Deal on Senate vote on violence against women bill

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• Deal on Senate vote on violence against women bill
• Pakistan deports bin Laden family to Saudi Arabia
• Lesbian Scout leader ousted in Ohio; parents upset
• Radical Islamist sect claims Nigeria bombings
• Watchdog expanding ethics probe at labor board
• Syrian wants to form 'government' in exile
• Arab League condemns South Sudan 'aggression'
• Bin Laden family leaving Pakistan
• Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants
• Syria blames rebels for blast that killed 16
• Edwards attorney attacks ex-aide's credibility
• APNewsBreak: Donor says he offered internship
• In speech, Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy
• 5 die in helicopter crash in Romania
• SEC begins probe of Chesapeake CEO's well stakes
• Minnesota Vikings on the clock, sort of
• US: Mexico seized 68,000 guns from US since 2006
• PepsiCo says 1Q net income edges lower
• Syria opposition wants UN meet, Russia blames rebels
• AP Sources: Suspending Pro Bowl an option
• GM CEO gets $7.7 million pay package for 2011
• Murdoch blames rogue tabloid for phone-hacking
• Student researcher spies odd lava spirals on Mars
• Report: Rebates from health care law will top $1B
• Lava flows carved Mars valleys: study
• Sierra Leone victims cheer Charles Taylor verdict
• Drug-overdose antidote is put in addicts' hands
• UK probe of slain spy said hampered by delay
• Dutch parliament reaches austerity deal
• Feds prepare for another busy US fire season
• Minn. GOP lawmakers want game-tied stadium taxes
• India monsoon seen normal in boost to farmers
• Global stocks up, euro choppy on mixed data
• Jordan king blames premier for slow reform
• BCS takes big step toward football Final Four
• UK says businessman slain in China was not a spy
• Israel army chief: Other nations could strike Iran
• New York Fed sells portion of AIG's bad assets
• WikiLeaks suspect Manning faces ruling on key charge
• ExxonMobil profit sinks in first quarter

Deal on Senate vote on violence against women bill Posted: Senate leaders on Thursday overcame the gender politics that had roiled debate over the government's main domestic violence program and agreed to a vote on renewing it before heading home for a week's vacation.

Pakistan deports bin Laden family to Saudi Arabia Posted: Pakistan's government says Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children have been deported to Saudi Arabia.

Lesbian Scout leader ousted in Ohio; parents upset Posted: at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organization's ban on gays.

Radical Islamist sect claims Nigeria bombings Posted: A radical Islamist sect has claimed responsibility for two bombings that killed at least seven people at the offices of a major Nigerian newspaper.

Watchdog expanding ethics probe at labor board Posted: A Democratic congressman says a government watchdog has expanded an ethics probe at the National Labor Relations Board after finding more inside information was leaked to a former adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

Syrian wants to form 'government' in exile Posted: Syria's fractured opposition is showing further signs of cracking, even as international powers build the pressure on President Bashar Assad to end his regime's bloody repression of dissent.

Arab League condemns South Sudan 'aggression' Posted: The Arab League on Thursday condemned South Sudan's "military aggression" against Heglig, saying the oil-rich border region belongs to Sudan.

Bin Laden family leaving Pakistan Posted: Slain al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children left the house where they have been staying in Islamabad Thursday and headed to the airport to be deported to Saudi Arabia, officials and witnesses said Friday.

Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants Posted: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday became the first head of state since World War II convicted by an international war crimes court, a legal landmark observers say sent a clear message to tyrants around the world that their days of impunity are numbered.

Syria blames rebels for blast that killed 16 Posted: U.N. observers on Thursday inspected the site of an explosion that flattened a block of houses in the central Syrian city of Hama and killed at least 16 people, while the government and the opposition traded blame over the cause of the blast

Edwards attorney attacks ex-aide's credibility Posted: John Edwards' defense lawyer on Thursday picked apart ex-aide Andrew Young's story that he was asked to conceal Edwards' affair with a mistress with campaign money, accusing him of making up stories about the former presidential contender to make money off of the scandal.

APNewsBreak: Donor says he offered internship Posted: A member of a Los Angeles temple apologized Thursday for offering an internship in a U.S. senator's office as part of a charity auction that the founder of "Girls Gone Wild" says he won.

In speech, Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy Posted: Vice President Joe Biden delivered a harsh attack Thursday on Mitt Romney's foreign policy views, arguing that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is rooted in a Cold War mentality and is uninformed about the current challenges facing the U.S. abroad.

5 die in helicopter crash in Romania Posted: A helicopter crashed in eastern Romania on Thursday, killing all five people it was carrying, officials said.

SEC begins probe of Chesapeake CEO's well stakes Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal inquiry into Chesapeake Energy Corp's controversial program that granted Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon a share in each of the natural gas producer's wells, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. That inquiry, being led by the SEC's office in Fort Worth, Texas, comes after Reuters reported about loans McClendon had obtained on those wells that raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest by the company's CEO. Chesapeake said it would end the program that gives McClendon a 2. ...

Minnesota Vikings on the clock, sort of Posted: Minnesota, you are on the clock.

US: Mexico seized 68,000 guns from US since 2006 Posted: The government said Thursday that 68,000 guns recovered by Mexican authorities in the past five years have been traced back to the United States.

PepsiCo says 1Q net income edges lower Posted: PepsiCo Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter net income fell slightly from a year ago, as the food and beverage giant hiked prices to try and keep up with rising ingredient costs.

Syria opposition wants UN meet, Russia blames rebels Posted: Syria's main opposition group called on Thursday for an emergency UN meeting after the reported killing of more than 100 people in the city of Hama, as Russia blamed rebels for stoking the unrest.

AP Sources: Suspending Pro Bowl an option Posted: Two people familiar with discussions say the Pro Bowl could be suspended next year.

GM CEO gets $7.7 million pay package for 2011 Posted: General Motors CEO Dan Akerson's compensation tripled in 2011 to $7.7 million as the company posted the biggest profit in its history.

Murdoch blames rogue tabloid for phone-hacking Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch called his News of the World tabloid an "aberration" on Thursday, accusing journalists of hiding phone-hacking from himself, his son James and his protegee Rebekah Brooks, and said he wished he had shut it down sooner. "The News of the World, to be quite honest, was an aberration, and it's my fault," the media mogul said in a second day of testimony in Britain's High Court on Thursday. "I'm sorry I didn't close it years before." But he went out of way to defend his Sun tabloid, Britain's top-selling daily. ...

Student researcher spies odd lava spirals on Mars Posted: A researcher has spotted lava flows shaped like coils of rope near the equator of Mars, the first time such geologic features have been discovered outside of Earth.

Report: Rebates from health care law will top $1B Posted: More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama's health care law, a nonpartisan research group said Thursday.

Lava flows carved Mars valleys: study Posted: Lava flows carved valleys on Mars, US scientists said Thursday amid a long-running debate over whether water or volcanoes formed part of the red planet's landscape.

Sierra Leone victims cheer Charles Taylor verdict Posted: Rebels captured Samuel Komba, tied him up with more than a dozen other villagers and set them on fire. Badly burned, he broke free, only to be caught by fighters who tried to chop off his right hand.

Drug-overdose antidote is put in addicts' hands Posted: Steve Wohlen lay on his front lawn, blue, unconscious and barely breathing, overdosing on heroin.

UK probe of slain spy said hampered by delay Posted: A delay in reporting as missing a British spy whose naked and decomposing body was later found locked inside a sports bag frustrated police inquiries into his mysterious death, witnesses told an inquest hearing Thursday.

Dutch parliament reaches austerity deal Posted: The Dutch parliament on Thursday reached agreement on an austerity programme demanded by the EU, parliamentary group leaders said, days after the government collapsed over the measures.

Feds prepare for another busy US fire season Posted: The chief of the U.S. Forest Service says he expects this year's fire season to be just as active as last year, when historic fires charred hundreds of square miles in Arizona, New Mexico and elsewhere.

Minn. GOP lawmakers want game-tied stadium taxes Posted: Most Republican lawmakers who control Minnesota's Legislature never met a tax increase they liked, but a handful said Monday that the state's portion of the cost of a new Minnesota Vikings stadium should be funded with new taxes on the team and its fans — rather than with revenue from an expansion of legal gambling.

India monsoon seen normal in boost to farmers Posted: India's monsoon rains, crucial to the country's farmers and growth in Asia's third-largest economy, will be normal for a third straight year, the weather office has forecast.

Global stocks up, euro choppy on mixed data Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks rose and the euro edged slightly higher on Thursday as solid U.S. home sales fueled optimism, although disappointing figures on the U.S. labor market and European sentiment kept trading choppy. Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes gained to a near two-year high in March, offering hopes of a pick-up in housing. The data buoyed riskier assets such as equities and the euro, which advanced against the dollar. "In any case, progress on the housing market is going to be slow and gradual," said ING's Teunis Brosens. ...

Jordan king blames premier for slow reform Posted: Jordan's King Abdullah II blamed his resigning prime minister Thursday for failing to push hard enough for reforms, reflecting frustration on all sides over demands for power-sharing and fair representation in parliament.

BCS takes big step toward football Final Four Posted: College football has taken a big step toward having a final four.

UK says businessman slain in China was not a spy Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - A businessman whose murder sparked political upheaval in China was not a British spy, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday, trying to quell speculation that has swirled around the man's mysterious death. An influential parliamentary committee had asked Hague for more information about what Britain knew about Neil Heywood's death in a hotel room in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqinq last November, and about media speculation he may have been a British spy or informant. ...

Israel army chief: Other nations could strike Iran Posted: Israel's military chief said Thursday that other countries have readied their armed forces for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear sites to keep Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons.

New York Fed sells portion of AIG's bad assets Posted: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says it has sold a portion of the toxic mortgage securities it assumed in 2008 from American International Group as part of the massive taxpayer bailout of the big insurer.

WikiLeaks suspect Manning faces ruling on key charge Posted: A US military judge is poised to decide Thursday if WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning can be charged with "aiding the enemy" for allegedly leaking classified documents to the website.

ExxonMobil profit sinks in first quarter Posted: US oil giant ExxonMobil said Thursday that first-quarter earnings dropped 11 percent as production fell and exploration costs rose.

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