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WASHINGTON (AP) — An accused Mexican drug cartel member has pleaded guilty in the killing and wounding of two U.S. agents in Mexico.Julian Zapata Espinoza pleaded guilty Thursday to the February 2011 shootings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enf ...more

By Jonny Hogg GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Troubled eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, U.N. Secretary General Ba ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in early trading, extending a sell-off that began Wednesday afternoon, after Chinese manufacturing unexpectedly contracted and on concern that the Federal Reserve may ease back on its stimulus program.The Dow Jones in ...more

The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:HOLLYWOOD DIVIDED ON GOOGLE GLASSNew wearable screens have theater owners considering a ban, while others see a new content play. http://www.hollywoo ...more

MONACO (AP) — German driver Nico Rosberg posted the fastest time in both practice sessions for the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday.Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton was second fastest in the afternoon's second practice run ahead of the Ferrari pair ...more

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former elementary school teacher who was on the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives is due in federal court on a child pornography charge.Eric Justin Toth is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon in Washingto ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal Reserve remains to keeping up its bond-buying program.The Dow Jones industrial average fell 112 points to 15,191 in early t ...more

BERLIN (Reuters) - German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel's government that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry. The Brauer-Bund beer associat ...more

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell won't be released from prison Thursday, the Washington state Corrections Department said.Steve Powell has been serving time on voyeurism charges for secretly recording i ...more

NEW YORK (AP) — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood.Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhatta ...more