BUSINESS

• Northwest Cancels 166 Flights Due to Absentee Pilots
  The pilots' union maintains that Northwest doesn't have enough pilots to fly its full schedule.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Tom Cruise Wedding Photo Thieves Face Extortion Charges
  Two men were charged with plotting to extort more than $1 million from Tom Cruise for the actor's stolen wedding photographs, federal authorities announced Friday.
• Baby Boy Born to Bachelorette Couple Trista and Ryan Sutter
  Trista and Ryan Sutter, who found love on ABC's "The Bachelorette," welcomed their first child, a boy, Thursday.
• Stalker Who Killed 'My Sister Sam Actress' Stabbed in Prison
  The man convicted of the 1989 killing of actress Rebecca Schaeffer, the star of the sit-com 'My Sister Sam,' was stabbed in prison Friday.

POLITICS

• Edwards Chides Clinton, Obama at Conference
  Democratic hopeful John Edwards chided rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, calling their recent feud a distraction during an appearance at a conference in St. Louis on Friday.
• Report: White House Offering $20B Arms Sale to Saudis
  The White House will be asking Congress to approve a $20 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and neighboring Gulf states despite concerns of some officials that the Saudis have been hampering U.S. efforts in Iraq, the New York Times reported Saturday.
• Transcript: President's Weekly Radio Address
  
• Giuliani, Romney Plan to Skip Youtube GOP Debate
  GOP White House Hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani say scheduling conflicts are the chief they'll skip a televised debate in Florida in September, Romney mocked the format of the debate featuring questions from the online video community.
• Transcript: Democratic Radio Response
  
• Cheney Recovering From Defibrillator Replacement Surgery
  Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday had minor surgery to receive a new battery for an implanted device that monitors his heart rhythms, his spokeswoman said.
• Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates Prepare for Mideast Trip
  President Bush's top diplomatic and military managers have a tough assignment in the Middle East in the week ahead.

SCIENCE

• Report: NASA Astronauts Allowed to Twice Fly Drunk
  NASA let astronauts fly drunk on at least two occasions, an independent panel said in a report released Friday.

U.S.

• Bonds Hits 754th Homer, One Short of Tying Record
  Barry Bonds hit his 754th career home run Friday night, moving within one of tying Hank Aaron's record.
• Armed Preacher Nabs Theft Suspect
  Former Bakersfield, Calif. cop and current pastor James Kilgore, who says he still carries a gun and handcuffs with him in a fanny pack, apprehended a suspected car thief on Tuesday, police said.
• Vick's Co-Defendant May Seek Plea Deal on Dogfighting
  Tony Taylor, a co-defendant of Atlanta Falcons OB Michael Vick, is set to have a plea agreement hearing in the federal dogfighting conspiracy
• Rescuers Find Bodies of Missing Sewer Workers
  The body of a second sewer worker who was caught beneath the streets during a heavy rain was recovered Saturday from the Mississippi River, authorities said.
• Tempers Flare Between Al-Mailiki, Petraeus
  Iraq's foreign minister calls the relationship between Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and Gneral David Petraeus 'difficult'as Petraeus, calls their ties 'very good.'
• Car Theft Suspect May Face Charges for Chopper Crash
  Federal investigators began gathering debris from two news helicopters that collided while covering a police chase on live television for the purpose of determining the point where the two aircrafts impacted each other.
• Man Ordered to Clean Vet's Memorial With Toothbrush
  A 73-year-old man has been ordered to clean a veterans memorial with a toothbrush for taking part in a scam to solicit scrap yards for metal, saying it was to be used to build a memorial for soldiers in the Iraq war.
• Conn. Parole Board Freed Suspects Without Full Report
  The state's parole board had incomplete information when it agreed this spring to release two prisoners who allegedly terrorized and killed three members of a Cheshire family last week, according to a state official.
• Man Blames Bad Nose for Not Smelling Dead Wife's Body
  A man who said he has damaged nerves in his nose never smelled his wife's decomposing body in a storage room of their home and thought she had left him, police said.
• Bigamist Bride Accused of Scamming Second Spouse
  A Tampa woman has been charged wtih bigamy and scheming to defraud her husband.
• Illinois Babysitter Charged With Pimping Girl in Her Care
  A Metro East baby sitter is accused of allowing a man to have sex with a 12-year-old girl in her care for money.
• Two Teens Walk Across Country in March for Peace
  Two teens from opposite coasts are marching across the country for peace, hoping to gain followers and attention with each step.
• YouTube to Implement New Technology to Protect Copyrights
  People who try to post copyrighted videos on YouTube could confront a video recognition system as sophisticated as FBI fingerprint technology by this fall, according to a lawyer for the popular Web site.
• At Least 2 Dead After Two News Choppers Collide
  Two helicopters collided in midair and crashed while covering a police pursuit in central Phoenix Friday afternoon, killing at least two people.

WORLD

• Ex-Taliban Join Talks for South Korean Hostages
  Former Taliban and influential elders have joined negotiations with hardliners over 22 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.
• Car Bomb Kills 4 in Baghdad
  A parked car bomb exploded in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 4 and injuring 10 others, police said.