Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media

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• Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media
• Boeing making 787 test flight
• Rutgers AD resigns amid basketball video scandal
• Weak job gains hurt economic outlook
• Texas inmates back in jail after capture in barn
• U.S. issues advisory to doctors to help identify bird flu
• Iowa museum says tortoise was never stolen
• Cyprus allows limited bank-to-bank money transfers
• Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls
• Hearing set for alleged Colo. prison gang member
• Venezuela's Capriles: Maduro won't last
• Italy pardons US Air Force officer in CIA case
• Stocks close lower following weak jobs report
• Budget calls for 4 percent spending increase at VA
• Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer
• New York politics: scared straight or ripe for reform?
• Missing Ohio family found safe in Everglades
• School faces new questions in Colorado massacre
• Pope seeks decisive action against sex abuse
• High-skilled visa requests exceed supply in 1 week
• Wambach scores 155th goal as US ties Germany 3-3
• Gallinari out for season with torn ACL
• Oil slide continues, natural gas soars
• Lebanese politician poised to be next premier
• Serena Williams advances at Family Circle
• "Green" car maker Fisker fires 75 percent of U.S. workforce
• FAA delays closing of airport control towers
• Boeing completes 787 Dreamliner test flight for battery fix
• Investigators: Miss. suspect used detective's gun
• Oil slide continues on jobs report
• Obama plan hits seniors and low-income taxpayers
• Jeter may not return to Yankees until next month
• US Embassy: Va. contractor released in Afghanistan
• Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot
• US adds just 88K jobs; rate drops to 7.6 pct.
• APNewsBreak: Convicted Amish fight for release
• Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez expecting a baby
• Rebels say take army post near Syria's southern border
• US consumer borrowing up $18.2B in February
• Contrasting styles on display in Syracuse-Michigan

Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert started out as an old-school newspaper man, the kind that has all but vanished: a fierce competitor who spent the day trying to scoop the competition and the night bellied up to the bar swapping stories.

Boeing making 787 test flight Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:29 PM PDT Boeing said its flight of a 787 on Friday should wrap up the testing for its fix of the battery problems that have kept the plane grounded.

Rutgers AD resigns amid basketball video scandal Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:27 PM PDT NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The Rutgers basketball scandal claimed two more university officials on Friday, including the athletic director and an interim senior vice president, who were involved in a decision to "rehabilitate" rather than fire the coach whose abusive behavior was captured on a video.

Weak job gains hurt economic outlook Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:27 PM PDT By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American employers hired at the weakest pace in nine months in March, a sign tax hikes that kicked in early this year as part of Washington's austerity drive could be stealing momentum from the economy. Payrolls expanded by just 88,000 last month outside the farming sector, the Labor Department said on Friday. That was well below market expectations for a 200,000 increase and fell short of even the most pessimistic forecast in a Reuters poll. The jobless rate ticked a tenth of a point lower to 7. ...

Texas inmates back in jail after capture in barn Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:27 PM PDT SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Two inmates in an East Texas jail took advantage of a guard distracted by other duties in his office when they pulled open part of a chain-link fence in a recreation yard and slipped through, triggering a two-day manhunt, a local sheriff's office spokesman said Friday.

U.S. issues advisory to doctors to help identify bird flu Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:26 PM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it has issued an advisory to U.S. doctors that may help them identify any cases of the new bird flu virus known as H7N9, but stressed that no cases have been found in the United States. So far, the new strain of bird flu that has infected 16 people in China and killed six has not been shown to be capable of transmission from person to person, CDC's Dr. Thomas Frieden told reporters on a teleconference. ...

Iowa museum says tortoise was never stolen Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:25 PM PDT DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa museum says an employee hid a presumed stolen African leopard tortoise in an elevator after finding the 18-pound reptile trapped behind paneling in her enclosure.

Cyprus allows limited bank-to-bank money transfers Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' finance ministry further loosened restrictions on access to accounts in the debt-ridden country's two biggest lenders on Friday by allowing limited, bank-to-bank money transfers.

Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad warned in comments broadcast Friday that the fall of his regime or the breakup of his nation will cause a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for years, in his sharpest warning yet about the potential fallout of his country's civil war on neighboring states.

Hearing set for alleged Colo. prison gang member Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — An alleged white supremacist gang member arrested during the investigation into the killing of Colorado's prisons chief will make his first court appearance Monday.

Venezuela's Capriles: Maduro won't last Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate says he'll cut off subsidized oil to Cuba, distance his country from nations that disrespect human rights and shore up the South American country's own troubled economy with the billions it now sends abroad to socialist friends.

Italy pardons US Air Force officer in CIA case Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:18 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street in a move he hoped would keep American-Italian relations strong, especially on security matters.

Stocks close lower following weak jobs report Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:16 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street after the U.S. government reported a sharp slowdown in hiring last month.

Budget calls for 4 percent spending increase at VA Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include nearly a 14 percent increase for that part of the VA responsible for attacking a growing backlog of veterans' disability claims — a problem that officials warned is likely to worsen in coming months.

Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A top senator says President Barack Obama and NASA are planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon. Then astronauts would explore it in 2021.

New York politics: scared straight or ripe for reform? Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:13 PM PDT By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Attorney Preet Bharara brought two corruption cases against New York state politicians this week, accusing some of selling their votes and another of trying to bribe his way onto the ballot, he challenged the political class to clean up the system. Some political veterans worry any reforms are destined to fail, and that only a federal prosecutor like Bharara can crack down on crookedness. ...

Missing Ohio family found safe in Everglades Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — An Ohio family spent a rainy, anxious night in the vast Florida Everglades when their airboat became stuck in vegetation so thick rescuers could not see them from the ground. Fortunately, the searchers could hear them.

School faces new questions in Colorado massacre Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — New questions confronted the University of Colorado, Denver on Friday amid disclosures that a psychiatrist who treated theater shooting suspect James Holmes had warned campus police a month before the deadly assault that Holmes was dangerous and had homicidal thoughts.

Pope seeks decisive action against sex abuse Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:10 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis directed the Vatican on Friday to act decisively on clergy sex abuse cases and punish pedophile priests, saying the Catholic Church's "credibility" was on the line. The announcement was quickly dismissed by some victims' advocates as just more talk, while others lobbying for reform in the church held out hope the new pontiff might challenge the Vatican's bureaucratic culture seen as fostering a cover-up mentality.

High-skilled visa requests exceed supply in 1 week Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department has received more applications for high-skilled immigration visas than are available and will use a lottery to select which companies will receive them and then pass them on to prospective employees.

Wambach scores 155th goal as US ties Germany 3-3 Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Abby Wambach scored her 155th international goal, moving within three of tying Mia Hamm's record, and the U.S. women's team wasted a two-goal lead in a 3-3 exhibition tie against Germany on Friday night in Offenbach.

Gallinari out for season with torn ACL Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets will be without versatile forward Danilo Gallinari for the rest of the season after tests Friday showed he tore his left ACL against Dallas the previous night.

Oil slide continues, natural gas soars Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:56 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil dipped below $93 a barrel Friday after a weak U.S. jobs report cast doubt on the strength of the U.S. economy.

Lebanese politician poised to be next premier Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:56 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A prominent Lebanese politician is poised to become the next prime minister of Lebanon this weekend after securing the support of a majority of lawmakers from across the country's political spectrum.

Serena Williams advances at Family Circle Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:55 PM PDT CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Top-ranked Serena Williams gave her family a second victory Friday at the Family Circle Cup, halfway to what she and sister Venus need to set up their first showdown in four years.

"Green" car maker Fisker fires 75 percent of U.S. workforce Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:49 PM PDT By Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT (Reuters) - Fisker Automotive, the struggling, government-backed hybrid sports car maker, said on Friday that it terminated most of its rank-and-file employees, in what sources said was a last-ditch effort to conserve cash and stave off a potential bankruptcy filing. Fisker, which raised $1.2 billion from investors and tapped nearly $200 million in government loans, has "at least" $30 million in cash, according to a source familiar with the company's finances. ...

FAA delays closing of airport control towers Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The closings of control towers at 149 small airports, due to begin this weekend because of government-wide spending cuts, are being delayed until mid-June, federal regulators announced Friday.

Boeing completes 787 Dreamliner test flight for battery fix Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing completed a test flight on Friday of its 787 Dreamliner jet, part of a regimen of tests aimed at certifying a reworked system to prevent fire or overheating of the plane's lithium-ion batteries. The flight lasted about 1 hour and 50 minutes, landing at 12:28 pm Pacific Time (1928 GMT), according to Boeing. Data from the flight, which had Federal Aviation Administration officials aboard, will be submitted to the FAA, which will decide whether to approve the plane for flight. The 787 was grounded by regulators in January after batteries overheated on two planes. ...

Investigators: Miss. suspect used detective's gun Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi's capital city says counselors and clergy are meeting with police officers grieving a prominent detective who was shot and killed while he interrogated a murder suspect.

Oil slide continues on jobs report Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil dipped below $93 a barrel Friday after a weak U.S. jobs report cast doubt on the strength of the U.S. economy.

Obama plan hits seniors and low-income taxpayers Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to change the way the government measures inflation would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low-income families.

Jeter may not return to Yankees until next month Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — Derek Jeter may not return to the New York Yankees until next month and his replacement at shortstop, Eduardo Nunez, joined the team's long list of banged-up players.

US Embassy: Va. contractor released in Afghanistan Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An American contractor detained in a contract dispute in Afghanistan was released Friday after three U.S. congressmen complained he had been seized without charges and beaten.

Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT OSLO, Norway (AP) — The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during World War II.

US adds just 88K jobs; rate drops to 7.6 pct. Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown may signal that the economy is heading into a weak spring.

APNewsBreak: Convicted Amish fight for release Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:27 PM PDT CINCINNATI (AP) — Attorneys for a group of Amish men and women found guilty of hate crimes for cutting the hair and beards of fellow members of their faith in eastern Ohio are arguing that the group's conviction, sentencing and imprisonment in separate facilities across the country violates their constitutional rights and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, according to recent court filings.

Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez expecting a baby Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Halle Berry is pregnant.

Rebels say take army post near Syria's southern border Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:22 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they overran an army garrison that defends the main southern border crossing with Jordan on Friday and vowed to press on to take control of the major transit route. Fighters from the Free Syrian Army said they captured the Um al-Mayathen post on the main Damascus-Jordan highway in heavy fighting overnight that ended a siege that lasted more than a week. Dozens died in the clashes they said. ...

US consumer borrowing up $18.2B in February Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans borrowed more in February to buy cars and attend school, but were more careful with their credit cards.

Contrasting styles on display in Syracuse-Michigan Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Syracuse is brimming with confidence, largely because of its suffocating style when the other team has the ball.

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