Articles filed under Associated Press
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Grieving family wins lawsuitOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the ...
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Ruling bans exclusive cable contracts in apartmentsOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Wednesday approved a rule that would ban exclusive agreements that cable television operators have with apartment buildings, opening ...
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Work on disabling N. Korean nuclear reactor to startOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- A top U.S. official said Wednesday that work on disabling North Korea's main nuclear complex will probably begin this week, a step that would move the country...
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Autopsy: Woman found in forest preserve beaten, throat cutOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - A woman whose body was found in a suburban forest preserve lake had been beaten and her throat was cut multiple times, according to autopsy results Wednesday. Police hav...
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Madrid convictions displease observersOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - MADRID, Spain -- The true ringleaders of the devastating Madrid train bombings were not in the dock when the verdicts were handed down Wednesday, having blown themselves...
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Polygamist sect leader said he was 'immoral, wicked'Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- Sitting in jail awaiting trial, the leader of a polygamous sect renounced his role as a prophet and said he had been "immoral" with a sister and daught...
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Parents taking more active role in raising childrenOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Teachers and politicians have been clamoring for years for parents to get more involved with their children. The message appears to be getting through -- a...
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Charges may be brought in wildfiresOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a...
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First wife's drowning gets second lookOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities said Wednesday they are looking again at the 2004 drowning death of a woman whose ex-husband -- a 53-year-old suburban Chicago police sergeant -- says his cu...
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Turkey takes aim at Kurdish rebelsOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkey said Wednesday that it had taken economic measures designed to weaken Kurdish rebels and groups that support it, a step that could affect the ...