Articles filed under Associated Press
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Girl gets detentions for hugsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- 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 displ...
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Alice Waters explains art of culinary simplicityNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - As the nation's de facto culinary conscience, Alice Waters has spent decades leading the movement that made household terms out of "organic" and "local." Now she is read...
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What price, business?Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Two top Yahoo Inc. officials on Tuesday defended their company's role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist but ran into withering criticism from lawmaker...
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Two students charged with cookie assaultNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a ...
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Ryan vows to prove innocence as he serves prison termNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan slipped through a back gate at a rural federal prison today, avoiding any fanfare as he began serving a 6 1/2-year corr...
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Tainted toys lead to Bush's push for federal recall powerNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, a top Bush administration official provided some common-sense advice for parents worried about the safet...
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New warrant executed in search for missing Bolingbrook womanNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Investigators executed a new search warrant Tuesday night at the home of a Bolingbrook police sergeant whose wife has disappeared, authorities said. Will County state's ...
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GM reports $39B loss for 3rd-quarter as its absorbs unused tax creditsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. posted a company record $39 billion loss in the third quarter, as a charge involving unused tax credits brought an abrupt end to string o...
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8 killed in Finland school shooting; gunman shot himself but survivedNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - TUUSULA, Finland -- An 18-year-old gunman killed eight people at a high school in southern Finland on Wednesday, then shot himself but survived, police said. They said t...
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Safety commission leader defends record, free tripsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The embattled head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission vigorously defended her enforcement record Tuesday amid Democratic assertions that a slow prod...