Articles filed under Associated Press
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Quick and quiet: electric dragsters aim for gas powered recordsJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine th...
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Wall Street continues declineJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street extended its steep decline Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points over two days after investors gave in to mounti...
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News choppers collide; 4 killedJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground Friday, killing all four people on board in a plunge that v...
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D'backs' Johnson out for seasonJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Randy Johnson will have season-ending back surgery and intends to be back for the Arizona Diamondbacks at spring training next year. "I have no intention at t...
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Rush wants to meet with SternJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The chairman of a House subcommittee is requesting a meeting with NBA commissioner David Stern concerning the betting scandal involving former referee Tim ...
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Independent panel will leave investigations to NASAJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After drinking heavily, an astronaut flew on a Russian spacecraft and another was cleared to launch on a space shuttle, according to interviews b...
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Nats to extend Young's dealJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Dmitri Young and the Washington Nationals were on the verge of a $10 million, two-year contract extension Thursday. Young would earn $5 million each in 200...
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Electric rate relief surging toward OKJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A plan to give angry consumers $1 billion in relief from surging electricity prices was on the fast track for legislative approval Thursday, despite some ...
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Schilling slams Bonds, McGwireJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Curt Schilling says that Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire's refusals to address accusations of steroids use are tantamount to admissions. "If someone wrote that ...
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Gates seeks to calm feudJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that a top Pentagon official did not intend to impugn her patriotism by suggesting her ...