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- Obama Promotes Ambitious Plan to Overhaul Nation’s Infrastructure
- New York Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Sept. 11 Steel Cross
- Guinea to hold polls with or without opposition: minister
- The Lede: Shoe Tossed at Musharraf Misses Mark, Video Shows
- Miners buried in Tibet landslide
- Seven killed in northern Mexican bar shooting
- Hundreds of migrants rescued off Italian coast
- Kids stomp their way off deadly streets
- Relative of Chinese Nobel Laureate to Face Trial
- Cyprus eases some bank restrictions
- McIlroy improves at Houston Open
- Big-spenders PSG face Catalan challenge
- F.C.C. Has Yen for Broadway’s Wireless Spectrum
- Azeri election monitor under attack, rights worries grow
- Swing and a Mystery: Why Strikeout Rates Are Soaring
- U.S. Starts Shipping Out, via Risky Pakistan Route
- Gabon jails activist for defaming ally of president
- VIDEO: Sri Lankans attack Muslim store
- Business and Labor Said to Near Deal on Immigration
- Supreme Court Memo: Supreme Court’s Glimpse at Thinking on Same-Sex Marriage
| Obama Promotes Ambitious Plan to Overhaul Nation’s Infrastructure Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PDT Declaring, "Let's get started rebuilding America," President Obama promoted a merger of tax breaks, loans and private investment to generate money for projects.  |
| New York Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Sept. 11 Steel Cross Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:46 PM PDT A New York judge has tossed out a lawsuit seeking to stop the display of a cross-shaped steel beam found among the World Trade Center's wreckage.  |
| Guinea to hold polls with or without opposition: minister Posted: 29 Mar 2013 01:15 PM PDT CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea will hold long-delayed parliamentary elections this year, to conclude its transition to civilian rule, with or without the participation of the country's main opposition coalition, a government minister said on Friday.  |
| The Lede: Shoe Tossed at Musharraf Misses Mark, Video Shows Posted: 29 Mar 2013 01:09 PM PDT Pakistan's former military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, narrowly escaped being struck in the head by a shoe hurled at him outside a courtroom in Karachi on Friday, video of the incident showed.  |
| Miners buried in Tibet landslide Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:52 PM PDT More than 80 workers trapped in gold mine after landslide hits mountainside east of Lhasa, according to Chinese media. |
| Seven killed in northern Mexican bar shooting Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:44 PM PDT CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - Seven people were killed when a gunman opened fire in the early hours of Friday in a bar in northern Mexico, which has seen a resurgence in drug-related violence in recent weeks.  |
| Hundreds of migrants rescued off Italian coast Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:46 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italian coastguards said on Friday they had intercepted almost 700 mostly African migrants trying to get to the country on board 10 flimsy and rickety boats.  |
| Kids stomp their way off deadly streets Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PDT Camden, New Jersey, is not an easy place for a kid to grow up in. |
| Relative of Chinese Nobel Laureate to Face Trial Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:50 AM PDT The brother-in-law of Liu Xiaobo faces fraud charges that supporters said appeared to be an effort to intimidate the family.  |
| Cyprus eases some bank restrictions Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:31 PM PDT The Central Bank of Cyprus eases some of the restrictions imposed as banks on the island reopened, following an international bailout deal. |
| McIlroy improves at Houston Open Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PDT Rory McIlroy makes a dogged attempt to find form, shooting a second round two-under par 70 at Houston Open. |
| Big-spenders PSG face Catalan challenge Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PDT Has Qatari investment at Paris Saint-Germain been enough to inspire victory against Barcelona in the Champions League? |
| F.C.C. Has Yen for Broadway’s Wireless Spectrum Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:03 AM PDT The Federal Communications Commission is considering plans to force the users of cordless microphones to move to a less desirable spot on the nation's airwaves.  |
| Azeri election monitor under attack, rights worries grow Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:53 AM PDT BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan said on Friday it was investigating a U.S. vote-monitoring group for fraud ahead of presidential elections in October that are expected to extend President Ilham Aliyev's decade in power in the former Soviet republic.  |
| Swing and a Mystery: Why Strikeout Rates Are Soaring Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:37 AM PDT Strikeout rates have been trending upward for most of the past century, but what has happened in recent years seems to indicate something more. What is the cause?  |
| U.S. Starts Shipping Out, via Risky Pakistan Route Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:56 AM PDT The U.S. military's efforts to ship out the mountains of equipment it accumulated over 11 years of Afghan war began in earnest this month, when a trial load of military hardware trucked through Pakistan set sail from the port of Karachi. |
| Gabon jails activist for defaming ally of president Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:49 AM PDT LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - A prominent environmental activist was sentenced to six months in prison for defamation in Gabon, his lawyer said on Friday, after he accused an ally of the president of secretly owning the local unit of commodities giant Olam International.  |
| VIDEO: Sri Lankans attack Muslim store Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:02 AM PDT Buddhist monks have led an attack on a Muslim-owned fashion warehouse in Sri Lanka, throwing stones and yelling insults at the owners. |
| Business and Labor Said to Near Deal on Immigration Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:34 AM PDT The nation's top business and labor groups are approaching agreement on a guest worker program for low-skilled immigrants, a sticking point in talks on broad immigration reform.  |
| Supreme Court Memo: Supreme Court’s Glimpse at Thinking on Same-Sex Marriage Posted: 29 Mar 2013 11:22 AM PDT It appears the conservative members of the Supreme Court, calculating that their chances of winning would not get better, were behind the decision to take up the volatile subject.  |
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