An historic drought encompassing most of Texas and parts of neighboring states in the southern U.S. Plains expanded and intensified last week, according to a report issued by U.S. climatologists on Thursday.
Rain moved through some drought-hit areas in the major wheat producing region at...
Washington (CNN) -- A misguided photo shoot of Air Force One over New York City in 2009 terrified residents, infuriated the president, and cost the director of the White House Military Office his job. Now, NASA is working to prevent a similar panic in Washington D.C.
NASA officials this week...
(CNN) -- More than 17,000 women and girls from Nepal become sex slaves every year. Many end up in India, China or other Southeast Asian countries, and roughly half of them are children.
Anuradha Koirala -- the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year -- has been fighting to end this sex trafficking for nearly...
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Texas cattle ranchers are selling their herds, and some communities are running out of water, as a punishing Texas drought shows no sign of waning with the driest months still ahead.
"Things are very tough and they will stay tough until Mother Nature helps us and gets us...
RIO DE JANEIRO – A landless peasant activist was killed by a gunshot to his head outside his home in Brazil — the fifth murder in a month likely tied to the conflict over land and logging in the Amazon.
The body of the victim, Obede Loyla Souza, was found over the weekend in the dense forest...
(CNN) -- Effective Saturday night, Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took over Ali Abdullah Saleh's responsibilities as president, Yemeni government spokesman Abdu Ganadi told CNN.
The power transfer comes as a source close to the Saudi government said that the long-time Yemeni...
(CNN) -- More than 1,000 people have died in Syria since the conflict there started in mid-March, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday, a grim milestone that reflects his alarm over the "escalation of violence" in the authoritarian Arab country.
The unrest, which started percolating...
(CNN) -- As Syria weathered more bloodshed this week, the Bashar al-Assad regime faced more political pressure and derision from two important corners -- members of the country's fledgling opposition movement and America's top diplomat.
Hundreds of Syrian activists gathering in the Turkish city...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The NCAA is interested in Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor's cars. The state of Ohio says he shouldn't be driving one.
Pryor was seen driving a sports car to a team meeting on Monday hours after coach Jim Tressel's forced resignation, even though his Ohio driving...
ORLANDO, Fla., -- Casey Anthony's former boyfriend testified Wednesday at her Florida trial she seemed "happy" the day prosecutors allege she killed her daughter Caylee.
Assistant State Attorney Frank George questioned Anthony Lazzaro concerning Casey Anthony's demeanor on June 16, 2008, the...
(CNN) -- Anti-government demonstrations broke out Friday in Syria after weekly Muslim prayers, with activists reporting at least 34 deaths amid clashes between security forces and protesters.
The Syria Human Rights Information Link told CNN that at least 11 people died in the western industrial...
New York (CNN) -- A indictment was filed Thursday against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned Wednesday amid accusations that he sexually assaulted a maid in his upscale hotel suite in New York.
After hearing arguments for and against Strauss-Kahn's...
SAN ANTONIO, -- Cameras and bar codes will be used to monitor children in five San Antonio elementary schools to get a true picture of their eating habits, officials say.
Funded with a $2 million grant from the U.S. Agriculture Department, Dr. Roberto Trevino created the Bienestar school...
Al-Qaeda's Alleged New Leader: Who Is Saif al-Adel?
Terrorism expert Peter Bergen reports on CNN International that the Egyptian Saif al-Adel has been appointed as a "caretaker" leader of al-Qaeda, following the death of its emir Osama bin Laden. A Pakistani newspaper article datelined from...
Vicksburg, Mississippi (CNN) -- Nervous anticipation. That is the feeling permeating through Vicksburg, Mississippi, as it awaits a historic flood crest to wash through the area later this week.
The Mississippi River, already at record levels, is forecast to peak early Thursday more than a foot...
New York (CNN) -- The head of the powerful International Monetary Fund will spend the next few days in an 11-by-13-foot cell at New York's Rikers Island jail complex -- a far cry from the $3,000-a-night luxury suite where he allegedly chased a housekeeping employee naked down a hallway and...
LOS ANGELES – "American Idol" finalist Casey Abrams ended his song with a smooch.
The eccentric 20-year-old film camp counselor of Idyllwild, Calif., planted a peck on "Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez after delivering a rockin' rendition of Maroon 5's "Harder to Breathe" during the Fox talent...
I have thinking to Purchase LED or LCD monitor monitor for my photo editing purpose but also for GAming, but my question which are the best for editing?
I have an LCD monitor thats works fine when I start but after a while the green color takes over where the screen is white.Also shades the other colors green on the monitor .The pins are okay and there is no interference around the monitor.Thanks for your answers