AP Online back issues from Friday, August 22:
Obama raps McCain for ignorance of his own houses
Aug 22, 2008; ... John McCain may have created his own housing crisis. Hours after a report that the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting didn't know how many homes he and his multimillionaire wife own, Democratic rival Barack Obama launched a national TV ad and a series of campaign stops aimed at ...
Seinfeld to be pitchman for Microsoft
Aug 22, 2008; ... Junior Mints, Yoo-hoo, Drake's Coffee Cakes, puffy shirts: These are all things Jerry Seinfeld has endorsed _ at least in his alter ego on his classic sitcom. Now, add Microsoft software. Seinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million fall advertising campaign for the ...
Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears
Aug 22, 2008; ... Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled by unfounded fears that vaccines may cause ...
Obama says he's made his veep choice
Aug 22, 2008; ... Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and planned a major rally to present the Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois. Obama refused to say whether he'd notified his pick or when ...
AP Top News at 8:05 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
Obama casts McCain as rich, out of touch
Aug 22, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama Thursday depicted John McCain as rich, out of touch and less a foreign-policy expert than he claims _ part of the increasingly negative tone of the presidential hopeful's message as he tries to fight the perception that his campaign has stalled. Two national ...
Take me out to the replay: MLB game could lengthen
Aug 22, 2008; ... As if major league games aren't long enough already, now there will be replay delays. Sometime before the end of the regular season, Major League Baseball will start allowing umpires to review video to determine boundary calls on home runs, such as whether they cleared fences or went ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Aug 22, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 F Toronto 13, N.Y. Yankees 0 -6...
AP Top News at 7:54 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
Collapsed snow field traps 2 teens in Wash. state
Aug 22, 2008 ... Search and rescue crews are trying to find two teenagers who apparently fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle. Snoqualmie Pass Fire Chief Matt Cowan says hikers with the boys, ages 14 and 17, called 911 Thursday. He says rescuers have yet to make contact ...
Rescuers speak to boys trapped in Wash. snow field
Aug 22, 2008 ... Rescue crews have made verbal contact with two teenage boys who fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle. Snoqualmie Pass Fire Chief Matt Cowan says rescuers have spoken to the boys and are using chainsaws to cut through the ...
US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops
Aug 22, 2008; ... Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by next June, with a broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011. Subject to final approval by the top Iraqi leadership, the exit date for U.S ....
Obama raps McCain for ignorance of his own houses
Aug 22, 2008; ... John McCain may have created his own housing crisis. Hours after a report that the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting didn't know how many homes he and his multimillionaire wife own, Democratic rival Barack Obama launched a national TV ad and a series of campaign stops aimed ...
Obama casts McCain as rich, out of touch
Aug 22, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama Thursday depicted John McCain as rich, out of touch and less a foreign-policy expert than he claims _ part of the increasingly negative tone of the presidential hopeful's message as he tries to fight the perception that his campaign has stalled. Two national ...
Face transplant patient can smile, blink again
Aug 22, 2008; ... Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported Friday that their techniques were surprisingly effective, though complications exist and ...
Obama raps McCain for ignorance of his own houses
Aug 22, 2008; ... John McCain may have created his own housing crisis. Hours after a report that the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting didn't know how many homes he and his multimillionaire wife own, Democratic rival Barack Obama launched a national TV ad and a series of campaign stops aimed at ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
Russia and West at odds over UN Georgia resolution
Aug 22, 2008; ... Russia and key Western nations remained at odds Thursday over a U.N. resolution aimed at bringing peace to Georgia, with the U.S., France and Britain insisting on immediate withdrawal of Russian troops and a commitment to Georgia's territorial integrity. Russia put its draft ...
Glavine has surgery on injured left elbow
Aug 22, 2008 ... Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine is expected to be ready for spring training after undergoing surgery on his injured left elbow. The 42-year-old left-hander also had arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder Thursday, and the Braves said he should be able to start a throwing program by ...
Anti-graft police probe Nigerian Obama fundraiser
Aug 22, 2008; ... Police questioned the head of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday in connection with a glitzy fundraiser meant to drum up African support for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spokesman Femi Babafemi said investigators were ...
Vitter can use some campaign funds for legal fees
Aug 22, 2008; ... Sen. David Vitter, R-La., can use his campaign funds to pay for some of his legal fees stemming from an escort service scandal, the Federal Election Commission decided Thursday. The commission deadlocked, however, on Vitter's request to pay all of his legal fees using his campaign ...
Injured lost baby whale euthanized in Australia
Aug 22, 2008; ... An injured and abandoned baby humpback whale was euthanized by wildlife officials Friday after veterinarians determined it was too weak to survive on its own. The plight of the whale calf, which Australians have nicknamed "Colin," has dominated news coverage here since it ...
Immigration agency ends self-deportation program
Aug 22, 2008; ... U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it will scrap a program for illegal immigrants to turn themselves in for deportation after getting only eight volunteers during a nearly three-week trial. Jim Hayes, acting director of detention and removal operations, told The Associated ...
Oracle's Ellison grabs top spot on best-paid list
Aug 22, 2008; ... Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, a longtime fixture on the list of the world's richest people, is now ensconced atop The Associated Press' rankings of the top-paid chief executives in the United States. Never shy about flaunting his estimated $25 billion fortune, Ellison ...
Student killed in shooting at Tenn. school
Aug 22, 2008; ... A student fatally shot a 15-year-old classmate Thursday at a high school, police said, as other teenagers watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor. Police identified the victim as Ryan McDonald, a sophomore who lived with his ...
AP Top News at 8:44 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Aug 22, 2008; ... Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from this former Soviet republic. But a top Russian general said it could be 10 days before the bulk of the troops left, ...
1 of 2 boys trapped by in Wash. snow field rescued
Aug 22, 2008 ... Crews have rescued one of two teenage boys who were trapped under ice and snow after a snow bridge collapsed on top of them near a mountain summit east of Seattle. King County sheriff's spokesman John Urquhart said Thursday that the rescued teen has injuries he called serious ...
Gators among those fleeing Fay's Florida deluge
Aug 22, 2008; ... As if a fourth straight day of rain from Tropical Storm Fay wasn't enough, weary residents are now dealing with quintessentially Floridian fallout: alligators, snakes and other critters driven from their swampy lairs into flooded streets, backyards and doorsteps. National Guardsman ...
Intel shows how to send power wirelessly
Aug 22, 2008; ... THE PROMISE: Using wireless power transmission, one day people might be able to recharge their laptops or cell phones or other gadgets without plugging them into an electrical socket. The technology makes use of some basic physics, as electric coils that resonate at the same frequency can ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
Officials: Threat sent to McCain Colorado office
Aug 22, 2008; ... A threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in this south Denver suburb Thursday, authorities said. No injuries were immediately reported. A second letter sent to a McCain campaign office in New Hampshire initially was ...
Obama says he's made his veep choice
Aug 22, 2008; ... Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and planned a major rally to present the Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois. Obama refused to say whether he'd notified his pick or when ...
Australian official euthanize lost baby whale
Aug 22, 2008; ... An injured and abandoned baby humpback whale was euthanized by wildlife officials Friday after veterinarians determined it was too weak to survive on its own. The plight of the whale calf, which Australians have nicknamed "Colin," has dominated news coverage here since it ...
Glavine has surgery on injured left elbow
Aug 22, 2008 ... Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine underwent surgery on his left elbow and shoulder Thursday and is expected be ready for spring training. Glavine's partially torn tendon in his elbow was repaired by Dr. James Andrews, who also cleaned up Glavine's shoulder. The Braves said the ...
Oracle's Ellison grabs top spot on best-paid list
Aug 22, 2008; ... Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, a longtime fixture on the list of the world's richest people, is now ensconced atop The Associated Press' rankings of the top-paid chief executives in the United States. Never shy about flaunting his estimated $25 billion fortune, Ellison ...
NYT's Carr retraces recovery in new book
Aug 22, 2008; ... When reporter David Carr began thinking about writing his life story, he found he couldn't trust his own memory. Was it his best friend who pulled the gun on Carr some 20 years ago when Carr _ fired from a job and thrown out of a bar _ tried to kick in his friend's front door and ...
AP Top News at 8:23 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
AP Top News at 8:48 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
Officials: Threats sent to McCain offices
Aug 22, 2008; ... Threatening letters containing an unidentified white powder were sent to John McCain campaign offices in Colorado and New Hampshire on Thursday, officials said. No injuries were immediately reported. At least 19 people were examined at hospitals or were quarantined outside the office ...
Brazil wins men's beach volleyball bronze
Aug 22, 2008 ... Athens men's beach volleyball champions Ricardo and Emanuel of Brazil have added a bronze medal, beating Georgia in the third-place game. Ricardo and Emanuel beat Jorge Terceira and Renato Gomes, native ...
Congress: Terror database upgrade failing
Aug 22, 2008; ... A congressional committee on Thursday asked for an investigation into a counterterrorism database software upgrade that it says is months behind schedule, millions over budget and would actually be less capable than the U.S. government terrorist tracking system it is meant to replace. ...
Gwen Stefani gives birth to second child
Aug 22, 2008 ... It's Love, Angel, Music, and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who on Thursday gave birth to a boy. Zuma Nesta Rock weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces when he was born Thursday afternoon, according to publicist Dave Tomberlin. "Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy," he ...
US softball team loses 3-1 to Japan, denied gold
Aug 22, 2008; ... Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years _ and maybe for good. Yukiko Ueno, Japan's remarkably resilient ...
Immigration agency scraps self-deport program
Aug 22, 2008; ... The federal government will scrap a program for illegal immigrants to turn themselves in for deportation after only eight people volunteered during a nearly three-week trial, an official said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offered the pilot program in five cities, ...
Few takers in immigration's 'self-deport' program
Aug 22, 2008; ... The federal "self-deportation" pilot program ending Friday has drawn only a handful of illegal immigrants volunteering to return to their home countries, but immigrant-rights advocates who ridiculed the effort now wonder if it will used to justify or even escalate workplace raids. ...
Intel shows how to send power wirelessly
Aug 22, 2008; ... THE PROMISE: Using wireless power transmission, one day people might be able to recharge their laptops or cell phones or other gadgets without plugging them into an electrical socket. The technology makes use of some basic physics, as electric coils that resonate at the same frequency can ...
At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Aug 22, 2008; ... In northern Greenland, a part of the Arctic that had seemed immune from global warming, new satellite images show a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a major glacier, scientists said Thursday. And that's led the university professor who spotted ...
IOC will investigate ages of China's gymnasts
Aug 22, 2008 ... The International Olympic Committee will investigate whether the Chinese women's gymnastics team that won the gold medal had underage athletes, saying "more information has come to light." "If there is a question mark and we have a concern, which we do, we ask the ...
Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
Aug 22, 2008; ... A conservative nonprofit group with a past link to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign wants to spend $2.8 million on an ad questioning Democrat Barack Obama's relationship to a founder of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. The ad, which is expected to begin airing ...
NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies of cancer at age 63
Aug 22, 2008; ... Gene Upshaw, a towering lineman on the football field who went on to win untold millions of dollars for NFL players as their union leader, has died at age 63. Upshaw had a Hall of Fame career as a guard for the Oakland Raiders _ a team that won two of the three Super Bowls it reached ...
AP Top News at 8:48 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...
Obama says he's made his veep choice
Aug 22, 2008; ... Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and planned a major rally to present the Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois. Obama refused to say whether he'd notified his pick or when ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Aug 22, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 F Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 0-3...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Aug 22, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 F Toronto 10, N.Y. Yankees 0 -4...
Gwen Stefani gives birth to second child
Aug 22, 2008 ... It's Love, Angel, Music, and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who on Thursday gave birth to a boy. Zuma Nesta Rock weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces when he was born Thursday afternoon, according to publicist Dave Tomberlin. "Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy," he ...
Report: DOD to again probe post-Katrina pumps in New Orleans
Aug 22, 2008; ... The Department of Defense will again investigate allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a warning that they might fail, according to the agency that handles federal whistleblower complaints. DOD Acting ...
Feds: Fire took down building next to twin towers
Aug 22, 2008; ... Federal investigators said Thursday they have solved a mystery of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running conspiracy theories. The 47-story trapezoid-shaped building ...
9 polar bears observed on risky open ocean swims
Aug 22, 2008; ... Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming conditions are forcing bears to make riskier, long-distance swims to stable sea ice or land. The bears were spotted in the Chukchi ...
Giants beat Marlins on wild pitch in 9th inning
Aug 22, 2008 ... Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk off closer Kevin Gregg, stole second and took third on a fly out. Pinch-hitter ...
Obituaries in the news
Aug 22, 2008; ... Leopoldo Serran RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) _ Leopoldo Serran, the Brazilian screenwriter behind such 1970s art-house hits as "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands," and "Bye Bye Brazil," died Wednesday. He was 66. Serran died from liver cancer, the Ipanema ...
McCain family wealth mostly in wife's name
Aug 22, 2008; ... Republican presidential candidate John McCain said he wasn't sure how many houses he and his wife own. Here is a rundown of the wealth of the Arizona Republican senator and his wife, Cindy. Most assets are in Mrs. McCain's name. HOMES Property records reviewed by The ...
9 polar bears observed on risky open ocean swims
Aug 22, 2008; ... Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming conditions are forcing bears to make riskier, long-distance swims to stable sea ice or land. The bears were spotted in the Chukchi ...
Arrest in taped mugging of 85-year-old NYC woman
Aug 22, 2008; ... A man accused of choking an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and stealing her cane and cash was arrested after a detective saw the surveillance video and recognized him from a similar assault, police said Thursday. The Aug. 14 mugging of Lillian France was the latest in a spate of ...
AP Top News at 9:12 p.m. EDT
Aug 22, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. Burriss drew a one-out walk ...