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• UK campaign gaffe: Brown calls voter a bigot (AP)
• E.ON sells US subsidiary to PPL for $7.6 billion (AFP)
• Lopez pigs out for new movie 'The Back-Up Plan' (AFP)
• Brown calls pensioner 'bigoted' in campaign gaffe (AFP)
• "Bigot" gaffe haunts UK's Brown before TV debate (Reuters)
• Obama, Merkel discuss Greece's financial crisis (AP)
• Robertson finishes off Davis, O'Sullivan crashes (AFP)
• Spain downgraded as Europe debt crisis widens (AP)
• Treasurys fall as concerns about Europe ease (AP)
• China surpasses France as tourism spender: UN tourism body (AFP)
• Russia posts Katyn massacre documents on Internet (AP)
• Noriega not the only dictator with Paris property (AP)
• Dozens of urns with human ashes in Lake Zurich (AP)
• Vatican: Pope may apologize for abuse by priests (AP)
• Anne Frank's full diary on display in Amsterdam (AP)
• Coroner: McQueen tried to overdose before suicide (AP)
• Russian court bans neo-Nazi group (AP)
• Swiss MPs to vote on new ex-dictator cash law (AP)
• Serbia seeks US help over Facebook threat (AP)
• Belgian leader steps aside, early election ahead (AP)

UK campaign gaffe: Brown calls voter a bigot (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:27 PM PDT AP - Britain's Prime Minister blundered into the first major gaffe in his country's short campaign season Wednesday when an open microphone captured him slamming a voter he'd just been trying to win over.

E.ON sells US subsidiary to PPL for $7.6 billion (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT AFP - The biggest German power company, E.ON, early Thursday announced the sale of its US subsidiary for about 7.6 billion dollars (5.75 billion euros) to American energy supplier PPL in order to boost its cash reserves.

Lopez pigs out for new movie 'The Back-Up Plan' (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:03 PM PDT AFP - Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez told Wednesday at the London premiere of her new movie "The Back-Up Plan" how she pigged out and broke wind in the film to show what being pregnant is really like.

Brown calls pensioner 'bigoted' in campaign gaffe (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled Wednesday to limit the damage to his re-election hopes after calling an elderly widow "bigoted", in an embarrassing gaffe just a week before crucial polls.

"Bigot" gaffe haunts UK's Brown before TV debate (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown goes into his final pre-election debate on Thursday trying to rescue his Labour Party from defeat while fending off a gaffe in which he called one of his traditional voters "bigoted."

Obama, Merkel discuss Greece's financial crisis (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has discussed Greece's precarious financial situation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Robertson finishes off Davis, O'Sullivan crashes (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT AFP - Australian Neil Robertson fired in a break of 107 to wrap up a 13-5 win over six-times former champion Steve Davis on Wednesday to reach the world championship semi-finals.

Spain downgraded as Europe debt crisis widens (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:40 PM PDT AP - Europe's debt crisis spread its contagion to another country Wednesday when a major agency downgraded Spain's credit rating, even as Germany grudgingly moved closer to bailing out Greece from imminent collapse.

Treasurys fall as concerns about Europe ease (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:21 PM PDT AP - Interest rates rose in the Treasury market Wednesday as fears about a European financial crisis subsided. Investors also were reassured when the Federal Reserve forecast that interest rates will remain stable "for an extended period."

China surpasses France as tourism spender: UN tourism body (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:36 PM PDT AFP - China overtook France to occupy the fourth place last year in the ranking of the world's top spenders on international tourism, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation said Wednesday.

Russia posts Katyn massacre documents on Internet (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:06 PM PDT AP - Russia's state archives posted documents on the Internet for the first time Wednesday about the Soviet Union's World War II massacre of more than 20,000 Polish officers and other prominent citizens.

Noriega not the only dictator with Paris property (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - When Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega bought posh apartments in Paris with what prosecutors say were millions in cocaine profits, he was in distinguished company.

Dozens of urns with human ashes in Lake Zurich (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:06 AM PDT AP - Swiss authorities are investigating a macabre discovery: Dozens of urns filled with human ashes stuck in the mud beneath Lake Zurich.

Vatican: Pope may apologize for abuse by priests (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:05 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI may issue a mea culpa for the church's handling of clerical sexual abuse cases when he attends a meeting of the world's clergy in June, the Vatican official in charge of handling abuse cases said.

Anne Frank's full diary on display in Amsterdam (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:07 AM PDT AP - Nearly all of Anne Frank's diary went on display Wednesday for the first time at the house where she wrote it during the two years the Jewish teenager was in hiding from the Nazis.

Coroner: McQueen tried to overdose before suicide (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:31 AM PDT AP - A depressed Alexander McQueen twice tried to overdose on drugs in the months before he hanged himself, the fashion designer's psychiatrist and a coroner said Wednesday.

Russian court bans neo-Nazi group (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:21 AM PDT AP - The Moscow City Court said Wednesday it had outlawed one of Russia's largest ultra-nationalist groups for the promotion of neo-Nazi ideology.

Swiss MPs to vote on new ex-dictator cash law (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:03 AM PDT AP - Swiss lawmakers will soon vote on legislation that would make it hard for dictators to stockpile cash in Swiss bank accounts, and one of the first beneficiaries could be relief agencies helping Haiti recover from its devastating earthquake.

Serbia seeks US help over Facebook threat (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:49 AM PDT AP - Serbia has asked the U.S. Justice Department for help identifying those who posted a death threat against its pro-Western president on Facebook.

Belgian leader steps aside, early election ahead (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:42 AM PDT AP - Premier Yves Leterme, whose government collapsed last week, stepped aside Wednesday, paving the way for the first woman who could become Belgium's next prime minister.

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