Articles filed under Associated Press
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Snow resigns, 'ran out of money'Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush announced Friday that press secretary Tony Snow, who has waged a battle with cancer while manning the White House lectern, will resign and b...
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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...