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• Live coverage: White House Correspondents' Dinner
• Police: Body found in Wash. mountain bunker
• L.A. riots hero: 'I was just helping a person'
• Blind Chinese activist 'under U.S. protection'
• Why Obama, Romney are tweaking their strategies
• Prize-winning film's Cuban actors to seek asylum in Miami
• 600-pound bomb defused in Northern Ireland
• Agent at the heart of Secret Service prostitution scandal
• Israeli ex-intel chief slams prime minister's Iran stance
• High court's stance could spur immigration laws
• Accused Oakland shooter, refusing food, to appear in court
• Odds of finding alien life boosted by slew of habitable worlds
• Fla. boy struck by SUV, killed at softball game
• Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California
• Tear gas used as 25,000 rally for Malaysia reforms
• Obama seeks better safeguard for military
• Child migrant surge to U.S. stresses support system
• Syria accuses U.N. chief of encouraging 'terrorists'
• U.S. sees South America as possible China counter
• Okla. blind dog gets new life with canine pal
• Rick Santorum to appear on 'The Tonight Show'
• Five mind-bending facts about dreams
• 'Scream' set to make noise at New York art auction

Live coverage: White House Correspondents' Dinner Posted: Live coverage: White House Correspondents' Dinner

Police: Body found in Wash. mountain bunker Posted: After a nearly 23-hour standoff, police blew up the top of an elaborate bunker in the Cascade Mountains on Saturday and found the body of a man inside — believed to be that of a survivalist wanted in the deaths of his wife and daughter last weekend.

L.A. riots hero: 'I was just helping a person' Posted: In one of the most disturbing images from the Los Angeles riots, six black assailants dragged Reginald Denny, a 33-year-old truck driver, out of his truck in South Los Angeles and bashed his head in with a brick. A television chopper broadcast the violence live. The attack happened shortly after not-guilty verdicts were handed down [...]

Blind Chinese activist 'under U.S. protection' Posted: A blind legal activist who escaped house arrest in his Chinese village is under the protection of American officials, activists said Saturday, creating a diplomatic dilemma for the U.S. and Beijing days ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Why Obama, Romney are tweaking their strategies Posted: After months of casting Republican Mitt Romney as someone who often changes positions for political convenience, President Barack Obama's campaign is calling Romney a far-right conservative - a contradictory set of messages that essentially invites voters to decide what they don't like about Romney. And Romney, who has built his campaign around declaring Obama a failure - particularly on the economy - began sounding a more positive note this week, offering hints about his vision for governing if he defeats the Democratic president in the November 6 election. ...

Prize-winning film's Cuban actors to seek asylum in Miami Posted: A pair of lead actors from a prize winning film about escaping Cuba have emerged from hiding to confirm they are seeking political asylum in the United States. The young Cuban actors went missing last week while en route to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York where they were due to appear at the movie's U.S. premiere. Actress Anailin de la Rua and actor Javier Nunez, cast members of "Una Noche" ("One Night"), broke their silence Friday night in a TV appearance on the Miami-based Spanish language channel America TeVe. ...

600-pound bomb defused in Northern Ireland Posted: BELFAST (Reuters) - Two bombs planted by militant Irish nationalists, including one packed with enough explosives to have killed anyone within a 50-metre (yard) radius, were defused in Northern Ireland on Saturday, police said. The 600-pound (270-kg) bomb, roughly the same size as one used to kill 29 people in the town of Omagh in the single deadliest attack of Northern Ireland's three decades of violence in 1998, was left in an abandoned vehicle in the town of Newry. ...

Agent at the heart of Secret Service prostitution scandal Posted: Arthur Huntington is the Secret Service agent who allegedly started the dispute over pay with the escort in Colombia, and the scandal has cost him his job and forced his family to move.

Israeli ex-intel chief slams prime minister's Iran stance Posted: The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's political leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, in a striking indication of Israel's turmoil over how to deal with the Iranian nuclear program.

High court's stance could spur immigration laws Posted: Emboldened by signals that the U.S. Supreme Court may uphold parts of Arizona's immigration law, legislators and activists across the country say they are gearing up to push for similar get-tough measures in their states.

Accused Oakland shooter, refusing food, to appear in court Posted: A former nursing student accused of killing seven people and wounding three others in a shooting rampage at a tiny Christian college in Oakland is due to enter a plea on Monday after refusing food since his arrest almost four weeks ago. One Goh, 43, faces seven counts of murder with special circumstances allegations that make him eligible for the death penalty, and three counts of attempted murder. ...

Odds of finding alien life boosted by slew of habitable worlds Posted: A new estimate of the number of habitable planets orbiting the most common type of stars in our galaxy could have huge consequences for the search for life.

Fla. boy struck by SUV, killed at softball game Posted: The wife of the police chief in a central Florida community accidentally ran over a family friend's 22-month-old son in a parking lot, authorities said.

Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California Posted: Some Southern Californians were shaken out of bed Saturday morning by a small earthquake that rattled homes across the Inland Empire region and caused buildings to sway in downtown Los Angeles.

Tear gas used as 25,000 rally for Malaysia reforms Posted: Police unleashed tear gas and chemical-laced water Saturday at thousands of demonstrators who staged one of Malaysia's largest street rallies in years, demanding fair rules for national elections expected soon.

Obama seeks better safeguard for military Posted: President Barack Obama, flashing his executive power in an election year, is promoting measures to safeguard veterans and members of the military against unscrupulous college recruiters.

Child migrant surge to U.S. stresses support system Posted: An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas scrublands or crossing at border ports of entry into the U.S. without their families has sent government and nonprofit agencies scrambling to expand their shelter, legal representation and reunification services. On any given day this year, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement has been caring for more than 2,100 unaccompanied child immigrants.

Syria accuses U.N. chief of encouraging 'terrorists' Posted: A Syrian state-run newspaper accused U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday of encouraging "terrorist" rebel attacks by focusing his criticism on the government, while other government media reported that the navy foiled an infiltration attempt by gunmen who tried to land on the Syrian coast in rubber boats.

U.S. sees South America as possible China counter Posted: In these days of shrinking U.S. defense budgets, the Obama administration is looking to South America to help monitor and protect the Asia-Pacific region in the years ahead.

Okla. blind dog gets new life with canine pal Posted: Putting two dogs of different breeds and from different backgrounds together in a confined space will usually end up in a lot of bark and likely some bite.  Rarely does that pairing end up in the two pooches becoming an inseparable pair. That latter, more...

Rick Santorum to appear on 'The Tonight Show' Posted: Rick Santorum is scheduled to appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 8. The show announced the guest spot and it was also confirmed by his camp to ABC News. The stop to Leno's Burbank couch comes only 4 days after the...

Five mind-bending facts about dreams Posted: When your head hits the pillow, for many it's lights out for the conscious part of you. But the cells firing in your brain are very much awake, sparking enough energy to produce the sometimes vivid and sometimes downright haunted dreams that take place during the rapid-eye-movement stage of your sleep.

'Scream' set to make noise at New York art auction Posted: The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is estimated to sell for at least $80 million at Sotheby's next week as the star of the New York spring art auctions.

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