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Mexico drug violence killed more than 12,000 people in 2011.

Navy pilot David Reis, 25, and his sister Karen, 24, have been identified as two of the four victims of a New Year's Day shooting in Coronado, Calif. that may have been a murder-suicide. The other victims have not been identified, but sources say one is John Reeves, 25, a fellow Navy pilot. Police are investigating as the quiet community reels from its first murders this year.

Three men were arrested and a fourth is being sought by the FBI in what investigators said was a scheme to market stem cells as miracle cures to desperate people suffering from terminal diseases.

The 2012 presidential campaign has been one of the most volatile in recent memory, and it isn't even 2012 yet. Take a look back at the highlights and lowlights of the battle for the Republican nomination so far.

Shaky economy notwithstanding, Americans intend to travel farther and spend more in 2012, according to a nationwide poll.

As far as rumors go Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are planning to elope on a beach at Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, but a new report has revealed that the couple are in fact considering an Upstate New York wedding.

The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union is looking for a green light from members to potentially strike Caterpillar over a contract dispute in London, Ontario.

Chicago-area teenager Alexis Uriel Marron was murdered in Michoacan, Mexico. Are drug cartels responsible?

At least 19,336 people have been murdered in 2011, or an average of more than two every hour, or about 53 every day.

Millions of medical patients are crossing international borders each year to receive treatment in a growing trend known as medical tourism.

It surely has been an eventful year with popular uprisings, dictators being deposed or slain, royal marriages, celebrity divorces, and thrilling sports achievements, so here's a look at some of the top moments of 2011 as compiled by the IBTimes.

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said Wednesday he is dropping out of the Republican presidential race and is seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for president.

Car thefts occur about every 33 seconds in the United States. A victim and expert discusses the emotional effects of losing a personal vehicle.

A federal judge in Anchorage Tuesday terminated BP Exploration's probation years after an oil pipeline rupture took place this past decade.

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon received a nice Christmas present when the military arrested Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, a top lieutenant in the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel. Will it lead to the arrest of Shorty Guzman?

Santa Fe Gold Corp. said Tuesday it obtained financing for its purchase of Columbus Silver Corp., expanding its holdings near an operating mine and mill in southwestern New Mexico.

Sony Corp has agreed to sell its nearly 50 percent stake in an LCD joint venture with Samsung Electronics to the South Korean company for $940 million, as it struggles to reduce huge losses at its TV business.

Both Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich have been ousted from the primary after failing to collect enough valid signatures to run, and while Perry's campaign has been over for months, the loss of Super Tuesday state Virginia for Gingrich is a devastating blow. Months after he was declared dead-on-arrival, is Gingrich's comeback already over?

Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas for the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics on Saturday, urging humanity to see through the superficial glitter and commercialism of the season and rediscover the real significance of the humble birth of Jesus.

Must Watch Christmas Images, Traditions From all Round the World; What is Santa Called in Other Countries [PHOTOS]

Before that, it wasn't a popular Christmas plant in the U.S. at all. But, after Poinsett introduced the plant to the U.S., it slowly gained popularity and took the name of the ambassador, becoming known as the poinsettia.