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50 unusual facts about Associated Press


1948 World Series

The umpire's controversial ruling touched off heated debates among the media and fans, especially after Associated Press photographs of the play were published.

2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak

On 28 May 2013, a report by the Associated Press said a French patient died of the novel coronavirus related to SARS.

251 Menlove Avenue

Said Ono, "When John's house came up for sale I wanted to preserve it for the people of Liverpool and John Lennon and Beatles' fans all over the world." (Associated Press, 14 February 2003).

Altaf Qadri

Qadri has worked for The Associated Press since September 2008 and is presently based in New Delhi.

Andre Miller

Miller was a national star during his senior season (1999), earning First Team All-America honors from the Associated Press, the NABC, the Sporting News, and USBWA.

Anthony K. Roberts

The resulting series of pictures ran in the following day's Los Angeles Times, and were carried by the Associated Press, which nominated them for the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.

Baghdad Bulletin

The newspaper had a full-time reporting pool of Iraqis and Westerners, many of whom were young Oxbridge graduates who had previously written for Associated Press, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters and the Evening Standard.

Bikem Ekberzade

Aside from CNN, during her graduate studies and up until 1998 Ekberzade has worked as a photojournalist for print and wire services such as the Boston Phoenix, the Associated Press, The New York Times, and Newsweek.

Buick Open

The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009 that General Motors would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its marketing resources to cars and trucks.

Carry Back

As a three-year-old, Carry Back was described by an Associated Press reporter as a "little, scrawny" horse who weighed no more than 970 pounds.

Charles E. Woodworth

A newspaper article about her survival detailed how "she could be put in a cigar box" and was picked up by the Associated Press.

Cooper Glacier

It was discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on several plane flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929, and named by him for Kent Cooper, an official of the Associated Press.

Drowning Pool

On December 9, 2008, bassist Stevie Benton was quoted by the Associated Press as considering it an honor that the U.S. military was using the band's music to bother captured prisoners.

Dustin Berg

In June 2006 the Associated Press distributed an article on pressure within the US military justice system to impose stiffer sentences on soldiers who kill outside of the context of battle—including re-introducing the death penalty.

East Mecklenburg High School

Joe Posnanski, Class of 1984: author and Sports Illustrated columnist, twice named best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors

Ed Packard

On March 14, 2007, the Associated Press reported that a Montgomery County, Alabama, grand jury issued an indictment against Worley that included five felony counts and five misdemeanor counts related to Worley's solicitation of campaign contributions from Secretary of State employees.

Foster's Daily Democrat

The newspaper also carries entertainment, world and national news from the Associated Press, as well as both AP and locally generated sports stories.

Fred the Computer

Along with 10 other members of the Associated Press, the Middlesex News in 1980 offered a digital text edition to CompuServe.

George Horton

The New York Times of September 21 carried a story from Athens attributed to the Associated Press, reporting Horton's account of events in Smyrna.

Greenlee Smythe

The return was one of the most widely reported in the genre's history, with newspapers such as the Associated Press and New York Daily News featuring the story.

Halifax Gazette

In the year of 1849, there was a group of six New York publishers who comprised the Associated Press.

James M. Flinchum

Jim Angell, executive director of the Wyoming Press Association and a former reporter for the Associated Press, describes Flinchum as "fair" in his editing and writing.

James Spann

Spann has been named the state's best weather anchor nine times (as of 2007) by the Associated Press, and best weather anchor in Dallas-Fort Worth by the Dallas Press Club.

Janelia

Robert Pickens was a correspondent for the Associated Press and had written a book on current affairs in 1934, Storm Clouds over Asia.

Jeri Kehn Thompson

In mid-December 2007, the Associated Press asked some of the 2008 candidates what their favorite possession was.

Johnny Grande

The Associated Press reported that Grande died on June 3, 2006, at the age of 76.

Ken Burnstine

Kenneth G. "Ken" Burnstine (d. 16 June 1976) was an American drug smuggler and pilot who was described by the Associated Press in 1981 as "one of America's most daring drug smugglers".

Kirk Lippold

On 21 August 2006, the Associated Press reported that the Senate was again denied him for promotion to the rank of Captain (O-6).

Labh Singh

The "Wilmington Morning Star" carried an AP story, and related that 3 "Sikh extremists" killed 4 police officers inside the District Court complex, killed two officers who "were shot at the courtyard gate as the attackers fled", and wounded 4 other individuals, including a lawyer.

Louise Groody

On January 8, 1949 she wed John G. Loofburrow (1902–1964), a one-time actor from Ohio who went on to serve for many years as New York night editor for the Associated Press.

Malcolm Saville

Saville's writing career, from 1943 to 1982, was a diversion from his working life that began at Oxford University Press then continued as a publicist with Cassell & Co. (now part of Orion Books), Associated Press, and George Newnes.

Margie Holmes

Her books and columns have been reviewed in international periodicals, such as Newsweek, Time, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Associated Press, Agence France Press, Asiaweek, Asia Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Marty Bass

The "news" story on Marty's missing hair was carried worldwide by Associated Press and UPI.

Media Object Server

The first meeting of the MOS Protocol development group occurred at the Associated Press ENPS developer's conference in Orlando, Florida in 1998.

Metamaterial cloaking

On October 20, 2006, the day after Duke University achieved enveloping and "disappearing" an object in the microwave range, the story was reported by Associated Press.

Nobody Lives for Ever

Frank Stilley, in a review for the Associated Press syndicated throughout the United States, said Gardner "lacks nothing" of Ian Fleming's gift for "conveying agaonizing suspense" and that "the yearn is a cinch" to please "James Bond's countless fans".

Pearlington, Mississippi

According to Vicki Smith, Associated Press writer, Pearlington was seemingly forgotten during Katrina recovery.

PGA European Tour

In a decision that, according to the Associated Press, "reflects the changing nature of a global game", one of the top young American amateurs, Peter Uihlein, announced in December 2011 that he would not return for his final semester at Oklahoma State University and would begin professional play in Europe the following month—both through sponsor's exemptions on the main tour and on the developmental Challenge Tour.

Ron Barber

The same day, the Associated Press determined that there weren't enough ballots outstanding for McSally to regain the lead, and called the race for Barber.

Rory Markas

Born in Chatsworth, California, he was a graduate of Los Angeles Valley College, California State University-Northridge, and Chatsworth High School, Markas won four Golden Mike Awards, two Associated Press Sportscasting Awards, and the 2008 Radio Play-by-Play Award from the Southern California Broadcasters Association.

Ruth Ann Steinhagen

According to an Associated Press report released on June 15, 1949, Steinhagen told police that she told Waitkus when he entered, "I have a surprise for you", before retrieving a .22

Second Battle of Zawiya

The Associated Press reported that among the rebel forces advancing on the city, a leading contingent were rebels from Zawiya who had fled to the mountains.

Sher Bahadur Deuba

An official from Deuba's Nepali Congress Democratic Party, Dip Kumar Upadhaya, told the Associated Press that the former premier's release was "a victory for democracy and a humiliating defeat for the royal regime".

T. J. Oshie

He was subsequently named to 2005 Associated Press and Pioneer Press All-State First Team and was a Minnesota Mr. Hockey Finalist.

Treephort

An article by the Associated Press (AP) brought the band international attention in 2004 for their stage antics while on tour.

Viðey

According to the Associated Press: "The tower is a beam of light, radiating from a wishing well bearing the words "imagine peace" in 24 languages. The plan is for it to be lit each year between his birthday, October 9, and his death December 8."

Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club

The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009 that General Motors would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its marketing resources to cars and trucks, thus ending the PGA Tour's association with Warwick Hills.

Whitehouse.com

It advertised a cartoon contest and presented links to Associated Press political news stories.

Yizhou riots

"Chinese Police Holding 20 After Farmer Protest Over Low Crop Prices." Associated Press 02 Nov. 2002.

Yuri Ryazanov

Police spokesman Oleg Kurochkin told The Associated Press that Ryazanov died at the scene after his car was involved in a head-on collision.


1933 Indianapolis 500

Since Memorial Day was a holiday, the young reporter was alone monitoring the Associated Press wire for race updates.

Ah Jook Ku

Ku holds the distinction of being the first Asian American reporter for the Associated Press, as well as the first Asian American female reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper.

All the Women I Am

Michael McCall with the Associated Press gave it a mixed review, saying "at age 55, McEntire remains a powerhouse who tends to err by trying harder than necessary to show her range".

An American Journey: My Life on the Field, In the Air, and On the Air

Coleman’s career as a player for the Yankees began in 1949 when he batted .275 and won the Associated Press Rookie of the Year award.

Beijing Hotel

This was the site where Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener took the famous "Unknown Rebel" picture during the Tiananmen Square protests.

Bloomberg Government

Bloomberg implemented an aggressive recruiting strategy to staff the Bloomberg Government newsroom in Washington, D.C. which included hiring many of the reporters from leading D.C. media outlets including CQ-Roll Call, the Associated Press, Dow Jones and other industry publications including Kaiser Health News, Army Times and Defense Week.

Charles Kornegay

During his career at Villanova, the team won 70 of 93 games and was rated as high as #2 nationally by the Associated Press.

Dave Goucher

He has been named New England’s top radio play-by-play announcer by the Associated Press three times (2003, 2006, & 2007) and won the AP “Best Sportscast” award in 2006.

David Clyde

In a 2003 interview with the Associated Press, Clyde looked back on his career, recognizing that he was rushed too early, calling his career "a classic case not to handle a young talent", and stating that his case had a "black side" to it but that he made a contribution to the sport.

Disney's Contemporary Resort

On November 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his famous "I am not a crook" speech in a ballroom at the Contemporary in front of reporters from the Associated Press during the 'Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association'.

Eric Kattus

He was captain and started all 12 games for Bo Schembechler's Michigan team that ended the season ranked #2 in both the A.P. and U.P.I. polls after a Fiesta Bowl victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers gave them a 10-1-1 record for the season.

Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea

Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Associated Press photographer Max Desfor, taken on December 4, 1950, at a destroyed bridge over the Taedong River near Pyongyang, North Korea.

Georgian swimming

Georgian records were set for TV reporting purchases by Reuters and the Associated Press.

Gran Saposoa

In September 2005, Gene’s son Sean Savoy released a statement to the Associated Press indicating that upon a recent return to the archaeological site at Gran Saposoa, the team found the site had been looted.

Israel Law Review

In 1969, Israeli Supreme Court Justice Haim Cohn published an article in the journal, which was reported on by the Associated Press and picked up widely by newspapers, in which he indicated that Jewish officials sought to save Jesus from Roman execution, but he refused to cooperate.

Jared Paul Stern

In January 2007, the Associated Press ran a story saying that the federal investigation into Stern had been dropped.

Ken Watanabe

It wasn't until an "unidentified guest" accompanying Watanabe at a New York premiere of his film Sayuri seen in an Associated Press photo was found to be Minami that their marriage was publicly announced.

Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay

The Associated Press reported that Rola Dashti, a member of a human rights delegation which met with Bush in Jerusalem, said Bush said two of the remaining four Kuwaitis would face charges before Guantanamo military commissions.

Levi Jackson

Yale coach Howie Odell welcomed Jackson, the team achieving a 7–1–1 record, an Associated Press poll finish at 12, and a victory over Harvard.

Media Bloggers Association

In June 2008, MBA became involved in a copyright dispute involving Associated Press demand of strict terms for bloggers quoting from their news at the request of Rogers Cadenhead whose Drudge Retort was affected.

Moon Shot

Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a book written by Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard, with NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree and Associated Press space writer Howard Benedict.

Names of Burma

In spite of the usage by the US government, American news outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune and CNN, and US-based international news agencies the Associated Press and Reuters have adopted the name "Myanmar".

Nguyen Van Lem

Using his personal .38 revolver, General Loan summarily executed Lém in front of AP photographer Eddie Adams and NBC television cameraman Vo Suu.

Nineteen Minutes

The Associated Press acknowledged that although Peter's guilt cannot be in doubt from a legal perspective, it is hard for readers to know where to put the blame as the story unfolds.

Operation Blue Star

Brahma Chellaney, who was then the South Asia correspondent of the Associated Press, was the only foreign reporter who managed to stay on in Amritsar despite the media blackout.

Pentagon rapid response operation

A Pentagon memo seen by the Associated Press news agency said the new unit would "develop messages" for the 24-hour news cycle and aim to "correct the record".

Perplexions

In an article written by the Associated Press writer Ryan Pearson, some of the events that took place with these killer storms are similar to some of the lyrics of the song.

Pregnancy after a loss

Along with working for the Associated Press, Newsweek, Reuters, and Vatican Radio in Italy she received her PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas, planning on specializing in public health research.

Rubén Salazar

Postmaster General John E. Potter announced the stamp series at the Associated Press Managing Editors Meeting in Washington.

Sogen Kato

In 2008, the Associated Press reported that the number of elderly people committing suicide had reached a record high because of health and economic worries.

Stacy Smith

Smith has been honored as a co-anchor with awards from the Associated Press and United Press International, and for reports on Thomas Starzl and on Alzheimer's disease.

The Bridge at No Gun Ri

Published in 2001, it was written by Charles J. Hanley, Sang-hun Choe and Martha Mendoza, with researcher Randy Herschaft, the Associated Press (AP) journalists who wrote about the mass refugee killing in news reports that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism and 10 other major national and international journalism awards.

Thomas J. Euteneuer

On June 27, 2012, the Associated Press reported that a woman was suing the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia; Bishop Paul Loverde; and Human Life International for alleged sexual abuse during an exorcism; however, Enteneuer was not named as a defendant.

Ti-Hua Chang

Chang is also the recipient of five Emmys, Press Association awards in Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit and New York, AP and UPI awards, and Asian American Journalists Associationand National Association of Black Journalists awards.

Tiburón Island Tragedy

According to James H. McClintock, before leaving his home in Phoenix, Arizona, Robinson told an Associated Press correspondent that he intended to be gone for six months, at the end of which he would return with some stories about the natives.

Ultras

In 2013, the Associated Press stated that the Egyptian Ultras network was one of the most organized movements in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood.

Zap, North Dakota

Between 2000 and 3000 people descended upon the small town of Zap before the event even began as a result of an article by Kevin Carvell that originally appeared in the North Dakota State University's Spectrum newspaper and was later picked up by the Associated Press.