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61 unusual facts about Associated Press


1933 Indianapolis 500

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

1937 St. Louis Cardinals season

Dean finished with a 13-10 record and only one win after the All-Star Break and was named the "biggest bust of the year" by an Associated Press poll after the season.

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.

2010–11 San Antonio Spurs season

Anderson had been named the Big 12 Player of the Year and a Second Team All-American by the Associated Press, averaging 22.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 33 games.

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).

African Union Mission in Sudan

The Associated Press reports the African Union as condemning the government's acts of calculated and wanton destruction that have killed at least 44 people and displaced thousands over two weeks.

Alex Sanz

Alex Sanz is a journalist who covers the southeastern United States for The Associated Press.

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".

Altaf Qadri

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

Am Mellensee

An Associated Press story appearing in the August 1, 2011 online version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the breadmaking there.

Babe Siebert

Frequently remaining on the ice for entire games as one of Boston's key players, Siebert earned five votes in a 1935 Associated Press poll naming the top comeback player in sport for that year.

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.

Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

Also in 1999, the Associated Press asked the same question of six voters; four chose Man O' War, one named Secretariat, and the sixth picked Tom Fool, who finished 11th on the Blood-Horse list.

At the time of the list’s unveiling, Blood-Horse managing editor Evan Hammonds spoke to the Associated Press.

Buck Showalter

During his four years as the Yankees' manager, the team posted a record of 313–268, finishing first during the strike-shortened season, thereby being named by the Associated Press as the American League Manager of the Year and became the 1995 American League manager for the All-Star Game.

C. J. Nitkowski

Nitkowski, in a statement to the Associated Press (an organization he also occasionally contributes to as a writer) said, "I have never seen Roger or Andy take any illegal performance-enhancing drugs. I have never talked to either of them about PEDs, nor do I have any firsthand knowledge of them taking any PEDs."

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.

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.

Dallas Raines

Some of his awards include the Daily News People's Choice Award for Best Weatherperson, Man of the Year by the American Cancer Society, Golden Mike Award for Best Weathercast and Associated Press Award for Best Weather Segment.

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.

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.

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.

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1951

Ernest Tait - became Fugitive #133 in 1960; U.S. prisoner arrested July 12, 1951 in Miami, Florida by the FBI as a direct result of an Associated Press story in the Miami Herald and the Miami Daily News; he later claimed that he had intended to shoot it out with the police but not with the FBI.

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.

Georgian swimming

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

Glenn Burns

He has received numerous awards for his work in meteorology from the American Red Cross, U.S. Coast Guard and Civil Defense, Best of Cobb Magazine, Best of Atlanta Magazine, the Associated Press, and Best of Gwinnett Magazine.

Hal McRae

Selected a three-time All-Star, he hit over .300 six times for the Royals and was named Designated Hitter of the Year three times both by The Sporting News and the Associated Press.

Halifax Gazette

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

Hamdog

Goff told the Associated Press that his restaurant served more healthy alternatives, like salads and sandwiches that were not deep-fried.

Identity of the first male Muslim

Ghulam Malik (Associated Press writer), Muhammad, An Islamic Perspective, University Press of America (1996), ISBN 0-7618-0307-6

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.

Jeri Kehn Thompson

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

Joseph Moutschen

His brother Michel Moutschen (1923-1947 in Hanoi) was a war correspondent for the Associated Press.

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".

Khaled bin Abdullah

On 11 June 2011, the Associated Press (AP) erroneously reported Prince Khalid as having died, confusing him with King Abdullah's grand-nephew Khalid bin Abdullah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz.

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).

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.

NAPLPS

In the late 1980s, Tribune Media Services (TMS) and the Associated Press operated a cable television channel called AP News Plus that provided NAPLPS-based news screens to cable television subscribers in many U.S. cities.

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.

Ocean Isle Beach house fire

"There was no evidence of any other injuries," Dr. John Butts told The Associated Press.

According to an Associated Press (AP) news story of November 10, the North Carolina Building Code Council was already reviewing a proposal to modify soffit materials for townhouses following another fire in Raleigh on February 22, 2007 caused by an improperly discarded cigarette that ignited pine needles and raced through the soffit and into the attic and destroyed 38 townhomes.

Omar Shama

Following university, he worked as a reporter at the Associated Press news agency.

Pat Caputo

He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors.

Pea Ridge Day

In an Associated Press interview, Lopez recounted a story about a 1931 exhibition game against the New York Yankees.

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.

Red Barrett

He was named to the AP National League All-Star team and finished third in NL Most Valuable Player voting.

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.

Royal Ice Cream Sit-in

In 1979, when the Associated Press carried a story that the state Highway Historical Marker Commission would issue a marker to commemorate the first sit-in – in Greensboro, it sparked a heated debate whether the Greensboro could be recognized as the first.

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.

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.

Treephort

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

Unknown to No One

After the Iraqi war, Iraq's first ever Western boy band created big media interest and its members were interviewed with by the BBC, CNN and Associated Press.

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."

Whitehouse.com

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

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.

Zotob

"The Zotob worm and several variations of it, known as Rbot.cbq, SDBot.bzh and Zotob.d, infected computers at companies such as ABC, CNN, The Associated Press, The New York Times, and Caterpillar Inc." — Business Week, August 16, 2005.


Beijing Hotel

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

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.

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.

Bob Stump

After the Associated Press mistakenly placed Bob Hope's obituary on its web site in June 1998, Stump announced on the floor of the House that the entertainer had died.

Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

McWhorter notes the May 3, 1963, photo by Associated Press photographer Bill Hudson of Walter Gadsden, an African-American bystander who had been grabbed by a sunglasses-wearing police officer, while a German Shepherd lunged at his chest.

Casa Santa Museum

On international television, it was covered by two news agencies, Reuters and 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.

Data Transmission Network

Various members of DTN’s editorial staff are regular contributors to commodity-related news stories by a variety of media outlets, including the Associated Press, Dow Jones “MarketWatch” and the Wall Street Journal.

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'.

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.

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.

Hermann-Josef Tenhagen

From 1988 to 1990, Hermann-Josef Tenhagen worked as a freelancer; among other things he did an internship for the Associated Press news agency and worked for local radio stations in Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen-Buer.

Jared Paul Stern

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

Jesse Barfield

On August 22, 2006 it was reported by the Associated Press that Barfield's younger son, Jeremy Barfield, pushed his father down the stairs, causing Jesse to be hospitalized.

John N. Abrams

After retiring, Abrams became a military analyst for the Associated Press.

Kafr Latah

According to the Associated Press, as of October 2013 Kafr Latah was being continuously shelled by government forces and with the exception of a handful of opposition rebels and their families, was largely deserted.

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.

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.

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.

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".

Predrag Savović

Predrag was a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference pick in his junior and senior seasons, the MVP of the 2002 WAC tournament, and an honorable mention All-American selection by the Associated Press.

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.

SIETK

It is approved by AICTE and is ranked among the top 100 engineering colleges by AP.

Sports Plus Network

According to the ticker that scrolled at the bottom of the screen, the service was a joint venture by SportsChannel, Tribune Media Services, and the Associated Press.

Steve Brozak

Mr. Brozak is frequently interviewed and quoted by such media sources as the Associated Press, ABC, Barron's, Bloomberg, CNN, Forbes, Dow Jones, Reuters, SmartMoney, TheStreet.com, and The Wall Street Journal.

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.

The Reverse of the Medal

In July 2009, Russell Crowe told the Associated Press that this book would make up the bulk of a second Master and Commander film, but there was no word on a director, cast, or if the film would even happen.

Thomas T Adamson-Coumbousis

Though he started in print at Associated Press in Paris in 2003, Adamson's foray into TV began on French design programme Paris Modes, where he covered the catwalks at London Fashion Week.

Wire Service

Wire Service focuses on three reporters for the fictional Trans-Globe wire service, which was similar to (and obviously inspired by) real-life news wire services such as the Associated Press and United Press International.

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.