AP 2011-03-10

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1. After a two-year ban, the Obama administration will allow military trials for detainees at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Obama vowed¹ when he took office to close the facility, but officials now say that is unlikely.

2. Oil prices spike² to a two-year high, and US gas prices hit 3.50 a gallon on average as fighting in oil-rich Libya intensifies³. Pro-government forces in Libya are launching air strikes on rebels near an oil port, raising concerns that there could be a major disruption in the flow of oil.

3. The man accused of sexually assaulting as many as 17 women from Rhode Island to Virginia over a dozen years is being held on one and a half million dollars bail⁴. Prosecutors⁵ said during a hearing on Monday that the suspect asked officers when he was arrested last week why they had not picked him up sooner.

4. Watermelon skiing isn't for the faint hearted, or those with feeble bones. But that didn't stop folks in Queensland, Australia, from giving it a whirl. About 15,000 people swapped⁶ their shoes for melons to raise money for those devastated⁷ by this year's floods.