Articles filed under Associated Press
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State Dept. says price of security in Iraq is up -- a lotNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The State Department's request for $1.5 billion to protect U.S. diplomats and a growing number of reconstruction teams in Iraq is a pricey reminder the cou...
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Jittery Dow takes a diveNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street suffered its second big drop in a week Wednesday, with investors worried about spreading fallout from the credit crisis at banks and about a doll...
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Subaru Legacy Limited merges luxury, sportinessNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Sports car-like paddle shifters, a six-cylinder engine and seats trimmed with perforated leather aren't typically expected in Subaru sedans. But they're standard equipme...
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Mortgage probe hits major lendersNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's subpoenas to government-sponsored lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent another shock into the home mortgage i...
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Tomato pickers' pay raise left on the vineNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- The future of a deal to help migrant workers who pick tomatoes earn more money was cast in doubt when Florida's largest association of growers said none of its ...
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Coroner says death ruling was wrongNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The 2004 death of a Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife should have been ruled "undetermined," the Will County coroner said Wednesday. No charges were filed after D...
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Tenor Bocelli shuns 'heir' ideaNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Following the recent death of Luciano Pavarotti, much attention has been paid to the search for a successor to the world's best-known classical tenor. If sales history a...
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Clinton in city to unveil environmental initiativesNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Al Gore has a Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work, but it was his running mate, former President Bill Clinton, who was here Wednesday unveiling green initiative...
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GM's bad news expected to get worseNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- It's hard to ignore the second largest quarterly loss in U.S. history. But General Motors Corp.'s record $39 billion loss on a charge involving unused tax cre...
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Newspaper merger means 31 layoffs at Daily SouthtownNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - TINLEY PARK -- More than 30 Daily Southtown editorial employees will be laid off by the end of the year in the wake of a merger announced last month, the newspaper's par...