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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.



Peru military says 13 soldiers dead in ambushes (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 11:26 pm

This undated photo released by the Peruvian Army, shows a soldier crossing a river clipped to a line in the Peruvian jungle, during an antiterrorist army operation. Cocaine-producing remnants of the Shining Path insurgency are casting an outsized shadow from forbidding jungle highlands, a stubborn specter of a fanatical movement that nearly brought Peru to its knees two decades ago. (AP Photo/Peru's Army)AP - Suspected guerrillas have killed 13 Peruvian soldiers in ambushes on two patrols in a jungle region known for coca production and lingering rebel activity, the government said Saturday.



US ship reaches Kenya minus kidnapped captain (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 11:15 pm

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.



Somali pirates, U.S. captive drift toward shore (Reuters)
April 11, 2009 at 11:12 pm

Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips is seen at his home in Underhill, Vermont in this undated photo provided by his family April 8, 2009. REUTERS/File photo provided by Phillips Family/HandoutReuters - A lifeboat used by Somali pirates holding a U.S. merchant marine captain captive drifted toward Somalia's lawless coast on Sunday, with U.S. warships tracking it to keep the pirates from escaping to shore.



Retired NYC officer shoots NY cop, kills himself (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 11:06 pm

A black SUV with a broken window is surrounded by crime scene tape and guarded by police at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., Saturday, April 11, 2009. Police say retired New York City police officer Cecil Ramsay fired several shots into the car carrying his wife, NYPD officer Dady Belfort, and a friend, NYPD officer Edwin Chittick. Chittick was wounded in the hand. Police say Ramsay killed himself after firing at his wife and Chittick. (AP Photo/Mike Descalso)AP - A retired New York City police officer shot an off-duty officer he suspected was having an affair with his police officer wife, then killed himself in the driveway of his suburban home, authorities said Saturday.



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.



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.



AP IMPACT: Chinese drywall poses potential risks (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:31 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.



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.



Billy Bob Thornton's band cancels Canadian tour (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 9:24 pm

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.



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.



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.



Calif. Sunday school teacher booked in child death (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 5:57 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.



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 IMPACT: Chinese drywall poses potential risks (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:53 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.



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.



Crew of hijacked U.S. ship hints at heroic fight (McClatchy Newspapers)
April 11, 2009 at 4:37 pm

Television crews interview a crew member of the Maersk Alabama at the Kenyan coastal sea port of Mombasa April 11, 2009. The Maersk Alabama container ship that was briefly seized by Somali pirates earlier this week arrived safely in the Kenyan port of Mombasa on Saturday amid tight security. The captain of the huge vessel, Richard Phillips, was taken hostage and is still being held captive on a lifeboat by the gang of four pirates. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (KENYA CONFLICT SOCIETY POLITICS)McClatchy Newspapers - MOMBASA, Kenya — Crew members of an American ship hijacked off the East African coast last week offered the first dramatic glimpse Saturday of how they beat back the four pirates who'd attacked them on Wednesday and continue to hold their captain hostage hundreds of miles off the coast of Somalia.



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.

Pirates warn US against hostage rescue attempt (AFP)
April 11, 2009 at 12:11 pm

The Danish-owned Maersk Alabama container ship which was carrying international aid when it was hijacked by Somali pirates on April 8. Somali pirates holding a US captain hostage have warned that using force to free him would end in AFP - Somali pirates holding a US captain hostage warned on Saturday that using force to free him would end in "disaster," as they prepared to move him following a deadly French raid on a separate boat.



3 dead, 1 critically hurt in La. home invasion (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 11:40 am

AP - Gunmen in dark clothes kicked down an apartment door in a troubled New Orleans-area neighborhood and opened fire, killing two children and a woman, authorities said.

Pirates seize U.S.-owned, Italy-flagged tugboat (Reuters)
April 11, 2009 at 10:42 am

Reuters - Pirates seized a U.S.-owned and Italian-flagged tugboat with 16 crew on Saturday in the latest hijacking in the busy Gulf of Aden waterway, a regional maritime group said.

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.



Oprah defends record of South African school (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 8:21 am

AP - Oprah Winfrey acknowledged in a newspaper interview published Saturday that she has made several mistakes at her elite South African school, but said she remains proud of its success.

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.



Republicans claim proposed budget means more taxes (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 6:19 am

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 - Republicans say the budget proposed by the Obama administration will require higher taxes in the future and unfairly loads debt onto future generations.



1 dead, 3 wounded in Dutch shooting rampage (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:54 am

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.

Okla., Texas communities ravaged by wildfires (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:16 am

Fred Blackwell surveys his burned out workshop attempting to salvage tools and other items in Stoneburg, Texas, Friday, April 10, 2009. Blackwell lost his home, workshop and a trailer on his property following Thursday's wildfires that burned nearly 1000 acres killing at least three. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Residents of small towns in Oklahoma and Texas found themselves homeless Friday, in some cases returning to find whole communities had been charred by the deadly, wind-driven wildfires that raged the day before.



China foreign exchange reserves at $1.954 trillion (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:16 am

AP - China's central bank said Saturday that its foreign exchange reserves rose 16 percent year-on-year to $1.9537 trillion by the end of March.

Thailand declares emergency, cancels Asian summit (AP)
April 11, 2009 at 4:15 am

Anti-government demonstrators storm through the 14th ASEAN convention hall Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Pattaya, Thailand, at the 14th ASEAN summit.  A Thai government officials say a summit of Asian leaders has been canceled for security reasons.  The announcement Saturday came after more than 1,000 anti-government protesters smashed through glass doors to storm into the convention hall where some of the meetings were scheduled to take place.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand declared a state of emergency in the city hosting a summit of Asian leaders and canceled the event for security reasons Saturday after more than 1,000 anti-government protesters stormed the venue.



Family Feuds Over Passing Of Plate From Bargain Buffet (Dear Abby)
April 11, 2009 at 2:16 am

Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: We recently got together with extended family to celebrate a child's birthday at a family-oriented restaurant. One of the adults began bragging about how she had saved money because she paid for only one salad plate from the "all you can eat" salad bar.

Cows With Gas: India's Contribution to Global Warming (Time.com)
April 11, 2009 at 2:00 am

This picture taken on MArch 14 shows a farmer watering his cattle in the village of Purushwadi, 140 miles west of Mumbai. India's remote villages are now attracting city dwellers, who are eager to swap their desk jobs and the stresses of metropolitan living for clean air and a more traditional way of life -- if only for a few days.(AFP/Pal Pillai)Time.com - The country's livestock produces enormous amounts of heat-trapping methane and now Indian scientists are trying to suppress and manage the bovine gas


 

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