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US, Europe look at fast but risky penalty on Iran

| |Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

The White House says Iran is lashing out at the world to "distract attention" from the damage that international sanctions are having at home.Read more

Trial starts in kids' forced Grand Canyon hikes

| |Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

A federal trial began Wednesday for an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons to hike for miles in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.Read more

TCU football players among 17 caught in drug sting

|Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Four Texas Christian University football players were among 17 students arrested Wednesday in a campus drug bust, police said.Read more

Mexico judge orders US producer to stand trial

| |Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a U.S. reality television producer to stand trial in the killing of his wife at a Cancun resort in 2010, and a defense lawyer said his client fainted when he heard the ruling.Read more

World Bank president leaving

|Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

The president of the World Bank says he is stepping down.Read more

Homebuilder optimism rises for 5th straight month

| |Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

U.S. homebuilders are gradually growing more optimistic about the depressed housing market and believe homes sales could pick up sharply when the spring buying season begins.Read more

US stocks mixed as Greek bailout talks inch along

| |Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Stocks are mixed on Wall Street as Greece inches closer to a deal to resolve its debt crisis.Read more

Factory output jumps 0.7 percent in January

| |Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

U.S. factories boosted output last month and December ended up being their best month of growth in five years.Read more

Deere says 1Q profit up 4 percent on strong sales

| |Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Deere & Co. posted a 4 percent jump in its quarterly profits thanks to strong equipment sales, but some expected better and potential headwinds from currency exchange rates overshadowed even a healthier outlook.Read more

In defiant move, Iran proclaims nuclear advances

| |Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Iran claimed Wednesday that it has achieved two major advances in its program to master production of nuclear fuel, a defiant move in response to increasingly tough Western sanctions over its controversial nuclear program.Read more