Articles filed under Associated Press
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U.N. envoy fails to meet with Myanmar's top junta leadersSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- A U.N. envoy failed to meet with Myanmar's top two junta leaders in his effort to persuade them to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protest...
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Electronic feats for the feetSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Brendan Burke's cell phone was beeping within minutes of the start of his wife's marathon in San Diego. A text message arrived with her latest time as she crossed the si...
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Rock's "Game Plan" pays off in box officeSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES _ Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office. Disney's "The Game Plan," starring Johnson as a football quarterback whose bachelor ...
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Walgreens 4th quarter profits fall 4 percentSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Walgreen Co., one of the nation's biggest drugstore chains, said Monday its fourth-quarter profit dropped nearly 4 percent, falling short of Wall Street forecasts becaus...
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6 sacks for Giants' UmenyioraSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - With Hall of Famer Lawrance Taylor on the sidelines as an honorary captain, it was appropriate that the New York Giants sacked the Philadelphia Eagles unmercifully. Osi ...
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Junta leaders paranoid, xenophobicSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand -- Hunkered down in their war rooms hundreds of miles from mass protests, the aging, hard-line generals in Myanmar are known as a suspicious lot who vi...
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Chess's Kasparov jumps in presidential raceSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered Russia's presidential race Sunday, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country's beleagured ...
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Obama says Clintons offer nothing newSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that the front-runner for his party's nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton, does not offer the...
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West Virginia QB White (thigh bruise) day to daySep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia quarterback Pat White's status for Saturday's game at Syracuse is uncertain as he recuperates from a bruise on his right thigh. WVU co...
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Taliban debating Karzai's offerSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai's office said Sunday that there is "serious debate" among some Taliban fighters about laying down arms, while a spokesman fo...