Archive for April, 2010
Activists hope Ariz. law opposition boosts rallies (AP)
AP – Immigrant rights activists hope Arizona’s controversial immigration law will spark scores of people to protest in rallies nationwide and add urgency to pleas for federal immigration reform.
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Players’ union exec blasts Arizona’s new law
The baseball players’ union took a swing at Arizona’s controversial new immigration law Friday, citing the sport’s huge population of Latino players, many of whom travel to the state for spring training or for regular season games with the Diamondbacks.
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Heavy winds and high tides hamper Gulf oil fight (AP)
AP – Heavy winds and high tides complicated efforts to hold back oil that threatened to coat birds and other marine life as it oozed ashore from the Gulf of Mexico on Friday. The White House responded to the massive spill by halting any new offshore oil projects until safeguards are in place to prevent rig explosions like the one that caused it.
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Two New Yorkers charged with plotting to aid Al Qaeda: officials
Two New York men have been charged with plotting to send money, supplies and computer advice to Al Qaeda, officials said today.
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Britain’s candidates agree: This race is wide open (AP)
AP – Divided over the country’s ballooning debt, the economy and the contentious issue of immigration, the three front runners in Britain’s general election can still agree on one thing: This race is anyone’s to win.
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Phony track worker rigs subway terror scare in bizarre cyanide suicide try
A phony track worker triggered a terror scare inside a lower Manhattan subway tunnel Friday morning – but he turned out to be a despondent college student who wanted to kill himself by ingesting sodium cyanide, police said.
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Higher consumer spending in Q1 still lacks vigor (AP)
AP – Consumers spent more and helped lift the economy last quarter but not enough to ignite the recovery and drive down unemployment.
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