The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent believed to have fatally shot a colleague who opened fire on a supervisor in Long Beach Calif. is known for investigating sex crimes against children. Perry Woo received the U.S. Justice Department's Officer…

WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) His name was Hussien. To Amine El Khalifi the Virginia man was his alleged connection to al-Qaeda-style sympathizers in the USA. The two shared a belief according to federal court records that the war on terrorism was actually…

A 15-year-old boy was shot to death on the South Side Tuesday afternoon and one of his brothers is in police custody family members and a police source said. The shooting occurred at 3:30 p.m. near West 70th Street and South Yale Avenue police said…

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had failed to secure an agreement with Iran during two days of talks over disputed atomic activities and that the Islamic Republic had rejected a request to visit a key military site.…

U.S. investigators concluded Tuesday that the deadliest prison fire in a century was accidental and may have been caused by a lit match cigarette or some other open flame. President Porfirio Lobo also announced he is pardoning a prisoner who helped…

GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on Syrian authorities and rebels on Tuesday to agree immediately on a daily two-hour ceasefire to allow vital aid to reach civilians and wounded to be evacuated from hard-hit…

(CNN)-- Eurozone finance ministers sealed a deal Tuesday morning for a second bailout for Greece including 130 billion ($173 billion) in new financing. The finance ministers from the 17 nations that use the euro known as the Eurogroup gave Greece…

The companies say their multiyear agreement will cover foreign-language movies documentaries and some other films in the Weinstein vault and make them available for instant viewing on Netflix. Netflix Inc. says it will get some films within a year of…

The USDJPY didn t make significant movement yesterday but overall still able to maintain its intraday bullish bias. There are no changes in my technical outlook. The bias remains bullish in nearest term testing 80.23. Immediate support is seen around…

Rick Santorum is within striking distance of Mitt Romney in Arizona a state that was considered reliable Romney territory just weeks ago according to a new TIME/CNN poll. Thirty-six percent of likely Republican voters back Romney while 32% support…

(Updates with election and tax cut adds support for small business exports beginning in third paragraph.) Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said public pressure was vital in getting Congress to extend a temporary payroll tax cut for workers…

On Wednesday the federal Department of Homeland Security s Secure Communities program begins statewide in Connecticut and some state officials have concerns about it. Secure Communities calls for state and local law enforcement agencies…

(CNN)-- To watch Whitney Houston's powerful "home going" service on Saturday was to be reminded that she was a one-of-a-kind talent with a divine instrument that even in death soared above all the other famous voices that gathered at the New Hope Baptist…

OTTAWA Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Former Canadian Broadcasting Corp. President Pierre Juneau has died a colleague said Tuesday. He was 89. Juneau headed the network from 1982 to 1989. He also was the first chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications…

NEW ORLEANS - Bathed in spring-like warmth and showered with trinkets beads and music New Orleans reveled in the excesses of Fat Tuesday. A seemingly endless stream of costumed marching groups and ornately-decorated float parades led by make-believe…

TAMPA Fla. (AP) - Raul Ibanez and the New York Yankees have finalized a $1.1 million one-year contract. The deal was announced Tuesday one day after the sides reached agreement. It includes $2.9 million in performance bonuses. Ibanez is a 39-year-…

WACO Texas - Brittney Griner had 18 points with 10 rebounds and top-ranked Baylor claimed the outright Big 12 title with an 80-59 victory over Texas on Tuesday night. Griner's 40th career double-double came in her 100th game at Baylor. After a pregame…

BUFFALO N.Y. -- Ryan Miller made 30 saves including stopping Matt Moulson on the doorstep with 4:04 left and led the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. Tyler Myers and Thomas Vanek staked the Sabres to a 2-0…

Mounted Memories is the industry leader in providing top quality authentic race-used memorabilia. Mounted Memories? products are officially licensed by NASCAR and the individual race teams and all of our race-used materials come to us from the NASCAR…

Replace these Affiliate Programs at ANYTIME! Your banner here within the next hour. BlueStar is pleased to announce it will now offer Intermec s new SG20 family of handheld scanners. Designed to speed the scanning process in retail healthcare and…

Comcast is hoping to prevent its cable customers from cutting the cord by introducing a new streaming video service. The service known as Xfinity Streampix is designed to complement Comcast's existing Xfinity on Demand and TV Everywhere initiatives…

Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs easing critical shortages at least for the time being that have left patients and parents frightened about missing life-saving treatments. The news…

William C. Weldon who presided over Johnson & Johnson during one of the most tumultuous periods in its history will step down as chief executive in April the company announced Tuesday. Alex Gorsky head of the medical device and diagnostics business…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) - A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments according…