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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden will travel to China later this month to help strengthen U.S. ties with Beijing in a trip that will also include stops in Japan and Mongolia, the White House said Thursday.

"He will visit China at the invitation of Vice President Xi Jinping -- the first of the planned reciprocal visits between the vice presidents announced during President Hu Jintao's state visit to Washington earlier this year," Biden's office said in a statement.

By Stacy KaperNational Journal

It seems like such a simple problem to solve: Why can't homeowners onthe brink of foreclosure get a straight answer from their lender aboutwhether they can work out a plan to keep their house?

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard had been out of drug rehab for just one day before his younger brother gave him an unprescribed narcotic pain pill at the start of an evening of night-clubbing, drug-taking and heavy drinking that resulted in his death, prosecutors alleged Friday.

A complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court said Aaron Boogaard, 24, told police he gave his brother a single oxycodone the night before he found Derek Boogaard dead in their Minneapolis apartment May 13. Derek Boogaard, 28, died of what authorities ruled was a toxic mix of alcohol and drugs.

NASA was poised to launch on Friday a billion-dollar solar-powered spacecraft called Juno on a five-year journey to Jupiter in search of what makes up the solar system's biggest planet.

These days, there are countless ways to share photos and videos online. And everybody seems to be doing it. In fact, earlier this week, popular image-sharing social network Instagramthat users had uploaded more than 150 million photos to its servers, which equals to about 900 new pictures every minute.

He's wild at heart!

Ian Somerhalder testified before Congress Thursday for wildlife conversation. The Vampire Diaries actor, 32, is head of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, which aims to empower, educate and collaborate with people to help them positively impact the planet and its creatures.

ROUSEAU, Dominica (AP) Police on the Caribbean island of Dominica have arrested three suspects in an attack that killed an Irish visitor and wounded a U.S. couple who own a hotel on the island.

A police statement Thursday says the suspects are being questioned by detectives about the Sunday attack in the northeastern town of Marigot.

LOS ANGELES (AP) The ultra-low-budget "Bellflower," which opens in limited release this weekend, is named for the Southern California street where director-writer-star Evan Glodell was living when he went through the dramatic relationship that inspired the film. It's also the name of the generic street where much of the film's action takes place the romance and, eventually, the break-up and brutal climax.

Providing a sense of place is a crucial part of luring us into a film, and that can start right from the very beginning. So here's a journey through five great movies with street names in their titles. Try not to get lost:

THE TOP SPOTS: Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. zoomed to the top of the list of global smartphone makers in the second quarter, according to IDC. It jumped past Nokia Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.STILL NOT A RECORD: Apple sold 20.3 million iPhones in the second quarter. Although it took the top spot from Nokia, Apple has yet to top Nokia's high-water mark of 28.1 million phones in a quarter. But IDC says it's a matter of time.CHALLENGES: Both Nokia and RIM have struggled to come up with an answer to the iPhone.