MEXICO

Nokia found out too late that the name for its new Windows Phone, lumia, means prostitute in Spanish. Here are five other hilariously bad translation mistakes.

Following these simple travel etiquette tips will not only make you less likely to stand out as a tourist, it will bring better service and more respect from locals.

BP passed its final hurdle to returning to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, receiving its first permit to drill a new well since its role in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Hurricane Rina's projected path has caused several cruise ships to change their course and prompted most airlines to waive change fees on travel between the U.S. and Mexico's resort-heavy Yucatan Peninsula.

Hurricane Rina headed for Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Wednesday with winds just shy of major hurricane strength, threatening beach resorts but steering clear of oil platforms.

Hurricane Rina is currently a category 2 storm, but it will intensify to category 3 Wednesday as it heads towards Cancun, Mexico. With winds currently breaking 110 miles per hour, Rina's projected path takes it over the Yucatan state, where residents have stocked up on supplies and close resort towns and fishing villages.

Come on, America! Who wants to go to a fake haunted house for Halloween when you can experience real haunted houses (and some terrifying haunted roads) that have years of ghostly visitations and paranormal happenings to their names? Our top 13 picks span the U.S., choosing only those haunted locales with the most documentation, the scariest histories, and the creepiest happenings.

In the absence of Jamaica's giant world record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt, compatriot Lerone Clarke won the Pan-American Games 100 meters in a time of 10.01 seconds on Tuesday.

In case you missed it, here are some photos and videos of Monday's Northern Lights show as it moved into the sky view of southern states in the U.S.

A prototype passenger spaceship developed by privately owned Space Exploration Technologies arrived in Florida on Sunday for launch on a practice cargo run to the International Space Station, officials said on Monday.

Hurricane Rina is on a projected path that takes it over the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula toward popular beach resorts like Cancun.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO:Quote) expects demand to ship oil by rail from the prolific Bakken field to continue to rise, with most of the crude destined for Gulf of Mexico refineries, the railway's executives said on Tuesday.

Two elite boxers meet in less than three weeks

BP has turned a corner after the Gulf of Mexico disaster, its chief executive said on Tuesday, predicting the British oil firm would now return to output and cashflow growth and rejecting calls for a fundamental restructuring of the group.

Hurricane Rina gained strength overnight, becoming a category 2 storm and churning through the Caribbean on its path to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the National Hurricane Center reported.

President Barack Obama is targeting African Americans and Latinos with his visit to Los Angeles Monday, but here's the demographic he's really after: People with money.

Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez square off for the third time.

Capelin roe and cases of sandwiches are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination, the manufacturers said.

The recent bankruptcy of solar energy company Solyndra raises questions regarding its relationship with the U.S. Department of Energy, which allegedly modified a loan agreement to prevent the tettering company from going under. The incident casts a shadow over the solar energy industry, already a controversial field.

Sofia Vergara, a Colombian-born actress and star of the American sitcom Modern Family flaunts a curvy figure that most other woman would die for. The actress was seen slipping into a black two-piece swimsuit, while vacationing at Palmilla, Los Cabos, Mexico.

New films from international auteurs Bela Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Hong Sang-Soo, Chantal Akerman, Jean-Marc Vallee and Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos will come to Los Angeles for the upcoming AFI Fest 2011, festival organizers announced on Friday.