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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
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Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Boy Scouts sue Philadelphia over rent, policy barring gays
A Boy Scouts chapter engaged in a long fight over gay rights has sued the city of Philadelphia to try to avoid paying $200,000 a year in rent to stay in the city-owned space that has been its headquarters for 80 years...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
US on track to break record for tornadoes
Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their basements...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Scouts sue after Philly demands rent or new policy
A Boy Scouts chapter engaged in a long fight over gay rights has sued the city of Philadelphia to try to avoid paying $200,000 a year in rent to stay in the city-owned space that has been its headquarters for 80 years...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
US nears record tornado year meteorologists dont know why
Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their basements...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Kuznetsova and Safina advance at French Open
Russian players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday before rain again disrupted play at Roland Garros...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Earle Hagen, Andy Griffith composer, dies at 88
Earle H. Hagen, who co-wrote the jazz classic "Harlem Nocturne" and composed memorable themes for "The Andy Griffith Show," "I Spy," "The Mod Squad" and other TV shows, has died. He was 88...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Kuznetsova, Safina advance at French
Russian players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday before rain again disrupted play at Roland Garros...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Amelie Mauresmo advances to French Open 2nd round
Amelie Mauresmo held her nerve and her serve when it counted Tuesday, reaching the second round of the French Open by defeating Olga Savchuk 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in a match disrupted by rain...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Kuznetsova, Safina advance at French Open
Russian players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday before rain again disrupted play at Roland Garros...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Mauresmo advances at French Open
Amelie Mauresmo held her nerve and her serve when it counted Tuesday, reaching the second round of the French Open by defeating Olga Savchuk 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in a match disrupted by rain...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McCain US, China could stop making nuke bomb fuel
Republican presidential candidate John McCain called Tuesday for talks with China to negotiate a temporary halt to production of nuclear weapons-grade material and with Russia on a new treaty to destroy more nuclear weapons...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
May consumer confidence falls to near 16-year low
A private research group says that soaring gas prices and weakening job prospects left shoppers gloomier about the economy in May, sending a key barometer of consumer sentiment to its lowest level in almost 16 years...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Today on the presidential campaign trail
IN THE HEADLINESAfter a week of setbacks, Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks of faith ... Obama subs for Kennedy at Wesleyan, promotes public service and evokes Kennedy legacy ... Libertarian Party picks former GOP Rep. Bob Barr as presidential candidate ...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Home sales unexpectedly rise in April
Sales of new homes rose in April for the first time in six months although the unexpected increase still left activity near the lowest level in 17 years...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
New reports give bleak outlook on housing, economy
Not since George H.W. Bush ran the White House have consumers felt so downbeat about the economy. And the catalyst for much of the gloom _ the housing slump _ shows no signs of abating, new data Tuesday showed...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Mass. Sen. Kennedy competing in Cape sailboat race
Sen. Edward Kennedy is feeling well enough after his brain cancer diagnosis to compete in the second day of an annual sailboat race between Nantucket and Cape Cod...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McCain, Obama begin battle for Western states
Republican John McCain and Democratic U.S. presidential rival Barack Obama were trading barbs as they began crisscrossing three Western states that are likely to be pivotal battlegrounds that could decide the November presidential election...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
8 people found shot on busy New York City street
Police are investigating the shootings of eight people in a New York City neighborhood...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Teen actor in upcoming Harry Potter film killed
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Authorities Storm kills 7 in northeast Iowa
A state official says a powerful storm that tore through a rural area of northeast Iowa has killed seven people injured dozens more...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
5 people die in South Los Angeles vehicle pileup
Both the scene and the toll of a fiery six-vehicle crash were staggering...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China says earthquake death toll rises to 67,183
A Chinese government spokesman says the confirmed death toll in the earthquake more than two weeks ago has risen to 67,183...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
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European stock markets edged higher Monday and key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when the U.S. and British markets were closed for a holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Officials in China rush to evacuate 80,000
Chinese officials rushed Tuesday to evacuate another 80,000 people in the path of potential floodwaters building up behind a quake-spawned dam, state media reported, as soldiers scraped a channel to try to drain away the threat...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Frances Sarkozy wants tax cut on fuel
France plans to ask its European partners to suspend part of the value-added tax on fuel to counter rising oil prices, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Frances president wants tax cut on fuel in Europe
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday proposed cutting fuel taxes Europe-wide, responding to economic discontent that has prompted French fishermen to launch protests now spreading to other European shores and sectors...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition leader helps violence victims
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a $300,000 fund Tuesday to help victims of politically motivated violence that he said has left 50 supporters dead over the past six weeks...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China evacuates villagers after new flood threat
About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Militant cleric urges protests on US-Iraq deal
Militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Tuesday for followers to hold weekly protests against a U.S.-Iraqi security deal under negotiation that could lead to a long-term American troop presence...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Feud over sports could keep Iraq out of Olympics
Sports has been one of the few things unifying Iraqis in recent years _ with soccer victories bringing Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds alike into the streets cheering...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Mental trauma rampant after China earthquake
Liu Yisi sits on a hospital bed, reading a comic book. His nose is bruised, swollen and cut, and his left arm is heavily bandaged...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
American testifies he gave cash to Israels leader
A Jewish-American businessman testified Tuesday in a corruption probe that threatens to bring down Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying he handed cash-stuffed envelopes to the Israeli politician he described as a bon vivant with a penchant for fancy hotels, fine cigars and first-class travel...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Palestinian police get training in riot control
Palestinian police officers in riot gear trained under the desert sun Tuesday as part of a European Union-sponsored public order course begun after a deadly clash between police and demonstrators last fall...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Report Abuse of children widespread in war zones
A Save the Children UK report released Tuesday alleges rampant sexual abuse of children at the hands of peacekeepers and international aid workers in war zones and disaster areas...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Pirates seize ship off coast of Somalia
A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
6,000 tons of salmon are moved from Chile volcano
First they saved the people. Then they rescued the dogs and cats. Finally they went in for the fish _ 6,000 tons of them _ threatened by a volcanic eruption in southern Chile...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Twins who were separated at birth sue for damages
Spanish twins who were separated at birth through a hospital error _ then reunited as adults through a fluke _ are suing for millions in damages, as is a third woman who grew up thinking, erroneously, that she was one of the twins, a lawyer said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Shootout in western Mexico kills 5 federal police
Five federal police and a suspected hit man were killed in a shootout Tuesday as authorities surrounded a house in Culiacan, home to the Sinaloa drug cartel...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Shootout in Mexico kills 7 federal police
Seven federal police and a suspected hit man were killed in a shootout Tuesday as authorities surrounded a suspected drug safe house in Culiacan, home to the Sinaloa drug cartel...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Group cites rights violations in Gaza, West Bank
The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are increasingly violating human rights in their territories in a quest for control, a human rights group said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Nepal assembly members sworn-in
Nepal swears in its newly-elected assembly, which faces the task of abolishing the monarchy of King Gyanendra...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Short jail sentences 'pointless'
A former prison governor calls for prison sentences of less than six months to be scrapped...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Second device discovered in store
A second firebomb is found in a city centre sports store which was at the centre of an earlier alert, police say...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Day in pictures
The most striking images from around the world...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Man Utd could report Real Madrid to Fifa
Man Utd say they are considering reporting Real Madrid to Fifa over their interest in Cristiano Ronaldo...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Mental health bill 'will spiral'
The bill for caring for people with mental disorders is expected to more than double in the next 20 years...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Spain twins sue over birth mix-up
Spanish twins separated at birth after a hospital mistake seek millions of euros in damages...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Why have Cambridge students been getting an English lesson from Amy Winehouse?
Cambridge University students have been asked to analyse lyrics by singer Amy Winehouse in a final-year exam...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
I'm The Bionic Woman, innit - actress's US accent slated
Michelle Ryan's portrayal of the Bionic Woman heads a Radio Times poll of the worst US accents by British actors...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Jail early-release plans outlined
Ministers reveal plans to release about 550 prisoners early in an effort to ease overcrowding in jails...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Nuclear clean-up costs 'to soar'
The cost of decommissioning the UK's ageing nuclear facilities is set to rise above £73bn, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
UK submarine hits Red Sea rocks
A UK nuclear-powered submarine is damaged after colliding with rocks in the Red Sea...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
McCann reconstruction called off
A reconstruction of the night Madeleine McCann disappeared will not go ahead after the "Tapas Seven" declined to take part...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Fuel demo adds to road taxes row
Lorry drivers protest at the rising cost of fuel, as speculation mounts about a government rethink on road tax...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Blackouts after Sizewell shutdown
An unplanned shutdown at the Sizewell B nuclear power plant in Suffolk leaves hundreds of thousands without electricity...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
String of shootings in New York City leave 8 hurt
A string of shootings in a New York City neighborhood sent eight people, including half a dozen teenagers, to nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years
Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular shelves of staff picks that are familiar to its customers nationwide...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
New Yorks Original Kazoo Co. stays true to name
The name of the place says it all: The Original Kazoo Co. And, boy, do its owners mean original...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Appreciation Pollacks smart and complex films
Sydney Pollack had the rare ability to use his acting experience as adeptly behind the camera as he did in front of it...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Martin Sheen opens up about son Charlies drug use
Martin Sheen became "fanatic" when his son Charlie was using drugs...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Sydney Pollack dies of cancer director was 73
Sydney Pollack was remembered Tuesday as a generous, unpretentious talent by the elite actors he directed in films such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie" and "Absence of Malice."...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Director and actor Sydney Pollack dies at age 73
Sydney Pollack was remembered by some of the elite actors he directed in films such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie," and "Absence of Malice," not only for his Academy Award-winning direction, but also for his acting talents...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Federer improves clay-court record
Roger Federer added another win to his already burgeoning clay-court record this season...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Kuznetsova and Safina advance at French Open
Russian players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday before rain again disrupted play at Roland Garros...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Kuznetsova, Safina advance at French
Russian players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday before rain again disrupted play at Roland Garros...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Kuznetsova, Safina advance at French Open
Russian players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday before rain again disrupted play at Roland Garros...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McCain, Obama begin battle for Western states
Republican John McCain and Democratic U.S. presidential rival Barack Obama were trading barbs as they began crisscrossing three Western states that are likely to be pivotal battlegrounds that could decide the November presidential election...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Obama says he will fight McCain for western states
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama set his sights on the West on Tuesday, saying he will fight for states there that narrowly voted Republican in the last presidential election four years ago...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
US home prices drop at sharpest rate in 20 years
A closely watched housing index shows U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
May consumer confidence falls to near 16-year low
A private research group says that soaring gas prices and weakening job prospects left shoppers gloomier about the economy in May, sending a key barometer of consumer sentiment to its lowest level in almost 16 years...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Home sales post unexpected April increase
Sales of new homes rose in April for the first time in six months although the unexpected increase still left activity near the lowest level in 17 years...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Home sales unexpectedly rise in April
Sales of new homes rose in April for the first time in six months although the unexpected increase still left activity near the lowest level in 17 years...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
8 people found shot on busy New York City street
Police are investigating the shootings of eight people in a New York City neighborhood...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Mass. Sen. Kennedy competing in Cape sailboat race
Sen. Edward Kennedy is feeling well enough after his brain cancer diagnosis to compete in the second day of an annual sailboat race between Nantucket and Cape Cod...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Authorities Storm kills 7 in northeast Iowa
A state official says a powerful storm that tore through a rural area of northeast Iowa has killed seven people injured dozens more...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
5 people die in South Los Angeles vehicle pileup
Both the scene and the toll of a fiery six-vehicle crash were staggering...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
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European stock markets edged higher Monday and key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when the U.S. and British markets were closed for a holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Some US farms outsourced to Mexico
Antonio Martinez used to pay smugglers thousands of dollars each year to sneak him into the United States to manage farm crews. Now, the work comes to him...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Businessman testifies in Israel in Olmert case
An American businessman who police suspect gave illegal funds to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is in a Jerusalem court to testify about his part in the case...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China says earthquake death toll rises to 67,183
A Chinese government spokesman says the confirmed death toll in the earthquake more than two weeks ago has risen to 67,183...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China to evacuate 80,000 because of flood risk
A Chinese news agency says 80,000 people are to be evacuated because of a flood risk in earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Nepal swears in new assembly
Nepal has sworn in a new assembly charged with reshaping the country from a conflict-ridden Himalayan kingdom into a peaceful republic...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Officials in China rush to evacuate 80,000
Chinese officials rushed Tuesday to evacuate another 80,000 people in the path of potential floodwaters building up behind a quake-spawned dam, state media reported, as soldiers scraped a channel to try to drain away the threat...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Frances Sarkozy wants tax cut on fuel
France plans to ask its European partners to suspend part of the value-added tax on fuel to counter rising oil prices, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Frances president wants tax cut on fuel in Europe
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday proposed cutting fuel taxes Europe-wide, responding to economic discontent that has prompted French fishermen to launch protests now spreading to other European shores and sectors...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Zimbabwe opposition leader helps violence victims
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai launched a $300,000 fund Tuesday to help victims of politically motivated violence that he said has left 50 supporters dead over the past six weeks...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Negotiations over hijacked ship
A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Roadside bombs kill 12 Afghans
A roadside bomb hit a bus Tuesday in western Afghanistan, killing eight civilians, while another roadside bomb south of the capital left four Afghan police dead, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Militant group warns of Mosul retaliation
An al-Qaida in Iraq front group warned Tuesday that insurgents were waiting for the right moment to retaliate against a U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown in the northern city...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
12 die in 2 roadside bombings in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb hit a bus Tuesday in western Afghanistan, killing eight civilians, while another roadside bomb south of the capital left four Afghan police dead, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Bombs, attacks kill 24 in Afghanistan
Roadside bombings and insurgent attacks Tuesday killed 24 people in Afghanistan, including 13 police officers, while U.S.-led coalition operations killed several militants, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Report Abuse of children widespread in war zones
A Save the Children UK report released Tuesday alleges rampant sexual abuse of children at the hands of peacekeepers and international aid workers in war zones and disaster areas...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Pirates seize ship off coast of Somalia
A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Mars lander is 'in good health'
Nasa says its Phoenix spacecraft is in good health after landing on Mars...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
BB 'stinky' jibes are deemed fair
A Big Brother contestant mocked by housemates over her smell has a complaint against Channel 4 rejected...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Services fall 'worst since 2001'
Firms such as restaurants, bars and cinemas have the biggest drop in activity since 2001, a CBI survey claims...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Speculation over road tax rethink
Ministers hint at a rethink over road tax increases as they say the chancellor "is listening" to concerns...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Bomb found in city centre store
A bomb left at a shop in Belfast city centre partially exploded during the night, according to police...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Guinea's defence minister sacked
Guinea's defence minister is fired as troops who took a top army commander hostage continue a mutiny over pay...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Australia Muslim school rejected
Authorities in a small Australian town reject proposals to allow an Islamic school to be built there...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Silent suffering
Victims of 'abuse' by peacekeepers struggle for justice...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Murder probe after M1 fight death
The death of a man after a fight on the hard shoulder of the M1 in Bedfordshire is being treated as murder...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Where's this?
Home to just three Brits - our tiny and unlikely new friend...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Licence to imitate
How do you bring a famous writer back from the dead?...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
England player numbers at new low
The number of England-qualified players starting in the Premier League is at an all-time low, research by BBC Sport has found...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Terry to lead England against USA
England coach Fabio Capello confirms that Chelsea's John Terry will captain England in the friendly against the United States at Wembley on Wednesday...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
True crime
Are knife attacks really on the increase in Britain?...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Obituary
Career of director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Purr-fect station master puts railway firm back on track
Purr-fect station master puts loss-making Japanese railway company back on track...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Seven arrests over park killing
A total of seven males are arrested over the murder of a teenager in a park in West Yorkshire...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Bassey 'recovering' after surgery
Singer Dame Shirley Bassey is is hospital in Monaco following an emergency operation on her stomach...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Lorry fuel price demo hits roads
Hundreds of lorry drivers take part in protests in London and along the M4 in Wales over soaring fuel prices...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
China aftershocks demolish homes
Two further aftershocks destroy 420,000 homes in the Chinese area hit by the recent quake, state media say...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Killed British serviceman named
A British serviceman killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Sunday is named by the Ministry of Defence...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
8 people found shot on busy New York City street
Police are investigating the shootings of eight people in a New York City neighborhood...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
String of shootings in New York City leave 8 hurt
A string of shootings in a New York City neighborhood sent eight people, including half a dozen teenagers, to nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years
Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular shelves of staff picks that are familiar to its customers nationwide...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at 73
An agent for Sydney Pollack says the Academy Award winning director has died. He was 73...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
New Yorks Original Kazoo Co. stays true to name
The name of the place says it all: The Original Kazoo Co. And, boy, do its owners mean original...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at age 73
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who achieved commercial and critical success with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa, has died. He was 73...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Director and actor Sydney Pollack dies at 73
Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director who collaborated with a long list of elite actors on films such as "Out of Africa," "Tootsie," "The Way We Were" and "Absence of Malice," has died. He was 73...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Director Sydney Pollack dies at 73 in Los Angeles
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa," has died. He was 73...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McDyess scores 21 Pistons beat Celtics, tie series
Antonio McDyess refused to let the Detroit Pistons get pushed to the brink of elimination. McDyess had his best game of the playoffs, scoring 21 points and grabbing 16 rebounds to lift Detroit to a 94-75 series-evening win Monday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Federer improves clay-court record
Roger Federer added another win to his already burgeoning clay-court record this season...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Rays put up another impressive win
The Tampa Bay Rays are in rare company atop the major league standings...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McCain says he and Obama should visit Iraq together
Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McCain, Obama begin battle for Western states
Republican John McCain and Democratic U.S. presidential rival Barack Obama were trading barbs as they began crisscrossing three Western states that are likely to be pivotal battlegrounds that could decide the November presidential election...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
European, Asian markets mixed despite inflation concerns
European stock markets edged higher Monday after key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Alternative fuels a focus at air show
With oil prices on a record flight path, the global aerospace industry will be focusing on improved efficiency and developments in alternative fuels at the International Berlin Air Show this week...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Food banks facing new clients, mounting costs
Jackie Hoffman sifted through a laundry bin filled with aging bread, choosing a loaf of white...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Group to pay $1.5 billion for GM building, 3 other towers
A real estate investment group has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 billion in cash for four Manhattan office towers, including the landmark General Motors building on Fifth Avenue from New York developer Harry Macklowe...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
European, Asian markets mixed amid inflation concerns
European stock markets edged higher Monday and key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when the U.S. and British markets were closed for a holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
AP INTERVIEW McCain says Obama should visit Iraq
Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Sri Lanka 22 rebels, 2 soldiers killed
Government troops and ethnic Tamil separatists fought gunbattles that killed 22 rebels and two soldiers in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka, the military said Friday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
5 people die in South Los Angeles vehicle pileup
Both the scene and the toll of a fiery six-vehicle crash were staggering...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Authorities Storm kills 7 in northeast Iowa
A state official says a powerful storm that tore through a rural area of northeast Iowa has killed seven people injured dozens more...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
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European stock markets edged higher Monday and key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when the U.S. and British markets were closed for a holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Quake brings rare freedom for journalists in China
Rows of body bags were laid out along streets for all to see. Sobbing parents furious about shoddily built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children were able to speak freely. Military helicopters carried reporters to tour the disaster zone...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Iraqi army 6 teens trained as suicide bombers
The Iraqi military on Monday displayed a group of weeping teenagers who said they had been forced into training for suicide bombings by a Saudi militant in the last urban stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Children not getting breakfast because of aid cuts
At dawn in a ramshackle elementary school in rural Cambodia, the children think of only one thing: their stomachs. They anxiously await the steaming buckets of free rice delivered to their desks...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Israeli leader says key Gaza crossing to stay shut
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told lawmakers Monday that Israel would not agree to open a key Gaza border crossing, explicitly rejecting a chief condition that the Hamas militant group has set for a cease-fire with Israel...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Canadas foreign minister resigns
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his foreign minister has resigned over a security breach...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Some US farms outsourced to Mexico
Antonio Martinez used to pay smugglers thousands of dollars each year to sneak him into the United States to manage farm crews. Now, the work comes to him...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Businessman testifies in Israel in Olmert case
An American businessman who police suspect gave illegal funds to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is in a Jerusalem court to testify about his part in the case...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China says earthquake death toll rises to 67,183
A Chinese government spokesman says the confirmed death toll in the earthquake more than two weeks ago has risen to 67,183...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Nepal swears in new assembly
Nepal has sworn in a new assembly charged with reshaping the country from a conflict-ridden Himalayan kingdom into a peaceful republic...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China to evacuate 80,000 because of flood risk
A Chinese news agency says 80,000 people are to be evacuated because of a flood risk in earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Officials in China rush to evacuate 80,000
Chinese officials rushed Tuesday to evacuate another 80,000 people in the path of potential floodwaters building up behind a quake-spawned dam, state media reported, as soldiers scraped a channel to try to drain away the threat...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China launches second Olympic satellite
China launched a weather forecasting satellite Tuesday to help predict the weather for the Summer Olympics, a state news agency said...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Roadside bomb kills 8 civilians in Afghanistan
An Afghan official says a roadside bomb hit a bus in western Afghanistan, killing eight civilians...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China to evacuate thousands due to flood risk
A Chinese news agency says 80,000 people are to be evacuated because of a flood risk in earthquake ravaged Sichuan province...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
China says death toll rises to 67,183
A Chinese government spokesman says the confirmed death toll in the earthquake more than two weeks ago has risen to 67,183...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
General Russia to counter US defense plans
A top Russian general says Moscow will take adequate measures to counter U.S. missile defense plans...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Product placement bid for Diploma
In an effort to raise interest in Diplomas, the government has considered using the plot lines of soap operas...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
YouTube law fight 'threatens net'
Legal action against YouTube by content giant Viacom, threatens internet freedom, says owner Google...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
New exodus from China quake lake
Another 80,000 people are being evacuated in China from near a swollen "quake lake", state media say...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Sarkozy suggests cap on fuel tax
France's president suggests that the EU could cap the level of value added tax on fuel, as fishermen continue to protest at rising prices...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Afghan bomb kills bus passengers
A roadside bomb hits a bus in western Afghanistan, killing eight passengers, officials say...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Hauliers' convoy in fuel protest
More than 150 lorries head in convoy from Carmarthenshire to Cardiff to hand in a petition protesting at fuel price rises...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Man arrested over doorman killing
A 27-year-old man is arrested in connection with the death of Londonderry doorman Brian McGlynn...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Guinea soldiers seize army chief
Soldiers in Guinea's capital, Conakry, take a top army commander hostage in a protest over pay...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Canada FM quits for security slip
Canada's foreign minister quits for leaving classified papers in an unsafe place, said to be an ex-girlfriend's flat...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Iranian MPs holds first session
Iran's former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is poised to take the influential role of parliament speaker...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Eye of the storm
Tracking down tornadoes with the storm chasers...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Girl, 3, dies in mini-moto crash
A toddler is killed as she is driven on a mini-motorcycle that collides with a pick-up truck...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Crew 'unaware' of dead stowaways
Police say the crew of a ship docked at Ayr harbour had "no knowledge" of two dead men found on board...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Licence to write
Sebastian Faulks follows in Ian Fleming's footsteps...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Jersey police find further bones
Police investigating child abuse claims at a Jersey home have uncovered another tooth and more bone fragments...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Car clash - is James Bond's favourite a Bentley or an Aston Martin?
An argument about whether James Bond prefers Bentleys to Aston Martins raises eyebrows in the car world...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Rare portrait showing Queen Elizabeth I as a young princess is discovered
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I before her accession to the throne is discovered at a stately home...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Deschamps claims Chelsea interest
Didier Deschamps claims he is on the short-list to become the new Chelsea manager as Roberto Mancini and Guus Hiddink appear to rule themselves out...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Pique agrees return to Barcelona
Barcelona will sign Man Utd defender Gerard Pique after he agrees a four-year deal at the Nou Camp...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Suu Kyi's house arrest extended
Burma's ruling junta has renewed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Father remanded over baby killing
A 23-year-old man from South Yorkshire appears in court charged with murdering his three-month-old son...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Court rejects HIV asylum seeker
An HIV-positive Ugandan woman's claim to stay in the UK is rejected by the European Court of Human Rights...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Hauliers protesting at fuel cost
Hundreds of lorry drivers are taking part in protests in London and along the M4 in Wales over soaring fuel prices...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Man in court over actor's murder
A 21-year-old man charged with the murder of young actor Rob Knox in south-east London is remanded in custody...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Indians protest Brazil hydro dam project
Hundreds of Amazon Indians capped a five-day protest against the construction of a multibillion dollar dam by swimming in the river they say it will destroy...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Mass. Sen. Kennedy competes in Cape sailboat race
Sen. Edward Kennedy took the helm of his sailboat "Mya" on Monday and rode a stiff southern wind from Nantucket back to Hyannis in a regatta just a week after undergoing a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Iowa town measures the loss after deadly tornado
Half of this small town lay in ruins or heavily damaged Monday following a deadly tornado that ripped apart a stretch of northern Iowa...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Food banks face high costs but feeding more people
Jackie Hoffman sifted through a laundry bin filled with aging bread, choosing a loaf of white...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Yale gives Paul McCartney honorary music degree
Paul McCartney can now add one more honor to the numerous awards, accolades and the knighthood he has already received...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Cannes 2008 Lots of stars, and some movies, too
Indy made his comeback at Cannes, and Woody came back as usual. Angelina showed off her baby bump on the red carpet, and Madonna sold off everything in her handbag at a charity auction...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at age 73
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who achieved commercial and critical success with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa, has died. He was 73...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at 73
An agent for Sydney Pollack says the Academy Award winning director has died. He was 73...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Red Sox use 4-run eighth inning to beat Seattle
The Boston Red Sox found an easy cure for their road woes _ a visit to the worst team in baseball...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McDyess 21 points and 16 rebounds lift Pistons over Celtics
Antonio McDyess refused to let the Detroit Pistons get pushed to the brink of elimination...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Clintons in Puerto Rico Obama in New Mexico
Hillary Rodham Clinton ended a three-day campaign swing across Puerto Rico the same way many Americans mark Memorial Day _ with family, friends and a salute to the sacrifices of military men and women...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
AP INTERVIEW McCain criticizes Obama on Iraq
Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Clintons campaign in Puerto Rico Obama in NM
Hillary Rodham Clinton ended a three-day campaign swing across Puerto Rico the same way many Americans mark Memorial Day _ with family, friends and a salute to the sacrifices of military men and women...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
McCain says he and Obama should visit Iraq together
Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
European, Asian markets mixed despite inflation concerns
European stock markets edged higher Monday after key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Alternative fuels a focus at air show
With oil prices on a record flight path, the global aerospace industry will be focusing on improved efficiency and developments in alternative fuels at the International Berlin Air Show this week...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Group to pay $1.5 billion for GM building, 3 other towers
A real estate investment group has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 billion in cash for four Manhattan office towers, including the landmark General Motors building on Fifth Avenue from New York developer Harry Macklowe...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
European, Asian markets mixed amid inflation concerns
European stock markets edged higher Monday and key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when the U.S. and British markets were closed for a holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Food banks facing new clients, mounting costs
Jackie Hoffman sifted through a laundry bin filled with aging bread, choosing a loaf of white...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Tornadoes strike western and central Kansas
Forecasters said Saturday that at least a dozen tornadoes spun across western and central Kansas a day earlier, destroying numerous homes, downing trees and injuring several people...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Director Sydney Pollack dies at 73 in Los Angeles
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa," has died. He was 73...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Utley has career-best six RBIs in Phillies win
Chase Utley drove in a career-best six runs, Jamie Moyer had a season-high seven strikeouts in seven efficient innings and the Philadelphia Phillies pounded the Colorado Rockies 20-5 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Osgood blanks Pens again Red Wings halfway to Cup
Hockeytown is halfway to hoisting the Stanley Cup again...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
AP INTERVIEW McCain says Obama should visit Iraq
Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Authorities Storm kills 7 in northeast Iowa
A state official says a powerful storm that tore through a rural area of northeast Iowa has killed seven people injured dozens more...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
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European stock markets edged higher Monday and key Asian markets fell amid worries about high oil prices and the U.S. economy on a day when the U.S. and British markets were closed for a holiday...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
South Korea, Arab states move to improve relations
South Korea and a group of governments from the Middle East and Africa agreed to launch a cooperative organization Monday aimed at enhancing political, cultural and economic ties, officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Bomb on train near Sri Lankas capital kills 7
A bomb ripped through a compartment of a packed passenger train during evening rush hour Monday, killing seven people and wounding 62 others near the Sri Lankan capital...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Iraq says 6 suspected teenage bombers detained
Six teenage boys who said they were being trained as suicide bombers were detained Monday in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Cat helps debt-strapped Japanese train
A money-losing Japanese train company has found the purr-fect mascot to draw crowds and bring back business _ tabby Tama...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Bomb on train near Sri Lankas capital kills 8
A bomb ripped through part of a packed passenger train during evening rush hour Monday, killing eight people and wounding 70 others near the Sri Lankan capital...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Agreement on 2020 emissions target eludes G8 ministers
Under pressure to boost talks on a new global warming pact, Group of Eight environment ministers on Monday endorsed slashing greenhouse gas emissions in half by mid-century, but failed to agree on much more contentious near-term targets...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Quake brings rare freedom for journalists in China
Rows of body bags were laid out along streets for all to see. Sobbing parents furious about shoddily built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children were able to speak freely. Military helicopters carried reporters to tour the disaster zone...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Iraqi army 6 teens trained as suicide bombers
The Iraqi military on Monday displayed a group of weeping teenagers who said they had been forced into training for suicide bombings by a Saudi militant in the last urban stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Children not getting breakfast because of aid cuts
At dawn in a ramshackle elementary school in rural Cambodia, the children think of only one thing: their stomachs. They anxiously await the steaming buckets of free rice delivered to their desks...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Israeli leader says key Gaza crossing to stay shut
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told lawmakers Monday that Israel would not agree to open a key Gaza border crossing, explicitly rejecting a chief condition that the Hamas militant group has set for a cease-fire with Israel...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Canadas foreign minister resigns
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his foreign minister has resigned over a security breach...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,082
As of Monday, May 26, 2008, at least 4,082 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Iran may be withholding info needed in nuke probe
Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy said Monday in an unusually strongly worded report...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
IAEA Iran may be withholding info in nuke probe
Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday in an unusually strongly worded report...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Gen. admits no proof Fujimori was behind massacres
The former general who revealed the existence of a Peruvian military death squad testified Monday that he is convinced ex-President Alberto Fujimori was behind two massacres, but acknowledged he has no direct evidence...
Southern Ledger - May 27, 2008
Tories outline plans for jobless
The Conservatives are to set out a raft of proposals aimed at reforming Britain's social security system...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Cocoa can be 'boost to diabetics'
A cup of enriched cocoa may help improve the working of blood vessels in diabetic patients, research suggests...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Protests in S Korea over US beef
Protesters and police clash in South Korea amid mounting public anger at the relaxation of a ban on US beef...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
New consumer protection rules
A new law comes into force to protect consumers from rogue traders' tactics including aggressive selling...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Canada's foreign minister resigns
Canada's foreign minister resigns after he admitted leaving classified papers in a non-secure location...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
A life in pictures
Images of the acclaimed director Sydney Pollack...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
In pictures
A glimpse of what is inside the Big Brother 9 house...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Action call after youth's murder
An MP calls for tough action to tackle violence among young people after a teenager is killed in a park...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Softly softly
Why Chinese firms need to adapt to compete abroad...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Newly redeemed?
As banks get choosy, pawn shops fill the gap...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Football ticket prices up sharply
Season ticket prices at Premier League football clubs will rise by 8% on average for next season...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Peruvian MP at centre of dog-shooting row
A Peruvian opposition MP is reported to Congress for allegedly gunning down his neighbour's dog...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Prison health 'needs cash boost'
Mental health services in prisons need major investment if they are to provide good care to inmates, experts say...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
US director Sydney Pollack dies
US film director Sydney Pollack, who won two Oscars for Out of Africa, dies of cancer, aged 73...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Hauliers to protest over fuel cost
Hundreds of lorry drivers are expected to take part in protests over soaring fuel prices...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
Peacekeepers 'abusing children'
Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a British charity...
BBC News - May 27, 2008
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