AP Online back issues from Thursday, February 7:
AP Top News at 7:00 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
AP Confirms Secret Camp Inside Gitmo
Feb 07, 2008; ... Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded _ a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top ...
McCain Widens Lead, Clinton Lends Cash
Feb 07, 2008; ... Sen. John McCain padded his commanding delegate lead in the Republican presidential race Wednesday and urged conservative critics to cut him some slack. In a Democratic surprise, Hillary Rodham Clinton disclosed she'd lent $5 million to her cash-short campaign. "And I think the ...
Wis. Woman Freed in Shaken Baby Case
Feb 07, 2008; ... A former child care provider sent to prison more than a decade ago in the fatal shaking of a baby was freed Wednesday, six days after an appeals court ruled the latest research into shaken baby syndrome might prove her innocence. Audrey Edmunds, 46, walked out of a minimum security ...
Spears Released From LA Hospital
Feb 07, 2008; ... Britney Spears was quietly released from a hospital Wednesday and slipped away unnoticed, only to be spotted hours later driving through Los Angeles with paparazzi and a television helicopter in tow. Her incognito getaway from UCLA Medical Center _ a stark contrast to the extensive ...
AP Top News at 7:13 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
O'Neal Trade Raises Questions for Replay
Feb 07, 2008; ... Shaquille O'Neal is leaving some unfinished business behind in Atlanta as he heads to Phoenix. The Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat must replay the final 51.9 seconds of their Dec. 19 game in Atlanta on March 8, but now O'Neal won't be with Miami for the game. O'Neal was traded ...
Macy's to Cut About 2,300 Jobs
Feb 07, 2008 ... Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as the department store operator consolidates three regional divisions and decentralizes buying in a bid to reduce costs and boost sales. The announcement came as Macy's announced separately that it had a ...
Confusion Clouds Guantanamo Tribunals
Feb 07, 2008; ... The confusion of combat during an intense firefight in Afghanistan five years ago has led to conflicting testimony that is complicating the first U.S. war-crime tribunals since the World War II era. A Canadian terror suspect, Omar Khadr, was 15 when he was captured after the 2002 ...
Moussaoui Prosecutor Knew of CIA Tapes
Feb 07, 2008; ... The lead prosecutor in the terror case against Zacarias Moussaoui likely knew the CIA destroyed tapes of its interrogations of al-Qaida suspects more than a year before the government admitted it to the court, newly unsealed documents show. The documents, which were declassified and ...
AP Top News at 7:20 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Republicans Block Stimulus Bill
Feb 07, 2008; ... The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and businesses to the House-passed economic aid package. GOP senators ...
Tweed Gets Fresh Look at NY Fashion Week
Feb 07, 2008; ... Tweed's style icons aren't the most trendy bunch: Sherlock Holmes, college professors, your grandma. But at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday, the fall staple got a makeover: the fabric is sometimes made of unexpected materials, the pattern not always perfect and the shapes of the ...
AP Top News at 7:15 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Republicans Join to Block Stimulus Bill
Feb 07, 2008; ... The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and big business to the House-passed economic aid package. Republicans banded ...
GAO: Fla. Undervote Not Due to Machines
Feb 07, 2008 ... The large number of undervotes in a congressional election in 2006 probably wasn't caused by faulty voting machines, as some have suspected, federal investigators said Wednesday. Testing of Sarasota County's ATM-style voting machines revealed no mechanical problems, according to the ...
Bush to Visit Tennesee After Tornadoes
Feb 07, 2008 ... President Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to comfort victims of the devastating string of tornadoes that ripped through that state, the White House said Wednesday. At least 54 people were killed and hundreds injured Tuesday and Wednesday by dozens of tornadoes that plowed across ...
AP Top News at 7:14 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
AP Top News at 7:18 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Macy's to Cut About 2,300 Jobs
Feb 07, 2008 ... Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as the department store operator consolidates three regional divisions and decentralizes buying in a bid to reduce costs and boost sales. The announcement came as Macy's announced separately that it had a ...
Turkish Lawmakers Remove Head Scarf Ban
Feb 07, 2008; ... Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves _ a move some Turks see as a threat to the traditional separation of church and state. Lawmakers voted 401-110 in a preliminary vote in ...
US: al-Qaida in Iraq Training Children
Feb 07, 2008; ... Boys in soccer jerseys don black masks and grab weapons. They scramble over mud-brick walls, blast down doors and hold guns to the heads of residents inside. The U.S. military said videos seized from suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hideouts show militants training children who appear as young as 10 ...
al-Qaida in Afghanistan Releases Video
Feb 07, 2008 ... The leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan praised a top commander who was killed last month by a U.S. missile strike and vowed that the fight against America and other enemies would continue, according to a video released Wednesday. Mustafa Abu al-Yazeed, the self-proclaimed leader of the ...
Macy's to Cut About 2,300 Jobs
Feb 07, 2008 ... Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as the department store operator consolidates three regional divisions and decentralizes buying in a bid to reduce costs and boost sales. The announcement came as Macy's announced separately that it had a ...
Woman's Safe Haven From Storms Fails Her
Feb 07, 2008; ... Tonya Selken's home sat in a dip along a ridge on Dog Mountain, where they had a sweeping view of rolling horse pasture and the misty Ozark foothills in the distance. But she didn't choose these two of her grandfather's 210 acres just for the scenery. This was one of several places ...
AP Top News at 7:15 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Tornadoes Claimed Relatives Together
Feb 07, 2008; ... The Stephens relatives tend to stick together. Several of them live on the same road in the south-central Kentucky farming community of Holland, said Vonda McPeak, a Stephens cousin. So it was that the Stephens name showed up so many times on the list of dead and injured from the ...
Republicans Join to Block Stimulus Bill
Feb 07, 2008; ... The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and businesses to the House-passed economic aid package. GOP senators ...
Obama Bullish; Clinton Looks to March
Feb 07, 2008; ... Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big-state strategy. In a sign of Obama's growing financial advantage, Clinton ...
Spagnuolo Has All-Day Talks With 'Skins
Feb 07, 2008; ... Steve Spagnuolo's interview with the Washington Redskins turned into a marathon. The architect of the defense that won the Super Bowl spent most of Wednesday meeting with Redskins owner Dan Snyder, with talks resuming in the morning and still ongoing as of early evening. ...
Macy's Will Cut About 2,300 Jobs
Feb 07, 2008 ... Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as the department store operator consolidates three regional divisions and decentralizes buying in a bid to reduce costs and boost sales. The announcement came as Macy's announced separately that it had a ...
Shaq Traded to Suns
Feb 07, 2008; ... The Phoenix Suns acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sent four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical exam ...
Spears Released From LA Hospital
Feb 07, 2008; ... Britney Spears was quietly released from a hospital Wednesday and slipped away unnoticed, only to be spotted hours later driving through Los Angeles with paparazzi and a television helicopter in tow. Her incognito getaway from UCLA Medical Center _ a stark contrast to the extensive ...
Obama Bullish; Clinton Looks to March
Feb 07, 2008; ... Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big-state strategy. In a sign of Obama's growing financial advantage, Clinton ...
Macy's Will Cut About 2,300 Jobs
Feb 07, 2008 ... Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as the department store operator consolidates three regional divisions and decentralizes buying in a bid to reduce costs and boost sales. The announcement came as Macy's announced separately that it had a ...
AP Top News at 7:33 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
AP Top News at 7:06 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Despite Warnings, Tornadoes Kill 54
Feb 07, 2008; ... One man pulled a couch over his head. Bank employees rushed into the vault. A woman trembled in her bathroom, clinging to her dogs. College students huddled in dormitories. Tornado warnings had been broadcast for hours, and when the sirens finally announced that the twisters had ...
McCain Skips Vote
Feb 07, 2008; ... One might expect Republican senators to cheer the prospect of a colleague becoming the party's presidential nominee. In the small and clubby Senate environment, however, John McCain's emergence as the undisputed GOP front-runner Wednesday caused a good bit of grumbling, downcast looks ...
UN Delegation Investigating in Kenya
Feb 07, 2008; ... A delegation sent by the U.N.'s top human rights official began a mission Wednesday to look into allegations of grave violations in the weeks of deadly violence since the country's disputed presidential election. More than 1,000 people have died since the Dec. 27 election, many at the ...
Tennessee College Ravaged by Storms
Feb 07, 2008; ... Danny Song bolted for cover as a tornado tore through the dormitory complex at Union University _ then the ceiling came crashing down on top of a couch that was wedged against him. For the next hour and a half, he lay pinned in the rubble. ...
AP Top News at 7:16 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Correction: News Anchor Story
Feb 07, 2008 ... In a Jan. 30 story about fired TV news anchor Alycia Lane, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the wife of NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen tipped tabloid gossip columnists to the existence of bikini photos sent to her husband by Lane. ...
Heat Trade Shaquille O'Neal to Suns
Feb 07, 2008; ... The Phoenix Suns acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sent four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical exam ...
Moussaoui Prosecutor Knew of CIA Tapes
Feb 07, 2008; ... The lead prosecutor in the terror case against Zacarias Moussaoui likely knew the CIA destroyed tapes of its interrogations of al-Qaida suspects more than a year before the government admitted it to the court, newly unsealed documents show. The documents, which were declassified and ...
Napster Posts Smaller 3Q Deficit
Feb 07, 2008; ... With a 15 percent jump in revenue from subscriptions, online music retailer Napster Inc. said Wednesday it spent less and lost much less in its third quarter than a year earlier. For the three months ended Dec. 31, the company posted a net loss of $2.8 million, or 6 cents per share, ...
Mexican Police to Fight Drug Cartels
Feb 07, 2008; ... Mexico plans to eventually use a better-trained police force instead of the military in its nationwide battle against well-armed drug cartels, President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday. "The army and navy are participating in a support capacity only," Calderon said in a ...
AP Top News at 7:35 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sent four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to ...
Republicans Block Stimulus Bill
Feb 07, 2008; ... The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and big business to the House-passed economic aid package. Republicans banded ...
Removing Clot Aids Heart Attack Recovery
Feb 07, 2008; ... New research suggests that more people survive major heart attacks with fewer problems if doctors use a mini-vacuum to clear out an artery blockage instead of pushing it aside to restore blood flow. The Dutch study is the largest to date to show that suctioning out the clot before ...
AP Top News at 7:17 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Macy's to Cut About 2,300 Jobs
Feb 07, 2008 ... Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as the department store operator consolidates three regional divisions and decentralizes buying in a bid to reduce costs and boost sales. The announcement came as Macy's announced separately that it had a ...
Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano Erupts
Feb 07, 2008; ... Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air on Wednesday, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes. Some 1,000 villagers from the western flanks of the 16,575-foot volcano fled their homes for shelters at dawn, said Roberto ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Feb 07, 2008; ... All Times Eastern National Football League Playoffs No games today. National Basketball Association L.A. Lakers vs Atlanta, 7 p.m. ...
Despite Warnings, Tornadoes Kill 54
Feb 07, 2008; ... One man pulled a couch over his head. Bank employees rushed into the vault. A woman trembled in her bathroom, clinging to her dogs. College students huddled in dormitories. Tornado warnings had been broadcast for hours, and when the sirens finally announced that the twisters had arrived, many ...
US Aid for Russia Linked to Iran
Feb 07, 2008; ... A U.S. program to keep Russian scientists from providing nuclear expertise to terrorists has funded research facilities that have helped Iran build its new nuclear power reactor, a congressional committee says, citing Russian sources. The Bush administration expressed confidence that ...
Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano Erupts
Feb 07, 2008; ... Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air on Wednesday, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes. Some 1,000 villagers from the western flanks of the 16,575-foot volcano fled their homes for shelters at dawn, said Mauro ...
AP Top News at 7:12 p.m. EST
Feb 07, 2008 ... PHOENIX (AP) _ The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O'Neal became official when he cleared a physical ...
Goodell Willing to Pursue Spygate Info
Feb 07, 2008; ... NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is willing to pursue any believable information in the Spygate case. He simply doesn't know if any exists. Goodell said Wednesday the league has been in touch with representatives of former New England Patriots assistant coach Matt Walsh, now a golf pro ...
Confusion Clouds Guantanamo Tribunals
Feb 07, 2008; ... The confusion of combat during an intense firefight in Afghanistan five years ago has led to conflicting testimony that is complicating the first U.S. war-crime tribunals since the World War II era. A Canadian terror suspect, Omar Khadr, was 15 when he was captured after the 2002 ...
Congress Extends Do Not Call Program
Feb 07, 2008; ... Politicians have finally found an issue they all can agree on: Telemarketers calling at dinnertime are a scourge that must be repulsed. Congress on Wednesday put the final touches on two bills to make permanent a program to protect consumers from unwanted phone calls from salesmen and ...
Republicans Join to Block Stimulus Bill
Feb 07, 2008; ... The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and big business to the House-passed economic aid package. Republicans banded ...
Napster Posts Smaller 3Q Deficit
Feb 07, 2008; ... With a 15 percent jump in revenue from subscriptions, online music retailer Napster Inc. said Wednesday it spent less and lost much less in its third quarter than a year earlier. For the three months ended Dec. 31, the company posted a net loss of $2.8 million, or 6 cents per share, ...
Confusion Clouds Guantanamo Tribunals
Feb 07, 2008; ... The confusion of combat during an intense firefight in Afghanistan five years ago has led to conflicting testimony that is complicating efforts to try a Canadian terror suspect in the first U.S. war-crime tribunals since the World War II era. Omar Khadr, who was 15 when he was ...
Ryan Hired As Texas Rangers President
Feb 07, 2008; ... Twenty years later, Nolan Ryan's job is to once again revitalize the Texas Rangers. The Rangers introduced the Hall of Fame pitcher as team president Wednesday with the fanfare of a major free-agent pickup, just as Ryan was in 1988 when Texas ...