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Nov 06, 2007 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, and begins its report for Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Former pipeline company exec pleads guilty to bribery charge
Nov 06, 2007 ... A former executive of a Houston-based company serving the oil, gas and power industries has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian officials with more than $6 million (4.14 million) to obtain a major gas pipeline project, the Justice Department announced Monday. Jason Edward Steph, 37, a ...
AP Service Guide
Nov 06, 2007 ... This AP Service Guide is designed to assist editors in finding specific categories of news in the AP news report using simple text searches for a string of characters. Any questions regarding this guide may be addressed by email to ami@ap.org. ...
Former pipeline company exec pleads guilty to bribery charge
Nov 06, 2007 ... A former executive of a Houston-based company serving the oil, gas and power industries has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian officials with more than $6 million (euro4.14 million) to obtain a major gas pipeline project, the Justice Department announced Monday. Jason Edward Steph, ...
AP News Pronunciation Guide
Nov 06, 2007 ... N Nabatiyeh -- nah-bah-TEE'-yuh Nabilone -- NAB'-ih-lohn Joseph Nacchio -- NAH'-chee-oh Javid Naghani -- jah-VEED' neh-GAH'-nee Ray Nagin -- NAY'-gin Nahariya -- nah-hah-REE'-yuh David Nahmias -- NAH'-mee-uhs ...
AP News Pronunciation Guide
Nov 06, 2007 ... E Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee Edinburgh -- EH'-din-bur-uh Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm Edward Egan -- EE'-gihn Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd Robert Ehrlich ...
Louisiana jurors award $3.3 million to banana workers in pesticide case
Nov 06, 2007; ... A jury awarded $3.3 million (2.28 million) to six workers who claimed they were left sterile by a pesticide used at a banana plantation in Nicaragua operated by Dole Fresh Fruit Co. The workers' lawsuit accused Dole and Standard Fruit Co., now part of Dole, of negligence and ...
AP News Pronunciation Guide
Nov 06, 2007 ... A Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN' Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abdel-Baset -- mah-MOOD' ab-DEHL'-BA'-set Anthony Abbate -- ah-BAHT'-ee Raouf ...
Tuesday, November 13
Nov 06, 2007; ... Today is Tuesday, November 13, the 317th day of 2007. There are 48 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1511 - Britain's King Henry VIII joins Holy League and enters European politics. 1553 - Lady Jane Grey goes on trial for treason in ...
Justices asked to rehear lethal injection challenge
Nov 06, 2007; ... Two death row inmates on asked the Florida Supreme Court to rehear their challenge to the state's lethal injection procedure. The justices last week unanimously rejected arguments that the procedure is unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. That cleared the way for the Nov. 15 ...
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Nov 06, 2007 ... Below is a list of feature stories that The Associated Press plans to move in the coming week. Questions about the stories may be addressed to the North America Desk supervisor in New York at 212-621-1650 (fax 212-621-5449 or e-mail amidesk@ap.org) or to individual bureaus in your country or ...
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Nov 06, 2007 ... N Nabatiyeh -- nah-bah-TEE'-yuh Nabilone -- NAB'-ih-lohn Joseph Nacchio -- NAH'-chee-oh Javid Naghani -- jah-VEED' neh-GAH'-nee Ray Nagin -- NAY'-gin Nahariya -- nah-hah-REE'-yuh David Nahmias -- NAH'-mee-uhs ...
Louisiana jurors award $3.3 million to banana workers in pesticide case
Nov 06, 2007; ... A jury awarded $3.3 million (euro2.28 million) to six workers who claimed they were left sterile by a pesticide used at a banana plantation in Nicaragua operated by Dole Fresh Fruit Co. The workers' lawsuit accused Dole and Standard Fruit Co., now part of Dole, of negligence and ...
California high court considers whether medical pot users can be fired
Nov 06, 2007; ... When his new boss at Ragingwire Inc. ordered Gary Ross to take a drug test, the recently hired computer tech had no doubt the results would come back positive for marijuana. But along with his urine sample, Ross submitted a doctor's recommendation that he smoke pot to alleviate back ...
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Nov 06, 2007 ... E Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee Edinburgh -- EH'-din-bur-uh Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm Edward Egan -- EE'-gihn Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd Robert Ehrlich ...
Katie Holmes accompanies Tom Cruise to black-tie event hours after finishing New York Marathon
Nov 06, 2007 ... Hours after completing the New York City Marathon, Katie Holmes slipped on a pair of high heels to join husband Tom Cruise at a screening of his new movie, "Lions for Lambs." The 28-year-old actress _ who finished Sunday's race in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds _ ...
Tuesday, November 13
Nov 06, 2007; ... Today is Tuesday, November 13, the 317th day of 2007. There are 48 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1511 - Britain's King Henry VIII joins Holy League and enters European politics. 1553 - Lady Jane Grey goes on trial for treason in ...
Justices asked to rehear lethal injection challenge
Nov 06, 2007; ... Two death row inmates on asked the Florida Supreme Court to rehear their challenge to the state's lethal injection procedure. The justices last week unanimously rejected arguments that the procedure is unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. That cleared the way for the Nov. 15 ...
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Nov 06, 2007 ... A Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN' Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abdel-Baset -- mah-MOOD' ab-DEHL'-BA'-set Anthony Abbate -- ah-BAHT'-ee Raouf ...
California high court considers whether medical pot users can be fired
Nov 06, 2007; ... When his new boss at Ragingwire Inc. ordered Gary Ross to take a drug test, the recently hired computer tech had no doubt the results would come back positive for marijuana. But along with his urine sample, Ross submitted a doctor's recommendation that he smoke pot to alleviate back ...
Katie Holmes accompanies Tom Cruise to black-tie event hours after finishing New York Marathon
Nov 06, 2007 ... Hours after completing the New York City Marathon, Katie Holmes slipped on a pair of high heels to join husband Tom Cruise at a screening of his new movie, "Lions for Lambs." The 28-year-old actress _ who finished Sunday's race in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds _ ...
Sarkozy diverts attention from domestic difficulties with success overseas
Nov 06, 2007; ... Because of his high-profile foreign rescue missions, some liken French President Nicolas Sarkozy to masked swashbuckler Zorro or to Jack Bauer, the fearless federal agent of the hit TV drama "24." But perhaps Houdini would be a better fit. Like the famed escape artist, ...
Sarkozy diverts attention from domestic difficulties with success overseas
Nov 06, 2007; ... Because of his high-profile foreign rescue missions, some liken French President Nicolas Sarkozy to masked swashbuckler Zorro or to Jack Bauer, the fearless federal agent of the hit TV drama "24." But perhaps Houdini would be a better fit. Like the famed escape artist, ...
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Nov 06, 2007 ... TENNIS: GAMBLING: After another tennis match-fixing rumor, Haas calls for peers to name names BERLIN _ Tommy Haas says its time his tennis peers identify people by name after an anonymous German player accuses another of match-fixing during a television interview ....
At least 31 killed in Russian nursing home blaze, latest in string of deadly fires
Nov 06, 2007; ... A fire tore through a nursing home in Russia, trapping patients in fast-moving flames and choking smoke at a facility cited for numerous safety violations, including having no fire alarm, according to officials. At least 31 people were killed. Horrific fires at state-run facilities ...
Google dialing for dollars with free cell phone software package
Nov 06, 2007; ... Google Inc. wants to become as influential in the mobile market as it is on the Internet _ and the online search leader thinks it can do that without sticking its prized brand on a cell phone. The Mountain View-based company provided the first glimpse at its mobile ambitions Monday ...
At least 31 killed in Russian nursing home blaze, latest in string of deadly fires
Nov 06, 2007; ... A fire tore through a nursing home in Russia, trapping patients in fast-moving flames and choking smoke at a facility cited for numerous safety violations, including having no fire alarm, according to officials. At least 31 people were killed. Horrific fires at state-run facilities ...
Google dialing for dollars with free cell phone software package
Nov 06, 2007; ... Google Inc. wants to become as influential in the mobile market as it is on the Internet _ and the online search leader thinks it can do that without sticking its prized brand on a cell phone. The Mountain View-based company provided the first glimpse at its mobile ambitions Monday ...
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Nov 06, 2007 ... Kyodo News agency cites Japanese foreign minister as saying that Japan is ...
cites Japanese foreign minister as saying that Japan is considering bearing some costs for North Korea's disablement of nuclear facilities.
Nov 06, 2007
Police raid summit of dons in Sicily to arrest Mafia figure vying to be 'boss of bosses'
Nov 06, 2007; ... Police have raided a summit of Mafia dons in Sicily, arresting a longtime fugitive who authorities say was revitalizing the crime syndicate's ties with U.S. mobsters and was vying to become Cosa ...
German drug maker Bayer suspends worldwide sales of its anti-bleeding drug Trasylol
Nov 06, 2007; ... Bayer AG halted worldwide sales of its anti-bleeding drug Trasylol at the request of U.S. and foreign health officials pending further analysis of a Canadian study that suggests it is linked to a 50 percent higher risk of death than other drugs in the clinical trial. The Food and Drug ...
Police raid summit of dons in Sicily to arrest Mafia figure vying to be 'boss of bosses'
Nov 06, 2007; ... Police have raided a summit of Mafia dons in Sicily, arresting a longtime fugitive who authorities say was revitalizing the crime syndicate's ties with U.S. mobsters and was vying to become Cosa Nostra's next "boss of bosses." The capture Monday of Salvatore Lo Piccolo, on ...
German drug maker Bayer suspends worldwide sales of its anti-bleeding drug Trasylol
Nov 06, 2007; ... Bayer AG halted worldwide sales of its anti-bleeding drug Trasylol at the request of U.S. and foreign health officials pending further analysis of a Canadian study that suggests it is linked to a 50 percent higher risk of death than other drugs in the clinical trial. The Food and Drug ...
Analysis: US administration torn on potential response to Pakistan crisis
Nov 06, 2007; ... The crackdown by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf forces the Bush administration to walk a delicate line in dealing with a crucial ally in the fight against terror, one armed with nuclear weapons in one of the world's most dangerous regions. There are no good options. The United ...
Winfrey promises shake-up at SAfrican school where employee accused of indecent assault
Nov 06, 2007; ... Oprah Winfrey said she wept for half an hour when she heard a dormitory matron was accused of abusing students at her school for disadvantaged South African girls, and promised to "clean house" starting with the head mistress. The star talk show host said Monday that ...
Analysis: US administration torn on potential response to Pakistan crisis
Nov 06, 2007; ... The crackdown by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf forces the Bush administration to walk a delicate line in dealing with a crucial ally in the fight against terror, one armed with nuclear weapons in one of the world's most dangerous regions. There are no good options. The United ...
Winfrey promises shake-up at SAfrican school where employee accused of indecent assault
Nov 06, 2007; ... Oprah Winfrey said she wept for half an hour when she heard a dormitory matron was accused of abusing students at her school for disadvantaged South African girls, and promised to "clean house" starting with the head mistress. The star talk show host said Monday that ...
Supreme Court rules against terminally ill inmate on Alabama death row, but no execution soon
Nov 06, 2007; ... An Alabama death row inmate who wants his cancer to kill him before the state does lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, but he still will not be executed "for months or years," a prosecutor said. Quadruple murderer Daniel Lee Siebert, 53, has had pancreatic ...
Supreme Court rules against terminally ill inmate on Alabama death row, but no execution soon
Nov 06, 2007; ... An Alabama death row inmate who wants his cancer to kill him before the state does lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, but he still will not be executed "for months or years," a prosecutor said. Quadruple murderer Daniel Lee Siebert, 53, has had pancreatic ...
Hollywood writers get support from celebrities on picket lines
Nov 06, 2007; ... Jay Leno rolled up to a picket line on his motorcycle with doughnuts for striking writers at NBC. Julia Louis-Dreyfus marched with pickets at Warner Bros. in the shadow of a giant billboard advertising her CBS show, "The New Adventures of Old Christine." Even ...
Hollywood writers get support from celebrities on picket lines
Nov 06, 2007; ... Jay Leno rolled up to a picket line on his motorcycle with doughnuts for striking writers at NBC. Julia Louis-Dreyfus marched with pickets at Warner Bros. in the shadow of a giant billboard advertising her CBS show, "The New Adventures of Old Christine." Even ...
In Nicaragua, doctors say no-exceptions abortion ban causing deaths
Nov 06, 2007; ... Two weeks after Olga Reyes danced at her wedding, her bloated and disfigured body was laid to rest in an open coffin _ the victim, her husband and some experts say, of Nicaragua's new no-exceptions ban on abortion. Reyes, a 22-year-old law student, suffered an ectopic pregnancy. The ...
In Nicaragua, doctors say no-exceptions abortion ban causing deaths
Nov 06, 2007; ... Two weeks after Olga Reyes danced at her wedding, her bloated and disfigured body was laid to rest in an open coffin _ the victim, her husband and some experts say, of Nicaragua's new no-exceptions ban on abortion. Reyes, a 22-year-old law student, suffered an ectopic pregnancy. The ...
Report: Japan eyeing bearing costs for NKorea disablement
Nov 06, 2007 ... Japan is considering bearing some costs for the disablement of North Korea's nuclear facilities, a news report said Tuesday. Kyodo News agency reported the move, citing ...
Report: Japan eyeing bearing costs for NKorea disablement
Nov 06, 2007 ... Japan is considering bearing some costs for the disablement of North Korea's nuclear facilities, a news report said Tuesday. Kyodo News agency reported the move, citing ...
Hollywood writers picket in first strike since 1988, "Tonight Show' going to reruns
Nov 06, 2007; ... The first strike by Hollywood writers in nearly 20 years got under way with noisy pickets on both U.S. coasts _ a walkout that threatens to disrupt everything from late-night talk shows to soap operas. The strike began Monday after daylong talks Sunday failed to produce an agreement ...
Hollywood writers picket in first strike since 1988, "Tonight Show' going to reruns
Nov 06, 2007; ... The first strike by Hollywood writers in nearly 20 years got under way with noisy pickets on both U.S. coasts _ a walkout that threatens to disrupt everything from late-night talk shows to soap operas. The strike began Monday after daylong talks Sunday failed to produce an agreement ...
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels run a global fundraising and weapons-smuggling network
Nov 06, 2007; ... He's known as KP, and he's exactly the kind of man you would imagine running a shadowy smuggling network that stretches from the beaches of northern Sri Lanka to the skyscrapers of New York. With a medium build, a mustache, slight paunch and thinning hair, KP blends easily into the ...
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels run a global fundraising and weapons-smuggling network
Nov 06, 2007; ... He's known as KP, and he's exactly the kind of man you would imagine running a shadowy smuggling network that stretches from the beaches of northern Sri Lanka to the skyscrapers of New York. With a medium build, a mustache, slight paunch and thinning hair, KP blends easily into the ...
Helicopter crashes near Tennessee-Kentucky border, killing 3
Nov 06, 2007 ... A helicopter crashed in a remote area near the Kentucky border, killing at least three people, officials said. It was unclear whether anyone else was on board, but witness accounts indicate there were no survivors Monday, said Warren Woodberry, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation ...
Helicopter crashes near Tennessee-Kentucky border, killing 3
Nov 06, 2007 ... A helicopter crashed in a remote area near the Kentucky border, killing at least three people, officials said. It was unclear whether anyone else was on board, but witness accounts indicate there were no survivors Monday, said Warren Woodberry, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation ...
A Nobelist's childhood wartime drama _ inspiring, but open to questions
Nov 06, 2007; ... The tale of how Mario Capecchi, this year's Nobel medicine laureate, survived heartbreak and poverty in wartime Italy to go on to academic glory in America inspired the world in a way that resonated beyond his scientific triumphs. The story Capecchi has told repeatedly over the years ...
Indonesian servant testifies about alleged abuse, enslavement in New York mansion
Nov 06, 2007; ... An Indonesian servant for a millionaire couple in New York accused of modern-day slavery testified she was forced to eat her own vomit and was scalded with hot water for misdeeds such as sleeping late and pilfering food. The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Samirah, said through ...
'Super X-rays' show promise for finding heart disease but produce high radiation dose
Nov 06, 2007; ... A type of "super X-ray" showed promise in its first big test as a potentially cheaper, faster and painless way to find out whether certain people with signs of heart disease actually have it and need treatment. The scans might eliminate the need for some of the 1.3 million ...
A Nobelist's childhood wartime drama _ inspiring, but open to questions
Nov 06, 2007; ... The tale of how Mario Capecchi, this year's Nobel medicine laureate, survived heartbreak and poverty in wartime Italy to go on to academic glory in America inspired the world in a way that resonated beyond his scientific triumphs. The story Capecchi has told repeatedly over the years ...
Indonesian servant testifies about alleged abuse, enslavement in New York mansion
Nov 06, 2007; ... An Indonesian servant for a millionaire couple in New York accused of modern-day slavery testified she was forced to eat her own vomit and was scalded with hot water for misdeeds such as sleeping late and pilfering food. The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Samirah, said through ...
'Super X-rays' show promise for finding heart disease but produce high radiation dose
Nov 06, 2007; ... A type of "super X-ray" showed promise in its first big test as a potentially cheaper, faster and painless way to find out whether certain people with signs of heart disease actually have it and need treatment. The scans might eliminate the need for some of the 1.3 million ...
Short winter season at American Ballet Theatre often more rewarding than the spring
Nov 06, 2007; ... The final weekend of American Ballet Theatre's too-short winter season at City Center in New York was a perfect example of why winter is often the sunniest time for this company. It is in the winter that ABT's dancers get to flex their muscles in a host of mainly contemporary works, ...
Short winter season at American Ballet Theatre often more rewarding than the spring
Nov 06, 2007; ... The final weekend of American Ballet Theatre's too-short winter season at City Center in New York was a perfect example of why winter is often the sunniest time for this company. It is in the winter that ABT's dancers get to flex their muscles in a host of mainly contemporary works, ...
US cops try to knock down walls between Web and offline patrols
Nov 06, 2007; ... Raise your hand if you've heard of "Second Life," police Lt. Charles Cohen asks a room of about 75 law enforcement officers from around the United States. "Second Life," a sprawling online universe, has had technology circles abuzz for a while. But here, it might ...
US cops try to knock down walls between Web and offline patrols
Nov 06, 2007; ... Raise your hand if you've heard of "Second Life," police Lt. Charles Cohen asks a room of about 75 law enforcement officers from around the United States. "Second Life," a sprawling online universe, has had technology circles abuzz for a while. But here, it might ...
UN General Assembly strongly condemns terrorist violence in Afghanistan
Nov 06, 2007; ... The U.N. General Assembly on Monday strongly condemned the increasing violence and terrorist activity by the Taliban, al-Qaida and other extremist groups in Afghanistan and called for stepped-up efforts to to help the nation build a stable future after two decades of war. A ...
Black strikes out in bid for new trial, lawyer gets break
Nov 06, 2007; ... Conrad Black failed in his bid for a new federal fraud trial but the judge did provide a slight break to a lawyer who worked on some the former media mogul's million-dollar deals. Black and three co-defendants were convicted July 13 of three mail fraud counts for pocketing millions of ...
UN General Assembly strongly condemns terrorist violence in Afghanistan
Nov 06, 2007; ... The U.N. General Assembly on Monday strongly condemned the increasing violence and terrorist activity by the Taliban, al-Qaida and other extremist groups in Afghanistan and called for stepped-up efforts to to help the nation build a stable future after two decades of war. A ...