Five U.S. soldiers and two Iraqis killed in Mosul
In Mosul an attack left five U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi casualties. In Michigan a school lockdown followed a murder suicide at a community college where two students were killed later that day. Police said Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit, used a shotgun to kill McGowan and then killed himself.
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Brighton
Inmate linked to Levy death moved to Oklahoma
Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant charged in the Chandra Levy slaying, was moved from Adelanto California to a federal transfer center in Oklahoma City. He is serving a 10 year sentence for a prior assault and officials did not reveal his final destination or duration in Oklahoma.
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California
Ingmar Guandique
Adelanto
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
Felicia Ponce
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Federal
Oklahoma City
Ponce
Guandique
Astronaut to Appear on Colbert Report
New York NASA will name a future International Space Station module and reveal the choice on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. Astronaut Sunita Williams will appear. the public vote chose Colbert over four NASA suggested options in the online contest.
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Colbert Report
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Escape attempt by hostage ends in gunfire off Somalia
An American skipper seized by Somali pirates tried to swim to freedom but was recaptured as gunfire erupted near a U S destroyer. Four pirates and foreign hostages spurred reinforcements as the Maersk Alabama crisis enters a third day, with U S warships and a Bainbridge deployment covering the coast.
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Germany
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Malaysia
Alabama
L Aquila Funeral Deepens Italy Earthquake Grief
Vanessa Gera and Ariel David report in L Aquila as crowds attend an open air funeral Mass for victims of Italy's 6.3 magnitude quake that killed at least 290 and left about 40 000 homeless. Pope Benedict XVI urged hope as Premier Berlusconi expressed profound emotion. Rescue teams continued digging with dog alerts and officials warned against assuming survivors. An official probe into potential building lapses has been opened.
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Luca Spoletini
Antonio Gambardella
Gambardella
L’aquila
Alfredo Rossini
ANSA
Pope calls for hymn of hope at Good Friday at Colosseum
Benedict XVI led a torch lit Way of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum on Good Friday urging prayers for quake victims in L Aquila and the Apennines. Tens of thousands carried prayer books and candles as meditations spoke of hope amid loss.
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Stimulus funding to boost volcano monitoring in Alaska
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced 15.2 million of stimulus funds to modernize volcano warning systems, part of a 140 million package. The Alaska Volcano Observatory will enhance alerts for eruptions to protect the public and aviation, aiming to prevent a repeat of the 1989 Redoubt ash cloud incident.
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Interior
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Salazar
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Alaska Observatory
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