AP Online articles from Friday, September 28

Edwards to Accept Public Campaign Funds

Sep 28, 2007 ...MIAMI - With pressure mounting on the Chicago Cubs as they struggle to clinch the NL Central, manager Lou Piniella found someone to ease the tension: comedian Bill Murray.The Cubs' No. 1 ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards reversed course Thursday by signing onto the public financing system he once rejected with the belief he could raise more money on his ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he's inclined to approve an Army proposal to spend nearly $3 billion extra over the next four years to accelerate an expansion of its ...

Exotic Parrots Return to Cook Islands

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Congress approved legislation Thursday adding 4 million children to a popular health care program, setting up a veto fight that President Bush probably will win but handing Democrats ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Two centuries after a dazzlingly feathered parrot called the Rimitara lorikeet disappeared from the Cook Islands, a breeding colony of the birds has been re-established ...

Thompson Unaware of Death Penalty Cases

Sep 28, 2007 ...FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Thursday he was unaware that a federal judge had ruled last week that lethal injection procedures in his home state were ...

Bush Looks for Fix for Airline Delays

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - President Bush promised on Thursday to take steps to reduce air traffic congestion and long delays that have left travelers grounded. "Endless hours sitting in an airplane on a runway ...

Study Ties Certain Cancers, Divorce Rate

Sep 28, 2007 ...BARCELONA, Spain - People who develop cervical or testicular cancer may face another harsh reality: they are more likely to get divorced than those without the disease, a new study says....

McCain Criticizes Foes on Foreign Policy

Sep 28, 2007 ...NEW YORK - John McCain argued Thursday that the United States would be safer with him as president than if his leading Republican rivals were commander in chief as he seized on newfound ...

Jury Blames Murders on Mob Defendants

Sep 28, 2007 ...CHICAGO - A federal jury held three aging mobsters responsible for 10 murders Thursday after an extraordinary trial that included colorful witnesses who exposed the seedy inner workings of ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...DES MOINES, Iowa - The campaign of Democrat Barack Obama moved quickly Thursday to dampen any expectations raised by Michelle Obama who said this week that her husband has to win Iowa....

Jury Blames Murders on Mob Defendants

Feds: Student Made Bombing How-To Video

Sep 28, 2007 ...COLUMBIA, S.C. - A college student facing a terrorism-related charge made a video showing how to detonate explosives using a remote-controlled toy, and the demonstration was uploaded to a popular ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...YANGON, Myanmar - Soldiers with automatic rifles fired into crowds of anti-government demonstrators Thursday, killing at least nine people in the bloodiest day in more than a month of protests ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...JENA, La. - A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate prompted a massive civil rights protest here walked out of a courthouse Thursday after a judge ordered him ...

Thompson Unaware of Death Penalty Cases

US Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Leaders

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - The Bush administration imposed economic sanctions against more than a dozen senior officials of Myanmar on Thursday, condemning the military-run government's crackdown on protesters ....

German Chancellor to Visit Bush Ranch

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - President Bush and his wife, Laura, will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a two-day visit at the president's Texas ranch on Nov. 9-10, the White House said.Press ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...LOS ANGELES - NASA's rover Opportunity has reached its first stop inside a huge Martian crater and was poised Thursday to carry out the first science experiments.Ground controllers ...

Roots of Iraq Weapon Probes Date to 2004

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - As President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry clashed in late 2004 over the direction of the Iraq war, a rising Army star joined the debate. Then-Lt. Gen. David ...

Lorenzo Becomes Hurricane Off Mexico

Sep 28, 2007 ...VERACRUZ, Mexico - Lorenzo strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico's Gulf Coast and was expected to make landfall early Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Officials issued a ...

Older Girl Found in Nev. Sex Tape Search

Sep 28, 2007 ...LAS VEGAS - A girl was found "safe and well" after authorities released images of her from a videotape that also showed a man performing explicit sex acts on a younger girl.The girl who ...

Videos Spur Va. Appointee's Resignation

Sep 28, 2007 ...MUMBAI, India - Five months later, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is still feeling the effects of a kiss from Richard Gere. Immigration officials at Mumbai airport briefly detained Shetty, saying ...

Sep 28, 2007 ...RICHMOND, Va. - A member of the state's Commission on Immigration resigned Thursday, a few hours after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was told about online videos showing the appointee condemning Israel ...

Analysis: Dodges Undercut Clinton Image

Sep 28, 2007 ...HANOVER, N.H. - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign slogan is "Ready for Change, Ready to Lead" yet she has adopted the time-honored, front-runner strategy of dodging tough questions, contradicting ...

Edwards to Accept Public Campaign Funds

Older Girl Found in Nev. Sex Tape Search

Blackwater Blamed for Guard Deaths

Sep 28, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Blackwater USA triggered a major battle in the Iraq war in 2004 by sending an unprepared team of guards into an insurgent stronghold, a move that led to their horrific deaths and a ...

Analysis: Dodges Undercut Clinton Image

Older Girl Found in Nev. Sex Tape Search

State Shutdown Threatens in Michigan

Sep 28, 2007 ...LANSING, Mich. - Legislative leaders and the governor met Thursday to negotiate a temporary state budget and possible tax increases, hoping to avoid a government shutdown next week.The ...

Exotic Parrots Return to Cook Islands

Bush Looks for Fix for Airline Delays

Study Ties Certain Cancers, Divorce Rate

McCain Criticizes Foes on Foreign Policy

Bush Looks for Fix for Airline Delays