Articles filed under Associated Press
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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...
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Iran promises to help IraqAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian officials told Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Thursday that only a U.S. pullout would bring peace to his nation and claimed the Tehran g...
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Pakistani leader dealing from weaknessAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Gen. Pervez Musharraf backed away Thursday from imposing a state of emergency in Pakistan that would have drastically curtailed freedoms...
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Russia says Georgia lyingAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia's military chief on Thursday accused Georgia of fabricating a report of a Russian missile attack to stoke tensions between Moscow and its smal...
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Blacks killed most often in U.S.Aug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Nearly half of the nation's murder victims in 2005 were black, and the number of black men who were slain is on the rise. A majority of the black murder vi...
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Iraq Shiites stage march in a pilgrimage of devotionAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of thousands of Shiites marched to a gold-domed mosque in harsh heat and sun Thursday in a pilgrimage of devotion to an 8th century saint that also s...