Articles filed under Associated Press
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Embracing the outdoorsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. MICHAEL'S, Md. -- President Bush spent a crisp fall Saturday gingerly balancing a tiny screeched owl on a gloved hand at a wildlife refuge and casting for rockfish o...
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U.S. keeps top commandos with big bonusesOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has paid more than $100 million in bonuses to veteran Green Berets and Navy SEALs, reversing the flow of top commandos to the corporate world ...
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Police charge teens in young boy's deathOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two teens have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 10-year-old boy who was shot while on his way to buy an after-school snack, Chicago police said Sa...
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University confronts racial incidentsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Southern university is trying to defend its image after the student newspaper published a cartoon of a black man being sold at auction and a racist d...
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China may learn new leaders todayOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- China's Communist Party elite approved a list of candidates for top positions Saturday, setting the stage for final negotiations whose outcome will be a key i...
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Thread colorful grosgrain throughout your dinnerwareOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Grosgrain fascinates designer John Loecke, and the bright splashes of color photos in his new book, "Grosgrain Style" (Potter Craft, 2007, $21.95 paperback) make his pas...
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Taking your outdoor plants with you when you moveOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - When you move, you don't have to leave behind Grandma's heirloom roses or the silver fir you planted when Junior was born. It's possible to pack and move plants, too. He...
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Lost at sea, woman refuses to dieOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - UKUMEHAME, Hawaii -- A 49-year-old woman held onto a water container to stay afloat for 19 hours until she was rescued from choppy ocean waters a mile off Maui, she said...
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WWII mail delivered 64 years laterOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - TOKYO -- A postcard that a Japanese soldier mailed from a Southeast Asian battlefront during World War II has reached a recipient in Japan 64 years later, a university w...
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Rat Pack's Bishop, ex-joint chief's chairmanOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died. He...