BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai coroners completed an autopsy on Friday on the body of actor David Carradine, a day after the star of the U.S. television show 'Kung Fu' was found naked and hanging dead in his luxury Bangkok hotel room.

AP - North Korea was silent Friday about the trial of two American journalists facing the secretive communist nation's highest court on allegations that they crossed into the country illegally and engaged in 'hostile acts.'

AP - This was one special tweet for Lance Armstrong.

AP - The Pittsburgh Penguins' fresh legs and fast feet changed the Stanley Cup finals in a flash, and now a series that looked to be over is only getting started.

AP - One step toward redemption, one step toward a ring.

AFP - A Dutch far-right party was the big winner as Britain and the Netherlands became the first countries to vote in EU-wide parliament elections, with first results reinforcing fears of low turnout.

LONDON (Reuters) - The future of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was under serious threat on Friday after a rising star in his cabinet quit and urged the Labour leader to stand down to avert a near-certain election defeat.

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States has told South Korea it is preparing financial measures to punish North Korea for illicit weapons trade and counterfeit activities in the wake of its nuclear test last week, a newspaper report said on Friday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Miner Rio Tinto scrapped a planned $19.5 billion tie-up with China's Chinalco struck at the height of a global financial crisis, turning instead to an iron ore joint venture with rival BHP Billiton and a share sale to slash its debts.

AP - The body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series 'Kung Fu,' was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been accidental suffocation, Thai police said Friday.

AP - France's transportation minister says French forces have found no evidence of an Airbus A330 airplane that vanished over the Atlantic and is urging 'extreme prudence' about suspected debris fished from the ocean.

AP - For weeks, Greg Noel roamed the spine of the Green Mountains with a handheld GPS unit, walking dirt roads and chatting with people as he helped create a map of every housing unit in the United States.

Reuters - The future of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was under serious threat on Friday after a rising star in his cabinet quit and urged the Labour leader to stand down to avert a near-certain election defeat.

Reuters - The United States has told South Korea it is preparing financial measures to punish North Korea for illicit weapons trade and counterfeit activities in the wake of its nuclear test last week, a newspaper report said on Friday.

AFP - The mystery surrounding the crash of an Air France plane off the coast of Brazil deepened after Brazilian officials said items they had pulled from the sea were not in fact debris from the downed Airbus.

AFP - US President Barack Obama swapped the political heat of the Middle East for a solemn two-day mission of World War II remembrance, and a fresh round of transatlantic diplomacy.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown backed down from replacing his finance minister on Friday in a bid to hold his government together and end a political crisis that has knocked sterling.

DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he was hopeful of making serious progress in reviving Middle East peace talks this year but made clear the path would be tough.

AP - Prodding the international community, President Barack Obama called Friday 'for all of us to redouble our efforts' toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states. 'The moment is now for us to act,' he declared.

AP - The body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series 'Kung Fu,' was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been accidental suffocation, Thai police said Friday.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown backed down from replacing his finance minister on Friday in a bid to hold his government together and end a political crisis that has knocked sterling.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he was hopeful of making serious progress in reviving Middle East peace talks this year but made clear the path would be tough.

AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reshuffling his cabinet on Friday as he battles to stay in his job after a minister quit and called on the beleaguered premier to resign.

AFP - The mystery surrounding the crash of an Air France plane off the coast of Brazil deepened after Brazilian officials said items they had pulled from the sea were not in fact debris from the downed Airbus.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb blast killed around 40 worshippers attending Friday prayers at a mosque in a restive area of northwest Pakistan, a senior official in the area told Reuters.

PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus has warned airline crews to follow standard procedures if they suspect speed indicators are faulty, suggesting that technical malfunction may have played a role in this week's Air France crash.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs is on track to return to the company from his medical leave of absence as planned, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person who had seen Jobs in recent weeks.

Reuters - A bomb blast killed around 40 worshippers attending Friday prayers at a mosque in a restive area of northwest Pakistan, a senior official in the area told Reuters.

Reuters - Airbus has warned airline crews to follow standard procedures if they suspect speed indicators are faulty, suggesting that technical malfunction may have played a role in this week's Air France crash.

AFP - Britain's defence secretary dealt another body blow to Gordon Brown by quitting on Friday, hours after a cabinet colleague had resigned calling for the prime minister to stand down.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut 345,000 jobs last month, the fewest since September and far less than forecast, according to a government report on Friday that was the most definitive evidence the economy's severe weakness was diminishing.

AP - With companies in no mood to hire, the unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the pace of layoffs eased, with employers cutting 345,000 jobs, the fewest since September.

AP - Mixed signals from the government's monthly jobs report are giving investors reason to be cautious.

AP - General Motors Corp. has a tentative deal to sell its Saturn brand to former race car driver and dealership group owner Roger Penske, according to two people briefed on the deal.

AP - French and Brazilian search teams have found no debris confirmed to have come from the Airbus A330 that vanished over the Atlantic, officials said Friday.

AP - Stephen Colbert will broadcast four shows next week from Baghdad, where he says he'll be 'Bob Hoping' it for the troops.

Reuters - U.S. employers cut 345,000 jobs last month, the fewest since September and far less than forecast, according to a government report on Friday that was the most definitive evidence the economy's severe weakness was diminishing.

AFP - The World Health Organisation is not expecting to make a decision on whether to declare a fully-fledged swine flu pandemic, a spokeswoman said ahead of a meeting of WHO scientific experts on Friday.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its Saturn brand to Penske Automotive Group in a deal that could preserve more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs, the companies said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown averted the immediate danger of government collapse on Friday with a cabinet reshuffle that bought the loyalty of key ministers, but the political uncertainty weighed on sterling.

AP - President Barack Obama witnessed the Nazi ovens of the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday, its clock tower frozen at the time of liberation, and said the leaders of today must not rest against the spread of evil.

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is defying calls from some in his own party to resign, saying he will not walk away from his responsibilities.

AP - General Motors Corp. has a tentative deal to sell its Saturn brand to former race car driver and dealership group owner Roger Penske, both companies said Friday.

AP - As Brazil and France disagreed Friday about whether pieces of a downed Air France jet have been found in the Atlantic, investigators used the last messages from the plane to try to avoid future disasters.

AP - Robin Soderling's upset of Rafael Nadal cleared a path to the French Open final. The player who took advantage: Soderling. The surprising Swede extended his improbable Roland Garros run by beating Fernando Gonzalez in a seesaw semifinal on Friday, winning 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4.

Reuters - General Motors Corp has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its Saturn brand to Penske Automotive Group in a deal that could preserve more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs, the companies said on Friday.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown averted the immediate danger of government collapse on Friday with a cabinet reshuffle that bought the loyalty of key ministers, but the political uncertainty weighed on sterling.

AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced an unprecedented crisis on Friday as three of his ministers quit in 24 hours despite a bid to reassert his authority with a cabinet reshuffle.

AFP - A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 38 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest such attack in more than two months.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of U.S. job losses slowed sharply last month, the strongest sign to date that the recession is diminishing, even as the unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly 26 years.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its Saturn brand to Penske Automotive Group in a deal that could preserve more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs, the companies said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown averted the immediate danger of government collapse on Friday with a cabinet reshuffle that secured the loyalty of key ministers, but the political uncertainty weighed on sterling.

PARIS/RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Crews searching in worsening Atlantic weather on Friday faced the prospect they may never find bodies from an Air France crash, which may have been caused when the pilots acted on flawed speed readings.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has expanded the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to almost 5,000 and this has made it harder for U.N. inspectors to keep track of the disputed nuclear program, according to an IAEA report seen by Reuters.

AP - The body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series 'Kung Fu,' was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been caused by accidental suffocation, Thai police said Friday.

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown clung fiercely to his job Friday, defying calls from some within his beleaguered Labour party to resign.

AP - An Air France memo to its pilots Friday about the crash of Flight 447 said the airline is replacing instruments that help measure airspeed on all its medium- and long-haul Airbus jets.

AP - Stephen Colbert will broadcast four shows next week from Baghdad, where he says he'll be 'Bob Hoping' it for the troops.

Reuters - U.S. employers cut 345,000 jobs last month, the fewest since September and far less than forecast, according to a government report on Friday that was the most definitive evidence the economy's severe weakness was diminishing.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown averted the immediate danger of government collapse on Friday with a cabinet reshuffle that secured the loyalty of key ministers, but the political uncertainty weighed on sterling.

Reuters - Crews searching in worsening Atlantic weather on Friday faced the prospect they may never find bodies from an Air France crash, which may have been caused when the pilots acted on flawed speed readings.

Reuters - Iran has expanded the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to almost 5,000 and this has made it harder for U.N. inspectors to keep track of the disputed nuclear program, according to an IAEA report seen by Reuters.

AFP - A defiant Gordon Brown vowed to tough it out as Britain's prime minister Friday after four members of his cabinet quit and his governing Labour party faced the prospect of election meltdown.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife have been arrested for spying for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years, the Justice Department said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of U.S. job losses slowed sharply last month, the strongest sign to date that the recession is diminishing, even as the unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly 26 years.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to fend off a challenge to his authority on Friday, reshuffling his cabinet to secure the loyalty of several ministers and averting a government collapse.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it is launching an investigation into the murder of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, who had been reviled by anti-abortion groups.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Friday said it imposed a $2.3 million civil penalty against Mattel Inc. for violating a ban on bringing dangerous products to the United States.

AP - President Barack Obama has arrived in Paris after meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany and touring the Buchenwald concentration camp, where tens of thousands of Jews perished during the Holocaust.

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown clung fiercely to his job Friday, defying calls from some within his beleaguered Labour party to resign.

AP - Borrowing by consumers fell by $15.7 billion in April as U.S. households continued to trim spending and put away their credit cards amid a severe recession.

AP - President Barack Obama's pick for intelligence chief at the Homeland Security Department withdrew from consideration Friday amid questions about his role in the CIA's interrogations of suspected terrorists.

AP - A 23-year-old rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and recently had a mobile home repossessed claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot on Friday, one of the largest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history.

AP - Sentimental favorite Roger Federer did not quite follow the script Friday at the French Open. He decided to go for high drama.

Reuters - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife have been arrested for spying for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years, the Justice Department said on Friday.

Reuters - The pace of U.S. job losses slowed sharply last month, the strongest sign to date that the recession is diminishing, even as the unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly 26 years.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to fend off a challenge to his authority on Friday, reshuffling his cabinet to secure the loyalty of several ministers and averting a government collapse.

Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it is launching an investigation into the murder of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, who had been reviled by anti-abortion groups.

Reuters - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Friday said it imposed a $2.3 million civil penalty against Mattel Inc. for violating a ban on bringing dangerous products to the United States.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife have been arrested for spying for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years, the Justice Department said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of U.S. job losses slowed sharply last month, the strongest sign to date that the recession is diminishing, even as the unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly 26 years.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - John P. McMurray made it clear to his Countrywide Financial Corp bosses that they were playing a dangerous game with risk. But they didn't listen.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has significantly expanded uranium enrichment with almost 5,000 centrifuges now operating and this has made it harder for U.N. inspectors to keep track of the disputed nuclear activity, an IAEA report said on Friday.

AP - President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the 'cruelty in ourselves.'

AP - Employers throttled back on layoffs in May and cut the fewest jobs in any month since the financial crisis erupted last fall — raising the brightest hope yet that an economic recovery will take hold later this year.

AP - A U.S. appeals court conditionally approved Chrysler's sale of most of its assets to Italy's Fiat Friday, but is keeping the deal on hold until Monday to allow an appeal to the nation's highest court.

AP - A retired State Department worker and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for Cuba for three decades, using grocery carts among their array of tools to pass U.S. secrets to the communist government in a security breach one official described as 'incredibly serious.'

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled desperately Friday to keep his job, ignoring demands to quit amid a flurry of Cabinet resignations and a swelling rebellion in the ranks of his Labour Party.

AP - If this were a movie, nobody would believe it: A rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of America claimed one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history Friday — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town by the name of Winner.

AP - Fresh off a ragged, rugged, five-set French Open semifinal victory Friday, Roger Federer was leaving for the night when a dozen or so fans drew his attention.

Reuters - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife have been arrested for spying for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years, the Justice Department said on Friday.

Reuters - The pace of U.S. job losses slowed sharply last month, the strongest sign to date that the recession is diminishing, even as the unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly 26 years.

Reuters - John P. McMurray made it clear to his Countrywide Financial Corp bosses that they were playing a dangerous game with risk. But they didn't listen.

AFP - A defiant Gordon Brown vowed Friday to tough it out as Britain's prime minister after Cabinet members quit in bitter circumstances and his governing Labour Party suffered electoral meltdown.

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Normandy Saturday to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings on beaches in northern France that led to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.

AP - A retired State Department worker and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for Cuba for three decades, using grocery carts among their array of tools to pass U.S. secrets to the communist government in a security breach one official described as 'incredibly serious.'

AP - A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld Chrysler's sale of most of its assets to Italy's Fiat, but the deal will remain on hold to allow an appeal to the nation's highest court.

PARIS/RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Search crews in the Atlantic struggled on Friday to recover wreckage from an Air France flight as hopes dwindled of finding bodies from a crash possibly caused by pilots acting on flawed speed readings.

AP - Roger Penske is inventing a new business model on the ruins of General Motors Corp. The auto racing magnate and mega dealership owner is snapping up Saturn and opening his expanded sales network to foreign automakers looking to sell cars to Americans.

AP - President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the 'cruelty in ourselves.'

AP - If this were a movie, nobody would believe it: A rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of America claimed one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history Friday — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town by the name of Winner.

AFP - At least 27 children were killed when a blaze raced through their daycare center in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora, according to a state government official.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering seeking a change in the special U.S. military trials for Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to allow those who face the death penalty to plead guilty without getting a full trial, The New York Times reported on Friday.

AFP - US President Barack Obama joins the leaders of Britain and France and hundreds of World War II veterans to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy.