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New orangutan population found in Indonesia (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 6:42 am

In this undated photo released by The Nature Conservancy, an orangutan of a newly found population is seen in Sangkulirang forest on Borneo island, Indonesia. Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia, perhaps as many as 2,000, giving a rare boost to  one of the world's most critically endangered great apes. (AP Photo/The Nature Conservancy, HO)AP - Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia — perhaps as many as 2,000 — giving a rare boost to one of the world's most endangered great apes.



Thailand announces state of emergency in capital (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 6:38 am

Anti-government demonstrators cheer after taking over a Thai Army armored personnel carrier Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.  Armored vehicles are moving in the streets of Thailand's capital following the announcement of a state of emergency aimed at stemming the tide of anti-government protest across the country.(AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's embattled government, humiliated by demonstrators who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit, declared a state of emergency in the capital Sunday and ordered armored vehicles into the streets to stem a tide of protest across the country.



Christians celebrate Easter in Jerusalem (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 6:08 am

AP - Christians prayed at an ancient church and sang in a garden outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City as they marked Easter Sunday in the city where they believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

The American mood: Is the angst bottoming out? (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 4:50 am

Nickel Diner co-owner Monica May, right, sits with patrons at the downtown Los Angeles restaurant on Thursday, April 2, 2009.  While most construction has halted downtown, smaller businesses are staking a future on streets once largely empty after office workers went home.  The Nickel Diner, which opened in September and was named one of the best new restaurants last year by Los Angeles magazine, added dinner hours last week.  'We've become kind of the poster child of the new downtown,' said co-owner Monica May, who credited the restaurant's signature maple-bacon doughnut for much of its success. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Friday night in northern New Jersey, circa April 2009, offers clues to prove any theory about the American economic meltdown, depending on what you want to believe. Just like so many places these days.



America's uninsured haven't shown collective power (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 4:49 am

Graphic shows number of uninsured Americans and periods of recessionAP - If the uninsured were a political lobbying group, they'd have more members than AARP. The National Mall couldn't hold them if they decided to march on Washington.



Market rally could trip over the bottom line (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 4:48 am

FILE In this April 14, 2008 file photo, an Intel Corp. sign is shown in front of headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - It's the earnings, stupid. Optimism that the fortunes of financial companies like Citigroup were improving sparked a four-week rally beginning March 10 that drove the Standard & Poor's 500 index up 25 percent.



Thai police arrest summit protest leader (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 1:54 am

Anti-government leader Arisman Pongruengrong, wearing cowboy hat, leads protesters towards the 14th ASEAN Summit, Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Pattaya, Thailand.  Thai authorities have taken Arisman Pongruengrong into custody Sunday, April 12, 2009, for his role in the break in at the 14th ASEAN Convention Center.  Thai prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has promised to take action against the demonstrators who shut down the summit.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's humiliated government Sunday arrested the leader of demonstrators who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit. The prime minister vowed further crackdowns as the protesters regrouped in the capital for renewed rallies.



AP IMPACT: Chinese drywall poses potential risks (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 12:49 am

In this April 8, 2009 photo, Mary Ann Schultheis stands in the guest room of her Parkland, Fla. home speaking about the problems that she is having with her house. Chinese drywall was used in the construction of her house and is now causing problems, including corroding copper pipes and wiring and the house has a smell. Some officials believe the only way to solve the problems is to remove the walls, studs, and wiring. She had the house on the market for sale, but she is taking it off the market until she finds a way to correct the problems.  (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.



US ship reaches Kenya minus kidnapped captain (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 12:22 am

In this frame made from TV, the American ship Maersk Alabama whose captain remains held hostage by Somali pirates, is watched by media as it arrives in Mombasa, Kenya, with the 19 remaining crew members aboard, Saturday April 11 2009.  Capt. Richard Phillips is still being held in the lifeboat hundreds of miles from land. U.S. warships are nearby monitoring the situation. The U.S.-flagged ship was attacked by Somali pirates firing automatic weapons Wednesday but its unarmed crew locked themselves in a secure room and then overpowered one of the pirates. (AP Photo / APTN)AP - Nineteen American sailors who escaped a pirate hijacking off the Horn of Africa reached safe harbor on Saturday, exhilarated by freedom but mourning the absence of the captain they hailed for sacrificing his freedom to save them.



Galapagos volcano erupts, could threaten wildlife (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 12:08 am

In this photo released by Galapagos National Park, La Cumbre volcano erupts in Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos islands, Ecuador, Saturday, April 11, 2009. The Galapagos National Park says La Cumbre volcano began spewing lava, gas and smoke on uninhabited Fernandina Island on Saturday after four years of inactivity. (AP Photo/Galapagos National Park)AP - Ecuador officials say a volcano is erupting in the Galapagos Islands and could harm unique wildlife.



Republican governor blasts Obama budget (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 10:21 pm

FILE - In this March 3, 2009 file photo, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty responds to questions during a news conference in St. Paul, Minn.  'I thought President Obama's proposal to eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses was a pretty good idea. And his pledge to lower taxes for middle-class Americans was something Republicans wholeheartedly supported,' Pawlenty said in the GOP radio and Internet address Saturday. 'But the budget that Congress is considering doesn't provide that tax relief.'    (AP/Photo Craig Lassig, File)AP - A possible White House contender in 2012 said in the GOP's Saturday address that President Barack Obama and the Democrats who run Congress should lower taxes and hold down spending.



AP: POW benefit claimants exceed recorded POWs (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:35 pm

**In this Friday, March 13, 2009 photo, former Navy fighter pilot and Vietnam POW Paul Galanti, poses at the Virginia War Memorial  in Richmond, Va. Galanti, who spent nearly seven years in North Vietnam's infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison, is on a Department of Veterans Affairs  advisory committee on POWs. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Prisoners of war suffer in ways most veterans don't, enduring humiliating forced marches, torture or other trauma that may haunt them long afterward. In partial recompense, the government extends them special benefits, from free parking and tax breaks to priority in medical treatment.



Calif. Sunday school teacher booked in child death (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:34 pm

This image provided by the San Joaquin County Seriff's department shows the booking photo of Melissa Huckaby taken Saturday April 11, 2009. Huckaby, a Sunday school teacher, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and killing a California girl whose body was found in a suitcase. Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman says 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby was arrested late Friday night after voluntarily going to police for questioning about the death of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. (AP Photo/San Joaquin County Sheriff)AP - Police said Saturday they do not know what motivated the Sunday school teacher they arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in an irrigation pond.



Tornado survivor: 'Sounded like 7 freight trains' (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:33 pm

Volunteer worker Penny Northcutt helps to salvage items from a damaged home the day after it was hit by a tornado in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Saturday, April 11, 2009. Severe storms that spawned tornadoes across the Southeast Friday have been blamed for three deaths and dozens of injuries. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - The worst sound Eric Funkhouser said he has ever heard was a 10-second "voom" followed by a man's screams.



Pope carries Easter candle in Vatican basilica (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:29 pm

Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the Easter vigil mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2009.  (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI carried a tall, lit candle symbolizing hope into a darkened St. Peter's Basilica packed with faithful Saturday night in the traditional start of the Vatican's vigil Mass on the eve of Easter.



Obama has hundreds of important jobs still open (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:04 pm

The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in the evening in Washington Sunday, April 5, 2009. At Health and Human Services, where Kathleen Sebelius will be the last member of Obama's Cabinet to win confirmation by the Senate, 19 of the top 20 slots are being filled by acting career employees and the 20th is empty. This at a time when Obama is calling for sweeping changes in the way people get health care coverage.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama doesn't have time for a victory lap now that his Cabinet is finally largely in place.



Boulder crashes through wall of hillside home (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 7:25 pm

The Archibald family takes pictures as they stand by a playhouse that was hit by a rock that dislodged off Y Mountain in Provo, Utah on April 11, 2009.  A larger second rock hit a house next door and went through the back wall, through the floor, into the basement and stopped halfway through the garage door. No one was hurt or in the house at the time since the house was in foreclosure.  (AP Photo/George Frey)AP - A large boulder tumbled down a Provo hillside Saturday and bounced through the second-story wall of a house before crashing through the floor into a basement-level garage.



No degree, but ASU names scholarship for Obama (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 6:17 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks on as President Barack Obama makes remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Stung by criticism of its decision not to award President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he makes a commencement address next month, Arizona State University announced Saturday it will rename a scholarship program for the president.



Somali pirates a far cry from buccaneers of old (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 5:21 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, Somali pirates held by Puntland police forces, sit in Bassaso, Somalia. They've been described as 'noble heros' by sympathetic Somalis, denounced as criminals by critics. But the adjective most used to describe the men holding an American captain off the Horn of Africa is 'pirate,' a word that conjures images of sword-wielding swashbucklers romanticized by Hollywood. The 21st century reality of ragged Somali fishermen armed with rocket launchers, GPS systems and satellite phones, though, is a far cry from that. (AP Photo/File)AP - They've been described as "noble heroes" by sympathetic Somalis, denounced as criminals by critics. But the word most used to describe the men holding an American captain off the Horn of Africa is "pirate" — conjuring images of sword-wielding swashbucklers romanticized by Hollywood.



The American mood: Is the angst bottoming out? (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Nickel Diner co-owner Monica May, right, sits with patrons at the downtown Los Angeles restaurant on Thursday, April 2, 2009.  While most construction has halted downtown, smaller businesses are staking a future on streets once largely empty after office workers went home.  The Nickel Diner, which opened in September and was named one of the best new restaurants last year by Los Angeles magazine, added dinner hours last week.  'We've become kind of the poster child of the new downtown,' said co-owner Monica May, who credited the restaurant's signature maple-bacon doughnut for much of its success. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Friday night in northern New Jersey, circa April 2009, offers clues to prove any theory about the American economic meltdown, depending on what you want to believe. Just like so many places these days.



AP: POW benefit claimants exceed recorded POWs (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:49 pm

**In this Friday, March 13, 2009 photo, former Navy fighter pilot and Vietnam POW Paul Galanti, poses at the Virginia War Memorial  in Richmond, Va. Galanti, who spent nearly seven years in North Vietnam's infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison, is on a Department of Veterans Affairs  advisory committee on POWs. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Prisoners of war suffer in ways most veterans don't, enduring humiliating forced marches, torture or other trauma that may haunt them long afterward. In partial recompense, the government extends them special benefits, from free parking and tax breaks to priority in medical treatment.



As Marines' exit gathers pace, some Iraqis fret (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 2:54 pm

This March 30, 2009 photo shows U.S. marines from 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment preparing for a mission in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. As the Marine Corps shrinks its footprint in Iraq's western desert, Arab community leaders are publicly voicing worries about what will happen once the Americans are gone. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - As the Marine Corps shrinks its footprint in Iraq's western desert, Iraqi community leaders here are publicly voicing worries about what will happen once the Americans are gone.



Israeli jets scramble to escort Delta flight (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Israel International Ben Gurion airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Israeli warplanes scrambled to intercept a US airliner bound for Tel Aviv after the crew failed to follow the correct procedure on approach to Ben Gurion airport, a military spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)AP - Israeli fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Delta Air Lines plane flying from New York to Tel Aviv after the pilot activated a hijacking alert by mistake.



51st State? American trends challenge British ways (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 1:19 pm

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. Former prime minister Tony Blair's stepmother-in-law will stand for parliament, the Labour Party has confirmed.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AP - Anyone searching for a sepia-tinted rugby photo, antique cuff links or a precious piece of art deco jewelry at the Antiquarius Center had better come fast.



Cable glitch switches religious program to racy ad (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 1:09 pm

AP - A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of a Good Friday service at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different — a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad.

AP IMPACT: Chinese drywall poses potential risks (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 12:48 pm

In this April 8, 2009 photo, Mary Ann Schultheis stands in the guest room of her Parkland, Fla. home speaking about the problems that she is having with her house. Chinese drywall was used in the construction of her house and is now causing problems, including corroding copper pipes and wiring and the house has a smell. Some officials believe the only way to solve the problems is to remove the walls, studs, and wiring. She had the house on the market for sale, but she is taking it off the market until she finds a way to correct the problems.  (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.



Billy Bob Thornton's band cancels Canadian tour (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 10:27 am

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 18, 2009, Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters perform at the SXSW Music Festival Festival in Austin, Texas. In a radio appearance reminiscent of David's Letterman's interview with actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton gave a puzzling and intentionally difficult interview Wednesday, April 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP - Billy Bob Thornton's band has canceled the rest of its Canadian tour after the actor compared the country's fans to mashed potatoes with no gravy in a testy interview that caused a sensation online.



Ethical questions over harvesting dead son's sperm (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:39 am

In this photo provided on April 6, 2009 by the Texas Department of Public Safety via the Austin American Statesman, Nikolas Colton Evans is shown. Evans, 21, died Sunday April 5, 2009 at a Brackenridge Hospital after being punched and falling outside an Austin bar March 27. A judge has granted a mother's request to have someone harvest sperm from her dead son's body, so she can have the option of carrying out his wish to have children.  (AP Photo/Texas Department of Public Safety via the Austin American Statesman)AP - Nikolas Colton Evans had talked about how much he wanted to have a child, but the 21-year-old died after he was punched and hit his head on the ground in a fight. That would have been the end of it, if it weren't for his determined mother, a court order and a urologist.



No strength in numbers for America's uninsured (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:16 am

The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in the evening in Washington Sunday, April 5, 2009. At Health and Human Services, where Kathleen Sebelius will be the last member of Obama's Cabinet to win confirmation by the Senate, 19 of the top 20 slots are being filled by acting career employees and the 20th is empty. This at a time when Obama is calling for sweeping changes in the way people get health care coverage.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - If the uninsured were a political lobbying group, they'd have more members than AARP. The National Mall couldn't hold them if they decided to march on Washington.



Obama urges cooperation on global threats (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 8:59 am

US President Barack Obama(2ndL), seen here with his wife Michelle(2ndR), daughters Malia(L) and Sasha, and mother-in-law Marian Robinson, broadly hinted on Friday that the first family might get its first dog on Monday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - President Barack Obama invoked Christian and Jewish holidays on Saturday to urge nations to confront together the challenges he saw firsthand during last week's marathon trip to Europe.



Gates budget eyes next gen. warfare (Politico)
April 11, 2009 at 7:56 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leaves a news briefing on FY2010 budget recommendations, at the Pentagon in Washington April 6, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS MILITARY)Politico - When he came in as defense secretary during the Bush administration, Robert Gates defined his job as fixing the war in Iraq.



Calif. Sunday school teacher booked in child death (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 7:33 am

This image provided by the San Joaquin County Seriff's department shows the booking photo of Melissa Huckaby taken Saturday April 11, 2009. Huckaby, a Sunday school teacher, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and killing a California girl whose body was found in a suitcase. Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman says 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby was arrested late Friday night after voluntarily going to police for questioning about the death of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. (AP Photo/San Joaquin County Sheriff)AP - A California Sunday school teacher was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl whose body was stuffed into a suitcase found in an irrigation pond.


 

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