Articles filed under Associated Press
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Soccer: 6.5 million kids and growingOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - On a perfect fall day, Christian Felix trots across a trimmed green soccer field along Chicago's lakefront. He takes a pass, sees an opening and shoots a goal for his hi...
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Federal agents join California fire arson probeOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Federal agents joined the search for evidence Wednesday in brush-covered Orange County hills where an arsonist is believed to have ignited one of the wild...
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Navistar eyes GM's truck business, restates '03, '04 earningsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WARRENVILLE -- Truck maker Navistar International Corp. said Thursday it is in talks to buy General Motors Corp.'s medium-duty truck business. The disclosure came as the...
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Kurdish villagers preparing for fightOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - DERISHKIT, Iraq -- Two Turkish jet fighters streaked across the mountain peaks near this border village Wednesday as part of an expanding military force gathered to pres...
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Pletcher eyeing winner's circle at Breeders' CupOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Todd Pletcher is back at the Breeders' Cup in a big way again, and this time he's hoping for better results than last year. The nation's leading train...
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Lighter winds, aerial assault give Calif. firefighters hope that worst blazes may be overOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- A massive aerial assault and a break in harsh winds helped firefighters make their first major progress against Southern California's firestorm, raising eva...
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Fall Series provides shot at exempt statusOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mark Calcavecchia decided to play the final four weeks of the PGA Tour season for one simple reason. "Sheer boredom," he said. Really, there isn'...
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Comcast's 3Q profits fall by 54 pctOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable TV systems operator, said Thursday that its third-quarter profit fell 54 percent and new customer additions slo...
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Red Sox rout rusty Rockies 13-1Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) -- Josh Beckett, Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox were revved up and ready. Not so the Colorado Rockies, who showed up in Beantown looking rusty not res...
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Oil rig workers killed, missingOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - MEXICO CITY -- At least 10 oil workers were killed when a drilling platform hit an oil rig, spilling gas and oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the state-owned oil company sai...