Articles filed under Associated Press
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Laid-off trucker lights up the holidays for those in war zonesDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WESTMINSTER, Md. -- Sprawled in his recliner, tired and achy after three days of nearly nonstop work, James Ward hardly looks like Santa Claus. But this laid-off truck d...
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Texas town outlaws sex clubsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - DUNCANVILLE, Texas -- The most popular address on Cedar Ridge Drive is Jim Trulock's split-level home, which has a group sex room and attracts as many as 100 people to s...
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A year after hemorrhage, Johnson making progressDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The last thing Sen. Tim Johnson remembers about Dec. 13, 2006, is arriving at the hospital in an ambulance. After that, his memory begins to fade. The Sout...
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Postal inspectors: The mailman did itDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Call it a special delivery. A postal carrier pocketed dozens of greeting cards he was supposed to deliver to get at the cash inside, postal inspectors said. ...
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Durbin calls for GOP to compromiseDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate's second-ranking Democrat said Saturday it's time for Republicans to stop stonewalling and engage in "compromise and cooperation" to get the nat...
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Huckabee explains 1992 AIDS answerDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said ho...
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Is it too late to plan spring break? YesDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Maybe your plans for the holidays are all set and you're looking ahead to spring break. Well, according to some folks, you're already too late. A survey of 21...
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E-books are a big hit in certain nichesDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For a decade now, publishers have been hoping to wean readers off books and move them to electronic versions, which are much cheaper to produce and distribut...
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Open House at Vick's placeDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - SURRY, Va. -- Sherry Walker descended the polished hardwood stairs and joined husband Ben in what used to be Michael Vick's den. "The bathroom -- oh my God! -- has a fir...
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Kosovo: The birth of a nationDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - CAMP NOTHING HILL, Serbia -- Suddenly, they're almost everywhere: NATO peacekeepers patrolling Kosovo in trucks and Humvees. The increased presence is intended to reassu...