AP Online back issues from Wednesday, November 7:
Trial Opens in Calif. Missing Mom Case
Nov 07, 2007; ... The trial of a computer programmer accused of killing his estranged wife opened with a prosecutor attacking the notion that the woman, whose body has never been found, may yet be alive. Nina Reiser was devoted to her two children, ages 5 and 6 ...
AP Top News at 7:19 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former major leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez also ...
Deadliest Year for US Troops in Iraq
Nov 07, 2007; ... The U.S. military announced six new deaths Tuesday, making 2007 the bloodiest year for American troops in Iraq despite a recent decline in casualties and a sharp drop in roadside bombings that Washington links to Iran. With nearly two months left in the year, the annual toll is now ...
Scientists Discover Planet Orbiting Star
Nov 07, 2007; ... A new planet was discovered orbiting a sun-like star 41 light years away, making it the first known planetary quintet outside our solar system, astronomers said Tuesday. The newfound planet joins four others circling the nearby star 55 Cancri in the constellation Cancer. Although it ...
AP Top News at 7:00 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former major leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez also ...
Disputed Book Pulled From Oprah Web Site
Nov 07, 2007; ... Oprah Winfrey has pulled a discredited children's book, Forrest Carter's "The Education of Little Tree," from a list of recommended titles on her Web site, blaming an archival "error" for including a work considered the literary hoax of a white supremacist. ...
House Votes to Override Water Bill Veto
Nov 07, 2007; ... The House approved what could become the first override of a President Bush veto Tuesday, with Republicans joining Democrats in challenging the president over a $23.2 billion water resources bill that addresses pressing infrastructure needs while offering hundreds of home district projects. ...
AP Top News at 7:44 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the ...
Ill. Governor to Report to Prison
Nov 07, 2007; ... Illinois voters knew George Ryan was no angel when they elected him governor in 1998. They knew he was an old-school politician who rewarded friends and punished enemies. They knew that federal investigators were sniffing around the secretary of state's office he had been running for ...
GM to Take $39B Noncash Charge
Nov 07, 2007 ... General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will record a $39 billion net noncash charge for the third quarter because of negative changes in its historical three-year cumulative loss. The charge will affect reported net earnings, which are to be announced Wednesday morning, the company ...
AP Top News at 7:36 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former major leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez also ...
Indians Pick Up Club Option on Paul Byrd
Nov 07, 2007; ... Pitcher Paul Byrd, whose admitted use of human growth hormone served as a backdrop to the end of Cleveland's season, had his $7.5 million club option for 2008 picked up by the Indians on Tuesday. Before Game 7 the AL championship series in Boston, Byrd acknowledged taking HGH after ...
Debate Over Service in Iraq Turns Bitter
Nov 07, 2007; ... A bitter dispute over forced assignments to Iraq has erupted inside the State Department with diplomats taking decidedly undiplomatic potshots at one another. The latest public salvo came Tuesday with a harshly critical post on the department's official blog in which a foreign service ...
Ky., Miss. Races Head 2007 Elections
Nov 07, 2007; ... Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, practically the only politician to come out of Hurricane Katrina looking good, was heavily favored to win re-election Tuesday, while Kentucky's governor tried to stave off defeat with a little old-time religion, ordering the Ten Commandments displayed in the state ...
Father of Osmond Family Singers Dies
Nov 07, 2007; ... George Osmond, father of Donny and Marie Osmond and patriarch to the family's singing group, The Osmond Brothers, died Tuesday. He was 90. Family spokesman Kevin Sasaki said Osmond died at his home in Provo, Utah. Because he had not been ill, he likely died from natural causes ...
AP Top News at 7:38 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former major leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez also ...
Romney Lays Out Plan to Promote Adoption
Nov 07, 2007; ... Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday he favors requiring that all family planning clinics provide information on adoption. Speaking outside a Christian adoption agency in Greenville, Romney also said he wants to make the adoption tax credit permanent. He noted ...
GM to Take $39B Noncash Charge
Nov 07, 2007 ... General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will record a $39 billion net noncash charge for the third quarter because of negative changes in its historical three-year cumulative loss. The charge will affect reported net earnings, which are to be announced Wednesday morning, the company ...
Hope Grows for Mideast Peace
Nov 07, 2007; ... Israel's foreign minister said Tuesday that an upcoming peace conference in the United States offers a crucial opportunity for progress, amid growing optimism that this time _ just maybe _ momentum for peace is real and sustainable. But despite the signs of hope, a slew of obstacles ...
AP Top News at 7:43 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the ...
Scientist Claims to Find New Pig Species
Nov 07, 2007; ... A Dutch scientist thinks he has discovered a new species of wild pig nearly twice the size of other pigs in Brazil's Amazon region. At four feet long and 90 pounds, the pig is the latest in a string of new species that Marc van Roosmalen reported to have found since 1996. His findings ...
Visit Marks Better US-French Relations
Nov 07, 2007; ... "Freedom fries" are so yesterday _ replaced now by lobster bisque and lamb at an elegant White House dinner, where President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday officially opened a cozier chapter in U.S.-French relations. The two countries back tough ...
Senate Inquiry Targets Televangelists
Nov 07, 2007; ... Acting on tips about preachers who ride in Rolls Royces and have purportedly paid $30,000 for a conference table, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday he's investigating the finances of six well-known TV ministers. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said those ...
Indians Exercise Option on Byrd
Nov 07, 2007; ... Pitcher Paul Byrd, whose admitted use of human growth hormone served as a backdrop to the end of Cleveland's season, had his $7.5 million club option for 2008 picked up by the Indians on Tuesday. Before Game 7 the AL championship series in Boston, Byrd acknowledged taking HGH after ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the ...
Mukasey Nomination Sent to Full Senate
Nov 07, 2007; ... Michael Mukasey's nomination as the nation's next attorney general was sent to the full Senate on Tuesday as a vehicle for the broader, and more bitter, debate over the legality of the Bush administration's interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects. The retired federal judge was ...
AP Top News at 7:32 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former major leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez also ...
Romney Lays Out Plan to Promote Adoption
Nov 07, 2007; ... Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday he favors requiring that all family planning clinics provide information on adoption. Speaking outside a Christian adoption agency in Greenville, Romney also said he wants to make the adoption tax credit permanent. He noted ...
Spears Told to Pay Most of K-Fed's Fees
Nov 07, 2007 ... Britney Spears has been ordered to pay $120,000 in legal fees to her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who was awarded temporary custody of their young sons. Superior Court Commissioner Scott M. Gordon ordered the pop star to pony up that much of the $154,500 in legal fees that Federline ...
Windows Live Emerges From Beta
Nov 07, 2007; ... After a trickle of updates and "betas" bearing the Windows Live moniker, Microsoft Corp. is ready to start promoting its official package of free desktop programs for e-mail, instant messaging, blogging and sharing photos. The programs are "essentially a free upgrade ...
Mukasey Nomination Sent to Full Senate
Nov 07, 2007; ... Michael Mukasey's nomination as the nation's next attorney general was sent to the full Senate on Tuesday as a vehicle for the broader, and more bitter, debate over the legality of the Bush administration's interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects. The retired federal judge was ...
AP Top News at 7:40 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the ...
Calif. Court Considers Marijuana Use
Nov 07, 2007; ... When Gary Ross was ordered to take a drug test at his new job, the recently hired computer tech had no doubt the results would come back positive for marijuana. But along with his urine sample, Ross submitted a doctor's recommendation that he smoke pot to alleviate back pain _ a ...
Baseball GMs Recommend Instant Replay
Nov 07, 2007; ... Baseball could soon have a new position: replay judge. General managers recommended for the first time Tuesday that instant replay be used to help umpires on boundary calls _ whether potential home runs are fair or foul, whether balls go over fences or hit the tops and bounce back, ...
Spears Told to Pay Most of K-Fed's Fees
Nov 07, 2007 ... Britney Spears, who is in an ongoing dispute with Kevin Federline over the custody of their young sons, has been ordered to pay $120,000 in legal fees to her ex-husband. Superior Court Commissioner Scott M. Gordon ordered the pop star to pony up a large chunk of the $154,500 in legal ...
Mukasey Nomination Sent to Full Senate
Nov 07, 2007; ... Michael Mukasey's nomination as the nation's next attorney general was sent to the full Senate on Tuesday as a vehicle for the broader, and more bitter, debate over the legality of the Bush administration's interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects. The retired federal judge was ...
Utah Vouchers Top State Initiatives
Nov 07, 2007; ... School vouchers for Utah children, state-sponsored stem cell research in New Jersey and funding health care for uninsured children in Oregon by hiking cigarette taxes were among the proposals on ballots across the nation Tuesday. Utah voters were considering the country's first ...
U.S. Appeals Case Vs. Cuban Militant
Nov 07, 2007; ... Prosecutors have appealed the dismissal of an immigration fraud case against an anti-Castro militant, arguing that a federal judge went too far in throwing out the entire case. The case against Luis Posada Carriles was dismissed in May after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ...
Grassley Probes Televangelists' Finances
Nov 07, 2007; ... Acting on tips about preachers who ride in Rolls Royces and have purportedly paid $30,000 for a conference table, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday he's investigating the finances of six well-known TV ministers. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said those ...
Scientist Claims to Find New Pig Species
Nov 07, 2007; ... A Dutch scientist thinks he has discovered a new species of wild pig nearly twice the size of other pigs in Brazil's Amazon region. At four feet long and 90 pounds, the pig is the latest in a string of new species that Marc van Roosmalen reported to have found since 1996. His findings ...
AP Top News at 8:02 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the ...
Baseball GMs Recommend Instant Replay
Nov 07, 2007; ... Baseball could soon have a new position: replay judge. General managers recommended for the first time Tuesday that instant replay be used to help umpires on boundary calls _ whether potential home runs are fair or foul, whether balls go over fences or hit the tops and bounce back, and whether ...
Rebecca De Mornay Reportedly Arrested
Nov 07, 2007 ... Rebecca De Mornay was arrested the night before Halloween for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol, People magazine reported Tuesday. The "Risky Business" actress was stopped for a traffic violation in Beverly Hills when officers smelled booze on her ...
U.S. Appeals Case Vs. Cuban Militant
Nov 07, 2007; ... Prosecutors have appealed the dismissal of an immigration fraud case against an anti-Castro militant, arguing that a federal judge went too far in throwing out the entire case. The case against Luis Posada Carriles, 79, was dismissed in May after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ...
Groups to Monitor Whales in Beaufort Sea
Nov 07, 2007; ... Endangered humpback and fin whales swam hundreds of miles north of their usual habitat this summer in what environmentalists say is another sign of the effects of global warming and the shifting Arctic ecosystem. Humpbacks were spotted over the summer in the Beaufort Sea east of ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Nov 07, 2007; ... All Times Eastern National Football League No games today. National Basketball Association Phoenix 0, Charlotte 0...
Ky., Miss. Races Head 2007 Elections
Nov 07, 2007; ... Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, practically the only politician to come out of Hurricane Katrina looking good, was heavily favored to win re-election Tuesday, while Kentucky's governor tried to stave off defeat with a little old-time religion, ordering the Ten Commandments displayed in the state ...
AP Top News at 7:41 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the ...
Humpback, Fin Whales Spotted in Arctic
Nov 07, 2007; ... Endangered humpback and fin whales swam hundreds of miles north of their usual habitat this summer in what environmentalists say is another sign of the effects of global warming and the shifting Arctic ecosystem. Humpbacks were spotted over the summer in the Beaufort Sea east of ...
Strikes Halting Production on 7 Shows
Nov 07, 2007; ... Production of the hit show "Desperate Housewives" and at least six sitcoms filmed before live audiences will be halted as a result of the writers strike _ developments that raised the stakes Tuesday in the walkout targeting movie studios and TV networks. Producer Alexandra ...
Ky., Miss. Races Head 2007 Elections
Nov 07, 2007; ... Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, practically the only politician to come out of Hurricane Katrina looking good, was heavily favored to win re-election Tuesday, while Kentucky's governor tried to stave off defeat with a little old-time religion, ordering the Ten Commandments displayed in the state ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Nov 07, 2007; ... All Times Eastern National Football League No games today. National Basketball Association Phoenix 37, Charlotte 23 ...
Spears Told to Pay Federline's Fees
Nov 07, 2007 ... Britney Spears has been ordered to pay $120,000 in legal fees to her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who was awarded temporary custody of their young sons. Superior Court Commissioner Scott M. Gordon ordered the pop star to pony up that much of the ...
Miss. Gov. Favored to Win Re-Election
Nov 07, 2007; ... Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, practically the only politician to come out of Hurricane Katrina looking good, was heavily favored to win re-election Tuesday, while Kentucky's governor tried to stave off defeat with a little old-time religion, ordering the Ten Commandments displayed in the state ...
Diddy Won't Face Charges in Assault Case
Nov 07, 2007 ... Sean "Diddy" Combs won't face criminal charges for reportedly punching a man after a dispute at a trendy SoHo nightspot last month, prosecutors said Tuesday. The accuser stopped cooperating with law enforcement and also gave different versions of the incident, the Manhattan ...
Military May Ease Standards for Recruits
Nov 07, 2007; ... Faced with higher recruiting goals, the Pentagon is quietly looking for ways to make it easier for people with minor criminal records to join the military, The Associated Press has learned. The review, in its early stages, comes as the number of Army recruits ...
Goodell Not Shortening Pacman Suspension
Nov 07, 2007; ... NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the commissioner last week in New York, pleading for some leniency ...
AP Top News at 7:10 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former major leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez also ...
Woodruff's Fund Holds Benefit for Troops
Nov 07, 2007; ... In the darkest days, when ABC's Bob Woodruff was just beginning to recover from the Iraq roadside bombing that tore off part of his skull, drove shrapnel into his head and almost killed him, his wife says they told each other jokes to keep from falling apart. As in: "I'm the only ...
AP Top News at 7:39 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former major leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez also ...
Goodell Not Shortening Pacman Suspension
Nov 07, 2007; ... NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the commissioner last week in New York, pleading for some leniency ...
Windows Live Emerges From Beta
Nov 07, 2007; ... After a trickle of updates and "betas" bearing the Windows Live moniker, Microsoft Corp. is ready to start promoting its official package of free desktop programs for e-mail, instant messaging, blogging and sharing photos. The programs are "essentially a free upgrade ...
Father of Osmond Family Singers Dies
Nov 07, 2007; ... George Osmond, father of Donny and Marie Osmond and patriarch to the family's singing group, The Osmond Brothers, died Tuesday. He was 90. Family spokesman Kevin Sasaki said Osmond died at his home in Provo, Utah. Because he had not been ill, he likely died from natural causes ...
Goodell Not Shortening Pacman Suspension
Nov 07, 2007; ... NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the commissioner last week in New York, pleading for some leniency ...
AP Top News at 7:49 p.m. EST
Nov 07, 2007 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. On Tuesday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn't changed his mind. Jones had met with the ...