Posted: 9:53 AM The International Monetary Fund has pulled in billions of dollars in new reserves to help battle Europe's lingering debt crisis.

Posted: 9:50 AM Wal-Mart says allegations hushed up bribery by executives in Mexico are "not a reflection of who we are or what we stand for."

Posted: 2:24 PM Hundreds of volunteers are helping qualified immigrants become U.S. citizens in time to register to vote in the November presidential elections.

Posted: 1:39 PM George Zimmerman is getting out of jail. Now his defense team has to worry about keeping the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of gunning down Trayvon Martin safe on the outside.

Posted: 1:18 PM Earth Day picnics on Sunday could make the record books this year.

Updated: 1:08 PM Residents in a north Tulsa neighborhood are left with more doubts than hopes the crime-ridden area will improve after a shooting spree.

Posted: 11:35 AM Michelin is recalling more than 77,000 bus tires because sidewall defects can cause them to lose air rapidly, increasing the risk of a crash.

Posted: 11:32 AM Fifteen years ago, California became the first state to ban the consideration of race and ethnicity in public university admissions.

Posted: 11:25 AM A week after a Secret Service prostitution scandal began unfolding in the hallway of a Colombian hotel, six agents have lost their jobs and hundreds of people have been interviewed.

Posted: 11:06 AM In one of the neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, developers have built a prototype house that's aimed at providing a quick housing solution for areas leveled by disasters.

Posted: 11:02 AM Investigators continue to rip apart the basement of a building in New York City's fashionable SoHo section, looking for any trace of a 6-year-old boy who vanished in 1979.

Posted: 10:22 AM The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power companies weren't falling for it.

Posted: 10:18 AM President Barack Obama is aiming his weekly media message at young voters, characterizing Republicans as a hindrance to an affordable college education.

Posted: 10:15 AM The pregame warm-up is over. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's urgent task now: Learn the lessons of a primary season peppered with tactical and communications errors that cost time and money while reinforcing doubts about him.

Posted: 10:12 AM The fate of the long-serving senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, is in the hands of 4,000 GOP delegates.

Posted: 10:09 AM Newly obtained data shows that the U.S. Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan over the last two years on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other drugs.

Posted: 10:03 AM Recent government reports warn that the Obama administration's missile defense shield in Europe faces major delays, cost overruns and critical technological problems.

Posted: 10:00 AM Authorities say an armed man tried to steal a small plane from a Los Angeles County airport, but his flight was foiled by a chain connecting the aircraft to the tarmac.

Posted: 9:54 AM A Southern California junior high teacher fired for performing in a pornographic video before she was hired is planning to fight her dismissal.

Posted: 9:47 AM The last of four inmates who escaped from a north-central Kansas county jail this week is back in custody.

Posted: 9:43 AM Frantic calls to emergency dispatchers from people fleeing after masked gunmen opened fire at a Texas cockfight near the Mexican border describe a chaotic scene.

Posted: 11:46 PM A 17 year old is facing serious charges after being accused making a bomb threat at a Kentucky school.

Posted: 6:02 PM More casualties from the Secret Service scandal

Posted: 5:57 PM The worst is over, for now: Gasoline prices are starting to fall.

Posted: 12:23 PM An accident involving a semi truck scattered debris for hundreds of yards and shut down part of Interstate 75 in Kentucky for hours Friday morning.