Articles filed under Associated Press
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Texas braces for more rain, floodingAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- South Texas braced Wednesday for Tropical Storm Erin to bring torrential downpours to a state that already has had one of its rainiest summe...
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Immigrant plans to leave her sanctuaryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church one year ago to avoid deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary next month to lobby Congr...
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Consumers want to know how to get rid of toysAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Now that toy companies have issued recalls for millions of Chinese-made toys that are either tainted with lead or otherwise hazardous to children, they are s...
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The bloodiest attack of the Iraq warAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly...
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With these 'restrooms' ecologists are privy to rabbits' numbersAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Eric Schauber knows the concept draws snickers -- researchers, catering to the fussy bathroom habits of swamp rabbits, setting out fake log latrines for the reclusive cr...
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Brewers' Fielder appeals suspensionAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Prince Fielder is appealing the three-game suspension that was handed down by the commissioner's office Wednesday, allowing him to remain in the Milwaukee B...
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Japan invests in West BankAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - JERICHO, West Bank -- Japan's foreign minister launched plans Wednesday for a joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial park in the West Bank that he said would promote peace...
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Former big-leaguer suspended for hitting two players with batAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Former major-league all-star Jose Offerman was suspended indefinitely Wednesday, a day after he went wild in the minors and hit the opposing pitcher...
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Sister of O.J.'s ex-wife calls for book boycottAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The sister of Nicole Brown Simpson on Tuesday called for a boycott of the O.J. Simpson book "If I Did It" about the slaying of Simpson's ex-wife and her f...
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Union OKs delay in schedule to plan Far East gamesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- With Asia on the minds of baseball officials, the sport's chief operating officer still wants to push ahead with exhibition games in China next year in additi...