AP Worldstream back issues from Wednesday, October 1:
ATP Open de Moselle Results
Oct 01, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Open de Moselle, a 370,000 (US$530,000) ATP event in indoor hardcourts at Les Arenes de Metz (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, def. Nicolas Almagro (3), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Dmitry ...
ATP Open de Moselle Results
Oct 01, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Open de Moselle, a euro370,000 (US$530,000) ATP event in indoor hardcourts at Les Arenes de Metz (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, def. Nicolas Almagro (3), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Dmitry ...
Wednesday, October 8
Oct 01, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, October 8, the 282nd day of 2008. There are 84 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1858 - The "Arrow Incident," in which a ship flying the British flag is boarded by Chinese, provokes the second Anglo-Chinese War. ...
Voting for president begins in pivotal Ohio
Oct 01, 2008; ... Ohio voters started casting early ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in Ohio four years after the state tipped the election to President George W. Bush. Both candidates visit often while spending millions of dollars flooding TV and radio with ...
Wednesday, October 8
Oct 01, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, October 8, the 282nd day of 2008. There are 84 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1858 - The "Arrow Incident," in which a ship flying the British flag is boarded by Chinese, provokes the second Anglo-Chinese War. ...
World Golf Glance
Oct 01, 2008; ... Site: St. Andrews and Carnoustie, Scotland. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Courses: St. Andrews, Old Course (7,279 yards, 6,656 meters, par 72), Carnoustie, Championship Course (7,412 yards, 6,778 meters, par 72) and Kingsbarns Golf Links (7,150 yards, 6,538 meters, par ...
Voting for president begins in pivotal Ohio
Oct 01, 2008; ... Ohio voters started casting early ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in Ohio four years after the state tipped the election to President George W. Bush. Both candidates visit often while spending millions of dollars flooding TV and radio with ...
Debate offers Palin, Biden high risks, big rewards
Oct 01, 2008; ... For an audition to be second fiddle, Thursday's debate between often ill-informed newcomer Sarah Palin and often gaffe-prone veteran Joe Biden offers unusually large pitfalls _ and promise. For once, the whole world may be watching. Already, 3,100 media credentials have been issued, ...
Nobel literature head: US too insular to compete
Oct 01, 2008; ... Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing. Counters the head of the U.S. National Book Foundation: "Put him in ...
World Golf Glance
Oct 01, 2008; ... Site: St. Andrews and Carnoustie, Scotland. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Courses: St. Andrews, Old Course (7,279 yards, 6,656 meters, par 72), Carnoustie, Championship Course (7,412 yards, 6,778 meters, par 72) and Kingsbarns Golf Links (7,150 yards, 6,538 meters, par ...
Debate offers Palin, Biden high risks, big rewards
Oct 01, 2008; ... For an audition to be second fiddle, Thursday's debate between often ill-informed newcomer Sarah Palin and often gaffe-prone veteran Joe Biden offers unusually large pitfalls _ and promise. For once, the whole world may be watching. Already, 3,100 media credentials have been issued, ...
Nobel literature head: US too insular to compete
Oct 01, 2008; ... Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing. Counters the head of the U.S. National Book Foundation: "Put him in ...
Beg your pardon? Atlanta sets out to curb begging
Oct 01, 2008; ... A day after a 5-foot-tall (1.52-meter-tall) yellow contraption appeared on the immaculately kept sidewalk outside the Hilton hotel, doorman Howard Golden walked circles around it, eyeing it suspiciously. Then he pronounced his verdict on Atlanta's latest jab at its runaway panhandling ...
Confidence at Japanese companies falls sharply
Oct 01, 2008 ... Confidence at major Japanese manufacturers worsened for the fourth straight quarter in September, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday, underscoring the growing impact of a global economic slowdown. In the Japanese central bank's closely watched "tankan" survey, the index for ...
Beg your pardon? Atlanta sets out to curb begging
Oct 01, 2008; ... A day after a 5-foot-tall (1.52-meter-tall) yellow contraption appeared on the immaculately kept sidewalk outside the Hilton hotel, doorman Howard Golden walked circles around it, eyeing it suspiciously. Then he pronounced his verdict on Atlanta's latest jab at its runaway panhandling ...
Confidence at Japanese companies falls sharply
Oct 01, 2008 ... Confidence at major Japanese manufacturers worsened for the fourth straight quarter in September, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday, underscoring the growing impact of a global economic slowdown. In the Japanese central bank's closely watched "tankan" survey, the index for ...
AT&T chairman says credit woes crimping operations
Oct 01, 2008; ... The tightening of the global credit markets is crimping the world's largest telecommunications company. AT&T Inc. Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said Tuesday that his company was unable to sell any commercial paper last week for terms longer than overnight. Commercial paper, ...
Objections on US-India nuclear deal overcome
Oct 01, 2008; ... U.S. Senators have agreed to vote Wednesday on a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord, clearing a major hurdle that had been blocking consideration of the landmark pact that would overturn 30 years of U.S. nonproliferation policy. The Senate's top Democrat, Majority Leader Harry ...
AT&T chairman says credit woes crimping operations
Oct 01, 2008; ... The tightening of the global credit markets is crimping the world's largest telecommunications company. AT&T Inc. Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said Tuesday that his company was unable to sell any commercial paper last week for terms longer than overnight. Commercial paper, ...
Objections on US-India nuclear deal overcome
Oct 01, 2008; ... U.S. Senators have agreed to vote Wednesday on a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord, clearing a major hurdle that had been blocking consideration of the landmark pact that would overturn 30 years of U.S. nonproliferation policy. The Senate's top Democrat, Majority Leader Harry ...
Pirates say they celebrated Muslim holiday on ship
Oct 01, 2008; ... Brazen Somali pirates said they celebrated a Muslim holiday aboard a hijacked freighter and denied reports that three comrades were killed in a shootout on the vessel, which is carrying battle tanks and other weaponry and is under the close watch of a half-dozen U.S. warships. The ...
Pirates say they celebrated Muslim holiday on ship
Oct 01, 2008; ... Brazen Somali pirates said they celebrated a Muslim holiday aboard a hijacked freighter and denied reports that three comrades were killed in a shootout on the vessel, which is carrying battle tanks and other weaponry and is under the close watch of a half-dozen U.S. warships. The ...
Ladybug, ladybug, where have you gone?
Oct 01, 2008; ... The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted as New York's official state insect in 1989. As it turns out, the species may have disappeared from the state nearly two decades before that. Recent surveys in New York and the ...
US proposes listing 48 Hawaiian species at once
Oct 01, 2008; ... The U.S. government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including plants, two birds and a fly, that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The action by the U.S. Interior Department would ...
Ladybug, ladybug, where have you gone?
Oct 01, 2008; ... The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted as New York's official state insect in 1989. As it turns out, the species may have disappeared from the state nearly two decades before that. Recent surveys in New York and the ...
AC Milan rally contrasts with Tottenham struggle
Oct 01, 2008; ... AC Milan has shrugged off its poor start to the season and is in a strong position to make it to the next round of the UEFA Cup. Tottenham wishes it could say the same. A seven-time winner of European football's more prestigious competition, the European Cup which became ...
With banks in miser mode, credit markets stay taut
Oct 01, 2008; ... Stocks are rebounding and a new bailout package could be coming soon, but the credit markets _ where day-to-day borrowing occurs to keep the gears of the economy turning _ are still stuck. Even relatively healthy businesses are being left out in the cold. Randall ...
US proposes listing 48 Hawaiian species at once
Oct 01, 2008; ... The U.S. government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including plants, two birds and a fly, that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The action by the U.S. Interior Department would ...
AC Milan rally contrasts with Tottenham struggle
Oct 01, 2008; ... AC Milan has shrugged off its poor start to the season and is in a strong position to make it to the next round of the UEFA Cup. Tottenham wishes it could say the same. A seven-time winner of European football's more prestigious competition, the European Cup which became ...
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Oct 01, 2008; ... Stocks are rebounding and a new bailout package could be coming soon, but the credit markets _ where day-to-day borrowing occurs to keep the gears of the economy turning _ are still stuck. Even relatively healthy businesses are being left out in the cold. Randall ...
Britain's Conservatives see huge lead in polls
Oct 01, 2008; ... Ahead in opinion polls, boosted by a run of special election victories over the governing Labour Party and newly in charge of London's City Hall, Britain's main opposition Conservatives have every reason to feel cocky. But their leader David Cameron ...
Voting for president begins in pivotal Ohio
Oct 01, 2008; ... In the state that may again determine the presidency, voters started casting ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in Ohio four years after it tipped the election to President George W. Bush. Both candidates visit often while spending millions of ...
Britain's Conservatives see huge lead in polls
Oct 01, 2008; ... Ahead in opinion polls, boosted by a run of special election victories over the governing Labour Party and newly in charge of London's City Hall, Britain's main opposition Conservatives have every reason to feel cocky. But their leader David Cameron has reined in the celebratory mood ...
Voting for president begins in pivotal Ohio
Oct 01, 2008; ... In the state that may again determine the presidency, voters started casting ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in Ohio four years after it tipped the election to President George W. Bush. Both candidates visit often while spending millions of ...
Google stock fell on error; Nasdaq raises close
Oct 01, 2008 ... The last-minute pounding Wall Street gave Google's shares was caused by "erroneous orders" that Nasdaq says it is canceling. Minutes before the closing bell Tuesday, a flurry of trades sent the Web search leader's stock plummeting 10 percent to close at $341.43. ...
Google stock fell on error; Nasdaq raises close
Oct 01, 2008 ... The last-minute pounding Wall Street gave Google's shares was caused by "erroneous orders" that Nasdaq says it is canceling. Minutes before the closing bell Tuesday, a flurry of trades sent the Web search leader's stock plummeting 10 percent to close at $341.43. ...
ECB likely to keep rate steady; BoE may go lower
Oct 01, 2008; ... The European Central Bank is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged this week to fight lingering inflation despite the world financial crisis and the spreading U.S. economic meltdown. The Bank of England, however, could move its benchmark rate lower when it meets next week, ...
ECB likely to keep rate steady; BoE may go lower
Oct 01, 2008; ... The European Central Bank is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged this week to fight lingering inflation despite the world financial crisis and the spreading U.S. economic meltdown. The Bank of England, however, could move its benchmark rate lower when it meets next week, ...
US nuclear envoy to bring new proposal to NKorea
Oct 01, 2008; ... The chief U.S. nuclear negotiator with North Korea planned to propose a face-saving compromise during a trip Wednesday to the isolated communist nation to try to salvage the derailed disarmament pact, U.S. officials said. Envoy Christopher Hill said his goal was to persuade North ...
US nuclear envoy to bring new proposal to NKorea
Oct 01, 2008; ... The chief U.S. nuclear negotiator with North Korea planned to propose a face-saving compromise during a trip Wednesday to the isolated communist nation to try to salvage the derailed disarmament pact, U.S. officials said. Envoy Christopher Hill said his goal was to persuade North ...
At least 168 killed in Indian temple stampede
Oct 01, 2008 ... Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India, killing at least 168 people and injuring 100 in the crush to escape, officials said. The disaster occurred Tuesday just as the doors of the temple were being opened for worship at ...
At least 168 killed in Indian temple stampede
Oct 01, 2008 ... Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India, killing at least 168 people and injuring 100 in the crush to escape, officials said. The disaster occurred Tuesday just as the doors of the temple were being opened for worship at ...
Europe urges swift US action on financial crisis
Oct 01, 2008; ... European leaders urged the United States to quickly revive its defeated bank bailout proposal and stabilize the global financial system, as governments across the continent Tuesday shored up their own banks against the virulent spread of the crisis. EU Commission spokesman Johannes ...
Europe urges swift US action on financial crisis
Oct 01, 2008; ... European leaders urged the United States to quickly revive its defeated bank bailout proposal and stabilize the global financial system, as governments across the continent Tuesday shored up their own banks against the virulent spread of the crisis. EU Commission spokesman Johannes ...
2nd man convicted in charter boat slayings
Oct 01, 2008; ... A federal jury convicted a 20-year-old man on firearms charges Tuesday in the hijacking and shooting deaths of four people last year aboard the "Joe Cool" charter boat. A mistrial was declared on 12 other charges that included kidnapping and first-degree murder. ...
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Oct 01, 2008; ... A federal jury convicted a 20-year-old man on firearms charges Tuesday in the hijacking and shooting deaths of four people last year aboard the "Joe Cool" charter boat. A mistrial was declared on 12 other charges that included kidnapping and first-degree murder. ...
McCain, Obama call for greater bank security
Oct 01, 2008; ... The U.S. presidential candidates worked Tuesday to take some of the partisan heat out of the American financial crisis after days of vicious attacks, as both called for Congress to act quickly to prevent a financial collapse and foster confidence in the banking system. Republican John ...
McCain, Obama call for greater bank security
Oct 01, 2008; ... The U.S. presidential candidates worked Tuesday to take some of the partisan heat out of the American financial crisis after days of vicious attacks, as both called for Congress to act quickly to prevent a financial collapse and foster confidence in the banking system. Republican John ...
Canada opposition party accuses PM of plagiarism
Oct 01, 2008; ... A senior campaign staffer for the governing Conservative Party resigned Tuesday after admitting he wrote a speech for Prime Minister Stephen Harper that plagiarized another leader's address urging support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The opposition Liberals released transcripts and ...
Canada opposition party accuses PM of plagiarism
Oct 01, 2008; ... A senior campaign staffer for the governing Conservative Party resigned Tuesday after admitting he wrote a speech for Prime Minister Stephen Harper that plagiarized another leader's address urging support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The opposition Liberals released transcripts and ...
President rankles Paraguayan soy producers
Oct 01, 2008 ... A group of soy producers accused Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on Tuesday of provoking the powerful agricultural sector with a proposed export tax and by associating the use of pesticides with terrorism. The Organization of Agricultural Unions, which represents Paraguay's largest ...
President rankles Paraguayan soy producers
Oct 01, 2008 ... A group of soy producers accused Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on Tuesday of provoking the powerful agricultural sector with a proposed export tax and by associating the use of pesticides with terrorism. The Organization of Agricultural Unions, which represents Paraguay's largest ...
Simon, Almagro upset in Metz; Karlovic advances
Oct 01, 2008 ... Second-seeded Gilles Simon lost the last five games and the first-round match to French compatriot Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 at the Open do Moselle on Tuesday. Simon won his third ATP title of the year in Bucharest this month but couldn't stop unraveling against Mahut, who need a ...
Simon, Almagro upset in Metz; Karlovic advances
Oct 01, 2008 ... Second-seeded Gilles Simon lost the last five games and the first-round match to French compatriot Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 at the Open do Moselle on Tuesday. Simon won his third ATP title of the year in Bucharest this month but couldn't stop unraveling against Mahut, who need a ...
US Senate votes on financial rescue plan Wednesday
Oct 01, 2008; ... In a surprise move to resurrect President George W. Bush's $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote on the measure for Wednesday but added a tax cut plan already rejected by the House of Representatives. Sen. Harry ...
US Senate votes on financial rescue plan Wednesday
Oct 01, 2008; ... In a surprise move to resurrect President George W. Bush's $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote on the measure for Wednesday but added a tax cut plan already rejected by the House of Representatives. Sen. Harry Reid, leader of the Democratic majority, ...
US Senate votes on financial rescue plan Wednesday
Oct 01, 2008; ... In a surprise move to resurrect President George W. Bush's $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote on the measure for Wednesday but added a tax cut plan already rejected by the House of Representatives. Sen. Harry ...
US Senate votes on financial rescue plan Wednesday
Oct 01, 2008; ... In a surprise move to resurrect President George W. Bush's $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote on the measure for Wednesday but added a tax cut plan already rejected by the House of Representatives. Sen. Harry Reid, leader of the Democratic majority, ...
Rays turn kooky stadium into home-field advantage
Oct 01, 2008; ... James Shields listens to horror stories about Tropicana Field, shrugs his shoulders and smiles. "We don't complain," the 26-year-old pitcher said, "because we have to play here." It has taken years, but the Tampa Bay Rays have finally transformed the ...
Police: 15 killed in pre-dawn fire in Japan
Oct 01, 2008 ... At least 15 people were killed in a pre-dawn fire in a video shop in Osaka, western Japan, on Wednesday, police said. The blaze broke out in the video shop located on the first floor of a seven-story building in downtown Osaka, an Osaka police spokesman said on condition of anonymity, ...
Rays turn kooky stadium into home-field advantage
Oct 01, 2008; ... James Shields listens to horror stories about Tropicana Field, shrugs his shoulders and smiles. "We don't complain," the 26-year-old pitcher said, "because we have to play here." It has taken years, but the Tampa Bay Rays have finally transformed the ...
Police: 15 killed in pre-dawn fire in Japan
Oct 01, 2008 ... At least 15 people were killed in a pre-dawn fire in a video shop in Osaka, western Japan, on Wednesday, police said. The blaze broke out in the video shop located on the first floor of a seven-story building in downtown Osaka, an Osaka police spokesman said on condition of anonymity, ...
$28M settlement in Boston tunnel death lawsuit
Oct 01, 2008 ... The family of a Costa Rican woman killed when a Boston tunnel ceiling collapsed has reached a settlement of $28 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The settlement was announced Tuesday by attorneys for the husband and three adult children of Milena Del Valle, a Costa Rican woman ...
$28M settlement in Boston tunnel death lawsuit
Oct 01, 2008 ... The family of a Costa Rican woman killed when a Boston tunnel ceiling collapsed has reached a settlement of $28 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The settlement was announced Tuesday by attorneys for the husband and three adult children of Milena Del Valle, a Costa Rican woman ...
Gas lines shorter in largest city hit by shortage
Oct 01, 2008; ... Lines eased somewhat Tuesday in Atlanta, the largest city hit by a hurricane-induced gas shortage in the southeastern United States, as Georgia's governor waited for a White House answer to his request to release more crude oil. Gov. Sonny Perdue sent a letter to President George W ....