CNN 2009-05-01

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From the CNN Center in Atlanta, Nicole Lapin. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

 Chrysler has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy¹ protection. In a statement, the company says the filing of the automaker is in its best interest. The company failed to meet today's Treasury² Department deadline to reach deals with creditors³ who loan the company about seven billion dollars. Meantime, Chrysler says it has reached an agreement in principle with the Italian automaker Fiat⁴ to establish a global alliance of sorts to form what they call a vibrant⁵ new company.

 All schools are closed in Mexico which has been hit hardest by the swine flu virus. The strain's also known as H1N1. Mexico's president is telling people to stay home for about five days. Starting tomorrow, non-essential government offices will be closed untill next Tuesday. The World Health Organization has confirmed 236 cases of swine flu around the globe.

 It appears the August wedding for the suspected Craigslist killer⁶ is not gonna happen. That's according to a lawyer for Philip Markoff's fiancee Megan McAllister. He confirms the wedding is being quote "dismantled⁷" and says that the evidence against Markoff is making McAllister her family reevaluate him.

 Obviously they are disturbing to anybody who would look and at that particular, I don't say it's been put for some meaning but obviously you gotta have to understand that's not the person that she knew in love. That's not the person that her family took into their, took into their family as a person that was gonna marry their daughter. So you have that big dichotomy of what this person was to them and what he's now being portrayed⁸ in the media.

Markoff has pleaded not guilty to killing⁹ a woman at the Boston Marriott. He also denies robbing another woman he also reportedly met through Craigslist.

And those are the headlines at this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is always your source on live on TV or on your cell phone.