one of them could have sex with it...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
High gas prices fuel boom in online classes
Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. Then she realized she could take the same courses from her computer at home and save on fuel costs...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Police Polygamist sect leader Jeffs hospitalized
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken from jail in Arizona to a Las Vegas hospital for what the sheriff described as a serious medical problem...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Ex-NY prosecutor gets 2 years for sex with boys
A former prosecutor was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for having sex with boys, after her 16-year-old daughter told the judge she and her mother had competed for the same 15-year-old boy...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Lawyer Mass. senator in legal trouble is bipolar
A Massachusetts state senator accused of sexually harassing four women in one day has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an attorney said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Flames force Calif. residents to flee again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become a familiar routine...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Greenglass, witness in Rosenberg case, dead at 84
Ruth Greenglass, whose testimony in the sensational Rosenberg spy trial helped send her sister-in-law Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair, has died. She was 84...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Passengers stuck in Bronx Zoos cable car system
Firefighters are rescuing dozens of passengers from a sightseeing cable car system that is stuck above the Bronx Zoo...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Timeline of JonBenet Ramsey case
Key dates in the JonBenet Ramsey case:1996:...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Report Cause of SC furniture store fire unclear
A federal report says the cause of the fire at a South Carolina furniture store which claimed the lives of nine Charleston firefighters remains unknown...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Iraq reports drop in violence, but attacks kill 21
Bombs and bullets took a bloody toll Wednesday, killing 20 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, even as military officials reported a sharp fall in attacks over the past year _ a decline reflected in a steep decrease in violent deaths tallied by The Associated Press...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Iran missile test sends message to US, Israel
Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday, including ones capable of hitting Israel, making a dramatic show of its readiness to strike back if the United States or Israel attacks it over its nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Flames force Calif. residents to flee again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become a familiar routine...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Hurricane Bertha strengthens to Cat. 2
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has strengthened back to a Category 2 as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
A mixed performance for Medvedev in G-8 debut
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came to his grandest global meeting yet with a mixed mandate: Start mending ties with the West, but stand fast on policies set by his predecessor and patron, Vladimir Putin...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
China claims to bust radical Muslim gang
Chinese police shot dead five members of a radical Islamic separatist group in western China, state media reported Wednesday, as officials called for an all-out security push ahead of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Envoy Bomber aimed to destroy embassy in Kabul
The suicide bomber who detonated his vehicle at the gates of the Indian Embassy in Kabul intended to destroy the embassy itself, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
NATO sees jump in Pakistan attacks
Mortar and rocket attacks by militants in Pakistan across the border into Afghanistan have spiked in the last month and U.S. and NATO forces have been returning fire, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate for vote
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with brain cancer, returned to the Capitol to vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. It was a surprise move designed to ease the bill past Republican stalling tactics...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Ailing Kennedy returns to Senate for key vote
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause and into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Olsen throws 8 strong innings, Marlins beat Padres
Scott Olsen pitched eight strong innings, and Mike Jacobs and Hanley Ramirez homered to lead the Florida Marlins past the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Overturned triple play spurs BoSox past Twins 18-5
Dustin Pedroia hit a three-run double as the Boston Red Sox followed an overturned triple-play call with seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 18-5 on Wednesday and complete a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Abreus 10th-inning double lifts Yankees over Rays
Bobby Abreu hit a game-winning double off Grant Balfour in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees cooled off the Tampa Bay Rays with a 2-1 victory Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Triple play that wasnt turns into 7-run inning
Dustin Pedroia hit a three-run double as the Boston Red Sox followed an overturned triple-play call with seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 18-5 on Wednesday and complete a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Abreu leads Yankees over Rays 2-1 in 10 innings
Bobby Abreu hit a game-winning double off Grant Balfour in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees cooled off the Tampa Bay Rays with a 2-1 victory Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Bearish Murdoch sees another year of stock trouble
Rupert Murdoch expects the capital markets to lurch through the next 12 months as Wall Street banks sift through mountains of bad debt related to the mortgage crisis, the News Corp. chairman said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Obama, Clinton fly to NY with veep vetter
Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, flew to New York on Wednesday along with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Obama, Clinton head to NY with veep vetter
Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, are heading to New York with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
As some flee fires anew, others return for a time
Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of other towns to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Salmonella infects over 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is warning certain people to avoid types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wachovia confirms Steel to lead bank
Wachovia Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. bank, named Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel chief executive on Wednesday, ending a nearly six-week search for a new leader...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Erratic winds prompt new evacuations in California
Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines, the latest setback for already strained fire crews...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2nd man held in Javon Walker case in Las Vegas
A second man was arrested on charges of abducting, beating and robbing Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker in Las Vegas last month...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2 die as cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A rose-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, local authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain to talk pocketbook education issues
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he goes before the NAACP convention next week...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Cardinals set Mulder for 1st start since September
Four outs in two relief outings was enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to put Mark Mulder back in the rotation. The left-hander will make his first start since September on Wednesday at Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Round 1 to Beasley His Heat top Roses Bulls
Michael Beasley stood in the doorway to the gym an hour before gametime, iPod in his left hand, head bobbing slightly as he chatted with new Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Aging swimmer shows theres hope for rest of us
Dara Torres jokes that she had trouble reading the scoreboard after winning the first of two events at the Olympic swimming trials...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Torn ACLs, other big injuries hit little athletes
A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dixons mistake helps Hunter-Reay to victory
Ryan Hunter-Reay figured the luck had to go his way eventually...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Kidman birth adds to Nashvilles image as oasis
Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
AP Source 76ers to send Carney, pick to Twolves
The 76ers are close to trading forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
AP Sources 76ers send Carney, top pick to Wolves
The 76ers have agreed to trade forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, two people in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Twolves get Carney, Booth, 1st rounder from 76ers
The Minnesota Timberwolves completed a trade with Philadelphia on Wednesday that gave the Wolves another first-round draft pick and paved the way for the 76ers to sign star power forward Elton Brand...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Abu Dhabi eyes Chrysler Building
One of New York's most famous landmarks is expected to be sold to the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government...
BBC News - July 9, 2008
Hit or miss?
How did each of the G8 leaders perform at the summit?...
BBC News - July 9, 2008
Scientists in quake prediction advance
An important advance in efforts to predict earthquakes has been made, according to the scientific journal Nature...
BBC News - July 9, 2008
Northwest cuts jobs and ups fees
Northwest Airlines cuts 2,500 jobs and increases passengers' fees to offset the rising cost of jet fuel...
BBC News - July 9, 2008
US Senate passes surveillance law
US Senate passes a bill shielding phone companies who helped in the White House's controversial warrantless wiretap programme...
BBC News - July 9, 2008
US reopens $35bn air tanker deal
Boeing will get the chance to rebid for a $35bn air tanker deal which had controversially been awarded to a European firm...
BBC News - July 9, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Bombs kill 13 in Iraq but number of attacks falls
Bombs killed 13 people, including four Iraqi policemen, in Iraq on Wednesday as military officials released data showing attacks have dropped sharply over the past year...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Turkey suspects al-Qaida in attack on US consulate
Suspected al-Qaida militants armed with pistols and shotguns attacked a police guard post outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left three attackers and three officers dead...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2 hurt in Spains running of the bulls
Charging bulls plowed into or trampled piles of fallen thrillseekers Wednesday, injuring at least two people at the running of the bulls, including an American who was gored in the abdomen...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
NATO sees jump in Pakistan attacks
Mortar and rocket attacks by militants in Pakistan across the border into Afghanistan have spiked in the last month and U.S. and NATO forces have been returning fire, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Medvedev criticizes missile defense deal
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lashed out Wednesday at the United States over its plans for a missile shield in Europe, saying a U.S. deal to install part of the system in Czech Republic "deeply distresses" Moscow...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Jamie Lynn Spears poses with baby for mag cover
Weeks after giving birth to daughter Maddie Briann, Jamie Lynn Spears is showing off the newborn, sharing memories of a "perfect" delivery and longing to be a Southern soccer mom...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Democrats Makers knew Katrina trailers tainted
Manufacturers knew there were high levels of formaldehyde in the trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina victims, but sold them to the government anyway, according to a congressional report released Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Envoy Bomber aimed to destroy embassy in Kabul
The suicide bomber who detonated his vehicle at the gates of the Indian Embassy in Kabul intended to destroy the embassy itself, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCanns 2 homers help Braves top Dodgers 9-3
Jair Jurrjens pitched six solid innings, batterymate Brian McCann homered twice and Yunel Escobar hit a three-run double, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Pettitte, Jeter lift Yanks over Rays
Coming off two tight wins over their traditional rival, and about to head into the All-Star break, the New York Yankees turned to two of their veterans to beat the upstart Tampa Bay Rays...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCanns two homers help Braves top Dodgers 9-3
Jair Jurrjens pitched six solid innings, batterymate Brian McCann homered twice and Yunel Escobar hit a three-run double, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Kidman birth adds to Nashvilles image as oasis
Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Milwaukee museum unveils woolly mammoth skeleton
A 14,500-year-old woolly mammoth skeleton dug up in 1994 has been unveiled at the Milwaukee Public Museum, giving locals a glimpse of perhaps the most intact specimen discovered in North America...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Hospital Impossible to see inside Jolies room
The hospital where Angelina Jolie will give birth says the windows of her room have been coated with a special material that prevents paparazzi from taking pictures of the actress and her partner, Brad Pitt...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Oil rebounds slightly after second big drop
Oil prices rebounded slightly Wednesday in Asia after tumbling more than $5 in the previous session as traders worried about the health of the global economy cashed in gains from the recent rally...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain US withdrawal in Iraq will come in time
Republican presidential candidate John McCain played down reports Tuesday that Iraqi officials are increasing pressure on the United States to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw its forces...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain to talk pocketbook education issues
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he goes before the NAACP convention next week...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Obama calls McCain part of problem with bankruptcy
Barack Obama called on Tuesday for changing federal bankruptcy laws to help military families, seniors and victims of natural disasters, and accused John McCain of repeatedly siding with the banking industry when Congress acted on the issue...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Sabathia wins in Brewers debut Cubs land Harden
CC Sabathia punctuated his Milwaukee debut with a bellowing scream as he came off the mound after the sixth inning. It was almost as if he was putting the National League on notice...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Nissan charged up on electric cars
Nissan is rapidly forging deals with cities and governments on electric vehicles as soaring gas prices and worries about global warming make the green technology surprisingly appealing, a senior executive said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Oil prices rebound on Iran missile tests
Oil prices rebounded Wednesday in Asia from a tumble of more than $5 in the previous session after Iran test-fired nine missiles, renewing fears of a conflict that could cut global oil supplies...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Longer lives, less pay women not saving enough
Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right?...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2nd man held in Javon Walker case in Las Vegas
A second man was arrested on charges of abducting, beating and robbing Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker in Las Vegas last month...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2 die as cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A rose-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, local authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Family, admirers lay former Sen. Helms to rest
Vice President Dick Cheney and a delegation of U.S. senators joined hundreds of other mourners who paid their respects Tuesday at the funeral of former Sen. Jesse Helms, a five-term Republican who died on the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Legal claim filed over death at NYC psych ward
The family of a woman whose death in a Brooklyn psychiatric ward was caught on surveillance footage say they intend to file a $25 million lawsuit...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Hurricane Bertha weakens to Category 2 storm
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 2 storm...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dry, hot weather threatens California fire gains
A day of gains on the California firelines could be giving way to days of trouble...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain to talk pocketbook education issues
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he goes before the NAACP convention next week...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Police ID remains as software programmers wife
Police have confirmed that a body software programmer Hans Reiser led them to is that of the estranged wife he is convicted of killing...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wildfires push some from homes some allowed back
Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of another town to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Receding floodwaters give up trove of debris
Duffels of police riot gear. Thousands of pens. Toys, water heaters and even dog houses. As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households are turning up in the muddy ooze miles from the families who lost them...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Smuggled ancient artifacts returning to Colombia
Delicately carved emeralds, rare gold nose rings and clay vessels that may have held bones more than 2,000 years ago _ all plundered from ancient graves _ will be returned to Colombia...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Erratic winds prompt new evacuations in California
Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines, the latest setback for already strained fire crews...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Hurricane Bertha could strengthen in coming days
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become slightly stronger in the next couple of days as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Family, friends of killing spree suspect baffled
Marcia Frey laid down the law when her daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Nicholas Sheley, moved into her trailer after losing their apartment last month: No alcohol. No drugs...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wildfire near Sacramento burns dozens of homes
A wind-stoked wildfire northeast of Sacramento burned dozens of homes Tuesday and has forced thousands of fire-weary residents to flee, state officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
As some flee fires anew, others return for a time
Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of other towns to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Police Polygamist sect leader Jeffs hospitalized
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken from jail in Arizona to a Las Vegas hospital for what the sheriff described as a serious medical problem...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Pope names Wyo. bishop to head Green Bay diocese
Pope Benedict XVI has chosen the bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo., to head the Green Bay diocese in Wisconsin...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Denver to Des Moines flight delayed by ticks
Some wayward ticks delayed a United Airlines flight from Denver to Des Moines...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Thousands evacuate as flames near Paradise, Calif.
Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated by flames just weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Thousands evacuate as flames threaten Paradise, CA
Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated by flames just weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
For some, waterfront NYC living means a houseboat
Gloria Weiss was living in a small SoHo apartment in the 1980s when one of her young students told her that he lived on a boat...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wayward dolphins following food inland, not to sea
Wayward dolphins that have been treating a New Jersey river as their private fishing hole appear to be heading farther inland instead of back toward the ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
About 1,000 turn out at Vt. service for slain girl
Nearly 1,000 people have turned out in Randolph, Vt., to say goodbye to a 12-year-old girl who disappeared last month and was later found dead near the home of an uncle...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Search on for body of Mich. girl missing since 86
Police are searching land near Detroit for the body of a 13-year-old girl reported missing in 1986...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Fashion bug Teens turn dead cicadas into jewelry
Two 17-year-old jewelry makers from Cape Cod, Massachusetts are hoping swarms of customers will want their latest creations: earrings and necklaces made from dead bugs...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Atlanta courthouse shooting trial set to open
The courthouse killings case against Brian Nichols was supposed to be as open-and-shut as they come...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
State employee wont lower flags for Helms
A longtime North Carolina state employee has chosen to retire instead of lowering flags to honor former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Celebrity foreclosures show extent of housing woes
Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us _ they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2 hurt in Spains running of the bulls
Charging bulls plowed into or trampled piles of fallen thrillseekers Wednesday, injuring at least two people at the running of the bulls, including an American who was gored in the abdomen...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Bombs kill 13 in Iraq but number of attacks falls
Bombs killed 13 people, including four Iraqi policemen, in Iraq on Wednesday as military officials released data showing attacks have dropped sharply over the past year...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Turkey suspects al-Qaida in attack on US consulate
Suspected al-Qaida militants armed with pistols and shotguns attacked a police guard post outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left three attackers and three officers dead...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
NATO sees jump in Pakistan attacks
Mortar and rocket attacks by militants in Pakistan across the border into Afghanistan have spiked in the last month and U.S. and NATO forces have been returning fire, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Medvedev criticizes missile defense deal
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lashed out Wednesday at the United States over its plans for a missile shield in Europe, saying a U.S. deal to install part of the system in Czech Republic "deeply distresses" Moscow...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Jamie Lynn Spears poses with baby for mag cover
Weeks after giving birth to daughter Maddie Briann, Jamie Lynn Spears is showing off the newborn, sharing memories of a "perfect" delivery and longing to be a Southern soccer mom...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Democrats Makers knew Katrina trailers tainted
Manufacturers knew there were high levels of formaldehyde in the trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina victims, but sold them to the government anyway, according to a congressional report released Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Thousands evacuate as flames near Paradise, Calif.
Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated by flames just weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Thousands evacuate as flames threaten Paradise, CA
Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated by flames just weeks ago...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
For some, waterfront NYC living means a houseboat
Gloria Weiss was living in a small SoHo apartment in the 1980s when one of her young students told her that he lived on a boat...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Wayward dolphins following food inland, not to sea
Wayward dolphins that have been treating a New Jersey river as their private fishing hole appear to be heading farther inland instead of back toward the ocean...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Envoy Bomber aimed to destroy embassy in Kabul
The suicide bomber who detonated his vehicle at the gates of the Indian Embassy in Kabul intended to destroy the embassy itself, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Milwaukee museum unveils woolly mammoth skeleton
A 14,500-year-old woolly mammoth skeleton dug up in 1994 has been unveiled at the Milwaukee Public Museum, giving locals a glimpse of perhaps the most intact specimen discovered in North America...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Hospital Impossible to see inside Jolies room
The hospital where Angelina Jolie will give birth says the windows of her room have been coated with a special material that prevents paparazzi from taking pictures of the actress and her partner, Brad Pitt...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Obama calls McCain part of problem with bankruptcy
Barack Obama called on Tuesday for changing federal bankruptcy laws to help military families, seniors and victims of natural disasters, and accused John McCain of repeatedly siding with the banking industry when Congress acted on the issue...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Sabathia wins in Brewers debut Cubs land Harden
CC Sabathia punctuated his Milwaukee debut with a bellowing scream as he came off the mound after the sixth inning. It was almost as if he was putting the National League on notice...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCanns 2 homers help Braves top Dodgers 9-3
Jair Jurrjens pitched six solid innings, batterymate Brian McCann homered twice and Yunel Escobar hit a three-run double, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Pettitte, Jeter lift Yanks over Rays
Coming off two tight wins over their traditional rival, and about to head into the All-Star break, the New York Yankees turned to two of their veterans to beat the upstart Tampa Bay Rays...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCanns two homers help Braves top Dodgers 9-3
Jair Jurrjens pitched six solid innings, batterymate Brian McCann homered twice and Yunel Escobar hit a three-run double, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Nissan charged up on electric cars
Nissan is rapidly forging deals with cities and governments on electric vehicles as soaring gas prices and worries about global warming make the green technology surprisingly appealing, a senior executive said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Oil prices rebound on Iran missile tests
Oil prices rebounded Wednesday in Asia from a tumble of more than $5 in the previous session after Iran test-fired nine missiles, renewing fears of a conflict that could cut global oil supplies...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Longer lives, less pay women not saving enough
Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right?...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Oil rebounds slightly after second big drop
Oil prices rebounded slightly Wednesday in Asia after tumbling more than $5 in the previous session as traders worried about the health of the global economy cashed in gains from the recent rally...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain US withdrawal in Iraq will come in time
Republican presidential candidate John McCain played down reports Tuesday that Iraqi officials are increasing pressure on the United States to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw its forces...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain to talk pocketbook education issues
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he goes before the NAACP convention next week...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
As some flee fires anew, others return for a time
Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of other towns to evacuate...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2nd man held in Javon Walker case in Las Vegas
A second man was arrested on charges of abducting, beating and robbing Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker in Las Vegas last month...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Erratic winds prompt new evacuations in California
Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines, the latest setback for already strained fire crews...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
2 die as cargo jet crashes in Colombia
A rose-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, local authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
McCain to talk pocketbook education issues
Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he goes before the NAACP convention next week...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dow ends up 152 on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points, and all the major indexes were up more than 1 percent...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Stricker looking to rebound at Congressional
Steve Stricker burned a lot of fuel on his way back to the top, a journey so amazing that he became the first player in PGA Tour history to repeat as comeback player of the year...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Bourbon producers see amber-colored future
To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
AP IMPACT Go-arounds are possible safety hazard
A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Dixons mistake helps Hunter-Reay to victory
Ryan Hunter-Reay figured the luck had to go his way eventually...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Cardinals set Mulder for 1st start since September
Four outs in two relief outings was enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to put Mark Mulder back in the rotation. The left-hander will make his first start since September on Wednesday at Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 9, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
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