| Small coterie advises pope, but decisions his own (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:08 AM PDT  AP - Pope Benedict XVI has surrounded himself with a small group of men he feels he can trust, but he acts very much on his own. That isolation and shunning of advice have frequently created problems and are increasingly under scrutiny as the clerical sex scandal inches closer to him.
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| Russian spacecraft docks at orbiting station (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:09 AM PDT  AP - A Russian space official says a Soyuz craft carrying an American and two Russian astronauts has docked successfully at the International Space Station.
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| Flash, and some nods to recession, at NY auto show (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:10 AM PDT  AP - Teenage car enthusiast Frank Vecchio stood in awe before a Rolls-Royce Ghost with a $301,575 sticker price — admiring a detail he had seen only in a video game.
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| Justice Stevens to leave while Obama in office (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:10 AM PDT  AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he "will surely" retire while President Barack Obama is still in office, giving the president the opportunity to maintain the high court's ideological balance.
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| Plane with Heat players makes emergency landing (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 01:01 AM PDT  AP - A plane carrying Miami Heat basketball players made an emergency landing early Sunday in Chicago after a mechanic on board became ill, team spokesman Tim Donovan said.
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| Police: Notre Dame recruit 'drunk' on fatal fall (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:10 AM PDT  AP - A "drunk and belligerent" 17-year-old Notre Dame football recruit was killed in a fall from a fifth-floor hotel balcony during his senior-year spring break in Florida, authorities said Saturday.
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| White supremacist leader killed in South Africa (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:11 AM PDT  AP - South Africa's white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche was bludgeoned to death by two of his farm workers Saturday in an apparent dispute over wages, police said, amid growing racial tensions in the once white-led country.
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| Apple fans eagerly touch and swipe first iPads (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:11 AM PDT  AP - Now that the iPad is in the hands of early adopters, the hard work for Apple Inc. begins.
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| Butler does it - again - and will play for title (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 11:38 PM PDT  AP - Kansas — gone. Kentucky — gone. Syracuse — gone. Little Butler — still going.
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| Duke beats West Virginia 78-57; back in title game (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 11:36 PM PDT  AP - After tossing a big, wet blanket on one feel-good story, Duke gets to go after another.
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| Afghan upper house backs Karzai election decree (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 08:12 AM PDT  Reuters - The upper house of Afghanistan's parliament backed a decree by President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that limits foreigners' role in elections, giving him a victory in a dispute that has led to a quarrel with the White House.
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| Apple's iPad hits shelves; testing begins (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 03:06 PM PDT  Reuters - Apple Inc's iPad hit stores on Saturday after months of buildup, igniting excitement and kicking off a critical sales period that will determine if the sleek tablet computer becomes the next blockbuster.
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| Protesters defiant in siege of key Bangkok district (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 10:53 PM PDT  Reuters - Tens of thousands of protesters defied orders to leave the Thai capital's main shopping district on Sunday despite threats of mass arrests, upping the ante on the fourth week of a bold street rally to press for fresh elections.
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| High court's Stevens to decide soon on retiring (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:58 PM PDT Reuters - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a leader of the court's liberal wing, will decide soon whether to retire after 35 years on the court, two newspapers on Saturday quoted him as saying. |
| Ahmadinejad rejects Obama's "beautiful words" to Iran (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 08:29 AM PDT  Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a renewed call from the United States to engage diplomatically to overcome the nuclear standoff, saying he saw no change in Washington's hostile policy.
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| Pope begins Easter with Church under a cloud (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 02:09 PM PDT  Reuters - Pope Benedict led the world's Catholics into Easter with the holiest day of the liturgical calendar clouded by persistent allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests.
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| Iran says China agrees sanctions ineffective (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 07:28 PM PDT Reuters - Iran and China agreed during talks in Beijing that sanctions "have lost their effectiveness," chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Friday after meeting senior Chinese officials. |
| Holy Fire brings Jerusalem Easter to joyful climax (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 11:47 AM PDT Reuters - Bells, drums, ecstatic chants and flaming candles lit from the tomb of Jesus brought Easter to a joyful climax in Jerusalem on Saturday for Palestinians and thousands of Orthodox Christian pilgrims from around the world. |
| Pope to address world at Easter under cloud of scandal (AFP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:59 AM PDT  AFP - The pope celebrates Easter mass and makes his traditional Urbi et Orbi message "to the city and the world" Sunday with the Catholic Church shaken internationally by paedophile scandals.
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| S.Africa white supremacist leader killed (AFP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:56 AM PDT  AFP - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Sunday called for calm over the killing of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, as police arrested two of his farm workers.
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