Articles filed under Associated Press
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New showdown over Iraq war spending loomsSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Congress are headed toward another showdown on war spending, this time sparring over nearly $190 billion the Pentagon says is needed to ...
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Democrats want standard for microwave popcornSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- That buttery taste and smell of microwave popcorn may have caused a deadly lung disease in workers who package it. While there's no evidence of any danger ...
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Myanmar, Somalia ranked at top of '07 corruption indexSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Myanmar and Somalia have been ranked as the most corrupt nations in Transparency International's 2007 index, released Wednesday -- adding pressure to the South...
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Bipartisan gun bill strugglingSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sometimes it takes some awkward hand-holding among sworn political foes to usher hard-fought bills through Congress. That's what seemed likely this week, w...
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FBI investigating Metra 'sabotage'Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The FBI says it's investigating the "sabotage" of a section of Metra tracks on Chicago's South Side. Officials say Metra employees noticed 12 missing railroad spikes on ...
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Ford, Chrysler workers await union contractsSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- GM's tentative new contract with the United Auto Workers offers the other struggling domestic automakers, Ford and Chrysler, enough cost-cutting inducements t...
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Teenager cleared in Pontiac school gun caseSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - PONTIAC -- A judge has cleared a teenager in a gun incident that led authorities to lock down a central Illinois high school last month. Associate Judge Robert Travers o...
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Brazil ends U.S. streak in Women's World CupSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - HANGZHOU, China -- The streak is over, and so is the United States' bid for a third Women's World Cup championship. Brazil and its star player Marta put on a dazzling pe...
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Family: Body found is that of missing Chicago womanSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A body found Thursday near a Calumet City forest preserve is that of a 28-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative missing for more than a week, a family member and ...
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Poll: People cynical about environmentSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- People want their leaders to move boldly to help the environment but give them dismal grades for their actions so far, according to a poll released Wednesd...