Topic: The Associated Press
Alexander Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran and longtime leader in Geneva, dies at 66Alexander G. Higgins, who covered the U.S. Embassy siege in Tehran as The Associated Press' last bureau chief in Iran and served as a longtime AP bureau ...
Scientists at Paris forum want to build on atom collider success with new smasherScientists behind the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe don't want to stop there — they want to build an even bigger machine with ...
Panama first lady raising money to deliver medical supplies to homeland's indigenous peopleThe first lady of Panama said Wednesday she wants to decrease the infant mortality rate in her country by creating help centers in the remote areas where the hard-to-reach and ...
AP News in BriefStocks plungs, Dow has record drop, then recovers on concerns about Greek debt problems NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials dropped almost 1,000 points ...
AP answers your questions on the news, from unemployment levels in the Depression to El NinoCuriosity about the number of people unemployed during the Great Depression inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where ...
Correction: Toxic Dump Fears storyIn a Dec. 8 story about a federal health screening for a genetic mutation associated with a rare blood cancer, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of people in northeastern Pennsylvania who were tested. It was 1,170, ...
How AP, statisticians analyzed two sets of temperature data for cooling, warming trendsThe Associated Press sought independent statistical analyses of global temperatures to determine if there is a true cooling of Earth's climate. The AP contacted University of South Carolina statistics professor ...
3 chemists win Nobel for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cellsTwo Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells — a feat that has spurred ...
Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells — a feat that has spurred the development of antibiotics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Venkatraman ...
3 Americans win Nobel medicine prize for finding mechanism that protects chromosomesThree Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into ...
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