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Official who OK'd Air Force One jet flyover resignsCNN - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office responsible for the controversial low-altitude flyover of New York by a 747 plane used as Air Force One, the White House ...
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Firefighters Work to Contain Calif. BlazeNew York Times - 2 hours ago
Residents of Montecito watched a wildfire burn in the foothills above Santa Barbara, Calif. on Thursday. More Photos > By REBECCA CATHCART SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
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Pakistan's timing of attack on Taleban is no coincidenceTimes Online - 21 minutes ago
The coincidence of the Pakistan Army's apparently full-blown assault on the Taleban in the Swat Valley with President Zardari's visit to Washington is no accident.
A million displaced in Pakistan's war with Taliban Telegraph.co.uk
Pakistan Moves Against Taliban Militants, Civilians Flee Swat Washington Post
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Jordanian hopes high for papal visit
BBC News - 2 hours ago
By Robert Pigott Pope Benedict XVI has stressed that his eight-day trip to the Middle East should be regarded as a pilgrimage, and that he does not intend to get embroiled in the highly-charged politics of the region.
Pope Says He Has 'Deep Respect' for Muslims New York Times
Pope Expresses Respect for Islam During Jordan Visit Voice of America
Obama to Travel to Egypt, Give Speech to Muslim World
Voice of America - 39 minutes ago
By VOA News US President Barack Obama will travel to Egypt next month to give a speech to the Muslim world. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday that Egypt is the country that in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world.
Obama to address Muslims in Egypt BBC News
Impoverished white Afrikaners pin their hopes on Jacob Zuma
Times Online - 21 minutes ago
In a rundown squatter camp just outside Pretoria, Casandra Nell, an Afrikaner, is in no doubt who she wants to be South Africa's next President.
President Elect Zuma to Be Sworn in Saturday Voice of America
South Africa: Reflections On the 2009 Election AllAfrica.com
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Obama Administration Maintains Bush-Era Policy on Polar Bears
Washington Post - 4 hours ago
By David A. Fahrenthold The Obama Administration has decided to keep a Bush-era policy on polar bears -- declining to crack down on greenhouse-gas polluters on the grounds that their emissions are helping shrink the bears' habitat on Arctic sea ice, ...
Obama administration won't reverse Bush ruling on polar bears Los Angeles Times
Interior will keep Bush's polar bear rule New York Times
Drew Peterson's arraignment pushed to May 18
The Associated Press - 38 minutes ago
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Drew Peterson, the former police sergeant who hasn't hesitated to crack a joke or pose for the camera since his fourth wife's disappearance more than 18 months ago, was told Friday he will have to wait more than a week to answer ...
Glasgow to prosecute Peterson ABC7Chicago.com
Search for Stacy Peterson Chicago Sun-Times
Obama to hold town hall meeting on credit cards
Reuters - 54 minutes 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 aims to refocus unemployment system The Associated Press
Obama proposes new rules on job training Los Angeles Times
Buffett's Berkshire squeezed by losses
CNNMoney.com - 26 minutes ago
The conglomerate posts much lower sales and a net loss on continued hits to its derivative-related insurance contracts. By David Goldman, CNNMoney.
Capital race is on for banks
CNNMoney.com - 58 minutes ago
Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley are finding stock sales to be a breeze. Those banks that wait, however, may find themselves in a more difficult spot.
Stress-Test Postmortem: Purpose Was To Build Confidence Wall Street Journal
US Stocks Up; S&P 500 Near '09 Peak
Wall Street Journal - 48 minutes ago
By Rob Curran Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Not even a $75 billion shortfall in bank capital and half a million job losses could deter stock buyers when the whiff of economic recovery was in the air.
Stocks Finish Broadly Higher BusinessWeek
UC Berkeley Health Service Data Stolen By Overseas Criminals
InformationWeek - 58 minutes ago
The breach went undiscovered for 6 months, during which Social Security numbers and health insurance information were stolen. By Thomas Claburn For six months, hackers had access to a server at University of California, Berkeley, and stole personal ...
Macalope Weekly: Celebrity App Store Approval Process
PC World - 2 hours ago
Apple runs afoul of a foul-mouthed celebrity (well, who hasn't done that?) and, ah, spring! When a company's fancy turns to acquisition!
Apple bars 2.0 code from App Store Register
Countdown begins for shuttle launch to Hubble
Reuters - 18 minutes ago
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida began ticking toward Monday's launch of shuttle Atlantis on a final servicing call to the Hubble Space Telescope, officials said on Friday.
NASA: Upgrade mission will give Hubble superpowers Computerworld
From Space To Page: The Connections Between 'Star Trek' And Comic ...
MTV.com - 19 minutes ago
The summer movie battle officially begins today as the newly released “Star Trek” film fires its photon torpedoes at last week's adamantium-laced “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
'Star Trek' boldly earns $7 million Hollywood Reporter
Diddy, D. Woods React To Cassie's Nude Photos
MTV.com - 1 hour ago
By Jocelyn Vena Just a day after photos appeared online of Cassie posing nude, another nude picture of the singer has popped up online.
Nude Photos Of Rihanna Leak To The Web BallerStatus.com
Rihanna Nude Pictures Hit the Web? 2SNAPS.TV
Rep: Kiefer Sutherland head-butt broke designer Jack McCollough's nose
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
Reps for fashion designer Jack McCollough say his nose was broken in a head-butt allegedly delivered by actor Kiefer Sutherland. The fashion designer allegedly head-butted by actor Kiefer Sutherland is sporting a new accessory: nose bandages.
Joel Schumacher stands up for Kiefer Sutherland Entertainment Weekly
Hall president 'saddened' by Manny news
MLB.com - 58 minutes ago
By Mark Newman / MLB.com COOPERSTOWN, NY -- Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson said during 2009 Inductee Rickey Henderson's orientation visit here Friday that Manny Ramirez's suspension news "moves us one step closer" to purging the game of ...
Manny Ramirez Is Banned for 50 Games New York Times
Vikings Evaluating Favre's X-Rays
ESPN - 1 hour ago
The health of quarterback Brett Favre's throwing arm appears to be a pivotal factor in whether he comes out of retirement to play for the Minnesota Vikings.
Brett Favre saga not over just yet Chicago Tribune
Favre, Childress talked, nothing settled Rotoworld.com
Patterson decides to come back to Kentucky
FOXSports.com - 30 minutes ago
by Jeff Goodman Jeff Goodman is a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. He can be reached at GoodmanonFOX@aol.com or check out his blog, Good 'N Plenty.
Patrick Patterson returning to Kentucky SportingNews.com
New flu continues US spread, but people cleaner
Reuters - 49 minutes ago
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza virus quickened its spread across the United States, but health officials said on Friday they were encouraged that more people were washing their hands as a result ...
Authorities Urge Continued Vigilance on Swine Flu Washington Post
Swine flu confirmed in Allegheny County Bizjournals.com
New warnings for Tarceva cancer drug-US FDA
Reuters - 24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - New warnings have been added to Genentech Inc and OSI Pharmaceutical Inc's (OSIP.O) cancer drug Tarceva about reports of skin reactions, eye problems and holes in the digestive tract, US health regulators said on Friday.
HK clears first round of flu control
Xinhua - 1 hour ago
HONG KONG, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's health authorities Friday evening lifted a quarantine on the Metropark Hotel in Wanchai, Hong Kong, marking the end of quarantine arrangements following the first confirmed case ...
Hong Kong Releases Quarantined Hotel Guests Wall Street Journal
Hong Kong lifts quarantine on downtown hotel The Associated Press
Pelosi: I Was Told Interrogation Methods Were Lawful
FOXNews - 2 hours ago
The House speaker's statement came after CIA records showed Pelosi was briefed in September 2002 on the interrogation methods and appeared to contradict her claim last month that she was never told that waterboarding or other enhanced interrogation ...
Hoekstra Challenges Pelosi Atlantic Online
Pelosi's stands by torture statements msnbc.com
Wesleyan Murder Suspect Targeted Me, Former Navy Buddy Says
FOXNews - 3 hours ago
By Joshua Rhett Miller AP May 8, 2009: Accused killer Stephen Morgan is arraigned in court in Connecticut in the shooting murder of junior Johanna Justin-Jinich.
Police: Wesleyan suspect wrote 'Kill Johanna' The Associated Press
Bail Raised to $15 Million in Wesleyan Slaying New York Times
Souter's Exit Opens Door for a More Influential Justice
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON - A couple of days ago, Fred R. Shapiro, the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations, asked constitutional law scholars for memorable quotations from Justice David H. Souter of the Supreme Court.
White House: No Supreme Court nominee next week The Associated Press