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Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
(AP)
 AP - Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state.
Aftershocks spark landslides at quake epicenter
(AP)
 AP - A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China.
Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels war
(AP)
 AP - Osama bin Laden said in a new audio recording released Friday that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.
Bush, Saudis to discuss soaring gas prices
(AP)
 AP - President Bush put the finishing touch on his celebrate-and-be-celebrated Israel stay, leaving the Holy Land Friday with no movement on Mideast peace but hoping to fare better in Saudi Arabia at obtaining help for soaring gas prices at home.
Florida, Michigan delegates cannot save Clinton
(AP)
 AP - Sorry, Sen. Clinton. Michigan and Florida can't save your campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady's best-case scenario.
Losing racehorses in Puerto Rico condemned to die
(AP)
 AP - For thoroughbred racehorses in Puerto Rico, success can be a matter of life and death. Many losers don't make it off the racetrack grounds alive.
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
(AP)
AP - Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing.
'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft
(AP)
 AP - The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
(AP)
 AP - Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.
Ginobili, Duncan help Spurs force Game 7
(AP)
 AP - The San Antonio Spurs' Big Three came through. Now they have to win one on the road to keep their title defense alive. Manu Ginobili scored 25 points, Tim Duncan had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Tony Parker added 15 points in the Spurs' 99-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in Game 6 on Thursday night.
China puts quake toll at over 21,500
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The death toll from China's worst
earthquake in decades stood at over 21,500 on Friday, Sichuan
Vice-Governor Li Chengyun said.
Bin Laden marks Israel anniversary with combat vow
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Osama bin Laden vowed in an audio tape
timed to coincide with Israel's 60th anniversary to continue to
fight the Jewish state and its allies in the West.
Amid clamor to drop out, Clinton campaigns on
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Sitting on board Sen.
Hillary Clinton's campaign plane are the remnants of a colorful
balloon replica of the candidate, once nearly life-size but now
almost deflated and shriveled.
CORRECTION: Bush to press Saudi king on oil prices and Iran
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush headed
towards Saudi Arabia on Friday to renew his appeal to help tame
record oil prices and shore up Arab support for his efforts to
contain Iran's growing influence.
U.S. sees need for "tangible action" on Iran: Israel
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The United States and Israel agree on
the need for "tangible action" to prevent Iran from developing
nuclear weapons, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman
said after a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush.
Marine sentenced for sex abuse of Japan teen
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A U.S. court martial sentenced a Marine
to four years in prison on Friday for sexual abuse of a
14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, in a case
that has sparked widespread public anger.
McCain action helped Arizona developer: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Presumptive Republican presidential
candidate John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a
land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an
Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors,
according to a USA Today report.
Suspected suicide blast kills 10 in Sri Lanka
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber
rammed his motorbike into a police bus in the Sri Lankan
capital on Friday, killing 10 people, the military and hospital
authorities said.
Time running out in search for China quake survivors
(AFP)
 AFP - Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives.
No breakthroughs in Myanmar aid crisis: EU envoy
(AFP)
 AFP - The European Union's aid chief said Friday he had made no breakthroughs on a trip to Myanmar aimed at pushing the ruling generals to open up to foreign assistance, two weeks after the cyclone tragedy.
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