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• Corruption scandal rocks Brazilian government
• Pope elevates six cardinals to choose successor
• Will US role at climate talks change after storm?
• Massachusetts gas explosion under investigation
• Egypt's top judges slam president's new powers
• Ex-boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
• Ex-boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies after shooting
• Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico
• Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico
• Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico
• Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies
• Doctor: Hector Camacho has died after being taken off life support
• End nears for shot boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho
• Pope appoints six cardinals who will elect his successor
• Arafat's remains said to be exhumed Tuesday
• Will storm-struck US deliver at climate talks?
• At least seven killed in attack on Shi'ite procession in Pakistan
• House to consider limited GOP immigration bill
• 1 of FBI's 10 most wanted arrested in Mexico
• Gas blast at Mass. strip club under investigation
• Russian scientist jailed under Putin walks free
• Susan Rice battles critics as abrasive style takes toll
• Larry Hagman dead at 81, portrayed notorious TV villain J.R. Ewing
• Clashes in Cairo after Mursi seizes new powers
• Larry Hagman dead at 81, portrayed notorious TV villain J.R. Ewing

Corruption scandal rocks Brazilian government Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PST BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal on Saturday of government officials allegedly involved in a bribery ring, including the country's deputy attorney general. Federal police raided government offices in Brasilia and Sao Paulo on Friday and arrested six people for running an influence peddling ring that sold government approvals to businessmen in return for bribes. ...

Pope elevates six cardinals to choose successor Posted: 24 Nov 2012 10:39 AM PST Pope Benedict XVI responded to criticism that the club of churchmen who will choose his successor is too Eurocentric, elevating six new cardinals from Colombia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, the Philippines and the U.S. during a formal ceremony Saturday.

Will US role at climate talks change after storm? Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:49 AM PST During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish weather that many scientists say will occur more often on a warming planet.

Massachusetts gas explosion under investigation Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:33 AM PST Dozens of building inspectors began assessing homes and businesses in one of New England's biggest cities on Saturday, a day after a natural gas explosion leveled a strip club located next to a day care and heavily damaged a dozen other structures. The blast injured 18 people, many of them first responders.

Egypt's top judges slam president's new powers Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:17 AM PST Egypt's highest body of judges slammed on Saturday a recent decision by the president to grant himself near-absolute power, calling the move an "unprecedented assault" on the judiciary.

Ex-boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:00 AM PST Hector ''Macho'' Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police, was declared dead on Saturday, four days after being shot in the face. He was 50.

Ex-boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies after shooting Posted: 24 Nov 2012 07:22 AM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Hector ''Macho'' Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police, was declared dead on Saturday, four days after being shot in the face. He was 50.

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico Posted: 24 Nov 2012 07:07 AM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Former championship boxer Hector ''Macho'' Camacho died Saturday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he has been unconscious since he was shot in the face in an attack in his hometown.

Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:50 AM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hector "Macho" Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police, was declared dead on Saturday, four days after being shot in the face. He was 50.

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:33 AM PST Former championship boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho died Saturday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he has been unconscious since he was shot in the face in an attack in his hometown.

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:17 AM PST Hector "Macho" Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police, was declared dead on Saturday, four days after being shot in the face. He was 50.

Doctor: Hector Camacho has died after being taken off life support Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST Doctor says boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho has died after being taken off life support.

End nears for shot boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:28 AM PST The mother of Hector "Macho" Camacho says she has decided to have doctors cut off life support for the former world champion boxer Saturday once three more of his sons get a last chance to see him.

Pope appoints six cardinals who will elect his successor Posted: 24 Nov 2012 04:39 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict made six non-European prelates Roman Catholic cardinals on Saturday, chipping away at the old continent's domination of the elite group that will one day elect his successor. The new cardinals, ranging in age from 53 to 72, are from the United States, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Lebanon and Colombia, and the decision to choose no Italians or Europeans looked like an attempt to counter criticism that he has in the past neglected the needs of the developing world. ...

Arafat's remains said to be exhumed Tuesday Posted: 24 Nov 2012 04:07 AM PST The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation into his death, a Palestinian investigator said Saturday.

Will storm-struck US deliver at climate talks? Posted: 24 Nov 2012 03:51 AM PST During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish weather that many scientists say will occur more often on a warming planet.

At least seven killed in attack on Shi'ite procession in Pakistan Posted: 24 Nov 2012 01:23 AM PST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed at least seven people near a Shi'ite procession in Pakistan on Saturday, police said, with security forces on high alert over fears of large-scale sectarian attacks on the minority sect across the country. Pakistan, a nuclear-armed U.S. ally, is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend, an important one in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, after a series of bomb attacks on Shi'ites triggered by mobile phones. Hardline Sunnis have threatened more attacks as the Shi'ite mourning month of Muharram comes to a climax. ...

House to consider limited GOP immigration bill Posted: 24 Nov 2012 01:07 AM PST House Republicans still smarting from their poor showing among Hispanics in the presidential election are planning a vote next week on immigration legislation that would both expand visas for foreign science and technology students and make it easier for those with green cards to bring their immediate families to the U.S.

1 of FBI's 10 most wanted arrested in Mexico Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:51 AM PST One of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives was arrested in Mexico and returned to Los Angeles Friday night to face charges of murder, kidnapping and rape, U.S. officials said.

Gas blast at Mass. strip club under investigation Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:34 AM PST Officials had already evacuated part of the entertainment district in one of New England's biggest cities because of a gas leak and odor report before a natural gas explosion leveled a strip club and heavily damaged a dozen other buildings, including a day care. Eighteen people were injured, many of them first responders.

Russian scientist jailed under Putin walks free Posted: 23 Nov 2012 11:13 PM PST KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian scientist Valentin Danilov walked free on parole on Saturday after serving eight years of a 14-year sentence on charges of spying for China during President Vladimir Putin's first term. Danilov, 66, said shortly after his release in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk that he had regarded himself as a political prisoner because the information he passed on was declassified. "I would really appreciate it if somebody finally told me what state secret I sold," he said. Danilov smiled, joked and laughed with reporters. ...

Susan Rice battles critics as abrasive style takes toll Posted: 23 Nov 2012 10:57 PM PST UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Susan Rice has had a series of diplomatic triumphs as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. President Barack Obama, an old friend, showed he has her back when last week he publicly challenged her Republican critics over the Benghazi controversy to "go after me" rather than her. She knew former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright from the age of 4. And yet Rice is now fighting for her political future. ...

Larry Hagman dead at 81, portrayed notorious TV villain J.R. Ewing Posted: 23 Nov 2012 10:08 PM PST Larry Hagman, who created one of American television's most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," died on Friday, the Dallas Morning News reported. He was 81.

Clashes in Cairo after Mursi seizes new powers Posted: 23 Nov 2012 09:52 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Angry youths hurled rocks at security forces and burned a police truck as thousands gathered in central Cairo to protest at Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decision to grab sweeping new powers. Police fired tear gas near Tahrir Square, heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak at the height of the Arab Spring. Thousands demanded that Mursi should quit and accused him of launching a "coup". There were also violent protests in Alexandria, Port Said and Suez. ...

Larry Hagman dead at 81, portrayed notorious TV villain J.R. Ewing Posted: 23 Nov 2012 09:20 PM PST (Reuters) - Larry Hagman, who created one of American television's most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," died on Friday, the Dallas Morning News reported. He was 81. Hagman died at a Dallas hospital of complications from his battle with cancer, the newspaper said, quoting a statement from his family. He had suffered from cancer and cirrhosis of the liver in the 1990s after decades of drinking. ...

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