Articles filed under Associated Press
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Chicago puts on a show for president of Olympic panelNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago didn't waste any time trying to impress International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge. Rogge is on a two-day trip here to see the final rounds of the w...
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Hollywood writers to strike MondayNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood writers will begin a strike Monday morning unless the writers and studios can agree on a last-minute deal for a new contract over the weekend, u...
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Floods leave Mexico in crisisNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled a flooded region of the Gulf coast Friday, jumping from rooftops into rescue helicopters, scrambling into ...
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Bad image not a drawback for San Francisco mayorNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Eight months after admitting he had a drinking problem and an affair with a close aide's wife, Mayor Gavin Newsom stands poised to win his second term w...
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Storms halt Haiti relief effortNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- U.N. helicopters were waiting out driving rain that lashed Haiti on Friday before they could assess flood damage from Tropical Storm Noel, now...
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Clinton, Wal-Mart team to help cities buy 'green' goodsNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Former President Bill Clinton told more than 100 mayors this week that stopping global warming depends on them demonstrating that it makes economic sense. He ...
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U.S. takes on latter-day pirates packing modern weaponsNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NAIROBI, Kenya -- The U.S. military is once again tangling with pirates, intervening in waters off Somalia twice this week to help ships seized by hijackers -- and bring...
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California firefighters set for Round 2Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Applying lessons learned just a week ago, Southern California is lining up fire crews and aircraft to get a jump on wildfires if the hot, dry Santa Ana wind...
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Police search pond for missing womanNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Even as police classified the disappearance of the wife of a Bolingbrook police sergeant as a missing person investigation, they sent divers into a retention pond and le...
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'Devil' unable to make us care for these charactersNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" begins with an unflinching depiction of a tubby Philip Seymour Hoffman having vigorous vacation sex with the shapely Marisa Tomei. I...