Articles filed under Associated Press
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Pig brains might be making workers illDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- On the slaughterhouse floor at Quality Pork Processors Inc. is an area known as the "head table," but not because it is the place of honor. It is wher...
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Bloomingdale Peace Corps worker killed in animal trap in S. AmericaDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A Peace Corps volunteer from Bloomingdale was killed in Suriname when she accidentally set off a gun rigged as an animal trap, police said. The w...
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Searchers find body, some wreckage from missing medical helicopterDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Searchers have found a body and wreckage from a medical helicopter missing since Monday, a spokesman for the rescue effort said. The body of John St...
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Stuff a stocking with rhino poopDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - YULEE, Fla. -- Stumped about what to give that special someone this Christmas? How about some rhino poop. The International Rhino Foundation is auctioning on eBay four p...
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Tiny humanoid i-Sobot delivers big laughsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Relatively affordable at $300, i-Sobot has 17 motors, can recognize spoken words and be controlled remotely, making the walking, somersaulting, karate-chopping ...
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Man dies after 13 years in coma; murder charges may be comingDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - DECATUR -- Central Illinois authorities are trying to decide if a man convicted in a 1994 battery of someone who has died after 13 years in a coma can now be charged wit...
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Suicide truck bomber attacks police station in northern Iraq oil hubDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden truck filled with sand struck a police station north of Baghdad on Saturday, the latest in a week of bombings tha...
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Wildcats win third straightDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Craig Moore scored a season-high 24 points, and Northwestern posted its third consecutive win, 65-63 over Western Michigan on Saturday. Moore scored ...
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Is 'good' bacteria in food really beneficial?Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Bugs in baby food? Microbes in your milkshake? Relax, this is not the latest tainted food scare -- it's a growing trend in foods designed to boost health, not make you s...
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Iraqi judicial system strugglesDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraqi judges and their families live behind 12-foot blast walls. Hundreds of lawyers have fled the country. Critics complain about rapid-fire trials in an ove...