AP - A federal judge has declined to throw out the convictions of a former University of Tennessee student for hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail account during the 2008 campaign.

AP - An independent candidate for Minnesota governor hoping to follow in Jesse Ventura's footsteps is showing surprising strength in a race against a Democrat and a Republican at polar ends of the political spectrum.

AP - When it was announced that former President Bill Clinton would make a campaign appearance for U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, more than a few eyebrows went up.

AP - Climate ministers and top negotiators from dozens of nations remain deadlocked over how to cut greenhouse gases less than three months before the next major international climate summit.

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday amid "intense" talks with both Palestinian and Israeli officials ahead of Sunday's expiry of an Israeli freeze on new settlement construction.

AP - A new train taking rich Russians to the French Riviera in style and luxury has arrived in Nice, some 53 hours after it departed from Moscow.

AP - Billed as a Pledge to America, the House Republican campaign manifesto is as much political straddle as conservative call to action, long on poll-tested goals, short on controversial specifics and designed to reassure independent voters who abandoned the party in the last two elections.

AFP - US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell on Saturday met Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in a bid to avoid a Palestinian withdrawal from new negotiations with Israel, officials said.