Articles filed under Associated Press
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More minorities in prison than college dormsSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- More than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report to be released today. The ratio is onl...
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Spector jury deadlock ends in mistrialSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The murder trial of music producer Phil Spector ended in a mistrial Wednesday because of a deadlocked jury. The mistrial came on the 12th day of deliberat...
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Myanmar erupts in violenceSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar security forces opened fire on Buddhist monks and other pro-democracy demonstrators Wednesday for the first time in a month of anti-government...
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Derby winner Street Sense set for Kentucky Cup ClassicSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - FLORENCE, Ky. -- Kentucky Derby and Travers winner Street Sense likely will be the odds-on favorite in a short field for Saturday's $350,000 Kentucky Cup Classic at Turf...
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Scion replaces its smallest car for 2008Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Scion's smallest car -- the odd-looking xA -- is out, and the xD five-door hatchback is in, with new styling, larger four-cylinder engine, added safety equipment and mor...
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A Clinton-Gore reunion, of sortsSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Global warming, poverty, health and education took center stage at the opening of Clinton Global Initiative conference Wednesday as former President Clinton ...
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Love, but sometimes money, feeds collecting habitSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For 31 years, Alan Rosen has built a successful career as a professional baseball card dealer, but his real pride is an army of robots. Rosen has amassed a r...
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Wall Street heads to higher open as investors look to more economic dataSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street headed toward a higher open Thursday on speculation that new economic data will show enough weakness to give the Federal Reserve more reasons to ...
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Will Episcopalian leaders 'exercise restraint'?Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Even the fiercest critics of the Episcopal Church's liberal drift say it's too soon to know whether the bishops' latest pledge to "exercise restraint" in ...
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Mickelson, Weir in opening duelSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - MONTREAL -- Roughly 30 percent of Canadian golfers play left-handed. In Quebec, the figure is about 40 percent. Today in a Presidents Cup match, it will be an even 50 pe...