LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said.

BEIJING, China - China's premier has criticized the European Union for pursuing anti-dumping cases against Chinese solar power and telecommunications equipment that he warned will hurt both sides.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control.

MANASQUAN, N.J. - Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues — under covered porches — as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online.

BERLIN - An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers — a functioning 1976 model — has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).

BERLIN - A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's coast.

OTTAWA - People with sensitivity to sulphites are being warned not to consume a certain brand of white grape juice sold by Loblaw Companies.

TORONTO - The Rolling Stones played the first of two Canadian gigs at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Saturday. Their setlist was as follows:

TORONTO - Celebrating a half-century of music, the Rolling Stones defied their age with an energetic, lengthy performance at a roaring Air Canada Centre led by the frenetic antics of nearly 70-year-old frontman Mick Jagger.