| Military crackdown hasn't deterred pirates (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 5:14 am
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|  AP - Even in the glow of the U.S. Navy's daring rescue of a cargo ship captain from Somali pirates, the military is still searching for a solution to the epidemic of high seas piracy.
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| Somber return for 5 soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 3:40 am
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|  AP - On a chilly Easter night, two days after his son and four of his fellow soldiers were killed in Iraq, David Pautsch watched their remains arrive on a jumbo jet during a somber, half-hour ceremony.
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| Analysis: Obama beats first national security test (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 3:07 am
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|  AP - The U.S. economy is showing only glimmers of life and two costly wars remain in the balance, but President Barack Obama's "no drama" handling of the Indian Ocean hostage crisis proved a big win for his administration in its first critical national security test.
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| Kidnapped US captain freed; snipers kill 3 pirates (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 1:14 am
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|  AP - Navy Seal snipers on the fantail of a destroyer cut down three Somali pirates in a lifeboat and rescued an American sea captain on Easter Sunday. The surprise nighttime assault in choppy seas ended a five-day standoff between a team of rogue gunmen and the world's most powerful military.
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| GM told to prep for bankruptcy filing: report (Reuters)
April 13, 2009 at 12:45 am
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|  Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is directing General Motors to lay the groundwork for a bankruptcy filing by June 1, even though the automaker has publicly stated it could reorganize outside of court, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
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| Thai soldiers spray gunfire, tear gas at protest (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 12:17 am
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|  AP - Thai soldiers sprayed automatic weapons fire into the air and threw tear gas to clear protesters blocking roads in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness Monday. Demonstrators responded by hurling at least one gasoline bomb and 70 people were reported injured, most by tear gas.
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| AP IMPACT: Citizens held as illegal immigrants (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 11:30 pm
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|  AP - Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native — in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write — signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant.
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| Somali pirates vow retaliation after captain freed (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 9:17 pm
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|  AP - Somali pirates on Monday vowed to retaliate for the deaths of three colleagues who were shot dead by U.S. Navy snipers hours before in a daring nighttime assault that freed a 53-year-old American captain.
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| Officer: Split-second decision to fire on pirates (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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|  AP - A U.S. military official said Navy Seals and other officers opened fire on three pirates when a Navy commander made a split-second decision that an American hostage's life was in danger.
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| Deputy US marshal to be tried in mob secrets case (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 4:22 pm
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| | AP - Once known as a tireless bloodhound who tracked down fugitive gang leaders, deputy U.S. marshal John T. Ambrose now faces trial himself on charges alleging he betrayed his oath and leaked secrets to the mob. |
| Tainted Chinese drywall shows up in Katrina homes (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 4:21 pm
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|  AP - Thomas Stone and his wife rebuilt after their home was flooded by six feet of water during Hurricane Katrina, never dreaming they would face the agony of tearing it apart all over again.
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| Iraq's embattled Christians celebrate Easter (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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|  AP - Iraq's embattled Christians took advantage of improved security and gathered Sunday to celebrate Easter, even as roadside bombings killed a U.S. soldier and wounded four other Americans in separate attacks north of Baghdad.
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| Concert pays homage to trailblazing opera star (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 12:38 pm
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|  AP - Marian Anderson couldn't sing at Constitution Hall or even a local high school because of the color of her skin. So the opera singer performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter in 1939 and sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
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| Pope urges hope on Easter for end to war, poverty (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 12:27 pm
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|  AP - Pope Benedict XVI sought to give a message of hope on Easter Sunday to victims of wars, poverty and financial turmoil, saying it was urgently needed to overcome the miseries that are plaguing Africa, the Middle East and other parts of the globe.
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| AP IMPACT: Citizens held as illegal immigrants (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm
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| | AP - Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native — in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write — signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant. |
| Fox's Glenn Beck announces comedy tour (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 10:56 am
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| | AP - Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel's latest sensation, is taking a comedy show on the road for six live performances over six days during the first week of June. |
| Mummies found in ancient Egypt burial chamber (AFP)
April 12, 2009 at 9:48 am
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|  AFP - Archaeologists working in an Egyptian oasis have found a necropolis containing dozens of brightly painted mummies dating back as far as 4,000 years, the country's antiquities chief said on Sunday.
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| Obama seeks new relationship with Latin America (Reuters)
April 12, 2009 at 8:16 am
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama will try to establish a cooperative new relationship with Latin America this week, but U.S. resistance to change on highly symbolic issues like Cuba and immigration could undercut the effort, analysts said.
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