SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brent crude slipped below $115 on Friday as supply worries eased on a possible release of oil reserves by the United States while Israeli comments on Iran reduced fears of a potential conflict in the Middle East that could disrupt exports. News that the White House is "dusting off old plans" for a potential reserve release helped benchmark contracts come off the previous session's three-month highs. … Australia passes law to send boatpeople offshore
Australia's parliament has passed a law allowing it to transfer asylum-seekers arriving by boat to other countries, despite objections that refugees could be held indefinitely in remote camps. Japan N-leak hit butterflies but humans unaffected
Radiation from the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant following last year's tsunami caused mutations in some butterflies and damaged the local environment though humans seem relatively unaffected, researchers say. Severed head, foot found in Canada
Canadian police found a severed woman’s head in eastern Ontario province near Toronto, after earlier retrieving a foot from the same river.
Barry Bonds' lawyers file reply brief in appeal of obstruction of justice conviction
SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds’ lawyers filed their reply brief Thursday in their appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction, arguing it should be overturned.
Shares rise as Merkel remarks soothe nerves
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares firmed on Friday as German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced support for the European Central Bank's efforts to contain the debt crisis in the euro zone, soothing investor nerves and prompting them to shift money to riskier assets. Merkel said ECB President Mario Draghi's declarations last month to do whatever it takes to save the euro and raising the prospect of buying the bonds of stricken Spain and Italy were "completely in line" with the approach taken by European leaders. She also called for Europe's swift fiscal policy integration, saying time was running short. … Black Hawk crash kills 7 Americans, 4 Afghans
A U.S. military helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans in one of the deadliest air disasters of a war now into its second decade. The Taliban claimed they gunned down the Black Hawk. 
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