Articles filed under Associated Press
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MGM brings Las Vegas glitz and gaming to DetroitOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Casino officials and celebrity chefs showed off $800 million worth of Las Vegas glitz amid Motown grit this month as the MGM Grand Detroit made its public deb...
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Ohio St. withstands late charge by Michigan St.Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - No. 1 Ohio State hung on -- something it wasn't able to do with the football. The Buckeyes built a comfortable lead and then gave up 2 touchdowns off turnovers late in t...
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Teen survives lightning strikeOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - A 14-year-old Chicago boy now belongs to an exclusive club. Jason Torres was struck by lightning and lived to tell about it. He was struck as he rode a bike during storm...
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Harrison likely a game-time decisionOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Wide receiver Marvin Harrison remains questionable for the Indianapolis Colts' game against Jacksonville on Monday night because of a bruised left knee. Colts coach Tony...
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Myanmar lifts curfew after quelling protestsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar lifted a curfew on Saturday and ended a ban on assembly imposed during a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests -- the latest sign the mil...
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Abuse inside our schools: The findingsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Major findings of AP's investigation • A total of 2,570 educators nationwide were punished for sexual misconduct from 2001 to 2005, representing about a quarter of all e...
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Embracing the outdoorsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. MICHAEL'S, Md. -- President Bush spent a crisp fall Saturday gingerly balancing a tiny screeched owl on a gloved hand at a wildlife refuge and casting for rockfish o...
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U.S. keeps top commandos with big bonusesOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has paid more than $100 million in bonuses to veteran Green Berets and Navy SEALs, reversing the flow of top commandos to the corporate world ...
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Police charge teens in young boy's deathOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two teens have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 10-year-old boy who was shot while on his way to buy an after-school snack, Chicago police said Sa...
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University confronts racial incidentsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Southern university is trying to defend its image after the student newspaper published a cartoon of a black man being sold at auction and a racist d...