Articles filed under Associated Press
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Hurricane Flossie heads for Hawaii with 135mph windsAug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - HONOLULU -- Hurricane Flossie packed 135 mph wind as it spun closer to Hawaii on Sunday, but forecasters predicted the Category 4 storm would weaken before passing by th...
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Early elections for PolandAug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's governing party is pushing for early elections after the prime minister said he could no longer work with his two coalition partners. Poland h...
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A second chance at an educationAug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - ANNVILLE, Pa. -- Brittany Vojta survived boot camp. It was high school she couldn't make it through. Now, however, she has benefited from a program the National Guard st...
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Study aimed at saving young eyesAug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Doctors are testing whether fish oil could save premature babies' eyesight. Perhaps nowhere in the body is the adage "you are what you eat" so true as in your eyes, a li...
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Dunkin' Donuts coffee ready for home brewingAug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Starting this month, packaged Dunkin' Donuts coffee will be sold by the likes of Wal-Mart, Kroger and CVS in a bid to get customers to brew the brand at home, ...
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Big Ben faces rehabbingAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- It has chimed through freezing winters, fierce storms and World War II bombing raids. But old age will silence Big Ben's bongs -- at least temporarily. The fam...
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As bridge investigation continues, two victims recoveredAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Divers pulled at least two more bodies from the wreckage of the collapsed Mississippi River bridge Thursday, bringing the disaster's confirmed death toll ...
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Longtime horse trainer gave Shoemaker his first rideAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Warren Stute ~ 1921-2007 Warren Stute, a longtime Southern California trainer who gave Bill Shoemaker a ride in the Hall of Fame jockey's first $100,000 stakes win, died...
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Monsoon death toll reaches 513Aug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to m...
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Dems debate gay rightsAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday he wanted to tap into the "core decency" of Americans to fight discrimination against gays and lesbians, and argued that c...