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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
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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
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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
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
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Gasols 4th-quarter surge leads Lakers
Pau Gasol had 33 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Kobe Bryant added 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit for their seventh victory in eight games, 114-106 over Golden State on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Rachael Ray cooks up new show for Daisy Martinez
Rachael Ray is giving Food Network fans a taste of the Latino kitchen...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Parton, Smith picked for Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Dolly Parton, Michael W. Smith, Dr. Bobby Jones and the Dixie Hummingbirds will be inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Top-ranked Nadal loses in Qatar Open quarterfinals
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal was eliminated from the Qatar Open on Thursday, losing to Gael Monfils of France 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Russia, Ukraine back off energy war, will send gas
Russia and Ukraine backed off from their energy war Thursday, promising to start resending Russian gas over Ukrainian pipelines to EU customers shivering through a widespread cold snap...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Obama plan helps lift some stock market gloom
European stock markets recovered some earlier losses Thursday after President-elect Barack Obama made an urgent pitch to Congress to back his plan to resuscitate the U.S. economy, but Wall Street remained under pressure from dismal retailing news...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
His US sentence served, Noriega fights extradition
As the only prisoner of war held on U.S. soil, inmate No. 38699-079 gets annual visits from the Red Cross and can wear his military uniform and insignia when he goes to court...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lin, Harvard upset No. 17 Boston College 82-70
Jeremy Lin scored 27 points to lead Harvard to an 82-70 upset over No. 17 Boston College on Wednesday night, three days after the Eagles upset previously top-ranked North Carolina...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Prosecutors Madoff was ready to send out $173M
Prosecutors say Bernard Madoff had $173 million in signed checks in his office desk that he was ready to send out at the time of his arrest last month...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger
Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night, with windows broken, streets shut down and train stations closed...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Rain and melting snow bring floods to Washington
More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as swollen rivers, mudslides and avalanches engulfed neighborhoods and roadways...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Georgias Stafford, Moreno enter 2009 NFL draft
Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno are leaving Georgia for the NFL draft...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Wildfires trigger evacuations near Boulder, Colo.
Wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, destroying at least four structures and prompting police to go door-to-door ordering residents to flee one neighborhood...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front
Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Gaza militants fired a rocket barrage into southern Israel almost simultaneously...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Sri Lankan military captures rebel base in north
Sri Lankan forces sweeping down from the north captured an important Tamil Tiger base on the Jaffna peninsula Thursday, further boxing in the retreating rebel group, the military said...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Pakistan National security adviser fired
Pakistan fired the national security adviser hours after Indian media quoted him as saying the surviving Mumbai attacker was Pakistani, a sign of strain on the weak civilian administration as it tries to respond to heated Indian allegations over the deadly assault...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lebanon looking for who fired rockets into Israel
A Lebanese government official says his country is trying to determine who launched rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israelis to arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks
Israeli representatives were expected to arrive in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
West Bank feels remote from Gaza fighting
While one part of the Palestinian territories faces the fiercest Israeli onslaught in years, there is little to remind people in the other part of the war except for news reports, requests for blood donations and flags flying at half-staff...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Senior official says US, China ties strengthening
China and the United States are "increasingly interdependent" following three decades of building close economic and political ties, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US to head anti-pirate patrols off Somalia
The U.S. Navy says one of its commanders will lead a new international force to battle pirates off the coast of Somalia...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israelis arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks
Israeli representatives arrived in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Venezuela to keep sending free fuel to US poor
President Hugo Chavez will keep donating heating oil for poor American families in a costly decision that suggests the Venezuelan leader wants to keep to his pledges _ and buttress his image _ in spite of falling oil prices...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Attack on US troops kills Afghan 3 civilians
A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three civilians and wounding at least nine others. The Americans suffered casualties but it was not immediately clear how many...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
UN halts Gaza aid shipments, cites Israeli attacks
The United Nations says it is halting all aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip. It is citing a series of Israeli attacks on U.N. staff and installations...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Gunmen kill anti-government editor in Sri Lanka
Gunmen on a motorcycle Thursday shot and killed the editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper critical of the government, the second violent attack on media this week...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Palestinians find 35 bodies in Gaza battle zone
A Palestinian health official says the bodies of 35 people have been found in the rubble of a Gaza Strip battle zone...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
How many scorpions? London Zoo counts its critters
How do you count scorpions?Very gingerly, it turns out...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
How do you count scorpions?Very gingerly, it turns out...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Arab nations pressed for a U.N. Security Council vote Thursday on a newly revised resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza that also mentions Hamas by name and calls for an international force to prevent arms smuggling _ two key U.S. demands...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
A new international naval force under American command will soon begin patrols to confront escalating attacks by Somali pirates after more than 100 ships came under siege in the past year, the U.S. Navy said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Rebels led by a high-ranking commander in eastern Congo denounced the authority of founding leader Laurent Nkunda on Thursday, signaling a split in the movement just as it is holding talks with the Congolese government...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Official Attack on US patrol kills 5
A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least two soldiers and three civilians and wounding at least nine others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Official says new NATO route to Afghanistan likely
A NATO official says talks on setting up an alternate supply route to Afghanistan are at an advanced stage _ an issue of growing urgency because of intensifying attacks by pro-Taliban forces on convoys in Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
On thin ice Skaters cross rail tracks
Train drivers in the Netherlands are facing an unusual new obstacle _ skaters on the tracks...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Zimbabwe opposition members say they were tortured
Opposition members accused of being involved in a bomb plot in Zimbabwe say they were tortured into making false confessions...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US ambassador says Britain in Guantanamo talks
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to London says talks have been held with British officials about Britain accepting some Guantanamo Bay detainees if the camp for terrorist suspects is closed...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Italian climbers stranded high on Argentine peak
Rescuers are trying to reach four Italian mountain climbers and their Argentine guide after they became trapped by a storm at 22,000 feet (6,700 meters) just below the summit of the highest peak in the Americas...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
BMA head wins polyclinic contract
The UK's doctors' leader is part of a consortium that has won a contract to run one of the polyclinics that his organisation has campaigned against...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Top Sri Lankan editor shot dead
The editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper often critical of the government is shot dead in the capital, Colombo...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Holiday firm changes price policy
A holiday company has changed its pricing policy after an investigation by the BBC's Working Lunch programme...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Clegg reshuffles top Lib Dem team
Nick Clegg reshuffles his frontbench team to prepare for a general election with moves for Simon Hughes and Steve Webb...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Commerzbank is part nationalised
Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest bank, is to be partly nationalised, with the government taking a 25% stake...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Obama urges action on economy
US President-elect Barack Obama says that a huge stimulus package is urgently needed to revive the US economy...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Over 250 jobs to go at FG Wilson
More than 250 workers are to be made redundant at County Antrim engineering firm FG Wilson, it emerges...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Gadgets galore
Some of the goodies on offer at Las Vegas tech fair...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Wrong body buried in coffin error
A funeral director apologises to two families after a blunder led to the wrong man being buried during a funeral in Wirral...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
'Honey bunny' murderer gets life
A man who strangled his girlfriend to death because she called him "honey bunny" is jailed for at least 17 years...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Little princess
Pink toys. Check. Pink clothes. Check. Is this harmful?...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Gas shut-off
Europeans feel the cold as Russia suspends fuel...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Sound of 2009
Gloomy rockers White Lies are ones to watch...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Strauss ready to rebuild England
Andrew Strauss insists he has the backing of predecessor Kevin Pietersen as he takes over the England captaincy...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Live text - Murray v Stakhovsky
Andy Murray plays Sergiy Stakhovsky with a semi-final place up for grabs in the Qatar Open...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Afghan foetus 'aborted by razor'
The family of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim face prosecution, accused of removing her foetus using a razor without anaesthetic...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Russia 'to restore gas to Europe'
Russian PM Vladimit Putin says Moscow will resume pumping gas to Europe, as Ukraine says it will guarantee its transit...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Pupils 'are happier in the north'
A survey of pupils' experiences reveals they tend to be happier in the north of England...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Ronaldo survives Ferrari smash
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo writes off his Ferrari in a crash near Manchester Airport...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
US firm in talks to buy Wedgwood
A US private equity firm is in advanced talks to buy most of iconic china firm Waterford Wedgwood...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Nissan plant to shed 1,200 jobs
Wearside car plant Nissan is to axe around 1,200 jobs - about a quarter of its workforce - blaming the economic downturn...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Madoff 'had cheques ready to go'
Bernard Madoff had $173m in cheques in his office desk, ready to send out at the time of his arrest, US prosecutors say...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
UN suspends Gaza aid operations
The United Nations says it is suspending aid work in Gaza because staff have been killed and injured in Israeli attacks...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
The Jurassic version of jumbo jets _ huge flying creatures weighing hundreds of pounds _ is a mystery of dinosaur-era flight: How did something so big get off the ground?...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
More options for watching TV in the car are on the way...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
NKorea sets March date for parliamentary elections
North Korea announced Wednesday it will hold long overdue elections in March amid indications the impoverished regime plans to fill parliament with finance-savvy legislators and has named new Cabinet ministers with economic know-how...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Religion today
Moments after flying headfirst onto the arena floor dirt, the man gets up and brushes off his protective vest as rodeo clowns rush in to distract the still-bucking bull...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Pope Benedict XVI asked the faithful during a general audience Wednesday to bear with his hoarse voice...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Ill. sec. of state feels the heat in Burris flap
Until recently, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White may have been best known on the national stage for establishing an inner city tumbling team. No longer...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Rain and melting snow bring floods to Washington
More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as swollen rivers, mudslides and avalanches engulfed neighborhoods and roadways...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lautner back as Jacob Black in Twilight sequel
Taylor Lautner will be back to morph into the monstrous Jacob Black in the "Twilight" sequel "New Moon."...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Michael Jackson leases pricey Bel Air estate
The King of Pop is back _ in town, that is.Michael Jackson has signed a yearlong lease on a mansion in the swanky Bel Air area of the city, a spokesman for the singer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Gasols 4th-quarter surge leads Lakers
Pau Gasol had 33 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Kobe Bryant added 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit for their seventh victory in eight games, 114-106 over Golden State on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
South Korea says risk of recession has increased
South Korea is moving closer to recession, the government said Thursday, as key indicators worsen amid a shrinking global economy...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Blake tops Hewitt at Hopman Cup
James Blake beat Australian Lleyton Hewitt and the United States and Australia were tied 1-1 at the Hopman Cup on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lin, Harvard upset No. 17 Boston College 82-70
Jeremy Lin scored 27 points to lead Harvard to an 82-70 upset over No. 17 Boston College on Wednesday night, three days after the Eagles upset previously top-ranked North Carolina...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
World stocks slide amid economic gloom
European stock markets fell for the second consecutive day Thursday after earlier big Asian losses amid mounting concerns about the world economy and the financial health of businesses around the globe...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Stock futures mixed ahead of economic data
Wall Street headed for a mixed open Thursday, bracing for what are expected to be more bleak data on employment and retail sales...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
His US sentence served, Noriega fights extradition
As the only prisoner of war held on U.S. soil, inmate No. 38699-079 gets annual visits from the Red Cross and can wear his military uniform and insignia when he goes to court...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Georgias Stafford, Moreno enter 2009 NFL draft
Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno are leaving Georgia for the NFL draft...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Melting snow causes heavy flooding in Wash. state
Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures as the heavy snowfall that has buried parts of the state began to rapidly melt...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum
The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up: The average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
AP NewsBreak No trial for Nazi hit man in Germany
A German court ruled Wednesday that an elderly former Nazi hit squad member is medically unfit to stand trial for the World War II reprisal killings of three Dutch civilians...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger
Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night, with windows broken, streets shut down and train stations closed...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US General Anbar lacks support of Iraq government
The top American commander in the former insurgent stronghold of Anbar said Wednesday the Shiite-led government should have poured reconstruction money into the Sunni region after Sunni fighters joined forces with U.S. troops to chase al-Qaida out of the western province...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
"Keep your phone switched on," a handler instructs a gunman by phone in the midst of the Mumbai siege, "so that we can hear the gunfire."...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israel orders brief halt, then Gaza fight resumes
Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed on Wednesday after a brief lull to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging residents to flee because of imminent attacks...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
The U.S. threw its weight behind an Egyptian-French cease-fire initiative for Gaza on Wednesday as diplomats discussed possible U.N. Security Council action on the crisis...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed after a brief pause Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging some residents to flee because of imminent attacks...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Think pink Galapagos rosy lizard is new species
Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israel blasts suspected tunnels near Egypt border
Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage. Despite the heavy fighting, strides were made on the diplomatic front with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Sri Lankan military captures rebel base in north
Sri Lankan forces sweeping down from the north captured an important Tamil Tiger base on the Jaffna peninsula Thursday, further boxing in the retreating rebel group, the military said...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Pakistan National security adviser fired
Pakistan fired the national security adviser hours after Indian media quoted him as saying the surviving Mumbai attacker was Pakistani, a sign of strain on the weak civilian administration as it tries to respond to heated Indian allegations over the deadly assault...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lebanon looking for who fired rockets into Israel
A Lebanese government official says his country is trying to determine who launched rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israelis to arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks
Israeli representatives were expected to arrive in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
West Bank feels remote from Gaza fighting
While one part of the Palestinian territories faces the fiercest Israeli onslaught in years, there is little to remind people in the other part of the war except for news reports, requests for blood donations and flags flying at half-staff...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front
Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Gaza militants fired a rocket barrage into southern Israel almost simultaneously...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
New rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon reported
Israeli media say Lebanese militants have fired a second barrage of rockets on northern Israel...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lebanon says looking for who fired rockets
A Lebanese government official says his country is trying to determine who launched rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israelis arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks
Israeli representatives arrived in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Venezuela to keep sending free fuel to US poor
President Hugo Chavez will keep donating heating oil for poor American families in a costly decision that suggests the Venezuelan leader wants to keep to his pledges _ and buttress his image _ in spite of falling oil prices...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Police Roadside bombs kill 6 Iraqi soldiers
Six Iraqi soldiers were killed Thursday when an Iraqi army patrol was ambushed by two roadside bombs as they were responding to a mortar attack at a police station north of Baghdad, Iraqi police said...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israel to halt fire for 3 hours, ship aid to Gaza
Israel says it will halt its military action in Gaza for three hours to allow Gaza residents to stock up on supplies...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Kidnapped aid workers released in Somalia
Two aid workers kidnapped from Ethiopia by Somali gunmen more than three months ago have been released, their organization said in a statement...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US to head anti-pirate patrols off Somalia
The U.S. Navy says one of its commanders will lead a new international force to battle pirates off the coast of Somalia...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Report Princess Beas car stolen in London
Police are investigating the theft of a car from a London street, and a newspaper is reporting the vehicle was a BMW owned by Princess Beatrice...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
9 men convicted of homosexual acts in Senegal
A gay rights group says nine men in Senegal have been convicted of homosexual acts and sentenced to lengthy jail sentences...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Kidnapped aid workers in Somalia released
Two aid workers kidnapped from Ethiopia by Somali gunmen more than three months ago have been released in good health, their organization said...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Dark Knight named People's Choice
The Dark Knight flies away with top honours at the People's Choice Awards, taking all five prizes it was nominated for...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Apple spoils iPhone forgery plans
Consumers are being warned to be on the look out for fake iPhone Nanos, despite the real thing not even being released...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Zavvi announces 22 store closures
The administrators at music, games and DVD retail chain Zavvi say they are closing 22 stores with immediate effect...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Dell set to cut 1,900 Irish jobs
Computer giant Dell is to shed 1,900 of the 3,000 jobs at its manufacturing site in Limerick in the Irish Republic...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Army 'takes more Tiger territory'
Sri Lankan troops say they have taken more territory from Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Asia job cuts amid economy woes
Two large Asian technology firms, TDK and Lenovo, announce a total of 10,500 job cuts after a fall in demand...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Haddock in court over feud murder
North Belfast loyalist Mark Haddock appears in court charged with the murder of a UDA member in 2000...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
US to lead new anti-pirate force
The US will lead a new international force to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, the US navy says...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Hotel explosion victims 'stable'
Two men and a woman are said to be stable in hospital after an explosion devastated an Aberdeenshire hotel...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Man quizzed over death of boy, 15
Police say a man is in custody in connection with a teenager's death in an incident in which a woman was also hurt...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Men charged over stolen passports
Three men are charged after 3,000 blank passports and visas worth £2.5m on the black market were stolen in Greater Manchester...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
'Wolfman' returns
Explorer Jim McNeill on the trail of Arctic wolves...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Best Bushisms
How the outgoing US president tied his tongue in knots...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Falling interest
Pensioners worried as saving rate cuts hit income...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Aussies bemused by England crisis
The resignation of England skipper Kevin Pietersen and the dismissal of coach Peter Moores is met by a mixed reaction in Australia...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Man City fail in Santa Cruz bid
Blackburn reject a bid in excess of £12m from Manchester City for striker Roque Santa Cruz...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Iconic red, white and blue US President-elect finds home
An iconic portrait of Barack Obama will become part of the permanent collection at the US National Portrait Gallery...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Pietersen arrives back in England
Kevin Pietersen arrives back in Britain a day after his shock resignation as England captain...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
British talent up for Bafta prize
Three young British actors are named on the shortlist for Bafta's 2009 Rising Star award...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
UFO hit? The unexplained damage to wind farm
UFO researchers claim damage to a Lincolnshire wind farm turbine was caused by a mystery aircraft...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
'No progress' in Europe gas talks
Talks in Brussels to try to end the row disrupting Europe's gas supplies end with no apparent progress...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Microsoft begins Windows 7 push
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by announcing the first public release of Windows 7...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
England rugby star's driving ban
The England and Gloucester rugby player Mike Tindall is banned from driving for three years after admitting being over the drink-drive limit...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
No plan to print money - Darling
Chancellor Alistair Darling denies he is planning to "print money" in order to boost the UK economy...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
SFO opens UK Madoff investigation
The Serious Fraud Office says it is to open an inquiry into US broker Bernard Madoff's business operations in the UK...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Rockets hit Israel from Lebanon
Rockets are fired from Lebanon into northern Israel raising fears that the current conflict in Gaza could spill over...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Interest rates hit all-time low
The Bank of England cuts rates to 1.5%, the lowest level in its 315-year history, as it continues efforts to help the economy...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
His US sentence served, Noriega fights extradition
As the only prisoner of war held on U.S. soil, inmate No. 38699-079 gets annual visits from the Red Cross and can wear his military uniform and insignia when he goes to court...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Pope Benedict XVI asked the faithful during a general audience Wednesday to bear with his hoarse voice...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Transcript Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone
The gunman said into the phone, "We have three foreigners, including women." The response was plain and brutal: "Kill them," the man said. Gunshots rang out inside the Mumbai hotel, followed by a round of cheering...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
China, US mark ties warmed by pingpong diplomacy
A senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that relations with China have deepened over the past decades and would strengthen further, as the countries played a friendly game of table tennis to commemorate 30 years of ties warmed by "pingpong diplomacy."...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Michael Jackson leases pricey Bel Air estate
The King of Pop is back _ in town, that is.Michael Jackson has signed a yearlong lease on a mansion in the swanky Bel Air area of the city, a spokesman for the singer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Galveston officials paint bleak picture after Ike
Galveston officials pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday for help in rescuing their island city from the dire financial straits it finds itself in nearly four months after the devastation of Hurricane Ike...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Wildfires trigger evacuations near Boulder, Colo.
Wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, destroying at least four structures and prompting police to go door-to-door ordering residents to flee one neighborhood...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
3 wildfires prompt evacuations near Boulder, Colo.
Three wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, prompting authorities to call for evacuations of threatened residential areas...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lautner back as Jacob Black in Twilight sequel
Taylor Lautner will be back to morph into the monstrous Jacob Black in the "Twilight" sequel "New Moon."...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Asia stocks tumble amid renewed economy worries
Asian stock markets fell sharply Thursday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Hong Kong tumbling more than 3 percent, as more evidence of company woes and a weak U.S. job market rekindled worries about the unfolding global slump...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Chavez to keep sending free fuel to US poor
President Hugo Chavez will keep donating heating oil for poor American families in a costly decision that suggests the Venezuelan leader wants to keep to his pledges _ and buttress his image _ in spite of falling oil prices...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Obama names special watchdog for federal spending
President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programs _ such as Social Security and Medicare _ would be "a central part" of his effort to control federal spending...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Gasols 4th-quarter surge leads Lakers
Pau Gasol had 33 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Kobe Bryant added 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit for their seventh victory in eight games, 114-106 over Golden State on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger
Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night, with windows broken, streets shut down and train stations closed...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Lin, Harvard upset No. 17 Boston College 82-70
Jeremy Lin scored 27 points to lead Harvard to an 82-70 upset over No. 17 Boston College on Wednesday night, three days after the Eagles upset previously top-ranked North Carolina...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Blake tops Hewitt at Hopman Cup
James Blake beat Australian Lleyton Hewitt and the United States and Australia were tied 1-1 at the Hopman Cup on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
GM leverages Chinese success to reinvent LaCrosse
With help from its design team in China, General Motors Corp. is trying to reinvigorate the Buick brand with its 2010 LaCrosse luxury sedan...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
AP NewsBreak No trial for Nazi hit man in Germany
A German court ruled Wednesday that an elderly former Nazi hit squad member is medically unfit to stand trial for the World War II reprisal killings of three Dutch civilians...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
12 deaths blamed on snow and cold across Europe
Freezing temperatures and exceptional snowfall caused travel delays Wednesday across Europe and were blamed for at least 12 deaths, including that of a man in Milan who was crushed when a canopy collapsed under the weight of snow...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
NKorea sets March date for parliamentary elections
North Korea announced Wednesday it will hold long overdue elections in March amid indications the impoverished regime plans to fill parliament with finance-savvy legislators and has named new Cabinet ministers with economic know-how...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
AP Gaza reporter finds hometown in rubble
I live alone in my office. My wife and two young children moved in with her father after our apartment was shattered. The neighborhood mosque, where I have prayed since I was a child, had its roof blown off. All the government buildings on my beat have been obliterated...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
"Keep your phone switched on," a handler instructs a gunman by phone in the midst of the Mumbai siege, "so that we can hear the gunfire."...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israel orders brief halt, then Gaza fight resumes
Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed on Wednesday after a brief lull to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging residents to flee because of imminent attacks...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum
The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up: The average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed after a brief pause Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging some residents to flee because of imminent attacks...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US General Anbar lacks support of Iraq government
The top American commander in the former insurgent stronghold of Anbar said Wednesday the Shiite-led government should have poured reconstruction money into the Sunni region after Sunni fighters joined forces with U.S. troops to chase al-Qaida out of the western province...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Think pink Galapagos rosy lizard is new species
Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israel blasts suspected tunnels near Egypt border
Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage. Despite the heavy fighting, strides were made on the diplomatic front with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
The U.S. threw its weight behind an Egyptian-French cease-fire initiative for Gaza on Wednesday as diplomats discussed possible U.N. Security Council action on the crisis...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Sri Lanka outlaws rebels, ruling out peace talks
The Sri Lankan government officially outlawed the Tamil Tiger rebel group Wednesday, ruling out the possibility of restarting peace talks any time soon to end a quarter-century of civil war...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Press groups condemn attack on Mexican TV studio
Press freedom groups are condemning an attack on a Mexican television station in the northern city of Monterrey...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,223
As of Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at least 4,223 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Sri Lankan military captures rebel base
The Sri Lankan military says it has captured an important Tamil Tiger base on the edge of the Jaffna peninsula...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Military Sri Lankan jets hit rebel boats
Sri Lankan air force jets launched a series of attacks against Tamil Tigers, keeping pressure on the beleaguered rebels a day after officially banning the group, the military said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Israeli police say rockets fired from Lebanon
Israeli police say at least three rockets have been fired into northern Israel from Lebanon...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Pakistan National security adviser fired
Pakistan fired the national security adviser hours after Indian media quoted him as saying the surviving Mumbai attacker was Pakistani, a sign of strain on the weak civilian administration as it tries to respond to heated Indian allegations over the deadly assault...
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
Hard drive destruction 'crucial'
The only way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is by destroying them completely, a study finds...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Pakistan sacks security advisor
Islamabad removes its national security advisor hours after confirming the surviving Mumbai gunman is a Pakistani...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Chinese PC giant to cut workforce
One of the world's biggest computer makers, China's Lenovo, is to cut 10% of its global workforce after a fall in demand...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Vatican deplores Gaza situation
The Vatican's justice minister criticises Israel's actions and compares Gaza to a "big concentration camp"...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Mexico takes urgent economy steps
Mexico unveils emergency measures to protect its economy, including freezing fuel prices and creating thousands of new jobs...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Plea over toddler's arson death
The parents of a three-year-old girl who died in an attack on her family's Liverpool home appeal to catch the killers...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
New Clough era
Why Nigel is ready to follow his father...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Store wars
Northern retailer battles the 'Big Four'...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Brown on tour
BBC reporters take temperature of industry en route...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Free future
Why it makes sense to charge customers nothing...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Falling interest
Pensioners worried as rate cuts hit income...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Firm vows to keep up sex adverts
A medical company rejects a watchdog's call to remove adverts bearing the slogan "Want longer lasting sex?"...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Cabinet set for Liverpool meeting
The entire cabinet is in Liverpool for its third meeting outside London as Gordon Brown continues his regional tour...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Warning given on tax returns scam
Fraudsters are targeting people with scam e-mails in the run-up to the self-assessment tax returns deadline...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Canada expels US woman deserter
A US army deserter and mother of three is ordered to leave Canada after her appeal for refuge fails...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Downturn 'fuels unpaid overtime'
The economic downturn is helping to drive record levels of unpaid overtime by workers fearing for their jobs, the TUC claims...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Poor service 'risks tourism jobs'
Poor service in hotels and restaurants could cost thousands of jobs in the recession, Britain's tourism chief says...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Brussels to broker gas row talks
Top Russian and Ukrainian gas executives are due in Brussels as the EU seeks to end a row hitting Europe's gas supplies...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Rockets hit Israel 'from Lebanon'
At least three rockets fired from Lebanon land in the north of Israel, Israeli security forces say...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
Treasury denies 'more cash' claim
The government denies reports it plans to print more money to help ease Britain's recession but says the tactic cannot be ruled out...
BBC News - January 8, 2009
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