My Blog: April 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wild cards may decide Indiana primary

If you're running for president in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a little factory experience never hurts.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/30/democrats.indiana/index.html?eref=edition

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Airbus reviewing superjumbo deliveries

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/29/airbus.review.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Review: New Madonna a big party

You've seen the video for "4 Minutes," Madonna's flirty duet with Justin Timberlake. Perhaps you've heard that roughly half of her new album, "Hard Candy," was produced by the Neptunes, with the remainder entrusted to the team of Timbaland, Nate "Danja" Hills, and Timberlake. Maybe you know that Kanye West pops up on one song ("Beat Goes On").

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/28/ew.review.madonna/index.html?eref=edition

Monday, April 28, 2008

Experts: Sect opens up to retrieve children

It took an extraordinary event -- the state's seizure of more than 400 children -- for the polygamist Mormon sect to open its gates to outsiders after decades of seclusion.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/28/flds.openness/index.html?eref=edition

Business-only airline Eos bankrupt

Eos Airlines, the all business-class carrier, has declared bankruptcy and stopped operations Sunday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/28/eos.bankruptcy/index.html?eref=edition

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Wildfires force Californians from homes

About 1,000 people were ordered to leave their Sierra Madre, California, homes Sunday as a raging wildfire consumed about 400 acres, city officials said.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/27/wildfires/index.html?eref=edition

BP closes UK pipeline as workers strike

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/27/uk.refinery.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Saudi blogger freed from jail, colleague says

A Saudi Arabian blogger detained in December, ostensibly because he supported reform advocates accused by the Saudi government of backing terrorism, has been released, a fellow blogger posted Saturday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/saudi.arabia.blogger/index.html?eref=edition

Ballack double gives Chelsea title hope

Two goals from German Michael Ballack, one a controversial late penalty, keeps alive Chelsea's Premier League title hopes as they overcame Manchester United 2-1 in a pulsating clash at Stamford Bridge.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/04/26/england.chelsea/index.html?eref=edition

Friday, April 25, 2008

Al-Sadr threatens 'open war' on Iraq 'occupiers'

At least 11 people were killed and 36 others were wounded in overnight battles in northern Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/25/iraq.main/index.html?eref=edition

Beckham jersey gift sparks legal threat

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/25/beckham.jersey.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Bond stuntman injured in chase crash

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/24/bond.stuntman.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Hopes fade for balloon stunt priest

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/24/priest.balloons.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

German warship helped fend off pirate attack

A German warship was involved in fending off Monday's pirate attack on a Japanese tanker near the coast of Somalia, a spokesman for the German armed forces said Wednesday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/23/somalia.pirates/index.html?eref=edition

Climber barred from Everest over Tibet banner

A U.S. citizen holding a "Free Tibet" banner has been turned back from the slopes of Mount Everest, a Nepalese army officer said.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/mteverest.tibet/index.html?eref=edition

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Harry Potter case brings law into Internet Age

It's a battle worthy of Harry Potter himself. His creator, author J.K. Rowling, is locked in a courtroom fight -- not with an evil wizard -- but one of her biggest fans, a former librarian from Michigan named Steven Vander Ark.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/22/sunny.potter/index.html?eref=edition

Samsung boss announces resignation

The chairman of the Samsung Group announced his resignation Tuesday, just days after his indictment amid an investigation into allegations of corruption.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/samsung.chairman.resignation/index.html?eref=edition

Monday, April 21, 2008

Nigerian rebels ask Clooney, Carter for help

A group of Nigerian rebels who wrote a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, stating that they attacked two oil pipelines Monday, have asked for former President Jimmy Carter and actor George Clooney to help solve issues in the oil-rich Niger-delta.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/21/nigeria.oil/index.html?eref=edition

Serbs charged over Kosovo massacre

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/21/serb.crimes.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Woman driver makes racing history

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/indy.japan.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Split decision as Calzaghe beats Hopkins

Joe Calzaghe claimed a split decision over American Bernard Hopkins to win their much-vaunted light-heavyweight "super-fight" in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/04/20/hopkins.calzaghe/index.html?eref=edition

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Man's guilt doubted after 26 years in prison

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/19/wrongly.convicted.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Middle school girls film beating

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/19/girl.beating.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Friday, April 18, 2008

Al Qaeda planning Baghdad attacks, says U.S.

Al Qaeda in Iraq is planning suicide attacks against Iraqis in Baghdad "in the near future," the U.S. military warned Friday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.attacks/index.html?eref=edition

Trucker 'tried to sell Ritz hotel'

An opportunity to buy London's exclusive Ritz hotel at less than market value sounds too good to be true.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/18/ritz.fraud/index.html?eref=edition

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Polygamy teen turned to stripping, drugs

Long after she escaped a polygamist Colorado City, Arizona, community in 1986, Flora Jessop found another way to escape -- cocaine.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/16/polygamy.escapes/index.html?eref=edition

Eight-year-old girl granted divorce

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/17/yemen.child.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Court split over execution of child rapists

The Supreme Court focused Wednesday on whether "evolving standards of decency" in the United States forbid a resumption of capital punishment for any felony but murder. But the justices offered no clear indication of how they will rule in the case of a man who is on Louisiana death row for raping a child.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/16/scotus.execution/index.html?eref=edition

Euro hits record high against dollar

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/16/inflation.europe.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Headwinds for Delta-Northwest deal

Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have finally agreed to a merger. But it could be a bumpy ride before a deal is officially completed.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/money/2008/04/15/news/companies/delta_northwest_objections/index.htm?eref=edition

Video shows pirates pursued, captured

Dramatic video released by the French defense ministry this week shows French helicopters pursuing Somali pirates through the desert as they tried to escape following a weeklong hijacking.