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By Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Reuters) – Alabama lawyer Jim Porter, in line to become the next president of the National Rifle Association, is expected to spearhead the group’s court challenges of gun-control laws enacted in several states since the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting massacre. Porter, 64, the son of another Alabama lawyer who served as NRA president from 1959 to 1961, is likely to succeed David Keene on Monday in the two-year post at the nation’s leading gun-rights organization. . . .

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The automotive industry’s growing love affair with Mexico was celebrated here on Saturday as Audi executives laid the foundation stone for its first assembly plant in the Americas.

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade ? just not the one we expected.

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BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) ? The American Gerbil Society’s annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win "top gerbil. "

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By Jonathan Stempel and Jennifer Ablan OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) – Warren Buffett on Saturday gave the most extensive comments to date about the future of Berkshire Hathaway Inc after he is gone, saying he still expects the conglomerate to be a partner of choice for distressed companies. Buffett, 82, also defended his plan to install his son, Howard, who has little investing experience, as nonexecutive chairman, saying the younger man’s role would be to ensure that Berkshire had the right CEO in place. . . .

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A Syrian news agency says Israeli missiles hit a site near Damascus.

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Crosby, Stills and Nash surprised the audience with a new look when they walked onstage dressed in dark gray Brooks Brothers suits for a benefit concert with Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

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The Kentucky Derby is known as much for hats and high fashion as it is for fast horses. This year, rains are swamping Churchill Downs, but fans on the infield are still holding their heads ? and their hats ? high.

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BOSTON (AP) ? Joffrey Lupul scored two goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs got a 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday that evened their first-round series at one game.

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A fire spokesman says containment of the blaze increased to 56 percent Saturday.

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