When U.S. Immigration agents found a boatload of Mexican castaways huddled on a Malibu beach, and a larger group marooned a week later on an island north of Los Angeles, they realized it was a new trend.
As Tropical Storm Don fizzled out, hopes that heavy rains would provide some relief to a dry and parched south Texas suffering its worst drought in years also disappeared.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami lifted its storm warning by Friday.
Harrison Ford was on David Letterman promoting his latest film "Cowboys & Aliens" when Letterman ran his hand through Ford's hair.
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Former Germany World Cup winner and manager Juergen Klinsmann was named United States coach Friday, the U.S. soccer federation said.
Officials with the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms did not inform the White House of a disastrous program that allowed weapons to flow to violent Mexican drug cartels.
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Indiana state lawmakers, who are analyzing the implications of amending its drug laws to decriminalize marijuana, were told by a panel of experts that the prohibition of marijuana in U.S. is a failed model and Indiana stands a chance to benefit from decriminalizing marijuana.
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A new travel application, available for download for free at iTunes stores, will help travelers to explore one of the world?s largest cities at ease.
Combined Honduran and U.S. naval forces recovered 2.5 metric tons of cocaine from a submarine intercepted on its way from Colombia to the United States, authorities said Thursday.
Big gains in Latin America covered up U.S. declines at Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) and Avon Products Inc (AVP.N), with the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics seen as having a harder road to recovery.
U.S. hog futures advanced on Thursday on renewed talk China may be seeking more U.S. pork, record high wholesale pork prices and higher live cash hog markets in the U.S. Midwest.
Shares of specialty tea retailer Teavana Holdings Inc surged as much as 73 percent on their trading debut on Thursday, as investors gravitate toward specialty consumer foods.
U.S. Men's National Team soccer coach Bob Bradley has been relieved of his duties on Thursday, after calls for his demise have increased in recent weeks.
Tropical Storm Don, the fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was churning northwestward across the southern Gulf of Mexico toward the Texas coast.
Ryan Lochte became the first swimmer to break a long course world record since controversial polyurethane swimsuits were banned last year while James Magnussen ended a far longer Australian wait at the world championships Thursday.
Scorpex has entered into a deal with IET to install and operate waste gasification equipment in Mexico.
South Texas is the most drought-plagued area in the United States right now and Tropical Storm Don, brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, will likely bring much needed rain to the region when it hits the South Texas coast late Friday or early Saturday morning.
U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., who has embodied the Tea Party's emphasis on fiscal responsibility by consistently espousing a message of government living within its means, is being sued for owing more than $100,000 in child support.
The Tropical Storm Don in the southern Gulf of Mexico is heading towards the Southeastern Texas coast and is expected to rain in Texas by late Friday, National Weather Service reported.
