| 3 dead, 2 hurt in Ga. shooting; professor sought (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 12:07 am
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|  AP - A University of Georgia professor who police suspect in the fatal shootings of his ex-wife and two men outside a theater near campus Saturday disappeared in his Jeep after dropping his children off with a neighbor, authorities said.
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| 2 swine flus in Kan., US total 11; 8 likely in NYC (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 12:04 am
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|  AP - Two cases of the human swine influenza have been confirmed in Kansas and one more in California, bringing the U.S. total to 11. At least eight students at a New York City high school probably have swine flu also, but health officials said Saturday they don't know whether they have the same strain of the virus that has killed people in Mexico.
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| Mexico fights swine flu with 'pandemic potential' (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 10:58 pm
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|  AP - Mexico's president assumed new powers Saturday to isolate people infected with a deadly swine flu strain as authorities struggled to contain an outbreak that world health officials warned could become a global epidemic.
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| Gore-Gingrich: Two longtime rivals face off again (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 10:04 pm
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|  AP - Al Gore paused during his descent from atop the Capitol steps on his way to spar with an old rival, Newt Gingrich. Grinning as he glided toward a former aide he had spotted, Gore joked, "Just like old times."
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| `Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86 (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 9:53 pm
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|  AP - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.
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| Inside accounts of interrogation approval differ (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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|  AP - Release of Bush-era documents that shed more light on the origins of the CIA's use of harsh interrogation tactics has ignited a backstage battle between former Bush officials over a crucial May 2002 meeting that paved the way for use of waterboarding on a suspected al-Qaida leader.
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| WHO declares international concern over swine flu (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 4:56 pm
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|  AP - The World Health Organization warned countries around the world Saturday to be on alert for any unusual flu outbreaks after a unique new swine flu virus was implicated in possibly dozens of human deaths in North America.
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| `Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86 (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 3:55 pm
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| AP - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.
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| Clinton: US stands by Iraqis, withdrawal on track (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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|  AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. won't abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence.
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| Analysis: IMF relevant again, will big plans work? (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 1:05 pm
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|  AP - Not long ago the International Monetary Fund seemed headed for relic status. Now it's once more flying high, rolling out ambitious plans to blanket an economically distressed world in dollars. Even grander designs are on the drawing board.
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| NKorea says it has restarted nuclear facilities (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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|  AP - North Korea said Saturday it has begun harvesting plutonium from spent fuel rods at its main nuclear plant to build up its atomic arsenal. The move, in defiance of tightening U.N. sanctions, threatened to further damage efforts to dismantle the communist nation's rogue program.
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| Ex-Klan chief freed after arrest in Prague (AFP)
April 25, 2009 at 8:57 am
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|  AFP - A former US Ku Klux Klan chief arrested here on a speaking tour was freed during the night but will be forced to leave the country later Saturday, Czech police said.
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| Finance officials at odds over IMF funding plan (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 8:28 am
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|  AP - Finance officials are pledging to keep the momentum going in their efforts to combat a severe global downturn but have hit a stumbling block in differences over how to boost the resources of the International Monetary Fund.
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| Tentative deal between Chrysler and Canada union (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 8:28 am
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|  AP - Chrysler and the Canadian government had told Canadian Auto Workers they wanted concessions that would make the automaker's labor costs competitive with that of non-unionized Toyota in Canada.
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| Iowa on Obama-No regrets, a few worries (Politico)
April 25, 2009 at 7:59 am
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|  Politico - DES MOINES — En route here for a nearby event, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said earlier this week, “Iowa will always be a special place for the president.”
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| Okla. governor intervenes in Flaming Lips flap (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 6:40 am
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|  AP - Oklahoma lawmakers who voted against making a Flaming Lips tune the official state rock song represent a minority of "small-minded religious wackos," the band's lead singer says.
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| Republicans push nuclear energy to lower costs (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 6:11 am
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|  AP - The U.S. should build 100 more nuclear plants rather than spend "billions in subsidies" for renewable energy if it is truly committed to lowering electric bills and having clean air, the Republicans say.
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| Deadly flu strain threatens Mexico and U.S. (Reuters)
April 25, 2009 at 2:09 am
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|  Reuters - Mexican and U.S. health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States.
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| Man, 84, fights off carjackers with groin kick (AP)
April 25, 2009 at 2:05 am
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| | AP - An 84-year-old man has a black eye, but he still has his car, after fighting off two would-be carjackers. Ted Mazetier said he stopped Wednesday night to help two men with a disabled car when one punched him in the face and demanded his keys. Mazetier said he kicked the man in the groin and the other in the belly. The two men fled as a passer-by stopped to help. |
| Petraeus: Shippers should consider armed guards (AP)
April 24, 2009 at 10:31 pm
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|  AP - The global shipping industry should consider placing armed guards on its boats to ward off pirates who have become increasingly violent, the U.S. military commander who oversees the African coastline said Friday.
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| Homeland secretary apologizes to veterans group (AP)
April 24, 2009 at 9:42 pm
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|  AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with the American Legion on Friday to apologize for a right-wing extremism report written by her agency, and the veterans group walked away from the meeting mollified.
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