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Overseer of victim compensation funds in US tragedies says work wrenching but his way to help
• BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts lawyer Kenneth Feinberg has been near the heart of some of the worst catastrophes, dealing with people who've faced profound loss after 9/1l, the BP oil spill, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the Colorado movie theater ambush.
• Now, he's adding the Boston Marathon bombings to his workload, managing a victims' compensation fund as he did after the previous tragedies.
• The 67-year-old Feinberg said his work takes an emotional toll but is about wanting to help, in the same spirit as those who donate.
• The experiences are wrenching, he said. And recipients invariably resent him, thinking he's trying to put a price on the priceless things they've lost.
• "Don't expect thanks or appreciation or gratitude, none of that," Feinberg said. "We have very emotional victims and you're offering them money instead of a limb, instead of the return of a family member. This is a no-win situation."
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Syrian rebels and troops clash around sprawling air base in country's north
• BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists are reporting intense clashes in northwestern Syria as rebels attack a sprawling military air base.
• The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there are casualties on both sides.
• Rebels have laid siege to the Abu Zuhour air base in the northwestern Idlib province for months.
• The Observatory and the Local Coordination Committees said the Syrian air force conducted several air raids during Saturday's battles to ease pressure on troops.
• Rebels control much of Idlib province, which borders Turkey, although government troops still hold some areas, including the provincial capital that carries the same name.
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