| Official: Suspected US strike kills 13 in Pakistan (AP)
April 4, 2009 at 2:54 am
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|  AP - A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at an alleged militant hide-out Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 people in the latest strike aimed at extremists who pose a threat to international troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials and residents said.
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| New York Times threatens to shut Boston Globe (Reuters)
April 3, 2009 at 10:03 pm
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|  Reuters - The New York Times Co has threatened to shut The Boston Globe unless the newspaper's unions quickly agree to $20 million in concessions, the Globe reported on Friday, quoting union leaders.
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| Gunman blocks NY center's door, kills 13, self (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 9:30 pm
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|  AP - A gunman barricaded the back door of a community center with his car and then opened fire on a room full of immigrants taking a citizenship class Friday, killing 13 people before apparently committing suicide, officials said.
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| North Korea watched intently for rocket launch (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 9:28 pm
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|  AP - Spy satellites trained high-resolution cameras on a coastal North Korean launch pad. U.S., Japan and South Korea deployed warships with radar and other surveillance equipment in the waters near the communist nation — all for one of the most closely watched rocket launches ever.
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| Calif. nut plant: Kraft found salmonella in 2008 (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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|  AP - Kraft Foods Inc., the company whose testing led to the nationwide pistachio recall, said Friday it first heard there was salmonella in its trail mix in late 2007, but could not trace the possible source to tainted nuts from California until two weeks ago.
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| Va. boy drove 1,300 miles to Texas rodeo grounds (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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| | AP - A 13-year-old Virginia boy apparently loaded his family's pickup truck with food, clothes and his dog, hitched up a trailer with two horses in tow and drove nearly 1,300 miles to Texas, police said. The teen's parents found him safe Friday. |
| Iowa Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 8:55 pm
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|  AP - Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and first in the nation's heartland — to allow same-sex couples to wed.
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| Unemployment soars to 8.5 pct.; 13 million jobless (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 8:53 pm
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|  AP - Unemployment zoomed to 8.5 percent last month, the highest in a quarter-century, as employers axed 663,000 more workers and pushed the nation's jobless ranks past 13 million. The hard times were only expected to get harder — a painful 10 percent jobless rate before long.
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| Obama campaigns for help in Afghan terror fight (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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|  AP - Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans — popular here — to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming.
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| Homeland Security boss says cartels under pressure (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 8:43 pm
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|  AP - Beefed up vehicle inspections, more drug-sniffing dogs and improved surveillance should help curb the flow of guns and drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.
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| Obama to abolish limits on U.S.-Cuba family ties (Reuters)
April 3, 2009 at 8:10 pm
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|  Reuters - In a move that could herald better ties between Cold War foes, the Obama administration is planning to abolish limits on family travel and cash remittances between the United States and Cuba, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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| McCartney says meditation helped stabilize Beatles (Reuters)
April 3, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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|  Reuters - The surviving members of the Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, will perform at a concert on Saturday to raise funds to help children learn a meditation technique McCartney said helped stabilize the band at the height of its fame.
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| Iowa court ruling transforms the gay-marriage map (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 4:46 pm
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|  AP - Until Friday, only states in the Northeast and bordering the Pacific had granted broad legal recognition to same-sex unions, but that changed with the Iowa Supreme Court ruling ordering that gay and lesbian couples be allowed to wed.
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| North Korea readies rocket for launch (Reuters)
April 3, 2009 at 2:55 pm
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|  Reuters - North Korea is preparing a rocket to blast off as early as Saturday, officials said, readying what it describes as a satellite launch but is widely regarded as a disguised long-range missile test.
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| Obama offers tough love to Europe (Politico)
April 3, 2009 at 2:50 pm
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|  Politico - STRASBOURG, France — President Barack Obama offered a gentle rebuke to star-struck Europeans Friday that it’s time for them to stop blaming the United States for all the world’s ills — especially now that they’ve got an American president they can embrace.
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| Fannie, Freddie worker bonuses total $210M (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 2:37 pm
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|  AP - Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to pay more than $210 million in bonuses through next year to give workers the incentive to stay in their jobs at the government-controlled companies.
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| Fed 'extremely uncomfortable' about bailouts (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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|  AP - While acknowledging that the Federal Reserve was "extremely uncomfortable" about last year's bailouts of big financial companies, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday the central bank's strategy to ease the financial crisis is working.
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| Massive Antarctic ice shelf set to break loose (AFP)
April 3, 2009 at 11:05 am
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|  AFP - A Jamaica-sized ice shelf is close to wrenching itself away from Antarctica, following dramatic weakening of an ice "bridge" linking it to the continent, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported Friday.
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| Malawi court rejects Madonna adoption request (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 9:16 am
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|  AP - In a surprise move, a judge on Friday rejected Madonna's request to adopt a second child from Malawi even though the country's child welfare minister had supported Madonna's application to raise the 3-year-old girl.
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| Snow may hamper search for missing Neb. family (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 7:37 am
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|  AP - Authorities say they're not sure whether Friday's weather will permit them to resume searching the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota for a family of four not seen since a sheriff's deputy interviewed them two weeks ago about allegations of abuse.
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| CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 7:37 am
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| | AP - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found. |
| Carlos Santana wishes Obama would legalize pot (AP)
April 3, 2009 at 7:02 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama brushed off a question about legalizing marijuana in his online town hall last month, but guitar god Carlos Santana says he wishes he would seriously consider it.
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