AP – Sarah Palin is honoring one Reagan and offending another with the same speech. The former Alaska governor is scheduled to speak in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Friday at a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan — just one of the celebrations…

AP – Officials are warning U.S. citizens not to drive at night in parts of the western Mexican city of Guadalajara after suspected drug-gang members burned vehicles and blocked streets. A separate U.S. alert Friday said the northern city of Monterrey h…

AP – A new rally Friday by nearly 100,000 protesters in Cairo and behind-the-scenes diplomacy from the Obama administration piled more pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to make a swift exit and allow a temporary government to embark on an immediate p…

AP – Embracing an Egyptian future without Hosni Mubarak, President Barack Obama on Friday pressed the embattled leader to consider his legacy and exit office in a way that would give his country the best chance for peace and democracy. Obama tried to r…

AP – Jaime Pressly has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in Los Angeles. Court records show former “My Name is Earl” co-star entered the plea through her attorney Friday.

AP – The scenes that led to the Bellagio bandit’s downfall look less like “Ocean’s Eleven” and more like “America’s Dumbest Criminals.” Bragging about a big gambling score with high school buddies over rounds of shots in Colorado. E-mailing pictures to…

AP – Runways too snowy to receive airliners packed with football fans. Sidewalks too icy for cowboy boots. Temperatures too cold to distinguish Dallas from Pittsburgh or Green Bay.

AP – The California man accused of plotting to blow up a Detroit-area mosque rejected his court-appointed counsel Friday, upset that the attorney is a Shiite Muslim and a “patron” of the Islamic center where he was arrested.

AP – Iraq’s prime minister said Friday he’ll return half of his annual salary to the public treasury in a symbolic gesture that appeared calculated to insulate himself from the anti-government unrest spreading across the Middle East.

AP – Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, an opponent of the recently enacted health care overhaul, says Justice Elena Kagan should not take part in the widely expected Supreme Court consideration of the new law.

AP – The tail end of one of Australia’s largest-ever cyclones was felt at the other end of the country Saturday, as wild storms lashed Melbourne with destructive winds and flash flooding.

AP – The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said his wife would be “very comfortable” with his decision to go back into space and he expects her to be at his launch in April.

AFP – The Egyptian opposition’s “day of departure” for Hosni Mubarak ended at midnight Friday with the embattled president refusing to transfer power amid a rising tide of international calls for him to stand down.

AFP – Thai and Cambodian soldiers briefly exchanged fire again on the two countries’ border early Saturday, a military source said, hours after heavy clashes left one soldier and a civilian dead.

Reuters – Sarah Palin’s bid to trademark her name and that of her daughter, Bristol, ran into trouble at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office because the application forms were unsigned, government records show.

Reuters – Actress Jaime Pressly on Friday pleaded not guilty to two charges of drunken driving stemming from her January arrest in Santa Monica, California.

AP – As the chief courier of a California-to-Ohio marijuana shipping scheme pleaded guilty Friday, prosecutors said the investigation continued into other possible suspects in the plot that brought hundreds of pounds of marijuana hidden in suitcases to…

Reuters – The husband of Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman critically wounded in an assassination attempt last month, will command the space shuttle Endeavour when it launches in April, NASA said on Friday.

AP – As the chief courier of a California-to-Ohio marijuana shipping scheme pleaded guilty Friday, prosecutors said the investigation continued into other possible suspects in the plot that brought hundreds of pounds of marijuana hidden in suitcases to…

AP – A new rally Friday by nearly 100,000 protesters in Cairo and behind-the-scenes diplomacy from the Obama administration piled more pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to make a swift exit and allow a temporary government to embark on an immediate p…

AP – The California man accused of plotting to blow up a Detroit-area mosque rejected his court-appointed counsel Friday, upset that the attorney is a Shiite Muslim and a “patron” of the Islamic center where he was arrested.

AP – The astronaut husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Friday his wounded wife would embrace his decision to rocket into space in two months and he expects her to be well enough to be at his launch.

AP – Embracing an Egyptian future without Hosni Mubarak, President Barack Obama on Friday pressed the embattled leader to consider his legacy and exit office in a way that would give his country the best chance for peace and democracy. Obama tried to r…

Reuters – Justin Bieber will make a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Reuters – Accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner will face several more charges after he is tried in federal court for the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabriel Giffords and attempted murder of two of her aides, prosecutors said on Friday.

Reuters – Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s bid to trademark her name and that of her daughter, Bristol, ran into trouble at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office because the application forms were unsigned, government records show.

AP – Hard ice and heavy snow slid off Cowboys Stadium’s domed roof Friday, injuring at least six private contractors hired to prepare the venue for the Super Bowl, authorities said.

AP – Jaime Pressly has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in Los Angeles. Court records show former “My Name is Earl” co-star entered the plea through her attorney Friday.

AP – The scenes that led to the Bellagio bandit’s downfall look less like “Ocean’s Eleven” and more like “America’s Dumbest Criminals.” Bragging about a big gambling score with high school buddies over rounds of shots in Colorado. E-mailing pictures to…

AP – Iraq’s prime minister said Friday he’ll return half of his annual salary to the public treasury in a symbolic gesture that appeared calculated to insulate himself from the anti-government unrest spreading across the Middle East.

AP – Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, an opponent of the recently enacted health care overhaul, says Justice Elena Kagan should not take part in the widely expected Supreme Court consideration of the new law.

Reuters – “The King’s Speech” may have a new speech impediment on its path to the Academy Awards.

Reuters – Tighter budgets at the Securities and Exchange Commission could mean killing vital technology upgrades needed to catch swindlers, the agency’s chief said on Friday in a blunt appeal for more funding.

AFP – The Egyptian opposition’s “day of departure” for Hosni Mubarak ended at midnight Friday with the embattled president refusing to transfer power amid a rising tide of international calls for him to stand down.

Reuters – Swedish actress Lena Nyman, who gained international fame for her role in the 1967 sexually explicit film “I Am Curious (Yellow),” died on Friday after a long illness. She was 66.

AP – The biggest clash of fans might just happen the night before the Super Bowl, when the Pretenders and Faith Hill perform together live.

Reuters – Cuban prosecutors will seek a 20-year prison sentence for U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, who is suspected of espionage in a case that has been a stumbling block for U.S.-Cuba relations, Communist Party newspaper Granma said on Friday.

Reuters – The White House released a strategy to promote U.S. innovation on Friday, keeping its focus on the politically important jobs issue as the Labor Department issued a mixed unemployment report.

AP – Chrysler plans to air a two-minute commercial during the Super Bowl that puts its hometown of Detroit and Eminem, one of the city’s musical stars, at center stage.

AP – Stocks eked out modest gains on Friday after the government reported a sharp drop in the unemployment rate.

Hey, did you hear that Justin Bieber is coming out with a 3D movie about his rise to fame on February 11? While loyal Beliebers have had this date circled for months, anyone with a television set learned about the premiere over the last few days. Ser…

Reuters – Taken at face value, Rachel Bilson’s new romance “Waiting for Forever” might seem to mirror her own life, but the 29 year-old actress begs to differ.

AFP – A US publisher is to produce a comic book about the romance of Britain’s Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton, timed to mark their upcoming wedding.

Reuters – The owners of the New York Mets baseball team turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme and should give up roughly $300 million of fictitious profits tied to the now imprisoned swindler, a lawsuit charges.

Reuters – Upscale burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc faces a wider probe of its hiring by immigration officials, after the company came under scrutiny in Minnesota and had to fire workers.

While the status of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens remains a question mark, this might clear things up a bit: The actor reportedly acted VERY single in Hollywood last night. A witness tells E! News that Efron got awfully cozy with Australian actress T…

For years, Jeanie Buss has served as the daughter of Los Angele Lakers owner Jerry Buss and girlfriend of coach Phil Jackson. But might the executive be ready to leave the sidelines? TMZ reports that Buss has met with producers to discuss the possibi…

Everyone together now: Go, T-Swizzle, go T-Swizzle, go T-Swizzle, go!!! We all knew Taylor Swift could sing country music, and songs of the pop variety as well. This artist even showed semblance of acting chops in Valentine’s Day. But who knew Swift …

Reuters – The United States on Friday urged the Egyptian government to take “concrete steps” toward an orderly transition of power and warned that without such measures unrest was likely to persist.

Teen Mom stars Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley involved in an altercation that resulted in the cops being called? We can’t imagine a bigger surprise. Sure enough, the troubled mother of Leah called the police and filed a complaint against Gary Shirle…

Reuters – Employment rose by a meager 36,000 jobs in January, far less than expected, as severe snow storms slammed large parts of the nation, but the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since April 2009.

AFP – Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged heavy fire on the two countries’ shared border on Friday, killing one soldier and a civilian, as tensions between the neighbours boiled over.