AP Online back issues from Monday, March 17:
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Vehicle Pileup in Snow Kills 2 in Ariz.
Mar 17, 2008 ... Dozens of vehicles collided amid heavy snow and whiteout conditions on an interstate Sunday, killing at least two people and critically injuring 11, authorities said. The low visibility on Interstate 40 caused the collisions, which occurred over a stretch of highway a mile long around ...
AP Top News at 8:28 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Cavaliers Hold Off Charlotte Comeback
Mar 17, 2008 ... LeBron James scored 33 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off ...
AP Top News at 8:03 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
AP Top News at 8:15 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Everest Climbers Prepare for Ban
Mar 17, 2008; ... Climbers are being told by Nepalese officials that Mount Everest's summit will be put off-limits to the public from all sides during the first 10 days of May, so the Chinese can carry an Olympic torch to the summit without risking a high-altitude confrontation over Tibet's future. ...
Nikkei Down More Than 3 Percent
Mar 17, 2008 ... Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index has plunged more than 3 percent in morning trading. The Nikkei 225 stock index fell 407.81 ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... The Federal Reserve announced a series of new steps Sunday to help provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank approved a cut to its lending rate to financial institutions to 3.25 percent from 3.50 percent, ...
AP Top News at 8:13 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said new steps announced by the central bank Sunday should help squeezed financial institutions get cash infusions_ a fresh effort to provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank ...
Hawks Beat Knicks, Tie for 8th Place
Mar 17, 2008; ... Joe Johnson had 28 points and 11 assists, and the Atlanta Hawks moved into a tie for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with a 109-98 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday night. Marvin Williams added 25 points for the Hawks, who used their athleticism to break open ...
US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,988
Mar 17, 2008; ... As of Sunday, March 16, 2008, at least 3,988 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,241 died as a result of hostile action, according to the ...
McCain, Delegation Visit Baghdad
Mar 17, 2008; ... Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for a visit with Iraqi and U.S. diplomatic and military officials. The trip by McCain, who has linked his political future to U.S. military success in the nearly five-year-old war, coincided ...
JPMorgan to Buy Bear for $2 a Share
Mar 17, 2008; ... JPMorgan Chase said Sunday it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for a bargain-basement $236.2 million _ or $2 a share _ a stunning collapse for one of the world's largest and most storied investment banks. The last-minute buyout was aimed at averting a Bear Stearns bankruptcy and a ...
Nikkei Down More Than 3 Percent
Mar 17, 2008 ... Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index has plunged more than 3 percent in morning trading. The Nikkei 225 stock index fell 407.81 ...
Pilot: May Have Shot Down Saint-Exupery
Mar 17, 2008 ... A former pilot for Nazi Germany's air force writes in a forthcoming book that he believes he shot down the author of "The Little Prince," Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The aviation pioneer's Lockheed Lightning P-38 disappeared July 31, 1944. In the book, former Luftwaffe pilot ...
Friberg Wins MasterCard, 1st LPGA Title
Mar 17, 2008 ... Sweden's Louise Friberg won her first LPGA Tour title in her fourth career start, closing with a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Taiwan's Yani Tseng in the MasterCard Classic. Friberg, 10 strokes behind Ji-Young Oh at the start of play Sunday after opening rounds of ...
Tibet Protests Spread to Other Provinces
Mar 17, 2008; ... Violence in Tibet spilled over into neighboring provinces Sunday where Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown. The Dalai Lama warned Tibet faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help. Protests against Chinese rule of Tibet were reported in ...
Hartford Wins 4th Straight AmEast Title
Mar 17, 2008 ... Lisa Etienne scored 19 points to help Hartford win its fourth America East championship with a 61-45 victory over Boston University on Sunday. Hartford (27-5) has won 26 straight games at home and has lost only two games on their home court in the last four years. Etienne ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... The Federal Reserve announced a series of new steps Sunday to help provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank approved a cut to its lending rate to financial institutions to 3.25 percent from 3.50 percent, ...
Tiger Remains Perfect With Dramatic Putt
Mar 17, 2008; ... Tiger Woods studied his 25-foot birdie putt from every angle, convincing himself he could make it to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational because he had a similar putt in the same situation seven years ago at Bay Hill. He wasn't alone in his thinking. Palmer stood behind the 18th green ...
Mavs Roll Past Heat, 98-73
Mar 17, 2008; ... Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points before sitting out most of the second half, and the Dallas Mavericks stormed out to a huge early lead on the way to beating the hapless Miami Heat 98-73 Sunday night. Josh Howard added 15 for the Mavericks, who led by 20 points midway through the opening ...
Sunday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 17, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 (1st game) F Florida 7, L.A. Dodgers 6 (1st game) F...
Texas-Arlington Earns Its 1st NCAA Berth
Mar 17, 2008 ... Anthony Vereen and his Texas-Arlington teammates knew the school had never been to the NCAA tournament. On Sunday, they changed that. Vereen had 25 points and nine rebounds to lead the Mavericks to an 82-79 victory over Northwestern State in the Southland Conference title game, ...
Mavs Roll Past Heat, 98-73
Mar 17, 2008 ... Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points before sitting out most of the second half, and the Dallas ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said new steps announced by the central bank Sunday should help squeezed financial institutions get cash infusions_ a fresh effort to provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank ...
Cavaliers Hold Off Charlotte Comeback
Mar 17, 2008 ... LeBron James scored 33 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a late Charlotte rally to defeat the Bobcats, 98-91 on Sunday night. Ben Wallace scored his only two baskets of the game, Delonte West added a jumper and James hit a bank shot in the lane in the final 2 minutes as the ...
Atlanta Tornado's Damage Hurts Business
Mar 17, 2008; ... Crews on Sunday cleaned up the city's tornado-ravaged downtown as officials at hotels wondered when the shuttered convention center would reopen and bring back the millions of dollars in revenue it helps generate. Since Friday night's storm cut a ...
AP Top News at 8:15 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said new steps announced by the central bank Sunday should help squeezed financial institutions get cash infusions_ a fresh effort to provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank ...
Bobcats-Cavaliers, Box
Mar 17, 2008 ... CHARLOTTE (91) Richardson 13-24 1-1 33, Okafor 4-13 2-4 10, Mohammed 4-10 1-2 9, Felton 6-14 1-4 14, Carroll 2-4 0-0 4, G.Wallace 5-13 0-1 10, Dudley 0-3 0-0 0, Boykins 2-4 0-1 5, Davidson 1-2 0-0 2, Hollins 0-0 2-2 2, Anderson 1-1 ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... The Federal Reserve announced a series of new steps Sunday to help provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank approved a cut to its lending rate to financial institutions to 3.25 percent from 3.50 percent, ...
Market Likely Uneasy Over Bear Stearns
Mar 17, 2008; ... Wall Street begins the new week trying to come to terms with just how bad the fallout from the credit crisis is _ so bad that an investment bank worth $20 billion weeks ago has been bought for just $236 million. The news late Sunday that JPMorgan Chase & Co. will buy Bear Stearns ...
AP Top News at 8:31 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Mavericks-Heat, Box
Mar 17, 2008 ... DALLAS (98) Jo.Howard 7-14 1-2 15, Nowitzki 7-11 5-7 21, Dampier 1-2 1-2 3, Kidd 2-3 0-0 5, Stackhouse 3-6 5-5 12, Terry 5-10 3-3 14, Lue 2-7 0-0 4, George 0-6 1-2 1, Bass 7-9 0-0 14, Allen 3-4 0-0 6, A.Wright 1-3 0-0 3, Ju.Howard ...
Tiger Makes It 5 in a Row
Mar 17, 2008; ... Tiger Woods studied his 25-foot birdie putt from every angle, convincing himself he could make it to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational because he had a similar putt in the same situation seven years ago at Bay Hill. He wasn't alone in his thinking. Palmer stood behind the ...
Market Likely Uneasy Over Bear Stearns
Mar 17, 2008; ... Wall Street begins the new week trying to come to terms with just how bad the fallout from the credit crisis is _ so bad that an investment bank worth $20 billion weeks ago has been bought for just $236 million. The news late Sunday that JPMorgan Chase & Co. will buy Bear Stearns ...
Mavs Roll to Big Early Lead to Rout Heat
Mar 17, 2008; ... Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points before sitting out most of the second half, and the Dallas Mavericks stormed out to a huge early lead on the way to beating the hapless Miami Heat 98-73 Sunday night. Josh Howard added 15 for the Mavericks, who led by 20 points midway through the opening ...
Hawks-Knicks, Box
Mar 17, 2008 ... ATLANTA (109) Smith 6-11 2-2 15, Williams 12-19 1-4 25, Horford 3-6 2-2 8, Johnson 10-21 3-3 28, Bibby 2-11 0-0 4, Pachulia 1-1 1-2 3, Childress 6-8 9-10 22, Law 0-3 2-4 2, S.Jones 0-2 2-2 2, J.Richardson 0-0 0-0 0, West 0-0 0-0 0 ....
Sunday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 17, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 (1st game) F Florida 7, L.A. Dodgers 6 (1st game) F...
AP Top News at 8:25 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
AP Top News at 8:33 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Friberg Wins First LPGA Tour Title
Mar 17, 2008 ... Sweden's Louise Friberg won her first LPGA Tour title in her fourth career start, closing with a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Taiwan's Yani Tseng in the MasterCard Classic. Friberg, 10 strokes behind Ji-Young Oh at the start of play Sunday after opening rounds of ...
Tiger Birdies 18 to Run Win Streak to 5
Mar 17, 2008; ... Tiger Woods studied his 25-foot birdie putt from every angle, convincing himself he could make it to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational because he had a similar putt in the same situation seven years ago at Bay Hill. He wasn't alone in his thinking. Palmer stood behind the 18th green ...
Mavs Roll Past Heat, 98-73
Mar 17, 2008; ... Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points before sitting out most of the second half, and the Dallas Mavericks stormed out to a huge early lead on the way to beating the hapless Miami Heat 98-73 Sunday night. Josh Howard added 15 for the Mavericks, who led by 20 points midway through the opening ...
Mavs Roll to Big Early Lead to Rout Heat
Mar 17, 2008; ... Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points before sitting out most of the second half, and the Dallas Mavericks stormed out to a huge early lead on the way to beating the hapless Miami Heat 98-73 Sunday night. Josh Howard added 15 for the Mavericks, who led by 20 points midway through the opening ...
Vehicle Pileup in Snow Kills 2 in Ariz.
Mar 17, 2008; ... Dozens of vehicles collided in heavy, blinding snow on a northern Arizona interstate Sunday, killing at least two people, critically injuring 11 others and forcing police to close the highway for 20 miles in both directions. The low visibility on Interstate 40 near Flagstaff caused ...
Tiger Makes It 5 in a Row
Mar 17, 2008; ... Tiger Woods studied his 25-foot birdie putt from every angle, convincing himself he could make it to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational because he had a similar putt in the same situation seven years ago at Bay Hill. He wasn't alone in his thinking. Palmer stood behind the ...
UNC, Kansas, Memphis, UCLA Get Top Seeds
Mar 17, 2008; ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more than two hours outside their Chapel Hill campus. The Tar Heels (32-2) are the top seed in ...
AP Top News at 8:32 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
Burton Steals Bristol Win for RCR Sweep
Mar 17, 2008; ... Tony Stewart should have won the race. And when he didn't, it gave Denny Hamlin a clear shot at victory. But the Joe Gibbs Racing drivers failed to seal the deal _ again _ at Bristol Motor Speedway, and Jeff Burton and his Richard Childress Racing teammates were there to capitalize. ...
AP Top News at 8:11 p.m. EDT
Mar 17, 2008 ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more ...
UNC, Memphis, Kansas, UCLA Get Top Seeds
Mar 17, 2008; ... North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more than two hours outside their Chapel Hill campus. The Tar Heels (32-2) are the top seed in ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said new steps announced by the central bank Sunday should help squeezed financial institutions get cash infusions_ a fresh effort to provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank ...
LeBron, Cavs Hold Back Bobcats' Rally
Mar 17, 2008 ... LeBron James scored 33 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a late Charlotte rally to defeat the Bobcats, 98-91 on Sunday night. Ben Wallace scored his only two baskets of the game, Delonte West added a jumper and James hit a bank shot in the lane in the final 2 minutes as the ...
Thrashers-Panthers, Sums
Mar 17, 2008 ... Atlanta 0 1 0_1 Florida 2 0 1_3 First Period_1, Florida, Dvorak 6 (Peltonen, Kreps), 2:07. 2, Florida, Jokinen 32 (Montador, McLean), 13:38 (pp). Penalties_Boulton, Atl, major (fighting), ...
Fed Takes New Steps to Ease Crisis
Mar 17, 2008; ... The Federal Reserve announced a series of new steps Sunday to help provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens to plunge the economy into recession. The central bank approved a cut to its lending rate to financial institutions to 3.25 percent from 3.50 percent, ...
JPMorgan to Buy Bear for $2 a Share
Mar 17, 2008; ... JPMorgan Chase said Sunday it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for a bargain-basement $236.2 million _ or $2 a share _ a stunning collapse for one of the world's largest and most storied investment banks. The last-minute buyout was aimed at averting a Bear Stearns bankruptcy and a ...
Hawks Beat Knicks, Tie for 8th Place
Mar 17, 2008 ... Joe Johnson had 28 points and 11 assists, and the Atlanta Hawks moved into a tie for the final ...
JPMorgan to Buy Bear for $2 a Share
Mar 17, 2008; ... JPMorgan Chase said Sunday it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for a bargain-basement $236.2 million _ or $2 a share _ a stunning collapse for one of the world's largest and most storied investment banks. The last-minute buyout was aimed at averting a Bear Stearns bankruptcy and a ...
Friberg Wins First LPGA Tour Title
Mar 17, 2008 ... Sweden's Louise Friberg won her first LPGA Tour title in her fourth career start, closing with a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Taiwan's Yani Tseng in the MasterCard Classic. Friberg, 10 strokes behind Ji-Young Oh at the start of play Sunday after opening rounds of ...
JPMorgan to Buy Bear for $2 a Share
Mar 17, 2008; ... JPMorgan Chase said Sunday it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for a bargain-basement $236.2 million _ or $2 a share _ a stunning collapse for one of the world's largest and most storied investment banks. The last-minute buyout was aimed at averting a Bear Stearns bankruptcy and a ...
Tibet Protests Spread to Other Provinces
Mar 17, 2008; ... Protests spread from Tibet into three neighboring provinces Sunday as Tibetans defied a Chinese government crackdown, while the Dalai Lama decried what he called the "cultural genocide" taking place in his homeland. Demonstrations widened to Tibetan communities in Sichuan, ...
JPMorgan to Buy Bear for $2 a Share
Mar 17, 2008; ... JPMorgan Chase said Sunday it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for a bargain-basement $236.2 million _ or $2 a share _ a stunning collapse for one of the world's largest and most storied investment banks. The last-minute buyout was aimed at averting a Bear Stearns bankruptcy and a ...