AP Online back issues from Thursday, March 20:
Package Near Hollywood Sign Investigated
Mar 20, 2008 ... A Los Angeles police bomb squad is investigating a suspicious package found near the Hollywood sign. Sgt. Lee Sands says the package was ...
A Peek Into First Lady's Calendar
Mar 20, 2008 ... A peek into Hillary Rodham Clinton's calendar as first lady: _At least five meetings from the summer of 1993 until the end of that year aimed at helping her husband win congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which she now criticizes and says she wants ...
Panda Cub Injures National Zoo Keeper
Mar 20, 2008 ... The 170-pound giant-panda cub at the National Zoo grabbed a worker while trying to play, sending her to the hospital with a small leg laceration, zoo officials said Wednesday. The panda apparently entered his yard ...
Bobcats-Pacers, Box
Mar 20, 2008 ... CHARLOTTE (95) Wallace 5-10 7-7 17, Okafor 1-1 0-0 2, Mohammed 5-8 0-0 10, Felton 4-12 1-1 9, Richardson 8-18 3-4 20, Hollins 4-8 3-8 11, Harrington 1-4 2-2 4, Carroll 6-9 3-3 18, Dudley 0-6 4-5 4, Boykins 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 34-78 ...
SC Troopers Used Cars to Ram Suspects
Mar 20, 2008; ... Videos have surfaced showing two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol using their cruisers to ram fleeing suspects, just weeks after two leaders of the agency resigned because of a furor over a trooper's use of a racial slur. In one of the two new dash-cam videos, which were ...
Japan Trip on for Red Sox, Athletics
Mar 20, 2008; ... Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised exhibition and Wednesday afternoon's flight to Japan for next week's season-opening series ...
AP Top News at 9:21 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
Heat Not Hot in 96-54 Loss to Raptors
Mar 20, 2008 ... Andrea Bargnani and Anthony Parker each scored 14 points and the Toronto Raptors held Miami to the third-lowest point total in the shot-clock era, beating the Heat 96-54 on Wednesday night. Miami was just five points off the NBA record-low since the shot clock was introduced in the ...
AP Top News at 8:33 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
13 Dead, 3 Missing in Central US Storm
Mar 20, 2008; ... Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated Wednesday after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection. At least 13 deaths had been linked to the weather, and three people were missing. Record or ...
First Lady Clinton and the Intern Crisis
Mar 20, 2008; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton was home in the White House on at least seven days when her husband had sexual encounters there with intern Monica Lewinsky, according to Sen. Clinton's schedule, released Wednesday among 11,000 pages of papers from her years as first lady. The words of the ...
Hurricanes Top Thrashers
Mar 20, 2008 ... Eric Staal scored his 35th goal and Sergei Samsonov added a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 5-3 victory over the ...
Texas Man Gets 60 Years for 10th DWI
Mar 20, 2008 ... A Texas man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his 10th conviction of driving while intoxicated since 1979. Prosecutors say 53-year-old Anthony Lynn Falco of Taylor waived his right to a jury trial and pleaded not guilty to the felony charge over the June 22 traffic ...
Tibet Adds Pressure for Olympic Sponsors
Mar 20, 2008; ... McDonald's, Coca-Cola and other sponsors paid tens of millions of dollars to link their names with the Beijing Olympics. Now they're trying to mollify activists pressing for change on Tibet, Darfur and other issues, without angering China. They have expressed concern over Tibet. Some ...
Apple Said to Weigh Unlimited Music Deal
Mar 20, 2008; ... Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday. Some ...
Heat Score 54 Points in Loss to Raptors
Mar 20, 2008 ... Andrea Bargnani and Anthony Parker each scored 14 points and the Toronto Raptors held Miami to the third-lowest point total in the shot-clock era, beating the Heat 96-54 on Wednesday night. Miami was just five points off the NBA record-low since the shot clock was introduced in the ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 20, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training Toronto 4, Boston 3 F Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1 F...
AP Top News at 8:53 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
Apple Said to Weigh Unlimited Music Deal
Mar 20, 2008; ... Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday. Some ...
Astronauts Rest Up for Spacewalk No. 4
Mar 20, 2008; ... The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and space station rested up Wednesday for the fourth spacewalk of their mission, a caulking gun and goo test. "Three down, two to go," Mission Control told the astronauts in a wake-up message. Two of the crew members will ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
Royal Facebook Usurper Freed in Morocco
Mar 20, 2008; ... A Moroccan computer engineer who was imprisoned for creating a fake Facebook profile of King Mohammed VI's younger brother said Wednesday he only did it out of admiration for the prince. Fouad Mourtada, 26, told The Associated Press that he was "fine" after the monarch ...
Overseas Sales Help Nike Earnings Rise
Mar 20, 2008; ... Nike Inc.'s third-quarter profit jumped more than 30 percent because of strong sales overseas and a weak dollar, the athletic shoe and apparel company said Wednesday. Nike said its net income grew to $463.8 million, or 92 cents per share, up from $350.8 million, or 68 cents per share, ...
Murray Leads Pacers Past Bobcats
Mar 20, 2008 ... Flip Murray scored 22 points, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 102-95 Wednesday night for their second straight win. Troy Murphy had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Shawne Williams, who had been benched for ...
SC Troopers Used Cars to Ram Suspects
Mar 20, 2008; ... Videos have surfaced showing two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol using their cruisers to ram fleeing suspects, just weeks after two leaders of the agency resigned because of a furor over a trooper's use of a racial slur. In one of the two new dash-cam videos, which were ...
AP Top News at 8:58 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
China Says Tibet Protests Have Spread
Mar 20, 2008 ... Chinese state media is saying for first time that Tibet protests have spread to other provinces. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday on "riots in Tibetan-inhabited areas in the provinces of Sichuan and Gansu, both neighboring Tibet." It blamed both ...
Wizards Beat Magic 87-86
Mar 20, 2008; ... Antawn Jamison had 31 points and 11 rebounds and the Washington Wizards shut down Dwight Howard offensively in a 87-86 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night. Hedo Turkoglu had a career high ...
13 Dead, 3 Missing in Central US Storm
Mar 20, 2008; ... Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated Wednesday after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection. At least 13 deaths had been linked to the weather, and three people were missing. Record or ...
Japan Trip on for Red Sox, Athletics
Mar 20, 2008; ... Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised exhibition and Wednesday afternoon's flight to Japan for next week's season-opening series ...
Heat Set Season Low in Loss to Raptors
Mar 20, 2008 ... Andrea Bargnani and Anthony Parker each scored 14 points, Jose Calderon had 10 points and 10 assists and the Toronto Raptors ended a season-high five-game losing streak with a 96-54 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. ...
Astronauts Rest Up for Spacewalk No. 4
Mar 20, 2008; ... The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and space station rested up Wednesday for the fourth spacewalk of their mission, a caulking gun and goo test. "Three down, two to go," Mission Control told the astronauts in a wake-up message. Two of the crew members will ...
Class Action Planned in Ill. School Suit
Mar 20, 2008; ... A federal judge favors expanding a legal challenge to a mandatory moment of silence in classrooms into a class-action lawsuit that would include all Illinois school districts. Judge Robert W. Gettleman said Wednesday that he also plans to expand the plaintiff's side of the lawsuit to ...
Japan Trip on for Red Sox, Athletics
Mar 20, 2008; ... Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised exhibition and Wednesday afternoon's flight to Japan for next week's season-opening series ...
Heat-Raptors, Box
Mar 20, 2008 ... MIAMI (54) Davis 5-12 0-0 12, Barron 1-10 1-2 3, Blount 5-13 0-0 11, Quinn 5-14 4-4 14, Cook 3-19 0-0 8, Jones 1-8 4-4 6, Anthony 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-78 9-10 54. TORONTO (96)...
Murray Leads Pacers Past Bobcats
Mar 20, 2008 ... Flip Murray scored 22 points, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 102-95 Wednesday night for their second straight win. Troy Murphy had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Shawne Williams, who had been benched for five straight games, scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth ...
Astronauts Rest Up for Spacewalk No. 4
Mar 20, 2008; ... The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and station rested up Wednesday for the fourth spacewalk of their mission, a caulking gun and goo test. "Three down, two to go," Mission Control told the astronauts in a wake-up message. Two of the crew will float outside ...
Bin Laden Slams EU Over Prophet Cartoons
Mar 20, 2008; ... Osama bin Laden, in a new audio message posted Wednesday, condemned the publication of drawings that he said insulted the Prophet Muhammad and warned Europeans of a "severe" reaction to come. The message, which appeared on a militant Web site that has carried al-Qaida ...
Apple Said to Weigh Unlimited Music Deal
Mar 20, 2008; ... Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday. Some ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 20, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training Toronto 4, Boston 3 F Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1 F...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 20, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training Toronto 4, Boston 3 F Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1 F...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 20, 2008; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training Toronto 4, Boston 3 F Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1 F...
Apple Said to Weigh Unlimited Music Deal
Mar 20, 2008; ... Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday. Some ...
Vanek Sparks Sabres 7-4 Win
Mar 20, 2008; ... Thomas Vanek and Jochen Hecht scored twice during Buffalo's six-goal third period, capping the Sabres' 7-4 comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. Jason Pominville had two goals and two assists and the Sabres scored six times on their final 10 shots to ...
Astronauts Rest Up for Spacewalk No. 4
Mar 20, 2008; ... The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and station rested up Wednesday for the fourth spacewalk of their mission, a caulking gun and goo test. "Three down, two to go," Mission Control told the astronauts in a wake-up message. Two of the crew will float outside ...
Bin Laden Slams EU Over Prophet Cartoons
Mar 20, 2008; ... Osama bin Laden, in a new audio message posted Wednesday, condemned the publication of drawings that he said insulted the Prophet Muhammad and warned Europeans of a "severe" reaction to come. The message, which appeared on a militant Web site that has carried al-Qaida ...
Apple Said to Weigh Unlimited Music Deal
Mar 20, 2008; ... Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday. Some ...
Vanek Sparks Sabres 7-4 Win
Mar 20, 2008; ... Thomas Vanek and Jochen Hecht scored twice during Buffalo's six-goal third period, ...
Rare Explosion Jolts Hawaii Volcano
Mar 20, 2008 ... An explosion at the erupting Kilauea volcano has scattered rocks over an area including a tourist lookout. No one is reported injured. A scientist says Wednesday's explosion was the first in the Halemaumau (hah-lay-MOW'-mow) Crater in the Kilauea (kil-uh-WAY'-uh) volcano since ...
AP Top News at 9:09 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
First Lady Clinton and the Intern Crisis
Mar 20, 2008; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton was home in the White House on at least seven days when her husband had sexual encounters there with intern Monica Lewinsky, according to Sen. Clinton's schedule, released Wednesday among 11,000 pages of papers from her years as first lady. The words of the ...
Lightning-Sabres, Sums
Mar 20, 2008 ... Tampa Bay 2 2 0_4 Buffalo1 0 6_7 First Period_1, Tampa Bay, Halpern 16 (Ranger), 2:50. 2, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 24 (Boyle, Lecavalier), 10:36 (pp). 3, Buffalo, Pominville 25 (Hecht, Tallinder), ...
Bin Laden Slams EU Over Prophet Cartoons
Mar 20, 2008; ... Osama bin Laden warned Europeans of a "severe" reaction to come, condemning the publication of drawings insulting to the Prophet Muhammad in a new audio message posted late Wednesday. The message, which appeared on a militant Web site that has carried al-Qaida statements in ...
China Says Tibet Protests Have Spread
Mar 20, 2008 ... Chinese state media is saying for first time that Tibet protests have spread to other provinces. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday on "riots in Tibetan-inhabited areas in the provinces of Sichuan and Gansu, both neighboring Tibet." It blamed both ...
AP Top News at 9:31 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
Hurricanes Top Thrashers
Mar 20, 2008; ... Eric Staal scored his 35th goal and Sergei Samsonov added a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night. Since Feb. 21, Carolina has won 10 of 12, including three victories over the Thrashers. The Southeast ...
Iverson Opens Up in Philly Return
Mar 20, 2008; ... Allen Iverson planted a kiss on the 76ers logo at midcourt and blew imaginary ones to the fans. With a packed Philadelphia crowd standing and roaring in appreciation for their former MVP, Iverson had to wonder if his career would be different had he simply kissed and made up with the ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Mar 20, 2008 ... FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Fans at City of Palms Park were ready for Boston's final spring training game in Florida. The Red Sox weren't. In an extraordinary move, Boston players voted to boycott a nationally televised ...
Contaminant Found in Heparin
Mar 20, 2008; ... U.S. health officials have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug. The lots of heparin, whose key ingredient was imported from China, were recalled Feb. 28, and Food and ...
Pacers Drop Slumping Bobcats 102-95
Mar 20, 2008 ... Flip Murray scored 22 points, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 102-95 Wednesday night for their second straight win. Troy Murphy had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Shawne Williams, who had been benched for five straight games, scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth ...
McCain Backs Israeli Reprisals in Gaza
Mar 20, 2008; ... Touring a war-battered town, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he understands Israel's tough response to Palestinian rocket fire, adding that there is no point in negotiating with the Gaza Strip's Islamic Hamas regime. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting also praised the ...
War Protesters Halt Traffic, Recall Dead
Mar 20, 2008; ... Protesters blocked traffic and government buildings in Washington, acted out a Baghdad street scene in Syracuse, N.Y., and banged drums in a parade through San Francisco on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In other, more somber observances, ...
Overseas Sales Help Nike Earnings Rise
Mar 20, 2008; ... Nike Inc.'s third-quarter profit jumped more than 30 percent because of strong sales overseas and a weak dollar, the athletic shoe and apparel company said Wednesday. Nike said its net income grew to $463.8 million, or 92 cents per share, up from $350.8 million, or 68 cents per share, ...
DirecTV Satellite Launched From Pacific
Mar 20, 2008 ... A new satellite that will help give DirecTV hundreds of high-definition channels was launched Wednesday from an oceangoing platform in the equatorial Pacific, Sea Launch Co. said. The Boeing-built DirecTV 11 satellite will join another already in orbit to create a capacity of 150 ...
Rangers-Devils, Sums
Mar 20, 2008 ... N.Y. Rangers 0 0 1 0_2 New Jersey 1 0 0 0_1 N.Y. Rangers won shootout 1-0 First Period_1, New Jersey, Zubrus 12 (Rupp, Brylin), 6:05 (pp). Penalties_Avery, ...