| Couple, their 3 kids found dead in Maryland home (AP) April 18, 2009 at 11:45 pm |
| AP - An accountant for a railroad operator killed his wife and their three children before fatally shooting himself in a northwest Maryland home, leaving a gruesome scene that was discovered Saturday by the youngsters' grandfather, authorities said.
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| Obama extends hands to Chavez, Ortega at summit (AP) April 18, 2009 at 11:15 pm |
| AP - President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America's hemispheric neighbors at a summit Saturday, listening to complaints about past U.S. meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela's leftist leader.
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| US to boycott United Nations racism meeting (AP) April 18, 2009 at 9:10 pm |
| AP - The Obama administration will boycott "with regret" a U.N. conference on racism next week over objectionable language in the meeting's final document that could single out Israel for criticism and restrict free speech, the State Department said Saturday. |
| US 'deeply disappointed' as Iran convicts reporter (AP) April 18, 2009 at 8:51 pm |
| AP - Iran convicted an American journalist of spying for the United States and sentenced her to eight years in prison, her lawyer said Saturday, complicating the Obama administration's efforts to break a 30-year-old diplomatic deadlock with Tehran.
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| Italian scientist, turning 100, still works (AP) April 18, 2009 at 6:32 pm |
| AP - Rita Levi Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said Saturday that even though she is about to turn 100, her mind is sharper than it was she when she was 20.
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| Reverse discrimination case could transform hiring (AP) April 18, 2009 at 3:57 pm |
| AP - Inside a burning building, fire doesn't discriminate between Matthew Marcarelli and Gary Tinney. Inside the New Haven Fire Department, however, skin color has put them on opposite sides of a lawsuit that could transform hiring procedures nationwide.
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| Colo Guard takes aid to snowbound travelers (AP) April 18, 2009 at 11:12 am |
| AP - National Guard crews delivered two truckloads of cots, blankets and food Saturday morning to hundreds of travelers snowbound after a storm dropped more than 3 feet of snow on the foothills west of Denver.
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| At summit, Obama gets friendly with Chavez (AP) April 18, 2009 at 11:04 am |
| AP - President Barack Obama extended a hand to America's hemispheric neighbors on Saturday at a summit where he offered a new beginning for U.S.-Cuba relations and accepted a book about the exploitation of Latin America from Venezuela's fiery, anti-American leader.
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| Pirates seize Belgian ship; NATO frees 20 hostages (AP) April 18, 2009 at 11:00 am |
| AP - Somali pirates attacked two ships off the Horn of Africa on Saturday, capturing a Belgian dredger and its 10 crew. NATO forces intervened in the other assault, chasing the pirates down and freeing 20 fisherman on a Yemeni dhow.
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| Obama: Like families, govt to make hard choices (AP) April 18, 2009 at 10:53 am |
| AP - Families are making tough decisions about their money and so too will their government, President Barack Obama said Saturday, promising that spending cuts are coming — and soon.
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| Lawyer: Iran convicts US journalist of spying (AP) April 18, 2009 at 10:13 am |
| AP - An American journalist jailed in Iran has been convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison just days after she was tried behind closed doors, her lawyer said Saturday, dashing any hopes for her quick release.
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| Fla. to test air in homes with Chinese drywall (AP) April 18, 2009 at 9:48 am |
| AP - Officials in Florida will soon begin air quality tests in homes to determine whether fumes emitted from Chinese-made drywall can make people sick, the state Health Department said Friday.
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| An energized Paul McCartney opens Coachella fest (AP) April 18, 2009 at 8:22 am |
| AP - Energized by the desert air and memory of his late wife, a playful and passionate Paul McCartney riffed on "Foxy Lady," led an after-midnight "Hey Jude" singalong and dedicated songs to his former bandmates at the Coachella music festival that kicked off Friday.
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| Trio depart Beijing on epic horse ride to London (AFP) April 18, 2009 at 8:16 am |
| AFP - A middle-aged British woman and two Chinese companions on Saturday set off on an epic horse ride that will see them cross China, Central Asia and Europe -- and arrive in London for the 2012 Olympics.
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| Obama says he'll cut dozens of wasteful programs (Reuters) April 18, 2009 at 7:53 am |
| Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would soon announce the elimination of dozens of wasteful or ineffective government programs as part of a broad effort to restore fiscal accountability to the federal budget.
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| Solar finds it hard to squeeze water from desert (AP) April 18, 2009 at 7:45 am |
| AP - A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the desert's most abundant resource — sunshine — is clashing with efforts to protect the tiny pupfish and desert tortoise and stinginess over the region's rarest resource: water.
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