Egypt’s military rulers dissolve parliament, suspend constitution
 
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military leaders dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution Sunday, meeting two key demands of protesters who have been keeping up pressure for immediate steps to transition to democratic, civilian rule after forcing Hosni Mubarak out of power. The military rulers who took over when Mubarak stepped down Friday and the caretaker government set as a top priority the restoration of security, which collapsed during the 18 days of protests that toppled the regime.
 
Thousands of Italian women rally to denounce Premier Berlusconi
 
ROME (AP) — More than 100,000 Italian women and their supporters turned out across the country to protest against Premier Silvio Berlusconi, saying his dalliances with young women humiliate the sex as a whole and degrade female dignity.
Backers of the 74-year-old Berlusconi, who is under investigation for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl, dismissed the protests as strictly political.
The teenager, a Moroccan night club dancer, has said Berlusconi lavished cash and jewelry on her. Both deny having had sex with each other.
Prostitution isn’t a crime in Italy, but paying a minor for sex is. Prosecutors are requesting to put him quickly on trial in what has been the most sensational probe against Berlusconi in over a decade of criminal cases against him, mainly for dealings in his billion-dollar empire of TV, film, advertising and other business interests.
The premier, who willingly acknowledges his fondness for pretty young women and is being divorced by his wife for his purported dalliances, claims he is being victimized by left-wing prosecutors.
 
Proposed pilot safety regulations being weakened in Washington
 
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer of New York warned on Sunday that national air safety regulations proposed after a Buffalo airliner crash two years ago are being watered down in Washington.
Schumer told The Associated Press that he will call on the Federal Aviation Administration to fight what he says are industry efforts to weaken the August 2010 regulations. The rules are aimed at keeping drowsy or overworked pilots out of cockpits.
The regulations he sponsored arose from the February 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 into a house near Buffalo.
 
Memorial held for student killed in shooting near Ohio college
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Mourners remembered a student killed during a shooting near an Ohio college campus as a peacemaker and a role model.
The Vindicator in Youngstown reports an estimated 1,800 people attended a memorial service Saturday for 25-year-old Youngstown State University senior Jamail Johnson. He was killed last weekend in a shooting at a fraternity house party that left 11 injured.
 
 
New Orleans police charge mom with aiding escaped teenage son
 
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police have charged a 32-year-old woman with accessory after the fact for allegedly helping her teenage son evade police after he escaped from a juvenile detention center.
A news release from the police department said Latoya Carney was arrested Saturday and charged with helping her 15-year-old son evade arrest after he escaped from the Youth Study Center Friday night.
Police said they went to Carney’s home after the boy’s escape. Police believe the boy was inside the home, but Carney allegedly lied about her son having already left while he escaped out a window to evade the police.
 
54-year-old marathon runner
collapses, is revived by bystanders
 
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a 54-year-old man collapsed during Sunday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon and was revived by bystanders.
New Orleans Emergency Medical Services spokesman Jeb Tate said emergency technicians arrived to find bystanders performing life saving procedures on the runner, who regained a pulse and started breathing on his own.