| NKorea launches rocket, defying world pressure (AP) April 5, 2009 at 1:55 am |
| AP - North Korea fired a rocket over Japan on Sunday, defying Washington, Tokyo and other world leaders who suspect the launch was cover for a test of its long-range missile technology. President Barack Obama warned the move would further isolate the communist nation.
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| McCartney and Starr reunite for meditation (Reuters) April 5, 2009 at 1:02 am |
| Reuters - The surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, performed together on Saturday to raise money to help kids learn a meditation technique the 1960s icons practiced at the height of their fame. |
| As gunman's life fell apart, he took others' (AP) April 4, 2009 at 11:30 pm |
| AP - Jiverly Wong was upset over losing his job at a vacuum plant, didn't like people picking on him for his limited English and once angrily told a co-worker, "America sucks."
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| Gunman 'lying in wait' kills 3 Pittsburgh officers (AP) April 4, 2009 at 9:36 pm |
| AP - A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.
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| Europe praises Obama, pledges few Afghan troops (AP) April 4, 2009 at 9:34 pm |
| AP - European leaders enthusiastically praised President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy at a NATO summit Saturday but held their ground on a central disagreement and offered only military trainers and extra security forces for upcoming elections.
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| Kidnapped American UN worker freed in Pakistan (AP) April 4, 2009 at 8:15 pm |
| AP - An American U.N. worker abducted more than two months ago turned up unharmed Saturday, lying alongside a road in western Pakistan with his hands and feet bound and pleading "Help me, help me," the man who found him said.
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| Obama hails 5,000 more NATO forces for Afghanistan (AP) April 4, 2009 at 8:02 pm |
| AP - President Barack Obama hailed "strong and unanimous support" from NATO allies on Saturday for his stepped-up anti-terror strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcomed their "down payment" promises of 5,000 fresh forces.
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| Metallica, Run-DMC headed to Rock Hall of Fame (AP) April 4, 2009 at 7:50 pm |
| AP - Hello, Cleveland. It's been a while. Just as Derek Smalls, the fictional bassist for Spinal Tap yelled as he and his bandmates stumbled around backstage looking for a Cleveland stage in the iconic rockumentary, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony found its way back to this self-proclaimed rock capital on Saturday.
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| Obama adviser paid millions as hedge fund director (AP) April 4, 2009 at 4:50 pm |
| AP - Lawrence Summers, President Barack Obama's top economic adviser, earned millions over the past year as managing director of the hedge fund D.E. Shaw Group and through speaking fees, some from financial institutions now at the center of the government's rescue program. |
| Police official: 3 officers killed in Pa. shooting (AP) April 4, 2009 at 2:56 pm |
| AP - A man opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call Saturday morning, killing three of them, a police official said. Friends said he recently had been upset about losing his job and that he feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns.
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| Calif woman gets 6 years for fatal texting crash (AP) April 4, 2009 at 1:02 pm |
| AP - A woman who crashed into a line of stopped vehicles while text-messaging on her cell phone has been sentenced to six years in a California prison for killing a woman in one of the vehicles. |
| Afghan leader orders review of Shi'ite law (Reuters) April 4, 2009 at 11:18 am |
| Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a review of a new law for Afghanistan's Shi'ite minority after Western nations raised concerns over its impact on women's rights, Western officials said on Saturday.
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| NY gunman angry over poor English skills, job loss (AP) April 4, 2009 at 9:04 am |
| AP - The man who police say killed 13 people in a shooting rampage inside an immigrant community center was depressed and angry over losing his job and about his poor English skills, the Binghamton mayor and police said Saturday.
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| France, Germany endorse Obama's Afghanistan plans (AP) April 4, 2009 at 7:32 am |
| AP - France and Germany fully endorsed President Barack Obama's new Afghan war strategy but continued to firmly resist U.S. demands for more combat troops on Saturday in a rift that overshadowed symbols of unity at NATO's 60th-anniversary summit.
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| Jobless make TV ads pitching themselves for work (AP) April 4, 2009 at 6:32 am |
| AP - Jayna Dinsmore dressed in a sharp pink blouse and black slacks and made the pitch she hoped would end her five months of unemployment: Experienced marketing manager and analyst. Diverse background. Trade show experience.
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| Obama: Threats to security, economy are worldwide (AP) April 4, 2009 at 6:24 am |
| AP - From terrorism to the economic meltdown, problems menacing the United States' security and economy also threaten an increasingly interconnected world, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
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