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the army guidance for years.
• "The Korean People's Army is armed with powerful modern weapons ... that can defeat the (U.S.) imperialists at a single blow," he told party and military officials, using familiar descriptions of the country's rivals.
• The meeting, attended by Kim Jong Un, was held to mark the 80th anniversary of the army's founding. The Associated Press was among foreign news agencies based in Pyongyang allowed to observe the closed meeting at the April 25 House of Culture.
• Ri, who is chief of the army's General Staff, did not provide further details about North Korea's weapons, but his call to arms comes as the United States, Britain and others warn the nation against a provocation that would further heighten tensions. The Korean peninsula officially remains at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
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It's been a bumpy 20-year ride since the riots but Rodney King says he's happy with life now
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation. Now, 20 years later, this is the face of Rodney King, and this is what has happened to him in the interim.
• He's been a record company executive and a reality TV star among many other things.
• To millions of Americans, though, he will always be either a victim of one of the most horrific cases of police brutality ever videotaped or just a hooligan who didn't stop when police attempted to pull him over.
• He's indisputably the black motorist whose beating on a darkened LA street led to one of the worst race riots in American history.
• It's been an up-and-down ride for King since he went on television at the height of those riots and pleaded in a quavering voice, "Can we all get along?"
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Charities, nonprofits look to lure baby boomers to serve in local communities
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Local charities and nonprofits are looking for a few good baby boomers -- well, lots of them, actually -- to roll up their sleeves to help local schools, soup kitchens and others in need.
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