Articles filed under Associated Press
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Spurs ring in the new seasonOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs got their title defense off to a successful start with a 106-97 victory over the Portl...
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U.S. sees some countries overtake it in broadband speedsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and m...
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Google sets up distribution network for social networking toolsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry ...
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Tigers get Renteria in tradeOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The Detroit Tigers made the first splash in baseball's off-season as they addressed a pressing priority. Again. Detroit filled its No. 1 void Monday, acquiring shortstop...
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Stars make sweet musicOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- There was no power struggle between Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe on the set of their new crime drama, "American Gangster." Instead, they...
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FIFA ends rotation systemOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - ZURICH, Switzerland -- The World Cup will no longer be rotated among continents, a decision that throws open the race for the 2018 tournament. South Africa already has b...
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Romo rewarded; Pennington demotedOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - IRVING, Texas -- Tony Romo didn't have to wait until the offseason to get his big payday from the Dallas Cowboys after all. Romo has agreed to a six-year, $67 million de...
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More young adults on cholesterol, blood pressure drugs, a sign of growing health problemsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly -- at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according t...
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Yankees offer Girardi manager's jobOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees picked experience over popularity, offering the manager's job to Joe Girardi at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away from the fr...
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List of Illinois high schools with high dropout ratesOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - List of Illinois high schools with high dropout rates Johns Hopkins University researchers identified 55 Illinois schools as "dropout factories" because no more than 60...