| US warship watches Somali pirates with US hostage (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 10:52 pm
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|  AP - Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat Thursday off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a U.S. destroyer with more warships on the way in a U.S. show of force.
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| Obama seeks $83.4 billion in special war money (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday for $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president.
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| Officials: Pirates, terrorists not linked directly (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:41 pm
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|  AP - U.S. officials have found no direct ties between East African pirates and terrorist groups but continue to search for signs of links between the two factions in the wake of the Indian Ocean hostage incident. It was not clear whether officials were specifically scrutinizing the Somali pirates who boarded the Maersk Alabama on Tuesday and fled in a lifeboat after taking hostage the cargo ship's captain.
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| UK's top anti-terror officer resigns after blunder (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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|  AP - Britain's top counter-terrorist police officer resigned Thursday after he was photographed carrying clearly visible secret documents about an operation against an alleged al-Qaida plot by Pakistani nationals to launch an attack in Britain.
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| Obama says timing right for millions to refinance (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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|  AP - Declaring "good news" in the midst of an economic meltdown, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged families to take advantage of near-record low mortgage rates by refinancing their home loans. "We are at a time where people can really take advantage of this," Obama said, seated with a handful of homeowners who have already lowered their bills.
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| Murder charge dismissed in Ala. baby death (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:17 pm
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|  AP - The autopsy of an Alabama baby was so badly botched a judge dismissed a murder charge against the mother Thursday, and the state now plans to review every forensic case by the medical examiner who bungled the procedure.
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| Obama plans meeting Friday on bank stress tests (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 8:25 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet on Friday with top financial regulators to discuss the "stress tests" being conducted at the 19 biggest U.S. banks, a White House spokesman said on Thursday.
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| CIA to close secret overseas prisons, end security contracts (McClatchy Newspapers)
April 9, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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|  McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The CIA is decommissioning the secret overseas prisons where top al Qaida suspects were subjected to interrogation methods, including simulated drowning, that Attorney General Eric Holder, allied governments, the Red Cross and numerous other experts consider torture, the agency said Thursday.
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| Government to buy 17,600 U.S. cars: Obama (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama, saying he was committed to a strong U.S. auto industry, announced on Thursday the government would buy 17,600 new fuel-efficient vehicles from ailing American automakers by June 1. |
| Obama to seek $83.4 billion for Iraq, Afghan wars (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:14 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president.
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| UK's top anti-terror officer resigns after blunder (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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| AP - Britain's top counter-terrorist police officer resigned Thursday after he was photographed carrying clearly visible secret documents about an operation against an alleged al-Qaida plot by Pakistani nationals to launch an attack in Britain.
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| Returning troops getting tested for brain injuries (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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|  AP - Every soldier who's gone to war in the past year paused before leaving to take a brain test — basic math, matching numbers and symbols and identifying patterns to measure response time and accuracy. Now that some of these troops have returned, they're taking a fresh round of tests, all part of a broad effort by the military to better treat head injuries.
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| Hurricane forecaster predicts average '09 season (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:01 pm
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|  AP - The 2009 hurricane season will be less active than last year's flurry of storms, and there's less than a 50 percent chance that a hurricane will hit the southeastern U.S., a researcher said Thursday.
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| Owners debate arming ships against Somali pirates (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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| AP - Crews have held pirates off with Molotov cocktails, crates of rubbish and oil drums. They've electrified handrails, sprayed attackers with high-pressure fire hoses and simply kicked the pirates' rickety ladders overboard.
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| Friends say hostage captain is no-nonsense sailor (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 4:08 pm
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|  AP - He went from driving a cab in Boston to piloting multimillion-dollar cargo vessels around the world. Now Capt. Richard Phillips is at the center of a high seas-piracy drama after offering himself up as the lone hostage to the gang that overtook his ship. The selfless act is no surprise to those who know him.
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| Angels rookie pitcher Adenhart dies in car crash (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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|  AP - Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two other people were killed Thursday by a suspected drunk driver just hours after the rookie made his first start of the season. The Angels postponed Thursday night's game with Oakland and players planned to gather to remember their teammate, manager Mike Scioscia said. "It is a tragedy that will never be forgotten," he said at an Angel Stadium news conference.
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| Job Promotions Unhealthy, Study Finds (LiveScience.com)
April 9, 2009 at 1:21 pm
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| | LiveScience.com - While some 13 million Americans are out of work these days, those still with jobs might have a strange new thing to worry about - getting a promotion can be bad for you, a new study suggests. |
| Father demands American held in Iran be freed (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:00 am
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|  AP - The father of a jailed American journalist charged by Iran with espionage called Thursday for his daughter's release and said he will not leave the country until she is freed.
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| Wells Fargo shocks market with big profit (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 10:55 am
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| | Reuters - Wells Fargo & Co said it expects to post a $3 billion first-quarter profit, sending its shares soaring, lifting a wide range of stocks, and providing a welcome jolt to the troubled banking sector. |
| Six years on, huge protest marks Baghdad's fall (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 4:52 am
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|  Reuters - Tens of thousands of followers of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr thronged Baghdad on Thursday to mark the sixth anniversary of the city's fall to U.S. troops, and to demand they leave immediately.
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| Obama invites close friends, staff to seder dinner (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 3:46 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is inviting close friends and staff to a private White House meal Thursday to mark Passover, a signal that the new president intends to fulfill his promise that Jewish voters would have an ally.
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| Phone Call Won't Ease Guilt Caused By 20-Year-Old Affair (Dear Abby)
April 9, 2009 at 2:16 am
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| | Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I was pleased that you advised "Remorseful in Georgia" (Jan. 27) to find another outlet for her guilt and "leave the scab alone." I was recently contacted by my fiance's former girlfriend, a woman who had made several attempts to break us up when we first became a couple. |
| Woman's tofu license plate curdles in Colo. (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 1:12 am
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| | AP - One Colorado woman's love for tofu has been judged X-rated by state officials. Kelly Coffman-Lee wanted to tell the world about her fondness for bean curd by picking certain letters for her SUV's license plate. Her suggestion for the plate: "ILVTOFU." But the Division of Motor Vehicles blocked her plan because they thought the combination of letters could be interpreted as profane. | | |  |
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