Articles filed under Associated Press
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Happy holidays? Not in HollywoodDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Nearly two months without paychecks. Scores of shuttered shows. Thousands out of work. The Hollywood writers strike suggests a bleak Christmas for many in...
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High winds knock out power, damage trees in areaDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - High winds knocked out power and damaged tree limbs and branches in the Chicago area overnight. ComEd spokesman Joe Trost says 58,000 customers are still without power S...
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Top defenders, linemen among 36 Seminoles to sit out bowl gameDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Thirty-six Florida State players won't be going to the Dec. 31 Music City Bowl against Kentucky because of an academic cheating scandal, violations ...
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Tony Blair converts from Anglican to CatholicismDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has left the Church of England and converted to Catholicism, the faith of his wife and children. Blair converted during a Mass...
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Paying it forward … with StarbucksDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- One woman's kindness to a fellow Starbucks patron resulted in more than a thousand others spreading the holiday-season generosity in this northwest ...
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Everett makes improbable returnDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Call it the Miracle on One Bills Drive. Less than four months after sustaining a severe spinal cord injury on the turf at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Bill...
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Memphis wins early battle of unbeaten teamsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Tigers were dominant in the matchup of unbeatens. Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 24 points, Robert Dozier added 19 and the visiting second-ra...
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Spending the holidays on a working farm in the HeartlandDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb. -- With pitchforks and heavy coats, three teenage cousins brave below-freezing temperatures and learn how to pitch straw into a sheep pen, somethin...
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Body found in home of missing Marshall University studentDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Investigators on Saturday removed the body of a young woman found in a crawl space at an apartment building where a missing Marshall University stud...
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Irish hold off late San Fran rallyDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame almost went on Christmas break too early. Up by 23 points 7:24 before halftime, the Fighting Irish appeared headed for an easy victory ove...