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Apr 30, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Tuesday, April 29, 2008, and begins its report for Wednesday, April 30, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
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Apr 30, 2008 ... SOCCER: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Scholes scores for Man United to reach final MANCHESTER, England _ Manchester United sets up the first all-English final of the Champions League by beating FC Barcelona 1-0 to advance by the same aggregate score. Liverpool and Arsenal play their ...
Government committee tells London 2012 organizers to bring in games under budget
Apr 30, 2008; ... A group of British lawmakers has accused organizers of the 2012 London Olympics of being "willing to spend money like water" and urged them to keep the cost of the games under the most recent estimate of 9.325 billion pounds (US$18.4 billion; 11.8 billion). The government's ...
Wednesday, May 7
Apr 30, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, May 7, the 128th day of 2008. There are 238 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1104 - The Seljuq Turks capture Baldwin of Bourg, First Crusade leader, in Edessa, Turkey. He is ransomed in 1108 and later becomes king of ...
Abused Afghan women often end up in jail
Apr 30, 2008; ... Trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her 3-year-old son, Rukhma was handed to an Afghan who raped and abused her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched helplessly. He was jailed for 20 years for murder, but Rukhma ended up in prison too. Rukhma, who ...
Wednesday, May 7
Apr 30, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, May 7, the 128th day of 2008. There are 238 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1104 - The Seljuq Turks capture Baldwin of Bourg, First Crusade leader, in Edessa, Turkey. He is ransomed in 1108 and later becomes king of ...
David Blaine's next stunt, holding breath under water, to be conducted on Winfrey's show
Apr 30, 2008; ... He spent 44 days suspended from a glass box by the River Thames in London. He was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin in New York. Magician David Blaine's latest feat of endurance likely will last less than 17 minutes, but he's planning to do it in front of talk show queen ...
Abused Afghan women often end up in jail
Apr 30, 2008; ... Trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her 3-year-old son, Rukhma was handed to an Afghan who raped and abused her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched helplessly. He was jailed for 20 years for murder, but Rukhma ended up in prison too. Rukhma, who ...
World Golf Glance
Apr 30, 2008; ... Site: Charlotte, North Carolina. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Quail Hollow Club (7,442 yards, 6,805 meters, par 72). Purse: $6.4 million (4.1 million). Winner's share: $1,152,000 (737,500). Last year: Tiger Woods won the third of his seven 2008 ...
David Blaine's next stunt, holding breath under water, to be conducted on Winfrey's show
Apr 30, 2008; ... He spent 44 days suspended from a glass box by the River Thames in London. He was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin in New York. Magician David Blaine's latest feat of endurance likely will last less than 17 minutes, but he's planning to do it in front of talk show queen ...
World Golf Glance
Apr 30, 2008; ... Site: Charlotte, North Carolina. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Quail Hollow Club (7,442 yards, 6,805 meters, par 72). Purse: $6.4 million (euro4.1 million). Winner's share: $1,152,000 (euro737,500). Last year: Tiger Woods won the third of his ...
On eve of annual Holocaust Memorial Day, survivors angry with their advocacy group
Apr 30, 2008; ... Many aging survivors of the Holocaust of World War II are marking Israel's memorial day for the victims of the Nazis with increasing anger toward the agency that is supposed to be helping them. The annual Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs Remembrance Day begins Wednesday at sundown with a ...
On eve of annual Holocaust Memorial Day, survivors angry with their advocacy group
Apr 30, 2008; ... Many aging survivors of the Holocaust of World War II are marking Israel's memorial day for the victims of the Nazis with increasing anger toward the agency that is supposed to be helping them. The annual Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs Remembrance Day begins Wednesday at sundown with a ...
Obama blasts Rev. Wright, says his former pastor gave comfort to those who prey on hate
Apr 30, 2008; ... After weeks of defending the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's good works, Barack Obama heaved his former pastor overboard, hoping to end weeks of damaging controversy that was threatening to sink his historic bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. A somber-faced and angry Obama told ...
Obama blasts Rev. Wright, says his former pastor gave comfort to those who prey on hate
Apr 30, 2008; ... After weeks of defending the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's good works, Barack Obama heaved his former pastor overboard, hoping to end weeks of damaging controversy that was threatening to sink his historic bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. A somber-faced and angry Obama told ...
US Jewish leaders call for boycott of Beijing Olympics, citing record on human rights, Tibet
Apr 30, 2008; ... A wide-ranging group of U.S. Jewish leaders plans to release a statement Wednesday urging Jews worldwide to boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing, citing China's troubling record on human rights and Tibet. The statement also notes China's close relationships with Iran, Syria and the ...
Resigning Irish premier Ahern to deliver speech to Congress, meet Bush in White House
Apr 30, 2008; ... Ireland's retiring Prime Minister Bertie Ahern will deliver a speech to the joint houses of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday and meet President George W. Bush. The honors are intended to cap his 11-year hold on power and his pivotal role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland. ...
German historians push for new, annotated version of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
Apr 30, 2008; ... German historians want Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto, "Mein Kampf," to be republished in the country before the copyright lapses in 2015. Though widely available in the English-speaking world, the book's publication has been banned in Germany since World War II and its ...
German historians push for new, annotated version of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
Apr 30, 2008; ... German historians want Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto, "Mein Kampf," to be republished in the country before the copyright lapses in 2015. Though widely available in the English-speaking world, the book's publication has been banned in Germany since World War II and its ...
EU nations sign pre-membership pact with Serbia, but hold off on implementing it
Apr 30, 2008; ... European Union nations have signed a pre-membership trade-and-aid pact with Serbia to help pro-Western parties there win the May 11 elections and signalled they want to pull Serbia closer despite significant differences over Kosovo. The EU's 27 foreign ministers and Serbian Deputy ...
EU nations sign pre-membership pact with Serbia, but hold off on implementing it
Apr 30, 2008; ... European Union nations have signed a pre-membership trade-and-aid pact with Serbia to help pro-Western parties there win the May 11 elections and signalled they want to pull Serbia closer despite significant differences over Kosovo. The EU's 27 foreign ministers and Serbian Deputy ...
UN decides to set up task force to tackle global food crisis
Apr 30, 2008; ... The U.N. will set up a top-level task force to tackle the global food crisis that threatens to touch off a "cascade" of crises affecting trade, the global economy and even political security around the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. "The rapidly escalating ...
UN decides to set up task force to tackle global food crisis
Apr 30, 2008; ... The U.N. will set up a top-level task force to tackle the global food crisis that threatens to touch off a "cascade" of crises affecting trade, the global economy and even political security around the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. "The rapidly escalating ...
Russia says it is building up troop contingents in separatist Georgian regions
Apr 30, 2008; ... Russia's Defense Ministry has said it is building up troop contingents in two separatist regions of neighboring Georgia because of provocative actions by Tbilisi. Details of the buildup have not been specified, but the announcement Tuesday adds to the spiraling tensions between the ...
Russia says it is building up troop contingents in separatist Georgian regions
Apr 30, 2008; ... Russia's Defense Ministry has said it is building up troop contingents in two separatist regions of neighboring Georgia because of provocative actions by Tbilisi. Details of the buildup have not been specified, but the announcement Tuesday adds to the spiraling tensions between the ...
Officials say family in captive daughter case had 'astonishing' reunion
Apr 30, 2008; ... Long-lost members of an Austrian family terrorized by decades of incest and imprisonment had an "astonishing" reunion at the clinic where psychiatrists are helping them cope, authorities said. Hospital officials said most of the seven children Josef Fritzl fathered over the ...
A list of most wanted Nazi suspects
Apr 30, 2008; ... The Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of 10 most wanted Nazis, as of April 1, 2008. It is to be released Wednesday, but was obtained in advance by The Associated Press: 1. Dr. Aribert Heim, whereabouts unknown: Indicted in Germany on charges he murdered hundreds of inmates at Mauthausen ...
Officials say family in captive daughter case had 'astonishing' reunion
Apr 30, 2008; ... Long-lost members of an Austrian family terrorized by decades of incest and imprisonment had an "astonishing" reunion at the clinic where psychiatrists are helping them cope, authorities said. Hospital officials said most of the seven children Josef Fritzl fathered over the ...
A list of most wanted Nazi suspects
Apr 30, 2008; ... The Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of 10 most wanted Nazis, as of April 1, 2008. It is to be released Wednesday, but was obtained in advance by The Associated Press: 1. Dr. Aribert Heim, whereabouts unknown: Indicted in Germany on charges he murdered hundreds of inmates at Mauthausen ...
Concentration camp doctor Aribert Heim tops list of most wanted Nazis
Apr 30, 2008 ... EDITOR'S NOTE _ As the Simon Wiesenthal Center prepares to publish its list of most-wanted suspected Nazis on Wednesday, the AP investigates the case of the concentration camp doctor who tops the list %byline(By DAVID RISING%) %bytitle(Associated Press Writer%) ...
Concentration camp doctor Aribert Heim tops list of most wanted Nazis
Apr 30, 2008 ... EDITOR'S NOTE _ As the Simon Wiesenthal Center prepares to publish its list of most-wanted suspected Nazis on Wednesday, the AP investigates the case of the concentration camp doctor who tops the list By DAVID RISING Associated Press Writer BADEN-BADEN, Germany ...
Prosecutors decline to charge rapper Vanilla Ice after wife recants abuse allegation
Apr 30, 2008 ... Authorities decided against prosecuting Vanilla Ice for a domestic battery charge since his wife recanted her original statement. The 40-year-old performer (real name: Robert Van Winkle) _ who sold 15 million copies of the single "Ice Ice Baby" in 1990 _ was arrested April ...
Prosecutors decline to charge rapper Vanilla Ice after wife recants abuse allegation
Apr 30, 2008 ... Authorities decided against prosecuting Vanilla Ice for a domestic battery charge since his wife recanted her original statement. The 40-year-old performer (real name: Robert Van Winkle) _ who sold 15 million copies of the single "Ice Ice Baby" in 1990 _ was arrested April ...
Champions League: Manchester United sets up first all-English final
Apr 30, 2008; ... The Champions League winner will be from England. Manchester United set up the first all-English final in the history of the European club championship by beating FC Barcelona 1-0 behind Paul Scholes' goal in the 14th minute on Tuesday. After winning the two-leg semifinal ...
The `Cat Lady of Baghdad' battles on, saving strays of Iraq
Apr 30, 2008; ... The mission was to get Simba al-Tikriti out of Iraq and to a new life in Britain. First, a roadside bomb nearly wiped out the taxi heading to the border with Kuwait. The next step was to hide under tarps in the back of a truck. More hardship awaited: six months caged by authorities in ...
Champions League: Manchester United sets up first all-English final
Apr 30, 2008; ... The Champions League winner will be from England. Manchester United set up the first all-English final in the history of the European club championship by beating FC Barcelona 1-0 behind Paul Scholes' goal in the 14th minute on Tuesday. After winning the two-leg semifinal ...
The `Cat Lady of Baghdad' battles on, saving strays of Iraq
Apr 30, 2008; ... The mission was to get Simba al-Tikriti out of Iraq and to a new life in Britain. First, a roadside bomb nearly wiped out the taxi heading to the border with Kuwait. The next step was to hide under tarps in the back of a truck. More hardship awaited: six months caged by authorities in ...
UEFA Cup: Bayern counting reasons for confidence in semi at Zenit; Fiorentina hosts Rangers
Apr 30, 2008; ... After coming back from the brink of elimination in the previous round of the UEFA Cup, Bayern Munich is far from intimidated by Thursday's semifinal trip to Zenit St. Petersburg. Zenit has a crucial away goal after a 1-1 draw in last week's first leg, but the German powerhouse is ...
Police kill major Colombian drug trafficker wanted in the US
Apr 30, 2008 ... Colombia's defense minister says police have killed a major drug lord for whose capture the U.S. government offered a US$5 million (3.2 million) reward. Juan Manuel Santos said in a news conference Tuesday that police killed Miguel Angel Mejia in an operation in northern Colombia. He ...
UEFA Cup: Bayern counting reasons for confidence in semi at Zenit; Fiorentina hosts Rangers
Apr 30, 2008; ... After coming back from the brink of elimination in the previous round of the UEFA Cup, Bayern Munich is far from intimidated by Thursday's semifinal trip to Zenit St. Petersburg. Zenit has a crucial away goal after a 1-1 draw in last week's first leg, but the German powerhouse is ...
Police kill major Colombian drug trafficker wanted in the US
Apr 30, 2008 ... Colombia's defense minister says police have killed a major drug lord for whose capture the U.S. government offered a US$5 million (euro3.2 million) reward. Juan Manuel Santos said in a news conference Tuesday that police killed Miguel Angel Mejia in an operation in northern Colombia ....
Hoops once a hardwood hideaway for Obama, now his political platform looking ahead to upcoming contests
Apr 30, 2008; ... He is confident and competitive. Superstitious and silly. Admits his mistakes. Shares credit. Always in control. That is Barack Obama on the basketball court, the hardwood hideaway that helped him adjust to a white world as a racially mixed teenager _ and now stands as a sweaty platform for his ...
Adam Scott's vexing label: Best to never even contend in a major
Apr 30, 2008; ... One of the most vexing labels in golf is "best to have never won a major," which is affixed to Sergio Garcia with little debate. But there is another description that is even more burdensome, and it belongs to Adam Scott. Best to never even contend in a major. ...
Amid struggling economy, Bush says lawmakers are not moving aggressively on economic woes
Apr 30, 2008; ... President George W. Bush, hoping to inoculate his party and his presidential legacy from election-year anger over the economy, is heaping criticism on the Democratic-led Congress for "letting the American people down." Bush said he would consider a summer suspension of ...
Adam Scott's vexing label: Best to never even contend in a major
Apr 30, 2008; ... One of the most vexing labels in golf is "best to have never won a major," which is affixed to Sergio Garcia with little debate. But there is another description that is even more burdensome, and it belongs to Adam Scott. Best to never even contend in a major. ...
Amid struggling economy, Bush says lawmakers are not moving aggressively on economic woes
Apr 30, 2008; ... President George W. Bush, hoping to inoculate his party and his presidential legacy from election-year anger over the economy, is heaping criticism on the Democratic-led Congress for "letting the American people down." Bush said he would consider a summer suspension of ...
6 monks among 30 sentenced to prison for Tibet violence
Apr 30, 2008; ... Six Buddhist monks were among 30 people sentenced by a Chinese court to three years to life in prison in the first trial of rioters arrested after deadly violence in Tibet's capital last month. The violence and subsequent government crackdown drew worldwide attention to China's human ...
6 monks among 30 sentenced to prison for Tibet violence
Apr 30, 2008; ... Six Buddhist monks were among 30 people sentenced by a Chinese court to three years to life in prison in the first trial of rioters arrested after deadly violence in Tibet's capital last month. The violence and subsequent government crackdown drew worldwide attention to China's human ...
Activists hope to revive immigration debate in time for the US presidential election
Apr 30, 2008; ... Immigration activists and civil rights leaders are gearing up for rallies and marches in cities across the nation, hoping to revive the stagnant immigration debate in time for the presidential election. Activists predict turnout for the more than 200 events planned Thursday from ...
Activists hope to revive immigration debate in time for the US presidential election
Apr 30, 2008; ... Immigration activists and civil rights leaders are gearing up for rallies and marches in cities across the nation, hoping to revive the stagnant immigration debate in time for the presidential election. Activists predict turnout for the more than 200 events planned Thursday from ...
Americans unloading precious belongings to make ends meet
Apr 30, 2008; ... The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out." Or the seller in Milwaukee who wrote in one post of needing to ...
Americans unloading precious belongings to make ends meet
Apr 30, 2008; ... The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out." Or the seller in Milwaukee who wrote in one post of needing to ...
China rebounds from train crash that killed 70, says speed to blame for collision
Apr 30, 2008; ... China rebounded quickly from its deadliest train accident in a decade, announcing that speeding was to blame for the collision that killed at least 70 people and reopening the railway after little more than a day. Officials wanted to appear in command Tuesday, sacking a third railway ...
China rebounds from train crash that killed 70, says speed to blame for collision
Apr 30, 2008; ... China rebounded quickly from its deadliest train accident in a decade, announcing that speeding was to blame for the collision that killed at least 70 people and reopening the railway after little more than a day. Officials wanted to appear in command Tuesday, sacking a third railway ...
Big Brown trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. makes his presence felt at the Kentucky Derby
Apr 30, 2008; ... About 10 years ago, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.'s address was Barn 1, Tack Room D, Aqueduct Racetrack, New York. Park Avenue, it wasn't. "I loved it," he said, a hardy laugh following. "I was right there in the barn with my horses. I had my microwave set up. I ...
Big Brown trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. makes his presence felt at the Kentucky Derby
Apr 30, 2008; ... About 10 years ago, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.'s address was Barn 1, Tack Room D, Aqueduct Racetrack, New York. Park Avenue, it wasn't. "I loved it," he said, a hardy laugh following. "I was right there in the barn with my horses. I had my microwave set up. I ...
Texas sect teen gives birth to boy while state officials stand by
Apr 30, 2008; ... One of the hundreds of young polygamist-sect members taken into state custody has given birth to a healthy boy while child welfare officials, state troopers and fellow sect members stood watch outside the maternity ward. "The boy is healthy and the mother is doing well," ...
Chelsea Clinton stumps for her mother in Puerto Rico
Apr 30, 2008; ... Chelsea Clinton campaigned for her mother Tuesday in Puerto Rico, where the marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination has brought new importance to a U.S. island that typically has scant say over national affairs. With just over a month to go before Puerto Rico's June 1 ...
Japan's industrial output falls 3.1 percent in March
Apr 30, 2008 ... Japan's industrial output fell 3.1 percent in March from the previous month due to a slump in demand for passenger cars and electronic products, the government said Wednesday. The March figure was far worse than a 0.7 percent decline expected by Dow Jones and Nikkei. It also marked ...
Texas sect teen gives birth to boy while state officials stand by
Apr 30, 2008; ... One of the hundreds of young polygamist-sect members taken into state custody has given birth to a healthy boy while child welfare officials, state troopers and fellow sect members stood watch outside the maternity ward. "The boy is healthy and the mother is doing well," ...
Chelsea Clinton stumps for her mother in Puerto Rico
Apr 30, 2008; ... Chelsea Clinton campaigned for her mother Tuesday in Puerto Rico, where the marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination has brought new importance to a U.S. island that typically has scant say over national affairs. With just over a month to go before Puerto Rico's June 1 ...
Japan's industrial output falls 3.1 percent in March
Apr 30, 2008 ... Japan's industrial output fell 3.1 percent in March from the previous month due to a slump in demand for passenger cars and electronic products, the government said Wednesday. The March figure was far worse than a 0.7 percent decline expected by Dow Jones and Nikkei. It also marked ...
Researchers devise health, happiness index to monitor moods much as Dow Jones does stocks
Apr 30, 2008; ... Staying healthy and happy is a struggle for about half of Americans, according to a massive survey that attempts to measure the nation's general welfare, much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average portrays the health of the stock market. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, based ...
Researchers devise health, happiness index to monitor moods much as Dow Jones does stocks
Apr 30, 2008; ... Staying healthy and happy is a struggle for about half of Americans, according to a massive survey that attempts to measure the nation's general welfare, much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average portrays the health of the stock market. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, based ...
Actress Julia Ormond backs anti-trafficking bill in California
Apr 30, 2008 ... British actress Julia Ormond is speaking out in support of a bill in the California Legislature intended to discourage slavery and human trafficking. The bill would require large-scale retailers and manufacturers doing business in California to trace the supply chains of the products ...