- US goes after ex-Mexican governor's Texas property
The former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real estate, federal prosecutors alleged in two forfeiture cases filed Tuesday.
- Passenger's suspicious claim diverts jet to Maine
A US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, raising fears of a terror scenario that security officials had warned about.
- Serial stabbings suspect guilty of murder in Mich.
A drifter accused of terrorizing a struggling city by faking car trouble then stabbing strangers who came to his aid was quickly convicted of murder Tuesday after jurors rejected an insanity defense.
- Perez get saves as Indians beat Tigers 5-3
Chris Perez, greeted by a standing ovation from the time he left the bullpen, worked another scary ninth inning for his 14th save as the Cleveland Indians ended a 10-game losing streak to Detroit with a 5-3 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night.
- Granger out of Pacers-Heat game with ankle injury
Indiana forward Danny Granger left the Pacers' Eastern Conference semifinal game against the Miami Heat on Tuesday night early in the second half with a sprained left ankle.
- World Bank says Europe, US might hurt Asian growth
East Asia's developing economies could face a shock from China's slowdown and need to boost domestic demand to offset weak exports due to a sluggish U.S. recovery and Europe's debt crisis, the World Bank said Wednesday.
- Phillips, Sanchez face off on 'Idol' finale
Jessica Sanchez wishes she could've changed one thing about the "American Idol" finale: her final song.
- Sheriff: Suspect linked by DNA to missing CA teen
A man was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of murder and kidnapping after his DNA was found in the bag of a missing girl whose abduction was believed to be a random act of violence, authorities said.
- Granger rolls ankle in Game 5 of Pacers-Heat
Indiana forward Danny Granger started the second half despite spraining his left ankle after missing a shot late in the second quarter of Game 5 of the Pacers' Eastern Conference semifinal series in Miami on Tuesday night.
- Jury sees video of GI buying bomb-making items
A Muslim soldier on the run for three weeks after going AWOL from a Kentucky Army post found no help from friends in his Dallas-area hometown, where he hatched a plan and bought supplies to blow up a restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops, according to testimony at his federal trial Tuesday.
- Malaysian opposition's Anwar charged over protest
Malaysian prosecutors have again charged the government's most prominent challenger, alleging that he and two allies broke various laws during a massive street rally to demand electoral fairness.
- AP Sources: IOC, USOC agree on proposed money deal
Officials familiar with the negotiations say international and U.S. Olympic leaders have agreed in principle on a new revenue-sharing deal that would end years of acrimony and clear the way for America to bid again for future games.
- Man in stable condition after Niagara Falls plunge
A man who survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls — only the third person known to have done so without a safety device — was in stable condition Tuesday, a day after his apparent suicide attempt that led to a dramatic and painstaking rescue.
- Romney inches closer to GOP nomination with sweep
Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
- Ford to get blue oval back after second upgrade
Ford Motor Co. is getting its blue oval logo back.
- Hunt for trafficker terrorizes Honduran villagers
A fearsome rattle of gunfire from the sky. The roar of helicopters descending on a tiny, Honduran town. And the sound of commandos speaking in English as they battered down doors and detained locals in the hunt for a drug trafficker.
- 2 charged in killing of 2 USC students from China
Two men charged with the murders of two graduate students from China made a brief court appearance Tuesday with a crowd of supporters shouting messages of love from the audience.
- Nasdaq admits put wrong fix for Facebook IPO glitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc admitted in a call with its member brokerage firms on Tuesday that it put the wrong fix for a technical glitch related to Facebook's IPO in place on Friday, which led to trading disruptions for much of the day. Nasdaq believed it had the correct solution to fix the problem that delayed trading in the stock for thirty minutes, Eric Noll, Nasdaq's head of transaction services, said in a statement to Reuters. ...
- SEC, FINRA to review Facebook issues, Nasdaq sued
(Reuters) - Two top U.S. financial regulators said the issues around the initial public offering of Facebook should be reviewed, putting fresh pressure on the company, its embattled lead underwriter and the Nasdaq. After Friday's nearly flat close and Monday's 11 percent plunge, Facebook shares closed 8.9 percent lower at $31 on volume of 101 million shares. At that price the company has shed more than $19 billion in market capitalization from its $38-per-share offering price last week. ...
- APNewsBreak: NKorea upgrading rocket launch site
Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a U.S. institute claimed Tuesday.
- APNewsBreak: Franciscan files tell abuse story
Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him. The priest told him it would help draw the fever out.
- AP NewsAlert
Romney wins GOP presidential primary in Arkansas.
- Deaths of Neb. mom, son mystery to police, others
Police, neighbors and friends struggled Tuesday to unravel the mysterious deaths of a Nebraska woman and her 10-year-old son that began with them appearing to go on an excursion and ended with their bodies found deep in the woods of an Iowa state park.
- Facebook settles lawsuit over "Sponsored Stories"
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the site's "Sponsored Stories" feature publicized users' "likes" without compensation or the ability to opt out, according to a court document filed on Tuesday. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a San Jose, California federal court, could have included nearly one of every three Americans, with billions of dollars in damages, court documents say. The terms of the settlement are not spelled out in court filings. ...
- Analysis: Did banks cross the line in Facebook research calls?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As regulators scrutinize Facebook's problem-plagued stock market debut, they may have to confront areas of securities law that do not always clearly spell out what industry analysts are allowed to tell clients about companies on the verge of going public. Facebook and the Wall Street banks that underwrote its $16 billion initial public offering are facing questions about how and why stock analysts decided to cut their financial forecasts on the company ahead of the IPO. ...
- Morgan Stanley defends Facebook IPO procedures
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley said its procedures for the Facebook Inc's initial public offering were "in compliance with all applicable regulations." "Morgan Stanley followed the same procedures for the Facebook offering that it follows for all IPOs," spokesman Pen Pendleton said in a statement. "These procedures are in compliance with all applicable regulations. ...
- Nasdaq shareholders mum on Facebook IPO
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Not a single shareholder asked a question at Nasdaq OMX's annual meeting on Tuesday, just days after the exchange operator bungled Facebook's widely anticipated market debut, which helped launch the new stock into a three-day slide. When Nasdaq Chairman H. Furlong Baldwin called for questions at the Tuesday morning meeting in New York, he got eight seconds of silence. Technical glitches marred Facebook's IPO on Nasdaq's exchange on Friday, delaying the social networking giant's market debut by 30 minutes and delaying order confirmations for hours afterward. The U.S. ...
- Facebook IPO shows galactic divide between investors
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's no surprise to anyone that big investors get preferential treatment on Wall Street. Investors expressed disappointment, skepticism and even shock on Tuesday after learning that an analyst at lead underwriter Morgan Stanley cut his Facebook revenue forecasts in the days before the company's initial public offering - information that apparently did not reach small investors before the stock went public and subsequently tumbled. The divide between the research and retail arms of big Wall Street firms has always been deep. ...
- Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood
A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation.