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• World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil
• Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in U.S.
• Kennedy clan, celebs attend Mary Kennedy's funeral
• 3 men charged with terror conspiracy
• Italy in shock after school bomb blast kills teenager
• Records: Joplin twister was costliest since 1950
• Latest anti-NATO protest in Chicago small, peaceful
• Engine problem delays U.S. rocket launch
• Ohio woman charged with murder in bizarre stabbing
• Yachtsman kicks off Olympic torch relay in Britain
• L.A. police arrest 2 in killings of Chinese students
• Season's first Atlantic tropical storm forms off South Carolina
• Colo. authorities say lesbian couple staged hate crime
• Filipino Christian conservatives denounce Lady Gaga concert
• Study: Female athletes take longer to get over concussions
• Chrysler recalls nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers due to risk of fires
• Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot
• Gay Muslim activist launches book in Malaysia
• Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction
• UFC champion Jon Jones arrested for DUI

World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil Posted: CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis. A summit of the G8 leading industrialized nations came down solidly in favor of a push to balance European austerity - an approach long driven by German Chancellor Angela Merkel - with a new dose of U.S.-style stimulus seen as vital to healing ailing euro-zone economies. But it was clear that divisions remained. ...

Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in U.S. Posted: A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

Kennedy clan, celebs attend Mary Kennedy's funeral Posted: BEDFORD, New York (Reuters) - Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who died in an apparent suicide earlier this week, was recalled Saturday as an "angel" who was ultimately overwhelmed by a lengthy fight with depression. Those remembrances came as members of the Kennedy clan, including Robert F. Kennedy's widow Ethel and late President John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline, gathered for her funeral here at St. Patrick's, a small Catholic church in this wealthy Westchester County hamlet about 50 miles north of New York City. ...

3 men charged with terror conspiracy Posted: Three men arrested earlier this week when police raided a Chicago apartment were being held Saturday on terrorism conspiracy charges, accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the NATO summit.

Italy in shock after school bomb blast kills teenager Posted: Italy was in shock on Saturday after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl and left five other teens gravely injured, sparking emotional protests across the country.

Records: Joplin twister was costliest since 1950 Posted: The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000.

Latest anti-NATO protest in Chicago small, peaceful Posted: Around 500 demonstrators gathered outside the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Saturday to protest the recent closure of mental health clinics as part of a series of rallies and marches timed to coincide with a NATO summit here. But the protest was much smaller than one attended by an estimated 2,500 people at a downtown plaza on Friday. The biggest rally is expected to be on Sunday near the convention center where world leaders will gather. ...

Engine problem delays U.S. rocket launch Posted: The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday when a computer detected a possible problem with one of the rocket's engines, a Space Exploration Technologies official said. Preparations for the company's trial cargo run to the International Space Station proceeded smoothly until 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) when an onboard computer aborted the launch. "Liftoff ... we've had a cutoff. ...

Ohio woman charged with murder in bizarre stabbing Posted: A Cleveland woman was charged with murder Saturday in the stabbing death of her best friend, who tried to drive away afterward and fatally struck the accused woman's 2-year-old daughter, police said.

Yachtsman kicks off Olympic torch relay in Britain Posted: The Olympic flame was greeted by thousands of cheering spectators as it began its 70-day relay journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games.

L.A. police arrest 2 in killings of Chinese students Posted: Anson Cheung says the shooting deaths of two international graduate students near the University of Southern California made headlines back home in Hong Kong, unnerving his parents.

Season's first Atlantic tropical storm forms off South Carolina Posted: Tropical Storm Alberto formed off the South Carolina coast on Saturday, bringing an early start to the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Alberto had top sustained winds of 45 miles per hour and was in the Atlantic about 140 miles east-southeast of Charleston. It was moving slowly southwest and forecasters said a storm watch might be posted later on Saturday for coastal North and South Carolina. Only moderate strengthening was expected. ...

Colo. authorities say lesbian couple staged hate crime Posted: A lesbian couple who claimed they were victims of a hate crime have been arrested after police determined they staged the incidents. On Oct. 28, Aimee Whitchurch, 37, and Christel Conklin, 29, called police and reported the words "Kill the Gay" were scrawled in red...

Filipino Christian conservatives denounce Lady Gaga concert Posted: Conservative Christian groups in the Philippines on Saturday marched near a shopping mall to demand the cancellation of Lady Gaga's two concerts next week, saying her songs carried "demonic" undertones. The protests in the heavily Catholic Philippines followed a decision this week by authorities in Indonesia, a secular state but with the world's largest Muslim population, to refuse her a permit to perform in Jakarta next month. ...

Study: Female athletes take longer to get over concussions Posted: FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Female athletes take longer to recover from concussions, a new study says.

Chrysler recalls nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers due to risk of fires Posted: DETROIT - Chrysler is recalling nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere due to a risk of fires.

Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot Posted: BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was a foreign plot. The official SANA news agency said the blast had been the work of a suicide bomber, and had also wounded about 100 people, including guards, at what it called military installations. International pressure and an U.N.-backed peace plan has failed to quell Syria's turmoil. ...

Gay Muslim activist launches book in Malaysia Posted: A Canadian Muslim gay activist launched her controversial new book on liberal Islam in Muslim-majority Malaysia Saturday despite a government minister's attempts to shut down the event.

Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction Posted: Guests at Cannes have bid up to €200,000 ($255,656) at a Haiti fundraiser for items including a Bono-autographed guitar as the film festival's glitzy, global spotlight turned to charity.

UFC champion Jon Jones arrested for DUI Posted: UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested early Saturday morning for a DUI after getting into an accident in Broome County in New York state. The accident was first reported by TMZ who said Jones crashed his Bentley into … Continue reading →

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