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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
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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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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
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US News Archive for July 2008:
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Verizon open network gets first, unsexy device
When Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international calls and Google applications...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Expert Iran doctored photo of missile launches
An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range, a defense analyst said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
PKK German hostages in good condition
Kurdish rebels refused Thursday to release three Germans hostages kidnapped this week until Berlin renounces a crackdown on the guerrilla group...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk
In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Pakistani lawyers denounce leader of ruling party
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
China crackdown targets critics ahead of Olympics
Lu Jun, a campaigner for the rights of millions of Chinese with hepatitis B, seems an unlikely threat to the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Bush strikes out 13 in Brewers win over Rockies.
Dave Bush had a career-high 13 strikeouts, Corey Hart tried to secure the final spot on the NL All-Star team with his 15th homer and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 11-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June, netting $22M
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June, $22M
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June
Campaign officials say Republican John McCain raised more than $22 million in June for his presidential bid...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Howard goes deep twice, Phillies top Cards 4-1
Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in three runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Browns homer beats Mariners in 11 innings
Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki hit solo homers in the ninth inning, and Emil Brown hit another solo shot in the 11th to help the Oakland Athletics rally for a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Stocks higher despite worries about financials
Stocks moved higher in choppy trading Thursday as a deal for Dow Chemical Co. to acquire rival Rohm and Haas Co. boosted investor confidence but could not fully offset continued worries about the health of financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells
Corrections officials across the country are trying to get cell phones out of prison cells...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Census New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Police Warren Jeffs released from Vegas hospital
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has been released from a Las Vegas hospital, one day after he was found weak and feverish in his Arizona jail cell...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force California residents to flee - again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become nearly routine. For the second time in just over two weeks, they were forced to evacuate their home after fire officials ordered 10,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills to flee ahead of a wind-whipped blaze, one of about 40 lightning-sparked wildfires that have charred more than 76 square miles in Butte County...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force Calif. residents to flee - again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become nearly routine. For the second time in just over two weeks, they were forced to evacuate their home after fire officials ordered 10,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills to flee ahead of a wind-whipped blaze, one of about 40 lightning-sparked wildfires that have charred more than 76 square miles in Butte County...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
MADD Tainted-cookie suspect was doing service
A teenager suspected of delivering drug-laced cookies to a dozen police stations in north Texas was fulfilling court-ordered community service work for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the organization said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Celebrity neighbors Begley, Nye carry eco-grudge
On a tree-lined corner of Studio City filled with modest homes, flower gardens and neighbors who chat across back fences, two wiry celebrities are engaged in a green grudge match...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Wildfire strategy fighting fire with fire
As a wildfire bore down on a mountain community north of Phoenix late last month, the town was protected in part by fires intentionally set in previous years...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Hurricane Bertha could strengthen in next 24 hours
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become slightly stronger over the next 24 hours as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
JonBenet investigators must try to find DNA match
Armed with a few invisible skin cells, prosecutors are now certain they have the DNA profile of the man who killed 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Atlanta courthouse shooting trial set to begin
The murder trial against Brian Nichols is set to begin Thursday, more than three years after prosecutors say he confessed to a courthouse shooting rampage that left four people dead...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Tests show no drugs in Texas tainted cookies
A teenager jailed on accusations of delivering drug-laced cookies to a dozen police stations was told he would go free Thursday after tests showed no drugs in goodies taken to two departments...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Firefighters strain to spare more homes in Calif.
Firefighters worked to keep flames from reaching more homes after a lightning-sparked wildfire advanced Thursday in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Atlanta courthouse shooting trial begins
The man accused of a courthouse shooting rampage that left four people dead pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as his trial began Thursday, more than three years after prosecutors say Brian Nichols confessed in the killings...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force California residents to flee again
A wildfire raging in the Sierra Nevada foothills turned residents into refugees as firefighters hoped to keep the blaze from crossing a river and igniting a nearby town...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
2 escapees plead not guilty to murder in Texas
Two convicts whose escape from a work detail last year led to the death of a corrections officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to capital murder...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Architect sought for national black history museum
The Smithsonian Institution issued a call for architects Thursday to submit their qualifications for a competition to build the newest museum on the National Mall, which will be dedicated to black history...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Uniform flap mars police officers last day on job
A New Orleans police officer retired wearing a light blue uniform shirt phased out after Hurricane Katrina, saying he wanted to salute 18 colleagues who died in the line of duty. Never mind that he was dressed down by superiors for a rules violation on his last work day...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Suspect arrested in western Pa. triple killing
Police say they have arrested a man suspected of killing his wife and two young children in their rural home in western Pennsylvania...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Tape played of Marine suspected of Iraqi murder
A Marine sergeant accused of murdering an unarmed Iraqi captive during heavy fighting in Fallujah in 2004 was heard on tape Thursday telling how his squad argued over what to do with their prisoners and saying he "did one guy" as they sought to keep up with their unit...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Family wants Ohio police to re-examine 1985 death
The grandson of a 76-year-old woman who is being investigated in the deaths of four of her five husbands wants Ohio police to take another look at the apparent suicide of his stepfather: her first-born son...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
iPhone debuts to lines in Japan
Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the debut for the hit cell phone in Japan will score with anyone beyond a niche crowd remains to be seen...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Ex-con suspected in 8 murders charged in Missouri
An ex-convict suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death last month was charged with murder in a second state Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Govt wants atheist soldiers lawsuit dismissed
An atheist soldier who claims the military violates religious freedoms should have complained through the chain of command instead of civilian courts, the government said in arguing that his lawsuit should be dismissed...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Expert Iran doctored photo of missile launches
An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range, a defense analyst said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
PKK German hostages in good condition
Kurdish rebels refused Thursday to release three Germans hostages kidnapped this week until Berlin renounces a crackdown on the guerrilla group...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk
In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Verizon open network gets first, unsexy device
When Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international calls and Google applications...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Pakistani lawyers denounce leader of ruling party
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Firefighters strain to spare more homes in Calif.
Firefighters worked to keep flames from reaching more homes after a lightning-sparked wildfire advanced Thursday in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
China crackdown targets critics ahead of Olympics
Lu Jun, a campaigner for the rights of millions of Chinese with hepatitis B, seems an unlikely threat to the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Family wants Ohio police to re-examine 1985 death
The grandson of a 76-year-old woman who is being investigated in the deaths of four of her five husbands wants Ohio police to take another look at the apparent suicide of his stepfather: her first-born son...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Tests show no drugs in Texas tainted cookies
A teenager jailed on accusations of delivering drug-laced cookies to a dozen police stations was told he would go free Thursday after tests showed no drugs in goodies taken to two departments...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June
Campaign officials say Republican John McCain raised more than $22 million in June for his presidential bid...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Browns homer beats Mariners in 11 innings
Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki hit solo homers in the ninth inning, and Emil Brown hit another solo shot in the 11th to help the Oakland Athletics rally for a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Bush strikes out 13 in Brewers win over Rockies.
Dave Bush had a career-high 13 strikeouts, Corey Hart tried to secure the final spot on the NL All-Star team with his 15th homer and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 11-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Stocks higher despite worries about financials
Stocks moved higher in choppy trading Thursday as a deal for Dow Chemical Co. to acquire rival Rohm and Haas Co. boosted investor confidence but could not fully offset continued worries about the health of financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June, netting $22M
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
McCain has best fundraising in June, $22M
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the month with nearly $27 million cash on hand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Aging swimmer shows theres hope for rest of us
Dara Torres jokes that she had trouble reading the scoreboard after winning the first of two events at the Olympic swimming trials...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Torn ACLs, other big injuries hit little athletes
A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dixons mistake helps Hunter-Reay to victory
Ryan Hunter-Reay figured the luck had to go his way eventually...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Cardinals set Mulder for 1st start since September
Four outs in two relief outings was enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to put Mark Mulder back in the rotation. The left-hander will make his first start since September on Wednesday at Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kidman birth adds to Nashvilles image as oasis
Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
AP Source 76ers to send Carney, pick to Twolves
The 76ers are close to trading forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
AP Sources 76ers send Carney, top pick to Wolves
The 76ers have agreed to trade forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, two people in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Round 1 to Beasley His Heat top Roses Bulls
Michael Beasley stood in the doorway to the gym an hour before gametime, iPod in his left hand, head bobbing slightly as he chatted with new Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Howard goes deep twice, Phillies top Cards 4-1
Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in three runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells
Corrections officials across the country are trying to get cell phones out of prison cells...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Census New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Twolves get Carney, Booth, 1st rounder from 76ers
The Minnesota Timberwolves completed a trade with Philadelphia on Wednesday that gave the Wolves another first-round draft pick and paved the way for the 76ers to sign star power forward Elton Brand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Israeli settlement builders sued
Palestinians sue two Canadian construction firms over building work in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Rove skips official hearing
Former Bush aide Karl Rove fails to turn up for a hearing on his role in the alleged politicisation of the US Justice Department...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
US seeks to calm investor fears
The Fed and US Treasury move to calm fears about the financial health of the nation's two largest mortgage firms...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Tips on mass Bosnia war graves traded for cash
For a few hundred dollars, Hasan Nuhanovic learned that his mother managed to fatally slice open her veins moments before six armed men burst into her jail cell near the end of the Bosnian war...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lawyers criticize Zardari in Pakistan
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Pakistani lawyers denounce leader of ruling party
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Crow, Groban to perform at All-Star game
The All-Stars of music are coming to Yankee Stadium, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe leads Dodgers to win Zambrano also rolls
Derek Lowe flirted with perfection before settling for a stingy start, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers climb into a first-place tie with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Red Sox, Yankees closing in on first-place Rays
A semblance of order and familiarity has been restored to the AL East. For the second straight day, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees posted victories and picked up ground on the Tampa Bay Rays...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners past As 6-4
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners to win
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe, Dodgers beat Braves 2-1
Derek Lowe took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Braves 2-1 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dow Chemical paying $15.3B for rival Rohm and Haas
Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to buy rival Rohm and Haas Co. for more than $15 billion in cash in a deal that Dow hopes will fuel its growth in a more lucrative wing of the chemical-making business...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Fed chief Empower financial regulators
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Thursday that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
FEC names new Republican chairman
Republican election lawyer Donald McGahn was named chairman of a newly seated Federal Election Commission Thursday, taking the helm of the regulatory agency on his first day on the job...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama briefly forgets to urge help for Clinton
It was all part of a careful arrangement: Democrat Barack Obama would get fundraising help from his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in exchange for his help retiring about $10 million of her campaign debt...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Thousands of canceled flights may vex travelers
As Roger and Pat Bate hustled to catch a plane home to Houston, they got the dreaded call that many will receive from their airline this year...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Fed chief Govt needs more power when firms fail
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Thursday that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Stocks mixed amid concerns about financials
Stocks fluctuated Thursday as a deal for Dow Chemical Co. to acquire rival Rohm and Haas Co. boosted investor confidence, but could not fully offset continued worries about the health of financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Female inmates doing time on Calif. fire lines
Tracey Johnson wields a chain saw, tosses branches and rakes brush under the punishing sun and a heavy pack as smoke from a raging wildfire looms over the mountains nearby...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate for vote
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with brain cancer, returned to the Capitol to vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. It was a surprise move designed to ease the bill past Republican stalling tactics...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force Calif. residents to flee - again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become nearly routine. For the second time in just over two weeks, they were forced to evacuate their home after fire officials ordered 10,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills to flee ahead of a wind-whipped blaze, one of about 40 lightning-sparked wildfires that have charred more than 76 square miles in Butte County...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
MADD Tainted-cookie suspect was doing service
A teenager suspected of delivering drug-laced cookies to a dozen police stations in north Texas was fulfilling court-ordered community service work for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the organization said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force Calif. residents to flee again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become a familiar routine...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Hurricane Bertha strengthens to Cat. 2
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has strengthened back to a Category 2 as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
JonBenet investigators must try to find DNA match
Armed with a few invisible skin cells, prosecutors are now certain they have the DNA profile of the man who killed 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Atlanta courthouse shooting trial set to begin
The murder trial against Brian Nichols is set to begin Thursday, more than three years after prosecutors say he confessed to a courthouse shooting rampage that left four people dead...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells
Corrections officials across the country are trying to get cell phones out of prison cells...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Census New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Police Warren Jeffs released from Vegas hospital
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has been released from a Las Vegas hospital, one day after he was found weak and feverish in his Arizona jail cell...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force California residents to flee - again
For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become nearly routine. For the second time in just over two weeks, they were forced to evacuate their home after fire officials ordered 10,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills to flee ahead of a wind-whipped blaze, one of about 40 lightning-sparked wildfires that have charred more than 76 square miles in Butte County...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Atlanta courthouse shooting trial begins
The man accused of a courthouse shooting rampage that left four people dead pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as his trial began Thursday, more than three years after prosecutors say Brian Nichols confessed in the killings...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force California residents to flee again
A wildfire raging in the Sierra Nevada foothills turned residents into refugees as firefighters hoped to keep the blaze from crossing a river and igniting a nearby town...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Celebrity neighbors Begley, Nye carry eco-grudge
On a tree-lined corner of Studio City filled with modest homes, flower gardens and neighbors who chat across back fences, two wiry celebrities are engaged in a green grudge match...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Wildfire strategy fighting fire with fire
As a wildfire bore down on a mountain community north of Phoenix late last month, the town was protected in part by fires intentionally set in previous years...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Hurricane Bertha could strengthen in next 24 hours
Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become slightly stronger over the next 24 hours as it heads toward Bermuda...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Former Ala. trooper to face trial in 1965 shooting
A former Alabama state trooper is scheduled to go on trial in October for a slaying that occurred on darkened streets during a historic civil rights demonstration in Marion in 1965...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Sheriff Warren Jeffs back in Arizona county jail
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs is back in an Arizona jail...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
La Nina fizzling out, could reduce hurricane risk
The climate phenomena known as La Nina is ending and neutral conditions are expected into the fall, government forecasters said Thursday. The change can affect weather worldwide...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
FBI Bomb threat on Charlotte plane not credible
A bomb threat to a US Airways flight that was evacuated after landing at its destination has been deemed "not a credible threat," the FBI said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
California to require algebra taught in 8th grade
California educational leaders have voted to make their state the first to require an eighth-grade algebra test, despite concerns over funding, teacher staffing and how it could raise the dropout rate...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
French man pleads guilty in art theft case
A French man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to sell four valuable paintings that were stolen last year from a French art museum in a brazen robbery by masked, armed thieves...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
iPhone debuts to lines in Japan
Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the debut for the hit cell phone in Japan will score with anyone beyond a niche crowd remains to be seen...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Japan to scrap iPod copyright fee
Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Japan backs joint display-technology research
The Japanese government said Thursday it will support Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and other domestic companies in joint development of super-thin TVs based on organic light-emitting diodes...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Japan backs joint display research
The Japanese government said Thursday it will support Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and other domestic companies in joint development of super-thin TVs based on organic light-emitting diodes...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Tips on mass Bosnia war graves traded for cash
For a few hundred dollars, Hasan Nuhanovic learned that his mother managed to fatally slice open her veins moments before six armed men burst into her jail cell near the end of the Bosnian war...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Flames force California residents to flee again
A wildfire raging in the Sierra Nevada foothills turned residents into refugees as firefighters hoped to keep the blaze from crossing a river and igniting a nearby town...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Pakistani lawyers denounce leader of ruling party
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lawyers criticize Zardari in Pakistan
Pakistani lawyers on Thursday fiercely denounced the leader of the main ruling party, potentially heralding a new chapter in their months-long push for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Crow, Groban to perform at All-Star game
The All-Stars of music are coming to Yankee Stadium, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Celebrity neighbors Begley, Nye carry eco-grudge
On a tree-lined corner of Studio City filled with modest homes, flower gardens and neighbors who chat across back fences, two wiry celebrities are engaged in a green grudge match...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Atlanta courthouse shooting trial begins
The man accused of a courthouse shooting rampage that left four people dead pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as his trial began Thursday, more than three years after prosecutors say Brian Nichols confessed in the killings...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Red Sox, Yankees closing in on first-place Rays
A semblance of order and familiarity has been restored to the AL East. For the second straight day, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees posted victories and picked up ground on the Tampa Bay Rays...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners past As 6-4
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners to win
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe, Dodgers beat Braves 2-1
Derek Lowe took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Braves 2-1 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Fed chief Empower financial regulators
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Thursday that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
FEC names new Republican chairman
Republican election lawyer Donald McGahn was named chairman of a newly seated Federal Election Commission Thursday, taking the helm of the regulatory agency on his first day on the job...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama briefly forgets to urge help for Clinton
It was all part of a careful arrangement: Democrat Barack Obama would get fundraising help from his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in exchange for his help retiring about $10 million of her campaign debt...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe leads Dodgers to win Zambrano also rolls
Derek Lowe flirted with perfection before settling for a stingy start, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers climb into a first-place tie with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Student stabbings suspect freed
The parents of a French student savagely stabbed to death in London called Sunday for his killer or killers to turn themselves in, and urged the British people to help police solve the crime...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Thousands of canceled flights may vex travelers
As Roger and Pat Bate hustled to catch a plane home to Houston, they got the dreaded call that many will receive from their airline this year...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Fed chief Govt needs more power when firms fail
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Thursday that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Stocks mixed amid concerns about financials
Stocks fluctuated Thursday as a deal for Dow Chemical Co. to acquire rival Rohm and Haas Co. boosted investor confidence, but could not fully offset continued worries about the health of financial companies...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dow Chemical paying $15.3B for rival Rohm and Haas
Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to buy rival Rohm and Haas Co. for more than $15 billion in cash in a deal that Dow hopes will fuel its growth in a more lucrative wing of the chemical-making business...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Priestley says music industry a mess but works
Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dixons mistake helps Hunter-Reay to victory
Ryan Hunter-Reay figured the luck had to go his way eventually...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Cardinals set Mulder for 1st start since September
Four outs in two relief outings was enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to put Mark Mulder back in the rotation. The left-hander will make his first start since September on Wednesday at Philadelphia...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
White Stripes White pens poem about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Liver donors family, recipient unite online
They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Barbershop faces a discord among members
As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Round 1 to Beasley His Heat top Roses Bulls
Michael Beasley stood in the doorway to the gym an hour before gametime, iPod in his left hand, head bobbing slightly as he chatted with new Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Aging swimmer shows theres hope for rest of us
Dara Torres jokes that she had trouble reading the scoreboard after winning the first of two events at the Olympic swimming trials...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Torn ACLs, other big injuries hit little athletes
A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Publicist says Kidman has given birth to girl
A publicist for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl in Nashville...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Twolves get Carney, Booth, 1st rounder from 76ers
The Minnesota Timberwolves completed a trade with Philadelphia on Wednesday that gave the Wolves another first-round draft pick and paved the way for the 76ers to sign star power forward Elton Brand...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Kidman birth adds to Nashvilles image as oasis
Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
AP Source 76ers to send Carney, pick to Twolves
The 76ers are close to trading forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
AP Sources 76ers send Carney, top pick to Wolves
The 76ers have agreed to trade forward Rodney Carney and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that clears salary cap space for Philadelphia to make a stronger push for free agents, two people in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Meet the Big Brother 10 cast
"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots.The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio City soundstage for the chance to be the last houseguest standing and take home the $500,000 grand prize...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Get the 3-D glasses ready for Hannah Montana
The hit "Hannah Montana" movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Prisons trying to get cell phones out of cells
Corrections officials across the country are trying to get cell phones out of prison cells...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Census New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Bernanke calls for new regulation
The Fed and US Treasury call for regulatory powers to shield the economy should a Wall Street firm collapse...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
US bank poaches Treasury official
The fourth-biggest US bank, Wachovia, names senior Treasury official Robert Steel as its new chief executive...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Basketball: SuperSonics switch
The NBA's Seattle SuperSonics will play in Oklahoma City next season after a deal is done to relocate the team...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Detroit diggers
Motown becomes Growtown as urban farming takes root...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Drug stash found in car being used by US police
Police in the US find cocaine worth $400,000 in secret compartments in a car being used by the drugs squad...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
US outbreak of salmonella spreads
More than 1,000 people in more than 40 US states are now confirmed to have become ill with salmonella since April...
BBC News - July 10, 2008
Japan to scrap iPod copyright fee
Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Japan backs joint display-technology research
The Japanese government said Thursday it will support Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and other domestic companies in joint development of super-thin TVs based on organic light-emitting diodes...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Japan backs joint display research
The Japanese government said Thursday it will support Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and other domestic companies in joint development of super-thin TVs based on organic light-emitting diodes...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Yahoo opens search toolkit in quest for more ads
Having fallen so far behind Google Inc. that it became a takeover target, Yahoo Inc. is banking on the creativity of other Web developers to help preserve its independence and regain ground in the lucrative Internet search advertising market...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Unstoppable ex-hostage revels in freedom in France
Freedom tastes sweet and Ingrid Betancourt is lapping it up with the same drive and determination that kept her alive in the Colombian jungle for six years, sometimes chained to a tree...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
France no EU enlargement without treaty
French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Thursday that the European Union will not be able to take in new members without the treaty that Irish voters rejected last month...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Spain 7 hurt in Pamplona bull running
A pack of fighting bulls gored a Spaniard, knocked an American unconscious and injured five other people Thursday in a dash through the streets of Pamplona to the city bullring, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
AP, TV organizations pull questioned video
The Associated Press and video services operated by CBS and NBC have pulled video allegedly taken of a tornado in Nebraska last weekend after questions were raised about its authenticity...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lopez, Beltre lead Mariners to win
Jose Lopez hit a three-run double, Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on a warm Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Lowe, Dodgers beat Braves 2-1
Derek Lowe took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Braves 2-1 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
White Sox rally for 2nd straight win over Royals
Carlos Quentin hit a pair of two-run homers and the Chicago White Sox fought back from a five-run deficit to score the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning balk in a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Rangers stun Angels as Hamilton homers off K-Rod
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Texas Rangers over the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Wednesday night...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Crow, Groban to perform at All-Star game
The All-Stars of music are coming to Yankee Stadium, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Brinkley hints at settlement talk in divorce trial
Christie Brinkley pressed her palms together when asked during a break in her bruising divorce trial whether a settlement was in the works...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Japanese shares rise on bargain-hunting
Japanese shares rose Thursday on bargain-hunting in the financial sector, but buying sentiment fizzled amid continued uncertainty over oil prices and lingering fears over a slump in the global economy...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama briefly forgets to urge help for Clinton
It was all part of a careful arrangement: Democrat Barack Obama would get fundraising help from his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in exchange for his help retiring about $10 million of her campaign debt...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Jackson apologizes for comment about Obama
The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday to Barack Obama for making a "regretfully crude" comment about the Democratic presidential hopeful during what he thought was a private conversation three days ago...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Obama stokes veep speculation
Barack Obama stoked vice presidential speculation Wednesday with an unannounced stop at the Washington law firm of a search team member and then a flight to New York fundraisers with potential pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and a second vetter...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal
Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
8 dead, 5 missing in canoe dam accident
Divers pulled six bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five other people still missing after two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Dollar rises against the euro
The dollar was higher against the euro Thursday, a day after the president of the European Central Bank warned that an inflation price spiral was evident in the euro zone...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
Salmonella toll tops 1,000 peppers now eyed
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too...
Southern Ledger - July 10, 2008
US foreclosure filings surge 53 percent in June
The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday...
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