Articles filed under Associated Press
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North Carolina stays unbeatenNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Rashanda McCants scored 28 points to help No. 4 North Carolina easily hand Purdue its fourth straight loss, 90-72 Thursday night. Cetera DeGraffenre...
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Janet Jackson back acting, recordingNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Call her a Janet of all trades. Janet Jackson (Miss Jackson if you're nasty) is part of the ensemble cast of Tyler Perry's new film, "Why Did I Get Marri...
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Sudan convicts British teacherNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A Sudanese court convicted a British teacher Thursday of insulting Islam for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad and sentenced her to 15 d...
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2 found dead in Elgin apartmentNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Authorities say they're investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in an Elgin apartment building. Officials have identified the woman as 47-y...
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Where will Putin take Russia?Nov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Russians vote Sunday in the fifth parliamentary elections in their post-Soviet history, a contest the Kremlin calls evidence of Russia's political maturity, bu...
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Toy gun could lead to charges for McHenry girlNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Police in McHenry are considering bringing juvenile disorderly conduct charges against an 11-year-old girl who allegedly brought a toy gun to school. The 6th-grader brou...
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Facebook gives users more control over new ad system after complaintsNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turnin...
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Olmert warns Israel of apartheid-like struggleNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- In unusually frank comments, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned in an interview published Thursday that "the state of Israel is finished" if a Palestinian st...
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'Piano Teacher' about reconnecting with one's pastNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Her story, says Mrs. K, is a small one -- and she could not be more wrong. Played with astonishing and heartbreaking precision by Tony Award-winning actress...
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Winter storm warning for Saturday; United cancels flightsNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - The National Weather Service has upgraded Saturday's winter storm watch for the Chicago area into a winter storm warning. The warning will be in effect from 2 p.m. to mi...