Articles filed under Associated Press
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Police wrong, says man who taped Taser deathNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - TORONTO -- Videotaping the last moments of a Polish immigrant's life, Paul Pritchard thought the police were 100 percent right to use a Taser stun gun to subdue the man....
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Cyclone Sidr savages Bangladesh; at least 1,000 feared deadNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Aid workers struggled Friday to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of a cyclone that blasted Bangladesh with 150 mph winds, killing a reported ...
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Tip leads to pre-dawn raidsNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of American and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters descended Friday on a remote desert area southwest of Baghdad to root out al-Qaida in Iraq and sea...
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Man pleads not guilty to stalking Uma ThurmanNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A former psychiatric patient pleaded not guilty Friday to stalking Uma Thurman for nearly two years. Jack Jordan, 35, has been held on $10,000 bail since his...
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'The ol' left-hander' heads homeNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Joe Nuxhall, the youngest major leaguer at age 15 and later a beloved broadcaster as "the ol' left-hander" in Cincinnati, has died. He was 79. Nuxhall died...
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Terror insurance for insurance firmsNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Friday to extend for seven years a post-Sept. 11 law guaranteeing federal help for the insurance industry in the event of a catastrophic t...
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Military desertion rates low, but increasingNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army deserters this year showing an 80 p...
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Jokinen scores 4 for StarsNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - DALLAS -- Jussi Jokinen scored 4 goals, including a second-period hat track in about 7 minutes, and the Dallas Stars beat Colorado 6-1 on Friday night to end a four-game...
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Doomsday cult won't leave caveNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Doctors and rescuers were trying Friday to coax more than two dozen doomsday cult members into leaving their forest hideout near the Volga River, where they we...
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Kerry accepts swift boat dareNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- Sen. John Kerry, whose 2004 presidential campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record, said Friday he has personally accepted a Texas oilman's o...