Articles filed under Associated Press
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US stock futures point to modestly lower open as investors wait for Fed decision on ratesOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. stock futures fell Tuesday, indicating a lower start to the regular session, as the Federal Reserve prepares to start a two-day meeting on interest rate...
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Ho-hum: Red Sox fans get another chance to partyOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Sunglasses shielding his sleepless eyes, David Ortiz held the glittering World Series trophy aloft for Red Sox fans gathered outside Fenway Park. "Man, we got ...
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Microbrews pinched by hops shortage, mounting costsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- Fans of Snipes Mountain Brewery's cloudy Hefeweizen relish the subtle wheat flavor of the bright, summery brew, and like beer drinkers everywhere, th...
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Mafia girlfriend says the FBI used mob muscle to crack 1964 civil rights caseOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The FBI used mob muscle to solve the 1964 disappearance of three civil rights volunteers in Mississippi, a gangster's ex-girlfriend testified Monday, becomin...
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Oil prices fall from record high; below $93 a barrel in Asian tradingOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- Oil prices dropped Tuesday from a record high in the previous session on the view that the disruption of a fifth of the oil production by Mexico's sta...
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Barkley likely to rip Bryant's effort againOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Charles Barkley is calling out Kobe Bryant again for dogging it. Barkley criticized Bryant on Monday for the way he asked the Lakers to trade him, then for n...
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U.S. home prices fell in August for the eighth month in a rowOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. home prices fell nationwide in August for the eighth consecutive month, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday. And things could get w...
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Jets' Pennington benched for 1-7 startOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Eric Mangini summoned Chad Pennington into his office and broke the news that the New York Jets have a new starting quarterback. It's Kellen Clemens' turn to see if he c...
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Nearly tenth of Ill. high schools are 'dropout factories'Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - At Sullivan High School on the Chicago's North Side, 479 students -- the majority of them minority and low-income -- enrolled in the class of 2006. By senior year, just...
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Joe Girardi agrees to 3-year deal to manage YankeesOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi has agreed to a three-year contract to manage the New York Yankees. The agreement to take over as Joe Torre's replacement is worth an average sal...