MEXICO CITY - The political party that governed Mexico for 71 years before voters shunted it aside a decade ago finished strongly in gubernatorial elections on Sunday, which analysts saw as a sign of growing concern ...

By Bloomberg News - Jul 5, 2010 China's auto sales grew at a slower pace in June and a services-industry index slid to a 15-month low, adding to signs that the economy leading the world recovery is cooling.

LOS ANGELES - “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” drew an estimated $161 million out of North American theaters in its first five days of release, a spectacular if not quite record-breaking result.

July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, will recall 91903 cars sold in Japan after saying engines in as many as 270000 vehicles worldwide may have a defect that can lead to stalling.

NEW YORK - The nation's largest fireworks show has exploded over the Hudson River in New York City in a burst of red, white and blue.

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York was evacuated Sunday evening for about two hours after a caller phoned in a threat, according to a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New ...

July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks snapped four days of decline while commodities and the won gained on optimism the region will continue to grow amid mounting concerns about the pace of the global recovery.

Alpine, Texas -- An air ambulance crashed shortly after takeoff from a west Texas airport early Sunday, killing all five aboard. Texas authorities identified the dead as patient Guy Richard Folger, 78, of Alpine; his wife, Mary Folger, 59; ...

July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Waves as high as six feet (1.8 meters) may persist for most of this week off the Louisiana coast, forcing BP Plc to postpone already-delayed efforts to double the amount of oil being captured from a leaking Gulf of ...

BEIJING - An American geologist detained and tortured by China's state security agents over an oil industry database was jailed for eight years Monday in a troubling example of China's rough justice system and the way the US government handles cases ...

Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the top Shiite cleric in Lebanon, whose writings and preachings inspired the Dawa Party of Iraq and a generation of militants, including the founders of Hezbollah, died Sunday morning in ...

AP National Video AP National Video AP International News Video AP Political News Video AP Entertainment News Video AP Sports Video Entertainment News from AP Joey "Jaws" Chestnut ate his way to victory at the Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog ...

KABUL - A soldier serving with NATO's forces in Afghanistan has been killed in the country's south, where the fight against the Taliban is at its fiercest, NATO said Monday.

ANAHEIM -- Ervin Santana maintained that there was no intent to hit Billy Butler twice on Saturday. So on Sunday, when Kansas City's Anthony Lerew plunked Bobby Abreu in the bottom of the first inning, after missing with two ...

BAGHDAD -- Vice President Biden met with two Shiite political leaders clashing over which one will lead the nation and urged both men to speed up sluggish negotiations, which have stalled the formation of the next government, ...

CLEVELAND -- When LeBron James traveled up Interstate 77 from his Akron area home, he would see the signs on nearly every overpass on the final 10 miles into downtown Cleveland.

By 3am 5/07/2010 Danny Cipriani, welcome to the crazy car-crash world of Lindsay Lohan... The smitten actress begged rugby hunk Danny to celebrate her 24th birthday this weekend at a string of parties in Los Angeles.

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - After 12 years of working, sweating and wondering when he would finally win in the United States, Justin Rose has begun to make it look easy.