A note left on a school wall in the town of Ciudad Juárez last month threatened to harm kindergartners. The note was suspected to be left by drug traffickers.
Planned changes at G.M. and Chrysler are necessary in the short term, but they offer few fresh ideas, and no company can keep cutting its way to prosperity.
AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named Harvard physicist John Holdren and marine biologist Jane Lubchenco to top science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticized for putting politics over science.
AP - President George W. Bush gave the U.S. automakers $17.4 billion in emergency rescue loans, but the fate of the industry is in the hands of President-elect Barack Obama.
AP - Facing federal corruption charges that threaten to end his political career, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has made clear to the world what those close to him know well: He's not one to be easily fazed.
Sponsors of a California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage are seeking to nullify thousands of marriages performed between gay and lesbian couples. Proposition 8 amended the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Opponents argue that the amendment cannot be applied retroactively.
The Northwest braced for wintry weather Friday night while cities from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Boston, Massachusetts, were cleaning up after a major storm delayed air travel and created major havoc on the ground. On Saturday, heavy snow and freezing rain is expected to continue in parts of the East.
A strong earthquake centered about 90 miles off Japan's east coast, measuring a 6.5 magnitude, was recorded by seismologists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Saturday.