Articles filed under Associated Press
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IEPA, Madigan clash over moneyOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' environmental protection agency and the state's attorney general have worked together on hundreds of cases to crack down on polluters. But that ...
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Primitive horsetails show toughnessOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Horsetails are in their full glory now, looking crisp and green even as the season's wind, rain and pests have taken their toll on most other plants. Horsetails' toughne...
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No. 1 LSU, No. 2 California knocked offOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Andre Woodson threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Steve Johnson in the third overtime, and No. 17 Kentucky (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) stunned No. 1 LSU ...
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CEO says Wal-Mart needs low-cost importsOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - ROGERS, Ark. -- Wal-Mart President and CEO H. Lee Scott Jr., speaking during a conference last week at the University of Arkansas, says "economic nationalism" will be a ...
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Retirement racial divideOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Employers have begun to discover troubling racial differences within their 401(k) retirement plans, a gap they say could leave today's black workers far less...
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How to leave a company gracefullyOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - There's no muse quite like a dysfunctional workplace to rouse that venomous sensation of injustice and reprisal that begs to come pouring out in a bridge-burning -- but ...
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Trotting home tiedOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Trot Nixon got another big hit in Boston. This time, he beat his old mates. The former Red Sox stalwart snapped an 11th-inning tie with a pinch-hit single, and...
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S. Illinois suffers first setbackOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Eric Sanders threw for 253 yards and a touchdown, Corey Lewis rushed for 93 yards, and Northern Iowa hung on to beat Southern Illinois 30-24 on Saturday night in a match...
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Pettersen ties Ochoa after 64Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Suzann Pettersen, coming off a playoff victory over Lorena Ochoa last weekend, birdied the final four holes Saturday to charge into a tie with the top-ranked Mexican sta...
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Theater owner limits teens' accessOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The only noise in the Parkway Pointe Cinema lobby on a recent October afternoon was the sound of popping corn. Last winter, gunshots echoed and patrons sc...