Salinger's letters to mentor donated to NYC museum

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• Salinger's letters to mentor donated to NYC museum
• Exxon Mobil must pay $236M in NH pollution case
• Penney CEO's challenge: Is it even fixable?
• Circus elephant shot in drive-by shot in Miss.
• Fox affiliates 'on board' with pay TV plan
• Student arrested in Texas college stabbing attack
• Investigators: Missing family left US voluntarily
• Budget cuts ground Air Force, Navy aircraft
• Experts: Fla. couple may not be welcome in Cuba
• Oshkosh to cut 900 jobs in defense unit
• Voters to choose Jackson Jr.'s House successor
• Oil rises above $94; gasoline drops to $3.58
• Man kills 13 people in Serbian shooting rampage
• Top Senate Dem sets showdown gun vote on Thursday
• Microsoft assault on Google shows industry shift
• Calif. tax bill seeks to punish Scouts for gay ban
• Olivia Wilde, Emma Stone team up for Revlon walk
• Dow reaches another record, driven by commodities
• Prosecutor paints Jodi Arias as manipulative liar
• McIlroy arrives at Augusta with new confidence
• SAfrica: H7N1 bird flu found in ostrich farm
• US women beat Netherlands 3-1 in exhibition
• Senate approval seen for Obama health care nominee
• Obama to nominate package of labor board members
• Texas college student wounds 14 in stabbing spree
• Pope launched sainthood case for Argentine priests
• KPMG resigns as auditor for Herbalife, Skechers
• Pac-12 to commission review of officiating program
• FBI investigating recording of McConnell talks
• Egypt's revolutionary cleric suspended over sermon
• The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
• Senate to cast first gun-control votes on Thursday
• Smith leaving for NBA, father says
• The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
• Spring storm delivers snow, winds; delays travel
• Yo-Yo Ma joins rocker to call for US arts funding
• North Korea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea
• Should you have robotic surgery? Pluses, minuses
• Paris exhibit asks: Was there an Italian Monet?
• Biden: Threats to block gun bill 'embarrassing'

Salinger's letters to mentor donated to NYC museum Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:36 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Letters written by J.D. Salinger to a spiritual mentor have been donated to a New York City museum.

Exxon Mobil must pay $236M in NH pollution case Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:35 PM PDT CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. was found liable Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit over groundwater contamination caused by the gasoline additive MTBE, and the jury ordered the oil giant to pay $236 million to New Hampshire to clean it up.

Penney CEO's challenge: Is it even fixable? Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:35 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — There won't be an easy fix for J.C. Penney — if it is even fixable.

Circus elephant shot in drive-by shot in Miss. Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:33 PM PDT TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant was hit by a bullet in a drive-by shooting in Tupelo, Miss.

Fox affiliates 'on board' with pay TV plan Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:31 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Television stations that relay Fox programming are "on board" with a threat to transition the over-the-air network to cable and satellite TV if Internet startup Aereo keeps reselling Fox's signal without paying for rights, the chairman of a Fox group said Tuesday.

Student arrested in Texas college stabbing attack Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — A student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people before being subdued and arrested, authorities said.

Investigators: Missing family left US voluntarily Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:28 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators say they believe a San Diego-area family that disappeared more than three years ago voluntarily went to Mexico.

Budget cuts ground Air Force, Navy aircraft Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:25 PM PDT PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force plans to ground about a third of its active-duty force of combat planes and the U.S. Navy cancelled the rest of the popular Blue Angels' aerobatic team's season because of automatic federal budget cuts.

Experts: Fla. couple may not be welcome in Cuba Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — The Florida couple accused of snatching away their two sons and fleeing to Cuba may have thought they could find a refuge from U.S. authorities on the communist island. But with criminal charges pending and little for Cuba to gain politically by holding them, experts say they are unlikely to stay for long.

Oshkosh to cut 900 jobs in defense unit Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:22 PM PDT (Reuters) - Truck and military vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp said it will cut about 900 jobs in its defense business due to U.S. budget cuts. About 200 full-time positions will be eliminated through July and about 700 hourly positions from mid June onwards. The defense unit will have 2,800 employees after the cuts. The company maintained high levels of hiring at its defense business during the height of the recession, but "circumstances have now changed," said John Urias, Oshkosh's President of Defense. ...

Voters to choose Jackson Jr.'s House successor Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:21 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — While Democrat Robin Kelly is widely expected to capture Tuesday's special election for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s seat over Republican Paul McKinley, any winner will face big challenges.

Oil rises above $94; gasoline drops to $3.58 Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:20 PM PDT Oil rose above $94 a barrel as the government raised its forecast for the price of oil this year.

Man kills 13 people in Serbian shooting rampage Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia (AP) — He went from house to house in the village at dawn, cold-bloodedly gunning down his mother, his son, a 2-year-old cousin and 10 other neighbors. Terrified residents said if a police patrol car hadn't shown up, they all would have been dead.

Top Senate Dem sets showdown gun vote on Thursday Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats set Congress' first showdown vote on new gun restrictions for Thursday as a small but growing number of Republicans appeared willing to join them in opposing conservatives' efforts to block debate from even starting.

Microsoft assault on Google shows industry shift Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:18 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is skewering Google again with ads and regulatory bashing that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.

Calif. tax bill seeks to punish Scouts for gay ban Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:16 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California lawmakers are considering taking some tax exemptions away from youth groups that do not accept gay, transgender or atheist members — a move intended to pressure the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay Scouts and troop leaders.

Olivia Wilde, Emma Stone team up for Revlon walk Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:13 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivia Wilde and Emma Stone are getting ready to share the spotlight, and Wilde's fiance might be there, too.

Dow reaches another record, driven by commodities Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:13 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average is closing at another record high, driven by a surge in materials companies.

Prosecutor paints Jodi Arias as manipulative liar Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — The prosecutor in Jodi Arias' murder trial worked Tuesday to portray the defendant as a manipulative liar who "liked to play the victim" as he questioned a defense witness' contention that Arias suffered domestic abuse at the hands of the one-time boyfriend she is accused of killing.

McIlroy arrives at Augusta with new confidence Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Three months into the season, Rory McIlroy feels as if it's already been a long year.

SAfrica: H7N1 bird flu found in ostrich farm Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:09 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African officials say they have detected bird flu on an ostrich farm but that it is unrelated to the strain that has killed eight people in China.

US women beat Netherlands 3-1 in exhibition Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:07 PM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Christen Press scored twice and the U.S. women's team beat the Netherlands 3-1 in an exhibition Tuesday night that extended the Americans' unbeaten streak to 31 games.

Senate approval seen for Obama health care nominee Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are heaping praise on a former nurse picked by President Barack Obama to run Medicare and Medicaid, and also oversee his health care law.

Obama to nominate package of labor board members Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated three candidates for full terms on the National Labor Relations Board, which has been in limbo since a federal appeals court invalidated his recess appointments to the agency.

Texas college student wounds 14 in stabbing spree Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT By Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Reuters) - A male student went on a stabbing spree at a community college in northwest Houston on Tuesday, injuring at least 14 people, two of them critically, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said. The campus has been sealed off. Garcia said at a press conference that an emergency call came in at 11:12 a.m. local time: "Male on the loose stabbing people." A 21-year-old male, a student at Lone Star College near Houston, was detained. Police did not release his name. ...

Pope launched sainthood case for Argentine priests Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was time for Mass, but no one opened the church door.

KPMG resigns as auditor for Herbalife, Skechers Posted: 09 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Accounting firm KPMG has resigned as the auditor for Herbalife, a dietary supplements maker, and the shoe retailer Skechers after a rogue partner allegedly leaked information about the companies to someone who then used the information to trade stocks.

Pac-12 to commission review of officiating program Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:57 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 will commission an independent review of officiating during the league tournament after comments by the conference's former coordinator of officials raised questions about its integrity.

FBI investigating recording of McConnell talks Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:57 PM PDT FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Campaign aides to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell proposed using actress Ashley Judd's past bouts with depression against her if she had decided to challenge him in his re-election bid next year, according to a secret recording posted by a magazine.

Egypt's revolutionary cleric suspended over sermon Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:54 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A Muslim cleric who became known as "the preacher of the revolution" for his sermons in Tahrir Square during the uprising against ousted President Hosni Mubarak and subsequent anti-government protests said he was suspended Tuesday by a ministerial decree following a citizen's complaint about his criticism of the current Islamist president.

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT App Store Official Charts for the week ending April 8, 2013:

Senate to cast first gun-control votes on Thursday Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT By Richard Cowan and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will cast its first vote on President Barack Obama's gun-control proposals on Thursday, but Democratic Leader Harry Reid said he was unsure if the bill could gain the 60 votes it needs to overcome Republican procedural hurdles. Reid called on Republicans to drop their attempt to block debate on the gun legislation, but Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said there was no bipartisan support for the effort. ...

Smith leaving for NBA, father says Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The father of Russ Smith says the Louisville junior guard will leave school to enter the NBA draft.

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending April 8, 2013

Spring storm delivers snow, winds; delays travel Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A large spring snowstorm delivering heavy snow, high winds and rain was causing travel problems from Wyoming to Chicago on Tuesday.

Yo-Yo Ma joins rocker to call for US arts funding Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to increase funding for the arts in a year of deep federal budget cuts.

North Korea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:37 PM PDT PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in traditional dress danced in the plazas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il's appointment to a key defense post.

Should you have robotic surgery? Pluses, minuses Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Robotic surgery is being done more and more often for a variety of operations. But experts say there's a lack of strong evidence it's better than standard surgery in most cases, even though it's usually costlier.

Paris exhibit asks: Was there an Italian Monet? Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Years before Impressionism — the influential Paris-based art movement — began, a similar style of painting capturing colorful impressions of light may have existed in Italy, according to a new exhibit.

Biden: Threats to block gun bill 'embarrassing' Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he refuses to believe a small group of senators will block a vote on gun legislation.

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