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- Chinese activist who fled house arrest heads to US
BEIJING (AP) -- A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations....
- Obama, G-8: Recovery takes both growth and cutting
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge....
- Cardinal's presence felt at Pa. church-abuse trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died just weeks before his longtime aide went on trial in the alleged cover-up of sexual assaults by priests within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia....
- Prosecutors: Trio planned to attack Obama's HQ
CHICAGO (AP) -- Three men accused of making Molotov cocktails had been planning to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets during this weekend's NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday....
- Woman gets 20 years for firing warning shot
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Marissa Alexander had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her. Nobody got hurt, but this month a northeast Florida judge was bound by state law to sentence her to 20 years in prison....
- Political vulnerabilities in Sen. Rubio's past?
MIAMI (AP) -- For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a possible Mitt Romney running mate, there are questions about whether potential vulnerabilities in his personal and political background might hold him back....
- Lundqvist, Rangers blank Devils, 3-0, lead 2-1
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday....
- Viewing events, eyewear urged for 'Ring of Fire'
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The western United States and eastern Asia will be treated this weekend to a rare solar spectacle when the moon slides across the sun, creating a "ring of fire."...
- Mary Kennedy is mourned at private funeral in NY
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the latest member of that charmed and cursed family to fall victim to tragedy and inner demons....
- Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy
ROME (AP) -- A bomb exploded on Saturday outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at least seven others, officials said....