AOL to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 billion

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• AOL to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 billion
• Kodiak brown bear on the lam from wildlife refuge
• Bail for Tulsa suspects set at more than $9 million each
• Green Day to induct Guns N' Roses into Rock Hall
• Stocks drop in first response to weak March hiring
• 2 firefighters die in Philadelphia warehouse fire
• Syrians fire across 2 borders as conflict deepens
• Shares, oil fall as U.S. jobs data stirs concern
• U.N. chief "deplores" Syria border clashes
• Dior names Raf Simons as new artistic director
• Georgia's Stalin museum to focus on his atrocities
• Wave of bomb threats at Pitt leaves campus on edge
• Odom done playing for Mavericks
• Raging clashes ahead of Syria pullout deadline
• AOL to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft
• Indiana man charged with child sexual exploitation
• Report: Baylor exceeds limits on calls, texts
• Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
• South Korea says North preparing for nuclear test
• Goodell upholds penalties in Saints bounty case
• Syria demands guarantees, rebels say peace plan doomed
• Bubba Watson now faces task of mastering fame
• Iran proposal joins jockeying before nuclear talks
• U.S. dismisses Syrian demand for written guarantees
• Officials: Blast in Bahrain injures 7 policemen
• 3 Asian airlines avoiding North Korean rocket path
• Prosecutor rules out grand jury in Trayvon Martin case
• Possible Hudson family murder trial jurors queried
• Pollard at prison hospital since April 4
• Gunmen in Nigeria attack, kill 4 people
• Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion
• Herman Wouk, 96, has a new novel
• Wash. man on the run finds time to update Facebook
• Exiled son of shah of Iran calls for Israel's help
• After $1B, experts see progress on autism's causes
• Yemen: 64 killed in clashes with al-Qaida fighters
• US 'outraged' by Syrian attack on refugees
• Cyndi Lauper memoir due out this fall
• 3 killed at Minn. day care; suspect sought
• Tension escalates at Turkey-Syria border before Annan visit

AOL to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 billion Posted: (Reuters) - AOL Inc said it would sell over 800 of its patents and related applications to Microsoft Corp, and would grant Microsoft a non-exclusive license to the patents it retains, for slightly over $1 billion in cash. AOL's shares jumped 37 percent to $25.16 in trading before the bell on Monday. They closed at $18.42 on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. The Internet company said it plans to return a "significant portion of the sale proceeds" to shareholders. ...

Kodiak brown bear on the lam from wildlife refuge Posted: An Alaska wildlife center that takes in orphaned and injured animals is missing one of its larger residents.

Bail for Tulsa suspects set at more than $9 million each Posted: (Reuters) - Two white men suspected of killing three blacks and wounding two others in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were ordered held on bail of more than $9 million each in their first court appearance on Monday morning, prosecutors said. Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, were arrested early on Sunday. Both face three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill and a single charge of firearms possession during a felony. A first-degree murder conviction in Oklahoma can result in the death penalty. ...

Green Day to induct Guns N' Roses into Rock Hall Posted: Green Day will welcome fellow hard rockers Guns N' Roses into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Stocks drop in first response to weak March hiring Posted: Stocks pulled back sharply Monday after a calendar quirk gave investors a long weekend to brood over disappointing March jobs growth. The Dow Jones industrial average hit its lowest point in almost a month.

2 firefighters die in Philadelphia warehouse fire Posted: Two firefighters who were battling a massive blaze at an abandoned warehouse Monday were killed when an adjacent furniture store they were inspecting collapsed, burying them in a pile of debris, authorities said.

Syrians fire across 2 borders as conflict deepens Posted: The bloody conflict in Syria spilled across two tense borders Monday when gunfire from government forces killed a cameraman in Lebanon and wounded at least six people in a refugee camp in Turkey, authorities said.

Shares, oil fall as U.S. jobs data stirs concern Posted: Asian shares fell on Monday as a sharp slowdown in U.S. jobs growth raised concerns about the strength of the world's largest economy, making investors cautious ahead of more U.S. data and earnings as well as figures from China due this week. MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan fell for a fourth straight session, down 0.3 percent, while Japan's Nikkei average opened down 1.3 percent, after posting its worst weekly loss in eight months last week. U.S. stock futures fell more than 1 percent and Treasuries prices rallied on Friday after data showed U.S. ...

U.N. chief "deplores" Syria border clashes Posted: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he deplores the cross-border shootings from Syria into Turkey and Lebanon ahead of a ceasefire deadline in the yearlong conflict that has pushed Syria to the brink of civil war. Turkey said two officials working in a refugee camp near the country's border with Syria were among five people wounded on Monday by gunfire coming from Syria as troops clashed with rebels nearby. Lebanon's Al-Jadeed television channel said Syrian soldiers fatally shot a cameraman as he stood on the Lebanese side of the border. ...

Dior names Raf Simons as new artistic director Posted: Christian Dior has named Belgian designer Raf Simons as its new artistic director, seven months after star designer John Galliano was convicted by a Paris court for drunken anti-Semitic ravings.

Georgia's Stalin museum to focus on his atrocities Posted: A museum that has honored Josef Stalin in Georgia since 1937 is being remodeled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during the Soviet dictator's rule.

Wave of bomb threats at Pitt leaves campus on edge Posted: Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh over the past two months have students on edge and show no sign of stopping soon.

Odom done playing for Mavericks Posted: Lamar Odom is done after 50 games in Dallas, a mutual decision that comes with the defending NBA champion Mavericks trying to make sure they get back in the playoffs.

Raging clashes ahead of Syria pullout deadline Posted: Clashes raged in Syria Monday ahead of a UN deadline for the regime to pull its troops out of protest hubs, with the US saying Damascus has shown no sign of sticking to a plan to end the fighting.

AOL to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft Posted: Faltering Internet icon AOL was able to squeeze out more than $1 billion from Microsoft for a trove of some 800 patents in an auction, the latest sign of just how valuable such portfolios can be for the world's biggest technology companies.

Indiana man charged with child sexual exploitation Posted: Investigators are trying to identify hundreds of potential victims whose images were found on the computer of an Indiana man charged with coercing two teenage boys into recording sexually explicit videos by threatening to post clips of their previous online indiscretions on gay porn websites.

Report: Baylor exceeds limits on calls, texts Posted: The Baylor basketball programs may be in trouble with the NCAA after an investigation found that coaches made more than 1,200 impermissible calls and text messages to prospects over a 29-month span dating to 2008.

Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe Posted: The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from Europe, scientists reported Monday.

South Korea says North preparing for nuclear test Posted: Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials.

Goodell upholds penalties in Saints bounty case Posted: Sean Payton now knows for certain he won't be coaching in 2012.

Syria demands guarantees, rebels say peace plan doomed Posted: Syria on Sunday demanded written guarantees insurgents will stop fighting before it pulls back troops under the terms of a U.N. peace plan, and a rebel leader said the initiative was doomed. "The regime will not implement this plan. This plan will fail," Free Syrian Army (FSA) chief Riad al-Asaad told Reuters. Escalating violence has already raised questions over the ceasefire. Opposition activists said dozens of people were killed and wounded on Sunday when President Bashar al-Assad's loyalists shelled a rebellious area near the border with Turkey. U.N. ...

Bubba Watson now faces task of mastering fame Posted: Bubba Watson had reason to feel like a rock star.

Iran proposal joins jockeying before nuclear talks Posted: Iran is signaling a possible compromise offer heading into critical talks with world powers deeply suspicious of its nuclear program: offering to scale back uranium enrichment but not abandon the ability to make nuclear fuel.

U.S. dismisses Syrian demand for written guarantees Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday dismissed Syrian demands for written guarantees that rebels would lay down arms as a stalling tactic and voiced outrage at reports Syria attacked refugees inside Turkey. Syria was to have started pulling troops out of towns and cities by Tuesday, paving the way for a ceasefire under a peace plan designed to end Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's efforts to crush more than a year of anti-government protests. ...

Officials: Blast in Bahrain injures 7 policemen Posted: An explosion injured at least seven Bahraini policemen Monday in an area hit by frequent clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters in the Gulf kingdom, officials said.

3 Asian airlines avoiding North Korean rocket path Posted: Some Asian airlines plan to change flight paths for several routes to avoid a rocket North Korea is expected to launch in the next week.

Prosecutor rules out grand jury in Trayvon Martin case Posted: ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The special prosecutor investigating the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has ruled out using a grand jury in the case, meaning her office alone will decide whether to charge shooter George Zimmerman with a crime. The case has captured national attention, largely because of race. Martin, 17, was black and Zimmerman, 28, who has not been charged, is white and Hispanic. Police in the town of Sanford declined to arrest Zimmerman after the shooting, saying they found no evidence to contradict his account that he acted in self-defense. ...

Possible Hudson family murder trial jurors queried Posted: A potential juror in Chicago who works as a physical therapist says she watched "American Idol" during the year actress Jennifer Hudson appeared on the show. But she says that wouldn't affect her ability to be fair to a defendant who's accused of murdering the Oscar winner's mother, brother and nephew.

Pollard at prison hospital since April 4 Posted: Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Jay Pollard has been hospitalized at a prison medical center in Butner, N.C., since April 4, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Monday.

Gunmen in Nigeria attack, kill 4 people Posted: Gunmen suspected of being members of a radical Islamist sect have killed at least four people — including a 6-year-old girl — in recent attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast, authorities said Monday.

Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook will pay $1 billion in cash and stock for Instagram, a 2-year-old photo-sharing application developer, in its largest-ever acquisition just months before the No. 1 social media website is expected to go public. The price was stunning for an apps-maker without any significant revenue, even with soaring startup valuations in Silicon Valley, as Facebook sought to absorb a potential rival or at least prevent it from falling into the hands of a major competitor like Twitter or Google. ...

Herman Wouk, 96, has a new novel Posted: At age 96, Herman Wouk is ready for a fresh start.

Wash. man on the run finds time to update Facebook Posted: He's on the lam, but Travis A. Nicolaysen still had time to update his Facebook page.

Exiled son of shah of Iran calls for Israel's help Posted: The exiled son of the toppled shah of Iran called on Israel not to bomb his home country, but rather to help the opposition to the ruling system, in an interview aired Monday on Israeli television.

After $1B, experts see progress on autism's causes Posted: More than $1 billion has been spent over the past decade searching for the causes of autism. In some ways, the research looks like a long-running fishing expedition, with a focus on everything from genetics to the age of the father, the weight of the mother, and how close a child lives to a freeway.

Yemen: 64 killed in clashes with al-Qaida fighters Posted: An al-Qaida attack on a Yemeni army post in the south set off clashes that left 64 people dead on Monday and prompted local civilians to take up arms alongside the military to beat back the militants, said army officials and residents.

US 'outraged' by Syrian attack on refugees Posted: The Obama administration is expressing outrage that Syrian troops fired into a refugee camp in neighboring Turkey. It says the cross-border attack coupled with incidents elsewhere bodes ill for a U.N.-brokered plan to end the violence.

Cyndi Lauper memoir due out this fall Posted: Cyndi Lauper swears her book will show her true colors.

3 killed at Minn. day care; suspect sought Posted: Three adults were killed early Monday at an in-home day care in a suburb northwest of Minneapolis, and a nearby college was locked down as police searched for a suspect who fled on a bicycle.

Tension escalates at Turkey-Syria border before Annan visit Posted: Tension escalated on Monday between Turkey and Syria after shots fired from across the border injured six people in a Turkish refugee camp, angering Ankara a day before a visit by international envoy Kofi Annan.

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