Articles filed under Associated Press
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Bally's files for bankruptcyAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp, one of the largest U.S. health club operators, has filed for bankruptcy protection after struggling in recent years with me...
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Darfur force's lineup formsAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan on Wednesday endorsed a U.N. resolution to send 26,000 peacekeepers to Darfur, raising hopes for a force that could for the first time provide r...
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Fisher-Price recalls nearly million toysAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains exc...
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Khmer Rouge official to talkAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The former chief of a Khmer Rouge prison is willing to testify about the communist regime's atrocities that led to an estimated 1.7 million death...
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Today's BirthdaysAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Actor Peter O'Toole, 75; country singer Hank Cochran, 72; movie director Wes Craven, 68; actor Max Wright, 64; actress Joanna Cassidy, 62; actress Kathryn Harrold, 57; s...
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Senate committee approves FDA regulation of tobaccoAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee Wednesday embraced legislation that would for the first time allow federal regulation of cigarettes. The bill, approved 13-8 by th...
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Sunni Arab bloc quits Iraqi government, as 142 Iraqis die in attacks nationwideAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The city streets were already an inferno of Mesopotamian summer heat when the suicide bomber drove up in a gasoline tanker truck. The explosion and flames ...
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Gonzales admits vaguenessAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales conceded on Wednesday that he used confusing language in describing national security efforts in recent Senate testimony....
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Monsoon displaces millionsAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Monsoon floods ravaging Bangladesh for more than a week have displaced or marooned at least 5 million people and left 40 others dead, officials said...
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Amtrak offers free booze to some overnight passengersAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Amtrak is trying to gin up new business by offering $100 in free alcohol to customers on some overnight trains. The national passenger rail company is maki...