Despite healthier options, some fast-food eaters stick with greasy fare
CULVER CITY, Calif. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Tony Haney considers himself a fairly healthy eater ? he tries to eat fruit and vegetables at home and usually orders roast chicken or teriyaki rice when he eats out. But when he…
Read MoreCongress OKs bill to create dollar coins depicting former presidents
WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? New dollar coins featuring all 37 of the nation’s dead presidents will begin rolling out of the U.S. Mint in 2007 under a bill Congress is sending to President Bush. Lawmakers hope the coins ?…
Read MoreCNN’s innovative ‘Situation Room’ puts news all over the screen
NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? The first time you see CNN’s “The Situation Room,” it might give you a headache. What’s the deal with that array of TV screens, all those images tiled across that video wall? Why is…
Read MoreBush urges seniors to sign up for Medicare prescription drug benefit
SPRINGFIELD, Va. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? President Bush, saying he recognized that the Medicare prescription drug plan might seem perplexing to some, urged seniors Tuesday to sign up for the program, which begins Jan. 1. “It’s a good deal,” he…
Read MoreBlacks, poor more likely to breathe most unhealthy air
CHICAGO Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A dozen years after former President Clinton ordered the government to attack environmental injustices, black and poor Americans still are far more likely to breathe factory pollution that poses the greatest health risk, an Associated…
Read MoreAttorneys general urge R.J. Reynolds to stop drinking promotion
RALEIGH, N.C. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? The attorneys general of California, Maryland and New York are urging R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to end its “Drinks on Us” birthday promotion, saying it reflects a “cavalier and dangerous attitude toward drinking.” In…
Read More‘NCIS’ not boxed in by crime series conventions
LOS ANGELES Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Three cameras roll simultaneously, capturing different views of a forensic team investigating a crime scene amid huge shipping containers at Los Angeles Harbor. One camera ? mounted high on a stack of the metal…
Read More‘Brokeback Mountain’ tests Oscar waters for gay-themed films
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? The cowboys-in-love drama “Brokeback Mountain” received a leading seven Golden Globes nominations, yet the critical favorite has an uphill trail for the Academy Awards, where a gay-themed film has never won top honors.…
Read MoreTrooper saves man who attempted suicide
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A man who tried to hang himself off an interstate highway bridge was saved Monday by a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer who cut the rope, dropping the man 20 feet onto the edge of…
Read MoreSupreme court denies Thompson’s stay of execution
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? The state Supreme Court denied a motion for a stay of execution for a death row inmate who already has lost a series of appeals in federal courts. In an order released Tuesday, the…
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