Articles filed under Associated Press
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State Farm wins appeal over its Katrina coverageNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld policy language that a major insurer has used to deny hundreds of policyholders' claims on the Gulf Coast after Hur...
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U.S. stocks head for sharply lower open as dollar sinks to fresh lowsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks moved toward a sharply lower open and bonds jumped Wednesday after the dollar sank further amid speculation that China will seek to diversify som...
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Boy describes journey to Mexico with teacher, says friendship led to sexNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - JANITZIO, Mexico -- The 13-year-old who fled from Nebraska with a middle school teacher told The Associated Press their friendship led to sex and a rambling journey to n...
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Ryan's new home isn't the RitzNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - George Ryan's new home ain't the Ritz. The federal prison camp at Oxford, Wis., where the 73-year-old former governor is due to check in Wednesday starts its workday at ...
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Astronaut admits worries during repair spacewalkNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With the mission finally coming to a close, Discovery's commander acknowledged Tuesday she had been "extremely concerned" about the safety of the...
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Diplomats trading jabs over Iraq dutyNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A bitter dispute over forced assignments to Iraq has erupted inside the State Department with diplomats taking decidedly undiplomatic potshots at one anoth...
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Judge denies trial postponement for mother charged in daughter's deathNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - PEKIN -- A judge has ruled that a former Morton pathologist accused of suffocating her 3-year-old autistic daughter with a garbage bag will go to trial next month. Karen...
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Middle schooler is given detention for hugging 2 friends at schoolNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH -- Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of...
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Report: Trio bought performance-enhancing drugsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former...
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Crude oil prices climb to another milestoneNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil futures jumped to a new record above $97 a barrel Tuesday after bombings in Afghanistan and an attack on a Yemeni oil pipeline compounded the supply conc...