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Guest column: Alabama accents are music to hiz ears - St. Petersburg Times

It got me to thinking. Why do we speak the same language differently? The shades of drawl even in this town are distinct. After living 15 years in Dunedin, listening to a lot of familiar New Yorkese, I found these accents to be colorful and charmin', darlins'.

Scoop: Miley Cyrus' embarrassing photo shoot

This sounds really disgusting - evidently South Park was right: Cyrus didn't imagine the photos looking so provocative either. The images were snapped by the legendary Annie Leibowitz, and according to a magazine source, "Cyrus felt that she was in eminently good hands."

Why Democrats Should Not Neglect the Deep South

Still, during national elections, the more progressive party, the Democrats, basically write off the South as un-winnable during national elections which in turn, further fuels a sense that parts of this nation have been truly left behind.

HumorFreak - Colbert vs. South Park Change

Stephen Colbert and South Park catch a strange theme during the Democratic debate. Change!

Paying for the last drop

When there's no water, you can do only two things: pray for rain, or pay more. And it looks like more and more people will be forced down the second route. In this interview, Paul Butler, managing director of South East Water in the UK says people will have to pay more for water.

Mandela salutes apartheid resistance at London unveiling of his statue

LONDON: Nelson Mandela paid tribute to the anti-apartheid struggle Wednesday as Britain's prime minister pulled a rainbow-striped veil from a statue in the South African's honor and lionized him as one of the best-loved statesmen of all time. Speaking to thousands of supporters as African hymns echoed from the walls of Westminster Abbey, the 89-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner said the statue was a tribute he could only dare to have dreamed of.

Shock Troops and Demonstrators Clash Over Bush Visit

The confrontation between protesters and shock troops on Avenida Paulista, at the center of S o Paulo, has already left at least 23 people injured. The protest against the United States President, George W. Bush, and his visit to Brazil brought together at least six thousand people this Thursday afternoon (Mar. 8) and closed part of the avenue.

Latin Americans Seek Separation from Their 'Neighbor to the North'

Is the South American continent swimming gradually away from North America, breaking off where the U.S. is now building a wall along its border with Mexico?

Chavez plays oil card in Nicaragua _ csmonitor.com

Hugo Chavez has been providing oil at cheap rates for a while to local mayors in Nicaragua, to the dismay of the Managua based elite and the U.S. government. Now he has promised to provide oil to a country that is gripped by high prices and shortages as the local bully looks on and claims that its programs designed to improve health, education, trade and development, as well as democracy and the rule of law, are much more important than Nicaraguans keeping warm. With Nicaragua experiencing a long running medical strike in response to low public sector wages, in itself a result of IMF mandated structural reforms, the election could well send Ortega back to power after sixteen years.