| Pope urges earthquake survivors to keep up hope (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 5:36 am
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|  AP - Pope Benedict XVI has urged quake-stricken people to have courage and keep up hope.
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| Japanese leader unveils new stimulus plan (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 5:32 am
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|  AP - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso unveiled a new stimulus package Friday, calling for 15 trillion yen ($150 billion) in government spending to lift the world's second-largest economy from a painful recession.
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| Angels mourn death of rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 5:25 am
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|  AP - Hours after pitching his best game yet in the major leagues, Los Angeles Angels rookie Nick Adenhart was killed by a suspected drunk driver, leaving his teammates and fans stunned he won't be around to fulfill the promise he had shown.
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| Top US general meets tribes ahead of Afghan surge (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 4:23 am
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|  AP - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan reached out to influential Afghan tribesmen in regions where U.S. troops will soon deploy, apologizing for past mistakes and saying he is now studying the Quran, the Muslim holy book.
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| Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 4:09 am
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|  AP - Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use.
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| Obama meeting with economic advisers (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 4:03 am
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|  AP - Fresh off a foreign trip heavily focused on global economic troubles, President Barack Obama is getting together with his top economic advisers as the U.S. recession shows signs of abating.
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| North Korean leader Kim anoints new No. 2: analysts (Reuters)
April 10, 2009 at 1:50 am
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| | Reuters - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il put to rest this week any doubt about whom he sees as his second in command when he elevated his brother-in-law Jang Song-taek to a powerful military post, analysts said on Friday. |
| U.S. military concedes Afghan civilian casualties (Reuters)
April 10, 2009 at 1:04 am
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|  Reuters - The U.S. military has conceded that troops under its command in Afghanistan killed a group of civilians in an operation this week, not militants as earlier reported.
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| U.S. recession to end in H2 but unemployment to rise: survey (Reuters)
April 10, 2009 at 12:18 am
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| | Reuters - The U.S. economy is set to emerge from recession in the second half of this year as consumer spending and the housing sector recover, but unemployment will rise well into 2010, according to a survey. |
| No record, but Campbell opens with 65 at Masters (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 12:03 am
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|  AP - Chad Campbell kept pouring in birdies, five in a row to start his round, then four straight on the back nine as the gallery kept up its endless cheering on a day of record scoring. There were 354 birdies and six eagles. There were 38 rounds under par, half of those in the 60s. For all those staggering numbers, what made the Masters come to life Thursday was the sweetest of sounds. The roars returned to Augusta National.
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| Kanye says 'South Park' put him in check (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 12:02 am
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|  AP - "South Park" may have accomplished the impossible — getting Kanye West to check his ego. The Comedy Central show skewered the famously self-important rapper on its show Wednesday night, painting him as a narcissistic figure so out of touch with reality he couldn't even take a (very politically incorrect) joke.
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| FDA reversal OKs morphine painkiller for dying (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 12:01 am
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|  AP - A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it. The Food and Drug Administration had announced last week that it was ordering manufacturers to stop making 14 medications including the liquid morphine. All were developed so long ago they had never received FDA approval.
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| Murder charge dismissed in Ala. baby death (AP)
April 10, 2009 at 12:00 am
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|  AP - The autopsy of an Alabama baby was so badly botched a judge dismissed a murder charge against the mother Thursday, and the state now plans to review every forensic case by the medical examiner who bungled the procedure.
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| UK's top anti-terror officer resigns after blunder (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:58 pm
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|  AP - Britain's top counter-terrorist police officer resigned Thursday after he was photographed carrying clearly visible secret documents about an operation against an alleged al-Qaida plot by Pakistani nationals to launch an attack in Britain.
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| Obama says timing right for millions to refinance (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:55 pm
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|  AP - Declaring "good news" in the midst of an economic meltdown, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged families to take advantage of near-record low mortgage rates by refinancing their home loans. "We are at a time where people can really take advantage of this," Obama said, seated with a handful of homeowners who have already lowered their bills.
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| Officials: Pirates, terrorists not linked directly (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:54 pm
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|  AP - U.S. officials have found no direct ties between East African pirates and terrorist groups but continue to search for signs of links between the two factions in the wake of the Indian Ocean hostage incident. It was not clear whether officials were specifically scrutinizing the Somali pirates who boarded the Maersk Alabama on Tuesday and fled in a lifeboat after taking hostage the cargo ship's captain.
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| Heavy storms rake Midwest; tornado hits Ark. town (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:51 pm
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|  AP - A tornado struck a small Arkansas town on Thursday night, causing minor injuries, as part of a severe storm system moving quickly across the nation's midsection.
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| US warship watches Somali pirates with US hostage (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:46 pm
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|  AP - Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat Thursday off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a U.S. destroyer with more warships on the way in a U.S. show of force.
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| Obama seeks $83.4 billion in special war money (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:36 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday for $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president.
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| U.S. flexes muscle in standoff with Somali pirates (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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|  Reuters - The U.S. Navy prepared on Friday to increase pressure on Somali pirates to give up an American ship captain held hostage in a lifeboat in a strategic part of the Indian Ocean for two days.
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| U.S. Treasury asking banks keep quiet on stress tests (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 10:19 pm
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| | Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is asking banks not to mention the regulatory "stress tests" as part of their first-quarter earnings results, according to a source familiar with government discussions. |
| US Navy to send more forces in pirate stand-off (AFP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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|  AFP - US military forces prepared to send more muscle to the scene of a stand-off with Somalia pirates holding an American hostage on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean on Friday.
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| Japan extends North Korea sanctions after rocket (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 9:33 pm
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| | Reuters - Japan decided on Friday to extend economic sanctions on North Korea by a year, including a ban on imports, and to tighten oversight of fund transfers to its secretive communist neighbor in response to a rocket launch, the top government spokesman said. |
| Obama plans meeting Friday on bank stress tests (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 8:25 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet on Friday with top financial regulators to discuss the "stress tests" being conducted at the 19 biggest U.S. banks, a White House spokesman said on Thursday.
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| Obama seeks $83.4 billion more in 2009 war funds (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 8:24 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama asked the U.S. Congress on Thursday for an extra $83.4 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, citing threats from al Qaeda and a resurgent Taliban. |
| US Navy to send more forces in pirate stand-off (AFP)
April 9, 2009 at 6:49 pm
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|  AFP - The US military on Thursday said it was sending in more ships to the scene of a stand-off with Somalia pirates holding an American hostage on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean.
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| Fed says plan now to avert inflation (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 6:01 pm
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| | Reuters - The United States economy will skid more deeply into recession in coming months, Federal Reserve policy-makers warned on Thursday, but it is time to start planning how to wind down spending to avert an inflationary surge. |
| Obama says timing right for millions to refinance (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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|  AP - Declaring "good news" in the midst of an economic meltdown, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged families to take advantage of near-record low mortgage rates by refinancing their home loans. "We are at a time where people can really take advantage of this," Obama said, seated with a handful of homeowners who have already lowered their bills.
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| UK's top anti-terror officer resigns after blunder (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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|  AP - Britain's top counter-terrorist police officer resigned Thursday after he was photographed carrying clearly visible secret documents about an operation against an alleged al-Qaida plot by Pakistani nationals to launch an attack in Britain.
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| Murder charge dismissed in Ala. baby death (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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| AP - The autopsy of an Alabama baby was so badly botched a judge dismissed a murder charge against the mother Thursday, and the state now plans to review every forensic case by the medical examiner who bungled the procedure.
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| Obama to seek $83.4 billion for Iraq, Afghan wars (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president.
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| US Navy to send more forces in pirate stand-off (AFP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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|  AFP - The US military on Thursday said it was sending in more ships to the scene of a stand-off with Somalia pirates holding an American hostage on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean.
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| Scientists start to unlock secrets of bird flight (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:21 pm
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|  AP - For millennia, people have watched the birds and bees and wondered: "How do they do that?" Thanks to high-speed film and some persistent scientists, at least one of the secrets of flight is now revealed. When birds, bats or bugs make a turn, all they have to do is start flapping their wings normally again and they straighten right out.
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| Returning troops getting tested for brain injuries (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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|  AP - Every soldier who's gone to war in the past year paused before leaving to take a brain test — basic math, matching numbers and symbols and identifying patterns to measure response time and accuracy. Now that some of these troops have returned, they're taking a fresh round of tests, all part of a broad effort by the military to better treat head injuries.
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| Obama seeks $83.4 billion more in 2009 war funds: source (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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| | Reuters - The Obama administration is seeking $83.4 billion in funding for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, including $75.8 billion for the Pentagon, for the rest of the 2009 fiscal year, a government official said Thursday. |
| Minn. man charged after playing 'Rambo' with bow (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 4:04 pm
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| | AP - A man was charged with a felony after prosecutors alleged he tried to impress a woman by firing arrows at his neighbors' homes with a powerful bow. Police found arrows in the siding of townhomes in the man's complex on Saturday. Another arrow went through a patio door, shattering the glass. |
| U.S. making little progress on food safety (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 3:40 pm
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| | Reuters - Efforts to improve food safety in the United States have "plateaued," exposing the need for an overhaul of the nation's food safety system, government health officials said on Thursday. |
| Obama urges refinancing as housing measures roll out (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 2:16 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama encouraged Americans on Thursday to take advantage of historically low mortgage rates and said his administration was rolling out further phases of its plan to address the housing crisis. |
| New jobless claims fall more than expected to 654K (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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|  AP - New jobless claims fell more than expected last week but are stuck at elevated levels, while the number of people continuing to receive unemployment insurance approached 6 million, setting a record for the 10th straight week.
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| Stocks surge as profits at Wells Fargo jump (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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|  AP - Stocks bounded higher early Thursday after banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. issued a surprise profit announcement that was far above analysts' estimates.
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| Hijacked freighter heads to Mombasa under guard (AFP)
April 9, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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|  AFP - Armed guards have boarded the freighter that pirates briefly hijacked off the coast of Somalia, as the vessel sails to Mombasa, Kenya for a crew replacement, the father of a crewman said Thursday.
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| Angels rookie Adenhart killed in hit-and-run crash (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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|  AP - A hospital official says Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart has died in a hit-and-run car crash after a game.
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| Iran declares major breakthroughs in nuclear drive (AFP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:51 am
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|  AFP - Iran Thursday declared major advances in its controversial nuclear drive as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened an atomic fuel plant and announced the testing of two high capacity centrifuges.
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| Iran president says ready for nuclear talks (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:48 am
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|  AP - Iran's president said Thursday his country is open to talks offered by the U.S. and other countries over its nuclear program. But he insisted the talks must be based on respect for Iran's rights, suggesting the West should not try to force Tehran to stop uranium enrichment.
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| Jazz great Dave Brubeck recovering at Conn. home (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 11:27 am
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|  AP - Dave Brubeck's son says the jazz pianist and composer is looking forward to returning to the road for some shows after being hospitalized for a viral infection.
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| Wells Fargo shocks market with big profit (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 10:55 am
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| | Reuters - Wells Fargo & Co said it expects to post a $3 billion first-quarter profit, sending its shares soaring, lifting a wide range of stocks, and providing a welcome jolt to the troubled banking sector. |
| U.S. jobless claims ease in latest week (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 9:29 am
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| | Reuters - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless aid fell last week, but the number of people on unemployment rolls surged to a record in March, data showed on Thursday, suggesting the labor market's decline has not yet hit bottom. |
| French lawmakers reject Internet piracy bill (AP)
April 9, 2009 at 9:23 am
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| | AP - French lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a bill Thursday that would have cut off the Internet connections of people who repeatedly download music or films illegally. |
| Handling "bossnappings" poses dilemma for Sarkozy (Reuters)
April 9, 2009 at 6:49 am
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| | Reuters - A spate of "bossnappings" by French workers has put President Nicolas Sarkozy in a tight spot, caught between the need to enforce the law and the risk of exacerbating unrest during the economic downturn. | | | 
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