Articles filed under Associated Press
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McCants can in North Carolina win; NCAA wrapNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Rashanda McCants scored 18 points to lead six players in double figures, and No. 5 North Carolina cruised to a 99-64 win over visiting Georgia State on Monday night. Cet...
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Tyson to revise labels after USDA revokes 'no antibiotics' claim OKNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Tyson Foods Inc. plans to revise labels that say its fresh chicken is "raised without antibiotics" after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it made a mistake in app...
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Scientists report stem cell breakthrough; no embryos neededNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver...
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Wal-Mart tabs website as criticalNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Wal-Mart Web site central to sales plan NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Monday unveiled Thanksgiving holiday sales plans, which focus heavily on using its Web site to p...
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Target earnings fall 4 percent in 3rd-qtr, missing Wall Street forecastsNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Discount retailer Target Corp. said Tuesday that third-quarter earnings dipped 4 percent, falling short of Wall Street forecasts, as weak sales in high ma...
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CBS News writers may join picket lineNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CBS News writers authorized their union leaders to call a national strike, the Writers Guild of America said Monday, escalating a labor impasse. About 500 CB...
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Stocks fall on Goldman downgrade of banks, including CitigroupNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street resumed its slide Monday as investors absorbed a gloomy outlook for the banking sector as well as bleak news about housing. The major stock marke...
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'Mr. Whipple' dead at 91Nov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Dick Wilson, the actor and pitchman who played the uptight grocer begging customers "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin," died Monday. He was 91. The man f...
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Freddie Mac sets aside $1.2 billion for bad home loans; posts $2B lossNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Freddie Mac set aside $1.2 billion in the third quarter to account for bad home loans and posted a $2 billion loss Tuesday, prompting the nation's second l...
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DiPietro nets win No. 100; Thrashers winNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Rick DiPietro earned his 100th NHL victory with an 18-save effort and the Islanders won 2-1, beating the host Rangers for the third time this season. The Islanders are 8...