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45 killed in attack on engagement party in Turkey
May 05, 2009; ... Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the bodies of slain friends fell on top of them during the onslaught. NTV television quoted Deputy Gov. Ferhat Ozen of ...
81 unusual projects get $100K in Gates grants
May 05, 2009; ... Can tomatoes be taught to make antiviral drugs for people who eat them? Would zapping your skin with a laser make your vaccination work better? Could malaria-carrying mosquitoes be given a teensy head cold that would prevent them from sniffing out a human snack bar? These are among 81 projects ...
Rice takes tough question from fourth grader
May 05, 2009 ... Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Jewish elementary school students that the Bush administration did not use illegal interrogation tactics. Her remarks were in response to a question from Misha Lerner, a fourth-grader at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's ...
Family marks mom's 85th birthday with daffodils
May 05, 2009 ... They said it with flowers. Joy Zamoiski's children wanted to do something special for her 85th birthday, so they planted thousands of daffodil bulbs last year. The flowers bloomed in time for her birthday last month. The yellow ...
'El no habla': Obama jumbles Cinco de Mayo salute
May 05, 2009; ... President Barack Obama's joke wasn't lost in translation _ even though he referred to a Cinco de Mayo celebration as "Cinco de Cuatro." Obama jumbled his words as he welcomed guests to the White House to observe the Mexican holiday, sending the crowd into laughter before he ...
Warrant charges Craigslist suspect with RI assault
May 05, 2009; ... A medical student jailed in Boston on suspicion of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist was charged Monday in an arrest warrant with pulling a gun on a stripper in a Rhode Island hotel. The warrant accuses Philip Markoff of assault and weapons violations. Authorities had previously ...
AP Top News at 8:36 p.m. EDT
May 05, 2009 ... AKRON, Ohio (AP) _ On one of the biggest days of his life, LeBron James took the long way home. Once inside his hometown's city limits, James pulled his high-powered Ferrari off I-77 and drove the back roads to St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, his alma ...
Brawl breaks out during karaoke at Ore. restaurant
May 05, 2009 ... Authorities arrested seven people involved in a fight that broke out early Sunday during karaoke at a restaurant. Sheriff's Sgt. David Thompson said the brawl ignited when a man became upset that his wife got slapped on the buttocks while singing a song. Thompson said beer ...
Ill. boy in fake cop case accused of stealing car
May 05, 2009; ... The teenager accused of donning a Chicago police uniform and going on patrol earlier this year is in more legal trouble after he dressed like a grown-up to allegedly take a car from a dealership. The boy, now 15, showed up at a dealership on Friday "wearing a suit and tie" ...
Top 25 Vacant Neighborhoods
May 05, 2009; ... A list of the 25 neighborhoods with the highest percentage of vacant homes, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data. The AP analysis included only census tracts with more than 1,000 housing units and less than 5 percent vacation homes, according ...
AP IMPACT: Empty neighborhoods fill Rust Belt
May 05, 2009; ... Meet the forgotten housing crisis. While most attention has focused on the wave of foreclosures sweeping mostly middle-class, suburban Sunbelt neighborhoods from California to Florida, the nation's emptiest neighborhoods have remained concentrated in the same place for nearly a generation: the ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
May 05, 2009 ... AKRON, Ohio (AP) _ On one of the biggest days of his life, LeBron James took the long way home. Once inside his hometown's city limits, James pulled his high-powered Ferrari off I-77 and drove the back roads to St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, his alma ...
Investment bank chief eyes purchase of Sun-Times
May 05, 2009 ... A Chicago investment banker said Monday he is assembling a group to bid on the bankrupt Sun-Times Media Group. James Tyree, chairman of Mesirow Financial Holdings, said he is reviewing the Chicago-based media company's books, though his financial company would not be part of any bid ....
Authorities seek SoCal tot reported kidnapped
May 05, 2009 ... Investigators were searching Monday for a 3-year-old boy kidnapped by two gunmen who broke into his family's home, tied up his mother and four siblings, and stole property, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert late Sunday for 3-year-old Briant ...
FDA moves against swine flu fraud
May 05, 2009; ... The Food and Drug Administration has found at least 20 Web sites that may be fraudulently marketing products with claims that they guard against or cure swine flu, an agency official said Monday. The FDA publicly rebuked one such site Monday _ <a ...
Ore. police: Man stopped for DUI twice in one day
May 05, 2009 ... Police said a man was stopped and cited with driving under the influence of intoxicants charges twice in one day. In both instances, police say, the 52-year-old man was driving the same pickup and stopped near the same state liquor store. Police said they first stopped the man at ...
Tests negative on Brewers OF Braun's back
May 05, 2009; ... Left fielder Ryan Braun hopes to rejoin the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday after an MRI exam on his stiff back revealed no structural damage, but the team is uncertain when he can return to the lineup. With Braun unavailable, the Brewers moved third baseman Bill Hall to left field for ...
Some fear flu rebound as Mexico seeks 'normalcy'
May 05, 2009; ... Mexico announced a return to "normalcy" on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20 countries. World health officials said the global epidemic is still in its early stages, and that a pandemic could be declared in the ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
May 05, 2009; ... All Times Eastern American League Boston 0, N.Y. Yankees 0 del, Rain Minnesota 1, Detroit 1 -6...
Police use innertube to rescue suspect from lake
May 05, 2009 ... Police in Northwood, N.H., said they used an innertube to pull a 25-year-old burglary suspect of out of lake. WMUR reported investigators believe the man and a friend broke into a home Saturday night. A driver passing by called police after hearing glass break. Police believe one of the suspects ...
Swine flu could shine glaring light on uninsured
May 05, 2009; ... Swine flu could shine a glaring light on the best and worst about American-style health care. At top labs, scientists are optimistic they can make a vaccine that's effective against the new virus. But in a country where one in seven people lack medical insurance, doctors worry that ...
Rice takes question from 4th-grader on torture
May 05, 2009 ... Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Jewish elementary school students that the Bush administration did not use illegal interrogation tactics. Her remarks were in response to a question from Misha Lerner, a fourth-grader at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital, The ...
Griffey out of lineup Monday with stomach issue
May 05, 2009 ... Ken Griffey Jr. was held out of the Seattle Mariners' lineup for their game against the Texas Rangers on Monday night. Griffey had a flare-up of a colon condition called diverticulitis that was initially diagnosed in late 2006. Griffey says it feels like someone kicked him in the ...
House can be yours for $1 _ but there's a catch
May 05, 2009 ... A two-story farmhouse on sale for a dollar in northern Virginia is drawing attention from prospective buyers as far as Alaska and Great Britain. There is a catch, however. The land is not for sale, and the buyer will have to pay to have the house carted away. The 1880s farmhouse is ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
May 05, 2009 ... AKRON, Ohio (AP) _ Unstoppable at both ends of the floor this season, LeBron James claimed the league MVP on Monday, receiving the award in the high school gym where he first emerged on the national scene. "This is a place where all my dreams started and where I thought they could become ...
Is the recession suffocating American innovation?
May 05, 2009; ... Got a bright business idea? Take a number. Americans haven't stopped dreaming up newfangled gizmos or sketching engineering marvels on the back of cocktail napkins. But tight credit and business cutbacks have slowed the pace of getting the latest U.S. innovations to market. ...
LeBron James returns home to collect NBA MVP
May 05, 2009; ... On one of the biggest days of his life, LeBron James took the long way home. Once inside his hometown's city limits, James pulled his high-powered Ferrari off I-77 and drove the back roads to St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, his alma mater. Turning on Maple Street, he went past his ...
Child advocate wants octuplet guardian appointed
May 05, 2009 ... An advocate for child actors wants a judge to appoint a guardian to oversee the interests of Nadya Suleman's octuplets if they are featured in TV shows, Internet videos and magazines. Lawyer Gloria Allred said Monday she filed the petition in Orange County Superior Court on behalf of ...
Warrant charges Craigslist suspect with RI assault
May 05, 2009; ... A medical student jailed in Boston on suspicion of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist was charged Monday in an arrest warrant with pulling a gun on a stripper in a Rhode Island hotel. The warrant accuses Philip Markoff of assault and weapons violations. Authorities had previously ...
Platinum completes purchase of San Diego newspaper
May 05, 2009 ... Platinum Equity says it completed its purchase of The San Diego Union-Tribune. The private equity firm on Monday named Paul Bridwell as chief restructuring officer of San Diego's dominant newspaper. He will be the newspaper's senior executive until a publisher is named. ...
AP IMPACT: Empty neighborhoods fill Rust Belt
May 05, 2009; ... Meet the forgotten housing crisis. While most attention has focused on the wave of foreclosures sweeping mostly middle-class, suburban Sunbelt neighborhoods from California to Florida, the nation's emptiest neighborhoods have remained concentrated in the same place for nearly a ...
Voters to select new Detroit mayor on Tuesday
May 05, 2009; ... Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal situation. Incumbent Ken Cockrel Jr., formerly the City Council president, moved up to the mayor's office after Kwame ...
2 teens deny planning to shoot up Calif. school
May 05, 2009 ... Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students. Los Angeles County prosecutors say the teens denied the allegations Monday in Pomona Juvenile Court and were ordered to appear at a pretrial hearing May ...
MGM Mirage books 1Q profit including casino sale
May 05, 2009; ... MGM Mirage said Monday it booked a first-quarter profit including a hefty gain from selling a hotel and casino, but its adjusted results missed expectations as companies continued to cancel conventions at its Las Vegas Strip resorts. During a conference call with investors, MGM ...
2009 NFL Free Agent Signings List
May 05, 2009; ... ARIZONA CARDINALS_Signed Oliver Ross, OT; Anthony Becht, TE; Mike Leach, LS; Rodney Leisle, DT; Keith Lewis, S; Bryant McFadden, CB; and Donovan Raiola, C. Re-signed Ben Graham, P; Clark Haggans, LB; Brian St. Pierre, QB; Kurt Warner, QB; and Dan Kreider, FB. Agreed to terms with Bertrand Berry, ...
UAW chief says union will sell its Chrysler stock
May 05, 2009; ... The United Auto Workers union has no intention of keeping its 55 percent stake in the new Chrysler and will sell the shares as soon as possible to fund a trust that will take over retiree health care costs next year, the union's president said Monday. Speaking to reporters at a news ...
AP Top News at 9:22 p.m. EDT
May 05, 2009 ... AKRON, Ohio (AP) _ On one of the biggest days of his life, LeBron James took the long way home. Once inside his hometown's city limits, James pulled his high-powered Ferrari off I-77 and drove the back roads to St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, his alma ...
Israeli president: Iran threatens US, Europe
May 05, 2009 ... Israel's president charged Monday that Iran's nuclear program threatens the United States, Europe and Arab nations, as well as Israel. "The fanatic rulers of Iran are on the wrong side of history," Shimon Peres told a convention of the American Israel Public Affairs ...
NYT union workers approve 5 percent pay cut
May 05, 2009 ... Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs. The Newspaper Guild members approved the wage reductions by a vote of 377 to 36 in balloting completed Monday night, according to The New York ...
Warrant charges Craigslist suspect with RI assault
May 05, 2009; ... A medical student jailed in Boston on suspicion of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist was charged Monday in an arrest warrant with pulling a gun on a stripper in a Rhode Island hotel. The warrant accuses Philip Markoff of assault and weapons violations. Authorities had previously ...
Some fear flu rebound as Mexico seeks 'normalcy'
May 05, 2009; ... Mexico announced a return to "normalcy" on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20 countries. World health officials said the global epidemic is still in its early stages, and that a pandemic could be declared in the ...
Rangers forward Markus Naslund retires
May 05, 2009 ... Markus Naslund wrapped up a 15-year NHL career when he retired Monday after just one season with the New York Rangers. Naslund, who left the Vancouver Canucks last summer as a free agent, signed a two-year deal worth $8 million with the Rangers but decided to skip the final season ...
AP Top News at 8:27 p.m. EDT
May 05, 2009 ... AKRON, Ohio (AP) _ Unstoppable at both ends of the floor this season, LeBron James claimed the league MVP on Monday, receiving the award in the high school gym where he first emerged on the national scene. "This is a place where all my dreams started and where I thought they could become ...
Wis. judge sets $500,000 bail in triple homicide
May 05, 2009; ... A man accused of killing his estranged girlfriend and two of their children had sealed himself and an infant daughter inside his gasoline-soaked home before deputies arrived, a prosecutor said Monday. Shane Kettner, 36, of Nelsonville, was armed, but lethargic from gas fumes when ...
LeBron James returns home to collect NBA MVP
May 05, 2009; ... On one of the biggest days of his life, LeBron James took the long way home. Once inside his hometown's city limits, James pulled his high-powered Ferrari off I-77 and drove the back roads to St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, his alma mater. Turning on Maple Street, he went past his ...
Cormac McCarthy receives PEN award
May 05, 2009 ... Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy has received another literary honor. The author of "The Road," "All the Pretty Horses" and several other novels was named the winner Monday of the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for lifetime achievement in American fiction. The prize is ...
UAW chief says union will sell its Chrysler stock
May 05, 2009; ... The United Auto Workers union has no intention of keeping its 55 percent stake in the new Chrysler and will sell the shares to fund a trust that will take over retiree health care costs next year, the union's president said Monday. Speaking to reporters at a news conference in ...
Job guarantees cause impasse in Globe, union talks
May 05, 2009; ... Negotiations between The Boston Globe and its largest union reached an impasse Monday, largely over lifetime job guarantees that the 137-year-old newspaper says it has to end if it will survive. The newspaper's owner, the New York Times Co., struck agreements with six of seven unions ...
Fears of flu rebound as Mexico seeks 'normalcy'
May 05, 2009; ... Mexico announced a return to "normalcy" on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20 countries. World health officials said the global epidemic is still in its early stages, and that a pandemic could be ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
May 05, 2009; ... All Times Eastern American League Boston 0, N.Y. Yankees 0 del, Rain Minnesota 1, Detroit 0 -4...
Iraq insists on US leaving cities by June 30
May 05, 2009; ... Iraq's government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that Iraqi forces cannot cope with the security challenge following a resurgence of bombings in recent weeks. Asking U.S. forces to ...
Swine flu leaves Southern Hemisphere out in cold
May 05, 2009; ... The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change when winter starts in coming weeks with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out in the cold. So far, the most affected nations have been in North America and Europe, which are heading ...
Hamilton takes first step in recovery
May 05, 2009 ... Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton has started throwing as he tries to work his way back from a strained left rib cage. Hamilton threw about 50 balls at 120 feet before Monday's game against the Seattle Mariners. Hamilton says he didn't feel as bad as he thought he would and ...
Judge OKs Chrysler financing over lenders' protest
May 05, 2009; ... A bankruptcy judge on Monday gave Chrysler access to a crucial $4.5 billion to fund the carmaker's operations through the end of June, creating a "bridge" to the sale of the company's most valuable assets to Italy's Fiat Group SpA. Chrysler LLC won the interim approval for ...
Congress leery about Obama's plan on tax loopholes
May 05, 2009; ... President Barack Obama promised sternly on Monday to crack down on companies "that ship jobs overseas" and duck U.S. taxes with offshore havens. It won't be easy. Democrats have been fighting _ and losing _ this battle since John F. Kennedy made a similar proposal in 1961. Obama's ...
Woody Allen seeks to block Farrow's NYC testimony
May 05, 2009; ... Actor-director Woody Allen asked a judge on Monday to stop a clothing company from putting his ex-wife Mia Farrow and his current wife _ Farrow's adopted daughter _ on the witness stand as it defends itself against his claims it used his image on billboards without permission. In ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
May 05, 2009; ... All Times Eastern American League Boston 0, N.Y. Yankees 0 del, Rain Minnesota 6, Detroit 1 -7...
Israeli president: Iran threatens US, Europe
May 05, 2009 ... Israel's president charged Monday that Iran's nuclear program threatens the United States, Europe and Arab nations, as well as Israel. "The fanatic rulers of Iran are on the wrong side of history," Shimon Peres told a convention of the American Israel Public Affairs ...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 607
May 05, 2009; ... As of Monday, May 4, 2009, at least 607 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EDT. Of ...
Court puts limits on liability in toxic spill
May 05, 2009 ... The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered chemicals to the site. The court, in an 8-1 decision Monday, also decided that railroad companies that leased the defunct ...
Woody Allen seeks to block Farrow's NYC testimony
May 05, 2009; ... Actor-director Woody Allen has asked a New York City judge to block his former companion Mia Farrow and his wife from being called as witnesses at a trial this month. Allen's lawyers filed papers in federal court in Manhattan on Monday to try to stop Los Angeles-based clothing company ...
Obama's tax plans raises high-tech hackles
May 05, 2009; ... President Barack Obama's plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America's overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies. While additional taxes are rarely popular, Obama's decision to go after corporate earnings outside the United ...
Pentagon auditor cites heavy fraud by contractor
May 05, 2009; ... A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending was told of numerous deficiencies in the arrangement that has paid KBR Inc. nearly $32 billion since 2001. ...
Child advocate wants octuplet guardian appointed
May 05, 2009 ... An advocate for child actors wants a judge to appoint a guardian to oversee the interests of Nadya Suleman's octuplets if they are featured in TV shows, Internet videos and magazines. Lawyer Gloria Allred said Monday she filed the petition in Orange County Superior Court on behalf of ...
Man allegedly squeezed Army contractor for payoff
May 05, 2009 ... Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million plan to build a park in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The U.S. attorney's office said Monday that Joselito Domingo, 45, of ...