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Storm rips downtown Atlanta, halting basketball tournament
WYMT - AP - March 14, 2008 11:33 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) - Weather officials say a storm packing winds up to 60 miles per hour has struck downtown Atlanta, damaging high-rises, hotels and two packed sports arenas.
Storms Rips Through Downtown Atlanta Orangeburg Times Democrat
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Storm rips holes in Georgia Dome
San Francisco Chronicle - AP A possible tornado ripped into the Georgia Dome in Atlanta during the Southeastern Conference tournament, sending debris tumbling from the ceiling, prompting fans to flee for the exits and postponing the final game Friday night.
Storm rips holes in Georgia Dome, halting SEC tournament Los Angeles Times
Storm delay changes focus to safety The Birmingham News - al.com
New York Times - Atlanta Journal Constitution - Chicago Tribune - Hartford Courant
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Rohrabacher slams Gates on visas for foreign workers
'Totally insensitive and unsympathetic to average working people who are being displaced'
--USA Today

 

Obama Denounces Pastor's Comments

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday denounced inflammatory remarks from his pastor, who has railed against the United States and accused the country of bringing on the Sept.

 

 

 

Ledger Independent

Obama spurns pastor's 9/11 jibe
BBC News - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has denounced remarks made by his pastor that the 9/11 attacks were like "chickens coming home to roost".
Obama decries pastor's remarks Seattle Times
Obama strongly rejects remarks by former pastor Boston Globe
New York Times - Washington Post - ABC News - San Francisco Chronicle
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Bear Stearns rescue rattles Wall Street

By Martin Zimmerman

Investors worry the brokerage may not be the last victim of ongoing turmoil. The Dow falls 194 points.

 

 

 

Behind Bear Stearns Rescue Plan, a Wall St. Domino Theory

By JENNY ANDERSON and VIKAS BAJAJ

The Federal Reserve’s unusual decision to assist a major investment bank underscores a concern that one failure could spread across the financial system.

 

 

 

Run on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by U.S.

By LANDON THOMAS Jr.

Potential buyers began circling Bear Stearns after it was given a secured line of credit, and policy makers may spend the weekend dealing with the fallout.

DealBook: Who Could Buy Bear Stearns? | A Very Bad Week

Times Topics: Bear Stearns

 

 

 

Gulf Times

Bear's Crisis Shocks Stock Markets
Wall Street Journal - By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN Stocks were pummeled after a plan to alleviate a liquidity crisis at Bear Stearns sparked concerns about the depth of the problems in the already roiled financial markets.
Stocks turn to Federal Reserve to ease the pain MarketWatch
Wall Street dodges a bullet Q&A: BEHIND THE BEAR STEARNS MESS TheNewsTribune.com
CNNMoney.com - Bloomberg - Reuters - New York Times
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Is Wall Street Close to a Bottom?

 

 

 

Pontiac Tries High - Performance Revival

 

 

 

Microsoft, Yahoo reportedly in takeover talks

By Jessica Guynn

The informal discussions could indicate Yahoo is warming up to the deal.

 

 

 

Raunch is rebranded as 'confidence'

By Meghan Daum

Many women during spring break seem to believe that their sexuality is their only currency.

 

 

 

Open mouth, insert cohorts' feet

By Tim Rutten

Don't presidential candidates get tired of apologizing for remarks they didn't make?

 

 

 

Microsoft to Buy Provider of Web Publishing Services

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Microsoft Corporation plans to buy Rapt Inc., plugging a hole in its suite of tools for Web publishers and advertisers.

 

 

 

Essay

 

Admission Impossible

By KEITH GESSEN

The college acceptance game has become a kind of social control. Don’t goof off: “Harvard” might not like it.

 

 

 

 

'The Best American Erotic Poems'

Edited by DAVID LEHMAN
Reviewed by DAN CHIASSON

Verse rousing and raunchy, by American poets old and new.

 

 

 

 

'On Deep History and the Brain'

By DANIEL LORD SMAIL
Reviewed by ALEXANDER STAR

A historian looks at human evolution and cultural advances through the lens of mood-altering substances.

 

 

 

'The Prince of Bagram Prison'

By ALEX CARR
Reviewed by LORRAINE ADAMS

The protagonist of this spy thriller questioned prisoners at a military base in Afghanistan.

 

 

 

Lindsay Lohan to Launch Legging Line
New York Magazine - Lindsay Lohan may single-handedly be keeping the leggings trend alive and kicking. After being spotted night after night in the darn things, Lilo recently told Life & Style weekly she's thinking of starting her own legging line.

 

 

 

What flies 700 mph and costs $58 million? New private jet
Gulfstream said its new G650 will be capable of flying faster than Boeing 747

--USA Today

 

 

United Airlines boosts fares by up to $50 round-trip
'We must be able to pass along these costs just like other businesses do'
--Associated Press