AP - A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative contract agreement reached Friday.

Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race to save lives, days after the most destructive earthquake to hit modern China, state media said on Saturday.

AP - President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S.