ARGENTINA-PROSECUTOR KILLED

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Faced with the biggest crisis of her presidency, Cristina Fernandez has issued confusing and contradictory statements on social media sites while staying out of public view. The uproar over a prosecutor's gunshot death and her erratic response are shaking faith in Argentina's government and institutions. 

BOMB THREAT

ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. officials scramble two F-16 fighter jets to shadow a pair of commercial airliners after bomb threats are made against the flights on the social network Twitter.

TERROR CASE-CANADIAN SUSPECTS

NEW YORK (AP) - A Canadian man pleaded not guilty Saturday to U.S. charges that he sent money and provided other long-distance support to Tunisian jihadists believed responsible for a 2009 suicide attack in Iraq that killed five American soldiers. 

REPUBLICANS-PRESIDENTIAL-IOWA

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A parade of potential Republican presidential candidates vie for attention at a gathering of social conservatives who will play a key role in next year's Iowa caucuses that kick off the battle for the party's nomination. 

JINDAL-PRAYER RALLY

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal tells Christian evangelicals gathered at an all-day prayer rally that the U.S. needs a "spiritual revival," as he continued to court religious conservatives for a possible presidential campaign. 

BALLOON CHALLENGE

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) - After experiencing delays earlier this month, an international team aiming to break two major ballooning records finally launched a helium-filled balloon in Japan.

SOUTHERN BAPTISTS-INTEGRATION

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Leaders of the largest U.S. Protestant denomination are preaching that integrated churches can be a key driver of racial justice in society. But that could be a hard sell to those sitting in Southern Baptist Convention congregations. 

FAKE UNIVERSITIES

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Bhanu Challa of India said she had no reason to doubt that Tri-Valley University was a legitimate American school where she could pursue a master's degree. But months later she was in handcuffs questioned over her motives for being in the U.S. 

CUBA-AMERICAN IN HAVANA

HAVANA - Everyone warns you Old Havana is a facade, but it's impossible not to be charmed. For a foreigner coming without predetermined notions of Cuba as global boogeyman or socialist paradise, each alley and avenue, each conversation with a Cuban, complicates the picture.