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Sports News Update
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General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

US, Russia still at odds on missiles
AP - 20 minutes ago

SOCHI, Russia - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to resolve their differences over a U.S. missile defense system at a farewell meeting on Sunday, with Bush saying the system is not aimed at Russia but at regimes that "could try to hold us hostage."

  • Women walk by a bus shelter with election posters of President Robert Mugabe in Harare, Saturday, April 5, 2008. Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called Saturday on President Robert Mugabe to step down and accused the country's longtime ruler of plotting a campaign of violence to bolster his chances of winning an expected runoff. Amid increasing signs of a government crackdown, armed police barred opposition officials from entering court to file a suit demanding the publication of the results of the March 29 presidential elections, which Mugabe appeared to have lost. The opposition promised to try again Sunday. (AP Photo/Mujahid Safodien-STAR)
    Mugabe's party demands recount AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - President Robert Mugabe's ruling party is demanding a vote recount and a further delay in announcing the results of Zimbabwe's presidential election, the state Sunday Mail newspaper reported, prompting outrage from the opposition party.

  • This aerial view shows the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound under construction near Eldorado, Texas, in this March 2, 2005 file photo. The complex just north of Eldorado, about 160 miles northwest of San Antonio, includes about a dozen concrete and log apartment buildings plus other structures around the estimated 80-foot tall fortress-like temple shown at the top. State welfare investigators sealed off the secretive religious retreat built by jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs in order to investigate the treatment of children there, officials said Friday, April 4, 2008.    (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, File)
    Conflict escalates at polygamist retreat AP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

    ELDORADO, Texas - Law enforcement manned a roadblock miles from a polygamist temple where sect leaders refused to let authorities enter to search for a teenager whose report of abuse initiated a raid on the West Texas compound.

  • LT. Timothy Schmitz, commander of the rescue helicopter from the Coast Guard cutter Monroe, left, talks with Capt. Mike Rand, chief investigator for the U.S. Coast Guard, during a break in testimony in Anchorage, Alaska Saturday, April 5, 2008, during a federal investigation into the sinking of the Seattle-based Alaska Ranger.  Five people died and 42 crewmen were rescued when the fishing boat sank off of Alaska's Aleutians. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
    Rescuer: Victim fell from helicopter AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A crewman who died at the site of a sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea fell from a rescue basket being pulled into a helicopter, a rescuer has testified.

  • Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., right, reaches over the crowd to take Natalie Pankratz-Osborn 8 months, from Missoula, at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont., Saturday, April 5, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Obama tailors message to Western voters AP - Sun Apr 6, 2:03 AM ET

    BUTTE, Mont. - Hunting for votes out West, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday rejected the idea that the region's sparsely populated states aren't important in the presidential race and renewed his promise to appoint a high-level adviser on Indian issues if elected.

  • The Memphis bench celebrates near the end of the UCLA semifinals game at the college basketball Final Four Saturday, April 5, 2008, in San Antonio. Memphis defeated UCLA 78-63 to advance to the championship game Monday. (AP Photo/Matt York)
    Kansas-Memphis meet for NCAA hoop title AP - 10 minutes ago

    SAN ANTONIO - Memphis and its up-tempo offense will face Kansas and its shutdown defense when the two top-seeded teams meet for the NCAA championship Monday night.

  • President George W. Bush (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin walk together at Putin's Black Sea summer retreat, Bocharov Ruchey, in Sochi April 6, 2008. (Ria Novosti/KREMLIN/Vladimir Rodionov/Reuters)
    Bush and Putin fail to resolve missile differences Reuters - 52 minutes ago

    SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin ended their last face-to-face meeting as heads of state on Sunday with warm words for each other but no solution to their row over missile defense.

  • A video grab taken from state television shows Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe talking with ZANU-PF politburo members in Harare April 4, 2008. (ZBC via REUTERS TV/Reuters)
    Zimbabwe court postpones MDC vote hearing Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

    HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean judge has postponed until later on Sunday his hearing of an opposition application for presidential elections results to be released immediately, an opposition lawyer said.

  • Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan seen in this file photo in Washington October 21, 2007. There is more than a 50 percent chance the United States could go into recession, Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
    More than 50 percent chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan Reuters - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago

    MADRID (Reuters) - There is more than a 50 percent chance the United States could go into recession, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.

  • Police bomb experts inspect the site where a bomb had exploded in Gampaha April 6, 2008. Sri Lanka's highways minister and at least nine other people were killed on Sunday by a blast near Colombo that was blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels, a security official said. (Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi/Reuters)
    Suicide blast kills Sri Lanka minister Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 4:03 AM ET

    COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lanka's highways minister and at least 11 others on Sunday gathered for a marathon race near the capital, the government said.

  • Charlton Heston attends Paramount Pictures' 90th anniversary celebration in Hollywood in this July 14, 2002 file photo. Heston passed away at the age of 84, his family said on April 5, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Files/Reuters)
    Legendary actor Charlton Heston dies at 84 Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 3:24 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston, whose chiseled features and commanding presence won him epic roles from Moses to Michelangelo, died on Saturday night at the age of 84, his family said.

  • An undated image of Mullah Mansoor Dadullah taken from Aljazeera satellite television. Afghan and NATO forces have killed 15 Taliban insurgents in separate raids in southern Afghanistan, where police also captured a top Taliban commander, the most senior figure after Dadullah who was arrested in February.(AFP/Al Jazeera/File/Massoud Hossaini)
    Afghan forces arrest Taliban commander Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

    KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police have arrested a Taliban commander in the southern province of Kandahar while 15 insurgents have been killed in clashes with Afghan and NATO troops, the government said on Sunday.

  • Iraqi soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division stand guard on a road in Baghdad April 5, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)
    Iraq students freed after mass kidnapping Reuters - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A group of at least 40 students kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday near the northern city of Mosul have been freed by Iraqi security forces, police said.

  • Robert Green Sr. cycles past vacant lots near the site where the levee was breached during Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, August 26, 2007. (Lee Celano/Reuters)
    Hurricane price tags soaring on crowded U.S. coast Reuters - 27 minutes ago

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The damage caused to U.S. coastal cities by hurricanes promises to rise into the stratosphere, raising concerns about a possible $500 billion storm and prompting calls for tougher building codes.

  • US Missile Defence FLASH GRAPHIC. US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have made progress towards resolving their dispute over a planned US missile defence system in Europe at their swansong summit by the Black Sea.(AFP iactiv)
    US-Russia summit eases tension on missile defence AFP - 11 minutes ago

    SOCHI, Russia, April 6, 2008 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin made progress on Sunday toward resolving their dispute over a planned US missile defence system in Europe at their swansong summit by the Black Sea.

  • A graphic showing final results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections, according to the electoral commission. Zimbabwe's ruling party has rejected an approach by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change to join a national unity government following last week's elections, state media said Sunday.(AFP/Graphic)
    Zimbabwe ruling party demands vote recount AFP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    HARARE (AFP) - Robert Mugabe's party refused to release its grip on power Sunday, demanding a recount in Zimbabwe's presidential election and snubbing an offer to join the opposition in a national unity government.

  • A Tibetan activist in exile walks past pictures showing alleged violence in Tibet during a protest in New Delhi on April 5. China's top official in Tibet, rejecting a demand of activists around the world, has insisted that the Beijing Olympics torch relay will pass through the Himalayan region as planned.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)
    China insists torch will go through Tibet AFP - Sun Apr 6, 5:36 AM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - China's top official in Tibet has insisted that the Beijing Olympics torch relay will pass through the Himalayan region as planned, in a rejection of pressure from activists around the world.

  • Representatives participate in the G8 Development Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo, on April 5.The Group of Eight rich nations has vowed to step up cooperation with emerging donors such as China and India and said they remained committed to a goal to double their own aid to Africa by 2010.(AFP/Pool/Koichi Kamoshida)
    G8 to double aid to Africa by 2010 AFP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

    TOKYO (AFP) - The Group of Eight rich nations vowed Sunday to step up cooperation with emerging donors such as China and India and said they remained committed to a goal to double their own aid to Africa by 2010.

  • Police arrest a man who attempted to grab the Olympic Torch from television presenter Konnie Huq in London. Pro-Tibet protesters have clashed with police and tried to put out the Beijing Olympics flame as the torch was being taken around the capital.(AFP/Ian Walton)
    London Olympic torch relay marred by clashes AFP - 40 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Pro-Tibet protesters in London clashed with police and tried to put out the flame as the Olympic torch was being carried around the British capital on Sunday.

  • A logo of the Swiss banking giant UBS is seen on April 1 in Lausanne. Swiss ministers and financiers are striving to reassure markets and citizens there is no banking crisis even as the once-mighty UBS totters after losing billions of dollars in subprime exposure.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)
    Crisis, what crisis? say Swiss financiers amid UBS woes AFP - Sun Apr 6, 1:56 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Swiss ministers and financiers are striving to reassure markets and citizens there is no banking crisis even as the once-mighty UBS totters after losing billions of dollars in subprime exposure.

  • File photo of OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri, who has rejected calls from oil consuming states for a hike in the cartel's crude output, saying that non-fundamental factors were to blame for current high prices.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)
    OPEC chief rejects calls for output hike AFP - Sun Apr 6, 3:55 AM ET

    TEHRAN (AFP) - OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri has rejected calls from oil consuming states for a hike in the cartel's crude output, saying that non-fundamental factors were to blame for current high prices.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • A sneaker store in China's southern city of Guangzhou February 17, 2008. A recent poll has found that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more a year are far more likely to be a leadership type that other people. (Joseph Chaney/Reuters)
    Always buying sneakers? It's the sign of a leader: poll Reuters - Tue Apr 1, 9:50 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Got a passion for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign, with a poll finding that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more a year are far more likely to be a leadership type than other people.

  • An injured woman is helped after gun shots were heard during a police campaign to move at least 9,000 street market sellers to a new fixed market location at the zone of Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince April 4, 2008. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
    Four killed as Haitians riot over prices Reuters - Sat Apr 5, 2:39 AM ET

    PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Four people were killed in southern Haiti when demonstrators protesting the high cost of living clashed with security forces, a local official said on Friday.

  • Ground crews prepare B-1 bombers in a file photo. (Ian Hodgson/Reuters)
    U.S. B-1 bomber catches fire in Qatar, crew unhurt Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 5:18 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. B-1 bomber caught fire after landing at an air base in Qatar on Friday but the crew escaped without injury, the Air Force said.

  • File photo shows Oprah Winfrey in Los Angeles, California, February 3, 2008. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)
    Pregnant man tells Oprah: It's a miracle Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 4:26 AM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an interview aired by Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) reacts alongside her husband, former President Bill Clinton, during a campaign town hall meeting at McCluer North High School in Florissant, Missouri, January 19, 2008. (Mike Stone/Reuters)
    Clintons made $109 million since 2000, returns show Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 6:34 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have made $109 million since leaving the White House, including $51 million in speech income for Bill Clinton, according to eight years of tax records released on Friday.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Rose does it with flair, Memphis wins

AP - Sat Apr 5, 11:06 PM ET

SAN ANTONIO - As hard as it is to imagine, Memphis keeps getting better just when it matters the most.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Employees of Yahoo! China are seen through the window of its office in Beijing. Microsoft issued a three-week ultimatum Saturday for Yahoo to accept its 44.6-billion-dollar takeover offer or face a hostile battle for the support of the Internet giant's shareholders.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)
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AFP/File

Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline on offer

AP - Sat Apr 5, 10:18 PM ET

SEATTLE - Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer's board Saturday, warning that if a deal wasn't reached by April 26 the software maker would launch a hostile takeover at a less attractive price.

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Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 6, 2008
Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
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W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
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Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
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Woody Allen (1935 - ), Without Feathers (1976)
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
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Stephen King (1947 - )

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