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Budget deal elusive as negotiators scramble

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing a midnight deadline, the White House and Congress were working furiously on Friday to break a U.S. budget deadlock and avoid a government shutdown, after President Barack Obama and congressional leaders failed to reach a deal in late-night talks. | Full Article

U.S. general sees no military outcome in Libya

April 08, 2011 04:51 AM ET

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said five of their fighters were killed when NATO planes mistakenly bombed a rebel tank column and a top U.S. general said they were unlikely to be able to oust Muammar Gaddafi by force. | Full Article

Wall Street futures signal higher opening

April 08, 2011 04:36 AM ET

(Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.3-0.4 percent. | Full Article

Time Warner Cable, Viacom sue each other over iPad TV

April 07, 2011 05:21 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable and Viacom Inc on Thursday countersued each other in an escalating battle over whether cable companies have the right to distribute TV shows to devices like Apple Inc's iPad tablet. | Full Article

Soyuz docks 50 years after Gagarin's voyage

April 07, 2011 04:29 AM ET

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Soyuz craft adorned with a portrait of the first man in space docked with the International Space Station Thursday, days before the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering flight. | Full Article

Bulls trample Celtics in home race

April 08, 2011 02:21 AM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Bulls beat the Boston Celtics 97-81 on Thursday to open a four-game lead at the top of the Eastern Conference and move to within one victory of clinching home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs. | Full Article

Lawyers want grim Jackson autopsy photos excluded from trial

April 07, 2011 08:00 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gruesome photos of Michael Jackson's autopsy should not be shown to the jury in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the pop singer's doctor, defense attorneys argued in court papers released on Thursday. | Full Article

Electronic stores in two states offer free guns

April 07, 2011 10:56 AM ET

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A chain of electronic stores in parts of the states of Idaho and Montana are offering free guns to first-time subscribers of satellite TV services. | Full Article


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Rich parent levy proposal 'a cash grab' The Australian Education Union says a proposal set out by the principal of Australia's oldest private school to tax rich parents to fund run-down schools is a cash grab for the private sector. Hogan loses court challenge against ATO Actor Paul Hogan and film producer John Cornell have lost a challenge against the Australian Tax Office (ATO) seeing their confidential accounting advice. Stockbrokers back ASX takeover rejection The Stockbrokers Association has welcomed the Federal Government's decision to reject the planned takeover of the Australian Securities Exchange by the Singapore Exchange. AMA appalled woman was 11kg at death Police are investigating an apparent death by malnutrition in Adelaide's southern suburbs. Bennett rejects Broncos return Supercoach Wayne Bennett has rejected a return to the Brisbane Broncos and will instead choose between cashed-up offers from Newcastle and South Sydney.
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New show from the Parliamentary Theatre Company It takes a certain talent to appear self-effacing while making yourself the centre of attention. The Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd pulled it off on QandA, and his pantomime dragged in a growing, unwilling, cast for the rest of the week. The roles in the farce were cast by Kevin: the Prime Minister and senior ministers were to wander about the stage looking like gits, pretending nothing was wrong as the children in the media yelled, "He's behind you!" The perversion of social democracy in Australia Labor must re-establish it's founding principles if it is to become a truly progressive party. It's democracy stupid Greens candidates who dared take a non-violent stand against the Israeli occupation have copped criticism. Yet if Greens senators cause a rethink of the Middle East policy, this is not daunting. This is democracy. A hulking great mess Anti-siphoning laws are pointless if terrestrial channels would rather show bad films than the sport they've paid for. Andrew Bolt: expert offender, expert victim For well over a decade Bolt has been writing columns that have deeply offended many people. That other people agreed with them is not the point. It is quite probable Bolt is the most powerful columnist in Australia, not simply because of his reach but because of the real skill with which he uses rhetoric. He knows how to shift register from button-pushing columnist to smooth-spoken, high sounding debater. He is brilliant at casting himself as a victim of the so-called politically correct elites while simultaneously caning anything with even a hint of victimhood.
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Putty residents 'anxious' about gas exploration Plans for new coal seam gas exploration in the Hunter Valley will be the subject of a public meeting tomorrow (Saturday) evening. SA Treasurer tours south-east mills South Australia's Treasurer is touring six timber mills in the state's south-east at the invitation of local MP Don Pegler. Water backflip will fuel 'uneven pricing system' A pensioners' group says a shake-up of water arrangements in south-east Queensland will not stop costs spiralling.
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A fourth White House meeting in 48 hours between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders failed to bring agreement on a spending plan for the rest of the current fiscal year.

"We made some additional progress," Obama said, adding that staff negotiators would work through the night in an effort to avert a partial government shutdown, with the deadline just over 24 hours away.

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Strong quake strikes devastated Japan A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has jolted Japan's Miyagi prefecture, which was devastated by last month's deadly quake and tsunami. Academy cadets knew they were flouting sex ban The Australia Defence Association (ADA) says sex is not allowed among Defence Force cadets and those involved in the latest Defence scandal would have known that. Pupils killed in Brazil school shooting At least 10 children were killed and more were injured when a gunman opened fire in a school in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. More Fromelles diggers identified Researchers have identified 14 more Australian soldiers who died at the Battle of Fromelles in France during World War I. Kirby: There's plenty to do and I'll be there
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Semantics camouflages the tragedy of war We should look again with care, after this last week in the Middle East, at the word 'civilian' and what, of late, it has come to mean. It is almost always a hyphenate now, 'civilian-target' or 'civilian-casualty'. Its apparent meaning is 'someone who should not be killed'. As opposed to 'soldier' or 'service person' who is someone who can be killed. But instead of saying 'nine civilian casualties', we should say 'a mother aged 27 and three of her children, aged nine, seven and two, a man aged 70, a young man, a girl on her way to high school aged 13, and a coffee shop proprietor, aged 42.' See the difference? Criminalisation harms sex workers Defining sex workers as victims is unhealthy and criminalising their work will put them in greater danger, not less. Anti-smoking campaign just hot air The Federal Government's proposal to impose plain packaging and gruesome images on cigarette packets fundamentally ignores the reasons why young women smoke and will fail as a result. Taking the pulse on corporate tax Corporations dodging corporate tax leaves working Australian's with three quarters of the bill for government revenue. Rudd for the naughty corner? The PM can't risk it Kevin Rudd broke the rules when he breached Cabinet solidarity on Monday night. So why won't Prime Minister Gillard discipline her errant foreign minister? She's damned if she does, and in trouble if she doesn't. But then what has she got to lose, apart from authority, credibility ... and power.
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Hamas, Israel trade blows over Gaza At least one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza amid a fresh outbreak of violence around the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave. US troops to stay on duty during shutdown If the US government shuts down over a budget impasse, American troops and some private contractors will stay on the job but they will not get paid, the Pentagon said. Chaos as rebels blame NATO for deadly air strikes Rebel leaders in Libya say NATO air strikes have mistakenly killed 13 rebel fighters travelling in a convoy heading for the disputed town of Brega.
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Government's water pricing backflip 'embarrassing' The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) says councils in the south-east have been taken by surprise with the State Government's backflip on water pricing. Sydneysiders hear about Basin Plan Irrigators in the heart of the Murray Darling Basin, are being encouraged to read up about environmental benefits of returning water to the system. Water pricing plan doesn't address bulk charges: Council Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke says the high cost of bulk water from the Queensland Government is still a problem in the wake of Premier Anna Bligh's announcement of changes to water pricing in the south-east.
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Another Air Traffic Controller Falls Asleep, This Time On Purpose

By Brian Barrett

Another Air Traffic Controller Falls Asleep, This Time On Purpose

Another Air Traffic Controller Falls Asleep, This Time On Purpose An unnamed air traffic controller at Knoxville's McGhee Tyson airport fell asleep for five hours during his night shift on Feb. 19, leaving seven aircraft to land without their primary officer. And he did it intentionally.

There aren't any details currently available as to why the man decided that it was a particularly good time for a nap, though the FAA has—more than six weeks later—finally fired him for it. And while the five hours of radio silence in Knoxville vastly overshadows the 45 minutes or so ATC went quiet at Reagan National recently, at least this time another controller was on hand to help bring in the seven planes safely.

The FAA is apparently conducting a nationwide review of staffing during midnight shifts, since clearly—with two harrowing incidents in about a month—something in the system is broken.

Again, pushing tin is one of the hardest jobs there is; the stress and the stakes couldn't be higher. But an occasional lapse in judgment, while having potentially terrifying results, is at least somewhat understandable. Deciding that you're going to catch up on some shuteye for five hours when hundreds of lives depend on your mental agility—to say nothing of your consciousness—is downright reprehensible.

However the FAA decides to fix the problem, let's hope they do it before the next plane—and its hundreds of passengers—has to land without a guide. [USA Today]