Articles filed under Associated Press
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Oprah says she wept after learning matron was accused of assaultNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Oprah Winfrey said Monday she wept after hearing allegations that a dorm matron at her academy for disadvantaged girls had abused students....
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Repeat winners in NYC MarathonNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Paula Radcliffe sat in the stands at last year's New York City Marathon, cheering on her husband and realizing just how much she missed competing. She recapt...
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Berlusconi wants immigrants expelled from ItalyNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - ROME -- Opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi urged Italy to close its borders to Romanian workers and a conservative ally called Sunday for the expulsion of tens of thous...
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Teen in scandal stuck in MexicoNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - LEXINGTON, Neb. -- A 13-year-old student with whom a middle school teacher is accused of fleeing to create a romantic life in the boy's native Mexico may be required to ...
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Designers focus on practical productsNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- A low-cost spinning toothbrush. A plastic paint can with a spout. A kids' tricycle with a built-in squirt gun. Each started as an idea at a company run by t...
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Browns get emotional after hard-fought victoryNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- Overcome with emotion, Kellen Winslow could barely speak. For a long moment, he sat at his locker, bowed his head and reflected on a day unlike any he's exe...
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New heart pill takes on PlavixNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- A new blood thinner proved better than Plavix, one of the world's top-selling drugs, at preventing heart problems after procedures to open clogged arter...
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PetroChina becomes world's 1st company worth $1 trillionNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - SHANGHAI, China _ PetroChina became the world's first company worth more than $1 trillion on Monday, surging past Exxon Mobil as the Chinese oil producer's shares nearly...
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King Tut finally showing his face more than 3,000 years after deathNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - LUXOR, Egypt -- King Tut's buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public -- more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule...
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Despite drop in deaths, '07 deadliest yet in IraqNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- With just under two months left in the year, 2007 is on course to be the deadliest year on record for American forces in Iraq, despite a recent sharp drop in ...