AP Online back issues from Tuesday, January 20:
AP Top News at 7:03 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
Obama praises McCain as a model of patriotism
Jan 20, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama is calling his former rival John McCain an American hero who set a standard of patriotism and bipartisanship for all to follow. Obama praised McCain at a Monday night dinner in Washington honoring the Republican senator from Arizona ...
AP Top News at 8:02 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ The New York Jets are confident Rex Ryan was worth the wait. The Baltimore Ravens' defensive coordinator was hired Monday as New York's coach, three weeks after the Jets fired Eric Mangini following a late-season collapse. "We got the right man for the job," owner Woody ...
Biden tries to shush wife after state-VP slip
Jan 20, 2009; ... Joe Biden's wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama's running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a slip that the vice president-elect immediately tried to shush. Jill Biden's comment came during an appearance ...
AP Top News at 7:04 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
Obama steps to door of White House _ and history
Jan 20, 2009; ... Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. "Tomorrow we will come together as one people on ...
Cheney in wheelchair with pulled back muscle
Jan 20, 2009 ... Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday's inauguration ceremony. White House press secretary Dana Perino said Cheney was helping to move into his new home outside Washington in McLean, Va., when he ...
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
Jan 20, 2009; ... In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration. Bush, responding to heavy pressure from ...
Hamas fighters seek to restore order in Gaza Strip
Jan 20, 2009; ... Uniformed Hamas security teams emerged on Gaza City's streets Monday as leaders of the Islamic militant group vowed to restore order in the shattered Palestinian territory after a three-week pummeling by the Israeli military. Hamas proclaimed it won a great victory over the Jewish state _ a view ...
UN: Hundreds of millions needed for Gaza aid
Jan 20, 2009; ... Hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid will be needed immediately to help Gaza's 1.4 million people and billions of dollars will be required to rebuild its shattered buildings and infrastructure, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Monday. John Holmes said some neighborhoods ...
Jets hire Ravens coordinator Rex Ryan as new coach
Jan 20, 2009; ... The New York Jets are confident Rex Ryan was worth the wait. The Baltimore Ravens' defensive coordinator was hired Monday as New York's coach, three weeks after the Jets fired Eric Mangini following a late-season collapse. "We got the right man for the job," owner Woody Johnson said in ...
NTSB investigator: US Airways probe to last a year
Jan 20, 2009; ... The probe into the crash-landing of a US Airways jetliner will take a year, and the lessons learned from the spectacular accident will last much longer, a senior investigator said Monday. "I think this one is going to be studied for decades," said Robert Benzon, chief investigator on ...
9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
Jan 20, 2009; ... Two alleged orchestrators of the 2001 attacks on America casually declared their guilt on Monday in a messy and perhaps final session of the Guantanamo war crimes court. This week's military hearings could be the last at Guantanamo _ President-elect Barack Obama has said he would close the ...
AP Top News at 7:30 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
Cal TE Morrah enters NFL draft
Jan 20, 2009 ... California tight end Cameron Morrah entered the NFL draft on Monday, foregoing his senior season apparently against the advice of coach Jeff Tedford. Morrah had 27 receptions for 326 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior last season for the Golden Bears (9-4). The 6-foot-4 ...
AP Top News at 7:00 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
AP Top News at 7:22 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
Cheney pulls muscle in his back
Jan 20, 2009 ... Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday's inauguration ceremony. White House press secretary Dana Perino said Cheney was helping to move ...
Study: Women less able to suppress hunger than men
Jan 20, 2009; ... Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new study suggests. Researchers trying to understand the brain's mechanisms for controlling food intake were surprised at the ...
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
Jan 20, 2009; ... In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration. Bush, responding to heavy pressure from ...
Obama praises old foe McCain
Jan 20, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama is calling his former rival John McCain an American hero who set a standard of patriotism and bipartisanship for all to follow. Obama praised McCain at a Monday night dinner in Washington honoring the Republican senator from ...
Jets hire Rex Ryan as coach
Jan 20, 2009; ... The New York Jets are confident Rex Ryan was worth the wait. The Baltimore Ravens' defensive coordinator was hired Monday as New York's coach, three weeks after the Jets fired Eric Mangini following a late-season collapse. "We got ...
Pistons-Grizzlies, Box
Jan 20, 2009 ... DETROIT (87) Hamilton 7-12 0-0 14, Prince 2-12 0-0 4, Wallace 4-12 4-4 13, Iverson 11-18 5-8 27, Stuckey 7-12 0-0 14, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, McDyess 3-3 2-4 8, Maxiell 2-3 3-6 7, Bynum 0-1 0-0 0, Afflalo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-75 14-22 ...
Obama steps to door of White House _ and history
Jan 20, 2009; ... Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. "Tomorrow we will come together as one people on the same Mall ...
Police: Greek shipping magnate released
Jan 20, 2009 ... Police say kidnappers have released an elderly and ill Greek shipping magnate, eight days after they snatched him at gunpoint in a seaside suburb of Athens. Police said in a statement that Periklis Panagopoulos, 74, had been located in the Aspropyrgos industrial area outside Athens in ...
Texas girl gets new heart; sis awaiting transplant
Jan 20, 2009; ... A 7-year-old girl received a new heart Monday, more than eight months after she and her older sister were put on the transplant list because of the same rare ailment. Their mother said Shayde Smith is relieved now that her sister Emily has received a ...
MRSA rising in kids' ear, nose, throat infections
Jan 20, 2009; ... Researchers say they found an "alarming" increase in children's ear, nose and throat infections nationwide caused by dangerous drug-resistant staph germs. Other studies have shown rising numbers of skin infections in adults and children caused by these germs, nicknamed MRSA, but this ...
Jets hire Ravens coordinator Rex Ryan as new coach
Jan 20, 2009; ... Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with quarterback ...
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
Jan 20, 2009; ... In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration. Bush, responding to heavy pressure from ...
Michelle Obama serenaded at youth concert
Jan 20, 2009 ... A young, aspiring singer dedicated the national anthem to Michelle Obama as the youth inaugural concert kicked off Monday night. Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha _ who was clutching a camera _ took their front-row seats at "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" just ...
Woman creates artwork from 395 days of junk mail
Jan 20, 2009 ... One person's junk mail is an Austin woman's art. Artist Annette Lawrence saved every scrap of junk mail she received, at her home, for about 13 months and made it into an exhibit called "Free Paper." Lawrence told KXAN-TV that she was "a bit bothered" by the amount ...
Iverson scores 27 to lead Detroit over Memphis
Jan 20, 2009 ... Allen Iverson scored 27 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to an 87-79 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, ending the Pistons' longest losing streak in five seasons. Rasheed Wallace scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half to help bring Detroit's five-game skid to an ...
Ike-affected A&M-Galveston classes resume Tuesday
Jan 20, 2009 ... Classes will resume Tuesday at Texas A&M-Galveston for the first regular semester since Hurricane Ike. After the storm struck in September, the school's 1,200 students moved to the main A&M campus in College Station. The Galveston campus wasn't seriously damaged but lost power ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Jan 20, 2009; ... All Times Eastern National Football League Playoffs No games today. National Basketball Association New York 102, Chicago 98 ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Jan 20, 2009; ... All Times Eastern National Football League Playoffs No games today. National Basketball Association New York 102, Chicago 98 ...
9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
Jan 20, 2009; ... Two alleged orchestrators of the 2001 attacks on America casually declared their guilt on Monday in a messy and perhaps final session of the Guantanamo war crimes court. This week's military hearings could be the last at Guantanamo _ President-elect Barack Obama has said he would close the ...
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
Jan 20, 2009; ... In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration. Bush, responding to heavy pressure from ...
Obama steps to door of White House _ and history
Jan 20, 2009; ... Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. "Tomorrow we will come together as one people on the same Mall ...
AP sources: Markakis, Madson get big deals
Jan 20, 2009; ... Nick Markakis reached a preliminary agreement on a $66 million, six-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles, and Ryan Madson struck a $12 million, three-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies as players and teams rushed Monday to settle salary arbitration cases. A day before the ...
Hamas fighters seek to restore order in Gaza Strip
Jan 20, 2009; ... Uniformed Hamas security teams emerged on Gaza City's streets Monday as leaders of the Islamic militant group vowed to restore order in the shattered Palestinian territory after a three-week pummeling by the Israeli military. Hamas proclaimed it won a great victory over the Jewish state _ a view ...
NY governor says no decision yet on Senate seat
Jan 20, 2009; ... New York Gov. David Paterson insisted Monday he still hasn't decided whom he will appoint to the Senate seat expected to soon be vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton despite news reports to the contrary. The Democrat, who is in Washington for the inauguration, said he hopes to announce a ...
Court rules in favor of Cheney in lawsuit
Jan 20, 2009; ... A federal judge ruled Monday that Vice President Dick Cheney has broad discretion in determining what records created during his eight-year tenure must be preserved. Absent any evidence that Cheney's office is failing to safeguard records, it is up to the vice president to determine ...
Deputies make traffic stop, find $1 million in car
Jan 20, 2009 ... Gwinnett County deputies found more than $1 million in cash in a car they had stopped for a traffic violation. Sheriff's spokeswoman Stacey Bourbonnais said the man was stopped Friday after deputies noticed he was swerving in and out of lanes. While speaking to him, the man allegedly ...
Iverson scores 27 to lead Detroit over Memphis
Jan 20, 2009 ... Allen Iverson scored 27 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to an 87-79 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, ending the Pistons' longest losing streak in five seasons. Rasheed Wallace scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half to help bring ...
AP Top News at 7:12 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
AP Top News at 7:43 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
Woman arrested after child gives away hiding spot
Jan 20, 2009 ... A Fort Pierce woman ended up in jail because of a little girl with a big mouth. Police went to the home of 22-year-old woman on Friday to serve warrants for assault, harassing phone calls and violation probation carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. Officers said two men and a ...
AP Top News at 8:20 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Nick Markakis reached a preliminary agreement on a $66 million, six-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles, and Ryan Madson struck a $12 million, three-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies as players and ...
AP Top News at 7:05 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
AP Top News at 7:42 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was hired as the coach of the New York Jets on Monday, a day after the Ravens lost in the AFC championship. The 46-year-old Ryan replaces the fired Eric Mangini, taking over a team that started last season 8-3 but missed the playoffs with ...
Australia says 2 fishermen rescued; report 18 lost
Jan 20, 2009; ... Two men were found floating in an ice box in the seas off Australia and told authorities they had spent 25 days adrift after their fishing boat sank with the loss of 18 other crew members, an official said Tuesday. The men, 22 and 24, from the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, were ...
Obama steps to door of White House _ and history
Jan 20, 2009; ... Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. "Tomorrow we will come together as one people on the same Mall ...
Biden tries to shush wife after state-VP slip
Jan 20, 2009; ... Joe Biden's wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama's running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a slip that the vice president-elect immediately tried to shush. Jill Biden's comment came during an appearance ...
Obama steps to door of White House _ and history
Jan 20, 2009; ... Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. "Tomorrow we will come together as one people on the same Mall ...
Man asks to be deported, then kicks police car
Jan 20, 2009 ... Police on Long Island arrested a man after he allegedly kicked a police car and asked to be deported back to his home country of Guatemala. Police said the 27-year-old man called the Southold Police Department early Sunday and asked to be arrested so he could be deported. Police said ...
Obama steps to door of White House _ and history
Jan 20, 2009; ... Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. "Tomorrow we will come together as one people on the same Mall ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Jan 20, 2009; ... All Times Eastern National Football League Playoffs No games today. National Basketball Association New York 102, Chicago 98 ...
Hamas fighters seek to restore order in Gaza Strip
Jan 20, 2009; ... Uniformed Hamas security teams emerged on Gaza City's streets Monday as leaders of the Islamic militant group vowed to restore order in the shattered Palestinian territory after a three-week pummeling by the Israeli military. Hamas proclaimed it won a great victory over the Jewish state _ a view ...
Man calls cops, says he stole car and crashed it
Jan 20, 2009 ... Sheboygan County prosecutors say a 21-year-old man who crashed his uncle's car called police to report that he stole the car and had been drinking. The man was charged Friday with a felony count of taking and driving a vehicle without the owner's consent. The charge carries a maximum penalty of ...
AP Top News at 8:18 p.m. EST
Jan 20, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Nick Markakis reached a preliminary agreement on a $66 million, six-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles, and Ryan Madson struck a $12 million, three-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies as players and ...
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
Jan 20, 2009; ... In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal ...
Brazil stocks down 1.3 pct on December jobs report
Jan 20, 2009 ... Brazilian stocks sagged Monday on news of severe December job losses in Latin America's largest economy. The Ibovespa index closed down 1.3 percent at 38,828 after the release of a report saying Brazil lost 654,000 jobs last month, the worst on record since May 1999. ...
Police find student passed out with car running
Jan 20, 2009 ... Athens police said an officer found a drunken 20-year-old University of Georgia student who tried to drive home after a party passed out at a stop sign with the car still running. The officer found the woman about 2 a.m. Sunday asleep with the car still in drive. The officer put the ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,229
Jan 20, 2009; ... As of Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at least 4,229 members of the U.S. military had 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 3,404 military personnel died as a result of ...