Articles filed under Associated Press
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Politicians line up early for spot on Illinois ballotOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Hundreds of Illinois politicians and their aides swarmed a state office Monday to grab a good spot on the 2008 primary ballot, a ritual that came earlier ...
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Student says jumping out of window was 'the only option'Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A student who survived a beach house inferno by leaping from a third-story window said Tuesday he wasn't sure what woke him up, but he had to make the ...
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Sirius Satellite Radio 3rd-quarter loss narrows as subscribers grow 50 percentOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. reported a narrower third-quarter loss Tuesday and recorded a 50 percent increase in new subscribers ahead of its planned combina...
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Grynsztejn hired as new director of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary ArtOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Madeleine Grynsztejn, a senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will become the new head of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary ...
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Procter & Gamble posts 14 pct increase in 1Q profit, but cautions in profit margin pressuresOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit rose 14 percent, but said rising commodity, energy and product investmen...
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Convicted burglar pleads guilty to deaths of 5 people in Texas KFC slayingsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - HENDERSON, Texas -- A convicted burglar pleaded guilty Monday to the deaths of five people who were abducted from a fast-food restaurant in one of Texas' most notorious ...
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Relatives of missing woman says her husband has cuts ties to familyOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Family members of Lisa Stebic say her estranged husband, who has been named by police as a person of interest in her disappearance six months ago, has cut off all commun...
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Oil nears $94 a barrel on record climbOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil futures surged to a new record near $94 Monday, propelled by the weak dollar and news that Mexico's state oil company suspended a fifth of its oil produc...
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More than 1 in 10 high schools in America are 'dropout factories'Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make i...
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Cause of beach house blaze unknownOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. -- For the group of college buddies spending a late-season weekend at a friend's beach house, the deck overlooking a canal was the center of their...