| 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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| 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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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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