| BU med student arrested in Craigslist slaying (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 10:28 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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| Obama orders Cabinet to cut spending by $100M (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 9:25 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama on Monday ordered his Cabinet to find ways to slice spending by $100 million, but acknowledged it's a "drop in the bucket" and said there's a "confidence gap" that he needs to overcome.
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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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| 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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| Mass. lake with 45-letter name has spelling errors (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 8:44 pm
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| | AP - Officials have agreed to correct spelling errors in road signs pointing to a central Massachusetts lake with a 45-letter name. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster has one of the world's longest place names. It's been spelled many different ways over the years. Some locals have given up and simply call it Lake Webster. |
| India probes dispute over 'Slumdog' child star (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 8:30 pm
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|  AP - Indian police are investigating claims and counterclaims by the parents of a child star in "Slumdog Millionaire" after a British tabloid alleged the father tried to sell the 9-year-old girl to an undercover reporter.
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| IAEA: Obama good for solving NKorea nuclear issue (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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|  AP - The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog expressed confidence Monday that President Barack Obama's approach to North Korea and Iran will eventually help resolve international disputes over their nuclear programs.
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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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| Taliban in Pakistani ex-resort: `Welcome, Osama!' (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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|  AP - Pakistan was trying to end bloodshed when it let the idyllic Swat Valley fall under Islamic law last week. Instead, it has emboldened the Taliban and prompted an invitation — however improbable — for Osama bin Laden.
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| Iran orders probe of jailed US journalist's case (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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|  AP - Iran's judiciary ordered a full investigation Monday into the case of an American journalist imprisoned for allegedly spying for the U.S. and allowed the woman's parents to visit her for the first time since she was sentenced to eight years in prison.
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| Stakes high as Congress returns (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 4:01 pm
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| | Reuters - Barack Obama's presidency has been a wild ride for the U.S. Congress and lawmakers are bracing for more turbulence when they begin returning on Monday to tackle an array of tough issues from healthcare to energy. |
| GM exec says 1,600 will lose jobs in next few days (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 11:45 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. |
| Official: Obama wants agency spending cut by $100M (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 11:23 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama convenes his first formal Cabinet meeting Monday and will ask department and agency chiefs to look for ways over the next 90 days to cut $100 million out of the federal budget, a senior administration official said.
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| 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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| Bank of America posts 1Q profit but stocks fall (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 10:42 am
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| | AP - Bank of America Corp. posted strong first-quarter earnings Monday as higher revenue from the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. helped offset a surge in credit costs. Wall Street, concerned about banks' continuing loan problems, looked past Bank of America's profit and fell sharply. |
| 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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| 21 polo horses die at Fla. match; cause unknown (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 10:04 am
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| | AP - Seven more Venezuelan polo horses sickened just before a Florida tournament died overnight, raising the death toll to 21, and officials said Monday they may have been killed by some type of poison. |
| Gingrich slams Obama over Chavez (Politico)
April 20, 2009 at 9:23 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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| AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 4:45 am
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|  AP - U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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| 10 years on, Columbine principal still on the job (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 4:43 am
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|  AP - Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis speaks easily, almost matter-of-factly, about the personal price he paid after the massacre at his school: His marriage of 17 years collapsed, he suffered anxiety attacks and he still carries survivor's guilt.
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| Security Door Safeguards Woman Working Out Alone (Dear Abby)
April 20, 2009 at 2:16 am
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| | Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I was the only person working out in the gym at my apartment complex the other evening when a man, presumably another resident, came to the front door. To enter, you must swipe your access card on the keypad. |
| Mexico says 8 killed in attack on prison convoy (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:27 am
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|  AP - In the latest of a series of brazen, drug-related attacks, gunmen ambushed a prisoner transfer convoy in western Mexico, killing eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level cartel member, police said Sunday.
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| Driver charged in Texas crash that killed 5 kids (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:22 am
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|  AP - Police filed intoxication manslaughter charges Sunday against a driver who lost control of his car while using a cell phone, plunging the vehicle into a rain-filled ditch and killing five children inside.
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| Obama says reaching out to enemies strengthens US (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:15 am
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|  AP - Defending his brand of world politics, President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "strengthens our hand" by reaching out to enemies of the United States and making sure that the nation is a leader, not a lecturer, of democracy.
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| U.S. to put conditions on TARP repayment: report (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 8:39 pm
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| | Reuters - Strong banks will be allowed to repay federal bailout funds, but only if such a move passes a test to determine whether it is in the national economic interest, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing a senior U.S. administration official. |
| Cancer "culprits" in tobacco smoke revealed (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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| | Reuters - Scientists have detected two substances in tobacco smoke that directly cause lung cancer, and they said on Sunday the finding may help one day predict which smokers will develop the disease. | | |  |
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