Tim Masters squarely blames Fort Collins, Colorado, police and prosecutors for his inability to land gainful employment and for his not having a wife and kids at this stage in his life. Masters was convicted of murder in 1999. But a judge last year threw out the conviction and released Masters from prison, citing new evidence that did not implicate him.

Iraqi leaders are applauding President Obama's plan to withdraw most U.S. troops from the country by August 2010.

Somali President Sharif Sheikh Hassan said Saturday he will give in to a rebel demand that he impose Islamic law, or sharia, in an effort to halt fighting between Somali forces and Islamic insurgents.

A team of medical experts successfully separated Egyptian twin boys Hassan and Mahmoud on Saturday -- the 21st procedure of this type to be performed in the kingdom, the nation's leading surgeon said.

President Obama on Saturday asked Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, according to two White House officials.

President Obama on Saturday asked Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, according to two White House officials.

Conservative activists on Saturday picked former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the best 2012 Republican presidential candidate. It was the third consecutive year he came out on top. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was second, ahead of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree on Saturday that sets an earlier date for the country's presidential election, a move that could spark a constitutional crisis.

Sun Yan, Bian Jin and Xue Bing traveled from northeast China to attend graduate programs at Urbana University in Ohio. They had promising futures until an uninsured driver with a previous vehicular homicide conviction caused their deaths. Their grieving mothers now struggle with American language and laws as they plead with officials to help them repay the tens of thousands of dollars they borrowed to educate, and bury, their children.

Just outside Philadelphia sits a sprawling complex abandoned years ago by US Steel. Now, it is an incubator in the "Green Economy" that President Obama and others hold out as an answer to America's industrial decline and its dependence on foreign oil. But Mayor Michael Nutter acknowledges the new green jobs, at least for now, tend to come in smaller numbers than at the old steel factories.