| Indy driver Castroneves acquitted in tax case (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 11:19 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.
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| Plane splits Florida home in half; pilot dies (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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|  AP - A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces. The pilot was killed.
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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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| 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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| Drew Barrymore "terrified" of "Grey Gardens" role (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 8:04 pm
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| | Reuters - She comes from a famous Hollywood family, began acting as a kid and has worked with many top directors, but Drew Barrymore was never as terrified of a role as she was for her latest part in "Grey Gardens." |
| 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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| Navies ask: What do you do with a captured pirate? (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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|  AP - The scrawny teenage pirate stormed the Maersk Alabama hoping for a share of a $3 million ransom. He was attacked by its sailors, stabbed in the hand and tied up, and later arrested by the U.S. Navy.
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| British spy agency searches for `Q' (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 3:51 pm
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|  AP - He was James Bond's go-to guy for inventions that included dagger-embedded shoes, radioactive lint and a deadly sofa that swallowed people.
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| GM readies plans for bankruptcy it hopes to avoid (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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|  Reuters - General Motors Corp Chief Executive Fritz Henderson said on Friday the automaker was readying detailed plans for a bankruptcy filing that now appears more likely even as it races to complete a business plan under federal oversight.
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| Indy driver Castroneves acquitted in tax case (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 3:00 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.
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| Sea hostage's hometown rolls out the welcome mat (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 2:31 pm
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|  AP - Relieved and jubilant, a small Vermont town that held its breath for five tense days got ready to welcome back its hero Friday, a shipping captain whose high-seas hostage drama riveted the world.
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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. |
| 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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| Hamilton retires from cycling after positive test (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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|  AP - Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton, once touted as the next great American cyclist and an heir to Lance Armstrong's throne atop the sport, ended his doping-tarnished career Friday by saying he tested positive for a banned substance and would retire.
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| U.S. stem cell rules limit funding to IVF clinics (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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|  Reuters - New stem cell guidelines released on Friday by the U.S. National Institutes of Health would limit federal funding of the research to embryos left over at fertility clinics and prohibit federal funding of embryos made by cloning or certain other methods.
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| New rules would ease, not end stem cell limits (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 1:21 pm
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| | AP - When President Barack Obama eased limits on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, the big question became how far scientists could go. Friday, the government answered: They must use cells culled from fertility clinic embryos that otherwise would be thrown away. |
| S&P 500, Dow futures point higher after Citigroup, GE (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 8:26 am
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|  Reuters - S&P 500 and Dow stock index futures pointed to a higher open as Citigroup and General Electric posted better-than-expected quarterly results, providing further evidence that the severe U.S. economic downturn could be abating.
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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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| Thai "yellow shirt" leader Sondhi survives shooting (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 6:28 am
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|  Reuters - The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement, which was behind the week-long occupation of Bangkok's main airports last year, was shot and wounded on Friday, but a doctor said his life was not in danger.
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| Donors pledge $5 billion to stabilize Pakistan (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 6:24 am
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|  AP - International donors, led by the United States and Japan, pledged more than $5 billion Friday to stabilize Pakistan's troubled economy and fight the spread of terrorism in the Islamic nation and neighboring Afghanistan.
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| Girl's Doughnut Tastes Less Sweet Served In A Paper Bag (Dear Abby)
April 17, 2009 at 2:16 am
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| | Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am 8 years old, and I love science. I am writing you because when I go to the doughnut shop, they always give me paper bags when I order my doughnut to eat there. I also notice other people getting bags they don't need because they are eating their doughnuts there, too. |
| China calls for NKorea, US to improve relations (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 1:35 am
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|  AP - China called Friday for better relations and dialogue between North Korea and the U.S. amid an escalating standoff over the North's rocket launch and its expulsion of U.N. nuclear inspectors.
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| Out of Alaska, Palin's star shines (Politico)
April 17, 2009 at 1:22 am
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|  Politico - Far from her home state and the controversy she left behind, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin traveled to Indiana Thursday and reminded Republicans why she remains a party heavyweight and a top prospective presidential candidate in 2012.
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| Volkswagen may overtake Toyota as No.1 in Q1 (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 12:59 am
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| | Reuters - Volkswagen AG may have passed Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) as the world's top selling automaker in the first quarter, helped by robust demand in its main markets, while its Japanese rival suffered sharp declines, partial company data suggests. |
| Palin stands against abortion during Ind. speech (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 12:56 am
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| AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaking at anti-abortion group's dinner, criticized President Barack Obama for supporting abortion rights and challenged the idea that unplanned pregnancies are a nuisance that can be solved by abortion.
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| Democrats: Texas gov should disavow secession talk (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 12:44 am
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|  AP - In a state that once was its own nation, a Republican governor who talked about secession without completely dismissing the idea has Democratic lawmakers in an uproar. Gov. Rick Perry, in comments following an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday, never did advocate Texas breaking away from the United States but suggested that Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to leave the union.
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