Insurgent-controlled areas of Syria are under continued aerial attack Saturday, as Syria’s main rebel group announced it will be moving its command center from Turkey to either Aleppo or Damascus. The anti-Assad group, known as the Free Syrian Army, also claimed to have brought down a key government fighter jet Saturday as aerial bombings pounded rebel strongholds. FSA leaders say the transition of their group’s headquarters from Turkey to Syria over the next two weeks will help prepare forces for an offensive push against government troops in Damascus. Activists estimate that more than 27,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed over the last 18 months as a result of fighting in Syria.

For Latinos in South Florida on Saturday, it was raining Paul Ryan. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush introduced Ryan to the crowd, joking about the weather: “I need to teach Paul one word in Spanish ... here we call this ‘una aguacera.’ A tropical rainstorm.” Speaking in front of a large crowd at a restaurant in Miami, the Republican VP candidate attacked President Obama for his more open stance on relations with Cuba, saying, “In a Mitt Romney administration, we will not keep practicing this policy of appeasement. We will be tough on Castro ... that’s the right policy for our country.” The GOP’s latest attempt to court Latino voters in Florida comes less than a week after a controversial video of Romney leaked that showed the candidate remarking, “Had [my father] been born of Mexican parents, I’d have a better shot of winning this.”

A Pakistani religious leader has announced he will reward anyone with $100,000 who kills the producer of the anti-Islam film that insults the Prophet Muhammad. “I invite the Taliban brothers and the al Qaeda brothers to join me in this blessed mission,” Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour said in a news conference Saturday. Pakistan’s prime minister has distanced the government from the Railways minister as unrest across the country continues. On Friday in Pakistan, 15 people died during ongoing demonstrations against the anti-Islam movie. The man suspected of making the film, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, has gone into hiding after voluntarily offering to be interviewed by the federal authorities.

Bad news for Wisconsin native Paul Ryan: President Obama appears to be pulling in front of his Republican opponents in the swing state. New polls show Obama taking the lead in Wisconsin, a state he also won in 2008. Polls indicate that Obama is leading Romney by 5 points in the state with 50 percent of voters, and he also came in at 50 percent in Iowa and Colorado—two other swing states. The president campaigned in the Wisconsin on Saturday, attempting to clinch his lead with voters in Milwaukee. “We don’t think that anybody is solely to blame for the challenges we face, but we do believe we’re all responsible to solve those problems,” Obama told the crowd.

Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first Islamist and democratically elected president, believes that America must drastically change the way it views the Arab world if there is any hope for improved relations. Morsi is making his first visit to the United States as president this weekend, and he isn’t mincing words. The Egyptian president told The New York Times that “successive American administrations essentially purchased with American taxpayer money the dislike, if not the hatred, of the peoples of the region.” He also defended himself against recent White House criticism that his government didn’t act quickly enough when protesters breached the U.S. Embassy in Cairo last week. “We can never condone this kind of violence, but we need to deal with the situation wisely,” he said. President Obama recently commented on strained relations with Egypt, saying, “I don’t think that we would consider them an ally, but we don’t consider them an enemy.” Morsi will be in New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week.

Call it a silver lining, or an unexpected consequence of Innocence of Muslims. The Libyan government announced late Saturday that it will dissolve all unauthorized militias and armed groups a day after thousands of Libyans demonstrated against the Islamist militant group that has been blamed for the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other embassy staff. At least 11 are dead 70 are reported injured after thousands of Libyans stormed Ansar al-Sharia militant headquarters Friday and forced the group to flee to chants of “No more al Qaeda!” and “The blood we shed for freedom shall not go in vain!” After the revolution in Libya, government authorities were unable to disband militia fighter groups, but now promise they are planning on putting Army officers in charge of disbanding militia headquarters and forces.

Adding strain to an already tense relationship, the United States has reportedly denied visas to 20 Iranian government officials planning to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly in New York, says Iranian news agency Fars. Although Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be attendance, two members of his personnel—one in charge of communications and the other political affairs—are among the banned. No reason has been provided for the rejections, and the U.S. State Department has yet to comment on the matter. Due to Iran’s nuclear program—a plan on which Israel’s prime minister has begged Obama to draw a “red line”—many Iranian officials could be subject to travel bans.

It’s almost like Apple likes playing hard to get. Despite massive shipments of the world’s most coveted new gadget, numerous retail stores across the U.S. reported selling out of the iPhone 5s on Saturday. The latest version of Apple’s blockbuster gadget hit stores Friday, and despite record online pre-orders, numerous stores are reporting shortages of the new phone. “Before we were even scheduled to open, we were pretty much out,” said Eric Rayburn, a worker at a Sprint store in Phoenix. The new 5s model has received some initial criticism from critics for its new mapping-application features. Apple released a statement Friday assuring customers it would seek a “cloud-based solution” to solve the application’s glitches.

David Villalobos, the man who jumped into the tiger den at the Bronx Zoo, was charged with trespassing late Saturday. Villalobos explained to police that “everyone has a reason for what they do in life,” and he just “wanted to be one with the tiger.” Understandably, the 11-year-old feline did not understand Villalobos’s innocent intentions when he leapt from the zoo’s train and into the tiger’s den Friday. The now infamous jumper was left with puncture wounds all over his body, along with a broken arm and leg from the fall.

After being arrested at a border crossing in Texas for hash possession, singer Fiona Apple reflected on her brush with the law to a concert audience in Houston on Saturday. Out on $10,000 bail, the notoriously eccentric singer had some roundabout words for discussing her ordeal. “We’ll call them holding cell one and holding cell two,” Apple prefaced. “In holding cell one is the encoded version of the shit that you did that I know was inappropriate and probably illegal ... I’m the only one who holds the key, and you and I will be intimate forever, because I will hold that secret forever. Unless you’re interested in being a celebrity, I’ll make you fucking famous any time you ask, and I’ll open those boxes.” We’d make fun, but have you heard how great her new album is?

Amanda Bynes can’t seem to stay out of the news. Along with reportedly talking to herself  and smoking marijuana in her car, Bynes is being charged with two counts of driving with a suspended license. The former child star was pulled over twice last Sunday—within the span of only an hour and a half—and ticketed. The second time she was pulled over, her car was impounded. These newest charges pile on top of Bynes’s current legal woes—she is also facing a DUI and two hit-and-run charges. The troubled actress recently told People she is “doing amazing.”

The Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria has, after a parliamentary inquiry, revealed that its complaints department has received 618 accusations of sexual abuse by clergy in incidents dating back to the 1930s. The inquiry was launched after 40 victims in the state committed suicide. Numbers were highest in the 1970s and 1980s, with only 13 of the reported cases having taken place since 1990. However, experts say the number of victims could be as high as 10,000, since most sex abuse victims never report the crime. 

Guess not all seniors like Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan. In back-to-back speeches at the AARP convention, President Obama got rounds of applause and cheers talking about his health-care reform, while Paul Ryan was met with boos and yells of “no!” as he swore to repeal Obamacare. The audience continued milder heckling of Ryan throughout his speech, but did cheer when he brought his mother on stage. In their speeches, Obama said the GOP’s plan will make money for insurance companies, and Ryan said Obama lacks the political will to reform. The negative backlash from the AARP—the country’s largest senior-citizens lobby—should be worrying for Romney, who trailed Obama by 10 points in a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that asked which candidate’s approach to Medicare was best.

Illinois women in need of emergency contraception will now have to examine their pharmacies more carefully. On Friday, an appellate court in the state ruled that pharmacists don't have to stock the morning-after pill, whose brand name is Plan B, if they have religious objections to the medication, which prevents a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. The ruling negates a 2005 mandate from former Governor Rod Blagojevich stating that all pharmacies must stock the pill. It echoes a similar ruling passed in Washington this year.

Now that Mitt Romney finally released his much-asked-about tax return, the question remains, why now? Prior to releasing his 2011 return Friday, Romney had refused to reveal his tax rate, and said he had never paid less than 13 percent (whereas his 2011 return shows he paid 14.1 percent). A source close to the Romney campaign told Politico that strategists simply decided there would constantly be requests for Romney’s personal financial records and wanted to put an end to speculation. Aides close to Romney also tell Politico the release was strategically timed so that discussions over Romney’s taxes would be over by the time he faces Obama in the first debate. Another GOP strategist speculated that the move was an attempt to make Romney seem more transparent and accessible amid criticism for his recent “47 percent” remarks.

Human rights organizations just won a very unexpected victory. On Friday, the Justice Department released the names of 55 Guantánamo Bay detainees that have received approval to be transferred to other countries, reversing a 2009 secrecy decision. Organizations pushing for the information's release were surprised at first but have quickly gone to work. A lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights said the information will help lawyers advocating for the prisoners' eventual release. 167 detainees are currently being held at the prison in Cuba.

Occupy Foggy Bottom? Coming on the heels of Mitt Romney's now-infamous "47 percent" comments is the news that income inequality is growing in the area the former governor hopes to call home next year. Newly released census bureau statistics reveal that the Washington D.C. area boasts seven of the nation's ten highest-income counties, but poverty in the area is also rising. While poverty within the district declined between 2010 and 2011 (though it's still at an astonishing 19 percent), it has largely grown in the wealthier suburbs, with all counties showing dramatic increases since 2007, when the recession began.

Three victims of the Aurora theatre shootings in July are filing two separate lawsuits against Cinemark in Denver's federal court. The lawsuits allege that Cinemark, which owned the Century Aurora 16 movie theatre where the massacre took place and is the nation's third-largest theatre chain, did not provide adequate security measures for the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Among other factors, the suit lists the theatre's lack of security personnel, door alarms, and parking lot surveillance. Despite ongoing controversy, Cinemark plans to reopen the theatre in 2013 after a remodeling.

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the Senate passed a bill approving funding that will temporarily keep the government's lights on and ensure that it keeps getting paid—ending one of the least productive legislative seasons in recent memory. Congress resumes in November. House Democrats marched on the House steps on Friday chanting “work, work, work,” urging the 112th legislative body to stay in session long enough to take care of unfinished business, claiming that Congress hasn't recessed this early for the campaign season since 1960. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, the Senate also voted down a bill proposed by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul which would have cut foreign aid to Pakistan—a bill that Paul had garnered support for by going around the Republican leadership.

Well, that was short-lived. Amid rumors that Chick-fil-A has changed its anti-gay marriage stance, Mike Huckabee confirmed Friday that that's not the case. The former Arkansas governor received a statement from the chain that he has posted on his website, which reads, in part, "There continues to be erroneous implications in the media that Chick-fil-A changed our practices and priorities in order to obtain permission for a new restaurant in Chicago. That is incorrect. Chick-fil-A made no such concessions." Huckabee became something of a Chick-fil-A hero after declaring a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day in response to its CEO's statements on gay marriage.

Some people will do anything to get past the velvet ropes. Approximately 1,000 people rioted outside MTV’s Madrid Beach festival early Saturday morning after they couldn’t get in due to the venue’s filling up to capacity. The riot began with people violently shoving each other and climbing over barriers to get into the outdoor concert and ended several hours later, after bottles were thrown, trash cans were lit on fire, and riot police were called in. All told, the riot resulted in 60 injuries—ten of which required hospitalizations—and 11 arrests and likely some very perturbed musicians.

A 22-year-old transgender woman was allegedly attacked in a McDonald’s in New York City’s West Village this week after a patron hurled an anti-gay slur at her for trying to use the women’s bathroom. The man accused the woman and her friend, also transgendered, of “trying to use the wrong bathroom” and threatened them. The women left the restaurant, but the man followed them out and allegedly struck one of them with a razor blade several times during the ensuing fight. The West Village McDonald’s—in the heart of the city’s gay community—has seen its fair share of crime recently: it was also the scene of a brawl on St. Patrick’s Day, an employee allegedly beating a customer and an alleged fight between two gay customers.

Nothing can stop him now. Harry Reid accused Mitt Romney of manipulation on his tax forms on Friday night, citing the fact that he has only released two full returns along with the brief summary of the previous 20 years’ taxes. In a statement about the release, Reid responded, “When will the American people see the returns he filed before he was running for president? Governor Romney is showing us what he does when the public is looking.” Reid gained scorn from the Republican party after saying a “source” had told him that Romney has not paid taxes for the past ten years—an accusation that has been proven wrong  for 2011 at least.

The Free Syrian Army, Syria's main rebel group, announced on Saturday that it is moving its command center into Syria itself. The group, whose commander claims it is being pressured by the international community to take the lead in Syria's post-war government, was previously headquartered in Turkish territory just across the border. The transition is in preparation for an offensive against government troops in Damascus. Meanwhile, the Free Syrian Army reportedly shot down an government fighter jet over Aleppo on Saturday, and activists said fighting in and around the border town of Nasib continued Saturday morning.

Todd Akin and Newt Gingrich are best buds now? The Missouri senate candidate made famous when he said victims of “legitimate rape” can’t get pregnant and former House speaker will be speaking at a joint news conference in Missouri Monday morning and later attend a fundraiser together in St. Louis. What could have brought the two men together? It's probably Rick Tyler, a former Gingrich aide who's now advising Akin's problem-ridden campaign. Last week, Akin insisted he will not drop out of the Senate race, despite losing the support of the Republican leadership.

Only weeks away from Pussy Riot’s final court date on October 1st, the Russian feminist punk-rock group’s defense team said on Friday out that the feminist punk trio could face rape and murder in a Russian prison. Violetta Volkova, one of three lawyers defending the group said the three Russian women will most likely be shipped off to “penal hard labor colonies” where Volkova says a “warm welcome is being prepared.” The “PR Maestro” of the defense team Pyotr Verzilov, who has been live-tweeting his wife’s trial, was in New York Friday where he and the couple’s four-year-old daughter Gara accepted an award from Yoko Ono and Amnesty International on her behalf.

At least four people are dead and 34 injured after demonstrators in Libya stormed an armed group's headquarters Friday night and by Saturday morning, had driven out the militants who had controlled the city. The group, the Ansar al-Sharia militia, is suspected in last week's U.S. consulate attack that killed the American ambassador in Benghazi, although the militia denies involvement in the ambassador's death.

One young Dutch girl might never want to throw a party again. A 16th-birthday party invite on Facebook that wasn’t marked as private ended up being spread to 30,000 people in the Netherlands. In the end, 3,000 partiers showed up to the town of Haren (population 19,000) on Friday despite the party being canceled and police warnings. Six hundred riot police blocked off the girl’s street, but that didn’t stop revelers from looting shops, setting a car on fire, and attacking officers with bottles and rocks. Twenty arrests were made and at least six were injured.

From a fresh-faced child actress to the 26-year-old rehab vet who’s had multiple run-ins with the law, Lindsay Lohan is the epitome of a troubled young star. In an interview with the New York Daily News, her mother, Dina, says she regrets pushing her daughter into the spotlight. “I was born into the business. My mother was an entertainer. It was natural. But yes, in the next life, I might not do it,” she said. Dina has long been seen as a problem as well, going to clubs and partying with then-underage Lindsay, but no longer she says. “I don’t party with Lindsay. In the early years, I would go with her to clubs, because I wanted to see who the enablers were.”