Articles filed under Associated Press
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Ramirez puts up fight, but losesOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- Manny Ramirez cared -- that his drive to center field became a single instead of a home run. A day after he created a ruckus with remarks that winning the A...
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Stocks head to lower open as oil prices cross $90 a barrelOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street tipped toward a lower open Friday as crude oil crossed $90 a barrel for the first time and heightened concerns that more expensive fuel will hurt...
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House fails to override Bush's vetoOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Chalk up another veto victory for President Bush. The Democratic-controlled House failed on Thursday to override his rejection of a politically popular chi...
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Torre says no thanks to Yanks' 1-year offerOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Joe Torre is out as manager of the New York Yankees, rejecting a substantial pay cut after the team failed to make it past the first round of the playoffs fo...
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Beckett keeps Boston alive with 7-1 winOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND (AP) Ã¢â‚¬â€ť Back to Boston they go. Just the Red Sox being the Red Sox. Josh Beckett, blocking out everything but Jason Varitek's target, dominated the Cleve...
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Storms buffet Plaines, SoutheastOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - PARIS, Mo. -- Storms that raked the Plains and Southeast tossed up a mobile home in Missouri early Thursday, killing both people inside, and spawned a tornado in Florida...
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Quinn pushes reform voteOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday urged Gov. Rod Blagojevich to help push through a campaign-reform bill to combat the state's reputation as a haven for "pay-to-play" polit...
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Clinton: No coverage for illegal immigrantsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that immigrants living in the U.S. illegally would not be covered by her proposed universal health care plan....
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Pediatricians press FDA for cold medicine curbsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cold and cough medicines given to infants and toddlers work no better than dummy pills and can be dangerous, pediatricians seeking to curb their use told g...
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Annie Lennox: Taking a standOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Ask her what she thinks of the war in Iraq, and she'll shift into a tirade about man's inhumanity to man, terrorism, why the world needs to rethink war as a response to ...