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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.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Nine Arkansas colleges and universities will focus on changing remediation programs and other efforts through a $1 million grant aimed at increasing the state's college graduation rate, Gov. Mike Beebe and higher education officials announced Tuesday.

The state received the grant through Complete College America's Completion Innovation Challenge. The grant is financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Gatherings are scheduled for extreme sports fans, bikers, aircraft enthusiasts, and music aficionados including jazz, rock and folk, stretching from Edmonton in Canada to Newport, Rhode Island.

58th EAA AirVenture ShowJuly 25-31Oshkosh, Wisconsin

DEAR ABBY: My 13-year-old daughter, "Alisa," has earned a scholarship to participate in a month-long summer language program in Turkey. As soon as my sister "June" found out I was allowing Alisa to attend, she called me a moron. She has been giving me the silent treatment for almost a month. June is terrified my daughter will be a victim of terrorists, a plane crash, kidnapping or worse.

Alisa has consistently proven she is trustworthy and responsible. After some research I determined the country and the program are safe. Alisa will be traveling with a small group of students and three adult chaperones who are native to the host country.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even an anti-default state law might not prevent Central Falls, the tiny Rhode Island city forced into bankruptcy by ballooning pension costs, from defaulting on some debt, credit agency Standard & Poor's warned Friday.

Rhode Island enacted the law to safeguard other cash-strapped cities and towns in the state to reassure potential investors who might be alarmed by the possibility that more bankruptcies lie ahead.

Despite the sentiment that the deal struck to raise the debt ceiling deal was a , Republicans are more upset about the deal than Democrats, according tothe night that the deal was signed into law.

In general, a plurality of Americans dislikes the deal, with 46 percent saying they disapprove and 39 percent saying they approve. Democrats are generally in favor of the bill, with 58 percent approving and just 28 percent disapproving. Republicans, disapprove by the similar margins, with 64 percent saying they dislike the bill and 25 percent saying they approve of it. Independent sentiment is closer to that of Republicans, with 50 percent disapproving of the deal and 33 percent approving.

British care home operator Choices Care is to be restructured after falling into financial difficulties, administrators Zolfo Cooper said Friday, one month after the closure of bigger rival Southern Cross.

Zolfo Cooper said in a statement that Choices Care has fallen into administration -- the process whereby a troubled firm calls upon independent financial help to restructure the business.

reached for one of the Ghirardelli chocolates from the bowl that is always nearby on the table, explaining as she unwrapped the confection that the peppermint would help erase the bitter pill of theCongress had just passed. It's a bad deal, but its a done deal, she said.

DUNNVILLE, Ontario (AP) The Stanley Cup finally arrived in Canada, just a few hours late.

Nathan Horton's day with the trophy was shortened when it was caught up in a flight delay.

Thehas upgraded its flood warning from mild to moderate for areas of southwest lower Michigan. Affected areas are the Grand River at Lansing and Sycamore Creek at Holt in Ingham County.

There are those who argue thatis behind the times in a few fundamental ways. They argue that the company has failed to embrace the sort of community building that you see onand . They also point to the companys relative absence from the mobile gaming market while console-making competitorsand , not to mention just about every game publisher you can think of, has taken steps in that direction. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata defended the companys attitude toward social media during a recent Q&A with investors.