Libya rebels take seaside city close to Tripoli (AP)

Libya rebels take seaside city close to Tripoli (AP)
Iran sentences 2 American men to 8 years in jail (AP)
Israel apologizes to Egypt for soldier deaths (AP)
Verizon workers going back to work, without deal (AP)
Norway massacre survivors return to scene of crime (AP)
In Iraq, youngest US troops bore the heaviest toll (AP)
2 women, 2 kids killed in Pittsburgh flash floods (AP)
Months later, Giffords now knows who gunman killed (AP)
Kardashian, Humphries to wed in evening ceremony (AP)
Boomer Sooner! Oklahoma No. 1 in AP Top 25 (AP)
Verizon strike to end but talks to continue (Reuters)
Signs point to Strauss-Kahn case dismissal: report (Reuters)
Iran jails U.S. "hikers" as spies for 8 years (Reuters)
Egypt recalls envoy from Israel over deaths (Reuters)
Analysis: Diplomatic woes pile up for isolated Israel (Reuters)
Battle outside Tripoli as fighting spills to Tunisia (Reuters)
Giffords now knows who died in Tucson shooting spree (Reuters)
Norway massacre survivor returns to island (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 01:03 PM PDT

AP - Libyan rebels took control of this coastal city Saturday, clearing a major hurdle in their march toward Moammar Gadhafi's remaining bastion, the capital of Tripoli, just 30 miles away.

Iran sentences 2 American men to 8 years in jail (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT

AP - Two American men arrested more than two years ago while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border have been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges that include espionage, state TV reported Saturday, a sharp blow to hopes their release was imminent.

Israel apologizes to Egypt for soldier deaths (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:59 AM PDT

AP - Israel apologized to Egypt Saturday for the deaths of three Egyptian soldiers during a cross-border clash with Palestinian militants, hours after Cairo threatened to withdraw its ambassador to protest the killings.

Verizon workers going back to work, without deal (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:57 AM PDT

AP - Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work Tuesday, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.

Norway massacre survivors return to scene of crime (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:58 AM PDT

AP - Survivors of a massacre which claimed the lives of 69 people in Norway last month carried flowers to the site of the killings Saturday, laughter blending with tears as they remembered the joys of an island youth camp that turned into a scene of horror.

In Iraq, youngest US troops bore the heaviest toll (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:50 AM PDT

AP - In a hilltop graveyard overlooking this Stillaguamish River village lies a young soldier killed in the infancy of the Iraq war.

2 women, 2 kids killed in Pittsburgh flash floods (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:43 AM PDT

AP - Flash floods submerged more than a dozen vehicles in Pittsburgh, killed two women and two children and forced people to swim to safety or scramble onto the roofs of their cars.

Months later, Giffords now knows who gunman killed (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:30 AM PDT

AP - For months after the spasm of violence that shattered her world, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shielded from the wider scope of that January morning, when a gunman shot her in the head, badly wounding her and 12 others outside a Tucson political event.

Kardashian, Humphries to wed in evening ceremony (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:13 AM PDT

AP - Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are ready to walk down the aisle.

Boomer Sooner! Oklahoma No. 1 in AP Top 25 (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:07 AM PDT

AP - Being voted preseason No. 1 is a tradition at Oklahoma, and this season is no different.

Verizon strike to end but talks to continue (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Reuters - About 45,000 Verizon Communications employees are set end a two-week strike and return to work by Tuesday after the telephone company and unions said they reached an agreement to resume bargaining.

Signs point to Strauss-Kahn case dismissal: report (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The prosecutors in the case of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn are set on Monday to meet the hotel maid accusing him of sexual assault in a sign the case could dropped, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Iran jails U.S. "hikers" as spies for 8 years (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Two Americans held in Iran for more than two years have been convicted as spies and sentenced to eight years' jail, Iranian TV reported on Saturday, a verdict that will further strain already very poor relations with Washington.

Egypt recalls envoy from Israel over deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Egypt said on Saturday it would withdraw its ambassador from Israel, insisting the killing of five Egyptian security personnel while Israeli forces pursued gunmen across the border was a breach of its 1979 peace treaty with the Jewish state.

Analysis: Diplomatic woes pile up for isolated Israel (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Israel was expecting a diplomatic tsunami to strike in September, but the problems have come sooner than expected, leaving it ever more isolated in the Middle East.

Battle outside Tripoli as fighting spills to Tunisia (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan rebels battled for towns on either side of the besieged capital Tripoli on Saturday, and fighting spilled across the border into Tunisia where Libyan infiltrators clashed with Tunisian troops.

Giffords now knows who died in Tucson shooting spree (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Recovering Representative Gabrielle Giffords now knows who died in the Tucson shooting spree this January that left six dead and her own survival from a wound uncertain, her senior press adviser said on Saturday.

Norway massacre survivor returns to island (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Reuters - Adrian Pracon was determined to return to the island where he nearly died.