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Deposition: Levada defends decision on Ore. priest (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:36 AM PDT

FILE - Archbishop William J. Levada answers questions after being named by Pope Benedict XVI as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for the Catholic Church, the highest post held by an American prelate, during a news conference in San Francisco, in this Friday, May 13, 2005 file photo. Levada said in an article posted on the Vatican's Web site that a lengthy trial for the Rev. Lawrence Murphy would have been 'useless' because the priest was dying by the time his diocese initiated a canonical trial. Levada was critical of The New York Times, which first published details of the decision last week. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - In a newly released court deposition, a top Vatican official who is a former Portland archbishop defends not telling Oregon parishioners about the sex abuse allegations against a priest he restored to duty.

6 Afghan soldiers killed by friendly fire (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:53 AM PDT

Belgian soldiers, part of International Security Assistant Force (ISAF) force, stand at the site where three German soldiers were killed in Friday's fighting in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, northwest of Kabul, Saturday, April 3, 2010. Taliban fighters attacked a detachment of German troops who were on a bridge-building and mine-clearing mission, triggering a gunbattle that left three soldiers dead, five other Germans wounded, the German Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo)AP - NATO and Afghan army officials say six Afghan soldiers have been killed by friendly fire in northern Afghanistan.

Iraqi officials say 25 killed in overnight attack (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:14 AM PDT

File picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle in Baghdad. Gunmen in army uniforms swooped on a village south of Baghdad at dawn Saturday, stormed three houses and shot dead 20 men and five women from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia, officials said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AP - Gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing 25 people, including five women, in an overnight attack, officials said Saturday.

Boycott threat roils key Sudan elections (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:32 AM PDT

In this photo taken late Wednesday, March 31, 2010, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) presidential candidate Yassir Arman, left, arrives for a press conference at the Friendship Hall in the capital Khartoum, Sudan. Southern Sudan's main political party, the SPLM, has withdrawn its candidate from the country's upcoming presidential elections and announced it will not contest parliamentary polls in Darfur, threatening to to undermine the credibility of the April 11 vote, Sudan's first multiparty election in decades. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - Sudan's first multiparty elections in decades have been thrown into disarray by allegations of government violations and opposition threats of a boycott. The disputes wreck hopes of transforming a conflict-plagued nation and could instead end up fueling violence in Darfur and the south.

Fire above Minneapolis pub kills 3 adults, 3 kills (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:36 AM PDT

An unidentified friend comforts Rosie Bell, right, an employee of McMahon's Pub, as firefighters put out a fire on the second floor of a building that houses McMahon's Pub in south Minneapolis, Minn on Friday morning April 2, 2010. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Sennott)AP - Investigators were trying to pinpoint the cause of a fire that gutted a building containing several apartments and an Irish pub, killing three adults and three children. Friends and family feared the victims were a bartender and several of his girlfriend's relatives.

Rescuers enter Chinese mine where 153 are trapped (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:38 AM PDT

Rescue workers drop glucose packs down a pipe in the hope they will reach miners trapped underground, after water flooded portions of the Wangjialing Coal Mine, in Xiangning, Shanxi province, China, Friday, April 2, 2010. Rescuers heard tapping sounds Friday from the pipes in a flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers were trapped more than five days earlier, and another rescue team reportedly heard shouts, an official said. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - The first group of rescuers and divers entered a flooded Chinese mine where 153 workers have been trapped for almost a week Saturday, while no further signs of life came from underground since tapping was heard the previous day.

5 dead, 2 hurt in blast, fire at Wash. refinery (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT

A Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part normal plant operations, is shown Friday, April 2, 2010, in Anacortes, Wash. An overnight fire and explosion at the refinery killed at least three people working at the plant. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - A Washington state oil refinery hit by a deadly blast and fire early Friday was recently fined for safety violations amid what federal watchdogs call a troubling trend of serious accidents at refineries.

Ban lifted: Pilots can take antidepressants on job (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT

AP - The government is lifting a 70-year-old ban on letting pilots fly while on antidepressants, citing improvements in the drugs and an unforeseen side effect of the restriction: Depressed pilots kept flying but just kept their conditions secret.

Lawyer: ESPN's Erin Andrews getting death threats (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews gives a news conference on the sentence of her stalker outside the U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, March 15, 2010. Michael Barrett, who secretly made nude videos of the ESPN reporter was sentenced Monday, March 15, 2010 to 2 1/2 years in prison before giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Erin Andrews has been getting death threats in a stream of e-mails to a media outlet, an attorney for the ESPN reporter and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant said Friday.

Lakers sign Kobe to 3-year, $90 million extension (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:49 AM PDT

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant smiles as he answers questions from the media about his three-year contract extension worth nearly $90 million after the Lakers 106-92 victory over the Utah Jazz in an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Friday, April 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)AP - Kobe Bryant signed a three-year contract extension Friday worth nearly $90 million that will keep him with the Los Angeles Lakers through the 2013-14 season.

Thai protesters swarm Bangkok's main shopping district (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 10:42 PM PDT

Supporters of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra rally in Bangkok April 3, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - Tens of thousands of protesters converged on Bangkok's shopping district on Saturday, forcing major retailers to close while accusing authorities of neglecting the poor on the 21st day of a mass rally seeking snap elections.

Two dozen killed in Baghdad attack: authorities (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:38 AM PDT

File picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle in Baghdad. Gunmen in army uniforms swooped on a village south of Baghdad at dawn Saturday, stormed three houses and shot dead 20 men and five women from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia, officials said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)Reuters - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed three houses in a Sunni Muslim village in southern Baghdad and killed at least 24 people including women and children, Iraqi authorities said.

No criminal charges seen in AIG's collapse: TV report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:48 PM PDT

Reuters - CBS News reported late Friday that Joseph Cassano, the former AIG executive closely linked with the giant insurer's near collapse in September 2008, will meet with U.S. Justice Department attorneys next week in what will probably end the two-year criminal investigation into the company -- with no criminal charges likely to be filed.

Five dead in Tesoro Anacortes refinery fire (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Five Tesoro Corp employees were killed and two critically injured in a fire at the oil company's 120,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Anacortes, Washington on Friday, cutting production at the plant to about one-third of capacity.

Obama: U.S. starting to "turn the corner" on jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama hailed new signs of an improving U.S. labor market on Friday as proof that "we are beginning to turn the corner" but warned it would still take time to achieve sustained job growth.

Feds oppose separate trials in insider trading case (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 06:21 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. prosecutors on Friday opposed a request by accused Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his main co-defendant for separate trials in what prosecutors have described as the biggest hedge fund insider-trading case ever in the United States.

Pentagon boosting Afghanistan "eyes in the sky" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:51 PM PDT

Belgian soldiers, part of International Security Assistant Force (ISAF) force, stand at the site where three German soldiers were killed in Friday's fighting in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, northwest of Kabul, Saturday, April 3, 2010. Taliban fighters attacked a detachment of German troops who were on a bridge-building and mine-clearing mission, triggering a gunbattle that left three soldiers dead, five other Germans wounded, the German Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo)Reuters - The Pentagon is focused on getting more trucks, surveillance equipment and other military equipment into Afghanistan to prepare for what will be a critical summer in the war, Defense Undersecretary Ashton Carter said on Friday.

Gunmen in army uniforms massacre 25 in Iraqi village (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:26 AM PDT

File picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle in Baghdad. Gunmen in army uniforms swooped on a village south of Baghdad at dawn Saturday, stormed three houses and shot dead 20 men and five women from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia, officials said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Gunmen in army uniforms swooped on a village south of Baghdad at dawn Saturday, stormed three houses and massacred 25 people from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia, Iraqi officials said.

Criticism of pope likened to anti-Semitism (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 11:15 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) on Good Friday at Rome's Colosseum. Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church over paedophilia scandals is similar to anti-Semitism, the Vatican preacher said during Good Friday observance, citing a letter from a Jewish friend.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI was preparing Saturday to hold an Easter vigil in St Peter's Square, in the wake of the latest row over the Church's response to paedophile priests.
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