Articles filed under Associated Press
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Paterno among 13 inducted into HallDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The College Football Hall of Fame news conference had already started by the time Joe Paterno showed up and grabbed his seat at the end of the dais. "I apolo...
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Zapping reefs helps battle warmingDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia -- Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and p...
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Hundreds of toys found with leadDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- Tests on more than 1,200 children's products, most of them still on store shelves, found that 35 percent contain lead -- many with levels far above the federa...
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17 hurt when Chicago bus crashes in Ind.Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Greyhound bus spun out of control on snowy pavement on Interstate 65 Wednesday morning, injuring 17 passengers, police said. None of the injuries ap...
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This scorecard tells the hole storyDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A golf scorecard doesn't have room for stories, only numbers. This scorecard will be different. It comes from an imaginary golf course, a composite of PGA T...
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U.S. students can't match global field in math, scienceDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. students are lagging behind their peers in other countries in science and math, test results out Tuesday show. The test, the Program for International...
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High-flying identity theft scheme exposedDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- They were young, rich and in love. But the jet-setters financed their fun on the credit cards of unsuspecting neighbors in their high-end apartment build...
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Push away from the table -- if you canDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - "And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint." It's possible that the obsequious maitre d' in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" was only forcing one last confection upon...
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Business group sues over governor's health care planDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan for a multimillion-dollar expansion of a health care program without legislative approval has landed the state in court, with a business grou...
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Oil prices rise after Opec holds lineDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- OPEC decided Wednesday to keep output ceilings steady for now, in a move that briefly propelled crude prices above $90 a barrel. The g...