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Official Quits Over Jet Flight That Alarmed New YorkersNew York Times - 1 hour ago
By JEFF ZELENY WASHINGTON - The photo shoot of Air Force One soaring above the Statue of Liberty cost taxpayers $328835. Now the incident, which incited panic among scores of people in New York City, has cost the director of the White House Military ...
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Pakistan mobilising for displacedBBC News - 57 minutes ago
Authorities in Pakistan say they are mobilising to receive as many as half a million people displaced by fighting in the Swat Valley.
Fierce California wildfire burns into fourth nightReuters - 9 minutes ago
By Lucy Nicholson SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - A California wildfire burned for a fourth day on Friday above the seaside town of Santa Barbara as firefighters hoped the weather would help them gain a measure of control over the flames that ...
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Big air tanker fights Santa Barbara wildfire San Jose Mercury News
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Pope arrives in Jordan
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowds upon his arrival to hold a Mass at the Lady of Peace Church in Amman on May 8. Pope Benedict XVI underlined his "deep respect" for Islam in Jordan, on his first trip as pontiff to an Arab state, and stressed that ...
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Reporter's diary: Barbara Serra Aljazeera.net
Afghan's Karzai demands US halt air strikes: report
Reuters - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday called on the United States to halt air strikes in his country, following attacks this week that Afghan officials said killed 147 people.
Karzai urges US to stop strikes BBC News
Afghan civilian toll is lower than reported, US officials say Los Angeles Times
Which Mrs. Zuma Will Be South Africa's First Lady?
Washington Post - 40 minutes ago
By Karin Brulliard JOHANNESBURG, May 8 -- To the rarefied ranks of first ladies such as Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, South Africa will add Sizakele Khumalo.
New South African president faces tough challenges The Associated Press
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Species Act Won't Be Used to Force Lower Emissions
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By David A. Fahrenthold The federal bureaucracy that safeguards endangered species isn't equipped to tackle climate change, Interior Department officials said yesterday -- declining to protect Alaskan polar bears by cracking down on polluters in the ...
Interior will keep Bush's polar bear rule New York Times
Interior to Maintain Bush-Era Polar-Bear Rule Wall Street Journal
Obama to hold town hall meeting on credit cards
Reuters - 4 hours ago
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama will hold a town hall meeting next week in New Mexico to promote congressional efforts to reform credit card practices, the White House said on Friday.
Obama proposes new rules on job training Los Angeles Times
List Says Top Democrats Were Briefed on Interrogations
New York Times - 16 minutes ago
By SCOTT SHANE and CARL HULSE WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans on Friday accused Democrats of full complicity in the approval of the Bush administration's brutal interrogations, citing a new accounting that shows briefings for some top Democrats ...
Hoekstra Challenges Pelosi Atlantic Online
Banks Won Concessions on Tests
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By DAVID ENRICH, DAN FITZPATRICK and MARSHALL ECKBLAD The Federal Reserve at the last minute significantly scaled back the size of the capital hole facing some of the nation's biggest banks, following days of intense bargaining over the stringency of ...
Capital race is on for banks CNNMoney.com
Breakingviews.com Market Points to Banks in Need New York Times
In Poor Jobs Numbers, Hints of Improvement
Washington Post - 32 minutes ago
By Neil Irwin and Annys Shin The economy's decline has slowed in recent weeks, with new evidence about the job market yesterday showing that the nation is no longer in the extraordinary economic downdraft of the winter.
Hawaii jobless filing available online Bizjournals.com
Creditors Opposing Chrysler's Overhaul Plan End Alliance
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED A group of Chrysler creditors opposing the carmaker's reorganization will disband after two more investment firms withdrew, removing a vocal bloc of opposition to the sale of some company assets to Fiat.
Chrysler deal moves a step closer CNNMoney.com
NASA set for dramatic shuttle rescue
msnbc.com - 52 minutes ago
By James Oberg HOUSTON - As NASA prepares for its final service call to the Hubble Space Telescope, it's also preparing for something never attempted in the history of the shuttle program: a rescue operation so dramatic that Hollywood would be ...
NASA begins launch countdown for Hubble mission The Associated Press
Apple's Popular Electronic Playground
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By SETH SCHIESEL Apple announced recently that iPhone and iPod users had downloaded an impressive one billion programs from the company's online App Store in a mere nine months.
Apple's New Rule: iPhone 3.0 Compatibility Required InformationWeek
Microsoft Tools Tests PCs For Windows 7 Readiness
ChannelWeb - 1 hour ago
Microsoft wants to make it easy for Windows users to figure out if their existing hardware is capable of running Windows 7, and this week released a beta software tool that handles this task.
Week in review: Microsoft releases CNET News
Heroes: Zachary Quinto's 'Star Trek' Action Figure Auctioned for ...
BuddyTV - 1 hour ago
Zachary Quinto has not one but two action figures to his resume: one as Heroes' Sylar and the other as Star Trek's Spock. It's a rare feat and a little strange especially when both action figures have interchangeable body parts.
'Star Trek' grosses $7 million Thursday night Entertainment Weekly
Mia Farrow Ends Her Fast After 12 Days
People Magazine - 3 hours ago
By Mike Fleeman The last two days had become unbearable for Mia Farrow, who took to her blog to say, "I'm really struggling" and "I won't be able to continue much longer.
Entrepreneur Richard Branson will begin planned 3-day fast early CNN International
CORRECTED - KFC amends free chicken deal after Oprah promo
Reuters - 3 hours ago
LOS ANGELES, May 8 (Reuters) - The Oprah Winfrey-fueled free chicken give-away that caused pandemonium this week at Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants has been amended due to what the fast-food chain called an "overwhelming response.
KFC to mail out rain checks for Oprah chicken freebie Entertainment Weekly
CC goes distance to stop Yanks' skid
MLB.com - 28 minutes ago
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com BALTIMORE -- Alex Rodriguez wasted no time in making an immediate impact in his return to the lineup, providing a little taste of the thunder the Yankees had sorely missed for many of their first 28 games.
Rodriguez Hits Home Run in His First At-Bat of 2009 New York Times
Rodriguez homers against Orioles in 2009 debut Baltimore Sun
A-Rod in, Ramirez out: Steroid stain remains
The Associated Press - 48 minutes ago
BALTIMORE (AP) - Alex Rodriguez walked to the plate, and a dozen fans behind the screen swung into action. Holding up giant, foam syringes, they started with the taunts.
Manny Ramirez Is Banned for 50 Games New York Times
Varlamov, Capitals Lose Game 4 as Peguins Even Up Series
Washington Post - 25 minutes ago
By Tarik El-Bashir PITTSBURGH, May 8 -- The Washington Capitals came to Pittsburgh with a two-games-to-none lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals and a chance to bury some demons that have haunted the franchise for the better part of two decades.
Penguins D Gonchar leaves game MiamiHerald.com
Craig Custance Blog SportingNews.com
WHO reports 2500 cases of swine flu
CNN - 25 minutes ago
(CNN) -- The World Health Organization on Friday reported 2500 confirmed cases of swine flu in 25 countries, with 44 deaths from the disease.
Swine Flu Cases Worldwide Exceed 2300 New York Times
Losing Job May Be Hazardous to Health
New York Times - 36 minutes ago
By RONI CARYN RABIN Even as the Labor Department released figures showing that the economy lost more than half a million jobs in April, researchers on Friday made public a large study with an unsettling finding: losing your job may make you sick.
Hong Kong lifts hotel quarantine where flu found
The Associated Press - 7 minutes ago
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong lifted a weeklong quarantine Friday of an upscale hotel where Asia's first swine flu case was traced, allowing 280 guests and workers to end an isolation that was criticized as overkill by some but a medical necessity by ...
Hong Kong Releases Quarantined Hotel Guests Wall Street Journal
Ill. law allowing hearsay to shape Peterson case
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Drew Peterson's third wife will have a chance to "testify from the grave" under an Illinois law passed amid the media frenzy over his missing fourth wife, but some say prosecutors could be on shaky legal ground if they plan to build ...
Glasgow to prosecute Peterson ABC7Chicago.com
Drew's fiancee moving out? Naperville Sun
When It Comes to Judges, 'Pragmatic' Means Unprincipled
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By DAVID LEWIS SCHAEFER In a front-page story this past Sunday the New York Times offered a laudatory account of President Barack Obama's likely approach to replacing Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.
Obama to Pick Next Justice Portland Observer
Significant Cuts, or Just a Little off the Top?
Washington Post - 19 hours ago
By Dan Balz Restraint has not been the hallmark of President Obama's first budget. To attack the weak economy and to fulfill campaign promises on health care, energy and education, he has proposed spending and deficits on an unprecedented scale.
Obama's budget cuts called puny, vast Baltimore Sun
Obama's budget cuts take aim at 121 federal programs Boston Globe