Navy jet crashes into Virginia buildings, injuring six

Navy jet crashes into Virginia buildings, injuring six
APNewsBreak: Mali legislative head to take power
Bravo plans 'Silicon Valley' reality show
Man guilty of murder in Kansas cheerleader's death
Md. high court hears lesbian divorce case
Navy jet crashes into Va, apartments, pilots eject
Matt Lauer tells viewers he's staying at 'Today'
Penguins, Flyers weighing how to play finale
Six injured in Navy jet crash: hospital
Utah: Medical records breach more extensive
Current TV countersues Olbermann, seeks damages
Dodgers say bankruptcy case is on track
Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
US Navy jet crashes into Virginia apartment block
Airline employee resigns amid celeb tip-off claims
US consumers borrow more in February to buy cars
Day withdraws during 2nd round of Masters
FIU fires Isiah Thomas after 3 seasons
Alleged Mega Millions winner says she lost ticket
Kosovo PM: integration only option for Serbs
Kansas finds its Mega Millions winner
Thousands demonstrate in Syria as violence rages
AP Photos: Good Friday observed around the world
MLB ticket prices flat for 1st time in 2 decades
Official: Suspect angry during tuition talks
Couples grabs the lead at Masters
Cubans mark Good Friday as official holiday
Huh? US and British English to collide at Olympics
EDF, Alstom winners in France's offshore power push
Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves
Will Arkansas keep Petrino after scandal?
Doctors: Malawi president dies after heart attack
Police officer killed in Austin; suspect charged
American cancels nearly 300 more DFW flights
Allies: Judge upset by Obama remarks not political
Consumer credit growth slows in February
Spain's demolition men on verge of Davis Cup semis
Wendy's paid CEO $4.6M for last quarter of 2011
Serena Williams advances with Lisicki injury
Brother of Ohio soldier: 'We are a nation at war'

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy F-18D fighter crashed soon after take-off into an apartment complex in Virginia on Friday, sending fireballs into the sky, heavily damaging five buildings and injuring six people. Four of the injured were people on the ground, including a firefighter. Both crew members ejected from the aircraft before it crashed into the buildings in Virginia Beach. They had minor injuries and were sent to hospital, the Pentagon said. Thick black clouds of smoke billowed into the air as the apartment complex was reduced to a blackened shell. ...

APNewsBreak: Mali legislative head to take power

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Mali's embattled coup leader said late Friday that the process is now under way to make the National Assembly president the next head of state, hours after separatist Tuareg rebels declared their independence.

Bravo plans 'Silicon Valley' reality show

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Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook's founder, is working with Bravo on a TV show about Silicon Valley.

Man guilty of murder in Kansas cheerleader's death

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A jury on Friday convicted a central Kansas man of capital murder in the killing of a 14-year-old cheerleader whose charred body was found at the asphalt plant where the man worked.

Md. high court hears lesbian divorce case

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Maryland routinely grants divorces for couples who married in other states, and divorces for same-sex couples should be no different, lawyers for a lesbian couple told the state's highest court Friday.

Navy jet crashes into Va, apartments, pilots eject

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Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending the unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and tearing the roof off at least one building that was engulfed in flames, officials said.

Matt Lauer tells viewers he's staying at 'Today'

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Matt Lauer is sticking with NBC's "Today," ending speculation that the top-rated show might have to face ABC's rising "Good Morning America" without him.

Penguins, Flyers weighing how to play finale

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Flying sticks. Pointed fingers. Postgame putdowns. And that was just the coaches.

Six injured in Navy jet crash: hospital

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six people have been taken to a hospital with injuries after a Navy F-18 fighter crashed into a Virginia Beach, Virginia, apartment complex on Friday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Both crew members ejected. One of them was in good condition and the other was in fair condition, said Emma Inman, a spokeswoman for the Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Among other people hurt was a firefighter. Injuries included smoke inhalation, she said. (Reporting By Ian Simpson; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Utah: Medical records breach more extensive

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Health officials in Utah say hackers who downloaded thousands of medical files from state computers stole far more personal information than originally thought.

Current TV countersues Olbermann, seeks damages

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Current TV offered its rebuttal to a scathing lawsuit filed by Keith Olbermann by filing a countersuit Friday detailing alleged bad behavior by its former talk show host and seeking a judge's ruling that he is not entitled to any more money from the network.

Dodgers say bankruptcy case is on track

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The Los Angeles Dodgers say they are on track to exit bankruptcy as planned on April 30.

Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies

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Another slice of the "American Pie" franchise isn't exactly earning sweet reviews.

US Navy jet crashes into Virginia apartment block

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A US Navy F-18 fighter jet crashed just after take-off Friday, plunging into a low-rise Virginia apartment building and triggering a massive inferno but injuring only six people, officials said.

Airline employee resigns amid celeb tip-off claims

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A Virgin Atlantic employee has resigned following allegations she routinely fed information about the airline's celebrity clientele — from Madonna to Sienna Miller — to a paparazzi agency.

US consumers borrow more in February to buy cars

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Americans took out more loans to buy cars and attend school in February but used their credit cards less frequently for the second straight month.

Day withdraws during 2nd round of Masters

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Jason Day, who tied for second at the Masters and U.S. Open last year, withdrew during the second round Friday with an injured left ankle.

FIU fires Isiah Thomas after 3 seasons

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Isiah Thomas arrived at Florida International knowing that he was taking a risk.

Alleged Mega Millions winner says she lost ticket

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A woman who has claimed to have Maryland's winning Mega Millions ticket now says she has lost it.

Kosovo PM: integration only option for Serbs

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Kosovo's prime minister says integration is the only option he will accept for his country's aggrieved Serb population. Speaking after meetings with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week, Hashim Thaci rejected calls for greater autonomy for Serb communities in Kosovo's north.

Kansas finds its Mega Millions winner

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The Kansas state lottery said Friday that its winner of the world-record, $656 million Mega Millions lottery has come forward, a full week after the draw.

Thousands demonstrate in Syria as violence rages

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Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters took to the streets on Friday under fire from regime forces, who pressed their campaign to pound rebel cities into submission, activists said.

AP Photos: Good Friday observed around the world

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Around the world, Christians commemorated Good Friday with solemn observances, both large and small. In Jerusalem, a procession wound through the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus. Volunteers dressed as Roman centurions drove nails through the palms of Catholic devotees in the Philippines, in a reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ. Hundreds of processions took place in Spain during Easter Week, including one in Valencia where worshippers flocked to the icon of the Santisimo Cristo de Salvador Friday to pray for those who died in the sea.

MLB ticket prices flat for 1st time in 2 decades

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Major League Baseball's average ticket price has stayed flat for the first time in two decades.

Official: Suspect angry during tuition talks

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A man suspected of killing seven people at a California college grew very angry during one of three long meetings with officials over a financial dispute, a school executive said.

Couples grabs the lead at Masters

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Twenty years after his win at Augusta, 52-year-old Fred Couples grabbed a share of the second-round lead at the Masters, making seven birdies to get to 5-under par and a tie with Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy and Jason Dufner.

Cubans mark Good Friday as official holiday

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Good Friday was an official holiday in Cuba for the first time in a half century, but few Catholics on the island seemed to be using the day off to attend Mass.

Huh? US and British English to collide at Olympics

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The lorry driver taking kit to the football pitch was so knackered he pulled into the lay-by near the petrol station for a quick kip.

EDF, Alstom winners in France's offshore power push

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A consortium led by French firms EDF and Alstom won three out of five tenders to build off-shore wind farms with Areva and Spain's Iberdrola winning another, the French industry minister said on Friday.

Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves

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After days of relentless shelling and sniper attacks, thousands of Syrian refugees streamed across the border into Turkey with horrific accounts Friday of mass graves, massacres and burned-out homes.

Will Arkansas keep Petrino after scandal?

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Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino's fate lies in the hands of athletic director Jeff Long.

Doctors: Malawi president dies after heart attack

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Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, doctors who treated him said Friday, as the troubled and impoverished southern African nation awaited official word of Mutharika's death and who would succeed him.

Police officer killed in Austin; suspect charged

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A police officer was shot and killed early Friday at a Walmart in Central Texas, and a suspect has been charged with capital murder, officials said.

American cancels nearly 300 more DFW flights

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American Airlines canceled another 296 flights Friday as repairs continued on planes grounded by hail damage in Texas, but it hoped to be nearly back to normal operations Saturday.

Allies: Judge upset by Obama remarks not political

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A federal judge who called out President Barack Obama for saying it would be "unprecedented" for the Supreme Court to strike down a law like his administration's health care overhaul is a conservative voice on what may be the nation's most conservative appeals court.

Consumer credit growth slows in February

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer credit expanded more slowly than expected in February though people still were borrowing money to buy cars and go to school, Federal Reserve figures issued on Friday showed. Total consumer installment credit expanded by $8.73 billion, less than half the revised $18.60 billion increase posted in January and below estimates by Wall Street economists for a $12 billion rise. Revolving credit, which mostly measures credit-card use, shrank for a second straight month. It was down $2.21 billion in February after a $2.95 billion decrease in January. ...

Spain's demolition men on verge of Davis Cup semis

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Spain's Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer demolished Austria on the opening day of their Davis Cup quarter-final Friday as the five-time champions moved to the verge of the last four.