Leonardo Patterson made his first archaeological find at age 7 in a yam field in his native Costa Rica _ a piece of clay pottery his cousin said could be thousands of years old. It launched a lifelong fascination with pre-Columbian art, and a career ...

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Nine friends and relatives from Roswell are no longer alien to being short on cash. The residents of the New Mexico city best known as the site of a rumored UFO crash in the '40s claimed a Powerball jackpot Friday worth $206.9 million, the state's ...

The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class. The global financial ...

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Latin American countries Tuesday reacted differently to current world financial crisis with some urging for more support from developed nations and some taking active measures against it. Brazilian President Luiz ...

Daytona and Talladega not only bring restrictor plate racing to NASCAR four times a year but a rule that has been nearly as controversial as the horsepower-choking engine modifications the sanctioning body imposes at the two longest oval tracks on ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Aliens just might swoop down from outer space to borrow some cash of universal proportions now that a Powerball jackpot worth more than $200 million has been claimed by a group of nine friends and family members from Roswell. The ...

TURKEY-KURDS Battle kills 15 Turkish soldiers, 23 rebels. RICE INDIA. Rice lauds nuclear deal as key to US-India future. US-OJ SIMPSON. Former football star guilty of robbery. US-EPISCOPALIANS-SLAVERY APOLOGY. Church leaders apologize for slavery ...

WASHINGTON _ Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson turned to a familiar source when he picked a director for the government's $700 billion bailout program: his former Wall Street firm, Goldman Sachs. By Martin Crutsinger and Jeannine Aversa. AP Photo ...

Mexico City, Oct 8 (Xinhua) Latin American countries have reacted differently to the current world financial crisis with some governments urging more support from developed nations and some others taking active measures against it. Brazilian ...