Some cities and towns have renewed calls for local colleges and universities, which have tax-exempt status, to make voluntary payments to their communities.
AP - The Federal Reserve could become the supercop for "too big to fail" companies capable of causing another financial meltdown under a proposal being seriously considered by the White House.
AP - The top religious adviser to Jordan's king thanked Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday for his expression of "regret" after a 2006 speech that many Muslims deemed insulting to Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
AP - Putting himself on the side of fuming consumers, President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to send him legislation by Memorial Day that would put a tighter rein on the credit card industry.
A wildfire that has engulfed dozens of homes and displaced thousands of people kept roaring in Southern California overnight. An estimated 30,500 residents of Santa Barbara County have been ordered to evacuate because of the blaze and about 8,600 acres have been scorched, fire officials said.
A jury Friday acquitted W.R. Grace & Company and three of its former executives of having knowingly exposed mine workers and residents of Libby, Montana, to asbestos. Federal prosecutors claimed the pollution from the old mine left more than 1,000 people ill and more than 200 dead.
Severe weather in Missouri and Kentucky was predicted to continue Saturday after Friday's rain drenched the states, leaving thousands without power, officials said.