Articles filed under Associated Press
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1 million baby cribs recalledSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- About 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs have been recalled after three children became entrapped and suffocated. The recall was announced by the Consume...
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Family claims can of beans held snake headSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An Iowa family filed a lawsuit seeking damages over a snake head they claim to have found in a can of green beans. Amy and Michael Schneider and th...
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Anti-Syrian Christian leader buriedSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Mourners carried the flag-draped coffin of an assassinated anti-Syrian lawmaker through the streets Friday, and a leader of his party said the murder ...
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Mob trial jury to get partial transcriptSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A judge agreed Friday to help jurors at Chicago's biggest mob trial in years refresh their memories about witness testimony by sending them a portion of the transcript. ...
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Wisconsin, Iowa open up Big 10 play under the lightsSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. -- Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said he's not scarred by his previous trips to Wisconsin. But the Hawkeyes coach has never faced the Badgers at night. "I'm not ...
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AIDS vaccine doesn't workSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- A promising experimental vaccine to prevent the AIDS virus has failed in a crucial experiment, with volunteers becoming infected with HIV anyway, leadin...
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Alba and Cook raise $260,000 for charitySep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A charity found its good-luck charms in Jessica Alba and Dane Cook, who attended a screening of their new comedy, "Good Luck Chuck," at a Knoxville t...
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Bootmaker charged with smuggling animal skinsSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - GUANAJUATO, Mexico -- A bootmaker to world leaders, including President Bush and Vicente Fox, is in a Colorado jail, charged with money laundering and conspiring to ille...
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Aid groups call for help to deal with Africa floodsSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - AMURIA DISTRICT, Uganda -- Aid agencies were appealing for millions of dollars Friday to help more than 1 million Africans affected by deadly floods that have swept acro...
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Feds probe gun sales by security agency in IraqSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been...