Articles filed under Associated Press
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Refugees running out of moneyDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- One-third of Iraqi refugees who fled to neighboring Syria expect their money to run out within three months, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday in a report h...
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Sun-Times to cut jobs, $50 millionDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Sun-Times Media Group Inc., owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and dozens of smaller area newspapers, said Friday it will reduce operating costs by $50 million in 2008 and m...
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Blagojevich skips chances for feel-good eventsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Most politicians would jump at the chance to publicly embrace legislation intended to save lives and honor a college football player who died on the field. Not Gov. Rod ...
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Google working on Internet encyclopediaDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is working on a new Internet encyclopedia that will consist of material submitted by people who want to be identified as experts and possibl...
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Defense budget passes without timetableDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Friday passed a defense policy bill that would offer more help to troops returning from combat and set conditions on contractors and pricey w...
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Walrus herds in jeopardyDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In what some scientists see as another alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in ...
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Villanova clobbers HartfordDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - VILLANOVA, Pa. -- Scottie Reynolds scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half as No. 23 Villanova pulled away to a 103-75 victory over Hartford on Friday night. Dante...
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Stocks fall on inflation reportDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks finished a bruising week on the downside Friday after a jump in consumer inflation raised concerns about how much freedom the Federal Reserve has to c...
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LSU campus stays open despite killingsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - BATON ROUGE, La. -- Police searched for suspects Friday in the shooting deaths of two Louisiana State University students, and unlike other schools in the wake of the Vi...
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Senate OK's mortgage crisis billDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate moved against the worsening mortgage crisis Friday, voting to make it easier for thousands of homeowners with ballooning interest rates to refin...