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Narcos blamed for killings of 3 with US consul tie (AP)

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010. A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office. (AP Photo)

AP - Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered wounds.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:41:11 GMT

Deadline for Thai Parliament dissolution passes (AP)

Anti-goverment protestors shout slogans as they ride motorcycles to the main gates of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters Monday, March 15, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. The 'Red Shirts' are asking for the dissolution of Parliament before noon in exchange for a halt to demonstrations. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters' ultimatum but left room for compromise. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

AP - Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to continue their push to oust the government.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:05:11 GMT

Officials: US wants Israel to cancel building plan (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem Sunday, March 14, 2010. Netanyahu is urging calm following another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 apartments in contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)

AP - The U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years, said Israeli officials Monday.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:55:55 GMT

Nigeria: Car bombs explode during amnesty talks (AP)

Nigeria's main armed group MEND have threatened to attack oil firms such as French group Total in renewed violence in the country's restive oil-rich Niger Delta region.(AFP/Graphic)

AP - Twin car bombs exploded outside a government building where amnesty talks were underway Monday in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich region, wounding two people and causing panic, a government spokesman said.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:54:40 GMT

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Kansas, Kentucky, Orange, Duke top seeds (AP)
The selection committee made its choices. Now, it's America's turn. The country's biggest office pool, otherwise known as March Madness, serves up the usual smorgasbord of choices, starting with Kansas, the overall top seed in the 65-team NCAA tournament bracket released Sunday. "It's a blessing, it's a burden," Kansas coach Bill Self said of being No.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:55:27 PDT

Tomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets (AP)
LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said Sunday that the New York Jets signed the former Chargers running back to a two-year contract. The Jets confirmed that they have agreed to a deal, adding the aging star to the NFL's top-ranked rushing offense last season.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:40:27 PDT

Browns trade QB Quinn to Broncos (AP)
Brady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he'll get to start is up in the air. The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012. The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:40:16 PDT

Kentucky ties it at buzzer, wins in OT (AP)
John Calipari only had questions once he and his Kentucky Wildcats finished celebrating their Southeastern Conference tournament championship. "How did we win this game? How did we go to overtime? I don't know," Calipari said. Credit his fantastic freshmen who scored to get them to overtime and then won the game, even if they celebrated a little prematurely.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:26 PDT

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Phillips-Van Heusen to buy Tommy Hilfiger for $3B (AP)
AP - Phillips-Van Heusen says it will buy privately held Tommy Hilfiger in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3 billion, creating one of the world's biggest clothing companies.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:48:33 GMT

Gov't says it cannot explain runaway Toyota (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

AP - The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:40:18 GMT

US, UK top debt ratings safe for now, Moody's says (AP)
AP - The United States and Britain are more likely than Germany and France to witness an embarrassing downgrade of their top debt rating, agency Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:26:58 GMT

World markets down as investors await banking bill (AP)

An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Monday, March 15, 2010 in Shanghai, China. China's shares fell to a fifth-week low Monday after its annual legislative session ended without policy changes investors were hoping for to boost domestic consumption, renewable power and other fields. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 36.47 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 2,976.94. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

AP - World stock markets fell Monday as investors fretted about the status of banking reform in the U.S. and awaited confirmation of a rescue package for debt-laden Greece. The British pound slipped amid growing British political and economic concerns.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:28:19 GMT

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'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)

FILE - In this May 22, 1996 file photo, actor Peter Graves says he wasn't asked to portray his signature role in the film remake of ``Mission Impossible,'' the big-budget movie starring Tom Cruise. Graves said in the New York Daily News, Sunday, May 26, 1996, he wouldn't like to play Phelps as the bad guy. Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file )

AP - Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:40:38 GMT

Israeli settlement action 'an insult': Obama aide (AFP)

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a sign carrying the image of the east Jerusalem settlement of Ramat Shlomo on March 11. Israel's announcement of plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem was not only an

AFP - Israel's announcement of plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem was not only an "insult" to the United States but "destructive" of the Middle East peace process, a top White House official said Sunday.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:05 GMT

Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2005 file photo, Susan Chapman, director of the Division of Federal Investments, sorts through paper securities pulled from a safe at the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt offices in Parkersburg, W.Va. The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. It's time to start cashing them in. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, FILE)

AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:57:39 GMT

Gay seniors come out late, start second lifetime (AP)

People walk under a rainbow flag as they celebrate victory for gay rights during a parade in Mexico City March 14, 2010. Ten same-sex couples wed in Mexico on Sunday as Mexico City became the first Latin American city to defy religious taboos and macho stereotypes by legalizing gay marriage. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

AP - Those who work with seniors say they're seeing growth in the number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s coming out of the closet as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:01:54 GMT