Articles filed under Associated Press
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Online gaming goes socialDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Jo Ann Hicks doesn't identify with gamers, but she spends hours online every day playing "Kaneva." The 41-year-old homemaker likes the shopping-and-partying game -- whe...
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Tribune says sale of Cubs, Wrigley, to close in first half of '08Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Media conglomerate Tribune Co. said Wednesday it anticipates closing on the sale of the Chicago Cubs baseball team as well as its stake in Comcast SportsNet Chicago duri...
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Many prisoners to be freed with new drug sentencingDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to allow some 19,500 federal prison inmates, most of them black, to seek reductions in their crack...
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Boeing sticks to 787 scheduleDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Boeing Co. said Tuesday that its schedule for the 787 Dreamliner remains on track and it does not currently envision further delays in the much-ballyhooed air...
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Cranberries brighten winter tablesDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Since Wisconsin is the country's largest producer of cranberries, it's not surprising that local cooks are inspired to make good use of this abundance with creative reci...
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U.S. balks at backing Bali climate pactDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - BALI, Indonesia -- Delegates at the U.N. climate conference struggled to agree Tuesday on whether they will call on rich nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by speci...
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'The Arctic is screaming,' say climate scientistsDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed...
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Ditka dissolving his Hall of Fame fundDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Mike Ditka said Tuesday he would dissolve his Hall of Fame Assistance Trust Fund in the wake of a report that the charity had given only a small amount of...
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IOC strips Marion Jones of 5 medals for dopingDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that ...
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Tejada traded to Astros for Luke Scott, Matt Albers and three other playersDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - HOUSTON - Miguel Tejada got his wish - albeit a couple of years later than he wanted. Tejada was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Houston Astros for five players...