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This AP Service Guide is designed to assist editors in finding specific categories of news in the AP news report using simple text searches for a string of characters. Any questions regarding this guide may be addressed by email to ami@ap.org. ^The following
list shows what a search for each string of characters will produce: GENERAL BC- All AP news -FEA- All AP news features REGIONS BC-AA All news from Antarctica BC-AP All AP News Digests and Advisories BC-AF All news from Africa BC-AS All news from Asia-Pacific BC-CB All news from the Caribbean BC-EU All news from Europe BC-LA All news from Latin America BC-ME All news from the Middle East BC-NA All news from North America BC-UN All news from the United Nations
NOTE: You can find specific news categories from specific regions by combining codes in a search. For example, a search for «EU-SPT» (without quotation marks) will generate a directory of all sports stories from Europe. A search for «ME-GEN» will generate a directory of all general news from the Middle East. NEWS CATEGORIES -GEN- General news -FIN- General financial news -COM- Company news -EARNS- Earnings Reports -MKT- Markets stocks bonds -ECO- Economic news -POL- Political news elections campaigns -SCI- Science -MED- Medical -ANL- News Analyses -TRV- Travel -TEC- Technology cyberspace Internet -ODD- Oddities -REL- Religion -WEA- Weather -A&E- Arts and Entertainment -ART- Painting sculpture architecture -DAN- Dance -BKS- Books -CEL- Celebrities -TV- Television -MOV- Movies video -MUS- Music -STG- Stage theater musicals -SPT- Sports General -OLY- Olympics -ARC- Archery -ATH- Athletics -CAR- Auto racing -CARR Auto rallying -BAD- Badminton -BBL- Baseball -BKB- Basketball -BIA- Biathalon -BOB- Bobsled -BOX- Boxing -CANF- Canoe Kayak Flatwater -CANS- Canoe Kayak Slalom -CRK- Cricket -CUR- Curling -CYC- Cycling General -CYCM- Cycling Mountain Bike -CYCR- Cycling Road -CYCT- Cycling Track -DIV- Diving -EQU- Equestrian General -EQUT- Equestrian Three Day -EQUD- Equestrian Dresage -EQUJ- Equestrian Jumping -FBL- Football U.S. -FEN- Fencing -FIG- Figure skating -FHK- Field Hockey -GLF- Golf -GYM- Gymnastics General -GYMA- Gymnastics Artistic -GYMR- Gymnastics Rhythmic -GYMT- Gymnastics Trampoline -HNB- Handball -HKY- Ice Hockey -JUD- Judo -LUG- Luge -PEN- Modern Pentathlon -MOT- Motorcycling -OLY- Olympics -RAC- Horse racing -ROW- Rowing -RUGU- Rugby Union -RUGL- Rugby League -SAI- Sailing and yachting -SHO- Shooting -SKA- Speed skating -SKE- Skeleton -SKI- Skiing General -SKI-ALP- Skiing Alpine -SKI-CRO- Skiing Cross Country -SKI-FRE- Skiing Freestyle -SKI-JUM- Skiing Jumping -SKI-NOR- Skiing Nordic combined -SBD- Snowboarding -SOC- Soccer -WCUP- World Cup soccer -SOF- Softball -SQA- Squash -SUM- Sumo wrestling -SWM- Swimming -SWMS- Synchronized Swimming -TTN- Table tennis -TAE- Taekwondo -TEN- Tennis -TRI- Triathlon -VOL- Volleyball -BVL- Volleyball Beach -WPO- Water Polo -WGT- Weightlifting -WRE- Wrestling General -WREF- Wrestling Freestyle -WREG- Wrestling Greco-Roman
NOTE: You can find secondary news categories from specific regions by combining codes in a search. For example, a search for «EU-A&E-TV» (without quotation marks) will generate a directory of all stories about television in the Arts & Entertainment category from Europe. A more complicated search for NA-SPT-SKI-CROSS will generate a directory of all cross country skiing stories from North America.
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