Obama: Progress seen on economyPhiladelphia Inquirer - 41 minutes ago
But it's "still under severe stress," the president said. He signaled more federal moves to stimulate growth. By Roger Runningen WASHINGTON - President Obama said yesterday he was "starting to see progress" toward a recovering economy even as it was ...
Comment by Dan SteinPres., Federation for American Immigration Reform Thai protesters force Asia summit cancellationReuters - 10 minutes ago
By Bill Tarrant PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - A summit of Asian leaders in Thailand was cancelled on Saturday after anti-government protesters breeched security and swarmed into the media centre at the hotel complex where it was being held.
Protesters Storm ASEAN Summit Venue in Thailand Voice of America
Dangerous Weather Continues; Tornadoes Strike Tennessee and KentuckyABC News - 20 hours ago
By SARAH NETTER Tornadoes hit Kentucky and Tennessee today, killing two people and injuring dozens more, a day after a twister killed three people in Arkansas.
Vicious storms blast southern US Disaster News Network
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Italy bids final farewell to quake dead
AFP - 18 hours ago
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - Italy bade a final farewell Friday to the nearly 300 people killed in the earthquake that devastated the central Abruzzo region, with thousands attending an emotional funeral.
Thousands In Italy Gather to Mourn Quake Victims Voice of America
Somali Piracy - Causes and Consequences
Voice of America - 15 hours ago
By Joe DeCapua The ongoing Somali piracy problem in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean raises a number of legal and military issues about how to deal with the problem.
Analysis: Horn of Africa beset by troubles The Associated Press
American held hostage by Somali pirates fails in escape bid guardian.co.uk
Georgian Leader Again Rebuffs Calls to Resign
Washington Post - 6 hours ago
Riot police guard the presidential offices as demonstrators rally in Tbilisi. (By Sergei Grits -- Associated Press) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site.
Georgia Protests Ebb; President Holds Firm Wall Street Journal
Foes Rally, but President of Georgia Vows to Stay New York Times
Cops seek answers in murder-suicide at Henry Ford campus
Detroit Free Press - 1 hour ago
The murder-suicide that left two students dead Friday at Henry Ford Community College triggered anxiety and fear as shocked students and staff were ordered to stay in classes and offices during a two-hour campus lockdown.
Apparent murder-suicide leads to campus lockdown Philadelphia Inquirer
Bush to host policy institute strategy session in Dallas
Dallas Morning News - 43 minutes ago
By LORI STAHL / The Dallas Morning News Former President George W. Bush will host a strategy session in Dallas next week, where top aides from his White House will shape plans for the policy institute at his presidential library at SMU.
Bush is stepping back into public life Seattle Times
Gay marriage: Much-maligned Midwest surprisingly surprising
Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago
Once again, a humble Midwestern state is being laughed at by cosmopolitan snoots on the East and West Coasts. The victim this time, of course, is Iowa, which recently had the gall to legalize gay marriage and attempt to mess up decades of perfectly ...
Iowa’s GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Gay Marriage New York Times
Gay marriage opponents plan rally for Monday Quad City Times
Chrysler debt plan still vague
Detroit Free Press - 1 hour ago
BY JUSTIN HYDE • FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF • April 11, 2009 WASHINGTON -- With 19 days to go, talks among Chrysler LLC, the Obama administration and Chrysler's creditors have yet to produce a firm proposal for how the company's debt should be reduced ...
S&P Warns on GM, Chrysler Debt Wall Street Journal
Regulators Close NC, Colo. Banks
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
Federal regulators shut down two more banks yesterday, raising the number of bank failures so far this year to 23. The first bank was Cape Fear Bank in Wilmington, NC, the first North Carolina bank to fail in nearly 16 years.
China's March trade surplus widens to $18.6 billion
MarketWatch - 21 hours ago
By Chris Oliver, marketwatch HONG KONG (marketwatch) -- China's trade surplus widened to $18.6 billion in March as exports contacted at a slower pace than imports, according to official data released Friday.
Chinese Exports Fall for Fifth Month, but More Slowly New York Times
Yahoo, Microsoft reportedly talking partnership
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 hours ago
The on-again, off-again talks between Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. about an online advertising deal are reportedly back on. The discussions restarted a few weeks ago, and included a meeting between new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve ...
Yahoo and Microsoft Said to Be Weighing Ad Pact New York Times
Through Display Ads, Microsoft, Yahoo Seek Common Ground Wall Street Journal
Apple nearing 1 billion apps served
CNET News - 16 hours ago
by Tom Krazit Almost $13000 in Apple gear awaits the person lucky enough to download the 1 billionth App Store app. Apple is approaching the 1 billion mark for applications downloaded from the App Store, and plans to give out a host of Apple gear to ...
Apple Contest Celebrates 1 Billion App Milestone PC Magazine
$250000 reward in phone cable vandalism
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
Authorities hope a quarter-million-dollar reward will shake loose a tipster to lead them to the vandals who severed underground fiber-optic cables, cutting off phone service for tens of thousands of people and disrupting life throughout southern Santa ...
AT&T raises reward in phone-outage sabotage to $250000 San Jose Mercury News
Seeing, Believing and Sharing the Good News of Easter
Washington Post - 4 hours ago
This is the homily Bishop Paul S. Loverde of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington will deliver tomorrow, Easter Sunday. What is the one single event that has most influenced and changed human history?
Easter services The News Journal
Celebrating Christ's sacrifice Alexandria Town Talk
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Entertainment Weekly - 10 hours ago
By Owen Gleiberman How ordinary a girl is Miley Cyrus? So ordinary that she has to sneak into her own concert. In the opening sequence of Hannah Montana: The Movie, Miley tricks her way into an arena, slips backstage, and puts on her blonde wig, ...
Country Stars Help Miley Cyrus Launch Her Movie People Magazine
'Observe and Report': Seth Rogen and Anna Faris discuss 'The Scene'
Entertainment Weekly - 12 hours ago
Seth Rogen's sad and rageful and strange and strangely funny new movie, about a bipolar mall cop hungry for glory, is not your typical Seth Rogen vehicle.
Not much to 'Report' Tulsa World
‘Observe and Report’ review: Dark Knight-mare Seacoastonline.com
Playing with heavy hearts, Angels dominate Red Sox
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago
By Amalie Benjamin ANAHEIM, Calif. - The familiar notes of Train's "Calling All Angels" filtered through the park. This was as it always is: Angel Stadium, the sun setting in the Southern California sky, the players on both sides milling around.
Crash leads to murder charges Detroit Free Press
Charges in Adenhart death San Francisco Chronicle
Lakers fall in Portland, lose ground in chase for NBA's best record
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours ago
Portland, OR (Sports Network) - Brandon Roy had 24 points and eight assists to help the Portland Trail Blazers to a 106-98 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
VENUE: STAPLES Center CBSSports.com
In the Paint Philadelphia Inquirer
Hamels rocked by Rockies
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel takes the ball from Cole Hamels after the World Series MVP, slowed by a sore elbow, failed to last four innings.
Hamels off to a slow start, gets pounded by Rockies in 2009 debut Philadelphia Daily News
Marquis baffles Phillies in home opener Denver Post
A 35-member medical team performed the partial face transplant ...
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago
By Kay Lazar Sometime in the next couple of days, the man who just became the nation's second face-transplant recipient will wake up and see his new face.
Tuberculosis: Doctor-in-training may have exposed hundreds of ...
Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago
By Bruce Japsen and Joshua Boak | Tribune Reporters A Northwestern University doctor-in-training potentially exposed hundreds of patients, including infants, at three Chicago-area hospitals to tuberculosis in what is being called an unusual case of a ...
Hundreds of Ill. patients possibly exposed to TB The Associated Press
National Briefing | Midwest Illinois: Possible TB Exposure New York Times
"Brown fat" burns calories -- may lead to new obesity treatments
CNN - 14 hours ago
By Anne Harding What if you had a special kind of fat in your body that burned calories instead of storing them -- and it could be activated simply by spending time in the cold?
Studies Find A Way Adult Bodies May Fight Obesity Washington Post
Iran touts nuclear technology gains
Los Angeles Times - Apr 10, 2009
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center front, tours the new factory in Esfahan that will produce uranium fuel pellets for use at the Arak research reactor.
Ahmadinejad Claims Progress In Iranian Nuclear Program Washington Post
Quarter of displaced slankan children malnourished
AFP - 2 hours ago
COLOMBO (AFP) - At least one in four children displaced by Sri Lanka's ongoing fighting between troops and Tamil Tigers was malnourished, the health ministry said Saturday.
At least 128 reported dead in Sri Lanka's 'no-fire zone' guardian.co.uk
Japan to drop proposal for UN resolution on DPRK: report
Xinhua - 5 hours ago
TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan is expected to drop a proposal for a binding UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Pyongyang's rocket launch during a council meeting Saturday, KyodoNews reported, citing diplomatic sources.
Japan looks to manga comics to rescue ailing economy guardian.co.uk