Articles filed under Associated Press
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Frozen remains identified as missing suburban Chicago womanJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - A body found frozen to the ground on Chicago's southwest side has been identified as a 41-year-old suburban woman who had been missing since October, authorities said. C...
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Starbucks says bye-bye breakfast sandwichesJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- The scent of ham, eggs, cheese and bacon will soon stop competing with the aroma of coffee in Starbucks stores as hot breakfast sandwiches become the first ca...
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Drifter pleads guilty to Georgia hiker's beating deathJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- A drifter pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a young woman who went missing while hiking in the north Georgia mountains. He was swiftly sentenced t...
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Britney Spears taken from home in ambulance, police escortJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Britney Spears was taken from her home by ambulance early Thursday and escorted to a hospital by more than a dozen police officers. A Los Angeles police o...
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Beleaguered president of university steps downJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - After a year of criticism of her leadership and spending practices, the beleaguered president of Chicago State University has told her colleagues she plans to step down....
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Attorney general won't rule out waterboardingJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Yes, waterboarding would feel like torture to him, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said. But he also said that doesn't necessarily make it illegal. "There...
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US mock disaster drill: Trains, planes and bloggers threaten AmericaJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It's the government's idea of a really bad day: Washington's Metro trains shut down. Seaport computers in New York go dark. Bloggers reveal locations of ra...
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Oregon boy parks bike inside Goodwill store, which then sells itJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SALEM, Ore. -- Cody Young parked his bike in the wrong place at the Goodwill store, where the rule is that anything on the floor goes. He didn't have a lock, but friends...
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P&G second-quarter results beat Wall Street consensusJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. said Thursday that its earnings rose 14 percent in its fiscal second-quarter as strong sales growth and cost-c...
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Report: Tribune sells historic Hollywood studio for $125 millionJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- An investment firm has purchased the original Warner Bros. studio for $125 million from Tribune Co., according to a published report. Hudson Capital bough...