The world - Feb. 17, 2011

THURSDAY

Egyptian protestors in Cairo’s Tahrir Square rioted after President Hosni Mubarak vowed to stay in power despite their calls for his resignation.

Federal wildlife officials proposed letting Idaho kill scores of wolves in what would be the largest government-sanctioned wolf culling in the state since the animals were reintroduced to the northern Rockies 15 years ago.

Michael Francis Mara, 53, Baton Rouge, La., aka the “Granddad Bandit,” confessed to federal prosecutors to robbing 26 banks in 15 states during a two-year spree in which he eluded law enforcement. As part of a plea bargain...