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Romney wins Maryland Republican primary: US media

Apr 4, 2012

Mitt Romney won Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Maryland, US media projected, as he hoped for a clean sweep in three contests aiming to consolidate his frontrunner status.CNN, MSNBC and Fox television channels all called the vote for Romney just as the Maryland polls closed. Results from the US capital Washington and Wisconsin were not yet known as Romney bids for his party's nod to t
In group lottery wins splitting the spoils tough

Apr 4, 2012

Every once in a while a lottery jackpot becomes so huge that people can't help but band together in the hope of increasing their odds, pooling their money for a wad of tickets and promising to evenly split the spoils. Seems like a good idea until lightning strikes and the group wins.Then the future involves not only luxury, but also lawsuits. Numerous group winners have been sued by people claimin
Man kills 7 at U.S. Christian college

Apr 3, 2012

OAKLAND, California (AP) ― A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said. Police Chief Howard Jordan said One L. Goh surrendered about an hour after the shooting at Oikos University, which serves the Korean community. Jordan initially reported that authorities recovered the weapon used during th
Small plane crashes into shopping center

Apr 3, 2012

DELAND, Florida (AP) ― A small plane crashed into a central Florida shopping center Monday evening, authorities said, and reports indicated at least five people had been injured.Several people at the shopping center called emergency services around 7:20 p.m. to report the crash, sheriffs said. The callers described seeing the plane sputter, then hit the building and burst into flames at the shopping center located not far from Deland’s municipal airport.The sheriff’s office reports a pilot and a
Egypt Brotherhood candidate stirs unease

Apr 3, 2012

CAIRO (AP) ― The Muslim Brotherhood’s surprise decision to field a presidential candidate is stirring fears that the two biggest powers to emerge from the ouster of Hosni Mubarak ― the Islamists and the military ― are maneuvering to put in place a new rule in Egypt not much different from the old, authoritarian one.If they succeed in divvying up the most important positions in government, the new leadership could be a blow to the hopes for an inclusive democracy that drove last year’s uprising a
School aide fighting Facebook suspension

Apr 3, 2012

A Michigan teacher's aide says she was suspended for refusing to allow school administrators access to her Facebook account to examine a picture she posted.Kimberly Hester, an aide at Frank Squires Elementary School in Cassopolis, Mich., found herself in trouble with the Lewis Cass Intermediate School District after posting a picture in April 2011 of a co-worker's pants around her ankles and a pai
Senegal’s new president inherits economic woes

Apr 3, 2012

DAKAR (AP) ― Senegal’s former leader took office in 2000 before thousands gathered at a sports stadium. New President Macky Sall, by comparison, held his short inauguration ceremony Monday in a tent on a hotel lawn.As Senegal faces rising unemployment and frustration with government spending, Sall said he wanted to hold his event “in the simplicity that is called for by the situation in the country.’’Sall has promised that his administration will mark a “new era’’ in Senegal, and Monday’s festiv
Hungarian president resigns over plagiarism scandal

Apr 3, 2012

BUDAPEST (AFP) ― Hungary’s President Pal Schmitt, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, caved in Monday to mounting pressure to quit after he was stripped of his 1992 doctorate title for plagiarism.“Under the constitution, the president must represent the unity of the Hungarian nation. I have unfortunately become a symbol of division, I feel it is my duty to leave my position,” Schmitt told parliament.“In the interests of Hungary and of national unity, I resign from the post of president,
Sixth-graders find sunken treasure

Apr 3, 2012

A group of sixth-graders scooping trash out of a California lake discovered sunken treasure, including rings, coins and brooches.Richard Bailey, executive director of the Lake Merritt Institute, said the students from the St. Paul's Episcopal School in Oakland were pulling trash out of Lake Merritt Thursday when a girl discovered two bags that were too heavy for her pull out with her net, the San
Syria agrees to April 10 troop pullout from cities

Apr 3, 2012

Syria told international envoy Kofi Annan that its military will withdraw troops and heavy weapons from populated areas by April 10, in what could be a first step toward ending the bloody yearlong conflict, U.N. diplomats said Monday.The announcement came as Syrian troops hunted down activists and destroyed their homes in the country's rebellious areas, and the United States remained skeptical of
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hails ‘victory of the people’

Apr 2, 2012

YANGON (AFP) ― Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hailed a “victory of the people” but warned against triumphalism after her apparent win in elections seen as a test of the regime’s burgeoning reforms.Suu Kyi supporters celebrated into the night after her National League for Democracy (NLD) party declared that the Nobel laureate had secured a seat in parliament for the first time in Sunday’s by-elections.The veteran activist’s election to political office, if confirmed, would mark the la
Top Obama campaign donor accused of fraud

Apr 2, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ― A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creating new headaches for Obama’s re-election campaign as it deals with the questionable history of another top supporter.The New York donor, Abake Assongba, and her husband contributed more than $50,000 to Obama’s re-election effort this year, federal records show. But Assongba is also fending off a civil court case in Florida, where she’s accused of thievin
$45 tablet: Made in Singapore, snapped up in India

Apr 2, 2012

Thousands of young schoolchildren in southern Andhra Pradesh state will get to use a low-cost electronic educational tablet developed in Singapore when school reopens in June.Called the I-slate, the tablet took the Rice-NTU Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (Isaid) in Singapore about two years to develop. The institute is jointly set up by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and Houston’s Rice University.Some 50,000 of these devices, each costing about $45, will be used
Plane carrying 43 people crashes in Siberia

Apr 2, 2012

A passenger plane carrying 43 people crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, and Russian emergency officials said at least 32 were confirmed dead..The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew.The aircraft went down outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia. T
Thousands march against H.K.’s next leader

Apr 2, 2012

HONG KONG (AFP) ― Thousands of people in Hong Kong noisily protested on Sunday against the city’s incoming leader and decried Beijing’s alleged interference in the election that propelled him to office.Holding banners and chanting slogans such as “One person, one vote” and “Leung step down,” demonstrators marched through the busy city centre to the office of Beijing’s representative in the semi-autonomous territory.There were chaotic scenes outside the tightly guarded office as police used peppe