Articles filed under Associated Press
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Even pope is going greenAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI is taking a new step in the Vatican's environmental campaign, leading a youth festival this weekend where participants will use recycle...
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True bit needed for this recordAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian man nicknamed "King Tooth" has pulled a seven-coach train using a steel rope clenched in his mouth in an attempt to set a new world...
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Villeneuve looks to jump-start career in truck seriesAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A little over a year ago, Jacques Villeneuve had finally found peace in politically charged Formula One. He was newly married with a baby on the way, ...
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Senator Craig resigns over sex stingAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig resigned Saturday over a men's room sex sting, bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans worried about a scandal dimming their el...
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Search for miners suspendedAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal officials have indefinitely suspended efforts to find six men trapped for nearly four weeks inside a coal mine after a robotic camera failed to...
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Egyptians face federal explosives chargesAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - TAMPA, Florida -- Two Egyptian students at a south Florida university were indicted Friday on federal explosives charges, but prosecutors would not say whether the men p...
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Greece's olive oil producers devastated by fireAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - ARTEMIDA, Greece -- The smoldering trunks of olive trees stretch across mountain slopes and valleys, their precious fruit lying like pellets of charcoal on the blackened...
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Iowa judge lifts ban on gay marriage -- for two hoursAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Two men sealed the state's first legal same-sex marriage with a kiss Friday morning less than 24 hours after a judge threw out Iowa's ban on gay marr...
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President meets with top commandersAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush huddled with top military leaders about the Iraq war Friday, and Pentagon officials defended efforts to rid the Iraqi national police of sec...
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Villegas sizzles with 63 to storm past 'Big Three'Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - They have combined for 121 victories and 19 majors. But when Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh played together Friday for the first time on the PGA Tour, the o...