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| Suspected swine flu deaths in Mexico top 100 (AP)
April 27, 2009 at 3:21 am
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|  AP - The Mexican government is trying to stem the spread of a deadly strain of swine flu as a new work week begins by urging people to stay home Monday if they have any symptoms of the virus believed to have killed more than 100 people.
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| Swine flu fears close schools in NY, Texas, Calif. (AP)
April 27, 2009 at 2:40 am
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|  AP - Esti Lamonaca's illness started with a high fever, a cough and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the beach in Cancun with friends. By the weekend, her voice was hoarse and she was wearing a surgical mask.
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| Countries race to contain swine flu (AP)
April 27, 2009 at 2:18 am
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|  AP - New Zealand reported suspected swine flu cases Monday in a second group of teenage students returning from Mexico, as Asian nations with potent memories of SARS and bird flu outbreaks screened travelers for fever with thermal scanners.
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| GM to announce brand changes, restructuring moves (AP)
April 27, 2009 at 1:56 am
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|  AP - The storied Pontiac brand is dead and more car factories and jobs are about to disappear — the latest casualties of a massive restructuring plan that GM is counting on to help it stave off bankruptcy protection.
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| Flu epidemic fear grips world (Reuters)
April 27, 2009 at 1:32 am
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|  Reuters - The threat of a flu pandemic gripped the world on Monday, as a virus that has killed 103 people in Mexico and shut down chunks of the capital spread to the United States and as far as New Zealand.
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| Sheriff: Soldier killed 2 Fla. deputies in arrest (AP)
April 27, 2009 at 12:29 am
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| | AP - More than 300 employees of a troubled Sheriff's Office in Florida gathered Sunday night to hear first hand how two of their own were killed a day earlier by a National Guard soldier they were trying to arrest for beating his wife. |
| Iraq: US raid 'crime' that breaks security pact (AP)
April 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
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|  AP - Iraq's prime minister denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday as a "crime" that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts.
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| UAW, Chrysler and Fiat reach concession deal (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 11:29 pm
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|  AP - Chrysler LLC cleared another major obstacle to its survival Sunday when it reached a tentative deal on concessions with the United Auto Workers union, helping it move closer to inking a vital alliance with Italy's Fiat Group SpA.
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| World gov'ts race to contain swine flu outbreak (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 11:24 pm
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|  AP - The world's governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria Sunday as more possible swine flu cases surfaced from Canada to New Zealand and the United States declared a public health emergency. "It's not a time to panic," the White House said.
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| Swiss heartland voters ban nude hiking in Alps (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 8:48 pm
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|  AP - Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region.
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| 3 Va. men hurt in shooting at Hampton University (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm
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| | AP - A former Hampton University student armed with three guns followed a pizza delivery man into the student's former dorm early Sunday, shot the delivery man and a dorm monitor, then turned the gun on himself, university officials said. All three survived. |
| Mexico City locks itself in amid swine flu fears (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 7:28 pm
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|  AP - The cardinal said Mass in a shuttered cathedral. Soccer teams played to empty stadiums. Mexico's overcrowded capital locked itself indoors Sunday, terrified by a new strain of swine flu that was spreading around the world.
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| Iraq: US raid 'crime' that breaks security pact (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 5:26 pm
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| AP - Iraq's prime minister denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday as a "crime" that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts. |
| Clinton says US never will `sell out' Lebanon (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 4:01 pm
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|  AP - Ahead of an election that could oust the U.S.-backed Beirut government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that Washington supports "voices of moderation" and never will make a deal Syria that "sells out" Lebanon's interests.
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| Swiss heartland voters ban nude hiking in Alps (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 3:24 pm
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| AP - Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region. |
| Cruise ship fends off pirate attack with gunfire (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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|  AP - The small white skiff approached the Italian cruise ship Melody after dinnertime as it sailed north of the Seychelles, the pirates firing wildly toward the 1,500 passengers and crew on board.
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| 3 Va. men hurt in shooting at Hampton University (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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| | AP - A former student shot the night manager and a pizza delivery man inside a Hampton University dorm early Sunday before turning the gun on himself, police and school officials said Sunday. All three were hospitalized. |
| Amid US criticism, Pakistan again battles Taliban (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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|  AP - Pakistan sent helicopter gunships and troops to attack Taliban militants Sunday in a district covered by a peace deal after strong U.S. pressure on the nuclear-armed nation to confront insurgents advancing in its northwest.
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| Geithner says crisis threatens work on poverty (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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|  AP - The global economic crisis threatens to reverse gains in fighting poverty, so banks that provide aid to poor nations must embrace changes in their operations, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday.
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| Sri Lankan rebels declare unilateral cease-fire (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 11:28 am
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|  AP - Sri Lanka's rebels declared a unilateral cease-fire Sunday, but the government refused to halt its offensive into the last strip of land the insurgents hold despite concerns for tens of thousands of civilians trapped there.
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| OPEC wants oil to reach $70 a barrel (AFP)
April 26, 2009 at 11:21 am
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|  AFP - OPEC wants to see oil prices rising to more than 70 dollars a barrel, the oil cartel's secretary general Abdalla El-Badri said Sunday.
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| Obama's first 100 days in office haven't been quiet (McClatchy Newspapers)
April 26, 2009 at 6:00 am
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|  McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's first 100 days on the job exploded with activity on many fronts: the $787 billion economic stimulus, the order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year, a withdrawal plan for Iraq, an expansion of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and outreach to several hostile nations.
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| Inside accounts of interrogation approval differ (AP)
April 26, 2009 at 5:15 am
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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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| Why 100 days? (The Yahoo! Newsroom)
April 26, 2009 at 5:10 am
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|  The Yahoo! Newsroom - Sure, 100 is a nice round number, but why do we critically judge presidents on what they're able to accomplish in just their first 100 days? After all, they'll be the leader of the free world for (at least) 1460 days. The short answer? Blame FDR.
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| Rising seas threaten renowned French coast (AFP)
April 26, 2009 at 2:49 am
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|  AFP - France's Aquitaine coast stretches north from the Spanish border to the Gironde river estuary, encompassing rocky bluffs, giant lagoons, deltas, beaches and Europe's largest dune.
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