Articles filed under Associated Press
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China puts finishing touch on its tallest buildingSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - SHANGHAI, China -- After a more than a decade of delays, China's tallest building is slicing through Shanghai's hazy, skyscraper-studded skyline -- a new trophy built by...
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Bomb kills U.S. allySep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Associated Press President Bush shakes hands with Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, right, leader of the Anbar Salvation Council, also known as the Anbar Awakening -- an alliance ...
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Oden waves goodbye to rookie seasonSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Greg Oden's rookie season with the Portland Trail Blazers ended before it started when the 7-footer had knee surgery Thursday. The top pick in the June...
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'Smellovision' trying to nose way back into theater sceneSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Megan Dickerson always loved the rich colors and melodic scores of the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." But she also longed to experience the sweet ...
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EPA finishes fewer Superfund cleanupsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency will finish 24 Superfund toxic waste cleanups this year, far fewer than the average 76 completed annually during the Cl...
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Quakes rock Indonesia a second timeSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - PADANG, Indonesia -- The ground shook so hard Yulinar had to grab a table to steady herself. Minutes later, she heard a warning crackling over the speakers of the neighb...
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Iraq report to show little progressSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new White House report on Iraq shows slim progress, moving just one more political and security goal into the satisfactory column: efforts to let former ...
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'Jeanne d'Arc' leads an army of portable strategy gamesSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - When playing a portable video game, you want something simple, fast and easy to get out of, because you never know when you're going to be interrupted. The games I alway...
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Murder suspect may have killed 62 peopleSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- A man accused of killing dozens of people and keeping count of his victims on a chessboard paced back and forth inside a glass cage as a jury was selected Thur...
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Suicide bomber breaches base securitySep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a mess hall inside a high-security base used by a Pakistani counterterrorism force, killi...