Kentucky police said Tuesday that Bill Sparkman, the census worker found hanged with "FED" written on his chest, was trying
to make his suicide look like a murder for insurance purposes.
A report Tuesday on the latest climate-change research shows emissions rising quickly and ice caps melting faster than projected.
The report comes amid a controversy over hacked scientists’ e-mails that some say point to a global warming hoax.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez recently compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Idi Amin and Robert Mugabe - in
a good way. Ahmadinejad's other Latin America stops include Brazil and Bolivia.
President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met in advance of Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House.
China loomed over a discussion dominated by Afghanistan.
A video that appears to show a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer pushing a passenger into a glass barrier rekindles
the issue of excess police force. A passenger was shot by a BART police officer in January.
Many Indians felt that Obama gave too much deference to China during his recent Asia trip, setting off doubts about whether
the US is on India's side. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at the White House Tuesday.
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Richard Berry stands in a former Sunday School classroom in the basement of Trinity Evangelical Free Church. The room has been turned into a men's homeless shelter.