PAPILLION, Neb. – Methamphetamine (search) may have impaired the judgment and ability of a young couple to feel the cold weather when they became lost in a snowstorm and died of hypothermia, authorities said Friday. Michael Wamsley and Janelle Hornickel, both 20, had enough methamphetamine in their systems to create …

NEW YORK – Kmart Holding Corp. (KMRT) Monday said sales at stores open at least a year fell 4.6 percent in the November-December period — an improvement from declines earlier in the year. The company said it expects net income for the two months, which encompass the key holiday selling …

HANOI, Vietnam – They’re calling him “the lucky royal turtle” — a rare and endangered reptile that was saved from a likely fate in a Chinese soup pot by keen-eyed wildlife officers and a microchip. Poachers snatched the animal, a species called “Royal Turtle (search)” in Cambodia (search) because its …

The weather in your area may be a plus or a minus when it comes to exercise. Sure, you can exercise year-round inside. And many people brave hot, cold, rainy, or snowy conditions to be active. But the weather can still make a difference, new research shows. The CDC advises …

AYODHYA, India – Hindu nationalists stormed an airport in central India on Wednesday in a protest over an attack they blamed on Muslim militants at a shrine in northern India at the center of a decades-old sectarian conflict. More than 200 slogan-shouting activists of the World Hindu Council (search) broke …

ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Police took a jailed Dutch teenager Saturday to retrace his steps at the beach where he says he last saw an Alabama teenager the morning she disappeared in Aruba. Police took Joran van der Sloot (search), 17, to a beach near the Marriott Hotel where he has …

NEW YORK – Despite a handful of high-profile disappointments, second-quarter earnings have come in above Wall Street’s expectations thus far, giving investors confidence in the continued strength of the economy and corporate America. As of Friday morning, 202 of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index (search) components had reported earnings. …

LOS ANGELES – Antonio Villaraigosa (search) formally took his oath as the city’s 41st mayor on Friday, becoming the first Hispanic to hold the office since the 19th century. “Angelenos, we need to start thinking big again,” Villaraigosa said in an address that contrasted the city’s standing as “the undisputed …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Islamic leaders and peace groups are criticizing the California National Guard (search) for a flier posted in its headquarters suggesting the United States execute Islamic terrorists with bullets dipped in pig’s blood to deny them entry to heaven. The flier attributed the practice to World War I …

CHICAGO – Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s (WMT) http://walmart.com Web site was back up Thursday after an unusually lengthy outage that put one of the largest online shopping sites out of commission overnight. The site, which ranks as the No. 2 U.S. department store shopping destination on the Web, according to Internet …