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62 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.

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.

1994 World Series

The Associated Press writers, at the end of the aborted season, chose to name "unofficial" champions when naming their Managers of the Year as Felipe Alou of the Expos and Buck Showalter of the Yankees, who were leading when the season abruptly ended.

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).

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".

Alton Adams

During this entire period Adams served as a reporter, working as a stringer for the Associated Press as well as the Associated Negro Press and contributing regular articles to George Schuyler’s Pittsburgh Courier and a host of other publications.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Electronic News Production System

Electronic News Production System (ENPS) is a software application developed by the Associated Press's Broadcast Technology division for producing, editing, timing, organizing and running news broadcasts.

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.

Final Fight 2

According to the Associated Press, Final Fight 2 did not have the amount of moves in Capcom's Street Fighter II, but the addition of a two-player mode was seen an improvement over the SNES original.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Johnny Grande

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

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

Niluka Karunaratne

The Associated Press quoted him as saying: "This is the biggest win in the history of Sri Lanka badminton".

Ocean Isle Beach house fire

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

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.

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.

Pearlington, Mississippi

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

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.

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.

Scientology and the Internet

In August 2007, MSNBC quoted Associated Press in an article on the Wikipedia Scanner, that computers owned by the Church of Scientology have been removing criticism in the Scientology entry on Wikipedia.

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.

South African cricket team in Australia in 2008–09

"It has taken us a long time and a lot of great wins in different conditions around the world to get us to that number-one spot", Ponting declared, speaking to the Associated Press.

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.

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.

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.

William Duncan MacMillan

In an Associated Press report Dr. MacMillan speculated on the nature of interstellar civilizations, believing that they would be vastly more advanced than our own.

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.

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.

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.


173 Hours in Captivity

173 Hours In Captivity: The Hijacking of IC 814 is a 2000 book (ISBN 81-7223-394-9) written by Neelesh Misra, a New Delhi-based correspondent of the Associated Press.

2007 Island Fire

According to Associated Press, the blaze was started by contractors cutting steel wire with a torch for day-time only AM radio station, KBRT.

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.

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.

Beijing Hotel

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

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.

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.

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.

David Hepp

Hepp received the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award "for excellence in television journalism" as well as awards from the Associated Press, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Broadcasters Association.

Detoxification foot pads

In April, in response to questions from the Associated Press, an FDA spokeswoman said regarding the agency's investigation of the claims made for Kinoki foot pads that "basically, when we open up a case it means that the violation might be in terms of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, such as when (product makers) make false, misleading claims."

Dick Tomey

From 1977 to 1986, he led his teams at Hawaii to their first in season top-20 Associated Press ranking in 1981, and their first AP first-team All-American player, Al Noga.

E'Twaun Moore

As a junior, as well, he was named a Yahoo! Sports Third-Team All-American and an AP Honorable Mention All-American.

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.

Jared Paul Stern

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

John N. Abrams

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

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.

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.

Masha Hamilton

Hamilton worked as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press for five years in the Middle East, where she covered the First Intifada, the peace process, and the partial Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

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.

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.

Omar Shama

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

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.

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.

Row Lewis

She has enjoyed a career in television broadcasting for over a decade, winning Associated Press Awards (1998, 2001) for interviews with former U.S. Secretary of Defense, William Cohen, and recording artists, The Baha Men.

Rubén Salazar

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

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

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.

Stratton Rawson

Associated Press First Place Award in 2009 for Best Series for Uncrowned Queens, WNED.

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 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.

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.

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.