Articles filed under Associated Press
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DuPont 4Q profit falls, as year-ago results had 1-time boostJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - DOVER, Del. -- Chemicals maker DuPont said Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings fell 37 percent from a year earlier, when one-time items bolstered the bottom line. But exclud...
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Israel's autos to go electricJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Israel's government on Monday endorsed the ambitious plan of a private entrepreneur to install the world's first electric car network here by 2011, with hal...
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Ex-rebel confesses to 20,000 deathsJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia -- One of Liberia's most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked for charging into battle wearing only boots, has returned to confess his ...
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Elderly Tenn. man abducted, beaten to death, hand hacked off; 3 arrested 94-year-Jan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - MORRISTOWN, Tenn. -- A 94-year-old man was found fatally beaten early Monday in a thicket of bushes, his left hand cut off, and three people were arrested in what might ...
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Surprise Fed rate cuts holds off major Wall Street free fallJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- An unusual emergency interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve gave Wall Street a partial rebound today from a precipitous early decline -- and perhaps the fi...
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CSX 4Q profit rises as business, productivity offset fuel costsJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Railroad operator CSX Corp. said Tuesday its profit rose more than 5 percent in the fourth quarter, as expanding business and productivity increase...
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Day care operator charged in death of 5-month-oldJan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities say a 30-year-old day care operator has been charged in the shaking death of a five-month-old baby. Chicago police say Sharon Maton faces first-degree murder...
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Private planes collide in Calif., at least 5 dead as debris rains downJan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - CORONA, Calif. -- Two private planes flying about a mile from an airport collided Sunday, killing five people and raining debris down on car dealerships below, authoriti...
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What's next for Favre?Jan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre's season lasted longer than anyone would have guessed -- even Favre himself. Now that it's over, will he be back for another? A 2007 seaso...
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Blaze engulfs 14 buildings in Massachusetts; 1 injury reportedJan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A huge blaze started in an empty downtown nightclub early Monday and spread rapidly through 14 buildings, including apartments and a home for the ment...