Health officials in Illinois say they've tested more than 500 specimens from patients with flu symptoms and continue to receive more samples from doctors every day.

First lady Michelle Obama's cousin has been named director of security for Chicago Public Schools.

The Illinois Department of Public Health says the state now has three confirmed cases of swine flu and 51 probable cases of the new virus.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A University of Missouri history professor is returning to his home country of Sudan to seek its presidency.

MIAMI — A federal jury was told Friday to forget several days of deliberations in a long-running terrorism case and start from scratch after one of the panelists became ill and had to be replaced.

WASHINGTON — The retirement of a veteran Supreme Court justice will give President Barack Obama his first opportunity to fill a vacancy on the highest U.S. tribunal.

Illinois health officials have updated the state's swine flu numbers. A case is "confirmed" when federal testing backs up the state's test results. Until then, the case is called "probable."

HARARE, Zimbabwe — As they marked the annual Labor Day holiday, teachers said Friday their talks with the government to avert a nationwide strike over pay had not produced an agreement.

MONROVIA, Liberia — A former Liberian president has been acquitted of pilfering around $1 million from the country's state-run oil refinery during his time in office.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of Kenyan women vowed Wednesday to begin a weeklong sex strike to try to protest their country's bickering leadership, which they say threatens to revive the bloody chaos that convulsed the African country last year.