AP - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he complained of a race thats largely been reduced to trivia while working families feel economic pain.

AP - The family of an unarmed man killed in a hail of police gunfire on his wedding day pledged Saturday to continue its fight to have someone held accountable for his death, a day after a judge acquitted three officers in the slaying.

AP - The shortened NFL draft immediately went long Saturday when Miami officially selected Michigan tackle Jake Long, then St. Louis grabbed Virginia defensive end Chris Long.

AP - Timothy Garons face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant.

AFP - Zimbabwes main opposition movement has won a historic victory over President Robert Mugabes ruling party, official results showed on Saturday, but the outcome of the presidential vote remained unknown.

AP - U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on manpower.

Reuters - The fiancee of an unarmed man who died
in a hail of 50 bullets said on Saturday that the acquittal of
three New York City police detectives charged in his death was
like they killed Sean all over again.

AP - The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall ? either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton ? and has Republican John McCain playing defense to thwart a presidential power shift.

AP - The Dalai Lama said Saturday he welcomed Chinas offer to hold talks with his envoy but cautioned it would be meaningless to meet if Beijing was not serious about trying to solve the problems that caused recent unrest in Tibet.

Reuters - Somali pirates have freed a Spanish
fishing boat with its 26-member crew for a ransom of $1.2
million, a Somali official said on Saturday.