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• Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia (AP)
• Ohio terrorist ties to al-Qaida operative revealed (AP)
• Mother testifies at hearing in Nev. ax attack case (AP)
• Father wages court battle against funeral protests (AP)
• Polish air crash puts spotlight on pilots' duties (AP)
• Mine blast probe awaits recovery of final 9 bodies (AP)
• OJ lawyers get Nevada Supreme Court oral argument (AP)
• Va. paper wins Pulitzer for gas-royalties coverage (AP)
• 3 crew dead in north Ga. Navy plane crash (AP)
• Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies (AP)
• Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror (AP)
• Sources: Jackie Kennedy interviews to be published (AP)
• DA: No charges against Steelers' Roethlisberger (AP)
• NYC terror probe nabs 4th suspect in Pakistan (AP)
• Closing arguments start in NY hate crime trial (AP)
• Vatican to bishops: Follow law, report sex abuse (AP)
• Washington state moves to ban copper in brake pads (AP)
• Kennedy cousin loses appeal in murder conviction (AP)
• Hitler book, weapons, ammo found in militia raids (AP)
• Orcas seen in rare Puget Sound gray whale attack (AP)

Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:30 PM PDT AP - Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a new volunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty.

Ohio terrorist ties to al-Qaida operative revealed (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:58 PM PDT AP - A convicted Ohio terrorist had ties to a man convicted of plotting an attack on a French island as well as an al-Qaida suspect who met with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers and told them how to reach Afghanistan to train for jihad, according to a federal court ruling.

Mother testifies at hearing in Nev. ax attack case (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:14 PM PDT AP - A woman testified through tears and a translator Monday that a Las Vegas man mocked her as she pleaded for him to stop hacking her and her 4-month-old son with a medieval-style battle ax on a residential street.

Father wages court battle against funeral protests (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:17 PM PDT AP - Some nights Albert Snyder wakes up at 3 a.m. Other nights he doesn't sleep at all, tormented by thoughts of the hateful signs carried by a fundamentalist church outside his Marine son's funeral.

Polish air crash puts spotlight on pilots' duties (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:18 PM PDT AP - Even up against tough weather and tight schedules, pilots are supposed to have the last word on when, where and how to land their aircraft. But aviation veterans, trying to make sense of the fog-shrouded crash that killed Poland's president, say pressures on pilots to keep VIP passengers on schedule can sometimes override safety considerations.

Mine blast probe awaits recovery of final 9 bodies (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:46 PM PDT AP - Federal investigators arrived Monday at the West Virginia mine where 29 men died in an explosion last week to begin piecing together what caused the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1970.

OJ lawyers get Nevada Supreme Court oral argument (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:53 PM PDT AP - A Nevada Supreme Court panel is scheduling oral arguments June 11 in Las Vegas on pending appeals by O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges in a September 2007 hotel room heist.

Va. paper wins Pulitzer for gas-royalties coverage (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - The Bristol Herald Courier, a small paper in the coalfields of Appalachia, beat out journalism's powerhouses to win the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for uncovering a scandal in which Virginia landowners were deprived of millions in natural gas royalties.

3 crew dead in north Ga. Navy plane crash (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:29 PM PDT AP - A Florida-based Navy plane just missed a house and crashed in dense woods in north Georgia on Monday, killing three crew members, and authorities were looking for a fourth person believed to be aboard, officials said.

Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT AP - Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.

Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:37 AM PDT AP - The tidy, three-story brownstone looks like any other on the cobblestone block in Brooklyn, but it isn't. It's a fake, leading directly to the belly of the nation's largest subway system.

Sources: Jackie Kennedy interviews to be published (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:05 PM PDT AP - During the first half of 1964, just months after her husband was assassinated, Jacqueline Kennedy sat for seven interviews with historian and family friend Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

DA: No charges against Steelers' Roethlisberger (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who won't face criminal charges after a 20-year-old college student accused him of sexually assaulting her inside a nightclub's bathroom, said Monday he knows he'll have to work to regain the trust of teammates and fans.

NYC terror probe nabs 4th suspect in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:14 AM PDT AP - A fourth suspect in a disrupted plot to bomb New York City subways has been arrested in Pakistan, law enforcement officials said Monday.

Closing arguments start in NY hate crime trial (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:10 PM PDT AP - The lawyer for a Long Island teenager accused in the hate crime stabbing of an Ecuadorean immigrant told jurors Monday that his client didn't inflict the fatal blow and that even if they found him culpable, the crime didn't rise to the level of intentional murder.

Vatican to bishops: Follow law, report sex abuse (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:58 PM PDT AP - The Vatican responded Monday to allegations it long concealed clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and clerics worldwide should report such crimes to police if they are required to by law.

Washington state moves to ban copper in brake pads (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT AP - When a driver hits the brakes, friction releases copper shavings that fall onto the road and are eventually washed into rivers, where environmentalists say the metal could pose a hazard to marine life — especially salmon, one of the Pacific Northwest's most prized products.

Kennedy cousin loses appeal in murder conviction (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - The state Supreme Court on Monday rejected Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's bid for a new trial in the 1975 killing of his 15-year-old neighbor, ruling that a claim implicating two other men, including a large black man, was not credible.

Hitler book, weapons, ammo found in militia raids (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:20 PM PDT AP - Federal agents investigating what they describe as a Christian militia bent on violence against police seized suspected crack cocaine and steroids, weapons, gas masks and a book of Adolf Hitler's speeches during raids of members' homes last month, according to search warrant records.

Orcas seen in rare Puget Sound gray whale attack (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT AP - Whale watchers in Puget Sound caught a rare and dramatic sight from their tourist boat: a pod of orcas speeding by in attack mode and then ramming a gray whale under water.

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• Conan O'Brien to Join Cable TV's TBS - New York Times
• Panel Calls for Thai Premier's Party to Be Dissolved - New York Times
• Microsoft debuts 'social' phone - BBC News
• Kyrgyz Interim Government Has Backing of Military, US - Voice of America
• Soul man Gordon Brown gets down to the tomorrow business - The Guardian
• 7-Alarm Fire Hits Chinatown Building - New York Times
• Google Preparing an Android Tablet, Reports Say - Wired News

Conan O'Brien to Join Cable TV's TBS - New York Times Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:33 AM PDT Globe and Mail Conan O'Brien to Join Cable TV's TBS New York Times By REUTERS The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host Conan O'Brien will host a late night show on basic cable TV ... Conan O'Brien heading to TBSHollywood Reporter Conan O'Brien heads to TBSEntertainment Weekly Conan O'Brien Taking Late-Night Show to CablePeople Magazine USA Today -TMZ.com (blog) -Radar Online all 960 news articles »

Panel Calls for Thai Premier's Party to Be Dissolved - New York Times Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:35 AM PDT The Hindu Panel Calls for Thai Premier's Party to Be Dissolved New York Times Anti-government protesters, in red, faced off with riot police outside the residence of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand in Bangkok on Monday. By THOMAS FULLER Thailand's election commission recommended the dissolution of the party of Prime ... Bangkok residents discuss who is to blame for troubleBBC News Thai PM pressured as army chief calls for pollsReuters Which side is more to blame in Bangkok?Wall Street Journal Christian Science Monitor -CNN -The Associated Press all 3,305 news articles »

Microsoft debuts 'social' phone - BBC News Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:39 AM PDT The Guardian Microsoft debuts 'social' phone BBC News Microsoft has launched a phones called the Kin aimed at younger users and geared towards social networking. The software firm says the phones have been created specifically to help people who like to stay in touch with friends and ... Microsoft Gets Social with New Kin PhonesWired News Microsoft launches Kin phones (live blog)CNET Microsoft unveils 'KIN' smartphonesCNNMoney Washington Post -ABC News -VentureBeat all 356 news articles »

Kyrgyz Interim Government Has Backing of Military, US - Voice of America Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:37 AM PDT Washington Post Kyrgyz Interim Government Has Backing of Military, US Voice of America Kyrgyzstan's interim government is trying to cut a deal with the country's defiant president who had fled south after last week's bloodshed in the capital. The continuing standoff has the Central Asian nation concerned about further violence. ... Fuel Sales to US at Issue in KyrgyzstanNew York Times Kyrgyz president says ready for negotiations, warns of further bloodshedXinhua Kyrgyz citizens pursue better lifeAljazeera.net The Associated Press -BusinessWeek -AFP all 561 news articles »

Soul man Gordon Brown gets down to the tomorrow business - The Guardian Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:05 AM PDT CBC.ca Soul man Gordon Brown gets down to the tomorrow business The Guardian Prime Minister Gordon Brown launches Labour's manifesto for the May 6 general election. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Election minus 24 days, and today's Labour buzzwords are "future" and "renew". "We are in the future business! ... Brown calls for federated schoolsBBC News General Election 2010: Labour's money manifestoTelegraph.co.uk Britain's Labor Party launches election manifestoXinhua Reuters -The Guardian -The Guardian all 929 news articles »

7-Alarm Fire Hits Chinatown Building - New York Times Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:51 AM PDT New York Times 7-Alarm Fire Hits Chinatown Building New York Times A stubborn, smoky fire skipped from one century-old building in Chinatown to another on Sunday night, and then to a third. A Fire Department spokesman said that 33 people were injured, 29 of them firefighters. More than 250 firefighters ... 7-alarm NYC Chinatown fire injures 25msnbc.com Lower East Side 7-alarm fire: 60 families homeless after 250 firefighters beat ...New York Daily News 2 critically hurt in NY Chinatown apartment fireThe Associated Press Atlanta Journal Constitution -WCBS-TV New York -UPI.com all 332 news articles »

Google Preparing an Android Tablet, Reports Say - Wired News Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:13 AM PDT The Hindu Google Preparing an Android Tablet, Reports Say Wired News Google is almost ready to start selling its own tablet. The device, according to the New York Times, will be "an e-reader that would function like a computer." So close is it that Eric Schmidt, CEO at Google, was describing it to ... Google to pit Android-based tablet against Apple's iPadApple Insider Report: Google prepping Android tablet for imminent launchTG Daily NYT claims Google's CEO spoke of Android-powered Apple iPad competitorMobile Burn DailyTech -The Mac Observer -CNET all 375 news articles »

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• Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread (AP)
• Investigators say no problems with Polish plane (AP)
• Thai protesters parade coffins after clashes (AP)
• Airlines did a better job for passengers in 2009 (AP)
• Pakistan: 41 militants, 2 soldiers die in fighting (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Health plan maps Obama pledges (AP)
• Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror (AP)
• Investigators to look into cause of mine blast (AP)
• Shakira visits Haitians living in tent camps (AP)
• One for Amy: Lefty claims his third green jacket (AP)
• Iran on Obama-Hu agenda as nuclear summit looms (Reuters)
• Thai protesters gather after clashes hit markets (Reuters)
• Polish president's coffin returns home to Warsaw (Reuters)
• Kyrgyz interim government says to move against Bakiyev (Reuters)
• Pakistani forces kill up to 40 militants in Orakzai (Reuters)
• NATO troops kill 4 Afghans on bus: provincial official (Reuters)
• U.S. seeks to heal rift with Karzai (Reuters)
• Fidesz wins Hungary election with strong mandate (Reuters)
• Defiant Thai protesters parade dead through Bangkok (AFP)
• Poland struggles to come to terms with death crash (AFP)

Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:45 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and presidents, prime ministers and other top officials from 47 countries start work Monday on a battle plan to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.

Investigators say no problems with Polish plane (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:04 AM PDT AP - Russian investigators say readings from flight recorders indicate that there were no technical problems with Polish President Lech Kaczynski's Soviet-made plane that crashed, killing him and 95 other people.

Thai protesters parade coffins after clashes (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:41 PM PDT AP - Red-shirted protesters paraded coffins through Thailand's capital Monday in a renewed attempt to pressure the government to step down after street fighting left 21 people dead, pushing this Southeast Asian nation closer to political anarchy.

Airlines did a better job for passengers in 2009 (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:54 AM PDT AP - Fewer passengers boarded planes last year, but those who did were generally treated better than in the past.

Pakistan: 41 militants, 2 soldiers die in fighting (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:55 PM PDT AP - More than 100 militants armed with rockets and automatic weapons attacked two security checkpoints in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, sparking intense fighting that left at least 41 insurgents and two soldiers dead, officials said.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Health plan maps Obama pledges (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:45 AM PDT AP - The nation may be divided over the wisdom of President Barack Obama's big new health care law, but it largely delivers on more than 30 specific promises he made as a candidate.

Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:52 AM PDT AP - In a city considered the nation's No. 1 terror target, few sites worry police more than the New York City subways — a sprawling, 24-hour-a-day system with 5 million riders.

Investigators to look into cause of mine blast (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:28 AM PDT AP - A team of federal investigators is expected to arrive Monday in West Virginia as officials try to figure out what caused the blast that killed 29 men in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1970.

Shakira visits Haitians living in tent camps (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:33 AM PDT AP - Hip-shaking Colombian pop star Shakira is meeting with Haitian earthquake survivors living in makeshift camps and she says she is searching for suitable land to build a school for needy children.

One for Amy: Lefty claims his third green jacket (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:18 AM PDT AP - As Phil Mickelson strolled up to the 18th green, his third green jacket locked up, he wondered if his wife would be waiting for him.

Iran on Obama-Hu agenda as nuclear summit looms (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 10:11 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will seek to build momentum with China in his push for sanctions on Iran as world leaders assemble in Washington on Monday for an unprecedented nuclear security summit.

Thai protesters gather after clashes hit markets (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 09:34 PM PDT Reuters - Thai anti-government protesters gathered on Monday in Bangkok carrying coffins in memory of their comrades killed in clashes at the weekend in the country's most violent political protests in almost 20 years.

Polish president's coffin returns home to Warsaw (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 08:36 AM PDT Reuters - Polish President Lech Kaczynski's coffin returned home to a stunned nation on Sunday, a day after he and much of the country's political and military elite perished in a plane crash in Russia.

Kyrgyz interim government says to move against Bakiyev (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:46 PM PDT Reuters - Kyrgyzstan's interim government said on Monday it was planning a special operation against ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who warned any attempt to seize him would result in bloodshed.

Pakistani forces kill up to 40 militants in Orakzai (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:47 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistani security forces killed dozens of Taliban in a counter offensive in northwestern Orakzai region on Monday after an attack on a security checkpost, officials said.

NATO troops kill 4 Afghans on bus: provincial official (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:20 PM PDT Reuters - Foreign forces opened fire on a bus in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing four civilians and wounding 18 others, a provincial official said.

U.S. seeks to heal rift with Karzai (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 09:03 AM PDT Reuters - Top U.S. officials sought to repair Washington's troubled relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, calling him a reliable partner and pledging to treat him with greater sensitivity.

Fidesz wins Hungary election with strong mandate (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - Viktor Orban declared a sweeping victory for his center-right Fidesz party on Sunday and told cheering supporters that leading Hungary as prime minister would be the biggest task of his life.

Defiant Thai protesters parade dead through Bangkok (AFP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 09:52 PM PDT AFP - Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirts" paraded the bodies of dead protesters though the tense capital Monday and said the time for negotiation was over after the worst political unrest in 18 years.

Poland struggles to come to terms with death crash (AFP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 06:55 PM PDT AFP - Poland struggled Monday to come to terms with its worst peacetime tragedy, as relatives braced to identify bodies including the first lady's and mourners waited to see the late president lying in state.

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