After 20 years of bailout and stimulus, Japan's economy is still limping along.

The relatively large red palm weevil of Asia arrived in southern Italy about five years ago. Conservationists are calling the tree-eating beetle infestation a national emergency.

Israeli Jew Maoz Inon saw a wealth of unrealized potential for Christian travelers in the lush Galilean hills, where Jesus once walked. He opened an inn and published an English guidebook, attracting Christian travelers to the 'Jesus Trail.'

AP - Gulf of Mexico cleanup crews working to block millions of gallons of oil from reaching land may soon have a giant on their side, if a weekend test of a new skimmer goes well.

AP - A U.S. appeals court says an Algerian protesting his Guantanamo detention deserves a new lower court review — to determine whether he was part of al-Qaida, not just a supporter.

AP - Vice President Joe Biden returned Saturday to Iraq to coax its government into picking a new prime minister, months after elections left the nascent democracy in a state of gridlock as the U.S. prepares to pull out its troops.