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Rebel fighters, foreground, pray during Friday prayers in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Libyan rebels: Eastern oil terminal Brega seized

Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's troops along the country's Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega, which has repeatedly changed hands in the 6-month-old civil war. More »Libyan rebels: Eastern oil terminal Brega seized

South Korean soldiers pass by a TV feeding file video footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's last visit to Russia, at Seoul train station, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. South Korean media reported Saturday that Kim's special train arrived in Russia. It was not immediately clear whether Kim was aboard. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

NKorea leader in Russia, will meet with Medvedev

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Russia on Saturday and will meet with President … More »NKorea leader in Russia, will meet with Medvedev

Israeli soldiers secure the area near roads leading to the sites of several attacks in the Arava desert, near the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. On Thursday, gunmen who appear to have originated in Gaza and who crossed into southern Israel through the Egyptian desert ambushed civilian vehicles traveling on a remote road in southern Israel, killing eight people. Six were civilians, and two were members of Israeli security forces responding to the incursion.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Egypt to withdraw ambassador to Israel over ambush

Egypt said Saturday it will withdraw its ambassador from Israel to protest the deaths … More »Egypt to withdraw ambassador to Israel over ambush

  • Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad shout slogans and wave their national flag, as they protest to show their solidarity to their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Aug. 19, 2011. Assad, who inherited power from his father in 2000, is facing the most serious international isolation of his rule. On Thursday, the United States and its European allies demanded he step down. Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
    20 killed in Syria despite Assad's pledge to UN AP - 1 hr 54 mins ago

    Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over. More »20 killed in Syria despite Assad's pledge to UN

    Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad shout slogans and wave their national flag, as they protest to show their solidarity to their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Aug. 19, 2011. Assad, who inherited power from his father in 2000, is facing the most serious international isolation of his rule. On Thursday, the United States and its European allies demanded he step down. Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

    Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over.

  • Damien Echols, left, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., center, and Jason Baldwin sit at a table before a news conference at the Craighead County Court House in Jonesboro, Ark., Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, after the three were released after pleading guilty to the 1993 deaths of three West Memphis, Ark., children. The defendants, known by their supporters as the West Memphis 3, agreed to a legal maneuver that lets them maintain their innocence while acknowledging prosecutors have enough evidence against them. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
    3 men convicted in 1993 Cub Scout slayings go free AP - 3 hrs ago

    Three men convicted in the nightmarish slayings of three Cub Scouts went free Friday, nearly two decades after they were sent to prison in a case so gruesome it raised suspicions the children had been sacrificed in a Satanic … More »3 men convicted in 1993 Cub Scout slayings go free

    Damien Echols, left, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., center, and Jason Baldwin sit at a table before a news conference at the Craighead County Court House in Jonesboro, Ark., Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, after the three were released after pleading guilty to the 1993 deaths of three West Memphis, Ark., children. The defendants, known by their supporters as the West Memphis 3, agreed to a legal maneuver that lets them maintain their innocence while acknowledging prosecutors have enough evidence against them. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

    Three men convicted in the nightmarish slayings of three Cub Scouts went free Friday, nearly two decades after they were sent to prison in a case so gruesome it raised suspicions the children had been sacrificed in a Satanic ritual.

  • Workers clear vehicles from the scene of flash flood, caused by heavy rains, along Washington Blvd. where three people died while trapped in their car Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
    3 dead, 1 missing in Pittsburgh flash flooding AP - 50 mins ago

    A pair of storms that pounded Pittsburgh on Friday cut electricity to hospitals and universities and submerged more than a dozen vehicles in a flash flood that killed a woman and two children and left another person missing … More »3 dead, 1 missing in Pittsburgh flash flooding

    Workers clear vehicles from the scene of flash flood, caused by heavy rains, along Washington Blvd. where three people died while trapped in their car Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

    A pair of storms that pounded Pittsburgh on Friday cut electricity to hospitals and universities and submerged more than a dozen vehicles in a flash flood that killed a woman and two children and left another person missing and presumed dead.

  • Dr. Tyron Reece, a general practitioner who runs a solo practice is taken into custody by law enforcement personnel at his office in Inglewood, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2011. An indictment was unsealed after a 17-month investigation involving Dr. Tyron Reece, a 71-year-old general practitioner in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. Authorities say Reece wrote prescriptions for hydrocodone, commonly sold under the names Vicodin and Lortab. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
    APNewsBreak: Doc charged in prescription drug case AP - 2 hrs 12 mins ago

    A doctor who wrote prescriptions for nearly a million tablets of a powerful painkiller last year was arrested along with a pharmacy manager and 13 others in a conspiracy to smuggle prescription drugs from California to Mexico, … More »APNewsBreak: Doc charged in prescription drug case

    Dr. Tyron Reece, a general practitioner who runs a solo practice is taken into custody by law enforcement personnel at his office in Inglewood, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2011. An indictment was unsealed after a 17-month investigation involving Dr. Tyron Reece, a 71-year-old general practitioner in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. Authorities say Reece wrote prescriptions for hydrocodone, commonly sold under the names Vicodin and Lortab. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

    A doctor who wrote prescriptions for nearly a million tablets of a powerful painkiller last year was arrested along with a pharmacy manager and 13 others in a conspiracy to smuggle prescription drugs from California to Mexico, authorities said Friday.

  • Karen Cooney poses for a photograph at her home Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, in Upper Southampton, Pa. Cooney moved from Staten Island, N.Y., to her home just outside of Philadelphia. As vivid as the confusion and fear of Sept. 11 remain for Cooney, she knows it would be worse if she still lived in New York City. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    For some, post-9/11 life meant leaving NYC AP - 1 hr 48 mins ago

    As vivid as the confusion and fear of Sept. 11 remain for Karen Cooney, she knows it would be worse if she still lived in New York City. More »For some, post-9/11 life meant leaving NYC

    Karen Cooney poses for a photograph at her home Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, in Upper Southampton, Pa. Cooney moved from Staten Island, N.Y., to her home just outside of Philadelphia. As vivid as the confusion and fear of Sept. 11 remain for Cooney, she knows it would be worse if she still lived in New York City. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    As vivid as the confusion and fear of Sept. 11 remain for Karen Cooney, she knows it would be worse if she still lived in New York City.

  • New Mexico hero who saved girl says he's illegal AP - 4 hrs ago
    FILE - In a Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 file photo, Antonio Diaz Chacon stands outside his home as reporters prepare to interview him about his efforts to save a 6-year-old girl who was abducted in Albuquerque, N.M. Chacon, 23, is married to an American and has been in the country for four years. Chacon, who has said he is illegal, is being honored as a hero for his actions. He is also gaining a new kind of celebrity: as a poster child of sorts for immigration rights in state and national immigration debates. Chacon reve says he abandoned attempts to get legal residency because the process was difficult and expensive. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

    The man who chased down a suspected child abductor and saved a 6-year-old girl from what could have been a horrible fate will be honored as a hero Friday. But he is also gaining a new kind of celebrity: as a poster child of sorts for immigration rights in state and national immigration debates.

  • Miami trustee chair says school backs Shalala AP - 3 hrs ago
    Miami quarterback Jacory Harris stands with a whistle in his mouth during football practice in Coral Gables, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. Harris did not practice in the morning session. The latest scandalous allegations in college football _ this time at the University of Miami _ have renewed talk by the NCAA of the need for "fundamental change" in athletics. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

    At Miami, Friday began with two football players saying the Hurricanes were focused on the coming season and not any possible looming sanctions against a dozen teammates implicated in a scandal that prompted an NCAA investigation.

  • Wall Street sinks for fourth straight week Reuters - 9 hrs ago
    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ended a fourth week of losses on a down note on Friday as most buyers left the market before the weekend on growing fears of another U.S. recession and destabilization in Europe's financial system.

  • PIMCO: Treasuries reflect likelihood of recession Reuters - 11 hrs ago
    PIMCO Manager Gross speaks at the Conference on the Future of Housing Finance in Washington

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, said on Friday the rally in Treasury yields to 60-year lows reflect a high probability of recession in the United States.

  • Analysis: Peril and promise in twin Syria, Libya crises Reuters - 6 hrs ago
    Syrian supporters living in Lebanon march under Syrian flag in support of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that he has called for Syria's leader to leave, President Barack Obama faces the daunting challenge of smoothing the way to a post-Assad era -- just as another Arab strongman looks increasingly beleaguered in Libya.

  • Biden seeks to reassure China on U.S. debt Reuters - 15 hrs ago
    Joe Biden arrives to greet Wen Jiabao during their meeting at the Zhongnanhai leaders' compound in Beijing

    BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said China had "nothing to worry about" concerning the safety of its vast holdings of Treasury debt, while China's Premier Wen Jiabao gave a ringing endorsement of the resilience of the debt-ridden U.S. economy.

  • Syrian forces kill 34 despite Assad pledge Reuters - 1 hr 27 mins ago
    Child holds Syrian flag with Arabic words on it during a protest by Jordanians and Syrians near the city of Mafraq

    AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed dozens of protesters on Friday despite assurances by President Bashar al-Assad that a crackdown was over, and thousands of people rallied across the Arab nation with renewed vigor demanding political freedoms.

  • Rebels and Gaddafi forces fight for Libya coast cities Reuters - 2 hrs 41 mins ago
    A man looks through debris in the bombed out ruins of the compound of Abdullah Al-Senussi in Tripoli

    ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels fought fierce battles in two coastal cities on either side of Tripoli in a drive to topple Muammar Gaddafi, and also claimed the Libyan leader's former No. 2 had defected.

  • Strauss-Kahn accuser mulls dropping case for money: report Reuters - 10 hrs ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for the woman who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault have explored a deal in which they would scuttle the criminal case in exchange for a monetary settlement in the civil lawsuit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

  • Murdoch tabloid private eye to reveal hacking orders Reuters - 13 hrs ago
    Private investigator Mulcaire leaves the Old Bailey court in central London

    LONDON (Reuters) - A private detective jailed for illegally intercepting voicemail messages on behalf of a journalist at one of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers has been ordered to reveal who asked him to carry out the phone-hacking.

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