Articles filed under Associated Press
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Lawyer makes it easier to provide for pets after deathOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - LANSING -- As a lawyer concentrating in estate planning, Peter Canalia was frequently was asked by clients to set up trusts for their pets. He's established trusts for d...
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Body found in forest preserve during search for missing momOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Investigators searching for a woman who disappeared during a jog through a south suburban Chicago forest preserve found a body Tuesday and police said they believed it w...
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Making a game of good eatingOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Turns out it's OK to play with your food. Three new food-centric games aim to make mealtime -- or at least talking about it -- fun. "Foodie Fight" (18.95) is a simple, c...
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Iraq says no more immunityOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government approved a draft law Tuesday to lift immunity for foreign security companies including Blackwater USA, a bid to overturn a decree imposed...
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Supreme Court takes up child porn ban challengeOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court explored Tuesday whether it could limit the reach of a child pornography law so that it would not apply to legitimate creative expression...
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Student: My escape was 'lucky'Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A student who survived a beach house inferno by leaping from a third-story window said Tuesday he wasn't sure what woke him up, but he had to make the ...
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Student hurt in explosionOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Northwestern University says a graduate student was injured in a science lab explosion. A school spokeswoman says Jason Nicholas was mixing compounds in a glass contain...
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Feds urge appeals court to make Ryan start his sentenceOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Prosecutors said Tuesday that former Gov. George Ryan and a co-defendant have little chance of getting their corruption convictions overturned and they should start serv...
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Kraft Foods 3rd-quarter profit falls 20 percentOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc., the nation's biggest food and beverage maker, said Wednesday its third quarter profit fell 20 percent from results that included a one-time gain a year...
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Putin joins in Great Purge remembranceOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday against political ideas that are "placed above basic values" as he for the first time joined public commemorations on t...