AP-GfK Poll: Bin Laden killing was justified

Was the U.S. right to kill Osama bin Laden? Absolutely, and about time, Americans say.

A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows the nation supporting the raid with rare unanimity, and the glow from the operation is also boosting approval for President Barack Obama's handling of terrorism and the war in Afghanistan.

Few events have sparked such soaring approval from the nation, and almost nothing has since George W. Bush's handling of the U.S. campaign against terrorism in the months following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Enthusiasm for the risky raid after its success has given Obama some of his highest marks since early in his presidency, and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected.

Russia marks Victory Day with vast parade

Tens of thousands of granite-faced soldiers marched in lockstep across Red Square Monday in Russia's annual Victory Day display of military might, while President Dmitry Medvedev said the country is committed to peace and global stability.

The parade, marking the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II, is the centerpiece of Russia's most solemn secular holiday, both commemorating the Soviet Union's enormous sacrifices in the war and asserting the potency of its modern military.

Facebook sharing sending readers to big news sites

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook is influencing what news gets read online as people use the Internet's most popular hangout to share and recommend content.

That's one of the key findings from a study on the flow of traffic to the Web's 25 largest news destinations. The study was released Monday by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Facebook was responsible for 3 percent of traffic to the 21 news sites that allowed data to be tracked, according to the study's co-author, Amy Mitchell. Five of the sites studied got 6 percent to 8 percent of their readers from Facebook.

Paul McCartney engaged to girlfriend Nancy Shevell

LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Nancy Shevell are engaged, his publicist said Friday, nearly four years after they were first spotted together.

McCartney, 68, started dating the 51-year-old New York socialite and businesswoman following his bitter split from second wife Heather Mills.

McCartney publicist Stuart Bell confirmed recent media speculation over a proposal as true, but declined to give further details on when and how the former Beatle asked Shevell to marry him, saying only "we're all thrilled for him."

Canadian unemployment rate slips to 7.6 percent

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's economy created 58,300 jobs last month, bringing the unemployment rate down to 7.6 percent, matching the lowest jobless level since the early months of the recession, a reporting agency said Friday.

Statistics Canada said most of the gains were in the service sector, and almost all of them were in Ontario.

Although the jobs increase was dominated by part-timers, there were 17,200 new full-time jobs created in April.

April's gains bring the year-over-year increase in employment to 283,000, enabling the recovery of all the full-time jobs that were lost in the 2008-2009 recession.