Articles filed under Associated Press
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Some OnStar no longer on callDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- When Adele Rothman bought her 16-year-old son a car in 2003, she made sure to pick one that had OnStar, the onboard communications and safety system. What th...
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United, Delta double surchargesDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - United Airlines has doubled a surcharge it added to tickets last month to offset high fuel costs, a spokesman said Friday. Delta Air Lines quickly followed suit. The mov...
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Oldest U.S. veteran of WWI dies; 2 remainDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio -- J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. The retired teacher, one of only three U.S. veterans from the "war t...
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Booker, Clemson clip DePaulDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - The size of No. 15 Clemson proved too much for DePaul. Trevor Booker scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the Tigers beat the Blue Demons 90-74 Friday in the...
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Report: Hoover planned to arrest 12,000 Americans for disloyaltyDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a plan to suspend the rules against illegal detention and arrest up to 12,000 Americans he suspected of being dislo...
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Stocks jump on RIM, Merrill reportsDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks jumped Friday following a better-than-expected rise in profits at Research in Motion Ltd. and on word that Merrill Lynch may have lined up a big cash ...
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Female officer loses discrimination caseDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - A jury has ruled that a Chicago police commander didn't discriminate against a female police officer in denying her a 2002 special assignment. Forty-two-year-old Donna L...
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Chicago man shot outside downstate barDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois State Police say a Chicago man is hospitalized after being shot by officers outside a tavern in the southern Illinois town of Mounds. State police say officers ...
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Veeck to teach classDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Sports promoter Mike Veeck, known for inviting baseball fans to burn disco records at a Chicago ball park and locking stadium gates to set a poor attendance record, is h...
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No happy holidays for Circuit CityDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- Holiday shopping might not be enough to save the fourth quarter for struggling electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. Executives with the Richmon...