NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's justice minister resigned Monday in a move that was likely to raise tensions within the discordant coalition government.

While acknowledging that the Federal Reserve was "extremely uncomfortable" about last year's bailouts of big financial companies, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday the central bank's strategy to ease the financial crisis is working.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and the first in the nation's heartland — to allow same-sex couples to wed.

STRASBOURG, France — Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to repair damaged relations with Europe, saying the world came together following the 2001 terrorist attacks but then "we got sidetracked by Iraq."

PHILADELPHIA — Police say a man is in custody for trying to barge into actor Jamie Foxx's hotel penthouse in Philadelphia.

DETROIT — The NCAA says Motown's Temptations will sing the national anthem Monday at the men's basketball's national championship game at Ford Field in Detroit.

NEW YORK — President Obama's half-sister has a book deal for a children's picture story.

Health-conscious cooks routinely toss the yolks and stick with the whites when preparing eggs. Good idea? Not necessarily.

Eight months after the Chicago Department of Health closed it down for several code violations, a popular Black-owned restaurant has re-opened.

HAMILTON, Ohio — Former NBA player Corie Blount has pleaded guilty to two felony marijuana possession charges in a plea bargain that could land him in prison for up to 10 years.