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Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:31:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1108008&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1108008&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/339958299/view.bg ATLANTA - 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. But... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:00:03 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107994&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107994&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/338937999/view.bg DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:51:22 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107833&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107833&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/338659881/view.bg MIAMI - A man who held up a McDonald's at gunpoint in 1994 is now promoting the restaurant's signature sandwich in song. Tamien Bain is among five finalists... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:40:15 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107736&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107736&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/338325474/view.bg ATLANTA - Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reported today. More than 30 percent of adults in each of... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:22:05 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107680&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107680&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/337883158/view.bg COLUMBIA, S.C. - The flap over an ad promoting South Carolina as "So Gay" will cost the state tourism dollars, according to an industry expert. Gay and lesbian... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:52:15 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107622&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107622&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/337300095/view.bg RIDGE, Md. - Chesapeake Bay crabber Paul Kellam has advice for the teenage boys who help tend his traps every summer: You better have a backup plan. It's an anxious... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:13:53 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107436&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107436&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/335890259/view.bg WASHINGTON - The government is taking too long to secure radioactive materials across the country that could get into terrorists' hands, according to a government report. Radioactive... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:20:15 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107160&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107160&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/335722925/view.bg ALBEMARLE, N.C. - Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy - and name herself the beneficiary. "She... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:55:54 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107099&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107099&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/335484364/view.bg ATLANTA - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said today that guns should be allowed in public areas of the nation's busiest airport. And he suggested his own wife might want... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:56:12 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107033&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1107033&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/335360593/view.bg FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Authorities have charged the husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse with murder after the woman's remains were found in a brush fire three days after... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:35:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106990&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106990&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/335272920/view.bg ALBEMARLE, N.C. - Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy - and name herself the beneficiary. "She... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:33:44 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106958&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106958&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/332367020/view.bg CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule yesterday and removed an explosive bolt that could... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:37:46 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106388&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106388&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/332341808/view.bg KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A man says he was so consumed by the spirit of God that he fell and hit his head while worshiping. Now he wants Lakewind Church to pay $2.5 million... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:40:45 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106329&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106329&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/332066419/view.bg NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana congressman awaiting trial on corruption charges is now linked to another criminal case, a revelation that could provide new fodder for his growing... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:50:19 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106294&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106294&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/330961893/view.bg RALEIGH, N.C. - A longtime North Carolina state employee has chosen to retire instead of lowering flags to honor former Sen. Jesse Helms, saying in an e-mail that the late... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:25:31 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105963&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105963&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/331064476/view.bg FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A 12-year-old accused of fatally beating his baby cousin after she interrupted a cartoon pleaded no contest Wednesday and was sentenced to a juvenile... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:36:43 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106000&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1106000&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/330434596/view.bg TAMPA, Fla. - Federal officials said yesterday it was not a bird that caused a large dent in the nose of a Northwest Airlines plane. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:43:18 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105826&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105826&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/330129442/view.bg LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:03:34 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105765&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105765&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/330095862/view.bg PINEHURST, N.C. - A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war in March 2003 has died of... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:37:20 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105751&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105751&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/329913262/view.bg DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An inmate serving two life terms for sexual battery and kidnapping has been charged with raping and killing a female corrections officer at a Daytona... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:34:56 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105680&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105680&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/329676758/view.bg JONESBORO, Ga. - Twenty-five-year-old Sandeela Kanwal was not happy with the marriage her father had arranged for her. So after the ceremony was performed in Pakistan three... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:41:19 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105656&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105656&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/329479973/view.bg FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - A Bay State hostage freed last week from Colombian rebels after more than five years in captivity said "it's a pleasure to be in the U.S.A." ... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:53:43 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105550&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105550&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/329310356/view.bg FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Almost half the coral reef ecosystems in United States territory are in poor or fair condition, mostly because of rising ocean temperatures, according... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:22:55 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105531&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1105531&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/south/~3/329135275/view.bg MIAMI - A Miami Beach man says he is not guilty of defrauding the Pentagon under a contract he had to supply ammunition to forces in Afghanistan. Twenty-two-year-old Efraim... 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