AFP - The Colombian military killed the number two leader of the Marxist FARC rebels, Raul Reyes, in an air strike Saturday in neighboring Ecuador, dealing a major blow to the guerrillas, officials said.

AP - The rap star Juvenile is "shocked and devastated" by the shooting death of his young daughter, the girl's mother and another child, his manager said Saturday.

Reuters - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq rose 36 percent in February from the previous month after a series of large-scale bombings blamed on al Qaeda, Iraqi government figures showed on Saturday.

Reuters - Texas was supposed to be a bastion of support for Hillary Clinton in the battle for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination, but it may turn out to be her Alamo.

AP - A power failure that plunged large parts of Florida into the dark this week was caused primarily by human error, the state's largest electric company said Friday.

AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers committed no crime.

AP - Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks.

AP - A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with fatally shooting his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.

AP - John McCain is refusing to renounce the endorsement of a prominent Texas televangelist who Democrats say peddles anti-Catholic and other intolerant speech.