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Bee Gees star Robin Gibb dies aged 62 after cancer battle The music world was in mourning today after Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees died aged 62 following a lengthy battle with cancer. By Murray Wardrop The British singer and songwriter sold more than 200 million records and notched up dozens of hits with  Prosecutors seek life term for accused Bali bombmaker JAKARTA — Indonesian prosecutors on Monday asked for a life sentence rather than the death penalty for Umar Patek, who is accused of being the bombmaker behind attacks on the island of Bali that killed 202 people. "We the prosecutors recommend... the  China police chief faces treason trial: report HONG KONG — The Chinese provincial police chief at the centre of the biggest political scandal to engulf the communist leadership in decades will be tried for treason, a report said on Monday. Former Chongqing municipality police chief Wang Lijun,  Rare eclipse crosses Asia, western US ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) – Skywatchers from Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon enjoyed a treat: the moon nearly blotting out the sun to create a dramatic "ring of fire" over a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the western United States.  UPDATE 1-Inmates riot in Mississippi prison, one guard killed (Adds some staff still in prison, details) By Karen Brooks May 20 (Reuters) - Inmates seized control of a privately owned prison in Mississippi on Sunday after riots broke out, and a guard was killed in the chaos in the low security facility,  Tropical Depression Forms in Pacific; Atlantic's Alberto Weakens Tropical Depression Two-E formed in the Pacific about 525 miles (845 kilometers) south of Acapulco, Mexico, according to a National Hurricane Centre advisory at 10:37 pm New York time. In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Alberto became less organized and  Whitney's daughter speaks at Billboard awards Whitney Houston's daughter provided one of the most touching moments at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday night when she accepted an award on behalf of her mother. “I really want to say thank you to everyone who supported us through it  Whitney's daughter speaks at Billboard awards Whitney Houston's daughter provided one of the most touching moments at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday night when she accepted an award on behalf of her mother. “I really want to say thank you to everyone who supported us through it  Beirut clashes kill 1 amid fear of Syria spillover BEIRUT – Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni groups that support and oppose the regime in Damascus have killed one person and wounded 10. The clashes in the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Tariq Jadidah are  Analysis: death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi changes very little In terms of the truth about the Lockerbie bombing, the death of the only man convicted of the atrocity changes very little. Scottish rescue workers and crash investigators search the area around the cockpit of Pan Am flight 103 in a farmer's field east  Kenne-diss by Mary kin By EMILY SMITH and JEANE MACINTOSH Relatives of Mary Richardson Kennedy snubbed her husband, Robert Kennedy Jr., by not inviting him to a private memorial they organized today in New York, a source told The Post. Instead, he'll take their four children  James and Wade answer the call; Spurs finish sweep in West By Jack Carey, USA TODAY The Miami Heat looked like they were ready to be buried. Coming off a desultory Game 3 performance, which left observers from coast to coast questioning their character and heart, they fell behind the Indiana Pacers 9-0 at the  Nationalists celebrate victory in Serbian poll Nationalist opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic has declared victory in Serbia's presidential election and promised to keep on working for EU membership. Unofficial projections showed him narrowly beating his centrist rival, the incumbent Boris Tadic.  Wanda to buy AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion By Terril Yue Jones and Denny Thomas BEIJING May 21 (Reuters) - China's Dalian Wanda Group agreed to acquire AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, becoming the biggest theatre operator in the US by revenue. Ties between the US and Chinese movie  Spurs reach West finals after sweep of Clippers AP LOS ANGELES -- Tim Duncan scored 21 points, Tony Parker added 17 and the San Antonio Spurs rallied in the final minutes to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 102-99 on Sunday night, closing out the series 4-0 and advancing to the Western Conference  Greek leftist brings message to Europe: "Let's talk" By Renee Maltezou and Peter Graff | ATHENS (Reuters) - The charismatic Greek leftist who could determine the fate of the euro begins a tour of European capitals on Monday carrying a single message: it's time to talk. In an interview on the eve of his  A nation-by-nation look at Arab Spring's progress Starting Wednesday, Egypt is holding its first free presidential election since it came under dictatorship 60 years ago. The winner will succeed Hosni Mubarak, one of four rulers toppled in the uprisings that began 18 months ago across the Middle East  NATO to endorse Afghan exit plan, seeks routes out By David Brunnstrom and Missy Ryan | CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders will endorse plans to hand over combat command in Afghanistan by mid-2013 on Monday and seek practical progress in opening routes to bring an international army of more than 130000  Italy quake toll rises to seven ROME: The toll from a 5.9-magnitude quake in northern Italy rose to seven on Monday. The seventh victim of Sunday's 5.9-magnitude tremor was an 86-year-old woman who died from a stroke after the quake, Xinhua reported. Four workers, including a young  RPT-UPDATE 1-Blind Chinese activist Chen rests in NYC (Repeats to fix garble. Adds comment from Chinese newspaper) * Chen may scale back political activity while at NYU * Chen could return to China after a year - professor * Chinese newspaper says Chen will be forgotten By Lily Kuo NEW YORK,  Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion The move could help it appease shareholders by enabling it to pay dividends or buy back its own shares. A file shot outside a Yahoo-Alibaba news conference in Beijing. (Elizabeth Dalziel / Associated Press / May 20, 2012) Associated Press HONG KONG  Joplin prepares for important graduation date BY MICHAEL OVERALL - Tulsa World | Published: May 21, 2012 Leave a comment JOPLIN, Mo. — Never mind the actual date, locals always will associate the May 22 tornado with high school graduation. Families were heading home after last year's commencement  Blast near UN monitors as Damascus rocked by clashes A rocket propelled-grenade exploded just a few dozen metres from the UN team in Damascus. By AFP A rocket propelled-grenade exploded just a few dozen metres from the UN team in Damascus. DAMASCUS: A rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a team of UN  The 2012 political mantra sounds familiar: It's all about the economy Most voters are concerned with the economy -- from joblessness to health care. / FLORIDA TODAY file Diana Stewart, a retired teacher from Paris, Ind., is worried about jobs “for my children and my grandchildren and my neighbor's kids.  How Walker's union limits affected school budgets Gov. Scott Walker tells audiences that most schools got far more savings from his controversial collective bargaining limits – money-saving "tools" in Walker's phrasing – than they suffered in cuts from his budget. Democratic Party officials and their  WHEAT RIDGE - They say they could not just stand by and watch a group of men ... NEW YORK (AP) - A baseball jersey worn by Babe Ruth has sold for more than $4.4 ... DENVER (AP) -- Jesus Montero and Justin Smoak hit back-to-back home runs, Blake ... DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Rockies have recalled right-handed pitcher Adam .  Deportation, 10 years in jail possible for convicted ex-Rutgers student By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Dharun Ravi could face 10 years in prison and be deported to his native India when he is sentenced Monday for spying on and intimidating his gay Rutgers University roommate, who then killed himself by jumping off New  Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material The chairman of Pakistan's telecommunications authority says the government has blocked the social networking website Twitter because of material considered offensive to Islam. Mohammad Yaseen says the website was blocked on Sunday because Twitter  Rare eclipse crosses Asia, western US ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) – Millions of people across Asia and the western United States watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies. Ng Han Guan, AP A partial annular eclipse takes place over Beijing, China.  Metro bus driver fatally shot by passenger in LA WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A bus driver was shot to death in West Hollywood Sunday, allegedly by a passenger who jumped out a vehicle window and fled down a street before being captured, authorities said. The driver, whose name was not released,  Quebec protests gain high profile support MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec's student protest movement has gained some high-profile supporters in the fight against tuition fee increases as anger mounts and demonstrations continue against a new law aimed at curbing the three months of demonstrations.  Apple-Samsung Suit Unlikely to End With Meeting By Joel Rosenblatt on May 21, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. are unlikely to resolve their worldwide fight over mobile device patents in court-ordered talks that start today between their chief executive officers,  Austerity-only cure for crisis out of fashion, but growth rhetoric covers ... WASHINGTON — On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2½-year-old government debt crisis. Figuring out exactly what those new steps might be will be the hard part.  Largest compilation of exonerations ever finds over 2000 falsely convicted ... WASHINGTON — More than 2000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities. There is no official record-keeping system for  Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally to Discuss Risks of Internet It was an incongruous sight for a baseball stadium: tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, all dressed in black suits and white shirts, filing through the gates of Citi Field on Sunday, wearing not blue-and-orange Mets caps but tall,  Fontana fire causes estimated $2.5 million loss Firefighters continue their mop-up work on Sunday after a Saturday night fire caused $2.5 million damage to two businesses in Fontana. (Courtesy San Bernardino County Fire Department) FONTANA - Workers at a wooden pallet yard and an adjoining tire  Nasdaq reportedly 'embarrassed' over Facebook delays NEW YORK – Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., on Sunday acknowledged design problems with Nasdaq's technology after the exchange operator was widely seen as bungling the landmark listing of shares of Facebook Inc. on Friday.  Newark Mayor Cory Booker slams Obama campaign attack on Romney's work for Bain ... Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, a close ally of President Obama in the upcoming election, slammed the president's campaign Sunday for ads attacking Mitt Romney's work for the private-equity firm Bain Capital. Booker, who noted that many of his  Youth diabetes, pre-diabetes rates soar By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY Diabetes and pre-diabetes have skyrocketed among the nation's young people, jumping from 9% of the adolescent population in 2000 to 23% in 2008, a study reports today. By Reed Saxon, AP Judith Garcia, 19,  After 9 years, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan tie the knot Mark Zuckerberg and his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan have made it official in a low-key, surprise wedding in California. With all of the hype that has enveloped tech blogs surrounding Facebook's IPO, and its lackluster performance at the opening  Ruling party candidate leads Dominican vote count By BEN FOX, AP – 2 minutes ago SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A long-time governing party official took the lead late Sunday in vote counting from the Dominican Republic's presidential election, leading a brash ex-president whose last term  No NATO Intervention in Syria - Rasmussen NATO does not plan to use military force in Syria, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. He told reporters on Sunday that the alliance is concerned about the situation in the country, but that NATO has "no intention to intervene.  Celebrity Apprentice Recap: Did Clay Aiken or Arsenio Hall Get Hired by the ... The duo, with the help of former Celebrity Apprentice competitors, were given the task of putting together a variety show and throwing a party to benefit their respective charities. The 56-year-old comedian was elated, putting his head down on the  13-year-old rescued at falls in Washington state SEATTLE—Swept down one waterfall and about to plunge over a much larger one, a 13-year-old boy managed to climb onto a 1-foot-wide rock shelf in a gushing Washington state river -- and then stayed there for eight and a half hours until rescuers finally  Game of Thrones Recap: War is Waged, but is the King in the North Distracted? Westeros is filled with men of honor and some who are completely devoid of it. Last week Jon Snow's (Kit Harington) new wildling friend was giving him some grief. Meanwhile, the King in the North, Robb (Richard Madden) was off somewhere getting lucky  Merkel Resists G-8 Spending Pressure as Soccer Breaks the Ice German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to shift the euro area's debt-crisis response toward economic growth, avoiding a showdown with her partners as the US prods Europe to stem more than two years of market turmoil. With French President Francois  Michelle Obama shows South Side of Chicago to first ladies CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michelle Obama showed off her neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago to some NATO visitors on Sunday, taking five other first ladies to a youth center for lunch and for a musical performance by the children.  Washington Nationals - TeamReport MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Manager Davey Johnson is a little concerned that his star pitcher is not sharing all the information about his physical condition during the game. Sunday, in the Nationals 9-3 win over the Orioles,  Two Missing McKinney Kids Found - KCEN Update: McKinney police have canceled an Amber Alert for two missing McKinney children after they were found in Tennessee. Sunday night McKinney police say 14-year-old Camren Anthony Guresh and his sister 10-year-old Kaitlyn Amber Guresh were located  Two people hospitalized after being shot in Dorchester By Matt Rocheleau and Jaclyn Reiss, Globe Correspondents Two people were shot in Dorchester outside an apartment building on Msgr. Patrick J. Lydon Way on Sunday night around 8 pm, Boston Police said. Both victims were transported to Boston Medical  Ultra-Orthodox Jews rent Mets stadium for huge meeting on Internet dangers NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attended a rally Sunday at the New York Mets' stadium on the dangers of the Internet and how to use modern technology in a religiously responsible way. Women were not permitted to attend the  Nasdaq to revamp system after tech problems on Facebook IPO: WSJ (Reuters) - The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook (FB.O) shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.  NATO to hand combat role to Afghans as it seeks way out of war By Matt Spetalnick and Phil Stewart | CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO will hand over the lead role in combat operations to Afghan forces across the country by mid-2013, alliance leaders said on Sunday as they charted a path out of a war that has lost public  Undercount of 1940 changed Census Bureau By Cristian Salazar, Deepti Hajela and Randy Herschaft AP NEW YORK -- On the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s, teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon.  Water leak forces people out of Arsht Center, cuts short 'Lion King' performance By Diana Moskovitz The second half of The Lion King had started Sunday night. The villain, Scar, presided over the kingdom. The theater at Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts was dark except for the stage.  Trayvon Martin's mother speaks at church in Baltimore By Karen Gray Houston, FOX 5 Reporter Sybrina Fulton is using paid time off, donated by her fellow government employees to continue to speak out about her son's death. On Sunday, she was a speaker at the Women's Day Conference at Empowerment Temple in  Inability to find engine leaves Jay Howard out of Indianapolis 500 INDIANAPOLIS — Nobody at Indianapolis Motor Speedway had a more frustrating week than Jay Howard. The English driver who made his first Indy 500 start last season thought he was set to qualify this year when he was hired by Michael Shank.  Sources: Dwyane Wade knee drained By Michael Wallace | ESPN.com INDIANAPOLIS -- After having fluid drained from his troublesome left knee last week, Heat guard Dwyane Wade had one of the worst playoff games of his career as Miami stumbled into a 2-1 series hole against the Indiana  One dead, at least 5 injured during prison riot in Mississippi An ongoing prison riot in Mississippi has left one guard dead and five injured, authorities say. The “inmate disturbance” began at 2:40pm at the Adams County Correctional Facility – a 2567 low-security prison in Natchez, Miss., the Natchez Democrat  Teen attacked after knocking down motorcyclists BELMONT, Calif. (AP) — Police say a teenage driver was attacked by a group of motorcyclists after he knocked down two bikers on a Northern California freeway. California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel says the trouble began at around 8 am on Sunday  Kings get jammed up as Coyotes win, 2-0, to extend series Shane Doan scores twice and Mike Smith stops 36 shots as Phoenix wins at Staples to avert sweep in Western Conference finals. The Kings, still up 3-1, head back on road, where they are 7-0 in playoffs. Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith reaches for a loose  NAACP votes to support marriage equality By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY The NAACP waded this weekend into the debate cracked wide open with President Obama's recent public support of gay marriage, as the group's national board voted on Saturday in support of same-sex unions.  Obama Campaign Spending About Half of Total Raised By DANNY YADRON President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is spending about half of what it raises to support a large political infrastructure that includes hundreds of workers and dozens of offices around the country.  Arrest made in St. Paul hit-run that injured 4-year-old A 25-year-old St. Paul man was arrested Sunday in connection with a hit-and-run incident that critically injured a 4-year-old boy Saturday in St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood, police said. Police said the man was arrested in a Shakopee hotel room at  Four wounded in Plant City shooting By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer PLANT CITY — Four people were shot and wounded Sunday night at a Plant City apartment complex. It happened at about 6:30 pm, police said, at the Hunters Ridge Apartments, 1518 Plantation Grove Court.  Rare eclipse crosses Asia By ERIC TALMADGE, AP TOKYO – Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies. Ng Han Guan, AP A partial annular eclipse takes place over Beijing, China. Ng Han Guan, AP A partial annular eclipse takes place over Beijing,  Rare eclipse crosses Asia By ERIC TALMADGE, AP TOKYO – Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies. Ng Han Guan, AP A partial annular eclipse takes place over Beijing, China. Ng Han Guan, AP A partial annular eclipse takes place over Beijing,  Producer seeks to dismiss 'Stripper 101' lawsuit LAS VEGAS — A July hearing has been set on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by five instructors of the "Stripper 101" class and show on the Las Vegas Strip. The instructors, in their complaint filed in Clark County District Court in March,  Hollande Says Missile Shield Poses No Offensive Threat (Corrects location where Hollande spoke in second paragraph.) French President Francois Hollande said a planned missile defense system by NATO poses no threat to other nations, dismissing objections from Russia. Hollande said in March that he was  Convenience Store Clerk Robbed and Set on Fire - 33 KDAF Around seven Sunday morning, Garland police were responding to a call for a burglar alarm. An employee at a business tripped the alarm when he came in to work. That's when officers discovered a horrid crime had just happened right across the street.