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West Virginia Mine Rescue Delayed More Than 24 Hours

ABC News - Juju Chang, Sarah Netter - ‎16 minutes ago‎
The miner families of West Virginia devastated by a massive underground explosion that killed 25 workers will have to wait at least another day to learn the fate of four miners believed to be trapped deep in ...

Obama unveils a nuclear policy focused mainly on deterrence

Washington Post - Mary Beth Sheridan, Walter Pincus - ‎48 minutes ago‎
A year after his groundbreaking pledge to move toward a "world without nuclear weapons," President Obama on Tuesday unveiled a policy that constrains the weapons' role but appears more cautious than what many ...

Comcast Wins FCC Challenge, Your Move Congress

PC World - Tony Bradley - ‎15 minutes ago‎
A DC Circuit Court decision against the FCC today is the "shot heard 'round the world" in the battle over net neutrality.

Iraq Bombings Raise Fears of Resurgent Violence

New York Times - Timothy Williams, Yasmine Mousa - ‎3 hours ago‎
BAGHDAD - Deadly blasts shook Baghdad for the second time in three days on Tuesday, deepening fears that Iraq was teetering on the edge of a new outbreak of insurgent and sectarian violence, officials said.

Party leaders hit the campaign trail for May 6 election

Times Online - Philippe Naughton - ‎1 hour ago‎
Gordon Brown fired the starting gun for a May 6 general election today and immediately set off on the campaign trail in an effort to win Labour an unprecedented fourth term in power.

Tension as Terreblanche murder suspects face court

CNN International - ‎1 hour ago‎
Ventersdorp, South Africa (CNN) -- Blacks and whites confronted each other Tuesday outside a courthouse where two people accused of killing a white supremacist leader in South Africa appeared and were charged with murder.

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After quake, life calms down on both sides of US-Mexico border

Los Angeles Times - ‎15 hours ago‎
Assessment teams inspect buildings and cleanup crews sweep up glass in Mexicali and its smaller California neighbor, Calexico, both of which sustained modest damage.

Tom Coburn Knocks Fox News, Says Nancy Pelosi is a "Nice Person"

CBS News - Brian Montopoli - ‎1 hour ago‎
Sen. Tom Coburn, a staunch conservative from Oklahoma, is doing what seems almost unthinkable in this polarized political climate: Defending his Democratic colleagues from critics at Fox News.
Coburn Pokes Fox for Conservative Bias The Washington Independent

Crist, Seminole Tribe formally announce gaming agreement

Tampa Tribune - Catherine Whittenburg - ‎26 minutes ago‎
TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist and leaders from the Seminole Tribe announced agreement on a new gaming compact today with blessings from state lawmakers eager to budget an initial windfall for the state of ...

Toyota faces legal dilemma as well as record fine

The Associated Press - Ken Thomas - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - Already flooded with hundreds of private lawsuits, Toyota now faces a dilemma stemming from safety problems on several popular models: whether to accept a record $16.4 million fine that could be cast as an admission of wrongdoing, ...

Stocks Waver; Alcoa Jumps, Massey Skids

Wall Street Journal - Kristina Peterson - ‎16 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK—Renewed anxiety over Greece and a slide in telecommunication stocks pushed the US stock market down modestly, though financials rebounded as interest-rate concerns subsided.

Spirit Air to experiment with carry-on bag fees

Reuters - Deepa Seetharaman, Andre Grenon - ‎18 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Privately held Spirit Airlines said on Tuesday it will start charging as much as $45 for carry-on bags. Spirit said the new charge will help the airline lower base air fares.

Apple Confirms iPad Wi-Fi Problems; Try These Fixes

PC Magazine - Samara Lynn - ‎34 minutes ago‎
The Apple iPad has enjoyed a successful launch, with over 300000 units moved over a single weekend, but there appears to be a dark cloud hanging over Cupertino's wonder-tablet.

Xbox 360 System Update Adds USB Storage, Gotchas

PC World - Matt Peckham - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Microsoft may be late adding USB storage support to the Xbox 360--Sony's PlayStation 3 supported it off the block--but it's finally live, for all you aspiring archivists.

Rhapsody Shrugs Off Real, Viacom to Become a Start-Up

Wired News - Eliot Van Buskirk - ‎1 hour ago‎
This image appeared on a banner at Rhapsody's going away party at Real's headquarters (courtesy of Rhapsody). Rhapsody's long and winding road continues, as the company parted ways with its former partners, MTV/Viacom, ...

George Lopez Pays Sandra Bullock Another Visit

People Magazine - Marc Raishbrook - ‎1 hour ago‎
George Lopez paid a second visit to Sandra Bullock's Los Angeles home Monday - and the talk-show host was mobbed by photographers who were camped outside.

Jon Gosselin Goes After Kate in Court

TMZ.com (blog) - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Jon Gosselin thinks "Dancing with the Stars" is damaging his kids, thanks to Kate Gosselin ... and Jon now wants primary custody as well as spousal support from his ex ... TMZ has learned. Jon's new lawyer, former assistant US Attorney Anthony F. List, ...

Nicollette Sheridan sues producer of 'Housewives'

The Associated Press - ‎2 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES - Nicollette Sheridan, the actress who played a divorced real estate agent in ABC's "Desperate Housewives," filed suit against the show's creator and producer alleging assault and wrongful termination.

Tiger Woods draws K.J. Choi, Matt Kuchar to open Masters - Tiger Woods News

ESPN - Bob Harig - ‎49 minutes ago‎
AUGUSTA , Ga. -- Tiger Woods' first competitive round of golf this year will begin at 1:42 pm ET on Thursday along with KJ Choi and Matt Kuchar.

NCAA title game TV audience up 34% over last year

USA Today - Michael Hiestand - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Andy Lyons, Getty Images By Michael Hiestand, USA TODAY CBS' coverage of the NCAA men's basketball final proved that the tournament doesn't need big-name teams to draw big on TV - at least when there's a Cinderella angle and the championship game ...

Donovan McNabb: I'm with the Redskins 'to win and win now'

USA Today - ‎59 minutes ago‎
"I'm here with a great organization, an organization that wants to win and win now," he said. Wearing a brown suit, blue shirt and brown tie, McNabb said he's "excited" to have traveled across the NFC East to the Redskins.

Teen Births Down in 2008

WebMD - Jennifer Warner - ‎8 minutes ago‎
April 6, 2010 -- After two years of consecutive increases, the teen birth rate in the US dropped by 2% in 2008, signaling what researchers hope is a return to a downward trend.

UK goverment cuts Glaxo swine flu vaccine order

The Associated Press - ‎59 minutes ago‎
LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline PLC has agreed to cut the British government's order of H1N1 swine flu vaccine by around a third without penalty.

Online resources for information on health-care reform

Washington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
The ink was hardly dry on the health-care overhaul law when foundations, industry groups and consumer advocates began putting together guides to the new rules.

Obama's 17-minute, 2500-word response to woman's claim of being 'over-taxed'

Washington Post (blog) - Anne E. Kornblut - ‎Apr 2, 2010‎
CHARLOTTE - Even by President Obama's loquacious standards, an answer he gave here on health care Friday was a doozy. Toward the end of a question-and-answer session with workers at an advanced battery technology manufacturer, ...

Do We Need the iPad?

TIME - Lev Grossman - ‎Apr 1, 2010‎
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a very rich, very clever man. He got up on a big stage and held up a new kind of computer.

The W Hollywood won't let guests use its pool

Gadling (blog) - Jason Cochran - ‎Apr 2, 2010‎
In what must be a first for a big hotel, the W Hollywood is telling guests they are not permitted to use the rooftop pool. It seems ludicrous, but it's true.

Video Shows American Killing of Photographer

New York Times - Elisabeth Bumiller - ‎17 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Web site WikiLeaks.org released a graphic video on Monday showing an American helicopter shooting and killing a Reuters photographer and driver in a July 2007 attack in Baghdad.

She added that the family knew he had a problem, and tried to intervene

CNN - ‎Apr 2, 2010‎
(CNN) -- The notoriously private Janet Jackson opened up about her brother's death on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Friday, admitting that the family knew he had a problem.
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