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FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY AP Game of the Week: Oregon vs. Arizona: November 18, 2009 The No. 11 Oregon Ducks look to keep their Rose Bowl hopes alive when they go up against the unranked Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, Nov. 21.

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AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Photos: Sniper Executed John Allen Muhammad stepped foot into Virginia's death chamber and within seconds was lying on a gurney, his arms spread wide with a needle dug into each, tapping his left foot. "Mr. Muhammad, do you have any last words?" the warden asked the mastermind behind the D.C.-area sniper attacks that killed 10 in 2002. Muhammad was calm and stoic, defiant to the end, refusing to utter any final words.

INTERACTIVE ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Interactive: Fort Hood Shooting An interactive detailing the events of the Fort Hood shooting, the biography of suspected shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, and evolving victim profiles.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Feature: Thanksgiving Cooking This interactive will help to guide you through your Thanksgiving dinner and includes multimedia explainers on how to cook and carve a turkey and offers recipes for side dishes and vegetarian options.

INTERACTIVE ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Timeline: A History of Mass Shootings An interactive timeline of some of the major U.S. mass shootings since the Columbine massacre.

INTERACTIVE ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Timeline: John Allen Muhammad Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week's execution. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection next Tuesday at a Virginia prison. Attorneys for the 48-year-old have said they planned to file the appeal Tuesday. They asked Gov. Timothy M. Kaine for clemency last month.

INTERACTIVE ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Sports: World Series Matchup An interactive compares the starting position players and rotation; it will preview hitting zones and where they hit and the percentage of different types of pitches thrown; video with analysis by AP Sports Writer Ben Walker

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Sports: NFL Season Tracker This interactive displays standings, scores, schedules and matchups for all NFL teams and upcoming games. Statistics for upcoming games compare offensive and defensive performances in 30 categories. Data is pulled from Stats LLC and continuously updated throughout the season.

INTERACTIVE ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Interactive: Halloween! Photo galleries of costumes, archive photos from Halloweens of last century, and enticing recipes with downloadable PDF's!

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Interactive: Swine Flu Outbreak Swine Flu outbreak prompts global awareness. This interactive graphic displays the countries affected, how it spreads, prevention and preparedness, as well as Swine Flu history.

INTERACTIVE ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Timline: The Nobel Peace Prize President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in a stunning decision designed to build momentum behind his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism. Obama said he was surprised and deeply humbled by the honor, and planned to travel to Oslo to accept the prize.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Photos: 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend. Chicago was knocked out in the first round - in one of the most shocking defeats ever in International Olympic Committee voting.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Feature: Stolen Artifacts Driving to the ridge down a bumpy desert road across a plain dotted with sagebrush, cottonwood and pinon, archaeologist Winston Hurst points to trashed "pit houses" dating from 500-700 A.D. - distinctive mounds in the brush, where looters have dug for the ancient Indian tools, pottery, jewelry and blankets traditionally buried with the dead.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Photos: Indonesian Quake Hundreds of doctors, nurses, search and rescue experts and cleanup crews arrived at the regional airport from around the globe with tons of food, tents, medicine, clean water, generators and a field hospital. But with no electricity, fuel shortages and telecommunication outages the massive operation was chaotic.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Feature: Inside at the Emmy's "Mad Men" and "30 Rock" led a pack of Emmy winners who successfully defended their titles at Sunday's show, but the snappy ceremony and a star turn by host Neil Patrick Harris made the evening far from a rerun.

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Graphic: US Census The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying home-buying, working longer, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic according to U.S. census data released Monday.

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Feature: Forgotten Mourners For the brothers and sisters of those lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, the pain of loss is often compounded by a sense that their grief is somehow less significant than that of a parent or spouse. It's often the siblings who perform the eulogies, write the thank-you notes and mediate family disputes, while too seldom hearing a well-meaning family friend ask, "How are YOU doing?"

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Feature: The Artic Climate A six-part series preceding the Copenhagen climate conference in December reports on the impact, future and responses to climate change

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Interactive: Fashion Week, 2010 Photo galleries from the top Fashion Week shows, as well as a look behind the scenes and photos of celebrities attending the events.

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Interactve: September 11th anniversary Building plans for the World Trade Center

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Interactive: Health Care Overhaul An interactive look at key elements of the House and Senate versions of health care legislation

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Slideshow: Hubble Telescope Images captured by the Hubble telescope

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Sports: NFL Season Opener Preview the 2009 NFL season with photos, predictions, depth charts and statistical breakdowns of 2008 performances compared to league averages.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: The Life of Ted Kennedy A timeline on the life of Sen. Edward Kennedy

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Timeline: Financial Meltdown A year after edging dangerously close to free fall, there are signs the economy is regaining a foothold. But Americans' sense of financial security is badly shaken and the nation confronts questions that defy quick or comfortable answers. After more than a decade of building dreams atop a bubble ˜ first in technology stocks, then in housing ˜ there is no clear route forward. Moving on, economists say, the country will have to redefine expectations, accepting that the bubble-fueled growth the country became accustomed to is neither something to aim for nor count on, but evidence of an economy that was out of balance.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Advisory: California Wildfires Fire threatens thousands of California homes

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Graphics: Kennedy Map An interactive map with photos and video, showing the memorial and funeral plans for Sen. Kennedy

IMAGE GALLERY ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Photos: Kennedy Panorama Thousands pay tribute to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy as he lies in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Graphic: The Kennedy Family Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday. For nearly a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy was a dominant voice on health care, civil rights, war and peace, and more. To the American public, though, he was best known as the last surviving brother of a storied political family.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Graphic: 4 Years After Katrina Thisinteractive with demographic data and video essays explores New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: Michael Jackson The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: S.C. Governor Mark Sanford South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford took dozens of undisclosed flights on private planes since taking office in 2003 despite a state law requiring him to report who paid for the travel, an Associated Press investigation has found.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Interactive: Health Care Reform Take an interactive look at costs associated with health care for each state, broken down by overall spending, hospital costs and premiums.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: Michael Vick Michael Vick is back in the NFL, landing a job with the Philadelphia Eagles. Vick, who served 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, signed less than three weeks after he was conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

MULTIMEDIA MAP ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Global Storm Tracker AP's storm tracker

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Photos: Hudon River Crash A Hoboken, N.J., resident talks about the crash between a small airplane and a tourist helicopter over the Hudson River, a midair collision that occurred about 300 feet from his apartment window.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Interactive: Cash For Clunkers Car shoppers caught up in the frenzy of the "cash-for-clunkers" program now have more time and a $2 billion reason to trade in their old gas guzzlers.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Interactive: Freed U.S. Journalists Former President Bill Clinton spent less than 24 hours in North Korea, arriving Tuesday morning on an unmarked plane on a visit that was not announced by Pyongyang or Washington and leaving the following morning. With him on his return were American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who flew home Wednesday in a dramatic end to their 140-day ordeal in North Korean custody after being sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: Mass Shootings A man who sprayed bullets into a fitness class filled with women, killing three and then himself, apparently kept a Web page in which he wrote about years of rejection by women and an earlier plan for violence at the gym in which he said he "chickened out."

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: North Korea Update North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a "special pardon" freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea's official news agency announced Wednesday.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Graphics: Afghanistan Opium Afghanistan produces more than 90 percent of the world's opium, the raw ingredient used to make heroin. Opium as played a critical role in the economy, providing a main source of income to local farmers and funding for the Taliban movement. Government forces have increased efforts to eradicate the cultivation of opium poppies, which declined by 20 percent in 2008.

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Graphics: Tornado Probability The heart of tornado season has passed and weather researchers were bedeviled by a rarity in calm weather. But even in a quiet year, there have been devastating storms across the country.

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Graphics: Microsoft - Yahoo Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and finally setting the stage for them to make a joint assault against the dominance of Google Inc.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JULY 2009 AP Timeline: Walter Cronkite The death of Walter Cronkite elicited tributes from colleagues, presidents past and present, world-famous astronauts and those who hoped in vain to fill his empty anchor chair, all honoring the avuncular face of TV journalism who became the "most trusted man in America."

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Graphic: Back to School Checklist Yep, it's summer, and as twisted as it sounds, that SHOULD mean back-to-school prep for parents to avoid the inevitable nervous breakdown that comes with waiting until the last minute on absolutely everything. Don't spoil your family's fun in the sun by stressing out on break, but give up the notion that you can tick off your long list of school lead-up chores the week before the start of a new academic year.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ JULY 2009 AP Photos: Turkmenistan Crossroads Four white-marble hotels opened here in June on a spit of sand _ the beginnings of an opulent $5 billion resort billed as Central Asia's answer to Las Vegas. While Turkmenistan is still mostly dirt-poor, it also sits atop the world's fifth largest reserves of natural gas, with Russia, the U.S., Europe, Iran and China all fighting for access. The resort could be a sign that the county is finally opening up, or it could be one more gas-funded boondoggle in a long list of them.

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Interactive: Sotomayor's Hearings An interactive seating chart of the confirmation hearings with profiles of the Senate Judiciary Committee members, including photos and details on the senators.

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Interactive: All Star Game '09 An interactive showing the starters and reserves for the 80th MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis and a timeline of memorable events has been posted.

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