MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government says the economy grew 2.93 pct in 3rd quarter, marking and end to the recession.
Mexico has suffered a severe economic crisis for more than... Full story
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The Defense Department says a Fort Lewis soldier was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Twenty-six-year-old Spc. Joseph M. Lewis of Terrell, Texas, was a member of the 5th Stryker brigade.... Full story
PEORIA, Ariz. — An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.
The Peoria family came home Thursday afternoon and found the garage door open and the house... Full story
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.
Ventura County authorities say the man, whose name isn't being released,... Full story
LONDON — A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found not guilty in her death.
Prosecutors had originally asked Brian Thomas be found not guilty by reason of insanity in... Full story
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan Friday, first at a shooting range and then at a World War II historical site, killing four people and wounding six others before... Full story
PLEASANT HILL, Mo. — A woman who had been charged with child endangerment after almost 370 animals were seized from her Missouri farm has been placed on two years of unsupervised probation.
Sixty-two-year-old Virginia Gambriel was... Full story
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days.
Authorities said Thursday... Full story
KILLEEN — Killeen police detained three teens over the slaying of a 16-year-old boy who had been missing more than a week.
Police say the body of James Johnson III was discovered early Thursday off a road north of Temple. Johnson was reported... Full story
AUSTIN — A group that made the first $10,000 private donation to rebuild the fire-gutted Texas Governor's Mansion is opposed to changing its look.
The Heritage Society of Austin will not support plans, unveiled in October, for a two-story... Full story
McALLEN — Some liquor is in limbo in South Texas.
A federal judge will decide the fate of tens of thousands of bottles of booze seized in 2007.
Prosecutors recently filed a lawsuit in McAllen to try to gain ownership of nearly 2,000 boxes of... Full story