Articles from AP Features (November 9, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
4 firefighters injured in Southern California blaze had followed residents, report says	ALLISON HOFFMAN		499
A glance at the settlement with Vioxx users	The Associated Press		356
A package of news briefs from the Caribbean	Staff		1765
Amid damaged lives, Vioxx users welcome huge Merck & Co. settlement	JEFFREY GOLD		729
Arizona health officials issue warning about lead in some poker chips	Staff		446
Assistant of ex-punk manager and `real estate broker to the stars' arrested in slaying	Staff		221
Authorities: 2 girls slain in South Jersey home, mother attacked; half brother in custody	Staff		280
Autopsy: Airport death accidental	PAUL DAVENPORT		475
Aviation safety concern over near misses	SLOBODAN LEKIC		769
Bush pledges to make US medical system more responsible to injured veterans	DEB RIECHMANN		309
Business Highlights	Staff		950
Dealing with the weak dollar	Staff		439
Death toll in US military helicopter crash in Italy climbs to 6	Staff		307
Egyptian Christians' pope health stabilizes after two days in intensive care	Staff		283
EPA: No chemicals found under Camp Lejeune housing complex, 20 years after wells closed	ESTES THOMPSON		188
Fannie Mae, Merck among big movers on stock market	Staff		212
Fatality prompts Aspen to shut terrain	Staff		182
Finding Iris Chang: Nuanced portrait of late young journalist	JESSICA BERNSTEIN-WAX		451
Florida sheriff's department defends lack of age limits in wake of 76-year-old deputy's death	KELLI KENNEDY		752
Former President Clinton says he is to blame for failure of health care plan, not his wife	Staff		337
Former Rep. Tom DeLay says Clinton will win unless GOP gets its act together	KATE SCHUMAN		272
Georgian parliament backs state of emergency, in a sign leader may not lift it soon	MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI		706
Jamaican Cabinet official calls death investigation of World Cup cricket coach 'hasty'	HOWARD CAMPBELL		225
Japan's suicide rate remains among world's worst, topping 30,000 for 9th straight year in 2006	CARL FREIRE		251
Japanese suicides topped 30,000 for 9th straight year in 2006	CARL FREIRE		329
Marathoner's triumph sets off debate over how active moms should be before and after baby	LINDSEY TANNER		732
Mayor unveils new Coney Island plan	LARRY McSHANE		440
Merck agrees to $4.85 billion settlement over pain medication Vioxx	LINDA A. JOHNSON		974
Merck agrees to $4.85 billion settlement over pain medication Vioxx	LINDA A. JOHNSON		974
Merck agrees to $4.85 billion settlement over pain medication Vioxx	LINDA A. JOHNSON		997
Merck agrees to $4.85 billion settlement over pain medication Vioxx	LINDA A. JOHNSON		1003
Mexican insurers: Flood damage claims estimated to reach nearly US$700 million	LISA J. ADAMS		561
Minnesota lawmakers weigh fairness of compensating victims of interstate bridge collapse	MARTIGA LOHN		607
Nashville's Bluebird Cafe changing hands	JOHN GEROME		824
Obama says voters care less about race than change, predicts success in Iowa	MIKE GLOVER		741
Palestinians fleeing Iraq stranded at border, lack medical care: UNHCR	Staff		265
R. Scott Hitt, prominent AIDS and gay rights activist, dies at 49 of colon cancer	DAISY NGUYEN		335
R. Scott Hitt, prominent US AIDS and gay rights activist, dies at 49	DAISY NGUYEN		376
Scientists say disease that causes alfalfa to rot is widespread in 5 Northeastern states	WILLIAM KATES		548
Slain Fla. deputy may have broken policy by letting inmate out of van, document says	KELLI KENNEDY		431
State news of national interest	The Associated Press		499
Stocks skid again; investors on edge as Wachovia takes writedown, economic worries persist	JOE BEL BRUNO		824
Stocks skid again; investors on edge as Wachovia takes writedown, economic worries persist	JOE BEL BRUNO		901
Two men try to infiltrate Israeli border; man carrying bag of drugs shot and wounded slightly	Staff		102
UN warns of possible sharp rise in bird flu outbreaks ahead of Northern Hemisphere winter	HIROKO TABUCHI		534
US man completes 5,000-mile cross-country walk, $11,000 raised for cancer	Staff		272
US official heading to Georgia to voice concern about state of emergency	DESMOND BUTLER		414
Wash. man completes 5,000-mile cross-country walk, $11,000 raised for cancer	Staff		319
Woman fugitive caught in Texas after escaping Georgia prison 33 years ago	Staff		549