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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Freshman Republican Rep. Joe Heck sees no reason to back down after voting for a Republican budget plan that combines deep spending cuts in safety-net programs for the poor with a dramatic overhaul of Medicare and steep drops in tax rates....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- On a baseball field, players back up teammates to limit the damage from errors. The Justice Department, embarrassed by an error that caused a mistrial of Roger Clemens last year, has added more prosecutors in hopes of containing any missteps as it seeks to convict the famed pitcher of lying to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs....

Ex-Italy under-21 footballer Piermario Morosini dies following a suspected heart attack on the pitch in a game in Pescara, officials say.

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- East Timor's president has offered to mediate a crisis in Guinea-Bissau after soldiers arrested the prime minister of the tiny West African nation, and Portugal's defense minister said forces under his command were prepared to evacuate Portuguese citizens....

A severe storm threatens to bring tornadoes to a vast swathe of the Midwestern US, forecasters are warning.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- On a baseball field, players back up teammates to limit the damage from errors. The Justice Department, embarrassed by an error that caused a mistrial of Roger Clemens last year, has added more prosecutors in hopes of containing any missteps as it seeks to convict the famed pitcher of lying to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs....

ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- In the birthplace of the Titanic, residents will gather for a choral requiem. In the North Atlantic, above the ship's final resting place, passengers will pray as a band strikes up a hymn and three floral wreaths are cast onto the waves....

ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- In the birthplace of the Titanic, residents will gather for a choral requiem. In the North Atlantic, above the ship's final resting place, passengers will pray as a band strikes up a hymn and three floral wreaths are cast onto the waves....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to deploy the first wave of U.N. military observers to monitor a fragile cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters....

Christians are being "vilified" by British courts and "driven underground", a former archbishop of Canterbury has said.

MADRID (AP) -- Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery after a fall caused fractures near his arthritis-affected joint, officials said Saturday. It was the monarch's fourth operation in less than two years....

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) -- The woman who died during a standoff in New Hampshire that also killed a police chief has been identified as a 26-year-old cosmetologist who had dated the gunman....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The art critic was scathing in his review of a painting depicting a sunrise over water. "A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more highly finished than this seascape," scoffed Louis Leroy....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Republican Mitt Romney to release his past tax returns. Obama says it's important for candidates to be "as transparent as possible."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Republican Mitt Romney to release his past tax returns. Obama says it's important for candidates to be "as transparent as possible."...

Everton manager David Moyes is despondent after his side lose 2-1 to Liverpool in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

A fleet of RAF surveillance planes is grounded after a fault was discovered on one aircraft, the Ministry of Defence confirms.

ISTANBUL (AP) -- Nuclear negotiators for Iran and six world powers were making encouraging progress in bridging differences that have doomed previous meetings meant to reduce fears over Tehran's atomic program, diplomats close to the talks said....

VIENNA (AP) -- A drawing based on information from inside an Iranian military site shows an explosives containment chamber of the type needed for nuclear arms-related tests that U.N. inspectors suspect Tehran has conducted there. Iran denies such testing and has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of such a chamber....

Forecasters say to expect "life-threatening" storms throughout the Midwest starting Saturday afternoon, in a path ranging from Minnesota to Texas. Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma are projected to receive the brunt of the damage, which could include thunderstorms, tornadoes and hail....