Reuters – NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station on Saturday to deliver a Japanese porch and spare parts needed to keep the outpost going after the shuttle fleet’s retirement next year.
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U.S. space shuttle ready to deliver Japanese porch
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Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama assured Africa on Saturday that it would not be sidelined from world affairs and hailed democratic Ghana as a model for other African countries
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Obama assures Africa it will not be sidelined
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AP – A capacity crowd of 8,000 was expected Saturday at the funeral for former NFL quarterback Steve McNair on the University of Southern Mississippi campus.
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Thousands expected at McNair funeral in Miss.
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AP – This gritty steel-making city where Michael Jackson got his start playing on street corners with his brothers and competing in talent shows said goodbye to the King of Pop with a show that featured experienced homegrown talent, as well as youngsters who hope to follow in his footsteps.
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Jackson’s hometown holds memorial for pop icon
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AP – An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood in a pothole-riddled parking lot pondering his next move. Broom was released from prison last year after serving time in two killings and is now a conflict mediator on Kansas City’s gang-infested east side.
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Ex-convicts working to prevent future convicts
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AP – On a night when Jonathan Sanchez was nearly perfect, his father chose the perfect time to show up in San Francisco and cheer him. The Giants’ left-hander threw the majors’ first no-hitter of the season Friday night and came within a whisper of a perfect game. The only runner to reach against him in an 8-0 victory over the San Diego Padres came on an error by third baseman Juan Uribe with one out in the eighth
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Giants’ Sanchez pitches no-hitter vs. Padres
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AP – Obama administration officials said Friday they had no grounds to investigate the 2001 deaths of Taliban prisoners of war who human rights groups allege were killed by U.S.-backed forces.
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Obama admin: No grounds to probe Afghan war crimes
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AP – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders were scheduled to resume work Saturday on bridging California’s $26 billion budget shortfall following an unexpected resumption of negotiations the day before.
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Talks resume in addressing Calif.’s $26B deficit
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AP – Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years, in legal battles for minorities denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Latino police officers. But none of those efforts compares with the tempest his Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund has stirred because of the dozen years that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served as one of its board members.
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Hispanic rights group at center of Sotomayor fight
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AP – President Barack Obama on Saturday dismissed the idea the nation might need a second stimulus to jolt the economy out of recession and urged Americans to be patient with his economic recovery plan.
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Obama rejects 2nd stimulus: Give recovery time
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