Articles filed under Associated Press
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Britain's Doris Lessing wins 2007 Nobel Literature PrizeOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- British writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said today, citing her "skepticism, fire and visionary powe...
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Global stickiness? Humidity going up with the heatOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The world isn't just getting hotter from man-made global warming, it's getting stickier. It really is the humidity. The amount of moisture in the air near ...
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Accord reached on dispensing morning-after pillOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois pharmacists who object to dispensing emergency birth control would be allowed to step aside while someone else filled the prescription, under a d...
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Carter throws serious jabs at President BushOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday, adding that President Bush makes up his own de...
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Russia's top spy 'mistrusts' western intentionsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Russia's security chief said Western spies were working to weaken and break up the country and singled out British agents as the most intrusive, according to a...
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Landis to appeal rulingOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The final uphill climb in Floyd Landis' Tour de France odyssey will end in a Swiss courtroom. The American cyclist decided Wednesday to try to regain his 2006 championsh...
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Student shoots 4, kills himselfOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- A 14-year-old suspended student opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathroom...
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A new full-body scan at airports could replace walk-through metal detectorsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The federal government will begin testing a body-scanning machine that could eventually be used instead of the metal detectors passengers walk through at a...
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Rockies, D'backs: a fresh approachOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- It's the NL Worst no more. The National League teams out West, the subject of ridicule just two seasons ago, are young, talented and they work cheap, at least...
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Eclectic crew rockets toward space stationOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Russian spacecraft soared from the Kazakh steppe toward the international space station Wednesday, carrying a Malaysian, a Russian, and Peggy W...