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Djokovic beats Federer, meets Nadal in final

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Switzerland's Roger Federer during their semifinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Top-ranked Novak Djokovic edged Roger Federer on Saturday to set up another meeting with rival Rafael Nadal in the Italian Open final.


Viewing events, eyewear urged for 'Ring of Fire'

File-In this Jan.15,2010 file photo showing a combination of three separate photographs, the various stages of an annular solar eclipse seen over Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon blots out all but a ring around the sun. This year's solar show can be viewed from eastern Asia to parts of North America. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena,File)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."


Wade: "No harm done. We're a family."

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (3) shoots over Indiana Pacers' Paul George during the first half of Game 3 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Dwyane Wade says the Miami Heat have moved on from Game 3 when he had his public spat with coach Erik Spoelstra.


Champions League Final: Live Report

Bayern's German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (C) reacts to a missed opportunity in the final83 mins - GOAL - Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 0


Torch relay begins for London Olympics

British Olympic sailing hero and three time gold medalist Ben Ainslie holds the Olympic torch at the official start of the London 2012 Olympic games torch relay at Land's End, west of England, Saturday, May 19, 2012. The torch relay will travel some 8,000 miles round the British Isles on its way to the Olympic Stadium in London for the opening of the summer games on July 27.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LAND'S END, England (AP) — British sailing hero Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics on Saturday with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds who cheered the arrival of the flame to Britain.


SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS after engine problem

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the unmanned Dragon capsule, at Cape Canaveral Air Force StationEngineers aborted the launch of a privately built spacecraft on a landmark mission to the International Space Station at the last second Saturday due to a rocket engine problem.


G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby

French President Hollande, U.S. President Obama, Britain's Prime Minister Cameron, Russia's Prime Minister Medvedev and Germany's Chancellor Merkel at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp DavidCAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies. In unusually blunt language, the G8 put the International Energy Agency -- the West's energy adviser responsible for coordinating reserves -- on standby for action. It was the clearest sign yet that U.S. President Barack Obama is winning support for tapping government-held oil stocks for the second time in two years. ...


World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

French President Francois Hollande listens as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp DavidCAMP 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 dose of U.S.-style stimulus seen as vital to healing ailing euro-zone economies. ...


Google gets China OK for Motorola deal

FILE - In this May 11, 2011 file photo, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. The Chinese government approved the deal on Saturday, May 19, 2012, Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.


Italy in shock after school bomb blast kills teenager

A man places flowers on the site of a blast near a school in BrindisiItaly 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.


Charred notebooks and tears at Italy school bombing

Flowers are displayed on the site of a blast near a school in BrindisiCharred notebooks lay strewn at the scene of a deadly bomb blast outside a school in Brindisi in southern Italy on Saturday, as thousands took part in an emotional demonstration in the city.


Prosecutors: Trio planned to attack Obama's HQ

This undated photo provided Saturday, May 19, 2012 by the Chicago Police Department shows Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla. Betterly was one of three men arrested Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Chicago, accused of making Molotov cocktails with plans to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets during this weekend's NATO summit, according to prosecutors at a court hearing Saturday. The three were arrested in a nighttime raid of an apartment in the city's South Side Bridgeport neighborhood ahead of the two-day meeting. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)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.


Carpenter hits wall in 3rd crash of day at Indy

IndyCar driver Bryan Clauson slides through the first turn after crashing into the wall during his qualification run on the first day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Tom Hemmer)Ed Carpenter is the third driver to crash during Saturday's qualifications at the Indianapolis 500.


NATO protesters planned Obama HQ attack

Police escort Demonstrators with Occupy Chicago as they march through the streetsAuthorities charged three men Saturday with plotting to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and other targets during a NATO summit here, but police said there were "no imminent threats."


Obama, G-8: Recovery takes both growth and cutting

World leaders walk to the family photo session at the G-8 Summit at Camp David, Md., Saturday, May 19, 2012. From left are Italian Premier Mario Monti, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)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.


Obama, UK's Cameron hit the diplomatic treadmillCAMP ROUND MEADOW, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron resorted to a spot of treadmill diplomacy to tackle the world's problems on Saturday, sweating over the euro zone debt crisis while working out at the gym. Obama chose an unusual spot for an early-morning bilateral meeting with Cameron on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of Eight major economies at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. Obama called for Cameron at his cabin at 7.15 a.m., before the main meetings started. ...U.S. tells G8 Syria's Assad must go, cites Yemen as modelCAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition could work there, the White House said on Saturday. Ben Rhodes, an official with the National Security Council, said the attention in recent weeks on securing access for U.N. monitors and keeping track of ceasefires had distracted from the fundamental problems in Syria. ...Lundqvist, Rangers blank Devils, 3-0, lead 2-1

New York Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi, second from right, celebrates with teammates Artem Anisimov, left, Brad Richards, and Marc Staal, right, after scoring against the New Jersey devils during the third period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference final playoff series, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)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.


Obama, Cameron hit the diplomatic treadmillCAMP ROUND MEADOW, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron resorted to a spot of treadmill diplomacy to tackle the world's problems on Saturday, sweating over the euro zone debt crisis while working out at the gym. Obama chose an unusual spot for an early-morning bilateral meeting with Cameron on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of Eight major economies at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. Obama called for Cameron at his cabin at 7.15 a.m., before the main meetings started. ...Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy

Notebooks are seen scattered at the site where an explosive device went off near the 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.


Iowa river searched for 4 missing after boat crashCrews searched Saturday for four people missing after an overnight boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa, although one official said it was mostly a recovery effort.Suicide blast hits Syria as Obama calls for transition

Firefighters dousing a burning truck at the site of a blast in the city of Deir EzzorA suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in eastern Syria on Saturday killing nine people, as US President Barack Obama said the G8 wanted a political transition in the violence-wracked country.


Leinster beat Ulster to retain European Cup

Leinster's Gordon D'Arcy (2nd L) is tackledLeinster were crowned European club kings for the third time in four seasons as they proved themselves one of the finest club sides ever at Twickenham on Saturday.


LA police arrest 2 in killings of Chinese students

This combo made from undated file photos released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Friday, April 13, 2012 shows shooting victims Ming Qu, left, and Ying Wu. Los Angeles police on Friday, May 18, 2012 arrested two young men in the killings of the Chinese graduate students who were shot to death near the University of Southern California campus last month. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department, File)A day after arrests were announced in the shooting deaths of two international graduate students near the University of Southern California, students on campus say they're relieved but that the crime hasn't changed their day-to-day behavior.


Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing for U.S.

File handout photo from U.S. Embassy Beijing Press office shows U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke holding blind activist Chen Guangcheng's hands as they talk in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing on Saturday and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. Chen's escape from house arrest in northeastern China last month and subsequent stay in the U.S. embassy caused huge embarrassment for China and led to a diplomatic rift while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was visiting Beijing for talks to improve ties between the world's two biggest economies. The U.S. ...


Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9

In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds up a Cross and Crescent painted with colors of the Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Damascus suburb of Yabroud, Syria, Friday, May 18, 2012. Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands rallying Friday in Aleppo in what activists said was the largest protest yet in a city that has largely remained loyal to President Bashar Assad during the country's 15-month uprising. (AP Photo/Sham News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOA car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the country's major cities to target the regime's security services.


Cardinal's presence felt at Pa. church-abuse trial

FILE - In this April 4, 2002 file photo, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua announces at a news conference in Philadelphia, the appointment of a panel of lay persons, professionals and legal experts to review the Philadelphia archdiocese's handling of sexual abuse allegations against its priests. Bevilacqua died days before damning evidence was found at the Philadelphia archdiocese he led, and weeks before his top aide went on trial on child-endangerment charges. After a 10-week trial, jurors this week may be asked to decide whether Monsignor William Lynn should go to prison for helping the archdiocese hide abuse complaints in locked archives at the archdiocese. Or whether, as the defense argues, Lynn is merely a scapegoat for the all-powerful cardinal. (AP Photo/Brad C. Bower, File)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.


Italy's Monti shows G8 bank guarantee plan: reportMILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti took a plan to create a European system to guarantee bank deposits to the G8 summit, the Corriere della Sera newspaper said on Saturday, as savers' anxiety built in debt-ridden euro zone countries. The proposal aims to guarantee bank deposits "with a view to ... stopping the hemorrhaging of funds from one country to another, from the south to the north," the newspaper reported, without citing any sources. ...Cameron calls for euro contingency plans

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande speak at the end of their meeting in WashingtonCAMP ROUND MEADOW, Maryland (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron urged countries on Saturday to put in place strong contingency plans to deal with fallout from the euro zone debt crisis as fears grow that Greece could be forced out of the European single currency. Cameron, speaking at a summit of the Group of Eight major economies, also appeared to hint that the European Central Bank should follow the example of the Bank of England by embarking on an asset purchase program to try to boost the economy. ...


Records: Joplin twister was costliest since 1950

FILE - In this May 25, 2011 file photo, Shirley Waits sits outside her mother's home and waits for an insurance adjuster to arrive, in Joplin , Mo., after a massive tornado moved through Joplin three days earlier, leveling much of the city. The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago already ranks as the deadliest twister in six decades. Now it carries another distinction _ the costliest since at least 1950. Insurance policies are expected to cover most of the $2.8 billion in damage. But records obtained by The Associated Press show taxpayers could supply $500 million. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)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.


Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot

Residents and security personnel gather at the site of an explosion in Deir Al-ZourBEIRUT (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. ...


Mary Kennedy is mourned at private funeral in NY

Members of the Kennedy family arrive for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at St. Patrick's Church in Bedford, N.Y., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Kennedy was found dead of an apparent suicide this week at her home in Bedford. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stands third from left. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)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.


White House says welcomes Chen's departure for the U.S.CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - A senior White House official on Saturday welcomed blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's departure for the United States, and praised diplomatic efforts in both Washington and Beijing that defused a standoff over his status. "Mr. Chen and his wife and two sons are on the way to the United States. We welcome this development and the fact that he will be able to pursue a course of study here in the United States upon his arrival," said Ben Rhodes of the National Security Council. ...Anti-NATO activists weighed Obama HQ attack: prosecutors

Police officer patrols a street before the NATO Summit in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Three protesters arrested on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO-summit considered targeting U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign headquarters and the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to court documents released on Saturday. The Chicago Police Department said the men were arrested on Wednesday and were charged on Friday with conspiracy to commit terrorism, providing material support for terrorism, and possession of an explosive incendiary device. ...


Chinese activist who fled house arrest heads to US

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, in a wheelchair, is helped to head to a commercial flight Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Beijing International Airport in Beijing. Chen was hurriedly taken from a hospital Saturday and boarded a plane that took off for the United States, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEA 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.


App scans faces of bar-goers to guess age, genderA watchful eye has arrived on San Francisco's bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out.Blind Chinese activist expected in US with family

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng (C)Blind activist Chen Guangcheng and his family were due to arrive in the United States on Saturday after leaving China, ending weeks of uncertainty in a saga that has sorely tested diplomatic relations.


G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby

Britain's Prime Minister Cameron listens as U.S. President Obama speaks during an expanded G8 working luncheon with African and other leaders at the G8 Summit at Camp DavidCAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies. In unusually blunt language, the G8 put the International Energy Agency -- the West's energy advisor responsible for coordinating reserves -- on standby for action. It was the clearest sign yet that U.S. President Barack Obama is winning support for tapping government-held oil stocks for the second time in two years. ...


Rookie Clauson crashes during qualifying session

IndyCar driver Bryan Clauson slides through the first turn after crashing into the wall during his qualification run on the first day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Tom Hemmer)Oriol Servia has been released and cleared to drive after crashing in Saturday's Indianapolis 500 qualifying.


Spoleto Festival celebrates Philip Glass' 75thThe Spoleto Festival USA opens its 36th season Friday and among the planned performances is an opera by American composer Philip Glass to commemorate his 75th birthday and his long relationship with the internationally known arts festival.

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