AP Online back issues from Wednesday, September 10:
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
AP Top News at 8:09 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
AP Top News at 8:29 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
Bridge repair program unfocused, says GAO
Sep 10, 2008; ... Many of the nation's largest and most seriously deficient bridges aren't getting fixed because a federal program funding bridge repairs is unfocused and lacks sufficient standards, congressional investigators say. The Highway Bridge Program that provided more than $4 billion to states ...
Pro football helps carry NBC to ratings win
Sep 10, 2008; ... With most scripted series still in repeats and few new fall series unveiled yet, pro football drew the biggest audiences. NBC's "Sunday Night Football" clash between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts was the week's most-watched prime-time program; that network's ...
No questions, please; Palin sticks to her script
Sep 10, 2008; ... John McCain took a risk in picking little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate, but now the campaign's playing it safer. She's sticking to a greatest hits version of her convention speech on the campaign trail and steering clear of questions until she's comfortable enough for a ...
Obama: McCain can't put lipstick on a pig
Sep 10, 2008; ... What's the difference between the presidential campaign before and after the national political conventions? Lipstick. The colorful cosmetic has become a political buzzword, thanks to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's joke in her acceptance speech that lipstick is the ...
Armstrong coming out of retirement for Tour
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lance Armstrong is ready to swear off the chips and salsa, climb back on the bike and win an eighth Tour de France. Three years after retiring, the 36-year-old says he'll return to competition and the Tour de France in 2009, giving up relaxed days of a few beers and Tex-Mex food for a ...
Estimates say fed budget deficit nearing $407B
Sep 10, 2008; ... The federal government will run a near-record deficit of $407 billion this year, according to the latest Capitol Hill estimates. The Congressional Budget Office released figures Tuesday that indicate the red ink will spill over ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Sep 10, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Toronto 3, Chicago White Sox 1 (1st game)F Toronto 0, Chicago White Sox 0 (2nd game)-1...
McCain camp angry over Obama's 'lipstick' comment
Sep 10, 2008; ... What's the difference between the presidential campaign before and after the national political conventions? Lipstick. The colorful cosmetic has become a political buzzword, thanks to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's joke in her acceptance speech that lipstick is the ...
Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will roll out plans Wednesday to shore up the embattled investment bank's balance sheet and face down investor concern that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital. The nation's fourth-largest securities firm, whose shares fell by nearly ...
No fanfare planned for Guy Ritchie's 40th birthday
Sep 10, 2008 ... Guy Ritchie already celebrated a milestone birthday this year: wife Madonna's 50th. So the filmmaker isn't thinking much about his own milestone birthday on Wednesday. "I've thought less about my 40th birthday than almost any other birthday," said Ritchie, who was in Toronto ...
Merriman pulls plug on season, will have surgery
Sep 10, 2008; ... Star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman pulled the plug on his 2008 season on Tuesday when he told the San Diego Chargers he'll have surgery on the two torn ligaments in his left knee. The loss of Merriman, whose hard hits earned him the nickname "Lights Out," is a big one ...
AP Top News at 8:28 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
Franken seeks Senate nod amid 7 state primaries
Sep 10, 2008; ... After millions of dollars and 19 months pursuing a U.S. Senate seat, comedian Al Franken sought Tuesday to nail down the Democratic nomination in his childhood home of Minnesota. The former "Saturday Night ...
Franken seeks Senate nod amid 7 state primaries
Sep 10, 2008; ... After millions of dollars and 19 months pursuing a U.S. Senate seat, comedian Al Franken sought Tuesday to nail down the Democratic nomination in his childhood home of Minnesota. The former "Saturday Night ...
Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will roll out plans on Wednesday to shore up the embattled investment bank's balance sheet and face down investor concern that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital. The nation's fourth-largest securities firm, whose shares fell by ...
AP Top News at 8:35 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will roll out plans Wednesday to shore up the embattled investment bank's balance sheet and face down investor concern that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital. The nation's fourth-largest securities firm, whose shares fell by nearly ...
Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will roll out plans on Wednesday to shore up the embattled investment bank's balance sheet and face down investor concern that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital. The nation's fourth-largest securities firm, whose shares fell by ...
New 9/11 museum building design evokes twin towers
Sep 10, 2008; ... The latest design for the Sept. 11 memorial entrance pavilion has a facade that evokes the World Trade Center's twin towers, and builders still hope the memorial will open by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The three-story, asymmetrical glass and steel building is the ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Sep 10, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Toronto 3, Chicago White Sox 1 (1st game)F Toronto 1, Chicago White Sox 0 (2nd game)-2...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is ready to swear off the chips and salsa, climb back on the bike and win an eighth Tour de France. Three years after retiring, the 36-year-old says he'll return to competition and the Tour de France in 2009, giving up relaxed days of a few beers and Tex-Mex ...
Obama: Bush plan for Afghanistan not enough
Sep 10, 2008; ... Barack Obama said President Bush isn't acting quickly or forcefully enough to get more U.S. forces into Afghanistan and out of Iraq. Bush "is tinkering around the edges and kicking the can down the road to the next president" with his decision Tuesday to bring home only ...
Glorious NYC lawsuit ruling for 'Borat' filmmakers
Sep 10, 2008 ... A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them. Judge Loretta Preska says all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from ...
Texas officials weigh evacuations as Ike nears
Sep 10, 2008; ... With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Border Patrol than ...
Former Nation of Islam leader W.D. Mohammed dies
Sep 10, 2008; ... Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died Tuesday. He was 74. Sultan Muhammad confirmed his uncle's ...
Paris doc shows confessional side of Hilton
Sep 10, 2008 ... One clear fan of a new Paris Hilton documentary has a familiar name: Paris Hilton. As she left the theater where "Paris, Not France" premiered Tuesday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, Hilton gave a few claps of applause after director Adria Petty was announced for a ...
US moves to replenish Georgia's military
Sep 10, 2008; ... Turning a deaf ear to Russia's complaints, the Bush administration is moving to rebuild Georgia's military while asserting it will not let Russia divide Europe again. "Georgia, like any sovereign country, should have the ability to defend itself and to deter renewed ...
Texas officials mull evacuations as Ike nears
Sep 10, 2008; ... With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Border Patrol than ...
Agent: QB was watching football
Sep 10, 2008; ... Jeff Fisher said Tuesday night the Tennessee Titans didn't have the luxury of waiting to be sure about the safety of their quarterback Vince Young before calling police for help in finding him. That led to four hours' of uncertainty Monday night before Young contacted the Titans and ...
Senator examining rising text messaging rates
Sep 10, 2008; ... A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the nation's top four wireless carriers to justify the "sharply rising rates" they charge people to send and receive text messages. In letters to top executives at Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp ....
Myanmar 1990 election winners want junta's UN seat
Sep 10, 2008; ... The pro-democracy winners of Myanmar's 1990 elections asked the U.N. secretary-general Tuesday to recognize their own representatives in place of the current military rulers' United Nations mission. A letter from candidates elected to parliament in 1990 challenged the legitimacy of ...
Franken seeks Senate nod amid 7 state primaries
Sep 10, 2008; ... After millions of dollars and 19 months pursuing a U.S. Senate seat, comedian Al Franken sought Tuesday to nail down the Democratic nomination in his childhood home of Minnesota. The former "Saturday Night ...
Bush touts Iraq troop reduction, not big picture
Sep 10, 2008; ... President Bush boasts that he's bringing 8,000 troops home from Iraq by February. What he doesn't say is he'll leave office with more troops there than before last year's big military buildup and few options for shoring up the force in increasingly violent Afghanistan. The bottom line ...
Fewer US med students choosing primary care
Sep 10, 2008; ... Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system. The results of a new survey being published Wednesday ...
AP Top News at 8:07 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155
Sep 10, 2008; ... As of Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,375 died as a result of hostile action, ...
Off-target NATO bomb kills 2 Afghan civilians
Sep 10, 2008; ... A NATO bomb mistakenly hit a house 1 1/2 miles off target Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding 10 even as Afghanistan's president was saying that terrorism cannot be defeated if innocents are killed in coalition operations. In a separate incident in eastern Afghanistan, a ...
Franken seeks Senate nod amid 7 state primaries
Sep 10, 2008; ... After millions of dollars and 19 months pursuing a U.S. Senate seat, comedian Al Franken sought Tuesday to nail down the Democratic nomination in his childhood home of Minnesota. The former "Saturday Night ...
Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will roll out plans on Wednesday to shore up the embattled investment bank's balance sheet and face down investor concern that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital. The nation's fourth-largest securities firm, whose shares fell by ...
AP Top News at 8:27 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
Fisher: Titans couldn't wait on safety of QB Young
Sep 10, 2008; ... Jeff Fisher said Tuesday night the Tennessee Titans didn't have the luxury of waiting to be sure about the safety of their quarterback Vince Young before calling police for help in finding him. That led to four hours' of uncertainty Monday night before Young contacted the Titans and ...
Senator examining rising text messaging rates
Sep 10, 2008; ... A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the nation's top four wireless carriers to justify the "sharply rising rates" they charge people to send and receive text messages. In letters to top executives at Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp ....
Top editor: AP, members can work through disputes
Sep 10, 2008; ... The executive editor of The Associated Press said Tuesday the news cooperative hopes to work through problems with a handful of newspapers who say they may leave the AP as it implements a new pricing plan that changes how papers get daily content. Kathleen Carroll told a crowd of ...
Reynolds American to cut 570 jobs, realign brands
Sep 10, 2008; ... Reynolds American Inc. and its tobacco unit, R.J. Reynolds, said Tuesday they would cut about 570 jobs, or 10 percent of their American work force, as cigarette sellers prepare to compete more aggressively for sales of smokeless tobacco products. The company expects the job cuts at ...
Texas appeals court stop scheduled execution
Sep 10, 2008; ... Attorneys for a killer who had been scheduled to die Wednesday say he should get a new trial because his trial judge and the prosecutor admitted having a secret sexual relationship that began years before his murder convictions. Charles Dean Hood won a reprieve Tuesday, but not ...
Paris doc shows confessional side of Hilton
Sep 10, 2008 ... One clear fan of a new Paris Hilton documentary has a familiar name: Paris Hilton. As she left the theater where "Paris, Not France" premiered Tuesday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, Hilton gave a few claps of applause after director Adria Petty was ...
Obama puts heat on Palin as she boosts GOP ticket
Sep 10, 2008; ... Listening to Barack Obama, it can seem like Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is the main person standing between him and the White House instead of John McCain. Obama is putting as much heat on Palin as he is on the man at the top of the GOP ticket, objecting to the ...
AP Top News at 8:15 p.m. EDT
Sep 10, 2008 ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented ...
Agent: Titans QB Vince Young was at friend's house
Sep 10, 2008; ... Jeff Fisher said Tuesday night the Tennessee Titans didn't have the luxury of waiting to be sure about the safety of their quarterback Vince Young before calling police for help in finding him. That led to four hours' of uncertainty Monday night before Young contacted the Titans and ...
Bush's border fence to cost extra $400 million
Sep 10, 2008; ... The Bush administration needs an extra $400 million to complete its fence along the country's southwestern border, and government investigators say that may not even be enough to finish construction by the end of this year. To complete the 670-mile fence _ already half built _ the ...
McCain camp angry over Obama's 'lipstick' comment
Sep 10, 2008; ... What's the difference between the presidential campaign before and after the national political conventions? Lipstick. The colorful cosmetic has become a political buzzword, thanks to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's joke in her acceptance speech that lipstick is the ...
Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will roll out plans on Wednesday to shore up the embattled investment bank's balance sheet and face down investor concern that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital. The nation's fourth-largest securities firm, whose shares fell by ...
Agent: QB was watching football
Sep 10, 2008; ... Jeff Fisher said Tuesday night the Tennessee Titans didn't have the luxury of waiting to be sure about the safety of their quarterback Vince Young before calling police for help in finding him. That led to four hours' of uncertainty Monday night before Young contacted the Titans and ...
Israeli minister says OK to kidnap Iran president
Sep 10, 2008; ... An Israeli Cabinet minister and one-time spy who helped kidnap Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann and bring him to trial said Tuesday the same tactic could be used on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad is feared and reviled in Israel because of his repeated calls to wipe ...
Hurricane Ike takes aim at South Texas
Sep 10, 2008; ... With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Border Patrol than ...
Merriman pulls plug on season, will have surgery
Sep 10, 2008; ... Star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman pulled the plug on his 2008 season on Tuesday when he told the San Diego Chargers he'll have surgery on the two torn ligaments in his left knee. The loss of Merriman, whose hard hits earned him the nickname "Lights Out," is a big one ...
Myanmar 1990 election winners want junta's UN seat
Sep 10, 2008; ... The pro-democracy winners of Myanmar's 1990 elections asked the U.N. secretary-general Tuesday to recognize their own representatives in place of those of the current military rulers at the United Nations. A letter from candidates elected to parliament in 1990 challenged the ...
Lance Armstrong coming out of retirement for Tour
Sep 10, 2008; ... Lance Armstrong is ready to swear off the chips and salsa, climb back on the bike and win an eighth Tour de France. Three years after retiring, the 36-year-old says he'll return to competition and the Tour de France in 2009, giving up relaxed days of a few beers and Tex-Mex food for a ...
Top editor: AP, members can work through disputes
Sep 10, 2008; ... The executive editor of The Associated Press said Tuesday the news cooperative hopes to work through problems with a handful of newspapers who say they may leave the AP as it implements a new pricing plan that changes how papers get daily content. Kathleen Carroll told a crowd of ...
Reynolds American to cut 570 jobs, realign brands
Sep 10, 2008; ... Reynolds American Inc. and its tobacco unit, R.J. Reynolds, said Tuesday they would cut about 570 jobs, or 10 percent of their American work force, as cigarette sellers prepare to compete more aggressively for sales of smokeless tobacco products. The company expects the job cuts at ...
Fisher: Titans couldn't wait on safety of QB Young
Sep 10, 2008; ... Jeff Fisher said Tuesday night the Tennessee Titans didn't have the luxury of waiting to be sure about the safety of their quarterback Vince Young before calling police for help in finding him. That led to four hours' of uncertainty Monday night before Young contacted the Titans and ...
Glorious NYC lawsuit ruling for 'Borat' filmmakers
Sep 10, 2008 ... A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them. Judge Loretta Preska says all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from ...