American who joined Libyan rebels returning to US

LINTHICUM, Maryland (AP) — An American writer is returning home after spending more than five months in solitary confinement in Libyan prisons, then joining the rebel forces who opposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Matthew VanDyke's family says he's flying from Cairo to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Saturday.

Earlier this year, the 32-year-old VanDyke was working on a book and film about …