Articles filed under Associated Press
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U.S. puts squeeze on IranAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's move to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist" organization is a new salvo in a broader effort to choke off ...
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Rising penny costs may lead to battle in CongressAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. penny is not what it appears to be, and some in Congress would like to see it change further, if not disappear entirely. Because of a surge in the...
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Wisconsin becoming Napa of the MidwestAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BARNEVELD, Wis. -- Chris and Rachel Bohn passed up the chance to spend a sunny Sunday on a friend's boat to picnic on the deck at Botham Vineyards & Winery in southweste...
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Texas braces for more rain, floodingAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- South Texas braced Wednesday for Tropical Storm Erin to bring torrential downpours to a state that already has had one of its rainiest summe...
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Immigrant plans to leave her sanctuaryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church one year ago to avoid deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary next month to lobby Congr...
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Consumers want to know how to get rid of toysAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Now that toy companies have issued recalls for millions of Chinese-made toys that are either tainted with lead or otherwise hazardous to children, they are s...
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The bloodiest attack of the Iraq warAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly...
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With these 'restrooms' ecologists are privy to rabbits' numbersAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Eric Schauber knows the concept draws snickers -- researchers, catering to the fussy bathroom habits of swamp rabbits, setting out fake log latrines for the reclusive cr...
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Brewers' Fielder appeals suspensionAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Prince Fielder is appealing the three-game suspension that was handed down by the commissioner's office Wednesday, allowing him to remain in the Milwaukee B...
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Japan invests in West BankAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - JERICHO, West Bank -- Japan's foreign minister launched plans Wednesday for a joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial park in the West Bank that he said would promote peace...