Mexico mass graves of 219 signal major cartel rift

DURANGO, Mexico - The vacant car repair lot hardly looks out of place in a vibrant but gritty part of the northern colonial city of Durango, famous as the set for John Wayne westerns. More »

Obama: '67 borders reflect longstanding policy

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama defended his endorsement of Israel's 1967 boundaries as the basis for a future Palestine, telling America's pro-Israel lobby Sunday that his views reflected longstanding U.S. policy that needed to be stated clearly. More »

Businessman Cain enters 2012 GOP presidential race

ATLANTA - Herman Cain has run a pizza chain, hosted a talk radio show and sparred with Bill Clinton over health care. He's never held elected office. More »

HPV test beats Pap for cervical cancer screening

Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors. More »


Broadening the pie

For City Councilor Felix Arroyo, opportunity recently came in the form of a vacated office in City Hall. When City Council's central staff moved into a larger office, they left behind an empty room the councilors wanted to use as a meeting space. More »

Why West's Obama slur made headlines

Princeton University professor Cornel West's silly, shoot-from-the-lip slur against President Barack Obama as a "black puppet" predictably got the headline that he knew it would for two reasons. More »

Egyptian and American win JFK awards

A Google executive who launched a Facebook page that sparked protests in Egypt and a member of a southern U.S. school board were given the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Monday. More »