Articles filed under Associated Press
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Frozen find offers clues to climateJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Frozen in much the state it died some 37,500 years ago, a Siberian baby mammoth undergoing tests in Japan finally could explain why the beasts were driven to ex...
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Tomlinson aims to add playoff victory to resumeJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- The closest LaDainian Tomlinson has come to a playoff victory is in his daydreams. He's imagined it, all right, but it hasn't materialized during his brilli...
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Dakar Rally squelched by terrorism fearsJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - PARIS -- Danger and the Dakar Rally have long been synonymous: Dozens have died racing from Europe across some of the world's most inhospitable terrain to the western ti...
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Hurricanes win Southeast Division battle over ThrashersJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The Carolina Hurricanes stopped Ilya Kovalchuk for a change. Two days after Kovalchuk had 4 points in an overtime win at Carolina, the Atlanta star was held without a go...
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Here's how playoff would lookJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Everybody wants a college football playoff except the people who matter most. But we can dream. Right? Here's one possible eight-team playoff, complete with the winners ...
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Kucinich challenges decision to exclude three from debatesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Repub...
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49ers' Willis voted best defensive rookieJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- One NFL scout called linebacker Patrick Willis "a beast." An NFL coach said Willis is "a rolling ball of butcher knives." And that was before Willis won The ...
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UCLA upsets No. 2 StanfordJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Darxia Morris scored 20 points, Lindsay Pluimer added 12 and host UCLA (7-7, 2-1 Pac-10) upset No. 2 Stanford 69-56 Friday night for the first victory over a top 3 team ...
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Linguists choose 'subprime' as 2007 word of the yearJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Even the American Dialect Society knows how risky home mortgages are these days. The group of linguists chose "subprime" as 2007's Word of the Year at their annual conve...
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LSU feeling right at home in SuperdomeJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Imagine playing the Rose Bowl in Chicago, the Sugar Bowl in Kansas City, or the Orange Bowl in Omaha. Outdoors, on a mucky field. Snowy day, temperatures ...