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The Occupy protest movement was out in force Tuesday. May 1 is traditionally a day for labor demonstrations. For the most part, the demonstrations were noisy and theatrical but restrained.

The group was convened by Florida's governor and legislative leaders. The move comes after Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, was shot to death by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Since the law's passage in 2005, there's been growing concern about the law among police, prosecutors and judges.

It should be no surprise that President Obama would tout the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden as part of his re-election campaign. But when he added a critique of his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, critics pounced.

The legacy of the terrorist leader in Pakistan is mixed. Overall, support for his al-Qaida movement is down, according to opinion polls, but he remains a revered figure among militants. And the U.S. raid that killed him is still a source of friction between the U.S. and Pakistan.

Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies doubts Afghan security forces will be able to secure all that country. The U.S. and its allies may have to settle for "good enough," he says.

The airline is molding ice cubes into Richard Branson's image to promote the in-flight bar.

Gary Shempp, owner of a bee rescue business, was called in to relocate the 30,000 bees that were found in a home in Cape May, N.J. Shempp moved the bees and extracted 25 pounds of honey from the home.

Businesses added just 119,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, a sharp drop from an estimated 201,000-gain in March, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report.

After hitting its highest mark since December 2007 on Tuesday because of a bullish report about the health of the manufacturing sector in April, the Dow Jones industrial average is down because of negative news about hiring and manufacturing.

Mitt Romney, the presumed GOP presidential candidate, continues to try out potential running mates, though most deny any interest in the job. Sen. Marco Rubio, Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Rob Portman, Gov. Chris Christie and others have all made high-profile comments in recent days.