Articles filed under Associated Press
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Study: Whites receive better ER painkillersJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study...
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Predictions from cloudy crystal ball quite fascinatingJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - KAPALUA, Hawaii -- To listen to Zach Johnson and Paul Goydos is to be reminded that golf always holds a few surprises. Johnson was asked to go back one year and rank the...
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Sudan denies assassination of diplomat is terror-relatedJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- An American diplomat was shot and killed early Tuesday by gunmen in a passing car who cut him off as he was being driven home in Sudan's capital. Sud...
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Huckabee leaves campaign trail for Leno gigJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa -- On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will trade jokes with Jay Leno on NBC's "Tonight Show." While his...
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Cyprus, Malta adopt the euroDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - NICOSIA, Cyprus -- EU newcomers Cyprus and Malta adopted the euro at midnight this morning, bringing to fifteen the number of countries using the currency with increasin...
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Revelers gather around the world to welcome 2008Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK _ Not even a fractured foot could keep Ryan Visto from joining more than a million revelers in Times Square to watch the symbolic sphere make its 100th descent ...
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Rose Bowl: USC 49, Illinois 17Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - PASADENA, Calif. -- The loose balls? Southern California came up with them. Those crazy plays? They all went USC's way, too. The Trojans were every bit as good as advert...
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Bush embarks on final year in office with limited agendaDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush's final-year agenda is a stripped-down list of what he can realistically hope to get done, since the clout he once touted fades. Bush w...
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Wall Street still up in 2007 despite volatile 12 monthsDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended a painful year with another steep loss Monday as investors glumly anticipated that 2008 would bring more of the uncertainty and turbulence ...
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Cowboys thump IndianaDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - TEMPE, Ariz. -- Back in September, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy made headlines by ranting "I'm a man!" But Zac Robinson is the man for the Cowboys. Robinson threw 3 t...