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USA Today - 1 hour 18 minutes ago
The East Coast braced for a storm of snow, ice and rain today after hundreds of flights were canceled and interstates were closed in the Midwest on Tuesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 2:04 pm ET
Near-simultaneous grenade attacks on offices, businesses and gas stations in a northern Mexican state slightly injured three people, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
Ford Motor Co. officials are asking Michigan legislators to give the automaker around $120 million in tax credits earmarked for companies that develop batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles.
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CNN - 1 hour 38 minutes ago
A strong winter storm blasted much of the United States on Wednesday, bringing blizzard conditions to some areas and rain and high winds to others.
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El Paso Times - 54 minutes ago
To denounce the hundreds of crimes against women that go unsolved and unpunished in Ciudad Juarez, French artist Peggy Adam speaks through the pictures in "Luchadoras" (Female Fighters), a comic that calls attention to the hundreds who have been tortured, raped, kidnapped and murdered in that Mexican border city.
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El Paso Times - 54 minutes ago
Amnesty International, citing cases of alleged slayings by the military in the drug war, criticizes civilian officials, saying they fail to properly investigate or prosecute crimes by the army.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 10:12 am ET
All Times EST Saturday TOP 25 BASKETBALL Men No. 1 Kansas vs. La Salle at the Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo., 2 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs. Texas State, 4 p.m. No. 4 Kentucky at Indiana, Noon No. 5 Purdue at Alabama, 9 p.m. No. 6 West Virginia vs. Coppin State, 7 p.m. No. 11 North Carolina vs. Presbyterian, 7:30 p.m. No. 13 Ohio State at No. 22 Butler, Noon No. 15 Georgetown vs. No. 17 Washington at ...
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 1:34 pm ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- RBC Capital Markets estimates there’s a 30 percent chance that Mexico central bank Governor Guillermo Ortiz is re-appointed by President Felipe Calderon.
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The Wenatchee World - Tue Dec 8, 5:48 pm ET
PETATLAN, Mexico — As a two-term mayor and protege of the governor, Rogaciano Alva ruled this region with a pistol shoved into his belt. He exported truckloads of marijuana, opium poppies and illegal timber from the rugged Sierra Madre, and assembled a paramilitary army to enforce his will, according to law enforcement officials and residents. Alva is now in hiding, pursued as an enemy of the ...
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Rivals.com via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 9:12 am ET
Defensive tackle Ainsley Miller out of Concord (N.C.) First Assembly Christian School continues to wait for his...
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 3:45 am ET
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Tobacco in Mexico" report to their offering.
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Chicago Tribune - 25 minutes ago
Chicago police said a surveillance operation led to the seizure of $1.8 million worth of marijuana and the arrest of two apparent members of a drug smuggling operation operating out of Mexico.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 9:39 pm ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Latin American local bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from yesterday’s session.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 7:32 am ET
A fierce winter storm was leaving dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it slogged eastward Wednesday, threatening to wreak havoc on commuters in the Upper Midwest and closing schools across New England.
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FOX 11 Reno - Tue Dec 8, 5:05 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 33-year-old man is in custody after being extradited from Mexico last week in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in 2008.
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The Huffington Post - Tue Dec 8, 4:28 pm ET
What's Your Reaction? The DEA has implemented a bold new initiative against Mexico drug trafficking and it comes in the form of Lil Wayne. According to this report from The Onion, the strategy has been a rousing success.
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CBS 5 Bay Area - Tue Dec 8, 4:07 pm ET
A 33-year-old man is in custody in San Francisco after being extradited from Mexico last week in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in 2008.
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NPR - Wed Dec 9, 6:24 am ET
The National Transportation Safety Board warned that illegally imported passenger buses from Mexico pose a threat on U.S. Highways. One such bus was involved in an accident in Southeast Texas that killed one person and injured 46 others.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 3:11 pm ET
Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson will clear out a prison to shoot scenes for his second movie in Mexico, to take place next year, according to the governor of Veracruz.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:37 pm ET
Silver Wheaton Corp., which buys and sells silver and gold from mines in Mexico, Canada and the U.S., said Tuesday it has named co-founder Randy V.J. Smallwood as president, effective Jan. 1.