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Valentino Rossi is fastest in the first practice session for Sunday’s French MotoGP at Le Mans.

AP – Spacewalking astronauts finished putting in a new six-pack of batteries at the International Space Station on Friday, a $22 million power overhaul that was their last major objective.

Reuters – As U.S. cities and states grapple with mounting deficits, parks are often the first on the chopping blocks, a trend that has left advocates for open space scrambling for new sources of funding.

AP – Chrysler Group LLC gave a big boost to the battered Michigan economy Friday when it announced plans to add about 1,100 workers to help build the new Jeep Grand Cherokee.

For months, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair has been a dead man walking — and he knew it.

AP – A car bomb exploded Friday at an open-air market crowded with shoppers in a Shiite town northeast of Baghdad, killing 23 people and wounding more than 50, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.

McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Lost in the partisan bickering over legislation to revamp the regulation of financial markets is an important provision that goes beyond finance and brings a potentially radical change to how corporate boards of directors are selected.

The UK government will push the EU to move to a higher target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Reuters – Rapper Nas has teamed up with Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley to release a new studio album and kick off a worldwide tour on Friday that bows to their African ancestry and the roots of reggae and hip hop music.

Defending champion Roger Federer's French Open could include a quarterfinal against Robin Soderling in what would be a rematch of last year's final.