All star baseball player Derek Jeter has recently joined the 3,000 hits league, and to celebrate with him is his girlfriend Minka Kelly. But who is Minka Kelly?The Los Angeles native is the child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. Her mother was an exotic dancer. Kelly and her mother traveled extensively when she was younger, but finally settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when before entering junior high.Kelly has appeared in numerous television programs, most notably Friday...
A University of New Mexico football player will not face charges for trying to board a flight with pants that drooped below his waistline.
World Cup semifinalists Uruguay beat a young Mexico team 1-0 in the Copa America on Tuesday to set up a nail-biting quarterfinal clash with their River Plate rivals Argentina.
The U.S. registered its 19th driest and 26th warmest June on record, according to scientists at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
A heat wave could be coming your way so grab your water bottles and stay hydrated, especially if you are in the Midwest or Southeast this week, as the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for those states today.
Americans, it’s been said, are a resilient, can-do bunch. Well, it looks like U.S. motorists will have to become even more resilient, as the days of $2-something per gallon gasoline appear to be gone.
In 2009, Facundo Cabral was set to tour Guatemala, the place where he was shot and killed Saturday morning.
Facundo Cabral, one of the most popular folk singers in Latin America, has been shot to death by gunmen in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
A fighting bull skewered an Australian tourist in the leg inflicting a grave injury in Spain's San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona. Organizers said he was reckless. Time to stop bull fighting? What about other animal fights?
Tropical Storm Calvin grew stronger during the day on Friday, July 8, and by early afternoon he was on the verge of hurricane-strength. The TRMM satellite provided a look under the hood of the storm and noticed the heavy rainfall at the center of its heat engine.
This month marks the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of Machu Picchu. To celebrate, we're looking at some of the most fascinating lost civilizations of the world and giving you all the info you need to get there yourself.
The head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said he did not know about Operation Fast and Furious, a weapons tracking program that intentionally allowed drug cartels in Mexico to obtain firearms.
China is well within its rights, legally and morally, to limit rare earth exports, argued an article in Chinese state media on Thursday, days after the World Trade Organization ruled against China on its curbs of raw materials exports.
In the Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins' character, Andy, dug his way out of prison with a rock hammer. In The Count of Monte Cristo, the main character, Edmond Dantes, escapes prison in the bodybag of his dead friend. And in Chetumal, Mexico, Maria del Mar Arjona tried to smuggle her boyfriend out if jail in her suitcase. But, instead, she ended up arrested herself.
The massive storm that rushed across Phoenix last night with a wall of dust at least 5,000 feet high might look crazy, but the phenomenon is not all that uncommon in southern Arizona.
The tide of illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S. is receding, as many Mexicans choose to pursue careers in their home country, whose economy has improved substantially in the past five years.
China will reform its export of rare earths based in part on World Trade Organization rules, state media reported on Wednesday, a day after the global trade governing body ruled against its curbs on exports.
Casey Anthony trial verdict has made a majority of those who have been following the trial gasp in shock. Casey Anthony, mother of the dead two-year-old Caylee Anthony, has been found not guilty of murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter, but guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. In fact, even if Casey chooses to make some money by confessing to her crime or write an OJ Simpson-style If I Did It type book nothin...
A very large and historic dust storm moved through the Phoenix area on Tuesday evening, drastically reducing visibility and delaying flights at Sky Harbor International Airport.
A recent report from the StatCounter Global Stats shows the web traffic in the United States is largely driven by StumleUpon in the last month.
The Obama Administration has asked the state of Texas to refrain from executing a Mexican national who was convicted of raping and murdering a Texas teenaged girl.
Netflix Inc is expanding its online video service to 43 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, sending its shares to an all-time high.
