Articles filed under Associated Press
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Dell to sell PCs through Staples in further shift from direct-sales modelOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell Inc. plans to sell computers and other electronics gear at 1,400 Staples Inc. stores, the latest departure from the direct-to-customer business...
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Speed at top gets Rockies to SeriesOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - DENVER -- The Blake Street Bombers are a distant memory. Now, the NL champion Colorado Rockies use speed to torment opponents. Willy Taveras and Kaz Matsui atop the batt...
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Gateway to the universeOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- In this remote and rusting town on the barren steppes of Central Asia, the space race and the Sputnik era seem much more than a memory. Rockets s...
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New Jersey 2nd-grader suspended from school for drawing stick figure firing gunOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - DENNIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A second-grader's drawing of a stick figure shooting a gun earned him a one-day school suspension. Kyle Walker, 7, was suspended last week for v...
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Surprise! College costs rise againOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Average tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose 6.6 percent this year, again outstripping increases in financial aid and pushing students into more borrowing....
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Titans' Bironas kicks NFL record eight field goalsOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Rob Bironas kicked an NFL-record 8 field goals and the Tennessee Titans needed every one of them to hold off the Houston Texans on Sunday. Bironas' 29-yard f...
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NASA refuses to disclose survey of thousands of pilots on air safetyOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems...
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Merck's 3Q profit soar 62 percentOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. _ Merck & Co. posted a 62 percent increase in third-quarter profit Monday, as the drugmaker's revenues increased by double digits and lower mark...
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Indians let 3-1 lead, World Series slip awayOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- With Kenny Lofton racing around third, Cleveland's comeback -- and a season stuffed with them -- came to an abrupt halt. More heartache, decade upon decade of ...
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Giants sack Niners for fifth straightOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants' defense not only got into Trent Dilfer's head, they got to his back, his side and every other part of his body. Dilfer bec...