Articles filed under Associated Press
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Abuse risk higher where children live without 2 biological parentsNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Six-year-old Oscar Jimenez Jr. was beaten to death in California, then buried under fertilizer and cement. Two-year-old Devon Shackleford was drowned in an A...
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Friends, relatives won't give upNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - A bright pink placard reading "Where's our sister Stacy?" was among half a dozen signs left on former police officer Drew Peterson's front porch Saturday by participants...
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Wisconsin 41, Minnesota 34Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Growing up in the Minneapolis suburb of New Hope, David Gilreath always dreamed of playing football in the Metrodome. His Armstrong High School football t...
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Huge tax hit loomsNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush demanded Saturday that Congress send him legislation that keeps middle-class Americans from being hit at tax time next year by the dreaded a...
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SIU improves to 10-1 for third time in school historyNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Nick Hill threw for 282 yards and 3 touchdowns as Southern Illinois beat host Hampton 45-27 Saturday and tied a school record with its 10th regular-season victory. Hill ...
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Another one bites the dustNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - OU is out. Graham Harrell and Texas Tech knocked No. 3 Oklahoma out of the national title chase Saturday night with a 34-27 victory in Lubbock, Texas. Harrell threw for ...
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Western Michigan 28, Iowa 19Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- All week, Iowa insisted that it wouldn't overlook Western Michigan. It did -- and now the bowl selection folks are likely to do the same to the Hawkey...
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Top immigration official fights for jobNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Just when it appeared Julie Myers had cleared every hurdle in her quest to officially become the nation's top immigration official, a dreadlocked wig and a...
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Doctor, wife fight to stay in AmericaNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Immigrants Pedro and Salvacion Servano have been model U.S. residents since arriving from the Philippines in the 1980s. Pedro Servano, 54, is a pro...
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Deadliest storm in decadeNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Hundreds of thousands of survivors were stuck Saturday behind roads blocked by fallen trees, iron roofs and thick sludge as rescue workers fought to...