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After 18-year ban, media
see return of US war dead
The Pentagon's 18-year ban on media coverage of fallen U.S. service members returning home ended quietly, with only an officer's sharp order to salute accompanying a single flag-covered casket being unloaded from a cargo plane.
First lady: Fist-bumping radical to mom-in-chief
Well, not quite. She is still black .. and a woman. So while half the country swoons over her, there are those who feel a little threatened.
Poll: Americans OK
with attacking North Korea
American voters across lines of age, party and gender support a military approach to eliminate North Korea's nuclear capabilities, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey.
Maddoff a piker -- Big banks are a far larger fraudulent Ponzi scheme
 One of America's top bank fraud experts explains the financial industry's "liar's loans" and wholesale greed that got us in
this mess.
Dozens dead as
quake hits Italy
A powerful earthquake struck a huge swathe of central Italy as residents slept on Monday morning, killing at least 27 people when houses, churches and other buildings collapsed.
Ironic how gays can marry in Cedar Rapids but not in San Francisco
Eventually, we'll live in a society in which we look back at these efforts to discriminate against LGBT couples as a shameful and ridiculous era in our history, akin to "separate but equal," anti-miscegenation laws or the fight against women's suffrage.
After doing more harm than good, Christian Right backs off
Is the Christian right finished as a political entity? These questions have been getting fresh air lately as frustrated conservative Christians question the pragmatism -- defined as the compromising of principles -- of the old guard. One might gently call the current debate a generational rift.
>> The end of
Christian America
Dead US veterans left in
atrocious conditions
A funeral home that helps handle veterans awaiting burial at Arlington National Cemetery left corpses in an unrefrigerated garage, hallways and on makeshift gurneys, according to a former embalmer who has given his photographs and notes to authorities, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
Volunteers help salamanders
avoid roadway massacre
The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it.
Who's ghost writing party gal
Arianna Huffington's Twitter?
It's widely acknowledged among Huffington Post alumni that founding editor Roy Sekoff ghost writes Arianna Huffington's columns. So it would be natural to expect Huffington to outsource her new Twitter stream, as well.
Prostitutes all over
Twitter, naturally
Click on the "Everyone" tab on Twitter enough and you'll start seeing... well, the same sort of thing you'd see on Craigslist and other online venues: hookers. Twitter is all grown up!
Drudge: 'I do not
love sex with men'
For years, internet publisher Matt Drudge has responded to questions about his reported homosexuality by obfuscating and dodging. It would appear he's still at it.
Georgia might close
caves to protect bats
A disease is heading toward Georgia, and state officials say they may close caves to stymie its
arrival.
Spring-breakers heed
call to avoid Mexico
A few years ago, thousands of American college students packed the streets outside Playas de Rosarito's hottest beach bars during spring break. Cavernous clubs offered concerts, bikini contests and all-night drinking.
US wants limits on
Antarctic tourism
The Obama administration is pushing to protect Antarctica's fragile environment by imposing mandatory limits on the size of cruise ships sailing there and the number of passengers they bring ashore.
As the American West warms, some fear for tiny mountain dweller
The American pika -- a short-legged, hamster-sized fur ball that huddles in high mountain slopes -- isn't built for long-distance travel.
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E A R L I E R H E A D L I N E S
Obama outlines sweeping
goal of nuclear-free world
 Declaring it "matters to all people everywhere," President Barack Obama promised on Sunday to lead the world into a nuclear-free future, giving a hawkish edge to a peacenik pursuit even as North Korea upstaged him with the launch of a long-range rocket that theoretically could carry a warhead.
Obama urges Iran to
affirm peaceful nuclear energy
 President Barack Obama said the U.S. will proceed with development of a missile defense system in Europe as long as there is an Iranian threat of nuclear weapons. He said that if that threat is removed, "The driving force for missile defense in Europe will be removed."
Arabic inscriptions of Muslim
Spain's Alhambra decoded
For centuries visitors to the Alhambra fortress-palace in Granada, built by Spain's medieval Moorish rulers, have wondered what the thousands of Arabic inscriptions that are carved into its walls and ceilings mean.
Threat to shut Boston Globe
shows no paper is safe
 When it bought the Boston Globe for a record $1.1 billion in 1993, the New York Times Co. added one of the nation's most acclaimed and profitable newspapers to its empire.
Recession outlasts even
extended jobless benefits
In the coming weeks and months, hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits, just when it's never been harder to find a job.
Verizon's Hub: Reinventing
the home phone
 The landline replacement offers kid-tracking and other cool Web-enabled features, but it's limited by Verizon's proprietary ways
NATO backs Obama Afghan
plan, but troops short-term
President Barack Obama won NATO backing on Saturday for his new approach to Afghanistan but his European allies stopped short of offering long-term troop deployments for the war effort.
Shrinking airlines park
more planes in the desert
Old jets come here, empty engine pods shrink-wrapped in white, tall red tails fading to pink in the desert sun. More will come soon. Some will never fly again.
Gunman 'lying in wait'
killed 3 Pittsburgh officers
A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.
Receptionist a 'hero' at
NY center where 14 killed
The two receptionists at the American Civic Association community center barely had time to react when a gunman stormed in the front door and shot them at close range before firing on a roomful of immigrants taking a citizenship class.
Palin sister-in-law accused
of breaking into home
Police say Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's sister-in-law is accused of breaking into the same home twice to steal money.
Gay marriages expected to
begin in Iowa April 24
Gay marriage, seemingly the province of the nation's two coasts, is just weeks away from becoming legal in the heartland and apparently it will be years before social conservatives have a chance to stop it.
Republican-appointed judges keep legalizing gay marriage
Man, those activist judges, out in Iowa, Massachusetts, California, and Connecticut. Those damn liberals keep making us get gay married, all the time! Thanks a lot, Republicans.
Anti-Obama talk
worries some on right
While Washington policy makers coped with 21st century political problems this week, some conservative talkers were dredging up 20th-century "-isms."
One in 10 Americans gets
help to buy food
A record 32.2 million people -- one in every 10 Americans -- received food stamps at the latest count, the government said on Thursday, a reflection of the recession now in its 16th month.
Gallup poll: Americans
don't like Bush, Cheney
Neither George W. Bush's deliberate silence about the Obama administration nor Dick Cheney's ready criticism of it appear to have altered U.S. public perceptions about either man. The former president and former vice president are each viewed unfavorably by 63% of Americans.
New York Times threatens
to shut Boston Globe
The New York Times Co has threatened to shut The Boston Globe unless the newspaper's unions quickly agree to $20 million in concessions, the Globe reported on Friday, quoting union leaders.
Obama to abolish limits
on U.S.-Cuba family ties
In a move that could herald better ties between Cold War foes, the Obama administration is planning to abolish limits on family travel and cash remittances between the United States and Cuba, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Fannie, Freddie worker
bonuses total $210M
Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to pay more than $210 million in bonuses through next year to give workers the incentive to stay in their jobs at the government-controlled companies.
Peter Madoff can spend
$10K a month on expenses
Bernard Madoff's brother Peter gets access to $10,000 a month for living expenses under an agreement approved Friday in a lawsuit accusing him of swindling a college student.
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Deadly Quake Rocks Italy
At least 27 people are known dead and dozens missing after a powerful 6.3 earthquake shook a large swathe of central Italy early this morning, reports the Telegraph.
Obama Pitches Nuke Drawdown,
Slams Korean Launch
President Obama laid out his vision for a worldwide nuclear drawdown before a vast audience in Prague today, the New York Times reports.
IBM, Sun Break Off
$7B Merger Talks
IBM withdrew a $7 billion offer to buy Sun Microsystems this weekend after Sun's board called the bid too low.
US Parents Visit
Jailed Journo in Iran
The North Dakota parents of jailed journalist Roxana Saberi have visited their daughter in an Iranian jail, AP reports.
Obama's Becoming
a Windbag
President Obama's European speeches are starting to sound repetitious and long-winded to Iain Martin of the Daily Telegraph.
Campus Cops Track Facebook
for Lawbreakers
As teenagers embrace social networking, campus cops have started using Facebook and MySpace to prevent brawls.
Dad Killed 5 Kids After
Wife Dumped Him
The dad who killed his five children and himself near Tacoma, Wash., did so after discovering his wife was leaving him for another man, reports the Seattle Times reports.
Press Allowed to Witness
Return of Dead Soldier
The press was allowed to cover the return of a fallen US soldier last night for the first time since President Obama lifted an 18-year-old ban, the Washington Post reports.
Fawcett's Son
Busted for Drugs
As actress Farrah Fawcett lay in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital yesterday, her 24-year-old son was busted for drugs at a jail where he was visiting a friend.
Carrie Underwood Grabs Top
Country Music Honors
A teary-eyed Carrie Underwood clinched two top prizes at yesterday's Academy of Country Music Awards presentation.
Sarko: Butt Out of Turkey's
EU Bid, Obama
French President Nicolas Sarkozy put an end to Barack Obama's European honeymoon when the US leader pushed for Turkey's membership in the European Union, reports the Times of London.
$5.2M Wall St. Ties Haunt
President's Economic Czar
President Obama's chief economic adviser worked as a consultant only one day a week for the DE Shaw & Company hedge fund in New York.
McCartney, Ringo
Reunite in NY
An all-star concert on meditation brought Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr together for their first performance together in 7 years.
Knights Templar Hid Shroud
of Turin: Vatican
The Knights Templar secretly cared for the Shroud of Turin after the Crusades for more than 100 years.
Nukes? Climate Change?
Love 'Em to Death
Few so-called experts predicted the subprime meltdown or the September 11 attacks, Jacob Weisberg writes in Newsweek—so what else might the pundits be wrong about?
Photogs Say Gisele
Guard Opened Fire
Two paparazzi say Gisele Bundchen's guards shot at them for snapping pics of her Costa Rica wedding to Tom Brady this weekend, the Boston Globe reports.
Can Baseball Save
America —Again?
Players like Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth inspired America to endure the Great Depression,but with the season kicking off tonight, can overpaid and steroid-ridden players still mean something in hard times.
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While Bush was extremely unpopular in Turkey and the Islamic world, "there's a sense of goodwill toward the U.S. -- and particularly toward President Obama. And the entire Islamic world will be watching" Monday's speech to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Aliriza said.
A string of deadly bombings in Baghdad killed 21 people and wounded at least 64 others Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks.
