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April 21st, 2009
06:00 AM ET

What's on Tap – Tuesday April 21st, 2009

Here are the big stories on the agenda today:

  • Breaking now:  The only Somali pirate to come off the lifeboat alive was brought to New York early this morning.  He could be in court today.  The young man, known in official documents as "Pirate Defendant" was said to be all smiles.  He was one of four who held Captain Richard Phillips at gunpoint for five days at sea.  U.S. Navy snipers shot and killed the other three.
  • UFO believers to Obama: release the X-files!  You've heard about the scores of special interest groups appealing to President Obama in his first 100 days in office.  Now you can add believers in UFOs to the list.  They're calling on the president to end what they insist is a government cover-up of the existence of extraterrestrials.
  • Racism, Iran Style.  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the stage Monday in Geneva at the U.N.'s Racism conference, and pointed fingers at Israel, the U.S., and western Europe. He also went after the United States for its war in Afghanistan. Several nations, including the U.S. and Israel, boycotted the U.N. Conference.  Representatives of many other nations walked out.  Protesters in clown wigs made a lot of noise.
  • A urine test for Lung Cancer? Someday, a simple urine test might spot smokers at highest risk for lung cancer, according to a new study.  Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins us with the potential breakthrough.
  • African-American Princess.  In 1937 Snow White was the first Disney princess to be featured on the big screen.  Since that time Disney has introduced eight princesses, but this year they make history with their first black princess.   Cultural watchers see this as a milestone and a symbol of a culture-changing standard of feminine beauty.  Others draw a connection to the Obamas being in the White House, and as a result see the image of the princess resonating even more with the public – a sort of perfect storm of African-American cultural imagery.
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  1. Tom from Philly

    Other than Al Gore going on to get a nobel prize, hence being subject to media exposure, since when did ANYONE listen to or care about the previous vice president. Cheeney had his time to torture without impunity, its over somone needs to waterboard him while shouting out: Your policies didnt work, made enemies internationally, and you are not in contorl of any part of the government any more, If that doesnt work lets put him in a dark box with spyders.....

    In the true birthplace of democracy (ancient greece) they didnt just vote out the old government they banished the loosers from the land, they had it right, truly

    April 21, 2009 at 8:37 am |
  2. Mark

    People who believe in evolution generally claim that life on Earth began with a single-celled organism. They maintain that this is the conclusion that science has led to. The scientists that study the formation of the Earth, astronomers and geologists, have concluded that Earth was impacted by numerous objects during its formation. Among these objects were an array of comets, which are composed of dust, rock fragments, and ice. Scientists have determined that ice, in its liquid form, is necessary to the existence of all life on Earth. However, we have not reached a conclusion to the question of how the single-celled organism ended up on Earth. Using inductive reasoning, could we infer from the data that life on Earth originated when it was struck by an already-inhabited comet? Could science possibly lead us to conclude that extraterrestrial life (even if only microbial) existed before life on Earth?

    April 21, 2009 at 8:32 am |
  3. Terry Marvin

    Tuesday, April 21, 2009–7:01 am CST

    I think Dick Chaney should step aside and let President Obama do his
    job. George Bush is doing the right thing and is letting Obama do his
    job.

    April 21, 2009 at 8:02 am |
  4. Dan Nelson

    What happened at the UN conference on racism shows the world that Iran and the nations that applauded his speech that the Arab and Muslim world can't and won't work for peace between them and the western world! They believe that their way of life is the way all should live according to the Quran! They are against the Christian way of life which is love thy neighbor as thyself and forgiveness of ones sins as they repent. No they are cruel to the sinner and show no sympathy for the sinner even if they ask for forgiveness they still flog them publicly which is not the Christian way! It's time the world stands up against these kinds of rulers and their laws which is against the laws of God/Jesus!

    April 21, 2009 at 7:52 am |
  5. Dan Nelson

    The teenager who took to the seas and committed piracy and is all smiles should be brought back to the seas and be made to walk the plank like they did in the old days. Let him sit there for a while then he might not be all smiles and realize what he done is wrong. Giving him a roof over his head and three meals paid by the taxpayer does not seem like punishment enough.

    April 21, 2009 at 7:23 am |
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