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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
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Minnesotans observe anniversary of bridge collapse
It was another perfect summer day _ so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Ivins had mild persona, but some saw dark side
Bruce E. Ivins was a juggler, a gardener, a church musician, a Red Cross volunteer _ and a suspected multiple murderer, according to federal authorities...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
NY girl falls 14 stories, saved by sooty landing
A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Mo. Republicans battle in gubernatorial primary
Sarah Steelman had just announced her re-election bid as state treasurer when she learned indirectly of news that abruptly changed her political plans. The news also made U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof change course, but he had the advantage of hearing it directly from the source...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Salman Rushdie threatens to sue ex-guard over book
Author Salman Rushdie is threatening to sue a publisher over a book by a former bodyguard that he says portrays him as cheap, nasty and arrogant and depicts his police guards as drinking on duty...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lohan fires back at LA chiefs gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore Father charged
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Dad suspected in daughters kidnapping in custody
A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was taken into custody Saturday in Baltimore, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Obama opposes reparations for slavery
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Mickelson, Singh, Westwood tied atop Firestone
Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh slugged it out in the trees and on the greens Saturday throughout an up-and-down day at the Bridgestone Invitational until they wound up in a tie for the lead with a far more conventional Lee Westwood...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Guillen, Butler homer as Royals hammer White Sox
Jose Guillen and Billy Butler both homered off an ineffective Mark Buehrle, and Esteban German had a two-run triple to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 9-7 win over the Chicago White Sox on a hot, muggy Saturday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Fielder hits 2 home runs in Brewers win
CC Sabathia pitched deep into the game in another terrific outing for Milwaukee and Prince Fielder hit two home runs Saturday, leading the Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Mussina, Molina lead Yanks in win over Angels
Mike Mussina got a big assist from his catcher and shut down the surging Angels...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Reed Johnson leads Cubs to 5-1 win over Pirates
Reed Johnson had three hits and Geovany Soto drove in two runs as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Saturday afternoon...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Obama accuses McCain camp of cynicism, not racism
Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain was attempting to distract voters from real issues with a campaign strategy that was cynical, not racist...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices
Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Analysis Race remains the political wild card
By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lindsay Lohan fires back at police gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Starved, disabled girl was failed at every turn
For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room _ made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave _ the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Wis. manhunt nabs suspect in deadly river ambush
A gunman suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 die in Pa. warehouse shooting fired worker held
Two people are dead and a recently fired worker in custody after a shooting outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics
Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
More than 10,000 detainees released in Iraq
The U.S. military says it has released more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq so far this year _ more than in all of 2007...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Filthy Iraqi drinking water raises cholera fears
Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 die in Pa. warehouse shooting fired worker held
Two people are dead and a recently fired worker in custody after a shooting outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Read More...
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Read More...
Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Mine hits bus with Afghan wedding party 10 die
Police say a bus carrying a wedding party in southern Afghanistan has struck a mine, killing 10 people including the bride and groom...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Obsolete coins cause chaos at Zimbabwe tills
Zimbabweans dug out coins squirreled away years ago in jars and cupboards and headed for the shops, where lines built up as overburdened tellers more accustomed to counting mounds of hyper-inflated dollar notes instead were juggling silver...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Basque separatist freed from prison after 21 years
A notorious and unrepentant Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people _ including a dozen policemen in a Madrid car bombing _ walked out of a Spanish prison a free man Saturday after spending 21 years behind bars...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
UK police fly to Antigua to help with murder hunt
A British man critically injured in a Caribbean honeymoon attack that killed his wife returned to Britain on Saturday as Scotland Yard detectives flew to Antigua to help with the investigation...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Rescue effort stopped in Turkey dormitory collapse
Rescue workers called off the search for survivors in the debris of a girls dormitory that collapsed in central Turkey after pulling out the body of the 18th victim, an official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
17 die as explosion destroys girls dorm in Turkey
An explosion destroyed a three-story girls dormitory in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students, injuring 27 and setting off a frantic search for others trapped in the rubble...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Japans new Cabinet begins work after shake-up
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda renewed his promise to tackle reforms and address consumer concerns about rising prices Saturday as his new Cabinet held its first meeting after a shake-up intended to regain voter support...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
For Jerusalem Palestinians, home not always home
Like her father before her, Zeina Ashrawi was born in Jerusalem. Her mother represented the city in the Palestinian parliament for 10 years...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen staged a demonstration Saturday to protest calls by Kurds to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to their autonomous region as Iraqi officials met in Baghdad to defuse tension over the disputed city...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lawyer Brazilian confessed to killing teen
The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 4 killed
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least four dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Hundreds protest Kurdish demands over Kirkuk
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen rallied Saturday against Kurdish demands to incorporate the oil-rich area around Kirkuk into their autonomous region, on the eve of a special session of parliament aimed at defusing the crisis...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Holocaust survivor, rescuer live like sisters
They are two silver-haired ladies with a special bond forged in the Holocaust. One is the daughter of Jews who perished under the Nazis, the other her Roman Catholic rescuer...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Taliban denies al-Qaida No. 2 hit by missile
A Taliban spokesman in Pakistan denied on Saturday a U.S. media report that al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri may have been killed or critically injured in a missile strike...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 US soldiers charged in Iraqi detainees death
The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been accused of killing an Iraqi detainee and lying about it...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 French aid workers held in Afghanistan released
French aid group Action Against Hunger says two of its workers kidnapped last month in Afghanistan have been released...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Bomb at bridge kills 9 in Pakistans Swat Valley
A bomb exploded at a bridge on Saturday, killing at least nine security forces in a valley where Pakistani troops are battling Islamic militants, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Australian ire after rejected refugee dies in Gaza
A refugee advocate attacked Australian authorities on Saturday for rejecting the application of a Palestinian asylum seeker who returned to the Gaza Strip and was killed as part of a clan rivalry...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Afghanistan says 3 Taliban killed in east
The Interior Ministry says three Taliban militants were killed when a bomb they were planting in eastern Afghanistan exploded prematurely...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Police Brazil suspect brags he put teen in bag
A Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase bragged to his brother in a text message that she was "in the bag," state police said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
US troops on Iraqi murder charge
Two American soldiers are charged with the premeditated murder of an Iraqi prisoner, US military officials say...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
South Ossetia evacuates children
The separatist government in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia evacuates children to Russia after renewed violence...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Beijing lessons
Health experts getting tips for London 2012...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Battling Aids
Mixed results in the worldwide fight against HIV...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
In pictures
View from the cockpit in Red Bull Air Race...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Rescued after romantic proposal leaves lovers all at sea
Two lovers are rescued after they drifted out to sea following a romantic marriage proposal in a rowing boat...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Smith hands England series defeat
Graeme Smith leads South Africa to a five-wicket win against England in the third Test to seal the series 2-0...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Murray makes first Masters final
British number one Andy Murray reaches his first Masters Series final with victory over Ivo Karlovic in Cincinnati...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Kick out plotters, Sugar tells PM
Sir Alan Sugar advises Gordon Brown to "kick out" members of the government failing to support his leadership...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Iran defiant on nuclear deadline
Iran's president says it will not retreat "one iota" on its nuclear programme, on the day of an international deadline...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Israel allows in Gaza fugitives
Israel allows 180 members of a beleaguered Gaza clan loyal to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to enter its territory...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Stalking made me suspect - George
The man cleared of murdering Jill Dando says his past behaviour of pestering women fuelled the suspicions of police...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
FBI arrest 'child snatch father'
Clark Rockefeller, who is accused of snatching his UK-based daughter during a supervised visit to the US, is now in custody...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Minnesotans observe anniversary of bridge collapse
It was another perfect summer day _ so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Ivins had mild persona, but some saw dark side
Bruce E. Ivins was a juggler, a gardener, a church musician, a Red Cross volunteer _ and a suspected multiple murderer, according to federal authorities...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Minnesotans ponder bridge collapse a year later
Buddhist monks chanted, American Indians pounded drums, and Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders offered prayers and scripture Friday, reflecting the religious backgrounds of those who died a year ago when the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed during the evening rush hour...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Hundreds gather year after Minn. bridge collapse
Hundreds of mourners, from victims to top state officials, have gathered on the first anniversary of the deadly Minnesota bridge collapse...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Man accused of Wis. river killings in court soon
Wisconsin authorities say a man accused of killing three teens swimming in a river and wounding a fourth person is expected in court Monday or Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
AP IMPACT Long haul begins in Iraq for Minn. GIs
In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Plans to send elephant to Mexico stirs debate
Jenny the elephant lazily poked her trunk into a bucket of fruit as her keepers at the Dallas Zoo hosed her during her morning bath, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she could soon be shipped far from her home of 22 years...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Salman Rushdie threatens to sue ex-guard over book
Author Salman Rushdie is threatening to sue a publisher over a book by a former bodyguard that he says portrays him as cheap, nasty and arrogant and depicts his police guards as drinking on duty...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lohan fires back at LA chiefs gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lohan fires back at police gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Obama says he opposes slavery reparations, apology
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Obama opposes slavery reparations, apology
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Wie misses cut at Reno McLachlins 62 ties record
Michelle Wie failed in her eighth attempt to make the cut on the PGA Tour, shooting a second-round 80 at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open Friday. Parker McLachlin tied the course record with a 62 to take a four-stroke lead over 1987 Masters winner Larry Mize and three others...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lindsay Lohan fires back at police gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Obama opposes reparations for slavery
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 die in Pa. warehouse shooting fired worker held
Two people are dead and a recently fired worker in custody after a shooting outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics
Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices
Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Analysis Race remains the political wild card
By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Starved, disabled girl was failed at every turn
For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room _ made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave _ the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Pakistan vows to weed out pro-Taliban agents
A Pakistani spokeswoman conceded Friday that the government needs to root out Taliban sympathizers from its main intelligence agency, but officials rejected allegations that the spies helped plan a bloody bombing at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Iraq suffers from dirty water, fears about cholera
Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 die in Pa. warehouse shooting fired worker held
Two people are dead and a recently fired worker in custody after a shooting outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Read More...
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Read More...
Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Wis. manhunt nabs suspect in deadly river ambush
A gunman suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lawyer Brazilian man confessed to killing teen
The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Brazilian man confesses to killing British teen
The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager has confessed to the murder in a deposition to police...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Police question Olmert again in corruption probe
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the fourth time in a corruption investigation that has brought about his political downfall...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Whale stranded off English coast euthanized
Marine veterinarians euthanized a sick, 26-foot-long whale Friday after it became stranded on a mudflat off the coast of southern England. British wildlife experts and the coast guard had tried all day to save the northern bottlenose whale, which beached off Langstone Harbor, 75 miles southwest of London...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
IAEA approves deal for Indias nuclear inspection
India and the U.S. moved a decisive step closer to implementing a landmark nuclear deal Friday following approval of an inspections plan by the International Atomic Energy Agency...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Rescue effort stopped in Turkey dormitory collapse
Rescue workers called off the search for survivors in the debris of a girls dormitory that collapsed in central Turkey after pulling out the body of the 18th victim, an official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
17 die as explosion destroys girls dorm in Turkey
An explosion destroyed a three-story girls dormitory in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students, injuring 27 and setting off a frantic search for others trapped in the rubble...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Japans new Cabinet begins work after shake-up
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda renewed his promise to tackle reforms and address consumer concerns about rising prices Saturday as his new Cabinet held its first meeting after a shake-up intended to regain voter support...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
More than 10,000 detainees released in Iraq
The U.S. military says it has released more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq so far this year _ more than in all of 2007...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Filthy Iraqi drinking water raises cholera fears
Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen staged a demonstration Saturday to protest calls by Kurds to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to their autonomous region as Iraqi officials met in Baghdad to defuse tension over the disputed city...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Obsolete coins cause chaos at Zimbabwe tills
Zimbabweans dug out coins squirreled away years ago in jars and cupboards and headed for the shops, where lines built up as overburdened tellers more accustomed to counting mounds of hyper-inflated dollar notes instead were juggling silver...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Basque separatist freed from prison after 21 years
A notorious and unrepentant Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people _ including a dozen policemen in a Madrid car bombing _ walked out of a Spanish prison a free man Saturday after spending 21 years behind bars...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
UK police fly to Antigua to help with murder hunt
A British man critically injured in a Caribbean honeymoon attack that killed his wife returned to Britain on Saturday as Scotland Yard detectives flew to Antigua to help with the investigation...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Bomb at bridge kills 9 in Pakistans Swat Valley
A bomb exploded at a bridge on Saturday, killing at least nine security forces in a valley where Pakistani troops are battling Islamic militants, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Australian ire after rejected refugee dies in Gaza
A refugee advocate attacked Australian authorities on Saturday for rejecting the application of a Palestinian asylum seeker who returned to the Gaza Strip and was killed as part of a clan rivalry...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Australia takes in 400 Iraqis who helped troops
Australia has resettled about 400 Iraqis and their relatives who were at risk for helping Australian troops and diplomats in their troubled homeland, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Bomb kills 6 police in Pakistans Swat Valley
Police say a bomb has exploded at a bridge, killing at least six police in a valley where Pakistani security forces are battling Islamic militants...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Mine hits bus with Afghan wedding party 10 die
Police say a bus carrying a wedding party in southern Afghanistan has struck a mine, killing 10 people including the bride and groom...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
For Jerusalem Palestinians, home not always home
Like her father before her, Zeina Ashrawi was born in Jerusalem. Her mother represented the city in the Palestinian parliament for 10 years...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Taliban denies al-Qaida No. 2 hit by missile
A Taliban spokesman in Pakistan denied on Saturday a U.S. media report that al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri may have been killed or critically injured in a missile strike...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 US soldiers charged in Iraqi detainees death
The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been accused of killing an Iraqi detainee and lying about it...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 French aid workers held in Afghanistan released
French aid group Action Against Hunger says two of its workers kidnapped last month in Afghanistan have been released...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Engine test for Falcon 9 rocket
A key milestone is reached in the development of the rocket that may soon be flying cargo and astronauts to the space station...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Row over Lindsay Lohan gay remark
Actress Lindsay Lohan hits out at comments by the chief of Los Angeles police, who said the star had "gone gay"...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Pakistan to probe embassy bombing
Pakistan offers to investigate the bombing of India's Kabul embassy after claims its spy agency was involved, India says...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Iran urged to give nuclear reply
Iran must give a "clear answer" to the international community's offer of a nuclear deal, Germany's foreign minister says...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
McCain team 'cynical, not racist'
White House hopeful Barack Obama says rival John McCain's campaign is cynical, not racist, in targeting his candidacy...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Police warn of online chat danger
Police warn teenagers about the dangers of chatting to strangers online after a 15-year-old girl went missing...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Police attempt to identify body
Police investigating the disappearance of an Armagh man in Australia attempt to identify a body found in a river...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Live text - Murray v Karlovic
British number one Andy Murray takes on big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic in his first Masters Series semi-final in Cincinnati...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
No money enough
My life after I was wrongly convicted of murder...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Thousands attend Belfast pride rally
Thousands of people attend Belfast's gay Pride parade which this year has been engulfed in controversy...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Is celebrity skin helping shed social stigma of tattoos?
Social embarrassment over tattoos is fading, according to the organiser of major tattoo event in Wales...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Rushdie anger at policeman's book
Salman Rushdie is planning to sue an ex-police protection officer who claimed he was mean and tight-fisted...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Police 'confident' in killer hunt
The Antigua police chief says every effort is being made to catch a gunman who killed a bride and left her husband in a coma...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
More knife criminals facing jail
Knife possession will carry tougher sentences in England and Wales, under guidelines coming into force on Monday...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Istanbul bombings 'suspects held'
A number of suspects are arrested over Sunday's bombings in Istanbul that killed 17 people, Turkey's interior minister says...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
IOC denies deal on internet curbs
Olympic organisers deny agreeing to curbs on internet access for foreign journalists at the Beijing Games next week...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Minnesotans observe anniversary of bridge collapse
It was another perfect summer day _ so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand was crushed
Lawyers for Shia LaBeouf say his hand was "crushed" in the wreck that flipped his truck last weekend, and he still runs the risk of infection and other complications...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Plans to send elephant to Mexico stirs debate
Jenny the elephant lazily poked her trunk into a bucket of fruit as her keepers at the Dallas Zoo hosed her during her morning bath, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she could soon be shipped far from her home of 22 years...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Theater villain charged in real-life whodunit
In the small-town dinner-theater mystery, Bruce Hummel had no trouble admitting he was the killer: "I got my revenge," he told the audience. "Tell that to the sheriff." Now he faces a murder charge in real life...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Olson pitches Orioles to win over Mariners
Garrett Olson threw eight scoreless innings before running into trouble in the ninth and the Baltimore Orioles scored six early runs off Jarrod Washburn in a 10-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lindsay Lohan fires back at police gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lohan fires back at LA chiefs gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lohan fires back at police gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
McCain chides Obama over school vouchers
John McCain, the father of private school students, criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday for choosing private over public school for his kids...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Construction spending falls 0.4 percent in June
The goverment says construction spending fell for the 11th time in the past 13 months in June as continued steep declines in housing activity offset strength in nonresidential building activity...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 die in Pa. warehouse shooting fired worker held
Two people are dead and a recently fired worker in custody after a shooting outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices
Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Analysis Race remains the political wild card
By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Australian experts study Qantas jet hole
Australian investigators are exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded midflight on the Qantas jumbo jet that made a harrowing emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, an official said Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Starved, disabled girl was failed at every turn
For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room _ made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave _ the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
2 die in Pa. warehouse shooting fired worker held
Two people are dead and a recently fired worker in custody after a shooting outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
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A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
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Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Wis. manhunt nabs suspect in deadly river ambush
A gunman suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Iraq suffers from dirty water, fears about cholera
Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Brazil suspect on drugs when British teen killed
The Brazilian man accused of dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase says he does not remember what happened the night she died because he was too high on cocaine...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics
Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Chinese officials assess Olympics terrorist threat
BEIJING _ A Chinese army officer warned Friday that Islamic separatists are the biggest threat to the Olympics, but a regional official played down the danger...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
5 NATO troops killed groups warn about Afghan aid
Roadside bombs killed five NATO soldiers and a civilian in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, while a coalition of aid groups warned that violence is spreading to once-stable regions and forcing them to scale back humanitarian work...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
US ambassador a hit in Paraguay singing in Guarani
A U.S. ambassador is ending his 38-year diplomatic career with a song _ recording an album of music in the Guarani language that has made him a Paraguayan recording star...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lawyer Brazilian man confessed to killing teen
The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Brazilian man confesses to killing British teen
The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager has confessed to the murder in a deposition to police...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Police question Olmert again in corruption probe
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the fourth time in a corruption investigation that has brought about his political downfall...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Whale stranded off English coast euthanized
Marine veterinarians euthanized a sick, 26-foot-long whale Friday after it became stranded on a mudflat off the coast of southern England. British wildlife experts and the coast guard had tried all day to save the northern bottlenose whale, which beached off Langstone Harbor, 75 miles southwest of London...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
IAEA approves deal for Indias nuclear inspection
India and the U.S. moved a decisive step closer to implementing a landmark nuclear deal Friday following approval of an inspections plan by the International Atomic Energy Agency...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Pakistan vows to weed out pro-Taliban agents
A Pakistani spokeswoman conceded Friday that the government needs to root out Taliban sympathizers from its main intelligence agency, but officials rejected allegations that the spies helped plan a bloody bombing at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Rescue effort stopped in Turkey dormitory collapse
Rescue workers called off the search for survivors in the debris of a girls dormitory that collapsed in central Turkey after pulling out the body of the 18th victim, an official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
17 die as explosion destroys girls dorm in Turkey
An explosion destroyed a three-story girls dormitory in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students, injuring 27 and setting off a frantic search for others trapped in the rubble...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Japans new Cabinet begins work after shake-up
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda renewed his promise to tackle reforms and address consumer concerns about rising prices Saturday as his new Cabinet held its first meeting after a shake-up intended to regain voter support...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Filthy Iraqi drinking water raises cholera fears
Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
3 Taliban killed in blast in eastern Afghanistan
Three Taliban militants were killed when a roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely in eastern Afghanistan, and militants kidnapped a district chief in the same region, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
5 Palestinians killed in Gaza tunnel collapse
A smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border collapsed, killing at least five Palestinians and wounding 18, Palestinian security and hospital officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
More than 10,000 detainees released in Iraq
The U.S. military says it has released more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq so far this year _ more than in all of 2007...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Hamas says it is closing in on bombing suspects
Hamas security forces are raiding an alleged hideout of suspects in a deadly bombing a week ago, and the sound of explosions and gunfire is being heard in the area...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Taxi spat flares in Mexicos Cabo San Lucas resort
Mexico has deployed hundreds of federal police to try to quell a dispute between taxi drivers and tour van operators in the popular beach resort of Cabo San Lucas...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
UK police fly to Antigua to help with murder hunt
A British man critically injured in a Caribbean honeymoon attack that killed his wife returned to Britain on Saturday as Scotland Yard detectives flew to Antigua to help with the investigation...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Basque separatist freed from prison after 21 years
A notorious and unrepentant Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people _ including a dozen policemen in a Madrid car bombing _ walked out of a Spanish prison a free man Saturday after spending 21 years behind bars...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Separatists say 6 dead in fighting with Georgia
Overnight fighting that included sniper and mortar fire between Georgian forces and separatists in the breakaway South Ossetia region left six people dead and 13 wounded, regional officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Myanmar detains comedian who delivered cyclone aid
A famous Myanmar comedian and three other activists who helped deliver relief supplies to cyclone victims could be imprisoned for two years on charges of causing public unrest, his lawyer said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Gary Glitter 'release date set'
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter will be released from jail on 19 August, officials in Vietnam say, according to reports...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
India-Pakistan row clouds summit
Leaders from India and Pakistan prepare to meet at a regional summit in Sri Lanka, amid heightened tensions...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Speculation over Brown reshuffle
Downing Street refuses to comment on reports Gordon Brown is planning a cabinet reshuffle in September...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Rise in Iraqi detainee releases
The US military says it has freed more than 10,000 Iraqi detainees so far in 2008, more than in the whole of 2007...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Spain frees notorious Eta killer
Basque separatist Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos, convicted of 25 murders, is freed from jail after serving 21 years...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Scots airbase 'safe until 2050'
The future of RAF Leuchars in Fife, along with 1,700 jobs, is secure for the next 40 years, the base commander says...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Hunt continues for Vietnamese man
As three men face jail for the manslaughter of a Vietnamese immigrant, police are still trying to track one man...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Funeral for murdered city mother
The funeral of the murdered Londonderry mother-of-four Jean Quigley is to take place later on Saturday...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Coming soon...
How the web became king for movie teasers...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Paddle power
Iran's women rowers hoping for Olympic success...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Roman legacy
Roads, obviously. Sanitation. And how to argue well...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Girl dies following house arson
A four-year-old girl who suffered critical burns in a fire which also killed her grandmother dies after weeks in intensive care...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Jail compensation
How much money can Barry George expect after prison?...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Live text - England v South Africa
Paul Collingwood and Ryan Sidebottom take England's lead past 250 on day three of the third Test against South Africa...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Nadal poised to become world number one
Rafael Nadal is set to succeed Roger Federer as world number one after reaching the Cincinatti Masters semi-finals...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Honecker's nuclear bunker opens
A once-secret bunker designed to shield East Germany's communist rulers from a nuclear attack opens to the public...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Eisteddfod returns to the capital
Organisers of the National Eisteddfod expect it to generate £8m for Cardiff on its first visit to the capital since 1978...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Council's new bid to cut salt intake - shakers with fewer holes
A council sends salt shakers with few holes to fish and chip shops in an attempt to curb salt consumption...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Thatcher state funeral undecided
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman says stories of talks on a state funeral for the former PM are inaccurate...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Renault engineer 'shot himself'
A Renault Formula One engineer is believed to have shot himself at the team's headquarters in Oxfordshire...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Shot groom and wife's body return
The body of a bride shot on her honeymoon in Antigua is returned to the UK, while her critically ill husband is also flown back...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
'Publicity distorted' Dando case
The barrister for Barry George, cleared of killing BBC presenter Jill Dando, says huge media publicity can distort police investigations...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
IOC meets amid Beijing concerns
The International Olympic Committee discusses pollution, web restrictions and doping, days before the Beijing games...
BBC News - August 2, 2008
Minnesotans observe anniversary of bridge collapse
It was another perfect summer day _ so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
19 firefighters injured in NYC apartment blaze
Nearly 20 New York City firefighters are recovering from injuries suffered in a blaze that consumed the top floor of an apartment building...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Bay triples, scores winning run in 2-1 Red Sox win
Jason Bay made a smashing debut with Boston by tripling and scoring the winning run in the 12th inning Friday night as the Red Sox began the post-Manny Ramirez era with a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Ludwick hits two homers in Cards win over Phils
Ryan Ludwick homered twice and had four hits, Joe Mather added a three-run shot and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Lohan fires back at LA chiefs gay remark
Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue _ in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
LaBeouf lawyers Left hand was crushed
Lawyers for Shia LaBeouf say his hand was "crushed" in the wreck that flipped his truck last weekend, and he still runs the risk of infection and other complications...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Analysis Race remains the political wild card
By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Olson pitches Orioles to win over Mariners
Garrett Olson threw eight scoreless innings before running into trouble in the ninth and the Baltimore Orioles scored six early runs off Jarrod Washburn in a 10-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 2, 2008
Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish
Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off...
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