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FEA-Cinco-De-Mayo-Origins (12:01 a.m.)

Cinco de Mayo -- the unofficial U.S. holiday long believed to have been imported, with celebratory beer, from Mexico -- isn't a Mexican holiday at all but rather an American one created by Latinos in the West during the Civil War, according to new research by a California professor.

Afghanistan-Skype-Death (monitoring)

An Army captain's wife witnessed her husband's death while the couple was engaged in one of their regular video chats -- he from his base in Afghanistan and she from the United States, some 7,500 miles away -- the family said.

US-Gitmo-Arraignment 12:30 a

The Obama administration's struggle over how to handle the prisoners and prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, enters a new chapter Saturday when a military judge here convenes an arraignment for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men for their alleged roles in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Syria-Unrest (monitoring)

Syrian government snipers and other forces stalked opponents in homes and neighborhoods Friday in a campaign of gunfire, shelling and arrests amid mass protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, an opposition group said.

Pakistan-Drone-Strike

Nine suspected militants were killed early Saturday morning when a US drone fired two missiles at a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal region, an intelligence official and a political official told CNN.

SPORT-Dr- Shaq 3:00 a

Shaquille O'Neal The retired basketball star and TNT NBA analyst graduates Saturday from Florida's Barry University with a PhD in Human Resource Development.

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France-Strauss-Kahn

French prosecutors said Friday they are considering widening an investigation into former IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn's alleged participation in a prostitution ring.

Cuba Jailed American

A jailed American contractor said Friday he feels like a "hostage," in Cuba, where he is serving a 15-year prison sentence on charges of subversion.

Colombia-Prostitute-Interview

Book publishers and modeling agents, take note: The woman at the center of the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal is embracing her notoriety and spilling colorful details about that infamous night. At a bar in Cartegena last month, Secret Service agents were "buying alcohol like it was water." The same agent who refused to pay also liked to dance in a "disorderly" manner in which "he lifted his shirt to show off his six-pack." Agents were dancing on the bar. Dania Londono Suarez, the escort who unwittingly sparked investigations that have ensnared roughly two dozen members of the Secret Service and U.S. military over reported use of prostitutes in Colombia in the days before President Barack Obama visited last month, gave a lengthy, wide-ranging interview to Colombia's W Radio on Friday.

Syria-Unrest

Syrian government snipers and other forces stalked opponents in homes and neighborhoods Friday in a campaign of gunfire, shelling and arrests amid mass protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, an opposition group said.

Canada-Hang-Glider-Death