Articles filed under Associated Press
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U.S. House spent $20 million on junk mailDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. House members spent $20.3 million in tax money last year to send constituents what's often the government equivalent of junk mail -- meeting announcem...
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An NHL rink takes shape in wintry outdoors BuffaloDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- It's December in Buffalo: Just how hard could it be to make ice outdoors? Considering the equipment NHL ice-making specialist Dan Craig brought wit...
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British Airways orders 24 Boeing DreamlinersDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Boeing Co. said Thursday it finalized a deal with British Airways, notching 790 orders for its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner plane during the last three years. British Air...
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Low supplies, instability spur oil price jumpDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil futures rose Thursday after the government reported larger-than-expected declines in crude and heating oil inventories. In its weekly inventory report, t...
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Weather causes doors to shift, stickDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. During much of last winter, my front door stuck badly after being fine for four years. And other doors in the house stick at different times throughout the year. ...
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Cops: Pair suspected in deaths of six family members admitted to killingsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - SEATTLE, Wash. -- A woman and her boyfriend admitted to methodically gunning down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, accordi...
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Woman found dead near North Side parkDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago police say a young woman has been found dead near a North Side park. The unidentified woman was found about 2 a.m. Friday morning in the 2700 block of North Cann...
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Endangered politics?Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A conservation group sued the Interior Department on Thursday seeking documents about decisions on endangered species the group alleges were tainted by pol...
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Include home improvements in New Year's resolutionsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The new year is a time of renewal -- maybe you're ditching the ice cream and promising to call your mother more often. But you're not the only one in need of some improv...
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Men sentenced for freeing Springfield zoo's hawkDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Two men were sentenced to two years of probation for freeing a red-tailed hawk from his enclosure at a Springfield zoo. Sean Coleman, 21, of Glenarm, and ...