Articles filed under Associated Press
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Christmas day of prayer, hopeDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - ROME -- As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflic...
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NY town lets seniors work off property taxes _ for $7 an hourDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Audrey Davison lives alone, gets a $620 Social Security check each month and worries about the sharply rising taxes on her four-bedroom house. Daviso...
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How did tiger escape habitat, kill visitor at San Francisco Zoo?Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday as investigators tried to determine whether a 300-pound Siberia...
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Boston's Big Dig, the costliest highway project, finally endsDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- When the clock runs out on 2007, Boston will quietly mark the end of one of the most tumultuous eras in the city's history: The Big Dig, the nation's most comp...
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Family of woman killed in Big Dig collapse reaches $6M settlementDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- After weeks of negotiations, the family of a woman killed when a Big Dig highway tunnel collapsed on her car has reached a $6 million settlement with the epoxy...
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Police: French journalist releasedDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Police said a French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen was released Monday, eight days after he was seized in the northern part of the country. ...
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Illini's Pruitt co-Big Ten player of weekDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Illinois center Shaun Pruitt is the co-Big Ten player of the week after averaging double figures for points and rebounds over three games last week. Pruitt,...
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Merrill Lynch's $6.2 billion investment gives stocks a boost on short dayDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street advanced sharply Monday, boosted by news that Merrill Lynch & Co. will receive an investment of up to $6.2 billion from two investment groups. Th...
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Aurora man dies after being thrown from car involved in shootingDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - A 21-year-old Aurora man has died after being thrown from a vehicle that police say had just been involved in a shooting. Aurora Police say they don't know if the man wa...
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Authorities: Roads still bad after snowstormDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Highways remained slippery for some holiday travelers Monday in the upper Midwest in the aftermath of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of hom...