Weekend Supervising Editors Joe Sterling and Sarah Aarthun on Saturday; Matt Smith and Sarah Aarthun on Sunday - 404-827-1401
SATURDAY
POL-Obama-Campaign
President Obama and the first lady are set to hold the first two public rallies of his 2012 re-election campaign in Columbus, Ohio and Richmond, Virginia.
US-KSM-Arraignment
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and four other terror suspects are scheduled to be arraigned Saturday.
SPORT-Kentucky-Derby
Coverage of the 138th annual Kentucky Derby -- known as the "greatest two minutes in sports."
South-Africa-Rape
Dumisani Rebombo is no ordinary advocate for women's rights in South Africa. He is a rapist, who sought out his victim two decades after his brutal act to ask for forgiveness.He is all this in a nation where sexual assault has become so common that a woman in South Africa is more likely to be raped than learn to read. Sexual assaults rarely shock anyone anymore, though a video of a brutal gang rape of a mentally disabled teenager went viral on the internet last month. That touched a nerve. As the young suspects face their day in court, Rebombo spoke with CNN to tell his own story -- an extraordinary tale of violence, redemption and determination to change things in his homeland.
FEA-Cinco-de-Mayo-Origins
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 American West during the Civil War, according to new research by a California professor. Conventional thinking has long held that the holiday -- now a commercial juggernaut -- emerged from the mass migrations of the bloody Mexican Revolution of the 1910s or even during Chicano activism in the 1960s in California, University of California at Los Angeles Professor David Hayes-Bautista told CNN. But on the 150th anniversary of the holiday, Hayes-Bautista is announcing that he accidentally found the origins of Cinco de Mayo -- the 5th of May -- after poring through Spanish-language newspapers in California from the mid-1800s while working on another research project.
Turkey-Releasing-Captive-Dolphins
Two years ago, Tom and Misha were the main attraction at a run-down tourist park in coastal Turkey. The two bottlenose dolphins were in poor health. Today, they are getting ready to be released into the wild after six years in captivity. It's a risky venture, according to trainer Jeff Foster who tried to reintroduce "Free Willy" orca back into the wild more than a decade ago.
US-PTSD-Murder-Defense
As more war veterans return home with PTSD, the disorder is more often being blamed for crimes committed by these vets. But can PTSD be a valid defense against cold-blooded murder?
US-Iran-Hikers
Two of the American hikers who were engaged while being imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges are expected to wed in the Bay Area on Saturday.
SUNDAY
France-Election
Final round of French elections pits President Nicolas Sarkozy against Francois Hollande. Polls open 2 a.m. ET to 2 p.m. ET.
Greek-Elections
Greek parliamentary election. A nation depending on government subsidies, losing much of that in mandated austerity budget cuts, goes to the polls to choose its new government. Polls open 1 a.m. ET to 1 p.m. ET.
FEA-Gift-of-Charles
He was a troubled 13-year-old when he finally found a home, with parents and siblings who embraced him. But Charles Daniel would live only two more years. It was time enough to change everything -- and everyone.

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