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• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Just a few months ago, Rodney King was once again the center of attention as the world checked back in on the man whose videotaped beating by police sparked one of the nation's worst race riots.
• King had left Los Angeles behind, moving an hour east to a home where neighbors would often hear him splashing in the pool late at night.
• The scars from the more than 50 baton blows -- those both inside and out-- remained, but King struck an upbeat note on his life.

• "America's been good to me after I paid the price and stayed alive through it all," he told The Associated Press. "This part of my life is the easy part now."
• But King was found around 5:30 a.m. Sunday at the bottom of the swimming pool at his Rialto, Calif. Home.
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• GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The Israeli military says it has carried out an airstrike against suspected Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip.
• Palestinian medical officials in Gaza say two men were killed in the airstrike as they were riding a motorcycle. They say the attack took place near the town of Beit Hanoun along the Israeli border.
• The officials said the two men have not yet been identified. But the Israeli military says they were wanted militants.
• The attack took place shortly after militants infiltrated Israel from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula nearby. It was not known whether the airstrike was a retaliation.
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• SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin need one another, an uncomfortable truth for the superpower leader facing a tough re-election and the newly elected Russian leader who is

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