Articles filed under Associated Press
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Payrolls grow by 166,000 in October, jobless rate holds steadyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Employers boosted payrolls by a surprisingly strong 166,000 in October, the most in five months, an encouraging sign that the nation's employment climate i...
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Chicago's Art Institute to loan paintings to TexasNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago's Art Institute is loaning about 90 of its Impressionist and post-Impressionist works to a Texas museum. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth will show the piece...
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Companies target mutual funds for kidsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A lesson about investing might seem as appealing to young people as eating a bowlful of spinach. Mutual funds that cater to children aim to make the whole pr...
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Matters of state: Alice Roosevelt LongworthNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - On Valentine's Day in 1884, two days after the birth of his first child, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his beloved mother to typhoid, and his beautiful wife to an undiagn...
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Cigna posts 3rd-quarter profit rise on stronger premiums and feesNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Health insurer Cigna Corp. said Friday its third-quarter earnings rose 23 percent on increased premiums and fees to top Wall Street expectations, and rai...
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Hurricane Noel is expected to gain in size but not strengthNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NASSAU, Bahamas -- Hurricane Noel, the deadliest storm to hit the Atlantic this year, is not expected to gain strength in the next 24 hours as it tracks northward toward...
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Pilot who dropped atomic bomb diesNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When Paul Tibbets enlisted in the Army Air Corps, nuclear fission had not even been discovered, but it would fall upon him to unleash its staggering po...
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Beirut pairs each new song with a new videoNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In the video to the song "Nantes," Zach Condon slowly drifts down a staircase while singing in a youthful but sad baritone, "It's been a long time/ Since I'...
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Diplomats resist Rice's call for service in IraqNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is trying to quell a revolt among U.S. diplomats angry over attempts to force foreign service officers to work in Iraq ...
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Even lower lead levels might damage kids' brainsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Children with blood lead levels lower than the U.S. standard may still suffer lower IQs or other problems, a government advisory panel said Thursday as it urg...