Michael Jackson doctor gets 4 yrs in jail
2011-11-29 15:30:34
Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, on Tuesday was sentenced to four years in jail and denied probation for his conviction.
Colombia, Venezuela ink new trade deal
2011-11-29 14:20:39
Colombia and Venezuela Monday signed a new trade deal, among other agreements, during an official visit by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Black Friday takes record-breaking haul
2011-11-29 14:18:09
226 million Americans flocked to stores and websites over the Black Friday holiday weekend.
More than 1 in 5 Americans economically insecure
2011-11-29 13:31:06
Over 1/5 Americans saw their available household income decline by 1/4 or more in the past 3 years.
Chilean students pledge to continue protests
2011-11-28 14:17:50
Chilean student groups vowed on Sunday to continue their mass-scale protests against the government's 2012 education budget.
UN condemns FARC for killing 4 military hostages
2011-11-28 10:52:30
The United Nations Sunday condemned Colombia's main rebel group for killing four military hostages who had been held for over 10 years.
11 prisoners escape in southern Mexico
2011-11-28 09:40:20
At least 11 inmates on Sunday escaped from the Social Rehabilitation Center in the San Pedro Cholula city of Puebla state in southern Mexico.
Black Friday pepper spray suspect surrenders
2011-11-27 19:52:54
A woman suspected of dousing fellow Walmart shoppers with pepper spray has turned herself in.
NASA launches super-size rover to Mars
2011-11-27 08:38:07
A rover of "monster truck" proportions zoomed toward Mars on an 8.5-month, 354 million-mile journey.
Crowds hit US stores for 'Black Friday' deals
2011-11-26 11:48:07
Bargain hunters flocked to US stores late Thursday and overnight Friday, searching for deals while fretting about their own shaky economic well-being.
F-35 makes headway amid criticism
2011-11-26 11:02:59
The 16-ton fighter jet slowed to a stop off the warship's port beam, where it hovered like a floating rock as thousands of pounds of thrust from its engine and lift fan stirred up a cloud of mist from the Atlantic Ocean 100 feet below.
At least 26 bodies dumped in Mexico's second city
2011-11-25 11:00:01
Suspected drug gang hitmen murdered at least 26 people and dumped their bodies in the center of Mexico's second city of Guadalajara on Thursday as a showdown between rival drug gangs intensified.