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NY Times and LA Times each win two Pulitzer Prizes (Reuters)
U.S. stings Rajaratnam with phone tap to end case (Reuters)
McCullum leads Kochi to home victory over Chennai (Reuters)
Rising star Mamata battles communist bastion in West Bengal (Reuters)
S&P threatens to cut U.S. credit rating on deficit (Reuters)
West wants military, aid action to end Libya crisis (Reuters)
State polls a test for ruling Congress party (Reuters)
Mutai runs fastest marathon ever at Boston (Reuters)
Infosys weak results raises questions, spurs downgrades (Reuters)
Dilshan to captain Sri Lanka on tour of England (Reuters)
Ban spinners who don't spin says Swann (Reuters)
Insurgent strike inside Afghan defence ministry, 2 dead (Reuters)
'Rio' rocks box office, 'Scream 4' bombs (Reuters)

NY Times and LA Times each win two Pulitzer Prizes (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:49 PM PDT

Reuters - The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times each won two coveted Pulitzer Prizes for journalism on Monday, and for the first time no award was given for breaking news coverage.

U.S. stings Rajaratnam with phone tap to end case (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. prosecutors stung accused Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam with one more phone tap recording as his lawyers rested the defense case on Monday at his trial on insider trading charges.

McCullum leads Kochi to home victory over Chennai (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Opener Brendon McCullum smashed 47 to lead Kochi Tuskers Kerala to a thumping seven-wicket win over champions Chennai Super Kings in a rain-shortened Indian Premier League match on Monday.

Rising star Mamata battles communist bastion in West Bengal (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:42 AM PDT

Reuters - Voters streamed into polling stations in West Bengal on Monday in state elections that could see populist maverick Mamata Banerjee unseat the worlds longest-serving, democratically-elected communist government and emerge as a key power broker.

S&P threatens to cut U.S. credit rating on deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Standard & Poor's threatened on Monday to downgrade the United States' prized AAA credit rating unless the Obama administration and Congress find a way to slash the yawning federal budget deficit within two years.

West wants military, aid action to end Libya crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Reuters - NATO may have to intensify attacks on government forces to break the military stalemate in Libya, while the United Nations pushes for a humanitarian presence to help civilians trapped in the conflict.

State polls a test for ruling Congress party (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Voters streamed into polling stations in West Bengal on Monday in state elections that could see populist maverick Mamata Banerjee unseat the world longest-serving, democratically elected communist government.

Mutai runs fastest marathon ever at Boston (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon on Monday in two hours three minutes and two seconds, the fastest time ever recorded over the gruelling distance.

Infosys weak results raises questions, spurs downgrades (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Infosys Technologies shares fell nearly 4 percent on Monday, a day after it missed sales growth expectations, triggering a slew of price cuts by brokers and worries of loss of market share and lower margins.

Dilshan to captain Sri Lanka on tour of England (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Tillakaratne Dilshan will take over from Kumar Sangakarra as captain of Sri Lanka for next month's tour of England.

Ban spinners who don't spin says Swann (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 08:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Graeme Swann has a simple solution for the age old problem of English spinners who, to adapt the biblical parable of the lilies of the field, toil but do not spin.

Insurgent strike inside Afghan defence ministry, 2 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 05:48 AM PDT

Reuters - An insurgent killed two people in the Afghan defence ministry on Monday in the third attack on security installations in four days, with the violence likely to raise questions about military transition plans due to start this year.