AP Worldstream back issues from Tuesday, January 29:
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Jan 29, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, and begins its report for Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Silvio Rodriguez, other musicians play Cuban prisons through art program for inmates
Jan 29, 2008; ... It was far from Folsom Prison and certainly no "Jailhouse Rock," but folk singer Silvio Rodriguez and other musicians played a penitentiary in Cuba on Monday through a government program to bring art to inmates. Accompanied by a flutist, Rodriguez sat on a wooden stool and ...
Silvio Rodriguez, other musicians play Cuban prisons through art program for inmates
Jan 29, 2008; ... It was far from Folsom Prison and certainly no "Jailhouse Rock," but folk singer Silvio Rodriguez and other musicians played a penitentiary in Cuba on Monday through a government program to bring art to inmates. Accompanied by a flutist, Rodriguez sat on a wooden stool and ...
Giuliani seeks one more 'I told you so' in high-stakes Florida primary
Jan 29, 2008; ... Rudy Giuliani loves to prove people wrong. He's trying to do it again in Florida. Polls show the former New York mayor, last year's national front-runner, trailing badly in the state where he has bet almost everything in his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination. If he ...
Giuliani seeks one more 'I told you so' in high-stakes Florida primary
Jan 29, 2008; ... Rudy Giuliani loves to prove people wrong. He's trying to do it again in Florida. Polls show the former New York mayor, last year's national front-runner, trailing badly in the state where he has bet almost everything in his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination. If he ...
Conservative radio hosts stake their reputation on a McCain defeat, lambast him as too liberal
Jan 29, 2008; ... Republican John McCain heads into Tuesday's crucial Florida presidential primary facing resistance from not only his fellow candidates, but also from the leaders of conservative talk radio, who some suggest have put their reputations on the line, as well. Talk radio pioneer Rush ...
Conservative radio hosts stake their reputation on a McCain defeat, lambast him as too liberal
Jan 29, 2008; ... Republican John McCain heads into Tuesday's crucial Florida presidential primary facing resistance from not only his fellow candidates, but also from the leaders of conservative talk radio, who some suggest have put their reputations on the line, as well. Talk radio pioneer Rush ...
Tuesday, February 5
Jan 29, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2008. There are 330 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1679 - Peace of Nijmegen is declared between Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and France's King Louis XIV. 1782 - Spanish forces capture Minorca ...
Cash-strapped states resort to taxing narcotics, sports stars to raise money in gloomy economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... In the never ending search for new ways to raise money, New York state officials are considering a novel tool: a tax on illegal drugs. It exacts a big payment without having to fend off lobbyists or wage a political fight. And, in most cases, the taxpayer doesn't even have a say. ...
From paparazzi payoffs to police man-hours, Britney Spears generates her own personal economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... In the days after the Britney Spears soap opera rode a police-escorted gurney to its apex, celeb-mag sales spiked, traffic jammed gossip Web sites, tabloid TV ratings rose and paparazzi photo prices surged. For a growing number of people and businesses, Britney's saga is about money: ...
Rising costs force Haiti's poor to resort to dirt as food
Jan 29, 2008; ... It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a one-month-old son, has come to ...
US woman who faked the birth of sextuplets to get donations gets 4 years in prison
Jan 29, 2008 ... A woman who faked the birth of sextuplets has been sentenced to four years in prison for violating her probation. Sarah Everson, 47, and her husband, Kris, 35, were living in the Kansas City suburb of Grain Valley in March 2006 when they made up the story about having sextuplets in ...
Tuesday, February 5
Jan 29, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2008. There are 330 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1679 - Peace of Nijmegen is declared between Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and France's King Louis XIV. 1782 - Spanish forces capture Minorca ...
Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourn ex-dictator Suharto despite his tarnished rights record
Jan 29, 2008; ... Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto at his state funeral, a striking display of affection for the U.S. Cold War ally whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents. As mourners watched a motorcade carry the ...
Cash-strapped states resort to taxing narcotics, sports stars to raise money in gloomy economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... In the never ending search for new ways to raise money, New York state officials are considering a novel tool: a tax on illegal drugs. It exacts a big payment without having to fend off lobbyists or wage a political fight. And, in most cases, the taxpayer doesn't even have a say. ...
From paparazzi payoffs to police man-hours, Britney Spears generates her own personal economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... In the days after the Britney Spears soap opera rode a police-escorted gurney to its apex, celeb-mag sales spiked, traffic jammed gossip Web sites, tabloid TV ratings rose and paparazzi photo prices surged. For a growing number of people and businesses, Britney's saga is about money: ...
US woman who faked the birth of sextuplets to get donations gets 4 years in prison
Jan 29, 2008 ... A woman who faked the birth of sextuplets has been sentenced to four years in prison for violating her probation. Sarah Everson, 47, and her husband, Kris, 35, were living in the Kansas City suburb of Grain Valley in March 2006 when they made up the story about having sextuplets in ...
Rising costs force Haiti's poor to resort to dirt as food
Jan 29, 2008; ... It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a one-month-old son, has come to ...
Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourn ex-dictator Suharto despite his tarnished rights record
Jan 29, 2008; ... Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto at his state funeral, a striking display of affection for the U.S. Cold War ally whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents. As mourners watched a motorcade carry the ...
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Jan 29, 2008 ... SOCCER: AFRICAN CUP: Ghana, Guinea reach African Cup of Nations quarterfinals ACCRA, Ghana_ Ghana and Guinea join Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations on Monday. BC-AF-SPT-SOC--AFRICAN CUP ROUNDUP. Has moved. By Jerome Pugmire. WITH: ...
Machete-wielding youths hunt Kikuyus as ethnic bloodletting spreads in western Kenya
Jan 29, 2008; ... Thousands of machete-wielding youths have set buses and homes ablaze and blocked roads with burning tires as they hunted down members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe. One driver was burned alive in his minibus because he was Kikuyu. The death toll from Kenya's disputed ...
After 4-year overhaul, Kodak seeks a firm foothold in digital photography
Jan 29, 2008; ... The boom in digital photography triggered a series of aftershocks at Eastman Kodak Co. as one after another of its aged factories was dynamited. Since 2004, the world's biggest film manufacturer has eliminated 27,000-plus jobs, cast off major operations and invested billions to gain a ...
Name tags, Irish accents, signs in bars: tracking a camera's owner through photo clues
Jan 29, 2008; ... At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn't seem to care. So ...
Machete-wielding youths hunt Kikuyus as ethnic bloodletting spreads in western Kenya
Jan 29, 2008; ... Thousands of machete-wielding youths have set buses and homes ablaze and blocked roads with burning tires as they hunted down members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe. One driver was burned alive in his minibus because he was Kikuyu. The death toll from Kenya's disputed ...
After 4-year overhaul, Kodak seeks a firm foothold in digital photography
Jan 29, 2008; ... The boom in digital photography triggered a series of aftershocks at Eastman Kodak Co. as one after another of its aged factories was dynamited. Since 2004, the world's biggest film manufacturer has eliminated 27,000-plus jobs, cast off major operations and invested billions to gain a ...
Name tags, Irish accents, signs in bars: tracking a camera's owner through photo clues
Jan 29, 2008; ... At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn't seem to care. So ...
US shipbuilders grapple with labor shortage amid rise in orders
Jan 29, 2008; ... Dirk VanEnkevort wanted to take advantage of a shipbuilding boom when his family's company leased one of the largest dry docks in the Great Lakes region in 2005. But now he is so short-handed he has turned to robots to help keep up. His company, Erie Shipbuilding LLC, has since hired ...
French, Kenyan doctors and Somali driver killed by land mine in Somalia's Kismayo town
Jan 29, 2008 ... Two foreign aid workers and their Somali driver were killed when their vehicle hit a land mine in the southern Somali town of Kismayo, police said. Three Somalis were injured. All the victims worked for the Dutch branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres, the international medical aid ...
US shipbuilders grapple with labor shortage amid rise in orders
Jan 29, 2008; ... Dirk VanEnkevort wanted to take advantage of a shipbuilding boom when his family's company leased one of the largest dry docks in the Great Lakes region in 2005. But now he is so short-handed he has turned to robots to help keep up. His company, Erie Shipbuilding LLC, has since hired ...
French, Kenyan doctors and Somali driver killed by land mine in Somalia's Kismayo town
Jan 29, 2008 ... Two foreign aid workers and their Somali driver were killed when their vehicle hit a land mine in the southern Somali town of Kismayo, police said. Three Somalis were injured. All the victims worked for the Dutch branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres, the international medical aid ...
Feverish pursuit: As gold prices climb, more prospectors head for the Alaskan wilderness
Jan 29, 2008; ... The snow is still knee-high along the banks of Crow Creek, where men are crouching up to their chests in near-freezing water, and the air is several degrees colder. But for Mike Telgenhoff and his companions, this is a fine day to look for gold. "We do real good in the ...
Feverish pursuit: As gold prices climb, more prospectors head for the Alaskan wilderness
Jan 29, 2008; ... The snow is still knee-high along the banks of Crow Creek, where men are crouching up to their chests in near-freezing water, and the air is several degrees colder. But for Mike Telgenhoff and his companions, this is a fine day to look for gold. "We do real good in the ...
New home sales dropped in 2007 by a record amount; prices down sharply in December
Jan 29, 2008; ... New U.S. home sales plunged in 2007 by the largest amount on record while home prices tumbled sharply in December. Analysts forecast more trouble in 2008 as housing tries to emerge from its worst slump in more than two decades. The Commerce Department reported Monday that sales of new ...
New home sales dropped in 2007 by a record amount; prices down sharply in December
Jan 29, 2008; ... New U.S. home sales plunged in 2007 by the largest amount on record while home prices tumbled sharply in December. Analysts forecast more trouble in 2008 as housing tries to emerge from its worst slump in more than two decades. The Commerce Department reported Monday that sales of new ...
Societe Generale trader could face multiple preliminary charges of fraud, forgery
Jan 29, 2008; ... Investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against a trader accused of causing billions of euros (dollars) in losses for France's second-largest bank. He was released from custody while the thorny investigation continues. Preliminary charges of "breach of trust" and ...
Societe Generale trader could face multiple preliminary charges of fraud, forgery
Jan 29, 2008; ... Investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against a trader accused of causing billions of euros (dollars) in losses for France's second-largest bank. He was released from custody while the thorny investigation continues. Preliminary charges of "breach of trust" and ...
How the Societe Generale trading scandal unfurled
Jan 29, 2008; ... A look at how Societe General's trading scandal occurred: _ 2000: Jerome Kerviel joins Societe Generale, working in offices that monitor trades. _ 2005: Kerviel promoted to more glamorous arbitrage trading desk, where his job consisted of making profits from small ...
How the Societe Generale trading scandal unfurled
Jan 29, 2008; ... A look at how Societe General's trading scandal occurred: _ 2000: Jerome Kerviel joins Societe Generale, working in offices that monitor trades. _ 2005: Kerviel promoted to more glamorous arbitrage trading desk, where his job consisted of making profits from small ...
Japanese stocks surge following Wall Street rally overnight
Jan 29, 2008 ... Japanese stocks surged in early trade Tuesday after Wall Street rallied overnight on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower rates this week. The benchmark Nikkei stock index climbed 348.15 points, or 2.66 percent, to 13,436.06 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange shortly ...
Japanese stocks surge following Wall Street rally overnight
Jan 29, 2008 ... Japanese stocks surged in early trade Tuesday after Wall Street rallied overnight on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower rates this week. The benchmark Nikkei stock index climbed 348.15 points, or 2.66 percent, to 13,436.06 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange shortly ...
In southeastern Ethiopia, war leaves civilians dying, hungry in the middle
Jan 29, 2008; ... In this remote Ethiopian trading town, people speak of the fight between the government and separatists furtively, in snatches. They are trapped in the middle, silence and anonymity their only shield. "We have problems with the (rebels) and the government, both of them," ...
In southeastern Ethiopia, war leaves civilians dying, hungry in the middle
Jan 29, 2008; ... In this remote Ethiopian trading town, people speak of the fight between the government and separatists furtively, in snatches. They are trapped in the middle, silence and anonymity their only shield. "We have problems with the (rebels) and the government, both of them," ...
Archbishop says cadaver exhibit inappropriate for Catholic school field trips
Jan 29, 2008; ... A popular exhibit of human cadavers is unseemly and inappropriate for Catholic school field trips, Cincinnati's archbishop said Monday. "Bodies ... The Exhibition," opening Friday at the Cincinnati Museum Center, features 20 human cadavers, preserved by a process called ...
Archbishop says cadaver exhibit inappropriate for Catholic school field trips
Jan 29, 2008; ... A popular exhibit of human cadavers is unseemly and inappropriate for Catholic school field trips, Cincinnati's archbishop said Monday. "Bodies ... The Exhibition," opening Friday at the Cincinnati Museum Center, features 20 human cadavers, preserved by a process called ...
EU to start charting different prices across Europe
Jan 29, 2008; ... How much is a liter of milk in London, Paris and Berlin? And where can you get it cheaper? Starting Thursday, the European Commission will start charting the prices paid across the European Union's 27 nations for basic consumer goods as it tries to identify problem areas where costs ...
Witness: shells discarded after Marine shooting in Afghanistan
Jan 29, 2008; ... Brass shell casings collected after a Marine special operations company responded to a suicide bombing with machine-gun fire were thrown away before Navy investigators arrived, a U.S. Army police officer testified. The casings collected March 4 along Highway One in Afghanistan's ...
Witness: shells discarded after Marine shooting in Afghanistan
Jan 29, 2008; ... Brass shell casings collected after a Marine special operations company responded to a suicide bombing with machine-gun fire were thrown away before Navy investigators arrived, a U.S. Army police officer testified. The casings collected March 4 along Highway One in Afghanistan's ...
Oscar-winning film 'Crash' coming to TV as a drama series on cable's Starz network
Jan 29, 2008 ... The Oscar-winning film "Crash" is coming to TV as a drama series this year. The 13-episode, one-hour series will air on the cable channel Starz as its first original drama series, the network announced Monday. Key members of the feature's production team will be ...
Oscar-winning film 'Crash' coming to TV as a drama series on cable's Starz network
Jan 29, 2008 ... The Oscar-winning film "Crash" is coming to TV as a drama series this year. The 13-episode, one-hour series will air on the cable channel Starz as its first original drama series, the network announced Monday. Key members of the feature's production team will be ...
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Silvio Rodriguez, other musicians play Cuban prisons through art program for inmates
Jan 29, 2008; ... It was far from Folsom Prison and certainly no "Jailhouse Rock," but folk singer Silvio Rodriguez and other musicians played a penitentiary in Cuba on Monday through a government program to bring art to inmates. Accompanied by a flutist, Rodriguez sat on a wooden stool and ...
AP Exclusive: UN police inch way back to Darfur refugee camps
Jan 29, 2008; ... Two refugee mothers handed their babies to a U.N. police officer and squeezed in for a picture. Nearby, other officers helped women fill jugs of water. The friendly scenes _ unthinkable just a few weeks ago because of the refugees' hostility toward ineffectual African Union ...
Silvio Rodriguez, other musicians play Cuban prisons through art program for inmates
Jan 29, 2008; ... It was far from Folsom Prison and certainly no "Jailhouse Rock," but folk singer Silvio Rodriguez and other musicians played a penitentiary in Cuba on Monday through a government program to bring art to inmates. Accompanied by a flutist, Rodriguez sat on a wooden stool and ...
Japanese stocks surge following Wall Street rally overnight
Jan 29, 2008 ... Japanese stocks surged in early trade Tuesday after Wall Street rallied overnight on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower rates this week. The benchmark Nikkei stock index climbed 348.15 points, or 2.66 percent, to 13,436.06 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange shortly ...
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Jan 29, 2008; ... Two refugee mothers handed their babies to a U.N. police officer and squeezed in for a picture. Nearby, other officers helped women fill jugs of water. The friendly scenes _ unthinkable just a few weeks ago because of the refugees' hostility toward ineffectual African Union ...
Japanese stocks surge following Wall Street rally overnight
Jan 29, 2008 ... Japanese stocks surged in early trade Tuesday after Wall Street rallied overnight on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower rates this week. The benchmark Nikkei stock index climbed 348.15 points, or 2.66 percent, to 13,436.06 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange shortly ...
Key European leaders meet to discuss ailing world economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... Key European leaders are calling for greater transparency in world financial markets, meeting Tuesday in London to discuss how they can rescue the turbulent global economy. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is hosting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela ...
Key European leaders meet to discuss ailing world economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... Key European leaders are calling for greater transparency in world financial markets, meeting Tuesday in London to discuss how they can rescue the turbulent global economy. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is hosting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela ...
Franchitti and Montoya working together to find success
Jan 29, 2008; ... They first met in England in late 1994. One was a proper Briton well on his way to a racing career, the other a raw Colombian looking for a big break. Dario Franchitti gave up his British Formula 3 seat that day at Silverstone, and Juan Pablo Montoya promptly crashed his car. Everyone ...
Franchitti and Montoya working together to find success
Jan 29, 2008; ... They first met in England in late 1994. One was a proper Briton well on his way to a racing career, the other a raw Colombian looking for a big break. Dario Franchitti gave up his British Formula 3 seat that day at Silverstone, and Juan Pablo Montoya promptly crashed his car. Everyone ...
Cash-strapped states resort to taxing narcotics, sports stars to raise money in gloomy economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... In the never ending search for new ways to raise money, New York state officials are considering a novel tool: a tax on illegal drugs. It exacts a big payment without having to fend off lobbyists or wage a political fight. And, in most cases, the taxpayer doesn't even have a say. ...
Cash-strapped states resort to taxing narcotics, sports stars to raise money in gloomy economy
Jan 29, 2008; ... In the never ending search for new ways to raise money, New York state officials are considering a novel tool: a tax on illegal drugs. It exacts a big payment without having to fend off lobbyists or wage a political fight. And, in most cases, the taxpayer doesn't even have a say. ...
Writers union gives OK for members to work on Grammy Awards
Jan 29, 2008; ... The striking Hollywood writers union said Monday it will let its members work on the Grammy Awards. The decision by the Writers Guild of America's board of directors to grant a waiver for the Feb. 10 music industry showcase follows its move last week to withhold pickets from the ...
Writers union gives OK for members to work on Grammy Awards
Jan 29, 2008; ... The striking Hollywood writers union said Monday it will let its members work on the Grammy Awards. The decision by the Writers Guild of America's board of directors to grant a waiver for the Feb. 10 music industry showcase follows its move last week to withhold pickets from the ...
In Democrats' response to Bush, Kansas governor calls for cooperation between adversaries
Jan 29, 2008; ... Democrats in the midst of their own roiling presidential nomination fight followed President George W. Bush's State of the Union address not so much with a response as with their own theme of cooperation. Their messenger Monday night was Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democratic ...