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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Early results Bolivians back Morales in recall
Voters strongly reaffirmed their faith in President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum that the Bolivian leader devised to try to break a political stalemate in the bitterly divided Andean nation, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Propane explosions in Toronto force evacuation
Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned Russia that relations with the U.S. were in jeopardy...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family
Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Pakistani forces bomb houses near Afghan border
Pakistani forces bombed dozens of houses in a tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, officials and witnesses said, in a military offensive that comes amid U.S. pressure for Pakistan to crack down on militants...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Figgins RBI single gives Angels 4-3 win over Yanks
Chone Figgins hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of New York with a 4-3 victory on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Webb helps Diamondbacks snap 4-game losing streak
Brandon Webb threw six strong innings for his major league-leading 17th win and also hit a two-run double to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Opening night is a big TV draw for NBC
The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Clinton to headline second night of convention
Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress nixes paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Lousy economy threatens states sales tax holidays
Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much-needed revenue...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Denver wants delegates to see the old and the new
This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention _ just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for bombing
The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush juggles sports, strife on Olympic whirlwind
President Bush juggled sports, strife and diplomacy Sunday on his whirlwind Olympic adventure, a trip marred by an attack on an American couple and their tour guide...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Giants rally to beat Dodgers in 10 innings
Aaron Rowand hit an RBI single through a drawn-in infield, and the San Francisco Giants scored twice in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Saturday night in front of surprise guest Barry Bonds...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bus accident in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen started to doze when she suddenly heard the bus emit a horrible noise, followed by the screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
NTSB Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
Investigators say a blown tire on a charter bus that crashed and killed 15 people had been refitted with a new tread in violation of safety standards...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
The death toll now stands at 15 in the crash of a charter bus that skidded off a freeway north of Dallas...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards other woman is 42-year-old filmmaker
The woman former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted having an affair with Friday is a sometimes Hollywood producer-director who has all but dropped from sight since dismissing word of their liaison as nothing but lies last month...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Lincolns hometown marks 100th anniversary of riot
Two days of terror. Black men tortured and hanged. A baby dead of exposure. Four white rioters shot by black defenders...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery
A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She may be the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 15 on a religious pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen had started to doze off when she heard the bus make a horrible noise, followed by screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
FDNY stint proving ground for West Point cadets
Before they hit the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, West Point cadets have gotten a taste of chaos, New York City style...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs
In the midst of being raped, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino told herself to pay attention to details that would allow her to identify her attacker...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park
One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
911 callers told of carnage in Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after the crash of a charter bus that killed at least 17 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency workers of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Death toll rises to 17 in Texas charter bus crash
The death toll after the crash of a charter bus carrying pilgrims in Texas has risen to 17...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Somalis fill vacant jobs at Iowa meatpacking plant
Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Police Venomous viper stolen from Texas aquarium
Police are investigating the disappearance of a venomous snake from an aquarium in Galveston, Texas, and say they believe the reptile has been stolen...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Calif. lawmakers weigh chemical ban in baby items
Responding to growing consumer anxiety, California lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the first statewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and infant formula cans...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Colleges peddle bikes to car-loving students
Emory University is hoping to make a two-wheeled contraption the must-have back-to-school accessory this fall...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Court favors couple in Ohio caged kids case
An Ohio appeals court has ruled against a new trial on additional charges for a couple convicted of abusing some of their adopted children and forcing them to sleep in cages...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Cease-work order for companies linked to bus crash
The Federal Motor Safety Administration has ordered companies linked to the bus involved in a fatal Texas crash to cease all commercial operations...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Texas Vietnamese congregation honors bus victims
The pastor of a Vietnamese congregation that lost parishioners in a deadly charter bus crash told churchgoers Sunday that they must accept the tragedy as a "door that God has opened."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
3 killed, several injured in Mississippi bus crash
Three people were killed and several injured Sunday when a casino bus carrying a group of tourists in northwestern Mississippi overturned on its way to the airport, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
4 killed in boating accident on New Orleans river
Divers in New Orleans are looking for a man reporting missing after two boats collided, killing at least four people...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
3 people killed in Mississippi casino bus crash
Authorities in Mississippi say three people have died and several others have been injured after a casino bus overturned...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Officials work to ID remains from helicopter crash
Authorities worked Sunday to identify badly burned remains collected from the site of a helicopter crash in the Northern California wilderness as crews continued the painstaking effort to recover bodies from the wreckage...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
4 people killed in Mississippi casino bus crash
Authorities in Mississippi say four people have died and several others have been injured after a casino bus overturned...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Early results Bolivians back Morales in recall
Voters strongly reaffirmed their faith in President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum that the Bolivian leader devised to try to break a political stalemate in the bitterly divided Andean nation, partial unofficial results showed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Propane explosions in Toronto force evacuation
Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned Russia that relations with the U.S. were in jeopardy...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family
Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Cease-work order for companies linked to bus crash
The Federal Motor Safety Administration has ordered companies linked to the bus involved in a fatal Texas crash to cease all commercial operations...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Texas Vietnamese congregation honors bus victims
The pastor of a Vietnamese congregation that lost parishioners in a deadly charter bus crash told churchgoers Sunday that they must accept the tragedy as a "door that God has opened."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
FDNY stint proving ground for West Point cadets
Before they hit the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, West Point cadets have gotten a taste of chaos, New York City style...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs
In the midst of being raped, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino told herself to pay attention to details that would allow her to identify her attacker...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Pakistani forces bomb houses near Afghan border
Pakistani forces bombed dozens of houses in a tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, officials and witnesses said, in a military offensive that comes amid U.S. pressure for Pakistan to crack down on militants...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Figgins RBI single gives Angels 4-3 win over Yanks
Chone Figgins hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of New York with a 4-3 victory on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Webb helps Diamondbacks snap 4-game losing streak
Brandon Webb threw six strong innings for his major league-leading 17th win and also hit a two-run double to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Opening night is a big TV draw for NBC
The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Clinton to headline second night of convention
Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress nixes paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Lousy economy threatens states sales tax holidays
Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much-needed revenue...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Denver wants delegates to see the old and the new
This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention _ just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
911 callers told of carnage in Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after the crash of a charter bus that killed at least 17 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency workers of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush juggles sports, strife on Olympic whirlwind
President Bush juggled sports, strife and diplomacy Sunday on his whirlwind Olympic adventure, a trip marred by an attack on an American couple and their tour guide...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Giants rally to beat Dodgers in 10 innings
Aaron Rowand hit an RBI single through a drawn-in infield, and the San Francisco Giants scored twice in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Saturday night in front of surprise guest Barry Bonds...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Coach Pat Summitt makes $600K gift to Tennessee
Coach Pat Summitt is donating $600,000 to the University of Tennessee to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park
One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for bombing
The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Texans backup RB Chris Brown returns to practice
Houston Texans running back Chris Brown returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a sore back...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Pistons sign free agent center Kwame Brown
The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. The team announced the signing on Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Witness Freeman said woman in crash is a friend
The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital
Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Clash of the titans
China and US battle it out in Olympic basketball...
BBC News - August 10, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Afghan president urges military action in Pakistan
President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that airstrikes carried out in Afghan villages by U.S. and NATO troops are only killing civilians and that the international community should instead go after terror centers in Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
BEIJING BEAT US team plays for grieving coach
The volleyball players huddled, had a moment of silence, and then set out on their mission _ to do what little they could to ease the pain of their grieving coach and his shattered family...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned Russia that relations with the U.S. were in jeopardy...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family
Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
New violence in Chinas restive west kills 11
Assailants using homemade bombs attacked a shopping center and hotel and battled with police Sunday in a western Chinese city far from the Beijing Olympics where local Muslims have waged a sputtering rebellion against Chinese rule. Ten attackers and one security guard died, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Opening night is a big TV draw for NBC
The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Navarros sacrifice fly leads Rays over Mariners
Dioner Navarro hit a sacrifice fly to score Ben Zobrist in the 11th inning to give the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays an 8-7 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Hester runs for 2 TDs in Chargers win over Cowboys
The San Diego Chargers have few open roster spots after reaching the AFC championship game last season. But rookie Jacob Hester is making a strong case for one...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Lousy economy threatens states sales tax holidays
Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much-needed revenue...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress nixes paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for bombing
The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Giants rally to beat Dodgers in 10 innings
Aaron Rowand hit an RBI single through a drawn-in infield, and the San Francisco Giants scored twice in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Saturday night in front of surprise guest Barry Bonds...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress rules out paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
NTSB Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
Investigators say a blown tire on a charter bus that crashed and killed 15 people had been refitted with a new tread in violation of safety standards...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
The death toll now stands at 15 in the crash of a charter bus that skidded off a freeway north of Dallas...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards other woman is 42-year-old filmmaker
The woman former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted having an affair with Friday is a sometimes Hollywood producer-director who has all but dropped from sight since dismissing word of their liaison as nothing but lies last month...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 14 on a pilgrimage
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to an open-air religious festival blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Rockefeller saga a tale of multiple identities
Clark Rockefeller may not be a real decendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 15 on a religious pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen had started to doze off when she heard the bus make a horrible noise, followed by screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bus accident in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen started to doze when she suddenly heard the bus emit a horrible noise, followed by the screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Death toll rises to 17 in Texas charter bus crash
The death toll after the crash of a charter bus carrying pilgrims in Texas has risen to 17...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Somalis fill vacant jobs at Iowa meatpacking plant
Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Lincolns hometown marks 100th anniversary of riot
Two days of terror. Black men tortured and hanged. A baby dead of exposure. Four white rioters shot by black defenders...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery
A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She may be the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
1 dead after rig goes off Md. Bay Bridge
Police in Maryland say one person has died after a tractor-trailer plunged into the water off the eastbound span of the Bay Bridge...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Pentagon Papers figure Anthony Russo dies at 71
Anthony J. Russo, a researcher who helped leak the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers to the media and prompted wider public questioning of the war, has died, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Pentagon Papers defendant Anthony Russo dies at 71
Anthony J. Russo, a researcher who helped leak the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers to the media and prompted wider public questioning of the war, has died, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Anthony Russo, Pentagon Papers figure, dies at 71
Police in Virginia say Anthony J. Russo, a researcher who helped leak the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers, has died. He was 71...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs
In the midst of being raped, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino told herself to pay attention to details that would allow her to identify her attacker...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park
One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
911 callers told of carnage in Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after the crash of a charter bus that killed at least 17 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency workers of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Colleges peddle bikes to car-loving students
Emory University is hoping to make a two-wheeled contraption the must-have back-to-school accessory this fall...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Court favors couple in Ohio caged kids case
An Ohio appeals court has ruled against a new trial on additional charges for a couple convicted of abusing some of their adopted children and forcing them to sleep in cages...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
2 die in New York City apartment fire
Firefighters and residents say an apartment fire in New York City has killed a woman and her adult son and sent neighbors running to the roof to escape...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Small town to honor Solzhenitsyns life in Vermont
The southern Vermont town of Cavendish is planning a memorial service for famed Russian writer and one-time resident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
DNA testing clearing men convicted of crimes
Details of five cases in which African-American suspects were convicted after being identified by white victims, and where subsequent DNA testing cleared them of the crimes:...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Russia says it is ready to negotiate with Georgia
Russia declared itself ready to make peace with Georgia and U.N. officials confirmed Sunday that Georgia is prepared to negotiate with Russia by withdrawing troops from the breakaway province of South Ossetia and creating a safe travel zone...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Afghan president urges military action in Pakistan
President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that airstrikes carried out in Afghan villages by U.S. and NATO troops are only killing civilians and that the international community should instead go after terror centers in Pakistan...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
BEIJING BEAT US team plays for grieving coach
The volleyball players huddled, had a moment of silence, and then set out on their mission _ to do what little they could to ease the pain of their grieving coach and his shattered family...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Death toll rises to 17 in Texas charter bus crash
The death toll after the crash of a charter bus carrying pilgrims in Texas has risen to 17...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Somalis fill vacant jobs at Iowa meatpacking plant
Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned Russia that relations with the U.S. were in jeopardy...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family
Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
New violence in Chinas restive west kills 11
Assailants using homemade bombs attacked a shopping center and hotel and battled with police Sunday in a western Chinese city far from the Beijing Olympics where local Muslims have waged a sputtering rebellion against Chinese rule. Ten attackers and one security guard died, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Opening night is a big TV draw for NBC
The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs
In the midst of being raped, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino told herself to pay attention to details that would allow her to identify her attacker...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Navarros sacrifice fly leads Rays over Mariners
Dioner Navarro hit a sacrifice fly to score Ben Zobrist in the 11th inning to give the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays an 8-7 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Hester runs for 2 TDs in Chargers win over Cowboys
The San Diego Chargers have few open roster spots after reaching the AFC championship game last season. But rookie Jacob Hester is making a strong case for one...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress nixes paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress rules out paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Lousy economy threatens states sales tax holidays
Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much-needed revenue...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park
One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
911 callers told of carnage in Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after the crash of a charter bus that killed at least 17 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency workers of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for bombing
The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Giants rally to beat Dodgers in 10 innings
Aaron Rowand hit an RBI single through a drawn-in infield, and the San Francisco Giants scored twice in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Saturday night in front of surprise guest Barry Bonds...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Pistons sign free agent center Kwame Brown
The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. The team announced the signing on Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Coach Pat Summitt makes $600K gift to Tennessee
Coach Pat Summitt is donating $600,000 to the University of Tennessee to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Morgan Freeman injured in car accident in Miss.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
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One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Witness Freeman said woman in crash is a friend
The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Texans backup RB Chris Brown returns to practice
Houston Texans running back Chris Brown returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a sore back...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital
Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West
Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Star-studded US overwhelm China
The United States beat China 101-70 in one of the most eagerly awaited events of the Olympic Games...
BBC News - August 10, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Morales hopes Bolivia vote will vindicate him
Voters were deciding Sunday whether President Evo Morales should stay in office in a referendum proposed by the Bolivian leader to try to break a political stalemate in the bitterly divided Andean nation...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Afghan official civilians may be among 11 killed
Airstrikes and clashes north of Kabul killed 11 people, some of whom might be civilians, Afghan officials said Sunday. In the south, five civilians died when their vehicle hit a freshly planted mine, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush mixes sports and politics at Olympics
In an Olympic medley of sports and politics, President Bush on Sunday called for more religious freedom in China, sought an end to an escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia and cheered U.S. athletes as they dribbled and swam for the gold...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Bush juggles sports, strife on Olympic whirlwind
President Bush juggled sports, strife and diplomacy Sunday on his whirlwind Olympic adventure, a trip marred by an attack on an American couple and their tour guide...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Navarros sacrifice fly leads Rays over Mariners
Dioner Navarro hit a sacrifice fly to score Ben Zobrist in the 11th inning to give the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays an 8-7 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Hester runs for 2 TDs in Chargers win over Cowboys
The San Diego Chargers have few open roster spots after reaching the AFC championship game last season. But rookie Jacob Hester is making a strong case for one...
Southern Ledger - August 10, 2008
Opening night is a big TV draw for NBC
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