Articles filed under Associated Press
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$18 million facility opens for guardsmenOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Military Academy is now open. There was a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday at the $17.7 million facility that will provide advanced training ...
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Nine killed in Ukraine gas explosionOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - KIEV, Ukraine -- A powerful natural gas explosion ripped through an apartment building in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least nine people and damaging other bu...
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Colombia mine collapses; 21 killedOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia -- A makeshift gold mine collapsed in southwest Colombia on Saturday, killing 21 people and injuring another 18, authorities said. Efforts were under wa...
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Let's not anoint these guys just yetOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - It's part of the coachspeak handbook originated, we think, by Bill Parcells 20 years ago when he said of a promising rookie: "Don't put him in Canton yet." Tony Romo, wh...
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Charles' expansive organic gardens are fit for, well, a princeOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - HIGHGROVE HOUSE, England -- The head gardener to Prince Charles here has gotten used to unusual requests from the heir to the British throne. Like the time David Howard ...
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Ochoa in position to defendOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 5-under 67 Friday to take a 1-shot lead after the second round of the Samsung World Championship in Palm Desert, Calif. Ochoa's bo...
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Greenwood's goal-line interception helps Iowa beat No. 18 Illinois 10-6Oct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa's Brett Greenwood intercepted an Eddie McGee pass at the goal line with 1:12 left and the Hawkeyes upset No. 18 Illinois 10-6 on Saturday, snappi...
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Putin dishes tongue-lashing to Rice, GatesOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- President Bush's top two Cabinet officials, expecting a polite photo op, were ambushed by a Russian leader who fears Eastern Europe may be turned into a U.S. s...
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Metra stepping up track inspections after derailmentsOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra is beefing up track inspections after discovering an inspector overlooked a misalignment that caused a pair of derailments earlier this month, officials said Frida...
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Former Duke lacrosse coach files lawsuit against former employerOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The former Duke University men's lacrosse coach who resigned earlier this year amid allegations that three of his players raped a stripper has sued ...