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Trapped survivors freed after nearly 100 hours
(AP)
 AP - A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued 163 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins.
Sat, 17 May 2008 04:35:34 GMT
| China's 1-child policy causes extra pain
(AP)
 AP - After their daughter was born, Bi Kaiwei and his wife, Meilin, decided to adhere to China's one-child policy and its slogan, "Have fewer kids, live better lives."
Fri, 16 May 2008 21:32:02 GMT
| Death toll from Myanmar cyclone nearly doubles
(AP)
 AP - The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar's killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts.
Sat, 17 May 2008 03:13:17 GMT
| Bush fails to win Saudi help on gas prices
(AP)
 AP - President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S.
Sat, 17 May 2008 04:06:29 GMT
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Cavs ride James, force Game 7 at Boston (AP)
The Boston Celtics are going home for another Game 7. They handled the Atlanta Hawks. LeBron James may not be as easy. James scored 32 points -- 19 in the second half -- and the Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 victory Friday night over the Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to postseason road kill.
Fri, 16 May 2008 21:27:31 PDT
| Pats coach Belichick lashes out at Walsh (AP)
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick lashed out at the team's former video assistant Friday, saying in a televised interview that Matt Walsh was a low-level staffer who was fired for "poor job performance" "There's not a lot of credibility," Belichick said in an interview broadcast on "CBS Evening News." "You know, he's tried to make it seem like we're buddies, and belong to the same book...
Fri, 16 May 2008 15:49:13 PDT
| Magowan stepping down from Giants (AP)
Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants. The 66-year-old Magowan will retire from his duties at the end of the season on Oct. 1 but maintain an ownership stake, the team said Friday.
Fri, 16 May 2008 19:00:22 PDT
| NFL owners could opt out of labor deal (AP)
NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season without a salary cap. The labor agreement is on the agenda for the league meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday. "If they don't do it next week then it will be soon after that," Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, said Friday.
Fri, 16 May 2008 15:53:22 PDT
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Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs this week: source
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs
this week across its investment banking, trading and asset
management businesses, a person familiar with the situation
said Friday, a 5 percent reduction of non-broker employees.
Fri, 16 May 2008 22:47:04 GMT
| Wall St ends flat as energy gains offset sentiment
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks finished little changed on
Friday as surging oil prices lifted energy shares and offset
data that showed consumer confidence sank to its lowest in 28
years.
Fri, 16 May 2008 20:49:15 GMT
| Consumers' mood as grim as early-80s
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a
28-year low this month as rising prices strained household
finances, while another drop in single-family housing starts
underscored problems still plaguing the economy.
Fri, 16 May 2008 20:59:31 GMT
| Shareholders file new legal claims in Yahoo case
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Investors suing Yahoo Inc
over its rebuff of Microsoft Corp's $47.5 billion
buyout bid have filed a new case that adds company co-founder
David Filo as a defendant, but they say much of their complaint
is being kept under seal at Yahoo's demand.
Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:09 GMT
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Bush fails to win Saudi help on gas prices
(AP)
AP - President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S.
Sat, 17 May 2008 01:10:00 GMT
| Astronomers baffled by weird, fast-spinning pulsar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Astronomers are baffled after
finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently
locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun --
an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects.
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:59:49 GMT
| Alabama sheriffs feed inmates on $1.75 a day
(AP)
 AP - Back in the day of chain gangs, Alabama passed a law that gave sheriffs $1.75 a day to feed each prisoner in their jails, and the sheriffs got to pocket anything that was left over. More than 80 years later, most Alabama counties still operate under this system, with the same $1.75-a-day allowance, and some sheriffs are actually making money on top of their salaries.
Sat, 17 May 2008 01:04:44 GMT
| Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy
(AP)
 AP - Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.
Sat, 17 May 2008 03:36:13 GMT
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