Articles filed under Associated Press
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Chinese coal miners aliveJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Nearly 70 miners trapped for more than 24 hours in a flooded coal mine in central China were still alive Monday, and rescuers were trying to send them supplie...
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Wildfires flare in MontanaJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - HELENA, Mont. -- A trio of fast-moving new wildfires in Montana threatened more than 100 homes and other buildings, and 80 were under evacuation orders, officials said M...
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University of Chicago adds powerpoint to admission ticketsJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - At business meetings the world over, PowerPoint-style presentations are often met with yawns and glazed eyes. But at one of the world's top business schools, such slide ...
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America's other drug problem: skipping dosesJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Consider it the other drug problem: Millions of people don't take their medicine correctly -- or quit taking it altogether -- and the consequences can be d...
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Phoenix set to explore Martian arcticJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A three-legged NASA spacecraft with a long arm for digging trenches is going to the Martian north pole to study if the environment is favorable for primit...
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Russia endorses AbbasJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Russia considers President Mahmoud Abbas the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday in Moscow's strongest stat...
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On common ground, for nowJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - CAMP DAVID, Md. -- Gordon Brown came to President Bush's mountaintop retreat to get closer to the leader of Britain's most valuable ally. But not too close. Wary of ever...
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More bad news for VickJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Nike suspended its lucrative contract with Michael Vick on Friday, while Reebok took the unprecedented step of stopping sales of his No. 7 jersey. In another dose of bad...
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Contador, Evans on the clock todayJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ANGOULEME, France -- Battered by scandal and doping embarrassments, the Tour de France might actually have stumbled upon a sliver of good news. A competitive finish. Alb...
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Nicole's turn: Four days for DUIJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - GLENDALE, Calif. -- Nicole Richie pleaded guilty Friday to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to about four days in jail and fined by a court commiss...