| Deputy US marshal on trial in mob secrets case (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 6:37 am
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| | AP - A former deputy U.S. marshal is going on trial in Chicago for allegedly leaking secrets to the mob about a federally protected witness. |
| 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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| Florida boat slams into tug; 5 killed, 7 injured (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 12:07 am
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| | AP - Five people were killed and seven seriously injured when a 22-foot pleasure boat crashed into the rear of a docked tug boat near St. Augustine Sunday evening, authorities said. |
| 40 NH Christian center homes burn on Easter Sunday (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 11:59 pm
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|  AP - A massive fire damaged or destroyed dozens of wood-frame buildings, mostly unoccupied summer homes, at a 146-year-old Christian center on Easter.
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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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| Texas is wind king, but Iowa breezes past Calif. (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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| | AP - Texas continues to blow away the competition, but Iowa can now generate more wind power than California, according to a new industry report to be released Monday. |
| Obama girls name their new puppy 'Bo' (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 10:25 pm
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|  AP - Bo? No jest. The first family has settled on a first pet — a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog that the Obama girls are naming Bo.
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| Judith Krug, founder of Banned Books Week, dies (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 9:25 pm
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| | AP - Judith Krug, a director of the Chicago-based American Library Association and a founder of its Banned Books Week, has died. She was 69. |
| 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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| Somali pirate in custody, could face life sentence (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 5:41 pm
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|  AP - A Somali pirate captured following a hostage standoff in the Indian Ocean was in military custody Sunday and could face life in a U.S. prison.
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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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| Capital may take up arms against a kangaroo glut (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 3:29 pm
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|  AP - They bounce across the roof of Parliament House. They collide with cars. They come in through the bedroom window.
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| Shippers face higher insurance as pirates run amok (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 2:28 pm
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|  AP - Shipping your oil across the Gulf of Aden? Don't forget your piracy insurance.
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| Can Cuba cope with an onslaught of Americans? (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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| | AP - A push in Congress to do away with U.S. travel bans on Cuba could set off a flood of American visitors to the long-forbidden island. |
| 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. | |
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