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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
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US News Archive for August 2008:
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Airlines push for homegrown jet fuel
With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members
Yahoo Inc. says it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Netflix shipping centers slammed by problems
Netflix has been slammed by three days of big technical problems that have severely limited the number of DVDs it has been sending out...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
US trainers say Georgian troops werent ready
U.S. military trainers _ the only American boots on the ground _ say the Georgian soldiers they knew who were sent to battle the Russians had fighting spirit but were not ready for war...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest, unions agree on new contracts
Qwest Communications International Inc. and negotiators for its largest union have tentatively agreed on a contract about a day after the previous one expired, both sides said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Afghan militant threat shuts down public ceremony
Afghan leaders celebrated Independence Day on Monday with a small ceremony inside a fortified military compound, in marked contrast to the parade and public festivities a year ago and another sign that Taliban militants are bearing down on the government...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Pakistani President Musharraf decides to resign
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent nation. An emotional Musharraf said he wanted to spare Pakistan from a dangerous power struggle...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Donnie Wahlberg and wife file for divorce
Donnie Wahlberg and his wife are calling it quits after nearly nine years of marriage...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Friends, family pay tribute to soul singer Hayes
Friends and family plan to pay tribute to soul singer Isaac Hayes at a memorial service filled with speeches, musical performances, photos and video clips...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Central deadlock Twins and White Sox stay tied
The AL Central might have the most compelling race in baseball. A couple of surprising contenders, and neither one is giving ground...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Christina Applegate Im 100 percent cancer free
Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
McCain Obama tried to legislate Iraqi failure
John McCain told fellow veterans on Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
McCain gets briefing on Tropical Storm Fay
John McCain on Sunday was briefed on Tropical Storm Fay, which scuttled a political fundraiser that evening and is threatening to reach Florida as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Obama deflects Swift Boat question
Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for developing alternative energy...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Washington offers no relief for savers
Two giant mortgage companies get into hot water over risky investments. The government steps in to throw them a lifeline should they need it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
The modern political convention exists to be seen
Modern political conventions are like a Super Bowl minus the game...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
NASCAR finds magnets under pedals on 2 Gibbs cars
The No. 18 and No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing teams in the Nationwide Series will likely face big penalties after efforts to alter the results of a chassis dyno test...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Bush praises swimmer Phelps Olympic performance
President Bush praised Olympic champion Michael Phelps on Sunday for his performance in the swimming pool and outside it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Indian movie superstars end US leg of live tour
For most people, going on an international tour with hours of rehearsals, a cast of more than 100, and 20 tons of props and sets may not seem like the best way for a family to bond...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
AP IMPACT Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im
Back in the days of "Commies" and "pinkos," of Red scares, black lists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im stood out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite
Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest, unions keep talking workers remain on job
Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union were working on scheduling time Sunday to sit down for further negotiations after a labor contract expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Ex-Marine decries prosecution in civilian court
A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Media coverage of the economy lags, study finds
Media coverage of the economic downturn in the U.S. has lagged behind both economic activity and public interest, according to a study being released Monday by a Washington, D.C.-based research group...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay moves in on Florida Keys
While some Key West businesses began putting up hurricane shutters in preparation for Tropical Storm Fay, tourists and residents still strolled lazily through town...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Grand Canyon floods breach dam, force evacuations
Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon caused an earthen dam to fail Sunday and created flooding that forced helicopters to pluck hundreds of residents and campers and deliver them to safety. No injuries were immediately reported...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Florida Keys brace for hit from Tropical Storm Fay
Some Key West stores were shuttered Monday while others stubbornly remained open as rain and wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay began to lash at south Florida after the storm claimed up to 35 lives in the Caribbean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Evacuations as rain bursts dam near Grand Canyon
Dozens of tourists and Hualapai Tribe members spent the night in shelters after being lifted out of a flood-devastated gorge off the side of the Grand Canyon by helicopters...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest reaches labor agreement with 2 unions
Qwest Communications International Inc. has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union about a day after a labor contract had expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay moves toward Florida Keys
Some Key West stores were shuttered Monday while others stubbornly remained open as rain and wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay began to lash at south Florida after the storm killed at least eight people in the Caribbean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Up to 25,000 tourists flee Tropical Storm Fay
Some Key West stores were shuttered Monday while others stubbornly remained open as rain and wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay began to lash at south Florida after the storm claimed up to 35 lives in the Caribbean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Evacuations in flash flooding near Grand Canyon
About 50 tourists and Havasupai Tribe members had to spend the night in a shelter after being rescued by helicopter from flash flooding that gushed through a gorge off the side of the Grand Canyon...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
3 Pa. teens ordered to trial in immigrants death
A judge has ordered three teenagers to stand trial on charges related to the beating death of a Mexican immigrant in a small eastern Pennsylvania town...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Mom to stand trial on Mich. prison escape charge
A California mother of three will face trial on an escape charge more than three decades after she fled a Michigan prison...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Evacuations as rain breaches dam near Grand Canyon
Authorities on Monday evacuated more tourists and residents from a remote offshoot of the Grand Canyon where weekend flooding caused by heavy rains and a breached dam nearly washed away some rafters in the rugged gorge...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay begins to lash Florida Keys
Tourists jumped on the last plane out of town, store owners shuttered their doors and palm trees bent in gusty winds as Tropical Storm Fay began to bear down on the Florida Keys Monday after killing at least eight people in the Carribean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Pa. teens ordered to trial in immigrants death
Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Ceremony for firefighters killed at WTC building
The families of two firefighters killed a year ago in a skyscraper blaze across from ground zero dedicated plaques in their memory Monday, standing side by side with some of the officials they have blamed for the fire at the government-run project...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Clintons join in mourning for Ark. party leader
Former President Clinton and others remembered the slain chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party on Monday for his strength of character and the unity he brought to Democrats in the past two political seasons...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
What storm? Keys take Tropical Storm Fay in stride
Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents were taking a wait-and-see attitude Monday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Fay bore down on the Florida Keys and Gulf Coast...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Dozens rescued from flooded homes in south Texas
Emergency workers rescued dozens of trapped residents after torrential rains deluged more than 400 homes in southern Texas and forced the closure of the main road through the Rio Grande Valley...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Reputed NY mob boss gets 2-year prison sentence
The reputed acting boss of the Gambino organized crime family has been put behind bars for two years as part of a plea deal...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
BACK TO SCHOOL More kids walk as fuel costs rise
Faced with soaring diesel fuel costs, school districts are forcing students to use the old-fashioned way to get to class: on their own two feet...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Mexican peppers posed problem long before outbreak
Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican chilies...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
APNewsBreak Navy to seek 3rd stealth destroyer
The Navy has reversed course and decided to push for construction of a third stealth destroyer, Sen. Susan Collins said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Reno brush fire damages homes evacuations ordered
A fast-moving brush fire has destroyed at least one home and damaged several others in a neighborhood in Reno, Nev...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members
Yahoo Inc. says it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Netflix shipping centers slammed by problems
Netflix has been slammed by three days of big technical problems that have severely limited the number of DVDs it has been sending out...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama
The folks in this picturesque mountain community with red barns and Amish buggies have been voting overwhelmingly Republican in national elections for decades...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Mystery surrounds death of NYC Renaissance man
Mark Chamberlain did everything to become a hip, high-tech New Yorker...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
US trainers say Georgian troops werent ready
U.S. military trainers _ the only American boots on the ground _ say the Georgian soldiers they knew who were sent to battle the Russians had fighting spirit but were not ready for war...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest, unions agree on new contracts
Qwest Communications International Inc. and negotiators for its largest union have tentatively agreed on a contract about a day after the previous one expired, both sides said Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Airlines push for homegrown jet fuel
With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Russia claims pullback but forces move other way
Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction _ closer to the Georgian capital...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Pakistani President Musharraf decides to resign
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent nation. An emotional Musharraf said he wanted to spare Pakistan from a dangerous power struggle...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Afghan militant threat shuts down public ceremony
Afghan leaders celebrated Independence Day on Monday with a small ceremony inside a fortified military compound, in marked contrast to the parade and public festivities a year ago and another sign that Taliban militants are bearing down on the government...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Ceremony for firefighters killed at WTC building
The families of two firefighters killed a year ago in a skyscraper blaze across from ground zero dedicated plaques in their memory Monday, standing side by side with some of the officials they have blamed for the fire at the government-run project...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Clintons join in mourning for Ark. party leader
Former President Clinton and others remembered the slain chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party on Monday for his strength of character and the unity he brought to Democrats in the past two political seasons...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
What storm? Keys take Tropical Storm Fay in stride
Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents were taking a wait-and-see attitude Monday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Fay bore down on the Florida Keys and Gulf Coast...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Donnie Wahlberg and wife file for divorce
Donnie Wahlberg and his wife are calling it quits after nearly nine years of marriage...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Pa. teens ordered to trial in immigrants death
Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Central deadlock Twins and White Sox stay tied
The AL Central might have the most compelling race in baseball. A couple of surprising contenders, and neither one is giving ground...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Christina Applegate Im 100 percent cancer free
Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
McCain gets briefing on Tropical Storm Fay
John McCain on Sunday was briefed on Tropical Storm Fay, which scuttled a political fundraiser that evening and is threatening to reach Florida as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Obama deflects Swift Boat question
Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for developing alternative energy...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
The modern political convention exists to be seen
Modern political conventions are like a Super Bowl minus the game...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
McCain Obama tried to legislate Iraqi failure
John McCain told fellow veterans on Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Bush praises swimmer Phelps Olympic performance
President Bush praised Olympic champion Michael Phelps on Sunday for his performance in the swimming pool and outside it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Washington offers no relief for savers
Two giant mortgage companies get into hot water over risky investments. The government steps in to throw them a lifeline should they need it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
NASCAR finds magnets under pedals on 2 Gibbs cars
The No. 18 and No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing teams in the Nationwide Series will likely face big penalties after efforts to alter the results of a chassis dyno test...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Indian movie superstars end US leg of live tour
For most people, going on an international tour with hours of rehearsals, a cast of more than 100, and 20 tons of props and sets may not seem like the best way for a family to bond...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
AP IMPACT Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im
Back in the days of "Commies" and "pinkos," of Red scares, black lists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im stood out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite
Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest, unions keep talking workers remain on job
Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union were working on scheduling time Sunday to sit down for further negotiations after a labor contract expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Tenn. teen battles schools Confederate flag ban
Tommy DeFoe wore his Southern pride on his Confederate flag belt buckle Wednesday as he argued in federal court that a school dress code banning such items violated his free speech rights...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Media coverage of the economy lags, study finds
Media coverage of the economic downturn in the U.S. has lagged behind both economic activity and public interest, according to a study being released Monday by a Washington, D.C.-based research group...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee
A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Denver Western wear maker Jack Weil dies at 107
Jack A. Weil, founder of the Rockmount Ranch Wear company whose snap-buttoned Western shirts became popular with movie stars and rock icons, has died. He was 107...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Titans LB Fowler considers steroids matter closed
Tennessee linebacker Ryan Fowler considers his steroids case with the NFL closed...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Shuttle bus mess makes getting to the game tougher
Sports fans around the country are facing costlier or longer rides to the game because of a recent federal regulation that restricts the use of public shuttles that people take from train stations or offsite parking to the stadium...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Oklahoma boots Josh Jarboe and Troy swoops in
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Heintz, Laird tie course mark with 63s at Wyndham
Bob Heintz has always wanted some fans to follow him around the course for a change. For one day anyway, he got that kind of attention, even if it took some ribbing _ and a remarkable start to the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Titans beat Raiders with last-second field goal
The Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders have talented young quarterbacks in Vince Young and JaMarcus Russell...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
5 children among 7 killed in Memphis house fire
The Memphis Fire Department says five children, a teenager and an adult have been killed in a house fire...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Bulldogs! Georgia is No. 1 in preseason AP poll
By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 _ to start the 2008 college football season...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Carl Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Friends, family pay tribute to soul singer Hayes
Friends and family plan to pay tribute to soul singer Isaac Hayes at a memorial service filled with speeches, musical performances, photos and video clips...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Brazil police find stolen artwork
Police recover the final missing artwork from a daylight museum robbery in Sao Paulo...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
Venezuela to seize cement plants
Venezuela says it will take over local plants and offices belonging to a Mexican cement giant, as it acts to nationalise the industry...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
Bail-out fears rattle US shares
US shares fall on fears the US government will be forced to bail out mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
Georgia sees little sign of Russian withdrawal
Russia said its troops and tanks began to withdraw from the conflict zone with Georgia on Monday, but left unclear exactly where they would operate. And in the key Georgian city of Gori, there were no signs of a Russian pullback...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Israel to free long-serving Palestinian prisoners
Israel said Monday it will free two of its most prominent Palestinian prisoners _ a militant mastermind from the 1970s and a gunman elected to parliament while behind bars _ among 199 inmates to be released as a goodwill gesture to embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Attack on Afghan Independence Day kills 10
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan issued a rare public warning Monday to Afghans celebrating Independence Day that militants planned to attack civilian, military and government targets. Only hours earlier, a suicide bomber killed 10 Afghans outside a U.S. base...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Musharraf resigns as Pakistan president
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent nation...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Role of a lifetime Iraq vet sought for soap opera
An open casting call for "All My Children" is far from business as usual: The soap opera is seeking an Iraq war veteran to play an injured veteran...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Upton, Kazmir send Rays to 7-4 win over Rangers
B.J. Upton homered and drove in three runs in his return from a benching, Scott Kazmir allowed two runs in six innings and the Tampa Bay Rays added a game to their AL East lead with a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Backup QBs shine in Bucs 27-10 win over Patriots
No Tom Brady equals little offense for the New England Patriots this preseason. With the 2007 MVP sitting out for the second straight week, the defending AFC champions sputtered with backup Matt Cassel running the show in a 27-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
CSI gets its man Laurence Fishburne joins cast
CBS says "Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne is joining the cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," stepping into the gap left by departing cast member William Petersen...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Harry Potter film pulls vanishing act on EW cover
Maybe Harry Potter should have brought a note from his parents saying he would be missing school...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
McCain gets briefing on Tropical Storm Fay
John McCain on Sunday was briefed on Tropical Storm Fay, which scuttled a political fundraiser that evening and is threatening to reach Florida as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Obama deflects Swift Boat question
Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for developing alternative energy...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama
The folks in this picturesque mountain community with red barns and Amish buggies have been voting overwhelmingly Republican in national elections for decades...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Central deadlock Twins and White Sox stay tied
The AL Central might have the most compelling race in baseball. A couple of surprising contenders, and neither one is giving ground...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
The modern political convention exists to be seen
Modern political conventions are like a Super Bowl minus the game...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Bush praises swimmer Phelps Olympic performance
President Bush praised Olympic champion Michael Phelps on Sunday for his performance in the swimming pool and outside it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Airlines push for homegrown jet fuel
With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Washington offers no relief for savers
Two giant mortgage companies get into hot water over risky investments. The government steps in to throw them a lifeline should they need it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Indian movie superstars end US leg of live tour
For most people, going on an international tour with hours of rehearsals, a cast of more than 100, and 20 tons of props and sets may not seem like the best way for a family to bond...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
AP IMPACT Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im
Back in the days of "Commies" and "pinkos," of Red scares, black lists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im stood out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite
Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest, unions keep talking workers remain on job
Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union were working on scheduling time Sunday to sit down for further negotiations after a labor contract expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
NASCAR finds magnets under pedals on 2 Gibbs cars
The No. 18 and No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing teams in the Nationwide Series will likely face big penalties after efforts to alter the results of a chassis dyno test...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Mummified remains from 1948 plane crash identified
Nine years of sleuthing, advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques have finally put a name to a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Newspaper Blackwater guards get target letters
Half a dozen Blackwater Worldwide security guards have gotten target letters from the Justice Department in a probe of shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis, The Washington Post reported...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Media coverage of the economy lags, study finds
Media coverage of the economic downturn in the U.S. has lagged behind both economic activity and public interest, according to a study being released Monday by a Washington, D.C.-based research group...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Hurricane watch issued for parts of Florida
A hurricane watch has been issued for the Florida Keys and parts of south Florida...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Forecasters Florida should prepare for hurricane
Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys prepared Saturday for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane and begin battering the island chain as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Forecasters Floridia should prepare for hurricane
Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys prepared Saturday for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane and begin battering the island chain as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Joys, burdens of being best face Phelps now
He stood, literally, on top of the world: Everest. The highest mountain on earth...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Visitors urged to leave Florida Keys ahead of Fay
Officials urged visitors to leave the Florida Keys on Sunday ahead of Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Fay leads Fla. officials to ask visitors to leave
Officials asked visitors to leave the Florida Keys on Sunday ahead of Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Fay leads officials to ask visitors to evacuate
Officials asked visitors to leave the Florida Keys on Sunday ahead of Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Ex-Marine decries prosecution in civilian court
A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Fire at WTC building exposes government lapses
Every two weeks, firefighters ascend a condemned, black-shrouded skyscraper, checking carefully marked exit signs, a rebuilt water supply system and wide-open corridors. They wear protective suits on floors still contaminated by toxic dust from the World Trade Center...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay moves in on Florida Keys
While some Key West businesses began putting up hurricane shutters in preparation for Tropical Storm Fay, tourists and residents still strolled lazily through town...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Grand Canyon floods breach dam, force evacuations
Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon caused an earthen dam to fail Sunday and created flooding that forced helicopters to pluck hundreds of residents and campers and deliver them to safety. No injuries were immediately reported...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Up to 25,000 tourists flee Tropical Storm Fay
Some Key West stores were shuttered Monday while others stubbornly remained open as rain and wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay began to lash at south Florida after the storm claimed up to 35 lives in the Caribbean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Evacuations in flash flooding near Grand Canyon
About 50 tourists and Havasupai Tribe members had to spend the night in a shelter after being rescued by helicopter from flash flooding that gushed through a gorge off the side of the Grand Canyon...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Florida Keys brace for hit from Tropical Storm Fay
Some Key West stores were shuttered Monday while others stubbornly remained open as rain and wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay began to lash at south Florida after the storm claimed up to 35 lives in the Caribbean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Evacuations as rain bursts dam near Grand Canyon
Dozens of tourists and Hualapai Tribe members spent the night in shelters after being lifted out of a flood-devastated gorge off the side of the Grand Canyon by helicopters...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest reaches labor agreement with 2 unions
Qwest Communications International Inc. has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union about a day after a labor contract had expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Ohio jury visits apartment in microwave death case
A jury in Dayton, Ohio, has visited the apartment where prosecutors say a woman killed her month-old baby by burning her in a microwave oven...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Former Olympics exec asks for child porn probation
A former U.S. Olympic official has asked a Connecticut court for a special form of probation that could lead to dismissal of child pornography charges...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Back to school Education by the numbers
Statistics on U.S. schools. Numbers with an "(x)" are projections...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Back to school Shaky economy hits kids
Hard times and higher fuel prices will follow kids back to school this fall...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Pa. police find guns, grenades in felons home
Federal agents seized about 20 guns and explosive devices, including homemade hand grenades, from the home of a man who is a felon and cannot legally possess weapons, a police chief said...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Escaped bison shot after blocking Ill. highway
Illinois State Police say four buffalo have been killed after escaping from a farm and blocking morning traffic on a major highway...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Court protests halt hearing in immigrant killing
Courthouse protests have caused a brief interruption in the preliminary hearing of three teenagers charged in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant in a small Pennsylvania town...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Netflix shipping centers slammed by problems
Netflix has been slammed by three days of big technical problems that have severely limited the number of DVDs it has been sending out...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
NASA delays robotic moon mission until 2009
NASA has delayed the launch of an unmanned spacecraft to the moon to scout for potential landing sites for astronauts...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Israel to free long-serving Palestinian prisoners
Israel said Monday it will free two of its most prominent Palestinian prisoners _ a militant mastermind from the 1970s and a gunman elected to parliament while behind bars _ among 199 inmates to be released as a goodwill gesture to embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members
Yahoo Inc. says it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Georgia sees little sign of Russian withdrawal
Russia said its troops and tanks began to withdraw from the conflict zone with Georgia on Monday, but left unclear exactly where they would operate. And in the key Georgian city of Gori, there were no signs of a Russian pullback...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Musharrafs turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Musharraf resigns as Pakistan president
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent nation...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Evacuations in flash flooding near Grand Canyon
About 50 tourists and Havasupai Tribe members had to spend the night in a shelter after being rescued by helicopter from flash flooding that gushed through a gorge off the side of the Grand Canyon...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Florida Keys brace for hit from Tropical Storm Fay
Some Key West stores were shuttered Monday while others stubbornly remained open as rain and wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay began to lash at south Florida after the storm claimed up to 35 lives in the Caribbean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest reaches labor agreement with 2 unions
Qwest Communications International Inc. has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union about a day after a labor contract had expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Attack on Afghan Independence Day kills 10
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan issued a rare public warning Monday to Afghans celebrating Independence Day that militants planned to attack civilian, military and government targets. Only hours earlier, a suicide bomber killed 10 Afghans outside a U.S. base...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Role of a lifetime Iraq vet sought for soap opera
An open casting call for "All My Children" is far from business as usual: The soap opera is seeking an Iraq war veteran to play an injured veteran...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Up to 25,000 tourists flee Tropical Storm Fay
Some Key West stores were shuttered Monday while others stubbornly remained open as rain and wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay began to lash at south Florida after the storm claimed up to 35 lives in the Caribbean...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Upton, Kazmir send Rays to 7-4 win over Rangers
B.J. Upton homered and drove in three runs in his return from a benching, Scott Kazmir allowed two runs in six innings and the Tampa Bay Rays added a game to their AL East lead with a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Backup QBs shine in Bucs 27-10 win over Patriots
No Tom Brady equals little offense for the New England Patriots this preseason. With the 2007 MVP sitting out for the second straight week, the defending AFC champions sputtered with backup Matt Cassel running the show in a 27-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
CSI gets its man Laurence Fishburne joins cast
CBS says "Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne is joining the cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," stepping into the gap left by departing cast member William Petersen...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Harry Potter film pulls vanishing act on EW cover
Maybe Harry Potter should have brought a note from his parents saying he would be missing school...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama
The folks in this picturesque mountain community with red barns and Amish buggies have been voting overwhelmingly Republican in national elections for decades...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Central deadlock Twins and White Sox stay tied
The AL Central might have the most compelling race in baseball. A couple of surprising contenders, and neither one is giving ground...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
The modern political convention exists to be seen
Modern political conventions are like a Super Bowl minus the game...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
McCain gets briefing on Tropical Storm Fay
John McCain on Sunday was briefed on Tropical Storm Fay, which scuttled a political fundraiser that evening and is threatening to reach Florida as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Obama deflects Swift Boat question
Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for developing alternative energy...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Washington offers no relief for savers
Two giant mortgage companies get into hot water over risky investments. The government steps in to throw them a lifeline should they need it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Bush praises swimmer Phelps Olympic performance
President Bush praised Olympic champion Michael Phelps on Sunday for his performance in the swimming pool and outside it...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Airlines push for homegrown jet fuel
With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
AP IMPACT Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im
Back in the days of "Commies" and "pinkos," of Red scares, black lists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im stood out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite
Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest, unions keep talking workers remain on job
Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union were working on scheduling time Sunday to sit down for further negotiations after a labor contract expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
NASCAR finds magnets under pedals on 2 Gibbs cars
The No. 18 and No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing teams in the Nationwide Series will likely face big penalties after efforts to alter the results of a chassis dyno test...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Media coverage of the economy lags, study finds
Media coverage of the economic downturn in the U.S. has lagged behind both economic activity and public interest, according to a study being released Monday by a Washington, D.C.-based research group...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Indian movie superstars end US leg of live tour
For most people, going on an international tour with hours of rehearsals, a cast of more than 100, and 20 tons of props and sets may not seem like the best way for a family to bond...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Sheriffs department Hayes likely died of stroke
Authorities in Memphis say Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Denver Western wear maker Jack Weil dies at 107
Jack A. Weil, founder of the Rockmount Ranch Wear company whose snap-buttoned Western shirts became popular with movie stars and rock icons, has died. He was 107...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Titans LB Fowler considers steroids matter closed
Tennessee linebacker Ryan Fowler considers his steroids case with the NFL closed...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Shuttle bus mess makes getting to the game tougher
Sports fans around the country are facing costlier or longer rides to the game because of a recent federal regulation that restricts the use of public shuttles that people take from train stations or offsite parking to the stadium...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Tenn. teen battles schools Confederate flag ban
Tommy DeFoe wore his Southern pride on his Confederate flag belt buckle Wednesday as he argued in federal court that a school dress code banning such items violated his free speech rights...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Oklahoma boots Josh Jarboe and Troy swoops in
Another NCAA football season is upon us and AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo will blog with the latest news, observations and opinions _ and whatever else comes up _ all the way through to the BCS...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Heintz, Laird tie course mark with 63s at Wyndham
Bob Heintz has always wanted some fans to follow him around the course for a change. For one day anyway, he got that kind of attention, even if it took some ribbing _ and a remarkable start to the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee
A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Bulldogs! Georgia is No. 1 in preseason AP poll
By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 _ to start the 2008 college football season...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Titans beat Raiders with last-second field goal
The Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders have talented young quarterbacks in Vince Young and JaMarcus Russell...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Carl Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course
Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
5 children among 7 killed in Memphis house fire
The Memphis Fire Department says five children, a teenager and an adult have been killed in a house fire...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Bail-out fears hit mortgage firms
Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fall again on fears that the US government will be forced to bail out the troubled mortgage giants...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
EA rethinks its bid for GTA firm
US video game giant Electronic Arts decides to reassess its £1.9bn offer for Take-Two Interactive Software...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
Nation's pride
Jamaicans react to their country's sprint success...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
Bolt boost
Mihir Bose on the new sprint star...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
Panama wins first track and field title
Red-hot favourite and world record holder Irving Saladino of Panama wins the Olympic long jump gold...
BBC News - August 18, 2008
Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Both parties reach for center on abortion debate
As Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain compete for centrist voters in their presidential race, both parties have made intriguing nods to the political center on the emotional issue of abortion...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Georgians wait for Russian troop withdrawal
Hungry and uncertain, beleaguered residents in Gori and other occupied Georgian cities waited anxiously Monday for Russian forces to begin their promised pullout from Georgia after a short but intense war that shocked the West...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Gunmen ambush electoral officials in southern Iraq
Masked gunmen ambushed a bus carrying electoral officials in southern Iraq on Monday, killing two and seriously wounding a third, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Georgia waits for promised Russian troop pullout
Hungry and uncertain, beleaguered residents in Gori and other occupied Georgian cities waited anxiously Monday for Russian forces to begin their promised pullout after a short but intense war...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
4 Philippine soldiers, 4 militia killed in ambush
Muslim guerrillas killed four soldiers and four militiamen in an ambush of a military convoy Sunday in the volatile southern Philippines, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
4 Philippine soldiers, 3 militia killed in ambush
Muslim guerrillas killed four soldiers and three militiamen in an ambush on a military convoy Sunday in the volatile southern Philippines, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Japan to arrest 3 anti-whaling activists
Japanese police obtained arrest warrants Monday against three activists from the U.S.-based animal rights group Sea Shepherd for allegedly attacking Japanese whaling ships last year, a news report said...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Upton, Kazmir send Rays to 7-4 win over Rangers
B.J. Upton homered and drove in three runs in his return from a benching, Scott Kazmir allowed two runs in six innings and the Tampa Bay Rays added a game to their AL East lead with a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Backup QBs shine in Bucs 27-10 win over Patriots
No Tom Brady equals little offense for the New England Patriots this preseason. With the 2007 MVP sitting out for the second straight week, the defending AFC champions sputtered with backup Matt Cassel running the show in a 27-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Reports DeGeneres and de Rossi wed in Calif.
There are reports that Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have wed in what is perhaps the highest-profile gay marriage since California legalized the unions...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Reports DeGeneres and de Rossi wed in California
There was much dancing: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama
The folks in this picturesque mountain community with red barns and Amish buggies have been voting overwhelmingly Republican in national elections for decades...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Ridge GOP would accept abortion-rights VP
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said Sunday he thinks Republicans would accept a vice presidential candidate who supports abortion rights...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Central deadlock Twins and White Sox stay tied
The AL Central might have the most compelling race in baseball. A couple of surprising contenders, and neither one is giving ground...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
Qwest, union keep talking as contract expires
Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union kept negotiating Sunday as a labor contract expired...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
McCain gets briefing on Tropical Storm Fay
John McCain on Sunday was briefed on Tropical Storm Fay, which scuttled a political fundraiser that evening and is threatening to reach Florida as soon as Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 18, 2008
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