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| Obama heads to France, Germany before NATO meeting (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 4:17 am
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|  AP - After proclaiming "I think we did OK" at a 20-nation economic summit, President Barack Obama is teaming up with the two European leaders who gave him the most grief over his failed bid for more recession-fighting stimulus, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. |
| US, Mexico work together to fight drug cartels (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 3:00 am
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|  AP - The U.S. and Mexico are creating a cross-border group to develop strategies for stopping the illegal flow of guns and drugs between the two countries, officials said Thursday.
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| Just published photos show MLK killing aftermath (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 12:58 am
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|  AP - Almost 41 years to the day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, newly published photographs of the aftermath of his shooting at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., are on a magazine's Web site.
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| Blagojevich indicted on federal corruption charges (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 10:45 pm
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|  AP - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat marked the culmination of years of scheming for personal gain that included trying to extort a congressman and pressuring businesses to hire his wife, prosecutors alleged Thursday.
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| Study: Arctic sea ice melting faster than expected (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 10:38 pm
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|  AP - Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region, using complex computer models of weather and climate, says conditions that had been forecast by the end of the century could occur much sooner.
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| Jury: University of Colorado wrongly fired prof (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 10:37 pm
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|  AP - A jury ruled Thursday that the University of Colorado wrongly fired the professor who compared some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi, a verdict that gives the professor $1 and a chance to get his job back. "What was asked for and what was delivered was justice," Ward Churchill said outside the courtroom.
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| Obama issues warning as North Korea readies rocket (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 10:36 pm
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|  AP - As North Korea fueled a multistage rocket Thursday for its threatened satellite launch, President Barack Obama promised a "stern" response and Japan vowed to press for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council. Senior U.S. defense officials said that trailers and vehicles carrying rocket propellant were in place at North Korea's coastal launch site and that fueling had begun.
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| House approves $3.6 trillion budget blueprint (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 10:34 pm
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|  AP - The Democratic-controlled House approved a budget blueprint drawn to President Barack Obama's specifications Thursday and the Senate hastened to follow suit after administration allies rejected alternatives from liberals and conservatives alike. The vote in the House was 233-196, largely along party lines, for a $3.6 trillion plan that includes a deficit of $1.2 trillion.
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| Critics assail Afghan law that 'legalizes rape' (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 9:08 pm
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|  AP - A new Afghan law makes it legal for men to rape their wives, human rights groups and some Afghan lawmakers said Thursday, accusing President Hamid Karzai of signing the legislation to bolster his re-election prospects. Critics worry the legislation undermines hard-won rights for women enacted after the fall of the Taliban's strict Islamist regime.
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| Cereal box typo sends callers to phone sex line (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 9:03 pm
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| | AP - An Oregon company has ordered new packaging for its Peace Cereal after a typo on the box sent callers to a phone sex line instead of the cereal maker's 800 number. Instead of reaching Golden Temple of Oregon, callers were greeted by a recorded voice asking, "Do you love sex? ... Isn't that why you called?" |
| Murdoch says papers should charge on Web (Reuters)
April 2, 2009 at 8:11 pm
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| | Reuters - Rupert Murdoch, whose media company News Corp owns one of the few U.S. newspapers that makes people pay to read its news on the Web, said more papers will have to start doing the same to survive. |
| Journalists get shock with 'sexy' White House call (AFP)
April 2, 2009 at 6:32 pm
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|  AFP - Journalists based in the United States got a shock Thursday when they dialed a toll-free number to join a conference call with senior officials accompanying US President Barack Obama in London.
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| Critics assail Afghan law that 'legalizes rape' (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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| AP - A new Afghan law makes it legal for men to rape their wives, human rights groups and some Afghan lawmakers said Thursday, accusing President Hamid Karzai of signing the legislation to bolster his re-election prospects. Critics worry the legislation undermines hard-won rights for women enacted after the fall of the Taliban's strict Islamist regime. |
| Mexico reports arrest of major drug suspect (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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|  AP - An heir to one of Mexico's most notorious narcotics empires was grabbed by police as he exercised in a city park, officials announced Thursday, shortly before U.S. and Mexican Cabinet officials met to coordinate attacks on escalating drug violence.
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| Asperger Syndrome Tied to Low Cortisol Levels (HealthDay)
April 2, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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| | HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism. |
| Obama to nominate sampling expert to head census (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 2:28 pm
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| | AP - President Barack Obama has chosen Robert M. Groves to be the next census director, turning to a professor who has clashed with Republicans over the use of statistical sampling to lead the high-stakes head count. |
| Researcher healthy 21 days after Ebola accident (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 12:45 pm
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|  AP - A researcher who may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus was declared healthy and released from isolation at a German hospital Thursday, having been spared the horrific symptoms of the disease.
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| New jobless claims jump, factory orders up (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 11:35 am
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|  AP - The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, while those continuing to receive benefits hit a 10th straight record-high. Both figures show the labor market remains weak and is unlikely to recover anytime soon, despite some signs the economy's decline is moderating.
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| Palestinian kills Israeli teen with pickax (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 11:16 am
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|  AP - A Palestinian armed with a pickax went on a rampage Thursday in this West Bank Jewish settlement, killing a 13-year-old Israeli and wounding a 7-year-old before fleeing the area.
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| Former AIG chief says bailout 'failed' (Politico)
April 2, 2009 at 8:23 am
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|  Politico - Former AIG CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg says the bailout has "failed" and he's proposing a 10-point alternative focused on saving, not breaking apart, the mega-insurer.
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| Tobacco regulation bill up for vote Thursday (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 7:16 am
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|  AP - Anti-smoking forces are predicting a long-awaited victory when the House votes on legislation that would, for the first time, allow government regulation of tobacco products.
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| Dow Chemical sells Morton Salt to Germany's K+S (AP)
April 2, 2009 at 6:56 am
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| | AP - Having completed its $16.5 billion buyout of Rohm & Haas, Dow Chemical Co. said it will sell Morton Salt to German fertilizer maker K+S Aktiengesellschaft in a deal valuing the former Rohm & Haas unit at $1.675 billion. |
| U.S. Sees North Korea Going Ahead With Missile Launch (Bloomberg)
April 2, 2009 at 6:51 am
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|  Bloomberg - April 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. expects North Korea to go ahead with the launch of a satellite-bearing missile, an Obama administration official said, as Kim Jong Il’s regime threatened military action against any attempt to shoot it down.
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