Articles filed under Associated Press
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Study: High blood pressure a youth problemAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests. Ca...
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Sony and Blu-ray lose two major film studiosAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG will offer next-generation DVDs in the HD DVD format and drop support for Blu-ray, further complicating th...
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Two Iowa players suspendedAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Two University of Iowa football players were suspended from the team indefinitely Monday after they were arrested on charges of unauthorized use of a...
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Activist quickly deportedAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - TIJUANA, Mexico -- An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her American-born son was deported from the United S...
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New tragedy at Va. TechAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Flip-flops slapped the concrete as students munching breakfast on the run Monday hurried to the first normal day of classes at Virginia Tech since las...
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Hotelier reviled as 'queen of mean'Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Leona Helmsley, who ran a $5 billion hotel and real estate empire with her husband but sealed her reputation as the "queen of mean" during her 1989 trial for...
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Drunken driving deaths upAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - ARLINGTON, Va. -- Drunken driving fatalities increased in 22 states in 2006 and fell in 28 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, federal transportation offic...
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Lowe's grows profit, but sales dipAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Lowe's, the nation's second largest home improvement chain, cited customer service and efficient operations Monday as reasons for a better-than-expect...
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Owner advises families miners may never be foundAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- Rescuers will only be sent inside an unstable coal mine in which six men are missing if there is an indication that someone is alive, but the trapped...
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Abu Ghraib trial changesAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - FORT MEADE, Md. -- A military judge on Monday dismissed two of the most serious charges against the only officer accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison...