| BU med student arrested in Craigslist slaying (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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|  AP - A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist.
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| Obama defends secret memo release to CIA employees (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:38 pm
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|  AP - Days after releasing top-secret memos that detailed the CIA's use of simulated drowning while interrogating terror suspects, President Barack Obama went to the spy agency's Virginia headquarters on Monday to defend his decision and bolster the morale of its employees.
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| Iran leader sparks walkout at UN over Israel (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:29 pm
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|  AP - Dozens of Western diplomats walked out of a U.N. conference and a pair of rainbow-wigged protesters threw clown noses at Iran's president Monday when the hard-line leader called Israel the "most cruel and repressive racist regime."
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| AP ENTERPRISE: Blackwater out of Iraq? No, not yet (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:24 pm
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|  AP - Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has been told by the State Department its contracts will not be renewed two years after a lethal firefight that stirred outrage in Baghdad.
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| Porterhouse sizzles at bulldog beauty contest (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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|  AP - For three years, Porterhouse was so close to the title he could drool on it. Now, the Beautiful Bulldog crown is his to slobber on for the rest of the year. After two runner-up finishes and one "Mr. Congeniality" title, Porterhouse finally nabbed "top dog" honors Monday when he was crowned the winner of Drake University's annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest in downtown Des Moines.
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| Dozens 'lie down' at Capitol for Columbine event (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:19 pm
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|  AP - Dozens of people participated in a "lie-down" at Colorado's state Capitol Monday to demand stricter gun control and mark the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings. Thirteen people representing those killed at Columbine lay like spokes of a wheel at the west steps of the Capitol. They had wrapped blue and white ribbons around their necks, the official colors of the suburban Denver school.
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| Stephen Hawking hospitalized, reported very ill (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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|  AP - Stephen Hawking, the British mathematician and physicist famed for his work on black holes, was rushed to a hospital Monday and was seriously ill, Cambridge University said. Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks and was being treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, the university city northeast of London, the university said.
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| When unhealthy foods hijack overeaters' brains (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:08 pm
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|  AP - Food hijacked Dr. David Kessler's brain. Not apples or carrots. The scientist who once led the government's attack on addictive cigarettes can't wander through part of San Francisco without craving a local shop's chocolate-covered pretzels. Stop at one cookie? Rarely.
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| AP source: Chrysler Financial refuses exec pay cap (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 6:42 pm
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|  AP - Chrysler LLC's financial arm turned down additional government aid after some top executives refused to accept new limits on executive pay, according to a government official with knowledge of the negotiations.
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| Army troops in Iraq prepare to head to Afghanistan (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 6:31 pm
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|  AP - Only in Iraq a few weeks, nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives learned they were being shipped off to southern Afghanistan, one of the clearest signs of America's shifting wartime priorities. The transfer, which moved into its final stages Monday, is the largest movement so far of personnel and equipment from Iraq as President Barack Obama puts the focus on the fight in the Taliban heartland.
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| New concerns about bank health grip Wall Street (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 5:58 pm
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|  AP - Anxiety is growing again over the health of the nation's largest banks, and with Congress hesitant to commit more money, the Obama administration is exploring ways to strengthen them in the face of an unrelenting recession.
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| Cartel tells smugglers to live "clean" life (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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|  Reuters - A cartel engaged in Mexico's deadly drug wars has told its members to avoid heavy drinking and using narcotics and live a clean family life as it tries to build a well-run criminal organization, police say.
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| Official: Obama wants agency spending cut by $100M (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama convened his first formal Cabinet meeting, and the White House said he would challenge department and agency chiefs to look for ways to cut $100 million out of the federal budget.
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| Vets blame toxin in 21 polo horse deaths in Fla. (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 11:56 am
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| | AP - The sudden death of 21 polo horses in Florida may have been caused by a toxin that has yet to be identified by tests and could have been in the animals' feed, vitamins or supplements, veterinarians said Monday. |
| School Safety, 10 Years After Columbine (U.S. News & World Report)
April 20, 2009 at 11:53 am
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|  U.S. News & World Report - Before murdering 13 people, injuring 23, and killing themselves 10 years ago in one of the nation's deadliest school shootings, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold broadcast their unthinkable intentions on frequencies to which their parents, peers and teachers were not tuned in. Eric maintained a website filled with lists of whom and what he hated. Dylan turned in an English assignment that described killing other students. Both boys had been suspended from school and arrested by local police during the academic year preceding the massacre. ...
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| Bank of America posts 1Q profit but stocks fall (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 11:52 am
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|  AP - Bank of America Corp. warned of worsening loan default problems Monday even as it posted a first-quarter profit of $2.81 billion. Investors concerned about the banking industry's health sent financial stocks and the overall market sharply lower.
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| GM exec says 1,600 will lose jobs in next few days (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 11:47 am
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|  AP - About 1,600 white-collar workers at General Motors Corp. will lose their jobs in the next few days as the troubled automaker accelerates cost cuts in order to qualify for more government aid.
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| Jamaican police storm airliner to capture gunman (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 11:44 am
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|  AP - A gunman forced his way though airport security onto a Canadian jet near Montego Bay, holding six crew members hostage for eight hours before police and soldiers stormed the aircraft on Monday and captured him.
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| Sept. 11 planner waterboarded 183 times: report (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 11:26 am
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| | Reuters - CIA interrogators used the waterboarding technique on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the admitted planner of the September 11 attacks, 183 times and 83 times on another al Qaeda suspect, The New York Times said on Sunday. |
| Ahmadinejad prompts walkout from U.N. racism summit (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 11:09 am
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|  Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout from his speech to a U.N. racism summit on Monday when he accused Israel of establishing a "cruel and repressive racist regime" over the Palestinians.
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| With IBM out, Oracle jumps in to buy Sun for $7.4B (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 10:43 am
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|  AP - Oracle Corp. snapped up computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. for $7.4 billion Monday, pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM Corp. abandoned an earlier bid to buy one of Silicon Valley's best known — and most troubled — companies.
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| Stressed Americans postpone healthcare (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 10:41 am
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|  Reuters - Twenty percent of Americans say they have delayed or postponed medical care, mostly doctor visits, and many said cost was the main reason, according to a survey released on Monday.
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| Gingrich slams Obama over Chavez (Politico)
April 20, 2009 at 10:23 am
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|  Politico - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tore into President Barack Obama Monday for his friendly greeting of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying Obama is bolstering the "enemies of America.”
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| Archaeologists hunt for Cleopatra's tomb (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 9:23 am
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|  Reuters - High on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, buried deep under the crumbling limestone of a temple to the goddess Isis, archaeologists believe the body of Queen Cleopatra may lie.
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| Gunman holds crew on passenger jet in Jamaica (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 4:57 am
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| | Reuters - A gunman, described as "mentally challenged," was holding five crew members on a commercial jet in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Monday after all passengers on the aircraft were released, authorities said. | | |  |
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