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Cape Canaveral -- A huge canister containing food and equipment was moved Friday to the shuttle Discovery for its April 5 launch to the International Space Station.

Los Angeles -- U.S. actor Beau Bridges has signed on to play Rocky, Jim's father, on the upcoming television remake of "Rockford Files," The Hollywood Reporter said.

Moscow -- Russia says its could offer more seats than ever to space tourists when the program begins again in two to three years.

London -- Author Ian McEwan says an English-language opera based on his novel "Atonement" is to have its premiere at a German opera house in 2013.

New York -- St. John's Coach Norm Roberts was fired Friday after leading the Red Storm's men's basketball team for six years.

Los Angeles -- Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play announcer Vin Scully, 82, was hospitalized for observation after falling at his home, a team spokesman said.

Brussels -- The director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, says a European fund is needed to bail out failing banks.

London -- Britain's kingfisher population appears to have been hit hard by the coldest winter since the early 1960s, bird watchers said.

Washington -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Lumetique DayNa Decker Botanika candles due to fire and laceration hazards.

Fort Worth -- Monarch butterflies devastated by winter storms in Mexico are returning to the United States and Canada in record low numbers this spring, scientists said.