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• Grieving begins, but life goes on at W.Va. mines (AP)
• Worries about Calif. priest came early in career (AP)
• 1 killed, several hurt in shooting at Okla. mall (AP)
• Thousands rally for immigration reform across US (AP)
• Magnitude-4.5 quake, others shake San Diego area (AP)
• Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case (AP)
• Cherokee's Mankiller remembered as humble leader (AP)
• SCLC board ousts its embattled chairman, treasurer (AP)
• Grandmother: Boy terrorized adoptive family in US (AP)
• Men called to action in NJ after alleged gang rape (AP)
• GOP chairman Steele: 'I've made mistakes' (AP)
• Hero who helped subdue shoe bomber becomes citizen (AP)
• W.Va. miners were varied in experience, interests (AP)
• Crews begin recovering bodies from W.Va. mine (AP)
• Pa. circus elephant's killing of man 'accident' (AP)
• Stupak constituents seek federal aid over ideology (AP)
• LA utility at center of city's financial meltdown (AP)
• Analysis: Is GOP a party of yes, no or maybe so? (AP)
• Governors' races may be tough for incumbents (AP)

Grieving begins, but life goes on at W.Va. mines (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:47 PM PDT AP - Time stopped five days ago for the families of 29 coal miners killed in the devastating explosion at Upper Big Branch mine.

Worries about Calif. priest came early in career (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:21 PM PDT AP - Even in his seminary days in the early 1970s, there were questions about California priest Stephen Kiesle: Colleagues said he had trouble relating to adults, lacked spirituality and didn't seem committed to anything but youth ministry.

1 killed, several hurt in shooting at Okla. mall (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT AP - Gunfire broke out inside a crowded Oklahoma shopping mall Saturday, leaving a teenager dead and several injured in what witnesses described as a gunfight, police said.

Thousands rally for immigration reform across US (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:39 PM PDT AP - Thousands of people rallied Saturday in several cities in a bid to urge Congress to act swiftly on immigration reform.

Magnitude-4.5 quake, others shake San Diego area (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:45 PM PDT AP - A moderate earthquake near the U.S.-Mexico border rattled parts of Imperial and San Diego counties as a swarm of seismic activity continues nearly a week after a magnitude-7.2 quake slammed the area.

Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 07:22 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has approved a $110 million class-action settlement against the manufacturer and distributor of an intravenous vitamin E supplement that federal officials have linked to the deaths of dozens of premature infants in the mid-1980s.

Cherokee's Mankiller remembered as humble leader (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:02 PM PDT AP - One of the most influential American Indian leaders in recent history, former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller was widely known for strengthening her tribe and drawing the accolades of U.S. presidents. But it was her humble, tender nature — a refusal to squash a bug, an affinity for opera — that defined her, friends and family said Saturday.

SCLC board ousts its embattled chairman, treasurer (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:03 PM PDT AP - Nearly half of the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference voted Saturday to oust two top officials who are under investigation for allegations of financial mismanagement.

Grandmother: Boy terrorized adoptive family in US (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:43 PM PDT AP - Torry Hansen was so eager to become a mother that she adopted an older child from a foreign country, two factors that scare off many prospective parents. Her bigger fears came later.

Men called to action in NJ after alleged gang rape (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:52 PM PDT AP - Dozens of men joined Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons in an impromptu march on Saturday through the neighborhood where police say a 7-year-old girl was gang-raped.

GOP chairman Steele: 'I've made mistakes' (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:49 PM PDT AP - In damage control mode, GOP national chairman Michael Steele on Saturday sought to quell the furor over his management of the Republican National Committee by acknowledging errors and vowing to learn from them.

Hero who helped subdue shoe bomber becomes citizen (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:25 AM PDT AP - Kwame James waited nearly 10 years to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen, a long time compared with the time he spent helping subdue would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid on a trans-Atlantic flight.

W.Va. miners were varied in experience, interests (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - They ranged in age from 20 to 61. Some had been miners only a few months, others for 34 years.

Crews begin recovering bodies from W.Va. mine (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT AP - Mine crews have started the solemn task of bringing the victims of this week's underground coal mine explosion to the surface.

Pa. circus elephant's killing of man 'accident' (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - A coroner says a circus elephant that kicked a handler and killed him before a performance in northeastern Pennsylvania did so accidentally.

Stupak constituents seek federal aid over ideology (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:53 PM PDT AP - Even as tea party activists gloat over Rep. Bart Stupak's decision to retire after becoming one of their top targets for defeat, it's far from certain that his constituents will elect a successor who shares their antipathy to government spending.

LA utility at center of city's financial meltdown (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:27 AM PDT AP - When the city's Department of Water and Power spent $50,000 on lactation consultants two years ago to assist breast-feeding employees, the utility said it was a humanitarian move aimed at cutting absenteeism.

Analysis: Is GOP a party of yes, no or maybe so? (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - Socialist. Secularist. Liar. National security naif. Republican leaders are calling President Barack Obama all that and more as they jockey early for the party's 2012 nomination. But name-calling alone won't beat the Democratic incumbent.

Governors' races may be tough for incumbents (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - Even Republicans were looking at New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as a lock this fall to succeed retiring Gov. David Paterson and claim the seat long held by his famous father, Mario Cuomo.

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• John Paul Stevens timeline: 'justice in the bow tie' - Los Angeles Times
• Pope Benedict accused of delaying unfrocking of sex abuse priest - Telegraph.co.uk
• Obama's Controversial Justice Nominee Withdraws Amid GOP Protests - FOXNews
• Rep. Stupak nixes re-election - Detroit Free Press
• Right Now: Palin recalls Clinton in Obama dig - Washington Post
• Iran Announces New, Faster Centrifuges for Uranium Enrichment - Voice of America
• Experience, course knowledge count big at Augusta National - USA Today
• Russia Calls for Halt on US Adoptions After Return of Boy - New York Times

John Paul Stevens timeline: 'justice in the bow tie' - Los Angeles Times Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:36 PM PDT The Guardian (blog) John Paul Stevens timeline: 'justice in the bow tie' Los Angeles Times April 20, 1920: Born John Paul Stevens in Chicago, the youngest of four sons to a successful hotel owner. 1941: Graduates Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in English literature. June 7, 1942: Marries Elizabeth Jane ... Obama administration will start nomination process with familiar facesWashington Post Stevens Retirement Sets Stage for US Supreme Court Confirmation BattleVoice of America John Paul Stevens: Supreme Court retirees keep lifetime payChristian Science Monitor NECN -The National Law Journal -UPI.com all 2,527 news articles »

Pope Benedict accused of delaying unfrocking of sex abuse priest - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:50 PM PDT Times Online Pope Benedict accused of delaying unfrocking of sex abuse priest Telegraph.co.uk Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to unfrock an American priest with a record of sexually molesting children, arguing that the negative publicity would damage the church in a 1985 letter bearing his signature. By Tom Leonard in New York The Pope during ... Pope Benedict hit by new Church child abuse allegationsBBC News Signature on letter implicates Pope in abuse cover-upTimes Online Pope Benedict willing to meet with more abuse victims, Vatican saysLos Angeles Times Aljazeera.net -The Associated Press -New York Times all 1,355 news articles »

Obama's Controversial Justice Nominee Withdraws Amid GOP Protests - FOXNews Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:32 PM PDT MyFox Atlanta Obama's Controversial Justice Nominee Withdraws Amid GOP Protests FOXNews President Obama's pick to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel is withdrawing her nomination amid Republican protests over past statements she made on abortion and national security. President Obama's pick to head the Justice ... White House Withdraws Johnsen for Justice NominationWall Street Journal Obama Justice Nominee Withdraws Amid Republican OppositionBusinessWeek Dawn Johnsen Withdraws, Cites 'Lengthy Delays'The BLT: Blog of Legal Times ABC News (blog) -Washington Post -Daily Beast all 133 news articles »

Rep. Stupak nixes re-election - Detroit Free Press Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:23 PM PDT Washington Post Rep. Stupak nixes re-election Detroit Free Press MARQUETTE – US Rep. Bart Stupak will step down at the end of his term this year, saying today he's exhausted from the grind of covering the second-largest congressional district east of the Mississippi. It "became a chore for me," said ... Stupak, linchpin of health bill, calls it quitsThe Associated Press Rep. Stupak's departure opens new door for GOPUSA Today Stupak's exit a blow Michigan's political influenceThe Detroit News CBS News -ConnectMidMichigan.com -FOXNews all 984 news articles »

Right Now: Palin recalls Clinton in Obama dig - Washington Post Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:48 PM PDT Reuters Right Now: Palin recalls Clinton in Obama dig Washington Post NEW ORLEANS -- Sarah Palin gave a blisteringly sarcastic speech Friday to a packed audience at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, drawing a standing ovation when she highlighted her favorite bumper sticker: "Don't retreat, ... Republican firebrand Palin takes on Obama on energyReuters Sarah Palin Fires Back at Obama, Mocks His "Experience" on Nuclear IssuesCBS News 2012 preview? Obama, Palin trade insults on nuclear policyKansas City Star WCBS-TV New York -The Associated Press -WJLA all 1,253 news articles »

Iran Announces New, Faster Centrifuges for Uranium Enrichment - Voice of America Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:50 PM PDT Ha'aretz Iran Announces New, Faster Centrifuges for Uranium Enrichment Voice of America Photo: AP Iran announced Friday that is had developed a new, faster generation of centrifuges for uranium enrichment, signaling its determination to press on with its nuclear work despite possible new sanctions being sought by US President Barack Obama ... 'Iran proves nefarious intentions'Jerusalem Post Iran unveils 'faster' uranium centrifugesBBC News Ahmadinejad: Iran has 'fully mastered' nuclear technologyCNN International Washington Post -Press TV -The Associated Press all 1,397 news articles »

Experience, course knowledge count big at Augusta National - USA Today Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:23 PM PDT Reuters Experience, course knowledge count big at Augusta National USA Today AUGUSTA, Ga. — There are a lot of things that make the Masters the master event of golf, but the golf course is No. 1 on the list. Augusta National, created in 1931, has been changed every year, but the mystery of the place ... Tiger Woods In ContentionESPN Couples falls back at tougher AugustaThe Associated Press Woods shoots 70; tied for third at MastersSeattle Post Intelligencer CNET -CNN International -CBSSports.com all 21,915 news articles »

Russia Calls for Halt on US Adoptions After Return of Boy - New York Times Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:33 AM PDT CBC.ca Russia Calls for Halt on US Adoptions After Return of Boy New York Times MOSCOW — The Russian government on Friday proposed suspending all adoptions of Russian children by Americans after a 7-year-old boy was put on a plane by himself this week and returned to Moscow with a note from his adoptive mother ... Boy adopted in U.S. sent back to RussiaCNN President Medvedev Is 'Alarmed' at Treatment of Adopted Russian ChildrenABC News Russia furious over adopted boy sent back from USWOKV Times Online -The Associated Press -WFMY News 2 all 804 news articles »

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• Polish president's plane crashes in Russia; 87 die (AP)
• 4 missing W.Va. miners dead; final toll at 29 (AP)
• AP: Future pope stalled Calif. pedophile case (AP)
• GOP tries to head off liberal Stevens replacement (AP)
• China's $7.24B March trade deficit 1st in 6 years (AP)
• E. coli kills 1 child, sickens 3 at Wash. day care (AP)
• Palin, Obama spar from a distance (AP)
• Stupak, linchpin of health bill, calls it quits (AP)
• Raabe, 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin actor, dies at 94 (AP)
• Poulter, Westwood lead, but Tiger lurks at Augusta (AP)
• Polish president feared dead in Russian plane crash (Reuters)
• Missing West Virginia miners found dead, blast toll at 29 (Reuters)
• Supreme Court Justice Stevens to resign (Reuters)
• Kyrgyzstan buries its dead, U.S. halts troop flights (Reuters)
• Drug gang hangs two from bridge near Mexico City (Reuters)
• Thai troops repel "red shirts" at Bangkok base (Reuters)
• Rare China trade deficit "won't derail" yuan rise (Reuters)
• Russia eyes U.S. adoption freeze after boy sent back (Reuters)
• Polish president's plane crashes in Russia: ministry (AFP)
• Kyrgyzstan buries uprising victims as nation mourns (AFP)

Polish president's plane crashes in Russia; 87 die (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:59 AM PDT AP - Officials say a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife has crashed in western Russia and that at least 87 people have been killed.

4 missing W.Va. miners dead; final toll at 29 (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 01:17 AM PDT AP - Rescue workers found four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine, dashing the fading hopes of finding more survivors of a violent explosion that claimed 29 lives, making it the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation.

AP: Future pope stalled Calif. pedophile case (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:05 AM PDT AP - Four years after a California priest and convicted child molester asked to be defrocked, his bishop pleaded with the future Pope Benedict XVI to remove the man from the priesthood. Then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger replied, urging caution.

GOP tries to head off liberal Stevens replacement (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:44 AM PDT AP - Republicans are promising a "whale of fight" during the congressional election campaign if President Barack Obama picks too liberal a nominee to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

China's $7.24B March trade deficit 1st in 6 years (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:09 PM PDT AP - China reported its first monthly trade deficit in nearly six years in March, a shift expected to be shortlived that may give Beijing only a slight respite from pressure to revalue its currency.

E. coli kills 1 child, sickens 3 at Wash. day care (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:27 AM PDT AP - A recent outbreak of a potentially deadly strain of E. coli at a Washington state day care center has killed one child and sickened three others, health officials said Friday.

Palin, Obama spar from a distance (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:15 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Republican Sarah Palin sparred from a distance over nuclear policy with each questioning the other's experience on the issue in a potential preview of the 2012 White House race.

Stupak, linchpin of health bill, calls it quits (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:16 PM PDT AP - Rep. Bart Stupak insists that tea party activists outraged over his crucial support of health care legislation didn't run him out of office, but his decision to retire gives conservatives a rallying point as they target Democrats in the midterm elections.

Raabe, 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin actor, dies at 94 (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:32 PM PDT AP - Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz" and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was "really most sincerely dead," has died. He was 94.

Poulter, Westwood lead, but Tiger lurks at Augusta (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:32 AM PDT AP - Finding himself in a familiar position heading to the weekend at Augusta National, Tiger Woods flashed a smile that oozed with confidence.

Polish president feared dead in Russian plane crash (Reuters) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 01:10 AM PDT Reuters - Polish president Lech Kaczynski was feared dead after his plane crashed on approach to a Russian airport on Saturday, a Polish government official at the airport told Reuters.

Missing West Virginia miners found dead, blast toll at 29 (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:15 PM PDT Reuters - Four missing West Virginia coal miners were found dead early on Saturday, nearly five days after an explosion killed 25 others in the worst U.S. mining disaster in nearly four decades.

Supreme Court Justice Stevens to resign (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - Liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced on Friday he would resign, and President Barack Obama promised to name a successor quickly, setting the stage for an expected partisan election-year Senate confirmation battle.

Kyrgyzstan buries its dead, U.S. halts troop flights (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:29 PM PDT Reuters - About 3,000 mourners gathered on the edge of the Kyrgyz capital at a mass funeral to commemorate at least 78 people who died in protests on Wednesday, during which government troops opened fire on demonstrators outside the presidential building.

Drug gang hangs two from bridge near Mexico City (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - Suspected drug hitmen hung the bodies of two men off a major bridge on Friday in a weekend get-away near Mexico City in the latest brazen act of drug violence near the capital.

Thai troops repel "red shirts" at Bangkok base (Reuters) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:49 AM PDT Reuters - Scores of Thai anti-government protesters tried to force their way into an army base in Bangkok on Saturday but were repelled by water cannon, as their leaders vowed to carry on their fight for new elections.

Rare China trade deficit "won't derail" yuan rise (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:33 PM PDT Reuters - China recorded its first monthly trade deficit in six years, but a customs official called the shortfall a blip and economists doubted it would stand in the way of a resumption in the yuan's rise before long.

Russia eyes U.S. adoption freeze after boy sent back (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - Russia said on Friday it planned to suspend adoptions of its children by U.S. citizens after an American woman sent her adopted son back to Moscow on a plane with a note disowning him.

Polish president's plane crashes in Russia: ministry (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 01:04 AM PDT AFP - A plane with Polish President Lech Kaczynski on board crashed Saturday on landing at Smolensk in western Russia, foreign ministry spokesman Piotr Pszkowski said.

Kyrgyzstan buries uprising victims as nation mourns (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT AFP - Thousands gathered at a Kyrgyz mountain cemetery Saturday for the funerals of 16 people who died in the bloody uprising that toppled the regime of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

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