AP Online back issues from Friday, August 15:
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Aug 15, 2008 ... LONDON (AP) _ A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday. A court ...
Rays end Ziegler's scoreless streak, edge A's
Aug 15, 2008 ... Reliever Brad Ziegler's record scoreless streak was ended by B.J. Upton, and Carlos Pena homered leading off the 12th to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 7-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Ziegler started his career by not allowing a run in 39 consecutive shutout innings _ ...
Third donkey found wandering around Tenn. town
Aug 15, 2008 ... Swallows return to San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Buzzards flock to Hinckley, Ohio. Now, donkeys seem to be ambling into downtown Dyersburg. When animal control officers captured a young female donkey at Dyersburg Intermediate School on Monday, it marked the third animal of the breed ...
Phelps' last major obstacles are a couple of mates
Aug 15, 2008; ... So, it's come down to this for Michael Phelps: The only guys likely to stop him from taking down the ultimate Olympic record are wearing red, white and blue. Ryan Lochte was gunning for Phelps in the 200-meter individual medley. Ian Crocker was eager to ...
Xbox to sell Warner Music videos for $1.99
Aug 15, 2008 ... Gamers with a hankering to watch music videos will have more choices after Warner Music Group Corp. announced Thursday it is adding its library of videos to Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console. Videos from Sony BMG, which sell for the equivalent of $1.99, have been offered on the ...
Monitors say McCain did not violate finance laws
Aug 15, 2008 ... Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won a round against Democrats on Thursday when the Federal Election Commission rejected their contention that he violated campaign finance laws during the GOP primary. The FEC's draft opinion affirms McCain's right to bypass the public ...
Protest campaign continues at Olympics; 5 detained
Aug 15, 2008; ... Foreign activists scaled a landmark building in Beijing on Friday to unfurl a "Free Tibet" banner over the top of an Olympic Games billboard, in the latest unauthorized protest during the games. Students for a Free Tibet said five people _ three Americans, a Briton and a ...
Russia: Georgia can 'forget' regaining provinces
Aug 15, 2008; ... The foreign minister of Russia said Thursday that Georgia could "forget about" getting back its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet republic remained on edge as Russia sent tank columns to search out and destroy Georgian military equipment. Uncertainty about ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Aug 15, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Detroit 5, Toronto 1 F Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 2 F...
Boston has second big inning in 3 days
Aug 15, 2008 ... Try these leads on for size: 10-0, 8-0, 9-0. The Boston Red Sox think they fit just great _ to the Texas Rangers, it's more like uh-oh. David Ortiz was at the center of another big inning for Boston on Thursday night, hitting a three-run homer in a nine-run second inning as the Red ...
Fake coyotes fooling the motorists, not the geese
Aug 15, 2008 ... Phony coyotes set up to discourage ducks and geese from gobbling up seeds and fresh shoots from wetlands plants didn't fool the fowl, but humans were another matter. Hammond Port Authority Director Milan Kruszynski said his office has fielded several calls from passing motorists who mistook the ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Aug 15, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Detroit 5, Toronto 1 F Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 2 F...
Rays 7, Athletics 6, 12 innings
Aug 15, 2008 ... 4Rays 7, Athletics 6, 12 innings TAMPA BAY@ OAKLAND @ ab r h bi @ab r h bi Iwmra 2b6 1 1 0 Ellis 2b 3 1 1 0...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Aug 15, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Detroit 5, Toronto 1 F Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 2 F...
Gas pump malfunction sells premium for 38 cents
Aug 15, 2008 ... Gas prices have been falling _ but not that much. A problem with a pump cost a San Antonio convenience store when premium gasoline accidentally sold for 38 cents a gallon. Manager Jim Duke at a Dill Food Market says that grade of gas was supposed to be selling for $3.89 a gallon. Duke ...
Texas jury rejects lawsuit against Osteen's wife
Aug 15, 2008; ... The wife of televangelist Joel Osteen thanked and praised God after a jury unanimously decided Thursday that she did not assault a flight attendant during an alleged tirade over a stain on her first-class seat. Jurors rejected Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown's ...
"Texas 7" fugitive who dropped appeals executed
Aug 15, 2008; ... A member of the infamous "Texas 7" gang of escaped fugitives was executed Thursday for killing a Dallas-area police officer during their weeks on the run. Michael Rodriguez, who had dropped all appeals and volunteered for lethal injection, apologized profusely to the ...
Rays end Ziegler's scoreless streak, edge A's 7-6
Aug 15, 2008 ... Reliever Brad Ziegler's record scoreless streak was ended by B.J. Upton, and Carlos Pena homered leading off the 12th to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 7-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Ziegler started his career by not allowing a run in 39 consecutive shutout innings _ ...
Minister gets jail for stealing flock's identities
Aug 15, 2008 ... A Baptist minister in central Pennsylvania has been sentenced to one year in jail for stealing the identities of his church members. Raymond Clayton Sr., 44, was also ordered to pay more than $28,000 in restitution at his sentencing Wednesday. Clayton is the former pastor ...
Obama campaign issues rebuttal to book's claims
Aug 15, 2008; ... Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hit back Thursday with a 40-page rebuttal to the best-selling book "The Obama Nation," arguing the author is a fringe bigot peddling rehashed lies. Jerome Corsi's anti-Obama book, "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the ...
Pregnant NY traffic agent is hit, dies; baby saved
Aug 15, 2008 ... A pregnant New York City traffic agent has been struck by a van and killed on the job, but doctors have saved her baby. Thirty-three-year-old Donnette Sanz was seven months pregnant when she was run over Thursday afternoon in the Bronx. Doctors at a nearby hospital saved her son by ...
Monitors say McCain did not violate finance laws
Aug 15, 2008 ... Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won a round against Democrats on Thursday when the Federal Election Commission rejected their contention that he violated campaign finance laws during the GOP primary. The FEC's draft opinion affirms McCain's right to bypass the public ...
Ramirez gets his dreadlocks trimmed
Aug 15, 2008; ... The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. Heeding the request of his manager, Manny Ramirez got a haircut, but as teammate Jeff Kent said with a smile, holding his thumb and forefinger about an inch apart: "Yeah, about that much." "One ...
QB Mauk sues NCAA on eligibility
Aug 15, 2008; ... Quarterback Ben Mauk has launched a legal Hail Mary in an effort to keep his college football career alive. Mauk filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the NCAA, less than a week after the association rejected his final appeal for another year of eligibility at Cincinnati. The ...
Judge orders Schwarzenegger to testify on prisons
Aug 15, 2008 ... A federal judge has ordered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit over California prison crowding. Magistrate John Moulds of the U.S. District Court in Sacramento issued an order Thursday requiring Schwarzenegger, his chief of staff Susan Kennedy and ...
Selig expects replay announcement 'very shortly'
Aug 15, 2008; ... Major league ballparks are being wired for instant replay, and commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday his "confidence is growing" that the technology to assist umpires will be ready soon. "I want to make sure that if and when we do it, it's really good, it's ...
AP Top News at 8:54 p.m. EDT
Aug 15, 2008 ... LONDON (AP) _ A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday. A court ...
Russia: Georgia can 'forget' regaining provinces
Aug 15, 2008; ... The foreign minister of Russia said Thursday that Georgia could "forget about" getting back its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet republic remained on edge as Russia sent tank columns to search out and destroy Georgian military equipment. Uncertainty about ...
Xbox to sell Warner Music videos for $1.99
Aug 15, 2008 ... Gamers with a hankering to watch music videos will have more choices after Warner Music Group Corp. announced Thursday it is adding its library of videos to Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console. Videos from Sony BMG, which sell for the equivalent of $1.99, have been offered on the ...
Product Recalls: popcorn
Aug 15, 2008; ... The following recall has been announced: _ Whole Foods Market is recalling 365 Organic Everyday Value Popcorn, Lightly Salted, because it might contain undeclared milk ingredients, which could cause a severe or life-threatening reaction in people who have allergies to milk ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Aug 15, 2008 ... LONDON (AP) _ A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday. A court ...
AP Top News at 9:13 p.m. EDT
Aug 15, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. Heeding the request of his manager, Manny Ramirez got a haircut, but as teammate Jeff Kent said with a smile, ...
Rays end Ziegler's scoreless streak, edge A's
Aug 15, 2008 ... Reliever Brad Ziegler's record scoreless streak was ended by B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena homered leading off the 12th to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 7-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Ziegler started his career by not allowing a run in 39 consecutive shutout innings _ ...
Monitors say McCain did not violate finance laws
Aug 15, 2008 ... Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won a round against Democrats on Thursday when the Federal Election Commission rejected their contention that he violated campaign finance laws during the GOP primary. The FEC's draft opinion affirms McCain's right to bypass the public ...
Jerry Lewis says gun in baggage was a gift
Aug 15, 2008 ... Jerry Lewis said a gun found in his carry-on and confiscated by Las Vegas police at the airport last month was a gift from an engraver following Lewis' annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association _ despite an earlier claim by his manager that the weapon was a prop. ...
Schwarzenegger says U.S.-Mexico border unites
Aug 15, 2008; ... Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday urged fellow governors on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to cooperate on issues from water management to building a green economy. The annual Border Governors Conference spotlights a region that stretches from the Pacific coast to the Gulf ...
US warns Russia on Georgia but readies concessions
Aug 15, 2008; ... The United States warned sternly Thursday of a long-term rupture with Russia if Moscow does not quickly abide by its promise to withdraw its fighting forces from Georgia ....
Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee
Aug 15, 2008; ... A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said. Joyce Bernann McKinney was charged in Carter County with ...
Remains of cemetery found in Sahara
Aug 15, 2008; ... A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert. The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeletons in a remarkable cemetery that is ...
Benches empty after Lilly hits Escobar with pitch
Aug 15, 2008 ... Tempers flared and both benches emptied after Cubs starter Ted Lilly hit Atlanta shortstop Yunel Escobar in the left arm with a pitch in the sixth inning Thursday night. No punches were thrown and no players were ejected during the brief altercation. Plate umpire C.B ....
Alligator fished out of pond in NYC suburb
Aug 15, 2008 ... County wildlife control agents have evicted a neighbor of the Clintons _ a 3-foot alligator fished from a pond in the tony New York suburb where the couple live. An animal control field manager says police thought it was a joke at first when someone reported seeing a gator in ...
Rockets formally announce Artest trade
Aug 15, 2008; ... Ron Artest officially joined the Houston Rockets on Thursday. The Rockets announced the five-player trade with Sacramento that also brought forward Patrick Ewing Jr. and guard Sean Singletary in exchange for guard Bobby Jackson, rookie forward Donte Greene and Houston's first-round ...
Just like old days: McEnroe tossed from RI tourney
Aug 15, 2008 ... Just like old times for John McEnroe. Volatile as ever, McEnroe got tossed from his opening-round match at the Hall of Fame Champions Cup on Thursday for a new kind of triple fault: cursing, arguing with the chair umpire and making an obscene gesture at fans. Hardly the guy ...
Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee
Aug 15, 2008; ... A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said. Joyce Bernann McKinney was charged in Carter County with ...
2 arrested in Guatemala murder of US tourist
Aug 15, 2008 ... A Guatemalan prosecutor says two brothers have been detained in the murder of an American tourist last weekend. Prosecutor Eliseo has told The Associated Press that investigators are comparing material from two men arrested Thursday to fingerprints and other evidence found at the ...
Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee
Aug 15, 2008; ... A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said. Joyce Bernann McKinney was charged in Carter County with ...
Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee
Aug 15, 2008; ... A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said. Joyce Bernann McKinney was charged in Carter County with ...
Links between Ark. Democrat leader, killer unclear
Aug 15, 2008; ... The killer of Arkansas' Democratic Party chairman had written his victim's name on a Post-It note and had two sets of car keys from his victim's car dealership, but links between the men and a motive for the slaying remained a mystery to investigators Thursday. Police said Timothy ...
US warns Russia on Georgia but readies concessions
Aug 15, 2008; ... The United States warned sternly Thursday of a long-term rupture with Russia if Moscow does not quickly abide by its promise to withdraw its fighting forces from Georgia ....
Ramirez gets his dreadlocks trimmed
Aug 15, 2008; ... The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. Heeding the request of his manager, Manny Ramirez got a haircut, but as teammate Jeff Kent said with a smile, holding his thumb and forefinger about an inch apart: "Yeah, about that much." ...
Ramirez gets his dreadlocks trimmed, about an inch
Aug 15, 2008; ... The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. Heeding the request of his manager, Manny Ramirez got a haircut, but as teammate Jeff Kent said with a smile, holding his thumb and forefinger about an inch apart: "Yeah, about that much." "One ...
AP Top News at 9:33 p.m. EDT
Aug 15, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. Heeding the request of his manager, Manny Ramirez got a haircut, but as teammate Jeff Kent said with a smile, ...
Jerry Lewis says gun in baggage was a gift
Aug 15, 2008 ... Jerry Lewis said a gun found in his carry-on and confiscated by Las Vegas police at the airport last month was a gift from an engraver following Lewis' annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association _ despite an earlier claim by his manager that the weapon was a prop. ...
AP Top News at 8:54 p.m. EDT
Aug 15, 2008 ... LONDON (AP) _ A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday. A court ...
Clinton to get roll call at Democratic convention
Aug 15, 2008; ... Turns out Democratic primary loser Hillary Rodham Clinton will get time to shine at the party's national convention after all _ and quite a bit of it. Democrats officially will choose Barack Obama to run against Republican John McCain this fall. But in an emblematic move meant to heal ...
Obituaries in the news
Aug 15, 2008; ... Jim "Hoss" Brock DALLAS (AP) _ Jim "Hoss" Brock, a longtime executive director of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, died Thursday. He was 74. He died in his sleep, Cotton Bowl officials said. Brock had been hospitalized since February after the first ...
AP Top News at 7:35 p.m. EDT
Aug 15, 2008 ... LONDON (AP) _ A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday. A court ...
Selig expects replay announcement 'very shortly'
Aug 15, 2008; ... Major league ballparks are being wired for instant replay, and commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday his "confidence is growing" that the technology to assist umpires will be ready soon. "I want to make sure that if and when we do it, it's really good, it's ...
Man banned from girlfriend's home after noisy sex
Aug 15, 2008; ... A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday. A court barred Adam Hinton, 32, from being within 110 yards of his 29-year-old girlfriend Kerry Norris' apartment, Brighton and Hove City ...
Coroner: Cyanide killed man found in Denver hotel
Aug 15, 2008 ... The Denver coroner says a Canadian man found dead in a hotel room with a pound of sodium cyanide nearby died of cyanide poisoning. The cause of death was announced Thursday, but authorities haven't determined whether 29-year-old Saleman Abdirahman Dirie committed suicide. ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Aug 15, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Detroit 5, Toronto 1 F Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 2 F...
Rays end Ziegler's scoreless streak, edge A's
Aug 15, 2008 ... Reliever Brad Ziegler's record scoreless streak was ended by B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena homered leading off the 12th to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 7-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Ziegler started his career by not allowing a run in 39 consecutive shutout innings _ ...
Feds: Texas bus company a public safety hazard
Aug 15, 2008; ... Federal regulators Thursday declared a San Antonio charter bus company an "imminent hazard" to public safety because of its affiliation with a Houston motorcoach operator involved in a deadly Aug. 8 crash. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Liberty ...
President-elect says chaos possible for Paraguay
Aug 15, 2008; ... The odds are against Paraguay's president-elect even before he takes office on Friday. Fernando Lugo says his impoverished nation "could go up in flames" within months. The former Catholic bishop has made history by ending 61 years of authoritarian one-party rule, but his ...
Defending champ McNulty tied for lead
Aug 15, 2008 ... Defending champion Mark McNulty shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead in the JELD-WEN Tradition, the fourth of the Champions Tour's five major tournaments. Craig Stadler, Gene Jones, Mark Wiebe, Tim Simpson, Jay Haas and David Eger joined McNulty at top of ...