14 Decapitated Men Among 27 Slain in Mexican Resort of Acapulco
ACAPULCO, Mexico -- The bodies of 15 men, all but one of them headless, were found on a street outside a shopping center in Acapulco on Saturday as police reported 27 people slain in the Pacific...
Here's to the Winners of 2010
AP
At this time of year, everyone seems to be looking back. People hash over the most memorable quotes, the trendiest words, the biggest headlines. Here, we take a look at some of the year's brighter...
Gore Says Support for Ethanol Was a Mistake
Luca Bruno, AP
Now he tells us. Al Gore says his support for corn-based ethanol subsidies while serving as vice president was a mistake that had more to do with his desire to cultivate farm votes in the 2000...
The June Hurricane: Not Your Everyday Storm
(June 30) -- Hurricane Alex, which is expected to strike northern Mexico late today, is somewhat unusual: It's a June hurricane. Alex is the first June hurricane in the Atlantic since 1995, when...
A Global Feeling of Gloom
(June 18) -- Does the economy have you feeling blue? You're not alone. When the Pew Research Center released a 22-nation poll on global issues earlier this week, most of the headlines focused on...
A Rare Drop in the Jail Population
John Moore, Getty Images
(June 4) -- The number of inmates in local jails across the United States is down for the first time since the government started tracking the numbers in 1982, according to the federal Bureau of...
Your 2010 Hurricane Scorecard
NOAA
(May 28) -- The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season is Tuesday, and the major forecasts suggest we could be headed for a real whopper. Earlier this week, the National Oceanic and...
US Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Reach 1,000
Dion Nissenbaum, MCT
(May 19) -- The news out of Afghanistan is grim these days no matter how you look at it. Last week, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces there, told PBS's "Newshour" that no...
The World's Biggest Boozers
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(May 15) -- AOL News contributor Ioannis Gatsiounis brings us a grim account today of how scores of Ugandans have died in recent weeks after drinking a home-brewed alcohol known as waragi. The story...
Volcanic Eruptions: The Violence Index
(April 20) -- For all the travel trouble it has caused, you might think the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano would rate as one of the bigger volcanic calamities in modern history. But...
Adios to a Miserably Wet March
(April 1) -- March probably couldn't have ended soon enough for residents of the Northeast, which got hit by two major rainstorms in the span of just a few weeks -- including one that finally blew...
New to the Menu: Calorie Tallies
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(March 26) -- If you've ever pulled up to the drive-through of a fast-food restaurant and guiltily wondered how many calories are in that cheeseburger, fries and chocolate shake you just ordered, the...
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