| Obama pledges in Mexico to slow US arms flow (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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|  AP - Confronting a security threat on America's doorstep, President Barack Obama pledged Thursday in Mexico to help a deeply troubled neighbor in its battle against drugs and violence, including action to slow the dangerous flow of weapons from the United States.
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| No charges against CIA officials for waterboarding (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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|  AP - Seeking to move beyond what he calls a "a dark and painful chapter in our history," President Barack Obama said Thursday that CIA officials who used harsh interrogation tactics during the Bush administration will not be prosecuted.
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| Talk of delaying WTC towers for decades (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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|  AP - Construction of several ground zero office towers could be put off for decades because of the failing real estate market, the site's owners said Thursday, citing an analysis that projected one skyscraper might not be built and occupied until 35 years after Sept. 11.
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| 15 gunmen, 1 soldier killed in Mexican shootout (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:39 pm
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|  AP - A shootout between Mexican troops and a convoy of gunmen left 15 assailants and one soldier dead hours before President Barack Obama arrived in the country to show his support for the fight against drug cartels.
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| Democrats: Texas gov should disavow secession talk (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:39 pm
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|  AP - Republican Gov. Rick Perry insisted Thursday that his remarks about secession were not intended as an argument that Texas should leave the union, but Democrats still called his comments reckless and anti-American.
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| Clay, sandbags added to dam protecting ND town (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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|  AP - A convoy of trucks, excavators, bulldozers and backhoes moved in to fortify a seeping dam Thursday in eastern North Dakota as engineers and National Guard troops worked to save a tiny town that would flood if the dam fails.
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| Bacteria found thriving beneath Antarctic glacier (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:35 pm
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|  AP - Hidden in the bone-chilling dark beneath an Antarctic glacier, a colony of strange bacteria is thriving. Scientists investigating the flow of blood-red water from beneath the glacier discovered the bacteria, which have survived for millions of years, living on sulfur and iron compounds, they report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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| Mich. man helps deliver wife's surprise baby (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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| | AP - A western Michigan man helped deliver his wife's baby boy despite not knowing she was pregnant. The Grand Rapids Press reported the man called 911 early Thursday as his wife was in labor. The man told the dispatcher that he had not known his 27-year-old wife was pregnant. He said they recently quit smoking and thought her recent weight gain was related. |
| Obama to shield CIA interrogators from charges (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 5:31 pm
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| | Reuters - CIA agents who used waterboarding on terrorism suspects will not be prosecuted, President Barack Obama said on Thursday as his administration released Bush-era memos showing interrogators had official guidance that the practice did not constitute torture. |
| Obama pushes development of high-speed rail (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 5:16 pm
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| | Reuters - The United States will seek to develop high-speed rail nationally, President Barack Obama said on Thursday in emphasizing a broader commitment to U.S. infrastructure investment and a transportation alternative ignored or dismissed by previous administrations but long embraced by Asia and Europe. |
| New signs emerge that recession may be easing (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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|  AP - Housing construction unexpectedly plunged, the number of people receiving jobless benefits grew and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said its first-quarter profit dropped compared with last year.
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| Russia ends Chechen counterterrorism operation (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 4:46 pm
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|  AP - Chechens danced in the streets and waved flags to celebrate Russia's decision Thursday to end its decadelong counterterrorism operation in the war-weary southern region.
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| Berra pitch and Ruth bat help open new Yankee Stadium (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 3:25 pm
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|  Reuters - Former catcher Yogi Berra tossed the ceremonial first pitch and Babe Ruth's bat was laid across home plate to mark the opening of the new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium against the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.
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| 'Biggest Loser' trainer calls players 'half-dead' (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:20 pm
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|  AP - Contestants on "The Biggest Loser" aren't just overweight. They suffer from being not normal and even half-dead.
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| Nate Dogg Charged With Stalking (E! Online)
April 16, 2009 at 2:41 pm
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|  E! Online - UPDATE: The charges were dropped April 15, with prosecutors saying that the alleged victim, Nate Dogg's estranged wife, never contaced them.
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| 1.5-million-year-old Antarctic Microbe Community Discovered (LiveScience.com)
April 16, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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| LiveScience.com - A living time capsule of sorts has been found buried under hundreds of feet of Antarctic ice - a colony of microbes that have been sealed off from the rest of the world for more than 1.5 million years.
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| U.S. captain held by pirates arrives safe in Kenya (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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|  Reuters - A U.S. ship's captain captured by Somali pirates last week arrived in Kenya on Thursday on a U.S. destroyer.
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| NBC broadcaster John Madden retires (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 11:14 am
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| | AP - John Madden is calling it quits. |
| JPMorgan Chase posts better-than-expected profit (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 10:55 am
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| | AP - JPMorgan Chase's first-quarter profit was not as good as last year's, but it told investors what they wanted to hear: Banking is not dead. |
| US Army soldier sentenced to life in prison (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 10:42 am
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| | AP - A U.S. Army soldier convicted of murder in the 2007 killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison. |
| Mich. Muslim group says FBI asking people to spy (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 10:40 am
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| AP - A Michigan Muslim organization said Thursday it has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate complaints alleging the FBI is asking followers of the faith to spy on Islamic leaders and congregations.
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| Obama: Better trains foster energy independence (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 10:34 am
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| | AP - President Barack Obama called Thursday for the country to move swiftly to a system of high-speed rail travel, saying it will relieve congestion, help clean the air and save on energy. |
| 'Slumdog' filmmakers give Mumbai charity $747,000 (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 10:32 am
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|  AP - The makers of the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" have donated $747,500 to a charity devoted to improving the lives of street children in Mumbai, the filmmakers said Thursday.
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| All Octopuses Are Venomous (LiveScience.com)
April 16, 2009 at 9:59 am
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| | LiveScience.com - Contrary to what was known, all octopuses are venomous, a new study finds. |
| Russia ends 10-year Chechnya operation (AFP)
April 16, 2009 at 9:46 am
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|  AFP - Russia ended its decade-long "anti-terror operation" in Chechnya on Thursday, claiming stability had returned to a territory torn apart by two wars since the collapse of communism.
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| Falling housing starts dampen recovery hope (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 9:35 am
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| | Reuters - The number of Americans claiming jobless aid hit a record early in April and groundbreaking for new homes slumped sharply in March, according to data on Thursday that showed the economy still being held back by the recession. |
| General Growth files for bankruptcy protection (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 8:12 am
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| | Reuters - General Growth Properties Inc, the second largest U.S. mall owner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday in one of the biggest real estate failures in U.S. history. |
| `Cosby' kid Rudy in new reality TV show (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 7:58 am
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|  AP - Rudy from "The Cosby Show" has grown up, and she's about to show off her life on cable TV.
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| Not on the menu: Pizza workers charged in pranks (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 6:17 am
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|  AP - A gross video posted on YouTube showing a Domino's Pizza worker stuffing cheese up his nostril and waving salami under his rear end as he is making sandwiches has led to charges against him and a co-worker who recorded him, authorities said Wednesday.
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| Mixed data gives investors pause (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 4:35 am
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|  Reuters - World stocks eked out small gains on Thursday as mixed data from China and the United States reminded investors of the fragility of rebounding economies and markets.
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| Obama to offer solidarity to Mexico in drug war (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:45 am
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|  AP - Confronting a security threat on America's doorstep, President Barack Obama is venturing into the heart of Mexico. His swift diplomatic mission is meant to show solidarity with a neighbor — and to prove that the U.S. is serious about halting the deadly flow of drugs and weapons.
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| `Idol' judges save finalist from elimination (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:42 am
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|  AP - A sequel has been greenlit for Matt Giraud on "American Idol."
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| Google machine put to test in 1st quarter (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 3:42 am
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| | Reuters - With three rounds of layoffs announced since the year began, Google Inc is showing rare signs of vulnerability. |
| American sailors who thwarted pirates return to US (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:41 am
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|  AP - A rainy morning outside the nation's capital couldn't dampen the spirits of the crew of the Maersk Alabama, who returned to the U.S. a week after their ordeal off the coast of Somalia.
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| UN nuclear inspectors leave North Korea (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:23 am
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|  AP - U.N. nuclear experts ordered to leave by North Korea amid an escalating standoff over the regime's recent rocket launch departed the country Thursday.
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| Iraq study: Executions are leading cause of death (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 12:27 am
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|  AP - Execution-style killings, not headline-grabbing bombings, have been the leading cause of death among civilians in the Iraq war, a study released Wednesday shows. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, point to the brutal sectarian nature of the conflict, where death squads once roamed the streets hunting down members of the rival Muslim sect.
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| Obama Heads to Mexico as Drug Violence, Trucking Dispute Loom (Bloomberg)
April 16, 2009 at 12:06 am
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|  Bloomberg - April 16 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama travels to meet with his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, as the U.S. and one of its biggest economic partners grapple with a trade standoff and escalating violence stemming from drug trafficking.
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| Baby pythons escape during flight in Australia (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 11:40 pm
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|  AP - Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said Thursday.
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| Stalking charge dropped against Nate Dogg (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 11:22 pm
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|  AP - Criminal charges have been dropped against Nate Dogg, who was accused of stalking and threatening his estranged wife.
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| Woody Allen says American Apparel is harassing him (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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|  AP - Actor-director Woody Allen has accused a clothing company of trying to harass and intimidate him with a "scorched earth" approach to defending itself against a $10 million lawsuit. In papers filed Wednesday by his lawyers, the 73-year-old Allen said American Apparel Inc. went too far in requesting information about his family life, personal finances and career.
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