| Ryder leads Bruins to sweep over Habs (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:44 pm
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|  AP - Former Montreal forward Michael Ryder scored twice and assisted on David Krejci's goal to help the Boston Bruins complete a four-game sweep of the Canadiens with a 4-1 victory Wednesday night.
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| 'American Idol' finalist rolled off competition (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:30 pm
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|  AP - "American Idol" finalist Lil Rounds was swiftly dismissed first on Wednesday's double elimination episode.
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| Rice delivered OK to waterboard as Bush's adviser (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:29 pm
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|  AP - Then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice verbally OK'd the CIA's request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, a decision memorialized a few days later in a secret memo that the Obama administration declassified last week.
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| Minn. surgeon needs two tries to remove appendix (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:27 pm
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| | AP - A state investigative report said a surgeon performed an appendectomy on the same patient twice after he mistakenly removed a piece of fatty tissue instead the first time. The Star Tribune reported that the surgeon realized his mistake two days after the first operation after a hospital pathologist reported what was removed was "not an appendix." |
| Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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|  AP - The chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, one of the mortgage giants at the heart of the nation's financial meltdown, was found dead in his basement early Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide. David Kellermann, 41, apparently hanged himself in his suburban Washington home, said a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. He asked not to be identified because the investigation was ongoing.
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| Colo. man convicted of murdering transgender woman (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:13 pm
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|  AP - A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.
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| Sources: GM to shut most US plants up to 9 weeks (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:03 pm
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|  AP - General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, three people briefed on the plan said Wednesday. Analysts say the company could be seeing sales decline because of talk about a potential bankruptcy.
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| Police: Craigslist suspect had items belonging to both victims (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:01 pm
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|  AP - A Boston University medical student accused of robbing women who advertised erotic services on Craigslist, killing one of them, had items belonging to both victims in his apartment, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
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| Fidel Castro: Obama 'misinterpreted' Raul's words (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:01 pm
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|  AP - Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the suggestion that Cuba should free political prisoners or cut taxes on dollars people send to the island.
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| Taliban extend hold, advance near Pakistan capital (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 9:01 pm
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|  AP - Taliban militants have extended their grip in northwestern Pakistan, pushing out from a valley where the government has agreed to impose Islamic law and patrolling villages as close as 60 miles from the capital. Police and officials appear to have fled as armed militants also broadcast radio sermons and spread fear in Buner district, just 60 miles from Islamabad, officials and witnesses said Wednesday.
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| Obama triggers firestorm in CIA interrogation case (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 7:56 pm
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama came under strong criticism from Republicans on Wednesday for leaving the door open to the prosecution of former Bush officials who authorized severe interrogations by the CIA.
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| No quick cybersecurity fix seen (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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|  Reuters - The intelligence expert who prepared a still-secret study on cybersecurity for President Obama said on Wednesday the danger of attacks on U.S. computer networks cannot be fixed easily or quickly.
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| FDA slightly eases access to morning-after pill (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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| | Reuters - Seventeen-year-olds will soon have access to emergency contraception without a prescription, U.S. health regulators said on Wednesday, complying with a court order to ease restrictions on over-the-counter sales of the so-called "morning-after" pill. |
| Freddie Mac CFO in apparent suicide: police source (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 6:58 pm
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|  Reuters - The finance chief of troubled U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, was found dead on Wednesday after apparently committing suicide, a police source said.
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| U.S. Senate backs panel to probe financial fraud (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 6:49 pm
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|  Reuters - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to create an independent commission to investigate the cause of the worst U.S. economic crisis in decades.
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| South Africa's ANC takes early lead in election (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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|  Reuters - South Africa's ruling ANC took a commanding lead in the early count of Wednesday's election as a new opposition party touted as a challenge failed to make significant headway.
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| Obama pushes renewable energy, climate change laws (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States must lead the world on renewable energy and pressed Congress to set greenhouse gas limits deemed crucial for the success of global talks on climate change.
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| Voting winds down in South Africa, ANC poised for win (AFP)
April 22, 2009 at 4:47 pm
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|  AFP - Long lines of South Africans voted Wednesday in general elections all but certain to launch the ruling ANC party's popular but controversial leader Jacob Zuma into the presidency.
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| Bulls' Rose is voted NBA rookie of the year (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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|  AP - Derrick Rose, who led his hometown Bulls to the playoffs and restored hope to a franchise in disarray, is the NBA's rookie of the year.
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| Obama talks up wind power on Earth Day in Iowa (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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|   AP - Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a "new era of energy exploration in America" and argued that his proposal would help both the economy and the environment.
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| Report: Bush policies led to prisoner abuses (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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|  AP - The brutal treatment of prisoners by the military at Guantanamo Bay, Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and Afghanistan was systematic and a direct result of the CIA's early use of harsh interrogation tactics, according to a Senate report.
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| U.S. says nearing key moment in eastern Afghanistan (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 2:36 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. and NATO forces are close to achieving "irreversible momentum" in their battle with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, a senior commander said on Wednesday. |
| FDA set to OK morning-after pill for 17-year-olds (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 2:18 pm
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| | AP - The Food and Drug Administration, reversing field, will now let 17-year-olds get the 'morning-after' birth control pill without a doctor's prescription, a government health official said Wednesday. |
| Global economy may shrink for 1st time in 60 years (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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|  AP - The world economy is likely to shrink this year for the first time in six decades.
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| Geithner urges global effort to tamp crisis (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 2:08 pm
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|  Reuters - The United States bears "substantial" blame for the woes besetting the world economy but it will take a global effort to ease those strains, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.
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| Sri Lankan war in endgame, 100,000 escape rebel zone (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 1:36 pm
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|  Reuters - Thousands more civilians surged out of Sri Lanka's war zone on Wednesday while soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels fought the apparent endgame of Asia's longest-running war despite calls to protect those still trapped.
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| World economy in severe recession, IMF says (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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| | Reuters - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday slashed growth forecasts for every major country and urged governments to take forceful action to ensure the world economy's recovery from a severe recession. |
| U.S. lawmakers consider credit card reform proposals (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 1:25 pm
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| | Reuters - A Congressional panel huddled on Wednesday to consider legislation that would curb high credit card fees and penalties by many banks that have benefited from the federal government's bailout program. |
| Taliban moves to expand control in Pakistan (AFP)
April 22, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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|  AFP - Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat valley have moved into another district in a bid to broaden their control despite a deal designed to end extremist violence, officials said Wednesday.
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| Can Iraqis tweet their way to a state of normalcy? (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 1:05 pm
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|  AP - "Breakfast time ... Lots of helicopters ... Met the president of Iraq ... Amazing palace." Tweet by tweet, the trip to Baghdad by Jack Dorsey unfolded on the Twitter network he co-founded.
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| Italian judge asked to toss out CIA kidnap trial (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 12:56 pm
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|  Reuters - Lawyers representing CIA agents accused in Italy of kidnapping a terrorism suspect asked a judge to toss out the trial on Tuesday, after a higher court ruled some evidence used to help win their indictments was classified.
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| Freddie Mac official found dead in apparent suicide (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 12:53 pm
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|  AP - David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of money-losing mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home early Wednesday in what police said was an apparent suicide.
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| Fidel Castro: Obama 'misinterpreted' Raul's words (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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| AP - Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the suggestion that Cuba should free political prisoners or cut taxes on dollars people send to the island.
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| Darfur genocide inspires actress hunger strike (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 11:32 am
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|  AP - Mia Farrow plans to begin a hunger strike next week in solidarity with the people of Darfur.
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| Clinton sets conditions on Palestinian government with Hamas (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 11:12 am
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|  Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the United States would not deal with or fund a Palestinian government that includes Hamas unless the Palestinians meet three international conditions.
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| McDonald's profit rises nearly 4 percent (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 8:19 am
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| | AP - McDonald's says its first-quarter profit climbed nearly 4 percent as more customers came to the Golden Arches for a cheap meal. |
| 'Refrigerator' Perry hospitalized in S. Carolina (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 7:26 am
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| | AP - Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry is in serious condition at a South Carolina hospital, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. |
| Burrows, Luongo lead Canucks' sweep of Blues (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 7:25 am
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|  AP - Alex Burrows scored his second goal of the game with 18.9 seconds to go in overtime and Roberto Luongo made 47 saves to help the Vancouver Canucks complete a first-round sweep of St. Louis with a 3-2 victory over the Blues Tuesday night.
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| U.S. banks to get stress test results Friday: report (Reuters)
April 22, 2009 at 7:17 am
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|  Reuters - U.S. banks will be briefed by regulators as early as Friday on how they performed in government "stress tests," before the results are made public later, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing government officials.
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| Record attempt reaps 217K texts, $26K phone bill (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 7:13 am
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|  AP - Their thumbs sure must be sore. Two central Pennsylvania friends spent most of March in a text-messaging record attempt, exchanging a thumbs-flying total of 217,000. For one of the two, that meant an inches-thick itemized bill for $26,000.
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| Prosecutors say pirate was brazen ringleader (AP)
April 22, 2009 at 6:17 am
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|  AP - Prosecutors say Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was not shy about making his presence known on the Maersk Alabama, brazenly tearing through the ship in a way that belied his young age and skinny, 5-foot-2 frame.
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