WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is traveling to Boston today to promote clean energy with a tour at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He'll also be highlighting Recovery Act investments the White House says are creating jobs and making advances in wind energy.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — NATO officials have been signaling that they won't ask their own nations to send more troops to Afghanistan until the Obama administration decides whether it will. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is attending today's NATO meeting in Slovakia, but is not expected to reveal any U.S. decisions on the troop question.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two bombings in Pakistan have left eight people dead and 15 others wounded. The latest violence comes even as Pakistani forces pursue a major offensive targeting militant strongholds along the Afghan border.

HONOLULU (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Neki has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane. The storm continues to spin far out in the central Pacific. Neki isn't expected to threaten Hawaii, but a hurricane warning has been issued for part of a marine conservation area northwest of the islands.

LONDON (AP) — There's been a major change in British law enforcement. U.K. police say officers patrolling crime-ridden parts of London will now be armed. Previously, British police haven't routinely carried firearms on patrol. Guns are usually handled only by dedicated teams of marksmen.