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Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma have arrested two men in connection with Friday's shooting spree that left three dead and two wounded--and sparked fears of a hate crime in the community. According to Tulsa police, two white men--19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Watts, were arrested early Sunday. "We're not exactly sure what their relationship is [...]</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/tulsa-shootings-police-arrest-two-men-fea... Lookoutblogs/lookout/tulsa-shootings-police-arrest-two-men-fear-hate-141231200<p>
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma have arrested two men in connection with Friday's shooting spree that left three dead and two wounded--and sparked fears of a hate crime in the community. According to Tulsa police, two white men--19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Watts, were arrested early Sunday. "We're not exactly sure what their relationship is [...]</p><br clear="all"/><p>
North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rocket-position-launch-pad-north-korea-125336858.html20... Pressrocket-position-launch-pad-north-korea-125336858<p>
North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
A U.N.-brokered peace deal for Syria appeared to collapse Sunday as the government made a new demand that its opponents provide "written guarantees" to lay down their weapons before regime forces withdraw from cities, a call swiftly rejected by the country's main rebel group.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-refuse-regime-guarantees-114423566.html20... Presssyrian-rebels-refuse-regime-guarantees-114423566<p>
A U.N.-brokered peace deal for Syria appeared to collapse Sunday as the government made a new demand that its opponents provide "written guarantees" to lay down their weapons before regime forces withdraw from cities, a call swiftly rejected by the country's main rebel group.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams.So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/natural-gas-glut-means-drilling-120019501.html2012-04-0... Pressnatural-gas-glut-means-drilling-120019501<p>
The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams.So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The Afghan government and the U.S. signed a deal Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a U.S. presence in the country for decades to come.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/afghans-us-sign-deal-night-raids-111707350.html2012-04-... Pressafghans-us-sign-deal-night-raids-111707350<p>
The Afghan government and the U.S. signed a deal Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a U.S. presence in the country for decades to come.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-marks-easter-call-syria-violence-end-110312921.htm... Presspope-marks-easter-call-syria-violence-end-110312921<p>
Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-troops-dig-135-missing-avalanche-180852602.ht... Presspakistani-troops-dig-135-missing-avalanche-180852602<p>
Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood together in New Delhi on Sunday, adding weight to peace efforts by the nuclear-armed foes with the first visit by a Pakistani head of state to India in seven years. Relations have warmed since Pakistan promised its neighbour most favoured nation trade status last year, although a $10 million bounty offered by Washington for a Pakistani Islamist blamed for the 2008 attacks on Mumbai has stirred old grievances. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-armed-foes-pakistan-india-talk-peace-over-05124...<p>
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood together in New Delhi on Sunday, adding weight to peace efforts by the nuclear-armed foes with the first visit by a Pakistani head of state to India in seven years. Relations have warmed since Pakistan promised its neighbour most favoured nation trade status last year, although a $10 million bounty offered by Washington for a Pakistani Islamist blamed for the 2008 attacks on Mumbai has stirred old grievances. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC News' decision to air an edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin was "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call," according to the president of the network's news division.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-call-mistake-not-deliberate-nbc-11451585...<p>
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC News' decision to air an edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin was "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call," according to the president of the network's news division.</p><br clear="all"/>SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by becoming the first African American to play major league baseball, he fled the racist threats of townspeople in Sanford, Florida, where Trayvon Martin was shot 66 years later. It was 1946 and Robinson arrived in this picturesque town in central Florida for spring training with a Brooklyn Dodgers farm team. He didn't stay long. ...http://news.yahoo.com/racist-past-haunts-florida-town-where-trayvon-died-111413946--mlb.html2012-04-08T11:14:13ZReutersracist-past-haunts-florida-town-where-trayvon-died-111413946--mlb<p>
CAIRO (Reuters) - The intelligence chief of Egypt's deposed leader Hosni Mubarak formally joined the race for the presidency on Sunday, a last-minute entrance that raises the heat in a contest pitting former regime figures against newly-assertive Islamists. Omar Suleiman announced he planned to run on Friday, saying overwhelming public pressure had stirred his sense of soldierly duty. He had needed to collect the signatures of 30,000 eligible voters by Sunday's deadline in order to take part. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-former-spy-chief-joins-presidential-race-1227002...<p>
CAIRO (Reuters) - The intelligence chief of Egypt's deposed leader Hosni Mubarak formally joined the race for the presidency on Sunday, a last-minute entrance that raises the heat in a contest pitting former regime figures against newly-assertive Islamists. Omar Suleiman announced he planned to run on Friday, saying overwhelming public pressure had stirred his sense of soldierly duty. He had needed to collect the signatures of 30,000 eligible voters by Sunday's deadline in order to take part. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago is setting sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cruise-ship-retrace-voyage-titanic-104314867.html2012-0... Presscruise-ship-retrace-voyage-titanic-104314867<p>
A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago is setting sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank.</p><br clear="all"/>During an interview I conducted with Rick Warren for ?This Week,? the evangelical pastor defended the use of military force, arguing that certain things are ?worth dying for? and that the ?Bible said God has authorized government to protect the citizenship.? TAPPER:?Saddleback opened an outpost...http://news.yahoo.com/rick-warren-god-hates-war-god-loves-every-130829784--abc-news-politics.html2012-04-08T13:08:29ZABC OTUS Newsrick-warren-god-hates-war-god-loves-every-130829784--abc-news-politicsThe 17th Amendment, which was ratified this day in 1913, allowed senators to be directly elected by the people rather than by state legislatures.http://news.yahoo.com/happy-birthday-17th-amendment-100306069.html2012-04-08T14:00:36ZNational Constitution Centerhappy-birthday-17th-amendment-100306069BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Sunday set up a rare earth industry association, state media reported, in a move to speed up consolidation of its sprawling industry that has drawn fire for what overseas trade partners call unfair export quotas. The association, with 155 members across the country, will report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which regulates rare earth production, the official Xinhua news agency said. Baotou Steel Rare Earth in Inner Mongolia, Rising Nonferrous in Guangdong and China Minmetals are among 13 heavyweight members, Xinhua said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/china-sets-rare-earth-body-shake-industry-124415610.html2012-04-08T12:44:15ZReuterschina-sets-rare-earth-body-shake-industry-124415610In 1882, Oscar Wilde wrote about Great Britain: "We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." That still rings true today. So if you're one of the estimated 250,000 Americans going to the Olympics Games in London this summer, you might want to pack a dictionary. For English-to-English translations. For [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/american-guide-british-english-london-olym... Upshotblogs/upshot/american-guide-british-english-london-olympics-232249067A central Ohio woman on a crusade to find her missing dog says she didn't intend to cause the trouble that erupted when she put up more than a hundred yellow and red yard signs seeking help and offering a reward.http://news.yahoo.com/signs-posted-ohio-dog-search-prompt-complaints-123753124.html2012-04-08T12:37:53ZAssociated Presssigns-posted-ohio-dog-search-prompt-complaints-123753124<p>
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Sunday demanded written guarantees that insurgents will stop fighting before it pulls back troops under the terms of a peace plan, casting additional doubt over a truce due to start this week. Escalating violence has already raised questions over the ceasefire. Opposition activists said dozens of people were killed and wounded on Sunday when President Bashar al-Assad's loyalists shelled a rebellious area near the border with Turkey. U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/violence-dims-syria-truce-hopes-over-100-killed-0346513...<p>
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Sunday demanded written guarantees that insurgents will stop fighting before it pulls back troops under the terms of a peace plan, casting additional doubt over a truce due to start this week. Escalating violence has already raised questions over the ceasefire. Opposition activists said dozens of people were killed and wounded on Sunday when President Bashar al-Assad's loyalists shelled a rebellious area near the border with Turkey. U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan and the United States reached a deal on Sunday to curb night raids on Afghan homes, giving Kabul a veto over the operations despised by most local people and clearing the way for a wider pact securing a U.S. presence. Night raids on suspected militants have helped fan rising anti-Western sentiment ahead of a withdrawal by most Western combat troops to be completed by 2014, but are backed by NATO commanders as a key anti-insurgent tactic. Their conduct had been one of the biggest hurdles in negotiations on a broader strategic pact governing a future U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-government-says-night-raids-deal-reached-nato-08...<p>
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan and the United States reached a deal on Sunday to curb night raids on Afghan homes, giving Kabul a veto over the operations despised by most local people and clearing the way for a wider pact securing a U.S. presence. Night raids on suspected militants have helped fan rising anti-Western sentiment ahead of a withdrawal by most Western combat troops to be completed by 2014, but are backed by NATO commanders as a key anti-insurgent tactic. Their conduct had been one of the biggest hurdles in negotiations on a broader strategic pact governing a future U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood together in New Delhi on Sunday, adding weight to peace efforts by the nuclear-armed foes with the first visit by a Pakistani head of state to India in seven years. Relations have warmed since Pakistan promised its neighbor most favored nation trade status last year, although a $10 million bounty offered by Washington for a Pakistani Islamist blamed for the 2008 attacks on Mumbai has stirred old grievances. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-armed-foes-pakistan-india-talk-peace-over-05094...<p>
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood together in New Delhi on Sunday, adding weight to peace efforts by the nuclear-armed foes with the first visit by a Pakistani head of state to India in seven years. Relations have warmed since Pakistan promised its neighbor most favored nation trade status last year, although a $10 million bounty offered by Washington for a Pakistani Islamist blamed for the 2008 attacks on Mumbai has stirred old grievances. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are pressing for an end to Iran's high-level uranium enrichment and the closure of a facility built deep under a mountain as talks on Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West resume this week. Iranian media said the talks, which collapsed more than a year ago, would be held in Istanbul on Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/talks-istanbul-target-irans-purer-atom-fuel-123418109.h...<p>
JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are pressing for an end to Iran's high-level uranium enrichment and the closure of a facility built deep under a mountain as talks on Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West resume this week. Iranian media said the talks, which collapsed more than a year ago, would be held in Istanbul on Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC News' decision to air an edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin was "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call," according to the president of the network's news division. The edit in question, which aired on the network's flagship "Today" morning show last week,?made it appear that Zimmerman told police that Martin was black without being prompted, when, in fact, the full tape reveals that the neighborhood watch captain only did so when responding to a question posed by a dispatcher. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-call-mistake-not-deliberate-nbc-03081560...<p>
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC News' decision to air an edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin was "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call," according to the president of the network's news division. The edit in question, which aired on the network's flagship "Today" morning show last week,?made it appear that Zimmerman told police that Martin was black without being prompted, when, in fact, the full tape reveals that the neighborhood watch captain only did so when responding to a question posed by a dispatcher. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320.h...<p>
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>how to tie a bow tie chick fil a chick fil a diverticulitis jello shots bowl games abc store
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma have arrested two men in connection with Friday's shooting spree that left three dead and two wounded--and sparked fears of a hate crime in the community. According to Tulsa police, two white men--19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Watts, were arrested early Sunday. "We're not exactly sure what their relationship is [...]</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/tulsa-shootings-police-arrest-two-men-fea... Lookoutblogs/lookout/tulsa-shootings-police-arrest-two-men-fear-hate-141231200<p>
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma have arrested two men in connection with Friday's shooting spree that left three dead and two wounded--and sparked fears of a hate crime in the community. According to Tulsa police, two white men--19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Watts, were arrested early Sunday. "We're not exactly sure what their relationship is [...]</p><br clear="all"/><p>
North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rocket-position-launch-pad-north-korea-125336858.html20... Pressrocket-position-launch-pad-north-korea-125336858<p>
North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
A U.N.-brokered peace deal for Syria appeared to collapse Sunday as the government made a new demand that its opponents provide "written guarantees" to lay down their weapons before regime forces withdraw from cities, a call swiftly rejected by the country's main rebel group.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-refuse-regime-guarantees-114423566.html20... Presssyrian-rebels-refuse-regime-guarantees-114423566<p>
A U.N.-brokered peace deal for Syria appeared to collapse Sunday as the government made a new demand that its opponents provide "written guarantees" to lay down their weapons before regime forces withdraw from cities, a call swiftly rejected by the country's main rebel group.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams.So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/natural-gas-glut-means-drilling-120019501.html2012-04-0... Pressnatural-gas-glut-means-drilling-120019501<p>
The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams.So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural ...</p><br clear="all"/><p>
The Afghan government and the U.S. signed a deal Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a U.S. presence in the country for decades to come.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/afghans-us-sign-deal-night-raids-111707350.html2012-04-... Pressafghans-us-sign-deal-night-raids-111707350<p>
The Afghan government and the U.S. signed a deal Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a U.S. presence in the country for decades to come.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-marks-easter-call-syria-violence-end-110312921.htm... Presspope-marks-easter-call-syria-violence-end-110312921<p>
Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-troops-dig-135-missing-avalanche-180852602.ht... Presspakistani-troops-dig-135-missing-avalanche-180852602<p>
Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border.</p><br clear="all"/><p>
A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago is setting sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cruise-ship-retrace-voyage-titanic-104314867.html2012-0... Presscruise-ship-retrace-voyage-titanic-104314867<p>
A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago is setting sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank.</p><br clear="all"/>During an interview I conducted with Rick Warren for ?This Week,? the evangelical pastor defended the use of military force, arguing that certain things are ?worth dying for? and that the ?Bible said God has authorized government to protect the citizenship.? TAPPER:?Saddleback opened an outpost...http://news.yahoo.com/rick-warren-god-hates-war-god-loves-every-130829784--abc-news-politics.html2012-04-08T13:08:29ZABC OTUS Newsrick-warren-god-hates-war-god-loves-every-130829784--abc-news-politicsThe 17th Amendment, which was ratified this day in 1913, allowed senators to be directly elected by the people rather than by state legislatures.http://news.yahoo.com/happy-birthday-17th-amendment-100306069.html2012-04-08T14:00:36ZNational Constitution Centerhappy-birthday-17th-amendment-100306069BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Sunday set up a rare earth industry association, state media reported, in a move to speed up consolidation of its sprawling industry that has drawn fire for what overseas trade partners call unfair export quotas. The association, with 155 members across the country, will report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which regulates rare earth production, the official Xinhua news agency said. Baotou Steel Rare Earth in Inner Mongolia, Rising Nonferrous in Guangdong and China Minmetals are among 13 heavyweight members, Xinhua said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/china-sets-rare-earth-body-shake-industry-124415610.html2012-04-08T12:44:15ZReuterschina-sets-rare-earth-body-shake-industry-124415610In 1882, Oscar Wilde wrote about Great Britain: "We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." That still rings true today. So if you're one of the estimated 250,000 Americans going to the Olympics Games in London this summer, you might want to pack a dictionary. For English-to-English translations. For [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/american-guide-british-english-london-olym... Upshotblogs/upshot/american-guide-british-english-london-olympics-232249067A central Ohio woman on a crusade to find her missing dog says she didn't intend to cause the trouble that erupted when she put up more than a hundred yellow and red yard signs seeking help and offering a reward.http://news.yahoo.com/signs-posted-ohio-dog-search-prompt-complaints-123753124.html2012-04-08T12:37:53ZAssociated Presssigns-posted-ohio-dog-search-prompt-complaints-123753124<p>