| American sailors who thwarted pirates return to US (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 2:07 am
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|  AP - The saga of the American merchant seamen who clashed with Somali pirates on the high seas off Africa ended early Thursday with a big "welcome home" banner and the warm embrace of families.
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| Tens of thousands rally at tax day 'tea parties' (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 1:47 am
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|  AP - Whipped up by conservative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged "tea parties" around the country Wednesday to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending and bailouts.
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| NYC's new archbishop aims to renew church (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 12:13 am
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|  AP - Archbishop Timothy Dolan was installed Wednesday as the leader of Roman Catholic New York, taking the most prominent American pulpit in the church during an elaborate ceremony that drew thousands of parishioners and civic leaders to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
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| Fan fights NY Yankees 'God Bless America' ejection (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 11:02 pm
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|  AP - A baseball fan who says he was ejected from Yankee Stadium by police after he left his seat to use the bathroom during the playing of "God Bless America" sued the New York Yankees and the city on Wednesday.
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| NY boy, 9, made plastic parachute, took death dive (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 10:55 pm
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| | AP - A friend says a 9-year-old New York City boy might have been imitating a video game character when he apparently made a plastic parachute and jumped to his death from his apartment building's roof. |
| Dam threatened, residents evacuate small ND town (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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|  AP - Residents of this tiny community cleared out Wednesday as water spilled over a nearby dam and began eroding it, while officials in the larger town of Valley City to the north urged thousands of people to evacuate from their homes because of a flooding threat that could persist for weeks.
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| This man is a White House dog's best friend (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 7:10 pm
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|  AP - Of all Barry H. Landau's anecdotes about his friendships with presidential dogs — and trust us, he has lots of 'em — perhaps the best is the one about the time the Clinton White House called to postpone his playdate with Buddy. Yes, Landau is both human and an adult — a 60-year-old author, presidential historian, former White House protocol officer and memorabilia collector.
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| Fan fights NY Yankees 'God Bless America' ejection (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 6:46 pm
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| | AP - A baseball fan who says he was ejected from Yankee Stadium by police after he left his seat to use the bathroom during the playing of "God Bless America" sued the New York Yankees and the city on Wednesday. |
| Minnesota man convicted of impersonating lawyer (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 5:52 pm
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| | AP - A man accused of impersonating a lawyer in at least 10 states was convicted Wednesday of mail fraud and making false statements in what a government lawyer hoped would be the first of several federal prosecutions around the country. |
| Lawyer: Soldier killed comrades to defend himself (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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| | AP - An Army sergeant charged with killing two U.S. soldiers at their patrol base in Iraq opened fire to protect himself, his defense attorney said at the end of a hearing to determine if the case goes to a court-martial. |
| Ohio prison worker handcuffed herself to youth (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 4:24 pm
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| | AP - A superintendent of a youth prison twice handcuffed herself to out-of-control juveniles to help calm them down, defending herself by saying there was no policy specifically prohibiting her from doing so, records show. |
| Sacramento tent city emptying under city deadline (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 4:08 pm
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|  AP - Dozens of the people who have been living in a homeless encampment near downtown Sacramento folded their tents and packed their shopping carts Wednesday, the deadline set by the city to clear out.
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| Tougher notary laws sought to curb house thefts (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 3:57 pm
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|  AP - The small row house had been unoccupied for months, but it was still a home. And if she had really wanted to sell it, Virginia Coontz says, she certainly would have spelled her name right on the title transfer.
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| No DNA on truck in racially charged dragging case (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 3:49 pm
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| | AP - Texas prosecutors say they still plan to take to trial a racially charged murder case against two white men accused of running down a black man with a pickup truck, even though they have no physical evidence or eyewitnesses linking the suspects to the crime. |
| Anti-tax protesters turn out for dreaded April 15 (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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|  AP - Protesters began gathering at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party.
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| Wife of Boston face transplant donor speaks out (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 12:35 pm
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| | AP - The wife of a Massachusetts man whose tissue was donated for the nation's second face transplant said her husband told her before heart transplant surgery that he wanted to donate his organs if he didn't survive the operation. |
| Jurors decry post-trial arrest of Egyptian student (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 12:22 pm
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| | AP - Four jurors who acquitted an Egyptian college student of federal explosives charges criticized U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday for trying to deport him, saying it was a "blatant disregard" of their verdict. |
| American Apparel hits back at Woody Allen over lawsuit (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 10:34 am
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|  AP - A clothing company known for its racy ads is fighting a $10 million lawsuit brought by Woody Allen, arguing that it can't have damaged his reputation by using his image because the film director has already ruined it himself.
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| US sailors who thwarted pirate hijackers fly home (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 9:57 am
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|  AP - The American crew who thwarted Somali pirates was flying home to the U.S. on Wednesday but without its captain, who was still aboard a Navy destroyer after being rescued from the hijackers, their shipping company said.
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| CIA documents shine light on secretive Air America (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 5:37 am
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|  AP - Former naval aviator Don Boecker isn't too proud to say he was "scared out of my wits" on that July 1965 day in Laos when he dangled by one arm from a helicopter while enemy soldiers took aim below.
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| NY Gov. Paterson to reintroduce gay marriage bill (AP)
April 15, 2009 at 4:01 am
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|  AP - Gov. David Paterson is making another push to legalize gay marriage in New York, tapping into the momentum of other states that have recently allowed same-sex couples to wed, but the measure will face stiff opposition in the Legislature.
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