Articles filed under Associated Press
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Beluga calf at Shedd celebrates six month birthdayFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A birthday milestone is near for one resident of Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. Miki the 350-pound beluga whale calf is almost six months old. He was born in August last yea...
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Gunmen make off with paintings worth millionsFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - ZURICH, Switzerland -- Three gunmen in ski masks and dark clothes burst into a museum just before closing time. After a quick run through the building, they hustled out ...
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Dow Jones updates its industrial averageFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Bank of America Corp. and Chevron Corp. will replace tobacco company Altria Group Inc. and manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. in the Dow Jones industr...
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BlackBerry service outage across North America frustrates users againFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- BlackBerry outages are rare, but when they do hit, like one did Monday that wiped out service across United States and Canada, subscribers who have b...
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West Virginia lawsuit over Rodriguez to be heard in state courtFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The lawsuit over a $4 million buyout clause in the contract of former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez will be heard in state ...
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Rocker says he failed drug test in 2000Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- John Rocker claims he flunked a drug test ordered by Major League Baseball in 2000 and that he, Alex Rodriguez and other Texas Rangers were advised by managem...
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1 of most notorious sex offenders in Mass. wins $10 million in state lotteryFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- A man listed as one of the state's most dangerous sex offenders has won $10 million in the Massachusetts lottery, but the attention may have landed him in new ...
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Hey, at least it's not 40 below zero todayFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- It lived up to its name: The temperature in International Falls fell to 40 below zero Monday, just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a fede...
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Get those Forever stamps before May 12Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The cost of mailing a letter will go up a penny -- to 42 cents -- on May 12. But Forever stamps will still be valid for first-class postage after that. And...
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Boeing engineer, U.S. government official charged in espionage caseFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A Defense Department analyst and a former engineer for Boeing Co. were charged today in separate spy cases for allegedly handing over military secrets to t...