'Spider-Man' stuntman falls during Broadway preview
2010-12-22 09:04:14
A leading stuntman in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man" was recovering in hospital on Tuesday after falling 30 feet (9.1 meters) during a performance in yet another setback for the troubled musical.
6 feared dead in copter crash in Puerto Rico
2010-12-22 06:15:57
A Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter crashed in the ocean while en route to a drug raid. The body of one of the six people on board has been found and the remaining five are feared dead, officials said Tuesday.
Lunar eclipse coincides with Winter Solstice
2010-12-21 17:06:16
The eclipse will be the first to coincide with the Winter Solstice since 1638.
Sao Paulo pays high price for traffic jams
2010-12-21 15:33:47
The city had 6.95 million vehicles registered by November 2010, which includes about 5 million minivans. During rush hour, cars sitting in traffic can extend as long as 50 kilometers, causing a loss of 4 billion reals ($2.35 billion) annually.
Early X'mas treat: 2010's total lunar eclipse
2010-12-20 08:24:42
Weather permitting, sky gazers in North and Central America and a tiny sliver of South America will boast the best seats to this year's only total eclipse of the moon just days before Christmas.
27 killed in Mexico pipeline explosion
2010-12-20 06:46:07
Fuel thieves tampering with an oil pipeline could have sparked a deadly blast in central Mexico that flooded streets with fire and killed at least 27 people before dawn on Sunday.
Severe ice, crew errors cause Cuban plane crash
2010-12-17 11:17:02
Severe ice conditions and errors by the crew caused the crash of a Cuban aircraft on November 4, the Civil Aeronautics Institute of Cuba (IACC) said Thursday.
Chrysler recalls 367,000 vans for airbag risk
2010-12-17 10:11:15
Chrysler Group LLC is recalling over 367,000 minivans because of the risk that a water leak in the air conditioning system could trigger the airbags, risking injury to passengers.
At least 20 killed in Cote d'Ivoire clashes
2010-12-17 09:43:58
Forces loyal to the two men claiming Cote d'Ivoire's presidency clashed Thursday, killing at least 20.
Missing Nepal plane found, all 22 onboard dead
2010-12-16 18:56:12
All 22 passengers on a small plane died when it crashed in Nepal's mountainous east, searchers said Thursday after finding the wreckage of the plane that had gone missing a day earlier.
27 asylum seekers die as boat sinks off Australia
2010-12-15 22:03:03
Twenty-seven asylum seekers have died and dozens may be missing after heavy waves smashed their timber boat onto rocks on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean off Australia on Wednesday, sinking the boat and throwing people into stormy seas
Drug war claims 3,000 lives in Mexican city
2010-12-15 14:46:24
This year's death toll in drug-related violence in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, the hardest hit by Mexico's drug war, rose to 3,000 Tuesday after two men were shot dead on a street, authorities said.