The couple worked for 30 years planning churches in northeastern Mexico, and while touring the US churches that supported them last year they talked about the dangers of working in a country torn by cartel violence.

Owner Bud Adams reverses course after announcing three weeks ago that Fisher would remain with Tennessee for the final year of his contract.

By AP AT&T Inc. is facing competition for iPhone customers for the first time, starting on Feb. 10, when Verizon Wireless starts selling Apple's phone.

By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - LinkedIn Corp. has always touted itself as a more exclusive club for business professionals - hinting strongly that its model was more lucrative than the teenage gossip and band demos at peers like Facebook ...

We now know that more college freshmen are reporting high levels of stress -- they've told us so. And this could be a warning sign of bigger problems down the road.

(01-27) 04:00 PST PARK CITY, Utah -- Watching two movies in a row in which adolescent girls cut their bodies with a razor was a reminder of all the dark places the Sundance Film Festival takes you.

Rockets center Yao Ming has been voted in as the All-Star starter in eight of his nine NBA seasons. Yao Ming's stress fracture and ankle surgery ended his season and could end his career, but could not keep him from being voted in as ...

Microsoft saw its quarterly operating profits fall by 4% even while revenues grew by 5% to $19.9bn, boosted by huge sales of its Xbox games console and Kinect controller.

US golfer John Daly smokes a cigarette as he warms up on the putting green at Torrey Pines golf course in San Diego, California January 26, 2011.

The commission investigating the near-meltdown points fingers at homeowners, corporate executives and government regulators. 'The crisis was the result of human action and inaction,' its majority report says.

OTTAWA - Canada called Thursday on Yemen to allow "freedom of expression" and to respond peacefully to demonstrations rocking the Arab world's poorest nation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Time Magazine reporter Jay Carney will become President Barack Obama's new top spokesman, White House officials said, rounding out a staff shake-up spurred by Democratic losses in last ...

Thousands of Tunisians continue their demonstrations on Avenue Habib Bourghiba on January 25, 2011 in Tunis, Tunisia. The government square has become a makeshift camp as protestors defy the emergency curfew and sleep on the floor.

Ron Meyer is Hollywood's longest surviving studio head. But his new boss, NBC Universal Chief Executive Steve Burke, has shown that he's not timid about making changes.

TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Nikkei average fell on Friday, hit by investor aversion to financial stocks after Standard & Poor's cut Japan's sovereign debt rating the previous day.

The eighth-largest winter storm in New York City history left parts of the city under 19 inches of snow Thursday, forcing public schools to close for the day as city workers pushed to clear the streets.

PETER CAVE: One of Uganda's most high profile gay rights activists has been bludgeoned to death in his home just weeks after winning a court victory over a tabloid that called for homosexuals to be killed.

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks to reporters at a storage area containing supplies for shelters run by Samaritan's Purse, a charity associated with the ministries of US evangelist Billy Graham, in Cabaret December 12, 2010.