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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A jury deliberated for about five hours Friday in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial involving money from wealthy donors that was used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 White House bid. Talks will resume Monday, but the jury has already made several requests for evidence and office supplies, a sign they may be settling in for detailed discussions....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A jury deliberated for about five hours Friday in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial involving money from wealthy donors that was used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 White House bid. Talks will resume Monday, but the jury has already made several requests for evidence and office supplies, a sign they may be settling in for detailed discussions....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is using weekend gatherings of world leaders - dominated by discussion of European economic woes and Afghanistan - to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and to encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....

In 1976, three kidnappers hijacked a school bus full of children in the farm town of Chowchilla, Calif. The kidnappers forced the 26 students and the bus driver, Frank Edward "Ed" Ray, into a truck that was buried underground and demanded a $5 million ransom. As the kidnappers slept, Ray and two older students dug their way out, and helped everyone escape without injury....

J. D. Heyes | De facto pre-crime suspects now include children.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush plans to return to the White House for the unveiling of his official portrait later this month, marking a rare visit by the two-term president who has largely shunned the spotlight since leaving office....

Hesh Goldstein | On March 20, 1969, Dr. Richard Day, the National Medical Director of the Rockefeller-sponsored "Planned Parenthood" program spoke openly about the plan.

J. D. Heyes | In this Information Age, the government threats to privacy just continue to cascade.

John Aziz | This is Finnish writer Pentti Linkola — a man who demands that the human population reduce its size to around 500 million.

Kurt Nimmo | New House legislation designed to scuttle talks with Iran and lower bar on nuclear technology.

Fox News | Dennis Kucinich Tries To Stop Illegal U.S. Drone Strikes

The Independent | Eurozone crisis is exacerbated by Moody's downgrade of 16 Spanish banks.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned, a decision legal experts said could set a new standard for when ex-prisoners should be compensated....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal with President Barack Obama and restricts his authority in an election-year challenge to the Democratic commander in chief....

THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- Protesters who hope to make their voices heard at a global economic summit at Camp David said they plan peaceful demonstrations Friday in the nearby town of Thurmont....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande said Friday he would carry out his pledge to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan by year's end, two years earlier than the U.S. ally once planned. He made the declaration to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office....

Jon Rappoport | The FDA is a rogue criminal agency.

Detroit News | House approved budget for defense spending that Obama had proposed to cut.

Infowars | Apparently you've gotta fight for your right to play guitar.