Articles filed under Associated Press
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New Alltel feature turns voicemail messages into text messagesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Alltel Corp. is unveiling a new feature that uses voice-recognition software to allow wireless phone customers to read their voicemail messages as t...
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Can simple scientific formula save the planet?Dec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - BALI, Indonesia -- Behind the millions of words at the Bali climate conference, in documents, speeches and slick brochures, lay a set of simple numbers: 2 and 445 and "2...
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Rodriguez takes Michigan football postDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan hired Rich Rodriguez away from his alma mater after failing to bring back one its own. A man with ties to both the Wolverines and West Virgi...
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Certain IRS rules may lighten bill for taxpayersDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - An Associated Press analysis has found that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his family and guests have taken hundreds of flights that don't appear to have clear business ...
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Edwards makes pitch to middle class AmericaDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - AMES, Iowa -- Democrat John Edwards sharpened his populist appeal to working families on Sunday, blaming corporate greed and political calculation for the economic and o...
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United Auto Workers ends 7-week strike at International TruckDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - A seven-week strike of International Truck and Engine Corp. in Warrenville ended Sunday after 3,700 members of the United Auto Workers voted to approve a new contract, o...
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Jaguars' theme song: Let it snowDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers couldn't have designed a more Pittsburgh-perfect day for an important December home game. They whipped up everything a warm-weather opponent w...
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Greenspan calls for cash infusion to help struggling homeownersDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, suggested Sunday that a tax break or other government financial help for homeowners facing the mort...
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New Jersey becomes first state in 42 years to ban death penaltyDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law Monday a measure that abolishes the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to re...
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Border Patrol fires tear gas, pepper spray into MexicoDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Border Patrol agents are firing tear gas and powerful pepper-spray weapons across the border into Mexico to repel what the agency says are an increasing num...