| UN says NKorea could restart nuclear facilities (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 1:59 am
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|  AP - North Korea could restart its nuclear facilities within months, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog warned Monday, but he added he was optimistic that negotiations on halting Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions could be revived.
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| UN racism meet to begin in disarray (AFP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:39 am
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|  AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon was due to open an anti-racism conference on Monday that was overshadowed by a Western walkout and fears that Iran's president will launch another verbal onslaught on Israel.
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| Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500 (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:29 am
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|  AP - Exxon Mobil Corp. unseated Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the 2009 Fortune 500 list, shrugging off the oil price bubble and weathering what the magazine called the worst year ever for the country's largest publicly traded companies.
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| Mexico says 8 killed in attack on prison convoy (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:27 am
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|  AP - In the latest of a series of brazen, drug-related attacks, gunmen ambushed a prisoner transfer convoy in western Mexico, killing eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level cartel member, police said Sunday.
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| US boycotting, Iran starring, at UN racism meeting (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:23 am
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|  AP - The United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least seven other countries boycotting the event out of concern that Islamic countries will demand that it denounce Israel and ban criticism of Islam.
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| Driver charged in Texas crash that killed 5 kids (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:22 am
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|  AP - Police filed intoxication manslaughter charges Sunday against a driver who lost control of his car while using a cell phone, plunging the vehicle into a rain-filled ditch and killing five children inside.
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| Tons of released drugs taint U.S. water (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:19 am
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|  AP - U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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| Obama says reaching out to enemies strengthens US (AP)
April 20, 2009 at 12:15 am
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|  AP - Defending his brand of world politics, President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "strengthens our hand" by reaching out to enemies of the United States and making sure that the nation is a leader, not a lecturer, of democracy.
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| U.S. may convert bank bailout to equity share: report (Reuters)
April 20, 2009 at 12:04 am
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| | Reuters - Obama administration officials have determined they can avoid asking Congress for more bank bailout funds by converting existing loans to the largest U.S. banks into common stock, The New York Times reported on Sunday. |
| Sept. 11 planner waterboarded 183 times: report (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 11:36 pm
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| | Reuters - CIA interrogators used the waterboarding technique on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the admitted planner of the September 11 attacks, 183 times and 83 times on another al Qaeda suspect, The New York Times said on Sunday. |
| GM could sell Opel stake for no gain: report (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 10:58 pm
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| | Reuters - General Motors Corp is prepared to part with a controlling stake in Opel/Vauxhall for nothing but a pledge to invest directly in a new company formed from its European operations, the Financial Times said on Sunday, citing two people familiar with its plans. |
| Iran president to address U.N. racism summit (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 8:31 pm
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|  Reuters - A United Nations conference on racism shunned by the United States and many of its allies opens on Monday when a speech by Iran's president, also regarded with suspicion by the West, will be the focus of attention.
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| Stanford asks to unfreeze funds to pay lawyers (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 6:59 pm
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| | Reuters - Allen Stanford, the Texas financier facing civil charges for a massive fraud, has asked a judge to unfreeze at least $10 million in assets to allow him to pay his defense attorneys, according to court documents filed on Sunday. |
| Congress may split tanker award despite Gates' "no" (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 4:44 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. lawmakers are puzzled by a Pentagon estimate that it would cost $7 billion extra to split a potential $35 billion refueling plane contract between two bidders, and say they may still move forward on such a plan despite Defense Secretary Robert Gates' vehement opposition. |
| US boycotting, Iran starring, at UN racism meeting (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 4:42 pm
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| AP - The United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least six other countries boycotting the event out of concern that Islamic countries will demand that it denounce Israel and ban criticism of Islam.
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| Police plan to charge driver in fatal Texas crash (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 4:35 pm
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| AP - Police planned to charge a driver suspected of being intoxicated when he lost control of his car while using his cell phone, plunging the vehicle into a rain-filled ditch where five young passengers died, a spokesman said Sunday.
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| Ahmadinejad to ensure U.S.-Iranian reporter's rights (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 4:28 pm
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|  Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the judiciary to ensure that an Iranian-American journalist jailed for espionage enjoys her legal right to defend herself, the official news agency IRNA said on Sunday.
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| Wary US dampens hopes of quick thaw in Cuba ties (AFP)
April 19, 2009 at 4:07 pm
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|  AFP - President Barack Obama Sunday quashed rising hopes of a quick thaw in US-Cuba relations, saying while US policy had failed to change the communist island, human rights issues were too important to be "brushed aside."
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| Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500 (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 3:41 pm
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| AP - Exxon Mobil Corp. unseated Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the 2009 Fortune 500 list, shrugging off the oil price bubble and weathering what the magazine called the worst year ever for the country's largest publicly traded companies.
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| Tons of released drugs taint U.S. water (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:24 pm
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| AP - U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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| U.S. economy still under strain: Obama (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 2:16 pm
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the U.S. economy remained under strain and his top economic adviser tempered hopes for a speedy recovery that have driven the stock market to successive gains.
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| Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured? (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:13 pm
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|  AP - JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.
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| NATO forces foil attack on Norwegian tanker (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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|  Reuters - NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian oil tanker, and briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said on Sunday.
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| Political stakes high as U.S. Congress returns (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 8:18 am
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| | Reuters - Barack Obama's presidency has been a wild ride for the U.S. Congress and lawmakers are bracing for more turbulence when they begin returning on Monday to tackle an array of tough issues from healthcare to energy. |
| U.S. will boycott U.N. conference on racism (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 7:44 am
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|  Reuters - The United States will boycott a United Nations conference on racism next week, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday, citing objectionable language in the meeting's draft declaration.
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| NATO ships, helicopters hunt down 7 pirates (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 7:13 am
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|  AP - NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff.
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| Yao has 24 points, Rockets beat Blazers 108-81 (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 6:01 am
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|  AP - Yao Ming scored 24 points, all in the first half, and the Houston Rockets spoiled Portland's back-in-the playoffs euphoria with a 108-81 victory over the Trail Blazers in the opener of their first-round series Saturday night.
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| Mark Martin makes history with win at Phoenix (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 6:00 am
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|  AP - Mark Martin puts in long hours in the gym and thinks the last time he ate fast food was a Burger King run some 15 years ago. He lives his life like a man half of his age. And drives like it, too.
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| 2 Koreas to hold first dialogue in a year (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 5:43 am
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|  AP - South Korea on Sunday accepted North Korea's proposal for talks on a troubled joint industrial complex, setting up the first official dialogue between the two countries in a year amid tensions over the North's recent rocket launch.
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| Two Koreas to meet on industrial park amid tension (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 3:42 am
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|  Reuters - South Korea on Sunday accepted a rare North Korean proposal for talks over a joint factory park north of their heavily armed border as global powers try to prevent Pyongyang from restarting its nuclear arms plant.
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| U.S. drone hits militant camp in Pakistan (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 2:21 am
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|  Reuters - A missile fired on Sunday by a pilotless U.S. drone struck a militant camp in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border but there were no reports of casualties, security officials said.
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