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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for August 2008:
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Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Government opponents protest in Venezuela
About 3,000 opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched through the capital on Saturday to protest a package of laws that expand his power and accelerate his push toward socialism...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Georgia In state of war over South Ossetia
Russia and Georgia headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contested province of South Ossetia and Russian aircraft bombed a Georgian town, escalating a conflict that already has left hundreds dead...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67
A Palestinian presidential aide says that renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Georgian athletes follow violence back home
Nearly three dozen Olympic athletes from Georgia are anxiously following the news of violence in a breakaway region of their country, following a bombardment by Russian tanks, planes and artillery...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress rules out paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Angels hit 4 solo homers, beat Yankees 11-4
Vladimir Guerrero triggered an eight-run eighth inning with a home run, leading the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-4 rout of the New York Yankees on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Osteens wife denies assaulting flight attendant
The wife of evangelist Joel Osteen has testified that she did not assault a flight attendant over a spill on her first-class seat...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Rich town in the Hamptons is crying poverty
The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers and gala benefits in the Hamptons, the summer playground for the millionaire Learjet Set. But down at Town Hall, the local government could use a handout...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Mercury in the Great Salt Lake is studied
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Joel Osteen denies wife assaulted flight attendant
Renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen told jurors Friday that his wife never assaulted a flight attendant over a small spill on her airplane seat. Osteen was called as a witness Friday in the civil trial of a lawsuit filed by Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown, who has accused Victoria Osteen of assaulting her before the start of a 2005 flight to Vail, Colo...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
The death toll now stands at 15 in the crash of a charter bus that skidded off a freeway north of Dallas...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards other woman is 42-year-old filmmaker
The woman former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted having an affair with Friday is a sometimes Hollywood producer-director who has all but dropped from sight since dismissing word of their liaison as nothing but lies last month...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 14 on a pilgrimage
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to an open-air religious festival blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Rockefeller saga a tale of multiple identities
Clark Rockefeller may not be a real decendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 15 on a religious pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen had started to doze off when she heard the bus make a horrible noise, followed by screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus accident in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen started to doze when she suddenly heard the bus emit a horrible noise, followed by the screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
NTSB Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
Investigators say a blown tire on a charter bus that crashed and killed 15 people had been refitted with a new tread in violation of safety standards...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Somalis fill vacant jobs at Iowa meatpacking plant
Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Lincolns hometown marks 100th anniversary of riot
Two days of terror. Black men tortured and hanged. A baby dead of exposure. Four white rioters shot by black defenders...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery
A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She may be the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Springfield riot through different eyes
One hundred years ago this month, mobs of white residents tore through Springfield, hanging two black men, burning dozens of homes and businesses, and forcing families to flee. As the city commemorates the violence, the event inspires deep feelings among people from all backgrounds:...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Battle of Gettysburg witness tree falls in storm
Standing just 150 feet from the platform on which President Abraham Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, one of the few remaining "witness trees" to the Battle of Gettysburg has been severely damaged by a storm, National Park Service officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Judge Prosecutors drove costs of Ga. capital case
The retired judge who stepped down from the Atlanta courthouse killings case said Saturday that prosecutors share the blame for the high cost and delays in the death penalty proceeding only now going to trial...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Another passenger reported dead in Texas bus crash
Authorities in Texas say another passenger has died of injuries suffered in the wreck of a chartered bus carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group on an annual pilgrimage, bringing the death toll to 16...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Ohio group fights razing of historic spacesuit lab
Preservationists are squaring off with the Air Force over the fate of a World War II-era building where researchers developed the first antigravity suits for pilots and early NASA spacesuits...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Protesters rounded up by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were rounded up and taken to a police station, amid ramped up efforts Thursday by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67
A Palestinian presidential aide says that renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Georgian athletes follow violence back home
Nearly three dozen Olympic athletes from Georgia are anxiously following the news of violence in a breakaway region of their country, following a bombardment by Russian tanks, planes and artillery...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Government opponents protest in Venezuela
About 3,000 opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched through the capital on Saturday to protest a package of laws that expand his power and accelerate his push toward socialism...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Georgia In state of war over South Ossetia
Russia and Georgia headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contested province of South Ossetia and Russian aircraft bombed a Georgian town, escalating a conflict that already has left hundreds dead...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Somalis fill vacant jobs at Iowa meatpacking plant
Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Lincolns hometown marks 100th anniversary of riot
Two days of terror. Black men tortured and hanged. A baby dead of exposure. Four white rioters shot by black defenders...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery
A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She may be the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Angels hit 4 solo homers, beat Yankees 11-4
Vladimir Guerrero triggered an eight-run eighth inning with a home run, leading the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-4 rout of the New York Yankees on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress rules out paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Morgan Freeman injured in car accident in Miss.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor Morgan Freeman is injured in car accident
Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a Memphis hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Plans to send elephant to Mexico stirs debate
Jenny the elephant lazily poked her trunk into a bucket of fruit as her keepers at the Dallas Zoo hosed her during her morning bath, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she could soon be shipped far from her home of 22 years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Texans backup RB Chris Brown returns to practice
Houston Texans running back Chris Brown returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a sore back...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Pistons sign free agent center Kwame Brown
The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. The team announced the signing on Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Coach Pat Summitt makes $600K gift to Tennessee
Coach Pat Summitt is donating $600,000 to the University of Tennessee to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Witness Freeman said woman in crash is a friend
The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital
Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Russian troops raid Georgian town scores dead
Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province of South Ossetia and bombed Georgian towns Saturday in a major escalation of the conflict that has left scores of civilians dead and wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush Georgia crisis endangers regional peace
President Bush says the outbreak of fighting in the Georgia republic of South Ossetia is endangering peace throughout the region, and he is urging an end to the deadly outbreak of violence...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
All the world an Olympic venue for sportsman Bush
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one crisis after another...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards suffers political downfall from affair
Senator. Vice presidential nominee. Leading presidential candidate. Political outcast...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
PGA capping off a tough year in the majors
Justin Leonard is among 11 players who have made the cut in all four majors this year, but he holds one dubious distinction among such a select group...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Mercury in the Great Salt Lake is studied
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Joel Osteen denies wife assaulted flight attendant
Renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen told jurors Friday that his wife never assaulted a flight attendant over a small spill on her airplane seat. Osteen was called as a witness Friday in the civil trial of a lawsuit filed by Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown, who has accused Victoria Osteen of assaulting her before the start of a 2005 flight to Vail, Colo...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
German man says Rockefeller long-lost brother
A German man has identified the mysterious "Clark Rockefeller" as a long-lost brother who left home as a teen and severed contact with his family 20 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
A charter bus carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group to an annual pilgrimage slammed onto its side and then skidded off a freeway early Friday, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Judge NJs ex-governor owes wife no alimony
Former Gov. James E. McGreevey will not have to pay alimony to his ex-wife, a judge ruled Friday in granting the couple a divorce after a tumultuous eight-year marriage that crumbled publicly when McGreevey acknowledged he was a "gay American."...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 14
A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and plunged onto a roadway below early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 14 on a pilgrimage
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to an open-air religious festival blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Rockefeller saga a tale of multiple identities
Clark Rockefeller may not be a real decendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Osteens wife denies assaulting flight attendant
The wife of evangelist Joel Osteen has testified that she did not assault a flight attendant over a spill on her first-class seat...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Rich town in the Hamptons is crying poverty
The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers and gala benefits in the Hamptons, the summer playground for the millionaire Learjet Set. But down at Town Hall, the local government could use a handout...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
NTSB Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
Investigators say a blown tire on a charter bus that crashed and killed 15 people had been refitted with a new tread in violation of safety standards...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
The death toll now stands at 15 in the crash of a charter bus that skidded off a freeway north of Dallas...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards other woman is 42-year-old filmmaker
The woman former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted having an affair with Friday is a sometimes Hollywood producer-director who has all but dropped from sight since dismissing word of their liaison as nothing but lies last month...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
N.C. man accused of threatening Barack Obama
Authorities say a North Carolina man will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after being jailed on a charge of threatening to kill Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Pa. gun control group kicks out alleged NRA spy
A group advocating stricter gun laws is kicking out a woman who has been accused of being a spy for the National Rifle Association...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 15 on a religious pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen had started to doze off when she heard the bus make a horrible noise, followed by screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus accident in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen started to doze when she suddenly heard the bus emit a horrible noise, followed by the screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Judge Prosecutors drove costs of Ga. capital case
The retired judge who stepped down from the Atlanta courthouse killings case said Saturday that prosecutors share the blame for the high cost and delays in the death penalty proceeding only now going to trial...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Another passenger reported dead in Texas bus crash
Authorities in Texas say another passenger has died of injuries suffered in the wreck of a chartered bus carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group on an annual pilgrimage, bringing the death toll to 16...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Ohio group fights razing of historic spacesuit lab
Preservationists are squaring off with the Air Force over the fate of a World War II-era building where researchers developed the first antigravity suits for pilots and early NASA spacesuits...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Ohio fights razing of historic spacesuit lab
Preservationists are squaring off with the Air Force over the fate of a World War II-era building where researchers developed the first antigravity suits for pilots and early NASA spacesuits...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Protesters rounded up by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were rounded up and taken to a police station, amid ramped up efforts Thursday by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Battle of Gettysburg witness tree falls in storm
Standing just 150 feet from the platform on which President Abraham Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, one of the few remaining "witness trees" to the Battle of Gettysburg has been severely damaged by a storm, National Park Service officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Russian troops raid Georgian town scores dead
Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province of South Ossetia and bombed Georgian towns Saturday in a major escalation of the conflict that has left scores of civilians dead and wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
All the world an Olympic venue for sportsman Bush
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one crisis after another...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush Georgia crisis endangers regional peace
President Bush says the outbreak of fighting in the Georgia republic of South Ossetia is endangering peace throughout the region, and he is urging an end to the deadly outbreak of violence...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 15 on a religious pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen had started to doze off when she heard the bus make a horrible noise, followed by screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus accident in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen started to doze when she suddenly heard the bus emit a horrible noise, followed by the screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards suffers political downfall from affair
Senator. Vice presidential nominee. Leading presidential candidate. Political outcast...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
PGA capping off a tough year in the majors
Justin Leonard is among 11 players who have made the cut in all four majors this year, but he holds one dubious distinction among such a select group...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor Morgan Freeman is injured in car accident
Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a Memphis hospital...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Plans to send elephant to Mexico stirs debate
Jenny the elephant lazily poked her trunk into a bucket of fruit as her keepers at the Dallas Zoo hosed her during her morning bath, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she could soon be shipped far from her home of 22 years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Melissa Lawson wins NBCs Nashville Star
A Texas mother of five is the new "Nashville Star."...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Texans backup RB Chris Brown returns to practice
Houston Texans running back Chris Brown returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a sore back...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Pistons sign free agent center Kwame Brown
The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft. The team announced the signing on Monday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Coach Pat Summitt makes $600K gift to Tennessee
Coach Pat Summitt is donating $600,000 to the University of Tennessee to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Morgan Freeman injured in car accident in Miss.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
In Ohio, McCain to discuss potential job losses
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Publicist Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins
Lisa Marie Presley is expecting twins, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Witness Freeman said woman in crash is a friend
The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Tenn. church rampage suspect eyes insanity defense
An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded, his lawyer said Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Freeman in good spirits after car crash surgery
Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from the wreckage of his car, his publicist said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Police raid Md. mayors home and kill his dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital
Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush soaks up Olympic spirit
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one blooming crisis after another. Then there are days like Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Small pro-Tibet protest pulled off in Tiananmen
Pro-Tibet activists wrapped themselves in Tibetan flags and lay down in Tiananmen Square on Saturday, their group said, in a protest that breached heavy security surrounding the heart of Beijing for the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
At least 62 dead in Vietnam floods
Landslides and floods killed at least 62 people in northern Vietnam, covering the homes of some victims as they slept in their beds, disaster officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Rays get back to winning ways, beat Mariners 5-3
Carlos Pena hit his 21st home run and drove in another run and the Tampa Bay Rays increased their lead in the AL East to 3 1/2 games with a 5-3 victory over the Mariners on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nevada crowd to back Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Detroit mayor to be released, faces new charges
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is getting out of jail but now faces assault charges for allegedly interfering with a detective trying to deliver a subpoena to his friend...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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