Articles filed under Associated Press
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Pediatricians press FDA for cold medicine curbsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cold and cough medicines given to infants and toddlers work no better than dummy pills and can be dangerous, pediatricians seeking to curb their use told g...
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Annie Lennox: Taking a standOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Ask her what she thinks of the war in Iraq, and she'll shift into a tirade about man's inhumanity to man, terrorism, why the world needs to rethink war as a response to ...
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Crude oil futures hold near $90 a barrel on speculative buyingOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- Oil prices held near $90 a barrel Friday, a barrier crossed for the first time in after-hours trading in New York on speculative buying. Investors ar...
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Hastert leaving early, or is he?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Aides say former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert now plans to resign from Congress sooner than expected -- though he himself isn't confirming that....
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Bacher leads 'Cats past Eastern MichiganOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT - C.J. Bacher ran and threw for fourth-quarter touchdowns, helping Northwestern hold off Eastern Michigan 26-14 in a nonconference game Friday night at Ford Fiel...
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Black Monday rememberedOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- "We who are about to die salute you." A wary Art Cashin heard this phrase in its original Latin -- morituri te salutamus -- from a fellow trader, a student o...
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FBI investigates David Copperfield's warehouseOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- David Copperfield has been contacted by law enforcement authorities and the FBI has conducted an investigation in Las Vegas, where the magician regularly p...
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Police find SIUE student named in university alertOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Police say they've found a student named as a "potential threat" in a campus-wide e-mail sent to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community....
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Autistic hiker, 18, found alive in W.Va. woodsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A missing autistic hiker found underneath an umbrella of dense brush in the wilderness was doing well at a hospital Friday, his family said, asking ...
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Putin's TV show leaves no doubt he's in controlOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin's annual TV call-in show revealed just how far Russian politics have become a one-man show. Over the three-hour session Thursday, Putin showcase...