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Madrid's mega-casino dilemma: more smoking for more jobs?

The government seems willing to grant a smoking-ban exception to a Madrid casino – and Spaniards are upset.
How the most unemployed part of Spain is pushing back against Madrid

One of only two regional governments not led by Spain's ruling party, Andalusia is trying to forge its own solutions to the economic crisis while still following the central government's austerity.
The New Economy Twin storms for US workers: Chinese imports, technological change

Chinese imports and technological change displace US workers in much different ways, a new study finds. Imports destroy jobs only in certain hubs; technology hits much more broadly, but creates as many jobs as it kills.
Teresita Barajuen: A world-record 86 years in a monastery

Teresita Barajuen: A cloistered nun who spent 86 years in a Spanish monastery, Sister Teresita Barajuan passed on at age 105.
Fugitive caught sunbathing in Spain

Fugitive caught sunbathing: British fugitive, Andrew Terence Moran, was caught while sunbathing in Spain some four years after he assaulted and escaped from security guards during an armed robbery trial in the United Kingdom.
Could a weak Spanish doping verdict cost Madrid the Olympics?

Madrid is campaigning to host the 2020 Olympic Games, but that plan may be jeopardized by a court ruling that levied only minor sentences against a doping ring whose conduct outraged Spain.
Sir Alex Ferguson to retire: Who will replace him?

Sir Alex Ferguson: The Manchester United coach, Alex Ferguson, will retire at the end of the seasons. Who's on the short list to replace Ferguson?
In time of trans-Atlantic austerity, US expands military presence in Spain

With its already small defense budget hit hard by the economic crisis Spain is leasing several bases to the US in exchange for access to better technology, intelligence, and training.
Global News Blog May Day protests: From Bangladesh to Europe, angry workers rally in the tens of thousands (+video)

But this year's May Day demonstrations come on the heels of the tragic Bangladesh factory collapse, a potent symbol for many of the importance of workers' rights.
Focus With no jobs in the city, country life is coming back to Spain

After decades of population loss to cities, rural areas in Spain – and across Europe – have been gaining allure as havens from the ongoing recession.
Masonic lodge vandalized by church stabbing suspect, according to police

Masonic lodge vandalized, three stabbed in church: Police said when Lawrence Capener was arrested Sunday he still had spray paint on his hands and believe it was likely from the lodge attack earlier.
Opinion Why civilian courts are best for terror trials, especially Boston bombing suspect

As more than 1,000 terrorism trials over the last decade show, the federal court system is well equipped to handle terrorism cases like that of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His trial may also help harmonize US counterterrorism efforts with those of its allies.
Editor's Blog After the Marathon bombings: a new resolve

The globalization of ideas via the Internet, air travel, and migration is profoundly affecting the world. In once-isolated communities, exposure to the new and different can prompt a reaction of anger, fear, even terrorism. But the tide of freedom and human dignity is immensely more powerful -- and ultimately unstoppable.
New Mexico church stabbing leaves four in choir wounded

New Mexico church stabbing: A man with a knife leapt into the church choir Sunday at the close of mass. An off-duty firefighter and others at the New Mexico church tackled the suspect and held him until police arrived.
Cover Story Boston bombing reveals a new American maturity toward insecurity

The post-9/11 'new normal' has evolved: The tactical and emotional responses to the Boston Marathon bombings show what experts call a national maturity toward terrorism that echoes longer experience with such crises in England, Spain, Russia, Japan, and Israel.
Madrid, Catalonia play down secret talks on independence

The Spanish prime minister and Catalonia's regional leader met secretly last week to discuss improving Catalonia's fiscal deal with Madrid in exchange for easing off its independence bid.
Change Agent Cities try a new strategy with immigrants: embrace them

Through its Cities of Migration project, the Maytree Foundation hopes to provide not just inspiration but a set of tools that any city government can use to build a strong, diverse community.
Spain hopes for improved ties with post-Chávez Venezuela

Spain's relationship with Venezuela, though key to Spanish interests across South America, was often turbulent under Chávez.
Chapter & Verse Choosing the Pope: Looking back at the process through the ages

History professor Frederic J. Baumgartner discusses how the leader of the world's largest Christian faith has been chosen in the past and what that means for the current selection.
Spanish economy shows glimmers of hope, but prime minister gets no love

Despite signs that Spain's crippling recession might be easing, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy looks to have no easier a year in 2013 as austerity bites, Catalonia bucks, and corruption lurks.
Spain lottery, 'El Nino,' gives away $1.1 billion

Spain lottery of $1.1 billion, called the 'El Nino' lottery, is held each Feast of the Epiphany in Spain. But there's a catch. Thanks to the country's new austerity measures, winners in the $1.1 billion Spain lottery have to pay 20 percent income tax on their winnings.
Blizzard conditions, from Kansas to Wisconsin, close schools (+video)

The first major snowstorm of the season shuttered schools in Missouri, and cut power to 30,000 people in Iowa. Chicago, Milwaukee, and Michigan are expecting as much as a foot of snow Thursday.
Briefing Briefing: Catalonia's bid to breakaway from Spain

Austerity's bite revives a long-running independence push for Spain's Catalonia. How likely is its success?
Could Catalonia's vote boost Basque independence?

Sunday's regional elections in Catalonia threw new obstacles into its path for independence from Spain. The independence-minded Basque Country hopes to adopt Catalonia's lessons.
Catalonian elections: Madrid is bad, austerity is worse (+video)

Voters in Catalonia dealt a blow to the Spanish region's ruling party, rejecting its pro-austerity economic policies despite its popular efforts to seek Catalonian independence from Madrid.