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Despite reports from the U.N. and witnesses in Syria, the country's leader told ABC News that "no government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person."

American Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy last week, may lose actor Alec Baldwin as a customer. Baldwin tweeted that he was "reamed out" during a flight for playing the mobile game Words with Friends after lights out for electronic devices. He was kicked off the flight.

The Discovery Channel program MythBusters took safety precautions, going to a California firing range for a segment involving a cannon. They aimed the cannon at water-filled barrels and a concrete wall. But when they fired, the cannonball sailed over the targets, toward a house. People sleeping inside woke to find the cannonball ripped through the house and it struck a minivan.

One day after dozens of people were killed in two suicide bomb attacks aimed at Shiites, there's been another deadly explosion. At least five of the victims were children, officials say.

Also making headlines: a new accuser steps forward in the Penn State scandal; former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev says new elections should be held because of fraud; climate talks may stall.

Saadi Gadhafi had reportedly been trying to get to a luxury resort, with help from a Canadian security company.

GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich has been pilloried for attacking child labor laws and, in the 1990s, calling for the return of orphanages. Is his bombastic delivery to blame?

The local prosecutor says the statute of limitations prevents him from making a case against Bernie Fine. The former assistant basketball coach says he did not sexually abuse the two accusers when they were boys. Federal charges are still possible.

As police dismantle more of the remaining Occupy camps, protesters in Washington staged sit-ins at congressional offices. Now they're targeting corporations and lobbying firms on K Street.

The Food and Drug Administration had decided that a version of the morning-after emergency contraceptive pill could be sold without a prescription to buyers of any age. But the head of the Department of Health and Human Services overruled the FDA.