Gay marriage spawns big spike in online videos
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign didn't produce a video publicizing his endorsement of gay marriage. But Obama's announcement last week has resulted in a record number of searches on YouTube for gay marriage and a rush of the site's users uploading videos on the subject. Gay marriage was also the most popular topic on YouTube's news and politics category this week.

Stabbed Ohio woman hits child with car, both dead
Cleveland police say a woman was stabbed during an argument while sitting behind the wheel of a car, tried to drive away and struck her attacker's 2-year-old daughter. The woman and the girl both died.

Syria forces kill two in Damascus as thousands rally

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shot two protesters in the capital Damascus on Friday and fired in the air to break up thousands of anti-government demonstrators in the commercial hub of Aleppo, activists said. It was the second consecutive day of street protests in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, where a visit by U.N. ceasefire monitors a day earlier saw demonstrators mass outside the gates of the Aleppo University before security forces drove them off. ...

Facebook IPO: Who is selling stock?
Facebook Inc. sold 180 million of its shares in its initial public stock offering. Another 241.2 million came from existing stockholders, including the company's earliest investors and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

APNewsBreak: Loretta Lynn married at 15, not 13

Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

Syria accuses Lebanon of "incubating" terrorists
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Damascus has sent a letter to the United Nations accusing some Lebanese areas of helping al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood to take root along the Syrian border, adding to its criticism of Turkey and Libya for allegedly providing arms to Syrian rebels. "Some Lebanese areas next to the Syrian border are incubating terrorist elements from al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood, who are messing with the security of Syrian citizens and work on undermining the United Nations Special Envoy's plan," Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari wrote. The letter, which was sent to ...

Mary Kennedy services planned amid apparent rift

The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's family faced off in court as they prepared to bury Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife following her suicide earlier this week.