| Thailand declares emergency, cancels Asian summit (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 6:28 am
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|  AP - Anti-government protesters stormed a building where leaders of Asian nations were to meet Saturday, prompting Thailand's government to cancel the summit and declare a state of emergency in the seaside city that was to host it.
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| 1 dead, 3 wounded in Dutch shooting rampage (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:54 am
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| | AP - A man pulled a gun in a crowded Dutch cafe early Saturday and opened fire on patrons inside, then rushed outside to shoot at passers-by, killing one person and wounding three others, police said. |
| Federal budget deficit sets March record $192.3B (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:12 am
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|  AP - The Treasury Department said Friday that the budget deficit increased by $192.3 billion in March, and is near $1 trillion just halfway through the budget year, as costs of the financial bailout and recession mount.
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| Black man's killing by police shakes La. town (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 11:45 pm
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|  AP - For 73 years before his killing by a white police officer, Bernard Monroe led a life in this northern Louisiana town as peaceful as they come — five kids with his wife of five decades, all raised in the same house, supported by the same job.
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| Tornado kills 2, injures 41 in central Tenn. (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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|  AP - A tornado killed a woman and her 9-week-old infant and also injured dozens Friday in central Tennessee as a line of storms lifted homes, ripped off roofs and dumped hail in the Southeast.
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| At least 1 of fires raging over Okla., Texas arson (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 9:56 pm
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|  AP - Oklahomans and Texans returned home to charred buildings, ruined cars and glowing rock Friday in the wake of several drought-fueled, wind-driven fires, at least one of which was deliberately set, according to fire officials.
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| Suicide blast kills 5 US soldiers, 2 Iraqi police (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 8:47 pm
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|  AP - A suicide truck driver detonated a ton of explosives near a police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing five American soldiers in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in more than a year.
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| Obama may get ASU honor after all (Politico)
April 10, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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|  Politico - Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, tells POLITICO that the school is reconsidering its widely mocked plans not to give President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement on May 13 and will “honor him in every way possible.”
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| Obama says economy showing 'glimmers of hope' (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 4:24 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama declared Friday that the slumping economy has begun to show "glimmers of hope," but cautioned that it remains severely stressed and will require lots more work to turn it around.
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| Federal budget deficit sets March record $192.3B (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 3:25 pm
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| AP - The Treasury Department said Friday that the budget deficit increased by $192.3 billion in March, and is near $1 trillion just halfway through the budget year, as costs of the financial bailout and recession mount.
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| Honda unveils dog-friendly car (Reuters)
April 10, 2009 at 1:36 pm
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| | Reuters - Dog-crazy Americans will soon be able to buy a pet-friendly car with a cushioned dog bed in the trunk, fitted with a built-in water bowl and fan and a ramp to help less agile dogs climb in. |
| Faithful gather for Good Friday in Jerusalem (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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|  AP - Thousands of Christian clergymen, worshippers and pilgrims thronged the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, chanting hymns and bearing crosses as they marked Good Friday by retracing Jesus' final footsteps.
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| China's birth limits create dangerous gender gap (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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|  AP - China has 32 million more young men than young women — a gender gap that could lead to increasing crime — because parents facing strict birth limits abort female fetuses to have a son, a study released Friday said.
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| Killing of black man by police shakes La. town (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 11:48 am
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| AP - For 73 years before his killing by a white police officer, Bernard Monroe led a life in this little town as quiet as they come — five kids with his wife of five decades, all raised in the same house, supported by the same job.
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| Defiant pirates block U.S. hostage's escape bid (Reuters)
April 10, 2009 at 11:27 am
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|  Reuters - Somali pirates holding an American hostage on a drifting lifeboat hauled him back when he jumped overboard to escape and vowed Friday to fight any attack by U.S. naval forces stalking them at sea.
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| Military: Iraqi truck bombing kills 5 US soldiers (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 11:22 am
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| AP - A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a sandbagged wall Friday in northern Iraq, killing five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen in the single deadliest attack against U.S. forces in more than a year.
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| Losing It: Why Self-Control Is Not Natural (LiveScience.com)
April 10, 2009 at 9:45 am
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| | LiveScience.com - After dinner last night, I lost my usual self-control and ate half a box of cookies. No wonder. My self-control had been under pressure all day. I righteously refused a muffin at breakfast, didn't scream at my kid to get out the door although we were late, made a conscious decision not to run over a pedestrian crossing against the light, kept my fist from pounding on the table during a faculty meeting, and resisted the urge to throw an annoying student out of my office. But by 7 p.m., my self-control mechanism was worn out, and down those cookies went. ... |
| Beatle's girlfriend sometimes misses transit work (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 9:21 am
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|  AP - Nancy Shevell beamed for hundreds of cameras in London's Leicester Square, a green silk jacket on one arm and Paul McCartney on the other. The 49-year-old trucking heiress dazzled on the red carpet at a movie premiere with the ex-Beatle, her boyfriend of 18 months.
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| Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 8:07 am
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|  AP - A clean water expert at Auburn University hopes a new project that enlists middle and high school students will help reduce farm runoff that is a growing pollution threat to the Gulf of Mexico.
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| `Life on Mars' finale: A window into American TV (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 6:34 am
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|  AP - From the commentary on the TV blogs, you'd think last week's rushed "Life on Mars" series finale was downright heretical: A lot of people were irritated that Sam Tyler, the guy trying to figure out why he'd been cosmically booted from 2008 to 1973, was actually an astronaut in virtual-reality hibernation in 2035.
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