Articles filed under Associated Press
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Torre starts early in first day wearing Dodger blueFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Joe Torre's first day in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform began before dawn. It wasn't by choice. "I didn't sleep very well last night," Torre said after addressing his new...
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FAA streamlines hiring of air traffic controllersFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The government says it can trim a month or more off the hiring process for air-traffic controllers. The union representing those workers says the move is n...
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NIU shootings show vulnerability despite efforts to secure schoolsFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Bloody students fleeing in terror. Bodies carried out on stretchers. Candlelight vigils and makeshift shrines. Another campus, another deadly attack with a sickening sen...
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Canada extradites convicted Nazi war criminal to ItalyFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - ROME -- An 83-year-old former SS prison guard who was sentenced to life in prison in Italy for Nazi war crimes was jailed near Naples Saturday, hours after he was extrad...
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Hendrick, Gibbs teams poised for Daytona 500Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- They showed up as favorites, endured their share of failures and found a way to stay at the front of the Daytona 500. There's a reason Hendrick Mo...
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FEMA admits trailers toxicFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of rou...
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Report on failed Bonds test causes media confusionFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he fai...
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Stocks head for moderately lower openFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks headed for a moderately lower opening on Friday as investors awaited readings on consumer sentiment and industrial production. The preliminary Re...
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U.S. to try to down an ailing spy satellite with single missileFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- One shot. That's all the military hopes it will take to bring down a dying, bus-sized U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel and on a collision course w...
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Indiana considers optionsFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS -- Getting rid of coach Kelvin Sampson might not be the solution to Indiana's problems. It's a move that might just create a bigger mess. When Sampson was a...