Archive for June 6th, 2009

DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings sure don’t look tired now. After watching their two-game lead in the Stanley Cup finals disappear in Pittsburgh, the defending champions returned to the friendly confines of Joe Louis Arena and blew away the supposedly fresher Penguins 5-0 in Game 5 on Saturday night …

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WASHINGTON — A group of Indiana pension funds opposed to Chrysler LLC’s sale to Fiat SpA filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the sale while they continue their attempts to block it. The emergency stay request, filed shortly before midnight Saturday, came after the 2nd U.S …

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Air France says it will step up the process of replacing speed monitors on Airbus planes following the disappearance of a jet with 228 people on board over the Atlantic last week. It said it had noticed problems arising from icing on the monitors last year and had begun changing them in April. There …

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HIGHLIGHT : Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made a nice stick save to turn away a 42-foot slap shot by Detroit left wing Tomas Holmstrom at 5:40, then stopped right wing Dan Cleary’s point-blank wrister at 6:58 and center Henrik Zetterberg’s 27-foot rebound 12 seconds later. LOWLIGHT : Red …

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Obama says Turkey is an important NATO ally is helping with the war in Afghanistan. He says Turkey’s economy is growing and that the country wants closer relations with Europe — something Obama says he encourages. Sarkozy says he supports Turkey’s integration into Europe, but that he and Obama …

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DETROIT (AP) -The Detroit Red Wings sure don’t look tired now. After watching their two-game lead in the Stanley Cup finals disappear in Pittsburgh, the defending champions returned to the friendly confines of Joe Louis Arena and blew away the supposedly fresher Penguins 5-0 in Game 5 on Saturday …

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RECIFE, Brazil - Searchers found two bodies and the first confirmed debris - a briefcase containing an Air France Flight 447 ticket - in the Atlantic Ocean near where the jetliner is believed to have crashed, a Brazil military official said Saturday. The French agency investigating the disaster …

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Traumatised parents on Saturday began the heart-wrenching task of identifying the young victims of a fire that tore through a Mexican daycare centre, killing at least 35 infants and toddlers. The final toll from Friday’s fire, which gutted the state-run ABC nursery in Hermosillo, north-western …

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France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd R), as they walk in front of Britain’s Prince Charles (L), Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (3rd L) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2nd R) at Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery before a ceremony to mark …

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WASHINGTON - For three decades, accused spies Walter Kendall Myers and his wife shuffled secrets to their Cuban contacts in such fear of being caught, authorities say, that he memorized top-secret documents rather than bring them into their home. Their downfall came simply and swiftly, lured by a …

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