Articles filed under Associated Press
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Rice wants security contractors on a tighter leash in IraqOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday ordered new measures to improve government oversight of private guards who protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq, i...
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Violence against women has reached 'hideous and pandemic proportions'Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. secretary-general warned that violence against women has reached "hideous" levels in some countries trying to recover from conflict, and the U...
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Rangers blanked againOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - All the New York Rangers have to show for those many zeros in the big salaries they gave to Chris Drury and Scott Gomez during the off-season are a lot more zeros on the...
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NFL to speed up draftOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- The NFL moved to speed up its draft on Tuesday during owners' meetings at which it also discussed having the Buffalo Bills play regular season games in T...
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MySpace and HarperCollins collaborating on environmental bookOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- MySpace is getting into the book business. The online social network, an increasingly popular venue for authors, booksellers and publishers, is collaborating...
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Sales of existing homes fall by largest amount on recordOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sales of existing homes plunged by a record amount in September as turmoil in mortgage markets added more problems to a housing industry in its worst slump...
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U.S. missile defense in Europe hinges on IranOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- The Bush administration has told Moscow it may delay activation of a proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe until it has "definitive pr...
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Immigration raid doesn't materialize at meetingOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday called for a federal immigration raid at a meeting in the U.S. Capitol hosted by the Senate's No. 2 Democrat...
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Stocks head toward lower open ahead of Merrill Lynch earningsOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks pointed toward a lower open Wednesday as Wall Street showed caution ahead of financial results from Merrill Lynch & Co. that are expected to reve...
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N.J. fugitive arrested 28 years after escape from state prisonOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- A man who escaped from a New Jersey prison 28 years ago was arrested Wednesday at his Philadelphia home, making one last bid to conceal his identity and ...