Articles filed under Associated Press
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Never too cool, or old, for schoolAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - CANBERRA, Australia -- A 94-year-old great-great-grandmother who left school at the age of 12 appears to be the world's oldest recipient of a master's degree, an ...
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Court rules against Plame, despite public recordsAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) -- The CIA can force Valerie Plame, whose career became national news after her once-clandestine position was leaked, to remain silent about the exact leng...
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Musharraf suffers another setbackAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of a senior opposition leader who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for tryi...
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Senate passes spy billAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate, in a high-stakes showdown over national security, voted late Friday to temporarily give President Bush expanded authority to eavesdrop on suspe...
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Statement behind Dow dropAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street plunged anew Friday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 280 points after comments from a major investment bank exacerbated ...
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Ditka to be a no-show in CantonAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Mike Ditka won't be in Canton, Ohio, for today's Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony and won't attend another until the NFL and the players' union improve their...
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Teen gets life in prison for killing principalAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - BARABOO, Wis. (AP) -- A 16-year-old was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the shooting death of his high school principal. Eric Ha...
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Court sides with Congress on raidAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The judicial branch offered the executive branch a civics lesson Friday: The Justice Department can't rifle through a congressman's legislative documents, ...
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Bush invites nations to confront climate changeAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush invited representatives of major industrialized and developing countries to a fall climate change summit in Washington the same week that th...
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Ex-Cub Perez suspended for 80 gamesAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers' infielder Neifi Perez was suspended for 80 games Friday after testing positive for a third time for a banned stimulant, a penalty that finishe...