CHICAGO (AP) - As President Barack Obama and fellow NATO leaders herald the coming end of the deeply unpopular Afghanistan war, they face the grim reality of two more years of fighting ahead and more of their troops sure to die in combat.

WACO, Texas (AP) - Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops last summer.

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are slipping as unease about Europe overshadows an encouraging report on unemployment claims and good results from big retailers including Wal-Mart Stores.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937.

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a guard was killed and, at one point, hostages were taken during a riot at a Mississippi prison that holds illegal immigrants.

NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook's initial public offering could be one of the largest in history if its stock prices at the high end of its expected range on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau has launched an investigation into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot to place an explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airline flight.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Police say an Ohio woman has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of her friend, who tried to drive away afterward and fatally struck the accused woman's 2-year-old daughter.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - The rebuilding of the Joplin hospital destroyed by a tornado last year is getting a big boost from the United Arab Emirates - a $5 million gift for a pediatric section and a neonatal intensive care unit.

NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is reporting a 10.1 percent increase in first-quarter profit as the world's largest retailer's re-emphasis on low prices continues to woo back bargain-hungry shoppers in an uncertain economy.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials say a double-agent who fooled al-Qaida's terror group in Yemen possessed a British passport that was provided by that country's intelligence agency, MI-6, as part of the ruse.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Jurors in the John Edwards' campaign corruption trial are taking a break for the weekend before taking up the case again on Monday.

ALBION, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's hearings on the new proposed route for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline from Canada are drawing big crowds.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve policymakers are open to further efforts to stimulate the U.S. economy if growth falters or threats escalate.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Over the past three years, al-Qaida bomb makers in Yemen developed three clever devices in hopes of attacking airplanes over the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of mail processing centers, saying it can no longer wait for Congress to decide how to cut postal costs.

NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook is raising the price at which it plans to sell stock to the public.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says the Obama administration does not and will not negotiate with al-Qaida even though it is concerned about the safety and well-being of a 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan nine months ago.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Jurors deliberating in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial are asking to see several exhibits and they say they need office supplies to help with their discussions.