| Ammonia tank bursts at burning meat plant (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 12:04 am
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| | AP - An ammonia tank burst inside a burning meat processing plant in this southeastern Minnesota city Friday night, hours after authorities evacuated the town of about 3,600 as a precaution, police said. |
| Obama, Chavez shake hands at Americas Summit (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 10:56 pm
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|  AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's socialist leader, met Friday and shook hands on the sidelines of a summit of their hemisphere's democracies.
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| Record Store Day celebrates indie retailers (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 10:37 pm
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|  AP - Despite the success of online retailers, explosion of Internet downloads and high-profile closings of Virgin Megastores and Tower Records stores, bricks-and-mortar record stores aren't all spinning toward oblivion.
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| King family draws fees from DC memorial project (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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|  AP - The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has charged the foundation building a monument to the civil rights leader on the National Mall about $800,000 for the use of his words and image — an arrangement one leading scholar says King would have found offensive.
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| Obama 'seeks a new beginning' with Cuba, talks (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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|  AP - Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba built momentum toward renewed ties on Friday, with President Barack Obama declaring he "seeks a new beginning" — including direct talks — with the island's communist regime. As leaders of the Americas gathered for a summit in this Caribbean nation, the head of the Organization of American States even said he'll ask his group to invite Cuba back after 47 years.
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| Pirate hostage captain praises SEAL 'superheroes' (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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|  AP - The unassuming ship captain who escaped the clutches of Somali pirates made a triumphant return home Friday, insisting he's no hero, just an ordinary seaman. Richard Phillips said the U.S. Navy, which pulled off the daring high-seas rescue that ended his five-day captivity, deserves the credit.
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| CIA objections slowed torture memos release (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:13 pm
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|  AP - Four former CIA directors opposed releasing classified Bush-era interrogation memos, officials say, describing objections that went all the way to the White House and slowed release of the records.
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| "Silent" heart attacks more common than thought (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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| | Reuters - A study using new imaging technology found "silent" heart attacks may be far more common, and more deadly, than suspected, U.S. researchers said Friday. |
| New pollution limits seen for cars, big plants (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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|  AP - Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits after a government declaration Friday setting the stage for the first federal regulation of gases blamed for global warming.
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| Vatican decries reaction to pope's condom remarks (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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|  AP - Critics of the Catholic Church's social teachings are trying to intimidate Pope Benedict XVI into silence, the Vatican charged Friday in responding to attacks on the pontiff's remarks about AIDS and condom use.
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| Test of Lincoln DNA sought to prove cancer theory (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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|  AP - John Sotos has a theory about why Abraham Lincoln was so tall, why he appeared to have lumps on his lips and even why he had gastrointestinal problems.
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| Miss. woman gets shot in head, but makes tea (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:02 pm
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| | AP - A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday. |
| California first to get stimulus money for schools (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 7:55 pm
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|  AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Friday released nearly $4 billion to California, the first state to benefit from a special fund for states that was created by the economic stimulus law.
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| YouTube sensation singer invited on 'Oprah' (AFP)
April 17, 2009 at 5:55 pm
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|  AFP - A Scottish charity worker who became an Internet star after her performance on a British talent contest has been invited to appear on Oprah Winfrey's chat show, officials said Friday.
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| Love in the time of recession (The Yahoo! Newsroom)
April 17, 2009 at 5:28 pm
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|  The Yahoo! Newsroom - As this year's wedding season approaches, you may be finding fewer invitations filling up your mailbox. But don't worry; it's probably not because you've been a bad friend.
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| Coleman dodges egg with 'Bush move' (Politico)
April 17, 2009 at 5:20 pm
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| | Politico - Republican Norm Coleman used a quick George Bush-esque move to dodge an egg thrown at him outside his Minnesota home. |
| Indy driver Castroneves acquitted in tax case (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 3:47 pm
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|  AP - Brazilian race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" champ Helio Castroneves was acquitted Friday of most charges that he worked with his sister and lawyer to evade more than $2.3 million in U.S. income taxes. A federal jury acquitted Castroneves on six counts of tax evasion but hung on one count of conspiracy. When the sentence was read, Castroneves broke into sobs and leaned against his attorneys for support.
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| Fla. house smashed by small plane 'a total loss' (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 2:34 pm
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|  AP - A small plane crashed into a house shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces.
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| EPA takes first step toward climate change regs (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 2:27 pm
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| | AP - The EPA on Friday declared that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases sent off by cars and many industrial plants "endanger public health and welfare," setting the stage for regulating them under federal clean air laws. |
| GM CEO says bankruptcy probable but not preferred (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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|  AP - General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Fritz Henderson said Friday that a bankruptcy filing is "probable" because of the restructuring goals GM must meet to get more government loans, but that isn't the company's preferred option.
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| Former Bush officials slam release of torture memos (AFP)
April 17, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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|  AFP - Amid calls for torture prosecutions, former Bush administration officials Friday slammed President Barack Obama's release of terror interrogation memos, warning the move would fuel "timidity and fear" among US spies.
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| Key to Happiness: Location, Location, Location (LiveScience.com)
April 17, 2009 at 1:36 pm
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| | LiveScience.com - I am boarding a plane headed to San Diego, Calif., from my home town of Ithaca, New York, and pondering the recent announcement that where one lives is connected to the incidence of Frequent Mental Distress (FMD). |
| Hopeful cities, towns find limits on stimulus cash (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 1:17 pm
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|  AP - Some town leaders say the federal stimulus package, with its promise of creating jobs, is neglecting to invest in the cornerstones of community life, from new city halls to recreation centers.
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| Spain: No torture probe of US officials (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 12:33 pm
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|  AP - Spain should not investigate allegations that six senior Bush administration officials gave legal cover for the torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Spanish prosecutors formally recommended Friday.
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| Seal confirms Klum's pregnancy at New York concert (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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|  AP - Speculation abounded about Heidi Klum's pregnancy — and the supermodel's husband Seal couldn't keep it secret for long.
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| Playboy names Univ. of Miami top U.S. party school (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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| | Reuters - Playboy magazine on Friday named the University of Miami as the top party school in the United States based on five criteria that included a nod to brainpower. |
| Disappointment with US not prosecuting CIA (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 10:33 am
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|  AP - Human rights groups and former detainees in U.S. custody expressed disappointment Friday with the decision by President Barack Obama not to prosecute CIA operatives who used interrogation practices described by many as torture.
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| Colo. woman, 20, accused of taping dog to fridge (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:54 am
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| | AP - Police say a Colorado woman wrapped her boyfriend's dog in packing tape and stuck the animal upside down to a refrigerator because he wouldn't get rid of it. |
| Afghan earthquakes kill 21, destroy homes (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:37 am
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|  AP - Two earthquakes shook eastern Afghanistan early Friday, collapsing mud-brick homes on top of villagers while they slept and killing at least 21 people.
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| 4 convicted in Pirate Bay file-sharing trial (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 9:21 am
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|  AP - Four men behind popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay were convicted Friday of breaking Sweden's copyright law by helping millions of users freely download music, movies and computer games on the Internet.
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| RI cops: Case similar to Boston Craigslist slaying (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 8:57 am
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|  AP - An attempted robbery of a woman at a suburban Providence hotel may be linked to the slaying at an upscale Boston hotel of a woman who advertised massage on Craigslist, police said Friday.
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| Citigroup, GE post better-than-expected earnings (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 8:49 am
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|  AP - Citigroup lost money and General Electric's profits fell, but both beat Wall Street's expectations as investors look for further signs that the economy has begun to stabilize.
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| MA woman accused of killing unborn child, daughter (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 8:32 am
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| | AP - Authorities in a city just south of Boston say a pregnant woman killed her 9-year-old daughter and stabbed herself in the stomach to kill her unborn child. |
| Obama heads to Americas summit with Cuba focus (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 7:40 am
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|  AP - After backing Mexico's ongoing battle against drug cartels, President Barack Obama is heading to a Western Hemisphere summit with a sudden spotlight on Cuba.
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| How Barack Obama resurrected The Dead (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 6:43 am
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|  AP - He's still got a little work to do on the economy, but already President Barack Obama has accomplished at least one task that had appeared all but impossible just a year ago: He's put The Dead back on the road.
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| Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 4:43 am
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|  AP - Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.
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