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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
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Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
German Love Parade festival draws dancing crowd
More than 1.5 million revelers danced through the streets of the western German city of Dortmund on Saturday at the annual Love Parade techno music festival...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall, even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afghan violence kills 14, including NATO soldier
Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents attacking a supply convoy for NATO troops, killing nine militants, officials said Saturday, while roadside bombs killed a NATO soldier in a separate convoy and four policemen...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Unification Church founder Moon hurt in crash
A helicopter carrying the Rev. Sun Myung Moon crashed Saturday into a mountain in South Korea, injuring the founder of the Unification Church and 13 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits with troops in Afghanistan
A U.S. military spokesman says that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is visiting troops in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Haitis Voodoo pilgrims pray for future
Every year, Haitians crowd into the basin of a sacred waterfall to relax and pray for a better future. This time, they asked for relief from soaring food prices and rampant unemployment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Pope apologizes for clergy sexual abuse
SYDNEY, Australia _ Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, describing their acts as "evil" and a grave betrayal of trust...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
New mother Angelina Jolie leaves hospital
The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left the building...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Hard life for Indian sculptor after train bombings
That one time, hanging out the open door of the crowded train was lucky for Mahendra Pitale. Had he been sitting inside the train car, the 34-year-old sculptor almost certainly would have been killed when the bomb exploded...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Pujols big day helps Cardinals rally for 6-5 win
Albert Pujols had three hits and four RBIs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rally from five runs down to beat the sagging San Diego Padres 6-5 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Al Gore
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Dark Knight sets box office record with $66.4M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Saturday with officials of a region of Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of Taliban and al-Qaida activity, offering his support for reconstruction and security there and throughout the country, an official said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Bakers 4 RBIs help Marlins beat Phils 9-5
Rookie catcher John Baker drove in four runs Saturday and hit one of three homers for the Florida Marlins, who tightened the race in the NL East by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Choo helps Cleveland snap 10-game road skid
One-time Seattle prospect Shin-Soo Choo homered and doubled in his first two at-bats, Jeremy Sowers picked up his first win of the season and the Cleveland Indians beat the Mariners 9-6 Saturday afternoon to snap a 10-game road losing streak...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Venture capital investments hold steady in 2Q
The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afraid of laundry? You will be after reading this
Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever
A stunning sell-off dragged oil prices to their biggest weekly drop ever and gas prices at the pump slipped by the more than they have at any point since February, giving consumers a rare breather in a year of record fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
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The Democratic National Committee plans to target Republican John McCain and help Democrat Barack Obama with an independent ad campaign run by veteran Democratic strategist Jonathan Prince, Democrats familiar with the decision said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
FBI Soccer team members help subdue man on flight
An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a pro soccer team and others, the FBI said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4
Authorities say at least four people were been killed and six injured after the collapse of a crane at an industrial complex in Houston on Friday afternoon. A company spokeswoman said the plant was a LyondellBasell refinery in southeast Houston...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Medical pioneer buried at Arlington cemetery
Defense Secretary Robert Gates lowered onto one knee to present the flag from the coffin of medical innovator Dr. Michael DeBakey to his widow, Katrin, at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jesse Washington named AP race, ethnicity writer
Jesse Washington, entertainment editor for The Associated Press and a former magazine editor, has been named race and ethnicity writer for the news cooperative...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children
For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, carrying on the legacy of their parents...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
NJ beach town mayor sez Fuhgeddaboudit! to blog
To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Police Body at home of woman who claimed baby buy
Police said Friday they found the body of a woman with her hands bound in the apartment of another woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed as her own...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Crews make progess against California wildfires
Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for N. Rockies wolves
A federal judge in Montana has ordered that gray wolves in the northern Rockies be returned to the endangered species list...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Body found at home of Pa. mystery baby suspect
A body with its hands bound was found Friday at the apartment of a woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed was her child but later said she had obtained for $1,000, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal forms off Southeast coast
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the depression off the Southeast coast has strengthened into Tropical Storm Cristobal...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Conn. candidates line up for public financing
Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Woman in W.Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated
A Pennsylvania medical examiner says the body of a woman linked to a mystery newborn baby had been partially eviscerated and her uterus was cut open...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
San Francisco to vote on prosecuting prostitutes
A measure that aims to keep prostitutes from facing criminal charges has qualified for the November ballot in San Francisco...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Bees swarm motorists on N.J. Turnpike
Drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike have to cope every day with traffic jams, pollution and even the occasional deer...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Terrorist in NYC hijacking, bombing granted parole
A Croatian terrorist has been granted parole and will be deported to his homeland after serving 30 years of a life prison term for hijacking an airliner and planting a bomb that killed a New York City police officer...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stunt pilot to join National Aviation Hall of Fame
Stunt pilot Sean Tucker, who has thrilled air show audiences with daredevil moves in more than 1,000 performances, said he got his start by trying to face his flying fears...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Potential tropical storm threatens Southeast coast
A tropical depression off the Southeast coast is the first to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, and forecasters said Saturday they expect it to strengthen into a tropical storm...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Tropical storm could develop off Southeast coast
Forecasters say a tropical depression off the Southeast coast is expected to strengthen and could become a tropical storm...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Qantas flight leaves Los Angeles after bomb threat
A Qantas jetliner has departed from Los Angeles for Australia after the airline and law enforcement authorities determined a bomb threat was a hoax...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Spears overnights with boys added, trial averted
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Spears granted additional visitation with boys
An attorney for Britney Spears says an agreement has been reached that grants the singer more visits with her children...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Most Calif. fires contained stubborn blazes left
Cooler weather has allowed fire crews to corral most of the wildfires across California, but a handful of stubborn, hard-to-reach mountain blazes Saturday were still keeping residents from their homes...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
WTC survivor staircase moves again at ground zero
A staircase people used to escape the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack has been moved for a second time on the ground zero site...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Spears role as mom expands after epic meltdown
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
8 months after meltdown, Spears mom-role expands
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Spears overights with boys added, trial averted
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Pope apologizes for clergy sexual abuse
SYDNEY, Australia _ Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, describing their acts as "evil" and a grave betrayal of trust...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
German Love Parade festival draws dancing crowd
More than 1.5 million revelers danced through the streets of the western German city of Dortmund on Saturday at the annual Love Parade techno music festival...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Iran nuclear talks stall, even with US at table
A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afghan violence kills 14, including NATO soldier
Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents attacking a supply convoy for NATO troops, killing nine militants, officials said Saturday, while roadside bombs killed a NATO soldier in a separate convoy and four policemen...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Unification Church founder Moon hurt in crash
A helicopter carrying the Rev. Sun Myung Moon crashed Saturday into a mountain in South Korea, injuring the founder of the Unification Church and 13 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits with troops in Afghanistan
A U.S. military spokesman says that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is visiting troops in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Haitis Voodoo pilgrims pray for future
Every year, Haitians crowd into the basin of a sacred waterfall to relax and pray for a better future. This time, they asked for relief from soaring food prices and rampant unemployment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Tropical Storm Cristobal forms off Southeast coast
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the depression off the Southeast coast has strengthened into Tropical Storm Cristobal...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Conn. candidates line up for public financing
Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Hard life for Indian sculptor after train bombings
That one time, hanging out the open door of the crowded train was lucky for Mahendra Pitale. Had he been sitting inside the train car, the 34-year-old sculptor almost certainly would have been killed when the bomb exploded...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Pujols big day helps Cardinals rally for 6-5 win
Albert Pujols had three hits and four RBIs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rally from five runs down to beat the sagging San Diego Padres 6-5 on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Al Gore
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Dark Knight sets box office record with $66.4M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
New mother Angelina Jolie leaves hospital
The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left the building...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Saturday with officials of a region of Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of Taliban and al-Qaida activity, offering his support for reconstruction and security there and throughout the country, an official said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Bakers 4 RBIs help Marlins beat Phils 9-5
Rookie catcher John Baker drove in four runs Saturday and hit one of three homers for the Florida Marlins, who tightened the race in the NL East by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Choo helps Cleveland snap 10-game road skid
One-time Seattle prospect Shin-Soo Choo homered and doubled in his first two at-bats, Jeremy Sowers picked up his first win of the season and the Cleveland Indians beat the Mariners 9-6 Saturday afternoon to snap a 10-game road losing streak...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
FBI Soccer team members help subdue man on flight
An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a pro soccer team and others, the FBI said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Venture capital investments hold steady in 2Q
The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for N. Rockies wolves
A federal judge in Montana has ordered that gray wolves in the northern Rockies be returned to the endangered species list...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afraid of laundry? You will be after reading this
Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever
A stunning sell-off dragged oil prices to their biggest weekly drop ever and gas prices at the pump slipped by the more than they have at any point since February, giving consumers a rare breather in a year of record fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Crews make progess against California wildfires
Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Former Tenn. state senator convicted in corruption
A federal jury has convicted a former Tennessee state senator for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Senate...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Songwriter Hank Cochran recovering from surgery
Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
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The Democratic National Committee plans to target Republican John McCain and help Democrat Barack Obama with an independent ad campaign run by veteran Democratic strategist Jonathan Prince, Democrats familiar with the decision said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Brazils Beatriz 1st woman to win Indy Lights race
Ana Beatriz of Brazil became the first woman to win on the Firestone Indy Lights Series, taking the rain-delayed Sunbelt Rentals 100 on Saturday at the Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Perry sets up 3-way tie at John Deere Classic
Kenny Perry finished with a flourish to move into a three-way tie for the lead through three rounds at the John Deere Classic on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Say what? NYC mayor often mangles his words
When Mayor Michael Bloomberg called in to his weekly radio show Friday from a media conference out West, he could hardly contain his excitement as he described the beautiful mountains and weather out in "Salt Lake City, Idaho."...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Creamer shoots 60, leads LPGAs Farr by 5 strokes
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well. Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 on the par-71 Highland Meadows layout Thursday. She held a five-stroke lead after the opening round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jaguars Porter has hamstring surgery
Jaguars wide receiver Jerry Porter had surgery Friday to repair a torn hamstring tendon and will miss all the preseason...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
GM cutting back on NASCAR spending
Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Bulls top pick Rose pleads guilty to speeding
The Chicago Bulls No. 1 draft choice Derrick Rose pleaded guilty Monday to driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit on an Illinois highway back in April...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Surging Perry wins John Deere Classic in playoff
Kenny Perry beat Brad Adamonis and Jay Williamson in a playoff to win the John Deere Classic and escape with his third victory in five starts after bogeying the 18th hole on Sunday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Rain allows Dixon to win 3rd straight at Nashville
Scott Dixon grabbed the lead on lap 149 and had enough fuel to stay there until rain ended the Firestone Indy 200 with 29 laps left, giving him his third consecutive victory at the Nashville Superspeedway and his fourth this season...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Wireless microphones flap causing static
Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
VWs choice eases Chattanoogas past auto snubs
When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors destination forgot years of frustrating rejections by automakers...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Scott Dixon on schedule for another title
Everything is right on schedule for Scott Dixon _ for now...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Pope apologizes for clergy sexual abuse
SYDNEY, Australia _ Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, describing their acts as "evil" and a grave betrayal of trust...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Iraqi refugees duped by smugglers promising Europe
In the depths of despair, Suzan doused herself and her 14-year-old daughter with gasoline and prepared to set them both on fire...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Unification Church founder Moon hurt in crash
A helicopter carrying the Rev. Sun Myung Moon crashed Saturday into a mountain in South Korea, injuring the founder of the Unification Church and 13 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits with troops in Afghanistan
A U.S. military spokesman says that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is visiting troops in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Haitis Voodoo pilgrims pray for future
Every year, Haitians crowd into the basin of a sacred waterfall to relax and pray for a better future. This time, they asked for relief from soaring food prices and rampant unemployment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Angelina Jolie leaves hospital
The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left the building...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Dream of gas tax holiday faltered over job losses
The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afghan violence kills 14, including NATO soldier
Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents attacking a supply convoy for NATO troops, killing nine militants, officials said Saturday, while roadside bombs killed a NATO soldier in a separate convoy and four policemen...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Dark Knight sets box office record with $66.4M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
New mother Angelina Jolie leaves hospital
The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left the building...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Saturday with officials of a region of Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of Taliban and al-Qaida activity, offering his support for reconstruction and security there and throughout the country, an official said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama arrives in Afghanistan set to tour war zone
A spokesman says Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Choi atop leaderboard at breezy British Open
The sun finally came out at the British Open on Saturday, but the wind off the Irish Sea sure picked up...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Breezy day at the British Open
The sun finally came out at the British Open on Saturday, but the wind off the Irish Sea sure picked up...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Loney hits homer in 11th inning to lift Dodgers
James Loney homered leading off the 11th inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Venture capital investments hold steady in 2Q
The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afraid of laundry? You will be after reading this
Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever
A stunning sell-off dragged oil prices to their biggest weekly drop ever and gas prices at the pump slipped by the more than they have at any point since February, giving consumers a rare breather in a year of record fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Tropical Storm Fausto nears hurricane strength
Tropical Storm Fausto has neared hurricane strength early Friday in the Pacific, while Elida lost its hurricane status...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Giant rig carves new tunnel beneath NYCs streets
A huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office district is getting a rest, of sorts, after completing its journey to Grand Central Terminal...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Bush surveys record-breaking California wildfires
President Bush offered federal help and encouragement Thursday to some of the 25,000 firefighters working under a blazing sun to contain wildfires that make up the single largest fire event ever recorded in California...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
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The Democratic National Committee plans to target Republican John McCain and help Democrat Barack Obama with an independent ad campaign run by veteran Democratic strategist Jonathan Prince, Democrats familiar with the decision said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jesse Washington named AP race, ethnicity writer
Jesse Washington, entertainment editor for The Associated Press and a former magazine editor, has been named race and ethnicity writer for the news cooperative...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Food safety worries change buying habits
Troubled by the tainted tomato scare, nearly half of Americans are concerned they may get sick from eating contaminated food and are avoiding items they normally would buy, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll has found...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Ask AP Oil and gas prices, Obamas citizenship
For weeks _ months _ the price of a barrel of oil marches skyward, and gas prices at the pump soar to frustrating heights...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for N. Rockies wolves
A federal judge in Montana has ordered that gray wolves in the northern Rockies be returned to the endangered species list...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Body found at home of Pa. mystery baby suspect
A body with its hands bound was found Friday at the apartment of a woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed was her child but later said she had obtained for $1,000, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
FBI Soccer team members help subdue man on flight
An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a pro soccer team and others, the FBI said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4
Authorities say at least four people were been killed and six injured after the collapse of a crane at an industrial complex in Houston on Friday afternoon. A company spokeswoman said the plant was a LyondellBasell refinery in southeast Houston...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Medical pioneer buried at Arlington cemetery
Defense Secretary Robert Gates lowered onto one knee to present the flag from the coffin of medical innovator Dr. Michael DeBakey to his widow, Katrin, at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
NJ beach town mayor sez Fuhgeddaboudit! to blog
To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Police Body at home of woman who claimed baby buy
Police said Friday they found the body of a woman with her hands bound in the apartment of another woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed as her own...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Police Missing Texas soldier may be in danger
Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Crews make progess against California wildfires
Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children
For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, carrying on the legacy of their parents...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Tropical storm could develop off Southeast coast
Forecasters say a tropical depression off the Southeast coast is expected to strengthen and could become a tropical storm...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Qantas flight leaves Los Angeles after bomb threat
A Qantas jetliner has departed from Los Angeles for Australia after the airline and law enforcement authorities determined a bomb threat was a hoax...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
US Dont drop jihad references from charges
Federal prosecutors say they should not be forced to drop references to al-Qaida and jihad from the indictment of five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers on Fort Dix...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Triple slay suspect in Pennsylvania I had fun
A man charged with killing three people with a knife and a hammer said "I had fun" and blew a kiss to reporters while being led into court after his arrest...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Gunman kills ex, himself in Long Island office
A man shot his ex-girlfriend to death at her office Friday and wounded a supervisor who came to her aid before killing himself, police said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Spears role as mom expands after epic meltdown
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
8 months after meltdown, Spears mom-role expands
Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Spears overights with boys added, trial averted
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Spears overnights with boys added, trial averted
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Potential tropical storm threatens Southeast coast
A tropical depression off the Southeast coast is the first to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, and forecasters said Saturday they expect it to strengthen into a tropical storm...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Woman in W.Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated
A Pennsylvania medical examiner says the body of a woman linked to a mystery newborn baby had been partially eviscerated and her uterus was cut open...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Haitis Voodoo pilgrims pray for future
Every year, Haitians crowd into the basin of a sacred waterfall to relax and pray for a better future. This time, they asked for relief from soaring food prices and rampant unemployment...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Pope apologizes for clergy sexual abuse
SYDNEY, Australia _ Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, describing their acts as "evil" and a grave betrayal of trust...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Iraqi refugees duped by smugglers promising Europe
In the depths of despair, Suzan doused herself and her 14-year-old daughter with gasoline and prepared to set them both on fire...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
NJ beach town mayor sez Fuhgeddaboudit! to blog
To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afghan violence kills 14, including NATO soldier
Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents attacking a supply convoy for NATO troops, killing nine militants, officials said Saturday, while roadside bombs killed a NATO soldier in a separate convoy and four policemen...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Unification Church founder Moon hurt in crash
A helicopter carrying the Rev. Sun Myung Moon crashed Saturday into a mountain in South Korea, injuring the founder of the Unification Church and 13 others, officials said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits with troops in Afghanistan
A U.S. military spokesman says that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is visiting troops in eastern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Angelina Jolie, newborn twins leave hospital
Angelina Jolie and her newborn twins early Saturday left the French hospital where she gave birth, the Fondation Lenval said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
New mother Angelina Jolie leaves hospital
The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left the building...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Angelina Jolie leaves hospital
The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left the building...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Dream of gas tax holiday faltered over job losses
The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Choi atop leaderboard at breezy British Open
The sun finally came out at the British Open on Saturday, but the wind off the Irish Sea sure picked up...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Breezy day at the British Open
The sun finally came out at the British Open on Saturday, but the wind off the Irish Sea sure picked up...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Dark Knight sets box office record with $66.4M
A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Saturday with officials of a region of Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of Taliban and al-Qaida activity, offering his support for reconstruction and security there and throughout the country, an official said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Obama arrives in Afghanistan set to tour war zone
A spokesman says Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Afraid of laundry? You will be after reading this
Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever
A stunning sell-off dragged oil prices to their biggest weekly drop ever and gas prices at the pump slipped by the more than they have at any point since February, giving consumers a rare breather in a year of record fuel prices...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Loney hits homer in 11th inning to lift Dodgers
James Loney homered leading off the 11th inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Going small A Smart driving experience
Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Venture capital investments hold steady in 2Q
The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Elderly women get life in L.A. insurance killings
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced two elderly women to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Judge restores protection for N. Rockies wolves
A federal judge in Montana has ordered that gray wolves in the northern Rockies be returned to the endangered species list...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info
Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow _ like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Jaguars Porter has hamstring surgery
Jaguars wide receiver Jerry Porter had surgery Friday to repair a torn hamstring tendon and will miss all the preseason...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
GM cutting back on NASCAR spending
Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Former Tenn. state senator convicted in corruption
A federal jury has convicted a former Tennessee state senator for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Senate...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Songwriter Hank Cochran recovering from surgery
Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Purdue panel finds misconduct by fusion scientist
A Purdue University panel has found two instances of misconduct by a researcher who claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
Wall Street surged Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points as oil fell more than $3 and brought its three-day decline to more than $13 a barrel...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
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The Democratic National Committee plans to target Republican John McCain and help Democrat Barack Obama with an independent ad campaign run by veteran Democratic strategist Jonathan Prince, Democrats familiar with the decision said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Rain allows Dixon to win 3rd straight at Nashville
Scott Dixon grabbed the lead on lap 149 and had enough fuel to stay there until rain ended the Firestone Indy 200 with 29 laps left, giving him his third consecutive victory at the Nashville Superspeedway and his fourth this season...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Brazils Beatriz 1st woman to win Indy Lights race
Ana Beatriz of Brazil became the first woman to win on the Firestone Indy Lights Series, taking the rain-delayed Sunbelt Rentals 100 on Saturday at the Nashville Superspeedway...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Perry sets up 3-way tie at John Deere Classic
Kenny Perry finished with a flourish to move into a three-way tie for the lead through three rounds at the John Deere Classic on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Say what? NYC mayor often mangles his words
When Mayor Michael Bloomberg called in to his weekly radio show Friday from a media conference out West, he could hardly contain his excitement as he described the beautiful mountains and weather out in "Salt Lake City, Idaho."...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Creamer shoots 60, leads LPGAs Farr by 5 strokes
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well. Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 on the par-71 Highland Meadows layout Thursday. She held a five-stroke lead after the opening round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
Wireless microphones flap causing static
Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices...
Southern Ledger - July 19, 2008
VWs choice eases Chattanoogas past auto snubs
When Volkswagen said yes, a city that shed its reputation for dirty air to become a top outdoors | | | | |
