Rick Santorum has taken his first national lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new poll that put him ahead of Mitt Romney by a double-digit margin.

A Maryland man was facing criminal charges Saturday after he allegedly used illegal fireworks to blow up a gingerbread house on his porch, injuring his wife in the process.

Egyptian police on Saturday arrested an Australian journalist, an American student and their Egyptian translator on suspicion of paying Egyptians to stage protests against the authorities, a security official said.

A planned day of civil disobedience and strikes against Egypt's military rulers to mark a year since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow saw only a small turnout Saturday, but activists still pledged further protests.