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US gas stations: Stay BP or change name to Amoco?
(AP)
AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
US 'carefully watching' Myanmar-NKorea talks
(AP)
AP - The U.S. said it is carefully watching the budding secretive relationship between Myanmar and North Korea for signs of nuclear cooperation, as official talks between the authoritarian regimes entered a second day Friday.
NY AG announces probe of life insurance industry
(AP)
AP - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he had opened a fraud investigation into how life insurers pay out benefits after policyholders die.
Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling
(AP)
AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.
Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank
(AP)
AP - A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a complaint to police after she took her car to a Rock Hill mechanic last week because it would suddenly stop running.
Chelsea Clinton's wedding declared a no-fly zone
(AP)
AP - Chelsea Clinton's wedding along the Hudson River will be under a no-fly zone.
Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol'
(AP)
AP - Former "Fly Girl" Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television — this time as a judge on "American Idol."
What’s private on Facebook anyway?
(Christopher Null)
Christopher Null - Today’s revelation about the existence of a document that details the names, URLs, and unique Facebook IDs of 100 million of the site’s users has raised new questions about what is and what is not private on the immensely popular website.
Novelist Anne Rice says she's leaving Christianity
(AP)
AP - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian.
Magic extend coach Van Gundy's contract for two seasons
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Orlando Magic, hoping to return to the NBA Finals for the second time in three seasons, gave coach Stan Van Gundy a contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2012-13 season, the Magic said.
Disney sells Miramax to investor for $660 million
(AP)
AP - The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process.
Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered
(AP)
AP - Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday.
Chelsea Clinton's wedding: An instant guide
(The Week)
The Week - Neither Chelsea Clinton nor her fiancé, Marc Mezvinsky, are speaking publicly about their plans to wed this weekend, and Chelsea's tabloid-savvy parents have offered few clues. Yet, America being America, the internet has been abuzz with questions and rumors about Chelsea's upcoming nuptials — and the first glimpse of her "sizable" engagement ring on April 25 (not to mention reports that Bill's dieting) have only fueled the speculation. Here's what's been reported to date:
Mont. officials await test results in bear attack
(AP)
AP - Wildlife officials expected DNA test results to confirm Friday that a captured grizzly bear and her three cubs were the animals that killed one person and injured two campers in a rampage near Yellowstone National Park.
Air show to go on despite deadly crash
(AP)
AP - A popular air show will be held this weekend, days after four people were killed when a military cargo plane crashed at an Anchorage base during a training demonstration for the event, military officials said Thursday.
False alarm: Google search still working in China
(AP)
AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.
Rain slows hunt for air crash bodies in Pakistan
(AP)
AP - Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the recovery effort at the hillside crash site laden by heavy rain and mud.
Test designed to screen resistance to cancer drug
(Reuters)
Reuters - Researchers in Japan have designed a test to identify patients who are likely to be resistant to imatinib, the standard drug for treating leukemia or cancer of the blood cells.
Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View'
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out.
Colo. pot shops face closure under tough new rules
(AP)
AP - Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say.