Articles filed under Associated Press
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Finance leaders call for exchange rate flexibilityNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - KLEINMOND, South Africa -- Finance leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies called Sunday for greater exchange rate flexibility from countries with large current acco...
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Hearing a needNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Five years ago the staff at Ken Gan's auto repair shop told him they needed to find a better way of communicating with customers who were deaf. "I said, let me go shoppi...
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For expatriates, a good turkey is hard to findNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - When Americans find themselves overseas in late November, they often find themselves going to extreme -- and frequently entertaining -- lengths to celebrate Thanksgiving...
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Bizarre win for BrownsNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- It was a comeback victory in every sense of the word. The Cleveland Browns literally had to come back onto the field to complete a 33-30 overtime win over t...
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Taylor-made victoryNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- With Adrian Peterson watching from the sideline in a sweat suit, Chester Taylor gave him plenty to cheer for. Taylor had 202 total yards and 3 touchdowns,...
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4 TD catches for MossNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The New England Patriots were unstoppable again, making an unbeaten season seem almost inevitable. Scoring touchdowns on their first seven offensiv...
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Lesbian ordained in Chicago churchNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a 27-year-old lesbian pastor who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bish...
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Device can help wine drinkers avoid headacheNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - The effects are all too familiar: a fancy dinner, some fine wine and then, a few hours later, a racing heart and a pounding headache. But a device developed by Universit...
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Cops' confusion can be deadlyNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A candy bar, a wallet, even a pair of baggy pants can draw deadly police gunfire. The killing of a hairbrush-brandishing teenager last week was the latest in...
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Search continues for missing 14-year-old Chicago girlNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Police are searching for a missing 14-year-old girl from Chicago's South Side who was last seen nearly a week ago. Deanna Glass is a straight-A student who disappeared T...