Articles filed under Associated Press
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Several factors play into rising food costsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Increased production of corn-based ethanol has raised U.S. food prices this year but not nearly as much as high oil prices and weather problems, the head o...
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Jury awards $3.9 million to family of man shot dead by policeOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The family of a man gunned down by a Chicago police officer three years ago has been awarded $3.9 million by a Cook County jury. Ronald Mullins, 30, was shot three times...
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Beckett, Ortiz, lead Red Sox to 4-0 win over AngelsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) _ Josh Beckett is Mr. Zero when October rolls around. The MVP of the 2003 World Series pitched his second consecutive postseason shutout and, backed by a hom...
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Red Sox, Angels set rostersOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Tim Wakefield, Gary Matthews Jr. and Bartolo Colon will be sitting out the first round of the AL playoffs. The Boston Red Sox left Wakefield off the playoff ro...
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House votes to overturn budget cutsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House on Tuesday overturned most of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's more than $460 million in budget vetoes, continuing a yearlong battle between top ...
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Brady, Patriots bash BengalsOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Tom Brady threw 3 more touchdown passes. Sammy Morris had one of his best games. The New England defense had its way. Expect anything less? The Patriots do...
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Obama says new approach needed to rid world of nuclear weaponsOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called for ridding the world of nuclear weapons, arguing U.S. policy is still focused on the defunct Soviet Uni...
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Nokia buys Chicago mapmakerOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Nokia Corp. has agreed to buy Chicago-based digital mapmaker Navteq Corp. for $8.1 billion in a deal that shakes up the GPS device market and underscores the ...
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McDonald's reportedly set to add cappuccinosOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp. plans to make specialty coffee drinks available in all of its U.S. restaurants by the end of 2008, according to a published report Monday. The world's l...
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eBay admits it paid too much for SkypeOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- EBay Inc. announced Monday that the co-founder and chief executive of its Skype division was stepping down, and that the parent company would take $1.43...