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Colo. victims' funerals

Two of the 12 victims killed in the Colorado shooting rampage were laid to rest Saturday.

More than 200 people gathered in western Ohio to mourn Matt McQuinn, who had moved to Colorado from Ohio last fall with his girlfriend. He saved her during the July 20 massacre by diving in front of her.

Also laid to rest Saturday was Jessica Ghawi, who was born in Michigan but raised in Texas. Ghawi was an aspiring journalist from San Antonio.

James Holmes, 24, is accused of opening fire on the theater. He is to be formally charged Monday in Colorado.

Naval christening

USS Somerset honors Flight 93

The USS Somerset -- the last of three Navy ships named for Sept. 11, 2001, attack sites -- was christened Saturday in honor of the passengers and crew of the plane.

Instead of hitting a target in Washington, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Somerset County, Pa., after passengers stormed the cockpit. All 40 passengers and crew members died.

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Clinic transfer raises health questions

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s transfer to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota could indicate that a complicating physical illness arose during the Democrat's treatment for depression, several experts in psychiatric care said Saturday.

The Illinois congressman has been on a secretive leave of absence for nearly seven weeks, during which his office has released only occasional snippets of information.

The timing of his medical leave has raised questions, in part because Jackson is facing an ethics investigation in the U.S. House connected to imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Ebola virus

14 people die of infection in Uganda

The virus that has killed 14 people in Uganda this month is Ebola, health officials said Saturday.

Ugandan health officials had been stumped, and spent weeks conducting lab tests that were at first inconclusive.

Officials urged Ugandans to be calm, saying a national emergency task force had been set up to stop the disease from spreading far and wide.

There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola. In 2000 in Uganda, the disease killed 224 people.

Quick hit

Yemen: Thousands of Yemenis rallied in the capital Sanaa on Saturday, urging authorities to release 117 protesters arrested during the yearlong uprising against former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.