The Associated Press

At a hotel in Tripoli, a Libyan woman told foreign journalists that she was detained by troops at checkpoint on Wednesday. She said 15 men later raped her. As the woman recounted the story at the hotel, she was attacked by government minders who threw her in a car that sped away.

The tennis champion has suffered various injuries over the past few months, including blood clots and being hospitalized on Feb. 28 because of a grapefruit-sized hematoma on her stomach. Williams still has blood clots in her lung, but hopes to return to tennis this summer.

Transportation officials and engineers with NASA say two mechanical safety defects previously identified by the government are the only known causes for the reports of runaway Toyotas. Both issues were the subject of large recalls by Toyota.

Weak earnings from major U.S. companies and another drop in home prices drove stocks down on Tuesday. Falling home prices helped push stocks lower, as prices fell in 19 out of 20 cities tracked by the Standard and Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index in November.

Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power. Demonstrators carrying signs reading "GET OUT! demanded that the former ruling party be banished altogether.

On Sunday, Sarah Shourd arrived in the U.S. and spoke for the first time about her experience, stressing that she, her fiance and another man detained with them along the Iran-Iraq border in July 2009, never committed any crime.

Sarah Palin's pending appearance at a California State University fundraiser has generated widespread coverage and criticism since it was announced in March. University officials have refused to divulge the terms of the former Alaska governor's contract or her speaking fee for the event, where the least expensive tickets cost $500.