
Nov 12 - By Harriet Baskas, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is cracking down on baggage theft.
Oct 30 - By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Writer
Russia is planning extensive research to support its claim to a broad swath of energy-rich territory beneath the Arctic Sea, a top official of the nation's icebreaker fleet said Friday.
Oct 16 - By Associated Press
Swiss prosecutors have charged a Brazilian woman with faking an attack by skinheads that she said made her miscarry twins, officials said Friday.
Sep 23 - By Associated Press
The controversial Kremlin-backed president of Chechnya claims that militants in the violence-plagued Russian province are backed by U.S. and British intelligence agencies.
Aug 18 - By Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press Writer
A Tunisian health official says a woman who claimed she was pregnant with 12 babies underwent a medical examination that showed she is not pregnant.
Aug 16 - By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer
A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said.
Jun 10 - By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Writer
Russia will rebuild its Soviet-era network of polar stations and use its icebreaker fleet to help support its claim to the vast resources of the Arctic, the man who led a mission to plant a Russian flag on the Arctic seabed said Wednesday.
Jun 7 - By Alfred de Montesquiou, Associated Press Writer
Al-Qaida-linked militants in Algeria have claimed responsibility for an ambush that killed 10 people this week but denied they deliberately targeted the two teachers who were among the victims.
Mar 31 - By Associated Press
The U.S. Department of Labor says a New Jersey-based information technology company has agreed to pay more than a half-million dollars in back wages to workers it hired under a temporary visa program that allows companies to hire foreign-born professionals.
Mar 26 - By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Writer
Russia plans to create a new military force to protect its interests in the disputed Arctic region, a Kremlin strategy paper says.
Feb 17 - By Associated Press
Prosecutors said Thursday that a Brazilian woman has admitted faking an attack by Swiss skinheads and lying about miscarrying twins.
Feb 12 - By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Writer
Russia will modernize its icebreaker fleet and station more researchers in the Arctic as part of its push to stake its claim to the vast resources of the disputed polar region, a presidential envoy said Thursday.
Feb 10 - By Bradley Brooks, Associated Press Writer
A 21-year-old man was killed on an Amazonian Indian reservation in northwest Brazil, and police said Tuesday that a witness to the attack claimed the victim was partially eaten by the Indians.
Jan 8 - By Llazar Semini, Associated Press Writer
An Albanian civil rights group said Thursday it had sued the government to force it to divulge information on an alleged CIA abduction five years ago.

Dec 2 - By Patrick McGroarty, Associated Press Writers
A German court on Thursday rejected a compensation claim for thousands of acres of family land by the grandson of a German aristocrat who took part in a 1944 plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Aug 21 - By Associated Press
An al-Qaida in Iraq front organization is claiming responsibility for a suicide attack that killed a U.S.-allied Sunni leader in northern Baghdad on Sunday.

Aug 19 - By Juanita Cousins, Associated Press Writer
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice — handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it — was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.

Aug 15 - By Malia Wollan, Associated Press Writer
Bigfoot or big fat lie? Whenever someone reports sighting the hairy beast of yore (details always fuzzy) or capturing the hirsute humanoid on film (images always grainy), it scares up a dubious debate of international proportions. Friday was just the latest episode in the Sasquatch show, as unreal as it may be.
Jun 24 - By Associated Press
A senior Russian general says Russia will conduct military exercises in the Arctic to uphold the country's claim to the region's vast natural resources.
May 8 - By Associated Press
A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces outside the Maritime Garage.
Feb 6 - By Associated Press
They say problem gamblers never quit while they're ahead, and one properly insured Oregon man apparently didn't, either.
Jan 10 - By Associated Press
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday granted "hero" awards to scientists backing Russia's claim to a mountain range under the Arctic Ocean that is believed to contain huge oil and gas reserves.
Dec 10 - By Associated Press
A man who claims the CIA kidnapped and tortured him in a case of mistaken identity fell into criminality after returning to Germany because of his treatment by the U.S., his attorney said as his arson trial opened Monday.
May 4 - By Jim Suhr, Associated Press Writer
A high school student who says she was raped after missing her bus home in 2004 has sued over a district policy that barred her from returning to campus to call for a ride.