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Underwood, Swift, Hough: Women rule the ACMs (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 7:20 am

Singer Carrie Underwood poses with her awards for Top Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year backstage at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Carrie Underwood captured entertainer of the year Sunday night at the Academy of Country Music Awards, winning the top honor that has eluded women for nearly a decade, while Taylor Swift won album of the year and Julianne Hough snagged top new artist.



String of bombings in Baghdad kill 21, wound 64 (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 7:11 am

Iraqi policemen secure the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A string of deadly bombings in Baghdad killed 21 people and wounded at least 64 others Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks.



Powerful earthquake in central Italy kills 50 (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 6:58 am

Firefighters carry a woman out of a crumbled home in the city of L'Aquila, after a strong earthquake rocked central Italy, early Monday, April 6, 2009. A powerful earthquake struck central Italy early Monday, killing at least 16 people, collapsing buildings and leaving thousands of people homeless, officials and news reports said. Officials said the death toll was likely to rise as rescue crews made their way through the debris. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept, killing at least 50 people and trapping many more, officials said. Thousands were homeless.



Bad economy holds highway deaths to 1960s levels (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 6:26 am

AP - Less money in the pockets of Americans means fewer highway deaths. As the economy slid deeper into recession and gas prices reached $4 a gallon last year, the number of people killed in auto accidents hit its lowest level in five decades.

Study: Airlines bettered performance in 2008 (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 6:22 am

Passengers at the Tokyo Narita International Airport. Airline industry association IATA on Tuesday sharply increased its loss forecast for carriers to 4.7 billion dollars in 2009, which is set to be AP - One thing the recession has accomplished for Americans: It's taken some of the hassle out of flying.



After 18-year ban, media see return of US war dead (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 6:20 am

The casket of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers, of Hopewell, Va., who was killed Afghanistan on April 4 is transferred by an honor guard on Sunday, April 5, 2009 in Dover Air Force Base, Del.  After receiving permission from the family, Myers marks the end of the ban on media news coverage of returning war dead was put in place 18 years ago.    (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The Pentagon's 18-year ban on media coverage of fallen U.S. service members returning home ended quietly, with only an officer's sharp order to salute accompanying a single flag-covered casket being unloaded from a cargo plane.



Obama brings hope for warmer relations to Turkey (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 4:32 am

US President Barack Obama, disembarks Air Force One, at the Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Turkey deployed snipers and riot police and set up barricades in the capital Sunday as part of tight security measures for President Barack Obama's first visit to a predominantly Muslim country. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - President Barack Obama is reaching out to Turkey to help him wind down the Iraq war and bring stability to the Middle East. He is also counting on the only Muslim member of NATO to remain a steadfast ally in the Afghanistan conflict.



Dog overboard found four months later (AFP)
April 6, 2009 at 4:21 am

A handout photo by Jan Griffith shows cattle dog Sophie Tucker, a pet dog that fell overboard in rough seas off Australia that has been reunited with its owners after surviving alone on an island for four months(AFP/Jan Griffith)AFP - A pet dog that fell overboard in rough seas off Australia has been reunited with its owners after surviving alone on an island for four months, reports said.



AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 1:25 am

ADVANCE FOR APRIL 6; timeline of the career of terrorist Abu IbrahimAP - As Pan Am Flight 830 descended toward Honolulu and passengers finished their breakfast, a blinding burst of light washed over them. And then, "BOOM!"



Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pakistan (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 1:23 am

Relatives of victims killed by a suicide bomber in a mosque, react in a hospital in Chakwal city in Punjab province, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 5, 2009. A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shiite mosque south of the Pakistani capital on Sunday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan's capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S.-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters thrive.



Fight over urinating dog got police to Pa. ambush (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 1:12 am

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, left, listens at a press conference as Police Chief Nate Harper speaks about the three Pittsburgh police officers who were slain as they responded to a domestic violence call and were shot by Richard Poplawski, 23, where he lived  in the Stanton Heights section of Pittsburgh, Pa., Saturday, April 4, 2009.  (AP Photo/John Heller)AP - A 911 call that brought two police officers to a home where they were ambushed, and where a third was also later killed during a four-hour siege, was precipitated by a fight between the gunman and his mother over a dog urinating in the house.



Obama outlines sweeping goal of nuclear-free world (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 1:09 am

US President Barack Obama waves to reporters as he is accompanied by his wife Michelle upon their arrival at the Hradcanske Square where the US President delivered a public speech to thousands of people in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Obama later on Sunday attends a summit with EU leaders. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Declaring the future of mankind at stake, President Barack Obama on Sunday said all nations must strive to rid the world of nuclear arms and that the U.S. had a "moral responsibility" to lead because no other country has used one.



NKorea rocket fizzles, US says; Obama urges action (AP)
April 6, 2009 at 12:47 am

A South Korean man watch a TV news program on the North Korean rocket launch at an electron market in Seoul, Sunday, April 5, 2009. North Korea fired a rocket over Japan on Sunday, defying Washington, Tokyo and others who suspect the launch was cover for a test of its long-range missile technology. The letters on the screen read, 'Japan immediately requested a Security Council meeting at the United Nation'. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The U.S. and its allies sought punishment for North Korea's defiant launch of a rocket that apparently fizzled into the Pacific, holding an emergency U.N. meeting in response to the "provocative act" that some believe was a long-range missile test.



U.S. Senator proposes waiting period for ticket resellers (Reuters)
April 5, 2009 at 11:50 pm

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., applauds during the ringing of the opening bell at the NYSE, in New York. Schumer has reversed course and said Monday March 23, 2009 he now supports gay marriage. Schumer previously supported civil unions, which give same-sex couples some of the same rights as married couples. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)Reuters - Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday unveiled a proposal aimed at giving fans a better chance to buy hot concert tickets at face value before ticket resellers scoop them up and raise the prices.



Report: Brady, Bundchen wed again Costa Rica (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 11:32 pm

In this Monday, May 5, 2008 file photo, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in New York. Costa Rica's media are reporting Friday, April 3, 2009 that Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady are in the Central American country to celebrate a second wedding. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - New England Patriots star Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen reportedly were married again on Saturday.



Volunteers help salamanders avoid roadway massacre (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 10:05 pm

Martin Lee, left, and Tori Cleiland check the roadway in New Haven, Vt., Sunday, March 22, 2009. They volunteered on a recent night to carry salamanders, frogs and newts across the road during their annual migration to mate. On rainy nights in early spring, roads between forests and vernal pools are hopping and crawling with activity. On some nights, hundreds of amphibians cross small stretches of roads to mate. But many don't make it, getting squashed by cars. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)AP - The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it.



Binghamton officials defend response to massacre (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 10:00 pm

Binghamton police chief Joseph Zikuski speaks during a news conference in Binghamton, N.Y., Sunday, April 5, 2009. Authorities say that all victims of Friday's community center shooting in Binghamton have been identified.  Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan, right, listens.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Even if police officers had immediately entered the immigrant center where a gunman had just shot down 13 people, the victims' injuries were so severe that none would have survived, a county prosecutor said Sunday.



Police: Dad killed kids because wife was leaving (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 9:35 pm

Five crosses sit next to a memorial Sunday, April 5, 2009, in front of a home where five children were discovered killed on Saturday, at a trailer park near near Graham, Wash. A man who fatally shot his five children and killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - A man who fatally shot his five children and killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, authorities said Sunday.



Obama seeks to boost ties with Muslim ally Turkey (Reuters)
April 5, 2009 at 6:58 pm

US President Barack Obama, disembarks Air Force One, at the Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Turkey deployed snipers and riot police and set up barricades in the capital Sunday as part of tight security measures for President Barack Obama's first visit to a predominantly Muslim country. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)Reuters - President Barack Obama will seek on Monday to shore up ties with Turkey, a Muslim country with growing clout whose help Washington needs to solve confrontations and conflicts from Iran to Afghanistan.



AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 6:40 pm

ADVANCE FOR APRIL 6; timeline of the career of terrorist Abu IbrahimAP - As Pan Am Flight 830 descended toward Honolulu and passengers finished their breakfast, a blinding burst of light washed over them. And then, "BOOM!"



Paul McCartney and Ringo Star reunite on stage (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform at the Change Begins Within Concert, Saturday April 4, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - An all-star concert on meditation brought Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr together for their first performance together in seven years.



Geithner denies White House sidestepping CEO pay limits (Reuters)
April 5, 2009 at 6:08 pm

US President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (L) attend the plenary session at the G20 summit at the ExCel centre, in east London April 2, 2009. World leaders are set to declare an end to unfettered capitalism at a G20 summit on Thursday after France and Germany demanded they act fast on promises to prevent a repeat of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.  REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer  (BRITAIN POLITICS BUSINESS)Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner denied on Sunday the Obama administration was crafting bailout initiatives to allow companies to evade limits on executive pay and other restrictions imposed by Congress.



Volunteers help salamanders avoid roadway massacre (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 4:16 pm

People watch a salamander cross a  roadway in New Haven, Vt., Sunday, March 22, 2009. They volunteered on a recent night to carry salamanders, frogs and newts across the road during their annual migration to mate. On rainy nights in early spring, roads between forests and vernal pools are hopping and crawling with activity. On some nights, hundreds of amphibians cross small stretches of roads to mate. But many don't make it, getting squashed by cars. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)AP - The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it.



Wine thrives in Muslim Morocco (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 2:39 pm

Omar Zayou, cellar master at the Chateau Roslane near Meknes in northern Morocco, holds a bottle of the winery's new Moroccan-made champagne, 'The Pearl of the South,' Sunday, March 8, 2009. The chateau is the figurehead of the Celliers de Meknes, a Moroccan group that produces 27 million bottles of wine in the Muslim North African country. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)AP - The gently rolling hills planted thick with vineyards are an unlikely sight for a Muslim country partly set in the deserts and palms of North Africa. Yet the grapes, and the wine they produce, are thriving in Morocco despite Islam's ban on alcohol consumption.



GM CEO softens company's opposition to bankruptcy (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 1:42 pm

In this image  provided by General Motors, a 2010 GMC Terrain is shown. The GMC brand, known largely for its trucks, will try to move farther into the mainstream vehicle market when it unveils the new Terrain midsize crossover at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday. (AP Photo/General Motors)AP - General Motors Corp. is softening its opposition to bankruptcy reorganization a little more.



Recession erodes conveniences shoppers got used to (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 1:12 pm

In this Dec. 23, 2007 file photo, shoppers flock to a Westfield mall in downtown San Francisco. The 55 malls in the U.S. owned by Westfield Group — many in California, but also in 11 other states — started curtailing their hours on March 1, 2009. Most malls will open half an hour later and close half an hour earlier during the week. Some will close an hour earlier on Sundays.  (AP Photo/Noah Berger, file)AP - First came the housing bust, followed by eroding job security and dwindling retirement accounts.



US law fights submarine-like boats hauling cocaine (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 1:05 pm

A sailor walks past homemade semi-submersible vessels, seized on land by Colombian authorities from drug traffickers, at the Bahia Malaga Navy base, on Colombia's Pacific coast, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Though 11 semi-subs loaded with cocaine were interdicted last year in international waters, the US Coast Guard believes that dozens more have delivered their cargo. (AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)AP - It's a game played out regularly on the high seas off Colombia's Pacific coast: A U.S. Navy helicopter spots a vessel the size of a humpback whale gliding just beneath the water's surface.



Christian pilgrims mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 12:15 pm

Catholic members of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Christian followers of the Western churches are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Hundreds of Christians holding green fronds marked Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, celebrating Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into the holy city two millennia ago.



NKorean missile launch tests Obama (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 10:54 am

President Barack Obama speaks about North Korea at Prague Castle, Sunday, April 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - North Korea's defiant rocket launch has confronted President Barack Obama with his first global security crisis and a difficult diplomatic challenge for his young administration.



New troops will turn tide on Taliban: U.S. military (Reuters)
April 5, 2009 at 9:58 am

Richard Holbrooke President Barack Obama's top envoy for Afghanistan, right, gestures, as Adm. Mike Mullen chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is seen with him during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, April 5, 2009. President Barack Obama's top envoy for Afghanistan and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are in Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)Reuters - The top U.S. military officer said on Sunday extra troops being sent to Afghanistan this year would start to turn the tide against the Taliban-led insurgency that has been gaining ground for three years.



FBI suspects link between truckers, serial killers (AP)
April 5, 2009 at 7:34 am

AP - The FBI suspects there's a link between long-haul truckers and serial killers, and runs a national program to track murders along popular trucking routes, according to a newspaper report.
 

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