Charges in alleged kidnap...House passes NSA limits...Fire threatens Arizona community

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of kidnapping his former girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter a decade ago -- then forcing her to marry him and fathering a daughter with her -- has now been charged with five felony counts including rape and kidnapping. And police in Santa Ana, Calif., are now saying that it was the woman's mother who persuaded her to go to police. They say the woman had recently reunited with her mother after first locating her sister on Facebook.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure that would end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of American phone records is headed to the Senate. The House today passed the compromise measure, even though opponents of the government surveillance effort claimed that the bill wasn't tough enough. The bill doesn't ask phone companies to hold onto the records for any longer than they already do. It would give the NSA the authority to request some phone records for searching as part of terrorism investigations, in response to a court order.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed another of President Barack Obama's nominees to become a top federal judge. David Barron was in the Justice Department in 2009 and 2010 when he helped devise the Obama administration's legal justification for using drones to kill suspected American terrorists overseas. Some critics of Barron's nomination disagreed with his determination that the government had the constitutional right to kill Americans suspected of terrorism. Others opposed the administration's insistence on keeping the memos describing that rationale a secret. And some Republicans said he is too liberal.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The demonstrators who marched to the home of Nigeria's president today, demanding more action to free nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls, are even angrier now than they were before. The Nigerian president chose not to meet with them -- instead sending advisers to read a message urging Nigerians to stop criticizing the government. Protesters say it's another sign of the president's insensitivity over the abductions.

KACHINA VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire is inching toward the Arizona city of Flagstaff, prompting residents of outlying areas to make preparations to leave. A fire official says the flames are still about three miles away from two residential areas where more than 3,000 people are under pre-evacuation warnings. Crews are hoping for help from the weather, with weaker winds and slightly higher humidity in the forecast.