Articles filed under Associated Press
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18 arrested in Atlantic City casino gambling ringNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday, authorities said, and 18 peop...
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Gap curtails business with vendor entangled in child laborNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Gap Inc. is pulling 50 percent of its orders placed with a vendor whose subcontracting led to children sewing some of the retailer's clothes in squalid ...
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Cops: Jailed land swindler scams behind barsNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A disbarred attorney who was convicted of stealing land from a church pulled off a similar scam while being held in Cook County Jail, according to authorities. Phillip R...
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No. 1 North Carolina survives scareNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Top-ranked North Carolina avoided an early season upset. Just barely. Wayne Ellington scored 20 points and made key plays late to help the host Tar Heels avoid a major s...
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Stock futures fall as investors digest news of mortgage-related lossesNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street headed for a lower opening Thursday as investors reacted to news that a General Electric Asset Management bond fund has suffered losses in mortga...
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Chicago worker sentenced for lying to grand juryNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A worker for the city of Chicago who played a leadership role in a political group that campaigned for Mayor Richard M. Daley has been sentenced to 15 months in prison f...
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Conrad Black sentencing postponed until Dec. 10Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Former media mogul Conrad Black's sentencing in his fraud trial has been postponed until December 10. Black was to have been sentenced November 30, but a spokesman for t...
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For the record, Obama says he doesn't have anyNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Barack Obama, who's been scolding Hillary Rodham Clinton for not hastening the release of records from her time as first lady, says he can't step up and...
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Ford, Honda lead 2008 list of safest vehiclesNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The number of new cars considered the safest by the insurance industry nearly tripled in the past year, helped by automakers' push to make certain safety e...
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Williams' suspension over; Will he return to Dolphins?Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - DAVIE, Fla. -- Ricky Williams' suspension ended after more than 18 months when he was reinstated Wednesday by the NFL, and the winless Miami Dolphins might welcome him b...