Articles filed under Associated Press
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Police kill gunman after standoffOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - ALEXANDRIA, La. -- Police shot and killed a man early Friday after an hours-long standoff in which he shot five people at downtown law office, killing two of them, autho...
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Pirates fire manager TracyOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- When the Pittsburgh Pirates last fired a manager this quickly, he couldn't get his team into the World Series. Jim Tracy was let go because he didn't produ...
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Undercover cops arrest tax evadersOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - CONCORD, N.H. -- U.S. marshals posing as supporters arrested convicted tax-evaders Ed and Elaine Brown at their rural, fortress-like home, the head marshal said Friday. ...
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Hunter guilty in killing of Hmong manOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - MARINETTE, Wis. -- A jury on Friday found a white former sawmill worker guilty in the shooting and stabbing death of a Hmong immigrant with whom he crossed paths while b...
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President denies torture part of terror defenseOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush defended his administration's methods of detaining and questioning terrorism suspects on Friday, saying both are successful and lawful. "...
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Fire tops Revolution 2-1Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Chad Barrett tallied a game-winning goal and an assist to lead the Chicago Fire to a 2-1 win over the New England Revolution at Toyota Park on Saturday. New England took...
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Polio outbreak caused by vaccineOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- A polio outbreak in Nigeria was caused by the vaccine designed to stop it, international health officials say, leaving at least 69 children paralyzed. It is...
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Jones pleads guilty to lying about steroid useOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- For years, Marion Jones angrily denied using steroids. On Friday, she admitted it was all a lie. The three-time Olympic gold medalist pleaded guilt...
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Junta admits rounding up monksOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta said Friday that hundreds of Buddhist monks were detained during its crackdown on pro-democracy activists and that it was hunting f...
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McDonald's loses strip-search suitOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. -- A jury awarded $6.1 million Friday to a woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office after someone called the restaurant pos...