Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The founder of Craigslist does not plan to close the "erotic services" section of the Web site despite criticism that has intensified after a medical student was accused of killing a Boston masseuse who advertised there.

CONWAY, S.C. - Marc Torchi and his family have been getting death threats since South Carolina officials blamed him for the wildfire that has destroyed more than 70 homes and scorched 31 square miles, causing an estimated $16 million in damage.

WASHINGTON - Think you can do better than your federal boss? President Barack Obama wants to know how.

LOS ANGELES - Rihanna is seeking the return of $1.4 million in jewelry she was wearing the night she was allegedly beaten by Chris Brown. Donald Etra, an attorney for the "Umbrella" singer, filed a motion Tuesday asking that Los Angeles police and prosecutors return a pair of earrings and three rings, which were seized as evidence.

DETROIT - The Detroit Lions hope Matthew Stafford ends their decades-long search for a star quarterback.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican and U.S. health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran blamed the United States on Saturday for bombings that targeted Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she saw no signs of a slide backward into sectarian war. Clinton, stressing in a visit to Baghdad that U.S. support would not flag as its troops prepare to withdraw from the nation they invaded in 2003, said she did not think bombs that killed 150 people in two days would rekindle widespread fighting.

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chrysler won a round of concessions from its Canadian union on Friday while General Motors Corp soaked up $2 billion more in U.S. government aid and Ford Motor Co posted a narrower-than-expected loss that sent its shares soaring.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama unveiled new steps on Saturday to restore U.S. fiscal discipline, including support for legislation that would require Congress to pay for any new programs by raising taxes or cutting other expenditures.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has started to extract plutonium from spent fuel rods at its nuclear arms plant, its foreign ministry said on Saturday, further raising regional tensions already stoked by its defiant rocket launch this month.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A U.S.-Iranian reporter jailed by Tehran for espionage has gone on hunger strike, her father said on Saturday.

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC won a huge victory in the country's election but fell short of the two-thirds of votes needed to ensure a parliamentary majority big enough to make sweeping constitutional changes unchallenged.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance chiefs from the G7 powers said on Friday the global economy may be past the worst phase of a recession although recovery was not yet assured, and they pledged to make sure that big financial firms are sound.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met top American military commanders in Baghdad on Saturday on a surprise trip to assess and discuss the country's fragile security situation with Iraqi leaders.

COLOMBO (AFP) - The UN's humanitarian chief was due in Sri Lanka Saturday as international concern over civilians trapped in the island's warzone fuelled a White House call for an immediate ceasefire.

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Concern was on the rise in Mexico and the United States Saturday after officials in both countries took emergency steps to contain a new multi-strain swine flu that has killed up to 60 in Mexico and infected eight in the United States.

PRETORIA (AFP) - South Africa's ruling ANC swept general elections with just short of two-thirds of the vote, the final count showed Saturday, putting party leader Jacob Zuma at the doorstep to the presidency.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - With celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring to stardom around the world, according to Hitwise.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Top IMF and World Bank officials hold annual meetings Saturday and Sunday in the shadow of the worst global slump since the 1930s but with perhaps the first signs of recovery peeping through.

OTTAWA (AFP) - US automaker Chrysler have reached agreement on pay and benefits with its unionized Canadian workers, opening the path to financial assistance from authorities in Ottawa.