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Nike stands by Armstrong after he loses titles US sporting goods giant Nike was one of several sponsors sticking by Lance Armstrong on Friday after the US Anti-Doping Agency stripped the cycling legend of his record seven Tour de France titles.
26 August 2012
Can a splash of color change image of Republicans? A black former top diplomat, a Cuban-born senator, an Indian-American governor -- the speakers list for next week's Republican National Convention reads like a conservative Rainbow Coalition.
26 August 2012
British plans to arrest Assange accidentally revealed British police accidentally let slip their plans to arrest Julian Assange should he leave the Ecuadoran embassy in London, with pictures of their notes appearing in newspapers Saturday.
26 August 2012
Mexico police shoot at US embassy car Mexican federal police shot at a US diplomatic car as they chased criminals south of Mexico City on Friday, in a chaotic incident that left two US embassy employees wounded.
25 August 2012
Photo courtesy of bursatron.com.mx Bank HSBC probed for money laundering: report US prosecutors are looking into whether British bank HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi Arabian banks with ties to terrorists, The New York Times reported Saturday.
25 August 2012
©REUTERS Mormons buoyed by Romney run but church neutral When Rudolf Hegewald left East Germany to join fellow Mormons in the US state of Utah more than five decades ago, he could only dream that a member of his faith would one day run for president.
25 August 2012
Apple scores huge win over Samsung in patent case Apple won more than $1 billion in a massive US court victory over Samsung on Friday, in one of the biggest patent cases in decades -- a verdict that could have huge market repercussions.
25 August 2012
US looks at new early-warning radar for Japan: officials US and Japanese officials are considering deploying a new US early-warning radar to Japan to help counter possible missile threats from North Korea.
25 August 2012
US sees record spike in West Nile virus cases The US is experiencing the worst outbreak of West Nile virus since the mosquito-borne disease was first detected in 1999, health officials said Wednesday.
25 August 2012
©REUTERS/Jianan Yu Faded US stimulus hopes weigh on oil prices Oil prices were mixed Thursday amid fresh doubts about hoped-for US Federal Reserve stimulus and a bleaker energy demand outlook in China and Europe.
25 August 2012
US singer and actor LL Cool J. ©REUTERS/Jim Ruymen LL Cool J leaves intruder with broken bones An alleged burglar was left with a broken nose, jaw and ribs after US rapper-actor LL Cool J confronted the intruder in the kitchen of his Los Angeles home.
25 August 2012
©REUTERS Peru seizes 16,000 dried seahorses headed to Asia More than 16,000 dried seahorses destined for illegal export to Asia, where the animal is sought for its supposed healing properties, were seized Thursday in Peru's capital Lima, authorities.
25 August 2012
Photo courtesy of nativevillage.org 1.5 million child laborers in Colombia: study Nearly 1.5 million children aged between five and 17 were working in Colombia during the third quarter of 2011, driving the child labor rate up to 13 percent.
24 August 2012
Paraguay rejects Venezuela's entry into Mercosur The Paraguayan Senate rejected Venezuela's entry into Mercosur on Thursday, a largely symbolic gesture as Asuncion has been suspended from the Latin American trade bloc.
24 August 2012
113 arrested in Chile student protests Over a hundred students were arrested in Santiago Thursday in clashes between police and demonstrators demanding better public education, after the occupation of several schools.
24 August 2012
A culture dish with colonies of legionella in a laboratory. ©REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 6 dead in Quebec Legionnaire's disease outbreak Legionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said.
24 August 2012
Haiti faces new tragedy as Storm Isaac swells Haiti braced for a cruel new battering Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the Caribbean toward the shattered island, gathering strength and threatening to reach hurricane force.
24 August 2012
US Cold War trade rule stays as Russia joins WTO The Obama administration welcomed Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization, but said US exporters would be disadvantaged unless Congress repeals Russia's Cold War-era trade status.
24 August 2012
Michael Jackson's children (L-R) Prince, Blanket and Paris. ©REUTERS/Phil McCarten Jackson's nephew named kids' permanent co-guardian A judge in Los Angeles named Michael Jackson's nephew TJ permanent co-guardian of the late King of Pop's three children.
24 August 2012
The Chips fire burns near Greenville, California August 20, 2012. ©REUTERS/Max Whittaker California declares state of emergency amid fires Authorities declared a state of emergency in northern California, ravaged by fires at a time when several other western US states are also fighting flames.
24 August 2012
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