Articles filed under Associated Press
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Lewis scores 26 points and Orlando routs Chicago 102-88Jan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Orlando Magic's often-criticized signing of free agent Rashard Lewis might finally be working out. Lewis, who averaged 22.4 points in Seattle l...
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Just smurfy at 50Jan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The Smurfs -- led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette -- kicked off a year of 50th birthday celebrations Monday with Smurfberry cake and sasparilla juice. T...
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Wall Street plunges as weak economic, earnings stir concerns about recessionJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Stocks skidded in early trading Tuesday after weak economic news and a disappointing quarterly report from Citigroup Inc. stirred renewed concerns of recession. The Comm...
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McFadden opts to join NFL draftJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Darren McFadden isn't sticking around for another run at the Heisman Trophy. The Arkansas All-American announced Monday he'll skip his senior seaso...
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Wall Street wary as Genentech's 4Q profit rises 6 percentJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Wall Street may not get very excited -- or worried -- about Genentech Inc.'s prospects until it sees results from several clinical trials of its drugs. ...
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NTSB finds design flaw caused Minneapolis bridge collapseJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Undersized gusset plates in the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis were "the critical factor" in the bridge collapse last year that killed 13 people and...
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Countrywide bankruptcy was just a baseless rumor, BofA official saysJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- Fears that troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. has been on the verge of bankruptcy were due to unfounded rumors, Bank of America Cor...
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Fulham captain McBride nears first-team comebackJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON - Fulham captain Brian McBride has returned to training after being sidelined five months with a knee injury. The former U.S. national team star and Arlington Hei...
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Maroney's time has comeJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Laurence Maroney ran to his left and waited. His chance was about to come. Tom Brady scanned the defense then turned toward him and threw a short pa...
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Retail sales drop 0.4 percent in December, fanning recession fearsJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Frugal shoppers cut back on their spending at the nation's retailers by 0.4 percent in December, the most in six months, in a gloomy report that fanned fears of a recess...