2nd American student arrested in Cairo back in US

Gregory Porter, left, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, and his attorney Theodore Simon, second from right, speak to members of the news media after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Gregory Porter, left, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, and his attorney Theodore Simon, second from right, speak to members of the news media after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Gregory Porter, center, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, walks with his mother Nancy Hansen, left, upon arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 file image from Egyptian state television, three American students are displayed to the camera by Egyptian authorities following their arrest during protests in Cairo, where an Egyptian official said they were throwing firebombs at security forces. A spokeswoman for the American University in Cairo identified the students as Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student from Bloomington, Ind.; Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo.; and Gregory Porter, a 19 year-old Drexel University student from Glenside, Pa. An official says an Egyptian court has ordered release of 3 US students arrested during Cairo unrest.(AP Photo/ Egyptian TV, File)

Nancy Hansen, left, smiles at her son Gregory Porter, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, after meeting him at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. Porter, 19, landed in Philadelphia after flying from Cairo to Paris. He and two other U.S. students had been arrested on the roof of a university building near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square last Sunday after officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)

Gregory Porter, center, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, walks beside his attorney Theodore Simon, right, after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? At least two of three American students arrested during protests in Cairo arrived back in the U.S. late Saturday, three days after an Egyptian court ordered their release.

The young men were arrested on the roof of a university building near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square last Sunday after officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.

Gregory Porter, 19, was greeted by his parents and other relatives Saturday evening when he landed at Philadelphia International Airport. Porter took no questions, but said he was thankful for the help he and the other American students received from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, administrators at the university they were attending, and attorneys in Egypt and the U.S.

"I'm just so thankful to be back, to be in Philadelphia right now," said Porter, who is from nearby Glenside, Pa., and attends Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Luke Gates, 21, arrived in the U.S. late Saturday and was expected back home in Indiana soon, Indiana University spokesman Mark Land said. Gates attends the university, and his parents have declined to talk with the media. Land said he spoke with Gates' father.

"He said he was doing very well and he was very excited to be on his way home," Land said. He added that Gates' parents are "really hopeful they can spend a little time with him without having to answer a lot of questions" in the media spotlight.

The third student, 19-year-old Derrik Sweeney, was expected to arrive in Missouri late Saturday night.

All three left the Egyptian capital Saturday morning on separate connecting flights to Frankfurt, Germany, an airport official in Cairo said. The three were studying at the American University in Cairo.

Protests have been going on near Cairo's central Tahrir Square since Nov. 19, in anticipation of the landmark parliamentary elections due to start Monday. On Friday, the crowd grew to more than 100,000 people, and thousands remained there Saturday.

Joy Sweeney told the AP that her son, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo., would fly from Frankfurt to Washington, then on to St. Louis. She said family will meet him when he arrives at the airport late Saturday.

"I am ecstatic," Sweeney said Friday. "I can't believe he's actually going to get on a plane. It is so wonderful."

Sweeney said she had talked with her son Friday afternoon and "he seemed jubilant."

"He thought he was going to be able to go back to his dorm room and get his stuff," she said. "We said, 'No, no, don't get your stuff, we just want you here.'"

The university will ship his belongings home, she said.

Sweeney had earlier said she did not prepare a Thanksgiving celebration this week because the idea seemed "absolutely irrelevant" while her son still was being held.

"I'm getting ready to head out and buy turkey and stuffing and all the good fixings so that we can make a good Thanksgiving dinner," she said Friday.

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Associated Press writers Maggie Michael in Cairo; Sandy Kozel in Washington; Rick Callahan in Indianapolis; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; Erin Gartner in Chicago; and Dana Fields in Kansas City, Mo., contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Mitt Romney Hair: Presidential Or Too Perfect? (PHOTOS)

Recently, a few laughs have been had over Mitt Romney's hair (although not as many as Ron Paul's eyebrows).

His ombre sideburns are seen by some as presidential, as is his neat, slicked-back cut. But there are critics, says the New York Times: like the candidate himself, Romney's hair is "too stiff, too slick, too perfect," some say. Others have called it "too shiny. Too flat. too long."

So excessively coiffed is Romney's hair, Democratic operatives say, that it could be seen as a turnoff. The argument hinges on populist appeal, or lack thereof, writes the Times:

Mr. Romney, whose fortune is pegged at around $200 million, is not like most Americans. (Democrats know the political power of hair: a $400 wash and trim undercut John Edwards's populist message in 2007.)

The populist argument is no small thing, as Sarah Palin was also slammed with similar accusations over her expensive wardrobe.

The potential pitfall has not gone unnoticed by those closest to Romney, or at least his longtime hair dresser, Leon de Magistris. de Magistris, who has been styling Romney's hair for decades, tells the Times, "I said to him, 'Let it be more natural.'"

Alas, to no avail. "He wants a look that is very controlled... He is a very controlled man. The hair goes with the man," says de Magistris.

Which makes sense, as other candidates seem to have styled themselves similarly. Although the rogue eyebrow was probably unintentional, Ron Paul's slightly disheveled look (hair askew, suit shoulders too big) matches his libertarian, outsider status. Michele Bachmann takes pains to be taken seriously with no-fuss skirt suits and that severe hair. And Herman Cain, ever the big business tycoon, wears those pinstriped, double-breasted suits like nobody's business.

But will Romney's over-styled look work wonders for his campaign (he does look presidential...) or hobble him?

While you ponder the possibilities, peruse a few recent pics of Romney's 'do.

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