Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies

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• Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
• Store covers up pregnant Simpson on magazine cover
• Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules
• For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head
• Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'
• Hollywood trade magazine Variety up for sale
• 'Hunger Games' takes $20m at US midnight screenings
• Zynga founder, other insiders to sell 43M shares
• Bank of America starts foreclosure rental program
• SEC demands Wells Fargo comply with subpoenas
• Presidential primary barely registers with Wis.
• APNewsBreak: New arrest in Texas missing boy case
• Chamberlain has surgery after dislocating ankle
• Judge orders Sugarland singer to testify in April
• Santorum's rural edge keeps him in the contest
• Pope decries Mexico violence, urges change in Cuba
• Warm weather cuts short US maple sugaring season
• Decibel alert: Partisans dial up health care noise
• Stocks shrug off lower home sales, close higher
• US stocks reverse losses to end higher
• Questions, answers about neighborhood shooting
• US soldier formally charged with 17 murders
• Dementia's youngest victims defy stereotypes
• France to resume election race after gunman's death
• French gunman's arsenal spotlights illegal arms trade
• Romney marks 2nd anniversary of Obama health law
• Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'
• Tori Spelling announces she's pregnant _ again
• Ohio troopers, boss at odds over short sleeves
• BATS withdraws IPO after technical glitches
• Wade speaks out on shooting death of Florida teen
• Tens of thousands in Syria call for fall of regime
• Syria troops bomb towns, EU grounds First Lady
• Organ recipient testifies at trial in Kosovo
• Ohio troopers hot under collar over short sleeves
• John Payton, top civil rights lawyer, dies at 65
• McDowell, Dufner tied for early lead at Bay Hill
• No pain for Woods, not much gain in putting
• Pope says communism does not work in Cuba
• Poland exhumes some 2010 plane crash victims

Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies Posted: The odds certainly seem to be in favor of "The Hunger Games," with the hotly anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel earning strong reviews in its debut weekend.

Store covers up pregnant Simpson on magazine cover Posted: A pregnant Jessica Simpson on the cover of Elle magazine was apparently too much for some customers of a Tucson Safeway store, where a worker covered it with cardboard.

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules Posted: A federal government watchdog says a member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed sensitive internal information to outside parties with cases pending before the board.

For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head Posted: Few job seekers who fail to get an interview know the reason, but Michelle Chesney-Offutt said a recruiter told her why she lost the chance to pitch for an information technology position.

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster' Posted: Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary — health care reform.

Hollywood trade magazine Variety up for sale Posted: Variety, a trade magazine that has covered Hollywood for more than 100 years, is up for sale.

'Hunger Games' takes $20m at US midnight screenings Posted: Teen film phenomenon "The Hunger Games" took nearly $20 million in midnight screenings alone Friday in the United States, the seventh best ever, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said.

Zynga founder, other insiders to sell 43M shares Posted: Zynga's CEO and other insiders at the online games company plan to sell 43 million shares of stock in a public offering that will boost the amount of stock available for general trading by 35 percent.

Bank of America starts foreclosure rental program Posted: Bank of America has launched a pilot program that will let some homeowners at risk of foreclosure become renters and stay in their homes.

SEC demands Wells Fargo comply with subpoenas Posted: (Reuters) - Securities regulators accused Wells Fargo on Friday of failing to turn over documents in connection with a probe into the bank's $60 billion sale of mortgage-backed securities during the financial crisis. The Securities and Exchange Commission's filing in a California federal court seeks to compel the bank to hand over documents. The SEC said it has issued several subpoenas since September 2011. A Wells Fargo spokeswoman had no immediate comment. ...

Presidential primary barely registers with Wis. Posted: The effort to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been so all-consuming in Wisconsin that the upcoming presidential primary election here is attracting little interest among voters or political activists.

APNewsBreak: New arrest in Texas missing boy case Posted: Texas authorities arrested and charged a second woman with kidnapping Friday in the widening case of a Houston boy who disappeared eight years ago and was found earlier this month.

Chamberlain has surgery after dislocating ankle Posted: Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain dislocated his right ankle while playing with his son at a local spot that had a trampoline, jeopardizing his immediate future after yet another odd misstep for New York's bullpen at spring training.

Judge orders Sugarland singer to testify in April Posted: An Indiana judge ordered lead singer Jennifer Nettles of the country duo Sugarland on Friday to give a deposition next month in lawsuits filed over August's deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse — testimony that will focus on whether the band resisted delaying the start of their concert despite threatening weather.

Santorum's rural edge keeps him in the contest Posted: Republican presidential nominating contests often reveal a rural-urban split in the party, but what sets this year's campaign apart is the emphasis Rick Santorum is placing on that divide and wearing his successes in small-town America as a badge of honor.

Pope decries Mexico violence, urges change in Cuba Posted: Pope Benedict XVI set off on a pilgrimage to the New World on Friday, calling on Mexicans to conquer an "idolatry of money" that feeds drug violence and urging Cuba to leave behind a Marxism that "no longer responds to reality."

Warm weather cuts short US maple sugaring season Posted: Temperatures in Wisconsin had already hit the high 60s when Gretchen Grape and her family began tapping their 850 maple trees. They had waited for the state's ceremonial tapping to kick off the maple sugaring season. It was moved up five days, but that didn't make much difference.

Decibel alert: Partisans dial up health care noise Posted: America's national shouting match over health care will only get louder next week as the Supreme Court weighs the fate of President Barack Obama's overhaul.

Stocks shrug off lower home sales, close higher Posted: Stocks are eking out small gains at the end of a week in which the market was weighed down by prospects of a global economic slowdown.

US stocks reverse losses to end higher Posted: US stocks reversed early losses to end the week on a high note Friday, shrugging off dull news from Europe and a downbeat picture of US home sales.

Questions, answers about neighborhood shooting Posted: The fatal shooting of a black teenager by a neighborhood watch captain who then went free has led to nationwide protests calling for the shooter's arrest. Trayvon Martin's parents, civil rights leaders and social media users alike are portraying the case as racially motivated, saying that the shooter would have been arrested had he been black and the victim white.

US soldier formally charged with 17 murders Posted: A US soldier was formally charged Friday with 17 premeditated murders of civilians in an Afghanistan village, US forces said in Kabul after a massacre that further strained the countries' frayed relationship.

Dementia's youngest victims defy stereotypes Posted: Doreen Watson-Beard cared for more people with dementia than she could count. The nurse was so moved by her patients that she led Alzheimer's support groups. She knew the warning signs and understood there was no cure.

France to resume election race after gunman's death Posted: TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - France's presidential election race resumes on Friday, irrevocably altered by the killing of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman whose murders have shifted the political debate in favor of incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Mohamed Merah's cold-blooded shootings of seven people, including three Jewish schoolchildren, forced politicians to suspend normal campaigning while a giant manhunt closed in on the 23-year-old unemployed panel-beater. That hunt ended in a cacophony of gunfire shortly before midday on Thursday, after a 30-hour siege in the southern city of Toulouse. ...

French gunman's arsenal spotlights illegal arms trade Posted: Paris (Reuters) - As France asks itself whether it could have done more to prevent Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah shooting dead seven people in a killing spree that shook the nation, there is one question that refuses to go away: how did he obtain so many guns. The size and nature of the arsenal amassed by Merah - who stockpiled at least eight guns including a Kalashnikov assault rifle and an Uzi machine pistol - has focused attention on the easy availability of illegal weapons in France and their growing use in ultra-violent crimes. ...

Romney marks 2nd anniversary of Obama health law Posted: Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary — health care reform.

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon' Posted: Urging Americans to "do some soul searching," President Barack Obama injected himself into the emotional debate over the fatal shooting of a teenager in Florida, turning the racially charged case into a personal matter for the nation's first black president.

Tori Spelling announces she's pregnant _ again Posted: Hopefully she didn't pack away her maternity clothes. Reality TV star, actress and author Tori Spelling is pregnant again.

Ohio troopers, boss at odds over short sleeves Posted: Ohio state troopers are hot under the collar in a dispute over who determines when they can switch from long-sleeved to short-sleeved uniforms.

BATS withdraws IPO after technical glitches Posted: Stock market operator BATS Global Markets pulled its initial public offering following a series of technical glitches.

Wade speaks out on shooting death of Florida teen Posted: Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were only a few miles away from Treyvon Martin on Feb. 26, participating in the NBA All-Star game on the night the unarmed black teenager wearing a hooded sweat shirt was shot to death by a neighborhood crime-watch volunteer.

Tens of thousands in Syria call for fall of regime Posted: Tens of thousands of Syrians braved tear gas and gunfire to protest across the country Friday, vowing to storm the capital Damascus to oust President Bashar Assad as the European Union ramped up pressure on the regime by imposing sanctions on his wife and other close relatives.

Syria troops bomb towns, EU grounds First Lady Posted: Syrian forces bombed towns and clashed with rebels in several regions on Friday as activists said thousands staged anti-regime protests and the European Union slapped sanctions on the country's First Lady.

Organ recipient testifies at trial in Kosovo Posted: A Canadian man testified Friday that he paid $105,000 (€80,000) to an Israeli citizen in 2008 to organize a kidney transplant in a Kosovo clinic allegedly used by an international organ trafficking network for dozens of illegal operations.

Ohio troopers hot under collar over short sleeves Posted: Ohio state troopers are hot under the collar in a dispute over who determines when they can switch from long-sleeved to short-sleeved uniforms.

John Payton, top civil rights lawyer, dies at 65 Posted: Civil rights lawyer John Payton, who defended the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy before the Supreme Court and led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has died. He was 65.

McDowell, Dufner tied for early lead at Bay Hill Posted: Graeme McDowell is in a better place than he was a year ago, starting with a 17-shot improvement at Bay Hill.

No pain for Woods, not much gain in putting Posted: Graeme McDowell is in a better place than he was a year ago, starting with a 17-shot improvement at Bay Hill.

Pope says communism does not work in Cuba Posted: ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Friday communism no longer works in Cuba and that the Roman Catholic Church was ready to help the island find new ways of moving forward without "trauma." Speaking on the plane taking him from Rome for a five-day trip to Mexico and Cuba, the pope told reporters: "Today it is evident that Marxist ideology in the way it was conceived no longer corresponds to reality. ...

Poland exhumes some 2010 plane crash victims Posted: One autopsy report describes organs that had been removed years before. Another adds 20 centimeters (nearly 8 inches) to a short man, making no mention of bones disfigured by childhood polio. One family doubts whether an autopsy was performed at all.

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