Articles filed under Associated Press
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GOP analysis: Race slowly moving toward clarityJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Republican presidential race, it appears, has taken on the qualities of a kaleidoscope. Every primary or caucus, the winner looks inside and se...
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Mysterious annual visitor to Poe's grave leaves roses, cognac . . . againJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle ...
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McCain wins S.C.; Romney wins Nevada; Clinton, Obama splitJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Sen. John McCain won a hard-fought South Carolina primary Saturday night, avenging a bitter personal defeat in a bastion of conservatism and gaining ground in an unpredi...
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Lead suspect to help officials in body parts caseJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The man accused of scheming to plunder bodies for parts used in thousands of tissue transplants is poised to plead guilty, and authorities and victims' relat...
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Border agent killed trying to stop vehicleJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - YUMA, Ariz. -- A Border Patrol agent trying to stop a vehicle that had illegally entered the U.S. was struck and killed Saturday in southeastern California, agency offic...
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Iceland helps out small townJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. -- A small North Dakota town is getting a bit of foreign aid to help build its community center: a $75,000 donation from Iceland. Officials in Mountain, a...
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Maryland slips by North CarolinaJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Bambale Osby dropped to the court with his hands covering his face. He knew his basket had given Maryland the lead late. He heard the horn as North ...
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New interest in nuclear power raises concernJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - BEAUMONT-HAGUE, France -- Thousands of canisters of highly radioactive waste from the world's most nuclear-energized nation lie, silent and deadly, beneath this jutting ...
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Sawyer, Chicago's 2nd black mayor, dead at 73Jan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer, who served only briefly but during a deeply divisive period in city politics in the late 1980s, has died. He was 73. Sawyer, the c...
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Pain, work part of Edwards' riseJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sheer will has taken John Edwards far, but only so far. His is the storybook life, still waiting for the storybook ending. His drive got him onto the footb...