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Francis: don't know when I'll see homeland, but won't go to Argentina before 2016 at earliest     

SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- A gunbattle erupted Saturday when Indian soldiers came under fire by suspected militants while patrolling a mountain village in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said.     

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of a popular 13-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy in Northern California.     

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's media says authorities have hanged 16 "rebels" of an unspecified armed group in retaliation for the death of 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan.     

Women in Saudi Arabia plan to demonstrate Saturday against their nation's de facto ban on women driving -- by getting behind the steering wheel.

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Days of torrential rains in southeast India have unleashed floods that have blocked roads, halted trains and forced the evacuation of nearly 70,000 people from hundreds of low-lying villages.     

When the U.S. is broke, President Reagan isn't helping the situation any by spending $60 billion to refurbish the old nuclear weapons arsenal in violation of his own pledges to the contrary.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- The town of Barre's former tax collector has been indicted on charges that she stole more than $300,000 of the town's money.     

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The coalition in Afghanistan says a gunman in Afghan uniform opened fire on its personnel before being killed on the outskirts of the capital.     

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- Police say a gunman suspected of wounding a federal immigration officer and three local police officers has surrendered after an hours-long standoff in a Sacramento suburb.     

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Activists have posted a video of a woman in Saudi Arabia driving a car, as their campaign urging women in the ultraconservative kingdom to defy a ban on getting behind the wheel kicks off.  ...

    

Yandle's diving hustle play sets up Ekman-Larsson's late goal in Coyotes' 5-4 win over Oilers     

Lyndon Institute 26, Bellows Falls Union 21 Champlain Valley Union 19, Rutland 0 Otter Valley Union 49, Mount Abraham Union 0     

Inter-Lakes-Moultonborough 18, Winnisquam 8     

Thousands march on Capitol Hill in Washington to protest US government's mass online surveillance programmes.

A school board in St. Helens, Ore., voted to allow teachers and staff to pack heat on school grounds, an official said     

Be careful, Republicans! Every critique you offer against the ACA rollout is a damning indictment of your own vision for privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Whether you want to call the customer service line at you...

The Marine Corps has canceled plans for a unisex cap for male and female dress uniforms, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Somehow, the seventh-ranked Miami Hurricanes are headed to Tallahassee still undefeated.

Foxcroft Academy 8, Nokomis Regional 6     

The mother of the Massachusetts teenager accused of killing his teacher inside a school bathroom is brokenhearted over the educator's death.