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Benedict becomes first pope to visit American synagogue 18 Apr 08, 21:37 ET AP - Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to visit an American synagogue Friday, bringing greetings for the Passover holiday and accepting gifts of matzo and a seder plate. Benedict, 81, stopped briefly at Park East Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, near the Vatican residence. more Texas strip clubs must pay 'pole tax' during appeal 18 Apr 08, 19:35 ET AP - Texas still expects strip clubs to pay its "pole tax" while the state appeals a ruling that declared the fee unconstitutional. more Pope gets warm welcome in New York synagogue 18 Apr 08, 19:13 ET Reuters - A New York synagogue gave Pope Benedict a warm welcome on Friday, with the chief rabbi hailing his work for inter-faith dialogue and congregants playing down recent tensions between Catholics and Jews. more Alaska governor gives birth to 5th child, a boy named Trig 18 Apr 08, 18:48 ET AP - Gov. Sarah Palin gave birth Friday to her fifth child, a boy, about a month before her due date. more Humane Society files emergency appeal for sea lions in Ore. 18 Apr 08, 18:07 ET AP - An animal rights group isn't giving up on blocking the government and two states from harming California sea lions that are feasting on the spring chinook salmon run at a dam on the Columbia River. more NASA official envisions six-month stays on the moon 18 Apr 08, 16:54 ET AFP - NASA wants astronauts who will return to the moon to take one long step for mankind. more Citigroup posts 5.1 bln dlr loss, to cut 9,000 jobs 18 Apr 08, 16:43 ET AFP - US banking giant Citigroup reported Friday a 5.1 billion dollars net loss during the first quarter and said it would cut an additional 9,000 jobs as it struggles with bad bets on subprime mortgages. more Feds are looking into the dangers of lead in artificial turf 18 Apr 08, 15:21 ET AP - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is looking into the possible health hazards of lead in artificial turf installed at schools, parks and stadiums across the country. more Amateurs use video cameras to watch the border for illegals 18 Apr 08, 15:11 ET AP - At least a couple of times a week, Ernie Kubr gets off the night shift and fires up his computer at his home in Nebraska so that he can watch for illegal immigrants trying to slip across the Arizona desert 1,400 miles away. more 9/11 family members seek pope's blessing of 'sacred ground' 18 Apr 08, 15:09 ET AP - Tom Riches was just 17 when he helped carry his firefighter brother's body out of the ruins of the World Trade Center. Six years later, ground zero still holds only painful memories. more The Pope's Quiet Case for the UN 18 Apr 08, 15:05 ET Time.com - Benedict opted for a low-key lecture in his speech before the world body, stressing the religious foundation of its goals more Springsteen keyboardist Danny Federici dies at 58 18 Apr 08, 14:23 ET Reuters - Keyboardist Danny Federici, who for four decades played alongside rock star Bruce Springsteen as part of the E Street Band and helped define his rollicking sound, has died of melanoma. He was 58. more Other states woo California teachers amid wave of pink slips 18 Apr 08, 14:23 ET AP - Precious Jackson has two years of teaching under her belt and two school teacher-of-the-year awards to show for it. She also has a pink slip. more Magnitude 5.2 quake rattles Midwest 18 Apr 08, 09:07 ET Reuters - A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered in southeast Illinois startled residents in several central U.S. states before dawn on Friday, but media reports indicated there were no injuries and only minor damage. more Billionaire Texas oil man makes big bets on wind 18 Apr 08, 09:00 ET Reuters - Legendary Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens has gone green with a plan to spend $10 billion to build the world's biggest wind farm. But he's not doing it out of generosity - he expects to turn a buck. more 5.2 earthquake rocks large region of Midwest 18 Apr 08, 08:54 ET AP - Residents across the Midwest were awakened Thursday by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause no major injuries or damage. more After intimate meeting, pope turns to global audience 18 Apr 08, 08:50 ET AP - After a dramatic three days in which he put America's clergy sexual abuse scandal front and center, Pope Benedict XVI turned his attention Friday to the original purpose of his first U.S. visit as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. more When the Polygamists Came to Town 18 Apr 08, 08:25 ET Time.com - As a custody hearing begins, residents of Eldorado, Texas, recall their first suspicions about the strange newcomers more N.Y. DJ accused of having child porn video on how to abuse 18 Apr 08, 05:47 ET AP - A New York disc jockey has been accused of sharing an instructional video showing how to sexually abuse children. more Vermont weighs longer life for state's aging nuclear reactor 18 Apr 08, 04:04 ET AP - Vermont's love-hate relationship with its lone nuclear power plant is coming to a head: Lawmakers have to decide next year whether to shut down the reactor in 2012 as scheduled or keep it humming for another two decades. more

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