SAN JOSE, Calif. - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said immigrants looking to learn English should stop watching Spanish-speaking media. He told hundreds of Latino journalists at a news conference that it would be easier to learn English if immigrants cut back on their native languages, The Sacramento Bee reported Friday. "You've got to turn off the Spanish television set," Schwarzenegger said at the 25th annual National Association of Hispanic Journalists convention in San Jose, Calif. ... [full story]

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Explosions just minutes apart Friday in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu prompted authorities to cordon off part of the city to search for suspects. Authorities said two of the blasts were caused by roadside bombs aimed at Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies, The Shabelle Media Network reported. A third explosion occurred on the road to the city's international airport. Unconfirmed reports said at least three people were killed in that blast. ... [full story]

LONDON - Seven people convicted in Britain of plotting terrorist attacks on both sides of the Atlantic were sentenced Friday to up to 26 years in prison. The seven were recruited by Dhiren Barot, a Hindu convert to Islam who received a minimum 30-year sentence last year, The Telegraph reported. "Barot was the instigator of this terrorist planning; he was by some considerable distance the principal participant in the conspiracy," the judge said. "Each one ... [full story]

FORT PROVIDENCE, Northwest Territories - A former Fort Providence, Canada, teacher was given a 14-month prison sentence after being convicted of having sex with three underage students. The girls that Marvin Lizotte, 36, reportedly had sex with were between the ages of 14 and 16 at the time, CBC reported Friday. The Northwest Territory man also was ordered to spend one year on probation when he was sentenced in Mackenzie River, where he taught gym ... [full story]

LISBON, Portugal - The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann said authorities may never find their 4-year-old daughter. The parent's concession was the first time the couple publicly admitted that their daughter may never been seen again, The Times of London reported Friday. Portuguese authorities this week followed up a tip that a missing British girl's body was buried under some rocks. Police, however, have yet to turn up any trace of the girl. ... [full story]

LONDON - A report on player transfers in England's Premier League alleges irregularities involving five soccer clubs. John Stevens, a former Metropolitan police chief who heads Quest, an investigative company, found no evidence of illegal payments, The Telegraph reported. But in his report, which will be forwarded to soccer's international governing body, FIFA, he cited Graeme Souness, former Newcastle manager, and Sam Allardyce, who is replacing Souness after managing the Bolton Wanderers. Stevens refused to ... [full story]

MINNEAPOLIS - Two of the sextuplets born premature and underweight last weekend to a Minneapolis couple have died and the remaining four are struggling for life. In a statement released Friday, the Children's Hospital of Minneapolis said Tryg Morrison died Thursday night, a day after his brother, Bennet Ryan, The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. The four boys and two girls were born 14 weeks early at the city's Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis to ... [full story]

SAN DIEGO - A banker has admitted he financed a home for former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., to maintain a relationship with him. The admission came in a plea unsealed this week, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday. Thomas Kontogiannis of New York pleaded guilty in February, but the plea was sealed. Kontogiannis -- who runs small mortgage and finance companies in the New York area and has interests in Russia and Eastern Europe ... [full story]

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A boy brought a packet of heroin to a Buffalo, N.Y., daycare center and gave some of the drug to other children, apparently thinking it was candy. Three children at the YWCA Schoolhouse Commons tested positive for the drug, The Buffalo News reported. All were treated and released. The state Office of Family Services has temporarily closed the daycare center. The 5-year-old boy and his three siblings were also removed from his ... [full story]

MOSCOW - The Russian Federal Security Service has begun an investigation into British intelligence activities, officials announced Friday. The probe follows allegations by businessman Andrei Lugovoi that Alexander Litvinenko, the former KGB agent poisoned with polonium in London, and exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky had been recruited by MI6, Novosti reported. Lugovoi, who met Litvinenko in London, has been charged by the British with killing him. Russia has refused an extradition request, telling British authorities that ... [full story]