Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 02:29:11 GMT
AP - Voting began this city near Yangon and other parts of cyclone-ravaged Mayanmar Saturday on a referendum for a controversial constitution — but the balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital.

Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:39:17 GMT
AP - Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.

Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:20:46 GMT
AP - Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels.

Military considering new cremation policies (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:19:37 GMT
AP - The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and animal cremations.

Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:19:20 GMT
AP - The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.

Kids, mom lived with 90-year-old's corpse for weeks in Wis. (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:26:54 GMT
AP - Two children and their mother lived for about two months with the decaying body of a 90-year-old woman on the toilet of their home's only bathroom, on the advice of a religious "superior" who claimed the corpse would come back to life, authorities said Friday.

Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:16:44 GMT
AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.

Walters: Jones going through 'difficult time' (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:10:30 GMT
AP - Barbara Walters says she refuses to engage in a debate with Star Jones, who accused her of revealing a past affair with a senator just to sell books. Walters said despite the public rift, she prefers to hold onto the good times the former co-hosts shared on "The View."

Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:32:16 GMT
AP - The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago.

Malkin's 2 goals lead flyin' Penguins past Flyers 4-2 (AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 02:24:49 GMT
AP - Evgeni Malkin scored two dazzling goals 5 minutes apart to give Pittsburgh a two-goal lead, after Sidney Crosby tied it, and the Penguins rode their two big stars to a 4-2 victory over cross-state rival Philadelphia in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night.