| Obama extends hands to Chavez, Ortega at summit (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 11:15 pm
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|  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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| Obama wins summit praise (Reuters)
April 18, 2009 at 10:02 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday won praise for offering a closer partnership with the Americas, even from left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who moved to restore normal ties with Washington.
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| Couple, their 3 kids found dead in Maryland home (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 9:27 pm
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|  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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| US to boycott United Nations racism meeting (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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| | 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. |
| Grisly slayings brings Mexican drug war to US (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 9:08 pm
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|  AP - Five men dead in an apartment. In a county that might see five homicides in an entire year, the call over the sheriff's radio revealed little about what awaited law enforcement at a sprawling apartment complex.
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| US 'deeply disappointed' as Iran convicts reporter (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 8:51 pm
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|  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
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|  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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| NATO frees pirate hostages, Belgian ship seized (Reuters)
April 18, 2009 at 1:55 pm
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|  Reuters - Dutch commandos freed 20 Yemeni hostages on Saturday and briefly detained seven pirates who had forced the Yemenis to sail a "mother ship" attacking vessels in the Gulf of Aden, NATO officials said.
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| Pirates seize Belgian ship; NATO frees 20 hostages (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 11:00 am
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|  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
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|  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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| Colo Guard takes aid to snowbound travelers (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 10:51 am
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|  AP - The Colorado National Guard has delivered two truckloads of cots, blankets and food to hundreds of travelers snowbound by a storm that 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 10:32 am
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|  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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| Lawyer: Iran convicts US journalist of spying (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 10:13 am
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| 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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| Earnings deluge may swamp stock rally (Reuters)
April 18, 2009 at 9:08 am
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|  Reuters - A torrent of earnings threatens to swamp Wall Street's impressive rally next week, as results so far have shown the corporate outlook remains murky and investors worry that better-than-expected results from banks still don't prove the sector is stable.
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| An energized Paul McCartney opens Coachella fest (AP)
April 18, 2009 at 8:22 am
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|  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
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|  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
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|  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
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|  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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| Fashion-Conscious Daughter Is Embarrassed By Her Mom (Dear Abby)
April 18, 2009 at 2:16 am
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| | Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: The way my mother dresses has me so embarrassed I don't want to be seen in public with her. Her hair looks as if she's stuck her finger in a light socket, her clothes are three sizes too big, she wears no makeup. It looks as if she just rolled out of bed, no matter where she is going. | | |  |
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