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.

BANGUI, Central African Republic — An aid group says fresh violence between the army and rebels in the Central African Republic has forced as many as 8,000 people to flee their homes.

DETROIT — The first sound of the gavel in Chrysler's bankruptcy case might as well be the bang of a starter's pistol.

Immigration activists have begun marching toward Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago to demand comprehensive immigration reform.

BALTIMORE — With a swine flu outbreak spreading across the nation, more than half the states have yet to stockpile the number of flu-treatment doses recommended by the federal government, an Associated Press survey found.