Articles filed under Associated Press
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Lack of milk, sunshine and exercise hurts kids' bonesDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Too little milk, sunshine and exercise: It's an anti-bone trifecta. And for some kids, shockingly, it's leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century. Bu...
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Blogging pioneers Six Apart, LiveJournal to break apartDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Blogging pioneer Six Apart is breaking apart from LiveJournal, another trailblazer that helped bring online journals to the masses. The nearly three-yea...
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Eight men claim they had sexual encounters with CraigDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - BOISE, Idaho -- Eight men say they either had sex with Sen. Larry Craig or were targets of sexual advances by the Idaho Republican at various times during his political ...
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'Enchanted' amid box office funkDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The fairy-tale romance "Enchanted" maintained its magic at the box office, pulling in $17 million to remain the top movie amid a sleepy weekend at theater...
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Celebrated Lyric Opera publicist diesDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- A celebrated publicist for Lyric Opera of Chicago for almost 50 years has died. A Lyric Opera statement says Danny Newman died at his suburban Chicago home Sa...
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Cops: Hershey's new mint candy looks like street drugsDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. -- New mint packets being sold by The Hershey Co. look nearly identical to the tiny heat-sealed bags used to sell illegal powdered drugs like crack, hero...
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Game makers Vivendi, Activision uniteDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Vivendi SA said Sunday that it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Activision Inc. and combine the company with Vivendi Games in a deal that would cre...
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Scientists say teen brain, still maturing, key to behaviorDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The teenage brain, Laurence Steinberg says, is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake. With powerful impulses under poor control, the likely res...
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Kuhn, O'Malley, three others elected to Baseball's Hall of FameDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee on Monday while his longtime adversary, players' un...
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Tennessee survives scareDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Alexis Hornbuckle sank 2 free throws with 13.8 seconds remaining to seal top-ranked Tennessee's 83-79 win over No. 4 North Carolina on Sunday night in Knoxville, Tenn. N...