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1. Memorial service for Mary Kennedy
   Mary Richardson Kennedy was remembered Saturday as a best friend who lived life to the fullest while battling depression.
2. Alleged NATO terrorist plans revealed
   Three men charged with conspiring to commit domestic terrorism during the NATO summit were plotting to attack President Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor's home and police stations, authorities said Saturday.
3. Rights activist Chen arrives in U.S.
   Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrived Saturday evening in the United States, bringing an end to a diplomatic firestorm that erupted after he escaped from house arrest and took to YouTube to complain about abuse he said his family suffered at the hands of authorities.
4. What will Greeks use if euro is ditched?
   What would be Greece's new currency if it leave the euro? CNN's Jim Boulden explores the possibility.
5. I’ll Have Another wins at Preakness
   Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another won the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, keeping its hopes for the coveted Triple Crown alive.
6. G8 leaders tout economic growth, fiscal responsibility
   President Barack Obama and fellow leaders at the Group of Eight meeting he hosted Saturday put job creation and economic growth at the top of their to-do list.
7. Three men accused of NATO terror plot
   The terror suspects were plotting to attack President Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor's home and police stations, police said.
8. U.S., Pakistan fail to reach deal on supply routes
   The United States and Pakistan will not reach a deal on opening NATO supply routes before coalition leaders meet on Sunday, two senior U.S. officials told CNN.
9. Officials: No deal on NATO supply routes
   The United States and Pakistan will not reach a deal on opening NATO supply routes before coalition leaders meet on Sunday, two senior U.S. officials told CNN.
10. Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US
    A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
11. Transgender beauty loses pageant
    Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, is set to take the stage Saturday night and she says she's in it to win.
12. Benghazi votes in local elections
    Residents in the Libyan city of Benghazi vote in local council elections, the first polls held in the city since the 1960s.
13. G8 backs Greek euro membership
    The leaders of the G8 group of major economies say they want Greece to remain in the eurozone, and commit to promoting growth.
14. Djokovic thrashes Federer in Rome
    World number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic cruised past Roger Federer in straight sets 6-2 7-6 to reach the final of the Masters 1000 event in Rome Saturday.
15. Greek election race tightens into dead heat
    ATHENS (Reuters) - A flurry of polls on Saturday showed the race to lead Greece has tightened into a dead heat ahead of an election next month that could determine whether it remains in the euro.
16. Obama, G-8: Recovery takes both growth and cutting
    Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge.
17. Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy
    A bomb exploded on Saturday outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at least seven others, officials said.
18. Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9
    A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the country's major cities to target the regime's security services.
19. Vote in Libya’s Benghazi tests support for autonomy
    BENGHAZI (Reuters) - People in Libya's second biggest city, Benghazi, voted on Saturday in a local election that will test support for a proposal to set up autonomous rule for eastern Libya.
20. G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby
    CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies. In unusually blunt language, the G8 put the International Energy Agency -- the West's energy advisor responsible for coordinating reserves -- on standby for action. It was the clearest sign yet that U.S. President Barack Obama is winning support for tapping government-held oil stocks for the second time in two years. ...
21. Chinese activist who fled house arrest heads to US
    A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
22. French rally car crash kills two
    A rally car ploughs into spectators in the Var region of southern France, killing a marshal and one other person, and injuring 17.
23. Fourth Mexican officer detained
    A fourth senior Mexican officer is detained as part of an investigation into links between the army and drug trafficking cartels.
24. PM: ‘Good progress’ on eurozone
    UK PM David Cameron says "progress" is being made in the G8 summit before world leaders says they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone.
25. Man found dead after fire in flat
    Police and the fire service are investigating the death of a man following a fire in Cardiff.