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"Officials say an American CIA contractor detained [in Pakistan] on suspicion of murder has been released after families of the two Pakistanis he killed pardoned him in exchange for compensation," The Associated Press reports. "Raymond Allen Davis has been in jail since Jan. 27, seriously straining ties between Pakistan and the United States."

A lobster who's lived to be perhaps 50 years old gets to live a little longer. The creature is about three feet long and weighs in at about 10 pounds. He was taking a stroll in shallow water off the Sussex coast when he was caught. Now he's headed for an aquarium in southern England.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Cairo's Tahrir Square earlier today and marveled at being in the place where protesters last month gathered in what became a successful effort to topple the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

A 13-year-old boy in Marysville, Ohio, was making fun of his sister for selling girly candles for school. Then Hart Main came up with a new business: selling scented candles in cans for men. Fragrances include: bacon, pizza and the smell of a baseball glove.

Police and national guard troops fired tear gas and pushed protesters out of a central square in Bahrain's capital early today. Some witnesses told reporters that at least six people were killed, The Associated Press reports. Reuters says three police officers were killed when they were struck by a car.