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Mugly, a Chinese crested dog from the United Kingdom won the 2012 World's Ugliest Dog contest. It was held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif., on Friday.

On Saturday, Marjorie Bryan, 83, parachuted from a plane over Lima, Ohio, as did 82-year-old Marianna Sherman. They raised money for the Blue Star Mothers, whose kids served in the military.

A day after results became official, Mohammed Morsi was all business, as he began explaining his vision.

Trying to defuse the situation, Syria said it held "no hostility" toward Turkey.

The mandatory nature of the sentences, the court said, violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishments.

The justices say a state law cannot supersede its 2010 Citizens United ruling, which let corporations deploy their money to help or attack specific candidates. Montana had argued that a history of corporate-financed corruption in state government should let tough state laws remain in force.

The star of 30 Rock has two films out this summer. He plays a club owner in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages. And he travels to Italy with an ensemble cast for Woody Allen's To Rome with Love.

Former and active postal workers said they wanted to "shame" Congress and "denounce the postmaster general."

Seafood markets in Fukushima, Japan, are being stocked with locally caught products again, as officials seek to reintroduce local fare in the area that hit by a nuclear meltdown in 2011. Seeking to lure customers back, the seafood was available at a 40 percent discount at one store.

For author Meg Wolitzer, John Neufeld's 1969 novel Lisa, Bright and Dark opened the door to more intense reads on mental illness. Has a book you've read ever acted as a gateway to harsher, truer or more literary novels? Tell us in the comments.