Articles filed under Associated Press
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Wrigley's profit up 21 percentJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Growing international sales and a weak U.S. dollar helped propel Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.'s profit up 21 percent during the second quarter, the gum and candy maker...
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Celebrity newsJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Britney Spears' marriage to Kevin Federline officially ended Monday. "They are divorced," the pop star's attorney, Laura Wasser, said after a Los Angeles Superior Court...
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Court-martial begins in alleged Iraqi murdersJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- A Fort Campbell soldier accused of acting as a lookout while his colleagues attacked and killed a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family pleaded gui...
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Quinn's holdout continues; Patriots' Scott out for seasonJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Brady Quinn missed his fourth day of training camp Monday in a contract holdout that shows no signs of ending anytime soon for the fi...
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Garnett headed to CelticsJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Kevin Garnett is leaving Minnesota after the Boston Celtics agreed to acquire the all-star forward in a multiplayer trade with the Timberwolves, a Celtics offi...
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Teixeira heading to Atlanta; Mets get Castillo from TwinsJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Mark Teixeira could be the Atlanta Braves' new cleanup hitter as early as tonight. The Braves reached an agreement on Monday to send rookie catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia...
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Chinese coal miners aliveJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Nearly 70 miners trapped for more than 24 hours in a flooded coal mine in central China were still alive Monday, and rescuers were trying to send them supplie...
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Wildfires flare in MontanaJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - HELENA, Mont. -- A trio of fast-moving new wildfires in Montana threatened more than 100 homes and other buildings, and 80 were under evacuation orders, officials said M...
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University of Chicago adds powerpoint to admission ticketsJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - At business meetings the world over, PowerPoint-style presentations are often met with yawns and glazed eyes. But at one of the world's top business schools, such slide ...
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America's other drug problem: skipping dosesJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Consider it the other drug problem: Millions of people don't take their medicine correctly -- or quit taking it altogether -- and the consequences can be d...