Articles filed under Associated Press
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Metal plates examined in bridge collapse, but other factors play in, experts sayAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- The metal plates that held the girders together on a failed 1960s-era interstate bridge were originally attached with rivets, old technology that that is ...
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Stocks see-saw back downAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street plunged again Thursday after a French bank said it was freezing three funds that invested in U.S. subprime mortgages because it was unable to pro...
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Libya: Medics who allegedly infected kids with HIV torturedAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - CAIRO, Egypt -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's son, who is touted as a reformer, has acknowledged that Bulgarian medical workers jailed for allegedly infecting children...
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Shuttle damage from launch debris is slightAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Schoolteacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan helped operate a 100-foot robot arm and extension boom in a hunt for damage on her first full day i...
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Illinois State Fair set to open todayAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A farmyard scene sculpted of butter, a contest for the best "breakfast on a stick," and harness races at the Grandstand. Yes, it's Illinois State Fair tim...
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Limited passenger screening proposedAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The government proposed a new version of its airline passenger screening program Thursday, stripped of the data mining that aroused privacy concerns and le...
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Deaths: Elmer Gross, former Penn State coachAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Elmer Gross Elmer Gross, who coached Penn State's basketball team to the 1954 Final Four and reached the NCAA tournament as both a player and coach, has died. He was 90....
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Dairy discoveryAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - LINCOLN, Neb. -- Distinguishing one lumbering, black-and-white Holstein cow from another on a dairy near this southeast Nebraska town is like trying to spot the differen...
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Nagasaki marks WWII nuclear attackAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - TOKYO -- All nuclear powers should eliminate their stockpiles and Japan should turn its no-nuclear weapons policy into law, the mayor of Nagasaki said Thursday at a cere...
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How to spice up your old tile workAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - A frequent question we receive: What to do with an old tile shower or kitchen or bath countertop that has lost its pizazz Complaints center on grungy or stained grout, ...